TENTATIVE COURSE OFFERINGS FOR CENTRETERM 2008-2009


Course descriptions are in the on-line catalog or printed below, if available.
Courses for sophomores, juniors, and seniors.


ANT 305 (Goodrum) Research Methods

ANT 360 (Nyerges) GIS and the Environment

ANT 392 (Passariello) Peoples of South America (off campus)
A cultural survey of the native peoples of South America, focusing on the ethnology and ethnohistory of specific cultural groups as well as the impact of the so-called conquest. General cultural patterns as well as specific cultural differences are explored. Theoretical, cross-cultural, and interdisciplinary issues are raised, using a variety of primary and other sources. Prerequisite: ANT 110 or SOC 110 or permission of the instructor. Open to students who have paid the deposit for this off-campus program.

ARS220/320/321/420 (Tapley) Drawing & Painting-II, III ,IV, V

ARS 252/452 (Powell) Venetian Glass Techniques

BIO 245 (C. Barton) Freshwater Biology

BIO 455 (Richey) The Biology of Viruses

BMB 316 (Dew) Biochemistry Lab Techniques

CHE 250 (Miles/Shiba) Intro Inorganic & Analytical Chem

CHE 252 (Staff) Special Topic in Chemistry TBA

CLA 333 (Joyce) Fantasy Worlds in Epic and Film

CRW 280 (Staff) Creative Writing: Poetry

CSC 261 ( Shannon ) Intro to Computational Science

DRA 338 (Haigh) Introduction to Drama and Theatre (off campus)
Open to students who have paid the deposit for this off-campus program.

ECO 350 ( Anderson ) Dispute Resolution
A study of past, present, and future methods of resolving disputes over facts, rights, and decisions. The economist's tools of theoretical and empirical analysis are applied to prospective dispute resolution techniques to determine their viability. The procedures discussed facilitate negotiations over everything from wages and prices to where to go for dinner. Prerequisite: ECO 110.

ECO 458 (Petkus) Special Topic in Economics TBA

EDU 227 (Atkins) Practicum & Introduction to Education

ENG 235 (Joyce) Fantasy Worlds in Epic and Film

ENG 372 (Manheim) Literature of the Great Depression

ENG 377 (Emmitt) American Women Poets

FRE 257/457 (Keffer) Fifteen French Paintings
A course in French, requiring no artistic skill, devoted to examining fifteen French paintings hanging in the collection of the Art Institute in Chicago; class includes discussion of the background, style and contents of the paintings in the mornings; in the afternoon meetings to stretch canvas, do some rough copying of the paintings in acrylics for the purpose of mounting a small exhibit on campus; at course end, visit to the Art Institute in Chicago to examine the originals; painters include Poussin, Delacroix, Ingres, Manet, Morisot, Monet, Degas, Cezanne, Kandinsky, Matisse, Chagall and Dubuffet from a period stretching (like canvas) from the 17th century to the 20th century; students in 457 do more advanced work and a longer term paper than students in 257. Prerequisite: FRE 210 for 257; FRE 260 or 261 for 457.

GOV 403 (Staff) Topic in Political Theory

GOV 452 (Staff) Topic in Comparative Politics

 GOV 441 (Hartmann-Mahmud) African Politics/Civil Society: Case of Cameroon (off campus)
This course highlights the dynamic nature of civil society in a country attempting to make the transition from an authoritarian to a democratic system: Cameroon in Central Africa. Students visit with government officials, opposition leaders, traditional chiefs, and other NGOs to provide windows into a diverse and beautiful country seeking to redefine itself politically. Open to students who have paid the deposit for this off-campus program.

 

 

 

HIS 315 (Perkins) A Traveler's History of Britain

HIS 334 (Wyatt) Vietnam (off campus)
Open to students who have paid the deposit for this off-campus program.

HIS 353 (Bradshaw) African Lives

HUM 261 (Roush) Rainmaking: Study of and Preparation for Leadership
Not open to students with credit for FRS 118).

HUM 282 (Staff) German Literature in Translation

HUM 283 (Visiting Humana Scholar) Film, Culture & Change
Study and practice of documentary film-making as a tool for storytelling and affecting change.

INT 400 Internship

MAT 256 (Collins) Mathematics, Aesthetics, and The Arts

MUS 209 (Staff) Music of the Movies

PHI 335 (D. Hall) Readings in Philosophy of Religion
An indepth engagement with primary texts in the philosophy of religion. The course covers topics such as the nature and existence of God, the rationality of religious belief, and the question of multiple religious faiths. Prerequisite: One introductory philosophy or religion course.

PHY 220 (Neiser) General Physics-II

PHY 260 (Kelly) Nonlinear Dynamics in Physical Systems
A study of nonlinear phenomena arising in a variety of physical contexts. The course develops and applies the necessary mathematical and computational techniques needed to analyze and visualize the nonlinear phenomena. Prerequisite: PHY 210 and MAT 230.

PSY 230 (Staff) Applied Psychology

PYB 450 (Burns-Cusato) Research in Primate Behavior (off campus)
Open to students who have paid the deposit for this off-campus program.

REL 373 (D. Hall) Readings in Philosophy of Religion
(See PHI 335.)

REL 457 (Axtell) Civil Society and Sustainable Development (off campus) Open to students who have paid the deposit for this off-campus program.

SOC 255/455 (Weston) Australian National Identity (Off campus) Like the U.S., Australia is a settler society with a British cultural foundation, varied aboriginal cultures, and immigrants from around the world. By talking with various groups and individuals, students study how Australian national identity has been constructed. Based in Melbourne, with final days in Sydney . Open to students who have paid the deposit for this off-campus program.

SPA 270 (Daniels) Spanish American Culture (off campus) Open to students who have paid the deposit for this off-campus program.

SPA 457 (Daniels) Nicaragua After the Revolution (off campus) Open to students who have paid the deposit for this off-campus program.

SPA 460 (Finch) Spanish Civil War in Film/Fiction/Fine Art
This course includes a wide range of film depictions of the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), starting with documentaries and progressing to contemporary renditions of this tragic period in Spain's history.  Students read works written during Franco's time in power and from the post-Franco era.  The views of Picasso, Dali, and Miro of this event are vital to the course.  Prerequisite: SPA 260, SPA 240, or 250.