Courses

Designed for students majoring in ceramics. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Taught with ARTS 5095. Prereq., ARTS 3085. Restricted to majors. Prerequisites: Restricted to Studio Arts (AASA or AASF) or Art History (AAAH) majors only.

Intensive study of specialized topics in theatre technology and design. Topics and credits specified in the online Schedule Planner. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours within a term.

Introduces timely subjects in the visual arts that cannot be offered on a regular basis. Information concerning the topics offered in any given semester is available prior to preregistration from the fine arts department. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prereqs., ARTS 1010, 1020 and ARTH 1300 or 1400. Same as ARTS 5097. Prerequisites: Restricted to Studio Arts (AASA or AASF) or Art History (AAAH) majors only.

Provides the opportunity for students writing an honors thesis to develop their understanding of the research process and to improve their research and writing skills. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) Communication (COMM) majors only.

Emphasizes specific aspects of ecology based on specialties of faculty. One or more courses are offered most semesters. Topics have included dynamics of mountain ecosystems, tundra ecology, ethnoecology, population dynamics, tropical and insular biology, ecology of fishes, quantitative plant ecology, and arctic and alpine environments. May use animals and/or animal tissues. May be repeated twice provided the topics vary. Prereqs., EBIO 1210, 1220, 1230, 1240, and EBIO 2040 or 2640, or EPOB 2050 and 2060. Same as EBIO 5100.

Covers a variety of topics not currently offered in the curriculum; offered depending on instructor availability and student demand. May be repeated upto 9 total credit hours, provided the topics vary. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior).

Various topics not normally covered in the curriculum; offered intermittently depending on student demand and availability of instructors. See also GEOG 4110 and 4120. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prereq., instructor consent.

Examines the history and implications of the central role played by writing in pre-modern China, especially with regard to traditional constructions of the world, including relations with aesthetics, the non-human, and the spiritual. Key works of Chinese literature and thought from different periods are studied, with the aim of determining a particular type of Chinese humanism. All readings in English. Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior). Recommended prereqs., HUMN 1010 and/or 1020. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior).

Provides extended critical examination of a few selected issues, chosen each term for their general interest and relevance, e.g., the relation between language and thought, or human language vs. animal languages, and computer languages. Prereqs., LING 2000 or equivalent, and junior or senior standing. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior).

Studies selected topics in speech, language, hearing sciences, communication disorders, and other professional issues.

Explores topics in Hebrew and Jewish literature and cultures. These may include topics such as diasporic literatures, Jewish artists and thinkers, courses on specific authors, figures or communities. Topics change each semester. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Taught in English. HEBR 4101 and JWST 4101 are the same course.

Explores topics in Hebrew and Jewish literature and cultures. These may include topics such as diasporic literatures, Jewish artists and thinkers, courses on specific authors, figures or communities. Topics change each semester. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Taught in English. HEBR 4101 and JWST 4101 are the same course.

Examines construction and use of an information system and its data specifically designed for representing and manipulating geographical data. Emphasizes modern geographical information systems including computer hardware/software with a collection of methods/procedures for recording, transforming, storing/retrieving, analyzing, and mapping geographic data. Prereq., GEOG 2053 or GEOG 3053 and introductory course in statistics. Same as GEOG 5103. Prerequisites: Requires pre-requisite courses of GEOG 2053 or 3053 and introductory course in statistics. Restricted to Junior or Senior Geography (GEOG) or Environmental Studies(ENVS) majors only.

Introduces fundamental tools of acting for the camera. Students learn basic film terminology, specific camera acting techniques, and the demands placed on an actor when shooting a film. Uses exercises, scenes, monologues, and readings to provide a solid understanding of how to create a character, analyze a text, utilize important vocabulary, and performeffectively on camera. Prereq., THTR 1003 or 2003 or instructor consent.

Primarily focuses upon personal imagery as a live situation occurring in either an invented constructed reality or real environment. Work may be individualor group configuration, and may also take on the visual linguistic form of a solo performance or of a multimedia presentation. Prereqs., ARTS 1010, 1020 and ARTH 1300 or 1400. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours with instructor consent. Same as ARTS 5104. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior).

Introduces professional screenwriting, in the form of a creative writing workshop. Admission by portfolio (see film department). Students write scenes and scripts for short films, feature treatments, etc., and are graded on a final portfolio. Prereq., approved writing sample. Recommended prereqs., FILM 3051 and 3061. Same as ARTF 5105.

May be repeated up to 3 total credit hours.

Explores the problems, theories and methods for understanding the iconography, styles, topologies, contexts and techniques of fresco wall painting in ancient Italy from the 6th century B.C.E. to the 4th century C.E. Topics covered include Etruscan tomb paintings, late Republican and early imperial fresco paintings from Rome and Campania, and later Roman wall paintings, including the painted images in ancient catacombs. Previous coursework on ancient Italy or the history of pre-modern art is highly recommended. Recommended prereqs., CLAS/ARTH 1509, 3049. Same as CLAS 4109.

Explores the problems, theories and methods for understanding the iconography, styles, topologies, contexts and techniques of fresco wall painting in ancient Italy from the 6th century B.C.E. to the 4th century C.E. Topics covered include Etruscan tomb paintings, late Republican and early imperial fresco paintings from Rome and Campania, and later Roman wall paintings, including the painted images in ancient catacombs. Previous course work on ancient Italy or the history of pre-modern art is highly recommended. Recommended prereqs., CLAS/ARTH 1509, 3049.Same as CLAS 5109 and ARTH 4109.

For Asia, World War II began with the Mukden Incident (1931), resulting in the Japanese domination of Manchuria and leading to a full-scale war between China and Japan in 1937. Only after the Japanese attacked the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor four years later did the United States enter the war. Discusses the various socioeconomic and political factors leading to the war in Asia, examines the nature of the conflict on the Asian mainland and in the Pacific, and assesses legacy of the war on all those involved. Restricted to sophomores/juniors/seniors.

Detailed consideration of the fossil evidence for human evolution. Covers the discovery of important fossils and interpretations; descriptive information about the fossils; and data and theory from Pleistocene studies relating to ecology, ecological and behavioral data on modern apes, and molecular studies that have bearing on the study of human evolution. Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior). Prereqs., ANTH 2010 or 2020, or EBIO 1210 or 1220. Same as ANTH 5110. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior).

Surveys a wide variety of 20th- and 21st-century written materials, including texts from literature, the social sciences, religion, and cultural history. Focuses on content and style with extensive discussion and frequent written assignments in Chinese. Conducted in Chinese. Prereq., CHIN 3120 (min. grade C) or instructor consent.

Students read in English translation the major epics of Graco-Roman antiquity such as the Iliad, Odyssey, Argonautica, Aeneid, and Metamorphoses. Topics discussed may include the nature of classical epic, its relation to the novel, and its legacy. No Greek or Latin required. Same as CLAS 5110 and HUMN 4110. Approved for arts and science CORE curriculum: literature and the arts.

Topics vary each semester. Consult the online Schedule Planner for specific topics. See also FREN 4120.

Various topics not normally covered in the curriculum; offered intermittently depending on student demand and availability of instructors. See also GEOG 4100 and 4120. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prereq., instructor consent.