ANTH 103 Human Evolution: Biological Anthropology and Archaeology

ANTHROPOLOGY

ANTH 103 Human Evolution: Biological Anthropology and Archaeology

How did the human species evolve?

What were our ancestors like? How are we similar

to and different from our closest animal relatives?

Why do we have such complex societies and behavior? These and other questions are explored in this study of human evolution from the perspectives of biological anthropology and

archaeology. The course surveys basic principles

of evolutionary theory, the study of other primates, the hominid fossil record, competing explanations for the origins of modern humans, human genetic and physical variation, and archaeological evidence for the evolution of symbolic behavior, agriculture, and civilization.

Instructor: Dr. Linda M. Van Blerkom

Dates: June 19 – July 26

Times: T, TH 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m

ART HISTORY

ARHT 319Latin American Women Artists

This course focuses on the contributions made by Latin American women artists to modern and contemporary painting, structure, photography, and installation art in major centers in Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean and the United States from the early twentieth century to the present. Major artists include Frida Kahlo, Tina Modotti, Remedios Varo, Maria Izquierdo, Amelia Pelaéz, and Ana Mendieta.

Instructor: Ms. Lisandra Estivez

Dates: June 19 – July 26

Times: T, TH, 2-5pm

BUSINESS

BST 115Fundamentals of Financial Accounting

This introductory course exposes students to the accounting principles and practices used by decision-makers associated with a business or governmental entity. Major topics include the accounting cycle, preparation and analysis of financial statements, standards and procedures for assets and liabilities and the roles of corporate communication and responsibilities with respect to the accounting process.

Instructor: Karen Crisonino

Dates: June 18– July 12

Times: MWTH 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

CLASSICS

CLAS 250Classical Literature in Translation: The Trojan War Epic

This course introduces students to the ancient genre of epic poetry by reading works organized around the single most important world-event in ancient Greco-Roman culture: the Trojan War. We will consider the connection between epic and war; the significance of the Trojan War specifically in the Greco-Roman world; and the different perspectives from which the war is represented in major extant Greek and Roman epics: Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey and Vergil’s Aeneid. The primary goal of the course is for students to become familiar with these epics by reading them closely for theme, characterization, and long-standing ethical debates about humanity, immortality, and warfare. In the process, students will investigate the concept of genre; culturally specific ways of organizing time and identity; and the utility of myth as a mode of discourse. Students will be assessed through class discussion and written work, in this “writing intensive” course.

Instructor: Dr. Meredith Safran

Dates: May 22-June 14

Times: TWTH 1-4pm

ECONOMICS

ECON 301Intermediate Microeconomic Theory

Built on Principles of Microeconomics, we will study the behaviors of consumers and firms and then study the market. The first part of this course will be about how consumers behave. The second part of this course will be about how firms behave. The third part will cover how the market works. We will also discuss when market fails. We will apply economic principles to understand a wide range of economic problems from food stamps to health insurance and to pollution.

Instructor: Dr. Youngok Lim

Dates: May 22-June 14

Times: TWTH 1-4pm

ECON 302 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory

Upon completion of this program, students will have developed an understanding of the main agents and their interactions within regional, national and international economic systems. They will have been introduced, at a minimum, to the following macroeconomic models: Savings-Investment, (closed and open), Aggregate Supply/Demand, Keynesian Cross, IS-LM (closed and open), Solow Growth Model. They will have learned to analyze and interpret macroeconomic data, and how to calculate and graph new variables in Microsoft Excel. Students will also be able to understand many current issues faced by domestic and global policymakers, including but not limited to the U.S. housing crisis, the 2008-09 financial crisis, and the public debt crises in Europe and the United States.

Instructor: Dr. Marc Tomljanovich

Dates: May 22-June 14

Times: TWTH 9am-12pm

ENGLISH

ENGL 201 001 American Short Story

This course will consider the development of the short story in America. We will explore texts from the beginning of the 19th century through the 20th century in order to further develop an understanding of the elements and techniques these stories employ. We will also trace how this form has been situated within the context of American culture. Some of the authors we will

consider are: Nathaniel Hawthorne, Willa Cather, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Flannery O’Conner, J.D.

Salinger.

Instructor: Dennis Coyle

Dates: June 18-July 25

Times: MW 1-4pm

ENGL 201 002 Detective Fiction

In this course students will study the history and development of detective fiction in its early forms and the changing representations of the detective. Students will read and analyze works of detective fiction from a variety of historical periods with particular attention to American hard-boiled fiction, as well as viewing some of the genre’s most pivotal films. Texts will include the works of Edgar Allan Poe, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Cristie, Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, as well as others. The course will focus on the socio-cultural and historical contexts in which these narratives are produced and consumed. A significant issue the course will address is the scholarly value of popular forms of literature, like detective fiction, and what that study can reveal about contemporary cultural anxieties, gender and race relations, and political dynamics.

Instructor: Dr. Marc Evans

Dates: June 19-July 26

Times: T, TH 9am-12pm

ENGL 263 Thinking About Genre Through Film

This class will allow students to work in depth with a single approach to texts; to explore the concept of genre in film and theoretical approaches to it; to develop skills for reading film texts using genre concepts to inform your reading; to understand how genre carries cultural, political, and ideological meanings into film and thus links the text to its cultural context.

Instructor: Dr. Wendy Kolmar

Dates: May 21-June 14

Times: M,T, TH 6-9:30pm

FRENCH

FREN 101 Fundamentals of Oral and Written French

An introduction to the French spoken and written language. Covers the basics of the French language through videos, readings, and readings from Francophone cultures. Interactive practice in the classroom and use of multimedia lab, oral, written, and computer-assisted activities.

Instructor: Muriel Placet-Kouassi

Dates: May 21 – June 14

Times: M, T, TH 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m..

FREN 102 -001 Fundamentals of Oral and Written French II

French 20 is a continuation of French 1 or the equivalent level. Designed for students who have already covered the basics of the French language, but have not yet been exposed to all tenses and other grammar fundamentals. Videos, culture readings, interactive practice in the classroom, multimedia lab, oral written and computer-assisted activities

Prerequisite: FREN 101

Instructor: Muriel Placet-Kouassi

Dates: May 21 – June 14

Times: M, T, TH 1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m..

FREN 102 -002 Fundamentals of Oral and Written French II

FREN+102 is a continuation of FREN+101 or the equivalent level. Designed for students who have already covered the basics of the French language, but have yet been exposed to all tenses and other grammar fundamentals. Videos, culture readings, interactive practice in the classroom, multimedia lab, oral written and computer-assisted activities.
Prerequisite: FREN 101

Instructor: Fabienne Winkler

Dates: Jun 18, 2012 - Jul 12, 2012

Times: M,T, TH 9:30 am - 12:30 pm

FREN 201-001 Intermediate French

A continuation of FREN+102. Review of basic grammar; development of speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills through films, discussion, Francophone articles and literary texts, compositions, multimedia lab and computer-assisted activities.

Prerequisite: FREN+102.

Instructor: Marie-Pascale Pieretti

Dates: May 21, 2012 - Jun 14, 2012

Times: M,T, TH 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm

FREN 201-002 Intermediate French

Prerequisite: FREN+102.

Instructor: Fabienne Winkler

Dates: Jun 18, 2012 - Jul 12, 2012

Times: M,T, TH 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm

HISTORY

HIST 213 Conspiracy Theories in American History

This intermediate-level history elective explores the many conspiracy theories that have permeated American culture from the revolutionary era to the present day. Specific theories to be covered include the Illuminati scare of the 1790s, the Anti-Masonic theories of the mid-1800s, the presidential assassination theories centering on Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy, alien abduction theories, HIV/AIDS infection theories, and post-World War II theories concerned with an all-encompassing New World Order. Students will consider these theories in the context of the social, intellectual, political, and cultural forces that gave rise to them. Students will also learn to critically analyze the validity of different theories by evaluating the evidence and logic used by theorists to build their cases.

Instructor: Dr. Wyatt Evans

Dates: June 19 – July 26

Times: T, TH 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

HIST 301-001 The Cultural History of American Pornography

This course will explore pornography, in the context of American history, from the Civil War era to the modern day. It will address changing constructions of what constitutes pornography and obscene material, in legal, political and social contexts. It will explore the economics of pornography, from the point of view of producers, consumers and workers, as well as pornography’s evolving cultural impact. Further, pornography will be used as a lens to explore the complexities of identity categories, such as race, ethnicity, gender, sex and sexuality, the constructions and variations in those identity categories, as well as the sometimes substantial difference between publically espoused mores and the realities of people’s everyday lives. Assignments will include exams, opinion writing, textual analysis, class discussion/participation and student presentations.

Instructor: Mary Kirby-Calder

Dates: May 22-June 14

Times: T,W, TH1-4pm

HIST 320 A Modern American Legal History

This upper-level elective is designed for students interested in attending law school, as well as those not planning on a law career but who are interested in understanding the legal system's influence in American culture. Coverage of the legal system's structure and technicalities will be limited to a basic understanding of American court structure and legal procedure. The bulk of the course will focus on major court cases, developments in legal doctrine, sensational trials, and the representation of the legal system in popular culture from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Texts used in the course (as of January 2012) include Mark Tushnet's A Court Divided, Kermit Hall et al.'s American Legal History, and Geis and Bienen's Crimes of the Century.

Instructor: Dr. Wyatt Evans

Dates: May 21 – June 15

Times: M, W, TH 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

MATHEMATICS

MATH 117 001 Introductory Statistics

This course is designed to enable you to use statistics for data analysis and to understand the use of statistics in the media. The course makes use of SPSS, a widely-used statistics package for the computer. Course topics include graphical and tabular presentation of data, measures of central tendency, dispersion, and shape, linear transformations of data, correlation, regression, basic probability and the normal probability model, sampling, t-tests, and one-way analysis of variance.

Instructor: Dr.Stephen Kilanski

Dates: May 21 – June 15

Times: M, T, TH 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

MATH 117 002 Introductory Statistics

Instructor: Dr. Stephen Kilianski

Dates: May 21– June 15

Times: M, T, TH 1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

MATH 150 Calculus and Analytic Geometry I

An emphasis on functions, limits,continuity, introduction to differentiation and

integration, analysis of graphical numerical information, applications of calculus.

Prerequisite: Three-and-one-half units of

college preparatory high school mathematics,

including trigonometry.

Instructor: Mr. Robert McLoughlin

Dates: June 18– July 26

Times: M, T, 6:00 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.

MATH 151 Calculus and Analytic Geometry II

Application and techniques of integration, polar coordinates, parametric equations, Taylor polynomials, sequences and series.

Prerequisite: Math 150.

Instructor: Dr. Christopher Apelian

Dates: May 21 – June 14

Times: M, T, TH 9-11:30AM.

PAST

PAST 305 001/ REL 390/ HIST 301-002 Christianity and Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Historical Survey

Instructor: E. Obiri Addo

Dates: June 19-July 26

Times: T,TH 6-9pm

PAST 305 002 The Black Experience in the 20th Century: A Historical Survey

Instructor: E. Obiri Addo

Dates: June 18-July 25

Times: M,W 6-9pm

PHILOSOPHY

PHIL 213/ MATH 213 Introduction to Logic

Our studies will include formation rules and detection of operator scope, truth-functionality, and translation from natural language; decision procedures for Propositional Logic (truth-table method, quick computation, a species of natural deduction, and the tree method). For Predicate Logic, we will cover translation from natural language and disambiguation, proof procedures for valid formulas and model-tests for invalidity, and we will conclude with study of Predicate Logic with identity and regimentation (including discussion of definite descriptions.)

Instructor: Odysseus Makridis

Dates: June 18-July 12

Times: M,T,TH 6-9pm

PHYSICS

PHYS 102 Introductory Astronomy II: Stars and Galaxies

An observational and theoretical investigation of the components of the universe, including the structure and evolution of stars and galaxies; how black holes and quasars fit into current cosmological models; determination of the size and fate of the universe; and the probability of life as we know it outside our Earth. Observatory session are offered as part of the course.

Instructor: Dr. Robert Murawski

Dates: May 22 – June 14

Times: T, W, TH 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

PHYS 104 Physics in Modern Medicine

This course is an introduction to medical physics. The topics will include X-rays, radiation therapies, laser surgery, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasound, etc., emphasizing several fundamental physics concepts for understanding the working principles behind these modern medical technologies. This course will be of interest to not just scientists and doctors, but also anyone who will (if not already) encounter some of these technologies in his/her life.

Instructor: Minjoon Kouh

Dates: June 19-July 12

Times: T,W,TH; 9:30-12:30pm

POLITICAL SCIENCE

PSCI 103 The American Government and Politics

A study of institutions and politics in the American political system. Ways of thinking about how significant problems and conflicts are resolved through the American political process.

Instructor: Ken Alexo

Dates: June 19– July 26

Times: T, TH 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

PSCI 215 The American Presidency

Seeks to understand the development of the role of the presidency and to evaluate its importance in the modern American political system. Major issues considered include the nature of presidential leadership, the relationship of the presidency to other branches of government, public expectations of the president, and the effect of individual presidents.

Instructor: Phil Mundo

Dates: May 21 – June 14

Times: M, T, TH 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

PSCI 243 Terrorism

In recent conflicts between ethnic, religious and cultural groups, the use of terrorism as a means of trying to advance one’s goals has been increasing at an alarming rate. The task of ‘deconstructing’ terrorism is rather complex as it involves an understanding of a range of problems all coming into play at once. In this course, students study terrorism from an inter-disciplinary perspective. For instance, we will examine key problems such as: how do various cultures view the use of violence? How is violence justified? Is there a theatrical element to terrorism? How does gender come into play? What is the role of religion and ideological extremism? Terrorism is often construed as senseless violence, when in reality, it is anything but that. As a result, we often fail to see the broader historical and cultural trends at work, leading to misunderstanding and miscalculation.

Instructor: Dr. Jonathan Golden

Dates: June 18 – July 25

Times: M, W 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

PSYCHOLOGY

PSYC 230 Life Span Development

We will study human development across the lifespan to learn how people change and how they remain the same over time by examining theory and research on biological, cognitive, social, and emotional development.

Instructor: Hilary Kalagher

Dates: May 22-June 14

Times: T,W,TH; 1-4pm

PSYC 342 Principles and Methods of Social Psychology

This course provides an introduction to social psychology – the scientific study of the ways in which people’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the real or imagined presence of others.

Instructor: G. Scott Morgan

Dates: May 22-June 14

Times: T,W,TH; 6-9pm

PSYC 348 Abnormal Psychology

An examination of the theories of

psychopathology, with emphasis on current theoretical models, and the relationship of the study of psychopathology to social issues. Discussion of the nature, classification, causes, and treatment of major forms of psychopathology.

Prerequisite: Introduction to Psychology.

Instructor: Dr. George-Harold Jennings

Dates: June 19– July 26

Times: T, TH 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

PSYC 351 Learning and Behavior

An examination of the theories of

Instructor: Dr. Graham Cousens

Dates: May 22-June 14