Examines the development of Russian politics from the late Soviet period to the present. Topics covered include political culture, democratic transition, economic reform, and social problems in Russia. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: contemporary societies.
Continued development of acting technique and tools for play analysis, with particular emphasis on scene study. Special attention will be given to the Master Teachers of Acting and their pedagogies. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of THTR 3013 (minimum grade C-). Restricted to Theatre (TBFA) majors only.
Examines how musical choices can profoundly affect audiences, dancers, and the creative process. Surveys historic and contemporary music styles and influential artists through guided listening and experimentation. Deepens understanding of music, including vocabulary, technology, collaboration skills, ethics, and copyright issues. Department consent required for dance minors Requisites: Restricted to Dance (DNCE or DBFA, excludes DNCE-MIN) majors only.
Learn to think in an informed and critical way about sports in society. Examine the socio-cultural significance of sports as it relates to topics such as youth, social class, race/ethnicity, gender, identity, and intercollegiate athletics. Readings, class discussions, videos, and guest speakers will help expand our understanding of this important social phenomenon.
Author or topic in Latin specified in the online Schedule Planner (e.g., Virgil, Ovid, Catullus, Horace.) May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours for different topics. Formerly CLAS 3024.
Examines how literature participates in the creation of American national culture and identify. Surveys major political writing and a variety of literary genres, tropes, and themes from early native Americal tales to the 20th-cerntury literature. Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors).
Introduces students to complex forms of writing within Italian studies. Focuses on the analysis of literary genres (e.g., autobiography, essays, short stories) through a step-by-step process that allows students to craft advanced arguments in Italian. Studies will read Italian literary texts and write and revise in workshop format (e.g., peer review, collaborative assignments). Similar to ITAL 3020. Students may not receive credit for this course and ITAL 3020. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: written communication. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of ITAL 3015 (minimum grade C-).
Critically explores the Chicana experience and identity. Examines issues arising from the intersection of class, race, and gender. Focuses on controversies surrounding culture and gender through an analysis of feminism and feminismo. Recommended prereq., ETHN 2001 or ETHN 2536.
Introduces students to the literature, history, culture and art of Europe and the Mediterranean basin from late antiquity through the early modern period. Interdisciplinary approach to visual culture focuses on uses of sacred religious practices and lay devotion. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of ARTH 1300 and 1400 (all minimum grade D-).
Covers a variety of topics that may include human ecology, environment and society, and quantitative environmental social science. Offered depending upon instructor availability and student demand. Fulfills intermediate social science requirement for Environmental Studies major. Recommended prereq., ENVS 1000. Not repeatable for credit.
Explores alternative methods of film processing and filmic image manipulation. Through projects, film screenings, lectures and discussions students will learn fine arts approaches to creative control for the moving image. Recommended prereq., FILM 2500. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of FILM 1502 and FILM 2000 or FILM 2300 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to Film (FILM or FMST) majors only.
Introduces groundwater flow concepts, hydrologic cycle, physical and chemical properties, flow net, hydraulic potential, geologic controls on heterogeneity and anisotropy, aquifers and aquitards in a geologic system, saturated and unsaturated flow, flow to a well, pumping tests, and role of groundwater in geologic processes. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of GEOL 1010 or GEOL 2100 and MATH 1300 (all minimum grade D-).
Introduces students to the language of German business and economic life. Provides insights into everyday business practices and institutions, including Germany's position in the European and world markets. Emphasizes acquiring basic business vocabulary and writing business letters and resumes in German. Prepares students for the exam Deutsch fuer den Beruf, a diploma recognized worldwide by business and industry. Department enforced prereq., GRMN 2020 (minimum grade C-).
Develops students' understanding of the more complex linguistic challenges of Biblical Hebrew by reading both narrative and poetic biblical texts. We also revise in greater depth forms we have studied in the previous semesters and begin to look at the ways scholars have dealt with Hapax Legamona and other linguistic features that cannot be easily understood.
Improves vocabulary and fluency in spoken Italian, and competence and confidence in correct and more sophisticated written Italian through the study of the history of Italian art. Exercises and themes focus on Italian Classical, Medieval, Renaissance, and Modern Art. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of ITAL 2120 (minimum grade C-).
Includes the study of business vocabulary, business concepts, geographic context, and cultural context. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of SPAN 3000 (minimum grade C-).
Through selected reading and writing assignments, students consider ethical and social ramifications of science policy and practice. Focuses on critical thinking, analytical writing, and oral presentation. Taught as a writing workshop, the course addresses communication with professional and non-technical audiences. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Department enforced prereq., WRTG 1150 or equivalent (completion of lower-division writing requirement). Approved for GT-C03. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: written communication. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits Engineering, MCDB, EBIO, GEOL, ASTR, IPHY, PHYS, ENVS, MATH, ECON, BCHM, CHEM, PSYC, NRSC, or CSCI majors only.
Highlights the practice of party politics in the United States, including the nature, structure, organization, and functions of political parties and interest groups. Analyzes interest group politics and political behavior. Recommended prereq., PSCI 1101. Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) only.
Introduces 20th century international drama. Discusses selected plays by major African, Asian, and European authors and explores different dramatic traditions and their increasing interactions throughout the 20th century.
Examines how mass media influence our society, specifically with regard to environmental issues and outcomes. Focuses on media influence over environmental politics and policy, environmental public opinion, popular culture, and environmental/scientific knowledge. Fulfills intermediate social science requirement for Environmental Studies major. Recommended prereq., ENVS 1000.
Presents an aerial survey of the history of Western drama as represented in film: Greek drama, the Elizabethans, Ibsen/Strindberg to O'Neill/Williams, Beckett, etc. Recommended prereq., FILM 3051. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of FILM 1502 (minimum grade D-).
Stresses different perspectives on Latin American politics and understanding key political actors and processes. Country focus varies. 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.
Explores the role of medicine and medical systems in society. How does society shape health, how does health shape social position and how do societies make sense of health and illness? Topics may include epidemiology, social demography of health, social stress, health behavior, experiences of illness and recovery, health care provision and health care delivery systems.
