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2012-2013 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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Chemistry |
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CHM 221 - Organic Chemistry I 4 credits (Fall)
A comprehensive study of structures, reactions, syntheses, and spectroscopy of aliphatic and aromatic compounds, which emphasizes modern mechanistic models. Three classes, one laboratory each week.
Prerequisite: CHM 129 . (Students with AP/IB credit or other off-campus credit to substitute for CHM 129 must take CHM 210 .)
Instructor: Staff
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CHM 222 - Organic Chemistry II 4 credits (Spring)
A comprehensive study of structures, reactions, syntheses, and spectroscopy of aliphatic and aromatic compounds, which emphasizes modern mechanistic models. Three classes, one laboratory each week.
Prerequisite: CHM 221 .
Instructor: Staff
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CHM 325 - Advanced Organic Chemistry 4 credits (Fall)
Selected topics in organic chemistry, including spectral methods of identifying organic compounds, reaction mechanisms, and modern methods of organic synthesis. Laboratory emphasis on spectral, chromatographic, and synthetic methods. Three classes, one laboratory each week.
Prerequisite: CHM 222 .
Note: Plus-2 option available.
Instructor: Staff
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CHM 330 - Enzyme Mechanisms 4 credits (Fall)
Examination of the mechanisms of enzyme reactions. Topics include enzyme structure, catalytic strategies, and methodologies to study enzyme mechanisms. Emphasis on enzymes that require a coenzyme (pyridoxal phosphate, flavin, etc.) to carry out their chemistry. Labs stress spectroscopic and kinetic techniques. Three classes, one laboratory each week.
Prerequisite: BCM 262 .
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Trimmer
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CHM 332 - Biophysical Chemistry 4 credits (Fall)
Exploration of advanced topics in biochemistry with an emphasis on physical methodologies (thermodynamics and kinetics) and techniques. Topics include ligand binding theory, protein folding, and structure determination, etc. Secondary emphasis involves topics in molecular neuroscience, such as second messenger systems and ion channels. Laboratory employs some of the techniques discussed and includes an independent project. Three classes, one laboratory each week. Completion of the introductory physics sequence and CHM 363 is recommended.
Prerequisite: BCM 262 and completion of or concurrent registration in PHY 131 .
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Levandoski
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CHM 358 - Instrumental Analysis 4 credits (Fall)
Analytical chemistry, including both theory and applications of spectral, electrochemical, chromatographic, and other commonly employed methods of analysis and separation. Two classes, two laboratories each week.
Prerequisite: CHM 221 .
Note: Plus-2 option available.
Instructor: Lyons, Sharpe
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CHM 363 - Physical Chemistry I 4 credits (Fall and Spring)
An introduction to physical chemistry that emphasizes experimental and theoretical aspects of chemical thermodynamics, chemical and physical equilibrium, and kinetics. Three classes, one laboratory each week.
Prerequisite: CHM 222 , and MAT 133 or equivalent, and PHY 131 or equivalent, and completion of or concurrent registration in PHY 132 .
Note: Plus-2 option available.
Instructor: Hernandez-Soto, Marzluff
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CHM 364 - Physical Chemistry II 4 credits (Spring)
Selected topics in physical chemistry with emphasis on molecular structure and chemical bonding and the application of thermodynamic and quantum theory to a variety of physical chemical phenomena. Three classes, one laboratory each week.
Prerequisite: CHM 363 .
Note: Plus-2 option available.
Instructor: Marzluff, Hernandez-Soto
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CHM 390 - Seminar: Current Topics in Chemistry 2 credits (Fall or Spring)
An investigation of a selected topic in chemistry with readings from the recent literature discussed in a seminar format. Specific topic announced at least a semester in advance. May be repeated a second time for credit.
Prerequisite: CHM 222 .
Note: Not offered every year.
Instructor: Staff
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CHM 423 - Advanced Inorganic Chemistry 4 credits (Spring)
Selected topics, including atomic structure, bonding, acid-base theories, coordination chemistry, crystal structure, and inorganic reactions. Three classes, one laboratory each week.
Prerequisite: CHM 363 .
Note: Plus-2 option available.
Instructor: Minelli
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Chinese |
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CHI 101 - Beginning Chinese I 5 credits (Fall)
An introductory course to modern (Mandarin) Chinese that teaches the skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Instructional emphasis is laid on both linguistic aspects (pronunciation, vocabulary, and structures) and on sociocultural strategies in communication. Students learn approximately 550 frequently used core graphs and their use in context.
Prerequisite: None.
Instructor: Cook
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CHI 102 - Beginning Chinese II 5 credits (Spring)
An introductory course to modern (Mandarin) Chinese that teaches the skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Instructional emphasis is laid on both linguistic aspects (pronunciation, vocabulary, and structures) and on sociocultural strategies in communication. Students learn approximately 550 frequently used core graphs and their use in context.
Prerequisite: CHI 101 .
Instructor: Cook
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CHI 211 - Practicum in Chinese/Japanese Calligraphy 1 credits
Cross-listed as: JPN 211 . Guided practice in the different styles of Chinese character writing. Recommended for students in CHI 102 and JPN 102 and above. Does not count toward Chinese major. May be repeated for credit with the permission of instructor. (A maximum of eight practicum credits may count toward graduation.)
Prerequisite: CHI 101 or JPN 101 , or permission of instructor.
Instructor: Staff
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CHI 221 - Intermediate Chinese I 4 credits (Fall)
Reinforcement and expansion of the grammatical basis and communicative competence gained in CHI 101 and CHI 102 . Continued practice of oral and listening skills, but with increased emphasis on reading and writing skills. Stress is on the acquisition of core graphs (to approximately 1,500), vocabulary, and complex sentence patterns. Simplified characters are also introduced.
Prerequisite: CHI 102 .
Instructor: Feng
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CHI 222 - Intermediate Chinese II 4 credits (Spring)
Reinforcement and expansion of the grammatical basis and communicative competence gained in CHI 101 and CHI 102 . Continued practice of oral and listening skills, but with increased emphasis on reading and writing skills. Stress is on the acquisition of core graphs (to approximately 1,500), vocabulary, and complex sentence patterns. Simplified characters are also introduced.
Prerequisite: CHI 221 .
Instructor: Feng
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CHI 230 - Chinese Women: Past and Present 4 credits (Fall or Spring)
This course will examine literary and cinematic representations of Chinese women, past and present by using gender as a category of analysis. Literary and cinematic focus is on the complex and changing relationship of Chinese women to normative gender codes and conventions over the course of some 2,000 years.
Prerequisite: None
Instructor: Feng, Staff
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CHI 241 - Chinese Philosophical Tradition 4 credits (Fall or Spring)
Cross-listed as: PHI 241 . Conducted in English. Introduction to Chinese philosophical tradition from the first millennium BCE to the late years of imperial China. The focus of the course is philosophical. Through a critical study of foundational and representative works of philosophy, we shall examine some of the perennial issues that have interested the Chinese for centuries, and the unspoken value presuppositions implicit in them.
Prerequisite: None.
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
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CHI 275 - Chinese Literary Tradition (in Translation) 4 credits
Cross-listed as: GLS 275 . Close reading and interpretation of classic Chinese works of discursive prose, historical narrative, poetry, and vernacular fiction from the early Zhou dynasty through late imperial China (ca. 1000 BCE–1911 CE). Analysis of these texts in the context of their social, cultural, and historical backgrounds and appreciation of their artistry in terms of both traditional Chinese literary theories and modern-day reinterpretations. Readings and discussion in English.
Prerequisite: None.
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Cook
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CHI 277 - Modern China through Literature and Film (in Translation) 4 credits
Cross-listed as: GLS 277 . This course examines literature and society in China starting from the turn of the 20th century through the critical study of selected samples of the literary and cinematic products of this tumultuous historical period. Attention is particularly focused on the political, cultural, and aesthetic messages that the literary and cinematic forms convey and disseminate. All readings and discussion are in English.
Prerequisite: None.
Note: Not offered every year.
Instructor: Feng
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CHI 331 - Advanced Chinese I 4 credits (Fall)
Further reinforcement, expansion, and refinement of grammatical proficiency and communicative skills through intensive reading of authentic Chinese materials, such as short stories, newspapers, and journals, and viewing of films and television broadcasts. Particular emphasis also given to increasing level of literary appreciation and critical awareness of the sociocultural contexts that shape readings.
Prerequisite: CHI 222 .
Instructor: Feng
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CHI 332 - Advanced Chinese II 4 credits (Spring)
Further reinforcement, expansion, and refinement of grammatical proficiency and communicative skills through intensive reading of authentic Chinese materials, such as short stories, newspapers, and journals, and viewing of films and television broadcasts. Particular emphasis also given to increasing level of literary appreciation and critical awareness of the sociocultural contexts that shape readings.
Prerequisite: CHI 331 .
Instructor: Cook
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CHI 387 - Individual Reading 2 or 4 credits (Fall or Spring)
Designed to satisfy needs and interests of majors who have otherwise exhausted departmental language offerings.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor and department chair.
Instructor: Staff
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CHI 461 - Classical Chinese 4 credits (Fall)
Intensive treatment of the basic particles and grammatical structure of the literary Chinese language (wenyan). Development of skills in understanding and recognizing syntactic parallelism, contextual clues, and rhetorical structures through the reading of selected works of classical prose and poetry.
Prerequisite: CHI 332 .
Instructor: Cook
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CHI 498 - Readings in Chinese Literature 4 credits (Spring)
This course is designed to increase students’ proficiency in reading, interpreting, and discussing Chinese literature in its original language, and thereby build upon the linguistic foundation acquired in both Classical Chinese (CHI 461 ) and the three-year language sequence. Literature for the course will consist of a thematically focused set of textual materials taken from both pre-modern and modern sources, including literary, philosophical, and religious texts. Conducted in Chinese.
Prerequisite: CHI 332 and CHI 461 .
Instructor: Feng
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Classics (in Translation), Ancient History, Philosophy, and Archaeology |
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CLS 231 - History of Ancient Philosophy 4 credits (Fall)
See PHI 231 .
Note: Plus-2 option available.
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CLS 242 - Classical Mythology 4 credits (Spring)
Cross-listed as: GLS 242 . A systematic study of the most important stories and figures of classical mythology, with emphasis on the reading and interpretation of primary Greek and Roman literary sources and on the contribution of feminist criticism, anthropology, religion, and psychology to this study.
Prerequisite: HUM 101 .
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Mercado
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CLS 248 - Greek Archaeology and Art 4 credits (Spring)
Cross-listed as: ART 248 . A study of major archaeological excavations and artistic genres of ancient Greece, and their relationship to political and cultural history; the exchange of artistic and archaeological influences with contemporary cultures of Europe, Africa, and Asia.
Prerequisite: None.
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: M. Cummins
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CLS 250 - Roman Archaeology and Art 4 credits (Spring)
Cross-listed as: ART 250 . A study of the major monuments and artifacts of ancient Etruria and Rome; their relationship to the political and cultural history; the Roman borrowing and adoption of Greek forms, as well as original expression in art and architecture. Roman artistic exchange with other cultures of Europe, Africa, and Asia.
Prerequisite: None.
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: M. Cummins
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CLS 255 - History of Ancient Greece 4 credits (Fall)
See HIS 255 .
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
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CLS 256 - History of Rome 4 credits (Fall)
See HIS 256 .
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
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CLS 495 - Senior Seminar 4 credits (Spring)
Devoted to major themes in Greek and Roman culture, the seminar allows seniors to integrate their study of classics and related fields. Participants will plan topics and present papers that serve as a basis for analysis and discussion.
Prerequisite: Senior standing and permission of department.
Instructor: Staff
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Computer Science |
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CSC 105 - The Digital Age 4 credits (Spring)
A study of core topics and great ideas in the field of computer science, focusing on underlying algorithmic principles and social implications. Topics may include multimedia and hypermedia, networks, architecture, programming languages, software design, artificial intelligence, databases, cryptography, and the theory of computing. Includes formal laboratory work.
Prerequisite: None.
Instructor: Weinman
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CSC 151 - Functional Problem Solving 4 credits (Fall or Spring)
A lab-based introduction to basic ideas of computer science, including recursion, abstraction, scope and binding, modularity, the design and analysis of algorithms, and the fundamentals of programming in a high-level, functional language. Variable topic course. Includes formal laboratory work.
Prerequisite: None.
Instructor: Staff
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CSC 161 - Imperative Problem Solving and Data Structures 4 credits (Fall and Spring)
A continuation of CSC 151 , bringing in some concepts more closely tied to the architecture of computers, compilers, and operating systems, such as macro processing, compilation and linking, pointers and memory management, data representation, and software development tools. Additional topics include assertions and invariants, data abstraction, linked data structures, an introduction to the use of the GNU/Linux operating system, and programming in a low-level, imperative language. Variable topic course. Includes formal laboratory work.
Prerequisite: CSC 151 .
Instructor: Rebelsky, Walker
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CSC 205 - Computational Linguistics 4 credits (Fall)
Cross-listed as: LIN 205 An examination of computational techniques for producing and processing text in natural languages and an introduction to the theoretical basis for those techniques, both in linguistics and in computer science. Topics include generative grammars, parsing, algorithms for automatic indexing, information retrieval, and natural-language interfaces.
Prerequisite: LIN 114 and CSC 151 .
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: J. Stone
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CSC 207 - Algorithms and Object-Oriented Design 4 credits (Spring)
An introduction to the ideas and practices of computation: message passing, information hiding, classes and interfaces, inheritance, polymorphism, and reflection. The course also includes data structures and the associated algorithms, packages and libraries, exceptions, and the use of an integrated software-development environment. Includes formal laboratory work.
Prerequisite: CSC 161 .
Instructor: Walker, Weinman
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CSC 208 - Discrete Structures 4 credits (Spring)
Cross-listed as: MAT 208 How do we “know” that a mathematical or logical statement is correct? What common properties appear among different collections? How might we represent functions, and how can we tell if two functions with different representations are the same? Can we formally describe and understand common diagrams? We consider such questions as we develop both intuition and formal mechanisms for addressing them. Along the way, we explore Boolean logic, proof techniques, sets, structures that include trees and graphs, and more. Students who have previously taken MAT 218 may not subsequently take CSC/MAT 208.
Prerequisite: and either or
Instructor: Stone
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CSC 211 - Computer Organization and Architecture 4 credits (Fall)
Study of both traditional and alternative computer architectures. Introduction to digital logic, microcode, Von Neumann architectures, data representations, fetch/execute model, RISC/CISC, instruction formats and addressing, machine and assembly language, memory architecture and algorithms, I/O architecture, and elements of distributed systems. Includes formal laboratory work.
Prerequisite: CSC 161 .
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Davis, Walker
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CSC 213 - Operating Systems and Parallel Algorithms 4 credits (Fall)
Study of the principal components of typical operating systems and an introduction to parallel algorithms. Topics from operating systems: storage management, scheduling, concurrent processing, synchronization, data protection, and security. Discussion of models of parallelism and algorithms for problems in such areas as lists, trees, searching, sorting, graphs, geometry, and strings. Includes formal laboratory work.
Prerequisite: CSC 161 .
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Davis, Weinman
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CSC 232 - Human-Computer Interaction 4 credits (Spring)
Study of methods and principles for user-centered design through laboratory exercises and a significant team design and evaluation project. Consideration of human capabilities, emerging technologies, social impacts, and alternative views of the design process.
Prerequisite: CSC 161 .
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Davis
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CSC 261 - Artificial Intelligence 4 credits (Fall)
An introduction to current principles, approaches, and applications of artificial intelligence, with an emphasis on problem-solving methods, knowledge representation, reasoning with uncertainty, and heuristic search. Study of a range of AI approaches, such as rule-based systems, neural networks, and systems for machine learning. Review of several applications areas such as game playing, natural language processing, robotics, theorem proving, and perception.
Prerequisite: CSC 161 .
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Weinman
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CSC 301 - Analysis of Algorithms 4 credits (Fall)
Study of structures used to organize data and of the algorithms used to manipulate these structures. Assignments to implement data structures and to use them in computer science and other applications programs. Emphasis on mathematical principles behind the data structures.
Prerequisite: CSC 207 and either MAT 218 , CSC 208 or MAT 208
Note: Plus-2 option available.
Instructor: J. Stone, Walker
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CSC 302 - Programming Language Concepts 4 credits (Spring)
Description and analysis of key issues in the design, syntax, semantics, and implementation of programming languages, with examples from several high-level languages, illustrating important paradigms (functional, object-oriented, imperative, declarative). Additional topics may include denotational semantics, type-inference algorithms, program verification, and the lambda calculus.
Prerequisite: CSC 207 . Prerequisite or co-requisite: Completion of or concurrent registration in MAT 218 , CSC 208 or MAT 208
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: J. Stone, Rebelsky
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CSC 323 - Software Design 4 credits (Spring)
Study of software life cycle and its consequences. Consideration of various algorithms with an emphasis on strategies that can be applied. Emphasis on design, coding, testing, and documenting of large software packages through work on a large project.
Prerequisite: CSC 207 .
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Staff
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CSC 325 - Databases and Web Application Design 4 credits (Fall)
Study of database theory and design along with software development methodology. Emphasis on design principles and methods, project management, and the use of appropriate tools. A large project provides motivation and practical experience.
Prerequisite: CSC 207 .
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Staff
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CSC 341 - Automata, Formal Languages, and Computational Complexity 4 credits (Spring)
A formal study of computational devices, their related languages, and the possibility and difficulty of computations. Examples are pushdown automata and Turing machines, context-free languages and recursively enumerable sets, and the halting problem and NP-completeness.
Prerequisite: CSC 161 and either MAT 218 , or MAT 208
Note: Plus-2 option available.
Instructor: J. Stone, Walker
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CSC 362 - Compilers 4 credits (Fall)
Study of traditional and modern techniques for implementation of high-level languages, through either interpretation or translation to low-level languages. Topics include formalisms for describing syntax and semantics of languages, theory of parsing, regular expressions, intermediate languages, and optimization. Students construct interpreters or compilers for high-level languages. Includes formal laboratory work.
Prerequisite: CSC 207 .
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Rebelsky, J. Stone
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CSC 364 - Computer Networks 4 credits (Fall)
This course focuses on the communications protocols used in computer networks — their functionality, specification, verification, implementation, and performance. The course also considers the use of network architectures and protocol hierarchies to provide more complex services. Existing protocols and architectures are used as the basis of discussion and study. Includes formal laboratory work.
Prerequisite: CSC 211 or CSC 213 .
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Davis
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Economics |
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ECN 111 - Introduction to Economics 4 credits (Fall and Spring)
A survey of the basic concepts and methods of analysis used in economics. Application to such policy problems as economic recession, inflation, regulation of industry, poverty and income distribution, financial crises, pollution, and trade restrictions.
Prerequisite: None.
Instructor: Staff
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ECN 205 - Current State of the U.S. Economy 4 credits (Spring)
A study of current business conditions and key public policy problems in the United States. Analysis of the data reporting system and judgmental forecasting. Recent problems have included: inflation, the federal deficit, government regulation, energy, unemployment, and tax reform. Not intended for students who have taken ECN 282 .
Prerequisite: ECN 111 .
Note: Plus-2 option available.
Instructor: Seiz
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ECN 215 - Labor Economics 4 credits (Spring)
An investigation into the political economy of labor markets. Consideration given to traditional supply and demand interactions, relations of authority between employers and employees and their influence on productivity, internal labor markets, labor market segmentation, the role of unions, racial differences, gender differences, and the effects of international competition on U.S. labor markets. Not intended for students who have taken both ECN 280 and ECN 282 .
Prerequisite: ECN 111 .
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Ferguson
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ECN 218 - Gender and the Economy 4 credits
An examination and economic analysis of women’s changing economic status, primarily in the United States. Topics include wage differentials, occupational segregation, labor force participation, and family and work issues. This course also examines the interaction of race, gender, and class in determining economic status and policies for improving women’s economic options.
Prerequisite: ECN 111 .
Note: Not offered every year.
Instructor: Powell
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ECN 220 - Foundations of Policy Analysis 4 credits (Spring)
Cross-listed as: PST 220 This course explores principles of policy making, with applications. It opens by examining theoretical rationales for policy, including those premised on ideology or market failure. It proceeds to investigate institutional context and processes relevant to policy making, using case studies. With this foundation, the course explores specific policy problems and solutions related to
important problem areas such as economic growth, health care, monetary policy, education, and environment. Students will be encouraged to investigate policy areas of interest for case studies and papers.
Prerequisite: ECN 111
Instructor: Ferguson
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ECN 225 - Marxian Economics 4 credits
An introductory study of the Marxian analysis of capitalism. Readings include selections from the writings of Marx and Engels, as well as 20th-century Marxists.
Prerequisite: ECN 111 .
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Seiz
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ECN 229 - American Economic History 4 credits
Cross-listed as: HIS 229 . Development of the U.S. economy since colonial times. Contributions and limitations of economic analysis and quantitative methods in understanding the economy’s growth, industrialization, markets, railroads, the Revolution, slavery, greenback and silver controversies, the multinational monopoly, the New Deal, the Depression, and the impact of reforms on future international economic relations.
Prerequisite: ECN 111 .
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Munyon
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ECN 230 - Economic Development 4 credits (Spring)
A survey of analytic approaches to the process of economic development in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, and an examination of their significant policy problems.
Prerequisite: ECN 111 .
Note: Plus-2 option available.
Instructor: Staff
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ECN 233 - International Economics 4 credits
An introduction to international trade theory, balance of payments concepts, and exchange rate determination. Topics include events, international institutions, and policies that affect trade, foreign investment, economic stability, and growth. Not intended for students who have taken ECN 280 and ECN 282 .
Prerequisite: ECN 111 .
Note: Plus-2 option available.
Instructor: Mutti
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ECN 240 - Resource and Environmental Economics 4 credits (Fall)
Investigation of the economics of renewable and nonrenewable natural resources. Particular emphasis on the relationship between the biological and physical characteristics of particular resources and our economic choices. Consideration of selected current problems. Not intended for students who have taken ECN 280 .
Prerequisite: ECN 111 .
Note: Plus-2 option available.
Instructor: Montgomery
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ECN 245 - Financial Economics 4 credits
This course examines the financial system’s role in the domestic and global economy. It surveys financial markets (e.g. common stock markets), players (e.g. investment companies), and instruments (e.g. options and futures contracts) with a focus on the underlying economic and regulatory forces that shape the financial system and its impact on the broader economy. Not intended for students who have previously taken ECN 280 or ECN 282 .
Prerequisite: ECN 111 .
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Stroup
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ECN 250 - Public Finance 4 credits
The economic role of government in an economy. Topics include the determination of the size and economic function of government, expenditure decisions and budgeting, the incidence and distributional effects of various taxes, and issues in state and local finance. Not intended for students who have taken ECN 280 .
Prerequisite: ECN 111 .
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Brouhle
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ECN 262 - Empirical Methods in Economics 4 credits (Fall and Spring)
This course covers basic descriptive statistics, sources and useful transformations of economic data, and the application of probability theory and statistical inference in bivariate and multiple regression frameworks. Students are expected to complete and present a term project based on their data analysis.
Prerequisite: ECN 111 .
Note: Not offered every year
Instructor: Graham
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ECN 280 - Microeconomic Analysis 4 credits (Fall and Spring)
An examination of the theoretical underpinnings of the economic system. The objective is to develop a theoretical framework with which to investigate the economic behavior of individual consumers, firms, and resource owners.
Prerequisite: Mathematics MAT 124 or MAT 131 , and ECN 111 , and second-year standing, and one additional economics course numbered between 205 and 250.
Instructor: Brouhle
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ECN 282 - Macroeconomic Analysis 4 credits (Fall and Spring)
Analysis of economic aggregates, primarily national income and employment, through a theoretical framework. While current and historical real world examples will be used to illustrate concepts, the primary goal is the development of general tools that enable students to understand the behavior of a macroeconomy.
Prerequisite: Mathematics MAT 124 or MAT 131 , and ECN 111 , and second-year standing, and one additional economics course numbered between 205 and 250.
Instructor: Chan
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ECN 286 - Econometrics 4 credits (Fall and Spring)
The use of statistical techniques to estimate and test economic models. Topics include multiple regression, multicollinearity, serial correlation, heteroskedasticity, simultaneous equations, limited dependent variables, and time series/forecasting.
Prerequisite: ECN 262 , or MAT 209 , or MAT 335 .
Instructor: Powell
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ECN 326 - Financial and Managerial Accounting 4 credits (Fall)
A case-based introduction to the principles of financial and managerial accounting. Although this is a first course in accounting, the level of coverage is advanced. Students work in teams and are responsible for their own learning and the learning of their colleagues. Open only to third-year students and seniors.
Prerequisite: ECN 280 .
Instructor: Munyon
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ECN 327 - Corporate Finance 4 credits (Spring)
An intense examination of the basics of theory and practice in corporate financial management. An understanding of intermediate microeconomics and financial accounting and comfort with applied mathematics are essential for success in this course.
Prerequisite: ECN 280 and ECN 326 .
Instructor: Munyon
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ECN 338 - Applied Game Theory 4 credits (Spring)
Game theory facilitates modeling strategic interaction among interdependent agents who share awareness of their interdependence. As such, it can generate analytical foundations for many relationships found in social and natural sciences. This course develops game theoretic modeling using visual representation and equations, with an emphasis on intuitive technique and direct application to examples primarily from economics and politics.
Prerequisite: ECN 111 and ECN 280 , and MAT 124 or MAT 131 .
Instructor: Ferguson
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ECN 339 - Introduction to Mathematical Economics 4 credits (Spring)
An introduction to mathematical models of economic behavior. Basic techniques in differential and integral calculus and linear algebra will be applied to a wide range of micro- and macroeconomic issues. Topics include comparative statics, optimization, and linear programming.
Prerequisite: MAT 133 , and ECN 280 and ECN 282 . MAT 215 is useful but not required.
Note: Not offered every year.
Instructor: Montgomery
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ECN 369 - Seminar in Environmental Economics 4 credits (Fall)
This course will familiarize students with the theory and application of economics to environmental problems and prepare them to analyze issues in environmental economics and policy. It will focus on the design of cost-effective environmental policies and on methods for determining the value of environmental amenities.
Prerequisite: ECN 280 ; and concurrent registration in or completion of ECN 262 , or ECN 286 , or MAT 336 .
Instructor: Brouhle
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ECN 370 - Seminar in Political Economy 4 credits
This course begins with the premise that many economic interactions are “political” in the sense that coalitions of participants, whose interests may differ, can influence important outcomes. The course will explore tendencies toward competition, cooperation, and conflict, and their relationship to constraints imposed by the forces of supply and demand, as they operate in various institutional arenas, such as labor markets or the national economy. The course will examine relevant theories of incomplete contracting under conditions of imperfect information with some attention to game theory, and then apply these concepts to contemporary problems concerning employment, economic growth, and the distribution of income and wealth.
Prerequisite: ECN 280 and ECN 282 .
Instructor: Ferguson
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ECN 372 - Seminar in Economic Development 4 credits
Processes of growth and change in developing societies. Both theoretical and empirical modes of analysis introduced in the literature covered. Topics chosen from among population growth, agricultural development, industrialization, investment in human capital vs. physical capital, the balanced-unbalanced growth controversy, noneconomic factors in development and underdevelopment.
Prerequisite: ECN 282 .
Note: Not offered every year.
Instructor: Staff
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ECN 374 - Seminar in International Trade 4 credits
International trade theory and policy. Explanations of the pattern of trade, possible gains from trade, effects on income distribution and trends over time. Import restrictions, export promotion, and strategic government intervention. Operations of multinational corporations, migration, trade blocs, WTO negotiations, and other current topics.
Prerequisite: ECN 280 .
Note: Not offered every year.
Instructor: Mutti
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ECN 375 - Seminar in International Finance 4 credits
International financial relationships and macroeconomic policy. Financial markets, exchange rate determination, and the balance of payments. Trade balance adjustments, international capital flows, and domestic macroeconomic goals. Exchange rate regimes, currency blocs, debt crises, and other current topics.
Prerequisite: ECN 282 .
Note: Not offered every year.
Instructor: Mutti
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ECN 376 - Seminar in Income Distribution 4 credits (Fall)
Examination of the distribution of income and wealth in the United States, covering conflicting explanations of economic inequality and policy debates. Topics include economic trends affecting U.S. workers, racial and sexual inequality, and poverty.
Prerequisite: ECN 280 and ECN 282 .
Instructor: Seiz
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ECN 378 - Seminar in Law and Economics 4 credits
This course considers the application of economic theory to the law and legal institutions, including property, contract, tort, and criminal law. We will investigate how legal rules influence economic incentives and the allocation of resources. Topics include liability and negligence assignment, uncertainty, allocation of property rights, bargaining, remedies, criminal deterrence, and the litigation process.
Prerequisite: ECN 280 .
Instructor: Graham
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ECN 380 - Seminar in Monetary Economics 4 credits (Spring)
Analysis of how monetary and financial institutions affect the growth and stability of economies internationally. Examination of theoretical controversies and evidence about relations between money and the real sectors of economies, interactions between central banks, international monetary authorities, and currency flows, and financial aspects of the inflation process and economic stability. Study of the effects of current changes in financial intermediaries and structures.
Prerequisite: ECN 282 .
Instructor: Chan
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ECN 382 - Seminar in Industrial Organization 4 credits (Spring)
An examination of the relationships between structure, conduct, and performance in the American economy. The seminar includes work with basic I/O theory, antitrust laws and litigation, industry studies, and alternative approaches to understanding corporate behavior in the American economy.
Prerequisite: ECN 280 .
Instructor: Munyon
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ECN 384 - Seminar in the Economics of Education 4 credits (Spring)
Education becomes increasingly important as the “information economy” replaces the old industrial economy. This course explores some questions that are global, others that are personal: is better education the solution to poverty? Is investment in human capital the key to a nation’s development? Can vouchers improve public schools? Is a Grinnell education a better investment than putting those thousands of tuition dollars into the stock market? Should you go to law school?
Prerequisite: ECN 280 and ECN 282 and concurrent registration in or completion of ECN 262 ; or ECN 286 , or MAT 336 .
Note: Not offered every year.
Instructor: Montgomery
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EDU 101 - Educational Principles in a Pluralistic Society 4 credits (Fall or Spring)
Focus on the discussion of key concepts in multicultural/nonsexist elementary and secondary educational theory and practice, and the foundation of educational principles in the United States. Ten hours of observation in schools required for all seeking licensure. Required for Iowa teacher certification.
Prerequisite: None.
Instructor: Staff
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EDU 210 - Historical Perspectives on U.S. Education 4 credits (Fall)
Three questions guide our study of the history of U.S. education: (1) Whose interests should schools serve and whose interests have they served in the past? (2) What should be taught and why? and (3) How should schools be organized and operated? We explore current educational issues (e.g. resegregation, immigrant education, tracking, secularism, and homeschooling) through an historical lens that considers the ideologies and assumptions embedded in the institutions and policies of the U.S. school system. Eight hours observation in K-12 school.
Prerequisite: EDU 101 or second-year standing.
Note: Not offered every year.
Instructor: Staff
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EDU 211 - The Politics of Educational Assessment 4 credits (Spring)
The course will begin with an examination of the purposes and limits of assessment and discussions of the ethical use of standardized tests. We will examine the concept of meritocracy as a guiding principle of the American education system and will trace the historical development of standardized measurements of intelligence and aptitude as tools used to track students and determine eligibility for further schooling. We will include an analysis of the current national debate on the K–12 education. Eight hours field experience in K–12 public school setting.
Prerequisite: EDU 101 .
Note: Not offered every year.
Instructor: Ketter
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EDU 212 - Critical Pedagogy and School Reform 4 credits (Fall)
This course is a study of critical pedagogy from its roots in Marxism and the Frankfurt School through current-day theoretical connections (postmodernism, critical theory, critical feminism, and critical race theory) and their relevance to American public education. We will examine the dual character of schools that helps to explain some difficulties of school reform; that is, the democratic promise of schooling on the one hand, and its institutional service to a society based on race, class, and gender privilege on the other. Eight hours of field experience in K–12 public school setting.
Prerequisite: EDU 101 .
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Staff
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EDU 213 - Critical Issues in English Language Teaching & Learning in the U.S. and Abroad 4 credits (Fall)
The course will focus on issues critical to English language teaching and learning of ESL in the U.S. and English as an International Language (EIL). We will also explore how concepts of language, literacy, and ideology impact language policy, curriculum development, and international development programs. Special attention to instructional needs of U.S. ESL/bilingual students; factors that impede/promote multilingualism; and ways language policy and use intersect with human rights issues. Eight hours
of field experience in K-12 public school setting.
Prerequisite: EDU 101 .
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Staff
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EDU 214 - Nature of Science and Science Teaching 4 credits (Spring)
This course will begin by considering the nature of science from a variety of perspectives, including official publications from professional science organizations, ethnographies of science laboratories and workplaces, and prominent critiques of science. Ideas about the nature of science will be used to analyze various science curricula and instructional strategies. Students will have the opportunity to focus on the discipline and level that is of most interest to them. Eight hours of field experience in K–12 public school setting.
Prerequisite: EDU 101 .
Instructor: Hutchison
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EDU 215 - Reading and Writing Youth Culture 4 credits (Spring)
This course examines contrasts in the construction of adolescence in texts written about, for, and by adolescents. We will pay particular attention to how historical and current cultural constructions of adolescence reinscribe or challenge mainstream conceptions of adolescents as members of social-political groups (as raced, classed, and gendered, for example). We will focus on one site of youth culture, the school, to examine how various school practices (such as athletics, school dances, clubs, pedagogical approaches) reinforce or challenge dominant notions of adolescence. Eight hours of field experience in K-12 public school setting.
Prerequisite: EDU 101 .
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Ketter
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EDU 217 - Comparative and International Education 4 credits (Spring)
Education can be a vehicle for world peace, reducing poverty and creating greater equality in the world. Or such is the claim of a multitude of education projects funded by grassroots initiatives and transnational organizations, including UNESCO, the World Bank, and nongovernment organizations (NGOs). In this course we learn to evaluate transnational education projects against their stated and implied goals, while considering their impact on local economies, communities, and education systems. We also investigate how globalization and democratization implicate education in broadscale changes. Student interests influence the countries we use in our case studies. Eight hour field experience in public school setting.
Prerequisite: EDU 101 or second-year standing.
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EDU 221 - Educational Psychology 4 credits (Spring)
The application of principles of development and theories of learning from birth to 18 years. The study of interaction in the teaching-learning process. Topics include motivation, individual differences, evaluation of achievement, and learning styles. Two hours per week spent in Grinnell public schools. Course requires 24 hours observing/teaching in K–12 class room.
Prerequisite: EDU 101 and second-year standing.
Instructor: Hutchison
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EDU 250 - Differentiating Instruction for All Students 4 credits (Fall)
This course aims to help future teachers develop ethical and effective approaches for meeting all students’ learning needs, using a critical model of inclusion based on a disability studies framework. The course will center on two key activities: a case study at the middle or high school, and the peer lessons developed using approaches that help all students learn more effectively. The case study will require that students spend a minimum of 24 hours in the school observing, tutoring, and talking with students. In the course, students will develop research skills to improve their own teaching and will analyze how particular students learn, how teachers adapt instruction to meet a wide range of student learning needs, and how schools organize curricular paths for students.
Prerequisite: EDU 101 and EDU 221 .
Note: Plus-2 option available.
Instructor: Ketter
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EDU 340 - Research and Methods in Teaching the Young Adult w/Lab 4 credits (Spring)
This course is taken with a complementary disciplinary specific methods course. Students will analyze and experiment with a variety of critical approaches to texts, will review and evaluate teaching materials, and will explore alternative means of evaluation of all the types of learning that should be happening in a classroom. Students will practice planning engaging lessons, assessing in fair and constructive ways, and developing effective classroom management approaches. Fourteen hour practicum in 5-12 public school setting.
Co-requisite: EDU 341 , EDU 342 , EDU 343 , EDU 344 , EDU 345 , or EDU 346 .
Prerequisite: EDU 101 , EDU 221 , and EDU 250 ; and EDU 210 , EDU 211 , EDU 212 , EDU 213 , EDU 214 , or EDU 215 .
Instructor: Staff
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EDU 341 - Research and Methods in the Teaching of Language Arts and Reading 2 credits (Spring)
This course complements the general methods course. Students will develop a practical theory of teaching English/language arts, one that synthesizes what they have learned about excellent, ethical teaching. Students will choose curriculum and design specific approaches for use in the middle or high school as they investigate the purposes for teaching English and theorize about how to best engage students in critical reading, writing, viewing, and speaking.
Co-requisite: EDU 340 .
Prerequisite: EDU 101 , EDU 221 , and EDU 250 ; and EDU 210 , EDU 211 , EDU 212 , EDU 213 , EDU 214 , or EDU 215 .
Instructor: Staff
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EDU 342 - Research and Methods in the Teaching and Learning of World Languages 2 credits (Spring)
This course complements the general methods course and provides an introduction to theories in and teaching of world languages. We will analyze theories of language acquisition and pedagogies that grow out of those theories, and evaluate theories of the “best” pedagogy for teaching a new language. We will discuss how to integrate the sometimes opposing theories of ethical and effective teaching practices. Students will have an opportunity to practice teach.
Co-requisite: EDU 340 .
Prerequisite: EDU 101 , EDU 221 , and EDU 250 ; and EDU 210 , EDU 211 , EDU 212 , EDU 213 , EDU 214 , or EDU 215 .
Instructor: Staff
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EDU 343 - Research and Methods in Teaching and Learning in the Social Studies 2 credits (Spring)
This course complements the general methods course. Becoming a teacher of the social sciences requires students to think about what they are teaching, whom they are teaching, and how they will teach. The work in this course is structured to provide students with the tools to answer those questions and to teach effectively for student understanding.
Co-requisite: EDU 340 .
Prerequisite: EDU 101 , EDU 221 , and EDU 250 ; and EDU 210 , EDU 211 , EDU 212 , EDU 213 , EDU 214 , or EDU 215 .
Instructor: Staff
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EDU 344 - Research and Methods in Teaching and Learning in the Mathematics 2 credits (Spring)
This course is a study of strategies, techniques, materials, technology, and current research used in the teaching of mathematical concepts to middle and high school students. Students will review the standards involved in teaching mathematics at the secondary school level; develop an awareness of the professional resources, materials, technology and information available for teachers; prepare unit and lesson plans with related assessment procedures on a variety of topics; and acquire teaching experience.
Co-requisite: EDU 340 .
Prerequisite: EDU 101 , EDU 221 , and EDU 250 ; and EDU 210 , EDU 211 , EDU 212 , EDU 213 , EDU 214 , or EDU 215 .
Instructor: Staff
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EDU 345 - Research and Methods in Teaching and Learning in the Sciences 2 credits (Spring)
This course is a study of strategies, techniques, materials, technology, and current research used in the teaching of science concepts to middle and high school students. Students will review the standards involved in teaching sciences at the secondary school level; develop an awareness of the professional resources, materials, technology and information available for teachers; prepare unit and lesson plans with related assessment procedures on a variety of topics; and acquire teaching experience.
Co-requisite: EDU 340 .
Prerequisite: EDU 101 , EDU 221 , and EDU 250 ; and EDU 210 , EDU 211 , EDU 212 , EDU 213 , EDU 214 , or EDU 215 .
Instructor: Staff
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EDU 346 - Research and Methods in Teaching and Learning ESL/Bilingual Education 2 credits (Spring)
This course is a complement to the general methods course, EDU 340 . It will provide prospective ESL practitioners with the methodologies necessary to develop into successful and thoughtful teachers. We will examine past and current approaches, methods, and techniques for teaching ESL. Students will explore the political and cultural implications for teaching ESL in the United States and overseas.
Co-requisite: EDU 340 .
Prerequisite: EDU 101 , EDU 221 , and EDU 250 ; and EDU 210 , EDU 211 , EDU 212 , EDU 213 , EDU 214 , or EDU 215 .
Instructor: Staff
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EDU 460 - Seminar in Teaching the Young Adult 4 credits (Fall)
This course is a complement to the student teaching internship and is designed to provide students with a structured way of making connections between teaching theory and practice. We will conduct weekly seminar meetings aimed at two purposes: 1) to develop a book of classroom management cases through a problem-posing approach to teaching challenges, and 2) to support the design, implementation and presentation of an action research project.
Co-requisite: EDU 469 .
Prerequisite: EDU 101 , EDU 221 , EDU 250 and EDU 340 ; and EDU 210 , EDU 211 , EDU 212 , EDU 213 , EDU 214 , or EDU 215 ; and EDU 341 , EDU 342 , EDU 343 , EDU 344 , EDU 345 , or EDU 346 .
Instructor: Staff
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EDU 469 - Student Teaching Internship in The Disciplines 8 credits (Fall)
This internship is the culminating experience for the student teaching program and provides a vehicle for systematic practice of our program goals and the program standards they encompass. This carefully mentored 14-week internship begins as soon as the school to which you are assigned begins its school year. Equivalent to a full-time job for the 14 weeks you are working in the schools, the internship commits you to over 600 hours of work.
Co-requisite: EDU 460 .
Prerequisite: EDU 101 , EDU 221 , EDU 250 and EDU 340 ; and EDU 210 , EDU 211 , EDU 212 , EDU 213 , EDU 214 , EDU 215 , or EDU 217 ; and EDU 341 , EDU 342 , EDU 343 , EDU 344 , EDU 345 , or EDU 346 .
S/D/F only
Instructor: Staff
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ENG 120 - Literary Analysis 4 credits (Fall and Spring)
An introduction to the methods and pleasures of literary analysis focusing on skills needed to practice close reading and explication of texts and emphasizing the rich complexities of literary language. Although individual sections vary in genres considered, all prepare students for further work in poetry and prose.
Prerequisite: None.
Instructor: Staff
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