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FRE 301 - Advanced French A
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Advanced-level conversation, reading, and composition, with special
emphasis on more complex grammatical structures.
PREREQ: FRE 201 OR 202, or instructor permission.
OFFERED: Fall
CREDIT: 3
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FRE 302 - Advanced French B
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Continuation of French 301. Advanced-level conversation, reading,
and composition, with special emphasis on more complex grammatical
structures.
PREREQ: FRE 201 OR 202, or instructor permission.
OFFERED: Spring
CREDIT: 3
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FRE 306 - French Writing and Composition
2010-2011 Catalog Year
This course is an initiation to diverse French styles and techniques in reading and writing. Starting with the analysis of various texts, literary and non-literary, and genres, the students will systematically practice through specific models in order to learn writing in the target language.
PREREQ: FRE 301 or 302, or instructor permission.
OFFERED: Irregular
CREDIT: 3
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FRE 310 - Business French
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Students will be introduced to the spoken and written language of
business in the French-speaking world in a variety of contexts
through audio and visual as well as print media. The basic
terminology of business and economics will be stressed, and
students will be given “hands-on” experience in simulated business
situations.
PREREQ: FRE 202 or instructor permission.
OFFERED: Spring
CREDIT: 3
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FRE 320 - French Phonetics
2010-2011 Catalog Year
French articulatory phonetics from a modern structural point of
view. Thorough presentation and intensive practical drill of all
aspects of French pronunciation. Approximately one-half of
classroom time will be devoted to laboratory drill. Special
attention to individual pronunciation problems.
PREREQ: FRE 201 OR 202, or instructor permission.
OFFERED: Spring
CREDIT: 3
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FRE 350 - Survey of French Literature
2010-2011 Catalog Year
General view of literary and cultural aspects of French tradition from its origins to the end of the eighteenth century.
PREREQ: FRE 301 OR 302, or instructor permission.
OFFERED: Fall, Spring
CREDIT: 3
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FRE 351 - Survey of French Literature
2010-2011 Catalog Year
General view of literary and cultural aspects of French tradition from the nineteenth century through the contemporary period.
PREREQ: FRE 301 OR 302, or instructor permission.
OFFERED: Fall, Spring
CREDIT: 3
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FRE 355 - French Culture and Civilization I
2010-2011 Catalog Year
This course, conducted in French, is designed to trace the evolution of the civilization of France from its origins to 1789. It addresses such aspects as the growth and culture of the French state, with an emphasis on the formation and development of social, economical and artistic movements and ideas. Special attention is drawn to corresponding developments and parallels in the arts, music, architecture, painting, socio-economic developments, etc.
PREREQ: FRE 301 or 302, or instructor permission.
OFFERED: Irregular
CREDIT: 3
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FRE 356 - French Culture and Civilization II
2010-2011 Catalog Year
This course conducted in French, is designed to trace the evolution of the civilization of France from 1789 to the present. It addresses such aspects as state and government, society, family, role of man and women, youth, children, religion, education, economics and politics, news media, cultural life, foreign policy. It also follows the development of the arts, as well as ideas in modern and postmodern French society.
PREREQ: FRE 301 or 302, or instructor permission
OFFERED: Irregular
CREDIT: 3
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FRE 379 - The Francophone World: Literature, Theory & Politics of Diversity
2010-2011 Catalog Year
This course focuses on the main cultural, economic and political aspects of a number of francophone countries. In addition to the study of literary texts, fundamental aspects such as colonialism and post colonialism in the Francophone world, “orientalism,”“negritude” and “créolité,” and other socio- political aspects of these territories will be addressed.
PREREQ: FRE 301 OR 302, or instructor permission.
OFFERED: Irregularly.
CREDIT: 3
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FRE 413 - French Literature and Thought in the 18th Century
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Development of French literary and philosophical thought in the Age
of the Enlightenment.
PREREQ: FRE 301 OR 302, or instructor permission.
OFFERED: Irregular
CREDIT: 3
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FRE 417 - French Novel of 19th Century
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Development of the novel of the nineteenth century, from Romanticism through Realism and Naturalism.
PREREQ: FRE 301 or 302, or instructor permission.
OFFERED: Irregularly.
CREDIT: 3
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FRE 425 - 20th Century French Theatre
2010-2011 Catalog Year
A study of the principal aspects of French dramatic literature from
the founding of the Theatre Libre of Antoine to the present day.
PREREQ: FRE 301 OR 302, or instructor permission.
OFFERED: Irregular
CREDIT: 3
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FRE 448 - French Novel of the 20th Century
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Evolution of French novel from Naturalism through Existentialism and Literature of Sartre, Camus, Robbe-Grillet.
PREREQ: FRE 301 OR 302, or instructor permission.
OFFERED: Irregularly
CREDIT: 3
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FRE 495 - Seminar
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Not intended to be a fixed course, but rather an opportunity to
focus on various limited subjects and to treat them in some depth.
PREREQ: Upper division standing or instructor permission.
OFFERED: Fall, Spring
CREDIT: 1 to 6
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FRE 499 - Independent Study
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Course for advanced seniors who wish to do independent study on a
particular author, work, or literary period. Students will read and
do research under the direction of a faculty member.
PREREQ: Senior standing and instructor permission.
OFFERED: Fall, Spring
CREDIT: 1 to 6
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GCH 436 - Geochemistry
2010-2011 Catalog Year
A study of the chemical composition of the earth and how it changes in space and time. Topics include the use of isotopes for dating natural substances, applications of thermodynamics to natural water chemistry, and the chemical processes involved in the formation of minerals and rocks.
PREREQ: GEO 310 or CHE 451.
OFFERED: Irregular
CREDIT: 4
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GCH 494 - Capstone Research in Geochemistry
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Students perform independent research under the direction of a faculty advisor. The student’s experiences and results will be shared via oral progress reports, a final presentation at Quest or other professional conference and a final written research report. Students must arrange with a faculty member to sponsor and supervise a research project. This course can be repeated for up to six credit hours.
PREREQ: GCH 436.
OFFERED: Fall and Spring
CREDIT: 1 to 6
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GEG 100 - Introduction to Geography
2010-2011 Catalog Year
An introduction to the basic concepts of physical and human geography. Geographic patterns of human-environment relations are emphasized.
OFFERED: Fall, Spring
CREDIT: 3
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GEO 100 - Physical Geology
2010-2011 Catalog Year
An introduction to the natural physical processes that operate at
or near the earth’s surface. Topics include: earth materials,
volcanism, weathering, fluvial processes, glaciation, metamorphism,
earthquakes, mountain building, and plate tectonics.
OFFERED: Fall, Spring
NOTE: Field trip fee required for some sections.
CREDIT: 3
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GEO 101 - Physical Geology Laboratory
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Laboratory to accompany GEO 100.
PREREQ: GEO 100 concurrently OR previously, OR GEO 115 OR OCE 100, or instructor permission.
OFFERED: Fall and Spring
NOTE: Required of Geology majors and Earth Science concentrators, optional for all other students. Required field trip and fee.
CREDIT: 1
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GEO 115 - Environmental Sustainability
2010-2011 Catalog Year
This course explores topics in environmental science and natural resources, and how they relate to historical and modern human activity in the context of sustaining a healthy natural environment.
OFFERED: Irregular
CREDIT: 3
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GEO 200 - Historical Geology
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Study of the evolution of the Earth, with special attention to the
geological development of North America. Emphasis on the evolution
of life on the planet. Exercises in the methods and techniques of
geological interpretation.
PREREQ: GEO 101 and one of the following GEO 100 OR GEO 115 OR OCE 100.
OFFERED: Spring
NOTE: Field trip; fee required.
CREDIT: 3
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GEO 200L - Historical Geology Laboratory
2010-2011 Catalog Year
A course to accompany GEO 200. Execution of laboratory exercises designed to enable the student to make the types of geological interpretations upon which the physical and biological histories of the earth are based.
OFFERED: Spring
NOTE: Field trip; fee required.
CREDIT: 1
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GEO 301 - Environmental Geology for Majors
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Focuses on geologic hazards (including prediction and mitigation),
mineral and energy resources (including the geologic context of
commercial ore and hydrocarbon deposits, their extraction and use),
and environmental issues (including air and water pollution and
remediation, and global climate change).
PREREQ: GEO 101 and CHE 111 and one of the following GEO 100 OR GEO 115 OR OCE 100, or instructor permission.
OFFERED: Irregular
CREDIT: 4
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GEO 306 - Science, Pseudoscience and Fraud
2010-2011 Catalog Year
A multi-disciplinary course derived in equal parts from
understanding natural phenomena in terms of basic science,
unmasking the profound nature of scientific principles and applying
them to everyday life. The course will focus on uncovering topics
that are ‘messy’ and intellectually complex rather than ones that
have ‘right answers’ or are contrived ‘cook book’ experiments.
Sub-themes in the course will allow students to experience a
scientist’s sense of triumph through rational thinking by exposing
specious arguments (pseudoscience) and charlatans (frauds), such as
Creationism, Dowsing, Pyramid Power, Astrology, and Living
Dinosaurs.
PREREQ: Upper division standing or instructor permission.
OFFERED: Spring
CREDIT: 3
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GEO 310 - Mineralogy
2010-2011 Catalog Year
A study of minerals as naturally occurring crystalline compounds
whose understanding provides a basis for appreciating geological
processes and the Earth’s development.
PREREQ: CHE 111 and one of the following GEO 100 OR GEO 115 OR OCE 100.
OFFERED: Fall
NOTE: Class and laboratory study. Required field trip; fee required.
CREDIT: 4
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GEO 315 - Earth’s Fury
2010-2011 Catalog Year
The study of natural and human-induced geological disasters including earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, floods, and tsunamis, and the social and economic impact of these disasters including how they influence public, environmental and land-use management policy.
PREREQ: Upper division standing or instructor permission.
OFFERED: Fall
NOTE: A field trip to evaluate a local geological hazard site is required. Required Fee.
CREDIT: 3
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GEO 320 - Sedimentology
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Introduction to the description and interpretation of sedimentary
rocks in the field, physical processes of sedimentation and
depositional environments.
PREREQ: GEO 200 and GEO 200L or instructor permission.
OFFERED: Fall
CREDIT: 3
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GEO 330 - Structural Geology
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Analysis of the structure of the lithosphere; study of forces
causing deformation; solution of structural problems.
PREREQ: GEO 200, 200L, and MAT 210.
OFFERED: Irregular
NOTE: Laboratory work. Required field trip; fee required.
CREDIT: 4
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GEO 335 - Surface Water Hydrology
2010-2011 Catalog Year
A study of the occurrence, movement, and chemistry of surface
water.
PREREQ: MAT 210 and CHE 212.
OFFERED: Fall
NOTE: Topics include rainfall-runoff relationships, stream flow,
flooding, droughts, and surface water quality.
CREDIT: 3
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GEO 340 - Geophysics
2010-2011 Catalog Year
The exploration for petroleum and mineral deposits by seismic,
gravity, magnetic, and electrical methods will be investigated.
This will include a study of the various structural and
stratigraphic characteristics of the earth.
PREREQ: GEO 330 and PHY 212.
OFFERED: Spring
CREDIT: 3
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GEO 390 - Special Topics in Geology
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Selected topics in Geology. Problems in specified areas vary from
semester to semester.
PREREQ: GEO 100 OR GEO 115 OR OCE 100, and instructor permission.
OFFERED: Irregular
CREDIT: 1 to 3
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GEO 398 - Geowriting
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Geowriting is designed to educate the student in the area of
scientific writing. The course will address the organization of
ideas for a paper; methods of illustration; rules for names,
scientific notation and citation; abstract preparation;
bibliographic sources and how to use them; editing and proofing a
paper.
PREREQ: Instructor permission.
OFFERED: Fall
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GEO 399 - Independent Study
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Requires preparation by a superior student (cumulative GPA at least
3.0) who presents a written plan for a study not available as a
regular course and nine hours in subject area.
PREREQ: Nine hours in Geology and instructor permission.
OFFERED: Fall, Spring
CREDIT: 1 to 6
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GEO 416 - Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
2010-2011 Catalog Year
This course deals with the study of igneous and metamorphic rocks
including the origin, occurrences, tectonic setting and
petrogenesis of rocks in these major groups. The course is divided
into two parts: 1) igneous processes, classification of igneous
rocks and petrogenesis; and 2) metamorphic processes,
classification of metamorphic rocks and petrogenesis. Petrography
lab covers techniques for the macroscopic and microscopic study of
rocks.
PREREQ: GEO 310.
OFFERED: Irregular
NOTE: There are two required field trips.
CREDIT: 4
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GEO 417 - Sedimentary Petrology
2010-2011 Catalog Year
This laboratory course enables students to make detailed descriptions of sedimentary materials and rocks, and to draw inferences about the petrogenesis of sedimentary rocks based on macroscopic and micorscopic features. Lectures focus on the origin, occurrence, mineralogy, chemistry, and texture of the major types of sedimentary rocks. Classwork emphasizes how optical techniques are use to analyze sedimentary rocks to elucidate their paleodepositional environments, diagenetic history, and exploration potential.
PREREQ: GEO 310 and CHE 212.
OFFERED: Irregular
CREDIT: 3
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GEO 420 - Sedimentation and Stratigraphy
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Introduction to the description and interpretation of sedimentary
rocks in the lab and field, physical processes of sedimentation and
depositional environments, and stratigraphic principles and
techniques.
PREREQ: GEO 200 and 200L.
OFFERED: Fall
NOTE: Mandatory field trip; field trip fee.
CREDIT: 4
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GEO 430 - Hydrogeology
2010-2011 Catalog Year
A study of the occurrence, movement, and chemistry of groundwater,
groundwater-surface water interactions, and groundwater
contamination. Course covers aquifer characteristics, groundwater
flow, pumping tests, groundwater-rock interactions, and contaminant
transport. Problem-solving and field experiences supplement lecture
material.
PREREQ: GEO 330 and 420.
OFFERED: Spring
CREDIT: 3
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GEO 440 - Invertebrate Paleontology
2010-2011 Catalog Year
A systematic approach to the morphology, ecology, and evolution of
the major taxa preserved in the rock record. Emphasis will be on
invertebrate phyla. The taxonomic groups are used to exemplify the
prevailing themes of paleontological investigations, adaptation and
functional morphology; paleoecology; evolution; biostratigraphy;
paleobiogeography.
PREREQ: GEO 420 or instructor permission.
OFFERED: Spring
NOTE: Required field trip; fee required.
CREDIT: 4
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GEO 450 - Geomorphology
2010-2011 Catalog Year
A study of processes that shape earth’s surface, including
weathering, soil formation, fluvial, glacial, aeolian, coastal and
karst processes and resulting landforms. Emphasis is placed on
quantitative analysis of processes, and applications of
geomorphology to hydrology, civil engineering, tectonics, soil
science, and related disciplines. Course includes problem solving
and field experiences.
PREREQ: GEO 420 or instructor permission.
OFFERED: Irregular
CREDIT: 3
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GEO 475 - Geochemistry
2010-2011 Catalog Year
A study of the chemical composition of the earth and how it changes in space and time. Topics include the use of isotopes for dating natural substances, applications of thermodynamics to natural water chemistry, and the chemical processes involved in the formation of minerals and rocks.
PREREQ: CHE 341 or GEO 310.
EQUIVALENT COURSE: CHE 475
OFFERED: Spring
CREDIT: 3
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GEO 475L - Geochemistry Laboratory
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Laboratory to accompany GEO 475.
COREQ: GEO 475.
EQUIVALENT COURSE: CHE 475L
OFFERED: Spring
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GEO 480 - Tectonics
2010-2011 Catalog Year
This course deals with the study of modern theories of plate
tectonics including the anatomy of plates, mechanisms of plate
motion, and the evolution of tectonic plates through geologic time.
PREREQ: GEO 416 and 420 or instructor permission.
OFFERED: Irregular
CREDIT: 3
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GEO 481 - Field Geology
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Field course in geologic mapping and interpretation of regional
geology.
PREREQ: Upper division standing
OFFERED: Summer
CREDIT: 6
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GEO 486 - Field Techniques
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Introduction to basic techniques and instruments applied to field mapping in geology. Projects directed toward the solution of geological problems.
PREREQ: GEO 330 and 420, or instructor permission.
CREDIT: 3
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GEO 499 - Independent Study
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Requires preparation by a superior student (cumulative GPA at least
3.2) who presents a written plan for a study not available as a
regular course and fifteen hours in subject area.
PREREQ: Twelve hours in Geology and instructor permission.
OFFERED: Fall, Spring
CREDIT: 1 to 6
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GER 101 - Elementary German
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Preparation of students without previous knowledge of German in the
fundamentals of conversation, reading, and composition.
OFFERED: Fall, Spring
CREDIT: 3
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GER 102 - Continuing Elementary German
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Continuation of German 101. Fundamentals of conversation, reading, and composition.
PREREQ: GER 101 or three years of transcripted high school German.
OFFERED: Fall, Spring
CREDIT: 3
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GER 125 - German for Reading
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Designed for majors in chemistry and natural sciences, pre-med
students, candidates for advanced degrees and any other student
interested in gaining a reading knowledge of German. 125:
presentation of grammar essentials and readings in German
expository prose.
OFFERED: Fall, Spring
CREDIT: 3
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GER 126 - German For Research
2010-2011 Catalog Year
This course is designed to develop further the skill reading and
translating German with the aid of a dictionary. It also continues
to deepen students’ knowledge and understanding of life in and the
culture of German-speaking countries.
OFFERED: Spring
CREDIT: 3
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GER 140 - German Castles, Customs, and Culture
2010-2011 Catalog Year
An introduction to German culture, customs, and civilization. Using
castles, palaces, forts and Stifte as departure points, students
are acquainted with a variety of forces (political, social,
religious, artistic, philosophical, and scientific) that have
shaped the course of German history past and present.
OFFERED: Spring
CREDIT: 3
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GER 201 - Intermediate German
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Review of basic grammar and introduction of more advanced structures; intermediate level conversation, reading, and composition.
PREREQ: GER 102 or four years of transcripted high school German.
OFFERED: Fall
CREDIT: 3
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GER 202 - Continuing Intermediate German
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Continuation of German 201. Review of basic grammar and introduction of more advanced structures; intermediate level conversation, reading, and composition.
PREREQ: GER 102 or four years of transcripted high school German.
OFFERED: Spring
CREDIT: 3
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GER 300 - Landeskunde
2010-2011 Catalog Year
(Civilization and Culture of the German-speaking World) An
intermediate German course that emphasizes both cultural
proficiency and the enhancement of language skills. With its wide
variety of topics taken from German-language publications, the
course offers students an opportunity to acquire an in-depth
understanding of the social, economic, and political realities of
Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
PREREQ: GER 102 or instructor permission.
OFFERED: Irregular
CREDIT: 3
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GER 301 - Advanced German A
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Advanced-level conversation, reading, and composition, with special
emphasis on more complex grammatical structures.
PREREQ: GER 202 or instructor permission.
OFFERED: Fall
CREDIT: 3
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GER 302 - Advanced German B
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Continuation of Ger 301. Advanced-level conversation, reading, and
composition, with special emphasis on more complex grammatical
structures.
PREREQ: GER 202 or instructor permission.
OFFERED: Fall
CREDIT: 3
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GER 310 - Business German
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Students will be introduced to the spoken and written language of
business in the German speaking world in a variety of contexts
through audio and visual as well as print media. The basic
terminology of business and economics will be stressed, and
students will be given “hands-on” experience in simulated business
situations.
PREREQ: GER 202 or instructor permission.
OFFERED: Spring
CREDIT: 3
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GER 350 - Survey of German Literature and Culture A
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Introduction to German literature and culture of the medieval
period through Goethe. Readings reflect the social, philosophical,
and aesthetic currents of the period.
PREREQ: GER 302 or instructor permission.
OFFERED: Irregular
CREDIT: 3
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GER 351 - Survey of German Literature and Culture B
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Introduction to German literature and culture of the romantic
period through the present. Readings reflect the social
philosophical, and aesthetic currents of the period.
PREREQ: GER 302 or instructor permission.
OFFERED: Irregular
CREDIT: 3
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GER 360 - German Literature of the 20th Century (1900-1945)
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Overview of naturalism, impressionism, expressionism, and other
literary currents before 1945. Textual analysis of representative
works by such authors as Hauptmann, Kafka, Rilke, T. Mann, Hesse,
Brecht.
PREREQ: GER 350 and 351, or instructor permission.
OFFERED: Irregular
CREDIT: 3
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GER 392 - Berlin in the 20th Century
2010-2011 Catalog Year
This interdisciplinary course studies intellectual and cultural
developments that took place in Berlin from the turn of the 20th
century until the year 2000. Literary as well as non-literary text
will be studied. Particular attention will be paid to the visual
arts (a movie series will accompany the course).
PREREQ: GER 301 or instructor permission.
OFFERED: Fall
CREDIT: 3
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GER 399 - Independent Study
2010-2011 Catalog Year
PREREQ: Instructor permission.
OFFERED: Irregular
NOTE: For qualified juniors and seniors under the direction of a faculty
member.
CREDIT: 1 to 6
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GER 400 - German Literature of the 19th Century; Romanticism
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Historical and critical study of literary currents in early nineteenth century Germany: Detailed textual analysis of works by Novalis, Tieck, Brentano, Arnim, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Chamisso, Kleist, Eichendorff, Heine.
PREREQ: GER 350 and 351 or instructor permission.
OFFERED: Irregular
CREDIT: 3
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GER 470 - Austrian Literature
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Representative works are discussed against a general background of
Austrian history and culture. Special attention is given to
Grillparzer, Raimund, Stifter, Nestroy, Schnitzler, Hofmannsthal,
and Musil.
PREREQ: GER 350 OR 351, or instructor permission.
OFFERED: Irregular
CREDIT: 3
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GER 495 - Seminar
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Not intended to be a fixed course, but rather an opportunity to focus on various limited subjects and to treat them in some depth.
PREREQ: Senior standing or instructor permission.
OFFERED: Irregular.
CREDIT: 1 to 6
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GER 499 - Independent Study
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Course for advanced seniors who wish to do independent study on a
particular literary period, work, or author. Students will read and
do research under the direction of a faculty member.
PREREQ: Senior standing and instructor permission.
OFFERED: Irregular
CREDIT: 1 to 6
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GLS 100 - Global Cities
2010-2011 Catalog Year
This course introduces students to the study of global cities through the intensive study of one city. It combines classroom work with on-site travel and study in the city.
OFFERED: Spring, Summer
NOTE: It can be given for three to nine credits depending on the intensity of the field work. The course is open to all Oswego students, but preference will be given to freshman and sophomores.
CREDIT: 3 to 9
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GLS 200 - Introduction to Global Issues
2010-2011 Catalog Year
This course has been designed to introduce students to various points of view on Contemporary International Issues. The issues considered will vary from semester to semester to reflect the world scene.
OFFERED: Fall, Spring
CREDIT: 1 to 3
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GLS 300 - Issues in the Global Economy
2010-2011 Catalog Year
This course engages students in the pressing debates about the global economy. It is an interdisciplinary course involving economics, political science, sociology and history. Students will study the theoretical and historical background necessary to understand the complexity of the current global economy and to make informed judgments about current controversies. The course will include research and discuss issues of trade, finance, the global division of labor, the transformation of firms from international to global corporations, the meaning of development, and the controversies over state regulation. ECO 101 or 200 is recommended prerequisite.
PREREQ: Upper division standing or instructor permission.
OFFERED: Fall
CREDIT: 3
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GLS 301 - Issues in Global Culture
2010-2011 Catalog Year
This is an interdisciplinary course, involving the disciplines of politics, sociology, communications, media studies, political economy, literary studies and history. In it students will actively engage in the pressing debates about the globalization of culture and debate current issues such as the democratic possibilities of the new communications technologies, the significance of the consolidation of global media industries, issues connected to hybridity brought on by global population flows and others. Students will study the theoretical and historical background necessary to understand the complexity of the dissemination and flows of symbolic practices globally including the development of global information networks, the flows of identities through and across borders, the consolidation of global media industries, and the impact of the globalization of popular culture.
PREREQ: Upper division standing or instructor permission.
OFFERED: Spring
CREDIT: 3
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GLS 316 - Impact and Infulence of Fermentation Science in a Global Society
2010-2011 Catalog Year
An investigation of the impact and influence of fermentation science on a global society. The course will address the production of alcohol, bread, cheese, and other fermented products and the role in global societies for fuel, subsistence, pleasure, and commerce. This course will meet as a quarter course and involves a mandatory international trip to learn how other cultures and societies make use of this science.
PREREQ: CHE 101 OR CHE 111 and either BIO 101 OR BIO 120.
OFFERED: Spring
CREDIT: 3
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GRT 385 - Research in Applied Gerontology
2010-2011 Catalog Year
The course covers various research methodologies and issues appropriate in the field of gerontology including: surveys, interviews, observation, evaluation, experimental, and quasi-experimental designs. Provides students with exposure to research ethics, sampling techniques, developmental research designs, collection and analysis of data, interpretation of results, and preparation of reports in gerontology.
PREREQ: PSY 100 or SOC 100.
OFFERED: Fall
CREDIT: 3
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GST 100 - College Orientation and Success
2010-2011 Catalog Year
This course is designed to help new students (freshman) become productive and successful members of the Oswego college community. Students will be introduced to information about Oswego’s history, college policies and procedures, strategies for being a successful student, campus resources, academic/career planning, personal development, issues of racism, sexism, ageism, and student responsibilities within the college social/academic environment.
PREREQ: Restricted to new first year students.
OFFERED: Spring, Fall
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GST 101 - Career Awareness I
2010-2011 Catalog Year
The course is recommended to lower division students for introductory career experiences in schools, community agencies and business. Students are provided early career decision making possibilities through participation in as broad a spectrum of pre-professional activities as students may need. The objectives of the Program are: a) to provide introductory experiences for those whose career aspirations are in question; b) to provide ongoing experiences for those whose career goals are well defined; c) to give meaning through work experiences, to traditional classroom professional courses; d) to provide leadership and administrative experiences in education and organizational work to those who may be motivated in these directions. Students will be assigned to schools, community agencies or businesses with cooperating professionals.
OFFERED: Spring, Fall, Summer
NOTE: Course may be repeated for a total of six credit hours, with the permission of the instructor.
CREDIT: Sp, Fl-2 to 3; SS-2 to 6
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GST 103 - Exploring Your Strengths
2010-2011 Catalog Year
This course is designed to help students discover and develop their strengths in academics, career selection, and beyond. Students who understand and regularly apply their strengths throughout their lives are more satisfied and more likely to achieve academic, personal and professional success.
PREREQ: Restricted to undeclared students.
OFFERED: Fall and Spring
CREDIT: 1
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GST 110 - Life Planning and Major Exploration
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Life Planning and Major Exploration helps students to explore their interests, strengths and values and to apply those to the process of choosing and/or confirming a major. During the course, students will build self-confidence and competency and develop an educational plan that includes the identification of possible career directions.
PREREQ: Restricted to undeclared first semester, first-year students.
OFFERED: Fall
CREDIT: 2
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GST 120 - Leadership in Action
2010-2011 Catalog Year
This course provides both a cognitive and experiential base to enhance student knowledge and understanding of the styles, theories and competencies underlying leadership, followership, and trusteeship. Students will focus on group behavior and leadership through required active participation in the course, and involvement in campus or community leadership activities. Students will enhance their awareness of civility, ethics, group dynamics, and team building.
OFFERED: Fall
CREDIT: 3
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GST 300 - Library Research Techniques
2010-2011 Catalog Year
This course aims for student development of effective research skills relevant for library research at Oswego and other academic institutions, utilizing print and electronic information resources. Emphasis is placed on the application of these skills to individual research interests. Valuation of information and information sources is also stressed.
PREREQ: Upper division standing or instructor permission.
OFFERED: Fall, Spring
NOTE: This course should be taken in conjunction with another course that requires the student to do a research paper or project. Students who enroll must be of junior/senior standing, or gain permission of the instructor.
CREDIT: 1
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GST 302 - Service-Learning
2010-2011 Catalog Year
This course will provide the student with the opportunity to provide direct service to those in need as volunteers working with local agencies. The classroom component of the course will focus upon a history of volunteerism, the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, social structures, altruism, and methods of eliminating discrimination.
PREREQ: Upper division standing or instructor permission.
OFFERED: Fall, Spring, Summer
CREDIT: 1 to 3
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GST 303 - Career Awareness II
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Course is recommended to upper division students for extended professional experiences beyond Gst 101. Broadening and/or strengthening situations may be provided beyond those experienced in previous assignments. Aspects of other educational and organizational responsibilities in terms of group leadership, workshop development, public relations and final evaluation data collection, etc. will be considered.
PREREQ: Instructor permission.
OFFERED: Spring, Fall, Summer
NOTE: May be repeated up to a total of six credit hours.
CREDIT: Sp, Fl-2 to 3; SS-2 to 6
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GST 304 - First Year Peer Advisement Program
2010-2011 Catalog Year
This course is designed to provide first year peer advisors with 1) a forum to explore the research literature related to successful first year college programs and to the strategies that lead to student success, student retention and positive outcomes 2) opportunities for peer advisors to work collaboratively with faculty and administration while gaining skills to assist first year students effectively.
PREREQ: Minimum sophomore standing and instructor permission.
OFFERED: Fall
CREDIT: 2 or 3
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GST 498 - Internship
2010-2011 Catalog Year
A course designed for upper division students who wish to take part in a semester long internship related to the academic major or minor. Students will work in a position for the purpose of testing academic learning in a work situation.
PREREQ: Acceptance in the Experience-Based Education Program, a GPA of 2.5, an approved placement and permission of the sponsoring faculty member.
OFFERED: Fall, Spring, Summer
CREDIT: 0 to 12
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HDV 120 - Fundamentals of Gerontology
2010-2011 Catalog Year
This course is designed to introduce the student to the biological, physical, psychological, sociological, political, demographic, and economic aspects of aging. It explores aging from a variety of cultural and subcultural perspectives, and looks at both theoretical and applied research in the area of gerontology.
OFFERED: Fall
CREDIT: 3
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HDV 325 - Family Dynamics Across the Lifespan
2010-2011 Catalog Year
The course will trace individual development across the lifespan within the context of the family. Issues addressed within the course will include: attachment to caregivers (especially parents), adoption, sibling relation- ships, dating and mate selection, parenthood, divorce and step-families, single-parenthood, adult intergenerational relationships, grandparenthood, family care giving and bereavement.
PREREQ: PSY 100 and one of the following PSY 200, 322, 323, 324.
OFFERED: Spring
NOTE: Advisement Prerequisite Recommendation: One developmental HDV/PSY course.
CREDIT: 3
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HDV 400 - Research Designs and Applications in Human Development
2010-2011 Catalog Year
This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge necessary to interpret research in applied areas of human development. The content will reflect quasi-experimentation, issues in developmental assessment, developmental research designs, multivariate analyses, qualitative research, and contexts for research in human development. The laboratory component will focus on the methods and skills most appropriate in human development settings. In the two hour laboratory component, students will design, implement, and analyze data from research studies and program evaluations applicable to human development.
PREREQ: PSY 290. Advisement Recommendation: Correquisite of GST 498.
OFFERED: Spring
NOTE: Advisement Recommendation: Co requisite GST 498.
CREDIT: 4
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HDV 425 - Midlife Development
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Explores midlife as a significant part of the life span, focusing on theories and research to inform students about physiological, cognitive, and social aspects of the middle years of adulthood (roughly 40 to 65 years of age) and to highlight critical issues in middle age (e.g., age-related physical change, cognitive function, personality development, social changes).
PREREQ: PSY 290, upper division standing, and either HDV 120 or PSY 324.
COREQ: upper division standing
OFFERED: Irregular
CREDIT: 3
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HIS 100 - The West and the World to 1500
2010-2011 Catalog Year
This course will explore the origins and development of Western
Civilization to 1500, analyze the relationship of the emerging
cultures in the West to the cultures of Asia and Africa, and
introduce students to history as a discipline. Students will
analyze several approaches to historical research and various types
of historical writing, and will use primary and secondary sources
in studying history.
OFFERED: Fall
CREDIT: 3
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HIS 101 - The West and the World, 1500—1900
2010-2011 Catalog Year
This course will deal with the historical development of modern Western civilization and the interrelationship between the West and the world during the period 1500—1900.
OFFERED: Spring
CREDIT: 3
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HIS 102 - World History in the Twentieth Century
2010-2011 Catalog Year
This course introduces students to the major events, movements, and
personalities of the twentieth century. The objective of the course
will be to critically examine the events, ideas, conflicts,
movements, and inventions which have shaped human civilization in
the 20th century.
OFFERED: Fall, Spring
CREDIT: 3
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HIS 201 - The American Experience
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Specific focus will vary by section, but each will explore an issue
or period in American history and problems that historians confront
in trying to understand the past.
OFFERED: Irregular
CREDIT: 3
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HIS 202 - History of the United States to 1865
2010-2011 Catalog Year
This course explores the making of American society and culture the product of cooperation and conflict among peoples from three continents (Europe, Africa, and North America)’from the 1500’s to the end of the Civil War. The focus is on economics, religion, values, community, politics, gender, and race.
OFFERED: Fall, Spring
CREDIT: 3
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HIS 203 - History of the United States Since 1865
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Introductory survey of the history of the United States since the
Civil War.
OFFERED: Fall, Spring
CREDIT: 3
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HIS 206 - Africa to 1800
2010-2011 Catalog Year
This course surveys the history of selected regions of Africa from about the eighth to the early nineteenth century. Students are introduced to some of the most important sub- Saharan states and their cultures through the three basic sources for sub-Saharan African history before European influence: Oral tradition, archaeology, and Arabic chronicles. We explore the environmental and economic circumstances that account for the rise of these states, we proceed to acquaintance with their people, accomplishments and contributions, and we encounter the main factors involved in means of understanding major historical events.
OFFERED: Fall
CREDIT: 3
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HIS 207 - Africa since 1800
2010-2011 Catalog Year
A survey of the history of selected regions of Africa in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this course deals with the events and processes leading to the European colonization of Africa and subsequent changes in African societies under colonial rule. This is a course about Africans and how they responded to the challenges and opportunities presented by foreign influences such as those accompanying colonialism. It is basically concerned with African initiatives in a rapidly changing political, economic and social context.
OFFERED: Spring
CREDIT: 3
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HIS 208 - Modern Asia
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Emphasis on Communist China, Japan, India and Southeast Asia.
OFFERED: Fall, Spring
CREDIT: 3
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HIS 209 - Traditional Asia and Its Legacy
2010-2011 Catalog Year
A comparison of traditional civilizations in China and India.
Topics include religious systems, formation of empires, expansion
of commerce, development of social institutions and foundations of
Modern Asia.
OFFERED: Fall, Spring
CREDIT: 3
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HIS 212 - Women in History
2010-2011 Catalog Year
A study of the position and role of women in different
civilizations with emphasis on women and work.
OFFERED: Fall
CREDIT: 3
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HIS 215 - Introduction to Latin American Civilizations
2010-2011 Catalog Year
This course will provide a general introduction to the culture,
history, and societies of the immense geographic area collectively
known as Latin America. A thematic approach focusing on gender,
social upheavals, economic and political crises will serve to
facilitate the inclusion of the many countries in the region. The
chronology of the course extends from the pre-contact period to the
twentieth-century.
OFFERED: Fall, Spring
CREDIT: 3
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HIS 230 - The Western Heritage I
2010-2011 Catalog Year
Survey of the basic ideas in Western Civilization from the earliest
times to the Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century.
OFFERED: Fall
CREDIT: 3
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