Courses

    Review and continuation of basic skills begun in the first year: reading, writing, speaking, and oral comprehension. Prereq., GRMN 1020 or 1030 (min grade C-). Approved for GT-AH4. Meets MAPS requirement for foreign language. Satisfies arts and sciences language requirement. Credit not granted for this course and GRMN 2030.

    Introduces national and international security studies to students. The course examines the influence of history, domestic politics, and international events and actors on the development of security policy. Restricted to G-RAP students.

    Aims to increase the students' proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in modern Indonesian. Students will use only Indonesian in class. Evaluation based on classroom performance, homework, tests, and final project. Students will be provided with opportunities to participate in local Southeast Asian cultural events. Students with previous experience with Indonesian or Malay should contact the instructor for placement. Prereqs., INDO 1010 and 1020 (min. grade C) or instructor consent. Meets MAPS requirement for foreign language. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: foreign language.

    Introduces a small group of lower-division students to current research topics in integrative physiology. Emphasizes relevant applications to real-world situations. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours when topics vary.

    Three demonstration lect., one two-hour lab/rec. week, plus three evening exams in the semester. Covers mechanics, heat, and sound. Elementary but thorough presentation of fundamental facts and principles of physics. Natural science majors with a knowledge of calculus and others taking calculus are urged to consider taking the calculus-based courses PHYS 1110, 1120, 1140, and 2130, rather than PHYS 2010 and PHYS 2020. This course is designed for premed students in the biological sciences. Prereq., ability touse high school algebra and trigonometry. Approved for GT-SC1. Meets MAPS requirements for natural science. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: natural science.

    Review and continuation of basic skills learned in the first year: reading, writing, speaking, and oral comprehension. Prereq., RUSS 1020 or 1050 (min grade C-). Approved for GT-AH4. Meets MSPS requirement for foreign language. Satisfies arts and sciences language requirement.

    Discusses how human communication (the process by which a thought is transmitted from the brain of a speaker to the brain of a listener) involves a complex interaction of acoustics, anatomy, physiology, neurobiology, and psychology. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: natural science.

    Continuation of SWED 1120 DILS. Provides practical, communicative language skills for use in a variety of situations. Examines basic language structure and grammatical forms. Introduces students to Swedish history and contemporary culture and society. Credit not granted for this course and SWED 2110. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: foreign language.

    Aims at increasing students' proficiency in colloquial forms of Tibetan. This course expands knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar of spoken Tibetan and engages in more advanced conversation topics while also continuing to develop reading knowledge of modern Tibetan. Prereq., TBTN 1010 and 1020 (minimum grade C) or instructor consent required.

    Review and continuation of skills begun in the first year: reading, writing, speaking, and oral comprehension. Provides an intensive introduction to cultural and literary texts of central and eastern European Jewish culture. Prereq., YIDD 1020 (min. grade C-) or placement.

    Explores contemporary societies on a global scale. Focuses on such issues as capitalism, socialism, race and ethnic problems, sex discrimination, poverty and the concentration of wealth, crime and deviance, human rights and human values, peace and war.

    Most countries confront a variety of common political problems, including how to gain popular support, what kinds of political institutions are most appropriate, and how to distribute burdens and benefits to different segments of the population. Concentrates on learning how to compare different political systems and provides illustrative examples from several countries in both the industrialized and nonindustrialized world. Approved for GT-SS1. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: contemporary societies.

    Surveys biological bases of learning, motivation, emotion, sensory processes and perception, movement,comparative animal behavior, sexual and reproductive activity, instinctual behavior, neurobiology of language and thought, and neurophysiology and neuroanatomy in relation to behavior. Prereq., PSYC 1001. Approved for GT-SC2. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: natural science.

    Explores a series of issues including regulations of population, land and resource holdings, water rights, education, religious freedom, military obligations, the sociopolitical role of men and women, self-governance, and legal standing as these pertain to American Indian life. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity or United States context.

    Concerns the subjectivity and relativity of truth. Focuses on how and why we pursue (or fail to pursue) the truths about ourselves and about the people and events around us, and how and why such truths are often elusive, fragmentary, and impermanent. Formerly FILM 2013. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: ideals and values. Prerequisites: Restricted to Libby Residential Academic Program students only.

    Students learn to perceive literary form and content and to translate that perception into classroom performances of selected modern plays and stories. Performances, both solo and ensemble, embody literary texts diverse in terms of gender and ethnicity. Prereqs., 15 credit hours and THTR 1003, 2003 or 2043.

    Enables students to explore various themes in post-1865 American culture. Examines these themes, which vary each year, in their social context. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: United States context.

    Examines major themes in the development of colonial societies in North America from the 15th to the early 19th centuries. Explores intercultural relations, economic development, labor systems, religion and society, and family life. Specific course focus may vary. Approved for GT-HI1. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: United States context. Prerequisites: History (HIST) majors are restricted from taking this course.

    Introduces the towns and villas buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 C.E. Explores the layout and decoration of ancient Roman houses, the variety of artifacts uncovered as evidence for daily life and the history of the excavations. Same as CLAS 2019. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: historical context.

    Introduces the towns and villas buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 C.E. Explores the layout and decoration of ancient Roman houses, the variety of artifacts uncovered as evidence for daily life and the history of the excavations. Same as ARTH 2019. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: historical context.

    Continuation of ANTH 2010. Emphasizes genetics, human variation, and microevolution. Prereq., ANTH 2010. Credit not granted for this course and ANTH 2060. Approved for GT-SC1. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: natural science.

    Covers physical principles of performing astronomy from space for science and exploration. The basic design of launch vehicles and spacecraft, orbital dynamics, and instruments will be described in the context of specific space missions (e.g. Hubble Telescope, Mars rovers) as well as prospects for future space observatories in orbit and on the Moon. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: natural science.

    Covers the development of scientific modes of thought, theory, and research from mythological origins (e.g., Hesiod's poetry) through pre-Socratic philosophers. Culminates in theories and research of Plato and Aristotle, including the Roman Empire. Students read original sources in translation. No Greek or Latin required.

    Provides an overview of the economy, examining the flows of resources and outputs and the factors determining the levels of income and prices. Explores policy problems of inflation, unemployment, and economic growth. Prereq., ECON 2010. Credit not granted for this course and ECON 1000 and 1001. Meets MAPS requirement for social sciences: general. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: contemporary societies.

    Prereq., GRMN 2010 (min grade C-). Credit not granted for this course and GRMN 2030.

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