Readings from Caesar and/or Cicero, with review of grammar. Recommended prereq., LATN 1024. Approved for GT-AH4. Meets MAPS requirement for foreign language. Formerly CLAS 2114.
Considers the backdrop of the American West in literature, film, photography, and computer gaming. We will focus on a range of narratives and images depicting this wide swathe of American geography while simultaneously cultivating close reading skills, digital media analysis and film analysis that will aid you in deeper insights at the textual level. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: U.S. context.
Teaches a systematic general framework for the analysis of environmental policy issues. Analyzes the interaction of environmental sciences, ethics, and policy across a range of environmental policy problems. Stresses critical thinking and practical applications.
Completes the film-based study of intermediate grammar begun in FREN 2110. Continued reading in French literature and culture, with considerable practice in writing and speaking French. Fulfills the Graduate School language requirement for the Ph.D. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of FREN 2110 (minimum grade C-).
Continuation of FRSI 2110. Incorporates more readings in Persian literature, both poetry and prose, and cultural readings. Students continue developing speaking, listening and writing skills based on the readings. Formerly FRSI 2020. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of FRSI 2110 (minimum grade C).
Focuses on texts, while still developing speaking, comprehension and writing skills. Students build on grammatical understanding while learning some of the more sophisticated verbal paradigms and nominal patterns. The course blends a communicative method with some formal grammatical instruction. By the end of this semester students are expected to converse in, comprehend, and produce written hebrew at an intermediate level. Department enforced prereq., HEBR 2110 (minimum grade C-).
Continuation of HIND 2110. Enhances students' speaking, listening, reading and writing skills and culturally appropriate language use. Formerly HIND 2020. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of HIND 2110 (minimum grade C).
Continuation of ITAL 2110. Some reading in Italian literature and culture with considerable practice in writing and speaking Italian. Fulfills the Graduate School language requirement for the Ph.D. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of ITAL 2110 (minimum grade C-).
Continuation of NORW 2110, with focus on Norwegian culture and society. Small group work and class discussions. Department enforced prereq., NORW 2110 (minimum grade C-).
Includes practice in speaking, listening comprehension, reading and writing at intermediate level, based on the Communicative Approach. Includes grammar and extra work on vocabulary acquisition, both explored through literary texts by renowned authors of the Portuguese speaking world, with a focus on Brazilian literature.
Grammar review. Emphasizes reading, writing, and speaking skills. Attendance at the language laboratory may be mandatory. Department-enforced prereq., SPAN 2110 (min. grade C-). Credit not granted for this course and SPAN 2150.
Selections from Virgil's Aeneid with attention to literary form and context as well as advanced grammar and syntax. Recommended prereq., LATN 2114. Formerly CLAS 2124.
An introductory course in the use of the personal computer to create and process images in the visual arts. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of ARTS 1010 and ARTS 1020 (all minimum grade C-). Restricted to Studio Arts (AASA or AASF) or Art History (AAAH) majors only.
Traces the historical development of modern U.S. politics and foreign relations. Analyzes subjects such as the Cold War, the Vietnam War, the War on Terror, and the relationship between foreign and domestic politics, and the developing meaning of political conservatism, liberalism, and radicalism in the U.S. Explains the impact of race, gender, class, and immigration. Topics vary in any given semester. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: United States context or contemporary societies. Requisites: History (HIST) majors are restricted from taking this course.
Increases student's ability to read and analyze literary texts by improving vocabulary and terminology. Students read short stories, essays, short plays, and poems to acquire critical skills and improve expression of opinions and arguments in Italian. Taught in Italian. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of ITAL 2120 (minimum grade C-).
Third semester of introductory sequence for science and engineering students except physics majors and those studying computer applications in physics (for these, see PHYS 2170). Covers special relativity, quantum theory, atomic physics, solid state, and nuclear physics. Physics majors should take PHYS 2170 instead of PHYS 2130. Normally taken with PHYS 2150. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of PHYS 1120 and a prerequisite or corequisite course of MATH 2400 or APPM 2350 (all minimum grade C-).
Traditional and contemporary theories of justice are employed in order to critically analyze social and political issues that have important environmental dimensions. Assesses the relationship of justice and equity to the presuppositions of national and global environmental issues and policies.
Builds on an existing understanding of alignment, rotation, and movement quality to introduce more mentally and physically difficult movements and enchainements of the classical ballet vocabulary. Students must be able to demonstrate an embodied familiarity with all traditional barre exercises on the first day of class. Recommended prereq., DNCE 1120 or previous ballet experience.
Introduces interrelationships in the arts of African Americans and the African American contribution to American culture as a whole. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity or United States context.
Introduces the study of human cognitive processes and covers perception, attention, memory, language, problem solving, reasoning, and decision making. Focuses on basic research and theory in cognitive psychology but also considers their implications for everyday applications such as effective learning and retention, multitasking, and eyewitness testimony. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of PSYC 1001 (minimum grade C-).
