Study of advanced techniques to develop a personal aesthetic, artistic and professional style. Use of 4 x 5 view cameras and other advanced techniques. Projects of photo-essay form, designed to build students' portfolios. Students furnish their own cameras, film and paper.
Study of living and extinct mammals, emphasizing their origin,evolution, systematics, behavior, ecology and morphological adaptations. Labs focus on the structure and identification of modern mammals, with periodic field trips exploring the natural history of local species.
Introduction to basic principles, history and scope of modern environmental toxicology, and to the effects and to the mechanisms of toxicants. Includes applications to risk assessment, regulations and industry. May not be taken for credit if student has credit for ENVH 425.
Examines current topics in the field of organic chemistry. Topics vary by instructor and may include bioorganic, medicinal, organometallic or physical organic chemistry. Problem solving and reading/discussion of the primary literature are emphasized.
Study of human communicative behavior without the use of words. Ways of sending and receiving nonverbal messages are examined with the goal of awareness and understanding of their communicative value.
Provides the tools and abilities to enhance aptitude for strategic thinking. Coverage includes sequential and simultaneous move games, mixed strategies, repeated games, etc.
Engages in full-time clinical experience with designated mentors in Professional Development School (PDS) sites, progressively assuming the lead-teacher role in the classroom while planning and co-teaching with the mentor. Direct supervision under direction of a mentor teacher and University supervisor. One, three-week, full-time supervised clinical experience in a school. Clinical practice in upper elementary (grades 4-6) grade level.
A study of selections from the range of literature central to the sub-genre of the literature of the African Diaspora, texts written in English by African authors. Engages these texts in an effort to better understand this history and cultures of precolonial Africa, as well as the impacts of colonization and post/neo-colonization through reading and discussion.
Advanced introduction to film sound tracks, including analysis of music, sound effects and dialogue through various perspectives. Develop audiovisual literacy and expand understanding of cinema through analyzing its sonic impact.
Study of select topics in African-American literature that may include a specific region, genre, theme, period or movement. Topics vary according to instructors.
A study of literature produced in the South from 1930 to the present. Writers may include Faulkner, O'Connor, Welty, Porter, Warren, Percy, Capote, Taylor, Grau, Styron and Young.
Deeply engage with contemporary prose and its trends, produce publishable work and become fluent in the language of contemporary prose broadly and in one particular aspect of that conversation specifically. Read classic and contemporary prose, learn advanced prose techniques, and develop a critical understanding of contemporary prose and its discourse.
Introduction to the principles of fluid mechanics. Topics include mass, momentum and energy conservation, hydrostatics, control volume analysis, internal and external flow, boundary layers, and modern measurement techniques. A design project related to the material is given.
