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. 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 ENGL 3021 or ENGL 3051(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 explores how alterations in these systems can result in neurologic or psychiatric disorders. Emphasizes pathological neuroanatomy, neurophysiology and neuropharmacology, which is essential for 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 one of the following sequences of courses: EBIO 1210 and 1220, or MCDB 1150 and 2150, or MCDB 1150 and EBIO 1220, or EBIO 1210 and MCDB 2150 (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 ENGL 3021 or ENGL 3051(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; classroom interaction and its relation to learning and personality development in students; roles of educators; and reciprocal relations of school and community. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
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).
Provides an in-depth survey of the neural mechanisms of learning, motivated behavior and decision making. Analysis will focus on the interaction of neural circuits underlying these processes with particular attention to the cellular, molecular and information-processing aspects of identified pathways and considered into the context learning-based and neuroeconomic models of choice. Same as NRSC 5082. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of NRSC 2100 or NRSC 4052 (minimum grade C-).
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.
Places the current state of punishment in the U.S. inhistorical and cross national context. It examines key features of penal systems, and key sociological theories about the relationship between punishmentand society. Prereq., SOCY 1001 or 1004. Same as SOCY 4084. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Covers Imperial Roman literary history from the mid-late Augustan Period to the start of Late Antiquity. Students read principal surviving works of Imperial Roman poetry and prose in the original Latin. Recommended prereqs., LATN 3014 and LATN 3024. Same as LATN 5084. Formerly CLAS 4084.
Places the current state of punishment in the U.S. in historical and cross national context. It examines key features of penal systems, and key sociological theories about the relationship between punishment and society. Recommended prereq., SOCY 1001 or SOCY 1004 or SOCY 2044. Same as ETHN 4084. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Develop a personal creative practice through self-generated, independent projects. The focus is on developing an individual studio discipline through experimentation, research, reading and writing and examining the work in individual critiques. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of ARTS 3085 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Studio Arts (AASA or AASF) or Art History (AAAH) majors only.
