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2009 Course Catalog
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Basic Physics (3) (PHYS 0030)
Program: Summer Session Credit
This two course sequence, PHYS 0030 and 0040, is a survey of mechanics, electricity, magnetism, optics, and modern physics for concentrators in sciences other than physics-including... (more »)
Introductory Calculus, Part I (MATH 0090)
Program: Summer Session Credit
An intensive course in calculus of one variable including limits, differentiation, maxima and minima, the chain rule, rational functions, trigonometric functions, and exponential... (more »)
Essentials of the Latin Language (LATN 0100 S01)
Program: Summer Session Credit
An intensive approach to Latin with special emphasis on developing facility in the rapid reading of Latin literature. No previous knowledge of Latin is required
The roots... (more »)
Introductory Calculus, Part II (MATH 0100)
Program: Summer Session Credit
A continuation of the material of MATH 0090 including further development of integration, inverse trigonometric and logarithmic functions, techniques of integrations, and applications.... (more »)
Introduction to Creative Nonfiction (ENGL 0180)
Program: Summer Session Credit
Designed to familiarize students with the techniques and narrative structures of creative nonfiction. Reading and writing focus on personal essays, memoir, science writing, travel... (more »)
Introduction to Human Physiology (BIOL 0060)
Program: Summer Session Credit
An introduction to human physiology aimed primarily at undergraduates who are not concentrating in biology. Topics include basic cardiovascular, respiratory, kidney, gastrointestinal,... (more »)
Basic Physics (4) (PHYS 0040)
Program: Summer Session Credit
This two course sequence, PHYS 0030 and 0040, is a survey of mechanics, electricity, magnetism, optics, and modern physics for concentrators in sciences other than physics-including... (more »)
The Brain: An Introduction to Neuroscience (NEUR 0010)
Program: Summer Session Credit
Introduction to the mammalian nervous system with emphasis on the structure and function of the human brain. Topics include the function of nerve cells, sensory systems, control... (more »)
Principles of Economics (ECON 0110)
Program: Summer Session Credit
Extensive coverage of economic issues, institutions, and vocabulary, plus an introduction to economic analysis and its application to current social problems. Required for all... (more »)
Studio Foundation (VISA 0100 S02)
Program: Summer Session Credit
An introduction to basic visual art concepts, exploring a range of materials with emphasis on experimentation and analysis of visual relationships. Drawing is a vital part of this... (more »)
Equilibrium, Rate, and Structure (CHEM 0330)
Program: Summer Session Credit
Explores the electronic structure of atoms and molecules, thermodynamics, solution equilibrium, electrochemistry, chemical kinetics, and reaction mechanisms. Seven hours of lecture... (more »)
A Checkered Past: The United States and the Third World (HIST 0720)
Program: Summer Session Credit
An indelible post-9/11 image was that of international headlines proclaiming "We are All Americans Now". However, not everyone shared that sentiment, prompting many Americans to... (more »)
Examining Social Policy Issues through Contemporary Fiction (PPAI 0700I)
Program: Summer Session Credit
This course examines how contemporary novelists are addressing poverty, homelessness, mental illness, race relations, domestic abuse, and other important social issues. Students... (more »)
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (ANTH 0100)
Program: Summer Session Credit
This course examines what it means to be human in different cultures. We will study a range of theories and methods used to study culture, including ethnography, the intensive... (more »)
City /Spaces: An Introduction to Psychogeography (LITR 0310B)
Program: Summer Session Credit
Psychogeography is an artistic discipline concerned with the subconscious ways in which we respond to and interact with the physical environment of the city. This course will focus... (more »)
Essentials of the Greek Language (GREK 0100)
Program: Summer Session Credit
An intensive approach to ancient Greek with special emphasis on developing facility in rapid reading of Greek literature. Selections from Attic Greek authors. No previous knowledge... (more »)
Critical Reading and Writing I: The Academic Essay (ENGL 0110 S01)
Program: Summer Session Credit
An introduction to university-level writing. Students produce and revise multiple drafts of essays, practice essential skills of paragraph organization, and develop techniques... (more »)
Critical Reasoning (PHIL 0100)
Program: Summer Session Credit
A study of the techniques and principles of correct reasoning and effective communication. Topics may include deduction and induction, meaning and definition, fallacies in reasoning,... (more »)
Persuasive Communication (TSDA 0220 )
Program: Summer Session Credit
Provides an introduction to public speaking, and helps students develop confidence in public speaking through the presentation of persuasive speeches.
Whether you're... (more »)
Introduction to American Studies (AMCV 0190C)
Program: Summer Session Credit
This course examines the historical context for contemporary political issues including immigration, global warming, and "the war on terror" to better understand how the American... (more »)
Studio Foundation (VISA 0100 S01)
Program: Summer Session Credit
An introduction to basic visual art concepts, exploring a range of materials with emphasis on experimentation and analysis of visual relationships. Drawing is a vital part of this... (more »)
Popular Music and the City (AMCV 0190D)
Program: Summer Session Credit
This course will examine the relationship between popular music and its sociocultural context by concentrating on three urban music forms: blues, soul, and hip hop. Readings will... (more »)
Fiction I (LITR 0110A)
Program: Summer Session Credit
A workshop for students who have little or no previous experience in writing fiction.
In this introductory course, students will explore the main elements of fiction... (more »)
Introduction to Music Theory (MUSC 0400)
Program: Summer Session Credit
An introduction to musical terms, elements, and techniques, including notation, intervals, scales and modes, triads and seventh chords, modulation, melody writing and harmonization,... (more »)
Financial Accounting (ECON 0710)
Program: Summer Session Credit
This introductory course in basic accounting theory and practice includes accounting procedures for various forms of business organizations and provides a basic review of individual... (more »)
The Mythology of Literature (COLT 0810Z)
Program: Summer Session Credit
Great authors throughout the ages have been fascinated by ancient mythology and have incorporated elements of it into their texts. Similarly, the ways in which these myths are... (more »)
Social Change, Democracy, and Dictatorship (SOC 0111)
Program: Summer Session Credit
Why are some countries more democratic than others? What effects have industrialization and colonization had on developing world democracies? This class probes those questions... (more »)
Sexuality in American History, 1880-1980 (AMCV 0190E)
Program: Summer Session Credit
This course focuses on popular struggles over sexuality in the United States from 1880-1980. We will study how sexual values have been constructed and have changed over time. Topics... (more »)
Literature and the American Presidency (COLT 0610G)
Program: Summer Session Credit
Literary perspectives on the American presidency are as various as the presidents themselves. This version of Literature and the American Presidency will explore seven presidents... (more »)
Shakespeare Rewrites Shakespeare (ENGL 0200V)
Program: Summer Session Credit
How did Shakespeare’s drama develop thematically, rhetorically, and historically over the span of his literary career? In this course, we will look at Shakespearean drama... (more »)
International Political Economy of Development (POLS 0330)
Program: Summer Session Credit
What does international politics have to do with the economy? How do economic crises in one part of the world affect domestic politics in another part? What is development, and... (more »)
Harmonic Convergence: Music’s Intersection with Science, Mathematics, History and Literature (MUSC 0510)
Program: Summer Session Credit
An investigation into music’s relationship to science, mathematics, history and literature. Students will examine connections between music and the brain; parallels between... (more »)
Mathematical Forms in Architecture (MATH 0580)
Program: Summer Session Credit
The last decade has seen the emergence of a new architecture. Advances in building technology have resulted in structures with complex geometric forms that would not have been... (more »)