Studies linear and nonlinear programming, the simplex method, duality, sensitivity, transportation, and network flow problems, some constrained and unconstrained optimization theory, and the Kuhn-Tucker conditions, as time permits. Same as MATH 5120 and APPM 4120. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of MATH 3130 or MATH 3135 or APPM 3310 (minimum grade C-).
Examines the moral status of nonhuman animals, and its implications for the common use of animals as food and experimental subjects for humans. Recommended prereqs., PHIL 3100 and 12 hours philosophy course work. PHIL 4120 and 5120 are the same course. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Examines complex interactions between religious and other social structures, such as the economy, government, and the family, and how globalization is affecting religious traditions across the globe. Includes discussion of how various religions are used or misused to justify terrorism and other acts of violence. Recommended prereq., SOCY 3001. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: ideals and values. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Explores the history and culture of Western Europe, 1300--1520. Comprehensive in scope, with analysis of political, economic, social, religious, intellectual, and artistic matters. Discusses significance of the Renaissance for origins of modern civilization. Recommended prereq., HIST 1010. Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) only.
Introduces students to a wide range of musical styles, traditions, genres, performers, composers, events and works that are part of Jewish culture, focusing on the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Provides tools for understanding music on its own and in connection with issues of identity, diaspora, memory and liturgy. Includes opportunities for creative and critical engagement with Jewish music. Same as MUSC/MUEL 4122.
Treats the major developments in English history from the Anglo-Saxon period through the 15th century. Emphasizes late medieval English society during the 13th and 14th centuries. Recommended prereq., HIST 1010 or HIST 1113. Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) only.
Surveys primate biology, behavior and ecology using a life history approach. Using a comparative approach, this course explores life history as mammals, as primates and as humans by focusing on evolutionary decisions that occur during different life stages. Same as ANTH 5125. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Explores the colonial era of American history from the pre-Columbian period to the end of the Seven Years' War. Topics include pre-contact Native societies, exploration, European settlement and Native American responses, labor system and the rise of slavery, imperial wars, and the developments in religion, society, politics and culture. Same as HIST 5125. Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) only.
Gain fluency in established techniques and styles of master illustrators and painters. Famous illustrations are technically analyzed and copied in this exploration of intent, process, technique and style. Other mediums incorporated include pastels, color pencils, pen and ink and gouache. Painting supplies must be supplied by the student. Same as THTR 5125.
Offers studio experience using personal computer in the generation and processing of imagery in the visual arts. Same as ARTS 5126. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of ARTS 2126 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Studio Arts (AASA or AASF) or Art History (AAAH) majors only.
Traces the development of the United States as a superpower. Details American power and diplomacy in World War II and the rise of the national security state in the Cold War. Explores the Korean, Vietnam and Persian Gulf Wars, and the era of modern-day globalization. Same as HIST 5126. Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) only.
Provides an opportunity for advanced students to create nature based art. Studio work and/or appropriate on-site works will be generated through readings and individual and group experiences of nature. Same as ARTS 5127. Requisites: Requires prerequisite of one 4000-level ARTS course (minimum grade D-).
Develops understanding of the ballet canon through practice of major solos from Romantic, Classical, and New-Classical ballets. For the advanced classical ballet student. Enrollment by audition only. May be repeated up to 2 total credit hours. Meets with DNCE 5128.
Centers on the Mexican search for political consolidation and stability through the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries. Focuses on the Mexican Revolution (1910-1940) and the postrevolutionary rule of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. Examines the War on Drugs and the causes of Mexican migration to the United States. Recommended prereq., HIST 1028 or HIST 3020. Same as HIST 5128. Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) only.
A detailed study of the cultures of prehistoric Greece, the Cycladic Islands, and Crete, their art and archaeology, and their history within the broader context of the eastern Mediterranean, from earliest human settlement to the collapse of the Bronze Age at about 1100 B.C.E. Emphasis is on palace states. Same as ARTH/CLAS 4129, ANTH 5129.
A detailed study of the cultures of prehistoric Greece, the Cycladic Islands, and Crete, their art and archaeology, and their history within the broader context of the eastern Mediterranean, from earliest human settlement to the collapse of the Bronze Age at about 1100 B.C.E. Emphasis is on palace states. Same as ANTH/ARTH 4129, CLAS 5129.
A detailed study of the cultures of prehistoric Greece, the Cycladic Islands, and Crete, their art and archaeology, and their history within the broader context of the eastern Mediterranean, from earliest human settlement to the collapse of the Bronze Age at about 1100 B.C.E. Emphasis is on palace states. Same as ANTH/ARTH 4129, CLAS 5129.
Detailed study of the human skeleton with special attention to health and demographic conditions in prehistoric cultures and the evaluation of physical characteristics and genetic relationships of prehistoric populations. Recommended prereqs., ANTH 2010 and ANTH 2020 and ANTH 4000. Recommended requisite, restricted to juniors and seniors. Same as ANTH 5130.
Encourages experimentation with media and integration of traditional areas of drawing, painting, sculpture, and photography. Covers two- and three-dimensional collage/assemblage, correspondence art, artist's books, site-specific, performance, audio, and video art. Same as ARTS 5130.
Studies Aristophanes, Plautus, and Terence in English translation. No Greek or Latin required. Same as CLAS 5130 and HUMN 4130. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts.
Provides an introduction to fundamental geophysics including seismology, geomagnetism, gravity, radiometric dating, and heat flow with applications to plate tectonics and exploration of the subsurface. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of MATH 1300 or APPM 1350 or APPM 1340 and APPM 1345 and PHYS 1110 and GEOL 1010 and GEOL 2001 or GEOL 2005 or GEOL 2700 (all minimum grade D-).
Studies Aristophanes, Plautus, and Terence in English translation. No Greek or Latin required. Same as CLAS 4130. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts.
Same as PHYS 5130 and MCDB 4130. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of EBIO 1220 or MCDB 1150 or MCDB 4500 or MCDB 5550 or PHYS 1120 or PHYS 2020 (minimum grade D-).
Understanding the chemistry associated with health care in resource-poor countries is the objective of this course. The course will focus on preventing, diagnosing, and treating the world's deadliest infectious diseases with a particular emphasis on Africa and Central America. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of CHEM 3311, 3351 or 3451, and EBIO 1210 or MCDB 1150 (all minimum grade C-).
