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2014-2015 General/Graduate Catalog - Expires August 2020

2014-2015 General/Graduate Catalog - Expires August 2020 [Archived Catalog]

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	IDSM 475 - Interdisciplinary Studies Capstone This course brings together students pursuing a wide range of self-designed majors. Students review their experiences in terms of their initial stated expectations, and pursue individual capstone projects in cross-disciplinary, critical collaboration with other students and the instructor of record, with input where appropriate from the student’s program mentor. Prerequisites: IDSM 175 - Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies and interdisciplinary studies major. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
	IDSM 520 - Introduction to Sustainability: From Science to Society This course begins by investigating the scientific knowledge informing our sense of ecological challenges to sustainability, including climate change, loss of biological diversity and ecosystem services, and invasive species. Primary literature provides most of the resources for this portion of the course. The course then proceeds to address responses to these challenges, from local grassroots efforts to international treaties. Here, various sources are relevant, addressing diverse endeavors ranging from the building of a seed savers network; to considering regional and national carbon trading schemes (and legislation/regulation); to international efforts to minimize species introductions, ozone-depleting atmospheric pollutants, and greenhouse gas emissions. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course is taught by the Institute for Academic Outreach.
	IDSM 520G - Introduction to Sustainability: From Science to Society This course begins by investigating the scientific knowledge informing our sense of ecological challenges to sustainability, including climate change, loss of biological diversity and ecosystem services, and invasive species. Primary literature provides most of the resources for this portion of the course. The course then proceeds to address responses to these challenges, from local grassroots efforts to international treaties. Here, various sources are relevant, addressing diverse endeavors ranging from the building of a seed savers network; to considering regional and national carbon trading schemes (and legislation/regulation); to international efforts to minimize species introductions, ozone-depleting atmospheric pollutants, and greenhouse gas emissions. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course is taught by the Institute for Academic Outreach.
	IDSM 521 - Applied Sustainability: Optimizing Value From Concept to the Boardroom to the Bottom-Line This course will examine the practical application of implementing sustainability in business, land use, products and daily life. We will study best practices, lessons learned, barriers, opportunities risks management and rewards of implementing sustainability in this increasingly complex field and dynamic and changing legal and regulatory environment. Included will be the exploration of topics such as socially responsible investing (SRI), environmental and social governance (ESG), the triple bottom-line, cradle to cradle, sustainable real estate development and sustainable community development, and sustainable facilities management. Examples of innovative business models and sustainable enterprise software tools will be touched upon as ways to enhance longer-term value, capitalize on opportunities, manage risks, and bridge the split incentive dilemma that sustainability often times presents in the short-term. Credits: 3 NOTE: * The Online Course Fee applies to this course.
	IDSM 521G - Applied Sustainability: Optimizing Value From Concept to the Boardroom to the Bottom-Line This course will examine the practical application of implementing sustainability in business, land use, products and daily life. We will study best practices, lessons learned, barriers, opportunities risks management and rewards of implementing sustainability in this increasingly complex field and dynamic and changing legal and regulatory environment. Included will be the exploration of topics such as socially responsible investing (SRI), environmental and social governance (ESG), the triple bottom-line, cradle to cradle, sustainable real estate development and sustainable community development, and sustainable facilities management. Examples of innovative business models and sustainable enterprise software tools will be touched upon as ways to enhance longer-term value, capitalize on opportunities, manage risks, and bridge the split incentive dilemma that sustainability often times presents in the short-term. Credits: 3 NOTE: * The Online Course Fee applies to this course.
	INDV 100 - The Truman Experience Students in The Truman Experience prepare themselves to be successful at Truman State University by researching University resources and policies, and by thinking about and critically discussing common issues faced by new students. Topics covered may include academic integrity, library resources, time management, choice of major and degree planning. The course is graded pass/fail. Credits: 1 When Offered: (spring only) NOTE: This course fulfills the Truman Program Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program.
	INDV 101 - Truman Week INDV 101 is the academic component of Truman Week. It provides students the opportunity to interact closely with a professor and a small group of classmates while becoming familiar with the university. The learning community established during Truman Week continues through the fall semester as a regular full-length fall semester class. The class is designed to help students acquire and develop the skills necessary for long-term success and personal well-being. Topics vary by instructor but all students receive a self-guided tour of the library, a library database exercise, an introduction to the Career Center and campus resources, and an advising technology workshop. The course is graded pass/fail. Credits: 1 When Offered: (fall only) NOTE: This course fulfills the Truman Program Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program.
	INDV 110 - Skills for Academic Success Taught by academic advisors in a discussion-oriented atmosphere, the course assists students in developing skills for academic success. The course covers reading and understanding textbooks; listening, concentration, and note-taking strategies; understanding arguments and critical thinking; effectively managing time and avoiding procrastination; preparing for and taking tests; and understanding and confronting obstacles to learning. Credits: 2
	INDV 115 - Strategies for Success Through a series of workshops, Strategies for Success introduces students to strategies, tools and skills they can use to be more successful students. Among other topics, workshops cover time management; reading and listening for the main idea; note taking strategies; test taking and anxiety; preparing study guides; and tips for active class participation. Students who have previously earned credit for INDV 110 - Skills for Academic Success may not earn credit for INDV 115. Credits: 1
	INDV 120 - Leadership Scholar Program I This course, along with INDV 220 - Leadership Scholar Program II , is the foundational experience for Truman Leadership Scholars. Together, INDV 120 and INDV 220 - Leadership Scholar Program II provide an overview of key constructs of leadership, examines the qualities and skills of effective leaders, and assists students in their own development as leaders. Credits: 1
	INDV 140 - Truman Seminar in the Liberal Arts and Sciences “Truman State University is the premier public liberal arts and sciences university of Missouri!” You have heard this before, but what does that mean? To begin your career at Truman, this class sets out to explore and explain how the liberal arts and sciences have historically been defined, what their purposes have been, and how they have applied in a university setting. Throughout the semester, this discussion-based course aims to help you to answer the following questions: “What in the world are the liberal arts and sciences?’ “What do the liberal arts and sciences have to do with me?” I’ll never use this again, why do I have to take this course?” and “I want to be a(n) _______when I grow up, why can’t I just take more courses in my major?” The class is graded pass/fail. Credits: 1 NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences graduation requirement.
	INDV 150 - Dinner and a Book or Book and Discussion In this course, students and faculty come together to discuss a book. The book varies from section to section. The book selected for each section is indicated in the schedule of classes. When offered with a meal, the course is titled Dinner and a Book. When offered without food, the course is titled Book and Discussion. The course is graded pass/fail and may be repeated for up to four credits. Credits: 1 NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
	INDV 151 - Film, Food, and Discussion In this seminar, students and faculty come together over a meal to discuss the relationships and connections among 8 films. The films vary from section to section. The films for each section are indicated on the course announcement. This course is graded pass/fail and may be repeated for up to four credits. Credits: 1 NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
	INDV 152 - Perspectives in Diversity This course is designed to expand the knowledge and intellectual interests of all Truman students through discussions with their peers from various disciplines, in a casual and non-threatening atmosphere. The course helps engender community-building as students collectively explore sensitive diversity issues relating to either race, class and socioeconomic status or ethics in scholarly research and its human consequences. Students who complete this course have contributed to their growth as life-long learners and expanded their understanding of diversity or ethical research. Credits: 1
	INDV 320 - Professional Development Seminar This two-credit hour upper level course addresses issues of professional development for students interested in graduate studies. Structured as a series of seminars, the course helps students develop a comprehensive understanding of professional issues. Credits: 2 When Offered: Spring
	INDV 350 - Dinner and a Book: Co-Leader Selected upper class students may participate in INDV 150 - Dinner and a Book or Book and Discussion at an advanced level. Students chosen assist a faculty member who is teaching a section of Dinner and a Book. Students help faculty in choosing appropriate books, preparing class materials, and facilitating discussion. The course is gaded pass/fail. Prerequisites: INDV 150 - Dinner and a Book or Book and Discussion and consent of instructor. Credits: 1 NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
	INDV 351 - Film, Food, and Discussion: Co-Leader Selected upper class students may participate in INDV 151 - Film, Food, and Discussion at an advanced level. Students chosen assist a faculty member who is teaching a section of Film, Food, and Discussion. Students help faculty in selecting films, preparing class materials, and facilitating discussion. The course is graded pass/fail. Prerequisites: INDV 151 - Film, Food, and Discussion and consent of instructor. Credits: 1 NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
	INDV 360 - McNair Research Internship I The McNair Summer Research Internship I is designed to introduce students to the experiential knowledge of research methods across an array of academic disciplines and through methodology appropriate to their fields of specialization. Students who complete this 3-week internship improve their ability to review readings within the scholarly literature and develop a reasonable working knowledge and understanding of a specific topic of their choice within it. They are encouraged to seek out and recognize problems in current or past research, and then think creatively to generate and explore new questions arising from those problems. Students, in consultation with their McNair faculty mentor, propose a thesis or research question and construct a viable research design for its analysis. They are also able to effectively communicate their ideas and rationale for their research using PowerPoint presentation software, and present their research in a public form. Students gain practical experience in the step-by-step process of constructing a research proposal. To ensure successful completion of the internship, students attend weekly seminars on research methodology and professional writing, two mandatory one-on-one consultations with seminar instructors, and two library research workshops. The finished proposal subsequently affords students greater confidence to pursue and complete McNair Research Internship II. Prerequisite: McNair Scholar in good standing Credits: 2
	INDV 400 - Graduate School Preparation This course touches on virtually every aspect of graduate level research. The course deals with professional ethics, various methods of scholarly investigation, and presentation techniques. It also covers, in detail, the basic components of a research proposal including (but not limited to) statement of research question, review of the literature, research methodology, significance or implications of research, bibliography. In addition, the course explores the components of a successful application to graduate school. Students create a personal statement and curriculum vitae for application to graduate schools. The following topics are addressed: factors to consider when selecting prospective institutions, how to get letters of recommendation, applying for fellowships and assistantships, and linking up with graduate school faculty. Prerequisite: Junior or senior status. Credits: 3 When Offered: (offered spring only)
	INDV 460 - McNair Research Internship II The McNair Research Internship II is designed to advance students’ understanding and experiential knowledge and practice of research from the base knowledge acquired in McNair Research Internship I. In this 10-week internship, students update their reviews of the scholarly literature in their proposal, revise their research questions and design, collect and analyze data under the guidance of a faculty research supervisor in their discipline. Students gain practical experience in the step-by-step process of implementing a primary research proposal. After conducting their research, they develop a 15-20 page manuscript detailing their methodology, results and conclusions. Students also effectively communicate their research findings in a public forum using a PowerPoint presentation. To ensure successful completion of the Internship, students attend weekly seminars on research methodology, statistics & computing, and professional writing, taught by various Truman professors, participate in three mandatory time-on-task meetings with McNair staff based on monthly progress reports from faculty research supervisors. The completed research project subsequently affords students greater confidence for pursuing future research activities at the graduate level. As part of the Internship, students attend seminars to help prepare them for the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) through content and strategy review of the Verbal, Quantitative, and Analytic Writing sections of the test. As part of the Writing Seminar, students develop a personal statement for use in applying for graduate school during their senior year. Prerequisites: INDV 360 - McNair Research Internship I and INDV 400 - Graduate School Preparation with a grade of C or higher, and McNair Scholar in good standing. Credits: 4
	ITAL 101 - Elementary Italian I Basic grammatical structures, vocabulary, idioms, and accurate pronunciation are presented and practiced in communicative contexts. Emphasis on speaking, aural comprehension, and writing. Three classroom hours per week plus one peer learning session and one laboratory hour per week are required. Credits: 3 NOTE: * Successful completion of ITAL 101 and the continuing course ITAL 102 fulfills the Foreign Language Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * The Foreign Language Instruction Course Fee applies to this course.
	ITAL 102 - Elementary Italian II Continuation of Italian 101. Three classroom hours per week plus one peer learning session and one laboratory hour per week are required. Prerequisite: ITAL 101 - Elementary Italian I . Credits: 3 NOTE: * Successful completion of ITAL 102 fulfills the Foreign Language Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * The Foreign Language Instruction Course Fee applies to this course.
	ITAL 201 - Intermediate Italian I A review and further study of Italian grammar, along with readings based on cultural topics which include: geography, history of the language, wine and cuisine, the Commedea dell’Arte, Italian culture in the U.S. and Italian film. Three classroom hours per week plus one peer learning session and one laboratory hour per week are required. Prerequisite: ITAL 102 - Elementary Italian II . Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. ** The Foreign Language Instruction Course Fee applies to this course.
	ITAL 202 - Intermediate Italian II Reading, composition, and conversation at an advanced-intermediate level. Students use their skills and knowledge of the language to analyze and discuss newspaper and magazine articles, short stories, excerpts from novels, and an Italian film. Three classroom hours per week are required. Prerequisite: ITAL 201 - Intermediate Italian I . Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. ** The Foreign Language Instruction Course Fee applies to this course.
	ITAL 225 - Italian Film A broad overview of Italian cinema. Focus on the neorealist movement and its enormous influence, with investigation and discussion of some of Italy’s acclaimed and influential directors. Taught in English. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Visual and Performing Arts Mode of Inquiry of the Liberal Studies Program. ** This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
	ITAL 324 - Italian Civilization I A survey course designed to bring students to a better understanding of Italy and Italian culture and civilization. The approach is to view each topic in its cultural and historical context, moving chronologically from ancient times and finishing with the Renaissance. Topics such as: Pre-Roman civilization; cooking traditions and wine; Dante and the Middle Ages; Renaissance Humanism in art and philosophy; Machiavelli; and theater are studied. Taught in English. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Intercultural Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. ** This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
	ITAL 325 - Italian Civilization II Survey course of Italian culture and civilization from 19th - 21st Centuries, with emphasis on historic and geographic factors that contributed to diversity of Italian culture and importance/continued influence of Italian civilization. Taught in English. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Intercultural Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. ** This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
	ITAL 326 - Topics in Italian Culture This course addresses various aspects of Italian culture through the centuries. Areas of concentration can include visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and film. One of the principal themes is regional diversity and the historic intersections between popular and hegemonic cultures. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Aesthetic: Visual and Performing Arts Mode of Inquiry and the Intercultural Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. ** This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
	JAPN 101 - Elementary Japanese I Emphasis is placed on the development of the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Japanese behavioral culture, along with the four basic language skills, are developed in order to use the language properly. Four classroom hours per week and extended tape work are required. Credits: 4 NOTE: * Successful completion of JAPN 101 and the continuing course JAPN 102 fulfills the Foreign Language Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * The Foreign Language Instruction Course Fee applies to this course.
	JAPN 102 - Elementary Japanese II Emphasis is placed further on the development of the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Japanese behavioral culture along with the four basic language skills are developed in order to use the language properly as in Elementary Japanese I. Three classroom hours, extensive computer-based work, and peer tutoring are required. Prerequisite: JAPN 101 - Elementary Japanese I . Credits: 3 NOTE: * Successful completion of JAPN 102 fulfills the Foreign Language Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * The Foreign Language Instruction Course Fee applies to this course.
	JAPN 201 - Intermediate Japanese I Instruction in intermediate-level spoken Japanese and training in Japanese written forms. Introduction to translation of Japanese modern texts. Prerequisite: JAPN 102 - Elementary Japanese II . Credits: 3 NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. NOTE: The Foreign Language Instruction Course Fee applies to this course.
	JAPN 202 - Intermediate Japanese II Instruction in intermediate-level spoken Japanese and training in Japanese written forms. Translation of Japanese modern texts. Prerequisite: JAPN 201 - Intermediate Japanese I . Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. ** The Foreign Language Instruction Course Fee applies to this course.
	JAPN 301 - Advanced Japanese I Instruction in advanced-level spoken Japanese and continued training in reading and writing Japanese. Credits: 3 NOTE: * Honors Scholar Course. ** This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
	JAPN 302 - Advanced Japanese II Continuation of instruction in advanced-level spoken Japanese and continued training in reading and writing Japanese. Credits: 3 NOTE: * Honors Scholar Course. ** This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
	JAPN 325 - Japanese Culture This course surveys the culture and society of Japan from the earliest to the present times drawing on the disciplines of history, visual as well as performing arts, thought, religion, and literature. The class consists of lectures, complemented by videos, pictures, film presentations, class discussions, and student presentations. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Intercultural Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. ** This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
	JAPN 401 - Fourth Year Japanese I The goal of the course is to further advance Japanese abilities that have been acquired through previous Japanese courses. The course aims at enhancing fluency in Japanese and at refining grammar and sociocultural knowledge of Japanese. Particular emphasis is placed on increasing vocabulary knowledge and on improving reading proficiency in authentic Japanese texts. Class activities include role plays in pair and small group, discussions of reading materials and presentations. NOTE: Prerequisites: JAPN 302 - Advanced Japanese II or permission of instructor. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
	JINS 300 - Cultural Crossroads (template course) Cultural Crossroads is an interdisciplinary analysis of a geographical configuration. From this analysis, students compose a bibliography that draws on methodologies of at least two disciplines and deals with an aspect related to the course’s specific topic. Possible topics: Cairo - An interdisciplinary analysis of the largest city in Africa and the Middle East from prehistory to the Twenty-first Century. Istanbul - An interdisciplinary analysis of Istanbul from prehistory to the Twenty-first Century. Peruvian Culture - A detailed examination of the culture of Peru, its origins, evolution, and present-day composition. In this course we read pages on customs, history, literature, anthropology, archaeology, politics and economics. The Many Faces of Spain - A panoramic view of the origin and evolution of the many cultures of Spain, as well as its contemporary society. Students examine the history, traditions, art, music, literature, geography, politics, and economics of Spain through topical discussions to reflect on today’s Spanish cultural mosaic. Jerusalem/Al Quds - An interdisciplinary approach to understanding the 4000-year-old city, a center of strife for much of its history, and essential to the political and religious aspirations of many groups with apparently conflicting goals. Salvador da Bahia - A study of the intersection of African, Native American and European cultures in the city of Salvador da Bahia from pre-Columbian times to the present, with special emphasis on the role played by African slaves and their descendants in the formation of Brazil’s unique New World character. The American West - An interdisciplinary approach to the West through American literature, American film, American History, and American Politics. Students study the reasons why people move to the West and the interaction of these economic and environmental cultures. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 301 - Music in Religious Thought and Practice Music in Religious Thought and Practice explores and analyzes links that occur and are made between sacred music and religious ideologies. During the seminar, students examine published literature in the disciplines of Music and Religious Studies about a specific historical place and geographical time and place and develop writing projects within that area. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 302 - Wilderness Leadership Wilderness Leadership is an interdisciplinary analysis of small group (team) leadership dynamics in a wilderness setting, emphasizing the interplay of factors (psychological, physiological, sociological) in extreme conditions. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 303 - Computers and Natural Language This seminar examines how computers do (and perhaps someday will) use human language (spoken and written), and how computers affect use of language. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 304 - Native American Conflict Through reading, researching, and writing about reports of the conflicts between Indians and Whites throughout American history, students learn more about their own cultural assumptions as well as the perspectives and methodologies of the disciplines of history, anthropology, ethnology, and literary studies. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 305 - Issues in Democratic Institutions An interdisciplinary confrontation with issues currently affecting the institution of American public education on every level, the seminar challenges students to define for themselves what the aims of American education should be (what should be taught, whom society should educate) and to analyze specific individual and group responsibility for the education of a democratic society. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 306 - The Rock Generation The Rock Generation seminar focuses on the rock music and social relationships between the United States and the United Kingdom from 1960-1980 using analysis and exploration of the perspectives of musicology and sociology. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 307 - Friendship Friendship in the contemporary U.S. has been called “the neglected relationship” because few social ceremonies mark the beginning, development, or ending of friendships as significant relationships despite the reality that many of us identify it as the relationship most necessary for survival and happiness. Seminar members scrutinize the nature and varieties of friendship from a number of perspectives (philosophy, psychology, sociology). Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 309 - Decision Making Seminar This course examines the perspectives of several social science disciplines, including economics, sociology, psychology, and political science, as they relate to the understanding of decision making. Students consciously integrate the concepts of several disciplines to study and help explain a decision in the individual, organizational, or political arena. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 311 - Race, Class, and Gender Using the perspectives of multiple disciplines, students in the Race, Class, and Gender Seminar explore race, class, gender and sexuality as socially constructed categories that continue to wield considerable power over a person’s chances for success. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 312 - American Social Character Drawing upon different conceptual paradigms, from multiple disciplines, students further develop critical, sympathetic, and reflective understanding of the American social character and the ways in which it has changed through history. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 314 - Economics of Gender This seminar explores male/female interrelationships with an emphasis on workplace environments. It calls on several disciplinary perspectives regarding issues of gender. Selected topics include: household formation, labor force participation, market work, income determination and earnings differentials. Prerequisites: Junior status and STAT 190 - Basic Statistics . Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 315 - Nuclear Weaponry We study nuclear weapons from the discovery of the atomic nucleus to the present. A given instantiation of the course may also approach the subject from the point of view of the physicist, the culture-critic, or other ways of knowing that instructor and students bring to the conversation. The class is discussion-oriented, and a few labs may be incorporated into the class meetings, with a considerable amount of reading and writing. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 316 - Portrayals of Women (template course) This course examines depictions of women in a variety of literary, artistic, and cultural contexts from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Themes may vary from section to section, but the inquiry, research, writing, reflection, and discussion is interdisciplinary. Possible topics: Ancient Greece - This course focuses on depictions of women in Greek literature and art from Homer to Aristophanes, but also addresses other related themes in order to elucidate cultural phenomena of Ancient Greece. Such themes include the following: mythology and religion, warfare and social/political theory, art and architecture, philosophy and scientific inquiry. Corsets and Kimonos: Victorian Britain and Edo Japan - Compares and contrasts the portrayals of women in two distinct cultures: Great Britain during the reign of Victoria (1837-1903) and Japan during the Edo period (1615-1868.) The Middle Ages - This course focuses on depictions of women and women’s roles in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East from the Fifth to the Fifteenth Centuries. C.E. These depictions may come from the women authors themselves, from male contemporaries, or from less literary portrayals in sources such as canon law, visual art, musical compositions, medical treatises, etc. Victorians and Pre-Raphaelites - This course focuses on the cultural contexts, especially class-related conventions, about gender roles and performance that circumscribed women’s lives in 19th Century Britain, and were reflected in the many images of women popularized by the pre-Raphaelite painters. It also inquires into the effects these expectations had on real-life Victorian women, such as somatic responses and strategies for effecting personal, professional, and economic sufficiency. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 317 - Women’s Movement in Intercultural Perspective: The U.S. and South Africa This course traces progress toward gender equality in the U.S. and South Africa, as it is achieved both through grassroots activism and through other types of strategic movement by women to empower themselves. Cultural and economic differences between the two countries and among the women within them are examined as possible barriers to female solidarity. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 318 - Classical Athenian Humanism An examination of the humanistic movement in Fifth Century B.C.E. Athens. All readings are in English translation. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 319 - Human and Computer Cognition An interdisciplinary course that addresses the issue of how humans and (perhaps) computers are able to reason. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 320 - Development of the Book An interdisciplinary investigation of the forces which have conditioned the composition, production, and consumption of the Western book from antiquity to the present, with particular emphasis upon transitional moments such as the fourth-century replacement of the roll by the codex and the Fifteenth Century advent of print. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 321 - Leadership Analysis: Exploring the Final Frontiers This course examines the dynamics of small-group leadership in the exploration of aerospace and undersea environments. Leadership analysis courses expand upon knowledge learned in the modes of inquiry as an in-depth exercise in critical thinking. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 322 - Architecture: Forms and Structures This course stresses a critical approach to architecture through an analysis of historical context, function, materials, patronage, structure, architectural theories and styles. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 323 - Dress and Self Image This course examines clothing from the social psychological, aesthetic and communicative points of view. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 324 - Contexts of Disability The interactions between various disciplines are explored in order to understand disability as a cultural phenomenon shared by civic contexts. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 325 - Rural America This course explores ways of conceptualizing and defining “rural,” describes the geographic, social, economic, and political characteristics found in rural places, and discusses the implications of using alternative perspectives. Beyond this common introduction, specific sections of the course examine in more detail selected contemporary issues relevant to rural people and places. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 326 - On Human Nature When we inquire about being human, what is the contribution of the sciences and of the humanities respectively? In this course, we investigate whether the two fields make mutually exclusive assertions or whether some form of mediation is possible, particularly between biological perspectives on human nature on the one hand and religious and philosophical perspectives on the other. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 327 - Illuminations A writing workshop and studio art course in which students explore the relations of written and graphic interpretations of literary texts, and how these shape the meaning of a text. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 329 - Language and Meaning This course is an interdisciplinary approach to studying language as a medium of communication. It includes both a survey of various theories of meaning and a study of symbol systems in the creation, maintenance, and change of a culture or social group (such as an academic discipline). Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 330 - Environmental Economics: Issues and Policies This course examines the environmental issues and resulting problems facing the world today, as well as the policy issues involved in solving these problems. It emphasizes applying the economist’s decision-making model to environmental issues and advantages and disadvantages of the economist’s analysis. Prerequisites: ECON 130, ECON 200, ECON 201 or ECON 205; Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 331 - The Chemistry of Art This course examines the interaction and manipulation of matter (chemistry) in order to make an aesthetically pleasing form (art), including the interaction of light with matter to produce color and the examination of materials used in such artworks as paintings, dyes, glasses and ceramics. Direct experimentation with these media occurs in a laboratory component. Prerequisites: CHEM 100 or CHEM 131; Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 332 - Death and Dying This course examines the historical and current perspectives on death from both philosophical and behavioral science points of view. The primary emphasis is to understand death in relation to ourselves and the social organization in which we have our identity. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 333 - Conflict, Cooperation, and Choice This course is an interdisciplinary study of rational choice as the basis for predictive models of human behavior. We use economics and game theory as our primary vehicles for understanding the strengths and weaknesses of the rational choice assumptions, but we also survey the way other disciplines (e.g., political science, anthropology, sociobiology, etc.) use this assumption in their models. Prerequisites: completion of statistics requirement and mathematical mode requirement of the LSP and junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 334 - Geometry of the Universe In this course students explore our evolving perceptions of the nature and origins of the universe from scientific, philosophical, and historical perspectives. The concepts of space, time, and infinity are particularly emphasized. Prerequisites: fulfillment of the Mathematics Essential Skills requirement of the LSP and junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 335 - Ecology versus Land Use Through the disciplines of ecology and politics, this course examines our society’s efforts to preserve wildlife habitat and maintain biodiversity, while also protecting the property rights needed for economic productivity. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 336 - The Environment (template course) This course investigates the natural environment from a variety of perspectives, focusing especially on the interaction between humans and the natural world. Possible topics: Border Crossings in South and Southeast Asian Forests - An exploration of diverse disciplinary perspectives on South and Southeast Asian forests (from Pakistan to Indonesia), including readings from anthropology, biology, geography, history, and literature. Change in the Great Plains After Lewis and Clark - In this course we link scientific knowledge with choices and behavior to examine the human impact on the Great Plains. We examine some of the ecological principles relevant to human existence in the environment and the human perspective on these principles, be they economic, philosophical, political, religious, sociological or psychological. Students write responses to resource management dilemmas based on solid reasoning accounting for scientific knowledge and human perspective. The Neotropics in Literature and Science - This course examines the New World tropics through the dual perspectives of literary and scientific disciplines. We use these disciplines to examine the commonality of relationships in the Neotropics, both the relationships between the organisms that comprise the complex ecosystems of this region and the constantly evolving relationship between human beings and the environment. Water World-Human Influences on Aquatic Ecosystems - Water World is designed to make students aware of the variety, complexity, magnitude, and immediacy of water-related issues that modern human societies must cope with. The two main disciplinary approaches are biology and political science. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 337 - Musical Theatre This course examines the musical theatre form from aesthetic, historical, structural, sociological, and auteur/stylistic perspectives. Viewing of classic performances and group critiques and presentations are also special features of this course. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 338 - Race and Ethnicity (template course) This course examines how the construction and evolution of racial and ethnic identities have affected human society over time. Possible topics: Latin America - This course examines race and ethnicity in a Latin American context. This includes the region’s rich racial diversity, the emergence of new forms of ethnic identity, and the politicization of these identities. Throughout this entire process we constantly critique our assumptions of racial and ethnic categories. Latino Health Care in America - Latino Health Care in America presents interdisciplinary perspectives of health care for Latino cultural groups in America. Students analyze health care issues for selected cultural groups within Mexico and the United States from the theoretical and investigative modes for nursing and anthropology. Hispanics in the United States - This course provides a panoramic view of the three most widely represented Hispanic cultures in the United States. Students ponder the cultural, economic, and political ramifications for Hispanics in the US, trace their immigration patterns, their motivations and successes. By examining the inter-ethnic relations, students attain a deeper understanding of the current status of their Hispanic compatriots and their rich and variegated history. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. The “Latino Health Care in America” section fulfills the Intercultural Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 339 - Gender and Culture (template course) Examination of the intersections of issues of gender and cultural anthropological and literary/artistic conceptions of “culture.” Possible topics: Women of the Middle East - The study of women in the modern Middle East and North Africa through the examination of culture, both as an anthropological concept and as an artistic category (including literature and the “fine arts”). Students examine historical, religious, and political issues through literature, theatre, music, and the visual arts, comparing the self-presented image of the women of the area with anthropological-derived descriptions and data. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. The “Women of the Middle East” section fulfills the Intercultural Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 340 - German-Jewish Identities This course examines the problems that German Jews have faced in establishing a sense of identity in the 20th century. The first part focuses on the “Jewish Question;” the second half focuses on the holocaust and holocaust memory among German-Jewish intellectuals. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 341 - Sport and Society (template course) This course investigates the relationship between sports and the societies that produce them. Many peoples and civilizations have practiced competitive and recreational athletics throughout human history, but the forms, functions, and ideologies of sports have differed considerably. This class focuses on key aspects of athletics using a variety of different disciplinary methodologies. Possible topics: The Olympics - The purpose of this class is to fully explore the Olympic Games as an intersection among the disciplines of history, political science, sociology, and sport. Through this exploration process, the course seeks to improve both the critical thinking and writing skills of its participants. Twentieth Century America - This course considers the impact of a variety of sports-related issues, using both “functional” and “conflict theory” approaches to trace the effects of sport upon both society at large and specific social, economic, racial, and gender-based practitioners and audiences. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 342 - The Indo-Europeans This course uses evidence from linguistics, archaeology, and history (among other disciplines) to explore the origins and identity of the speakers of Indo-European, a language spoken over five millennia ago, which gave rise to modern languages such as English, Russian, Hindi, the Romance Languages, etc. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 343 - The Horse in Art, Science, and History This course examines how human perception of horses has changed over time, how art reflects the historical uses of the horse since its domestication, and how humans have utilized horses historically. Science is used to consider unique equine anatomical, physiological, and behavioral adaptations that predestined this species to play a central role in human history. Historically, students consider how various cultures have used horses to advance political and geographic aspirations. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 345 - From Page to Stage and Screen (template course) Students analyze a substantial literary work of recognized merit as well as several of its musical and cinematic adaptations, to determine the role visualization plays in understanding and adapting a literary work. Lectures, readings, and assignments draw from the disciplines of literary theory, cognitive science, psychology, film theory, and dramaturgy. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 346 - Varieties of Non-Violence An examination of the varieties of non-violence, civil disobedience, conscientious objection, and related subjects, ideas, figures, and movements. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 347 - Religion, Health, and Healing This course explores the ways in which religious beliefs, social roles, and symbolic practices play a part in constructing a culture’s understanding of health and illness, through the disciplines of biomedicine, religious studies, psychology, and sociology. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 348 - The Visual World: Color and Symmetry The “Visual World” is an interdisciplinary course whose main objective is to study aspects of the visual world of concern to both scientists and artists. The modules under investigation for “Color and Symmetry” are: Perspectives and Space; Color Theory; Symmetry - particularly in relation to plane patterns; Case Studies of Islamic art, African art, and Modernist Western art. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 349 - Bodylore/Brainlore: Thinking with the Body Through a combination of theoretical readings, writing, movement, dance and discussion, this course is intended to examine past and present attitudes and ideas surrounding the body and its connection (or perceived lack thereof) to the mind. The course is interdisciplinary both in its examination of debate surrounding the mind/body split and in the kinds of practices we join with our theoretical investigations. Drawing from such disciplines as philosophy, sociology, physiology, literature, the fine arts, and movement, the course includes theoretical readings, writing and discussion, as well as creative writing forms and physical movement forms. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 350 - Science and Society (template course) Courses in the Science and Society template apply multiple disciplinary perspectives to explore the ways in which scientific knowledge, theories and worldviews have affected, and been affected by, other elements of culture. Possible topics: Astronomy in Early Human Culture - An exploration of the role of astronomy in early human cultures through an analysis of the scientific, historical, and social contexts in which these cultures existed. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 351 - The Faust Tradition This course traces and examines the Faust Tradition from the historical Faust through the literary Fausts of Spies, Marlowe, Goethe, and Mann. We analyze the readings as literature and as philosophical and cultural-historical artifacts of the Renaissance, Enlightenment/Romanticism, and late Modernism. Supplemental readings/films also required and discussed. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 352 - Why You’re Wrong (template course) An examination of the way attitude, opinions, and politics change in the face of data, and how arguments are won and lost, using a particular discipline or area of expertise (depending on instructor). A given instantiation of the course looks at several controversies in detail, and explore the nature of truth, the history of discussion on the topic, and how arguments might be sustained or refuted using the evidence and canons of proof from (for example) history, statistics, science, ethics, etc. A term paper focuses on an area of interest to the student and the ramifications of existing and potential data upon the area. Possible topics: Changing the World Through Data - The explosion of science can be linked to the explosion of statistics. Some of the best and worst policies of the 20th Century can be linked to claims made by statistical analysis. What makes statistics convincing (or not)? Why are they both revered and reviled by policy-makers and laypeople alike? How does the internet’s quick spread of information help and hinder the believability of statistics? How can someone tell when statistics are useful and when they are not? What ethical dilemmas arise from faith in statistics? How do people make decisions given contradictory information? Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 353 - Ethical Implications of the Human Genome Project Students gain an understanding of the scientific methods and techniques involved in the Human Genome Project and the results that are being obtained. They are able to discuss and defend, from a variety of philosophical viewpoints, different issues that have arisen as a result of this information, such as: genetic testing, cloning, genetic discrimination, forensic DNA testing, genetic evolution, and genotherapy. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 354 - Insects, Disease, and Human Affairs This course examines the relationship between humans, insects, and disease from a biological and historical perspective. The course includes field and laboratory activities. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 355 - Creativity in Arts and Sciences An examination of creativity in which students (1) examine creative contributions to society, including the work of Charles and Ray Eames, (2) investigate the conditions and the habits of thought, attitude, and behavior that enhance or inhibit creativity, (3) consider the ethical responsibilities of creators for their work, (4) apply what has been learned by completing a video project in one’s area of expertise, and (5) observe, reflect, and write on the process of applying theory to one’s own practices. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 356 - The Art and Science of Humor This course is designed to allow students the opportunity to look at the human phenomenon of humor through the lenses of research in the hard and soft sciences. Students come to understand what makes something humorous as well as the impact of humor on the mind and body. This course draws on the fields of sociology, psychology, physiology, medicine, communication, political science, business, education, linguistics, and literature. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 357 - Bayou Blues: French Music in Louisiana An interdisciplinary investigation of the relationship between music and culture in the French-speaking region of Louisiana. We use the methodologies of musicology and sociology to examine the establishment of distinct Euro-American and African-American musical styles that have developed within a French-speaking society. The emphasis is upon the analysis of a body of music, and the people who make this music, to examine the impact of culture and the transitions of musical style in this region. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 358 - Textiles as Cultural Documents: Hanging by a Thread This class compares and contrasts the use of textiles for form and function, reflection of cultural identity, gender and identity, and as historical documents. Students analyze textiles to understand the aesthetic production and experiences of sociocultural groups from Africa, Asia, and Central and South America. Students explore the social, political, and economic complexities, ambiguities, and contradictions of the personal, national, global cultural belief systems. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 359 - Exploration into the Origin of Life This course explores the concept of the origin of life from literary and scientific perspectives. The literary aspect comprises literature as cultural studies, particularly folklore and mythology, and draws on philosophical and religious texts of various cultures. The scientific perspective looks into the development of our concepts about the origin of the universe and the origin of life in the universe. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 360 - Amish History and Culture This class examines the history and culture of the Old Order Amish in Europe and North America. Beginning with the sixteenth-century Anabaptist movement, we trace Amish history in Europe until they disappear from the European stage, and Amish history in North America as they establish a durable and successful culture. We pay some attention to related groups, such as the Hutterites and Mennonites. We also examine Amish history and culture from the perspectives of anthropology and sociology. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 362 - Extraterrestrial Life Does life or intelligence exist outside the earth? This course consists of readings and discussion of approaches to this question from historical, scientific, philosophical, and theological perspectives. Topics include the emergence of the “Copernican Principle,” the search for life on Mars, the study of the origin of life, and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) program. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 363 - Class in America Class in America employs a variety of (objective) disciplinary perspectives and (subjective) individual perspectives to show how class location continues to shape people’s opportunities, attitudes, and quality of life in the United States. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 364 - The Aesthetics of Food This course studies the aesthetics of food beginning with the question, “Can there BE an aesthetic of food?”, and then proceeding to aesthetic analysis of food and representations of food in art (literary and visual). From the intersection of food and art the course scrutinizes the meanings of both food and art in American culture and in other cultures as we contemplate the question “what is good” in regard both to food and to art. Readings that address these issues are drawn from the fields of psychology, anthropology, sociology, and philosophy (aesthetics). Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 366 - Potent Potables: A Reflection on America American culture is fascinated with beer. The manufacturing and marketing of this potent potable has developed from being an illegal, black market enterprise to a billion dollar industry that has become interwoven into the fabric of America. The influence of beer can be felt in our sporting arenas, government policies, and in our social behaviors. Thus, beer is more than a beverage; it is an influential aspect of our own culture. This course is the exploration of the culture of beer as an intersection between the disciplines of political policy, physiology, sociology, chemistry, and sport. This course is an investigation into the place beer holds in American culture - it does not advocate, in any way, individual decisions regarding alcohol consumption. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 368 - Women and Science This seminar explores two facets of women and science: the roles women have played historically in science and the issues facing contemporary women in science careers. The achievements of notable women in science, particularly Nobel Prize Winners, are examined and discussed. The lives of these women are examined from historic, cultural, and scientific viewpoints. Contemporary women working in science address the class. Students also conduct an interview project of working women in science. The intersection between gender and science, ecofeminism, and the gender gap in science education are also addressed in this course. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 369 - Why We Fight (template course) War is a mystery. No one suggests it’s a good thing, but the world is rarely free of it. Why do we fight wars - in general, or particular wars? What, beyond thrones filled or emptied, territory gained or lost, do wars accomplish? How is war, or a given war, part of our thinking, our equipment for understanding the world? How does the remembrance of a given war condition our experience of the present? In “Why We Fight,” a given war is examined in terms of its identifiable material causes, the motivations of leaders and followers, the accounts of contemporaries and the interpretations of scholars and artists afterwards, as well as its lasting consequences and effects in the present. Various instantiations of the course may involve history (plus history of art), psychology, rhetoric and communication, engineering, military science, popular culture, film, history of religion, geography, economics, women’s studies, and other areas of specialization. The Crusades - In 1095, Urban II preached the first Crusade; for the next two hundred years, Christians would leave Europe to deliver the Holy Lands from what they saw as Islamic tyranny. Kingdoms would be founded and lost, and both sides would furnish enduring examples of both chivalry and barbarism. The course invokes history, religious studies, art, film, and other disciplines to inquire into the antecedents, conduct and outcome of a conflict whose results have powerful effects in the present day politically, economically and conceptually. The Civil War - Of all wars in United States history, the Civil War was the most disruptive, the most destructive of life and property, and most enduring in its material, sociological and psychological effects. The course focuses on the psychology of individual and collective military action, and examines the literary, artistic and historiographic legacy of the conflict. The Great War - The First World War brought the United States decisively into prominent participation in world affairs, and the whole planet was forced to contemplate conflict and destruction on a scale never before seen. Individual and national participation required a rethinking of the uses of military force. This course focuses on the psychology of individual and collective military action, and examines the literary, artistic and historiographic legacy of the conflict. World War II - Hitler. Stalin. Hirohito. FDR. Mussolini. Churchill. Fascism, communism, capitalism, The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere…World War Two was a clash of arms, ideology, and economic systems that led to over sixty million military and civilian deaths, and transformed the world. This course focuses on the psychology of individual and collective military action, and examines the literary, artistic and historiographic legacy of the conflict. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 370 - Economic Growth and Political Instability This course exposes students to some economic and political policies that countries can utilize to promote economic growth. The economic aspects of growth consist mainly of changes in per capita ADP largely from changes in employment, capital, and technology. The political science aspect of the course makes forays into such institutional political structures as democracy and non-democratic arrangements that inform political stability and corruption, and how they intersect with economic variables that promote growth. Students prepare a written work that integrates conceptions related to growth performance from models drawn from political science and economics. The final five weeks of the course review the political and economic discussions that impact the growth process. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.
	JINS 371 - Arrest the Music! Music and Political Protest An interdisciplinary investigation of the relationship between music and political protest in the regions of Africa, China, Latin America and the US (for example). We use the methodologies of musicology, which investigate connections between musical style and culture, political science and history, to examine the role that music has played in the protest movements of selected countries within chosen regions. Prerequisite: Junior status. Credits: 3 NOTE: * This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program. This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement. * This is a writing-enhanced course.

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IDSM 475 - Interdisciplinary Studies Capstone

IDSM 520 - Introduction to Sustainability: From Science to Society

IDSM 520G - Introduction to Sustainability: From Science to Society

IDSM 521 - Applied Sustainability: Optimizing Value From Concept to the Boardroom to the Bottom-Line

IDSM 521G - Applied Sustainability: Optimizing Value From Concept to the Boardroom to the Bottom-Line

INDV 100 - The Truman Experience

INDV 101 - Truman Week

INDV 110 - Skills for Academic Success

INDV 115 - Strategies for Success

INDV 120 - Leadership Scholar Program I

INDV 140 - Truman Seminar in the Liberal Arts and Sciences

INDV 150 - Dinner and a Book or Book and Discussion

INDV 151 - Film, Food, and Discussion

INDV 152 - Perspectives in Diversity

INDV 320 - Professional Development Seminar

INDV 350 - Dinner and a Book: Co-Leader

INDV 351 - Film, Food, and Discussion: Co-Leader

INDV 360 - McNair Research Internship I

INDV 400 - Graduate School Preparation

INDV 460 - McNair Research Internship II

ITAL 101 - Elementary Italian I

ITAL 102 - Elementary Italian II

ITAL 201 - Intermediate Italian I

ITAL 202 - Intermediate Italian II

ITAL 225 - Italian Film

ITAL 324 - Italian Civilization I

ITAL 325 - Italian Civilization II

ITAL 326 - Topics in Italian Culture

JAPN 101 - Elementary Japanese I

JAPN 102 - Elementary Japanese II

JAPN 201 - Intermediate Japanese I

JAPN 202 - Intermediate Japanese II

JAPN 301 - Advanced Japanese I

JAPN 302 - Advanced Japanese II

JAPN 325 - Japanese Culture

JAPN 401 - Fourth Year Japanese I

JINS 300 - Cultural Crossroads (template course)

JINS 301 - Music in Religious Thought and Practice

JINS 302 - Wilderness Leadership

JINS 303 - Computers and Natural Language

JINS 304 - Native American Conflict

JINS 305 - Issues in Democratic Institutions

JINS 306 - The Rock Generation

JINS 307 - Friendship

JINS 309 - Decision Making Seminar

JINS 311 - Race, Class, and Gender

JINS 312 - American Social Character

JINS 314 - Economics of Gender

JINS 315 - Nuclear Weaponry

JINS 316 - Portrayals of Women (template course)

JINS 317 - Women’s Movement in Intercultural Perspective: The U.S. and South Africa

JINS 318 - Classical Athenian Humanism

JINS 319 - Human and Computer Cognition

JINS 320 - Development of the Book

JINS 321 - Leadership Analysis: Exploring the Final Frontiers

JINS 322 - Architecture: Forms and Structures

JINS 323 - Dress and Self Image

JINS 324 - Contexts of Disability

JINS 325 - Rural America

JINS 326 - On Human Nature

JINS 327 - Illuminations

JINS 329 - Language and Meaning

JINS 330 - Environmental Economics: Issues and Policies

JINS 331 - The Chemistry of Art

JINS 332 - Death and Dying

JINS 333 - Conflict, Cooperation, and Choice

JINS 334 - Geometry of the Universe

JINS 335 - Ecology versus Land Use

JINS 336 - The Environment (template course)

JINS 337 - Musical Theatre

JINS 338 - Race and Ethnicity (template course)

JINS 339 - Gender and Culture (template course)

JINS 340 - German-Jewish Identities

JINS 341 - Sport and Society (template course)

JINS 342 - The Indo-Europeans

JINS 343 - The Horse in Art, Science, and History

JINS 345 - From Page to Stage and Screen (template course)

JINS 346 - Varieties of Non-Violence

JINS 347 - Religion, Health, and Healing