Courses

Analyzes the concepts, ideas, arguments, and assumptions that inform major texts in feminist theory through close reading, class discussion, and writing papers. Emphasizes developing reading and writing skills to interpret theoretical arguments. Prereqs., WMST 2000 and junior or senior standing. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).

Advanced topics course providing intensive, specialized writing instruction in selected topics. Check with the program for semester offerings. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours if the topics are different. Does not fulfill core requirements. Prereqs., WRTG 3007, 3020, or 3030, or 3035, or 3040, or instructor consent required.

Examines theoretical and empirical research on social movements from a U.S. perspective. Considers why social movements arise, who participates in them, the tactics they employ, obstacles they face, and their political impact. Prereq., PSCI 1101.

Students should check with the department for specific semester offerings. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours, provided the specific offerings vary. Prereq., HUMN 2000 or junior/senior standing. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).

Presents theories on the interaction between policies and economics, economic models of politics, and familiarizes students with an approach that will prove useful in understanding current developments in both economics and politics. Explores relationships between financial markets, currency regimes, and politics with some special consideration of the behavioral foundations of political and economic developments. Prereq., PSCI 2012.

Students should check with the department for specific semester offerings. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours, provided the specific offerings vary. Prereq., HUMN 2000 or junior/senior standing. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).

Introduces timely subjects in fine 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 Department of Art and Art History. May be repeated up to 7 total credit hours. Prereqs., ARTS 1010, 1020 and ARTH 1300 or 1400. Prerequisites: Restricted to Studio Arts (AASA) or Fine Arts-Studio (BASA and BFAS) or Fine Arts-Art History (BAAH) or Art History (AAAH) majors only.

Examines culture and politics in Africa through works by anthropologists and historians, as well as novels, films, and journalistic accounts. Special attention is devoted to the ways in which various African cultures have creatively and resiliently responded to the slave trade, European colonialism, and post-colonialism. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).

Teaches students how to write academic papers related to race, class, gender, sexuality, and other areas of cultural identity. Students acquire expertise on issues through readings, guided discussion, and research and practice oral presentation skills, drafting, and workshopping of papers. Prereq., lower level writing course(s) or waiver. Restricted to juniors/seniors. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: written communication. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).

Covers a variety of topics not currently offered in the curriculum; offered depending upon instructor availability and student demand. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours, provided topics vary. Prereq., ENVS 1000.

Study of French literature through close readings of representative examples of major literary forms (poetry, fiction, drama, essay) and through the composition of critical writings in French. Required for French majors. Prereq., FREN 3060. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

Focuses on leadership theories and skills necessary for effectiveness in multicultural settings. Students gain understanding of traditional and culturally diverse approaches to leadership and change through comparative analyses of Western and non-Western theories and practices. Community service required. Same as ETHN 3201 and LDSP 3100. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity.

Explores Jewish religious experience and its expression in thought, ritual, ethics, and social institutions. Same as RLST 3100. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: historical context.

Focuses on leadership theories and skills necessary for effectiveness in multicultural settings. Students gain understanding of traditional and culturally diverse approaches to leadership and change through comparative analyses of western and non-western theories and practices. Same as ETHN 3201 and INVS 3100. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity.

Introduces the sounds of languages and their organization into phonological structures. Prereq., LING 2000 or equivalent.

Studies major issues and theories in ethics. Prereq., 6 hours of philosophy course work. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: ideals and values. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).

Explores Jewish religious experience and its expression in thought, ritual, ethics, and social institutions. Same as JWST 3100. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: historical context.

Students read short stories and other brief narrative texts, critical and creative essays, short plays, and poems to facilitate the acquisition of critical skills in identification of basic ideological and formalistic issues within texts being studied. Prereq., SPAN 3000 or equivalent.

Explores a variety of alternative systematic accounts of, and explanations for, gender inequities. Social norms of both masculinity and femininity are analyzed in relation to other axes of inequality such as class, sexuality, race/ethnicity, neocolonialism, and the domination of nonhuman nature. Prereq., WMST 2000. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).

Practical studio training in ballet at the advanced/professional level with a professional company. May be repeated up to 4 total credit hours. Prereq., DNCE 2141, 3161,or 4181. Designed for dance majors. Enrollment by audition only.

Intensive examination of a particular topic, theme, issue, or problem in ethnic studies as chosen by the instructor. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours on different topics. Prereq., ETHN 2001 or equivalent. Formerly ETHN 3100.

Examines structure of political, social, and economic influence in urban areas. Focuses on the relationship of political processes to governmental, social, and economic institutions and contemporary policy processes in American cities. Prereq., PSCI 1101. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity.. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

Three hours of lecture and one two-hour lab per week. Introduces descriptive and inferential statistics and their roles in psychological research. Topics include correlation, regression, T-test, analysis of variance, and selected nonparametric statistics. Prereqs., MATH 1011 or MATH 1150, 1300, or 1081. Prerequisites: Requires pre-requisite class of MATH 1011 or MATH 1150 or MATH 1300 or MATH 1081.

Intensive examination of a particular topic, theme, issue, or problem concerning the African American presence, as chosen by the instructor. Sample offerings could include African American Pop Culture, the Civil Rights Movement, or other African American issues. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours on different topics. Prereq., ETHN 2001, 2002 or equivalent. Formerly ETHN 3022

Examine the diverse political trajectories of four South Asian countries: India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. Using a comparative lens, we will take into account historical, cultural, and economic, in addition to political, factors in deciphering this diversity of political paths. Prereqs., ASIA 1000, HIND 1011, HIST 1408, and PSCI 2012.