College of Arts and Sciences

Courses

French and Francophone Studies

• FRE 600 - Selected Topics

  College of Arts and Sciences
  1-6 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
  Repeatable
  
• FRE 605 - French Culture in Age of Louis XIV

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8

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  Double Numbered with: FRE 405
  Study of French literature, aesthetics and culture of absolutism. Conducted in French. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• FRE 607 - French Libertine Fictions

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5

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  Double Numbered with: FRE 407
  Analysis of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French libertine texts and their relation to philosophy, art, religion, and society. Conducted in French. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• FRE 609 - French Culture and Revolution

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8

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  Double Numbered with: FRE 409
  French enlightenment literature and culture considered within the context of the French Revolution. Conducted in French. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• FRE 611 - Moliere

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5

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  Double Numbered with: FRE 411
  Study of the playwright’s major works in light of contemporary political, social, and cultural trends. Conducted in French. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• FRE 612 - French Women Writers

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5

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  Crosslisted with: WGS 612 
  Double Numbered with: FRE 412
  Trends in French feminine and feminist writing from the early modern period to the present. Conducted in French. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• FRE 617 - “Impressions d’Afrique”:Caribbean Gazes

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8

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  Double Numbered with: FRE 417
  A survey of African issues through the eyes of Francophone Caribbean writers and their texts. Conducted in French. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• FRE 619 - Sembene Ousmane and the African Cinema

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5

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  Double Numbered with: FRE 419
  A study of Sembene Ousmane’s work as an introduction to the aesthetics and politics of Black African Cinema, and to issues of film history and theory. Conducted in French. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• FRE 620 - Language Training in Preparation for Research Using French

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s)

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  Language training to prepare students to conduct research in areas that require knowledge of French.
  Repeatable 3 time(s), 12 credits maximum
  
• FRE 621 - Francophone African Criticism

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5

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  Double Numbered with: FRE 421
  Major trends in Francophone African literary criticism. Conducted in French. Additional work required of graduate students.
  

Forensic Science

• FSC 605 - Basic Laboratory Skills for Advanced Research

  College of Arts and Sciences
  1 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Laboratory course intended to prepare students for research in analytical laboratories, including chemical and biochemical analyses, and working with proteins and nucleic acids.  Basic manual laboratory operations and use of advanced instrumentation.
  
• FSC 606 - Advanced Forensic Science

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) Every semester

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  Selected areas of current interest in forensic science presented. The application of scientific methods and techniques to crime detection and the law.
  
• FSC 631 - Statistics for Forensic Science

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Statistical concepts and methods relevant to forensic science. Includes probability, error limits, confidence intervals. Correlation, regression, and calibration. Focus on practical application, including DNA population probabilities, evidence evaluation, and hypothesis testing.
  
• FSC 632 - Research and Career Resources

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Provides practical skills and resources for research and careers in forensic science. Effective and ethical research and literature interpretation, critical thinking skills, communication methods specific to forensic science and their potential discovery issues, trial procedures.
  
• FSC 633 - Quality Assurance and Ethics

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Application of the ISO standard for accredited forensic laboratories. Ethical decision model; case studies; root cause analysis; corrective action; document control; method validation; roles of police, attorneys, forensic scientists; ethical issues in U.S. legal system.
  
• FSC 634 - Anatomy & Physiology for Forensic Medicine

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Double Numbered with: FSC 434
  Relationships between the structures and functions of the human body. Care of the human body and application to forensic pathology and death investigation. Skin, skeletal system, muscles, nervous system, sensory organs, endocrine system. Additional work for graduate students. 
  
• FSC 635 - Medicolegal Death Investigation I

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Double Numbered with: FSC 435
  Medicolegal death investigation which deals with the history, purpose and legal underpinning of death investigations, effectively handling a death scene, and protocols for public safety and scene processing. Additional work required of graduate students.
  PREREQ: FSC 451 OR FSC 651 
  
• FSC 636 - Medicolegal Death Investigation II

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Double Numbered with: FSC 436
  Second course in the sequence dealing with information on medicolegal death investigation and deals with procedures for MDI processing and other topics for conducting scientific medicolegal investigations. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• FSC 637 - Medicolegal Death Investigation for Emergency Responders

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Double Numbered with: FSC 437
  Course focuses upon the information needed by emergency responders in dealing with suspicious or unexpected deaths. Topics will include dealing with sudden or unexpected deaths, handling the scene, death investigation laws and other topics. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• FSC 640 - Special Topics in Advanced Forensics

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) Every semester

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  Double Numbered with: FSC 440
  An in-depth study of scientific disciplines engaged in the criminal justice and legal systems by providing a rational basis for interpreting the scientific analysis of forensic evidence through relevant case studies. Additional work required of graduate students.
  Repeatable
  
• FSC 641 - Forensic Analysis of Biological Evidence

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Double Numbered with: FSC 441
  Scientific background, methodology, and theory of body fluid identification techniques criminal investigation.  Laboratory with mock evidentiary samples, similar to those examined in criminal cases.  Report writing, overlaps with other forensic disciplines. Additional work for graduate students. 
  
• FSC 644 - Forensic Chemical Analysis

  College of Arts and Sciences
  4 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Lecture content, delivered online, and laboratory on analytical methods of forensic chemistry. Underlying theory and direct experience in various chemical tests and spectroscopic methods.
  
• FSC 645 - Forensic Biochemical Analysis

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Lecture and laboratory course in forensic biochemistry. Concepts and theory behind bioanalytical techniques, along with direct experience in many of the commonly used forensic biochemical analysis techniques. Students must have undergraduate level general chemistry experience.
  
• FSC 651 - Forensic Pathology

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Double Numbered with: FSC 451
  Introduction to forensic pathology and medi-colegal investigation of death. Role and jurisdiction of the Medical Examiner, including the autopsy. Specific patterns of injury, types of deaths referred to the Medical Examiner, postmortem decompositional changes, and special topics of interest in death investigation will be discussed. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• FSC 652 - Forensic Mental Health

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Double Numbered with: FSC 452
  Role of consultation, research and clinical practice in areas in which psychiatry is applied to legal issues. Covers how mental health and legal systems function together; issues common to forensic psychiatric analyses. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• FSC 653 - Forensic Toxicology

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Double Numbered with: FSC 453
  Procedures utilized in forensic toxicology, including specimen types, sample preparation, instrumentation, analytical methods, and interpretation of findings. Knowledge of organic and analytical chemistry is strongly advised. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• FSC 655 - Computational Forensics

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Double Numbered with: FSC 455
  The investigation of forensic science problems using computational methods, including machine learning and artificial intelligence. Use of Python for automation and artificial intelligence. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• FSC 656 - Mobile Forensics and Social Networking

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Double Numbered with: FSC 456
  Examines the use of digital forensic techniques to safely secure, extract and analyze digital evidence from mobile devices and social networks for use in criminal investigations.  Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• FSC 657 - Principles of Human Toxicology

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Crosslisted with: BIO 657 
  Double Numbered with: FSC 457
  This course examines key aspects of human toxicology, including dose-response relationships, absorption, distribution, biotransformation, elimination, toxicokinetics, molecular mechanisms of toxicity, pesticides, metals, and toxic responses in specific organ systems. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• FSC 658 - Scientific Regulation and Compliance

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Basis for regulations and implications for different careers in complying with laws, regulations, guidelines and specifications relevant to businesses like pharmaceutical, biotechnology, research, forensic and government laboratories. Implications for not complying with regulations. Case studies.
  
• FSC 661 - Firearms and Impression Evidence

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Double Numbered with: FSC 461
  Forensic analysis of firearm and impression evidence and its presentation through court testimony. Manufacturing methods’ impact on identification. Serial number restoration, distance determination, full auto conversions, trace evidence, latent print analysis, laboratory quality assurance. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• FSC 662 - Forensic Entomology

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8

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  Double Numbered with: FSC 462
  Application and utility of insects as evidence in criminal investigations. Biology and importance of different insect groups in decomposition process. Collection, identification, and processing of insect evidence. Temperature-time relationship in insect growth, its practical use in calculating post-mortem intervals. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• FSC 663 - Bloodstain Pattern Analysis

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Double Numbered with: FSC 463
  A lecture and laboratory introduction to the analysis of bloodstain patterns in a forensic context. History, theory, and scientific principles behind the analysis methods are supported by laboratory creation and analysis of various types of bloodstains. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• FSC 664 - Latent Print Processing

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Double Numbered with: FSC 464
  Provides practical knowledge of how to search for, develop, document, and preserve latent prints in a mock crime scene and laboratory setting. Utilizes visual, physical, and chemical methods. Additional work required of graduate students.
  Repeatable 1 time(s), 3 credits maximum
  
• FSC 665 - Latent Prints

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Double Numbered with: FSC 465
  Biology of friction ridge skin including pattern class recognition. Digital imaging of latent prints, analysis and comparison, evidence processing including individual mock cases near the end of the semester. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• FSC 667 - Forensic Photography

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Double Numbered with: FSC 467
  Use of photography in criminal and civil investigations and trials. Changing face of photography and how use of digital cameras has altered rules of evidence and admissibility. Proper use of digital single lens reflex cameras and digital flash. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• FSC 668 - Crime Scene Investigation

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) Every semester

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  History and practice of crime scene investigation, including photography, sketches, note-taking, processing and collection of evidence. Includes bloodstain pattern interpretation, collision reconstruction, case studies, mock crime scenes, moot court.
  
• FSC 669 - Science of Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5

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  Crosslisted with: BIO 669
  Double Numbered with: FSC 469
  Scientific basis and means for countering WMDs, including biological systems. Protective measures, proven doctrines, practical questions, and problem solving. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• FSC 671 - Firearms and Impressions Evidence II

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Modeled after an internationally recognized firearms examiner training program. Students operate comparison microscopes, perform firearms comparisons, receive operability/armorers training, and view firearms manufacturing processes to understand the forensic identification of fired ammunition components.
  PREREQ: FSC 661 
  
• FSC 672 - Advanced Light Microscopy

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Crosslisted with: BIO 672
  Double Numbered with: FSC 472
  Theory and practice of modern light microscopy, including the fundamentals of image formation and applications in the biological and biomedical sciences, including reviews of microscopy methods and analog and digital image capture. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• FSC 673 - Mechanics of Modern Firearms

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Double Numbered with: FSC 473
  Provides hands-on understanding of firearms through supervised assembly/disassembly of various firearms. Determination of firearm safety, malfunctions, safety mechanisms, and repairs. Forensic significance of each part, impact of manufacture on forensic identification. Additional work for graduate students. 
  PREREQ: FSC 661
  
• FSC 674 - Forensic DNA Analysis

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Double Numbered with: FSC 474
  Explores the present-day state of forensic DNA analysis with a focus on the workflow, instrumentation and methods for data interpretation. Includes a computer laboratory component. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• FSC 675 - Latent Prints II

  College of Arts & Sciences
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Double Numbered with: FSC 475
  Advanced level coverage of latent print: advanced analysis, comparison, identification; distortion, understanding causes of error; understanding forms of bias; courtroom preparation and testimony; topics research and presentation. Additional work required of graduate students.
  PREREQ: FSC 665 
  
• FSC 676 - Cold Cases

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8

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  Crosslisted with: BIO 676
  Double Numbered with: FSC 476
  Methods and practice in solving unsolved cases using fundamental science, court documents, and other sources of information. Will include work on real cases. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• FSC 678 - Crime Scene Investigation II

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Double Numbered with: FSC 478
  

  Complex aspects of various forensic disciplines will be used concurrently to properly document mock crime scenes and properly collect evidence from those scenes.  Crime scene processing decisions will be required based on the varying components of the mock crime scene scenarios.  Additional work required for graduate students.
  PREREQ: FSC 668; FSC 661 or FSC 663 or FSC 664 or FSC 667
  

• FSC 679 - Microbial Forensic Science

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Double Numbered with: FSC 479
  Exploration of the several fields that Microbial Forensics is applied to and the application of scientific methods and techniques for identification and characterization of microbes. Includes case studies and the scientific methods used in those cases. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• FSC 690 - Independent Study

  College of Arts and Sciences
  1-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest

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  Repeatable
  
• FSC 990 - Independent Study

  College of Arts and Sciences
  1-6 credit(s)

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  Repeatable
  

Geography

• GEO 537 - Environmental Policy in a Development Context

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) Every semester

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  Crosslisted with: LAS 537 
  Offered only in Santiago. Examines historical/intellectual/ material processes that transformed nature into natural resources to be exploited; ways global political process has guided global responses to environmental problems; Chilean environmental policy over the last 20 years.
  
• GEO 561 - Global Economic Geography

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Globalization, world economic processes, international development, and policy issues; emphasizing geographical perspectives.
  
• GEO 563 - The Urban Condition

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Contemporary cities. Economic growth and decline. Social polarization. Construction of the built environment. Case studies from around the world.
  
• GEO 564 - Urban Historical Geography

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5

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  Cities in western civilization through classical, medieval, mercantile, and industrial eras to 1945. Historical geographic meanings of urbanism; social construction of the built environment; and relationships between power, social justice, and urban spatial form.
  
• GEO 572 - Landscape Interpretation in Cultural Geography

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest

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  Contemporary theories and methods. Traditional, historical-materialist, postmodernism, and post-structuralist approaches to landscape. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• GEO 573 - The Geography of Capital

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8

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  In-depth reading of Marx’s Capital to understand: (a) the relationship between political economy and the geographical landscape; (b) the formative role of “Capital” in contemporary geographic theory.
  
• GEO 576 - Gender, Place, and Space

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Crosslisted with: WGS 576 
  Contemporary debates in feminist geography on the gendered construction of space and the spatial construction of gender.
  
• GEO 580 - Research on Cartographic Techniques

  College of Arts and Sciences
  1-12 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Reading and special work.
  Repeatable
  
• GEO 583 - Environmental Geographical Information Science

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Data types, collection techniques, and processing strategies in natural resource survey. Monitoring and environmental sciences. Basic concepts of GIS data structures and algorithms. Data quality issues. User requirements, management aspects, and implementation experience.
  PREREQ: GEO 383 OR GEO 683 
  
• GEO 595 - Geography and the Internet

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  An introduction to the structure and functions of the Internet and its impact on spatial relations from the global to the local. A detailed examination of the World Wide Web and practical training in web page design.
  

German

• GER 580 - International Course

  College of Arts and Sciences
  1-12 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution’s practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student’s transcript.
  Repeatable
  
• GER 600 - Selected Topics

  College of Arts and Sciences
  1-6 credit(s)

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  Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
  Repeatable
  
• GER 620 - Language Training in Preparation for Research Using German

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s)

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  Language training to prepare students to conduct research in areas that require knowledge of German.
  Repeatable 3 time(s), 12 credits maximum
  

Greek

• GRE 500 - Greek Prose Authors

  College of Arts and Sciences
  1-3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest

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  Readings from selected Greek prose authors.
  Repeatable
  
• GRE 620 - Language Training in Preparation for Research Using Greek

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s)

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  Language training to prepare students to conduct research in areas that require knowledge of Greek.
  Repeatable 3 time(s), 12 credits maximum
  

Hebrew

• HEB 620 - Language Training in Preparation for Research Using Hebrew

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s)

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  Language training to prepare students to conduct research in areas that require knowledge of Hebrew.
  Repeatable 3 time(s), 12 credits maximum
  

Hindi

• HIN 610 - Advanced Hindi

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5

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  Double Numbered with: HIN 410
  Extensive readings, composition exercises, listening skills and review of Hindi grammar. Designed to bridge the gap between student¿s theoretical knowledge of grammatical rules and Hindi-Urdu stylistic variation & usage. Additional worked required for graduate students.
  Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
  
• HIN 620 - Language Training in Preparation for Research Using Hindi

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) Every semester

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  Crosslisted with: SAS 621 
  Language instruction to prepare students to conduct research in areas that require knowledge of Hindi. Permission of instructor.
  Repeatable 4 time(s), 12 credits maximum
  

History of Art

• HOA 500 - Selected Topics

  College of Arts and Sciences
  1-6 credit(s) Every semester

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  Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
  Repeatable
  
• HOA 505 - Topics in Ancient Art

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Variable topics relating to Ancient art. A specified topic is announced each time the course is offered. 
  Repeatable 3 time(s), 9 credits maximum
  
• HOA 510 - Topics in Medieval Art

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Variable topics relating to Medieval art. A specified topic is announced each time the course is offered.
  Repeatable 3 time(s), 9 credits maximum
  
• HOA 520 - Italian Urbanism: 100 Cities

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  A survey of Italian urban history: design of cities, local rituals, politics, and patronage in ancient Rome, medieval Venice, Renaissance Florence, Baroque Turin, and modern Milan. Site visits in Florence and surrounding towns. Offered only in Florence.
  PREREQ: ANY HOA 100-499
  
• HOA 521 - Michelangelo

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Seminar explores various aspects of Michelangelo Buonarroti’s long and vibrant career by focusing on his techniques, patrons, innovative style, unparalleled influence and fame, and primary sources that document them. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• HOA 522 - Botticelli: Analysis in Depth

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Botticelli within the socio-artistic context of 15th-century Florence. Portraiture, classical myths, civic propaganda, gender, and religious narrative. Offered only in Florence.
  PREREQ: HOA 105
  
• HOA 524 - The Italian Renaissance Home

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Seminar that explores the domestic environment in Italy from c. 1300 to 1600, including palace architecture; religious and mythological images; and the visual culture of dining, marriage, and childbirth.  Additional work required of graduate students.
  
• HOA 530 - History of Printmaking

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3-4 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Fifteenth-century to present day woodcuts, engravings, etchings, aquatints, lithographs, and monotypes. Dürer, Rembrandt, Goya, Blake, Daumier, Whistler, and others.
  PREREQ: HOA 105 OR 106
  
• HOA 531 - Paper Arts in the Low Countries

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  This course examines the production of drawings and prints, mainly in Flanders (modern-day Belgium) and the Netherlands during what is known as the early modern period: 1400-1700.
  
• HOA 540 - 17th Century Dutch Painting

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3-4 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Principal Dutch masters (Rembrandt, Hals, Vermeer, Ruisdael, etc.). Developments in landscape, genre, still life, portraiture, and history painting.
  PREREQ: HOA 105 AND 106
  
• HOA 541 - Arts and Ideas in the 17th Century

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3-4 credit(s) Irregularly

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  A consideration of music, literature, and the visual arts in the context of 17th-century life. A study of the interrelationship of the main forces in society and their expression in the arts.
  PREREQ: (HOA 105 AND 106) OR (HOM 165 AND 166)
  
• HOA 560 - Arts and Ideas in the Nineteenth Century

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3-4 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Music and the visual arts in 19th-century European culture.
  PREREQ: (HOA 105 AND 106) OR (HOM 165 AND 166)
  
• HOA 573 - Topics in History of Photography

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Variable topics relating to the history of photography. A specified topic is announced each time the course is offered.
  Repeatable 3 time(s), 9 credits maximum
  
• HOA 575 - Arts and Ideas in Contemporary Culture

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3-4 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Place of music and the visual arts in the context of contemporary life. Inter-relationship between the main forces of society and their expression in the arts.
  PREREQ: HOA 106 OR HOM 166
  
• HOA 576 - Topics in American Art

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3-4 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8

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  Critical exploration of an important American movement, theme, period, or artist. Emphasizing discussion and recent scholarship. Topic announced each semester.
  PREREQ: HOA 106 OR ANY HOA 300 LEVEL
  
• HOA 577 - Introduction to Preservation

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Crosslisted with: ARC 566 
  Problems and methods in implementing continued use for quality segments of the humanly built environment.
  PREREQ: ARC 134 OR CAS 134
  
• HOA 585 - Topics in Native North American Art

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Variable topics relating to Native North American Art. A specified topic is announced each time the course is offered.
  Repeatable 3 time(s), 9 credits maximum
  

• HOA 592 - Topics in Global Modernisms

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Variable topics relating to Global modernisms. A specified topic is announced each time the course is offered.
  Repeatable 3 time(s), 9 credits maximum
  
• HOA 600 - Selected Topics

  College of Arts and Sciences
  1-6 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester. *
  Repeatable
  
• HOA 620 - Seminar: Renaissance Art

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3-6 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  European art of the 15th and 16th centuries. Topic areas determined each semester.
  Repeatable
  
• HOA 621 - Seminar in Florentine Art

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3-6 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  On-site study of late medieval, Renaissance, and baroque decorative complexes and their related archives. Taught only in Florence, Italy, during the spring semester.
  
• HOA 622 - Seminar in Renaissance Arts and Ideas

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3-6 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Preparation for study and research in Florence, Italy. Required of Florence Program participants; open to other students by permission.
  Repeatable 3 time(s), 12 credits maximum
  
• HOA 635 - Seminar in Arts and Ideas

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3-6 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Selected topics in the arts and their relation to relevant societies. Topics determined each semester.
  Repeatable 3 time(s), 12 credits maximum
  
• HOA 640 - Seminar on Women in Art

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3-4 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Crosslisted with: WGS 649 
  Women artists and images of women in the works of their contemporaries. Students conduct original research, relating topic to their specific areas of interest (interdisciplinary studies).
  
• HOA 645 - Seminar in the History of Art Conservation

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3-6 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Theory, practice, and issues of art conservation from the Renaissance to the present. Taught only in Florence, Italy, during the spring semester.
  
• HOA 648 - Seminar in Italian Art of the 17th Century

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Variable topics relating to Italian art of the 17^th century. A specified topic is announced each time the course is offered.
  Repeatable 3 time(s), 9 credits maximum
  
• HOA 650 - Seminar in Seventeenth-Century Netherlandish Art

  College of Arts and Sciences
  4 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Variable topics relating to art produced in the Dutch Republic and/or Flanders during the 17th century.
  Repeatable 2 time(s), 12 credits maximum
  
• HOA 651 - Seminar/Iconography

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3-6 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Selected topics in iconographical problems to be determined each semester.
  Repeatable 3 time(s), 12 credits maximum
  
• HOA 652 - Vermeer and Dutch Genre Painting

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  This course examines the art of Johannes Vermeer in relation to that of his contemporaries.
  
• HOA 653 - Art & Patronage in England, 1558-1702

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) Irregularly

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  This interdisciplinary seminar will examine the nature and role of art in the celebrated Elizabethan, Jacobean, and Stuart courts of late sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England, up until the conclusion of the reign of William III.
  
• HOA 655 - Proseminar in Graduate Research Methods and Scholarly Writing

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Research methods and scholarly writing skills required to be successful M.A. candidates and to become competitive professionals in art history and related fields.
  
• HOA 656 - Literature of Art Criticism

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3-4 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring

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  Leading trends in art criticism from the 16th to the early 21st century.
  
• HOA 657 - Contemporary Art Criticism

  College of Arts and Sciences
  3-4 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Early 20th-century foundations and development of criticism within the past two decades. Interpretive strategies, such as meta history, feminism, poststructuralism, and the anthropology of art.
  
• HOA 670 - Experience Credit

  College of Arts and Sciences
  1-6 credit(s) Irregularly

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  Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.
  Repeatable
  

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