Examines population, its structure and processes, andits relationships to selected areas of the social structure. Examines Malthusian, neo-Malthusian, and Marxist perspectives. Requisites: Restricted to Sociology (SOCY) 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. Credit not granted for this course and SPAN 3001. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of SPAN 3000 (minimum grade C-).
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. Recommended requisite, students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors). Requisites: Restricted to 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. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of PORT 2120 or PORT 2150 or PORT 2350 (minimum grade C-).
Covers Land and Environmental Art, providing an historical survey along with hands on projects in the landscape. Focusing on themes of site, environment, landforms, weather, and earth materials, students will design and realize art projects on the land. Includes lectures, readings and discussions, writing assignments, studio projects, and visual presentations. Recommended prereqs., ARTS 2504 and 2524. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of ARTS 1010 and 1020 (all minimum grade D-).
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. Non-majors will need instructor's consent. Requisites: Restricted to Film (FILM or FMST) majors only.
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.
Explores American literature as a site of cultural intersection between European settlers and indigenous peoples. Requisites: 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. Department enforced prereqs., two of the following: PSYC 2145, LING 2000, CSCI 1300, PHIL 2440. Same as PSYC 3005, PHIL 3310, and CSCI 3702.
Provides an introductory survey of influential models, theoretical approaches, and methods of cognitive science. Emphasizes and explains the convergence by work in multiple fields - including psychology and neuroscience, linguistics, computer science, and philosophy - on the idea that mental activity is a form of computation. Students from diverse backgrounds are introduced to a wide range of methods and approaches, including behavioral and neuroimaging experimental approaches, computational modeling, and philosophical work. Department enforced 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. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of THTR 1115 (minimum grade C-).
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. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of LING 2000 (minimum grade C-).
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. Department enforced prereq., WRTG 1150 or equivalent (completion of lower-division writing requirement). Approved for GT-C03. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: upper-division written communication. Requisites: 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. Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) only.
Considers issues of vital importance to humans, both now and in ancient times. Topics such as food, death, sex, family, literacy, or power are explored to consider how ancient societal norms and attitudes evolved, and how they relate to modern culture. Draws on material and literary evidence to develop an understanding of the complexities of ancient life. Same as CLAS 3009. Formerly ANTH 2009. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: historical context.
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. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of ARTH 1300 and 1400 (all minimum grade D-).
Considers issues of vital importance to humans, both now and in ancient times. Topics such as food, death, sex, family, literacy, or power are explored to consider how ancient societal norms and attitudes evolved, and how they relate to modern culture. Draws on material and literary evidence to develop an understanding of the complexities of ancient life. Same as ANTH 3009. Formerly CLAS 2009. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: historical context.
Identifies genetic, anatomical, physiological, social, and behavioral characteristics humans share with other mammals and primates. Explores how these characteristics are influenced by modern culture. Recommended prereq., ANTH 2010. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: natural science. Requisites: 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. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of APPM 2360 or MATH 3430 (minimum grade C-).
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.
Offers students both theoretical and practical experience in various specialized areas of cinematic production. Topics vary but include production in the documentary, fictional narrative, animation, computer animation, and experimental genres. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of FILM 2000 or FILM 2300 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Film (FILM or FMST) majors only.
Improves students' ability to pronounce French correctly. Coursework involves the International Phonetic Alphabet, understanding the differences between pairs of sounds, and recognizing the relationship between spelling and pronunciation. Required of all FREN majors. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of FREN 2120 (minimum grade C-).
Covers origin, occurrence, identification, classification, and uses of minerals with emphasis on applications of mineralogy to economic geology and petrology. Two lectures and one lab per week. Recommended prereq., GEOL 2005. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of CHEM 1113 and CHEM 1114 and MATH 1300 (all minimum grade D-).
Reviews special grammatical topics, reading, and conversation. Students have the option of taking the internationally recognized exam Zertifikat Deutsch in GRMN 3010. Department enforced prereq., four semesters of college German or equivalent. Open to freshmen with instructor consent.
