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. Recommended prereq for HIST 4064., HIST 1010 or HIST 1018. HIST 4064 and HIST 5064 are the same course. Requisites: 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. Same as ARTH 5069. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of ARTH 1300 and 1400 (all minimum grade D-).
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. Recommended prereqs., ANTH 2010, 2020, 2030, 2040, and 4000. Recommended restriction: students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or 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. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of ECON 3070 and ECON 4808 (all minimum grade C-).
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. Department enforced prereq., environmental science or geology introduction sequence courses. 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. Department enforced prereq., instructor consent. Same as JPNS 5070.
Examines central figures and texts in the existential tradition, from Kierkegaard and Nietzsche to Heidegger and Sartre. Recommended prereqs., 12 hours philosophy course work. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Legal and commercial documents are studied, prepared,and discussed to enable students to perform successfully in real translation situations. Recommended restriction: restricted to Spanish majors with a subplan of International Spanish for Professionals. Requisites: 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. Requisites: 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. Requisites: 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. Same as SOCY 5071. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of SOCY 3001 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) Sociology (SOCY) majors only.
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. Same as NRSC 5072. Formerly PSYC 4072. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of PSYC 2012 or PSYC 4052 or NRSC 2100 or NRSC 4052 and EBIO 1210 and 1220 or MCDB 1150 and MCDB 2150 or MCDB 1150 and EBIO 1220 (all minimum grade C-).
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. Same as WMST 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. Recommended prereqs., EBIO 1210 and EBIO 1220 and EBIO 1230 and EBIO 1240 (min. grade C-). Same as EBIO 5080. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Covers the issues in kanji research from historical, sociolinguistic, linguistic, cognitive perspective and vocabulary acquisition theories in the context of teaching and learning the Japanese language. Same as JPNS 5080.
Studies the Roman Republic from its foundation in 753 B.C. to its conclusion with the career of Augustus. Emphasizes the development of Roman Republican government. Readings are in the primary sources. No Greek or Latin required. Same as CLAS 5081 and HIST 4081.
May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Requisites: 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.
Studies the Roman Republic from its foundation in 753 B.C. to its conclusion with the career of Augustus. Emphasizes the development of Roman Republic government. Readings are in the primary sources. No Greek or Latin required. Same as CLAS 4081.
Examines the founding period of the United States through the events, political concepts and individuals depicted in the art exhibited in the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. The course includes a visit to the U.S. Capitol Building, the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, the floor of the U.S. Senate, and an exploration of the legislative process. Recommended prereq., PSCI 1101 or 2012 or 2223 or 2004. PSCI 4081 and PRLC 4081 are the same course. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Analyzes the school as a social organization. Among topics considered are power and control in the school Requisites: classroom interaction and its relation to learning and personality development in students
Intellectual and conceptual capstone course for departmental majors with separate sections for theatre and dance students. Course promotes integration of ideas regarding history, criticism, and theory in performance and production. All inquiry throughout the semester relates to the theme of creative process. Requisites: Restricted to Theatre (THTR, TBFA) or Dance (DNCE or DBFA) majors only (excluding minors).
Interdisciplinary study of English fiction and poetry together with related movements in visual arts. Requisites: Requires either prerequisite course of HUMN 2000 (minimum grade D-) or restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior).
Surveys Irish nationalist movements since the eighteenth century, treating constitutional nationalism, revolutionary republicanism, and Gaelic cultural movements while also examining the development of Unionism in Ulster as a response to political and cultural nationalism. Emphasizes the political, religious, and cultural roots of the current sectarian crisis in Northern Ireland, and analyzes that crisis up to the present day. Recommended prereq., HIST 1020 or HIST 1123. Credit not granted for this course and HIST 2513. Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) only.
