Advanced studio course building on experiences and techniques studied in THTR 3005, with additional emphases on portfolio quality rendering technique and costume production technology as it affects and is affected by the designer. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of THTR 3005 (minimum grade C-).
Theoretically engaged seminar considers intersections of Chicana/o and Native American studies to shape our scholarly understanding of the U.S. and Mexico borderlands. Ethnographies, historical studies, novels, film, and music will be used to understand the processes of Spanish and Euro-American colonization, neocolonialism, identity formation, gender, syncretism, and mestizaje. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of ETHN 2001 or ETHN 2536 (minimum grade D-).
Examines global environmental issues from sociological perspectives. Focuses on such problems as overpopulation, world hunger and poverty, pollution, resource shortages, environmental impact of technology and population dynamics, public policy, and strategies for change. Credit not granted for this course and SOCY 1002 or SEWL 2000. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) Sociology (SOCY) majors only.
Prepares students for advanced Film Studies production courses. Subject matter varies each semester. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours, provided the topics are different. Same as ARTF 5010. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of FILM 1502 and FILM 2000 or FILM 2300 and FILM 2500 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) FILM (FILM or FMST) majors only.
Offers a complete final review of German grammar and syntax and its more complex aspects. Prepares students for the Goethe-Zertifikat C1. Department enforced prereq., GRMN 3020 (minimum grade C-).
Applies Freudian psychoanalysis to the films of Alfred Hitchcock. Students will familiarize themselves with the Freudian methodology by reading a number of books and essays and then apply both Freud's general ideas as well as specific texts to particular aspects, both formal and contentual, of his films. Particular attention will be given to the important field of "feminism and psychoanalysis" as it relates to the study of the role of women in Hitchcock's films. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Introduces a small group of students to current research topics in integrative physiology, evaluation of current research, and discussion of critical issues. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours when topics vary. Department enforced requisite: IPHY 2800 or equivalent. Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) only.
Emphasizes practice in translating varying types of prose from Italian into English and English into Italian. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of ITAL 2130 or ITAL 3015 (minimum grade C-).
Investigates the museum as an institution in society; history of museums and changing roles and methods in society; administrative structure; museum profession; methodology of museum collections, exhibitions, and education. Designed for students interested in museums or museum careers.
Intensively studies the work of one historical figure in philosophy, with the aim of reaching a broad understanding of the philosopher's whole body of thought. Philosophers covered include, from year to year, Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, Descartes, Spinoza, Locke, Leibniz, Hume, and Kant. Includes at least one course per year on an ancient author and one course per year on a modern author. Recommended prereqs., 12 hours philosophy course work. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours.Same as PHIL 5010. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Builds on previous coursework in survey or field methods to result in an original, article-length research paper analyzing sociological data. Students will hone their writing skills through in- and -out-of-class writing exercises, and read and analyze models of quantitative and qualitative sociological articles to develop sociological writing skills. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: written communication. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of SOCY 3301 or SOCY 3401 (minimum grade C-). Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) Sociology (SOCY) majors only.
Designed to improve written expression in Spanish. Offers a detailed study of nuances of grammar points most difficult for students. Gives attention to errors in student compositions and to various styles of written Spanish. Recommended prereq., SPAN 3120. Similar to SPAN 3010. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of SPAN 3100 (minimum grade C-).
Studies the persistence of genocide and the effects of mass trauma on women and girls. Within the framework of political and social catastrophe, the course examines cataclysmic world events and the traumatic consequences for women of religious persecution, colonialism, slavery, and the genocides of the twentieth and twenty first centuries. Recommended prereq., SOCY 1016 or WMST 1016 or WMST 2000 or SOCY 3314 or WMST 3314. SOCY 4000 and WMST 4010 are the same course.
Lect. Required course for chemistry majors. Introduces modern inorganic chemistry for undergraduates. Includes atomic structure, chemical periodicity, structure and bonding in molecules and crystals, reaction mechanisms, chemistry of selected main group and transition elements, and emphasison catalyst, materials, bioinorganic, and organometallic systems. Requisites: Requires prerequisite or corequisite course of CHEM 4431, 4521, or 4531 (minimum grade C-). Restricted to Chemistry (CHEM) or Biochemistry (BCHM) majors only.
Critically reviews topics in neuroscience research, scholarly analysis of a major neuroscience issue, and/or empirical research project. See the neuroscience director for further information. May be repeated up to 6 total credits.
Critically reviews some aspect of psychological literature, scholarly analysis of a major psychological issue, and/or empirical research project. See the psychology honors director for further information. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.
Provides practical experience in producing formal and informal dance concerts. Introduces basic familiarity with production and promotional responsibilities, backstage and front-of-house duties and procedures. Meets with DNCE 5012. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of DNCE 1012 (minimum grade C-). Restricted to Dance (DNCE or DBFA, excludes DNCE-MIN) majors only.
Analyzes development theory, case studies in development strategies, and the problems and promises of development: specifically issues of gender, environment, labor, corruption and poverty. The primary focus is on explanations for variation in level of development over time and across countries. Recommended prereq., PSCI 2012. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: contemporary societies. Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) only.
Continues development of skills in Old English reading and translation. Translation and literary study of one longer work and a number of shorter related works. Repeatable course rotates on a three-year basis, for instance, year 1 may focus on Beowulf and shorter heroic elegies; year 2 may involve prose such as legends and saints' lives; year 3 may involve religious poetry. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of ENGL 4003 (minimum grade C-).
Provides interdisciplinary study of film, photography, and modernism, focusing on issues such as dystopia, alienation, sexuality, subjectivity, and self-referentiality. Photographs by Stieglitz, Strand, Weston, Evans, Cartier-Bresson, Kertesz, and Moholy-Nagy. Films by Dziga-Vertov, Eisenstein, Resnais, Antonioni, Bergman, Bunuel, and Bertolucci. Recommended prereq., FILM 3051. Same as ARTF 5013. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of FILM 1502 (minimum grade D-).
Author or topic in ancient Greek specified in the online Schedule Planner (e.g., Thucydides, Herodotus, Plato, Aristotle, Attic Orators). May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours for different topics. Same as GREK 5013. Formerly CLAS 4013.
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. Recommended prereq., HIST 1010 or HIST 1113. Same as HIST 5013. Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) only.
In-depth study of Shakespearean texts from the perspective of their demands on the actor, including the conventions and performance styles of Elizabethan theatre. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of THTR 3013 and THTR 3023 (all minimum grade C-).
