ANTHROPOLOGY
ANTH302
Food & Culture
This course focuses on the role of food in human evolution and the cultural dimensions of food practices. Students learn what people eat across cultures and why; how groups get, process and prepare food; how food is used to build and maintain social, economic and political relationships; and how food is linked to gender, age, social class and ethnicity.
Kavadias
4 Credits
Dec 20 – Jan 12
M,T,R,F 8:00am – 12:10pm
Online Course
ART
ART233/333.01
Storytelling with Mobile Art Photography
Students will explore contemporary art aesthetics and learn the potential of using their smartphone cameras to create visually expressive images. The advent of technology has created the possibility of high quality photographs to be produced with smartphones. Students will learn photographic techniques from image capture to digital post processing using contemporary software. Through the study of works by contemporary artists, shooting assignments, readings, critiques, written responses, and video conference discussions, they will develop a comprehensive understanding on prevailing critical theory around photography while learning the practical skills needed to make meaningful images of their communities and in communication of a personal vision. Cross-listed as ART333, students enrolled in ART333 will undertake assignments at the advanced level. ART 233, no prerequisites. ART333, prerequisite: ART212 or by permission of instructor. This class will fulfill core requirements in ART.–
Schaidt
4 Credits
Dec 20 – Jan 12
M,T,W,R 8:00am – 12:10pm
Online Course
ART233
Introduction to Design
An introductory course where students will study the elements and principles of communication design. This hands-on studio course examines how visual elements and principles construct visual messages. Communication theories are analyzed and used to explore the elements and principles of design. Learning outcomes for the course include applying the five stages of design thinking (empathy, define, ideate, prototype and test).
Rubeling
4 Credits
Dec 20 – Jan 12
M,T,W,R 1:00pm – 5:10pm
Online Course
BIOLOGY
BIOL380
Topics in Biology: CRISPR GENE EDITING
In this course students will learn cutting edge gene editing technology using CRISPR/CAS system that has extensive application in biomedical research as well as in agriculture. Students will learn key concepts on history of gene editing, how an adaptive immune system in bacteria and archaea are utilized in creating gene knock-outs and knock-ins, mechanism of CRISPR gene editing, applications of CRISPR with special emphasis on precision medicine. Completion of this course will greatly help students to prepare for their future molecular biomedical research using this state-of-the-art technology
Chaudhury
4 Credits
Dec 20 – Jan 12
M,T,W,R 1:00p – 5:10pm
Online Course
CHEMISTRY
CHEM480
Chemical History of the Manhattan Project
This course examines the scientific developments leading up to and during the Manhattan Project and early years of the Cold War. We will talk about the discovery of fission, the nuclear fuel cycle, reprocessing chemistry, the legacy waste, and missions of the current US Department of Energy national laboratories. Throughout the course, the scientific developments will be put into the historical, political, and social context that made the Project possible. Grading will be largely based on daily journal reflections and a final group oral project presentation about nuclear energy-related issues. This course has a pre-requisite of CHEM106
Bowers
4 Credits
Dec 20 – January 12
M,T,W,R,F 1:00pm – 4:20pm
Online Course
ECONOMICS
ECON209
Business Law
Business Law provides an introduction to the American legal system with a focus on business. Students are expected to learn the primary sources of law, use the case study method to examine the procedures governing lawsuits, and learn the general principles of substantive law related to business. Students will be expected to apply law to facts in answers to essay questions, as well as deliver a presentation on a business plan to hypothetical investors.
Fortuna
4 Credits
December 20 – January 12
M,T,W,R, 6:00pm – 10:10pm
Online Course
EDUCATIONAL STUDIES
EDUC240
Special Topics in Educational Studies: Arts Integration
An examination of a specific area of Educational Studies. The course will explore research and application relevant to the selected area. Course content varies from semester to semester. May be repeated for credit if topics are different. This semester’s course emphasizes an understanding of integrating the arts in teaching and learning with children. The course will explore strategies, materials, and experiences in visual arts, music, drama, dance, and play for children from preK-12.
Thompson
4 Credits
Dec 20 – Jan 12
M,T,W,R 1:00pm – 5:10pm
Online Course
HISTORY
AADS214
African and African Diaspora Studies
This course is designed to give students a broad overview of the experiences of Africans and Africans in The Diaspora over the last 500 years and to introduce them to the broad array of concepts and techniques of analysis which have been used and are still being used to describe these experiences. The course is particularly sensitive to how Africans and Africans in the Diaspora have reflected on the processes which have created and sustained the Diaspora and challenges students to think about the ways in which the linkages between Africans and Africans in the Diaspora communities are constantly being tested and re-forged in an international community that marginalizes Africa and in local /national contexts hostile to the claims made by African Diaspora communities. The course will be team-taught by the faculty within the AADS program
Dennie
4 Credits
Dec 20 – Jan 12
M,T,W,R 8:00am – 12:10pm
Online Course
INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGES & CULTURES
ILCS101
Beginner Spanish I
An introduction to the basic structure of spoken and written Spanish for the student beginning the study of Spanish. Introduction to Spanish culture and its relation to the language.
Batiston
4 Credits
Dec 20 – Jan 12
M, T, W, R, F 8:00am – 11:20am
Online Course
LNGL101
Elementary Latin I
An introduction to the basic structures of the Latin language, with an emphasis on the acquisition of reading and translation skills. This course is for students who are beginning the study of Latin. This course satisfies the Core Curriculum requirement in International Language for returning students.
Hall
4 Credits
Dec 20 – Jan 12
M,T,W,R 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Online Course
PHILOSOPHY
PHIL101
Intro to Philosophy
This course provides students with the opportunity to think critically and systematically about fundamental problems of life and the nature of the universe, with materials drawn from a wide variety of intellectual traditions, ancient and modern, Western and non-Western. This course satisfies the Core Curriculum requirement in Humanistic Foundations.
Schroeder
4 Credits
Dec 20 – Jan 12
M,T,W, R, 1:00pm – 5:10pm
Online Course
POLITICAL SCIENCE
POSC201
American Politics
The study of politics in the United States, addressing such topics as interbranch rivalries, public participation in the political process, and intergovernmental relations. The course will emphasize modes of explanation and analysis of contemporary political phenomena. It is recommended that this course be taken before other work in the American politics subfield. Not open to students who have received credit for POSC 101. Prerequisite: POSC 100 or permission of the instructor.
Grogan
4 Credits
Dec 20 – Jan 12
M,T,W,R 8:00am – 12:10pm
Online Course
POSC376
Mexican Politics:
Mexican Politics: This course is a survey of contemporary Mexican politics. Emphasis is on recent economic and social changes and their impact on Mexico’s political system. Topics include one-party rule, economic and political reforms, the emergence of opposition politics, and democratization. One objective of this course is to explore and understand the political and economic changes that are currently taking place in Mexico and thus allow us a greater understanding of future changes that are certain to occur. The broader objective of this course is to use the study of political and economic changes that have taken place in Mexico as a way to understand similar processes occurring around the world.
Ugues
4 Credits
Dec 20 – January 12
T,W,R,F 8:00am – 12:10pm
Online Course
THEATER, FILM AND MEDIA STUDIES
TFMS480
Advanced Topics in Product: Stage Properties
This course will cover a brief history of Props and Properties for Theatre, how to research and source props for shows, and how to design and build specialized props. We will cover a brief history on how and when props started being used, how they changed. We will cover how to research props both online and how to find them in stores, including Big Box stores, and thrift stores. For the build portion we will work on props that can be made from everyday household items, as well as sourcing specialized supplies.
Smith
4 Credits
Dec 20 – Jan 12
M,T,W,R 8:00am – 12:10pm
Online Course