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Summer registration will begin Wednesday, March 18, 2009.
Please select an area of study. The links below will take you to courses offered in that department.
Click on the underlined instructor names for email addresses where available. Click on Staff to go to the department's web site.
AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES
AAS 434 Underground Railroad (3)
Sec. U800 Class #72989 Milton Sernett
AAS 634 Underground Railroad (3)
Sec. U800 Class #72990 Milton Sernett
Meets for Combined Session (May 18 - August 14, 2009)
Short Description || Course Outline
Myth and history of the Underground in the context of African American freedom efforts. Emphasis on events, personalities, and sites in upstate New York. Student field research and exploration of archival and Internet resources. Additional work required of graduate students.
ADVERTISING DESIGN
ADD 300 Flash-Online: Introduction to Flash (3)
Sec. U800 Class #73012 Toni Toland
Meets for MAYmester Session (May 11 - 22, 2009)
Short Description || Course Outline
Introduction to Flash CS3/CS4 and ActionScript version 2. Flash is used for everything from web sites to highly interactive applications and games. It’s also a favorite of professional animators who produce weekly cartoons. Learn basic skills that enable you to produce working and efficient web sites and/or animations.
ANTHROPOLOGY
ANT 494 Underground Railroad (3)
Sec. U800 Class #72993 Milton Sernett
ANT 694 Underground Railroad (3)
Sec. U800 Class #72994 Milton Sernett
Meets for Combined Session (May 18 - August 14, 2009)
Short Description || Course Outline
Myth and history of the Underground in the context of African American freedom efforts. Emphasis on events, personalities, and sites in upstate New York. Student field research and exploration of archival and Internet resources. Additional work required of graduate students.
ART
ART 200 Era and Artists of 19th Century America (3)
Sec. U800 Class #71516 Bradley Hudson
Meets for Combined Session (May 18 - August 14, 2009)
Short Description || Course Outline
Major American artists 1836-1920. How they drew inspiration from cultural forces shaping society. Events, philosophies, and movements (Utopianism, Impressionism) of their time. View their work in museums or at online museum sites; use critical thinking skills to strike a balance between expert interpretation and your own reactions to works of art produced during this period.
COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE
CPS 181 Introduction to Computing (3)
Sec. U800 Class #71382 Staff
Meets for Combined Session (May 18 - August 14, 2009)
Short Description || Course Outline
Organization of computers, elementary programming, and problem solving. Applications in such areas as calculation and visualization, communication, databases, graphics, and artificial intelligence. Origins of the modern digital computer, future trends, social impact, abuses.
COUNSELING & HUMAN SERVICES
COU 725 Vocational Placement Philosophies and Methods (3)
Contingent upon sufficient enrollment.
Sec. M800 Class #72859 Jennifer Coughlin
Meets for Summer Session I (May 18 - June 26, 2009)
Short Description || Course Outline
Study of employer attitudes, client preparation for placement, the counselor’s role in the placement process. Emphasis on placement techniques, traditional and innovative. Group techniques, importance of follow-up. Job classifications and job analysis. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
CULTURAL FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION
CFE 400 American Absences: Mis(sed) Representation of Queerness and Disability in U.S. Culture (3)
Sec. M800 Class #73043 Christopher Bell
CFE 600 American Absences: Mis(sed) Representation of Queerness and Disability in U.S. Culture (3)
Sec. M800 Class #71708 Christopher Bell
Meets for Summer Session I (May 18 - June 26, 2009)
Short Description || Course Outline
History, family, memory, representation, and narrative identifying absences related to queerness and disability. How an absence is reinvoked in the present: is a disability-related absence 200 years ago invoked in a contemporary sense and setting? Failure to address “queer” aspects of the Sally Hemings/Thomas Jefferson relationship; omission of Harriet Tubman’s disability in canonical studies; absence of Bayard Rustin from examinations of black history; erasure of Matthew Shepard’s HIV-positive (disability) status in representations of his subjectivity; ways that race overrides disability in treatments of James Byrd.
CFE 600 Sociology of Disability (3)
Sec. M801 Class #73052 Steven Taylor
Meets for Summer Session I (May 18 - June 26, 2009)
Short Description || Course Outline
Disability as a social and cultural phenomenon. Sociological concepts applied to the study of disability; degree to which these concepts are useful in understanding the experiences of people with disabilities in society. Covers both sociological theories and empirical studies.
DISABILITY STUDIES
DSP 600 Sociology of Disability (3)
Sec. M801 Class #71710 Steven Taylor
Meets for Summer Session I (May 18 - June 26, 2009)
Short Description || Course Outline
Disability as a social and cultural phenomenon. Introduction of sociological concepts applied to the study of disability; examines degree to which these concepts are useful in understanding the experiences of people with disabilities in society. Covers both sociological theories and empirical studies.
DSP 300 d/Deafness and Disability (3)
Sec. M800 Class #73127 Jitka Sinecka
DSP 600 d/Deafness and Disability (3)
Sec. M800 Class #73128 Jitka Sinecka
Meets for Summer Session II (July 6 - August 14, 2009)
Short Description || Course Outline
Prepares teachers to plan for appropriate interventions in various educational settings and when interacting with people who are medically deaf, culturally deaf, or hard of hearing. Distinctions among and teaching strategies and curriculum appropriate for these three groups. Schooling, deaf culture, history of deafness in the U.S. and internationally, assistive technologies for children and adults with hearing loss, sign language discourses, current and controversial issues in d/Deaf and disability discourses.
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
EED 547 Children’s Literature (3)
Sec. M800 Class #72998 Kristiina Montero
Meets for Summer Session I (May 18 - June 26, 2009)
Short Description || Course Outline
History of literature for children; selection of books for children of different age groups. Methods of stimulating interest in literature. Use of literature as part of reading program.
ENGLISH AND TEXTUAL STUDIES
ETS 215 Sophomore Poetry Workshop (3)
Sec. U800 Class #70288 Sarah Harwell
ETS 401 Advanced Writing Workshop: Poetry (3)
Sec. U800 Class #70292 Sarah Harwell
Meets for Combined Session (May 18 - August 14, 2009)
Short Description || Course Outline
Intensive workshop dealing with the art and craft of writing poems. Read the work of other writers in this cyberspace class, as well as the work of more established contemporary writers. Via e-mail, students write about a poem a week, with revision and discussion. The course focuses on innovation in the language arts, with the intention that your range as a writer and your sense of artistic possibility will expand. Plus, it's meant to be fun! Sophomore and advanced classes meet together; advanced students do additional work. Advanced students require permission of instructor to register. Limited enrollment.
ETS 217 Sophomore Fiction Workshop (3)
Sec. U800 Class #70290 Sarah Harwell
ETS 403 Advanced Writing Workshop: Fiction (3)
Sec. U800 Class #72984 Sarah Harwell
Meets for Combined Session (May 18 - August 14, 2009)
Short Description || Course Outline
An intensive workshop in the art and craft of writing fiction, primarily the short story. Read the work of other writers in this cyberspace class, as well as the work of more established contemporary writers. Via e-mail, students write two or three short stories, with extensive revisions and discussion. Limited enrollment. Sophomore and advanced workshops meet together online; students registered for the advanced workshop do additional work. Advanced students require permission of instructor to register.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP & EMERGING ENTERPRISES
EEE 370 Introduction To Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises (3)
Sec. M800 Class #72090 Staff
Meets for Combined Session (May 18 - August 14, 2009)
Short Description || Course Outline
What it takes to start, grow, and sustain new ventures. Topics include: understanding entrepreneurs and their teams, evaluating opportunities, creating a venture plan, securing resources. Readings and guest lecturers emphasized. Prerequisite: sophomore standing.
GEOGRAPHY
GEO 321 Latin American Development: Spatial Aspects (3)
Sec. U800 Class # 73135 Claudia Asch
Meets for Combined Session (May 18 - August 14, 2009)
Short Description || Course Outline
Spatial dimensions of development process in Latin America since the 1930s in a variety of contexts and at several scales. Variety of spatial models that may be applied.
HIGHER EDUCATION
HED 600 Enhancing Student Success in Higher Education (3)
Sec. M800 Class #73103 Vincent Tinto
Meets for Summer Session II (July 6 - August 14, 2009)
Short Description || Course Outline
Current knowledge about the nature of student success in higher education; actions institutions of higher education, two and four-year, can take to enhance student success. Emphasis on the challenge of academic preparation and the needs of first-generation, low-income, and underserved students. All participants will report on a particular form of institutional practice that has been shown to enhance student success.
HISTORY
HST 410 Science and Technology in the Modern World (3)
Sec. U800 Class # 73133 Harold Burstyn
Meets for Combined Session (May 18 - August 14, 2009)
Short Description || Course Outline
Science tries to understand how the natural world works. Technology tries to manipulate the natural world for human ends. How they interact is the subject of this course. Modern science began in the 1600s. The 1700s saw the beginnings of a revolution in technology that continues to this day. Examine the artifacts of this revolution: the chronometer, the steam engine, the Erie Canal, the telegraph, the telephone, the electric light, the radio, the motion picture, the automobile, the airplane, the computer. Explore the scientific background of each of these inventions that transformed the daily lives of people. Identify how much of the development of new technology came from research by scientists and how much from plain, old-fashioned dreaming and tinkering by people who sought new ways of doing things.
HST 434 Underground Railroad (3)
Sec. U800 Class #72991 Milton Sernett
HST 634 Underground Railroad (3)
Sec. U800 Class #72992 Milton Sernett
Meets for Combined Session (May 18 - August 14, 2009)
Short Description || Course Outline
Myth and history of the Underground in the context of African American freedom efforts. Emphasis on events, personalities, and sites in upstate New York. Student field research and exploration of archival and Internet resources. Additional work required of graduate students.
INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION
IDE 712 Analysis for Human Performance Technology Decisions (3)
Sec. M800 Class #72890 Jing Lei
Meets for Summer Session II (July 6 - August 14, 2009)
Short Description || Course Outline
Addresses analytical techniques used to determine educational or training program solutions. Participants examine human behavior and the role that instruction can have in changing behavior on the job and in society. Prerequisite: IDE 612, IDE 621.
IDE 716 Capstone Practicum in Instructional Design, Development, and Evaluation (3)
Sec. M800 Class #71504 Jerry Klein
Meets for Combined Session (May 18 - August 14, 2009)
Short Description || Course Outline
Application of skills in problem analysis and definition, learner and situation analysis, specification of objectives and assessment criteria, instructional strategies selection, prototyping and implementation, and evaluation planning. Implementation of solution to student-selected problem required. Prerequisite: IDE 632, IDE 761, IDE 712, IDE 641 or permission of instructor.
IDE 756 Design and Management of Distance Education (3)
Sec. M800 Class #71620 Tiffany Koszalka
Meets for Summer Session I (May 18 - June 26, 2009)
Short Description || Course Outline
Organization, development, and delivery of distance education programs with emphasis on adult and higher education. Separate consideration is given to the student, course, logistic, and management subsystems.
IDE 762 Performance Improvement: Promise and Practice (3)
Sec. M800 Class #71646 Alexander Romiszowski
Meets for Summer Session II (July 6 - August 14, 2009)
Short Description || Course Outline
Theories and techniques for solving training problems and designing training programs in business, industry, and other performance-oriented organizations. Specific issues and techniques for developing and implementing training programs. Prerequisite: IDE 712.
PHILOSOPHY
PHI 171 Critical Thinking (3)
Sec. U800 Class #70258 Eric Parkinson
Meets for Combined Session (May 18 - August 14, 2009)
Short Description || Course Outline
Presentation and evaluation of reasoning, including arguments, explanations, and the justification of decisions. Topics of current social and ethical interest will serve as examples, with one topic selected for extended study.
READING AND LANGUAGE ARTS
RED 601 Literacy Across the Life Span (3)
Sec. M800 Class #72999 Kristiina Montero
Meets for Summer Session I (May 18 - June 26, 2009)
Short Description || Course Outline
Methods, materials, and application of research to the teaching of literacy for diverse learners. Instructional and assessment approaches to support the acquisition and development oral and written literacy proficiency, preschool to adult.
RELIGION
REL 101 Religions of the World (3)
Sec. U800 Class #70342 Philip Arnold
Sec. U801 Class #71116 Philip Arnold
Meets for Combined Session (May 18 - August 14, 2009)
Short Description || Course Outline
The nature and significance of religion within human culture and existence as evidenced in various religions of the world both past and present.
REL 114 The Bible (3)
Sec. U800 Class #73006 James Watts
Meets for Combined Session (May 18 - August 14, 2009)
Short Description || Course Outline
Jewish and Christian scriptures in their ancient Near Eastern and Hellenistic contexts, with particular attention to their literary forms, the history of their composition, and their role in the development of Western religions and cultures. Credit is not given for REL/JSP 114 and either REL/JSP 215 or REL 217.
REL 200 Gender, Politics and Islam (3)
Sec. U800 Class #70932 Svetlana Peshkova
Meets for Combined Session (May 18 - August 14, 2009)
Short Description || Course Outline
Muslim women and men as gendered subjects. Theological and practical aspects of gender politics in everyday life in different Muslim communities. Intersection of gender, religious beliefs and practices, and politics. How ideas and practices marking biological differences between men and women in a hierarchical fashion both inform and are informed by politics on individual, societal, and global levels.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY
STS 410 Science and Technology in the Modern World (3)
Sec. U800 Class # 73134 Harold Burstyn
Meets for Combined Session (May 18 - August 14, 2009)
Short Description || Course Outline
Interaction of science with technology from 1700 to the present. Technological artifacts and their scientific background. Development of new technology from scientific research and from traditional dreaming and tinkering.
SOCIOLOGY
SOC 357 The Sociology of American Business (3)
Sec. U800 Class #73114 Richard Ratcliff
Meets for Combined Session (May 18 - August 14, 2009)
Short Description || Course Outline
Relationship between business and society. Large corporation, small business and “franchise capitalism,” merchandising and social change, social bases of investment and entrepreneurship, and business and politics.
SOC 400 Sociology of Disaster (3)
Sec. U800 Class #72857 Daryl Britton
Meets for Combined Session (May 18 - August 14, 2009)
Short Description || Course Outline
What is a disaster? How do social structures, groups, and institutions react to the loss of social function as a result of natural, environmental, technological or sociopolitical events? How disaster affects sociological research methodology. Social theories of organizational behavior, political sociology, community development, religion, urban and rural sociology that inform the field of disaster research.
SOC 434 Globalization and Social Change (3)
Sec.U800 Class #73115 Richard Ratcliff
Meets for Combined Session (May 18 - August 14, 2009)
Short Description || Course Outline
How globalization is reshaping people’s lives in the U.S. and other societies. Causes, directions, consequences. Linking and standardization of patterns of consumption, culture, and production around the world.
SOC 446 The Social Impact of the Internet (3)
Sec. U800 Class #73116 Gary Spencer
Meets for Combined Session (May 18 - August 14, 2009)
Short Description || Course Outline
Sociological implications of instantaneous communication, online publishing, identities and interactions, communities transcending geographic borders, and openly available
information and opinion. Offered only online. Prerequisite: at least one previous sociology course recommended.
SOC 449 The Sociology of Evil (3)
Sec. U800 Class #73118 Gary Spencer
Meets for Combined Session (May 18 - August 14, 2009)
Short Description || Course Outline
Social conditions and processes allowing systematic dehumanization; perspectives of victim, perpetrator, audience, possibility of reconciliation. Extreme examples of evil; subtle ways of dehumanizing the other. Ethnic cleansing, international trafficking, terrorism. Prerequisite: at least one previous sociology course recommended.
SOC 646 The Social Impact of the Internet (3)
Sec. U800 Class #73117 Gary Spencer
Meets for Combined Session (May 18 - August 14, 2009)
Short Description || Course Outline
Sociological implications of instantaneous communication, online publishing, identities and interactions, communities transcending geographic borders, and openly available information and opinion. Additional work required of graduate students. Offered only online.
SOC 649 The Sociology of Evil (3)
Sec. U800 Class #73119 Gary Spencer
Meets for Combined Session (May 18 - August 14, 2009)
Short Description || Course Outline
Social conditions and processes allowing systematic dehumanization; perspectives of victim, perpetrator, audience, possibility of reconciliation. Extreme examples of evil; subtle ways of dehumanizing the other. Ethnic cleansing, international trafficking, terrorism. Additional work required of graduate students.
SPECIAL EDUCATION
SPE 300 d/Deafness and Disability (3)
Sec. M800 Class #73125 Jitka Sinecka
SPE 600 d/Deafness and Disability (3)
Sec. M800 Class #73126 Jitka Sinecka
Meets for Summer Session II (July 6 - August 14, 2009)
Short Description || Course Outline
Prepares teachers to plan for appropriate interventions in various educational settings and when interacting with people who are medically deaf, culturally deaf, or hard of hearing. Distinctions among and teaching strategies and curriculum appropriate for these three groups. Schooling, deaf culture, history of deafness in the U.S. and internationally, assistive technologies for children and adults with hearing loss, sign language discourses, current and controversial issues in deaf and disability discourses.
WRITING PROGRAM
WRT 205 Studio 2: Critical Research and Writing (3)
Sec. U800 Class #70584 Staff
Meets for Combined Session (May 18 - August 14, 2009)
Short Description || Course Outline
Study and practice of critical, research-based writing, including research methods, presentation genres, source evaluation, audience analysis, and library/online research. Students complete at least one sustained research project. Prerequisite: WRT 105 or equivalent.
WRT 207 Writing in the Workplace (3)
Sec. U800 Class #70736 Staff
Meets for Combined Session (May 18 - August 14, 2009)
Short Description || Course Outline
Introduction to workplace writing genres. Emphasis on understanding audience needs during the planning and revision process, as well as editing for clarity and impact. Provides students with useful tools for enhancing all workplace communications. Offered only online.
WRT 307 Advanced Writing Studio: Professional Writing (3)
Sec. U800 Class #70376 Staff
Meets for Combined Session (May 18 - August 14, 2009)
Short Description || Course Outline
Professional communication through the study of audience, purpose, and ethics. Rhetorical problem-solving principles applied to diverse professional writing tasks and situations. Prerequisite: WRT 105 and 205 or equivalent; junior standing.
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