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January Term 2005
On-Campus Courses
10092 |
ART 100 A |
Performance
Art |
Katherine Taylor |
Students will learn about creating art by
using their own bodies as a performance ground for
visual representation. This course will
present the student with a brief history of this
contemporary art prac-tice as well as give them
opportunities to explore ideas through individual
as well as group/ community interactive
happenings. |
Prerequisites
or Restrictions: Art 113 |
Grading:
Optional |
Cost to be
collected by Business Office: $100 |
Out-of-Pocket
Costs: $50 |
10086 |
BA 100A |
Making
Ethical Decisions in the 21st
Century |
William
Warren |
This course will allow the student to learn
how to face the tough business choices confronting
them in the 21st century. How will we be
prepared to make the right decisions? Who’s
right? – The Customer or the Shareholder, The Land
Developer or the Environmentalist, the Accountant
or the Power Company, Halliburton or the People of
Iraq, the Chairman of the Board or the Employee,
Cable Networks or the FTC. Students will
interact two days a week with key speakers from
the “real world” in an “Inside the Actors Studio”
setting (as seen on the Bravo cable
network). The remaining class time will be
dedicated to preparation, debate and determining
the probability of a positive societal and
business outcome in the 21st century. |
Prerequisites
or Restrictions: None |
Grading:
S/D/U only |
Cost to be
collected by Business Office: $20 |
Out-of-Pocket
Costs: $25 |
10010 |
BIOL 100 A |
Freaks of
Nature |
Lance Barton |
This
course will examine the fascination that our
society has with biological phenomena. We
will examine sources as diverse as Hollywood
movies, popular TV shows such as CSI, the
tabloids, local and national news broadcasts, and
even government publications. Where is the
line between reality and sensationalism?
Topics for discussion will range from genetic
engineering, mutations and “mutants,” infectious
disease “superkillers” and even the supernatural
creatures of legends and folklore. We will
also explore some of the bioethical issues that
have historically placed science under harsh
public scrutiny. Ultimately, has popular
culture skewed societal and cultural views of the
benefits, drawbacks, and even ultimate goals of
scientific research? |
Prerequisites or Restrictions: None.
Does
NOT meet Natural Science (N)
Requirement. |
Grading: S/D/U only |
Cost to be
collected by Business Office: $50 |
Out-of-Pocket
Costs: $50 |
10011 |
BIOL 100 B |
Biotechnology: Changing the world
around us |
John
Enwright |
Recent advances in biotechnology have
mankind on the cusp of a new era. In the not
so distant future it may very well be possible to
alter our own genetic makeup and, in some peoples’
minds, improve our species. This course will
examine the history of humanity’s attempts to
alter our surroundings, with a focus on altering
the genetic makeup of the world around us.
Lectures and laboratory exercises will be used to
introduce students to some of the basic concepts
of modern genetics and how DNA can be
manipulated. |
Restrictions:
Not open to students who took C/I with John Enwright in Fall 2002 |
Grading:
Optional |
Cost to be
collected by Business Office: $50 |
Out-of-Pocket
Costs: $50 |
10093 |
BIOL 100 C |
Hospital
Experience (off campus) |
Jack Pierce |
Students will have the opportunity to
explore hospital based career options as they
rotate through various departments and areas of
the hospital. Students will receive a
general overview of the health care delivery
system, observe various health care personnel in
action and gain a better understanding of how the
different departments of the hospital interrelate.
Hospital settings will include WNJ and TMC.
Open to freshmen through seniors. GPA = 3.0 or
above. |
Prerequisites: Open to freshmen through
senior with GPA=3.0 or above. Permission of
instructor. |
Grading:
S/D/U |
Cost to be
collected by Business Office: $30 |
Out-of-Pocket
Costs: $0 |
10081 |
CHEM 100 A |
Frescoes, and
Photons: The Analysis of Art
Materials |
Karla McCain |
How are forgeries detected? How are
delicate works of art conserved and restored? This
course will explore the answers to these
questions. This course begins with learning about
the chemistry of art materials and their
manufacture throughout history. Next, we’ll learn
about how modern instrumental techniques are used
to examine art materials. Finally, we’ll apply
what we’ve learned to art conservation and
restoration techniques and to some famous forgery
cases. This course will include some lab
activities, including analysis of a real
painting. |
Prerequisites:
High school
chemistry |
Grading:
S/D/U |
Cost to be
collected by Business Office: $75 |
Out-of-Pocket
Costs: $75 |
10012 |
CHEM 100 B |
The Science
of Forensic Science |
Hank
Gibson |
While forensic science has been popularized
through television shows such as CSI and
Cold Cases, the essence of the practice of
forensic science is science. This course
will explore the science of forensic science, with
a focus on chemistry. Participants in the
course will study the chemistry and instrumental
methods used within drug analysis, toxicological,
arson, and explosion investigations, document
analysis, fingerprinting, and DNA analysis.
Through laboratory exercises, personal interaction
with practitioners of criminalistic
investigations, and classroom presentations by
both students and faculty, students will gain an
appreciation of the scientific aspects of forensic
science. |
Prerequisites:
Must have taken CHEM 111
(CHEM 15) |
Grading:
Optional |
Cost to be
collected by Business Office: $50 |
Out-of-Pocket
Costs: $50-$75 |
10030 |
CHEM 100 C |
Diseases and
Disorders |
Betty
Stewart |
This course will examine a series of
metabolic disorders and diseases in humans derived
from inborn errors of metabolism and other enzymopathies. Students will learn about the
basic biochemical pro-cesses and enzymatic defects
of diseases such as maple syrup urine disease, alcaptonuria, phenyl-ketonuria, Lesch-Nyhan
disease, Niemann-Pick disease, Tay-Sachs disease,
porphyrias, and trimethyl-aminuria (fish) odor
syndrome. |
Prerequisites: Students should have a
basic background in chemistry and general
biology. |
Grading:
Optional |
Cost to be
collected by Business Office: $15 |
Out-of-Pocket
Costs: $60 |
10013 |
CS 100 A |
Computer
Security |
Wilbur
Powell |
This introductory course will cover several
aspects of computer security and computer network
security. The broad course objectives will
be to learn why and how computers and computer
networks are vulnerable to security breaches and
what can be done to guard against security
threats. Selected topics: why
operating system patches are necessary and how
they work, virus protection software, data
encryption. The course will cover enough
networking principles, operating system
principles, computer architecture principles, and
introductory programming concepts to enable
students to understand the nature of security
threats. |
Prerequisites
or Restrictions: None |
Grading:
Optional |
Cost to be
collected by Business Office: $0 |
Out-of-Pocket
Costs: $75 |
10014 |
ECO 100 A |
The Rise of
China |
Charles
Krusekopf |
In 1978 China embarked on a dramatic
economic transformation that resulted in sustained
growth rates higher than those seen in any other
country in modern times. China now has the second
largest economy in the world, and has become a
major factor in world trade and economic markets.
Her rise has reshaped the economic and political
landscape of Asia, and many people feel that
China’s rise poses a serious economic and
political threat to the United States.
This
course will examine the conditions and strategies
that have allowed China to continue to grow
rapidly even as other Asian economies have
stumbled or stagnated in recent years. It will
also examine the consequences of this growth from
the point of view of different groups within
China, China’s neighbors in Asia, and the United
States. We will witness and discuss China’s rise
through popular and documentary films, readings
and first-hand accounts. The major
assignment for the course will be a paper in which
the student examines in more detail one aspect of
China’s transformation and rise in world
affairs. |
Prerequisites
or Restrictions: None |
Grading:
Optional |
Cost to be
collected by Business Office: $100 |
Out-of-Pocket
Costs: $20 |
10015 |
ECO 100 B |
Economic
Issues of the Working
Poor |
Kevin
Simmons |
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This course focuses on the economic issues
surrounding the working poor. The class will
utilize traditional lecture/seminar format but
will also require a significant “Service Learning”
component. To satisfy the service element of
the course, students will serve as volunteers in
agencies which minister to low-income individuals
and families. A class presentation on their
experience will serve as an opportunity for
reflection about the challenges of being poor in
America. |
Prerequisites
or Restrictions: None |
Grading:
S/D/U |
Cost to be
collected by Business Office: $50 |
Out-of-Pocket
Costs: $100 |
10016 |
EDUC 100 A |
Teaching with
Children’s Literature |
Jane
White |
Students will become
acquainted with the world of children’s literature
- its style, its characters, its moral dilemmas,
its excellence. We will generate teaching
strategies with each book that we read inside and
outside of class, and use those strategies to
teach our classmates. We will explore a
children’s literature textbook which highlights
the distinctive qualities of children’s
literature. We will be immersed in the books
written for children, but with the grace, style,
humor, and drama of the best of adult
fiction. Note: This course is a
requirement for those certifying in EC-4 and
English 4-8 in the Austin Teacher Program.
Therefore, ATP students will be given first
priority in registration. |
Prerequisites:
Must be ATP student seeking
EC-4 or English 4-8 certification. Contact
instructor. |
Grading: Optional |
Cost to be collected by Business Office:
$20 |
Out-of-Pocket Costs:
$50-$100 |
10017 |
EDUC 100 B |
Technology as a
Teaching and Learning
Tool |
John
White |
In this course students
will learn to use a variety of technological tools
that support the teaching/ learning process. These
five areas will be addressed: Internet resources,
course/curricular software, distance /interactive
Learning, multimedia software and hardware, and
the electronic portfolio/resume. This is a
“hands-on” course. Students will complete weekly
projects that reflect each afore mentioned area.
The course is open to all students regardless of
skill level, with preference given to those
planning to teach. There are some moderate out of
pocket costs for CD’s and meals and gas for short
field trips. |
Prerequisites:
Preference to those planning
to teach. |
Grading: S/D/U |
Cost to be collected by Business Office:
$0 |
Out-of-Pocket Costs:
$115 |
10018 |
ENG 100 A |
Writing
Utopia |
Robin
Silbergleid |
Can you imagine a world
without violence? A world where everyone has
adequate food and shelter? A world where
everyone is truly equal? In this class we
will read writing that envisions such utopian
worlds, beginning with Thomas More’s influential
Utopia and working our way up to Toni
Morrison’s Paradise. Along the way,
we will be particularly concerned with how
utopian/dystopian literature attempts to grapple
with issues of race and gender. The final
project for the course will be a creative
assignment in which you will write your own
utopia. |
Prerequisites:
ENG 121 (ENG 15) is
suggested. Pre-registration interview. Contact
instructor. |
Grading: S/D/U |
Cost to be collected by Business Office:
$10 |
Out-of-Pocket Costs:
$100 |
10087 |
ENG 100 C |
Performing
Shakespeare’s Transvestite
Comedies |
Alex
Garganigo |
There is nothing more
exciting than Shakespearean comedy done well; done
badly, there is nothing worse. This coming
January, we will focus on his transvestite
comedies in an attempt to recognize and to
reproduce the former in a number of scenes staged
on campus. We would love to involve anybody
interested in plays featuring women who wear men's
clothes, but actor and theater types are
especially welcome.
|
Prerequisites or Restrictions:
Pre-Registration Interview required |
Grading: Optional |
Cost to be collected by Business Office:
$50 |
Out-of-Pocket Costs:
$50 |
10096 |
ENG 100 D |
Lines on a Map:
India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and the
Construction of National
Identity |
Madhuparna
Mitra |
How do the geographical
boundaries of a nation confer identity on its
people? How does the reconfigura-tion of political
maps shape or re-shape ethnic, religious, group
identity? These questions have been re-peatedly
raised, most recently in Eastern Europe, where the
former Yugoslavia has split off, amidst con-vulsive
wars, into several independent countries, and the
former Soviet Union dissolved, mostly
non-violently, and spawned many new republics.
This course will focus on the national identities
of Indians and Pakistanis, and particularly on the
lines that were, in 1947, drawn on a map of the
then British Em-pire, to create a nation called
Pakistan out of the geographical mass called
India. In this course, you will read literary
texts (essays, short-stories, novels) which
reflect on this seminal event, a cartographic
ad-justment called “Partition,” that disrupted
millions of lives, led to several hundred thousand
people being killed, and whose long-term
consequences are profound (the creation of
Bangladesh, the battle over Kashmir, nuclear
proliferation, the rise of religious
fundamentalism). No previous knowledge of history
is necessary – the course is designed as a journey
into history through the medium of literary texts.
We will read works by Urvashi Butalia (The Other
Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of
India), Bapsi Sid-hwa (Cracking India), Khushwant
Singh (Train to Pakistan), Amitav Ghosh (The
Shadow Lines) and others. |
Prerequisites or Restrictions:
None |
Grading: S/D/U |
Cost to be collected by Business Office:
$0 |
Out-of-Pocket Costs:
$100 |
10095 |
ESS 100 B |
Nutrition, Exercise and
Health |
Teresa
Hall |
Diet and activity level are
important determinants of health status.
This course will explore how sound nutrition,
complemented by exercise can enhance both health
and sport performance. Accurate, up to date
information related to nutrition and exercise will
be discussed. Topics include the essential
nutrients, a balanced healthful diet, weight
control and body composition, and myths and
misconceptions associated with nutrition for
physically active individuals. |
Prerequisites or Restrictions:
Not open to
students with ESS major/minor. |
Grading: Optional |
Cost to be collected by Business Office:
$0 |
Out-of-Pocket Costs:
$80 |
10019 |
GS 100 A |
Chess |
Tim
Cutler |
Do you like chess? Would
you like to learn how to play? Do you already know
the moves but want to improve? In this course we
will learn the rules, history, tactics, and
strategies of the world’s greatest mind game. We
will discuss topics in which chess has played a
central role, such as man vs. machine contests,
chess-in-the-schools programs, issues of gender
and intelligence, sanity and insanity, and the
Cold War. Along the way, we will begin to
appreciate that the cognitive skills strengthened
by playing chess are applicable to other facets of
our lives. Come discover why one single game has
been described as a sport, a science, and an art,
all within the confines of sixty-four black and
white squares. |
Prerequisites or Restrictions:
None |
Grading: S/D/U |
Cost to be collected by Business Office:
$75 |
Out-of-Pocket Costs:
$0 |
10020 |
GS 100 B |
Got Your
Parachute Packed? Want to trust that job to
someone else? |
Margie Norman |
There are essential steps
in the process to ensuring a safe and strategic
landing when it comes to your professional
career. In this course, students will learn
these essential steps including self-exploration,
values clarification, skills identification, and
occupational exploration. This cannot be
accomplished just through lecture, so be prepared
for a very interactive course that involves
working in teams; examining, researching and
developing career theories; informational
interviewing; resume writing; interaction with
professionals in the real world, and more!
Designed with career choice beginners in mind,
this course is open to only freshmen and
sophomores. Juniors and seniors will be
considered on a case-by-case basis, and will
require instructor approval for admission to the
course. |
Restrictions:
Open to freshmen and
sophomores. Juniors and seniors case-by-case
only. |
Grading: S/D/U |
Cost to be collected by Business Office:
$25 |
Out-of-Pocket Costs:
$75 |
10021 |
GS 100 C |
Bridge for
Scholars |
Truett Cates |
This course introduces
students to the game of Bridge, a member of the
whist family of card games like its simple cousin,
Spades. Daily lectures and readings present the
game's basic techniques and strategies to
beginners; daily practical sessions emphasize
actual play. Requirements include readings, tests,
lab reports, and off-campus competition. By the
end of the course, students should be competent
novices, with a sound foundation and an idea of
the complexity of the game. |
Prerequisites or Restrictions:
None |
Grading: Optional |
Cost to be collected by Business Office:
$45 |
Out-of-Pocket Costs:
$30 |
10022 |
GS 100 D |
Intermediate
Contract Bridge |
Truett
Cates |
This course assumes
knowledge of the basics of contract bridge. Topics
include a review of Standard American bidding,
strategy for pairs games and team games, and
special topics on declarer play and defense.
Readings and supervised play present relevant
techniques and strategies. Daily practical
ses-sions emphasize actual play. Requirements
include readings, lab reports, and off-campus
competition. By the end of the course, students
should be competent intermediate level
players. |
Prerequisites:
Experience at competitive
contract bridge |
Grading: Optional |
Cost to be collected by Business Office:
$45 |
Out-of-Pocket Costs:
$40 |
10097 |
GS 100 E |
Medical QiGong |
Maria
Silén |
Medical QiGong is a
practice that is based on Traditional Chinese
Medicine (TCM) developed more than 5,000 years ago
and today is regarded as a medical science. This
course will explore how concentration on meridians
and acupuncture points is complemented by
exercise. This exercise consists of easy slow
movements and breathing techniques that can
enhance health, a stronger immune system,
tolerance to stress, and better concentration and
performance. Topics include basic history of
Qi, the life energy in nature, Medical QiGong and
TCM, and the theory on the function of Qi. The
course will also include how Medical QiGong can
help promote body healing and prevention of
diseases. |
Prerequisites or Restrictions:
None |
Grading: S/D/U |
Cost to be collected by Business Office:
$15 |
Out-of-Pocket Costs:
$35 |
10023 |
HUM 100 S |
Lone Star
Estrella: A “Reel” Look at Texas and Mexico in the
Movies |
Victoria Cummins Light
Cummins |
Films can bring history
alive by using sound and visual images to
represent people places and events in the
past. Films, especially feature films, can
also distort the past by stereotyping, idealizing
or changing the fact base to meet the dramatic or
cinematic needs of the film maker. This course
will examine historical reality and stereotype in
popular culture through the analysis of feature
films from Latin America, the USA and Europe that
address various historical, political, social and
cultural issues related to the popular images of
Texas and Mexico and their inter-relationships.
Students will see about twenty films, mostly
dramas, but including comedies and possibly
musicals as well. Short reaction papers will be
assigned for some of the films. Please note.
Daily attendance is required. Films will be
viewed and discussed in the group. All students
are required to view all films to complete the
course. Also, most Latin American movies are
subtitled rather than dubbed, and are the
equivalent of R or NC -17 rated movies in the
American system. If these kinds of films
offend you, you will not enjoy this course. Note:
Students who have taken a Jan term film course
from either Light or Victoria Cummins are not
eligible for this class. |
Restrictions:
Not open to students
who have taken “Reel Lone Star: Hollywood Looks at
Texas” or “The Reel History of Latin
America” |
Grading: S/D/U |
Cost to be collected by Business Office:
$25 |
Out-of-Pocket Costs:
$50 |
10031 |
HUM 100 T |
Ethno-Religious Nationalisms in the
Middle East |
Henry Bucher |
Beginning with an
historical overview of South West Asia and North
Africa which we call today the Middle East, the
course will then focus on five minorities over
time: Copts, Armenians, Shia Muslims, Jews and
Palestinians. The course will close with a closer
treatment of the Palestinian/Israeli
impasse. |
Prerequisites: Desire to learn |
Grading: S/D/U |
Cost to be collected by Business Office:
$50 |
Out-of-Pocket Costs:
$50 |
10083 |
HUM 100 U |
Heroes,
Princesses, and Tricksters |
Carol
Daeley |
This course will examine
three “character types” that show up in the myths,
legends, and tales of many cultures. From their
earliest appearances in oral traditions to their
present versions in movies and fiction, certain
basic human concerns cluster around them: personal
identity, community roles, anxiety about the
uncertainties of life, gender roles, the very
definition of what it means to be human. The
course will have a core set of readings, viewings,
and discussions, but students will also define
individual projects of their own to explore
material of special interest to them. |
Prerequisites or Restrictions:
None |
Grading: Optional |
Cost to be collected by Business Office:
$0 |
Out-of-Pocket Costs:
$25 |
10024 |
PHIL 100 A |
Democracies and
Differences |
Rod
Stewart |
This course will be an
interdisciplinary, comparative look at how
democracies, old and new, have dealt with issues
of dissent and difference, both internal and
external. Using a variety of texts/documents
from literature, philosophy, history, and the
social and natural sciences, we will begin with a
look at how democracy was (first?) conceptualized
in the ancient city-state of Athens. From there we
will move to early modern Europe and its contact
with the New World, then the American and French
revolutions and the European and North American
Enlightenment. Finally, time permitting, we will
look at such issues as minority rights, religious
liberty, language rights, compensation/reparations
for historical injustices, feminist critiques,
disability rights, homosexual rights, and
immigration. While much of our focus will end up
on recent debates in the U.S., some attention will
be given to similarities and differences with
other modern democracies (e.g., in the EU, Latin
America, India). |
Restrictions:
Not open to students who took
Rod Stewart’s C/I Fall 2003 course. |
Grading: Optional |
Cost to be collected by Business Office:
$0 |
Out-of-Pocket Costs:
$95-$120 |
10026 |
REL 100 A |
Madmen,
Martyrs, and Messiahs — and the Women Who Love
Them |
Todd Penner |
This course will explore
the construction of the image of the religious
leader/hero, focusing on representation in visual
media (with a strong accent on movies).
Examining a wide range of different images,
including traditional representations of Jesus and
apocalyptic scenarios involving America’s
“Armageddon,” the primary aim will be to explore
the somewhat unusual but always highly evocative
portrait of the One “who saves.” This course
will expose the student to everything from
traditional religious symbolism, cultural
reception, civil religious symbols and ritual, to
film and gender theory. |
Prerequisites or Restrictions:
None |
Grading: Optional |
Cost to be collected by Business Office:
$120 |
Out-of-Pocket Costs:
$60 |
10032 |
REL 100 B |
Tibet on
Film: Shangri la, the Dalai Lama, Buddha, and Brad
Pitt? |
Ivette Vargas |
This
course explores the mystification and
representation of Tibetan Buddhist culture as
reflected in modern films. Through critical
approaches in the study of religion, we examine
how Tibet’s culture and religious traditions, as
variously defined, pervade modern cinema and how
one may engage in dialogue with this phenomenon.
We will use images, metaphors, and teachings found
in religion to discuss the layers and elements of
meaning portrayed on screen. The course also
covers Tibetan (from the peaceful monks to the
disaffected, and sometimes violent, exiles) and
Western responses to these films and broader
issues of Westernization, colonialism, religion
and modernity, political perceptions,
stereotyping, and romantic notions of a culture.
Special attention is given to how movies reflect
and shape worldview, how film embodies the
commitments and values of society, and how a
religious vision (and idealism) is expressed
through the medium of film.
Three aims of the course are: 1) to explore
how religion is used and represented in the genre
of film; 2) to harness analytical skills to
examine film as “texts,” and 3) to develop
interpretive faculties by writing informed
appraisals and criticisms. Students view at
least 3-4 films and discuss them in conjunction
with textual sources (like Heinrich Harrer’s
Seven Years in Tibet, and others), film
reviews, and internet
sites. |
Prerequisites or Restrictions:
None |
Grading: S/D/U |
Cost to be collected by Business Office:
$30 |
Out-of-Pocket Costs:
$0 |
10090 |
REL 100 C |
American Jesus |
Danielle
Sigler |
From Bruce Barton's
exploration of Jesus as an "ad-man" to "Jesus
Christ Superstar" to "The Passion," Americans have
interpreted, altered, and re-imagined the figure
of Jesus in terms of their own experiences. In
this class, we will look at a wide variety of
traditional and unconventional texts including the
Bible, films, music, and paint-by-number pictures,
using Stephen Prothero's recent work, American
Jesus, as our guide. Our approach will be
interdisciplinary and the creative and analytical
student assignments will reflect this focus.
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Prerequisites or Restrictions:
None |
Grading: Optional |
Cost to be collected by Business Office:
$60 |
Out-of-Pocket Costs:
$70 |
10084 |
SPAN 100 F |
Peninsular Spanish Culture: Beyond the
Bullfight |
Elena Olivé |
This course offers an
interactive learning experience in which students
will explore Spain’s rich variety in traditions,
history, language, art, food, and music. While
propagation of Spanish cultural identity during
Francisco Franco’s dictatorship was reduced to
images of bullfights, flamenco dancers, and sunny
beaches, in this class we will examine the true
range of cultural diversity that has flourished in
the country’s seventeen regions since the onset of
democracy in the early 1980s. In class students
will explore and discuss the impact of cultural
trends, as well as political and historical events
that have affected Spanish culture throughout
time. Students will also engage in hands-on
activities as we prepare various Spanish dishes,
explore music and dance, and visit restaurants and
museums. |
Prerequisites or Restrictions:
None |
Grading: Optional |
Cost to be collected by Business Office:
$100 |
Out-of-Pocket Costs:
$50 |
10089 |
PHIL 100 B |
The Comic Book
Aesthetic |
Andrew
Terjesen |
The slogan for one comic
book store in New York City is “Where Art and
Literature Meet.” This course will embody
that attitude towards comic books by examining the
manner in which a successful visual narrative is
produced. The class will also emphasize
connections between the arts of comic book writing
and screenwriting.
Questions to be examined
in the course of the JanTerm will
include:<
How can a series of static
pictures be used to create a flowing
narrative? How can text be integrated with
pictures? Who is the creator of a comic
book? [The writer? The editor?
The artist? All three?] What property
rights do creators have? What is the role of
continuity when telling a story with established
characters? Should comics be only escapist
literature? Should the content of comics be
controlled? What are the elements of comedy?
Drama? Children’s lit? Horror? Superhero
epic? What (if anything) makes a work of
art meaningful? Beautiful? Why do we get
so emotionally involved in a work of
fiction? How have comics influenced other
artistic forms? How have comics been
influenced by the history of art and
literature? What are the parallels between
comic book making and filmmaking? How do movies
make use of comic book techniques to tell a
story? What possibilities does the internet
offer for comic book storytelling?
While the course will touch upon
the superhero genre, the course will focus on
comics as a medium for telling all kinds of
stories [and seek to emphasize the diversity of
genres and styles in comics]. Additionally
the course will not limit itself to American
comics, but also spend significant time discussing
comics from Europe and Asia.
The course will employ a
learn-by-doing approach. Students will be
expected to create their own comics and comic
scripts. However, this is not a course in
art. Students will not be evaluated based on
their artwork and ARTISTIC SKILLS WILL NOT BE
NECESSARY FOR THE COURSE. Moreover, this
course will not actively seek to improve student’s
artistic style – though it will expose them to
different styles and methods of storytelling. This
is a course about aesthetic ideas as they are
found in comic books. Students will be
expected to apply ideas - garnered from reading
comic books and writings about comic books and
aesthetics - to what they do for class.
Note: Although this course
shares a subject matter and instructor with last
year’s “Comic Book Philosophy”, it will be a very
different course. “Comic Book Philosophy”
was focused on how comic books express concepts
from ethical theory and metaphysics and very
focused on the superhero genre. This course
will instead focus on comic books (and movies) as
an artform and on issues in aesthetics and the
philosophy of literature. Students who took Comic
Book Philosophy are welcome to take The Comic Book
Aesthetic. |
Prerequisites or Restrictions:
None |
Grading: Optional |
Cost to be collected by Business Office:
$25 |
Out-of-Pocket Costs:
$90-$120 |
10088 |
SCI 100 B |
Engineering at Washington University
|
Don
Salisbury |
Introductory engineering
courses will be offered at the School of
Engineering and Applied Science, Washington
University, St. Louis, MO, from December 27, 2004
through January 11, 2005. Courses are intended for
liberal arts college students who are interested
in a 3-2 engineering program. These courses
require substantial effort and commitment with
classes typically meeting on a full-day schedule,
six days a week. The total cost of the program
includes tuition, hotel, textbooks, and most
lunches. For information about registration
procedures, contact Don Salisbury, ext 2480,
dsalisbury@austincollege.edu. Registration deadline is November 19,
2004.
Course
offerings:
Engineering Mechanics
I
Prerequisites: Math 151; Phy
111 Intro to Electrical
Networks
Prerequisites: Math 151 and
152; Phy 111 and 112 |
Grading: Optional |
Cost to be paid directly to Washington
University: $1,600 plus $80 non-refundable
registration fee |
Out-of-Pocket Costs: Travel to and from St.
Louis and some meals |
10085 |
SSCI 100 B |
Building
Ethical Globalization |
Keith
Kisselle Don
Rodgers |
Globalization is often
portrayed as a positive force that will lead to
both economic and democratic development.
Yet, it can be argued that the current path of
globalization has been in direct conflict with
efforts to protect the environment and improve the
lives of the world’s poor. This course will
provide a brief historical and theoretical
overview of the emergence of globalization.
Readings, films, and class discussions will allow
us to examine the consequences of globalization
through international case studies. The
course will include an evaluation of the
of the structure, goals, and accountability of
international organizations such as World Trade
Organization, the International Monetary Fund, the
World Bank, and the United Nations as well as how
free trade agreements, such as NAFTA, have affected
social and environmental issues. Students will
participate in a simulation in which they will
assume the roles of leaders in business, government,
and non-governmental organizations, with the goal of
negotiating a global trade agreement. |
Prerequisites: none |
Grading:
Optional |
Cost to be
collected by the business office: $0 |
Out-of-pocket
costs: $125 |
|
10091 |
SSCI 100 C |
Public Health Policy
Practicum |
Marsha
Gathron |
This
practicum is designed to allow students to engage in
an on-site observation and investigation of public
health care policy. Students will be involved with
public health care policy procedures and practices
only. Clinical and administrative settings will be
identified according to specific public health
interest. Guiding questions will include, but not be
limited to: 1) What specific public health policy(ies)
are apparent? 2) Are these PH policies serving said
purpose? 3) What types of PH policies are lacking and
why? 4) What suggestions and/or changes are
recommended to ameliorate any PH policy concerns
within the setting? |
Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing with two
courses in areas of Sociology, Psychology, Communication
Arts or Biology. Instructor
permission required. |
Grading: S/D/U |
Cost to be collected by Business Office: $0 |
Out-of-Pocket Costs: $135-$550 |
10029 |
THEA 100 A |
Twentieth Century
American Theatre |
W. D.
Narramore |
The history of the American
theatre during the twentieth century is the story of the
flowering of an art form that gave voice to the
characters, themes, and values of the emerging American
culture. There will be lectures, playscript reading and
analysis, and videos of various productions and of
selected ancillary theatrical events. Students will read
and discuss 12 representative plays of the era; there
will be two exams. The class will attend one or more
professional productions in the Metroplex area as they are
available during the term. |
Prerequisites or
Restrictions: None
Grading: Optional
Cost to be collected by
Business Office: $0
Out-of-Pocket Costs: $100 |
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