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| ANTH273 Peoples and Cultures of Mesoamerica (Mexico and Guatemala) | A Todd | Jan 7 - Jan 25 | Online | - | - | 3 | 1099 | $1020 | |
Description for ANTH273:
A survey of Mesoamerican ethnology including an introduction to cultural and linguistic regions through comparisons of ethnographic materials. Emphasis is given to acculturation, during the colonial period, among indigenous and Spanish-speaking populations, and, in the contemporary period, on social change among rural and urban sectors.
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Credits: 3
Distribution: International focus
Diversity: WC |
| ANTH367 Social and Cultural Perspectives on Witchcraft and Sorcery | B Worley | Jan 7 - Jan 25 | Online | - | - | 3 | 1100 | $1020 | |
Description for ANTH367:
Beliefs about people with extraordinary powers to cause harm or good are found in societies of different types and in different periods in history. This course examines such beliefs in a number of different cultural, geographical, and historical contexts in order to demonstrate ways in which anthropologists and other social scientists approach the more general problem of understanding the function of belief systems in human society. The course does not teach techniques of witchcraft or sorcery.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher or permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3
Diversity: WC |
| COMSTU100 Introduction to Communication | R Raben | Jan 7 - Jan 25 | Online | - | - | 3 | 1101 | $1020 | |
Description for COMSTU100:
This course is designed to provide an introductory survey of the study of communication. The course begins with a general history of the evolution of human communication, and goes on to examine such areas as definitions, models, and basic concepts in communication; the range of verbal and non-verbal codes, and their complex interrelations in the message systems of modern electronic media; and various communication contexts, with emphasis on the structure and function of interpersonal communication and mass communication, particularly broadcast and cable television.
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Academic Information:
Credits: 3
Diversity: SB |
| COMSTU100 Introduction to Communication | L Zhu | Jan 7 - Jan 25 | Online | - | - | 3 | 1102 | $1020 | |
Description for COMSTU100:
This course is designed to provide an introductory survey of the study of communication. The course begins with a general history of the evolution of human communication, and goes on to examine such areas as definitions, models, and basic concepts in communication; the range of verbal and non-verbal codes, and their complex interrelations in the message systems of modern electronic media; and various communication contexts, with emphasis on the structure and function of interpersonal communication and mass communication, particularly broadcast and cable television.
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Credits: 3
Diversity: SB |
| COMSTU300 Information Technology and Human Communication | R Raben | Jan 7 - Jan 25 | Online | - | - | 3 | 1105 | $1020 | |
Description for COMSTU300:
This course examines the relationship between information technology and human communication. Readings, discussion, assignments and projects address IT’s potential to enhance and constrain communication; its role in the promotion or dissolution of community; its implications for social policy; its place among other media; and many more issues for which IT, particularly cyber-technology, is a lightning rod.
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Credits: 3
Diversity: SB |
| CRMJUS367L Drugs and Society | J Lageson | Jan 7 - Jan 25 | Online | - | - | 3 | 1156 | $1020 | |
Description for CRMJUS367L:
This course examines the social origins and consequences of the use and abuse of consciousness-altering substances (including alcohol). It considers how society defines and deals with drug use and assesses social harm, including such issues as addictions and health effects, drugs and crime, the legislation debate, and drug policy and enforcement.
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Credits: 3
Diversity: SB |
| ECON101 Introduction to Microeconomics | J Spitz | Jan 7 - Jan 25 | Online | - | - | 3 | 1093 | $1020 | |
Description for ECON101:
A broad introductory survey in which special attention is given to the role of economic principles in analyzing and understanding current economic problems. Emphasis is given to the functioning of markets and to the behavior of individual economic units such as the business firm and the consumer (microeconomics). Other areas of emphasis vary from section to section and may include industrial organization, income distribution, international trade, economics of the environment, and other topics.
Prerequisite: MATH 114Q or 115 or equivalent MATH level.
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Credits: 3
Diversity: SB |
| ECON102 Introduction to Macroeconomics | N Aman | Jan 7 - Jan 25 | Online | - | - | 3 | 1094 | $1020 | |
Description for ECON102:
A broad introductory survey in which special attention is given to the role of economic principles in analyzing and understanding current economic problems. Emphasis is given to examining the overall functioning of the economy and to such matters as unemployment, inflation and recession. Other areas of emphasis vary from section to section and may include economics of government spending and taxation, economic development, alternative economic systems, and other topics.
Prerequisite: MATH 114Q or 115 or equivalent MATH level.
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Credits: 3
Diversity: SB |
| HIST211 Foundations of Western Civilization | M Brink | Jan 7 - Jan 25 | Online | - | - | 3 | 1072 | $1020 | |
Description for HIST211:
A survey of European history from the golden age of Greece in the 5th century BCE to 1715, laying particular stress on politics, culture and religion. Major topics examined will include the culture of ancient Greece; the rise of Rome and the ideology of the Roman Empire; the early development of Christianity and its impact on the ancient world; the evolution of new political forms in the Middle Ages; medieval Christianity; the impact of Renaissance efforts to revive Greek and Roman civilization; the Protestant Reformation and Catholic responses to it; and the scientific and intellectual culture of the seventeenth century. In addition to broad coverage the course will devote attention to critical examination of a selection of key historical texts.
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Credits: 3
Diversity: HU |
| HIST265 American History before 1877 | M Duff | Jan 7 - Jan 25 | Online | - | - | 3 | 1074 | $1020 | |
Description for HIST265:
Beginning with the history of North America prior to the voyages of Columbus, History 265 examines the impact of Europeans upon indigenous peoples, and studies the evolution of colonial settlements in British North America. It covers the causes and consequences of the American Revolution, the subsequent development of democratic political and social institutions, the emergence of transportation, market and industrial revolutions and the coming of the sectional conflict and Civil War.
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Credits: 3
Diversity: HU |
| HIST266 American History since 1877 | L Vox | Jan 7 - Jan 25 | Online | - | - | 3 | 1075 | $1020 | |
Description for HIST266:
History 266 begins in the aftermath of the Civil War and Reconstruction and examines the nature and impact of urbanization, immigration, and industrialization. The course then examines the growth of American imperialism and the nation’s rise to world power status. It also focuses on cycles of economic change, including the Great Depression and the enormous expansion of the middle class after World War II. The course will also examine the Cold War in both its worldwide impact, such as wars in Korea and Vietnam, and on the domestic front. Finally, the course examines the transformation of society and culture in the second half of the Twentieth Century.
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Credits: 3
Diversity: HU |
| HIST312 Cities in Early Modern Europe | M Casini | Jan 7 - Jan 25 | Online | - | - | 3 | 1076 | $1020 | |
Description for HIST312:
This course offers a survey of urban life in Europe between 1400 and 1750. The course begins by examining how mercantile culture, religious and ritual life, and political and artistic patronage shaped the urban experience in Florence and Venice. It then proceeds north of the Alps and explores the ways in which German, English, and French urban live influenced and intersected with the development of Protestantism, the wars of religion, the English civil war, and the emergence of absolutism.
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Credits: 3 |
| HIST379 The United States, 1900 to 1945 | T Hacsi | Jan 7 - Jan 25 | Online | - | - | 3 | 1077 | $1020 | |
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| HIST383 History of the American West | J Reid | Jan 7 - Jan 25 | Online | - | - | 3 | 1095 | $1020 | |
Description for HIST383:
With a long and diverse story, the American West has a narrative people by many distinc indigenous peoples, Mexicans and Mexican Americans, Asians and Asian Americans, African Americans, and immigrants form Europeans countries. In this course, we will begin with indigenous peoples before the arrival of Europeans, and then examine their early contacts with the newcomers. The course will then explore an array of topics, including the Spanish in the southwest, the fur and hide trades, the westward expansion of the United States, gold rushes and the arrival of industrialization, farming and the Dust Bowl, the West as myth and commodity, and issues that remain central to the region today, such as American Indian sovereignty, urban growth, conservation, and immigration.
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Credits: 3 |
| HIST433 Mussolini | S Di Scala | Jan 7 - Jan 25 | Online | - | - | 3 | 1078 | $1020 | |
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| MUSIC248 Universe of Music | D Patterson | Jan 7 - Jan 25 | Online | - | - | 3 | 1083 | $1020 | |
Description for MUSIC248:
An introduction to the infinite universe of music from its origins to the present, this course investigates the role of instruments, culture, myth and science in the evolution of music. Illustrations through the medium of the World Wide Web present the concept of music as both communication of ideas and expression of feelings in diverse musical traditions of the world.
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Credits: 3
Distribution: International focus
Diversity: AR |
| MUSIC258 American Music in Wartime | J Mitchell | Jan 7 - Jan 25 | Online | - | - | 3 | 1084 | $1020 | |
Description for MUSIC258:
The history of the United States goes back only 255 years, yet in that relatively short amount of time the country has been involved in no fewer than ten wars. This course is a survey course examining American wartime composers, their lives, their works, and the events surrounding the composition of patriotic works.
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Credits: 3
Diversity: AR |
| POLSCI102 Government and Politics of the United States | C Coscia | Jan 7 - Jan 25 | Online | - | - | 3 | 1086 | $1020 | |
Description for POLSCI102:
An introduction to the structures, processes, and results of the American governmental system. The course focuses on the national government and national political behavior, although state, regional, and local structures and issues are also introduced. Topics include institutions of government, political principles and ideologies, public opinion, political socialization, political parties, mass media, elections, interest groups, civil rights and civil liberties, public policies and policy making.
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Credits: 3
Diversity: SB |
| POLSCI220 International Relations (B) | R Weiner | Jan 7 - Jan 25 | Online | - | - | 3 | 1087 | $1020 | |
Description for POLSCI220:
This course focuses on basic patterns and concepts which explain interactions among nations. Special attention is given to the role of ideologies, international organizations, conflict resolution, the impact of multinational corporations, underdevelopment, the international dimension of human rights, ethnic, "racial," religious, and gender differences, and the dynamics of globalization.
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Credits: 3
Distribution: International focus |
| SOCIOL101 Introduction to Sociology | J Lageson | Jan 7 - Jan 25 | Online | - | - | 3 | 1150 | $1020 | |
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| SOCIOL367L Drugs and Society | J Lageson | Jan 7 - Jan 25 | Online | - | - | 3 | 1151 | $1020 | |
Description for SOCIOL367L:
This course examines the social origins and consequences of the use and abuse of consciousness-altering substances (including alcohol). It considers how society defines and deals with drug use and assesses social harm, including such issues as addictions and health effects, drugs and crime, the legislation debate, and drug policy and enforcement.
Prerequisite: SOCIOL 101.
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Credits: 3
Diversity: SB |
| THRART100 Introduction to Theatre | C Quinn | Jan 7 - Jan 25 | Online | - | - | 3 | 1079 | $1020 | |
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