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There are many great A&S courses available for the upcoming semester! This electronic bulletin board is designed to highlight a number of new and featured classes offered across the College of Arts and Sciences. Once you have identified a class of interest, log in to 听to add the relevant class(es) to your shopping cart and finalize the enrollment process.
Summer and Fall 2024 Upper-Division Electives
Each semester, the College of Arts & Sciences Curriculum Office puts together a list of upper-division classes that are NOT听restricted to specific majors or minors and do NOT听have prerequisites. The list is designed to help Juniors and Seniors听in A&S work toward the 45听upper-division credit hours (at least听30 of which must be in A&S) that are required for graduation.
Summer听2024听Featured Classes
Political Science
PSCI 4131:
Augmester (8/5/24 - 8/22/24)
Online
Examines the political status and activities of Mexican Americans and other Latino groups (Cuban Americans and Puerto Ricans) in the U.S. Also covers Latino political attitudes and behaviors; Latino efforts to influence the major national, state, and local institutions of the American government; and public policy concerns of Latinos. Recommended prerequisite:听PSCI 1101.听Restricted to students with 27-180 credits.
Fall 2024 Featured Classes
Anthropology
ANTH 4020-581:
In this course, we delve into the Star Trek Universe through the lens of biological anthropology. We will unravel the mysteries surrounding the reproductive strategy of Tribbles, the assimilative nature of the Borg, and how biological anthropology sheds light on the Klingons' appearance. We will explore altruism in the enigmatic Horta and examine the role of Star Trek alongside biological anthropology in defining what it means to be sentient.
French & Italian
FREN 4110:
This course will take a comparative approach to medieval literature, looking to some of the greatest works of Occitan poetry, Middle High German and Old French romance, and Italian literature. Alongside primary texts, we will read modern psychoanalytic work about desire. Because the course is taught in English, all prereqs will be waived.听Students of French will be asked to read some of the material in French.
Integrative Physiology
IPHY 1600:听
Focuses on basic knowledge of human body structures and functions. Open to all majors and exploratory students.
IPHY 3020:听
Designed for Juniors and Seniors.听Helps students prepare for what comes after graduation. Topics include exploring careers; how to write a resume or CV; interviewing tips; how to build your portfolio; asking for letters of recommendation.
Linguistics
LING 3210:
This 3-credit English language course is ideal for first, second, and third-year international undergraduate students who speak English as an additional language and would like to improve their communication skills for effective academic interactions. The course satisfies elective credit for degree completion.听
Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
SLHS 4100-002:
This course explores perspectives on human rights and social justice of Deaf People as a cultural and linguistic minority. Through readings, group discussions, and research projects about but not limited to history of American Sign Language, multi-identities, technology, education for the Deaf, legal, medical perspectives, arts, and literature, the course examines the humanity, cultural identity and historical factors that have impacted Deaf People lives, both positively and negatively.