Course Announcements for Dietrich School Students

New Courses
Courses Recently Approved to Meet General Ed Requirements
Changes in Majors
Changes in Minors

New Courses

effective spring 2013 (term 2134):: ANTH 1715 Understanding Modern Italy: An Anthropology of Contemporary Italian Society
BIOSC 0825 Special Topics in Biology for Non-majors
BIOSC 1205 Vertebrate Morphology Laboratory
BIOSC 1390 Field Techniques in Ecology and Conservation
BIOSC 1445 Animal Communication
BIOSC 1906 Research Methods: Communication in Life Sciences Research
BIOSC 1907 Research Methods: Under the Hood of Life Sciences Research
BISOC 1255 Physiology Laboratory
ENGFLM 1680 Animation
ENGLIT 1225 Nineteenth Century African American Literature
ENGLIT 1230 Twentieth Century African American Literature
HAA 1025 The History and Ethics of Collecting Art and Cultural Property
HAA 1030 Special Topics: Museum Studies
HAA 1923 Global Preservation
HIST 0403 History of Modern Southeast Asia
HIST 1114 Medieval Iberia: Conflicts and Encounters Between Muslims, Christians, and Jews
HIST 1510 Violence and Human Rights in Modern Latin America
HIST 1792 Navigating World History
HPS 1602 Race: History, Biology, Psychology, Philosophy
JS 1241 Gender and Jewish History (cross listed with RELGST 1241)
LING 1269 Sociolonguistics Variation and Change
MUSIC 0820 Special Topics in Music, Language, and Meaning in France, 1945-2005
MUSIC 1272 Special Topics in Opera and Cultures of Feeling
PHYS 1375 Foundations of Nanoscience
PHYS 1378 Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics
RELGST 1151 Death in the Mediterranean World
RELGST 1241 Gender and Jewish History (cross listed with JS 1241)
SOC 1505 Examining Universities and College Life: Problems and Controversies
URBNST 1408 Analysing and Exploring the Global City - Florence
URBNST 1410 Analysing and Exploring the Global City - London
URBNST 1610 Urban Politics and Regional Governance in Global Perspective

Courses Recently Approved to Meet General Education Requirements

effective spring 2013 (term 2134):


Literature: ENGLIT 0617 Changing Families in Literature
2nd course in Literature or the Arts or Creative Expression: ENGFLM 0401 Introduction to Visual Culture
ENGLIT 1000 Translation Studies
ENGLIT 1247 August Wilson
ENGLIT 1756 Ballads and Blues
RUSS 1310 Nabokov
International/Foreign Culture - Global: MUSIC 1360: Gypsy Music
Philosophy: HPS 1602 Race: History, Biology, Psychology, Philosophy
Historical Change: HIST 0403 History of Modern Southeast Asia
HIST 1019 Cities in Historical Perspective
HIST 1026 States and Sex in the Americas: The Politics of Reproduction, 1800-2000 (cross listed with WOMNST 1026)
HIST 1040 World War I in Comparative Perspective
HIST 1124 Ireland
JS 1241 Gender and Jewish History (cross listed with RELGST 1241)
RELGST 1151 Death in the Mediterranean World
RELGST 1241 Gender and Jewish History (cross listed with JS 1241)
WOMNST 1026 States and Sex in the Americas: The Politics of Reproduction, 1800-2000 (cross listed with HIST 1026)
Foreign Culture/International - Regional: HIST 0403 History of Modern Southeast Asia
HIST 1124 Ireland
RELGST 1151 Death in the Mediterranean World
Foreign Culture/International - Comparative: HIST 1026 States and Sex in the Americas: The Politics of Reproduction, 1800-2000 (cross listed with WOMNST 1026)
HIST 1040 World War I in Comparative Perspective
JS 1241 Gender and Jewish History (cross listed with RELGST 1241)
RELGST 1241 Gender and Jewish History (cross listed with JS 1241)
WOMNST 1026 States and Sex in the Americas: The Politics of Reproduction, 1800-2000 (cross listed with HIST 1026)
Foreign Culture/International - Global: HIST 1019 Cities in Historical Perspective
HIST 1792 Navigating World History
SOC 0359 Global Issues and the United Nations
Non-Western Culture: CHIN 0085 Revolution, Involution, and Identity in Modern Chinese Culture
HIST 0403 History of Modern Southeast Asia
HIST 1026 States and Sex in the Americas: The Politics of Reproduction, 1800-2000 (cross listed with WOMNST 1026)
WOMNST 1026 States and Sex in the Americas: The Politics of Reproduction, 1800-2000 (cross listed with HIST 1026)
Writing Courses: HIST 1026 States and Sex in the Americas: The Politics of Reproduction, 1800-2000 (cross listed with WOMNST 1026)
WOMNST 1026 States and Sex in the Americas: The Politics of Reproduction, 1800-2000 (cross listed with HIST 1026)

Changes in Majors

effective spring 2013 (term 2134):

Revision to Physics major requirements

Course changes:

PHYS 0479 Principles of Modern Physics 1 (3 cr) replaced by PHYS 0477 Introduction to Thermodynamics, Relativity, and Quantum Theory (4 cr)
PHYS 0481 Principles of Modern Physics 2 (3 cr) renamed to Applications of Modern Physics; dropped from major, retained for minor
PHYS 1370 Quantum Mechanics 1 (3 cr) added as requirement
ASTRON 1263 Techniques of Astronomy (3 cr) added as lab course option
PHYS 1311 Undergraduate Seminar (1 cr) dropped
More elective options added

Concentrations:Graduate School Preparation; Education
New honors option:The student must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.2 in required courses and 3.0 GPA overall, must complete PHYS 1903 Directed Research, must submit paper detailing research, and must present research in a public forum.

Revision to Physics and Astronomy (BS) major

Course changes:

PHYS 0477 Introduction to Thermodynamics, Relativity, and Quantum Theory (4 cr)
PHYS 1375 (to be created by department)
PHYS 1378 (to be created by department)
ASTRON 1122 The Solar System and Exoplanets (3cr)

Concentrations:Graduate School Preparation; Education
New honors option:The student must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.2 in required courses and 3.0 GPA overall, must complete PHYS 1903 Directed Research or ASTRON 1903 Directed Research, must submit paper detailing research, and must present research in a public forum.

Approved revisions to departmental bylaws to allow internal approval new courses

Department of Physics and Astronomy
Department of Theatre Arts