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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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JINS 372 - Communication and the Face
An interdisciplinary course that addresses the importance of the human face to communication, both verbal and nonverbal. The goal of the course is to examine the role of the face in human communication through an analysis of the anatomy and physiology, anthropology, sociology, psychology, and cultural aspects of the face.
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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JINS 373 - Stress in America
An examination of the psychophysiology of the stress response and sources of stress in American culture. The sometimes conflicting contributions of various disciplines such as physiology, public policy, psychology, education, and sociology to the study of stress are reviewed and assessed.
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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JINS 374 - The Parenting Process
Deciding to have children is a life-changing decision affecting many aspects of life. This course explores parenting from the initial attempt of getting pregnant to raising the children utilizing the viewpoints of health science, biology, finance, religion, psychology, and philosophy.
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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JINS 375 - Weird Science
A study of the fringes of science which highlights the role of criticism in attaining reliable knowledge. The course surveys claims made on behalf of creationism, parapsychology and UFOlogy, together with mainstream scientific responses. In the process, students explore questions about the nature and boundaries of 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.
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JINS 376 - Women’s Health
This course integrates biomedical perspectives on topics relevant to women’s health with sociohistorical perspectives on the construction of clinical knowledge. Participants explore critical analyses of global health disparities associated with gender, race, class, disability, and sexual orientation. Participants also expand their knowledge and appreciation of culturally diverse concepts of health and gender. Topics may include, but are not limited to, cardiovascular health, violence against women, childbearing, body image, sexual expression, breast health, variations in the menstrual cycle, fertility control, and mental health.
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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JINS 377 - Serial Killers and Psychopaths
This course utilizes knowledge from several different disciplines to investigate the motivation, background, and prompting factors that contribute to the development of a psychopathic personality, sexual sadism, and the serial killer phenomenon. It involves case studies, lectures, and research on both well-known and unfamiliar serial killers.
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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JINS 378 - Visual Music: From Mimesis to Abstraction
Through readings, listening assignments, analysis of images, discussion and writing, this course examines explicit relationships between music and visual art. Beginning with Plato’s characterization of the arts as mimesis or representation of hypothesized realities, extending to Wagner’s conception of Gesamtkunstwerk (“total work of art”), as well as to painter Kandinsky’s obsession with synesthesia or “colors of sound,” the course concludes with an overview of contemporary artworks - some digital - inspired by Kandinsky’s approach.
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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JINS 379 - The Epic Tradition
What is epic? What do we mean when we describe a story as an epic tale? What differentiates epic from other types of narrative? What is the secret of its enduring appeal? Who is the epic hero? Is he or she someone we should try to emulate? In “The Epic Tradition”, we examine epic stories of a variety of time periods and cultures from an interdisciplinary perspective. We examine the role of each epic within the community and society that engendered it, and consider what cultural significance modern epics in novel and movie format have for us today.
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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JINS 380 - Roads to Dictatorship-Germany
This JINS course explores the evolution of dictatorship in German culture by tracing the literary, artistic and societal influences that documented and often contributed to a nationalistic mentality receptive to absolute rule and social conformity. During the first half of the course, students examine (1) the Holy Roman Empire of Karl the Great (Charlemagne) and Frankish nation building- unjust seizure, compulsory conversion and educational reform as control mechanisms, and (2) the German empire of Friedrich Barbarossa and the rise of knightly- and crusading culture as an imperial ideology. During the second half, the despotic regimes of Friedrick the Great, Wilhelm II (the Second Reich), and Adolf Hitler (the Third Reich) reveal similar literary and social phenomena - the reverence for authority, conformity, all things military, and finally, an acceptance and cultivation of xenophobia.
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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JINS 381 - Public Issues and Political Rhetoric
What is a public issue? What role does political rhetoric play in defining (or obscuring) public issues? In particular, what role does campaign rhetoric play in consolidating or polarizing public opinion with respect to the issues people come to think of as important? This course addresses these questions by analyzing the rhetoric of politicians, the content of media coverage, and the political representation of several public issues of importance (as determined by consulting multiple media outlets, representing a variety of 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.
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JINS 382 - Cybernations and Cyberculture: The Computerized Society
This course explores how computers have changed the world and the cultural, social, political, philosophical, and economic effects of technology on individuals, groups, and 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.
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JINS 383 - Years of Change: 1968 (template course)
Social-cultural change, like its analog in the natural world, is not always a linear process. Most of the important changes are relatively sudden, catastrophic, chaotic and wasteful. The status quo endures, while, unnoticed, pressures build, and the resulting tectonic event distorts or destroys institutions. Destabilized governments often react violently. A Machiavellian desire for order is opposed to the forces of change, and a sharp polarization creates new social geographies that may last for generations. 1968 was such a year. We explore the motivations of the major figures involved, their successes and failures, and the new social algorithm that emerged as expressed politically, in the literature and music of the time here in the U.S., and its surprising impact worldwide.
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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JINS 384 - Drugs, Society, Crime, & Treatment: Interconnected Paths & Theories
This course explores the numerous facets of illicit drug use and its connection to the criminal justice system and beyond. Foci of interest include the physiological effects of drug use and addictions, the etiology of drug use, the treatment of addiction, micro and macro societal impact of illicit drug use, the historical and contemporary legal reaction to drug use, the economic impact of legal intervention and the future options in terms of legal policy.
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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JINS 385 - Controversial Issues in Children’s and Young Adult Literature
This course provides students opportunities to think critically and interdisciplinarily about the role of the adult in relationship to works of children’s and young adult literature that are seen as controversial. Students in this course will use writing as a means of “visible thinking” in order to read and consider these issues as they affect children’s and/or young adult literature.
Prerequisite: Junior status.
Credits: 3
When Offered: (spring only)
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 course is writing-enhanced.
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JINS 386 - Christmas: Culture, Consumerism, and Controversy
This course aims to explore the Christmas holiday, and the events surrounding it, from a variety of perspectives. Few holidays have received the level of scholarly and literary treatment that Christmas has. Students approach the study of this pivotal holiday from the perspectives of the theologian, the historian, the sociologist, the economist, the public relations and marketing specialist, the human resources practitioner, the politician, and the anthropologist, among others. While acknowledging Christmas’ religious significance for many, students approach Christmas first and foremost as the cultural artifact that it is, attempting to better appreciate how it produces, maintains, and transforms aspects of 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.
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JINS 387 - Reel Africa: (De)constructing History in Film
This course examines the history and culture of Africa through the perspective of filmmakers. Using cinematography (the art and science of film photography) we trace the portrayals of major epochs and historical moments in Africa, from the 19th century to present, with emphasis on the communication process between the filmmaker and his or her audience. In particular, we pay special attention to the filmmakers’ interpretations of issues such as race, class, gender, ethnicity, and resistance and how they intersect with African history and culture.
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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JINS 388 - Hunting in America
This course explores the nature and identity of hunting in America from the Colonial Period to the present day. Students engage in this exploration by examining hunting-related works - written and visual - and pivotal points in the evolution of American conservation that grow from the efforts of hunters. Special emphasis is given to evolving positions on nature and wildlife held by American hunters and the significant role of hunters in conservation.
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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JINS 389 - Influence of the Gene
This junior interdisciplinary seminar explores the influence that the concept of the gene and the field of Genetics in general have had on society. The seminar begins by exploring the literature regarding the definition of the gene from pre-Mendelian thought to our modern molecular understanding. The seminar reviews the early roots of genetics as a sub-discipline of biology and how the practical application of plant and animal breeding in the context of the newly conceived genetic principles lead to positive and negative eugenic practices. The seminar explores the historical and contemporary view of the interrelationship between the gene, environment and phenotype. Lastly, the seminar focuses on the more subtle examples of biological determinism that have been pervasive in societies (e.g., cultural practices, literature and mass media), and discuss how these stereotypes can and have influenced human thought including prejudice, racism, ideology and individual and collective world views.
Prerequisite: Junior status.
Credits: 3
When Offered: (fall, odd years)
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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JINS 390 - Prisoner Reentry: Policy and Procedure
This course focuses on issues surrounding the methods used to prepare inmates for their return to society. Major emphasis is placed on understanding the difference between incarceration and rehabilitative corrections, economic factors that affect prison programming and the prisoner’s experience, issues created by prison overcrowding, and the initiatives used to prepare prisoners for release. Students use current research to critically evaluate and analyze the relationships between the correctional agency, community, and individual prisoners.
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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JINS 392 - Nature and Human Nature
Nature and human nature examines the complex relationships between humans and the natural world - across historical time and from several disciplinary entry points – while guiding students towards greater familiarity and identification with the natural world around them. How has “Nature” shaped us? How has Homo sapiens influenced “Nature”? Our relationships with the non-human world will be examined objectively through selected readings, lectures, and writing assignments, as well as subjectively, through group discussions, journaling, creative writing, and direct outdoor experiences. The course tends to provide a structured opportunity for students to engage meaningfully with the natural world while exploring the scientific, esthetic and philosophical implications of doing so.
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 course is writing-enhanced.
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JINS 393 - Historic Trials
This course studies historic American trials and legal cases, from the Colonial Era to the present. the cases selected are chosen in part due to their intrinsic interest and drama, but also due to their historical significance, to illustrate the historical development of legal and constitutional doctrines, and to demonstrate the relevance of other areas of knowledge to the law.
Prerequisite: Junior standing
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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JINS 394 - Biography: (template course)
An interdisciplinary examination of a single historical or contemporary figure (or in special cases, of groups of people whose stories provide a subset of the biographical genre; see Slave Narratives below). While any human life is amenable to such an examination, the lives of historically significant figures bring a variety of methodologies into the class. Students will use two (or more) disciplinary lenses or practices to come to grips with the life of an individual and the context in which she or he lived it. In addition to the various interdisciplinary topics that may naturally be associated with any person’s life, biography itself will be a topic self-consciously considered by each iteration of this template. These interdisciplinary practices will be brought to bear in composing a major written project, in any of a number of genres of writing, on the scale of a term paper, related to the course’s specific subject. Thus, while traditional academic research will be engaged in, so too–depending upon the skills and interests of the instructors–might creative nonfiction and/or biography as such. Possible topics include: Leonardo, Rev. DeLaine
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-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
*** This is a writing-enhanced course.
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JINS 395 - Connectivity and the Unsustainable: A Food System in Crisis
This interdisciplinary seminar will examine the food system as it is most commonly carried out in the developed world, with particular emphasis upon the United States. Several contemporary crises have led researchers from a wide variety of academic disciplines to question, criticize and challenge our dominant systems of producing, accessing and consuming food. From the rise in chronic, debilitating diseases such as diabetes and heart disease to the dramatic surge in antibiotic resistant pathogens; from public discoveries of cruel and illegal practices widespread in industrial animal production to increasing awareness of alternative models for food production; and from wider understandings of the ways that class and race determine who lives and eats healthily to the implication of industrial agriculture’s contribution to global warming, this course will engage topics that raise heated and often bitter debate. The goal of the course is to examine the primary evidence in each case, though the disciplinary lenses of medicine, dietetics, agricultural science, animal ethology, philosophy, political science and climate science. Students will be asked to engage with what “counts” as evidence in several different fields, and to evaluate the public debates on the basis of that evidence.
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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JINS 396 - The Languages of Speculative Fiction
Language and communication have long been central concerns in works of science fiction and fantasy. this interdisciplinary class examines classics, modern examples, and some little-known works of speculative fiction (both written and filmed), using and integrating the lenses of aesthetic analysis and linguistic analysis, and extending into some issues from the philosophy of language, to explore how a given created language reflects the culture and society of the people (or non-humanoid species) that uses it, and how the created language contributes to the success of the fictional work as a whole.
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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JINS 397 - Visualizing the Narrative
This interdisciplinary seminar combines creative writing with studio art. Through analysis of the stages of story development, writing workshops, and peer critique sessions, students will form an original narrative and produce writings based on key scenes. These scenes will be further enriched and developed through the creation of artwork that complements and adds to the story. This visual experimentation may lead to more interesting story development, thus both creative writing and studio art practices will be explored together.
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
** This is a writing-enhanced course.
*** The Art Fee applies to this course.
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JINS 398 - Hollywood and Human Performance
This course examines the aesthetic art of film with a scientific examination of the limits of human performance as displayed in those films. Primary interest will be depictions of human performance in extreme environments (e.g., aerospace, alpine, desert, maritime, polar, tropical, etc.) but will also include depictions of athleticism (sports performance) and tactical performance (e.g., military, law enforcement, fire-fighting operations).
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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JINS 399 - Epidemic
This course will explore the history of a disease epidemic, the various populations impacted by the epidemic, the representation of the populations living with this disease, and the current status of the epidemic and current public health prevention efforts. This is a template course. Topics may include HIV and AIDS, influenza, Zika, Ebola or any other disease reaching epidemic or pandemic proportions. Note: Understanding diseases, such as HIV, requires an interdisciplinary lens. Some of the disciplines we will use to help gain insight about this disease are psychology, public health (subsets sexual health and epidemiology), women’s and gender studies, history, and media 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 course is writing-enhanced.
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JINS 400 - Fringe Thought
This course explores fringe thought within the context of Conspiracy Theory, Paranormal Belief and Urban Legend. The class will seek to understand these various modes of fringe thought within the context of their communities while exploring mainstream academic and theoretical approaches to these subjects from a variety of disciplines. Exploration in this course will focus on the function of fringe thinking, identifying constituency and looking at the intersections of fringe thought and the media.
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 course is writing-enhanced.
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JINS 401 - The World of The Divine Comedy
This course focuses on Dante’s masterpiece as an epic poem while simultaneously exploring its encyclopedic quality. Besides being a poet, Dante was a consummate scholar who wrote treatises on such topics as political science and philosophy. He is also credited with writing the first modern treatise on linguistics. The Divine Comedy brings together Dante’s vast knowledge on a number of subjects–including astronomy, Christian theology, classical philosophy, and classical mythology–making it a fascinating interdisciplinary work. Of the three books of The Divine Comedy, we will read the Inferno in its entirety and excerpts from the Purgatorio and Paradiso. All readings will be in English.
Prerequisite: Junior status.
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program.
** This course is writing-enhanced.
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JPN 350 - Service Learning In Japan
This three-credit, four-week long course combines service learning and study abroad. It offers an opportunity to teach English to high school and college students in Japan while being fully immersed in the Japanese society. Students assist Japanese teachers of English in class as well as conduct lessons while in full charge of the class. A Truman faculty member will accompany the students.
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course fulfills the Intercultural Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program.
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JPN 353 - Modern and Traditional Japan
This six-week study abroad course provides students with opportunities to learn Japanese intensively and to cultivate deep understanding of modern and traditional Japanese culture through firsthand experience. Students participate in a 3-week intensive Japanese language program and have a variety of direct experiences with traditional culture in Kyoto. After visiting the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and a World Heritage Shinto shrine in Hiroshima, students learn about modern, popular culture in Tokyo for two weeks. Students make presentations in both Japanese and English, and write a research paper. Students are offered various opportunities to develop global and diversity awareness keenly.
Credits: 3-7
NOTE:
* This course fulfills the Intercultural Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program.
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JUST 205 - Introduction to Justice Systems
This course is an introduction to the various components of the justice system. It introduces the student to the law enforcement and police system, the court system, the correctional and rehabilitative system, as well as the juvenile justice system. Enrollment priority given to freshmen and sophomores.
Credits: 3
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JUST 212 - Scientific Investigation
In this course, attention is given to scientific methods of investigation. This includes current scientific methods of evidence collection, the importance of information gathering, and report preparation for administrative and legal purposes.
Prerequisite: JUST 205 - Introduction to Justice Systems .
Credits: 3
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JUST 281 - Introduction to Forensic Science
This course focuses on the latest scientific techniques which are used to analyze physical evidence. Considerable emphasis is put on understanding the significance of the scientific results. The course is an overview of the field of forensic science.
Prerequisite: JUST 205 - Introduction to Justice Systems . Recommended: JUST 212 - Scientific Investigation .
Credits: 3
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JUST 282 - Probation, Parole, and Community Corrections
The study of the philosophy and functioning of probation, parole, and community corrections on national, state, and local levels.
Prerequisite: JUST 205 - Introduction to Justice Systems .
Credits: 3
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JUST 307 - The Legal System
This course presents an historical and philosophical perspective of the American legal system. An emphasis is placed on the present day legal system.
Prerequisite: JUST 205 - Introduction to Justice Systems .
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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JUST 308 - Justice Systems: Organization and Management
Principles of administration and management and their applications to justice systems. Theories of motivation and leadership are given special emphasis.
Prerequisite: JUST 205 - Introduction to Justice Systems .
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This is a writing-enhanced course.
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JUST 331 - Criminology
A study of the causation of crime. The course covers the major theories of criminal behavior. It also includes the political and social reactions used in developing strategies to control crime.
Prerequisites: JUST 205 - Introduction to Justice Systems and junior or senior status.
Credits: 3
When Offered: Online Summer course.
NOTE:
* This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
** This is a writing-enhanced course.
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JUST 332 - Juvenile Delinquency
An analysis of the major theories of crime and delinquency causation in juvenile offenders, with theories and methods of prevention and treatment. The course also includes a brief history and the functioning of the juvenile justice system.
Prerequisite: JUST 205 - Introduction to Justice Systems .
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This is a writing-enhanced course.
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JUST 334 - The Enforcement System
The concept of the policing function and the historical, legal, and cultural influences that have shaped it. Special attention is given to the external forces, including federal legislation, that affect the policing environment.
Prerequisite: JUST 205 - Introduction to Justice Systems .
Credits: 3
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JUST 335 - The Rehabilitative System
This course focuses on the correctional and rehabilitative system as a component of the justice system. It presents current philosophy and treatment concepts. It also includes information about security and release.
Prerequisite: JUST 205 - Introduction to Justice Systems .
Credits: 3
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JUST 340 - Prisoner Reentry: Policy & Procedure
This course focuses on issues surrounding the methods correctional agencies use to prepare inmates for reentry into society. Major emphasis is placed on understanding the difference between incarceration and rehabilitative corrections, economic factors that affect prison programming and the prisoner’s experience, issues created by prison overcrowding, and the initiatives implemented by Federal and State governments to better prepare prisoners to lead prosocial lives post-release. Students use current research to critically evaluate and analyze the relationships between the correctional agency, community, and individual prisoners.
Prerequisite: Junior or senior status.
Credits: 3
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JUST 402 - Victimology
This course will provide the student with historical view of victimology and the victimization process within the American culture. It will also review the role of victimology in today’s criminal justice, social, and political systems while examining both the consequences of victimization and the various solutions to such problems. Examples of topics include sexual assalut, child abuse/neglect, homicide, domestic violence, stalking, and elder abuse.
Prerequisite: JUST 205 - Introduction to Justice Systems
Credits: 3
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JUST 408 - Justice Systems Methodology
This course provides a comprehensive overview of research methods that are relevant to Justice Systems. It examines the nature and logic of social inquiry, the creation of appropriate research designs, and the analysis of results.
Prerequisites: JUST 205 - Introduction to Justice Systems and junior or senior status.
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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JUST 409 - Comparative Legal Systems
Major foreign criminal justice systems are examined on a comparative basis. Different legal philosophies and their divergent influences on the institutions and administration of justice are emphasized. The problems of judicial cooperation between the United States and foreign legal systems are also explored.
Prerequisites: JUST 205 - Introduction to Justice Systems and JUST 307 - The Legal System .
Credits: 3
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JUST 410 - Advanced Topics in Justice Systems
A discussion and examination of some of the critical issues and problems of the justice system. May be repeated as long as there is no duplication of materials covered by previous enrollment.
Prerequisites: JUST 205 - Introduction to Justice Systems and junior or senior status.
Credits: 3
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JUST 416 - Readings in Justice Systems
Faculty-supervised individual research examining selected problems in the justice system. May be repeated for up to three credits.
Prerequisites: Completion of 15 credits of justice systems courses, junior or senior status, prior approval of professor, and a justice systems major.
Credits: 1 to 3
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JUST 417 - Internship in Enforcement
Designed to give students field experience in a variety of investigative, security, and enforcement agencies and serves as a capstone experience. The internship is under professionally trained personnel. A special application and enrollment procedure is required and must be completed prior to starting the internship. Additional information regarding this can be obtained from the Justice Systems website. May be repeated for up to eight credits.
Prerequisites: Completion of 15 credits of justice systems courses, junior or senior status, justice systems major, cumulative overall GPA of 2.5 and major GPA of 2.75, and approval of Department Chair.
Credits: 1 to 8
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JUST 418 - Internship in Court Services and Correctional Agencies
Designed to give students field experience in a variety of legal offices and agencies including: placement in court services, probation, parole, institutions, and other community programs (adult and juvenile) and serve as a capstone experience. The internship is under professionally trained personnel. A special application and enrollment procedure is required and must be completed prior to starting the internship. Additional information regarding this can be obtained from the Justice Systems website.
Prerequisites: Completion of 15 credits of justice systems courses, junior or senior status, justice systems major, cumulative overall GPA of 2.5 and major GPA of 2.75, and approval of Department Chair.
Credits: 1 to 8
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LATN 150 - Elementary Latin I
This course is an introduction to the Latin language and its cultural setting through beginning study of basic vocabulary, grammatical forms, syntactic structures, and pronunciation and the reading of simple texts embedded in the context of the Roman world.
Credits: 3
When Offered: (fall only)
NOTE:
* Successful completion of LATN 150 and the continuing course, LATN 151, 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.
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LATN 151 - Elementary Latin II
This course is a continuation of the introduction to the basic vocabulary, grammatical forms, and syntactic structures of the Latin language in its context within the ancient Mediterranean world.
Prerequisite: LATN 150 - Elementary Latin I .
Credits: 3
When Offered: (spring only)
NOTE:
* Successful completion of LATN 151 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.
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LATN 250 - Intermediate Latin I
This course completes the presentation of the most common grammatical forms and structures of the Latin language, integrated with a deeper and fuller exposure to authentic Latin texts and the culture in which they are contained.
Prerequisite: LATN 151 - Elementary Latin II .
Credits: 3
When Offered: (fall only)
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.
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LATN 251 - Intermediate Latin II
This course explores a variety of Latin authors and genres, with an emphasis on development of translation and reading skills, review of grammar and acquisition of genre-specific vocabulary. Texts may include the poetry of Catullus and Ovid and the prose of Caesar, Cicero, Pliny and Apuleius.
Prerequisite: LATN 250 - Intermediate Latin 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.
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LATN 350 - Readings in Latin Literature
Readings from selected Latin authors with discussion of the cultural, historical, and literary backgrounds. Topic varies. May be repeated for credit with consent of the Department Chair.
Prerequisite: LATN 251 - Intermediate Latin II or any 300-level LATN course.
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* Honors Scholar Course.
** This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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LATN 351 - Vergil: Aeneid
Readings of selections from Vergil’s Aeneid in Latin with supplementary reading and discussion in English.
Prerequisite: LATN 251 - Intermediate Latin II or any 300-level LATN course.
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* Honors Scholar Course.
** This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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LATN 352 - Readings in Post-Classical Latin
Selected readings and discussion from the vast corpus (including, e.g., Augustine, Erasmus, Petrarch, Aquinas, the Vulgate, and sacred liturgical texts) of late Latin, Medieval Latin, and Renaissance Latin literature. Topics and authors may vary. May be repeated for credit with consent of the Department Chair.
Prerequisite: LATN 251 - Intermediate Latin II or any 300-level LATN course.
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* Honors Scholar Course.
** This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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LATN 353 - Survey of Latin Historians
Readings from selected Latin historians of the classical period with discussion of the cultural, historical, and literary backgrounds. Topics and authors may vary. May be repeated for credit with consent of the Department Chair.
Prerequisite: LATN 251 - Intermediate Latin II or any 300-level LATN course.
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* Honors Scholar Course.
** This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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LATN 354 - Readings in Latin Poetry
Readings from selected Latin poets of the classical period with discussion of the cultural, historical, and literary backgrounds. Topics and authors may vary. May be repeated for credit with consent of the Department Chair.
Prerequisite: LATN 251 - Intermediate Latin II or any 300-level LATN course.
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* Honors Scholar Course.
** This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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LATN 355 - Readings in Latin Drama
Readings from selected Latin playwrights (e.g. Plautus, Terence, Seneca) with discussion of the cultural, historical, and literary backgrounds. Topics and authors may vary. May be repeated for credit with consent of the Department Chair.
Prerequisite: LATN 251 - Intermediate Latin II or any 300-level LATN course.
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* Honors Scholar Course.
** This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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LATN 380 - Independent Studies of Latin
Individualized study in specialized areas of language, culture or literature.
Prerequisite: LATN 251 - Intermediate Latin II or an advanced Latin course with grade of C or higher; permission of Department Chair required.
Credits: 1 to 3
NOTE:
* This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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LATN 450 - Latin Prose Composition
Comprehensive review of grammatical constructions and categories through composition assignments; study of Latin vocabulary and idiom; analysis of the prose style of several Latin authors.
Prerequisite: Any 300-level Latin course.
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* Honors Scholar Course.
** This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
*** This is a writing-enhanced course.
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LATN 470 - Advanced Readings in Latin
Extensive supplementary reading and sight translation in Latin along with secondary scholarly reading and research related to a 300-level LATN course. May be repeated for up to three credits.
Prerequisite: A 300-level LATN course with a grade of B or higher. and permission of the instructor and concurrent enrollment in a 300-level LATN course.
Credits: 1
NOTE:
* This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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LDRS 510 - Topics in Leadership
In-depth study of selected topics in leadership, with emphasis on those topics important to leadership theory. Student may take multiple topics courses for additional credit as long as there is no duplication of materials covered by previous enrollment. Topics may include: Quantitative Evaluation for Public and Not-for-profit Management, Ethics in Leadership, Evidence-Based Leadership, Informal Leadership, Communication and Leadership, Visionary Leadership.
Credits: 3
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LDRS 510G - Topics in Leadership
In-depth study of selected topics in leadership, with emphasis on those topics important to leadership theory. Student may take multiple topics courses for additional credit as long as there is no duplication of materials covered by previous enrollment. Topics may include: Quantitative Evaluation for Public and Not-for-profit Management, Ethics in Leadership, Evidence-Based Leadership, Informal Leadership, Communication and Leadership, Visionary Leadership.
Credits: 3
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LDRS 600G - Approaches to Leadership
Approaches to Leadership introduces the dominant theories or schools of thought in the research literature, helping students identify their own leadership strengths and weaknesses as viewed through the lens of each particular theory. In addition, the course introduces the ethical standards and behavior as well as the basics of resource management (e.g., time management, financial management) and goal setting, and requires the student to begin to plan his or her own path of personal leadership development.
Credits: 3
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LDRS 601G - Organizational Theory and Leadership
Students study classic and contemporary works on organizations and leadership of them. The class uses study of the classics in the field as the basis for analyzing contemporary works in organizational leadership.
Credits: 3
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LDRS 602G - Decision-Making and Leadership
This course presents the major academic approaches to decision-making and consciously builds on the contributions of several disciplines. Students are expected to develop a project (paper, video, simulation, integrative model) in consultation with the professor where they apply the ideas, concepts, and models studied in the course.
Credits: 3
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LDRS 671G - Leadership Internship
A primary opportunity for each student to integrate course learning and personal approaches to work. It is also an opportunity for students to obtain practical experience in organizational settings that are of particular interest to them. Students should select a site that gives them the opportunity to be challenged, and to learn as much as possible about their particular field of interest. Students observe and experience a variety of organizational leadership relationships, professionals in leadership capacities, and workers’ approaches to achievement of common organizational goals. A minimum of 170 hours of internship is required. This course is taken simultaneously with LDRS 672G - Leadership Internship: Evaluation and Analysis . May be repeated for up to six credits.
Corequisite: LDRS 672G - Leadership Internship: Evaluation and Analysis .
Credits: 1 to 6
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LDRS 672G - Leadership Internship: Evaluation and Analysis
This course is taken simultaneously with LDRS 671G - Leadership Internship . This course represents the academic and reflective portion of the internship program. The student works with an assigned university supervisor and with other students in the program taking an internship at the same time. Student reflection is prompted through a variety of writing assignments and students evaluate their individual strengths, weaknesses, and growth during the internship. May be repeated for up to three credits.
Prerequisite: Permission of advisor and Graduate Dean.
Credits: 1 to 3
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LDRS 690G - Capstone Seminar
The Leadership Capstone course is designed to be the last course a student takes in the Leadership program. It provides the student an opportunity to demonstrate knowledge and skills required by their future career and synthesize knowledge learned in previous courses. A major project allows students to deeply investigate a topic of interest. Students also compile and revise their portfolio of work across the degree. Opportunities are provided for reflection about personal and professional goals and practical assistance achieving those goals.
Credits: 3
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LDRS 695G - Independent Study in Leadership
Advanced, individually designed research/study project focusing on a particular topic or set of issues in Leadership. Plan/learning outcomes established in collaboration with faculty supervisor. A written report is expected with a copy filed in the Graduate Office.
Prerequisites: LDRS 600G - Approaches to Leadership and LDRS 601G - Organizational Theory and Leadership .
Credits: 1 to 5
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LIB 111 - Use of Information Resources
An introduction to the information cycle, finding, evaluating, and using information resources, in both print and electronic formats. This includes the online catalog and other bibliographic databases, the Internet, and basic reference sources.
Credits: 1
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LING 224 - Topics in Linguistics
A general topics course that does not require prerequisite coursework in linguistics. Topics might include “Language and Narrative,” “Language Online,” or “Language and Learning.” May be repeated for up to nine credits.
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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LING 238 - Introduction to Linguistics
Linguistics is the study of the forms and functions of human language. The study of language forms includes the description and analysis of phonetic, phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic units. The study of language functions includes the analysis of the role of dialects and registers in society. Other topics to be covered include language classification, language acquisition and development, and pragmatics.
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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LING 250 - English Linguistics for the Classroom
This course explores English grammar from both prescriptive and descriptive points of view. Issues related to language variation are contextualized for future teachers of both native and non-native speakers of English. Contemporary American English is analyzed in terms of phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. Rules in “Standard American English” are contrasted both with African American English (as an equally complex system in its own right) and with typical non-native language learning errors. This course also covers current controversies regarding the use and teaching of English in the classroom context.
Prerequisite: LING 238 - Introduction to Linguistics with a grade of “C” or higher.
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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LING 308 - Principles of Second Language Teaching
This course is designed to introduce students to the principles of teaching a second language. Students will learn key insights from second language acquisition (SLA) research and study theoretical models of language acquisition based on this research. Linking theory to practice, students will explore implications for instruction that emanate from this research base and learn to design activities that are harmonious with the mental processes by which the mind acquires language.
Students who receive credit for LING 308 may not receive credit for CML 308 - Principles of Second Language Teaching .
Prerequisite: LING 238 - Introduction to Linguistics
Credits: 4
NOTE:
* This is a writing-enhanced course.
** This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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LING 315 - Structure and History of Romance Languages
The course introduces students to the linguistics of the Romance languages. Students become familiar with relevant aspects of phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and lexicon.
Prerequisite: .
Credits: 4
When Offered: Fall, odd years.
NOTE:
* Honors Scholar Course.
** This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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LING 318 - Structure and History of English
The development of the English language is explored, from Proto-Indo-European origins, through Old English and Middle English, up to various dialects of modern English. Each component of the language system is analyzed (lexicon, phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics). It is seen how all the different mechanisms of language change (sound change, analogical change, grammaticalization, lexical and semantic changes) have applied through the history of the language and continue to apply today.
Prerequisite: LING 238 - Introduction to Linguistics with a a grade of “C” or higher.
Credits: 4
NOTE:
* Honors Scholar Course.
** This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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LING 319 - Structure and History of a Language or Language Family
The course introduces students to the linguistics of a specific language or language family, particular methods, or topics in linguistics. Students become familiar with relevant aspects of phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and lexicon. Other topics are determined by faculty and student interests. May be repeated under different topics.
Prerequisite: .
Credits: 4
NOTE:
* Honors Scholar Course.
** This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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LING 324 - Sociolinguistics
An introduction to sociolinguistic variation, including both interpersonal (regional and ethnic dialects, gender and class differences, etc.) and intrapersonal (different registers and styles). Sociolinguistic differences will be considered in their social, cultural, and historical contexts, allowing students to better understand how particular uses of language are judged in particular ways.
Credits: 4
NOTE:
* Honors Scholar Course.
** 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.
**** This is a writing-enhanced course.
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LING 325 - Language and Gender
An intercultural examination of language and gender, integrating linguistic, sociolinguistic, and anthropological approaches.
Credits: 4
NOTE:
* Honors Scholar Course.
** 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.
**** This is a writing-enhanced course.
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LING 401 - Undergraduate Readings in Linguistics
An opportunity for the student to earn credit through readings of materials not covered in previous courses. May be repeated for up to six credits.
Credits: 1 to 4
NOTE:
* This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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LING 412 - Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language
A practicum course in which students are introduced to techniques of teaching/tutoring English as a second/foreign language. Students gain practical experience by participating as a supervised tutor in an English as a second language setting. At least one hour of tutoring per week is required.
Prerequisite: LING 308 - Principles of Second Language Teaching or CML 308 - Principles of Second Language Teaching with grade of “C” or higher.
Credits: 4
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LING 413 - Advanced Linguistics: Topics
An examination of an advanced topic in linguistics. May be elected more than once for credit under different topics.
Prerequisite: LING 238 - Introduction to Linguistics
Credits: 1-4
NOTE:
* Honors Scholar Course.
** This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
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LING 414 - Language and the Mind
An introduction to topics in psycholinguistics that focuses on the contributions of both linguistics and psychology to the study of language behavior. The investigation of linguistic processing in the brain draws on evidence from language deficits as well as recent advances in brain imaging. The investigation of first and second language acquisition and development considers spoken, written, and signed (human) language. Symbolic processing in animals is included.
Prerequisite: .
Credits: 4
NOTE:
* Honors Scholar Course.
** This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
*** This is a writing-enhanced course.
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