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See the Fall 2013 Core Course Listings.
Find out more about the courses offered for the Core Curriculum.
IDST-1050-01: Transfer Seminar in Critical Thinking and Academic Literacy
Instructor: Dr. Steve Kistulentz - IDST 1050 is a seminar designed to help students who are entering Millsaps College as transfers from other institutions. Students are assisted in developing their writing and critical thinking skills and introduced to the terrain of a liberal arts curriculum. This course is required of all transfers.
TTH 10, W 12
IDST 1128: Heritage of the West in World Perspective
Beginning with antiquity and continuing to the present, this program brings together history, literature, philosophy, religion, and the arts in an integrated approach to the study of Western culture within a global context. It is the equivalent of eight semester hours each semester, and extends throughout the year. In the spring, this course examines developments in Western culture from 1500 to present in the context of world history. IDST 1128 is open only to students who have completed IDST 1118 in the fall. All students will be assigned to the same section and professor as in the fall. Heritage meets the Fine Arts requirements as well as the requirements of Core 2-5. Enrollment is limited to freshmen.
MW 1-2:15, TTH 9
Section 01: Instructor: Dr. Kristen Brown Golden MWF 9
Section 02: Instructor: Dr. Amy Wiese Forbes MWF 9
Section 03: Instructor: Dr. Anne MacMaster MWF 9
Section 04: Instructor: Dr. Bennie Reynolds MWF 9
Section 05: Instructor: Dr. Kristen Brown Golden MWF 11
Section 06: Instructor: Dr. Amy Wiese Forbes MWF 11
Section 07: Instructor: Dr. Anne MacMaster MWF 11
Section 08: Instructor: Dr. Bennie Reynolds MWF 11
IDST-1300-01: Feudal Europe and Japan
Instructor: Dr. Greg Miller - We will explore parallels and differences between two feudal societies: Japan and Europe between roughly 1000 and 1400 C.E. Our readings will include Marie of France's Lais, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji, and the Japanese warrior-tale Tale of the Heiki. We will also examine artistic representations of knights, samurai, and their superiors; love and intrigue in royal and aristocratic courts; and representations of the nature and function of honor and duty. We'll study the social contexts in which these works were created, exploring Japanese Buddhism and Shinto as well as medieval Christianity.
Focus: Literature
MTWF 9
IDST 1300-02: Early Modern Spanish Theatre
Instructor: Dr. Judith Caballero - In this class we will read in translation and analyze some of the most famous plays written during the 1500s and 1600s in Spain; for example, The Trickster of Seville (El burlador de Sevilla), Lady Nitwit (La dama boba), Life Is a Dream (La vida es sueño), and Don Gil of the Green Breeches (Don Gil de las calzas verdes). We will explore the different types of plays, theatre spaces, actors, and theatre companies that existed during that era, as well as the government's laws and censorship. We will discuss the transformation from religious, medieval theatre to the secular theatre of Early Modern Spain and how it reflects the social-political changes of the nation. In addition to reading the plays, we will be performing some portions of them in class. Additionally, this course pays special attention to developing the students' writing skills. There will be informal writing and presentations as well as a 7-10 research paper.
Foci: Fine Arts and Literature
MWF 11, TH 9
IDST 1300-03: Birth of the Renaissance: Humor and Realism
Instructor: Dr. Sarah Archino - This course will track the transition between the Medieval period and the early Renaissance, using art, architecture, and literature to examine the rise of humanism. In making the shift between an aesthetic culture focused on the hereafter to one focused on lived experiences and the human condition, humor and realism became important tools. This class will discuss how these two elements of humor and realism were used to "humanize" such monumental and ineffable subjects as religion. We will cover developments in Northern Europe and in the early Italian Renaissance. Foci: Fine Arts and Literature
MWF 11, TH 9
IDST 1300-04: Gods of Medieval Myth
Instructor: Dr. Michael Gleason - Examining Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, Norse, Sanskrit, and Chinese texts, this course explores spirituality and religious belief as they are portrayed in some of the world's most challenging and influential works of literature. By asking, "What is myth?" and "What is God?" we hope to determine how pre-modern societies viewed the proper relationship between the human and the divine and what we have inherited of their view. In addition to grand questions of fate, mortality, and justice, we also consider conventions of literary form, including the elements of epic and lyric, tradition and innovation, prose and poetry, anonymity and fame. This course concentrates upon literatures which reached their final forms between c. 600 and 1600 C.E., although the texts may reflect religious sensibilities that are far older.
Foci: Literature and Religion
TTH 10, W 12
IDST 1300-05: 1492
Instructor: Dr. Eric Griffin - This course will consider the inter-relation of the three major historical events of 1492 - Columbus's landfall in the New World, the expulsion of the Jews from the Spanish kingdoms, and the fall of Muslim Granada - by observing both the long-standing cultural tensions that produce them, and the new tensions that arise in their wake. While we will consider later interpretations, most of our readings will be either from accounts written by the participants themselves, or slightly later works which both draw upon these accounts and transform them fictively. Our readings will include European voices and the voices of Europe's Jewish, Islamic, and Native American "Others." We will also consider how the Protestant Reformation complicates an already complex situation by multiplying differences within Christendom itself. Cross-listed with Latin American Studies 3750 (LAST 3750)
Foci: Literature and History
TTH 10, W 12
IDST 1300-06: Jesus in the Qur'an: The Reception of Biblical Material Within the Islamic Tradition
Instructor: Dr. Younus Mirza - Did you know that Jesus is in the Qur'an? That there is a qur'anic chapter named after the Virgin Mary? That Muhammad is encouraged to be like Abraham? This course will examine how Islam recasts the Jewish and Christian traditions in the process of developing its own. Special attention will be given to how biblical narratives led to deep theological debates within Islam regarding the concepts of prophecy, revelation, and human nature.
Focus: Religion
MW 1-2:40
IDST-1300-07: Saints, Witches, Wives and Serfs: Women in the Middle Ages
Instructor: Prof. Jennifer Lewton-Yates - In this course we will explore the lives of women in the Middle Ages from the famous Joan of Arc to the nameless peasants who worked the land. How did women live their daily lives, interact in the public sphere, earn a living, or receive an education? How were they represented in art and literature? How did they choose to represent themselves? We will ask these (and other) questions as we read a variety of sources and put them into their wider historical framework.
Foci: Literature and History
TTH 1-2:40
IDST 2500-01: Immigration in the 20th and 21st Centuries
Instructor: Dr. Ming Tsui - While humans have moved from one country to another for hundreds of years, the reasons for their moving remain essentially the same: seeking better opportunities in income, employment, and education for themselves and for their children; escaping political or religious persecution; or being forced out of their homelands because of revolution and regime change. In this course, we will first conduct a general review of modern worldwide migration, then examine the factors associated with the social and economic successes (or lack thereof) of different migrant groups in their adopted countries in the 20th and 21th centuries. We will explore the relationship between culture and migration, the impact of immigration on jobs in the receiving country, the conflicts between immigrants and native-born workers, and the adaptive measures used by different immigrant groups to deal with the difficulties they have encountered in their adopted countries. About half of the readings will focus on immigrants in the United States, with special attention to issues such as race, ethnicity, and the socio-economic mobility of these immigrant groups.
Focus: History
MWF 9
IDST 2500-02: The Idea of Europe
Instructor: Dr. Amy Wiese Forbes - "The Idea of Europe," is an interdisciplinary, collaborative course taught by the European Studies director in association with faculty from across the divisions. Thus students might learn about European archaeology and typography from an archaeologist, the arts of the Enlightenment from a musicologist, or the origins of the European Union from a political scientist. Students will think creatively about Europe, broadly defined. Students interested in the humanities will be challenged by looking at Europe through a psychological or economic framework, while students of anthropology and political science will be challenged by literary and artist analysis. Based on Anthony Pagden's book of the same title, the uniquely formatted topics course makes room for exploratory thinking in a collective search for an understanding of Europe. Most consideration would be given to pre-history, ancient Greece and Rome, Medieval and Renaissance Europe, the Enlightenment, the era of the nation-state, twentieth-century Europe, the European Union, and Europe's current place in the global economy. Cross listed as European Studies 1000 (EURS 1000).
Focus: History
MWF 10, TH 8
IDST 2500-03: Women, Peace, and Justice
Instructor: Dr. Lola Williamson - Sex trafficking, domestic abuse, rape, cultures of militarism, and wars that affect women in horrendous and unspeakable ways - these are some of the issues this course will address. How do women around the world respond to the injustices inflicted upon them? What kinds of networks are being forged among women - locally, nationally, and internationally - to address gender inequality and outright misogyny? What role does religion play in perpetrating injustices against women, as well as in helping to create cultures of peace? The course will listen to voices of women around the world as they call for a more ethical global culture and will explore the specific role that women play in building and maintaining peace and justice for all human beings.
Foci: Religion and History
MWF 10, TH 8
IDST 2500-04: Utopian Visions: Ideas and Popular Movements in the Caribbean
Instructor: Dr. Sarah Bares - Stunning in its physical/geographical beauty, from its first reporting in the diaries of Christopher Columbus to the travel brochures of today, the Caribbean has been a site of projection for visions of utopia. Simultaneously, dystopian realities such as slavery, poverty and dictatorship not only form stark contrast with these visions, but also have spawned a series of popular movements such as socialism and Rastafarianism that envision a social utopia to match. In this course, we will examine utopian thinking as it evolved in the Caribbean basin and its impact on society through the study of literature, essay and film. Although the course will primarily focus on contemporary times, we will need to reach backward from time to time, in order to better understand the forces that have impacted upon the region's present. The provocative and challenging material in this course will allow us to explore the areas of ethical reasoning, communication, historical consciousness and social and cultural awareness.
Foci: Literature and History
MWF 11, TH 9
IDST 2500-05: The Meaning of Masculinity in the Twentieth Century
Instructor: Dr. Stephanie R. Rolph - The twentieth century represents a period during which the idea of immutable gender boundaries came under extreme scrutiny. The processes of industrialization, global war, woman suffrage, sexually integrated work places, sexual liberation, the Cold War and the explosion of media demanded new definitions and allowances for less rigid separations between the ideological "male" and "female." This class will focus primarily upon the process of masculinity, incorporating historical events as a guide to interpreting the changes and consistencies that appear and disappear, during the twentieth century. We will always be answering this central question: What makes a man?
Focus: History
MW 2:45-4
IDST 2500-06: The Greening of America - The Long Environmental Movement
Instructor: Dr. Drew Swanson - The United States is in the throes of an environmental revolution with global tentacles, though its outcome is far from certain. We are bombarded with "green" products and messages, from entreaties to eat "local" to advertisements for the latest hybrid automobile. While this cultural transformation may seem a contemporary phenomenon, American environmentalism has roots that penetrate the expanse of the 20th century and extend beyond our national borders. This course will explore the environmental movement, covering such subjects as its origins in the Progressive Era, the federal environmental management of the New Deal, the development of a scientific "land ethic," the back-to-the-earth movement, international trade, and contemporary "locavore" campaigns. Along the way we will work to understand what it has meant to be "green" at various points in contemporary history.
Focus: History
TTH 1-2:40
IDST 2500-07: Dramatic Genders
Instructor: Dr. Shane Grant - Do men write women differently than women write women? Do women write men differently than men write men? How do representations of gender vary depending on the author's intended audience? Is for-profit theatre more likely to promote stereotypes of both women and men? How do issues of race inform dramatic representations of gender? This course addresses those questions by examining 20th century American dramatic literature. The course begins with a brief unit on early American "masters" but will primarily interrogate plays from the last few decades of the 20th century. Potential authors include Tennessee Williams, Lorraine Hansberry, David Mamet, and Paula Vogel.
Foci: Fine Arts and Literature
TTH 1-2:40
IDST 1610-01: Human Development in Cross-Cultural Perspective
Instructor: Dr. Stacy DeZutter - Human development permeates every aspect of our lives from our own individuation to our families, our work, and the rearing of our children. One can argue that all the compartmentalized studies of the social and behavioral sciences have as a source of origin human growth and development. It encompasses one's entire experience within this world. Human Development in Cross-Cultural Perspective demands an immediate and personal perspective, as well as a multi-disciplinary approach including such disciplines as psychology, biology, sociology, anthropology, education, and others.
TTH 1-2:40
ECON 2000-01: Principles of Economics
Section 01: Instructor: Dr. Patrick Taylor - MW 1-2:40
Section 02: Instructor: Dr. Susan Taylor - MW 2:45-4
Section 03: Instructor: Dr. Blakely Fender - TTH 10
PLSC 1000-01: Intro. to American Government
Instructor: Dr. Ashleigh Powers - TTH 10
PSYC 1000-01: Introduction to Psychology
Instructor: STAFF - T 6:30-9
SOAN 1000-01: Introduction to Sociology
Instructor: Dr. Louwanda Evans - MWF 9
SOAN 1100-01: Introduction to Anthropology
Instructor: Dr. Julian Murchison - MWF 10
SOAN 1110-01: Intro. to Archaeology and World Prehistory
Instructor: Dr. George Bey - MWF 11
Note: This is a 4 cr. requirement. All labs (1 cr.) and lectures (3 cr.) are co-requisite courses and must be taken in the same semester.
BIOL 1003-01: Introductory Cell Biology (3 cr.)
Instructor: STAFF - MWF 8
BIOL 1003-01: Introductory Cell Biology Lab (1 cr.)
Instructor: STAFF - T 1-4
BIOL 1013-01: General Botany (3 cr.)
Instructor: Dr. Debora Mann - MWF 8
BIOL 1011-01: General Botany Lab (1 cr.)
Instructor: Dr. Debora Mann - T 1-4
BIOL 1023: Zoology (3 cr.)
Section 01: Instructor: Dr. Brent Hendrixson - MWF 9
Section 02: Instructor: Dr. Markus Tellkamp - MWF 10
BIOL 1021: Zoology Lab (1 cr.)
Section 01: Instructor: Dr. Brent Hendrixson - M 1-4
Section 02: Instructor: Dr. Markus Tellkamp - TH 1-4
BIOL 1710-01: Human Evolution (4 cr.) *
Instructor: Dr. Robert Nevins - MWF 10, TH 1-4
* Students who are not planning to major in one of the natural sciences are encouraged to take Human Evolution, which is designed for non-science majors. It counts for Core 7 or 9; it does not count toward the biology major or minor, nor does it count as a science course toward the BS degree.
CHEM 1223: General Inorganic Chemistry II (3 cr.)
Section 02: Instructor: Dr. Kristina Stensaas - MWF 9
Section 03: Instructor: Dr. Timothy Ward - MWF 10
Section 04: Instructor: Dr. Jimmie Purser - MWF 11
CHEM 1221: General Inorganic Chemistry II Lab (1 cr.)
Section 01: Instructor: Dr. Cory Toyota - M 1-4
Section 02: Instructor: Dr. Jimmie Purser - T 1-4
Section 03: Instructor: Prof. Karen Ward - W 1-4
Section 04: Instructor: Prof. Baerbel Kramer - TH 1-4
ENVS 1100-01: Environmental Issues
Instructor: Dr. Stan Galicki - MTWF 9
GEOL 1000-01: The Physical Earth (4 cr.)
Instructor: Dr. Jamie Harris - MWF 8, T 1-4
GEOL 1200-01: Geosystems (4 cr.)
Instructor: Dr. Zachary Musselman - MWF 10, W 1-4
GEOL 2000-01: Plate Techtonics and Earth History (4 cr.)
Instructor: Dr. Zachary Musselman - MWF 11, M 1-4
IDST 1700-01: Kinesiology with Lab (4 cr.)
Instructor: Prof. C. Peltier - TTH 10, M 1-4
PHYS 1011-01: General Physics Lab (1 cr.)
Instructor: Dr. Shadow Robinson - W 1-4
PHYS 1013-01: General Physics (3 cr.)
Instructor: Dr. Shadow Robinson - MWF 10
PHYS 1211-01: College Physics Lab (1 cr.)
Instructor: Dr. Asif Khandker - T 1-4
PHYS 1213-01: College Physics (3 cr.)
Instructor: Dr. Asif Khandker - MWF 11
MATH 1000-01: Topics in Mathematics
Instructor: Dr. Leslie Horton - MW 2:45
MATH 1130-01: Elementary Functions
Section 01: Instructor: Prof. Tracy Sullivan - MWF 10, TH 8
Section 02: Instructor: Prof. Tracy Sullivan - MWF 11, TH 9
MATH 1150-01: Elementary Statistics
Section 01: Instructor: Prof. Gayla Dance - MTWF 9
Section 02: Instructor: Prof. Gayla Dance - MWF 10, TH 8
Section 03: Instructor: Dr. Pam Smith - MW 1
Section 04: Instructor: Dr. Pam Smith - MW 2:45
MATH 1210, 1220, 2230 or 2310 (specific class information listed below)
MATH 1210-01: Survey of Calculus
Instructor: Dr. Gayla Dance - TTH 10, W 12
MATH 1220: Analytical Geometry / Calculus I
Section 01: Instructor: Dr. Connie Campbell - MTWF 8
Section 02: Instructor: Dr. Connie Campbell - MTWF 9
Section 03: Instructor: Dr. Leslie Horton - MW 1
MATH 2230-01: Analytical Geometry / Calculus II
Instructor: Dr. Mark Lynch - TTH 10, W 12
MATH 2310-01: Intro to Advanced Mathematics
Instructor: Dr. Connie Campbell - MWF 11, TH 9
CSCI 1010-01: Computer Science I
Instructor: Dr. Yan Wang - MWF 10 TH 8
In addition to completing the requisite, all students must demonstrate proficiency in the fine arts in one of the Core courses following ways:
IDST-1300-01: Early Modern Spanish Theatre
Instructor: Dr. Judith Cabellero - MTWF 9
IDST 1300-03: Birth of the Renaissance: Humor and Realism
Instructor: Dr. Sarah Archino - MWF 11, TH 9
IDST 2500-07: Dramatic Genders
Instructor: Dr. Shane Grant - TTH 1-2:40
MUSC 2000-01: Concept and Design I
Instructor: Dr. Timothy Coker - MTWF 9
Note: Permission of instructor needed for registration.
MUSC 2132-01: Women and Music (2 cr.)
Instructor: Dr. Cheryl Coker - MW 9
Note: Will only fulfill Fine Arts requirement with two more credits of instruction from the Music Dept.
MUSC 2750-01: Film Music
Instructor: Dr. Mark Samples MW 1-2:40
MUSC 3122-01: Symphonic Lit (2 cr.)
Instructor: Dr. Tim Coker - MW 1:30
Note: Will only fulfill Fine Arts requirement with two more credits of instruction from the Music Dept.
THEA 3600-01: Directing I
Instructor: Dr. Shane Grant - MW 1-2:40
Note: Has prerequisites of either THEA 1500 or THEA 2500
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