Lect. and lab. Surveys animal parasites, including life histories; emphasizes parasites of humans. Uses animals and/or animal tissues. Recommended prereqs., EBIO 1210 and EBIO 1220 and EBIO 1230 and EBIO 1240 (min. grade C-).
Examines the current rise of National Socialists, white supremacists, ethnic separatists, anti-Islam activists, and social and cultural ultraconservatives in northern Europe. Treats extremist nationalism as a social, cultural, aesthetic, intellectual and political movement. Consults scholarship from sociology, criminology, and political science, as well as music, literature, art and film. Taught in English. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: ideals and values. Same as SCAN 3301.
Develops data analysis techniques for global environmental data including demographic, economic, agricultural, fisheries and energy sectors. The course is designed to support the development of basic and intermediate data analysis skills for students in the Global Environmental Affairs certificate program. This will be done through hands-on exploration of up-to-date global data sets from a variety of sources. Fulfills the application requirement for the ENVS major. Same as IAFS 3640.
Offers an introduction to Modernism in various media, emphasizing in particular the historical development of the visual arts from German Expressionism and Cubism to Neo-Dada and Pop Art. Readings in literature will include Proust, Beckett, Blanchot, and poets associated with various art movements. Theoretical readings range from Saussure and Freud to Adorno and Jameson. Recommend prereq., HUMN 2000. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Develops data analysis techniques for global environmental data including demographic, economic, agricultural, fisheries and energy sectors. The course is designed to support the development of basic and intermediate data analysis skills for students in the Global Environmental Affairs certificate program. This will be done through hands-on exploration of up-to-date global data sets from a variety of sources. Fulfills the application requirement for the ENVS major. Same as ENVS 3640.
Guides students through research on diversity and retention issues in graduate education. Participants use Tinto's work on academic and social integration as a conceptual framework. Further, students investigate how specific institutions support diversity goals in their graduate programs. Prereq., admission to McNair Program (minimum 2.50 GPA, three recommendation letters, personal statement, strong interest in graduate school).
Explores the origins and development of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Traces Arab-Jewish/Israeli relations from the nineteenth century through the Palestine Mandate, the evolution of Arab and Jewish nationalism, and the creation of Israel to the present day. Recommended prereq., HIST 1308 or HIST/JWST 1828. Same as JWST 3650. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: historical context. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) International Affairs (IAFS) majors only.
Explores the origins and development of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Traces Arab-Jewish/Israeli relations from the nineteenth century through the Palestine Mandate, the evolution of Arab and Jewish nationalism, and the creation of Israel to the present day. Same as IAFS 3650. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: historical context.
Examines the molecular basis of the brain's role in thought, action, and consciousness by exploring issues such as relationship of cognition and localized brain function, sensory systems and their role in cognition, learning and memory, and behavioral neurochemistry. Recommended prereq., MCDB 2150 or EBIO 2070 (minimum grade C-).
Examines Latin American politics with particular focus on women's participation in social movements, war, revolution, and elections. Compares women's and men's politics and activism and examines changing gender and sexuality policies, gender relations, and the differential impact of political, economic, and social changes on men and women. Recommended prereq., WMST 2600 or PSCI 2012 or PSCI 3032. Same as PSCI 3052. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Explores the Ramayana and Mahabharata, two fundamental mythological pillars of Indian society, through literature, comic books, film, television, and political rhetoric as a means of examining major issues of religion, gender, popular culture, and social politics in contemporary India.
Misregulation of synaptic function results in abnormal brain function and behavior that is manifested in numerous neurological and psychiatric diseases. This course will explore the molecular mechanisms responsible for altered synaptic plasticity in neurological diseases such as frontotemporal dementia (FTD), Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Down syndrome, epilepsy, autism, and Alzheimer's disease. Recommended prereqs., MCDB 3650 or NRSC 2100 (minimum grade C-) or instructor consent required.
Analyzes the cultural and critical practices as well as the thought that defines the postmodern period at the end of twentieth century. Same as HUMN 3660. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts. Requisites: Requires either prerequisite course of HUMN 2000 (minimum grade D-) or restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior).
Analyzes the cultural and critical practices as well as the thought that defines the postmodern period at the end of twentieth century. Same as FILM 3660. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts. Requisites: Requires either prerequisite course of HUMN 2000 (minimum grade D-) or restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior).
Focuses on information processing approaches and dynamical systems theory as explanations for human motor learning and the coordination of movement. Various topics are discussed from both perspectives including practice organization, attainment of elite performance, and the production of novel movements. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: natural sciences.
Examines fundamental questions of home, nation, identity, ethnicity, and foreignness in the context of the enormous South Asian diaspora. By means of literature, ethnography, and film, the various connotations of diaspora will be explored along with the cultural productions of members of the South Asian diaspora (both Indian and Pakistani).
Presents theories of the spatial organization of economic production, consumption and exchange systems. Geographical dynamics of industrialization, urbanization and economic growth. Examination of property, labor and social conflict, with a focus on political economy.
Engages in an interdisciplinary study of the intersections of gender, race and sexuality that have created a multicultural, multiethnic and multiracial world. Focuses on the effects of political, economic, social and cultural forces on gender, race and sexuality in migrant communities. Recommended prereq., WMST 2000 or WMST 2600. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity. Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) only.
People of color the world over are struggling for sovereignty, independence, civil and human rights, food security, decent wages and working conditions, healthy housing, and freedom from environmental racism and other forms of imperialism. Course analyzes and brings alive these struggles. Recommended prereq., ETHN 2001. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Examines the role of gender in global economy. Explores the impacts of colonialism and modern global economy on gender relations, with particular emphasis on third world societies. Also focuses on related issues of population politics, environmental crisis, women's sexual exploitation, and women's social movements worldwide. Recommended prereq., GEOG 1982 or GEOG 1992 or GEOG 2002 or GEOG 2412 or WMST 2000 or WMST 2600. Same as WMST 3672. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity.
Recommended prereq., GEOG 1982 or GEOG 1992 or GEOG 2002 or GEOG 2412 or WMST 2000 or WMST 2600. Same as GEOG 3672. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity.
Provides an in-depth study of the work of one or two major American authors. Explores the range, influences, and development of a writer over his or her life. May be repeatable for a total of 9 units for different topics. Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors).
Explores the Jewish-American experience from the 19th-century to the present through writers such as Sholom Aleichem, Peretz, Babel, Singer, Malamud, Miller, Ginsberg, and Ozick. The Jewish experience ranges from the travails of immigration to the loss of identity through assimilation. Same as JWST 3677. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity. Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors).
Explores the Jewish-American experience from the 19th century to the present through writers such as Sholom Aleichem, Peretz, Babel, Singer, Malamud, Miller, Ginsberg, and Ozick. The Jewish experience ranges from the travails of immigration to the loss of identity through assimilation. Same as ENGL 3677. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity.
Lect., rec., and co-sem. Emphasizes the fundamental evolutionary concepts that provide explanation for the diversification of life on Earth. Specific topics include the evidence for evolution, adaptation by natural selection speciation, systematics, molecular and genome evolution, and macroevolutionary patterns and process. Recitations allow students to explore specific topics in more depth and smaller groups. Recommended prereqs., EBIO 1210 and EBIO 1220 and EBIO 1230 and EBIO 1240 and EBIO 2070 or EBIO 2670 (min. grade C-). Credit not granted for this course and EBIO 3080.
