Summer 2009 Semester One
Classes meet from May 11 to June 19 unless otherwise noted.
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Core Curriculum
The university core curriculum requirement of two semesters of
"Change and Tradition" has been replaced by a requirement of two
semesters of "Global and Historical Studies" (GHS). All of the
following "GHS" courses apply towards the Global and Historical
Studies requirement. Students who have previously taken one
semester of Change and Tradition (ID 201 or ID 202) need to take
only one more Global and Historical Studies course. Those who have
taken ID 202 (Revolutionary Europe and Nigeria) cannot satisfy the
second semester of GHS with GHS 203 (Modernizing and Contemporary
Europe).
Global and Historical Studies 3, UG
Modernizing and Contemporary Europe
Catalog Number: GHS 203 01
Meeting: MTWR 9-12; 5/11-5/29
Instructor: Popa, Tiberiu M
Class Number: 1559
This course will study the early modern establishment of nation
states, the Enlightenment advocacy of human rights and
constitutional government and the revolutionary movements to
realize those ideas, the World Wars and the Cold War, and the
establishment and expansion of the European Union.
Frontiers in Latin America
Catalog Number: GHS 204 01
Meeting: MTWR 1-4; 5/11-5/29
Instructor: Sluis, Ageeth
Class Number: 1560
This interdisciplinary course explores the historical development
of the notion of "frontiers" in Latin America through three units
of study: 1) The Frontier as Contact Zone: The Amazon, 2) The
Promise of Modernization in the Southern Cone, and 3) Crossing
Frontiers: Mexico and the United States. The themes of social and
cultural identity, citizen participation, sustainable development
and migration will be interwoven throughout the course.
Resistance & Rights: Global Women
Catalog Number: GHS 207 01
Meeting: MTWR 4-7 5/11-5/29
Instructor: Geertsema, Margaretha
Class Number: 1561
In this course, we will examine the means by which women around the
globe work individually and collectively to gain basic human
rights. Issues of culture, religion, tradition, beauty, tourism,
health, war, immigration, and the media will be explored as we
consider the possibilities for activism and resistance to
oppression.
Change and Tradition in China and the Islamic Middle
East
Catalog Number: GHS 208 01
Meeting: MTWR 1-4 5/11-5/29
Instructor: Walsh, William P
Class Number: 1562
This course examines the roots of the oldest continuing
civilization today, China, and the origin and emergence of Islam as
a major world culture and religion. It addresses the challenges of
modernity for these two traditional cultures, particularly as they
have responded to a world increasingly influenced by the West.
Revolutionary Europe and Colonial Nigeria
Catalog Number: GHS 209 01
Meeting: MTWR 9-12 5/11-5/29
Instructor: Riggs, Larry W
Class Number:1563
This course explores the cultural traditions of Europe and Nigeria
and their confrontations with modernity in the 19th and
20th centuries. The old order ends in violence, and a
new order emerges, shaped by the forces of democracy, science,
capitalism, and imperialism.
Perspectives in the Creative Arts 3, UG
Life Forced Art: Creation Analyzed
Catalog Number: CC 212P 01
Meeting: M-F 9-12:40; 5/11-5/22
Instructor: Roberson, Steven H
Class Number: 1552
Life-Forced Art--Creation Analyzed, fulfills the current Fine Arts,
Division 2 core requirement as a replacement for MH 110 "Music: A
Living Language."
The Social World 3, UG
America at the Crossroads of Gender, Race, Class &
Sexuality
Catalog Number: CC 213P 01
Meeting: MTWR 9-12:15; 5/11-5/29
Instructor: Savage, Ann M
Class Number: 1553
This course will explore the social construction of difference and
inequality with particular focus on race, gender, sexuality and
class (primarily) in the U.S. From a critical-cultural perspective,
this course will examine systems of inequality, domination and
oppression. This course will equip students with the ability to
interrogate dominant ideology and develop an understanding of how
systems of inequality impact everyone's daily lives. Students will
also explore avenues for positive social change and justice.
Cross listed with GS 303-01
The Natural World 5, UG
Genetics & Evolution
Catalog Number: CC 214P 01
Meeting: M-F 9-12:30; 5/11-6/5
Instructor: Dolan, Thomas E
Class Number: 1583
Analytic Reasoning 3, UG
Win, Lose or Draw
Catalog Number: CC 215P 01
Meeting: MW 11-2
Instructor: Chen, Zhihong
Class Number: 1524
Why do we play games? Whatever the reason, games are a big piece of
life. The world has played games for a long, long time- every time
period, every culture. We will study games and gambling in our
culture as well as those in other cultures. To better understand
games, the students will study probability theory and its
application to gaming. Applications include casino games,
lotteries, racing, wagering systems, as well as other games. Some
analytical tools that will arise during the course are counting
methods, expected value, trees, gambler's ruin, and
distributions.