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Summer and Fall 2012 Core Courses

 

See the Fall 2013 Core Course Listings.

NOTE: The following courses offered this semester meet the Fine Arts requirements:

  • All Studio Art and Art History courses (ARTS) other than ARTS 2600 and internships
  • Theatre 1000, 1010-1013, 1100, 1500, 2100, 2750, 2902, 3030, 3200, 3750
  • Music 1002, 2102
  • Completing four semesters of private study of voice or an instrument
  • Completing four semesters of class piano

Any IDST course with a Fine Arts focus or the two semester Heritage sequence will meet this requirement. In addition, completing four semesters of private study of voice or an instrument, completing four semesters of class piano, completing four hours in Singers, or significant participation in four Millsaps Players productions will satisfy the fine arts requirement.

 

Summer 2012

IDST 1200: Greek Tragedy
Prof. Jennifer Lewton-Yates, Classical Studies. Drama in Ancient Greece was not just entertainment, but a rich combination of religious expression, civic identity, and democracy-driven creativity. In this course we will examine and analyze the works of the three major Athenian tragedians -Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides - and discover why their works were so important to their contemporaries and what they still have to say to us today. Readings will include, among others, Aeschyus' Oresteia trilogy, Sophocles' Theban plays (Oedipus the King and Antigone) and sampling of Euripides' vast range (Medea, Hippolytus and Helen).
Focus: Literature
Summer I: 10-11:50

IDST 1300: The Cross and the Crescent: Holy War in Southwest Asia
Dr. David Davis, History. The Crusades by Christian Europeans against Muslims in Southwest Asia from 1096 - 1291 mark a turning point in world history. This interdisciplinary course uses European and Arab eyewitness accounts to provide insight into the motives of these warriors and how they viewed each other. Finally, we will use these accounts to study what these religious wars reveal about the societies that undertook them and think about the continuing legacy of those conflicts.
Focus: History
Summer II: 10-11:50

IDST 2400: Caravans of Gold: Africa in World History 1450-1850
Dr. David Davis, History. Before the arrival of Europeans along the coast of Africa, this vast continent was connected to Europe by camel caravans and to Asia by fleets of dhows. This course examines the development of medieval states along the Niger in Western Africa and city-states along the east African coast and the impact contact with Europeans, Arabs, Indians, and Chinese had on their political and economic development. The course concludes with a study of the trans-Atlantic and Indian Ocean trade in African labor and the beginnings of European imperialism.
Focus: History
Summer I: 8-9:50

IDST 2500: The Holocaust/Shoah: History and Memorial
Dr. James Bowley, Religious Studies. This course is a survey of the history and events known as the Holocaust/Shoah, and a consideration of the way these events are presented to contemporary audiences in Museums and art. The class involves a required class trip to the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C.
Focus: History
Summer II: 12-1:50

 

Fall 2012

Core 1: Freshman Seminar in Critical Thinking and Academic Literacy

IDST-1000 01: Write Well for College and Career
Instructor: Dr. Ming Tsui, Sociology/Anthropology. Good writing is essential for academic success and career success. Over the course of your four years at Millsaps, your professors will ask you to write many papers, from short literary essays to research papers and business reports. This section of Core 1 will focus on the reading and writing of short essays in various academic disciplines. We will read and discuss different aspects of essay-writing, such as the narration of events, the interpretation of evidence, and the structure of argument. Readings will exemplify the various ways of writing essays and will also allow us to explore broader questions about persuasion, credibility, and ethics.
MTWF 9

IDST-1000-02: Adventure and Survival
Instructor: Dr. Jamie Harris, Geology. We will focus on exploration of the natural world. We will analyze some classic adventure and survival stories and discuss human responsibility in dealing with nature. Readings include the work of Jack London, Norman Maclean, Edward Abbey, John McPhee, and Jon Krakauer.
MTWF 9

IDST-1000-03: Art Talk: Controversies in the Visual Arts
Instructor: Dr. Elise Smith, Art. We will consider key monuments or moments in the visual arts as flashpoints that have generated questions, debates, and multiple and often conflicting viewpoints. Should art be "as comfortable as an easy chair after a hard day," as the early 20th-century painter Matisse famously put it, or should it shake us up a little bit (or a lot!)? Another modernist believed that "Art is meant to disturb," while a more recent artist suggested that "If a painting doesn't upset you, it probably wasn't a good painting to begin with." Our course material will range widely from the Renaissance to the contemporary world. Some of the works we look at will be beautiful and meaningful by almost any standard while others will be difficult to look at and hard to talk about, but in order to develop into active, engaged citizens who understand and appreciate the importance of cultural products in fashioning our individual and communal identities we need to figure out how to analyze images, assess the range of conflicting views about them, and articulate our own positions. This course, like all Core 1 offerings, is about analytical thinking and the communication of ideas; in our particular case we¹ll do our thinking, talking, and writing about art that has been seen at some point as contentious (and maybe still is). Come with an open, exploratory mind and a willingness to look carefully, listen respectfully, and communicate thoughtfully.
MTWF 9

IDST-1000-04: Storytelling and Global Ethics
Instructor: Dr. Lola Williamson, Religious Studies. Who doesn't love a good story? Whether we hear them through movies or books or following the latest gossip on Facebook, one thing is certain: stories shape our understanding of the world. Basic concepts such as good and evil, masculinity and femininity, and mistrust or acceptance of those we consider strangers appear in the stories we tell each other. The question we'll consider is: Which stories help and which stories hurt us as we create an ethical system that suits the interdependent and pluralistic world of the 21st century? We'll explore stories that arise from religious, nationalistic, and techno-bureaucratic perspectives, as well as personal stories that interact with larger narratives of global concern - all with an eye toward creating an ethic suitable for our times.
MWF 11 Th 9

IDST-1000-05: Immigrant Experiences in the United States
Instructor: Dr. Greg Miller, English. This seminar will focus on immigrant experiences of life in the United States, viewing and analyzing documentary films and photographs, reading and analyzing works of imaginative fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, and analyzing, evaluating, and applying evidence from the social sciences. In partial fulfillment of the course's requirements, students will tutor refugees, including "lost girls" from South Sudan, and will document their experiences. We will work together to synthesize what we learn from these different learning experiences and think about their application in the larger world. Note: class includes a service learning component!
MWF 11 Th 9

IDST-1000-06: Clarifying My Beliefs Through Writing and Discussion
Instructor: Dr. Lee Maggio, Chemistry. This class uses class discussions and writing to focus on learning the skills of recognizing bias and persuasion in writing and how to prevent these in our own writing. To learn these skills - as well as to answer the three questions of "Who am I?", "How do I think and know?", and "How do I make decisions?" - we will examine and discuss writings of differing belief systems. (Note - This class is not designed to change any person's ideals but to examine all the evidence surrounding an issue and to learn to fairly present the issue with evidence that firmly supports one's personal opinion on the issue.)
TTh 10 W 12

IDS-1000-07: Leadership Lessons
Instructor: Jane Harkins, LL.M, JD., Else School of Management. We will explore issues in Leadership using classic literature texts, selected readings and movies. This activity affords students the opportunity to enhance their personal understanding of leadership theories, concepts, contexts, and competencies. Additionally, students should gain a greater understanding of the moral responsibilities of leadership and become better prepared to exercise leadership in service to society. The course is intended to assist students in learning to interpret people and situations from multiple perspectives, to envision multiple possibilities from a given situation, to move beyond literal thinking to metaphorical thinking and to synthesize ideas into meaningful concepts or theories. The students in this course will learn that leadership ability is fostered by focusing on attributes such as vision, communications ability, understanding interpersonal behavior, creativity, and a sense of humility.
MW 1-2:40

IDST-1000-08: American Excess: Cause and Effect of American Indulgences
Instructor: Dr. Kurt Thaw, Psychology. Overconsumption of Food, Drink and Sex along with more lenient views on such practices seems "acceptable" given such coverage of topics in the media. But what do we really know about recent increases in obesity, alcoholism rates and the percentage of persons engaging in nontraditional sexual behaviors? More importantly, can we identify factors contributing to these changes? Some surprising answers to these topics along with controversial discussions that touch on American culture, Religion and Science will be covered in this course. Clearly, there will varying opinions on many of our topics. The emphasis of the course is on evaluating written material, critically assessing and combining opposing views, being able to document with primary sources, and thoughtful discussion.

Readings will include books on the psychology and marketing of eating, scientific journal articles on the economic role of food and drugs, and a variety of articles and essays on sexual behavior, religious views and political movements (good and bad) in America. Students of this course should be prepared to discussing sensitive topics, arrive with an open mind (or at least opinions that you are willing to explore or challenge), and the ability to discuss the above topics in a collegial, intelligent manner.
TTh 2:45

IDST-1000-09: TBD
Instructor: Dr. Ray Phelps, Else School of Management. The purpose(s) of this course include: (1) producing evidence of critical thinking, (2) developing editing skills, (3) conducting research and (4) writing academic papers. Students are presumed to have basic skills in Word, Excel and Power Point. You should budget a minimum of 150 hours of your time to complete the requirements of this course.
TTh 2:45

IDST-1000-10: TBD
Instructor: TBD

IDST 1000-H1: What is England?
Instructor: Dr. Andrew W. Paxman, History. What is England: "green and pleasant land," Harry Potter theme park, or hooligan-infested dystopia? How is England different from Great Britain or the U.K.? What does it mean to be English, and how has the meaning changed over the centuries? How English is the United States; how American is England? Taught by a certified Englishman, this class uses a mix of disciplines - journalism, history, art, music, TV, and film - to explore notions of England and Englishness, along with Monarchs, Marmite, and Manchester United.
MWF 10 Th 8

IDST-1000-H2: Storytelling and Global Ethics
Instructor: Dr. Lola Williamson, Religious Studies. Who doesn't love a good story? Whether we hear them through movies or books or following the latest gossip on Facebook, one thing is certain: stories shape our understanding of the world. Basic concepts such as good and evil, masculinity and femininity, and mistrust or acceptance of those we consider strangers appear in the stories we tell each other. The question we'll consider is: Which stories help and which stories hurt us as we create an ethical system that suits the interdependent and pluralistic world of the 21st century? We'll explore stories that arise from religious, nationalistic, and techno-bureaucratic perspectives, as well as personal stories that interact with larger narratives of global concern - all with an eye toward creating an ethic suitable for our times.
MWF 10 Th 8

IDST-1000-H3: Presidential Perspective
Instructor: Dr. Stephanie Rolph, History. How do presidential campaigns impact our political climate? This course will examine the history of presidential politics with a special eye to the unfolding 2012 election. Students will examine the rhetoric of the campaign, including stump speeches, convention platforms and performances, and statistical data. Students will spend much time trolling the net for blogs, tweets, FB posts, etc., anything that will help us measure the climate of opinion over the course of the last three months of the campaign. A variety of traditional media outlets will also be compared, including international coverage, as a way to gauge the global significance of this election. Students will complete the semester with an assessment of what the election results tell us when we read them against our predictions and our familiarity with presidential electoral history.
MWF 10 Th 8

IDST-1000-H4: What's So Funny About That?
Instructor: Dr. Ted Ammon, Philosophy. This course examines a variety of humor: visual, verbal and print; and attempts to discover what underlies humor. That is, in short, what makes something funny. We will read scholarly material on the issue as well as consider a wide range of jokes, stories and visual scenes from TV and movies that purport to be funny. Our task is NOT to reduce humor to sterile academic analysis, but rather to delight further in the manifold situations of existence. Surely we all want to be happy -- let us discover whether humor contributes significantly to happiness and if so why.
MWF 10 Th 8

IDST 1000-H5: Read, Write, Reach
Instructor: Dr. Priscilla Fermon, Modern Languages.
READ --- a text entitled Writing Analytically with Readings. Part One, as described in the book's preface, focuses on "giving students the tools they need in order to engage in the analytical habits of mind that will be expected of them in their courses and in the world the encounter after graduation" (xxv - xxvi). Part Two covers a wide-range of topics, topics such as manners, communication and technology; race, ethnicity and the "melting pot"; the language of politics and the politics of language.
WRITE --- papers based on the readings. As you analyze the material assigned throughout the semester, you will ask yourself the following questions: Who am I? How do I know? How do I act responsibly?
REACH --- a better understanding of tools to use as you analyze what others wrote as well as improve what you write.
TTh 10 W 12

IDST 1000-H6: Leadership and Society
Instructor: Dr. Ray Grubbs, Else School of Management. Research indicates that what separates leaders from managers has more to do with such things as vision, communications ability, understanding interpersonal behavior, creativity, and even a sense of humility. Such concepts are rarely treated in traditional management texts, but they are the elemental components of the liberal arts and the humanities. This course affords students the opportunity to enhance personal understanding of leadership theories, concepts, contexts, and competencies, as well as move toward an understanding in practice, through active engagement and reflection using literature texts and readings from the field of leadership studies. Through such engagement and reflection students should gain further understanding of the moral responsibilities of leadership and become better prepared to exercise leadership in service to society. The course is intended to assist students in learning to interpret people and situations from multiple perspectives, to envision multiple possibilities from a given situation, to move beyond literal thinking to metaphorical thinking and to synthesize ideas into meaningful concepts or theories.
TTh 1

IDST-1000-H7: Crimes of Obedience: Milgram, Manson, My Lai, and More
Instructor: Ashleigh Powers, Political Science. Obedience to authority is often considered a desirable trait; children, employees, and military personnel, to name a few, often receive critical directives that they are encouraged to follow without question. However, obedience can have a dark side, especially when those in authority abuse their power. This course will explore the psychological and political implications of obedience to authority. What are the origins of obedience (and disobedience) to authority? Who should be held responsible when crimes are committed in the course of fulfilling orders? Is "brainwashing" real, and if so, should people be held responsible for actions committed under duress? What can we understand about actors who choose NOT to follow orders while those around them comply? We will consider academic studies of obedience, including the Milgram shock experiments, as well as several historical "crimes" of obedience, including the Charles Manson murders and other cult experiences, and military crimes, including the Guantanamo Bay abuses and the My Lai, Vietnam massacre.
TTh 2:45

TRANSFER SECTIONS

IDST 1050-01: This Digital Life: What's the News?
Instructor: Dr. Anita DeRouen, English. Who are we when we're on the web? What does it mean to be "digital?" How does our understanding of our lives change when we start "living" on the internet? These and other questions will guide us through a semester-long examination of our digital lives. This semester, we'll focus on our relationship with the news through analog and digital news media. We'll look at our history with news media, consider the features of our current news landscape, and speculate about the future role of the average citizen in reporting and shaping the news.
MWF 10 Th 8

IDST 1050-02: Time is of the Essence
Instructor: Dr. Lara Kees. In 2010, a Scientific American article asked the question, "Is Time an illusion?" Time seems simple: it is what clocks measure; it tells us how long things last; and knowing it prevents us from being late. If these three features of time seem self-evident, why has time continued to engage and puzzle poets, philosophers, physicists, and musicians? Why is it so difficult to define time? In this course, we will look at some of the mysteries of time. We will consider how different academic disciplines consider time: literature, philosophy, religion, music, and physics all grapple with time. We will approach the topic as interested amateurs, while we learn how to assess, enjoy, and write about academic subjects.
TTh 10 W 12

 

Core 2-5: The Heritage Program

IDST 1128-01 through 08: Heritage of the West in World Perspective
Instructors: Dr. Kristen Golden, Philosophy; Dr. Bennie Reynolds, Religious Studies, Dr. Amy Forbes, History; Dr. Anne MacMaster, English. 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 extending 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.

 

Core 2: Topics of the Ancient World

IDST 1200-01: Who Speaks for the God(s)?
Instructor: Dr. James Bowley, Religious Studies. Discerning divine will has often been a prime human concern of many cultures. This course will involve a comparative study of how human beings have determined what God(s) say in ancient Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and Israelite cultures, following this theme into the world religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Focus: Religion
MTWF 9

IDST1200-02 & 03: Gods of Ancient Epic
Instructor: Dr. Michael Gleason, Classical Studies. Examining Mesopotamia, India, Greece, and Rome, this course explores Ultimate Reality as he/she/it is portrayed in some of the world's most beautiful and influential works of literature.  By asking, "What is an epic?" and "What is God?" we hope to determine how ancient 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, tradition and innovation, prose vs. poetry, authorial anonymity vs. literary fame.
Foci: Literature and Religion
MWF 10 and MWF 11:00

IDST 1200-04: The Archaeology of Egypt
Instructor: Dr. George Bey, Sociology/Anthropology. This course explores the evolution of Egyptian society from the pre-dynastic period through the end of the New Kingdom. Ancient Egypt is used as a case study to discuss the rise of social complexity and the state in the ancient world. The course uses art, archaeology and ancient inscriptions to look at development of one of the greatest societies of the ancient world.
Focus: History
MWF 11, Th 9

IDS1200-05: Sex, Religion, and Prehistory
Instructor: Dr. Robert McElvaine, History. After an examination of the effects of evolution on human nature, this course will explore the consequences of the disruption in human life caused by the invention of agriculture and the enormous changes in all phases of human life that resulted. Effects on the roles of women and men, on scientific understanding, and on religious outlooks in the Neolithic and Ancient worlds will be discussed.
Foci: History, Religion.
TTh 10, W 12. (Enrollment is limited to freshmen and transfers.)

IDST 1200-06: War and Society in the Ancient World
Instructor: Dr. David Yates, Classical Studies. The tools and techniques of ancient warfare were crude, but effective. States like Assyria, Persia, Athens, Macedonia, and Rome managed to carve massive empires out of the ancient Mediterranean basin that shaped the course of ancient history. Each enjoyed the benefits and ultimately suffered the unintended consequences of the war-machines that made these empires possible. Athens and Sparta's obsession with warfare secured their freedom in the face of Persian aggression, but it also condemned them to a century and a half of constant conflict that left both easy pickings for Alexander the Great. Rome's legions were the most fearsome force unleashed upon the ancient world, but the power and influence held by the army and its generals were the ultimate undoing of this thousand-year empire. In this course we shall examine in detail the weapons, tactics, and strategies of ancient warfare, the ideologies and beliefs of the common soldiers, and finally the larger place warfare had in the various societies of the ancient Mediterranean, particularly Greece and Rome.
Focus: History
MW 1-2:40

IDST 1200-07: War and Society in the Ancient World
Instructor: Dr. David Yates, Classical Studies. The tools and techniques of ancient warfare were crude, but effective. States like Assyria, Persia, Athens, Macedonia, and Rome managed to carve massive empires out of the ancient Mediterranean basin that shaped the course of ancient history. Each enjoyed the benefits and ultimately suffered the unintended consequences of the war-machines that made these empires possible. Athens and Sparta's obsession with warfare secured their freedom in the face of Persian aggression, but it also condemned them to a century and a half of constant conflict that left both easy pickings for Alexander the Great. Rome's legions were the most fearsome force unleashed upon the ancient world, but the power and influence held by the army and its generals were the ultimate undoing of this thousand-year empire. In this course we shall examine in detail the weapons, tactics, and strategies of ancient warfare, the ideologies and beliefs of the common soldiers, and finally the larger place warfare had in the various societies of the ancient Mediterranean, particularly Greece and Rome.
Focus: History
TTh 1-2:40

 

Core 4: Modern World

IDST 2400-02: Slavery and the American South
Instructor: Dr. Suzanne Marrs, English. This study of slavery in America will address questions that have long preoccupied students of the South's peculiar institution. What do we know about the people who were enslaved? About the African cultural traditions they brought with them to America and managed to preserve? About the conditions under which these men and women lived and labored? About the methods by which they sought to escape from slavery or to obtain a degree of power within it? What do we know about the individuals who owned slaves, about their family lives, their cultural traditions, their religious beliefs? How did they see themselves? How did they attempt to rationalize their participation in the slave system? In attempting to answer these questions, we shall examine fiction written by contemporary novelists, we shall read excerpts from nineteenth-century diaries and slave narratives, and we shall pay close attention to recent essays by major historians. In addition, we shall listen to music and look at photographs from the nineteenth-century American South. Short quizzes, a term paper, mid-term and final examinations will provide the basis for grading.
Foci: Literature, History
MWF 10 Th 8

IDST 2400-03: Manifest Destiny
Instructor: Dr. Eric Griffin, English. This course will consider the importance of American Exceptionalism - better known as "Manifest Destiny" - in our national consciousness. We will begin by exploring the early colonial ventures at Jamestown and Plymouth, pause to consider the roots of the American Revolution, then move westward via the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the Mexican-American War and the California Gold Rush. After another pause to think about how the Civil War complicates both this period of unprecedented expansion and our nation's sense of "election," we will continue moving westward as our nation's victory in the Spanish-American War propels the United States to global prominence at the end of the 19th century.
"Manifest Destiny" will satisfy your Core 4 requirement, and while our major interdisciplinary focus will be on the connections between Literature and History, our materials will come from the fields of geography, philosophy, religion and the visual arts as well. In order to bring the issues we raise closer to home by observing how our theme enters the popular mind via the motion picture medium, we will meet several evenings during the course of the semester to view and critique some classic (and not-so-classic) American films. Course credit may be applied to the Latin American Studies major.
Foci: Literature, History
TTh 10, W 12

IDST 2400-04: The First World War
Instructor: Dr. William Storey, History. The First World War is a turning point in world history. Together we will examine the long-term and short-term causes of the war, then we will consider the effects of war in Europe as well as the Middle East, Africa, India, and East Asia. Readings will include historical documents and works by historians. We will also discuss works of art, music, and literature.
Focus: History
MW 1-2:40

IDST 2400-05: The World We Don't Know: Modernism in the Nineteenth Century
Instructor: Dr. Stephanie Rolph, History. Nineteenth century hippies? Absolutely. Revolutions and innovations during the nineteenth century suggested that the world was an uncertain and unpredictable place. When Enlightenment theory failed to create the utopia philosophers promised, modernism appeared as the most practical alternative, focusing on process over result. Modernist theory took experience as its guide, while recognizing that not even experience was predictive. Placed within the context of global events in the long nineteenth century, this class looks at historical events through the lens of modernism and vice versa, using art, literature and politics as source material.
Focus: History
MW 2:45-4

IDST 2400-06: Old World Order: Inspiration, Realism and the Birth of the Modern World
Instructor: Dr. Steve KistulentzEnglish. In this course, we will explore the various ways in which literatures and cultures responded to the technological and industrial advances of the 19th century. By looking through lenses provided by such thinkers as Kant, Freud, Ernst Mach and John Ruskin, we'll examine how new ideas regarding science, art, and the novel brought about a dramatic shift in cultural values; further, we'll explore the specific impact of how steam-based industrialization served as the mechanism for a seismic reordering of social and national priorities, and how these events, taken as a whole, are reflected in today's contemporary society.
Focus: Literature, History
TTh 2:45

IDST 2400-07: Private/Public in Romantic Music
Instructor: Dr. Mark Samples, Music. The desire to air private thoughts and emotions in the public sphere didn't originate with Facebook. It was one of the defining characteristics of Romantic art, from the poetry of Wordsworth and the novels of Austen, to the portraits of Delacroix and the music of Beethoven. In this course, we will begin by spending two weeks learning how to listen to and interpret music. We will then put these skills into practice examining the aesthetic shift from the rational, objective-oriented Neoclassical movement to the stormy, subjective, emotional world of the Romantic artist. Throughout the term, we will study three musical masterworks in depth: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony; Franz Schubert's song cycle, Die schöne Müllerin ("The Beautiful Miller-Maid"); and Giuseppi Verdi's opera, La traviata ("The Fallen Woman").
In each of these examples, the boundary between the public and private sphere is blurred. Beethoven's public success as a composer was coupled with his private struggle with ever-increasing hearing loss. His music reflects this struggle, and his ultimate triumph over it. Beethoven's younger contemporary, Schubert, on the other hand, lived out his short career mostly within private circles and at his Schubertiades, semi-private gatherings for musical performance. His international renown came only after his death. Verdi was perhaps the keenest musical dramatist of his day. At the heart of his operas was the power of relationships - lover to lover or father to daughter. His love arias are the height of musical intimacy - private emotions played out on the most public of stages. The Romantics elevated subjectivity to prominence in art, a principle that in many ways still holds true in music today. (No previous knowledge of music is required.)
Focus: Fine Arts
MWF 11 TH 9

Core 6: Topics in Social and Behavioral Science

SOAN 1000: Introduction to Sociology

SOAN 1100: Introduction to Anthropology

SOAN 1110: Introduction to Archaeology and World Prehistory

PSYC 1000: Introduction to Psychology

PSYC 1100: Love and Human Sexuality

IDST 1610-01: Human Development-Cross Cultural Perspective
Instructor: Dr. Stacy DeZutter, Education. 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.

PLSC 1000-01 Introduction to American Government

Core 7 or 9: Topics in Natural Science with Laboratory

Biol 1001-01: Intro Cell Biology Lab
Biol 1003-01: Intro Cell Biology
Biol 1011-01: Botany Lab
Biol 1013-01: Botany
Biol 1021-01: Zoology Lab
Biol 1021-02: Zoology Lab
Biol 1021-03: Zoology Lab
Biol 1023-01: Zoology
Biol 1023-02: Zoology
Biol 1023-03: Zoology
Biol 1710-01: Human Evolution
GEOL 1200: Geosystems
GEOL 1000: The Physical Earth
GEOL 2000: Plate Tectonics and Earth History
Chem-1223 + lab Chem-1221: General Inorganic Chemistry II
Physics 1013: General Physics II
Physics 1011: General Physics LAB II
Physics 1213: College Physics II
Physics 1211-001: College Physics Lab II
Physics 1211-002: College Physics LAB II

Core 8: Topics in Mathematics

MATH 1000-01: Topics in Mathematics
MATH 1130-01, 02 & 03: Elementary Functions
MATH 1150-01, 02, 03 & 04: Elementary Statistics

Core 8 or 9: Mathematics

MATH 1210-01: Survey of Calculus
MATH 1220-01, 02 & 03: Analytic Geometry and Calculus
MATH 2230-01: Analytic Geometry and Calculus II
MATH 2310-01: Introduction to Higher Mathematics

Core 9: Topics in Natural Science, or Computer Science

CSCI 1000-01: Problem Solving with Computer Software
CSCI 1010-01 & 02: Computer Science I
CSCI 1020-01: Computer Science II
ENVS 1100-01: Environmental Issues
Astronomy 1000-01: Introduction to Astronomy