Explores from both the reader's and writer's perspectives the forms of creative nonfiction, including personal essay and memoir. Students will read and write extensively within this genre, develop skill in revision and peer critique, and learn how to submit work for publication. Does not fulfill core requirements. Department enforced prereq., WRTG 1150 or equivalent (completion of lower-division writing requirement).
Introductory course in poetry writing. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of ENGL 1191 (minimum grade B). Not open to graduate students.
Examines nonviolence as a strategy of social action. Focuses on ethics and dynamics of nonviolent action Requisites: racial and economic justice movements
Examines the interaction of dramatic literature and performance in European theatre from 1800 to present, with attention to innovators like Ibsen, Strindberg, Stanislavsky, Meyerhold, Pirandello, Brecht, Beckett, and Churchill.
Offers subjects not covered by existing courses. Offered when department approves a special topic. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours for different topics.
Lab in human osteology and musculoskeletal system emphasizing comparative primate morphology, adaptation, and the fossil record documenting the natural history of primates. Recommended coreq., ANTH 2010. Approved for GT-SC1. Meets MAPS requirement for natural science: lab, when taken with ANTH 2010. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: natural science.
Black holes are one of the most bizarre phenomena of nature. Students are introduced to the predicted properties of black holes, astronomical evidence for their existence and formation, and modern ideas about space, time, and gravity. Approved for the arts and sciences core curriculum: natural science.
Covers the same material as GRMN 2010 and GRMN 2020 in one semester. Offers review and continuation of basic skills begun in the first year: reading, writing, speaking and oral comprehensive. Department enforced prereq., GRMN 1020 or GRMN 1030 (minimum grade C-). Credit not granted for this course and GRMN 2010 and GRMN 2020. Meets MAPS requirement for foreign language. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: foreign language.
Examines U.S. society from a normative perspective emphasizing theories of social change. Considers such problems as distribution of power, unemployment, poverty, racism and sexism, the changing role of the family, and drugs. Approved for GT-SS3. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: ideals and values.
Examines the relationship between drugs and social contexts. Lends insight into why people find consciousness alteration meaningful, what kinds of experiences and problems arise, and what types of social policies emerge to control drug use.
Introduces principles and techniques relevant to the expression of dramatic mood and idea through visual elements of the theatre, giving practice in conceptdevelopment, style selection, and rendering techniques in scenery and costume design.
Serves as an introduction to media studies specifically from a humanities perspective. Studies both histories and theories of media from the 20th and 21st centuries. Touches on methodologies for undertaking media studies (including distant ready and media archaeology). Objects of study may include such topics as film, radio, social media platforms and games, as well as digital art and literature. Same as ATLS 2036.
Covers prehistoric Aegean through the fourth century B.C.E., considering architecture, pottery, painting,sculpture, and personal ornament. Societal customs such as use of space and burial patterns are considered as well as art and its uses, to help understand developments in Greek culture. Same as CLAS 2039. Formerly ARTH 3039. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts.
Covers prehistoric Aegean through the fourth century B.C.E., considering architecture, pottery, painting, sculpture, and personal ornament. Societal customs such as use of space and burial patterns are considered as well as art and its uses, to help understand developments in Greek culture. Same as ARTH 2039. Formerly CLAS 3039. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts.
Experiments and hands-on exercises designed to enhance understanding of the principles and concepts presented in ANTH 2020. One two-hour class per week. Recommended coreq., ANTH 2020. Approved for GT-SC1. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: natural science.
Introduces the scientific basis for the possible existence of life elsewhere in the universe. Includes origin and evolution of life on Earth and the search for evidence of life in our solar system, including Mars and Jupiter's moon Europa. Discusses the conditions necessary for life and whether they might arise on planets around other stars. Credit only for ASTR 2040 or ASTR 3300. Same as GEOL 2040. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: natural science.
Lect. and lab. Introduces principles of ecology, emphasizing patterns and processes at various levels of biological organization. Scope global, but examples often from local environment. Laboratory emphasizes techniques of field biology. Uses animals and/or animal tissues. Recommended prereqs., EBIO 1030 and EBIO 1040 and EBIO 1050 or EBIO 1210 and EBIO 1220 and EBIO 1230 and EBIO 1240 (min. grade C-). Credit not granted for this course and EBIO 2640 or ENVS 2000.
Introduces the scientific basis for the possible existence of life elsewhere in the universe. Includes origin and evolution of life on Earth and the search for evidence of life in our solar system, including Mars and Jupiter's moon Europa. Discusses the conditions necessary for life and whether they might arise on planets around other stars. Same as ASTR 2040. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: natural science.
Studies Greek warfare in its cultural, social, and economic contexts, in the light of anthropological comparisons and modern theories. No Greek or Latin required. Same as HIST 2041.
Natural resources of the human voice and body are studied as artistic resources for the performing artist. Designed to examine both the process and products of vocal and physical craft work. Requisites: Restricted to Theatre (THTR, TBFA) or Dance (DNCE or DBFA) majors only (excluding minors).
Explores issues related to crime, the criminal justice system, and crime-related public policy. It addresses what we know about crime and how we know it, how our society responds to crime, and how the institutions designed to address crime (police, courts, corrections) function. Same as SOCY 2004.
Explores issues related to crime, the criminal justice system, and crime-related public policy. It addresses what we know about crime and how we know it, how our society responds to crime, and how the institutions designed to address crime (police, courts, corrections) function. Same as ETHN 2004.
