BSAD 397 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
This course provides students with an introduction to international business, presenting views from both the home and host country perspectives through examination of various international business topics. Students will learn the basics of international trade and the international economy and explore international dimensions of business disciplines as well as cross-cultural management. Students will examine how declining trade and investment barriers, rapid advancements in information and communication, and transparent technologies have contributed towards the globalization of a world economy.
Credits | 3
CHEM 397 | ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING
This course covers the use of the Python programming language for the processing, analysis and visualization of experimental scientific data and simulations in chemistry. This course teaches students to program in Python and to use a variety of scientific computing Python libraries for tasks such as machine learning, scientific image analysis, automated data processing, chemical simulations, visualizing molecules, and working with big data and databases. A weekly lab is associated with this course that includes a mixture of chemical data collection and computing. No prior programming experience is required.
Credits | 4
Prerequisites | CHEM 202
CIVT 202 | NARRATIVES OF TECHNOLOGY
Stories about technology have been told since ancient times, from the theft of fire by Prometheus to the flight of Daedalus and Icarus. Many of these narratives and their themes continue to emerge in media about technology today. Considering narratives in primarily film and television (e.g. Ghost in the Shell, Ex Machina, Black Mirror), this course will examine the stories we tell about technology, what those narratives reveal about our anxieties and desires, and ultimately, what it means to be human. We will apply theory on artificial intelligence and transhumanism and reflect on how figures from Greco-Roman mythology—including Pygmalion, Narcissus, and Oedipus—illuminate these issues.
Credits | 3
CIVT 203 | JUSTICE, DISABILITY AND ILLNESS IN AMERICAN SOCIETY
In this course, we will examine the ways U.S. society both provides and fails to offer equity and justice for those with disabilities and chronic illnesses. We will examine tensions between accommodating the needs of the ill or disabled individual with the pressure for a society to function efficiently by demanding citizens conform to certain standards and norms. To understand this tension, we will look at this issue through a variety of lenses: literary, historical, religious, economic, political, educational, and scientific. We will pay particular attention to how this justice issue plays out in institutions of higher learning.
Credits | 3
CIVT 204 | THE HOLOCAUST: CITIZEN AND THE STATE
The Holocaust, which is known as Shoah in Hebrew, was one of the greatest crimes in human history and it has become a touchstone for the meaning of evil. The Holocaust shows us what we are capable of doing to each other when hatred is allowed to flourish. This course explores the question “how then shall we live?” by studying the rise of the Third Reich, the serial mass murder of innocents, and we will also examine the role of the citizen and the state. What does it mean to live under fascism? What power does an individual have in the face of overwhelming systemic violence? Why did people follow Hitler? What does it mean to survive the camps and try to forge a new life that has meaning? By weaving literature, art, and film into the narrative of the Holocaust, abiding moral and ethical issues will be explored.
Credits | 3
COSC 297 | EXPLORING BIOMETRIC ALGORITHMS
We encounter biometric algorithms frequently in everyday life, although we often don't notice. Using our fingerprints or facial ID to access our phones is one of the more common forms. Facial ID may be used at the airport, certain websites and applications may ask for your typing kinematics, and our written signatures are used to signify we signed a document. This course will explore different biometric applications, how data is obtained, and how to model the data and assess the models using R. This course will also review scoring metrics and their appropriate uses.
Credits | 3
Prerequisites | COSC 210 or COSC 212 or MATH 280
CRJS 297 A | JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
This course will focus on the functioning and process of the juvenile justice system through a historical and contemporary lens. Topics will include: how juvenile crime is measured, theories of delinquency, pathways and risk factors of delinquency and possible solutions. This course will consider costs and benefits of various actions within the court system. We will also explore prevention programs and rehabilitation options for juvenile delinquents.
Credits | 3
CRJS 297 B | CORRECTIONS AND MASS INCARCERATION
The course will examine the origin and historical framework used in the modern correctional system and the process of sentencing. We will explore the topics of retribution, incapacitation, deterrence, and rehabilitation. This course will look at issues in today's correctional facilities regarding mass incarceration and issues of race, gender, and the aging inmates.
Credits | 3
EXSC 297 |THEORY AND TECHNIQUES FOR POWERLIFTING AND OLYMPIC WEIGHTLIFTING
This course will focus on developing physical literacy for competitive lifts in both powerlifting and Olympic weightlifting, along with various derivatives of squats, presses, deadlifts, snatches, cleans, and jerks. Students can expect to learn these lifts in great detail through hands-on, immersive training sessions where they will learn how to perform, miss safely, and spot these movements safely. Additionally, students will learn how to practice these lifts along basic program design within the health, performance, and fitness-related professions. This course is highly hands-on and interactive, and is not recommended for student-athletes in an in-season sport with missed class due to lots of travel.
Credits | 3
GOVT 297 | MIDDLE EAST POLITICS
This course focuses on issues that are important for understanding the contemporary politics of the Middle East. The course will draw upon the theoretical insights of comparative politics to examine politics in the region. We will examine the persistence of authoritarianism in the Middle East and North Africa, with a focus on institutions that help authoritarian leaders stay in power. We will also examine youth and gender, elections, constitutionalism, social movements, inter- and intra-state conflict, and the rise of terrorism in the region, and it will conclude with an analysis of the Arab Spring.
Credits | 3
HIST 297 | HISTORY OF BEER
This course surveys the cultural, social, and economic history that has shaped the beer we drink today as well as the industry that produces it. The course starts with the Egypt and Mesopotamia where beer was a vital part of daily nourishment and goes to the present where it remains the most consumed alcoholic beverage in the world. Throughout the course we will pay special attention to the changing expectations of who produces and consumes beer.
Credits | 3
PSYC 397 | INTRODUCTION TO PLAY THERAPY
Toys and play enable children to communicate their needs by transferring their anxieties, fears, fantasies, and guilt to objects rather than people. This course provides an in-depth exploration of the field of play therapy, offering a foundational understanding of its principles, techniques, and applications. Designed for individuals interested in working with children, this course delves into the therapeutic use of play as a powerful medium for communication, healing, and growth. Topics covered include: purpose and application of goals in play therapy, therapeutic stages, themes, ethical issues, cross-cultural/diversity implications, basic developmental and neurological implications, processes of assessment, and treatment planning.
Credits | 3
Prerequisite | PSYC 115 or PSYC 210
SOCI 297 | ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIETY
A historical and critical examination of how human societies relate to their ecological habitats.In addition to analyzing the theoretical frameworks of environmental sociology, students will investigate how the current climate crisis is rooted in social, economic, and political transformations in human-ecosystem relations throughout history. Students will also explore topics related to environmental racism, environmental justice, and their own personal and perceptual relationship with the natural world.
Credits | 3
