Spring Semester, 2008
New Course Descriptions

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ART 275 - Three-Dimensional Design 4 s.h.

This introduction to the fundamental principles and processes of three-dimensional design uses a variety of media. Emphasis is placed on problem-solving, media handling, creative exploration and effective use of the language of art.

ART 370 - Life Drawing II 4 s.h.

A continuation of Art 201, students will draw from live models and figure casts, while learning the structure of the body in motion and at rest. Class activity will emphasize composition, critical analysis, and productive exploration in a variety of drawing media. Prerequisite Art 201.

BIO 170 - Topics in General Biology: Integrated Laboratory and Lecture 4 s.h.

In this introductory approach to foundational concepts, theories and issues in biology will be integrated with laboratory activities for topics selected by the instructor. The course satisfies the General Studies laboratory science requirement, but does not give credit toward a Biology major or minor. No credit is given to students with prior credit for BIO 101/102 and BIO 111. Laboratory included.

BIO 273 - Molecular Genetics 4 s.h.

Molecular genetics is a tool used to understand the function of genes by utilizing a combination of molecular biology and classical genetics. It is also a discipline which studies the molecular mechanisms underlying the transmission and expression of genes. Both of these will be incorporated into the lecture and laboratory. Course topics will include DNA and chromosome structure, DNA replication, gene expression, gene regulation, and molecular biological techniques/applications. Application of modern molecular genetic methods to biomedical and agricultural problems will be discussed along with the societal issues that arise from their use. Prerequisite: BIO 272.

BIO 370 - Herpetology 2 s.h.

This course explores the ecology and evolution of reptiles and amphibians. Amphibians (frogs and salamanders) represent the direct descendents of the first vertebrates to successfully make the leap to terrestrial life. Reptiles (turtles, lizards and snakes) have successfully occupied nearly every conceivable niche on earth at one time or another. We will investigate the unique feeding, reproductive, environmental, and life history adaptations found in these fascinating organisms. Prerequisite: BIO 112 and 114.

BUS 473 - Professional Selling 4 s.h.

This course provides engaged opportunities for the student to acquire the skills, knowledge, and attitudes that will result in successful professional sales careers. Topics covered include ethical and professional methods of developing the prospect base, approaching the buyer, creating the presentation, demonstrating sales methods, negotiating with the buyer, creating value, and offering customer solutions. The major goal of the course is to learn how to establish long-term relationships with professional buyers in a business-to-business setting. Prerequisites: BUS 311 and senior standing.

DAN 320 A - Topics: Motion and the Male in Dance Technique 4 s.h.

This course focuses on the development and strengthening of the male dancer’s technical performance and artistic expression in relation to dance performance. While the course is designed to meet the needs of each individual, students should possess basic knowledge and skills of dance from previous studies in beginning modern, ballet, or jazz course work. Dance combinations will build upon musicality, artistic expression, movement vocabulary, and technical abilities with attention to solid principles of safety. Each class will focus on creating a balance between increased strength, flexibility, coordination, speed, and stamina. Additional course work will include written components dealing with video observations, research reports, reflective journals, and dance concert reviews.

EDU 271 - Grammar for Educators 2 sh.

ENG 255 A - Topics: Law, Literature and the Humanities 4 s.h.

Using largely United States law and literature, this class will bridge three points in the contemporary comparative study of law and literature: observing how the law and lawyers are reflected in literary works, examining the construction of the law via the literary characteristics of particular statutes and judicial opinions, and critiquing the legal imagination to observe how the language of the law transforms the world, reflects or reinforces cultural characteristics and assumptions, and creates a culture of its own. We will also examine how the law emerges from and perhaps departs from both Western secular intellectual and religious views of “justice” as reflected in literature and how specific legal documents in American civilization have shaped the nation, become essential to our cultural narrative, and expressed the nature of our civilization to the world. Prerequisite: ENG 110.

ENG 255 B - Topics: Explorers, Invaders, Discoverers: Literature of Empire 4 s.h.

How do explorers write about their travels and adventurers? How do the people they meet write about them? How does “discovery” affect cultures on the frontier and back home? In this course we will read firsthand accounts of some of the World’s most amazing discoveries and conquests (Columbus, Cortez, China’ Star Fleet) from the perspectives of the explorers and the peoples they discover. We will also engage writings that use fictional travel writing to satirize their own culture (Utopia, Gulliver’s Travels). Prerequisite: ENG 110.

ENG 255 C - Topics: The Trojan War in Legend, Literature and Film 4 s.h.

This course examines the rich body of literature retelling the tales from the Trojan War, beginning with the epic poems of Homer, and continuing through the present day. In addition to the Iliad, major works include Sophocles' "Philoctetes," Chaucer's "Troilus and Criseyde," Shakespeare's "Troilus and Cressida," and Marion Zimmer Bradley's "The Firebrand." Excerpts from other works, as well as brief poems, about the Trojan War will be included, as well as several film treatments (such as "Helen of Troy" and "Troy"). Prerequisite: ENG 110.

ENG 255 D - Topics: Page to Screen/Literary Film Adaptation 4 s.h.

This class aims to strengthen students’ capabilities as close readers of imaginative literature using film adaptation as our course theme. Exploring a variety of forms, including novels, short stories, plays, and comic art (graphic literature), we will discuss how the conventions of fiction writing, visual rhetoric, and critical theory inform the transfer across media. Period emphasis will be on works of the 20 th century post-WWII era, with detailed analyses of the following texts: Daniel Clowes’ Ghost World, Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange, Tony Kushner’s Angels in America, Toni Morrison’s Beloved, and Janet Frame’s An Angel at My Table. Additional authors may include Margaret Atwood, John Cheever, Julio Cortázar, Andre Dubus, Graham Greene, Ernest Hemingway, Richard Matheson, Joyce Carol Oates, Annie Proulx, Tom Perrotta, and Tobias Wolff. Prerequisite: ENG 110.

ENG 355 - Sheep and Shepherds on Main Street: The Pastoral Mode in Literature 4 s.h.

Is 9/11 an event that might be framed and explained within the pastoral mode? Is warfare a kind of failed or ironic pastoral? Why are pubs in England sometimes called “The Green Man”? Are love affairs always pastoral events? Why does Christianity adopt the pastoral motif? Why does pastoral lend itself so readily to satiric purposes? Our readings in prose, poetry and drama may answer these and other questions---including the one about why so many artists have been fascinated for so long by the twin poles of the country and the city. F ulfills the General Studies Literature requirement. For English Majors, the course counts as a Genre course and as an upper-level literature course.Prerequisite: English 110

ENG 370 - Dickens and Eliot 4 s.h.

Charles Dickens and George Eliot were both masters of the Victorian triple-decker novel, a form that Henry James famously called “large loose baggy monsters.” Their capacious novels depict comprehensive social worlds as they attempt to make sense of the rapidly changing social, cultural, and political forces that characterized life in nineteenth-century Britain. Such forces included innovations in industry, science, and technology; the growth of urban centers along with concomitant changes in rural life; the expansion of the British empire; the idealization of domestic life; and the examination of wide ranging questions pertaining to class and gender. For Dickens and Eliot fiction served as a vehicle for addressing the pressing concerns that grew out of this rapid modernization. The realist mode in particular privileged the importance of human connection in an increasingly mechanized world, offering what Eliot termed “a fibre of human sympathy” between the artist and others. In this course, we will examine selected works by each author in order to understand how Dickens and Eliot used both the thematic elements and formal structures of fiction to confront a period of dramatic transition and change. Our investigations will place emphasis not only on the parallels between the two authors, but also on the unique aspects that contribute to their longstanding appeal among readers. Counts as an Author course within the English major. Prerequisite: English 110

ENG 470 - Tragic Villains in Shakespeare 4 s.h.

This course will offer an intense study of the villains in selected plays of Shakespeare. Emphasis on the nature of evil, its causes and effects, will be supported with extensive use of videos to compare Shakespeare’s most evil characters in action. Counts as an Author course within the English major. Prerequisite: English 110

ENS 170 - Environmental Visions, Alternate Future 4 s.h.

We know that there is an environmental crisis, and we know that certain immediate responses are necessary. But what then? We need some imagination here! What might fully realized “green” social and technological systems look like? How might our relations to other-than-human beings be completely transformed? And how might environmentalism itself evolve as we move into regions beyond the very Earth itself? Cross-listed with PHL 175.

FIN 471 - Financial Derivatives 4 s.h.

The course content will deal with learning about financial derivatives and how they impact financial markets. What are they, how are they determined, and what risks are associated with the use of derivatives as hedges.

FRE 374 - French Social Criticism through Humor 4 s.h.

This course begins with the premise that the ends of French comedy are often more than laughter. In standup, theatre, film, media, literature and art, humor has traditionally been used to invoke serious social matters in contemporary French life: class biases, racism, misogyny and other critical issues of the day. We will thus consider how various forms of comedy challenge public thought and the effects of “comical” confrontations on French society. Taught in French. Prerequisite : FRE 222 or higher

GST 115 - Public Speaking 2 s.h.

Students learn principles for speaking in public settings, with significant in-class presentation and out-of-class topical research. The course focuses on the structure and effective delivery of ideas, use of language, supporting evidence, reasoning and emotional appeals, diction, pronunciation and nonverbal communication.

GST 214 - Contemporary Italy 4 s.h.

This course is designed to introduce students to the main aspects in contemporary Italy such as history, arts, politics, film studies, literature and cultural landmarks in general. A strong emphasis will be placed on modern Italian institutions. The course is taught in English. Counts toward Italian Studies minor. Society or Civilization.

GST 260 - Culture of Japan 2 s.h.

An overview of the Japanese nation from different perspectives: history, language, the arts, business, the family, food, religion, etc. This course will be taught in English. (CIVILIZATION, EXPRESSION or SOCIETY.)

GST 261 - Culture of China 2 s.h.

An overview of the Chinese nation from different perspectives: history, language, the arts, business, the family, food, religion, etc. This course will be taught in English. (CIVILIZATION, EXPRESSION or SOCIETY.)

GST 263 - Culture of Spain 2 s.h.

An overview of the Spanish nation from different perspectives: history, language, the arts, business, the family, food, religion, etc. This course will be taught in English. (CIVILIZATION, EXPRESSION or SOCIETY.)

GST 270 - Women and Men in Society 4 s.h.

This course examines the major issues that affect women and men today from a feminist perspective. Interdisciplinary synthesis of theories, methods and materials from sociology, psychology, religion, anthropology, history, and political science will be emphasized. (SOCIETY)

GST 276 - Culture of Egypt 2 s.h.

This course will introduce students to various aspects of Egyptian culture. Egypt is a fascinating land by virtue of its being a sixty-centuries-old cradle of ancient civilization—land of the Pyramids and King Tut; birthplace of agriculture, the art of government, and monotheism; a crossroads and melting pot of many conquering peoples—among them Persians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Turks, French, and English; the backdrop for epic religious events in Judaism, C hristianity, and Islam; and the political, religious, educational, literary, artistic, and entertainment center of the contemporary Arabic-speaking world. Topics on history, religion, language, and culture—the elements that have shaped the people who call themselves Egyptians—will be presented t hrough lectures, readings, discussions, films, and student projects. (CIVILIZATION, EXPRESSION or SOCIETY.)

GST 315 - Power and Obedience 4 s.h.

It is normal for people to attempt to influence the behavior of others. This course will examine the various methods of influence that have the most success, as well as the characteristics of people who are most easily influenced. Ramifications for individuals and societies will be discussed. Prerequisite: Successful completion of sophomore assessment.

GST 318 - The Five Freedoms: First Amendment Under Attack 4 s.h.

The principal objective of Five Freedoms is to teach the importance of the First Amendment to a free society and the urgency of maintaining support for the freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition. It will consider the various theories of the First Amendment in a historical context and examine the social and political pressures increasingly applied to corrupt those five freedoms. All students in the course will be required to express their First Amendment freedoms through an applied public activity. Prerequisite: Successful completion of sophomore assessment.

GST 326 - Human Sexuality 4 s.h.

This course provides the comprehensive study of biological, cultural and psychosocial sexuality t hroughout the life cycle, including male and female physiology, reproduction, contraception, sexual identity, gender roles, intimate relationships, sexually transmitted diseases and variant sexual behaviors. Prerequisite: Successful completion of sophomore assessment.

GST 336 - Numbers and Culture 4 s.h.

This interdisciplinary course is for students participating in the Costa Rica semester abroad program. How did numeration systems arise in different cultures in Mesoamerica, Central America and South America? Can a culture survive without numbers? Can numbers exist without names and symbols? Why is it important that we move beyond our own base ten Western study of numbers to include the number ideas from other cultures? These are some questions that will be explored as we inquire about the development and uses of numbers in the Costa Rican culture from the pre-Columbian era to the present day. Studying in Costa Rica will afford us the opportunity to visit museums , interact with the Tico community, and travel to any of the seven provinces as we pursue the integration of Costa Rican culture with the history of numbers. Prerequisite: Successful completion of sophomore assessment.

GST 338 - American Adolescence 4 s.h.

This interdisciplinary seminar explores the male and female experience of coming of age in America. We will study major psychological and sociological theories of adolescence, and examine how the transition from childhood to adult life is represented in literature and film. Counts toward the Women’s/Gender Studies minor. Prerequisite: Successful completion of sophomore assessment.

GST 345 - Gender Issues in Education 4 s.h.

Is there a boy crisis in education or are girls still knocking on the classroom door? In this course we will explore the major discussions and debates in the area of gender and education, learning to identify diverse theoretical orientations in both popular and scholarly literature. Topics will include gender differences in access to education, academic achievement, and outcomes of schooling; the history of gender issues in education; the influence of socio-economic status on education; and the contributions of socialization and biology to gender and sex differences. Possible solutions to gender inequity will be explored. Prerequisite: Successful completion of sophomore assessment.

GST 348 - Lifestories 4 s.h.

This course helps students identify the "life stories" they are living. It draws on literary, psychological, religious, and philosophical resources. Daily writing assignments from Sam Keen's “Your Mythic Journey” will culminate in a personal story which remembers the past, reflects on the present, envisions a future, and clarifies personal beliefs and values. Contemporary films such a "A River Runs Though It" and conversations with community partners will serve as additional catalysts for writing one's story. Prerequisite: Successful completion of sophomore assessment and senior standing

GST 350 - The Melungeons: Fact And Fiction 4 s.h.

“The Melungeons will get you if you ain’t pretty” was a saying that some East Tennessee parents in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries might have said to misbehaving children. The word melungeon refers to a group of mixed-blood mountaineers who were first found in Hancock County, Tennessee, three centuries ago and who are often referred to as “mysterious” because of their unknown origins and ethnicity. These people have been maligned since the 1700s, but celebrated through more recent scholarship and gatherings which have attempted to place them historically and culturally among other mountain communities. This course will examine the historical, cultural, and ethnographic studies of the Melungeons as well as how they have been portrayed in fiction and non-fiction. Prerequisite: Successful completion of sophomore assessment.

GST 356 - Identity Across Cultures: Great Britain 4 s.h.

In this course, we will focus on cultural influences affecting personal and group identity development. Drawing on the long and well-documented multiculturalism of London, we will reflect critically about ways in which culture affects our own personal identity development and management of group identity. We will consider psychological, sociological, anthropological, and historical materials relating to culture and identity and apply them to topics of interest and importance in British society. Thus this course will explore theories and topics of interest in the study of identity and culture with a particular focus on the multicultural context of Great Britain. Prerequisite: Successful completion of sophomore assessment.

GST 361 - Sex and Society 4 s.h.

The interdisciplinary study of sexuality takes as its central concern a topic that seems of continual fascination to human and some non-humans primates alike – sex. Sex is a complex subject and in order to make sense of it we will look at sexuality in terms of a sexual system or ecology of sex. We will discuss sex in its multiple dimensions: including socio-cultural, psychological, and biological elements; spanning reproductive as well as non-reproductive behaviors. This perspective is therefore a bio-psycho-cultural one that offers a prism for understanding the erotic lives of individuals in society. We will begin with evolutionary considerations, exploring human sexuality as a legacy from our primate heritage as well as focusing on how human sexuality is unique in the animal kingdom. The physiology of human sexuality follows. A life course model organizes the rest of the course including special topics such as the gendering of sex, global issues, sex work and trafficking. Unlike a single disciplinary approach, an interdisciplinary emphasis encounters sexuality through a lens that includes cross-cultural and international considerations; for example, the industrialized Western sexual system is regarded as just one of many possibilities in a globalizing world of indigenous peoples and industrializing nations. In this course we will examine sexual variation, emphasize individual agency in the cultural context, and offer interpretive analyses of human sexuality. The course will conclude with an accent on contemporary issues: e.g., gender variance, industrialized homophobia, diverse sexual cultures, HIV-AIDS, and the medicalization of sexuality are additional topics the class might find of particular interest. Successful completion of sophomore assessment.

GST 362 - The Suburban Fiasco 4 s.h.

American life is becoming inescapably suburban -- even in our most rural and urban areas, there's a sameness that's creeping in around the edges. Every town and exurb and cityscape is starting to look alike: the same visual and emotional and intellectual cues seem to be everywhere, and endlessly repeating. TGI Friday's, anyone? Bed, Bath and Beyond? This course, through a variety of disciplinary lenses (literary, horticultural, sociological) will seek to call into question -- though not necessarily to repudiate -- all things suburban. Should we have big-box stores? What's wrong with Exit 140? What does a gated community mean? When is a coffeehouse not a coffeehouse? What does the way in which we're (increasingly) living our lives say about the American cultural experiment? In short: You kids get off my lawn. Or should you? Prerequisite: Successful completion of sophomore assessment.

GST 363 - At Death’s Door 4 s.h.

This course is an exploration of what the sciences and humanities can tell us about the end of life – stopping short of exploring the afterlife. Together we will shape questions and seek explanations that expand our understandings about how death approaches and how we approach death. Prerequisite: Successful completion of sophomore assessment.

GST 366 - Marx, Darwin, Freud 4 s.h.

These revolutionary makers of the modern mind — Marx, Darwin and Freud — have had enduring influence on subsequent thought in such diverse fields as philosophy and politics, biology and religion, sociology and psychology. This course examines their work in light of more recent attempts to incorporate, reform and extend their insights. Successful completion of sophomore assessment.

GST 368 - Nutritional Issues in Post-2000 United States: Foods, Diets, and Health 4 s.h.

Topics to be explored in this interdisciplinary course include the following: production and processing of food, food safety, food additives, food fortification, functional foods; optimal diets, weight-loss diets, Mediterranean diets, Japanese diet; vegetarianism vs. omnivorous eating patterns; diet-related diseases, such as overweight, obesity, diabetes, heart and cardiovascular diseases, cancers; gender differences in eating patterns, nutritional status, and health. Students will be expected to write both outside of class and in class, to participate in discussions and debates, and to prepare a final culminating report on a topic of interest offered by this course. Readings and papers, class participation, and a final examination are major parts of the course requirements. Previous instruction in basic nutrition is highly desirable. Prerequisite: Successful completion of sophomore assessment.

GST 369 - Men and Masculinity 4 s.h.

This course will take an in-depth look at how various cultures (western and non-western) have defined masculinity. Sources of investigation will include literature, the media, and social institutions, such as the family, religion, politics, leisure, and others. The course will explore how men conceptualize their bodies and spirits, and how they practice relationships with other men, women, parents, and progeny. Counts toward the Women’s/Gender Studies minor. Prerequisite: Successful completion of sophomore Assessment.

GST 374 - Social Reformers in the Labor Movement 4 s.h.

Focusing on biographies and autobiographies of organizers and participants in labor movements we will examine the social, economic, and political conditions that led to the movements and the strategies and tactics they employ. We will look at the importance of leaders, activists, organizers, intellectuals, and others in the movements. Who were they and what were their personal motivations? We will apply this study to current labor conditions in the United States and especially in North Carolina. We will ask ourselves such questions as is it time for collective action? What can we do? Are we ready to act? Cross-listed with HUS 374. Prerequisite: Successful completion of sophomore assessment.

GST 404 - Geography of Africa 4 s.h.

Cross-listed with GEO 320 A. Prerequisite: Successful completion of sophomore assessment.

HST 135 - Survey of Modern Latin American History 4 s.h.

This course will survey the history of Latin America from the early 19 th century to the present. The goal of the course is to enable students to gain an understanding of issues in contemporary Latin America by placing them in perspective. The course is structured thematically, focusing on subjects including the social implications of various models of economic development, the opportunities and problems which result from economic ties to wealthy countries, changing the ethnic, gender and class relations in Latin America, and the diverse efforts of Latin American people to construct stable and equitable political, economic and social systems. In examining these topics, examples will be drawn from the histories of various Latin American countries.

HST 370 - China: Empire and Revolution 4 s.h.

This course will explore the major developments in the history of China from the outbreak of the Opium Wars in the early 1840s through the communist takeover of China in 1948-1949. It will also look at the major philosophical, social, and political traditions in China and discuss their influence on the Chinese and their response to the coming of the West and the ultimate collapse of the ancient imperial system in the years before World War I. The latter part of the course will deal with the War Lord period, the Nationalist domination of China, and the rise and success of communism in the 1930s and 1940s.

HST 374 - Genocide in the Twentieth Century 4 s.h.

In this class, students will investigate the history of genocide in the developing world. We will start with the colonial genocide of the Herero in present-day Namibia and carry our discussion up to the ongoing genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan. Although we will not focus on the Jewish Holocaust in any detail, we will use that well-known example as a reference point to analyze non-European conflicts such as Cambodia, Rwanda, and Guatemala. Students will undertake projects that examine under what conditions individual genocides began, continued, and ended to determine whether any commonalities exist. As a class we will devise a definition of genocide, examine the barriers to international intervention to prevent and end genocide, and draft a revised version of the 2004 UN Action Plan to Prevent Genocide.

HST 381 - History of Ancient Rome 4 s.h.

This course follows one of the greatest story lines in ancient history: we will trace the rise of Rome from a small city state in Italy to an empire across three continents, and then to its much debated fall in the 5th century. The course will explore the pivotal political, military, social, and cultural events and developments in Roman history, such as the conquests and expansion during the Republic, the institutions of the Empire, Romanization, the rise of Christianity, and the Germanic invasions.

HST 467 - Gender & Sexuality in US History 4 s.h.

How have the connotations of “masculine” and “feminine” and the expectations of a “good normal man” and “good normal woman” changed throughout U.S. history? How have ideas about appropriate sexuality changed, and why? Who created the expectations and who enforced them? The shared readings in this social history seminar will focus on some of these questions. A major component of this senior seminar is completion of an in-depth research paper on an approved topic related to the history of gender or sexuality in U.S. history. The paper should illustrate a careful, intelligent process of historical inquiry and meet the History Department’s graduation requirements in terms of having an independent, complex, well-conceived argument, sound organization, extensive and suitable use of evidence.

HNR 131 - We the People: Self and Society in the Modern United States 4 s.h.

C. Wright Mills argues that the task of the “sociological imagination” is to demonstrate how the seemingly private lives of persons are connected to the wider society in which they live. This seminar will take up Mills’s challenge to understand how and why visions of selfhood have changed during the last century in the United States. In particular the course will consider the nature of individualism; reflect upon the varieties of self-experience, especially as influenced by such factors as age, gender, ethnicity, class, region, and sexual orientation; and consider whether the different segments of American society – economics, politics, religion, sport, media, education, and so forth – encourage somewhat different visions of selfhood. The class will work together to develop portraits of diverse American selves. Partially fulfills General Studies requirement in Society. Honors Fellows only.

HNR 175 - Humanities and Love 4 s.h.

This course will begin with an overview of Humanities, an overview that will include traditional methods, periodization, and key "monuments." Students will learn about the different theoretical approaches used in the Humanities through explanations, samples, and by trying their own hand at using them. They will examine the theme of love in various works of art and contexts. Finally, they will do a project using two approaches and one aspect of love on a work of their choosing. Partially satisfies General Studies requirement in Expression. Honors Fellows only.

HNR 277 - Civil Rights: Memory and Literature 4 s.h.

This course will focus on the Civil Rights Movement, when black and white activists used the tactics of direct, nonviolent action to end the system of segregation in the United States. By immersing ourselves in literacy and autobiographical accounts of this fascinating historical development –thereby studying it from an explicitly more personal and human perspective than in more traditional scholarly tests—we hope to gain an appreciation for the complexity and ambiguity of this important development in the history of our nation. Literature or Civilization. Second year Honors Fellows only.

HNR 278 - Who's Leading Whom? Press, Politics and Public During the Cold War 4 s.h.

Fears of Communism and the nuclear bomb, questions about America's role as the free world's lone superpower, and concerns about changing social mores were shaped and filtered during the Cold War by an increasingly omnipresent mass media. The advent of television brought about unprecedented opportunities to inform an increasingly uneasy public, but also proved to be an effective vehicle for manipulation by savvy politicians and media consultants through news events and campaign advertising. At the same time, new media voices appeared in the alternative press that emboldened citizens to question the status quo. This course will explore the interrelationship among the press, the political system, and public opinion during the Cold War era and seek to understand how each influenced the others. Partially satisfies General Studies requirement in either Civilization or Society. Second year Honors Fellows only.

HUS 374 - Social Reformers in the Labor Movement 4 s.h.

See GST 374 for course description

HUS 376 - Public Health 4 s.h.

This course is an introductory survey of public health issues and opportunities. This course will provide students with a greater understanding of public health, its influence on the health of the world, environmental and behavioral influences on the health of the public in the United States, and the broad scope of career options for professionals in the field of public health. This course includes a historical context for a discussion of current trends, emerging health issues and global practices. Students will be challenged to think critically, exploring the processes and practices of public health from social and global perspectives.

HUS 379 - Childhood and Human Services 4 s.h.

This course is about children, their needs, problems, developmental tasks, and successes. We will examine childhood both in a broad historical context, and in a specific, local community context. Special emphasis is on the process of helping children, different methods and approaches for helping children, and a close examination of some specific problems and issues that affect children today. A major goal of this course is for students to research and develop or choose a local community program or service designed to aid children. The intent is for the program to be sustainable beyond the scope of the course.

JCM 370 - Fundamentals of Advertising 4 s.h.

This course introduces students to the development and early methods of cinema animation, and explores emerging animation and special effects. Students will gain an understanding of animation terminology and develop skills in animation techniques.

JCM 372 - Narrative Directing 4 s.h.

The director’s vision shapes every aspect of a story’s transformation from page to stage and stage to screen. Students in this hands-on course work with scripts, actors, camera, editing and logistics as they practice the art and craft of narrative directing. Prerequisite: JCM 306 or permission of instructor.

JCM 374 - Advertising Copywriting 4 s.h.

This course provides students an opportunity to explore the creative side of advertising. While the primary focus will be on writing copy for advertising in a variety of media, emphasis also will be placed on concepts, strategies, presentation and the connection between graphics and text to communicate messages both creatively and effectively

JCM 470 - Visual Storytelling 4 s.h.

This course takes the student beyond photojournalism foundations covered in JCM 320. It focuses on generating and researching visual storytelling ideas, then executing them photographically. Students will enhance their understanding of visual storytelling and its methods of evoking emotion. Multimedia tools will be used to produce online visual stories with audio. A working portfolio will be developed by the end of this course. Prerequisite: JCM 320.

LSB 373 - Strategies for Career Preparation 1 s.h.

This course prepares LSB majors in their junior year for the initial job search after graduation. Areas covered include résumé development, interviewing skills, and professional etiquette. Prereq: This course is for Accounting, Business Administration, and Economics majors only; students with junior-class standing only.

LSM 370 - Ethical Issues in Leisure and Sport Management 4 s.h.

To identify and examine moral and ethical development theories, models of ethical analysis, professional ethics, personal and management values, and situational analysis in the study of current issues in Leisure and Sport Management.

MUS 106 G - World Percussion Ensemble 1 s.h.

The class is a chamber percussion ensemble utilizing djembe, congas, ashiko, dun dun, shekere, bells, dumbek, frame drums and other percussion instruments. Pieces will be influenced by various cultures around the world including Africa, Cuba, Brazil, the Middle East, India and others. Learning hand drum techniques is paramount to the success of the student. There will also be listening assignments of music from various cultures. Study projects will be given on specific percussion music.

MUS 374 -Opera Techniques 2 s.h.

This course is a process-oriented class which explores movement, music, drama, and historic research as means of preparation for an expressive performance. Integrating these aspects into a final performance of an operatic aria or small ensemble will be the goal of each class member. Students will use teamwork to help one another grow and develop during class sessions. A small workshop performance during class-time will be open to the public at the end of the semester.

NVS 172 - Collaborative Conflict Resolution 2 s.h.

Conflict is a constant part of our lives. The Chinese symbol for conflict also means opportunity. How can we handle conflicts so they produce positive results? How do we resolve conflicts so they become creative opportunities for learning and growing? This class will provide students with a negotiation process that gets to the root of conflict and produces creative solutions. We will analyze our own individual patterns for resolving conflict and learn how to choose the style that is best for each conflict situation.

PER 372 - Periclean Seminar for Juniors 2 s.h.

Open only to members of Periclean Scholars Program.

PER 472 - Periclean Seminar for Seniors 2 s.h.

Open only to members of Periclean Scholars Program.

PER 473 - Periclean Seminar for Seniors 4 s.h.

Open only to members of Periclean Scholars Program.

PHL 175 4 s.h.

Refer to ENS 170 for course description.

PHL 371 - Topics: Restorative Justice 4 s.h.

This course explores the theory and practice of justice as an alternative to retribution and rehabilitation. Restorative justice understands violence as crime against individuals and communities rather than the state. Restorative justice reconciles the offender with both the victim and community and restores them all by repairing harm to persons and relationships. Its philosophy applies to street crime as well as to the aftermath of dictatorship; civil war, and genocide.

PHL 376 - Continental Questionings of Justice 4 s.h.

In this course we shall look at the Lockean kind of justice America lives by, study two attempts to modify It, and then concentrate on European conceptions of justice in Continental philosophy which differ quite dramatically. The course is an attempt to understand why Europeans think so differently about the question of justice.

PHL 380 - Reclaiming Democracy: Dialogue, Decision Making and Community Action 4 s.h.

This highly innovative course will bring together diverse students and faculty from six educational institutions and the local community: Bennett College, Elon University, Greensboro College, Guilford College, North Carolina A & T State University, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and the Greater Greensboro community. Professors from the disciplines of communication, economics, philosophy, political science, psychology, and religious studies and a community activist/public intellectual from the Fund for Democratic Communities will be the core faculty for the course. Framed within Greensboro's rich history, both of struggles for civil rights and social justice, and its often even more powerful desire for civility, students and faculty will draw on interdisciplinary academic inquiry to study the following broad question: How do we reclaim our democracy as a humane, inclusive process that is responsible to the needs of all members of our community? What does this require of us? In an effort to not only study, but to model democracy, students and faculty will work together to identify pressing contemporary issues, to critically understand them, and to devise strategies to address them. This class will meet once a week as a large group throughout the semester (excluding Spring Break week), on Monday evenings 6-9 at the Elon University Law School, and as a small group once a week for the first month on Elon's main campus on Wednesday evenings at 6-7:30.

PED 172 - Intermediate/Advanced Tennis 1 s.h.

Students practice and apply the skills and strategies of singles and doubles tennis through drills and games. Students should have intermediate level tennis skills such as consistent ground strokes and serving; experience with net play; and knowledge of game rules and etiquette prior to registration.

PED 175 - Self Defense and Personal Safety 1 s.h.

This class teaches self defense techniques that are easy to learn and perform. Using techniques from various martial arts, students learn practical self defense maneuvers for the most common real world situations from the perspective of personal safety. No previous martial arts experience is required.

PHY 371 - Astrophysics 4 s.h.

This survey of astronomy and astrophysics includes the study of celestial mechanics, planetary structure, remote sensing, stellar evolution, and galactic dynamics. Laboratory included. Prerequisite: PHY 114.

POL 370 - Political Psychology 4 s.h.

This course will examine the interface between the fields of political science and psychology. Our approach will be bi-directional, meaning that we will explore some of the ways in which psychological make-up and processes influence political behavior, and also examine how political phenomena affect individuals' psychological make-up and processes. In so doing, we will explore a range of topics including social identity, authoritarianism, personality as a determinant of political behavior, judgment and decision making, elite influence, and the psychology of leadership.

POL 374 - Introduction to the Study of Law 2 s.h.

This course introduces students to the American legal system; the role of the courts in the governmental process; legislative and administrative agencies in the legal system; legal reasoning, writing and research. Students will be introduced to various areas of the law traditionally taught in the first year of law school and current legal issues. A hypothetical case will be used to prepare appellate briefs for presentation before the U.S. Supreme Court.

POL 375 - Comparative Criminal Justice Systems 4 s.h.

This course explores theoretical legal foundations, law enforcement practices, court systems, sentencing practices and innovative methods of punishment in various parts of the world. It is taught by an Elon faculty member with experience in administering court systems

POL 383 - U.S.- Latin American Relations 4 s.h.

This course starts with an examination of the relations between the U.S. and Latin America from an historical perspective, with the emergence of the U.S. as a power contender in the hemisphere in the late 19th century to the middle of the 20th century and the contentious Cold War period of the 1950s to 1980s. Then the focus turns to the contemporary period, analyzing the interests and circumstances shaping U.S. foreign policy towards Latin America, and the reactions of Latin American nations, including the social movements against neoliberalism and the rise of Hugo Chavez as a counterpoint to U.S. dominance in the region. Participants will present case studies of major U.S.-Latin American conflicts such as Guatemala 1954, Chile 1973, Panama 1989, the Central American wars of the 1980s, as well as current environmental issues, migration conflicts and drug wars.

POL 492 - Philanthropy and Social Change 4 s.h.

This course explores the development of American philanthropy from its historical and legal foundations to its contemporary role in supporting non-profit organizations, encouraging changes in public policy and fomenting social change. Incoporating a variety of classroom and on-site experiences and visits from several foundation officials, students will analyze current trends in philanthropy including the internal dynamics of grantmaking institutions and the processes involved in awarding grants to applicants. The course culminates in a simulation in which students establish a philanthropy, assuming roles as executives and board members of a grant making entity. Students will engage in the grant making process and have the opportunity to award an actual grant worth several thousand dollars to an organization they determine meets their criteria.

PSY 374 - Principles of Drug Action 4 s.h.

This course will serve as an introduction to neuropharmacology, which is the study of how drugs affect the brain and behavior. In this course, students will learn about the primary neurotransmitters (such as dopamine and serotonin) in the central nervous system that are targets for drug action, as well as explore biological principles (such as drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion) that are central in understanding drug effects. The course is oriented toward the discussion of drugs that specifically affect the brain and behavior, including drugs of abuse (such as marijuana, cocaine, and hallucinogens) and therapeutic compounds used widely in medicine (such as antidepressants, antipsychotics, and drugs used to treat ADHD). Prerequisites: PSY 221 or BIO 162.

PSY 375 - Cognitive Development 4 s.h.

Can babies learn before they are even born? When you are playing peek-a-boo with an infant, does she really think you’ve disappeared and come back again? Do we learn to talk because we are “wired” to learn language from birth and/or because people talk to us? Why do 6-year-olds get jokes that 4-year-olds don’t? In this course, we will ponder these questions and more as we examine how children’s thinking changes over time, with a focus on perception, memory, language, learning and intelligence. Prerequisite: PSY 111.

REL 370 - Christian Ethics 4 s.h.

This course examines Christian thought in relationship to the various social, communal and biological formations that constitute everyday life: race, economics, the environment, sex, gender, violence, medicine and technology. By paying careful attention to the various historical traditions that comprise Christianity, we will analyze what Christian theology has had to say on these formations as well as pay attention to how contemporary Christian ethics has responded to more recent ‘issues,’ especially within the field of medicine (e.g., in vitro fertilization, embryonic stem cell research, cloning, etc.).

REL 472 - Contemporary Hermeneutics: Reading the Bible from the Margins 4 s.h.

How do individuals and communities read sacred texts? How do they read these texts as Asians and Africans living in the aftermath of colonization, as part of LGBT and queer communities, as women, as African-Americans? How do ethnic, social, sexual, gender and political identities shape the ways that people approach the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Testaments? Even more specifically, how do members of traditionally oppressed groups make sense of the writings that were used as tools of oppression? All of these questions are raised as we explore the field of contemporary hermeneutics. While we will situate ourselves within the broad study of hermeneutics in general, our focus in this course will be on the different ways that traditionally marginalized groups have and continue to negotiate the biblical writings. Approaches we will consider include liberation, feminist, and queer interpretations.

Prerequisites: REL 111 or 112, or the permission of the instructor.

SOC 371 - Diversity in Action in London 4 s.h.

This course explores theoretical sociological theoretical approaches, research and personal experience to examine and develop an understanding of human diversity in British environments and behaviors. Both patterns of similarity and individuality will be explored. Since London is the home to diverse communities from nearly every part of the world, students will be able to explore a variety of perspectives while also reflecting and examining their own.

THE 320 A

THE 320 B - Topics: The Music Theatre Project

THE 320 C

THE 320 D

THE 440 A - Costume Design and Construction for Dance 4 s.h.

This class will focus on the design and construction of costumes for the art form of Dance. Though the major emphasis will be on design and construction for costumes we will also work with lighting design, developing a language that the choreographer and designer can utilize while collaborating on a performance. The students will learn to both design and build costumes for dance.

THE 440 C - Theatrical Drafting 4 s.h.

This course will provide the student with basic skills in the process of communicating theatrical design concepts and solutions using techniques of hand drafting scenery and properties for the theater. Attention will be paid to the development of accuracy in hand drafting using the appropriate tools.

Spring Semester, 2008 New Course Descriptions

Spring Semester, 2008
New Course Descriptions