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2017-2018 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]
Courses for A&S
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The course numbering system is described in Academic Regulations .
Not all of the courses listed in this Bulletin are offered each year. Offerings for each semester, and for the summer sessions, are listed in the class schedules, which are available during each registration period in the Academic Services Office. The University reserves the right to make changes in academic programs. |
College of Arts and Sciences
CRD 200 - Career Preparation
1 credit(s)
The goals of the Career Preparation course are to prepare students for the transition from university life to either a job or graduate school. The course explores the most common career options for students in their given major. In close work with Career Services, students learn about job and graduate school search tools. This course builds student skills such as resume creation, interviewing, networking, and obtaining internships. Other examples include creating a professional online presence, performing a personal “gap analysis” and experiencing a mock interview. Through exposure to the resources available through both Career Services and the academic department, students are well supported as they determine their path after graduation.
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DIA 100 - Dialogue
1 credit(s)
The overall goals of the Dialogue program are to ease students’ transition to university life; to strengthen existing support networks and minimize potential problems; to advise students about academic scheduling and curriculum choices and thus encourage a strong liberal education; to introduce students to academic resources on campus, thereby fostering academic growth; to introduce students to social and cultural activities on and off campus; and to develop a supportive atmosphere within the dialogue group.
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DIA 102 - Slaying Your Academic Dragons
1 credit(s)
This course is intended for those first-year students who would like to improve their academic performance after the Fall semester. The course focuses on academic strategies, increasing self-motivation, time management, study skills, memory techniques, and highlights students’ strengths. This course also encourages students to use support services and self-advocacy is stressed. The instructor also meets one-on-one with students each week, in addition to the 50-minute class time.
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FYS 100 - First-Year Seminar
3 credit(s)
The first-year seminar is a low-enrollment, introductory-level topics course on a subject or question in the discipline that the professor presents to the class in order to model and instill intellectual passion. Students experience small-group interaction and refine the skills associated with discussion and deliberation of ideas and alternative viewpoints. The classroom format is Socratic: It includes ample time for discussion, sometimes in small groups, and students are required to represent their critical thinking verbally. Typically, an advanced undergraduate in the professor’s discipline acts as preceptor for the students and helps them learn study and writing skills. The course satisfies a writing-intensive requirement when listed as FYS 100W .
Prerequisite(s): Open to FR students matriculated in the College of Arts and Sciences.
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FYS 100W - First-Year Seminar
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
The first-year seminar is a low-enrollment, introductory-level topics course on a subject or question in the discipline that the professor presents to the class in order to model and instill intellectual passion. Students experience small-group interaction and refine the skills associated with discussion and deliberation of ideas and alternative viewpoints. The classroom format is Socratic: It includes ample time for discussion, sometimes in small groups, and students are required to represent their critical thinking verbally. Typically, an advanced undergraduate in the professor’s discipline acts as preceptor for the students and helps them learn study and writing skills. The course satisfies a writing-intensive requirement when listed as FYS 100W.
Prerequisite(s): Open to FR students matriculated in the College of Arts and Sciences.
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Africana Studies
AFS 110 - The Study of the Black Experience
3 credit(s)
An introductory course that explores the nature and scope of African American studies through an examination of the various dimensions of the black experience.
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AFS 111 - The Black Impact on Western Civilization
3 credit(s)
This course attempts to evaluate the black contributions—African as well as African American—to the Western world. This course offers an insight into the ancient as well as modern achievements of African and African American peoples.
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AFS 190 - Special Topics in Africana Studies
1–3 credit(s)
Topics and issues related to the black experience. These will vary from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of qualified faculty.
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AFS 191 - Special Topics in Africana Studies
1–3 credit(s)
Topics and issues related to the black experience. These will vary from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of qualified faculty.
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AFS 210 - Urban Politics Course Cross-listed with POL 210
3 credit(s)
Examination of the political process of the contemporary American city from precinct to city council and city hall. Considers such topics as the social and economic characteristics of urban population and leadership; economic and ethnic interests, groups, and conflicts; and the interplay of interest groups, political parties, and government in response to problems of contemporary urban life.
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AFS 213 - Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Course Cross-listed with POL 213
3 credit(s)
This course explores the politics of race in the United States. Special emphasis is placed on the relations between African Americans, Latinos and Latinas, and European Americans. Students discuss the meaning of race and racism; the history and consequences of racial inequality; and different strategies to seek redress for racial inequality.
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AFS 223 - Survey of African American Literature Course Cross-listed with ENG 223
3 credit(s)
Reading and discussion of selected poetry and prose, with special emphasis on the works of major figures such as Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, and Alice Walker.
Prerequisite(s): AFS 110 or AFS 111 .
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AFS 225 - African American History Course Cross-listed with HIS 225
3 credit(s)
An examination of the broad contours of the history of African Americans in the United States, with primary focus on the period from 1865 to the present. Topics include African American culture, resistance to slavery, black Americans and the military, civil rights, American apartheid, and African Americans and the United States political economy.
Prerequisite(s): AFS 110 or AFS 111 .
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AFS 226 - The Black Family in American Society Course Cross-listed with SOC 256
3 credit(s)
An examination of the black family in American society. This course will deal with the black family within the social class structure. Emphasis will be placed on the similarities and differences within the various social classes as to family relationships, lifestyles (socialization and childrearing practices), cutting across areas of education, employment, religion, recreation, politics, housing, and attitudes toward prejudice and discrimination.
Prerequisite(s): AFS 110 or AFS 111 .
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AFS 242 - Politics of the Third World Course Cross-listed with POL 222
3 credit(s)
An interdisciplinary examination of the colonial origins, Cold War/post-Cold War context for emergence as independent states, and contemporary political issues in the two thirds of the world we call the Third World. Emphasis on the meaning of development and obstacles to attaining it. Consideration also of internal colonialism, or “the Third World in our backyard,” such as Native Americans, ex-slaves, and immigrants from the Third World living in developed countries.
Prerequisite(s): AFS 110 or AFS 111 .
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AFS 258 - The Caribbean American Family Course Cross-listed with SOC 258
3 credit(s)
This course will examine the diversity of the Caribbean American culture, the impact of colonization and slavery on the family structure, the pattern of migration, culture shock, and other adjustment issues for families; and the implications of these factors for education, politics, and social relations within the Caribbean American communities and their interaction with the host society.
Prerequisite(s): AFS 110 or AFS 111 or SOC 110 .
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AFS 290 - Special Topics in Africana Studies
1–3 credit(s)
Topics and issues related to the black experience. These will vary from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of qualified faculty.
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AFS 291 - Special Topics in Africana Studies
1–3 credit(s)
Topics and issues related to the black experience. These will vary from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of qualified faculty.
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AFS 305 - African American Women Writers Course Cross-listed with ENG 305 , GS 305
3 credit(s)
This course has as its premise that the work of contemporary African American women writers—such as Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Gloria Naylor, Paule Marshall, and Sherley Anne Williams—can be interpreted in the context of an identifiable literary tradition with sources in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The course looks at the construction of this tradition in terms of specific literary themes and techniques, from “signifying” to communities of women that have been theorized by feminist and African American scholars.
Prerequisite(s): GS 100 ; and either one 200-level literature course, or AFS 110 or AFS 111 ; or permission of instructor.
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AFS 318 - African American Autobiography Course Cross-listed with ENG 318
3 credit(s)
This course examines African American autobiographies from the early narratives of Douglass, Jacobs, and Washington to the self-conscious, lyrical texts of the 1960s and 1970s. The course also introduces students to theories of autobiography and the written self.
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AFS 323 - Caribbean Politics Course Cross-listed with POL 323
3 credit(s)
Analysis of contemporary Caribbean politics. Focus on problems of decolonization, race, and class against the historical backdrop of colonialism and slavery.
Prerequisite(s): Any 100-level POL course or permission of instructor.
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AFS 326 - The Folk Culture of Black America
3 credit(s)
An examination of the distinct and continuous tradition of African American culture that has existed historically and continues to do so as a separate entity within the larger cultural framework of American society. Emphasis on the metamorphosis of aspects of continental African culture into African American culture. Perspectives on black music, art, language, religion, and social mores.
Prerequisite(s): AFS 110 or AFS 111 .
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AFS 336 - African Art Course Cross-listed with ART 336
3 credit(s)
An in-depth look at visual art forms associated with the African continent and its varied artistic traditions, which may include sculpture, painting, architecture, photography, decorative arts, and performance. This course will concentrate on one of the following topics: African textiles, the arts of Nigeria, contemporary African art, or Africa and photography. The specific topic will be announced in the schedule of classes.
Prerequisite(s): Any 200-level art course, or ART 100 with junior/senior standing, or AET 155 and AET 156 , or permission of instructor.
Visual resources fee.
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AFS 352 - Race and Ethnic Relations Course Cross-listed with SOC 382
3 credit(s)
A social-historical analysis of the impact of race and ethnicity upon the distribution of power, opportunity and privilege in a social structure. Major theoretical perspectives on racial and ethnic prejudice and discrimination will be examined along with the diverse patterns of interracial and interethnic contact that develop in different societies. The course will also focus on the politics of minority status, studying the growth and development of social movements that have challenged the legitimacy of racial and ethnic stratification.
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AFS 390 - Special Topics in Africana Studies
1–3 credit(s)
Topics and issues related to the black experience. These will vary from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of qualified faculty.
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AFS 391 - Special Topics in Africana Studies
1–3 credit(s)
Topics and issues related to the black experience. These will vary from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of qualified faculty.
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AFS 480 - Independent Study in the Black Experience
3 credit(s)
This course is open to both majors and nonmajors. It is designed to allow interested and qualified students to engage in research and study in academic areas not covered by existing department course offerings. The student will work under an advisor chosen by the student in consultation with the coordinator of African American studies. All independent study projects must be approved by the coordinator.
Prerequisite(s): AFS 110 or AFS 111 .
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AFS 482 - Honors in Africana Studies
3 credit(s)
Open to seniors who have taken no fewer than 21 credits in the program and who have earned a minimum grade point average of 3.0 in their major. The student must prepare a senior thesis under the supervision of a faculty member chosen in consultation with the coordinator of Africana studies. The student will be required to defend this thesis before an Honors Committee approved by the Africana Studies General Advisory Committee.
Prerequisite(s): AFS 110 or AFS 111 .
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AFS 483 - Honors in Africana Studies
3 credit(s)
Open to seniors who have taken no fewer than 21 credits in the program and who have earned a minimum grade point average of 3.0 in their major. The student must prepare a senior thesis under the supervision of a faculty member chosen in consultation with the coordinator of Africana studies. The student will be required to defend this thesis before an Honors Committee approved by the Africana Studies General Advisory Committee.
Prerequisite(s): AFS 110 or AFS 111 .
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AFS 490 - Special Topics in Africana Studies
1–3 credit(s)
Topics and issues related to the black experience. These will vary from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of qualified faculty.
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AFS 491 - Special Topics in Africana Studies
1–3 credit(s)
Topics and issues related to the black experience. These will vary from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of qualified faculty.
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Biology
BIO 100 - Cooperative Education Program
3 credit(s)
Paid work experience in a biological industry under supervision of the biology faculty. Regular reports and the completion of the goals set by a learning contract are required.
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing (see departmental description here ).
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BIO 110 - General Biology I
4 credit(s)
BIO 110 considers the following topics in a broad, general survey for the nonmajor: the cellular nature and energy requirements of plants and animals; evolution; genetics; species interaction; ecology. The laboratory is correlated with the lecture. Credit toward a biology major or minor by permission only.
Prerequisite(s): Not open to BIO or CHBIO majors.
Laboratory fee.
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BIO 111 - General Biology II
4 credit(s)
BIO 111 emphasizes the relationship between structure and function of all the systems of the human body. The laboratory is correlated with the lecture. Credit toward a biology major or minor by permission only.
Prerequisite(s): Not open to BIO or CHBIO majors.
Laboratory fee.
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BIO 122 - Introductory Biology I
4 credit(s)
An introduction to biology focusing on biochemistry, cell biology, cellular energy production, cell division, genetics, and molecular biology. The course emphasizes underlying principles, particularly chemical principles. Laboratories are integrated with lecture materials.
Corequisite(s): Either CH 110 , CH 111 , CH 114 , CH 136 , or permission of instructor.
Laboratory fee.
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BIO 123 - Introductory Biology II
4 credit(s)
An introduction to biology focusing on evolution, phylogeny, selected topics in botany, and animal physiology. Plant and animal topics emphasize underlying evolutionary principles. Laboratories are integrated with lecture materials.
Corequisite(s): Either CH 110 , CH 111 , CH 114 , CH 136 , or permission of instructor.
Laboratory fee.
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BIO 130 - Introduction to Environmental Science
4 credit(s)
This course introduces fundamental principles, concepts, and methodologies of environmental science from an interdisciplinary approach. Both local and global environmental issues are explored from ecological, social, economic, and governmental policy perspectives. Students gain an understanding of the basic scientific methods, tools and techniques needed to understand and analyze environmental issues including population growth, water quality, air pollution, environmental toxicology, waste management, climate change, biodiversity, renewable energy and sustainability. A two and half hour laboratory each week is required in addition to the lecture. Students are required to make several field trips to environmental sites and conduct indoor and outdoor experiments as part of this course and write a term paper dealing with a current environmental issue.
Laboratory fee.
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BIO 190 - Special Studies in Biology
4 credit(s)
An exploration of various topics in biology selected to emphasize science as a way of knowing.
Laboratory fee.
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BIO 195 - Special Studies in Biology
4 credit(s)
An exploration of various topics in biology selected to emphasize science as a way of knowing.
Laboratory fee.
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BIO 200 - Cooperative Education Program
3 credit(s)
Paid work experience in a biological industry under supervision of the biology faculty. Regular reports and the completion of the goals set by a learning contract are required.
Prerequisite(s): BIO 100 (see departmental description here ).
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BIO 210 - Physiological Psychology Course Cross-listed with PSY 210
3 credit(s)
This course introduces the physiological bases of behavior among typically developing individuals. Topics include neuron structure and function, functional neuroanatomy, drugs and behavior, and the physiology of hunger, sex, sleep, emotion, reward/punishment, language, learning, and memory.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 105 , and BIO 110 or BIO 111 . (Prerequisite courses must be taken for a letter grade)
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BIO 212 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I
4 credit(s)
A study of human tissues and organ systems: muscular, skeletal, nervous, and endocrine systems; skin and special senses. Laboratory dissection and physiology experimentation are coordinated with lecture material. This course is for health science students and it is recommended that they be taken in order.
Prerequisite(s): CH 110 and CH 111 , or CH 114 and CH 136 .
Laboratory fee.
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BIO 213 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II
4 credit(s)
A study of human tissues and organ systems: circulatory, respiratory, digestive, excretory, and reproductive systems; blood and metabolism. Laboratory dissection and physiology experimentation are coordinated with lecture material. This course is for health science students and it is recommended that they be taken in order.
Prerequisite(s): CH 110 and CH 111 , or CH 114 and CH 136 .
Laboratory fee.
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BIO 260W - Ecology
4 credit(s) Writing Intensive
Introduction to the study of ecosystems, including physical, chemical, and biological components. Emphasis on bioenergetics, succession, distribution of organisms, population dynamics, and speciation. Laboratory studies include use of the major techniques of field and laboratory research in ecology.
Prerequisite(s): BIO 122 and BIO 123 .
Laboratory fee.
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BIO 272W - Genetics
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
A study of the gene, its structure, control, and role in determining the chemical and physical characteristics of cells and individuals. Analysis of Mendelian ratios and chromosome maps.
Prerequisite(s): BIO 122 or BYB 210 (minimum grade of C), and either CH 110 and CH 111 (minimum grade of C in CH 111) or CH 114 and CH 136 (minimum grade of C in CH 136).
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BIO 273W - Genetics Laboratory
1 credit(s) Writing Intensive
Topics include simple statistical analysis of data derived from crossing fruit flies or other organisms, cell hybridization, extraction of plasmids from bacteria, transformation and induction of mutations in bacteria.
Corequisite(s): BIO 272W .
Laboratory fee.
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BIO 300 - Cooperative Education Program
3 credit(s)
Paid work experience in a biological industry under supervision of the biology faculty. Regular reports and the completion of the goals set by a learning contract are required.
Prerequisite(s): BIO 200 (see departmental description here ).
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BIO 310 - Introduction to Neuroscience
4 credit(s)
Introduction to the fundamental concepts of neurobiology, such as action potentials, synaptic transmission and neurochemistry. Basic neuroanatomy and some fundamental aspects of brain development will be explored. Sensory systems, motor control and complex brain functions (memory, emotions) are discussed. Laboratory studies are correlated to the major topics covered in lecture.
Prerequisite(s): BIO 272W and BIO 273W .
Laboratory fee.
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BIO 336 - Comparative Animal Physiology
4 credit(s)
Basic physiological processes of animals are presented. Topics include nervous systems, muscle function, circulation of blood, respiration, osmoregulation, and excretion. Laboratory investigations extend the lecture presentation.
Prerequisite(s): BIO 352 and either CH 230 and CH 231 , or CH 114 and CH 136 .
Laboratory fee.
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BIO 337W - Immunology
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
A detailed study of the cellular and humoral components of the immune system. The course surveys immunochemical methods and current theories of immunity. Topics include humoral immunity, cell-mediated immunity, cellular cooperation, hypersensitivity, transplantation, and cancer immunology. A series of immunochemical laboratory exercises reinforces basic concepts.
Prerequisite(s): BIO 272W and BIO 273W .
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BIO 338 - Immunology Laboratory
1 credit(s)
The laboratory course provides the students with a survey of the major types of immunochemical methods and includes the development and evaluation of an antisera.
Corequisite(s): BIO 337W or permission of instructor.
Laboratory fee.
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BIO 352 - Molecular Cell Biology
4 credit(s)
Detailed study of the structural and functional components of the cell, understood in terms of the molecular building blocks for each cellular component. Major concepts include evolution, chromosome structure, the cytoskeleton, membrane transport, the generation of cellular energy, vesicle trafficking, and cell cycle regulation. The laboratory makes extensive use of microscopy of live and fixed specimens, and includes some molecular biology.
Prerequisite(s): BIO 272W and BIO 273W (minimum of C in both courses).
Laboratory fee.
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BIO 380 - Plant Propagation
4 credit(s)
A theoretical and practical course investigating the techniques of seedage, cuttage, grafting, and budding. Principles governing the identification, propagation, and growth of annuals, biennials, and perennials cultured under greenhouse or indoor conditions are considered.
Prerequisite(s): 8 credits of biology.
Laboratory fee.
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BIO 382 - Honors Seminar in Biology
5 credit(s)
This seminar reviews literature of one topic of current interest in biology, critically analyzing research papers and discussing the contribution of that research to the overall understanding of a particular problem in biology.
Prerequisite(s): Admission through departmental approval to the Honors program.
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BIO 390 - Special Topics in Biology
3-4 credit(s)
An advanced exploration of a special interest topic in modern Biology.
Prerequisite(s): BIO 122 and BIO 272W , or permision of instructor.
Laboratory fee.
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BIO 400 - Cooperative Education Program
3 credit(s)
Paid work experience in a biological industry under supervision of the biology faculty. Regular reports and the completion of the goals set by a learning contract are required.
Prerequisite(s): BIO 300 (see departmental description here ).
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BIO 401 - Biology Internship
3 credit(s)
The Department of Biology maintains a number of affiliations with agencies able to offer students a perspective-broadening internship experience that provides an opportunity to apply theoretical concepts, to develop expertise in fields outside faculty research interests, to broaden professional contacts and explore career goals. This off-campus activity is under close faculty supervision and requires related reading and writing assignments. Students may not accumulate more than 15 credits of internship in biology.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of department chair.
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BIO 402 - Biology Internship
6 credit(s)
The Department of Biology maintains a number of affiliations with agencies able to offer students a perspective-broadening internship experience that provides an opportunity to apply theoretical concepts, to develop expertise in fields outside faculty research interests, to broaden professional contacts and explore career goals. This off-campus activity is under close faculty supervision and requires related reading and writing assignments. Students may not accumulate more than 15 credits of internship in biology.
Prerequisite(s): BIO 401 and signature of the department.
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BIO 403 - Biology Internship
9 credit(s)
The Department of Biology maintains a number of affiliations with agencies able to offer students a perspective-broadening internship experience that provides an opportunity to apply theoretical concepts, to develop expertise in fields outside faculty research interests, to broaden professional contacts and explore career goals. This off-campus activity is under close faculty supervision and requires related reading and writing assignments. Students may not accumulate more than 15 credits of internship in biology.
Prerequisite(s): BIO 401 and signature of the department.
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BIO 404 - Biology Internship
12 credit(s)
The Department of Biology maintains a number of affiliations with agencies able to offer students a perspective-broadening internship experience that provides an opportunity to apply theoretical concepts, to develop expertise in fields outside faculty research interests, to broaden professional contacts and explore career goals. This off-campus activity is under close faculty supervision and requires related reading and writing assignments. Students may not accumulate more than 15 credits of internship in biology.
Prerequisite(s): BIO 401 and signature of the department.
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BIO 410 - Developmental Biology
4 credit(s)
How does an organism arise from a single cell? How does fertilization occur and what is directing and controlling development into a complex, multicellular organism? Recent technological advances have begun to shed light on these wonders. Both basic life sciences and clinical medicine have benefited from discoveries in developmental biology. Developmental Biology is a lecture/laboratory course that’s designed to introduce students to the cellular and molecular mechanisms of gametogenesis, fertilization, and organogenesis in vertebrates. The laboratory portion of the course covers different aspects of vertebrate development using live cellular and embryonic materials. The course also covers cutting edge topics like human embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells.
Prerequisite(s): BIO 272W and BIO 273W .
Laboratory fee.
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BIO 420 - Comparative Anatomy
4 credit(s)
A detailed study of vertebrate anatomy emphasizing adaptive evolutionary structures. Laboratory work includes dissection of selected chordates to demonstrate these structures.
Prerequisite(s): BIO 123 .
Laboratory fee.
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BIO 440 - Medical Microbiology
4 credit(s)
A concept-based approach to microbiology for allied health profession students. Topics include human-microbe interactions; the control of microbial growth by physical and chemical methods and antimicrobial agents; an introduction to immunology and the host response to infectious disease; biological tools for diagnosing infectious disease-causing pathogenic microbes; and a survey of infectious diseases, including causative microbe, epidemiology, prevention, and treatment. Laboratory exercises are coordinated with lecture materials, with a focus on pathogen diagnosis. Designed for students in the Clinical Laboratory Science, Health Science General Studies, Physical Therapy, and Respiratory Care/Therapy programs. Medical Microbiology does not fulfill upper-division course requirements for biology B.S. majors. No credit given to students who have received credit for BIO 442.
Prerequisite(s): BIO 272W and either CH 110 and CH 111 , or CH 114 and CH 136 .
Laboratory fee.
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BIO 442 - Microbiology
4 credit(s)
A detailed study of the biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology of microorganisms, with an emphasis on prokaryotic organisms. Topics include microbial physiology, diversity, ecology, and evolution; control of microbial growth, human-microbe interactions, epidemiology, biotechnology, applied industrial microbiology, and environmental microbiology. Skills practiced include communicating scientific information, understanding scientific literature, and critically analyzing and evaluating information and experimental results. Hands-on laboratory exercises are used to reinforce and practice topics and skills. Designed for biology and chemistry/biology majors, and students in the Premedical Professionals program.
Prerequisite(s): CH 230 , CH 231 , BIO 272W (minimum grade of C), and BIO 273W (minimum grade of C).
Laboratory fee.
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BIO 444 - Biochemistry Course Cross-listed with CH 444
3 credit(s)
This is a survey of cell chemistry, including energy generation, enzymology, biosynthetic and catabolic pathways, and the control of metabolism. Quantitative problems in biochemistry are given.
Prerequisite(s): Either CH 230 and CH 231 , or CH 114 and CH 136 .
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BIO 445 - Biochemistry Laboratory
2 credit(s)
Biochemical techniques, including quantitative analysis, radioisotopes, chromatography, centrifugation, and enzyme purification and assays are presented in laboratory experiments.
Corequisite(s): BIO 444 or permission of instructor.
Laboratory fee.
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BIO 471 - Recombinant DNA Biology
4 credit(s)
This course covers the theory, development, and practice of basic technologies used in recombinant DNA studies. It provides laboratory experiences with vector DNA isolation, hybrid plasmid formation, restriction mapping, clone selection, and gene expression. Recombinant DNA technologies in basic and applied biological sciences are discussed.
Prerequisite(s): BIO 352 , BIO 272W , BIO 273W , and either CH 110 and CH 111 or CH 114 .
Laboratory fee.
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BIO 482 - Honors Research in Biology
3 credit(s)
These courses involve original, independent research in the biological sciences under the supervision of a faculty member in the department. Completion of them requires the submission of a written thesis and oral presentation of results. No more than 3 credits may be taken in any one semester, and no more than 3 credits may be taken during the junior year.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Honors program and at least junior standing.
Laboratory fee.
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BIO 483 - Honors Research in Biology
3 credit(s)
These courses involve original, independent research in the biological sciences under the supervision of a faculty member in the department. Completion of them requires the submission of a written thesis and oral presentation of results. No more than 3 credits may be taken in any one semester, and no more than 3 credits may be taken during the junior year.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Honors program and junior standing.
Laboratory fee.
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BIO 493 - Special Problems in Biology
1-4 credit(s)
Independent study/research in a field of special interest under faculty supervision. Registration requires the signature of the sponsoring faculty member.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of department chair.
Laboratory fee.
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BIO 495 - Special Studies in Biology
1-4 credit(s)
An exploration in depth of a modern topic in biological sciences.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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BIO 496 - Special Studies in Biology
3 credit(s)
An exploration in depth of a modern topic in biological sciences.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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BIO 497 - Special Studies in Biology
4 credit(s)
An exploration in depth of a modern topic in biological sciences.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
Laboratory fee for BIO 497 and BIO 498 only.
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BIO 498 - Special Studies in Biology
4 credit(s)
An exploration in depth of a modern topic in biological sciences.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
Laboratory fee for BIO 497 and BIO 498 only.
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Chemistry
CH 106 - Chemistry for the World Around Us
4 credit(s)
An introductory course for the non-science major emphasizing the role of chemistry in environmental and technological problems of concern to society such as air and water pollution, current energy sources and alternatives, nuclear chemistry, household chemicals and pharmaceuticals, plastics and recycling, and food and agriculture. No credit given to students who have received credit for CH 114 or CH 110 , and/or CH 111 , or equivalent. One two-hour laboratory in addition to lecture.
Laboratory fee.
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CH 110 - College Chemistry
4 credit(s)
Basic principles of chemistry, including atomic and molecular theory and structure; the chemical and physical behavior of gases, solids, liquids, and solutions; chemical equations; thermochemistry; chemical equilibrium; acid-base theory; electrochemistry; kinetics; nuclear chemistry; metal complexes; and an introduction to inorganic and organic chemical reactions. Laboratory experiments designed to acquaint students with quantitative measurements as applied to chemical behavior. For science, engineering, and mathematics majors. One three-hour laboratory in addition to lecture.
Laboratory fee.
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CH 111 - College Chemistry
4 credit(s)
Basic principles of chemistry, including atomic and molecular theory and structure; the chemical and physical behavior of gases, solids, liquids, and solutions; chemical equations; thermochemistry; chemical equilibrium; acid-base theory; electrochemistry; kinetics; nuclear chemistry; metal complexes; and an introduction to inorganic and organic chemical reactions. Laboratory experiments designed to acquaint students with quantitative measurements as applied to chemical behavior. For science, engineering, and mathematics majors. One three-hour laboratory in addition to lecture.
Prerequisite(s): CH 110 (minimum grade of C-).
Laboratory fee.
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CH 114 - Principles of Chemistry I
4 credit(s)
Chemistry of solids, liquids, gases, and solutions; colligative properties, bonding theory, acids and bases, and chemical equilibria. Designed for students, such as nursing, health science, humanities, and social science majors, who desire or require a one-semester introduction to the principles of inorganic and physical chemistry. May be used to fulfill part of the general education distribution requirements in the natural sciences. The combination of CH 114 and CH 136 constitutes a one-year general survey of the major areas of chemistry. Not intended for majors in biology (B.S.), chemistry, engineering, or physics, or students planning to apply to a professional school in medical sciences (premedical, predental, etc.) No credit given to students who have received credit for CH 110 and/or CH 111 or equivalent. One three-hour laboratory in addition to the lecture.
Laboratory fee.
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CH 136 - Principles of Chemistry II
4 credit(s)
The chemistry of carbon compounds, including functional group chemistry, natural products, stereochemistry, and compounds of biochemical importance. Designed for students who desire or require a one-semester introduction to organic chemistry and biochemistry. The combination of CH 114 and CH 136 constitutes a one-year general survey of the major areas of chemistry. Not intended for majors in biology (B.S.), chemistry, engineering, physics, or students planning to apply to a professional school in the medical sciences (premedical, predental, etc.). No credit given to students who have received credit for CH 230 and/or CH 231 , or equivalent. One three-hour laboratory in addition to lecture.
Prerequisite(s): CH 111 or CH 114 .
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CH 210 - Environmental Chemistry
3 credit(s)
Second-year chemistry course for students who desire analytical and physical chemistry oriented toward solving environmental problems. Subject matter includes sources, cycles, and sinks of chemical pollutants; detection and reactions of unwanted chemicals in the biosphere.
Prerequisite(s): CH 111 or equivalent.
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CH 211 - Water Chemistry Laboratory
1 credit(s)
An introduction to measurement techniques and instrumentation of water quality analysis. Experiments include electrode determinations, titrations, colorimetry, atomic absorption spectroscopy and biological assay. This course is intended to provide skills in water quality measurement and interpretation. One three-hour laboratory.
Prerequisite(s): CH 111
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CH 226 - Quantitative Analysis
5 credit(s)
Fundamentals of quantitative chemical analysis. Topics will include gravimetric analysis, titrimetry, electroanalytical methods, spectrophotometric methods, potentiometry, statistical analysis, and basic chromatography. A problem-solving approach will be stressed. Two three-hour laboratories in addition to lecture.
Prerequisite(s): CH 111
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CH 230 - Organic Chemistry I
4 credit(s)
Fundamentals of structure and reactions of carbon compounds. Emphasis on reaction mechanisms, synthesis, stereochemistry, and chemical and spectroscopic methods of analysis. One three-hour laboratory in addition to lecture.
Prerequisite(s): CH 111 (minimum grade of C).
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CH 231 - Organic Chemistry II
4 credit(s)
Fundamentals of structure and reactions of carbon compounds. Emphasis on reaction mechanisms, synthesis, stereochemistry, and chemical and spectroscopic methods of analysis. One three hour laboratory in addition to lecture.
Prerequisite(s): CH 230 .
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CH 282 - Introduction to Research
2 credit(s)
An introduction to research techniques and methods involving a project guided by a faculty member and culminating in the written presentation of results. Students enrolled in this course acquire the foundations for making independent decisions required to carry out original research. A student may enroll in research (CH 282, CH 283 , CH 482 , CH 483 , or CH 484 ) more than once; however, a maximum of 3 credits may be applied toward chemistry electives required for the chemistry minor.
Prerequisite(s): CH 111 .
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CH 283 - Introduction to Research
3 credit(s)
An introduction to research techniques and methods involving a project guided by a faculty member and culminating in the written presentation of results. Students enrolled in this course acquire the foundations for making independent decisions required to carry out original research. A student may enroll in research (CH 282 , CH 283, CH 482 , CH 483 , or CH 484 ) more than once; however, a maximum of 3 credits may be applied toward chemistry electives required for the chemistry minor.
Prerequisite(s): CH 111 .
Laboratory fee.
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CH 347 - Physical Chemistry I
3 credit(s)
The laws of thermodynamics and their application to the properties of gases, liquids, and solids, and to homogeneous and heterogeneous equilibria; electrochemistry; chemical kinetics, introduction to quantum theory and its application to atomic and molecular structure and spectra; statistical mechanics and thermodynamics.
Prerequisite(s): M 145 , CH 111 , and one year of physics (minimum grade of C for all courses).
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CH 348 - Physical Chemistry II
3 credit(s)
The laws of thermodynamics and their application to the properties of gases, liquids, and solids, and to homogeneous and heterogeneous equilibria; electrochemistry; chemical kinetics, introduction to quantum theory and its application to atomic and molecular structure and spectra; statistical mechanics and thermodynamics.
Prerequisite(s): CH 347 (minimum grade of C-).
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CH 349W - Physical Chemistry Laboratory
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
Introduction to physical measurements in chemistry. Experiments are carried out in thermodynamics, thermochemistry, chemical kinetics, and spectroscopy. Emphasis is placed on the statistical treatment of experimental data and computer programming. Two three-hour laboratories in addition to lecture.
Prerequisite(s): CH 226 , CH 347 , and either CS 111 or CS 114 (minimum grade of C- for all). Corequisite(s): CH 348 (minimum grade of C-).
Laboratory fee.
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CH 390 - Special Topics in Chemistry
3 credit(s)
Lecture and laboratory courses on special topics in various branches of chemistry to increase the depth and breadth of chemical understanding for both chemistry and non-chemistry majors by expanding on topics covered in the chemistry curriculum. These courses may not be counted as advanced chemistry electives by chemistry majors.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
For laboratory courses, laboratory fee.
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CH 391 - Special Topics in Chemistry
3 credit(s)
Lecture and laboratory courses on special topics in various branches of chemistry to increase the depth and breadth of chemical understanding for both chemistry and non-chemistry majors by expanding on topics covered in the chemistry curriculum. These courses may not be counted as advanced chemistry electives by chemistry majors.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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CH 426 - Instrumental Analysis
4 credit(s)
Instrumentation and instrumental methods of analysis are discussed, including spectroscopic (mass spec., IR, Raman, UV-Visible, NMR, Luminescence, Atomic Absorption, and Lasers), chromatographic (LC, GC, and CE), electrochemical, and surface science techniques. Each method is developed from the theory through the instrumentation to the practical aspects of measurement and interpretation. Two three-hour laboratories in addition to lecture.
Prerequisite(s): CH 226 , CH 230 , and PHY 121 .
Laboratory fee.
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CH 434 - Qualitative Organic Analysis
3 credit(s)
Systematic identification of pure compounds. Separation and identification of mixtures. Application of modern instrumental methods. Two three-hour laboratories in addition to lecture.
Prerequisite(s): CH 426 and CH 231 .
Laboratory fee.
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CH 444 - Biochemistry Course Cross-listed with BIO 444
3 credit(s)
This is a survey of cell chemistry, including energy generation, enzymology, biosynthetic, and catabolic pathways and the control of metabolism. Quantitative problems in biochemistry are given.
Prerequisite(s): Biology majors: Either CH 230 and CH 231 , or CH 114 and CH 136 ; and at least 8 additional credits in biology. Chemistry majors: CH 231 and at least 16 credits in chemistry, with 8 credits of biology recommended.
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CH 450 - Inorganic Structure and Bonding
3 credit(s)
Topics in advanced inorganic chemistry, such as atomic and molecular term states, valence-bond and molecular orbital theories of chemical bonding, molecular geometry, the hydrogen bond, crystal structure, coordination compounds, and ligand field theory.
Prerequisite(s): CH 231 .
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CH 456W - Advanced Synthesis
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
Synthesis and characterization of organic and inorganic compounds, including such species as metal coordination complexes, organometallics, hydrides, and compounds containing elements in unusual oxidation states. Modern preparative techniques may include ion-exchange, high vacuum, high and low temperature, inert atmosphere, and chromatography. Synthesized compounds are analyzed by physical and chemical methods. Two three-hour laboratory periods in addition to lecture.
Prerequisite(s): CH 226 and CH 231 .
Laboratory fee.
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CH 482 - Undergraduate Research
2 credit(s)
Original research in a project approved by the department and supervised by a faculty member, culminating in the writing and oral presentation of the results. A student may enroll in undergraduate research more than once; however, a maximum of 4 credits may be applied toward the advanced chemistry electives required for the chemistry major. With approval of the department, credit in CH 482, CH 483 , or CH 484 may be substituted for other required courses, such as CH 456, or the third semester of physics if the research area is sufficiently similar.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
Laboratory fee.
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CH 483 - Undergraduate Research
3 credit(s)
Original research in a project approved by the department and supervised by a faculty member, culminating in the writing and oral presentation of the results. A student may enroll in undergraduate research more than once; however, a maximum of 4 credits may be applied toward the advanced chemistry electives required for the chemistry major. With approval of the department, credit in CH 482 , CH 483, or CH 484 may be substituted for other required courses, such as CH 456, or the third semester of physics if the research area is sufficiently similar.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
Laboratory fee.
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CH 484 - Undergraduate Research
4 credit(s)
Original research in a project approved by the department and supervised by a faculty member, culminating in the writing and oral presentation of the results. A student may enroll in undergraduate research more than once; however, a maximum of 4 credits may be applied toward the advanced chemistry electives required for the chemistry major. With approval of the department, credit in CH 482 , CH 483 , or CH 484 may be substituted for other required courses, such as CH 456, or the third semester of physics if the research area is sufficiently similar.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
Laboratory fee.
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Cinema
School of Communication
CIN 150 - Introduction to Film Course Cross-listed with CMM 150
3 credit(s)
Study of cinema as a cultural and artistic form. Emphasis on techniques (camera, editing, color, sound, composition) and styles (realism, expressionism, abstraction).
Film fee.
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CIN 220 - Film and Video Lighting
3 credit(s)
This course exposes students to many concepts and techniques in lighting for video and film, from theoretical aspects—such as brightness range manipulation and the measuring and evaluation of light—to the practical considerations of instrumentation and gelatin use. Students gain both the recognition of subjective effects of light in nature and the necessary skills to reproduce them using objective principles and applications.
Film fee.
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CIN 225W - Storytelling for the Screen
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
A writing workshop focusing on conceptualization, planning, and scripting of various film and video projects. Students write screenplays for a short film and segments of a full-length feature or documentary project. Focus is on the skill of drafting and the specific uses of language for the screen, and on refinement and presentation of ideas into treatment or proposal form.
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CIN 230 - Introduction to Filmmaking
3 credit(s)
Introduction to basic principles, techniques, and aesthetics of motion picture production. The course emphasizes practice with a series of several short-term assignments in the first two-thirds of the semester, and the development of a focused production project in the last third of the semester. Working in small production crews and with the medium of digital video, students gain a practical and theoretical understanding of the basic principles of camera and editing for motion picture production.
Prerequisite(s): CIN 150 or permission of instructor.
Materials fee.
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CIN 250 - World Cinema Course Cross-listed with ML 251
3 credit(s)
An introductory survey of international cinema, selecting classic films of the major national cinemas (France, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Russia, Japan) along with important works from other cinemas (e.g., Yugoslavia, India, Brazil, Senegal). Weekly screenings.
Prerequisite(s): CIN 150 or CMM 150 .
Film fee.
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CIN 251W - Film History
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
From 1895 to the present, a survey of the defining developments in technology (sound, color, widescreen) and national styles (primitive cinema, silent cinema, German expressionism, Soviet montage, French poetic realism, classical Hollywood cinema, Italian neorealism, French New Wave, American experimental cinema, the new Hollywood). Weekly screenings.
Prerequisite(s): CIN 150 or CMM 150 .
Film fee.
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CIN 252W - Film Analysis
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
Close study of the formalism of Eisenstein, the realism of Bazin, the auteur theory, and semiotics. Film analysis asks whether a movie is more like a painting, a window on the world, or a mirror for the desires of the audience; it asks whether there is a language of film, whether seeing a film is like dreaming, and what makes for the impression of reality in the cinema. Weekly screenings.
Prerequisite(s): CIN 150 or CMM 150 .
Film fee.
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CIN 253 - Shakespeare on Film: Plays to 1600 Course Cross-listed with ENG 253
3 credit(s)
A close study of the transformation into film of dramas of Shakespeare written chiefly before 1600 (first semester), including The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, and Henry V.
Film fee.
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CIN 254 - Shakespeare on Film: Plays after 1600 Course Cross-listed with ENG 254
3 credit(s)
A close study of the transformation into film of dramas of Shakespeare written chiefly after 1600 (second semester), including Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, and Anthony and Cleopatra.
Film fee.
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CIN 311 - Film Directors
3 credit(s)
Extended close study of one or more of the major individual figures in cinema (e.g., Eisenstein, Chaplin, Welles, Hitchcock, Godard). Specific director varies by the semester; thus, the course may be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite(s): CIN 150 or CMM 150 .
Film fee.
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CIN 312 - National Cinemas Course Cross-listed with ML 351
3 credit(s)
Thorough survey of one or more of the major national cinemas (e.g., American, British, French, German, Italian, Japanese). Specific national cinema varies by semester; thus, the course may be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite(s): CIN 150 or CMM 150 .
Film fee.
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CIN 313 - Film Genres
3 credit(s)
Close study of one or more historically important genres in cinema (documentary, melodrama, film noir, horror, western, musical, experimental film). Specific genre varies with the semester; thus, the course may be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite(s): CIN 150 or CMM 150 .
Film fee.
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CIN 314 - Studies in Film
3 credit(s)
Intensive study of a major motif, topic, or limited period in film (for example, City in Film, Fantasy and Realism in Cinema, Masculinity in the Movies). Specific topic varies by semester; thus, the course may be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite(s): CIN 150 or CMM 150 .
Film fee.
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CIN 322 - Cinematography
3 credit(s)
Intermediate level film/video production course covering specific topics, issues, or techniques within cinematography. Students gain a greater understanding of the technical properties of lenses, filters, lighting, and celluloid film. Students use both film (35mm/16mm/Super 8) and video cameras to complete several projects leading up to a final short film using the techniques covered throughout the semester.
Prerequisite(s): CIN 230 .
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CIN 327 - Documentary Filmmaking
3 credit(s)
Intermediate level film/video production course covering specific topics, issues, or techniques within documentary filmmaking (biography, environmental filmmaking, ethnography, etc). Students use HD video cameras to complete both research and short projects, leading up to the completion of a short documentary film at the end of the semester.
Prerequisite(s): CIN 230 .
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CIN 330 - Topics in Filmmaking
3 credit(s)
Intermediate-level film/video production course providing students who have a foundation in production with an opportunity to develop depth through intensive study in specialized areas of the filmmaking process (for example, lighting and cinematography, editing and sound design, documentary filmmaking). In each topic, emphasis is placed on the study of the history of the particular area of focus, on the relationship of film form to content, as well as on the acquisition of professional skills. Specific topic varies by the semester; thus, the course may be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite(s): CIN 230 .
Materials fee.
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CIN 331 - Animation
3 credit(s)
Students explore several animation techniques to gain technical acuity in the process of 2D animation. The course explores the history of animation and its roots in the avant-garde. Students produce several short projects over the course of the semester, as well as complete several writing assignments. Animation techniques covered include stop motion, digital rotoscoping, contact printing, and 2D digital motion.
Prerequisite(s): CIN 230 .
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CIN 334 - Narrative Filmmaking
3 credit(s)
Intermediate level film/video production course covering specific topics, issues, and techniques within narrative filmmaking. Students use Steadicam equipment, track-based dollies, HD video cameras, and DSLR equipment to develop skills, which prepare them to complete a short narrative final project.
Prerequisite(s): CIN 230 .
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CIN 335 - Screenwriting II
3 credit(s)
Building on skills introduced in Screenwriting I, combines writing and speaking activities with the analysis of sample films and screenplays. The successful student gains an enhanced understanding of narrative form and improved screenwriting skills. Weekly writing assignments lead toward a feature-length screenplay.
Prerequisite(s): CIN 225W .
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CIN 354 - Women in Film Course Cross-listed with GS 354
3 credit(s)
Images of women in films both popular and alternative, history of melodrama or “women’s pictures,” films made by women, feminist film theory.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 140 , or CIN 150 /CMM 150 , or , and junior standing or permission of instructor.
Film fee.
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CIN 356 - Movie-Made America
3 credit(s)
Cultural history of the major studio era in American film, from the early 1920s to the late 1950s, with emphasis on forms, characters, and themes that have shaped popular social attitudes in America. The American film industry is examined as a major institutional force in national politics.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 140 and CIN 150 /CMM 150 , or permission of instructor.
Film fee.
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CIN 387 - Independent Study
1–6 credit(s)
Advanced independent research and learning in areas not covered by conventional CIN offerings. May not be used in lieu of a conventional course. Usually taken after having completed successfully a substantial number of courses in the department. Requires submission of an articulate proposal for the study and prior arrangement with the prospective advisor.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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CIN 388 - Independent Study
1–6 credit(s)
Advanced independent research and learning in areas not covered by conventional CIN offerings. May not be used in lieu of a conventional course. Usually taken after having completed successfully a substantial number of courses in the department. Requires submission of an articulate proposal for the study and prior arrangement with the prospective advisor.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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CIN 390 - Special Topics in Cinema
3 credit(s)
Introduces significant topics in accordance with needs and interests of students and the community. Uses specialists in various areas of cinema.
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CIN 415 - Acting for the Camera
3 credit(s)
Instruction and practical experience in performing for the camera. Class stresses process and terms used in television and film production from the standpoint of the performer. Regular on-camera experience enables students to study themselves and others on the monitor in order to observe their progress. Differences between film and stage work are emphasized, giving the film or drama student an overview of the two forms from a production standpoint.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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CIN 430 - Producing and Directing
3 credit(s)
A semester-long production workshop in which students each propose and produce an original narrative short film. Working in a sustained manner during the entire semester, students bring their projects through the stages of preproduction (casting, location arrangement, permissions, costumes, scheduling of crew), production (cinematography and sound recording), post-production (editing and arranging of sound and picture material produced), and the initial stages of distribution (public screening of work). Specific content varies by semester; thus, the course may be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite(s): CIN 230 and one of the following courses: CIN 322 , CIN 327 , CIN 330 , CIN 334 .
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CIN 480 - Cinema Internship
1-3 credit(s)
An internship provides students with an opportunity to augment their studies with a 12- to 15-week work experience in a film or television organization. Typically, students work from 7 to 15 hours each week, depending on the number of credits for which they are enrolled. In most cases, internships are approved only after a student has successfully completed a number of CIN courses. Students interested in pursuing an internship must submit an articulate proposal and win the approval of their advisor. Available to cinema majors only.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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CMM 105 - Multimedia for Presentations
1 credit(s)
This course teaches basic multimedia presentational production and editing skills as well as introducing students to communication message design concerns.
Laboratory fee.
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CMM 110 - Communication in the Digital Age
3 credit(s)
The primary goal of the course is to provide students with an overview of the foundations and breadth of the field of Communication. A particular focus is placed on the role that technology plays in the major areas of the field – human communication studies, media and journalism, and advertising and public relations. The course also addresses ethical dilemmas in communication such as deception, manipulation, and others. Students are required to engage in critical thinking, analysis, presentation, and application utilizing concepts addressed in the course.
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CMM 111 - Business and Professional Communication
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Communication Studies
An analysis of preparing written and oral presentations in a variety of business and professional contexts. Emphasis on a practical and theoretical understanding of organizational, interpersonal, public, and group communication skills in the workplace. Students participate in a discovery learning activity emphasizing presentational and conflict management skills, communication networks, audience analysis, and the utility of multimedia technology.
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CMM 115 - Improving Communication Skills
3 credit(s)
Designed to help students develop skill and confidence in two speaking contexts: dyadic and public speaking. Course emphasizes self-assessment, adaptation to listeners and situations, organization and support of ideas, and effective delivery. (Does not fulfill requirements for the communication major.)
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CMM 150 - Introduction to Film Course Cross-listed with CIN 150
3 credit(s)
Study of cinema as an art form. Emphasis on techniques (editing, color, sound, composition) and styles (realism, expressionism, impressionism, abstraction).
Film fee.
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CMM 210 - Media Literacy
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Media and Journalism
This course introduces students to critical engagement with media. Students learn how to analyze and critique major themes in news and entertainment media, and how to evaluate and participate in media activism. Issues in media economics are examined, and students gain expertise in constructing a World Wide Web presence.
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CMM 212 - Persuasion
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Communication Studies
Course is designed to heighten students’ understanding of the ways in which people influence one another with speech and symbolic gestures. Course provides an analysis of social aspects of persuasion, cultural basis of belief, and theories of attitude change. Reasoning and rhetoric in a variety of contexts, including advertising, political campaigns, and social movements, are examined.
Prerequisite(s): CMM 110 .
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CMM 215 - Making Sense of Social Media
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Advertising and Public Relations, Communication Studies, Media and Journalism
This course surveys the array of social media platforms and examines their role and impact on the field of communication including journalism, public relations, advertising, media, and interpersonal communication. Students gain the ability to access, analyze, and engage in critical thinking about the array of messages they receive and send, while developing core competencies in social media.
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CMM 222 - Small-Group Communication
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Communication Studies
Introductory examination of the processes affecting small-group communication. Students study leadership, member roles, and group development. In addition, factors affecting the maintenance function of groups and the outcomes of group experiences are emphasized.
Prerequisite(s): CMM 110 .
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CMM 225W - Interpersonal Communication
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
Area/Group Designation: Communication Studies
Introduces students to major variables affecting the process of communication, including self-awareness, self-concept, perception, language, self-disclosure, nonverbal communication, empathic listening, and defensiveness. Major theories of interpersonal communication are discussed.
Prerequisite(s): CMM 110 .
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CMM 230 - Organizational Communication
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Communication Studies
An introductory course that focuses on the pivotal role of communication in linking organizational environments to organizational structure and processes. Also examines how theories of organizations shed light on organizational communication practices and introduces new management perspectives on communication networks and technologies.
Prerequisite(s): CMM 110 .
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CMM 240 - Introduction to Media
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Media and Journalism
Survey of the development, uses, economics, and content of communication media. Traditional mass media (broadcast, film, cable television, print), as well as the more interactive and micro media (Internet and digital media), are explored.
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CMM 242 - Introduction to Radio and Audio
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Media and Journalism
The historical, social, and programming facets of broadcast and non-broadcast audio. Radio, streaming, podcasting, independent recording and production techniques, including digital recording and editing, and the economic and legal considerations of each are examined.
Laboratory fee.
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CMM 244 - Introduction to Television Production
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Media and Journalism
General introduction to the basic principles of television production. The various stages of the production process are examined, from the initial development of the program concept, to the writing of the script, preproduction planning, and production in the television studio that incorporates video shot in the field. Course units survey the video camera, lighting, audio, video recording, editing, on-screen talent and the production team, with special emphasis on the key positions of director and producer. Students make their own video productions working in groups.
Laboratory fee.
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CMM 246 - Broadcast News and Public Affairs
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Media and Journalism
Issues, ethics, and problems in broadcast journalism. Criticism and evaluation of broadcast news content. Study of business and legal constraints on broadcast news.
Prerequisite(s): CMM 240 .
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CMM 250W - Fundamentals of Journalism
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
Introduction to the principles and techniques of news selection and journalistic writing, with an emphasis on the form and style of basic news stories.
Prerequisite(s): WRT 110 .
Laboratory fee.
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CMM 251 - Nonverbal Communication
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Communication Studies
Survey of the theoretical and empirical literature dealing with selected areas of nonverbal communication, e.g., space and territory relationships, physical characteristics, and vocal cues. Takes a developmental perspective, examining the communicative aspects of nonverbal behavior from infancy to adulthood.
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CMM 253W - Writing for the Media
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
Introduction to the techniques and principles of writing for three major areas of the media: print and broadcast news, advertising, and public relations.
Prerequisite(s): WRT 110 .
Laboratory fee.
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CMM 260 - Communication and Advertising
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Advertising and Public Relations
Study of the theories and practices of advertising with special emphasis on message creation and selection of appropriate media. Historical, economic, social, and psychological aspects of advertising. Practice in applying principles in final term project.
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CMM 271 - Introduction to Public Relations
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Advertising and Public Relations
This course introduces the major components of public relations, including strategies for problem resolution, media to execute strategies, and evaluation to assess program effectiveness.
Prerequisite(s): WRT 110 .
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CMM 281 - Introduction to Multimedia
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Media and Journalism
Introduces the students to the basic principles of computer-mediated communication, multimedia theory, and production for the creation of effective communication projects. Students produce communication projects for presentation and the World Wide Web.
Laboratory fee.
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CMM 290 - Special Topics in Communication
1–4 credit(s)
Topics vary from semester to semester in accordance with timeliness, the needs of the Communication curriculum, and the opportunities to explore areas of communication.
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisites vary by topic.
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CMM 291 - Special Topics in Communication
1–4 credit(s)
Topics vary from semester to semester in accordance with timeliness, the needs of the Communication curriculum, and the opportunities to explore areas of communication.
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisites vary by topic.
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CMM 292 - Special Topics in Communication
1–4 credit(s)
Topics vary from semester to semester in accordance with timeliness, the needs of the Communication curriculum, and the opportunities to explore areas of communication.
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisites vary by topic.
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CMM 306 - Internship Program
3 credit(s)
The internship program is intended to provide students an opportunity to augment their studies with a 12- to 15-week work experience in an organization engaged in communication-related activities (marketing, public relations, advertising, journalism, broadcasting, etc.). No more than 6 credits from internships or co-ops may be applied to the communication major. Typically, students work from 7 to 15 hours each week. Additional details about the program are available on request from the director of internships.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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CMM 307 - Internship Program
6 credit(s)
The internship program is intended to provide students an opportunity to augment their studies with a 12- to 15-week work experience in an organization engaged in communication-related activities (marketing, public relations, advertising, journalism, broadcasting, etc.). No more than 6 credits from internships or co-ops may be applied to the communication major. Typically, students work from 7 to 15 hours each week. Additional details about the program are available on request from the director of internships.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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CMM 310 - Political Communication Course Cross-listed with POL 310
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Communication Studies
Analysis of the contemporary political campaign as an epiphenomenon of modern mass media. Exploration of methods of public opinion measurement, techniques employed to mobilize or modify attitudes and the links between attitude and the act of voting. Democratic theory assumes informed consent, freely given. This course examines the engineering of consent.
Prerequisite(s): CMM 110 or POL 110 or POL 200W .
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CMM 311 - Research Methods in Communication
3 credit(s)
An introduction to modes of quantitative and qualitative research in communication. Topics include research design and problem formulation, sampling, analytical and observational techniques, and data interpretation applicable to the study of communication.
Prerequisite(s): CMM 110 .
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CMM 315 - Sports Journalism
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Media and Journalism
A course designed to teach the “sports beat” as simply one more setting demanding highly professional skills as a reporter, as well as to explore the unique features of reporting about sports, e.g., the “game story,” sports terminology, box scores, play-by-play sheets, and standings.
Prerequisite(s): CMM 250W or CMM 253W .
Laboratory fee.
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CMM 317W - Creative Nonfiction Course Cross-listed with ENG 317W
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
Area/Group Designation: Media and Journalism
This advanced prose-writing course explores the development of a personal narrative voice through the blending of journalistic and fictional techniques.
Prerequisite(s): CMM 250W or ENG 225W .
Laboratory fee.
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CMM 318 - Women and the Media Course Cross-listed with GS 318
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Media and Journalism
This course examines the role women have played as well as how they have been portrayed in the media, including newspapers, magazines, radio and television, from colonial to present times.
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CMM 320W - Environmental Communication
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
This course provides students with the opportunity to master the writing techniques, argument development, and persuasive frameworks used to communicate about environmental topics and issues. Students produce both unbiased and persuasive writing products, such as white papers, position statements, executive summaries, and advocacy campaigns using social networking tools.
Prerequisite(s): WRT 110 and either WRT 210 or WRT 111 .
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CMM 324 - Non-linear Editing
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Media and Journalism
Course teaches students the process of editing video and sound using Avid Media Composer and Final Cut Pro to tell a visually compelling story for television or multimedia production. Students learn how to develop a story, from storyboarding to adding video and audio effects, and explore system setup, typical editing techniques, and finalizing to various media formats. Students work in groups organized in a producer/editor format to make creative and editing decisions as they complete projects.
Prerequisite(s): CMM 244 .
Laboratory fee.
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CMM 325 - Family Communication
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Communication Studies
An investigation of the role of communication in the family. Consideration of couples communication, parent-child interaction, alternative families, distressed families, and divorce.
Prerequisite(s): CMM 110 .
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CMM 329 - Online Journalism
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Media and Journalism
Course introduces students to the standards and practices of professional news production for the World Wide Web. It provides overviews of the technical foundations of online journalism and emerging traditions and formats for the presentation of news. Students report, write, photograph, produce and edit news for a variety of web-based media.
Prerequisite(s): CMM 250W .
Laboratory fee.
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CMM 330 - Gender and Sex in Pop Culture Course Cross-listed with GS 330
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Media and Journalism
The portrayal of gender and sexuality in popular culture is analyzed. Media, including television, film, magazines, and the Internet, represent and help construct ideas about what it means to be male and female in this society, as well as convey assumptions about sexual orientation. These portrayals take on a particular form for racial and ethnic minorities that often reinforces prevalent stereotypes. Popular culture also depicts sexuality in a manner that presents certain sexual behavior as natural and acceptable, and other kinds as deviant and unusual. The representation of sexuality in a range of media is explored, including mainstream media, advertising, and pornography. The portrayal of gender and sexuality in the culture is examined through a survey of theoretical perspectives on these topics, as well as a direct examination of content that represents these aspects of humanity.
Prerequisite(s): GS 100 or CMM 110 .
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CMM 335 - Ethnic and Intercultural Communication
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Communication Studies
This course will examine current theoretical and applied issues in intercultural communication with particular emphasis on ethnic identity, African American communication, and racism. One goal will be to articulate how various groups define themselves and how they perceive interethnic communication. The course will conceptualize communication as a problem that participants must solve during interaction by assigning meanings and establishing identities. We will apply theories of language, communication, and culture to the context of ethnic communication.
Prerequisite(s): CMM 110 .
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CMM 340 - Conflict and Communication
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Communication Studies, IS Major: Global Security Track
This course is designed to study the theories and empirical research regarding conflict communication in relationships (e.g., families and work teams) and international and intercultural settings. It examines theories of conflict interaction, power and conflict, conflict styles, conflict management strategies and tactics, language and episodes, and the relevant empirical research on conflict communication.
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CMM 343 - Communication in Contemporary Organizations
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Communication Studies
An advanced course providing in-depth study of communication issues in contemporary organizations. Examines how critical theory, postmodern approaches, and new management theories-and their preferred research tools-contribute to the analysis of issues, such as conflict, cooperation, performance, identity politics, and change in contemporary organizations. Focuses on the theoretical, research, and practical importance of new information and communication technology, especially “groupware.”
Prerequisite(s): CMM 230 .
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CMM 345 - Video Field Production
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Media and Journalism
This course is an introduction to the tools of television production beyond the studio, focusing on equipment and techniques for full field production. Technical and aesthetic aspects of the medium are introduced as students work individually or in groups on specific video projects.
Prerequisite(s): CMM 244 .
Laboratory fee.
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CMM 346 - Media Industries: Ethics, Politics, Economics
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Media and Journalism
The economic development, organizational structure and strategies of major media are explored. This survey examines media as a whole, particular media sectors such as print and electronic media, and individual companies. The course considers the economic and political forces that shape and influence news and entertainment media, and assesses to what extent these media serve the public interest, democracy, and the consumer. This analysis examines trends such as media concentration, deregulation, fragmentation and globalization, and the challenges and opportunities faced by commercial, public, mainstream, and independent media.
Prerequisite(s): CMM 240 .
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CMM 350W - News Reporting
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
Area/Group Designation: Media and Journalism
Introduction to reporting techniques-including traditional sources of news, interviewing, public documents and data bases-and their application in writing various forms of advanced news stories.
Prerequisite(s): CMM 250W .
Laboratory fee.
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CMM 353 - Broadcast and Electronic Journalism
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Media and Journalism
An overview of journalism as it is produced for, and presented by, broadcast and cable television, radio, and the Internet; includes an examination of rules and regulations affecting the broadcast journalist. Practice in writing news for television, radio, and the Internet.
Prerequisite(s): CMM 250W .
Laboratory fee.
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CMM 354W - The Editorial and the Feature Story
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
Area/Group Designation: Media and Journalism
A study of two dominant forms of journalism that provides students the practical experience of writing in these forms.
Prerequisite(s): CMM 250W .
Laboratory fee.
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CMM 355 - Perspectives on Journalism
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Media and Journalism
An examination of the ways in which journalists define their role as journalists (for example, precision journalism, press criticism, literary journalism), as well as the examination of the many different factors affecting the journalism profession and industry (for example, women and the media, the ethnic media, etc.). Focus changes from semester to semester.
Prerequisite(s): CMM 250W .
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CMM 356W - Magazine Journalism
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
Area/Group Designation: Media and Journalism
Magazine Journalism provides students with experience in the growing field of magazine publication. Conducted as a workshop, the course is aimed at exposing students to the variety of subjects and forms magazine writing can take.
Prerequisite(s): CMM 250W .
Laboratory fee.
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CMM 360 - Advertising Copywriting and Layout
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Advertising and Public Relations
Rigorous study and practice in planning and preparing advertising messages. Emphasis on writing. Artistic and social scientific aspects of advertising creativity. Writing and visualization for print, broadcast, and peripheral media. Lecture and laboratory.
Prerequisite(s): CMM 260 .
Laboratory fee.
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CMM 362 - History of American Journalism
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Media and Journalism
An overview of major issues in American journalism from the colonial period to the present. Emphasis on the evolution of First Amendment issues, the changing relationship of journalism to political institutions, and the changing role of journalism in U.S. culture.
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CMM 364 - The Dark Side of Interpersonal Communication
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Communication Studies
The purpose of this course is to examine the “dark side” of interpersonal communication, which highlights the aspects of interpersonal communication typically seen as dysfunctional, including deception, gossip, communicative infidelity, and verbal abuse. The “dark side” can also include aspects of communication that are poorly understood or have yet to be fully studied. Through readings, discussions, writings, and research, we explore some major areas of communication research focused on the dark side.
Prerequisite(s): CMM 225W .
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CMM 366 - Computer-Mediated Communication
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Communication Studies
This course examines individuals’ use of computers to communicate in their interpersonal relationships and professional lives. Topics include the structure and content of communication in cyberspace and its impact on face-to-face communication, online relationship formation and development, virtual communities, and e-mail as a mechanism of communication in organizations and small groups.
Prerequisite(s): CMM 110 .
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CMM 371 - Public Relations Cases
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Advertising and Public Relations
The course focuses on intensive analysis of public relations case studies in order to explore the theories and research that support public relations management and practice.
Prerequisite(s): CMM 271 .
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CMM 391 - Special Topics in Communication
1-4 credit(s)
Topics vary from semester to semester in accordance with timeliness, the needs of the communication curriculum, and the opportunities to explore areas of communication.
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CMM 392 - Special Topics in Communication
1–4 credit(s)
Topics vary from semester to semester in accordance with timeliness, the needs of the communication curriculum, and the opportunities to explore areas of communication.
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CMM 393 - Statistical Analysis of Social Data Course Cross-listed with SOC 343
4 credit(s)
An introductory course in statistics for students in the social and behavioral sciences and the humanities. The course will deal primarily with descriptive and associational statistics. Probability and statistical inference will be presented but not pursued in depth. This is not a mathematics course but is designed to prepare the student to deal with basic statistical concepts and procedures in relation to social data.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 242 .
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CMM 394 - Independent Study
1-6 credit(s)
Advanced independent research and learning in areas not covered by established CMM offerings. May not be used in lieu of a conventional course. Usually taken after having completed successfully a substantial number of courses in the department. Requires submission of an articulate proposal for the study and prior arrangement with the prospective advisor.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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CMM 406 - Internship Program
3-6 credit(s)
The internship program is intended to provide students an opportunity to augment their studies with a 12- to 15-week work experience in an organization engaged in communication-related activities (marketing, public relations, advertising, broadcasting, etc.). Typically, students work from 7 to 15 hours each week. Depending upon a School of Communication major’s chosen emphasis, either 3 or 6 hours of internship credit is the maximum allowable toward completion of the major. Additional details about the program are available on request from the director of internships.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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CMM 407 - Internship Program
3-6 credit(s)
The internship program is intended to provide students an opportunity to augment their studies with a 12- to 15-week work experience in an organization engaged in communication-related activities (marketing, public relations, advertising, broadcasting, etc.). Typically, students work from 7 to 15 hours each week. Depending upon a School of Communication major’s chosen emphasis, either 3 or 6 hours of internship credit is the maximum allowable toward completion of the major. Additional details about the program are available on request from the director of internships.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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CMM 411 - Communication Theory
3 credit(s)
An examination of the major theories in communication and the assumptions influencing the different perspectives in communication research.
Prerequisite(s): CMM 110 .
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CMM 412 - Communication and Organizational Problem Solving
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Communication Studies
Course explores communication problems in organizations and approaches to solving them. Topics include problem identification, approaches to problem solving, consulting basics, communication training, and the communication of organizational change. Students participate in activities involving problem solving in local organizations.
Prerequisite(s): CMM 230 and CMM 343 .
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CMM 415 - Issues in New Media Technology
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Media and Journalism
This course considers the proliferation of new communication technologies especially chat rooms, instant-messaging systems, e-mail, genomics, Voice-Over Internet Protocol (VOIP), WWW and the Internet, and their collective effect on our daily functioning. The proliferation of digital transaction technologies, GPS systems and sophisticated relational databases are also examined in that they facilitate the collection, storage, access, tracking, and retrieval of highly personal data.
Prerequisite(s): CMM 240 .
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CMM 425 - Popular Culture Course Cross-listed with SOC 425
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Media and Journalism
The course introduces students to the diverse elements of popular culture as a valuable source of data about the social norms, values, and conflicts of mass societies. Crazes, fads, fashions, and trends are examined in terms of collective behavior and the processes of mass communication to understand their origins, development, and impact on society. Specific case studies of contemporary issues, such as pornography, television and violence, trends in popular music, and sport and leisure, are discussed.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 or CMM 110 or CMM 240 .
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CMM 428 - Language and Communication
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Communication Studies
Analysis of the role of language in interpersonal communication. Consideration of linguistic and extra-linguistic systems of meaning, as well as the evaluation of new linguistic approaches to the understanding of communication. The class is oriented to the study of the message as the fundamental tool of interpersonal communication.
Prerequisite(s): CMM 110 .
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CMM 430 - Communication Law in America Course Cross-listed with LAH 430
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Media and Journalism
Examines speech and communication rights and responsibilities in the United States. Focuses on the legal and ethical underpinnings of such matters as defamation, privacy, copyright, access to information, obscenity and indecency, and source confidentiality. Considers legal and ethical implications of media content and patterns of media ownership. Examines avenues of media and communication policy and the changes in media technologies and contexts that challenge legal and ethical constructs.
Prerequisite(s): CMM 240 ; or POL 250 ; or LAH 201 , LAH 230 , and LAH 241 ; or permission of instructor.
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CMM 432 - Journalism Practicum
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Media and Journalism
This course offers the advanced student in print/broadcast/web journalism experience and portfolio development in all areas of writing, reporting, and presentation of news for a variety of media. The course functions as a working news organization, with a variety of stories assigned and edited.
Prerequisite(s): CMM 250W and either CMM 350W , CMM 329 , POL 250 , or LAH 201 .
Laboratory fee.
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CMM 440 - Advanced Television Production
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Media and Journalism
Advanced principles and techniques for producing television programs. Students are expected by the end of this course to be equipped with specialized skills to perform as part of a team, incorporating studio and field video production and editing techniques. Students work on specific video projects of such quality as to be acceptable for broadcast/telecast on closed systems or on established commercial systems.
Prerequisite(s): CMM 345 .
Laboratory fee.
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CMM 442 - Advanced Radio Production
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Media and Journalism
Principles and philosophies of radio programming. Emphasis on program development, scripting and directing as applied to various radio program formats.
Prerequisite(s): CMM 242 .
Laboratory fee.
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CMM 444 - Media Management and Entrepreneurship
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Media and Journalism
Course focuses on media as businesses. Both small independent and large corporate models are examined for strategies related to supporting the media enterprise, revenue enhancement, business expansion and development, personnel, costs, investment opportunities, market definition, and media start-ups.
Prerequisite(s): CMM 240 .
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CMM 445 - News Editing
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Media and Journalism
An introduction to copyediting skills, including editing news stories, writing headlines, and designing newspaper pages. Also examines news selection and legal and ethical problems confronting newspaper editors.
Prerequisite(s): CMM 250W and CMM 350W .
Laboratory fee.
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CMM 447 - Capstone in Communication Studies
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Communication Studies
This course explores connections among topics in communication studies such as interpersonal, small group, persuasive, and organizational communication, and communication media, by examining the interfaces between work in organizations and family/personal lives. Designed for students to synthesize content and further develop their skills, this course is normally taken in the senior year, and includes career-relevant material tailored to careers for communication specialists.
Prerequisite(s): CMM 225W or CMM 230 or permission of instructor; junior or senior standing.
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CMM 448 - Audience Analysis
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Advertising and Public Relations
An investigation of various mass-media audiences’ characteristics, preferences, and composition. Analysis of how audience information is obtained and used in media planning. Designing and executing media research projects.
Prerequisite(s): CMM 240 or CMM 260 .
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CMM 449 - Media and Society
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Media and Journalism
Examines the role and responsibility of media in relation to American institutions, including societal, political, and economic institutions. Specific focus on mass media’s impact on culture and human behavior, including violent and antisocial behavior, prosocial and voting behavior, and attempts at regulation and control.
Prerequisite(s): CMM 240 .
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CMM 450 - International Communication
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Media and Journalism
This course is an analysis of international communication. It deals with the transnational communications industry as a major component of today’s international economy through comparison of the structures of international communications systems. It explores the issues of cultural domination and cultural alienation. Special emphasis is given to the debate on the new international economic and information order.
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CMM 452 - Special Problems in Media
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Media and Journalism
An experimental course for the development of new ideas in media.
Prerequisite(s): CMM 240 .
Depending on the focus for a particular semester, there may be a laboratory fee.
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CS 100 - Cooperative Education Program
Variable credit(s)
These courses are intended for students in the Cooperative Education program. The program is designed to provide the students with an exposure to computer-related problems at commercial computer installations wherein they can apply the skills and concepts they have learned. The courses carry from 1 to 3 credits. The actual number awarded is decided by the faculty coordinator and based upon the level of the students’ involvement. Cooperative education courses may not substitute for CS course requirements in the major. All courses must be taken on a Pass/No Pass basis.
Prerequisite(s): At least sophomore standing, 2.5 GPA, and permission of instructor.
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CS 105 - Introduction to Agent-Based Modeling
3 credit(s)
This course is an introduction to agent-based modeling, an introductory computer programming course designed for students with no prior programming experience and an introduction to statistical analysis. Students will develop an understanding of the basic concepts and methods used in agent-based models and will explore computer-based experiments to study complex systems and problems. Students will have the opportunity to apply agent-based models to address problems in natural, social and engineered systems.
Laboratory fee.
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CS 110 - Introduction to Computers
3 credit(s)
This course is a broad introduction to the use of computers as tools for creativity, problem solving, communications, and organizing information. Topics include the hardware components of a computer, the fundamentals of operating systems, ethical use of computers, and web creation and information security. Students acquire valuable hands-on skills in four application areas: word processing, spreadsheets, presentation software, and Internet communication software. Previous computer experience is not expected. Not open to students who have completed a higher-level CS course.
Prerequisite(s): Not open to CS majors.
Laboratory fee.
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CS 111 - Programming Foundations
3 credit(s)
An introductory computer programming course designed for students with no prior programming background. Emphasis will be placed on problem solving and the translation of solutions into a programming language. Topics include data types, input/output, control structures, loop structures, and program modularity. This course may be used to prepare the student with no prior programming experience for CS 114 or as a one-semester exposure to programming.
Prerequisite(s): (1) Two years of high school algebra with an average grade of at least B and (2) a high school computer course or CS 110 . Not open to students who have completed a higher level CS course.
Laboratory fee.
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CS 114 - Fundamentals of Computing I
4 credit(s)
This is the first course of a two-semester introductory sequence, with laboratory, that covers the fundamentals of algorithmic problem solving. The course emphasizes general programming methodology and concepts common to object-oriented and procedural programming languages: algorithms, top-down structured program design, modularity, efficiency, testing and debugging, and user-friendliness. The object-oriented paradigm is covered, including classes, objects, access control, abstraction, and encapsulation. Other topics include organization and hardware, input and output, subprogram units (methods), fundamental data types, reference types, control structures including conditions and iteration, and arrays.
Laboratory fee.
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CS 115 - Fundamentals of Computing II
4 credit(s)
A second course, with laboratory, that builds upon the algorithmic problem-solving concepts covered in CS 114 . The course emphasizes language-independent, object-oriented programming techniques. It focuses on designing classes for code reuse, cohesion, and coupling, polymorphism, inheritance, static and dynamic binding, and other related concepts. Other topics include exception handling, the software life cycle, recursion, sorting and searching algorithms, and an introduction to data structures.
Prerequisite(s): CS 114 (minimum grade of C).
Laboratory fee.
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CS 190 - Special Topics in Computer Science
1–4 credit(s)
Possible topics include those within computer graphics, data communications, formal theory of languages, computer architecture, theory of automata, modeling, simulation, artificial intelligence, and algorithm analysis.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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CS 191 - Special Topics in Computer Science
1–4 credit(s)
Possible topics include those within computer graphics, data communications, formal theory of languages, computer architecture, theory of automata, modeling, simulation, artificial intelligence, and algorithm analysis.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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CS 200 - Cooperative Education Program
Variable credit(s)
These courses are intended for students in the Cooperative Education program. The program is designed to provide the students with an exposure to computer-related problems at commercial computer installations wherein they can apply the skills and concepts they have learned. The courses carry from 1 to 3 credits. The actual number awarded is decided by the faculty coordinator and based upon the level of the students’ involvement. Cooperative education courses may not substitute for CS course requirements in the major. All courses must be taken on a Pass/No Pass basis.
Prerequisite(s): At least sophomore standing, 2.5 GPA, and permission of instructor.
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CS 211 - Architecture and Assembly Language
4 credit(s)
Architecture topics to include CPU and ALU design and operation, instruction sets, microcode, cache memory, arithmetic, instruction and data formats. Architectural principles are illustrated with the study of a specific assembly language.
Prerequisite(s): CS 115 .
Laboratory fee.
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CS 220 - Data Structures
3 credit(s)
The study of linear lists (stacks, queues); static versus dynamic allocation; garbage collection; sparse matrices; prefix, postfix, and infix formulas; recursion and recursive algorithms; trees (binary and other representations of trees, traversal of trees); hashing; searching; sorting (bubblesort, quicksort, heapsort, mergesort); analysis of algorithms in terms of time and space complexity; graphs (representation of graphs, topological sorting, reachability, critical path algorithm).
Prerequisite(s): CS 115 (minimum grade of C).
Laboratory fee.
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CS 275 - Introduction to Internet Programming
3 credit(s)
This course serves as an introduction to programming models used to generate and support Web-based applications. The course covers markup, presentation, and front-end interactivity concerns through an in-depth examination of current client-side scripting techniques. Other topics include the document-object model (DOM), event-driven programming, form validation, debugging, and asynchronous web processing.
Prerequisite(s): CS 111 (minimum grade of C) or CS 114 (minimum grade of C) or permission of instructor.
Laboratory fee.
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CS 290 - Special Topics in Computer Science
1–4 credit(s)
Possible topics include those within computer graphics, data communications, formal theory of languages, computer architecture, theory of automata, modeling, simulation, artificial intelligence, and algorithm analysis.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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CS 291 - Special Topics in Computer Science
1–4 credit(s)
Possible topics include those within computer graphics, data communications, formal theory of languages, computer architecture, theory of automata, modeling, simulation, artificial intelligence, and algorithm analysis.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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CS 300 - Cooperative Education Program
Variable credit(s)
These courses are intended for students in the Cooperative Education program. The program is designed to provide the students with an exposure to computer-related problems at commercial computer installations wherein they can apply the skills and concepts they have learned. The courses carry from 1 to 3 credits. The actual number awarded is decided by the faculty coordinator and based upon the level of the students’ involvement. Cooperative education courses may not substitute for CS course requirements in the major. All courses must be taken on a Pass/No Pass basis.
Prerequisite(s): At least sophomore standing, 2.5 GPA, and permission of instructor.
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CS 320 - Concepts of Programming Languages
3 credit(s)
Introduction to programming language paradigms, including imperative, functional, object-oriented, logic, and concurrent. Example languages of each paradigm are compared and contrasted. Abstract programming language description is introduced.
Prerequisite(s): CS 220 .
Laboratory fee.
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CS 330 - Studies in Computer Science
3 credit(s)
Concentrated studies in areas of computer science, such as design and analysis of algorithms, advanced operating systems, database theory, computer architecture, comparative languages, database management systems, computer networks, Internet programming, and software engineering.
Prerequisite(s): CS 115 and M 221W .
Laboratory fee.
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CS 331 - Studies in Computer Science
3 credit(s)
Concentrated studies in areas of computer science, such as design and analysis of algorithms, advanced operating systems, database theory, computer architecture, comparative languages, database management systems, computer networks, Internet programming, and software engineering.
Prerequisite(s): CS 115 and M 221W .
Laboratory fee.
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CS 340 - Formal Languages and Automata
3 credit(s)
This course provides an introduction to theoretical computer science. Languages, grammars, and automata will provide a background for a discussion of parsing. Related areas also include recursive definitions, Turing machines, and decidability.
Prerequisite(s): CS 115 and M 221W .
Laboratory fee.
Offered Fall 2012, 2014, 2016.
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CS 351 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
3 credit(s)
This course introduces the basic principles in artificial intelligence research, covering simple representation schemes, problem-solving paradigms, constraint propagation, and search strategies. Areas of application, such as knowledge representation, natural language processing, expert systems, vision, and robotics, are explored. The LISP programming language is also introduced.
Prerequisite(s): CS 220 .
Laboratory fee.
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CS 355 - Computer Networks
3 credit(s)
This course provides a solid foundation in the design of a computer network. Topics focus on network standards and standardization bodies, a layered network architecture, circuit and packet switching, streams and datagrams, physical media and network access, media access and LAN addressing, Internet working and routing, and transport layer services. Also presented are application layer protocols used on the Web, file transfer, and electronic mail; and network security, including cryptography, encryption, and authentication protocols.
Prerequisite(s): CS 114 and CS 211 .
Laboratory fee.
Offered Fall 2013, 2015, 2017.
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CS 365 - Principles of Database Systems
3 credit(s)
This course provides a solid background in the theory, design, and programming of database systems, with a focus on relational databases. The relational data model and entity relationship diagrams will be covered. Other data models, including the object-oriented model, will be presented. The course introduces database query languages, including an in-depth coverage of the Structured Query Language (SQL). Other database topics include storage and indexing techniques, transaction management, and database interface with application programs.
Prerequisite(s): CS 220 .
Laboratory fee.
Offered Spring 2014, 2016, 2018.
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CS 371 - Computer Graphics
3 credit(s)
An introduction to fundamental aspects of three dimensional computer graphics, including the implementation of basic graphics algorithms, geometrical transformations and projections, representations of curves and surfaces, lighting models, and graphical interaction. Theory is applied via the development of programs using a graphics package, such as OpenGL or DirectX.
Prerequisite(s): CS 220 .
Laboratory fee.
Offered Spring 2013, 2015, 2017.
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CS 375 - Web Services
3 credit(s)
This course provides an in-depth exploration of both the use and development of Web Services in modern web architectures. Students gain hands-on experience with the use of existing Web Services including data retrieval technologies like XML, AJAX, JSON, and client-side scripting frameworks. The course also explores the server-side design and implementation of Web Services and web-enabled APIs. Foundational technologies like REST, SOAP, WSDL, XSD, and .Net Remoting are covered along with associated techniques such as server-side code generation, session tracking, data source design, and data security, where appropriate.
Prerequisite(s): CS 275 .
Laboratory fee.
Offered Fall 2013, 2015, 2017.
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CS 390 - Special Topics in Computer Science
1–4 credit(s)
Possible topics include those within computer graphics, data communications, formal theory of languages, computer architecture, theory of automata, modeling, simulation, artificial intelligence, and algorithm analysis.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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CS 391 - Special Topics in Computer Science
1–4 credit(s)
Possible topics include those within computer graphics, data communications, formal theory of languages, computer architecture, theory of automata, modeling, simulation, artificial intelligence, and algorithm analysis.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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CS 400 - Cooperative Education Program
Variable credit(s)
These courses are intended for students in the Cooperative Education program. The program is designed to provide the students with an exposure to computer-related problems at commercial computer installations wherein they can apply the skills and concepts they have learned. The courses carry from 1 to 3 credits. The actual number awarded is decided by the faculty coordinator and based upon the level of the students’ involvement. Cooperative education courses may not substitute for CS course requirements in the major. All courses must be taken on a Pass/No Pass basis.
Prerequisite(s): At least sophomore standing, 2.5 GPA, and permission of instructor.
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CS 451 - Computer Operating Systems
3 credit(s)
Characteristics and design of objectives of operating systems. Serial and parallel processes. Deadlock detection, prevention, and avoidance. Scheduling, long and short term. Memory management. Executive multiprogramming and multiprocessor systems. A comparison of major operating systems.
Prerequisite(s): CS 211 or ECE 332 , and CS 220 .
Laboratory fee.
Offered Spring 2014, 2016, 2018.
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CS 460W - Software Development
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
This course focuses on the development of large-scale software that is reliable, understandable, and maintainable. Procedural and object-oriented paradigms are used to illustrate design approaches. Students will work in teams and will develop software on at least two platforms. Abilities and knowledge gained in the other computer science courses will be integrated with a series of comprehensive system development projects. Students will be required to present their project work to the class. Project organization, professional standards, and ethics will also be covered.
Prerequisite(s): CS 220 and junior or senior standing
Laboratory fee.
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CS 480 - Independent Study in Computer Science
1-3 credit(s)
The study of more advanced computer science topics under the direction of a faculty member.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
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CS 481 - Independent Study in Computer Science
1-3 credit(s)
The study of more advanced computer science topics under the direction of a faculty member.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
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CS 490 - Special Topics in Computer Science
1–4 credit(s)
Possible topics include those within computer graphics, data communications, formal theory of languages, computer architecture, theory of automata, modeling, simulation, artificial intelligence, and algorithm analysis.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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CS 491 - Special Topics in Computer Science
1–4 credit(s)
Possible topics include those within computer graphics, data communications, formal theory of languages, computer architecture, theory of automata, modeling, simulation, artificial intelligence, and algorithm analysis.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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DRA 160 - Introduction to Theatre
3 credit(s)
Study of theatre as a collaborative art form and as a means of expressing values. Attention is centered on various aspects of theatrical art: acting, directing, design, criticism, playwriting, audience involvement. Class work may involve play reading, lectures, discussions, participation in and attendance at productions.
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DRA 161 - Theatre Practicum
0.5 credit(s)
Designed to recognize the educational value of participation in drama productions. One-half credit will be awarded to students for satisfactory participation either backstage or onstage in a departmental production. Drama minors may earn up to 3 credits in Theatre Practicum. Work applied to Theatre Practicum must not be in connection with any other course.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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DRA 164 - Stagecraft
3 credit(s)
Introduction to the basic tools, materials, and skills needed for the execution of scenic and lighting designs. The class is directly involved in student and departmental productions.
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DRA 170 - Acting I
3 credit(s)
This course is for beginning-level students who want to develop their acting skills through theatre games, improvisation, scene, and monologue work. Students gain a practical understanding of fundamental concepts of acting technique, including objective, action, given circumstance, and focus. Other topics include body awareness and vocal quality, which help develop skill and self-confidence in public-speaking situations. The course culminates in performances of selected scenes and monologues.
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DRA 290 - Special Topics in Theatre
3 credit(s)
Introduces significant topics in accordance with needs and interests of students and the community. Uses specialists in the various areas of theatre.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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DRA 313W - Playwriting Course Cross-listed with ENG 313W
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
This course offers the opportunity to experiment with playwriting techniques in a workshop environment. The basic components of playwriting are taught, focusing particularly on character, dialogue, and plot. Students analyze plays from the standpoint of structure and take the opportunity to view and discuss local live performances. Seminars involve the workshop testing of student writing, focusing on further development of the work. It is intended that weekly writing exercises will culminate in a longer piece of work performed in a series of rehearsed readings.
Prerequisite(s): At least SO standing; ENG 225W or DRA 160 , or permission of instructor.
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DRA 320 - Acting II
3 credit(s)
This course builds upon the fundamental concepts established in Acting I. Students explore these concepts through the application of specific physical techniques in contemporary usage. While Acting I focuses on the understanding of internal psychological work, developed by Stanislavsky and his followers, Acting II focuses on the externalized expressions of the internal state. Students apply their understanding of acting to an increasingly stylized repertoire.
Prerequisite(s): DRA 170 or permission of instructor.
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DRA 325 - Studies in Theatre and Drama
3 credit(s)
An intensive study of an aspect of performance practice, dramatic writing, or dramatic literature. Students are expected to respond to local live performances. Since the subject will vary from semester to semester, this course may be elected more than once with permission from department chair.
Prerequisite(s): DRA 160 or permission of instructor.
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DRA 330 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama Course Cross-listed with ENG 330
3 credit(s)
Reading and discussion of the English drama of the Tudor and Stuart periods, including plays of Marlowe, Jonson, Middleton, Webster, Tourneur, Ford, and others.
Prerequisite(s): Any 200-level literature course or permission of instructor.
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DRA 331 - Shakespeare: Plays to 1600 Course Cross-listed with ENG 361
3 credit(s)
Introduction to Shakespeare’s language, themes, and dramatic art; detailed study of representative history plays, comedies, and tragedies, chiefly before 1600.
Prerequisite(s): Any 200-level literature course or permission of instructor.
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DRA 332 - Shakespeare: Plays after 1600 Course Cross-listed with ENG 362
3 credit(s)
A study of the major tragedies, Roman plays, and symbolic romances, chiefly after 1600.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 225W , or DRA 160 , or permission of instructor.
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DRA 348 - Modern Drama: Realism and Naturalism Course Cross-listed with ENG 348
3 credit(s)
Introduction to literature of the modern theatre. Playwrights such as Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, Wilde, Shaw, Synge, and O’Neill are studied against the background of contemporary intellectual currents and literary trends.
Prerequisite(s): Any 200-level literature course or permission of instructor.
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DRA 349 - Modern and Contemporary Drama Course Cross-listed with ENG 349
3 credit(s)
Playwrights such as Pirandello, Anouilh, Brecht, Ionesco, Genet, Beckett, Pinter, and Miller are read with special attention given to experiments in dramatic forms.
Prerequisite(s): Any 200-level literature course or permission of instructor.
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DRA 362 - The Development of Theatre Course Cross-listed with ENG 368
3 credit(s)
This course focuses on crucial moments in the development of theatre as an art form, paying special attention to the origin and development of various theatrical forms and texts. The history of the art of acting, directing, theatre architecture, scenic lighting, costume design, and playwriting is investigated.
Prerequisite(s): Any 200-level literature course or permission of instructor.
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DRA 365 - Fundamentals of Directing
3 credit(s)
A course designed to acquaint the student with basic theory of directing, including a historical overview of the director’s changing role. Class will cover blocking, movement, various staging areas and terminology, work with actors, and interpretation of the play. Final project will be a short play or scene directed by each student.
Prerequisite(s): DRA 160 or permission of instructor.
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DRA 384 - Independent Study
1-6 credit(s)
Advanced independent research and learning in areas not covered by conventional DRA offerings. May not be used in lieu of a conventional course. Usually taken after having completed successfully a substantial number of courses in the department. Requires submission of an articulate proposal for the study, and prior arrangement with the prospective advisor.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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DRA 385 - Independent Study
1-6 credit(s)
Advanced independent research and learning in areas not covered by conventional DRA offerings. May not be used in lieu of a conventional course. Usually taken after having completed successfully a substantial number of courses in the department. Requires submission of an articulate proposal for the study, and prior arrangement with the prospective advisor.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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DRA 390 - Special Topics in Theatre
3 credit(s)
Introduces significant topics in accordance with needs and interests of students and the community. Uses specialists in the various areas of theatre.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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DRA 391 - Special Topics in Theatre
3 credit(s)
Introduces significant topics in accordance with needs and interests of students and the community. Uses specialists in the various areas of theatre.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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DRA 415 - Acting for the Camera
3 credit(s)
Instruction and practical experience in performing for the camera. Class stresses process and terms used in television and film production from the standpoint of the performer. Regular on-camera experience enables students to study themselves and others on the monitor in order to observe their progress. Differences between film and stage work are emphasized, giving the film or drama student an overview of the two forms from a production standpoint.
Prerequisite(s): DRA 264 and DRA 265, or permission of instructor.
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DRA 420 - British Drama, 1660-1830 Course Cross-listed with ENG 420
3 credit(s)
A study of British drama between the Restoration and the Victorian era. Emphasis on changes in theatre practice (the appearance of women on the stage, the Licensing Act, spectacle), on controversies about the morality and purpose of the theatrical arts, and on the emergence of new dramatic genres (libertine comedy, she-tragedy, bourgeois tragedy, farce, comic opera, sentimental comedy, closet drama). Playwrights may include Dryden, Congreve, Behn, Wycherley, Rowe, Centlivre, Fielding, Gay, Goldsmith, Sheridan, Inchbald, Baillie, and Byron.
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing and any 200-level literature course, or permission of instructor.
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DRA 480 - Internship Program
3-6 credit(s)
The internship program is intended to provide students with an opportunity to augment their studies with a 12- to 15-week work experience in a theatrical organization. Typically, students work from 7 to 15 hours each week, depending on the number of credits for which they are enrolled. Additional details about the program are available on request from the chair of the department. Available only to theatre and musical theatre majors.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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ENG 140 - Introduction to Literature
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
Focusing on a set of literary readings different with each section of the course, students examine the nature of literary discourse, as well as perennial and contemporary issues, pleasures, and problems raised by the writing and reading of all literary texts. The course equips students to engage a variety of texts subsequently, in and out of courses, in literature and life.
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ENG 217 - Survey of Postcolonial Writers
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
An introduction to postcolonial literature, examining how fiction, poetry, and theater have dealt with the aftermath of modern European colonialism. Readings include major authors from the Caribbean, sub-Saharan Africa, and the Indian subcontinent.
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ENG 218 - Survey of Minority Writers
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
What is the status of minorities in literature? Is race or minority status a biological, psychological, cultural, or metaphorical concept; does its status change depending on the time period? What is race or minority status today? Minority writers and film directors will contribute to the project of defining race/minority status and how it is expressed around the world.
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ENG 220 - Survey of American Literature I
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
Survey of American literature from the colonial period to the Civil War, with emphasis on such major figures as Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Stowe, Dickinson, and Whitman.
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ENG 221 - Survey of American Literature II
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
Survey of American literature from the Civil War to the present, with emphasis on such major figures as Twain, James, Wharton, Frost, Faulkner, Hemingway, and Fitzgerald.
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ENG 223 - Survey of African American Literature Course Cross-listed with AFS 223
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
Reading and discussion of selected poetry and prose, with special emphasis on the works of major figures, such as Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, and Alice Walker.
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ENG 225W - Introduction to Creative Writing
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
A workshop course that introduces students to basic techniques in the writing of short fiction, poetry, drama, and autobiography. Weekly assignments focus on developing skill in such elements of creative writing as character development, plot, dialogue, metaphor and image, and versification, among others. Reading of both student work and published work will provide a basis for discussion and practice of technique in this course. Completion of this course enables students to register for upper-division writing seminars in fiction, poetry, playwriting, and the personal essay.
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore or higher standing or permission of instructor.
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ENG 226W - Sophomore Seminar in English
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
This seminar introduces English majors to the academic discipline of literary study. Although its subject varies, the seminar includes a variety of texts and explores various critical approaches to their interpretation. The seminar is also designed to teach students basic skills of close reading and literary research, including how to use such bibliographical tools as the online version of the MLA Bibliography and how to find and procure journal articles and scholarly books. In addition, it provides experience in reading scholarly articles and establishing a familiarity with academic literary discourse. Oral as well as written presentation is stressed.
Prerequisite(s): For English majors and minors only, or by permission of instructor.
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ENG 230 - Survey of English Literature I
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
Reading and discussion of selected writers of English literature from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance. Emphasis on literary tradition and influence.
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ENG 231 - Survey of English Literature II
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
Reading and discussion of selected writers in English literature from the 18th century to the present. Emphasis on literary tradition and influence.
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ENG 240 - Survey of European Literature I Course Cross-listed with ML 240
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
Reading and discussion of selected authors of Continental Europe to the Renaissance with emphasis on literary tradition and influence.
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ENG 241 - Survey of European Literature II Course Cross-listed with ML 241
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
Reading and discussion of selected authors of Continental Europe from the Renaissance to modern times with emphasis on literary tradition and influence.
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ENG 253 - Shakespeare on Film: Plays to 1600 Course Cross-listed with CIN 253
3 credit(s)
A close study of the transformation into film of dramas of Shakespeare written chiefly before 1600 (first semester), including The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, and Henry V.
Film fee.
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ENG 254 - Shakespeare on Film: Plays after 1600 Course Cross-listed with CIN 254
3 credit(s)
A close study of the transformation into film of dramas of Shakespeare written chiefly after 1600 (second semester), including Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, and Antony and Cleopatra.
Film fee.
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ENG 262 - Approaches to Poetry
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
An intensive study of the forms, conventions, and techniques of poetry to develop the student’s critical sensibilities through close, analytical reading and discussion of poems over a broad range of periods, authors, and themes.
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ENG 305 - African American Women Writers Course Cross-listed with GS 305 /AFS 305
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
This course has as its premise that the work of contemporary African American women writers - such as Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Gloria Naylor, Paule Marshall, and Sherley Anne Williams - can be interpreted in the context of an identifiable literary tradition with sources in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The course will look at the construction of this tradition in terms of specific literary themes and techniques, from “signifying” to communities of women that have been theorized by feminist and African American scholars.
Prerequisite(s): GS 100 ; and either one 200-level literature course, or AFS 110 or AFS 111 ; or permission of instructor.
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ENG 310W - Creative Writing: Poetry
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
Intensive practice in writing of poetry in a workshop setting. May be elected for credit more than once with written permission of department chair.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 225W or permission of instructor.
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ENG 311W - Creative Writing: Fiction
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
Intensive practice in writing of fiction in a workshop setting. May be elected for credit more than once with written permission of department chair.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 225W or permission of instructor.
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ENG 312W - Writing for Publication
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
Advanced work in nonfiction writing, especially the writing of magazine articles, reviews, and feature stories.
Prerequisite(s): WRT 110 , WRT 111 , and WRT 210 ; or permission of instructor.
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ENG 313W - Playwriting Course Cross-listed with DRA 313W
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
This course offers the opportunity to experiment with playwriting techniques in a workshop environment. The basic components of playwriting are taught, focusing particularly on character, dialogue, and plot. Students analyze plays from the standpoint of structure and take the opportunity to view and discuss local live performances. Seminars involve the workshop testing of student writing, focusing on further development of the work. It is intended that weekly writing exercises will culminate in a longer piece of work performed in a series of rehearsed readings.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 225W , or DRA 160 , or permission of instructor.
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ENG 315 - Yiddish Literature in Translation I Course Cross-listed with ML 315 /JS 315
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
An introduction to literature written in Yiddish before 1900, concentrating on the three fathers of Yiddish literature, Mendele Mocher Seforim, Y. L. Peretz, and Sholem Aleichem. Included is the 17th-century journal of Gluckel of Hameln, as well as works of the occult.
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of the instructor.
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ENG 316 - Yiddish Literature in Translation II Course Cross-listed with ML 316 /JS 316
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
This course will continue the study of literary forms established by Seforim, Aleichem, and Peretz (The Realistic, The Ironic, The Parodic, etc.), as they appear in the world of such writers as Pinski, Spector, Asch, Reisen, Weissenber, Schneour, Shapiro, Kulback, I. J. Singer, Opatoshu, Bergelson, Glatstein, Grade. Also, we will concentrate on what are called Yenne Velt stories: those of Jewish fantasy and occult. Proverbs, folk tales, songs, and poems will introduce each meeting.
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of the instructor.
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ENG 317W - Creative Nonfiction Course Cross-listed with CMM 317W
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
This advanced prose-writing course explores the development of a personal narrative voice through the blending of journalistic and fictional techniques.
Prerequisite(s): CMM 250W or ENG 225W .
Laboratory fee.
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ENG 318 - African American Autobiography Course Cross-listed with AFS 318
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
This course examines African American autobiographies from the early narratives of Douglass, Jacobs, and Washington to the self-conscious, lyrical texts of the 1960s and 1970s. The course also introduces students to theories of autobiography and the written self.
Prerequisite(s): Any 200-level literature class or permission of the instructor.
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ENG 319 - The 19th-Century Heroine Course Cross-listed with GS 319
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
A look at the 19th-century literature that centers on women. The course examines the characterization of female protagonists as products of a particular culture and a writer’s own personal artistic vision, particularly as these relate to concepts of the heroic. A variety of writers and genres is studied, including classic novels, travel writing, working class, and sentimental fictions.
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ENG 320 - American Novel to 1914
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
Reading and discussion of the American novel as a genre, traced from its beginnings to the early 20th century through selected writings from such representative figures as Stowe, Hawthorne, Melville, Twain, Dreiser, James, Wharton, Chopin, and others.
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of the instructor.
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ENG 321 - American Novel since 1914
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
Reading and discussion of the American novel as a genre, traced from the early 20th century to the present through selected writings from such representative figures as Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Updike, Bellow, Oates, and others.
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ENG 322 - American Poetry
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
Reading and discussion of American poetry as a genre, in the larger context of American thought and experience. Readings include selected works from such representative figures as Whitman, Dickinson, Robinson, Frost, Pound, Stevens, Eliot, E. E. Cummings, and contemporary poets.
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of the instructor.
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ENG 323 - Studies in American Literature
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
An intensive study of a major writer, a selection of writers, a major literary movement or motif in American literature. Since the subject of this course will vary from semester to semester, it may be elected for credit more than once with permission of department chair.
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of the instructor.
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ENG 324W - Modern European-Jewish Literature Course Cross-listed with ML 324W /JS 324W
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
Area/Group Designation: Literature
This class explores the relationship between the Jewish Enlightenment (Haskalah) and the development of modern Hebrew and Yiddish literature. The readings and class discussions examine shifting conceptions of Jewish identity; contested notions of Diaspora, Exile, and Home; the relationship between Jewish politics and art; and the tension between the particularity of the national experience and the universality of the Jew. Readings by masters of 19th- and 20th-century European Jewish fiction include S. Y. Abramovitch (Mendele Mocher Seforim), known as the “grandfather” of Yiddish literature; Sholem Aleichem’s humorous tales of Eastern Europe; the folk stories of Y. L. Peretz; Kafka’s modernist parables; Isaac Babel’s passionate narratives of the Russian revolution; I. B. Singer’s tales of demons and sinners; and others. This course fulfills the writing-intensive guideline and literature requirements for the Judaic studies major.
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ENG 325 - American Jewish Novel Course Cross-listed with JS 325
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
A study of some of the major contributions to American Jewish literature since the turn of the century by American Jewish novelists. These include, among others, Gold’s Jews without Money, Cahan’s The Rise of David Levinsky, Anzia Yezierska’s Bread Givers, and a novel each by Malamud, Bellow, Roth, Potok, Doctorow, Ozick, and Chernin.
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of the instructor.
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ENG 326 - Dante’s Divine Comedy Course Cross-listed with ITA 430
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
Reading and study of Dante’s masterpiece, with special emphasis on elements of narrative structure and the nature of Dante’s allegory. Reading, papers, and exams are in English (in Italian only for Italian majors); class lectures are in English.
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of the instructor.
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ENG 327W - Reports, Proposals, and Grants
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
This course teaches students the rhetorical process and currently accepted mechanics of writing proposals and grants, whether for corporations, nonprofit, government, or other workplace settings. Students examine how to conduct research for these genres, draft, revise, and edit this persuasive writing for particular audiences through creating several informal and formal projects. For at least one formal project, students will also examine foundational concepts of collaboration, including theories of collaborative writing and best practices such as document cycling and project management. (Formerly RPW 312W)
Prerequisite(s): WRT 110 .
Laboratory fee.
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ENG 328 - Studies in Women’s Writings Course Cross-listed with GS 328
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
An analysis of the range and complexity of women’s literary output, including topics like the historical development of women’s writing, the literary achievements of a single author or a group of authors, theoretical issues pertinent to women’s literary creation, and issues of female creativity. Topics vary from semester to semester.
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course and GS 100, or permission of instructor.
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ENG 329 - Contemporary Fiction
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
Reading and discussion of innovative prose writers of the present, such as Barth, Coetzee, Pynchon, Atwood, Coover, Didion, Nabokov, Rushdie, Naipaul, Carver, Amis, Smith, and others. Emphasis on the fictional versions of the modern world that engage our master storytellers.
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of the instructor.
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ENG 330 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama Course Cross-listed with DRA 330
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
Reading and discussion of the English drama of the Tudor and Stuart periods, including plays of Marlowe, Jonson, Middleton, Webster, Tourneur, Ford, and others.
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ENG 331 - English Renaissance Literature: The 16th Century
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
Reading and discussion of selected English authors of the Elizabethan period, such as Wyatt, Sidney, Spenser, Marlowe, Nashe, and Shakespeare.
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of the instructor.
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ENG 333W - Studies in Creative Writing
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
Upper-level studies in a variety of creative writing practices. Upper-level studies include the use of forms in poetry, experimental structures in fiction and essays, and the study of thematic and technical development of longer pieces in all genres. Since the subject varies from semester to semester, this course may be elected for credit more than once with the permission of department chair.
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ENG 335W - Writing as a Self-Creative Process
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
A composing and critiquing workshop with daily writing assignments. The emphasis is on writing as self-discovery and self-creation. Students work out in their own terms what it means to act as composers of their own reality through language—that is, their conceptions of their world and self.
Prerequisite(s): Any 200-level English course or permission of instructor.
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ENG 340 - Myth, Legend, and Folklore
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
Examines myths, legends, and folktales, oral and written, and their influence in forming cultures in Europe and the Americas. The particular cultural contexts will vary according to the instructor. Students will learn a range of critical methods to apply to this varied material.
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of the instructor.
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ENG 341 - The Bible and Literature Course Cross-listed with JS 341
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
Reading and discussion of the Bible and selected works of literature focusing on recurring themes, forms, imagery, and symbolism.
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of the instructor.
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ENG 342 - Greek and Roman Classics in Translation
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
Reading and discussion of selected Graeco-Roman literature, including the myths, legends, epics, lyrics, tragedies, comedies, romances, and satire of the classical world.
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of the instructor.
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ENG 343 - Medieval Literature in Translation
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
Reading and discussion of major narrative works of the Middle Ages, in modern English translations, illustrating the varying treatments of important recurrent themes: representative texts such as Beowulf, The Phoenix, The Song of Roland, The Romance of the Rose, Niebelungenlied, Njal’s Saga, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and Pearl.
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of the instructor.
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ENG 347 - Modern European Literature: 1920 to the Present Course Cross-listed with ML 347
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
A comparative study of major modern European writers, such as Kafka, Camus, Sartre, Mann, and Beckett.
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of the instructor.
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ENG 348 - Modern Drama: Realism and Naturalism Course Cross-listed with DRA 348
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
Introduction to literature of the modern theater. Playwrights such as Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, Wilde, Shaw, Synge, and O’Neill are studied against the background of contemporary intellectual currents and literary trends.
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of the instructor.
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ENG 349 - Modern and Contemporary Drama Course Cross-listed with DRA 349
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
Playwrights such as Pirandello, Anouilh, Brecht, Ionesco, Genet, Beckett, Pinter, and Miller are read with special attention given to experiments in dramatic forms.
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of the instructor.
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ENG 356 - Movie-Made America
3 credit(s)
Cultural history of the major studio era in American film, from the early 1920s to the late 1950s, with emphasis on forms, characters, and themes that have shaped popular social attitudes in America. The American film industry is examined as a major institutional force in national politics.
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of the instructor.
Film fee.
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ENG 359 - Contemporary English Grammar Course Cross-listed with RPW 359
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
Grammatical structures and the application of grammar to prose writing, with emphasis on stylistic study, syntactic arrangement, and semantic meaning.
Prerequisite(s): At least SO standing and any 200-level literature course, or permission of instructor.
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ENG 360 - Chaucer
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
Reading, in Middle English, and discussion of the major works, including Troilus and Criseyde and The Canterbury Tales.
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of instructor.
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ENG 361 - Shakespeare: Plays to 1600 Course Cross-listed with DRA 331
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
Introduction to Shakespeare’s language, themes, and dramatic art; detailed study of representative history plays, comedies, and tragedies, chiefly before 1600.
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of instructor.
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ENG 362 - Shakespeare: Plays after 1600 Course Cross-listed with DRA 332
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
A study of the major tragedies, Roman plays, and symbolic romances, chiefly after 1600.
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of instructor.
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ENG 363 - Studies in English Literature
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
An intensive study of a major writer, a selection of writers, a literary movement, or a motif in literature. Since the subject will vary from semester to semester, this course may be elected for credit more than once with permission of department chair.
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of instructor.
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ENG 364 - Victorian Literature
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
Reading and discussion of the major authors of the later 19th century with emphasis on Tennyson, Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning, Arnold, Carlyle, Newman, and Mill.
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of instructor.
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ENG 365 - Nineteenth-Century English Novel
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
Reading and discussion of works by such writers as Dickens, Thackeray, the Brontës, and George Eliot. Emphasis on the development of the novel from Jane Austen to Thomas Hardy as both a narrative form and a vehicle for social analysis.
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of instructor.
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ENG 366 - Modern English Novel
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
Reading and discussion of selected modern novelists, such as Joyce, Lawrence, Forster, Ford, Woolf, Conrad, and Iris Murdoch. Emphasis on the innovations of individual novels and the shared assumptions about human nature that make them “modern.”
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of instructor.
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ENG 367 - Modern British Poetry
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
Reading and discussion of selected British and Irish poets such as Yeats, Hardy, Eliot, Auden, Spender, Dylan Thomas, including contemporary poets such as Ted Hughes and Seamus Heaney.
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of instructor.
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ENG 368 - The Development of Theatre Course Cross-listed with DRA 362
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
This course focuses on crucial moments in the development of theatre as an art form, paying special attention to the origin and development of various theatrical forms and texts. The history of the art of acting, directing, theatre architecture, scenic lighting, costume design, and playwriting is investigated.
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of instructor.
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ENG 370 - Gay and Lesbian Literature Course Cross-listed with GS 370
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
There is little consensus as to what exactly counts as gay and lesbian literature, whether it is literature by gays and lesbians, literature about gay and lesbian characters and themes, or literature that gay and lesbian people read. This course examines literature that might be considered part of a gay and lesbian “canon” and contemporary works that reveal current directions of gay and lesbian writing.
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of instructor.
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ENG 371W - Writing and the Environment
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
This course examines the complex influences of place, the natural world, and the environment as a topic of literature. It also focuses on creative writing about the natural world in multiple genres, with an emphasis on the nature essay. The course also serves as a writing workshop.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 225W or permission of instructor.
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ENG 372W - Travel Writing
3 credit(s)
In this course, travel writing is employed to discover what it means to be a traveler and how writing can be used to understand other cultures, new places, and individual experiences when traveling to these places. Travel writing in all its forms offers opportunities to share adventures and the places visited (or even those places well known to the writer) with readers. In this course, students read examples of and experiment (planning, drafting, revising) with a variety of forms of travel writing, including a travel journal, a thematic travel blog, a personal narrative, guidebook entries, magazine-style travel articles requiring research; and/or poetry, fiction, and plays based on travel.
Prerequisite(s): WRT 110 , WRT 111 or WRT 210 , and ENG 225W ; or permission of the instructor.
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ENG 380 - Independent Study
1–3 credit(s)
An independent study project conducted under the direction of a willing faculty mentor. Independent study may be elected for 1, 2, or 3 credits, depending on the nature and scope of the project. Majors must reach agreement with the faculty mentor about the requirements for successful completion of the independent study before enrolling in the course.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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ENG 381 - Independent Study
1–3 credit(s)
An independent study project conducted under the direction of a willing faculty mentor. Independent study may be elected for 1, 2, or 3 credits, depending on the nature and scope of the project. Majors must reach agreement with the faculty mentor about the requirements for successful completion of the independent study before enrolling in the course.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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ENG 390 - Special Topics in Language and Literature
3 credit(s)
Studies in varied literary topics of special or timely importance not ordinarily examined in the regular curriculum.
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of instructor.
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ENG 391 - Special Topics in Language and Literature
3 credit(s)
Studies in varied literary topics of special or timely importance not ordinarily examined in the regular curriculum.
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of instructor.
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ENG 392 - Special Topics in Language and Literature
3 credit(s)
Studies in varied literary topics of special or timely importance not ordinarily examined in the regular curriculum.
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of instructor.
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ENG 393 - Special Topics in Language and Literature
3 credit(s)
Studies in varied literary topics of special or timely importance not ordinarily examined in the regular curriculum.
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of instructor.
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ENG 394 - Special Topics in Language and Literature
3 credit(s)
Studies in varied literary topics of special or timely importance not ordinarily examined in the regular curriculum.
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of instructor.
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ENG 395 - Special Topics in Language and Literature
3 credit(s)
Studies in varied literary topics of special or timely importance not ordinarily examined in the regular curriculum.
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of instructor.
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ENG 396 - Special Topics in Language and Literature
3 credit(s)
Studies in varied literary topics of special or timely importance not ordinarily examined in the regular curriculum.
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of instructor.
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ENG 397 - Special Topics in Language and Literature
3 credit(s)
Studies in varied literary topics of special or timely importance not ordinarily examined in the regular curriculum.
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of instructor.
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ENG 410W - Advanced Nonfiction Workshop
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
This course examines the evolution of the essay, from its origins with Montaigne to its prominence as a form of modern writing. In examining the literary history of the essay, the course also serves as a writing workshop.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 225W , ENG 317W , and permission of instructor.
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ENG 415W - Advanced Poetry Workshop
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
An intensive, graduate-style writing workshop for advanced poetry writers, particularly those preparing a portfolio with which to apply to graduate programs in creative writing and those seeking publication in literary journals. Emphasis is on writing and revising poems and on in-depth workshop response to peer work. In addition to the practical study of poetry writing, the course includes significant focus on a chronologically organized exploration of theories of poetry, beginning with the 16th century. Admission to the course requires the submission of a poetry sample (five pages) to the instructor or the director of creative writing.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 225W , ENG 310W , and permission of the instructor.
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ENG 420 - British Drama, 1660-1830 Course Cross-listed with DRA 420
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
A study of British drama between the Restoration and the Victorian era. Emphasis on changes in theatre practice (the appearance of women on the stage, the Licensing Act, spectacle), on controversies about the morality and purpose of the theatrical arts, and on the emergence of new dramatic genres (libertine comedy, she-tragedy, bourgeois tragedy, farce, comic opera, sentimental comedy, closet drama). Playwrights may include Dryden, Congreve, Behn, Wycherley, Rowe, Centlivre, Fielding, Gay, Goldsmith, Sheridan, Inchbald, Baillie, and Byron.
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of instructor.
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ENG 421 - Literature for the Adolescent Reader
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
Reading and discussion of literature appealing to, or written for, adolescents and young adults. Various genres will be studied: poetry, drama, short stories, novel, essay. (State certification requirement for secondary school teachers of English.)
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of instructor.
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ENG 423 - World Literature in English
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
Reading and discussion of selected Anglophone writers from around the world. Emphasis on the relations of these writers to the literary, historical, and socio-political issues of the postcolonial world, including detailed study of postcolonial criticism and theory.
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of instructor.
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ENG 425W - Advanced Fiction Workshop
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
This workshop is an intensive, graduate-style writing workshop for advanced fiction writers, particularly those who are preparing a portfolio with which to apply to graduate school in creative writing and those ready to seek publication in literary journals. Emphasis is on writing and revising short stories and on in-depth workshop response to stories written by others in the group. Students admitted to the class should expect to submit a new draft of a story every other week and to prepare written responses to stories by others for each class meeting. Research and discussion of current literary journals and publications therein are included. Submission of at least one piece to a literary journal by the end of the course is required. Admission to this course requires the submission of a fiction writing sample (5–10 pages) to the instructor or the director of creative writing.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 225W , ENG 311W , and permission of the instructor.
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ENG 432 - Rebellion to Restoration: 17th-Century British Literature
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
Reading and discussion of such writers as Shakespeare, Bacon, Donne, Jonson, Wroth, Herbert, Lanyer, Hobbes, Milton, Marvell, Philips, Dryden, Behn, and Bunyan against the background of the enormous social, political, religious, and economic turmoil England experienced between 1600 and 1700.
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of instructor.
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ENG 433 - Milton
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature
Reading and discussion of the major poems (Comus, Lycidas, Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, sonnets) and selected prose works (e.g., Of Education, Areopagitica). Also, a study of pertinent background material, some corroborative reading (e.g., in the Bible and Cavalier poets), and readings in modern critics of Milton.
Prerequisite(s): Any literature course or permission of instructor.
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Environmental Studies
ENV 110 - Fundamentals of Environmental Studies
3 credit(s)
This survey course integrates humanistic, social science, and science perspectives on the environment. In a broad sense the course exposes students to different ways of seeing, constructing, and acting in relationship to the natural environment and its human and animal inhabitants. In the process students are introduced to perspectives on the environment from multiple disciplines.
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ENV 290 - Special Topics in Environmental Studies
3 credit(s)
Topics vary in accordance with timeliness, the needs of the environmental studies curriculum, and opportunities to explore different areas of environmental studies. Prerequisites vary by topic.
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ENV 291 - Special Topics in Environmental Studies
3 credit(s)
Topics vary in accordance with timeliness, the needs of the environmental studies curriculum, and opportunities to explore different areas of environmental studies. Prerequisites vary by topic.
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ENV 345 - Art and Environment Course Cross-listed with ART 345
3 credit(s)
This course examines the varied ways that artists have adapted to and modified their natural world, as well as investigating artistic response to the environment and environmental change. Topics concentrate on one of the following: eco-art, landscape art, or cultural ecology and art. Meets the Topical distribution requirement for the Art History major, minor and certificate programs and counts as an elective for the Environmental Studies minor.
Prerequisite(s): Any 200-level art course, or ART 100 with junior/senior standing, or AET 155 and AET 156 , or permission of instructor.
Visual resources fee.
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ENV 380 - Independent Study in Environmental Studies
1-3 credit(s)
An independent study project conducted under the direction of a willing faculty mentor. Independent study may be elected for 1, 2, or 3 credits, depending on the nature and scope of the project. Minors must reach agreement with the faculty mentor about the requirements and must secure the approval of the director of environmental studies before enrolling in the course
Prerequisite(s): JR or SR standing, permission of instructor, and approval of environmental studies director.
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ENV 381 - Independent Study in Environmental Studies
1-3 credit(s)
An independent study project conducted under the direction of a willing faculty mentor. Independent study may be elected for 1, 2, or 3 credits, depending on the nature and scope of the project. Minors must reach agreement with the faculty mentor about the requirements and must secure the approval of the director of environmental studies before enrolling in the course.
Prerequisite(s): JR or SR standing, permission of instructor, and approval of environmental studies director.
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ENV 385 - Internship in Environmental Studies
3 credit(s)
The Environmental Studies program internship allows students studying environmental topics to gain real-world experience by working in the field.
Prerequisite(s): GPA of 2.5, junior or senior status, ENV 110 , and permission of program director.
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ENV 390 - Special Topics in Environmental Studies
3 credit(s)
Topics vary in accordance with timeliness, the needs of the environmental studies curriculum, and opportunities to explore different areas of environmental studies. Prerequisites vary by topic.
Prerequisite(s): At least SO standing.
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ENV 391 - Special Topics in Environmental Studies
3 credit(s)
Topics vary in accordance with timeliness, the needs of the environmental studies curriculum, and opportunities to explore different areas of environmental studies. Prerequisites vary by topic.
Prerequisite(s): At least SO standing.
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ENV 460 - Environmental Studies Capstone
1 credit(s)
Serving as the culminating experience of the environmental studies minor, this one-credit course features invited lectures by faculty from across the university, and sometimes by outside speakers. The course provides students with an opportunity to reflect on their environmental studies coursework, to consider the interdisciplinary nature of environmental issues and problems, and to think about the relationship between their major field of study and their environmental interests.
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing and permission of the instructor.
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ENV 480 - Independent Study in Environmental Studies
1-3 credit(s)
An independent study project conducted under the direction of a willing faculty mentor. Independent study may be elected for 1, 2, or 3 credits, depending on the nature and scope of the project. Minors must reach agreement with the faculty mentor about the requirements and must secure the approval of the director of environmental studies before enrolling in the course.
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing, permission of instructor, and approval of environmental studies director.
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ENV 481 - Independent Study in Environmental Studies
1-3 credit(s)
An independent study project conducted under the direction of a willing faculty mentor. Independent study may be elected for 1, 2, or 3 credits, depending on the nature and scope of the project. Minors must reach agreement with the faculty mentor about the requirements and must secure the approval of the director of environmental studies before enrolling in the course.
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing, permission of instructor, and approval of environmental studies director.
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ENV 490 - Special Topics in Environmental Studies
3 credit(s)
Topics vary in accordance with timeliness, the needs of the environmental studies curriculum, and opportunities to explore different areas of environmental studies. Prerequisites vary by topic.
Prerequisite(s): JR or SR standing.
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ENV 491 - Special Topics in Environmental Studies
3 credit(s)
Topics vary in accordance with timeliness, the needs of the environmental studies curriculum, and opportunities to explore different areas of environmental studies. Prerequisites vary by topic.
Prerequisite(s): JR or SR standing.
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Gender Studies
GS 100 - Introduction to Gender Studies
3 credit(s)
This course explores a range of theoretical approaches to the study of gender, laying the foundation for the major and minor in gender studies. Students examine and critically analyze gender theory and its sources. The course approaches gender as a fundamental category of analysis, with careful attention paid to the intersection of race and class. Its emphasis on theory that is anchored in both the humanities and the social sciences prepares students for subsequent gender studies courses, including those exploring the most recent scholarship coming out of queer theory, masculinity, and sexualities.
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GS 202 - Men and Masculinity
3 credit(s)
After decades of feminist analysis focused on women’s lives and coming from a variety of perspectives, scholars have turned their gaze toward men. This scholarship scrutinizes not only how men define their identities but also how cultural ideas of masculinity shape everyone’s lives. This course examines men and masculinity through lenses informed by race, class, sexuality studies, and a variety of other angles, all in an effort better to understand things we often take for granted: the lives of men and the role of masculinity in our culture.
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GS 215 - Women in the Economy
3 credit(s)
A survey course covering the economic factors that play a significant role in the economic life of women. Topics include the economics of households, marriage, and families, changes in labor-force participation, causes and consequences of gender differences in occupations and earnings, government policies that have an impact on the economic well-being of women, and an international comparison of the economic conditions of women.
Prerequisite(s): GS 100 and EC 101 , or permission of instructor.
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GS 222 - History of Women in America Course Cross-listed with HIS 222
3 credit(s)
A survey of the changes in women’s work in the family and economy; the impact of immigration, urbanization, and industrialization; the significance of race, class, and ethnic differences among women; the changing cultural status of women; the development of organized women’s movements.
Prerequisite(s): HIS 100 or HIS 130 or HIS 131 .
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GS 225 - Women’s and Gay Rights Social Movements Course Cross-listed with SOC 225
3 credit(s)
This course provides a detailed examination of the social struggles for women’s and gay rights in the United States and in various countries across the globe. The main focus of the course is on the specific social conditions and events that precipitated battles for change in various social arenas. The outcome of specific struggles and the impact they had on the social position of women and gay and lesbian people are analyzed.
Prerequisite(s): GS 100 or SOC 110 .
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GS 232 - European and American Witchcraft Course Cross-listed with HIS 232
3 credit(s)
A history of the European and American attitudes toward witchcraft between the Middle Ages and the present. Special attention is paid to the “witchcraft mania” that emerged in the 15th century, to its regional variations, and to its slow subsidence in the late 17th century. The course also discusses the revival of witchcraft in the 20th century. Main currents of interpretation, both early modern and contemporary, are explored.
Prerequisite(s): HIS 100 or HIS 130 , or permission of instructor.
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GS 248 - Psychology of Gender Course Cross-listed with PSY 248
3 credit(s)
This course analyzes the roles of physiological, psychological, and social factors in the definition of gender- and sex role-related behaviors. Representative theories and research into sex differences and similarities are reviewed. The concepts of masculinity, femininity, and androgyny in today’s rapidly changing society are discussed.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 105 .
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GS 250 - Philosophy of Love and Sexuality Course Cross-listed with PHI 250
3 credit(s)
Critical analysis of the concept of sex and love, particularly as it has developed in the Western philosophic tradition. It explores sex and love as a defining element of human life, even in that “all too human” desire to step beyond ourselves. The role of sex and love is explored through various themes, like the acquisition of knowledge (as an ideal of truth), its place within religious life, and its stakes in ethical and political community. Students gain an understanding of determinate theoretical methods, like phenomenology, psychoanalysis, and critical social theory.
Prerequisite(s): PHI 110 or GS 100 .
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GS 251W - Rhetorics of Gender Activism Course Cross-listed with RPW 251W
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
If, as Aristotle claims, rhetoric is the study of the available means of persuasion, then it seems imperative that rhetoric turn its attention to the ways in which activists concerned with issues of gender and sexuality have sought to enact social and political change in a range of contexts throughout history. This course applies rhetorical analysis to essays, speeches, documentary films, visual media, and artifacts from activist organizations - all in an effort to understand better the techniques that gender activists use to mobilize, to challenge, and to create change.
Prerequisite(s): GS 100 , and WRT 111 or WRT 210 .
Laboratory fee.
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GS 254 - The Sociology of the Family Course Cross-listed with SOC 254
3 credit(s)
Comparative study of family institutions, with emphasis on the changing patterns of family relations in the United States.
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GS 258 - Human Sexual Behavior Course Cross-listed with PSY 258
3 credit(s)
This course examines intrapersonal, interpersonal, and societal aspects of human sexual behavior. Topics include, but are not limited to, the development of sex roles, sexuality across the age span, sexual attitudes, sexual arousal and dysfunction, variations of sexual orientation, legal and economic issues, and research methods.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 105 .
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GS 263 - History of Sexuality in America Course Cross-listed with HIS 263
3 credit(s)
This course analyzes historical changes in the social organization and cultural meaning of sexual practices and desires in the United States. Students examine the establishment of sexual norms in Colonial and 19th-century America; the role of sex during the era of slavery; the contested boundaries drawn between same-sex and different-sex sociability, friendship and eroticism; the cultural conflicts about prostitution, cross-racial sex, and sex education; and the emergence of heterosexuality and homosexuality as the predominant categories of sexual experience, identity and politics.
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GS 281 - Women in Society Course Cross-listed with SOC 281
3 credit(s)
An examination of the relationship between women’s roles and status. Issues include integration of women into various institutional sectors, theoretical explanations of sex discrimination and inequality, the female and male sex roles in other cultures, and changing social and structural patterns in contemporary America.
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GS 290 - Special Topics in Gender Studies
3 credit(s)
Covering selected topics in gender studies, these courses vary from year to year and in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of specialists in these topics. Examples of such topics include Gender and Sexuality in Mythology, Gender and Sexuality in Native American Cultures, and Gender and the Nobel Prize.
Prerequisite(s): Vary by topic.
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GS 291 - Studies in Gender and Sexuality
3 credit(s)
Concentrated studies in gender and sexuality, such as sexuality in the autobiography, gender and reproductive issues, and the economics of gender and sexuality. Students may repeat this course as the topics meet their individual curricula needs.
Prerequisite(s): Vary by topic.
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GS 305 - African American Women Writers Course Cross-listed with ENG 305 /AFS 305
3 credit(s)
This course has as its premise that the work of contemporary African American women writers—such as Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Gloria Naylor, Paule Marshall, and Sherley Anne Williams—can be interpreted in the context of an identifiable literary tradition with sources in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The course looks at the construction of this tradition in terms of specific literary themes and techniques, from “signifying” to communities of women that have been theorized by feminist and African American scholars.
Prerequisite(s): GS 100 ; and either one 200-level literature course, or AFS 110 or AFS 111 ; or permission of instructor.
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GS 315 - Sociology of Gender and Sexuality Course Cross-listed with SOC 315
3 credit(s)
This course examines gender and sexuality and important social categories. We investigate the ways in which categories of gender and sexuality structure people’s lives and shape people’s identities. Through these examinations, we explore the interconnectedness of people’s experiences of gender and sexuality. We focus on the ways in which gender and sexuality are socially constructed by society. We examine how what we are taught about gender and sexuality affects our identity, relationships with others, and our social status.
Prerequisite(s): GS 100 and SOC 110 .
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GS 317 - Gender, Power, and Politics Course Cross-listed with POL 317
3 credit(s)
Explores politics as a gendered activity. The course examines how gender affects opportunities for political participation as well as our evaluations of political actors. The course focuses on gender and politics in the United States; however, comparative material is included where appropriate.
Prerequisite(s): GS 100 .
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GS 318 - Women and the Media Course Cross-listed with CMM 318
3 credit(s)
This course examines the role women have played, and how they have been portrayed in the media, including newspapers, magazines, radio and television, from colonial to present times.
Prerequisite(s): Junior or senior standing is required, or permission of instructor.
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GS 319 - The 19th-Century Heroine Course Cross-listed with ENG 319
3 credit(s)
A look at the 19th-century literature that centers on women. The course examines the characterization of female protagonists as products of a particular culture and a writer’s own personal artistic vision, particularly as these relate to concepts of the heroic. A variety of writers and genres is studied, including classic novels, travel writing, and sentimental and working class fiction.
Prerequisite(s): GS 100 .
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GS 326 - Sexuality and Social Conflict Course Cross-listed with SOC 326
3 credit(s)
This course examines a variety of ways in which sexuality becomes a focus of social conflict. We explore the questions of why and how some aspects of sexuality are brought into the public sphere. We analyze the social construction of sexuality as a personal and private matter but also as a subject for public concern and social regulation, thereby exploring the connections of gender, race, and class to the conflicts surrounding sexuality.
Prerequisite(s): GS 100 and SOC 110 .
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GS 328 - Studies in Women’s Writing Course Cross-listed with ENG 328
3 credit(s)
An analysis of the range of complexity of women’s literary output, including the historical development of women’s writing, the literary achievements of a single author or group of authors, theoretical issues pertinent to women’s literary creation, and issues of female creativity. Topics vary from semester to semester.
Prerequisite(s): Any 200-level literature course and GS 100 , or permission of instructor.
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GS 330 - Gender and Sex in Popular Culture Course Cross-listed with CMM 330
3 credit(s)
The portrayal of gender and sexuality in popular culture is analyzed. Media, including television, film, magazines, and the Internet, represent and help construct ideas about what it means to be male and female in this society, as well as convey assumptions about sexual orientation. These portrayals take on a particular form for racial and ethnic minorities that often reinforces prevalent stereotypes. Popular culture also depicts sexuality in a manner that presents certain sexual behavior as natural and acceptable, and other kinds as deviant and unusual. The representation of sexuality in a range of media is explored, including mainstream media, advertising, and pornography. The portrayal of gender and sexuality in the culture is examined through a survey of theoretical perspectives on these topics as well as a direct examination of content that represents these aspects of humanity.
Prerequisite(s): GS 100 or CMM 110 , and junior or senior standing; or permission of instructor.
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GS 340W - Writing in Gender-Based Activist Organizations Course Cross-listed with RPW 340W
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
Focusing on issues such as reproductive rights, healthcare, and domestic violence, students examine the ways in which activist organizations that are focused on issues of gender and sexuality write about controversial issues for a range of audiences and in response to a variety of situations. Guest speakers and working documents from actual reports, press releases, website content, and other written texts.
Prerequisite(s): GS 100 and WRT 110 , and either WRT 111 or WRT 210 .
Laboratory fee.
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GS 343 - Visualizing Gender Course Cross-listed with ART 343
3 credit(s)
An examination of how gender is relevant to the production, reception, and content of art. Gender theory and feminist theory are used to assess the role of gender in society and in artistic practices as they engage with visual images. This course concentrates on one of the following topics: Women in Art, Gender in American art, Masculinity and Modernism, or Gender and Ritual in Africa. The specific topic is announced in the Schedule of Classes.
Prerequisite(s): Either ART 100 , or AET 156 and AET 155 .
Visual resources fee.
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GS 350 - Ethics of Gender and Sexuality Course Cross-listed with PHI 350
3 credit(s)
Consideration of the presuppositions we bring to thinking about ethics and morality, and of the ways in which culturally constructed gender differences affect ethical theory and moral practice. We examine a series of important themes and issues in contemporary discussions of feminist ethics, e.g., sexuality, motherhood, community, cultural difference, human rights, and moral responsibility as it exceeds the framework of rights.
Prerequisite(s): GS 100 or PHI 110 .
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GS 353W - Gender, Law, and Policy Course Cross-listed with POL 353W
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
This course explores gender discrimination in American law. It examines how law has defined and continues to define appropriate behavior for women and men. Although the course emphasizes recent legal developments, it also considers major historical developments and the role of law as an agent of social change.
Prerequisite(s): POL 110 or POL 200W or GS 100 or LAH 201 or SOC 170 .
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GS 354 - Women in Film Course Cross-listed with CIN 354
3 credit(s)
Images of women in films both popular and alternative, history of melodrama or “women’s pictures,” films made by women, feminist film theory.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 140 , or CIN 150 /CMM 150 , or GS 100 ; and junior or senior standing; or permission of instructor.
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GS 370 - Gay and Lesbian Literature Course Cross-listed with ENG 370
3 credit(s)
There is little consensus as to what exactly counts as gay and lesbian literature, whether it is literature by gays and lesbians, literature about gay and lesbian characters and themes, or literature that gay and lesbian people read. This course examines literature that might be considered part of a gay and lesbian “canon” and contemporary works that reveal current directions of gay and lesbian writing.
Prerequisite(s): Any 200-level literature course and GS 100 , or permission of instructor.
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GS 372 - Women and Crime Course Cross-listed with SOC 372
3 credit(s)
This course examines the social construction of female criminality, historic and contemporary trends in female crime, the place of women in the social organization of crime control, and a sociological analysis of the changing nature and consequences of female criminality in contemporary societies. The course serves as an introduction to a feminist reading of criminological theory.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 170 and SOC 110 , and junior or senior standing; or permission of instructor.
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GS 383W - Gender, Knowledge, and Values Course Cross-listed with PHI 383W
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
Philosophy is an ongoing process both of criticism and of construction. In this course we critically examine how the different branches of philosophy—ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, metaphysics, and others—have been inadvertently impoverished by being grounded largely in male experience. We study a rich variety of constructive moves toward a philosophy more engaged with the experience of all human beings. These moves toward gender inclusiveness in philosophy have been made by feminist philosophers and others who have recognized the influence of gender on philosophical criticism and (re)construction.
Prerequisite(s): GS 100 or PHI 110 , and junior or senior standing; or permission of instructor.
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GS 390 - Special Topics in Gender Studies
3 credit(s)
Covering selected topics in gender studies, these courses vary from year to year and in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of specialists in these topics. Examples of such topics include Gender and Sexuality in Mythology, Gender and Sexuality in Native American Cultures, and Gender and the Nobel Prize.
Prerequisite(s): Vary by topic.
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GS 391 - Studies in Gender and Sexuality
3 credit(s)
Concentrated studies in gender and sexuality, such as sexuality in the autobiography, gender and reproductive issues, and the economics of gender and sexuality. Students may repeat this course as the topics meet their individual curricula needs.
Prerequisite(s): Vary by topic.
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GS 420 - Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Theory
3 credit(s)
In this introduction to primary texts in the theories of feminism, gender, and sexuality studies, students read historical and contemporary authors in a range of interdisciplinary contexts, studying such crucial issues as the construction of gender, the importance of standpoint and location, and debates concerning essentialism, difference, power, and intersectionality. While gender and sexual identity serve as primary focal points for the course, discussions of race, class, and other categories of social classification are never far behind.
Prerequisite(s): GS 100 or permission of instructor.
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GS 450 - Internship in Gender Studies
3 credit(s)
Under the supervision of a faculty member, the Internship in Gender Studies is designed to be an integrative, culminating experience through which students apply scholarship in gender theory, method, and content to work in an organization or agency outside the University community. The internship reflects the structure of the academic program, with emphasis on the humanities or social sciences. It also reflects the program’s commitment to foster links between scholarship and community engagement, and provides avenues for career training in the context of a liberal arts environment. Students are expected to meet regularly with their faculty supervisors, keep a research journal, and present their findings in a final paper.
Prerequisite(s): Junior or senior standing, or permission of instructor.
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GS 451 - Independent Study in Gender Studies
3 credit(s)
Guided by a faculty supervisor, the independent study serves as an integrative, culminating experience on a subject of particular interest to the student. The project typically culminates in a scholarly composition. Student meets regularly with a faculty supervisor to discuss scholarly progress, including, but not limited to, bibliography, thesis, research methodology, theoretical approach, and writing. Students submit regular written progress reports.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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GS 490 - Special Topics in Gender Studies
3 credit(s)
Covering selected topics in gender studies, these courses vary from year to year and in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of specialists in these topics. Examples of such topics include Gender and Sexuality in Mythology, Gender and Sexuality in Native American Cultures, Gender and the Nobel Prize.
Prerequisite(s): Vary by topic.
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GS 491 - Studies in Gender and Sexuality
3 credit(s)
Concentrated studies in gender and sexuality, such as sexuality in the autobiography, gender and reproductive issues, and the economics of gender and sexuality. Students may repeat this course as the topics meet their individual curricula needs.
Prerequisite(s): Vary by topic.
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History
HIS 100 - Civilization since 1500: Making the World Modern
3 credit(s)
A study of the changing human experience with civilization during the formation of the modern world: the dynamics of economic, intellectual, political, and social modernization, and the dissolution of traditional civilization in the world. This course fulfills a general education requirement.
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HIS 101 - Civilization to 1650: Unfolding of Traditional Civilization
3 credit(s)
A study of the unfolding of traditional civilization: the emergence of civilization in the ancient Near East, the definition and development of traditional civilization in Eurasia and elsewhere to 1650, as Europe began history’s first modernization. This course fulfills a general education requirement.
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HIS 130 - The United States to the Civil War Era
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: American History
The first half of a two-part survey of American life since Columbus arrived in the New World, this course focuses on four principal topics: European colonization of the Americas, the development of the colonies and the road to the American Revolution, the origins and growth of African American slavery, and the coming of the Civil War. The course emphasizes broad themes and the experience of many different groups – farmers, servants, Indians, slaves, women – as well as the achievements of great leaders. Required for history majors. No prerequisite.
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HIS 131 - The United States since the Civil War Era
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: American History
The second half of a two-part survey of American life since Columbus arrived in the New World, this course focuses on five principal topics in American history since 1865: the rise of American industry and the development of American labor, world wars and America’s growing influence on world affairs, the impact of immigration, the birth and explosive growth of mass culture, and the struggles to extend American democracy to excluded groups. The course emphasizes broad themes and the experiences of many different Americans as well as the achievements of great leaders. Required for history majors. No prerequisite.
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HIS 204 - Arabic Language, Culture and History in Translation Course Cross-listed with JS 204 /ML 204
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: History of Asia and the Middle East
The course explores Arabic language texts from the classical period of Islam from the 6th century through the modern period. The course includes an assessment of the differences between urban and rural cultures in these time periods and social, philosophical, religious, and historical aspects of Arab and Islamic communities (mainly but not exclusively in the Middle East) through a collection of videos, readings and discussions.
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HIS 205 - Israel: History and Society Course Cross-listed with JS 205 /SOC 205
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: History of Asia and the Middle East
This course examines some of the key issues in the development of Israeli history, culture, society, and the arts. In seeking to create a radical new society, Israelis have created a unique culture that blends traditional Jewish culture in its Middle Eastern, Western European, and Eastern European forms. We study major themes in Zionist and Israeli history and the development of Israeli culture through a focus on the central questions that have both unified and divided Israeli society.
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HIS 207 - Responses to the Holocaust Course Cross-listed with JS 210
3 credit(s)
This course explores both Jewish and non-Jewish responses to the Holocaust in an interdisciplinary manner through an examination of social, religious, theological, political, cultural, psychological, and literary responses to the Holocaust both during and after the Second World War. The class (1) focuses attention on the diversity of human responses to Nazi persecution, both Jewish and non-Jewish, and (2) facilitates a deeper understanding of the manner in which individuals and communities respond to extreme persecution in war and genocide both contemporaneously and in its aftermath.
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HIS 209 - Civilization in the Ancient World
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: European History, History of Asia and the Middle East
The first transitions to civilization in the Tigris-Euphrates, Nile, Indus, and Huang-Ho valleys; the avenues of cultural interchange to the crystallization of the characteristic culture patterns of India, China, and the Near East. (E) or (AME)
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HIS 210 - Europe: Renaissance to Revolution
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: European History
An exploration of the cultural and constitutional trends in Europe from the Renaissance through the French Revolution, a period that saw enormous changes in political, social, economic and cultural life of Europe as new elements such as the Ottoman Empire appeared, new worlds were discovered, and a new science began to change age-old assumptions and beliefs. No prerequisite.
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HIS 212 - Traditions of China and Japan
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: History of Asia and the Middle East
A survey of the East Asian tradition from earliest times to the eve of the modern era.
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HIS 213 - Europe: Napoleon to Gorbachev
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: European History
An examination of the development of modern Europe and exploration of its cultural and constitutional developments within political, economic, and social contexts. No prerequisite.
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HIS 214 - Jewish History from the Exile to the Enlightenment Course Cross-listed with JS 214
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: European History, History of Asia and the Middle East
The development and diversity of Jewish life from the destruction of the Second Commonwealth to the French Revolution: the social and spiritual problems of dispersion; the evolution of Jewish society and culture in the Near East and Europe; the historical roots of anti-Semitism; the rise of the ghetto; and relations between the historical experience of the Jews and spiritual currents within their religion, such as Kabbala and Hasidism. (E) or (AME)
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HIS 215 - Introduction to World Religions Course Cross-listed with JS 215
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: European History, History of Asia and the Middle East
A historical study of major modern religions of the West (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) and East (Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, and Shinto). This course also examines (1) the methodologies of religious studies, (2) the characteristics that religions share, and (3) the classic questions that religions address. No prerequisite. (E) or (AME)
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HIS 216 - Modern Jewish History Course Cross-listed with JS 216 /REL 216
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: European History, History of Asia and the Middle East
The reciprocal effects of Jewish emancipation and Western history in the modern era, from the French Revolution to the present. Particular emphasis on the Zionist movement and the rise of the “Third Jewish Commonwealth,” the modern state of Israel, viewed both as products of post-Enlightenment nationalism and in their unique aspects. No prerequisite. (E) or (AME)
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HIS 218 - Land of the Rising Sun: Contemporary Media and Print about Japan
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: History of Asia and the Middle East
This course dispels old stereotypes and replaces them with new insights on Japan. Japanese history, society, culture, politics, and economy from the end of World War II to the present are covered. A variety of readings offers participants the opportunity to see Japanese culture from a different vantage point. Class discussions, enhanced by films, cover a variety of relevant issues, including gangsters and crime, the role of the emperor, future political and economic directions, gender questions, children and education, and everyday life in Japan.
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HIS 219 - Modern Irish History
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: European History
The often violent history of modern Ireland has been a story of contested identity and suppressed nationalism in which even the meaning of “Irishness” itself was cause for conflict. This course examines the vital, controversial roles that religion, politics, economics, violence, ethnic identity, and imperialism have played in the course of Irish history. Students who have successfully completed HSB 210 - Modern Ireland may not take HIS 219 for credit.
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HIS 222 - History of Women in America Course Cross-listed with GS 222
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: American History
A survey of the changes in women’s work in the family and economy; the impact of immigration, urbanization, and industrialization; the significance of race, class, and ethnic differences among women; the changing cultural status of women; and the development of organized women’s movements.
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HIS 224 - History of Health and Disease
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: American History, European History
A comprehensive overview of the history of health and disease and the evolution of the healing professions from antiquity to the present. Three distinct themes are developed: disease as a force of change, persistent and changing ideas about health and disease, and healing as science and craft. This course is designed for both students in history and those planning careers in the health professions. (A) or (E)
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HIS 225 - African American History Course Cross-listed with AFS 225
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: American History
An examination of the broad contours of the history of African Americans in the United States, with primary focus on the period from 1865 to the present. Topics include African American culture, resistance to slavery, black Americans and the military, civil rights, American apartheid, and African Americans and the United States political economy.
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HIS 228 - American Jewish History Course Cross-listed with JS 228
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: American History
The experience of American Jews from the Colonial period to the present, with the examination of their social, political, religious, and economic development. Episodes in the Jewish experience include the Colonial period, the early Republic, the Civil War, the eras of German and East European Jewish immigration to the United States, the Holocaust years, and the post-World War II era.
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HIS 229 - The Holocaust Course Cross-listed with JS 229 /POL 279
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: European History
Interdisciplinary lectures, readings, and discussions of the roots, details, and consequences of the Holocaust. Historical, intellectual, moral, political, legal, and psychological dimensions of the Holocaust as a phenomenon of its own and as an aspect of genocide.
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HIS 232 - European and American Witchcraft Course Cross-listed with GS 232
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: American History, European History
A history of the European and American attitudes toward witchcraft between the Middle Ages and the present. Special attention is paid to the “witchcraft mania” that emerged in the 15th century, to its regional variations, and to its slow subsidence in the late 17th century. The course also discusses the revival of witchcraft in the 20th century. Main currents of interpretation, both early modern and contemporary, are explored. (A) or (E)
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HIS 233 - U.S.-China Relations
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: American History, History of Asia and the Middle East
An interdisciplinary course analyzing the historical development of U.S.-China relations. The nature of their historical and contemporary views is studied as a reflection of cultural orientation. Their past economic relations are investigated and future relations anticipated. (A) or (AME)
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HIS 235 - The Modern Middle East
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: History of Asia and the Middle East
The attempt of the Muslim world to modernize without abandoning religious belief or cultural distinctiveness. Topics include the political and intellectual pressure of the West; traditional attempts at social and political reform; and the innovations of nationalism, constitutionalism, and socialism. The course includes a discussion of the contemporary search for identity, development, and peace.
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HIS 237 - America and the Middle East: From the Barbary Pirates to ISIS
3 credit(s)
The course analyzes the relationship between the United States and the Middle East, stressing the evolution of each region’s concerns about and perceptions of the other. We examine how the Middle East, once an area of little and intermittent U.S. interest, became a major focus of American political, economic and strategic concern when the U.S. emerged as a great power in the early 20th century. We trace how the nature of U.S. interest and involvement in the region in turn altered many Middle Easterners’ attitudes toward the United States. We look closely at issues as: the impact of the Cold War, the changing politics of oil, the evolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict, the surge of radical Islam, the growth of terrorism culminating in the 9/11 attacks, and the emergence of ISIS.
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HIS 241W - History as Detection: Workshop
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
Area/Group Designation: American History
This workshop course employs the detective and interview methods in historical research, including artistic, popular, or interdisciplinary topics. Students prepare weekly problem/progress reports for grade and a 2,500-word paper. Class members serve as editorial assistants to each other and are guided by the instructor in the preparation of individual, possibly publishable, papers.
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HIS 261 - U.S. Presidential Campaigns: Artifacts, Issues, Personalities
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: American History
Historical study of the presidential races and associated partisan campaigns. Emphasis is placed on critical elections since the colonial era. Participants have an opportunity to study original material in the University’s collection of presidential Americana.
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HIS 263 - History of Sexuality in America Course Cross-listed with GS 263
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: American History
This course analyzes historical changes in the social organization and cultural meaning of sexual practices and desires in the United States. Students examine the establishment of sexual norms in colonial and nineteenth-century America; the role of sex during the era of slavery; the contested boundaries drawn between same-sex and different-sex sociability, friendship and eroticism; the cultural conflicts about prostitution, cross-racial sex, and sex education; and the emergence of heterosexuality and homosexuality as the predominant categories of sexual experience, identity and politics.
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HIS 265 - Food in History: Food as History
3 credit(s)
Because of food’s indispensability and universality, change in its supply, preparation, distribution and consumption is a key to understanding the history of human civilization. Not only does what we eat reflect the culture, technology, politics, and the structure of a society but it is simultaneously a principal engine of historical change. We all know how the quest for spices led to the European discovery of the New World. Far less known is the intimate relationship between the growth of sugar consumption, imperialism, and slavery. Employing this dual perspective, we study the role of food from prehistory to modern times emphasizing its connection to economic development, religion, class, gender, popular culture and national identity. We also examine the history of specific foods, ranging from nutritional foundations like maize and wheat to such contemporary gastronomic icons as beer, pizza, chocolate, and ice cream.
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HIS 271 - Southeast Asia in the 20th Century
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: History of Asia and the Middle East
Southeast Asia is a mosaic of diverse people: Malays, Thais, Burmese, Vietnamese, and many others. These people and their nations are the budding economic “tigers” of the 21st century. This course selects certain Southeast Asian nations and examines their economy, politics, society, culture, and history.
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HIS 272 - Industrialization in Asia
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: History of Asia and the Middle East
An examination of the responses of non-Western societies to contact with Western technological superiority since the Meiji Era in Japan and their varied experiences with the imperatives of induced industrialization, as distinguished from the earlier Western pattern of spontaneous industrialization.
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HIS 290 - Special Topics in History
3 credit(s)
Selected topics in history, varying from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of specialists in such topics.
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HIS 291 - Special Topics in History
3 credit(s)
Selected topics in history, varying from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of specialists in such topics.
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HIS 292 - Special Topics in History
3 credit(s)
Selected topics in history, varying from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of specialists in such topics.
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HIS 300 - Independent Study in History
3 credit(s)
The preparation and criticism of a research project in areas of history of particular interest to a student, guided and directed by a faculty member. This gives the student an opportunity to develop and pursue his/her own interests in historical work and to gain experience in the techniques of historical research, writing, and criticism.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
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HIS 301 - Independent Study in History
3 credit(s)
The preparation and criticism of a research project in areas of history of particular interest to a student, guided and directed by a faculty member. This gives the student an opportunity to develop and pursue his or her own interests in historical work and to gain experience in the techniques of historical research, writing, and criticism.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
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HIS 306 - Archaeology of the Land of Israel Course Cross-listed with JS 306 /POL 376 /SOC 306
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: History of Asia and the Middle East
This course provides students with an overview of the chronological and cultural structure of the archaeological periods from the third millennium through the Byzantine period, with emphasis on the Roman and Byzantine eras. The course includes fieldwork in Israel, lectures, workshops on material culture, museum tours, and field trips. Daily field-school instruction is from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. (total: 15 days of excavation). Lectures and workshops take place each afternoon. Beyond these required activities, a primary objective of the course is a research paper to be completed during the spring or summer following the return to the United States. This course is linked to an integrated companion course, Archaeological Field Methods and Material Culture. All students complete field and class work for both courses.
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HIS 307 - Archaeological Field Methods and Material Culture Course Cross-listed with JS 307 /POL 377 /SOC 307
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: History of Asia and the Middle East
This course is an introduction to excavation techniques and material culture. It includes principles of excavation and recording, material culture identification/processing, and field study tours. Early synagogues and church architecture serve as foci for analysis. This course contains a full introduction to the methodology of Near Eastern archaeology from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, practical instruction in ceramic typology and Semitic inscriptions, and a survey of Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine society. Daily field-school instruction is from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. (total: 15 days of excavation). Lectures and workshops take place each afternoon. This course is linked to an integrated companion course, Archaeology of the Land of Israel. All students complete field- and class work for both courses.
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HIS 308 - Bible and Archaeology-Old Testament Course Cross-listed with JS 308
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: History of Asia and the Middle East
A critical introduction to the history and literature of the Hebrew Bible in light of its setting in the ancient Near East, using the discoveries of recent scholarship, including archaeology, literary, and textual criticism.
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HIS 317 - The Talmud: Its History and Literary Development Course Cross-listed with JS 317
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: History of Asia and the Middle East
This course introduces students to the history and literature of the Talmud, the central work of Jewish law and lore that evolved from about 200 B.C.E. (= B.C.) to 500 C.E. (= A.D.). By examining the pertinent texts in their historical context, students concentrate on major issues that also engrossed Greek and Roman thinkers. Such matters as the sanctity of life, theories of democracy and justice, capital punishment, civil and criminal law, and the roles of women and their rights are analyzed amid the relevant historical events and trends and the larger societies that surrounded the Jews.
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HIS 318 - Maimonides in Historical Context Course Cross-listed with JS 318 /PHI 318
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: History of Asia and the Middle East
This course introduces students to the writing, life, and historical context of Moses Maimonides. After a survey of the history of Rabbinic Judaism and Islamic culture, the life and times of Maimonides are treated. The science, metaphysics, and philosophy shared by Jews, Christians, and Muslims are examined using Maimonides’ life and his philosophical, legal, and medical works as implements of analysis.
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HIS 333 - Revolutions in 20th-Century Asia
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: History of Asia and the Middle East; IS Major: Global Security Track
Varied expressions, in ideology and action, of the revolutionary impulse in the non-Western world since 1898; case studies of the major revolutionary experiences in Turkey and China, and lesser movements elsewhere.
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HIS 336 - The Arabs and Israel Course Cross-listed with JS 336
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: History of Asia and the Middle East; IS Major: Global Security Track
The course traces the intellectual roots and political development of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Some of the topics include traditional Muslim-Jewish relations, the development of Arab Nationalism and Zionism, and the factors leading to the creation of the state of Israel. Contemporary topics include the creation of an Israeli nationality, the effects of the four wars fought since 1948, and the ever-continuing search for peace.
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HIS 341 - Student Internship in History
1-4 credit(s)
Academically supervised work experience for qualified history majors in area facilities offering curatorial, archival, research, and museum activities.
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HIS 342 - Student Internship in History
1-4 credit(s)
Academically supervised work experience for qualified history majors in area facilities offering curatorial, archival, research, and museum activities.
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HIS 350 - The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: European History
An examination of the experience of the world’s largest geographical region from the Russian Revolution to the collapse of the Soviet Union and beyond. The course focuses on geographic, economic, philosophic, cultural, and political continuities and transformations from 1917 to 1989 and beyond.
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HIS 351 - Enlightenment and Revolutions: Europe in the 17th and 18th Centuries
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: European History
This course emphasizes constitutional and cultural changes and influences and their interaction with social, political, and economic developments in 17th- and 18th-century Europe
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HIS 352 - Romanticism, Nationalism, Reform: Europe in the 19th Century
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: European History
This course focuses on the intellectual, political, economic, and social forces that shaped Europe in the century before World War I.
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HIS 353 - Nationalism in Europe
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: European History
Nationalism has been a force in European history from the nation-state building of the early modern period to the present. It has developed and changed from a force for political unity to a divisive and sometimes destructive influence. We will look at the growth of nationalism in places as diverse as Italy, Germany, Greece, Bosnia, and Albania.
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HIS 354 - The Experience of World War
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: American History, European History; IS Major: Global Security Track
The 20th century has been called the “century of total war.” This course – dealing with the World Wars of the 20th century – attempts to explain what this means intellectually, politically, economically, ethically, and scientifically. (A) or (E)
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HIS 356 - Genocide in the Modern World
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: European History, History of Asia and the Middle East; IS Major: Global Security Track
This course investigates and compares modern instances of genocide, while seeking to determine factors that make genocide possible in a given society. This course looks at attempts to exterminate whole races of people includes aboriginal peoples of America and Australia, the Armenian Massacre, the Holocaust, Cambodia, and the former Yugoslavia. (E) or (AME)
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HIS 361 - History of American Sports
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: American History
This course traces American sports from their beginnings in Puritan-era games to the multibillion dollar industries of today. We look at the beginnings of horse racing, baseball, and boxing, and their connections to saloons, gambling, and the culture of the Victorian underworld. We follow baseball as it became the national pastime, see how college football took over higher education, and account for the rise of basketball. Finally, we study the rise of mass leisure, the impact of radio and television, racial segregation and integration, and battles between players and owners.
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HIS 362 - The Experience of the American Revolution
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: American History
Through an examination of political, cultural, economic, and social developments in the American colonies, this course examines the origins, course, and consequences of the central event in 17th- and 18th-century North America: the American Revolution.
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HIS 363 - Democracy, Reform, and Slavery: America from Washington to Lincoln
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: American History
This course deals with the period between the administration of George Washington and the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860. During these years, the United States grew rapidly; experienced a religious awakening and a market revolution; established the legitimacy of its federal government; fought wars against Indians, Great Britain, and Mexico; expanded the democratic rights of white men; and thrived economically from the enslavement of millions of African Americans.
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HIS 364 - The Experience of the American Civil War
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: American History
This course examines the central event in American history: the Civil War. Rather than focus on the war as strategy, tactics, and battles, the course treats the context and course of the war, its causes and consequences. Students use documentary and secondary sources to understand how all Americans – slave and free, women and men, blacks and whites, Northerners and Southerners, combatants and civilians – experienced and struggled to understand our greatest and deadliest conflict.
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HIS 365 - The Creation of Industrial America
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: American History
This course examines the creation of modern industrial America between the end of Reconstruction and the end of World War I. During these years, the nation was transformed from a predominantly rural and agricultural country with few interests overseas into a victorious global and urban industrial power. A huge wave of immigrants and migrants had built and changed American cities; American labor and farmer radicalism had flowered and died; and a new mass culture was born.
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HIS 366 - Twenties and Thirties America
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: American History
This course explores American society, culture, and politics between the end of World War I and the beginning of World War II. During this period, the United States experienced the flowering of a mass consumer culture, the rise of religious fundamentalism and corporate power, the greatest depression in the country’s history, an upsurge of labor and political radicalism, and the creation of the modern welfare state.
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HIS 367 - The Experience of the War in Vietnam
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: American History
United States involvement in the Vietnam War, with reference to the origins of Vietnamese nationalism and communism, the Cold War roots of U.S. intervention, the escalation and decline of the U.S. role, the experience of the common soldier, the antiwar movement, the role of the media, and the war’s long term social and political effects.
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HIS 368 - America in the 1960s Course Cross-listed with SOC 327
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: American History
An examination of the social and political developments in the United States from 1960 to 1974, including the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, the civil rights movement, the war on poverty, the origins of the counterculture, the revolution in the arts, the Vietnam War, the 1968 election and the crisis of liberalism, the Nixon administration, and Watergate.
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HIS 390 - Special Topics in History
3 credit(s)
Selected topics in history, varying from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of specialists in such topics.
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HIS 391 - Special Topics in History
3 credit(s)
Selected topics in history, varying from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of specialists in such topics.
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HIS 408 - The Senior Thesis
3 credit(s)
Preparation of a senior thesis under the supervision of a departmental advisor and defense of the thesis before a departmental Thesis Committee.
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HIS 409 - The Senior Thesis
3 credit(s)
Preparation of a senior thesis under the supervision of a departmental advisor and defense of the thesis before a departmental Thesis Committee.
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HIS 441W - Making History
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
In this course students make history. They choose topics and conduct primary and secondary historical research on them, including how historical interpretations of their topics have changed over time. Students find and interpret primary sources, identify and report on the relevant historical scholarship, and ultimately seek to make and substantiate an original argument based on this research. In the end, students have “made history” and created their own contributions to scholarly literature on their topics. Weekly class discussions provide students with tools for locating and analyzing sources and learning how to write a coherent and well-argued historical article.
Prerequisite(s): HIS 100 or HIS 101 , and HIS 130 , HIS 131 , and HIS 241W .
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HIS 490 - Special Topics in History
3 credit(s)
Selected topics in history, varying from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of specialists in such topics.
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HIS 491 - Special Topics in History
3 credit(s)
Selected topics in history, varying from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of specialists in such topics.
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ARA 110 - Elementary Arabic I
3 credit(s)
This course introduces Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) language and cultures of the Arabic-speaking world. Course includes the five basic skills of listening, speaking, reading, writing, and cultural knowledge.
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ARA 111 - Elementary Arabic II
3 credit(s)
This course continues the study of Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) language and cultures of the Arabic-speaking world. Course includes the five basic skills of listening, speaking, reading, writing, and cultural knowledge.
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HBR 113 - Hebrew Language I: Elementary Conversational Hebrew
3 credit(s)
Development of basic language skills, reading, writing, and speaking. This course also covers cultural material of Israel and Jewish civilization.
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HBR 114 - Hebrew Language II: Elementary Conversational Hebrew
3 credit(s)
Development of basic language skills, reading, writing, and speaking. This course also covers cultural material of Israel and Jewish civilization.
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HBR 115 - Hebrew Language III: Intermediate Conversational Hebrew
3 credit(s)
This course emphasizes Hebrew conversation, comprehension, and composition. Students master the reading of short Hebrew literary material.
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HBR 116 - Hebrew Language IV: Intermediate Conversational Hebrew
3 credit(s)
This course emphasizes Hebrew conversation, comprehension, and composition. Students master the reading of short Hebrew literary material.
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HBR 117 - Advanced Hebrew Conversation and Selected Readings
3 credit(s)
An intensive course aimed at improving students’ facility in Hebrew conversation, reading of current literature, and composition.
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HBR 118 - Advanced Hebrew Language, Culture, and Film
3 credit(s)
An intensive course aimed at improving students’ facility in Hebrew language and culture through films reflecting “contemporary life and language in Israel.” Films include early Israeli works as well as more recent depictions of Israeli society. Viewing of films, class assignments, and discussions are conducted in Hebrew.
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JS 110 - Yiddish Language I
3 credit(s)
This course is designed to instruct the Yiddish language and to acquaint the students with its roots - the Eastern European world where Yiddish was an integral part of life. Students are introduced to basic grammar, vocabulary, and reading excerpts from Yiddish literature, poetry, prose, and folklore.
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JS 111 - Yiddish Language II
3 credit(s)
This course is designed to instruct the Yiddish language and to acquaint the students with its roots-the Eastern European world where Yiddish was an integral part of life. Students are introduced to basic grammar, vocabulary, and reading excerpts from Yiddish literature, poetry, prose, and folklore.
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JS 190 - Special Topics in Judaic Studies
3 credit(s)
Selected topics in Judaic studies, varying from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of specialists in such topics.
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JS 191 - Special Topics in Judaic Studies
3 credit(s)
Selected topics in Judaic studies, varying from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of specialists in such topics.
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JS 204 - Arabic Language, Culture and History in Translation Course Cross-listed with HIS 204 /ML 204
3 credit(s)
The course explores Arabic language texts from the classical period of Islam from the 6th century through the modern period. The course includes an assessment of the differences between urban and rural cultures in these time periods and social, philosophical, religious, and historical aspects of Arab and Islamic communities (mainly but not exclusively in the Middle East) through a collection of videos, readings and discussions.
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JS 205 - Israel: History and Society Course Cross-listed with HIS 205 /SOC 205
3 credit(s)
This course examines some of the key issues in the development of Israeli history, culture, society, and the arts. In seeking to create a radical new society, Israelis have created a unique culture that blends traditional Jewish culture in its Middle Eastern, Western European, and Eastern European forms. We study major themes in Zionist and Israeli history and the development of Israeli culture through a focus on the central questions that have both unified and divided Israeli society.
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JS 210 - Responses to the Holocaust Course Cross-listed with HIS 207
3 credit(s)
This course explores both Jewish and non-Jewish responses to the Holocaust in an interdisciplinary manner through an examination of social, religious, theological, political, cultural, psychological, and literary responses to the Holocaust both during and after the Second World War. The class (1) focuses attention on the diversity of human responses to Nazi persecution, both Jewish and non-Jewish, and (2) facilitates a deeper understanding of the manner in which individuals and communities respond to extreme persecution in war and genocide both contemporaneously and in its aftermath.
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JS 214 - Jewish History from the Exile to the Enlightenment Course Cross-listed with HIS 214
3 credit(s)
The development and diversity of Jewish life from the destruction of the Second Commonwealth to the French Revolution: the social and spiritual problems of dispersion; the evolution of Jewish society and culture in the Near East and Europe; the historical roots of anti-Semitism; the rise of the ghetto; and relations between the historical experience of the Jews and spiritual currents within their religion, such as Kabbala and Hasidism.
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JS 215 - Introduction to World Religions Course Cross-listed with HIS 215
3 credit(s)
A historical study of major modern religions of the West (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) and East (Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, and Shinto). This course also examines (1) the methodologies of religious studies, (2) the characteristics that religions share, and (3) the classic questions that religions address.
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JS 216 - Modern Jewish History Course Cross-listed with HIS 216 /REL 216
3 credit(s)
The reciprocal effects of Jewish emancipation and Western history in the modern era, from the French Revolution to the present. Particular emphasis on the Zionist movement and the rise of the “Third Jewish Commonwealth,” the modern state of Israel, viewed both as products of post-Enlightenment nationalism and in their unique aspects.
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JS 218W - Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Ethics
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
Students explore religious ethics from the ancient through the modern periods, with emphasis on Jewish, Christian, and Islamic perspectives. Students also study how comparative religious ethics can foster interreligious discourse and interaction, as well as the understanding of contemporary moral issues and controversies. The course fulfills the writing-intensive guidelines for the Judaic studies major.
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JS 228 - American-Jewish History Course Cross-listed with HIS 228
3 credit(s)
The experience of American Jews from the Colonial period to the present, with the examination of their social, political, religious, and economic development. Episodes in the Jewish experience include the Colonial period, the early Republic, the Civil War, the eras of German and East European Jewish immigration to the United States, the Holocaust years, and the post-World War II era.
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JS 229 - The Holocaust Course Cross-listed with HIS 229 /POL 279
3 credit(s)
Interdisciplinary lectures, readings, and discussions of the roots, details, and consequences of the Holocaust. Historical, intellectual, moral, political, legal, and psychological dimensions of the Holocaust as a phenomenon of its own and as an aspect of genocide.
Prerequisite(s): HIS 100 or POL 110 or PSY 105 .
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JS 290 - Special Topics in Judaic Studies
3 credit(s)
Selected topics in Judaic studies, varying from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of specialists in such topics.
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JS 291 - Special Topics in Judaic Studies
3 credit(s)
Selected topics in Judaic studies, varying from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of specialists in such topics.
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JS 306 - Archaeology of the Land of Israel Course Cross-listed with HIS 306 /POL 376 /SOC 306
3 credit(s)
This course provides students with an overview of the chronological and cultural structure of the archaeological periods from the third millennium through the Byzantine period, with emphasis on the Roman and Byzantine eras. The course includes fieldwork in Israel, lectures, workshops on material culture, museum tours, and field trips. Daily field-school instruction is from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. (total: 15 days of excavation). Lectures and workshops take place each afternoon. Beyond these required activities, a primary objective of the course is a research paper to be completed during the spring or summer following the return to the United States. This course is linked to an integrated companion course, Archaeological Field Methods and Material Culture. All students complete field- and class work for both courses. This course is offered as part of the Archaeological Excavations in Israel, a Winterterm/Summerterm offering.
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JS 307 - Archaeological Field Methods and Material Culture Course Cross-listed with HIS 307 /POL 377 /SOC 307
3 credit(s)
This course is an introduction to excavation techniques and material culture. It includes principles of excavation and recording, material culture identification/processing, and field-study tours. Early synagogues and church architecture serve as foci for analysis. This course contains a full introduction to the methodology of Near Eastern archaeology from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, practical instruction in ceramic typology and Semitic inscriptions, and a survey of Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine society. Daily field-school instruction is from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. (total: 15 days of excavation). Lectures and workshops take place each afternoon. This course is linked to an integrated companion course, Archaeology of the Land of Israel. All students complete field- and class work for both courses. This course is offered as part of the Archaeological Excavations in Israel, a Winterterm/Summerterm offering.
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JS 308 - Bible and Archaeology-Old Testament Course Cross-listed with HIS 308
3 credit(s)
A critical introduction to the history and literature of the Hebrew Bible in light of its setting in the ancient Near East, using the discoveries of recent scholarship, including archaeology, literary, and textual criticism.
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JS 310 - Ancient Art Course Cross-listed with ART 310
3 credit(s)
This course provides an in-depth consideration of the art of a specific culture or group of cultures that were part of the ancient world. Topics concentrate on one of the following: Pre-Classical Art, Egyptian Art, Classical Art, Greek Art, or Roman Art. The specific topic is announced in the Schedule of Classes.
Prerequisite(s): ART 100 , or AET 155 and AET 156 .
Visual resources fee.
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JS 311 - Medieval Art Course Cross-listed with ART 311
3 credit(s)
This course provides an in-depth consideration of cultures and styles in medieval art and architecture. It may present a survey of the period or concentrate on one of the following areas: Early Christian and Byzantine, Romanesque and Gothic, Medieval Manuscripts, Islamic Art and Architecture, Mediterranean Medieval Art, or Northern Medieval Art. The specific topic is announced in the Schedule of Classes.
Prerequisite(s): ART 100 , or AET 155 and AET 156 .
Visual resources fee.
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JS 315 - Yiddish Literature in Translation I Course Cross-listed with ENG 315 /ML 315
3 credit(s)
An introduction to literature written in Yiddish before 1900, concentrating on the three fathers of Yiddish literature, Mendele Mocher Seforim, Y. L. Peretz, and Sholem Aleichem. Included is the 17th-century journal of Gluckel of Hameln, as well as works of the occult.
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JS 316 - Yiddish Literature in Translation II Course Cross-listed with ENG 316 /ML 316
3 credit(s)
This course continues the study of literary forms established by Seforim, Aleichem, and Peretz (The Realistic, The Ironic, The Parodic, etc.), as they appear in the world of such writers as Pinski, Spector, Asch, Reisen, Weissenber, Schneour, Shapiro, Kulback, I. J. Singer, Opatoshu, Bergelson, Glatstein, Grade. The course also concentrates on what are called Yenne Velt stories, those of Jewish fantasy and occult. Proverbs, folk tales, songs, poems, will introduce each meeting.
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JS 317 - The Talmud: Its History and Literary Development Course Cross-listed with HIS 317
3 credit(s)
This course introduces students to the history and literature of the Talmud, the central work of Jewish law and lore that evolved from about 200 B.C.E. (= B.C.) to 500 C.E. (= A.D.). By examining the pertinent texts in their historical context, students concentrate on major issues that also engrossed Greek and Roman thinkers. Such matters as the sanctity of life, theories of democracy and justice, capital punishment, civil and criminal law, and the roles of women and their rights are analyzed amid the relevant historical events and trends and the larger societies that surrounded the Jews.
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JS 318 - Maimonides in Historical Context Course Cross-listed with HIS 318 /PHI 318
3 credit(s)
This course introduces students to the writing, life, and historical context of Moses Maimonides. After a survey of the history of Rabbinic Judaism and Islamic culture, the life and times of Maimonides are treated. The science, metaphysics, and philosophy shared by Jews, Christians, and Muslims are examined using Maimonides’ life and his philosophical, legal, and medical works as implements of analysis.
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JS 324W - Modern European-Jewish Literature Course Cross-listed with ENG 324W /ML 324W
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
This class explores the relationship between the Jewish Enlightenment (Haskalah) and the development of modern Hebrew and Yiddish literature. The readings and class discussions examine shifting conceptions of Jewish identity; contested notions of Diaspora, Exile, and Home; the relationship between Jewish politics and art; and the tension between the particularity of the national experience and the universality of the Jew. Readings by masters of 19th- and 20th-century European Jewish fiction include S. Y. Abramovitch (Mendele Mocher Seforim), known as the “grandfather” of Yiddish literature; Sholem Aleichem’s humorous tales of Eastern Europe; the folk stories of Y. L. Peretz; Kafka’s modernist parables; Isaac Babel’s passionate narratives of the Russian revolution; I. B. Singer’s tales of demons and sinners; and others. This course fulfills the writing-intensive guideline and literature requirements for the Judaic studies major.
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JS 325 - American-Jewish Novel Course Cross-listed with ENG 325
3 credit(s)
A study of some of the major contributions to American-Jewish literature since the turn of the century by American-Jewish novelists. These may include, among others, Gold’s Jews without Money, Cahan’s The Rise of David Levinsky, Anzia Yezierska’s Bread Givers, and a novel each by Malamud, Bellow, Roth, Potok, Doctorow, Ozick, and Chernin.
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JS 336 - The Arabs and Israel Course Cross-listed with HIS 336
3 credit(s)
The course traces the intellectual roots and political development of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Some of the topics include traditional Muslim-Jewish relations, the development of Arab Nationalism and Zionism, and the factors leading to the creation of the state of Israel. Contemporary topics include the creation of an Israeli nationality, the effects of the four wars fought since 1948, and the ever-continuing search for peace.
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JS 341 - The Bible and Literature Course Cross-listed with ENG 341
3 credit(s)
Reading and discussion of the Bible and selected works of literature focusing on recurring themes, forms, imagery, and symbolism.
Prerequisite(s): Any 200-level literature course or permission of instructor.
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JS 350 - Internship in Judaic Studies
3 credit(s)
The course focuses on providing students with field experiences in Judaic Studies to develop the skills and knowledge that they hope to apply in future careers in the field. Students usually establish their own contacts to develop a practicum, or they may work through the instructor. In selecting sites, students should consider their past experiences and their professional goals. The instructor must approve the placement. Students may do their field experience at a site where they already work. Students may also do their field experience in campus settings where they are already involved (e.g., the Museum of Jewish Civilization). Coursework involves fieldwork, readings, and a final paper. Course can be taken more than once for credit.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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JS 380 - Independent Study in Judaic Studies
1–3 credit(s)
A directed research project, guided by a member of the faculty, designed to give students an opportunity to pursue their own interests in Judaic studies and to gain experience in scholarly research, writing, lecturing, teaching, and criticism. The central effort of the course focuses on the preparation and criticism of individual projects, oral and written.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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JS 381 - Independent Study in Judaic Studies
1–3 credit(s)
A directed research project, guided by a member of the faculty, designed to give students an opportunity to pursue their own interests in Judaic studies and to gain experience in scholarly research, writing, lecturing, teaching, and criticism. The central effort of the course focuses on the preparation and criticism of individual projects, oral and written.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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JS 390 - Special Topics in Judaic Studies
3 credit(s)
Selected topics in Judaic studies, varying from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of specialists in such topics.
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JS 391 - Special Topics in Judaic Studies
3 credit(s)
Selected topics in Judaic studies, varying from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of specialists in such topics.
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JS 425 - Contemporary Studies in Jewish Civilization
3 credit(s)
A course to examine a variety of different historical, literary, cultural, legal, and scientific issues in the critical study of Jewish civilization. Students may repeat this course as the topics meet their individual curricular needs.
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Mathematics
M 100 - Cooperative Education Program
Variable credit(s)
These courses are intended for students in the cooperative education program. The program is designed to provide students with a series of real-world problems that must be analyzed and modeled to provide solutions that are usable in their work environment. These courses carry 1-3 credits, with the actual number of credits awarded on the basis of work involvement. All courses must be taken on a Pass/No Pass basis. Cooperative education courses may be repeated for a total of up to 15 credits.
Prerequisite(s): At least sophomore standing and 2.5 GPA.
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M 110 - Modeling with Elementary Functions
3 credit(s)
A study of linear, quadratic, cubic, exponential, and logistic equations and their use in modeling real-world phenomena; the graphing of functions; solving equations with one or more variables; and systems of linear equations. The solution of word problems is stressed throughout. This course may serve as preparation for M 112 but not for M 144 .
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M 112 - A Short Course in Calculus
3 credit(s)
A one semester introduction to the basic concepts and applications of differential and integral calculus. No credit given to students who have previously received credit for M 144 or its equivalent.
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M 114 - Everyday Statistics
3 credit(s)
Designed to introduce basic concepts of probability, random sampling, data organization, measures of central tendency and variability, binomial and normal probability distributions, statistical inference, elements of hypothesis testing, one- and two sample tests for means and proportions, chisquare tests for tabular data, an introduction to linear regression and correlation.
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M 116 - Contemporary Mathematics
3 credit(s)
Designed to introduce the student to a variety of mathematical fields and some of their contemporary applications. Topics selected from logic, set theory, mathematical systems, recursive sequences, probability, statistics, game theory, linear programming, graph theory, computer programming, voting methods, and topology.
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M 118 - Mathematics for Elementary School I
3 credit(s)
A study of numeration, number systems, number operations and number theory with an emphasis on representation, problem solving, reasoning, communication, and connections. Note: This course in restricted to students in the early childhood, elementary, and special education programs.
Prerequisite(s): Two years of algebra.
Laboratory fee.
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M 119 - Mathematics for Elementary School II
3 credit(s)
A study of measurement, geometry, probability, data analysis and algebra with an emphasis on representations, problem solving, reasoning, communication, and connections. Note: This course in restricted to students in the early childhood, elementary, and special education programs.
Prerequisite(s): M 118 .
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M 140 - Precalculus with Trigonometry
4 credit(s)
A study of linear and quadratic equations and inequalities; the Cartesian coordinate system for the plane; and the algebra and graphing of functions with special emphasis on polynomial, exponential, and logarithmic functions. Definitions and graphs of the trigonometric functions; solutions of triangles; analytic trigonometry, including circular and inverse trigonometric functions. Solutions of word problems are stressed throughout. A programmable graphing calculator is required. The goal is to prepare students for M 144 .
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M 144 - Calculus I
4 credit(s)
Functions; limits; continuity; differentiation of algebraic, trigonometric, logarithmic, and exponential functions; applications of derivatives; and an introduction to integration.
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M 145 - Calculus II
4 credit(s)
Techniques of integration, indeterminate forms, improper integrals, infinite sequences and series, and separable differential equations.
Prerequisite(s): M 144 .
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M 190 - Special Topics in Mathematics
1–4 credit(s)
Investigates mathematical topics not covered in the regular curriculum.
Prerequisite(s): M 221W or permission of department.
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M 191 - Special Topics in Mathematics
1–4 credit(s)
Investigates mathematical topics not covered in the regular curriculum.
Prerequisite(s): M 221W or permission of department.
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M 200 - Cooperative Education Program
Variable credit(s)
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Prerequisite(s): At least sophomore standing and 2.5 GPA.
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M 220 - Linear Algebra and Matrix Theory
3 credit(s)
Linear equations and matrix algebra, determinants, vector spaces, linear independence and bases, linear transformations and their matrix representations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, diagonalizable matrices. Selected topics from quadratic forms, linear programming, inner product spaces, or numerical linear algebra.
Prerequisite(s): M 144 .
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M 221W - Discrete Mathematics I
4 credit(s) Writing Intensive
Topics include propositional calculus, combinatorics, graph isomorphisms, paths, planarity, colorability, trees and graph algorithms, occupancy problems, generating functions, and recurrence equations.
Prerequisite(s): M 144 .
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M 222W - Discrete Mathematics II
4 credit(s) Writing Intensive
A formal introduction to the basic concepts of modern abstract mathematics. Topics include symbolic logic, predicate calculus, methods of proof, elements of set theory, functions, relations, cardinality, and graph theory.
Prerequisite(s): M 221W .
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M 240 - Calculus of Several Variables
4 credit(s)
Vectors in three dimensions, curves and parametric equations in three dimensions, geometry of surfaces, differential calculus of functions of more than one variable with applications, multiple integrals and their applications, the differential and integral calculus of vector fields.
Prerequisite(s): M 145 .
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M 242 - Differential Equations
3 credit(s)
Solutions of first-order linear, separable equations and applications; higher-order linear equations and applications. Nonhomogeneous equations; Laplace transforms and initial value problems; matrices, eigenvalues, and linear systems of differential equations. Qualitative analysis of equilibria and bifurcations.
Prerequisite(s): M 145 .
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M 246 - Applied Mathematics for Civil Engineers
4 credit(s)
Matrix algebra, systems of linear algebraic equations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors; first- and second-order linear differential equations and systems of linear differential equations; an introduction to partial differential equations; an introduction to differential and integral multivariable calculus. (A student may not receive credit for both this course and M 242 .)
Prerequisite(s): M 145 .
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M 260 - Data Analysis
4 credit(s)
An introduction to exploratory and confirmatory data analysis. Classical, portable, and robust statistical methods. Emphasis on model-building, analysis, interpretation, and refinement using statistical software (Minitab, SAS, BMDP, SPSSx, or Excel).
Prerequisite(s): M 145 .
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M 290 - Special Topics in Mathematics
1–4 credit(s)
Investigates mathematical topics not covered in the regular curriculum.
Prerequisite(s): M 221W or permission of department.
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M 291 - Special Topics in Mathematics
1–4 credit(s)
Investigates mathematical topics not covered in the regular curriculum.
Prerequisite(s): M 221W or permission of department.
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M 300 - Cooperative Education Program
Variable credit(s)
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Prerequisite(s): At least sophomore standing and 2.5 GPA.
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M 310 - History of Mathematics
3 credit(s)
A historical study of the principal mathematicians of the past 2,500 years and their contributions to the development and growth of the various fields of mathematics.
Prerequisite(s): M 222W or permission of instructor.
(Offered fall 2012, 2014, 2016)
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M 320 - Number Theory
3 credit(s)
Investigation of the arithmetic properties of integers. Unique factorization, congruences, quadratic reciprocity, and other topics are treated.
Prerequisite(s): M 221W . Corequisite(s): M 222W .
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M 340 - Introductory Analysis
3 credit(s)
A rigorous treatment of differentiation and Riemann integration. Topology of the real line, real-valued sequences and their limits, continuity of real valued sequences and their limits, continuity of real-valued functions, the Mean Value Theorem, a rigorous definition of the definite (Riemann) integral and proofs of its elementary properties, the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. Other topics may include sequences of functions, series, or function spaces.
Prerequisite(s): M 222W .
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M 344 - Advanced Engineering Mathematics
3 credit(s)
Series solutions of ordinary differential equations and Bessel functions, Sturm-Liouville systems, and Fourier Series. Partial differential equations in Cartesian and cylindrical coordinates.
Prerequisite(s): M 240 and M 242 .
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M 350 - Numerical Analysis
3 credit(s)
Floating point arithmetic; algorithms and error analysis; roots of nonlinear equations; systems of linear equations; direct methods, factorization schemes, and iterative techniques; interpolation: difference schemes, splines; numerical differentiation and integration; solutions of ordinary differential equations; the matrix eigenvalue problem. (Offered fall 2011, 2013, 2015)
Prerequisite(s): M 220 and either CS 111 or CS 114 .
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M 354 - Studies in Mathematical Modeling
3 credit(s)
The process of developing and simulating mathematical models of real-world phenomena are studied. The types of models considered vary from year to year and may include discrete and continuous dynamical models, stochastic models, neural networks, and optimization models. Applications may be to the natural sciences, management science, engineering, or industry. With departmental permission, the course may be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite(s): M 240 or permission of instructor.
(Offered spring 2013, 2015, 2017)
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M 360 - Probability Theory
3 credit(s)
Basic combinatorial probability, conditional probability, random variables, expectations, special discrete and continuous random variables and their properties, transformation of variables, Central Limit Theorem.
Prerequisite(s): M 240 .
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M 362 - Elements of Statistics
3 credit(s)
Sampling distributions; theory of point and interval estimation; hypothesis testing, significance level, power, Neyman-Pearson Lemma, likelihood ratio tests, chi-square test on categorical data; theory and application of linear models; regression and ANOVA; nonparametric techniques based on ranks.
Prerequisite(s): M 360 .
(Offered spring 2013, 2015)
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M 366 - Engineering Probability and Statistics
3 credit(s)
Probability topics include axioms, counting, conditional probability, random variables, central limit theorem, and decision making. Statistics topics include confidence intervals and hypotheses tests for means and proportions, regression and correlation, analysis of variance, and contingency tables. No credit given to students who have received credit for M 360 or M 260 .
Prerequisite(s): M 145 .
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M 370 - Foundations of Geometry
3 credit(s)
An axiomatic development of Euclidean geometry; attempts to prove the parallel postulate; the discovery of non-Euclidean geometries and their properties. (Offered fall 2011, 2013, 2015)
Prerequisite(s): M 221W .
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M 380 - Teaching Secondary School Mathematics-Concepts
3 credit(s)
A study of mathematics education, including issues related to learning theory, mathematics, curricula, pedagogy, assessment, and the role of research and state and national standards on the teaching and learning of school mathematics. Note: This course does not count toward the University mathematics requirement or the upper-level course requirement in either a math minor or the other two math majors.
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M 381W - Teaching Secondary School Mathematics-Practice
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
A course in the methods of designing, teaching, assessing, and revising effective lesson and unit plans across the 7-12 mathematics curriculum, including algebra, geometry, number systems, probability/statistics, and discrete math. Note: This course does not count toward the University mathematics requirement or the upper-level course requirement in either a math minor or the other two math majors.
Corequisite(s): M 380 .
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M 390 - Special Topics in Mathematics
1–4 credit(s)
Investigates mathematical topics not covered in the regular curriculum.
Prerequisite(s): M 221W or permission of department.
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M 391 - Special Topics in Mathematics
1–4 credit(s)
Investigates mathematical topics not covered in the regular curriculum.
Prerequisite(s): M 221W or permission of department.
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M 400 - Cooperative Education Program
Variable credit(s)
These courses are intended for students in the cooperative education program. The program is designed to provide students with a series of real-world problems that must be analyzed and modeled to provide solutions that are usable in their work environment. These courses carry 1-3 credits, with the actual number of credits awarded on the basis of work involvement. All courses must be taken on a Pass/No Pass basis. Cooperative education courses may be repeated for a total of up to 15 credits.
Prerequisite(s): At least sophomore standing and 2.5 GPA.
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M 420 - Introduction to Modern Algebra
3 credit(s)
A study of the fundamental algebraic structure of groups, rings, and fields, including substructure, quotient structure, and morphism concepts.
Prerequisite(s): M 222W .
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M 442 - Introduction to Complex Analysis
3 credit(s)
Field of complex numbers, algebraic and geometric representations; analytic functions, the Cauchy-Riemann equations, harmonic functions; integration in the complex plane; power series; Laurent series and singularities of functions; theory of residues; and evaluation of integrals.
Prerequisite(s): M 240 .
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M 470 - Introduction to Topology
3 credit(s)
An introduction to point-set topology. Topics are topological spaces, homeomorphisms, connectedness, compactness, separation axioms, and metric spaces.
Prerequisite(s): M 340 .
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M 480 - Independent Study in Mathematics
1–3 credit(s)
Provides an opportunity for the student to study mathematical topics under the direction of a faculty member.
Prerequisite(s): Approval of the department. The signature of the department chairman is required to register for these courses.
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M 481 - Independent Study in Mathematics
1–3 credit(s)
Provides an opportunity for the student to study mathematical topics under the direction of a faculty member.
Prerequisite(s): Approval of the department. The signature of the department chairman is required to register for these courses.
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M 490 - Special Topics in Mathematics
1–4 credit(s)
Investigates mathematical topics not covered in the regular curriculum.
Prerequisite(s): M 221W or permission of department.
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M 491 - Special Topics in Mathematics
1–4 credit(s)
Investigates mathematical topics not covered in the regular curriculum.
Prerequisite(s): M 221W or permission of department.
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M 495 - Capstone Course in Mathematics
3 credit(s)
Knowledge and skills from previous mathematics courses are used to study aspects of a mathematical area chosen by the instructor. Expository lectures are followed by group projects leading to oral and written presentations. Possible areas of study include differential geometry, dynamical systems, and chaos theory.
Prerequisite(s): Senior status and M 220 , M 240 , M 340 ; or permission of instructor.
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Philosophy
PHI 101 - Critical Eras in Philosophy
3 credit(s)
This course introduces students to one or two of the major historical periods in philosophy: ancient and medieval, renaissance, modern (the era of scientific revolution, 19th century, 20th-21st century. The specific topics are announced in the semester Schedule of Classes. In each case the course examines some of the major thinkers of the period and the questions that preoccupied them: for example, the ancients often focused on the “good life”; the medieval, on faith and reason; Renaissance thinkers, on human dignity; the moderns on sources of knowledge; 19th century thinkers on history and on political change; 20th century, on evolution and on language; 21st century, on complexity.
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PHI 102 - Ethics and Society
3 credit(s)
This course introduces students to individual and social ethics. It may present a survey of ethical issues and approaches, or it may concentrate on particular topics, including but not limited to the following: environmental ethics, philosophy of human rights, biomedical ethics, or women and social ethics. The particular focus is announced in the semester Schedule of Classes. Students learn how philosophy is informed by other disciplines and also how it is distinct in its approach.
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PHI 103 - Philosophy and the Arts
3 credit(s)
An introduction to major philosophical thinkers and ideas as investigated and presented through artistic media, including but not limited to film, literature, and visual art. The course may explore philosophical ideas as presented in several arts or it may concentrate on a particular art. The specific art(s) to be focused on are announced in the semester Schedule of Classes. Topics to be covered include the mind-body relation, varieties of ways of knowing, the nature of reality, various issues in ethics, and the role of art in society.
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PHI 110 - Introduction to History of Western Philosophy
3 credit(s)
An introduction to philosophical inquiry into the questions that have perennially engaged philosophical thought, through discussion and the writings of philosophers whose thinking illuminates these questions, such as the nature of reality; the limits of human knowledge; and the significance of social, moral, aesthetics, and religious experience.
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PHI 190 - Special Topics in Philosophy
3 credit(s)
Selected topics in philosophy, varying from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of specialists in such topics.
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PHI 210 - Individual and Society
3 credit(s)
Discussion of the relationship between the individual and society. Issues to be treated: ancient and modern conceptions of the self and of its relation to society; the need for a revision of our present concept of selfhood; the degree of our responsibility toward our fellow citizens, including future generations; the question of communitarianism and its relation to liberalism; and the relation of the political, the moral, and the personal.
Prerequisite(s): PHI 110 or permission of instructor.
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PHI 213W - Philosophical Writing
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
This is a writing-intensive course concentrating on the writing, analysis, and criticism of philosophical arguments, in papers directed toward interpretation, application, or inquiry. Students review the core aspects of philosophical research and writing, and discuss tools for constructing and assessing significant terms; conceptual distinctions; and various types of arguments, including deductive, inductive, and abductive arguments.
Prerequisite(s): PHI 110
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PHI 215 - Practical Reasoning
3 credit(s)
An introduction to the logical use and analysis of inductive and deductive arguments in English: identifying arguments, discovering their patterns, evaluating their cogency, and detecting fallacious reasoning.
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PHI 220 - Introduction to Symbolic Logic
3 credit(s)
An introduction to logic as a symbolic structure, distinct from natural languages like English, designed to extract from arguments expressed in a natural language only those features relevant to assessing their validity.
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PHI 230W - Ethical Problems
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
Ethical inquiry through the discussion of actual ethical problems, such as abortion, homosexuality, and euthanasia, and the arguments that are used to resolve or clarify them; and through the investigation of general categories, such as person, choice, agency, presupposed in ethical principles from which the arguments derive.
Prerequisite(s): PHI 110 .
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PHI 232 - Biomedical Ethics Course Cross-listed with PHB 232
3 credit(s)
A philosophical discussion of ethical considerations arising from aspects of biological and medical research and medical practice. The course will examine issues of relevance to both the researcher and the medical professional, such as euthanasia, animal experimentation, abortion, and patients’ rights.
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PHI 233 - Organizational Ethics
3 credit(s)
Introduction to ethical theory as applied to organizations like businesses, governmental units, educational and service organizations. Discussion of whatever special characteristics of organizations may be ethically relevant. Consideration of the relations of organizations to society in general, to those they are intended to serve, to their individual components, and to other organizations, as well as the relationships of individuals to one another within an organization.
Prerequisite(s): PHI 110 .
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PHI 240 - Philosophy of Religion I
3 credit(s)
This course focuses on 19th century philosophy of religion in Europe immediately following the work of Immanual Kant. Various thinkers to be covered include Schleielermacher, Hegel, Hume, Feurbach, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and of course Kant. Issues to be covered include religious ethics, the relationship between faith and reason, the nature of religious belief, and concepts of the divine.
Prerequisite(s): PHI 110 .
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PHI 250 - Philosophy of Love and Sexuality Course Cross-listed with GS 250
3 credit(s)
This course offers a critical analysis of the concept of sex and love, particularly as it has developed in the Western philosophic tradition. It explores sex and love as a defining element of human life, even in that “all too human” desire to step beyond ourselves. The role of sex and love is explored through various themes, like the acquisition of knowledge (as an ideal of truth), its place within religious life, and its stakes in ethical and political community. Students gain an understanding of determinate theoretical methods, like phenomenology, psychoanalysis, and critical social theory.
Prerequisite(s): PHI 110 or GS 100 .
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PHI 260W - Language and Form
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
A study of classical and recent philosophical positions concerning language, art, and other forms of symbolic expression, including such issues as creativity, linguistic relativity or universality, and the common as well as distinct features of forms of symbolic expression.
Prerequisite(s): PHI 110 .
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PHI 265 - Studies in Native American Philosophy
3 credit(s)
An intensive inquiry into Native American values, epistemologies, concepts of identity and community, responsibility, and the environment. Content varies from semester to semester. This structure allows us to offer a number of particular courses, focusing on the worldviews of Native people. Students can study the Lakota/Dakota, Pueblo, Hopi, Navaho, Apache, Iroquois, or Pequot worldviews. Since Native cultures are intimately connected with place, every appropriate attempt is made to have a travel component for these courses. Reservation visits are arranged for students to meet tribal elders and learn oral histories. Readings by Native American thinkers are required. These courses approach Native cultures on their terms and as they would like to have their worldviews understood. All courses are designed and executed in consultation with Native scholars or tribal elders.
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PHI 270W - Mind and Nature
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
A study of classical and recent philosophical discussions of mind and nature, embracing such questions as the roles of perception and imagination in the human experience of nature, space, and time, the relation between human and animal, natural and artificial intelligence, and between human purposes and environment.
Prerequisite(s): PHI 110 .
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PHI 271 - Introduction to Philosophy of Science
3 credit(s)
This course surveys issues in the philosophy of science. We will examine the nature of scientific method and the role of inductive reasoning in developing scientific hypotheses, theories, and laws. The course will also explore the notion of explanation in the natural sciences and the social sciences.
Prerequisite(s): PHI 110 .
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PHI 280 - Introduction to Eastern Philosophy
3 credit(s)
This course seeks to introduce students to basic issues in Eastern thinking through investigation of the history, philosophical issues, and prominent thinkers in that region of the world. Areas to be explored include Buddhism, Confucianism, Islam and Taoism. By the end of the course, students should possess a fundamental understanding of these faiths and philosophies.
Prerequisite(s): PHI 110 .
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PHI 282 - Classical Philosophy: Greece and Rome
3 credit(s)
Reading and discussion of philosophical texts from the traditional beginning of Western philosophy in 585 BCE to the death of Plotinus in 270 CE. Emphasis on selected works of Plato, Aristotle, Lucretius, and Plotinus.
Prerequisite(s): PHI 110 .
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PHI 283 - Rationalists and Empiricists
3 credit(s)
History of Western philosophy from Francis Bacon (1605) to Immanuel Kant (1804). The rise of the new science and the rationalism of Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz. The empirical and skeptical thought of Locke, Berkeley, and Hume. Kant’s response to the two schools.
Prerequisite(s): PHI 110 .
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PHI 290 - Special Topics in Philosophy
3 credit(s)
Selected topics in philosophy, varying from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of specialists in such topics.
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PHI 318 - Maimonides in Historical Context Course Cross-listed with HIS 318 /JS 318
3 credit(s)
This course introduces students to the writing, life, and historical context of Moses Maimonides. After a survey of the history of Rabbinic Judaism and Islamic culture, the life and times of Maimonides are treated. The science, metaphysics, and philosophy shared by Jews, Christians, and Muslims are examined using Maimonides’ life and his philosophical, legal, and medical works as implements of analysis.
Prerequisite(s): HIS 101 .
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PHI 340 - Philosophy of Religion II
3 credit(s)
This course focuses on philosophy of religion in the 20th century. Various thinkers to be covered include Adams, Plantinga, Hick, Mavrodes, and Swinburne. Topics to be discussed include the nature of evil, religious pluralism, divine attributes, religious ethics, and the relationship between religion and science.
Prerequisite(s): PHI 240 .
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PHI 350 - Ethics of Gender and Sexuality Course Cross-listed with GS 350
3 credit(s)
Consideration of the presuppositions we bring to thinking about ethics and morality, and of the ways in which culturally constructed gender differences affect ethical theory and moral practice. We examine a series of important themes and issues in contemporary discussions of feminist ethics, e.g., sexuality, motherhood, community, cultural difference, human rights, and moral responsibility as it exceeds the framework of rights.
Prerequisite(s): GS 100 or PHI 110 .
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PHI 361 - Philosophy of Language and Theory of Meaning
3 credit(s)
A philosophical investigation of different theories of language and meaning, addressing such issues as the conveyance of cognitive, emotive, and evaluative meaning by linguistic and nonlinguistic means, the manner of formation and means of analysis proper to each type of meaning, and the efficacy of meaning within the context of originator and interpreter.
Prerequisite(s): One second-level PHI course other than PHI 220 , or B+ or higher earned in one first-level PHI course.
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PHI 372 - The Postmodern Impulse
3 credit(s)
Explores the history of postmodernism, after a brief review of modernism and modernity. Examines distinct but overlapping varieties of postmodernism, some from fine arts; others from philosophy, history, or social science. Themes cutting across the diverse strands of postmodernism include the ideas of representation, image, and sign, as well as ideas of power, multiplicity, and corporeality. Questions addressed range from how we are to read John Cage’s music, or Disneyland, to how we ought to situate ourselves in relation to world capitalism, identity politics, and cyberspace. Other movements severely critical of modernism are noted (e.g., pragmatism and critical theory). Readings include modern authors (Marx, Baudelaire, Le Corbusier, Nietzsche) as well as postmodern thinkers, such as Venturi, Derrida, Foucault, Lyotard, Irigaray, Baudrillard, Deleuze, and others.
Prerequisite(s): One second level PHI course other than PHI 220 , or B+ or higher earned in one first-level PHI course; or permission of instructor.
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PHI 380 - Nineteenth-Century Continental Philosophy
3 credit(s)
This intermediate level course focuses on the flowering of philosophical thought that followed the work of Immanuel Kant. Various topics and schools to be covered include history as an articulation of reason, critiques of religion and morality, the relationship of humanity to nature, Existentialism, Idealism, Materialism, Positivism, Pragmatism, and Utilitarianism.
Prerequisite(s): PHI 110 .
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PHI 381 - Classic American Philosophy
3 credit(s)
The classic period of American philosophy from the Civil War to World War I, with emphasis on the works of Charles S. Peirce, William James, Josiah Royce, and John Dewey. Discussion of the earlier American philosophers and the survival of the classic viewpoints in later 20th-century philosophy. Relation of the distinctive features of American philosophy to the American experience.
Prerequisite(s): PHI 110 .
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PHI 382 - Twentieth-Century Philosophy
3 credit(s)
Major movements in 20th-century philosophical thought: Process Philosophy, American Pragmatism, Analytic Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy, and Phenomenology. Discussion of the historical roots of contemporary thought and of its possible future development.
Prerequisite(s): PHI 110 .
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PHI 383W - Gender, Knowledge, and Values Course Cross-listed with GS 383W
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
Philosophy is an ongoing process both of criticism and of construction. In this course we critically examine how the different branches of philosophy-ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, metaphysics, and others-have been inadvertently impoverished by being grounded largely in male experience. We study a rich variety of constructive moves toward a philosophy more engaged with the experience of all human beings. These moves toward gender inclusiveness in philosophy have been made by feminist philosophers and others who have recognized the influence of gender on philosophical criticism and (re)construction.
Prerequisite(s): GS 100 or PHI 110 , and junior or senior standing; or permission of instructor.
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PHI 384 - Islamic Philosophy
3 credit(s)
A survey including major figures in Islamic philosophy, from al Kindi to al Ghazzali and Ibn ‘Arabi, and the issues unique to Islamic thought and their attempted solutions. The time span will reflect the influence of Greek philosophy, particularly Hellenistic Neoplatonism as well as Asian philosophy. Efforts to reconcile philosophy with Islam will be considered, as will the problem of religious diversity and the influences of Islamic philosophy upon European Medieval philosophy and religion.
Prerequisite(s): At least one 200-level philosophy course or permission of the instructor. (PHI 280 - Introduction to Eastern Philosophy and/or PHI 282 - Classical Philosophy: Greece and Rome are recommended.)
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PHI 390 - Special Topics in Philosophy
3 credit(s)
Selected topics in philosophy, varying from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of specialists in such topics.
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PHI 450 - Problems in Philosophy
3 credit(s)
Intensive study of major works, classical and recent, addressing one or more basic philosophical problems of contemporary and abiding interest, such as freedom, justice, evil, and the like. Topics and works selected reflect the varied departmental specialties.
Prerequisite(s): One third-level PHI course, or B+ or higher earned in one second level PHI course.
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PHI 460 - Honors Thesis
3 credit(s)
Independent study of an individual, movement or problem in philosophy, under the direction of a departmental advisor, and culminating in the submission of a senior thesis to a departmental Honors Committee.
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing, 21 credits in philosophy (including PHI 220 , PHI 282 , PHI 283 , and at least 6 credits earned in upper level courses), GPA in philosophy no lower than 3.5, and permission of the department.
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PHI 461 - Honors Thesis
3 credit(s)
Independent study of an individual, movement or problem in philosophy, under the direction of a departmental advisor, and culminating in the submission of a senior thesis to a departmental Honors Committee.
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing, 21 credits in philosophy (including PHI 220 , PHI 282 , PHI 283 , and at least 6 credits earned in upper level courses), GPA in philosophy no lower than 3.5, and permission of the department.
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PHI 470 - Independent Study in Philosophy
1-3 credit(s)
Independent study of an individual, movement, or problem in philosophy under the direction of a member of the department. Arrangements should be made with the chair, but approval of the course depends on the availability of faculty.
Prerequisite(s): 12 credits in philosophy, GPA in philosophy no lower than 3.0, and permission of the instructor, secured prior to registration.
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PHI 471 - Independent Study in Philosophy
1-3 credit(s)
Independent study of an individual, movement, or problem in philosophy under the direction of a member of the department. Arrangements should be made with the chair, but approval of the course depends on the availability of faculty.
Prerequisite(s): 12 credits in philosophy, GPA in philosophy no lower than 3.0, and permission of the instructor, secured prior to registration.
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PHI 472 - Independent Study in Philosophy
1-3 credit(s)
Independent study of an individual, movement, or problem in philosophy under the direction of a member of the department. Arrangements should be made with the chair, but approval of the course depends on the availability of faculty.
Prerequisite(s): 12 credits in philosophy, GPA in philosophy no lower than 3.0, and permission of the instructor, secured prior to registration.
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PHI 480 - Special Problems in Philosophy
3 credit(s)
Designed to provide for occasional coverage of special areas of philosophical thought that have not been intensively inquired into in the broad program. Topics are determined by the department depending on favorable conjuncture, availability of scholars, and timeliness of problems and trends.
Prerequisite(s): One third level PHI course, or B+ or higher earned in one second-level PHI course other than PHI 220 .
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PHI 481 - Special Problems in Philosophy
3 credit(s)
Designed to provide for occasional coverage of special areas of philosophical thought that have not been intensively inquired into in the broad program. Topics are determined by the department depending on favorable conjuncture, availability of scholars, and timeliness of problems and trends.
Prerequisite(s): One third level PHI course, or B+ or higher earned in one second-level PHI course other than PHI 220 .
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PHI 490 - Special Topics in Philosophy
3 credit(s)
Selected topics in philosophy, varying from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of specialists in such topics.
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PHI 491W - Seminar: Art Theory and Methodology
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
Critical and comparative study of selected writing in art criticism, art history, and aesthetics. Historically significant theories concerning the evaluation, the function, and the interpretation of the visual arts are examined.
Prerequisite(s): 15 credits in art history, or PHI 260, or PHI 361 , or PHI 380 ; or permission of instructor.
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Physics
PHY 100 - Cooperative Education Program
Variable credit(s)
This course is intended for students in the Cooperative Education program. The program is designed to provide the students with an exposure to problems at commercial laboratory facilities where they can use the skills and concepts they have learned. This course carries from 1 to 3 credits. The actual number of credits awarded is decided by the faculty coordinator and is based on the level of the student’s involvement. All courses must be taken on a Pass/No Pass basis. Cooperative education courses may be repeated for a total of up to 15 credits.
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing and 2.5 GPA.
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PHY 101 - Mechanics, Heat, and the Body
4 credit(s)
This course will deal with basic physical principles and illustrate their application to the function of various systems of the human body. Emphasis will be placed on force, work, temperature, and heat within the context of skeletal/muscular and temperature regulatory systems.
Prerequisite(s): High school algebra. Open to students enrolled in either the PO or PT majors in ENHP.
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PHY 102 - Electricity and the Body
4 credit(s)
This course is intended to satisfy the needs of students majoring in allied health programs and students needing a laboratory science course for the general education requirements. The topics include electric charge, current, voltage, capacitance, instruments, circuits, and electromagnetism. Specific examples include nerve conduction and electric shock.
Prerequisite(s): Ability to use algebra on a high school level.
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PHY 103 - Physics for Radiologic Technology
4 credit(s)
This is a one-semester course designed to meet the needs of students in the radiologic technology major. Basic principles of mechanics, radioactivity, electricity and magnetism will be covered with an emphasis on application to the human body and the bases of medical imaging.
Prerequisite(s): High school algebra.
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PHY 112 - Calculus-Based Physics I
4 credit(s)
This is the first part of a three-semester course in introductory physics intended for students majoring in the physical sciences or in engineering. The subject matter is the study of Newtonian mechanics.
Prerequisite(s): M 144 (may be taken concurrently).
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PHY 113 - Calculus-Based Physics II
4 credit(s)
This is the second part of the three-semester sequence described in PHY 112 . The subject matter includes the study of fluids, heat, mechanical waves, and optics.
Prerequisite(s): PHY 112 .
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PHY 120 - Algebra-Based Physics I
4 credit(s)
This is the first semester of a two-semester course in introductory physics intended for students majoring in the life sciences, technology programs, or preparing for professional schools. The topics include Newtonian mechanics, fluid mechanics, and heat.
Prerequisite(s): Two years of algebra, geometry, and trigonometry.
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PHY 121 - Algebra-Based Physics II
4 credit(s)
This is the sequel to PHY 120 . The topics include wave motion, acoustics, optics, electricity, magnetism, physics of the atom, and physics of the nucleus.
Prerequisite(s): PHY 120 .
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PHY 130 - Astronomy
4 credit(s)
An introduction to our current understanding of the universe, including topics such as formation of our solar system, tides, eclipses, nature of light, birth and death of stars, black holes, and fate of our sun and universe. Laboratory sessions are of two types: observational experiments dealing with the nighttime sky and quantitative experiments involving the collection and analysis of data.
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PHY 135 - Descriptive Geology
4 credit(s)
Surface features of the earth, their origin; vulcanism, earth- quakes; metamorphoses; mountains, origin, types, and distribution of mineral deposits; Connecticut geology. Two Saturday field trips scheduled.
Laboratory fee.
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PHY 190 - Special Topics in Physics
1–4 credit(s)
These are lecture or laboratory courses in various branches of physics designed to provide in-depth investigation in some special area of physics.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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PHY 191 - Special Topics in Physics
1–4 credit(s)
These are lecture or laboratory courses in various branches of physics designed to provide in-depth investigation in some special area of physics.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
Laboratory fee.
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PHY 200 - Cooperative Education Program
Variable credit(s)
This course is intended for students in the Cooperative Education program. The program is designed to provide the students with an exposure to problems at commercial laboratory facilities where they can use the skills and concepts they have learned. This course carries from 1 to 3 credits. The actual number of credits awarded is decided by the faculty coordinator and is based on the level of the student’s involvement. All courses must be taken on a Pass/No Pass basis. Cooperative education courses may be repeated for a total of up to 15 credits.
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing and 2.5 GPA.
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PHY 210 - Thermal Physics
3 credit(s)
The fundamental ideas of heat and temperature are introduced, leading to concepts of thermodynamic systems, work-energy equations, the laws of thermodynamics, ideal gas, reversibility and irreversibility, and entropy. An introduction to the kinetic theory of gases and statistical mechanics.
Prerequisite(s): PHY 113 and M 145 .
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PHY 214 - Calculus-Based Physics III
4 credit(s)
This is the third part of the three-semester sequence described in PHY 112 and PHY 113 . The subject matter is the study of electricity and magnetism.
Prerequisite(s): PHY 113 .
Laboratory fee.
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PHY 240 - Special Theory of Relativity
3 credit(s)
Concentrates on the development and applications of the Special Theory of Relativity. Emphasis on the inadequacies of the Newtonian Theory and on the innovations in concepts presented by the new theory. Topics will include Einstein-Lorentz transformations, time dilation, length contraction, the variation of mass with velocity, and the addition of velocities.
Prerequisite(s): PHY 113 .
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PHY 250 - Materials Science
3 credit(s)
An introductory course in materials science for engineering and physical science students. The mechanical, electrical, magnetic, thermal, and chemical properties of all types of materials: metals, ceramics, polymers, glasses, and composites. Why and how the properties of these materials can be altered by adjusting the internal structure.
Prerequisite(s): PHY 113 and M 145 .
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PHY 260 - Optics
4 credit(s)
This is a course in modern optics. There will be a review of geometric optics with an emphasis on image-forming devices, such as the telescope and the microscope. Most of the emphasis of the course will be on physical optics. Topics that include coherence, interference, Fraunhofer and Fresnel diffraction, and applications, such as lasers and holography, will be covered.
Prerequisite(s): PHY 214 and M 240 .
Laboratory fee.
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PHY 290 - Special Topics in Physics
1–4 credit(s)
These are lecture or laboratory courses in various branches of physics designed to provide in-depth investigation in some special area of physics.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
Laboratory fee.
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PHY 291 - Special Topics in Physics
1–4 credit(s)
These are lecture or laboratory courses in various branches of physics designed to provide in-depth investigation in some special area of physics.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
Laboratory fee.
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PHY 300 - Cooperative Education Program
Variable credit(s)
This course is intended for students in the Cooperative Education program. The program is designed to provide the students with an exposure to problems at commercial laboratory facilities where they can use the skills and concepts they have learned. This course carries from 1 to 3 credits. The actual number of credits awarded is decided by the faculty coordinator and is based on the level of the student’s involvement. All courses must be taken on a Pass/No Pass basis. Cooperative education courses may be repeated for a total of up to 15 credits.
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing and 2.5 GPA.
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PHY 310 - Modern Physics I
3 credit(s)
This course is an introduction to the physics of the atom and of the nucleus. Emphasis is placed on the experimental bases of the quantum theory and of nuclear physics (e.g., blackbody radiation, photoelectric effect, and Rutherford scattering). Quantum mechanics is introduced through the one-dimensional Schroedinger Equation. Radioactivity and nuclear reactions are also discussed.
Prerequisite(s): PHY 214 .
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PHY 320 - Modern Physics II
3 credit(s)
A continuation of the study of 20th-century physics. Emphasis is placed on an introduction of quantum mechanics with a detailed study of the three-dimensional Schroedinger Equation as applied to the hydrogen atom; an introduction to physics of the nucleus through a study of nuclear models and elementary particles.
Prerequisite(s): PHY 310 and M 240 .
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PHY 330 - Mechanics
3 credit(s)
Review of Newtonian mechanics using vector and matrix methods. Oscillating systems, free and forced, linear and nonlinear. Lagrangian and Hamiltonian dynamics. Motion in noninertial frames.
Prerequisite(s): PHY 112 , M 240 , and M 242 .
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PHY 390 - Special Topics in Physics
1–4 credit(s)
These are lecture or laboratory courses in various branches of physics designed to provide in-depth investigation in some special area of physics.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
Laboratory fee.
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PHY 391 - Special Topics in Physics
1–4 credit(s)
These are lecture or laboratory courses in various branches of physics designed to provide in-depth investigation in some special area of physics.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
Laboratory fee.
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PHY 400 - Cooperative Education Program
Variable credit(s)
This course is intended for students in the Cooperative Education program. The program is designed to provide the students with an exposure to problems at commercial laboratory facilities where they can use the skills and concepts they have learned. This course carries from 1 to 3 credits. The actual number of credits awarded is decided by the faculty coordinator and is based on the level of the student’s involvement. All courses must be taken on a Pass/No Pass basis. Cooperative education courses may be repeated for a total of up to 15 credits.
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing and 2.5 GPA.
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PHY 405 - Electromagnetic Theory
3 credit(s)
The development and application of electromagnetic field theory. Maxwell’s equations are discussed and applied in the solution of problems in electromagnetics and optics.
Prerequisite(s): PHY 214 , M 240 , and M 242 .
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PHY 410 - Solid-State Physics
3 credit(s)
Survey of fundamentals of atomic physics, statistics, and crystal structure. Specific heats of solids, theory of semiconductors and semiconductor devices, electron emission, magnetic and dielectric properties of materials.
Prerequisite(s): PHY 310 and M 242 .
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PHY 430 - Modern Physics Laboratory
3 credit(s)
A laboratory course involving experiments and measurement illustrating the quantum theory. Two laboratory periods per week.
Prerequisite(s): PHY 310 .
Laboratory fee.
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PHY 460 - Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
3 credit(s)
The elementary principles and formalism of quantum mechanics; applications to electrons, atoms, molecules, nuclei, elementary particles, and condensed matter.
Prerequisite(s): PHY 310 and M 242 .
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PHY 480 - Independent Study in Physics
1–3 credit(s)
Provides an opportunity for the student to carry through a project extending over one or two semesters under the direction of a member of the department. Projects are selected by the student and may include areas such as theoretical physics, experimental physics, topical reviews in physics, and topics in the history of science. Emphasis is placed on individual study of the literature and, when appropriate, laboratory work.
Prerequisite(s): Advanced standing. The signature of the department chairman is required to register for these courses.
Laboratory fee.
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PHY 481 - Independent Study in Physics
1–3 credit(s)
Provides an opportunity for the student to carry through a project extending over one or two semesters under the direction of a member of the department. Projects are selected by the student and may include areas such as theoretical physics, experimental physics, topical reviews in physics, and topics in the history of science. Emphasis is placed on individual study of the literature and, when appropriate, laboratory work.
Prerequisite(s): Advanced standing. The signature of the department chairman is required to register for these courses.
Laboratory fee.
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PHY 490 - Special Topics in Physics
1–4 credit(s)
These are lecture or laboratory courses in various branches of physics designed to provide in-depth investigation in some special area of physics.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
Laboratory fee.
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PHY 491 - Special Topics in Physics
1–4 credit(s)
These are lecture or laboratory courses in various branches of physics designed to provide in-depth investigation in some special area of physics.
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Laboratory fee.
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Politics and Government
Politics, Economics, and International Studies
IS 100W - Introduction to International Studies
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
An introductory survey of contemporary forces and issues in global affairs, laying the foundation for the major and minor in international studies. Topics include conflict, governance, economic flows and development, the global commons, and information and culture. Required for IS majors.
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IS 281 - Independent Study in International Studies
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Global Security Track
Research projects in areas of international studies of particular interest to students. Guided and directed by an IS faculty member, usually leading to a scholarly composition by the student.
Prerequisite(s): IS 100W and permission of sponsoring faculty member.
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IS 292 - Special Topics in International Studies
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Global Security Track
Study of current international events, developments, and trends. Viewed from global, comparative, and multidisciplinary perspectives, topics include ethnic and cultural diversity, art, music, literature, theatre, cinema, religion, and political and economic events.
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IS 380 - International Studies Internship
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Global Security Track
Academically supervised internships for qualified juniors and seniors in international studies. Agencies must do international work in some way, and the internship must be approved by the IS faculty steering committee. Students may propose internships for approval.
Prerequisite(s): IS 100W and junior or senior standing.
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IS 381 - Independent Study in International Studies
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Global Security Track
Research projects in areas of international studies of particular interest to students. Guided and directed by an IS faculty member, usually leading to a scholarly composition by the student.
Prerequisite(s): IS 100W and permission of sponsoring faculty member.
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IS 392 - Special Topics: International Studies
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Global Security Track
Study of current international events, developments, and trends. Viewed from global, comparative, and multidisciplinary perspectives, topics include ethnicity and cultural diversity, art music, literature, theatre, cinema, religion, and political and economic events.
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IS 400W - Capstone International Studies
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive Course
A senior seminar in international studies. This course encourages students to integrate materials learned from other courses into the major. Course topics vary from year to year but always are global in scope and multidisciplinary in approach. The seminar requires a substantive research project.
Prerequisite(s): IS 100W , senior standing, and international studies major.
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POL 110 - Power and Politics in America
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: American Politics and Government
This survey course provides the foundation for understanding American government as it exists at the beginning of the 21st century. It deals with the organic background and contemporary reality of our federal republic governed under a written constitution. The established structures of government-Congress, president, bureaucracy, and courts-are studied, together with the less formal political structures, such as public opinion, parties, pressure groups, media, and voting-all of which act to grant our government the authority to act. The policies emerging from the systematic interplay of forces from within the government itself, from the states and the people of the nation, and from other nations of the world are studied and evaluated. This course fulfills a general education requirement.
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POL 120 - Comparative Politics
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Comparative Politics and Government
Introduction to the tools, major approaches, and goals of comparative political analysis. Consideration of value orientations and biases, and survey of issues of comparative politics, including development (or change), violence, stability, and integration.
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POL 130 - International Relations
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: International Politics
This course is a broad introduction and overview to international politics. It provides students with tools for analyzing actors, structures, and processes in international relations while investigating a wide range of issues in contemporary world politics-power, armed conflict, political economy, development, and the global environment.
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POL 170 - Contemporary Political Controversies
3 credit(s)
Systematic political science analysis of one or more particular political controversies. The complex ingredients of contemporary problems are explored using a variety of theoretical perspectives from within political science.
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POL 200W - Politics
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
An introduction to the basic concepts and methods of studying politics. Students are introduced to the broad study of politics by focusing on four areas: power, conflict, justice, and institutions, investigating them through a variety of approaches at the international, national, and local levels.
Prerequisite(s): POL 110 or POL 120 or POL 130 or permission of instructor.
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POL 201 - Conduct of Political Inquiry
4 credit(s)
Survey and study of the problems, pursuits, and methods of contemporary political science. Investigation of the content, nature, method, and significance of political science as a field of inquiry.
Prerequisite(s): POL 200W or permission of instructor. M 114 recommended.
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POL 210 - Urban Politics Course Cross-listed with AFS 210
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: American Politics and Government
Examination of the political process of the contemporary American city from precinct to city council and city hall. Considers such topics as the social and economic characteristics of urban population and leadership; economic and ethnic groups, and conflicts; and the interplay of interest groups, political parties, and government in response to problems of contemporary urban life.
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POL 213 - Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Course Cross-listed with AFS 213
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: American Politics and Government
This course explores the politics of race in the United States. Special emphasis is placed on the relations between African Americans, Latinos and Latinas, and European Americans. Students discuss the meaning of race and racism; the history and consequences of racial inequality; and different strategies to seek redress for racial inequality.
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POL 222 - Politics of the Third World Course Cross-listed with AFS 242
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Comparative Politics and Government
An interdisciplinary examination of the colonial origins, Cold War/post-Cold War context for emergence as independent states, and contemporary political issues in the two-thirds of the world we call the Third World. Emphasis on the meaning of development and obstacles to attaining it. Consideration also of internal colonialism, or “the Third World in our backyard,” such as Native Americans, ex-slaves, and immigrants from the Third World living in developed countries.
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POL 225 - Modern South Asia
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Comparative Politics and Government
Overview of the history, politics, and economics of India and its neighbors. To understand the impact of the multiple dimensions of globalization upon a modernizing and pluralistic region, this course surveys issues pertaining to democratization, economic growth and development, identity politics, and national security within India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh.
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POL 231 - Global Political Economy
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: International Politics
This course provides a broad introduction to international political economy, one of the primary areas of study within international relations. It investigates the political foundations of international economic relations; that is, it is not an economics course but rather a politics course that examines how and why international economic relations are political. Topics include the architecture of the global economy, trade, investment, global financial relations, poverty, inequality, and development.
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POL 240W - Democratic Theory and Its Challengers
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Political Theory
An examination of the problems of defining a democratic political system, with special emphasis on how different modes of organizing economic life influence the prospects for such a system. Readings are both historical and contemporary, covering thinkers as diverse as Karl Marx and Milton Friedman.
Prerequisite(s): Any 100-level POL or PHI course, or permission of instructor.
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POL 250 - Law and the Justice System
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Law and Politics
An examination of law as a political and social force. The course emphasizes description and evaluation of contemporary American legal institutions and processes, although comparisons with the legal systems of other countries are provided where appropriate. An effort is also made to compare the formal and procedural ideals of the U.S. judicial system with its actual operation.
Prerequisite(s): POL 110 , or POL 200W , or SOC 170 ; or permission of instructor.
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POL 270 - Strategies for Active Citizenship
3 credit(s)
Political change occurs when people work together to organize, advocate, and create solutions to social and political problems. This course examines past and present social and political reform efforts that have resulted in significant policy change with a focus on understanding the strategies and tactics for effectively organizing political groups and influencing decision makers.
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POL 279 - The Holocaust Course Cross-listed with HIS 229 /JS 229
3 credit(s)
Interdisciplinary lectures, readings, and discussions of the roots, details, and consequences of the Holocaust. Historical, intellectual, moral, political, legal, and psychological dimensions of the Holocaust as a phenomenon of its own and as an aspect of genocide.
Prerequisite(s): HIS 100 or any 100-level POL course, or permission of instructor.
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POL 290 - Special Topics in Politics and Government
3 credit(s)
Topics vary from semester to semester in accordance with timeliness, the needs of the politics and government curriculum, and availability of specialists in such areas.
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisites vary by topic.
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POL 291 - Special Topics in Politics and Government
3 credit(s)
Topics vary from semester to semester in accordance with timeliness, the needs of the politics and government curriculum, and availability of specialists in such areas.
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisites vary by topic.
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POL 310 - Political Communication Course Cross-listed with CMM 310
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: American Politics and Government
Analysis of the contemporary political campaign as an epiphenomenon of modern mass media. Exploration of methods of public opinion measurement, techniques employed to mobilize or modify attitudes and the links between attitude and the act of voting. Democratic theory assumes informed consent, freely given. This course examines the engineering of consent.
Prerequisite(s): POL 110 or POL 200W or CMM 110 , or permission of instructor.
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POL 311 - Parties, Interest Groups, and the Democratic Process
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: American Politics and Government
The activities, organization, techniques, and significance of political parties and interest groups. Political parties and interest groups, in similar but distinct ways, serve as vital channels linking the American people and their government. The course emphasizes the impact of parties and interest groups in the context of the American democratic process. Depending on the instructor, the focus, as between interest groups and political parties, varies from year to year, but emphasis on the importance of organized groups in democratic theory is constant.
Prerequisite(s): Any 100-level POL course, or POL 200W , or permission of instructor.
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POL 312 - Campaigns, Elections, and Voting
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: American Politics and Government
This course is an introduction to the theory and practice of campaigns and elections. Factors that contribute to voters’ decisions are analyzed. Campaigns and elections at federal, state, and local levels are examined. When circumstances permit, students are encouraged to take an active part in ongoing political campaigns. Their campaign work is expected to be an integral part of their learning experience; real-world validation of academic theory.
Prerequisite(s): Any 100-level POL course, or POL 200W , or permission of instructor.
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POL 313 - American Public Policy
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: American Politics and Government
An indepth discussion of American public policy formation, implementation, and evaluation. Special emphasis is given to the political process that surrounds policy formation. Health, housing, poverty, and education policies are among those surveyed.
Prerequisite(s): Any 100-level POL course, or POL 200W , or permission of instructor.
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POL 314 - Congress and the Presidency
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: American Politics and Government
Examination of the United States Congress and the United States presidency as political institutions. Topics include legislative process, the committee system, the role of interest groups, the growth of the executive power and authority, the bureaucratic establishment, and executive-legislative relations.
Prerequisite(s): Any 100-level POL course, or POL 200W , or permission of instructor.
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POL 315 - American Environmental Policy
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: American Politics and Government
How do human beings influence our environment, and how are we in turn influenced by our environment? What is environmental policy? The course examines the past and present of American environmental policy. It also looks at American environmentalism from cultural, historical, and political perspectives. The course focuses on how environmental policy can address problems including but not limited to consumption, development, pollution, energy, water, and natural resource protection. Special emphasis is placed on current environmental issues and debates in the nation. This course has a lecture and seminar format.
Prerequisite(s): Any 100-level POL course, or POL 200W , or permission of instructor.
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POL 317 - Gender, Power, and Politics Course Cross-listed with GS 317
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: American Politics and Government
Explores politics as a gendered activity. The course examines how gender affects opportunities for political participation as well as our evaluations of political actors. The course focuses on gender and politics in the United States; however, comparative material is included where appropriate.
Prerequisite(s): Any 100-level POL course, or POL 200W , or GS 100 , or permission of instructor.
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POL 321 - Political Change
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Comparative Politics and Government
Theories of development and underdevelopment in the so-called Third World of former colonies. Emphasis on relationships among political and socioeconomic factors and on the interplay between domestic political structures and external factors, such as investment, aid, and globalization.
Prerequisite(s): Any 100-level POL course, or POL 200W , or IS 100W , or permission of instructor.
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POL 322 - Politics and Government of Russia
3 credit(s)
This course examines the political development of modern Russia as it emerges from the ashes of the Soviet Union. Among the topics covered are leadership struggles, social problems, and Russia’s attempt to find its place in the international system.
Prerequisite(s): Any 100-level POL course, or POL 200W , or IS 100W , or permission of instructor.
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POL 323 - Caribbean Politics Course Cross-listed with AFS 323
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Comparative Politics and Government
Analysis of contemporary Caribbean politics. Focus on problems of decolonization, race, and class against the historical backdrop of colonialism and slavery.
Prerequisite(s): Any 100-level POL course, or POL 200W , or IS 100W , or permission of instructor.
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POL 324 - European Comparative Politics and Government
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Comparative Politics and Government
As the European Union continues to develop and expand, this course examines European politics on both the Union and state levels. On the Union level, the course focuses not only on the institutions and processes of the Union but also on the problems that could possibly impede the further development of the Union. On the state level, the course focuses on comparative analysis of the constitutional principles and political processes of a variety of countries, most commonly including the United Kingdom, France, and Germany.
Prerequisite(s): Any 100-level POL course, or POL 200W , or IS 100W , or permission of instructor.
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POL 330 - American Foreign Policy
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: International Politics; IS Major: Global Security Track
Development and analysis of the principles, instruments, and conduct of American foreign policy. The international involvement of the American people and government. Case studies of military, political, and economic issues.
Prerequisite(s): Any 100-level POL course, or POL 200W , or IS 100W , or permission of instructor.
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POL 331 - International Organizations and Law
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: International Politics; IS Major: Global Security Track
Public and private institutions and processes for international cooperation in such fields as security, economics, health, social welfare, global and regional organizations. Also studied are the nature and functions of rules, standards, and principles by which states have agreed to govern their relations; arbitration, adjudication; international law in peace and war.
Prerequisite(s): Any 100-level POL course, or POL 200W , or IS 100W , or permission of instructor.
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POL 332W - Politics of War
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
Area/Group Designation: International Politics; IS Major: Global Security Track
Investigates general causes and effects of war. Examines such topics as children and war, the impact of weapons of mass destruction, and new forms of warfare. Includes analysis of ancient conflicts through Vietnam and both Gulf Wars.
Prerequisite(s): Any 100-level POL course, or POL 200W , or IS 100W , or permission of instructor.
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POL 340 - Classical Political Thought
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Political Theory
This course explores the relationship between human beings, the state, and society from Homer through the medieval monks. Since Socrates famously called “philosophy down from the heavens” this course begins with the ancient Greeks and Romans, but explores the themes and problems of classical political thought through a variety of genres and authors. Students consider the description of human nature and the good society, the relationship between the individual and society, and the laws, order and conception of justice shaping that relationship. Students also look for overlap between contemporary political problems and the questions and answers posed by classic authors. This course satisfies a writing-intensive requirement when listed as POL 340W.
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore or higher standing or permission of instructor.
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POL 341 - Modern Political Thought
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Political Theory
We live in a world powerfully shaped by political ideas. We use words like rights, social contract, equality, freedom, values, and power as regular parts of our political discourse. But who first crafted these ideas? What did they mean? And how should we approach them today? From Machiavelli to Nietzsche, this course explores the political theorists of the modern era whose revolutionary ideas inspired changes that still reverberate across the global political landscape. This course satisfies a writing intensive requirement when listed as POL 341W.
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore or higher standing or permission of instructor.
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POL 342 - American Political Thought
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Political Theory
Examination of American thinking about the nature of politics from the colonial era to the present day. The course explores the theoretical underpinnings of the Constitution, the development of democratic ideas, and distinctive American responses to race and gender differences. This course satisfies a writing-intensive requirement when listed as POL 342W.
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore or higher standing or permission of instructor.
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POL 343 - Late-Modern Political Theory
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Political Theory
Examination of political theories since 1900, including liberal, postmodern, feminist, libertarian, communitarian, and conservative thought. Readings from, among others, Freud, Schmitt, Camus, and Fanon. This course satisfies a writing-intensive requirement when listed as POL 343W.
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore or higher standing or permission of instructor.
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POL 351 - Criminal Law and Procedure
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Law and Politics
An overview of contemporary criminal law in the United States, including the common-law roots of the U.S. justice system and constitutional controversies concerning criminal procedure.
Prerequisite(s): Any 100-level POL course, or POL 200W , or SOC 170 , or permission of instructor.
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POL 353W - Gender, Law, and Policy Course Cross-listed with GS 353W
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
Area/Group Designation: Law and Politics
This course explores gender discrimination in American law. It examines how law has defined and continues to define appropriate behavior for women and men. Although the course emphasizes recent legal developments, it also considers major historical developments and the role of law as an agent of social change.
Prerequisite(s): At least sophomore standing; any 100-level POL course, POL 200W , or GS 100 , or permission of instructor.
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POL 376 - Archaeology of the Land of Israel Course Cross-listed with HIS 306 /JS 306 /SOC 306
3 credit(s)
This course provides students with an overview of the chronological and cultural structure of the archaeological periods from the third millennium through the Byzantine period, with emphasis on the Roman and Byzantine eras. The course includes fieldwork in Israel, lectures, workshops on material culture, museum tours, and field trips. Daily field-school instruction is from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. (total: 15 days of excavation). Lectures and workshops take place each afternoon. Beyond these required activities, a primary objective of the course is a research paper to be completed during the spring or summer following the return to the United States. This course is linked to an integrated companion course, Archaeological Field Methods and Material Culture. All students complete field and class work for both courses.
Prerequisite(s): HIS 101 or permission of instructor.
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POL 377 - Archaeological Field Methods and Material Culture Course Cross-listed with HIS 307 /JS 307 /SOC 307
3 credit(s)
This course is an introduction to excavation techniques and material culture. It includes principles of excavation and recording, material culture identification/processing, and field-study tours. Early synagogues and church architecture serve as foci for analysis. This course contains a full introduction to the methodology of Near Eastern archaeology from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, practical instruction in ceramic typology and Semitic inscriptions, and a survey of Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine society. Daily field-school instruction is from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. (total: 15 days of excavation). Lectures and workshops take place each afternoon. This course is linked to an integrated companion course, Archaeology of the Land of Israel. All students complete field- and class work for both courses.
Prerequisite(s): HIS 101 or permission of instructor.
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POL 381 - Student Internship in Politics and Government
1-3 credit(s)
Academically supervised internships for qualified juniors and seniors in politics and government. Among the agencies in which such work may take place are courts, police departments, probation departments, legal assistance, consumer protection, environmental protection, the governor’s office, human rights commissions, and the legislature. Students may propose other internships.
Prerequisite(s): GPA of 2.5, junior or senior status, POL 200W , and permission of a faculty supervisor; or permission of department chair.
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POL 382 - Student Internship in Politics and Government
1-3 credit(s)
Academically supervised internships for qualified juniors and seniors in politics and government. Among the agencies in which such work may take place are courts, police departments, probation departments, legal assistance, consumer protection, environmental protection, the governor’s office, human rights commissions, and the legislature. Students may propose other internships.
Prerequisite(s): GPA of 2.5, junior or senior status, POL 200W , and permission of a faculty supervisor; or permission of department chair.
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POL 383 - Independent Studies in Politics and Government
3 credit(s)
Research projects in areas of politics and government of particular interest to a student, guided and directed by a member of the faculty, customarily leading to a scholarly composition by the student.
Prerequisite(s): POL 200W , junior or senior standing, and permission of sponsoring faculty member.
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POL 390 - Special Topics in Politics and Government
3 credit(s)
Topics vary from semester to semester in accordance with timeliness, the needs of the politics and government curriculum, and availability of specialists in such areas.
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisites vary by topic.
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POL 391 - Special Topics in Politics and Government
3 credit(s)
Topics vary from semester to semester in accordance with timeliness, the needs of the politics and government curriculum, and availability of specialists in such areas.
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisites vary by topic.
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POL 400 - Capstone Seminar
3 credit(s)
A senior seminar that encourages students to integrate the concepts learned over the course of their major. The focus varies from year to year. The seminar requires a substantive research project.
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing and a major in politics and government, political economy, or international studies; or permission of instructor.
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POL 419 - Seminar in American Politics and Government
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: American Politics and Government
Examination of selected topics in American politics, government, law, depending on the interests of the instructor and class. Major emphasis is on independent research in seminar papers.
Prerequisite(s): Any 100-level POL course and POL 200W ; or permission of instructor.
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POL 421 - Political Violence
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Comparative Politics and Government; IS Major: Global Security Track
Survey of politically related domestic violence and an examination of theories seeking to explain political violence, with emphasis on revolution, ethnopolitical violence, and terrorism.
Prerequisite(s): Any 100-level POL course and POL 200W ; or permission of instructor.
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POL 429 - Seminar in Comparative Politics and Government
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Comparative Politics and Government; IS Major: Global Security Track
Presentation of interpretive and analytic student papers, with emphasis on independent research. Topics include constitutionalism, electoral systems, parties, the executive, interest groups, authoritarian government, change, stability, development, modernization.
Prerequisite(s): Any 100-level POL course and POL 200W ; or permission of instructor.
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POL 439 - Seminar in International Relations
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: International Politics; IS Major: Global Security Track
Presentation of interpretive and analytic student papers on topics of international relations, including nationalism, intervention, war, international law, and organization.
Prerequisite(s): Any 100-level POL course and POL 200W ; or permission of instructor.
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POL 449 - Seminar in Political Theory
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Political Theory
Presentation of interpretive and analytic student papers on topics in political theory. Topics selected according to the interest of the instructor and class.
Prerequisite(s): Any 100-level POL course and POL 200W ; or permission of instructor.
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POL 450 - Constitutional Law
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Law and Politics
Introduction to legal reasoning and an overview of the constitutional principles that underlie the United States political system.
Prerequisite(s): Junior or senior standing, and any 100-level POL course or POL 200W or SOC 170 ; or permission of instructor. (POL 250 recommended).
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POL 451 - Civil Rights and Liberties
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Law and Politics
A judicial case study of the nature and extent of individual freedoms, rights, and immunities in the United States, especially as protected by the Bill of Rights of the Constitution. Topics vary.
Prerequisite(s): Junior or senior standing, and any 100-level POL course or POL 200W or SOC 170 ; or permission of instructor. (POL 250 recommended.)
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POL 452 - Jurisprudence
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Law and Politics
The nature of law, legislation, and the judicial process as illuminated by legal philosophers and theorists, whose original works are read comparatively. More specific focus is applied to such concepts as tort, crime, property, and contract.
Prerequisite(s): Junior or senior standing, and any 100-level POL course or POL 200W or SOC 170 ; or permission of instructor. (POL 250 recommended.)
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POL 453W - Crime, Law, and the Administration of Justice Course Cross-listed with SOC 473W
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
Area/Group Designation: Law and Politics
This writing interdisciplinary seminar focuses on major issues of current interest in criminal justice. It examines selected topics from administrative, governmental, and sociological points of view. The course relates theory and research to the practical problems of applying knowledge in criminal justice through written assignments based on the writing-intensive course model in the college.
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing and 9 credits of courses required for criminal justice, or permission of instructor.
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POL 459 - Seminar in Law and Politics
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Law and Politics
In-depth examination of selected topics in law and politics. Major emphasis is on independent research in seminar papers.
Prerequisite(s): Any 100-level POL course and either POL 200W or POL 250 ; or permission of instructor.
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POL 474 - Political Sociology Course Cross-listed with SOC 424
3 credit(s)
A sociological examination of power and politics. Particular emphasis is placed on the relationships between the state, economy, and civil society. Topics include the development of the modern state, the impact of globalization on welfare state policies, civic and political participation, and ethnic and racial politics.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 or POL 110 or POL 200W , and at least junior-level status.
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POL 481 - Student Internship in Politics and Government
1-3 credit(s)
Academically supervised internships for qualified juniors and seniors in politics and government. Among the agencies in which such work may take place are courts, police departments, probation departments, legal assistance, consumer protection, environmental protection, the governor’s office, human rights commissions, and the legislature. Students may propose other internships.
Prerequisite(s): GPA of 2.5, junior or senior status, POL 200W and permission of a faculty supervisor; or permission of department chair.
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POL 482 - Student Internship in Politics and Government
1-3 credit(s)
Academically supervised internships for qualified juniors and seniors in politics and government. Among the agencies in which such work may take place are courts, police departments, probation departments, legal assistance, consumer protection, environmental protection, the governor’s office, human rights commissions, and the legislature. Students may propose other internships.
Prerequisite(s): GPA of 2.5, junior or senior status, POL 200W and permission of a faculty supervisor; or permission of department chair.
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POL 483 - Independent Studies in Politics and Government
3 credit(s)
Research projects in areas of politics and government of particular interest to a student, guided and directed by a member of the faculty, customarily leading to a scholarly composition by the student.
Prerequisite(s): POL 200W , a GPA of at least 3.0, junior or senior standing; or permission of instructor.
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POL 490 - Special Topics in Politics and Government
3 credit(s)
Topics vary from semester to semester in accordance with timeliness, the needs of the politics and government curriculum, and availability of specialists in such areas.
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POL 491 - Special Topics in Politics and Government
3 credit(s)
Topics vary from semester to semester in accordance with timeliness, the needs of the politics and government curriculum, and availability of specialists in such areas.
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Psychology
PSY 105 - Introduction to Psychology
3 credit(s)
This course discusses what factors have shaped who you are today. How does the brain work? What is the nature of prejudice? We will discuss these and other core questions related to the concepts, theories and methods of psychology. Topics include history; methodology; biological bases of behavior; development; sensation and perception; consciousness; cognition, social and personality psychology and psychological disorders. (Please note PSY 105 requires that students participate as a subject in at least one experiment in the department subject pool during the semester or discuss with the course instructor an appropriate alternative.)
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PSY 132 - Human Development Course Cross-listed with EDP 132
3 credit(s)
Theories and research in human development from infancy through adulthood. Students carry out structured observations and integrate these observations with various theoretical issues. (Please note that this course does not fulfill a requirement for the psychology major or minor.)
Prerequisite(s): Open to students matriculated in ENHP.
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PSY 205 - Career Development
3 credit(s)
Are you curious about what you can do with a degree in psychology? This course explores the various opportunities students have with a bachelors, masters, or doctorate degree in psychology. Students explore the theoretical and behavioral aspects of positive workplace attributes and begin to plan and develop themselves academically to pursue their career aspirations.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 105 .
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PSY 210 - Physiological Psychology Course Cross-listed with BIO 210
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Biological
This course introduces the physiological bases of behavior among typically developing individuals. Topics include neuron structure and function, functional neuroanatomy, drugs and behavior, and the physiology of hunger, sex, sleep, emotion, reward/punishment, language, learning, and memory.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 105 .
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PSY 215 - Lifespan Development
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Developmental
This course discusses if you are you the same person that you were at age 3 or 14. How do people change over time? In this course, development across conception to death is examined. Special attention is devoted to the normative cognitive and social-emotional changes that occur across infancy, toddlerhood, adolescents, and adulthood.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 105 .
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PSY 222 - Behavior and Behavior Change
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Cognition and Learning
This course focuses on the basic theories and principles of learning with applications in the field of business, health, education, and psychotherapy. This course discusses how people learn to overcome fears, stop procrastinating, or adhere to an exercise regimen. Other topics include classical and operant conditioning, animal learning and motivation, and behavior modification.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 105 .
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PSY 240 - Infant and Child Development
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Developmental
The course examines child development from the prenatal period to puberty. The influence of heredity and environment on the cognitive, language, social, emotional and relationship development of children is discussed. Emphasis is placed on the concept of the developing self and its effects on behavior.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 105 .
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PSY 241 - Adolescent and Adult Development
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Developmental
Individual personal adjustment is studied during the periods of transition across adolescence and adulthood. Transitions and shifts in social relationships due to changing physical maturation, emotional reasoning, cognitive development, and personality development are discussed.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 105 .
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PSY 245 - Psychological Aspects of Parenting Course Cross-listed with EDY 245
3 credit(s)
This course focuses on psychological techniques applicable to parenting. A problem-solving and problem-preventing approach are emphasized. Some of the topics covered under this general approach include discipline, sex education, behavior modification techniques, parenting styles, sibling relationships, alcohol and drug education, parenting special needs children, and building self-esteem in children. (Please note that this course does not fulfill a requirement for the psychology major or minor.)
Prerequisite(s): PSY 105 . Open to students matriculated in ENHP.
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PSY 247 - Psychological Aspects of Death and Dying
3 credit(s)
Death, dying, grief, and bereavement are discussed based on perspectives and principles from the field of psychology. Topics in this course include: cultural differences and practices, coping with dying within families and communities, phases and tasks in mourning, funeral practices, children’s reactions to death, complexities of suicide, euthanasia, and legal issues.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 105 .
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PSY 248 - Psychology of Gender Course Cross-listed with GS 248
3 credit(s)
This course analyzes the roles of physiological, psychological, and social factors in the definition of gender- and sex role-related behaviors. Representative theories and research into sex differences and similarities are reviewed. The concepts of masculinity, femininity, and androgyny in today’s rapidly changing society are discussed.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 105 .
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PSY 252 - Social Psychology
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Social and Cultural
This course reviews the social and cultural factors affecting human behavior. Topics include conformity, obedience, self-concept, persuasion, aggression, prejudice, attraction, helping, competition and cooperation, and group processes.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 105 .
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PSY 253 - Psychology Applied to the Workplace
3 credit(s)
The application of the scientific method to human problems in the workplace. Major areas of emphasis include motivation, job satisfaction, selection, training, evaluation, equipment design, and consumer behavior.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 105 .
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PSY 255 - Personality Psychology
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Personality and Individual Differences
This course studies the major schools of personality psychology, including the Psychoanalytic, Neo-Freudian, Humanistic, Behavioral, and Cognitive. Classical theories and contemporary areas of research are covered
Prerequisite(s): PSY 105 .
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PSY 257 - Multicultural Issues in Psychology
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Social and Cultural
This course provides a psychological analysis of the impact of multiculturalism on the development of the individual and the implications on personal adjustment and growth. Topics include ethnic and gender issues as well as other diverse minority identities. The course is structured to permit open discussion and critical reflection grounded on exploring the system that helps create and maintain group differences, clinical practice in multi-cultural settings, diversity in the workplace, and multiculturalism and education.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 105 .
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PSY 258 - Human Sexual Behavior Course Cross-listed with GS 258
3 credit(s)
This course examines intrapersonal, interpersonal, and societal aspects of human sexual behavior. Topics include, but are not limited to, the development of sex roles, sexuality across the age span, sexual attitudes, sexual arousal and dysfunction, variations of sexual orientation, legal and economic issues, and research methods.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 105 .
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PSY 260 - Psychology of Adjustment
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Personality and Individual Differences
This course discusses how you typically react to stress, good and bad news, or new situations. How understood and supported do you feel in your interpersonal relationships? This course reviews the typical human adjustment process in response to everyday and acute stressors. Friendships and intimate relationships, gender, and sexuality, identity and social influence are discussed with a view toward understanding effective adjustments as well as maladaptive behavior..
Prerequisite(s): PSY 105 .
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PSY 261 - Stress and Stress Management
3 credit(s)
This course discusses the relationship between stress and well-being. This course focuses on how persons respond to stress and the effect of long-term stress, situations and attitudes that lead to stress, and strategies for reducing stress in daily life.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 105 .
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PSY 262 - Abnormal Psychology
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Personality and Individual Differences
This course reviews the major forms of psychopathology, concentrating on the symptoms, causes, and treatments of the various mental disorders. These include anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, substance abuse, and the eating disorders.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 105 .
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PSY 265 - Sports Psychology
3 credit(s)
The examination of the major psychological theories related to sport and exercise behavior. The history of sports and exercise psychology, motivation, exercise adherence, injury and rehabilitative psychology, performance enhancement strategies, and the negative aspects of sports participation are discussed.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 105 .
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PSY 290 - Special Topics in Psychology
3 credit(s)
Selected topics in psychology, varying from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of specialists in such topics.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 105 .
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PSY 291 - Studies in Developmental Psychology
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Developmental
Selected topics in developmental psychology, varying from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of specialists in such topics.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 105 .
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PSY 292 - Studies in Biological Psychology
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Biological
Selected topics in biological psychology, varying from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of specialists in such topics.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 105 .
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PSY 293 - Studies in Cognitive Psychology
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Cognition and Learning
Selected topics in cognitive psychology, varying from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of specialists in such topics.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 105 .
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PSY 294 - Studies in Personality Psychology
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Personality and Individual Differences
Selected topics in personality psychology and individual differences, varying from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of specialists in such topics.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 105 .
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PSY 295 - Studies in Social and Cultural Psychology
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Social and Cultural
Selected topics in social and cultural psychology, varying from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of specialists in such topics.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 105 .
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PSY 311 - Brain and Behavior
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Biological
This course discusses how does the human brain interact and respond to the world. What happens when we sleep? Where do sensory impulses come from and how does the brain respond to them? This course covers an introduction to the biological and neural bases of behavior. Topics include neuroanatomy, neural communication, current research methodologies, and the physiological, biochemical and neuroscientific mechanisms underlying sensory and motor mechanisms, motivation, sleep, cognition, emotion, and psychopathology.
Prerequisite(s): One 200-level PSY course.
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PSY 320 - Thinking, Memory, and Problem Solving
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Cognition and Learning
This course surveys the field of cognitive psychology with emphasis on contemporary problems of interest. Topics include perception, mental imagery, memory, problem solving, reasoning, language, creativity, and social cognition. Areas of application are discussed.
Prerequisite(s): One 200-level PSY course.
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PSY 323W - Health Psychology
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
An examination of the contributions psychology offers medicine and related health professions, with emphasis on the etiology of and recovery from physical illness as well as the promotion of health. Topics include stress, pain, cardiovascular disease, smoking, alcohol abuse, eating disorders, exercise, and fitness. Prerequisite: One 200-level PSY course.
Prerequisite(s): One 200-level PSY course.
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PSY 331 - Intellectual Disabilities: Concepts and Theories Course Cross-listed with EDH 331
3 credit(s)
The study of the meaning and concepts associated with the field of intellectual disabilities. Includes the historical, social, developmental, theoretical, and educational aspects of intellectual disabilities.
Prerequisite(s): EDH 220 or permission of instructor. Open to students matriculated in ENHP.
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PSY 332 - Learning Disabilities: Concepts and Theories Course Cross-listed with EDH 332
3 credit(s)
The study of the meaning and concepts associated with the field of learning disabilities. Includes the divergent characteristics of children with perceptual, motor, and conceptual impairment.
Prerequisite(s): EDH 220 . Open to students matriculated in ENHP.
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PSY 333 - Emotional or Behavioral Disorders: Concepts and Theories Course Cross-listed with EDH 333
3 credit(s)
The study of the major theoretical constructs associated with the socially/emotionally maladjusted. Includes characteristics, treatment approaches, and classroom applications.
Prerequisite(s): EDH 220 . Open to students matriculated in ENHP.
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PSY 372 - Statistics for Psychology
4 credit(s)
This course answers the question “when does difference matter?”. In this course students learn how to analyze quantitative data in psychology and the behavioral sciences. Students examine how to understand and make sound conclusions about group differences; i.e., do men and women have different personality traits? Coverage of statistical topics include descriptive and inferential methods. Students use statistical software to explore research questions and learn how to write research findings in APA style format. Students also learn the basics of research design in order to select appropriate statistical techniques.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 105 , one 200-level course, and WRT 110 for Psychology majors.
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PSY 373 - Statistical Analysis for Physical Therapy/Prosthetics and Orthotics
3 credit(s)
This course is an introduction to fundamental principles of research design methodology and statistical analysis for students majoring in physical therapy/prosthetics and orthotics. Topics include descriptive and inferential statistics, hypothesis testing, normal distribution, t-tests, and ANOVA. Basic research design methodology is also covered, linking methodology to statistical analysis. Statistical software is used for lab exercises. This course is only open to physical therapy/prosthetics and orthotics majors. The course may be counted toward the minor for physical therapy/prosthetics and orthotics students only.
Prerequisite(s): M 140 . Open to students matriculated in ENHP.
Laboratory fee.
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PSY 384 - Student Internship-Junior Year
3 credit(s)
course provides supervised work experience for qualified juniors in psychology. The agencies where students work may include, but are not limited to, alcohol and drug treatment programs, community mental health clinics, hospitals, schools for children with disabilities, schools for children with emotional disturbances, and criminal justice treatment centers. Graded on a Pass/No Pass basis.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor; a GPA of at least 2.75, both overall and in psychology; and three courses in psychology above the introductory level.
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PSY 385 - Student Internship-Junior Year
3 credit(s)
This course provides supervised work experience for qualified juniors in psychology. The agencies where students work may include, but are not limited to, alcohol and drug treatment programs, community mental health clinics, hospitals, schools for children with disabilities, schools for children with emotional disturbances, and criminal justice treatment centers. Graded on a Pass/No Pass basis.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor; a GPA of at least 2.75, both overall and in psychology; and three courses in psychology above the introductory level.
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PSY 390 - Contemporary Studies in Psychology
3 credit(s)
Concentrated studies in contemporary psychology, such as decision making, intervention methods, gender issues, developmental issues, and health issues. Students may repeat this course as the topics meet their individual curricula needs.
Prerequisite(s): One 200-level PSY course.
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PSY 391 - Contemporary Studies in Developmental Psychology
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Developmental
Concentrated studies in contemporary developmental psychology, such as aging and gerontology, reasoning, relationships, risk-taking, and identity. Content will vary by semester, and students may repeat this course as the topics meet their individual curricula needs.
Prerequisite(s): A 200-level PSY course.
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PSY 392 - Contemporary Studies in Biological Psychology
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Biological
Concentrated studies in contemporary biological psychology, such as neuroscience, imaging and brain studies, stress and physiology, nervous system functioning. Content will vary by semester, and students may repeat this course as the topics meet their individual curricula needs.
Prerequisite(s): A 200-level PSY course.
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PSY 393 - Contemporary Studies in Cognitive Psychology
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Cognition and Learning
Concentrated studies in contemporary cognitive psychology, such as decision-making, academic skill acquisition, memory, language, and intelligence. Content will vary by semester, and students may repeat this course as the topics meet their individual curricula needs.
Prerequisite(s): A 200-level PSY course.
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PSY 394 - Contemporary Studies in Personality Psychology
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Personality and Individual Differences
Concentrated studies in contemporary personality psychology, such as trait stability, personality disorders, adjustment, and behavior dynamics. Content will vary by semester, and students may repeat this course as the topics meet their individual curricula needs.
Prerequisite(s): A 200-level PSY course.
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PSY 395 - Contemporary Studies in Social and Cultural Psychology
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Social and Cultural
Concentrated studies in contemporary social or cultural psychology, such as bias, ethnic, racial, gender, or religious identity, acculturation, morality, and social behavior. Content will vary by semester, and students may repeat this course as the topics meet their individual curricula needs.
Prerequisite(s): A 200-level PSY course.
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PSY 405W - History and Systems in Psychology
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive Course
This course discusses how psychology emerge as a science. How does this contemporary field differ from its origins? Major theories of human functioning are presented in connection with the people and events that introduced them.
Prerequisite(s): Junior or senior standing.
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PSY 425 - Motivation and Emotion
3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Cognition and Learning
This course provides an overview of the biological, learning, cognitive, and affective factors that help energize our actions and encourages a critical appraisal of the psychological foundations of popular motivational programs. Application to several applied contexts including business, sports, and health are discussed.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of three psychology courses above the introductory level.
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PSY 465 - Clinical and Counseling Psychology
3 credit(s)
This course describes what psychologists actually do in their day-to-day practice. What do I need to do to become a successful helping professional? This course explores the helping professions and the contemporary practices of clinical and counseling psychology. Historical foundations, major theoretical models of psychotherapy, assessment and therapy techniques are explored. Different career paths and graduate training options in the helping professions are introduced, along with a focus on ethical and professional practices.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of three psychology courses above the introductory level.
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PSY 470W - Research Methods for Psychology
4 credit(s) Writing Intensive
This course teaches students to be better consumers of everyday knowledge while applying the principles of research design to the study of contemporary psychological issues. Students explore topics of research methodology, data collection, and report writing with an emphasis on study design, internal and external validity, and ethical aspects of psychological research. Several research projects throughout the semester allow students to gain firsthand research experience by collecting and analyzing data and writing results in APA style format.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 372 .
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PSY 484 - Student Internship-Senior Year
3 credit(s)
This course provides supervised work experience for qualified seniors in psychology. The agencies where students work may include, but are not limited to, alcohol and drug treatment programs, community mental health clinics, mental hospitals, schools for children with disabilities, schools for children with emotional disturbances, and criminal justice treatment centers. Graded on a Pass/No Pass basis.
Prerequisite(s): GPA of at least 2.75, both overall and in psychology; five courses in psychology above the introductory level; and permission of instructor.
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PSY 485 - Student Internship-Senior Year
3 credit(s)
This course provides supervised work experience for qualified seniors in psychology. The agencies where students work may include, but are not limited to, alcohol and drug treatment programs, community mental health clinics, mental hospitals, schools for children with disabilities, schools for children with emotional disturbances, and criminal justice treatment centers. Graded on a Pass/No Pass basis.
Prerequisite(s): GPA of at least 2.75, both overall and in psychology; and five courses in psychology above the introductory level; and permission of instructor.
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PSY 487 - Honors Seminar
3 credit(s)
Seminar focuses on selected topics of major contemporary interest in the field. Instructor enlists other faculty members from the department who have special expertise in these areas for presentation to the seminar participants.
Prerequisite(s): GPA of 3.0, both overall and in PSY, JR or SR standing, and admission to the Honors program in psychology.
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PSY 488 - Honors Thesis
3 credit(s)
Preparation of an honors thesis under the supervision of a departmental advisor and defense of the thesis before a departmental Honors Committee.
Prerequisite(s): PSY 487 or permission of instructor
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PSY 489 - Independent Study
1-3 credit(s)
For superior students. Projects are selected by the students with permission of the instructor. Emphasis on individual study of the literature and, where appropriate, research work. A meeting with the faculty advisor is held each week for discussion of methodology, for review of recent developments in psychology, and for presentation of student progress reports.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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PSY 490 - Selected Topics in Psychology
1-3 credit(s)
Selected topics in psychology, varying year to year according to the needs of the curriculum, interest of individual students, and the availability of specialists in such topics.
Prerequisite(s): Three PSY courses above the introductory level.
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PSY 491 - Advanced Studies in Developmental Psychology
1-3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Developmental
Advanced coursework in developmental psychology, varying from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of specialists in such topics.
Prerequisite(s): Three PSY courses above the introductory level.
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PSY 492 - Advanced Studies in Biological Psychology
1-3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Biological
Advanced coursework in biological psychology, varying from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of specialists in such topics.
Prerequisite(s): Three PSY courses above the introductory level.
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PSY 493 - Advanced Studies in Cognitive Psychology
1-3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Cognition and Learning
Advanced coursework in cognitive psychology, varying from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of specialists in such topics.
Prerequisite(s): Three PSY courses above the introductory level.
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PSY 494 - Advanced Studies in Personality Psychology
1-3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Personality and Individual Differences
Advanced coursework in personality psychology and individual differences, varying from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of specialists in such topics.
Prerequisite(s): Three PSY courses above the introductory level.
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PSY 495 - Advanced Studies in Social and Cultural Psychology
1-3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Social and Cultural
Advanced coursework in social and cultural psychology, varying from year to year in accordance with the needs of the curriculum and the availability of specialists in such topics.
Prerequisite(s): Three PSY courses above the introductory level.
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Sociology and Criminal Justice
SOC 100 - Cooperative Education Program
Variable credit(s)
Work experience in a public or private organizational setting under the supervision of the co-op faculty coordinator. It is required that the objectives and evaluation criteria be set by a learning contract.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 or SOC 170 , at least sophomore standing, GPA of 2.5, and approval of co-op coordinator.
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SOC 110 - Introduction to Sociology
3 credit(s)
Surveys main theoretical approaches and problems in the study of social life. Topics include social origins of the self, the basic processes of social interaction, class and stratification, political power, education, organization, and family. Emphasizes continuing interaction between theory and methods in sociology. Required for sociology majors and most advanced sociology courses. Open to juniors and seniors only through permission of instructor.
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SOC 113 - Contemporary Social Issues
3 credit(s)
Sociological perspective on the tensions, conflicts, and issues that come to be defined as contemporary social problems presents an analysis of historical, cultural, political background of social conflicts. Several specific issues will be discussed in detail along with a critical evaluation of the social policy formulated to solve our most significant social problems.
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SOC 115 - Introduction to Social Welfare
3 credit(s)
This course provides a sociological analysis of the current trends in social welfare. The implementation of health, housing, poverty, and aging policies by federal, state, and local agencies will be analyzed. Careers in social work and applied sociology will be explored.
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SOC 130 - Cultural Anthropology
3 credit(s)
Introduction to culture and social institutions through comparative study of nonliterate peoples, early civilizations, and modern societies, with illustrations of the applications of the tools of anthropological analysis to various social structures.
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SOC 170 - Introduction to Criminal Justice
3 credit(s)
A survey of the social responses to crime and the major social institutions created to control crime. The course introduces the ideologies of crime and crime control; the determination of rates of crime; the structure, operation, and effectiveness of the major criminal justice agencies; and contemporary issues in crime control. The focus of the course is on the United States, but students will be exposed to issues of crime and crime control in other societies.
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SOC 200 - Cooperative Education Program
Variable credit(s)
Work experience in a public or private organizational setting under the supervision of the co-op faculty coordinator. It is required that the objectives and evaluation criteria be set by a learning contract.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 or SOC 170 , at least sophomore standing, GPA of 2.5, and approval of co-op coordinator.
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SOC 205 - Israel: History and Society Course Cross-listed with HIS 205 /JS 205 /REL 205
3 credit(s)
This course examines some of the key issues in the development of Israeli history, culture, society, and the arts. In seeking to create a radical new society, Israelis have created a unique culture that blends traditional Jewish culture in its Middle Eastern, Western European, and Eastern European forms. We study major themes in Zionist and Israeli history and the development of Israeli culture through a focus on the central questions that have both unified and divided Israeli society.
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SOC 225 - Women’s and Gay Rights Social Movements Course Cross-listed with GS 225
3 credit(s)
This course provides a detailed examination of the social struggles for women’s and gay rights in the United States and in various countries across the globe. The main focus of the course is on the specific social conditions and events that precipitated battles for change in various social arenas. The outcomes of specific struggles and the impact they had on the social position of women and gay and lesbian people are analyzed.
Prerequisite(s): GS 100 or SOC 110 , or permission of instructor.
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SOC 242 - Methods of Social Research
4 credit(s)
Introduction to widely used quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection and analysis in social research. Topics include the issues of sampling, the problems of measurement, the logic of survey design and analysis, secondary data analysis, observational techniques. This course satisfies a writing-intensive requirement when listed as SOC 242W. Required for majors.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 or SOC 170 .
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SOC 254 - The Sociology of the Family Course Cross-listed with GS 254
3 credit(s)
Comparative study of family institutions, with emphasis on the changing patterns of family relations in the United States.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 or GS 100 .
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SOC 256 - The Black Family in American Society Course Cross-listed with AFS 226
3 credit(s)
An examination of the black family in American society. This course deals with the black family within the social class structure. Emphasis is placed on the similarities and differences within the various social classes as to family relationships; lifestyles (socialization and childrearing practices); cutting across areas of education, employment, religion, recreation, politics, housing; and attitudes toward prejudice and discrimination.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 .
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SOC 258 - The Caribbean American Family Course Cross-listed with AFS 258
3 credit(s)
This course examines the diversity of the Caribbean American culture, the impact of colonization and slavery on the family structure, the pattern of migration, culture shock, and other adjustment issues for families; and the implications of these factors for education, politics, and social relations within the Caribbean American communities and their interaction with the host society.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 or AFS 110 or AFS 111 .
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SOC 271 - Deviance
3 credit(s)
This course analyzes the social processes and structural factors that form deviance in society. The course includes the study of how behaviors and attributes come to be defined as deviant as well as how patterns of deviance come to be organized. These topics are linked to the reaction to deviance to outline the relationship between deviance and social order. This course satisfies a writing-intensive requirement when listed as SOC 271W.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 or SOC 170 .
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SOC 273 - International Organized Crime
3 credit(s)
This course examines the development of American and international organized crime syndicates since the 19th century. Emphasis is given to issues and trends in organized crime and law enforcement from 1980 to the present.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 170 and at least sophomore standing.
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SOC 274 - Sociological Analysis of Prisons and Corrections
3 credit(s)
This course is an overview of the U.S. correctional system. It examines the history and current state of corrections. Topics include parole and probation, jails and prisons, and various intermediate sanctioning options. In addition, current critical issues in the field of corrections will be explored, including the current crisis in overcrowding, AIDS in prison, prisoner rights, and the question of what to do with juvenile offenders.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 170 .
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SOC 277 - Policing Society
3 credit(s)
This course is an overview of the history, function, and organization of police systems in the United States and other countries. Special emphasis is placed on contemporary issues in policing, police organization, and policing strategies, such as women and minorities in policing, community-oriented policing, and the uses of advanced technology in crime control.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 170 or SOC 110 .
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SOC 278 - Drugs and Society
3 credit(s)
An examination of the social context of drug use. A broad range of drugs, from prescription drugs to tobacco and alcohol to narcotics, is discussed. The course focuses on the history, cross-cultural differences, causal factors, and social consequences of the use of various drugs.
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SOC 281 - Women in Society Course Cross-listed with GS 281
3 credit(s)
An examination of the relationship between women’s roles and status. Issues include integration of women into various institutional sectors, theoretical explanations of sex discrimination and inequality, the female and male sex roles in other cultures, and changing social and structural patterns in contemporary America.
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SOC 288 - Death and Dying
3 credit(s)
An examination of the phenomenon of death in modern society. Issues include the meaning of death, sociological aspects of death, and institutions that deal with death and dying persons.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 .
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SOC 292 - Special Topics in Sociology
3 credit(s)
Topic varies in accordance with timeliness, needs of the department, and interests of the faculty.
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisites vary by topic.
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SOC 300 - Cooperative Education Program
Variable credit(s)
Work experience in a public or private organizational setting under the supervision of the co-op faculty coordinator. It is required that the objectives and evaluation criteria be set by a learning contract.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 or SOC 170 , at least sophomore standing, GPA of 2.5, and approval of co-op coordinator.
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SOC 306 - Archaeology of the Land of Israel Course Cross-listed with HIS 306 /JS 306 /POL 376
3 credit(s)
This course provides students with an overview of the chronological and cultural structure of the archaeological periods from the third millennium through the Byzantine period, with emphasis on the Roman and Byzantine eras. The course includes fieldwork in Israel, lectures, workshops on material culture, museum tours, and field trips. Daily field-school instruction is from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. (total: 15 days of excavation). Lectures and workshops take place each afternoon. Beyond these required activities, a primary objective of the course is a research paper to be completed during the spring or summer following the return to the United States. This course is linked to an integrated companion course, Archaeological Field Methods and Material Culture. All students complete field and class work for both courses.
Prerequisite(s): HIS 101 or permission of instructor.
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SOC 307 - Archaeological Field Methods and Material Culture Course Cross-listed with HIS 307 /JS 307 /POL 377
3 credit(s)
This course is an introduction to excavation techniques and material culture. It includes principles of excavation and recording, material culture identification/processing, and field-study tours. Early synagogues and church architecture serve as foci for analysis. This course contains a full introduction to the methodology of Near Eastern archaeology from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, practical instruction in ceramic typology and Semitic inscriptions, and a survey of Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine society. Daily field-school instruction is from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. (total: 15 days of excavation). Lectures and workshops take place each afternoon. This course is linked to an integrated companion course, Archaeology of the Land of Israel. All students complete field- and class work for both courses.
Prerequisite(s): HIS 101 or permission of instructor.
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SOC 315 - Sociology of Gender and Sexuality Course Cross-listed with GS 315
3 credit(s)
This course examines gender and sexuality and important social categories. We investigate the ways in which categories of gender and sexuality structure people’s lives and shape people’s identities. Through these examinations, we explore the interconnectedness of people’s experiences of gender and sexuality. We focus on the ways in which gender and sexuality are socially constructed by society. We examine how what we are taught about gender and sexuality affects our identity, relationships with others, and our social status.
Prerequisite(s): GS 100 and SOC 110 , or permission of instructor.
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SOC 318 - Internships
3 credit(s)
These courses provide the opportunity for qualified junior and senior students to explore their career interests and skills as an integral part of their educational process. Under faculty supervision students complete a reading assignment and a writing project to integrate the practical experiences into their educational program. Placements can be arranged in a variety of public and private organizations. The Sociology maintains a directory of approved placements. Students volunteer eight or 16 hours each week in a chosen agency or organization.
Prerequisite(s): Junior or senior status, GPA of 2.5 for nonmajors, and written approval of advisor.
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SOC 319 - Internships
3 credit(s)
These courses provide the opportunity for qualified junior and senior students to explore their career interests and skills as an integral part of their educational process. Under faculty supervision students complete a reading assignment and a writing project to integrate the practical experiences into their educational program. Placements can be arranged in a variety of public and private organizations. The Sociology maintains a directory of approved placements. Students volunteer eight or 16 hours each week in a chosen agency or organization.
Prerequisite(s): Junior or senior status, GPA of 2.5 for nonmajors, and written approval of advisor.
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SOC 320 - Social Relations
3 credit(s)
This course examines the relationship between the individual and the social world. Various social psychological theories are discussed with an emphasis upon sociological concepts and their relevance to individual behavior.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 .
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SOC 326 - Sexuality and Social Conflict Course Cross-listed with GS 326
3 credit(s)
This course examines a variety of ways in which sexuality becomes a focus of social conflict. We explore the questions of why and how some aspects of sexuality are brought into the public sphere. We analyze the social construction of sexuality as a personal and private matter but also as a subject for public concern and social regulation, thereby exploring the connections of gender, race, and class to the conflicts surrounding sexuality.
Prerequisite(s): GS 100 and SOC 110 , or permission of instructor.
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SOC 327 - America in the 1960s Course Cross-listed with HIS 368
3 credit(s)
An examination of the social and political developments in the United States from 1960 to 1974, including the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, the civil rights movement, the war on poverty, the origins of the counterculture, the revolution in the arts, the Vietnam War, the 1968 election and the crisis of liberalism, the Nixon administration, and Watergate.
Prerequisite(s): HIS 100 or HIS 131 , or permission of the instructor.
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SOC 328 - Society and the Individual
3 credit(s)
This course is a sociological analysis of the interrelationships between society, culture, and the individual. It explores in detail several approaches to the impact of social structure and social change on the individual.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 .
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SOC 330 - The Law and Forensic Evidence Course Cross-listed with LAH 330
3 credit(s)
This course examines how the laws of evidence affect the use of forensic evidence, the role of the judge and jury in evaluating expert forensic testimony, the role of police investigation work in generating forensic evidence, how to ensure that forensic testimony is both reliable and trustworthy, and inconsistencies in the judicial approach to different branches of forensic evidence.
Prerequisite(s): LAH 201 or SOC 110 or SOC 170 , or permission of instructor.
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SOC 340 - Sociological Theory
3 credit(s)
This course is organized around a set of issues that is crucial to understanding the role of sociological theory in research. These issues include the cultural context in which ideas develop (sociology of knowledge), the nature and limits of scientific knowledge (epistemology), and the themes of social order and social change implied by the different perspectives. The theories and perspectives examined in this context include structural functionalism, conflict theory, critical theory, symbolic interactionism, phenomenology, ethnomethodology, and some of the new directions and developments in sociological theory.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 .
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SOC 343 - Statistical Analysis Course Cross-listed with CMM 393
4 credit(s)
An introductory course in statistics for students in the social and behavioral sciences and the humanities. The course deals primarily with descriptive and associational statistics. Probability and statistical inference are presented but not pursued in depth. This s not a mathematics course but is designed to prepare the student to deal with basic statistical concepts and procedures in relation to social data.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 242 or permission of instructor.
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SOC 351 - Sociology of Health and Illness
3 credit(s)
The relation of illness, both physical and mental, to social organization and social change; differences in seeking treatment and in response to it; the structure and functions of medical services, including the hospital.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 .
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SOC 363 - Urban Sociology
3 credit(s)
Overview of the different approaches to the sociology of cities and urban society. Topics include the origin and evolution of cities, the functions of cities, the problems cities experience, planning strategies, and the future of cities.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 .
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SOC 364 - Collective Behavior and Social Movements
3 credit(s)
Both collective behavior and social movements are examined. The examination of collective behavior focuses on such phenomena as crowds, riots, disasters, and panics. The examination of social movements focuses on the emergence, social significance, membership, ideology, and leadership of historical and contemporary movements. Specific case studies are chosen based on the interests of the class and instructor.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 .
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SOC 366 - Work and Leisure
3 credit(s)
The organization of work (and industry) and leisure in comparative, sociological perspective. Industrialization, mechanization, and automation are examined in relation to social structures, to the human problems of workers and managers, and to the manner in which workers use leisure time. Problems of morale and alienation under alternative social conditions and systems are assessed. The growth and importance of leisure-time activities are emphasized, especially the effect this growth has had on work-related values and the scheduling of work.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 .
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SOC 372 - Women and Crime Course Cross-listed with GS 372
3 credit(s)
This course examines the social construction of female criminality, historic and contemporary trends in female crime, the place of women in the social organization of crime control, and a sociological analysis of the changing nature and consequences of female criminality in contemporary societies. The course serves as an introduction to a feminist reading of criminological theory.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 170 or SOC 110 , and junior or senior standing; or permission of instructor.
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SOC 375 - Social Control
3 credit(s)
This course examines the theory and practice of punishment and rehabilitation and the different forms of social organization related to them. It analyzes historical and contemporary forms of social control, ranging from capital punishment and incarceration in total institutions to community supervision and electronic monitoring. The course examines the impact of these efforts on the problems in question and compares them with alternative modes of control.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 or SOC 170 .
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SOC 376 - Juvenile Delinquency
3 credit(s)
Sociocultural analysis of delinquency, with emphasis on behavior patterns, self-conceptions, and societal types.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 or SOC 170 .
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SOC 377 - Contemporary Studies in Sociology
3 credit(s)
Contemporary studies in the areas of social change, social inequality, and social organization. Since the subject matter varies from semester to semester, the course may be taken for credit more than once.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 .
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SOC 378 - Studies in Criminal Behavior
3 credit(s)
Examination of selected issues in the study of criminal behavior, depending on the interests of faculty and students. Since the subject matter varies from semester to semester, the course may be taken for credit more than one time.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 170 and SOC 271 .
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SOC 379 - Studies in Crime Control
3 credit(s)
Examination of selected issues in the study of crime control, depending on the interests of faculty and students. Since the subject matter varies from semester to semester, the course may be taken for credit more than one time.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 170 and at least sophomore standing.
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SOC 382 - Race and Ethnic Relations Course Cross-listed with AFS 352
3 credit(s)
A social-historical analysis of the impact of race and ethnicity on the distribution of power, opportunity, and privilege in a social structure. Major theoretical perspectives on racial and ethnic prejudice and discrimination will be examined along with the diverse patterns of interracial and interethnic contact, which develop in different societies. The course will also focus on the politics of minority status, studying the growth and development of social movements that have challenged the legitimacy of racial and ethnic stratification.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 .
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SOC 388 - Aging and Society
3 credit(s)
This course will be an analysis of the structural and institutional aspects of society that affect older persons. Issues such as ageism, organizational support systems, and power will be studied. Focus will be on values as they are manifested toward aging and the elderly, both domestically and cross-culturally.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 .
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SOC 400 - Cooperative Education Program
Variable credit(s)
Work experience in a public or private organizational setting under the supervision of the co-op faculty coordinator. It is required that the objectives and evaluation criteria be set by a learning contract.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 or SOC 170 , at least sophomore standing, GPA of 2.5, and approval of co-op coordinator.
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SOC 418W - Senior Practicum
4 credit(s) Writing Intensive
This course represents the capstone course for sociology majors. In a weekly seminar, students are encouraged to apply theories and concepts previously learned in the major to their observations in the field and to produce a final sociological writing project. Under faculty supervision, students are required to work eight hours a week in a chosen agency or organization in the local community.
Prerequisite(s): Senior sociology major and SOC 242 .
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SOC 419 - Applied Research Internship
3 credit(s)
This course provides the opportunity for qualified students in the Certificate in Applied Social Research program to explore their career interests and skills as an integral part of their educational process. Under faculty supervision, students complete a reading assignment and writing project to integrate the practical experiences into their education program. This internship is reserved for students enrolled in the Applied Research program. Students volunteer eight hours each week in a community research agency or organization, or the Center for Social Research.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 242 and SOC 343 , or their equivalents, and one foundation course (SOC 225 , SOC 271 , SOC 315 , SOC 326 , SOC 328 , SOC 351 , SOC 363 , SOC 364 , SOC 366 , SOC 375 , SOC 377 , SOC 382 ); or permission of instructor.
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SOC 420 - Social Relations
3 credit(s)
Focus is on the relationship between the individual and the social world. Various social psychological theories are discussed with an emphasis on sociological concepts and their relevance to individual behavior.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 and one Foundation level course, or permission of the instructor.
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SOC 424 - Political Sociology Course Cross-listed with POL 474
3 credit(s)
A sociological examination of power and politics. Particular emphasis is placed on the relationships between the state, economy, and civil society. Topics include the development of the modern state, the impact of globalization on welfare state policies, civic and political participation, and ethnic and racial politics.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 or POL 110 or POL 200W , and at least junior-level status.
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SOC 425 - Popular Culture Course Cross-listed with CMM 425
3 credit(s)
The course introduces students to the diverse elements of popular culture as a valuable source of data about the social norms, values, and conflicts of mass societies. Crazes, fads, fashions, and trends are examined in terms of collective behavior and the processes of mass communication to understand their origins, development, and impact on society. Specific case studies of contemporary issues, such as pornography, television and violence, trends in popular music, and sport and leisure, are discussed.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 , CMM 110 , or CMM 240 .
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SOC 444 - Social Research and Social Policy
3 credit(s)
This course explores the relationship of social research to society, specifically the emergence of social research as a factor in social policy. There is an examination of policy research as a guide to action in education, welfare, health, and crime. Attention is given to the role of values and ethics in the analysis of data in social policy research.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 242 and SOC 343 , or their equivalents, and one foundation-level course (SOC 225 , SOC 271 , SOC 315 , SOC 326 , SOC 328 , SOC 351 , SOC 363 , SOC 364 , SOC 366 , SOC 375 , SOC 377 , SOC 382 ); or permission of instructor.
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SOC 445 - Applied Research Methods
3 credit(s)
This course guides students through all stages necessary to conduct applied research. The various aspects of design and analysis include sampling, instrument design, initial data preparation, refining data sets, data processing and analysis, as well as an exploration of the ethical issues involved in the research process. The course includes the development, design, and execution of a research study. Basic knowledge of research methods and statistics are assumed. Various statistical packages are used throughout the course; hence, some knowledge of the computer and the VAX operating system is required.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 242 and SOC 343 , or their equivalents, and one foundation-level course (SOC 225 , SOC 271 , SOC 315 , SOC 326 , SOC 328 , SOC 351 , SOC 363 , SOC 364 , SOC 366 , SOC 375 , SOC 377 , SOC 382 ); or permission of instructor.
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SOC 446 - Readings in Sociology
1–4 credit(s)
Student- initiated independent study under the supervision of a faculty member. This course addresses two purposes: the in-depth study of a topic that is not represented in the department’s course offerings, or the completion of a major requirement that cannot be satisfied due to scheduling conflicts. Students must prepare a proposal project, a schedule of meetings with the faculty member, the specific assignments to be completed and a suggested mode of evaluation. This proposal must be approved by the faculty supervisor.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 and junior or senior standing.
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SOC 456 - Social Welfare
3 credit(s)
An in-depth understanding of social welfare policy. This course includes an analysis of the historical development of the U.S. welfare system, cross-national comparisons with European welfare systems, and the extensive analysis of the current social welfare system in the United States.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 and one foundation-level course, or permission of instructor.
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SOC 460 - Social Inequality
3 credit(s)
Social inequalities in wealth, power, and status have been increasing over the last half-century within the United States and in the world as a whole. This course examines the dynamics behind these changes, their consequences for individuals and society, and the degree and causes of social mobility in the United States. Studies of the social inequality in other countries and the globalization process provide an international context for understanding changes within the United States.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 and one foundation-level course, or permission of instructor.
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SOC 461 - Formal Organization and Bureaucracy
3 credit(s)
This course analyzes large-scale, deliberately established organizations of all kinds from a sociological perspective (e.g., businesses, governmental agencies, universities, prisons, hospitals). Among the topics are theories of bureaucratic organization, patterns of organizational leadership, the effect of organizational structure on members and clients, interorganizational relationships, and informal organizations within bureaucracies.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 242 , its equivalent, or permission of instructor.
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SOC 463 - Social Change
3 credit(s)
Social change occurs more rapidly each year, but we can cope with it better if we understand its causes. This course focuses on changes over the last 50 years in the United States and the world, then examines future possibilities. Lectures, readings, and videos cover key social trends, social movements and revolutions, globalization, and theories of these change processes and the interconnected contributions of politics, technology, ideas, and the environment. Some practical guidelines for producing social change are included. This course satisfies a writing-intensive requirement when listed as SOC 463W.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 and one foundation-level course, or permission of instructor.
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SOC 470 - Criminology
3 credit(s)
This course is an in-depth analysis of the sociological factors associated with crime and criminality. The course examines definitions of criminal activity, measures of crime and the organization of criminal behaviors. Major emphasis is on evaluating and refining theories of crime based on research on patterns of violence, business crime, organized crime and theft. The course devotes special attention to changing patterns in crime, such as computer-related offenses.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 170 and SOC 271 .
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SOC 471 - Readings in Criminal Justice
1–4 credit(s)
Student-initiated independent study under the supervision of a faculty member. This course addresses two purposes: the in-depth study of a topic that is not represented in the department’s course offerings, or the completion of a major requirement that cannot be satisfied due to scheduling conflicts. Students must prepare a proposal project, a schedule of meetings with the faculty member, the specific assignments to be completed and a suggested mode of evaluation. This proposal must be approved by the faculty supervisor.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 170 and junior or senior standing.
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SOC 473W - Crime, Law, and Administration of Justice Course Cross-listed with POL 453W
3 credit(s) Writing Intensive
This writing-intensive, interdisciplinary seminar focuses on ajor issues of current interest in criminal justice. It examines selected topics from administrative, governmental, and sociological points of view. The course relates theory and research to the practical problems of applying knowledge in criminal justice.
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing and 9 credit hours of criminal justice required courses POL 250 , SOC 170 , SOC 242 , SOC 271 , SOC 318 , SOC 470 ; or permission of instructor.
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SOC 475 - Race, Ethnicity, and Crime
3 credit(s)
This course examines the role of minorities in the criminal justice system. In particular, the course examines minorities as victims, offenders, defendants, and prisoners. Students get an overview of various issues in the criminal justice system as they relate to race. Both historical and contemporary issues are addressed. Theoretical frameworks are introduced to help students better understand minority status and its effects on various aspects of the criminal justice system.
Prerequisite(s): Nine credits of criminal justice courses at SOC 200+ level (SOC 242 , SOC 271 , SOC 273 , SOC 274 , SOC 277 , SOC 278 , SOC 318 , SOC 319 , SOC 330 , SOC 372 , SOC 375 , SOC 376 , SOC 378 , SOC 379 , SOC 382 , SOC 470 , SOC 473W , SOC 476 ); or permission of the instructor.
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SOC 476 - Street Gangs
3 credit(s)
This course examines street gangs from a sociological, criminological, and public-safety perspective. Designed for students with some familiarity with criminological theory, the focus of the course is on gangs as elements of deindustrialization, alienation, and resistance to cultural and economic domination.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 271 or permission of instructor.
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SOC 477 - Advanced Studies in Sociology
3 credit(s)
Advanced studies in the areas of social change, social inequality, and social organization. Since the subject matter varies from semester to semester, the course may be taken for credit more than once.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 110 and one foundation-level course, or permission of instructor.
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SOC 494 - Special Topics in Sociology
1–4 credit(s)
An exploration in depth of a timely topic of sociological importance by a staff member or visiting sociologist.
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SOC 497 - Special Topics in Sociology
1–4 credit(s)
An exploration in depth of a timely topic of sociological importance by a staff member or visiting sociologist.
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SOC 498 - Special Topics in Sociology
1–4 credit(s)
An exploration in depth of a timely topic of sociological importance by a staff member or visiting sociologist.
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SOC 499 - Special Topics in Sociology
1–4 credit(s)
An exploration in depth of a timely topic of sociological importance by a staff member or visiting sociologist.
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