Focuses on the theoretical and practical issues surrounding wildlife management. Field trips permit visits to local agencies managing natural areas and give hands-on experience in techniques that commonly are used to assess, monitor and quantify wildlife populations and their habitats. Focuses on the ever-increasing importance of "human dimensions" of wildlife management.
Proficiency-based conversation focusing on the refinement of listening and speaking skills and vocabulary acquisition through role playing, small group and class discussion, oral reports and presentations. Introduction to phonetics.
Francophone Literature and the Question of Identity
FREN-325
Average GPA: 3.16
Withdraw Rate: 2%
Total Enrollment: 62
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Learn about issues and questions surrounding "identity" in the French-speaking world since decolonization. Class discussions and writing assignments, based on the readings of texts from literary movements including Négritude and Créolité, address major themes related to diversity such as race, nationality, gender and motherhood. Taught in French.
Examination of contemporary patterns of life in selected areas of the world from a regional viewpoint. Attention given to the physical environment, resource use, economic activities, demographic and sociocultural characteristics and regional problems.
Covers such topics as the new government and its policies, nationalism and economic expansion, the common man and the new democracy, social ferment and reform movements, Manifest Destiny, wars and sectional crises.
Introduction to the cultural, political, economic and social growth and problems in Ireland since circa 1500. Emphasis is on the development of Ireland's nationalism, separate and distinct from Great Britain with which it was entwined and involved for so many generations. Attention focuses on the history and problems in Northern Ireland and its position in the United Kingdom.
Brazilian history since 1822 with special attention to imperial organization, slavery and abolition, populism, military rule, socioeconomic inequality, and economic development.
Historical survey of classical Greek civilization, including political, socioeconomic and religious institutions. Particular emphasis on cultural and artistic aspects of Hellenic civilization.
Examines the role of women in U.S. history from Colonial times to 1890, with particular attention to the family and to traditional politics, economic and cultural institutions.
U.S. history from 1945 to 2000. Study of the major diplomatic, economic, intellectual and social forces that shaped America in the years following World War II, including the Cold War, Civil Rights Movement, tumultuous 1960s, and trends in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.
Explore the history of immigration and ethnicity during the 19th and 20th centuries with an emphasis on socio-cultural dimensions of the immigrant experience, and on historical debates on citizenship, national identity, legislation, work and family life, and ethnic identity.
Descriptive and inferential analysis of data, emphasizing appropriate assumptions, computer use and interpretation. Parametric and non-parametric methods are compared and contrasted. Includes a weekly laboratory.
Introduction to ideas of planning and designing statistical experiments involving data collection. Study of various statistical analyses for these designs. Discussion of optimal allocation of sampling units to treatments in order to provide the highest accuracy and lowest cost. Use standard statistical software packages such as Minitab and SPSS.
