Mar 28, 2024  
College Catalog 2015-2016 
    
College Catalog 2015-2016 ARCHIVED CATALOG

Course Descriptions


 

Anthropology

  
  • ANTH 180 - Applied Community Development Workshop


    This course teaches students to apply ethnographic and social science perspectives and methods to sociocultural problems. Students will learn: Evaluation and introductory ethnographic research, evidence-based decision-making and policy advocacy, the role of research and reporting in organizations and in sociocultural change, and research ethics and professionalism. Students will have the opportunity take part in an existing applied research program with a collaborating organization and/or to practice their skills in the Whittier College community.  The class is based on the premise that research best serves the community when it is grounded in social science, linked to community organizations, and guided by a commitment to social justice.   

    Cross-listed with SOC 180  
    3 credits
  
  • ANTH 190 - Selected Topics


    May be repeated for credit

    1 to 4 credits
  
  • ANTH 200 - Biological Anthropology


    This course studies the physical aspects of human populations and the evolutionary history of our species. This history is studied through an overview of genetics and evolutionary theory, the fossil record, our close primate relatives and variation among contemporary humans, which underlies observable changes as our species continues to evolve.

    Cross-listed with ENVS 200 
    3 credits
  
  • ANTH 205 - Archaeological Anthropology


    This course offers a general introduction to the methods, theories and achievements of archaeology, the study of the human material past. The course is designed for freshmen and sophomores who are interested in learning how archaeology is practiced and how it contributes to our understanding of past and present human life, using case studies from various regions.

    3 credits
  
  • ANTH 210 - Cultural Anthropology


    Detailed studies of several societies that are geographically and culturally distant from mainstream American society. Focus on issues of ecology, political economy, and social and cultural change as they influence the diverse behaviors and traditions of selected peoples. Several regions are studied in the context of their global and internal similarities and differences, as well as their cross-cultural and internal dynamics.

    3 credits
  
  • ANTH 211 - Peoples and Cultures of Asia


    This course offers students a comparative study of the diverse cultures of Asia. The course implements anthropological concepts to examine the internal and cross-cultural mechanisms shaping and reshaping the region. The impact of social and cultural change resulting from shifting local, national, and global dynamics will be examined through detailed ethnographic studies of specific cultures and societies within East, South, and Southeast Asia.

    3 credits
  
  • ANTH 212 - Peoples and Cultures of Africa


    This course is designed to give students an understanding of the diverse cultures of sub-Saharan Africa. An examination of the fundamental patterns of traditional African cultures will be used to understand current events in Africa. Illustrates how the daily lives of the majority of African people are influenced by tenacious indigenous institutions.

    3 credits
  
  • ANTH 213 - Peoples & Cultures of Native America


    Who are the people native to North America? What has been the role of Native Americans in the formation of “America”? What is unique to their circumstances within a complex state structure and global system? Where do various Native American groups share cultural patterns and where are there differences among them, for example, in origin, environmental setting, world view, family structure, and political system? How do these patterns influence their responses to contemporary issues? This course will explore the issues raised by such questions through detailed historical and ethnographic studies of selected societies.

    3 credits
  
  • ANTH 214 - Peoples & Cultures of Latin America


    The term “Latin America” covers a wide range of cultures and peoples: from the Caribbean Islands to Mexico, from Central America to South America, from the Amazon to the Andes. Latin America, therefore, is a world of great contrasts–contrasts between megacities and rural hinterlands, between the wealthy and the impoverished, between industrialized zones and areas of rudimentary subsistence production, and between images of a peaceful paradise and those of extreme violence and terror. This course will examine the construction of various cultural identities in this diverse region and introduce students to the key issues confronting Latin Americans today as they are revealed in selected ethnographic studies.

    3 credits
  
  • ANTH 215 - Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East


    This area of the world has come to the forefront in global affairs, and this course is designed to give students the background knowledge and analytical tools to help them evaluate what is said about the Middle East. This course will provide an overview of the history, cultures and religions of the Middle East, including an introduction to the diversity of cultural forms to be found there; a review of the anthropological and social science literature on the area with a critical lens on gender, religion, geography, political organizations, and conflict; and an examination of representations of the area in a variety of media forms.

    3 credits
  
  • ANTH 250 - Understanding Cultures


    For over a century, the “ethnography” has been the often unique, staple product of Anthropology. In the early 20th century, the West began to understand the workings and structures of different cultures in large part through the fieldwork and subsequent books published by anthropologists. Even in the 21st century, Anthropology distinguishes itself as a field through our reliance on both the ethnographic method, and the writing of ethnographies. Noted anthropologists like Boas, Mead, Evans-Pritchard, Malinowski and Lévi-Strauss developed diverse ethnographic styles still essential to the field today. In this course, students will gain skills in reading and analyzing ethnographies. Classic and new ethnographic texts will be closely read for their contributions to theory and method in Anthropology.

    Pre-req: One 200-level SOC course and either ANTH 180  or SOC 180  .
    3 credits
  
  • ANTH 290 - Selected Topics


    May be repeated for credit

    1 to 4 credits
  
  • ANTH 295 - Independent Study


    Credit and time arranged. May be repeated for credit.

    1 to 4 credits
  
  • ANTH 300 - To Denmark and Beyond: Child and Family Well-Being in Workfare and Welfare States


    Students will explore ways in which welfare and workfare states contribute to the well-being of children and families. We will also examine the gaps in service delivery and resources in both settings. Course instruction is located at Whittier College in Whittier, CA and Metropolitan University School of Social Work in Copenhagen, DK.

    Cross-listed with  
    4 credits
  
  • ANTH 310 - Theory in Anthropology


    This course will familiarize students with the range of historical and current theoretical frameworks, orientations, and research philosophies in anthropology. A thorough and critical examination of the relevant literature will serve to introduce students to major anthropological concepts, traditions, and debates, from the development of anthropology as a distinct discipline in the nineteenth century, to the pressing problems and issues facing specific anthropological subfields today.

    Pre-req: Instructor permission
    3 credits
  
  • ANTH 311 - Field Research: Crossing Cultural Boundaries


    Introduction to ethnographic field research as a general tool for understanding and communicating with people, especially those whose culture is different from one’s own. Teaches the perspectives, aims, and skills of field research through the use of (1) films and written materials that describe field research experiences and which record the results of such research and (2) a series of fieldwork exercises. Focus in on the nature and meaning of cultural diversity and its implications for cross-cultural communication.

    Pre-req: ANTH 210  or SOC 300 
    Cross-listed with SOC 311 
    3 or 4 credits
  
  • ANTH 312 - Ethnographic Methods


    This course is designed to engage students in a variety of ethnographic methods, to build a vocabulary of analytical tools to make sense of social worlds, and to provide examples of ethnographic work. The course will build on the foundation laid in ANTH/SOC 190 looking at the ethics and practices of ethnographic endeavors and will serve to prepare students for projects in their senior seminar courses, as well as providing a background in ethnographic methods for non-majors. The course will look at the development of ethnographic research projects, the theoretical contexts in which they emerged and the critique that arises from ventures in representation. Students will gain experience in formulating research questions, doing participant observation, writing field notes, conducting interviews, transcribing and coding material, and will make forays into digital methodologies. Students will provide peer feedback, as a piece of learning how to analyze and evaluate qualitative data. Additionally, students will read ethnographic works, view ethnographic films, and engage with material reflecting on the ethics and best practices of such work. Instructor Permission

    3 credits
  
  • ANTH 321 - Expressive Arts of Africa


    Explores the symbolic and aesthetic representations, implicitly understood and explicitly expressed by selected African peoples in cultural communication. The concepts discussed will center around the relationship between art, ritual, and symbols in cultural expression. The focus is the expressive cultures of sub-Saharan Africa as communicated mainly in the sculpture of the region. The aim is to read culture through art and to understand how Africa’s visual arts constitute the cultural encyclopedia of specific African groups.

    3 credits
  
  • ANTH 323 - Environmental Anthropology


    The changes that humans make in the natural environment are related to their world views and to their ideas about what the relationship between humans and nature should be. This course will explore these relationships cross-culturally through the readings of ethnographies and the viewing of films.

    Pre-req: Sophomore standing or above
    Cross-listed with ENST 323 
    3 credits
  
  • ANTH 327 - Sex and Gender in Anthropology


    This course will familiarize students with the cultural and analytical categories of sex and gender and the way anthropologists have approached research on sex and gender in a number of ethnographic contexts. Students will explore how sex, gender, and sexuality, rather than being natural or biological inevitabilities, are culturally and historically contingent identities.

    Pre-req: Sophomore standing or above
    Cross-listed with GEN 327  
    3 credits
  
  • ANTH 342 - Sound & Religious Experience


    Focuses on the cultural uses of sound and the physiological processes that lead to religious experience. Emphasis on the role of chant and trance in inducing religious states.

    Cross-listed with REL 342 
    3 credits
  
  • ANTH 350 - Religion, Magic & Witchcraft


    Focuses on understanding how the religious, magical, and witchcraft practices found in diverse cultures related to an overall attempt to explain the works beyond ordinary human understanding and to the pattern of social, psychological, or ecological needs of a society. We are not concerned with the competing notions of God and gods that are part of various traditional religions, rather we aim to understand the cultural circumstances that foster certain religious beliefs and practices, the use of magical rituals in confronting social problems, and the role of witchcraft in shaping the behaviors and responses of people within cultural groups.

    3 credits
  
  • ANTH 360 - History of the Race Concept in Anthropology


    This class explores this trajectory of the concept of race from an anthropological perspective from the 19th through the 21st centuries. Anthropology has played both expected and surprising roles in the formation of Western ideas about race and the substance of human difference. We’ll approach race from objectivist biological (what some academics and researchers think really is there when it comes to race) and cultural constructionist (what other academics and researchers think is “racial” because of past and current power relations) perspectives. The course objectives are to become conversant with the historical and cultural context of the concept of race as it has existed in anthropology and the social sciences in general. Additionally, we will explore theoretical traditions in anthropology that bear on our shifting notions of race. How has anthropology contributed to both contemporary academic and popular notions of race in the United States? What does it actually mean to say that “race is a social construction”? What kind of theory and evidence is marshaled in anthropology and anthropological science to prove that race is one thing or another, and what kinds of controversies still exist over this ancient and modern marker of human difference?

    Pre-req: Instructor Permission
    3 credits
  
  • ANTH 374 - The Cultural Contexts of Childhood


    Childhood in a variety of cultures, primarily focusing on societies in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Oceania. How does the child become a full member of a particular society and what are the sociocultural contexts that influence that process? Examines methods of studying childhood cross-culturally.

    Pre-req: Sophomore standing or above
    Cross-listed with SOC 330 
    3 credits
  
  • ANTH 390 - Selected Topics


    May be repeated for credit

    1 to 4 credits
  
  • ANTH 395 - Independent Study


    Credit and time arranged. May be repeated for credit.

    1 to 4 credits
  
  • ANTH 490 - Selected Topics


    May be repeated for credit

    1 to 4 credits
  
  • ANTH 495 - Independent Study


    Credit and time arranged. May be repeated for credit.

    1 to 4 credits

Art and Art History

  
  • ART 100 - Introduction to Art 2-D


    Explores a variety of processes for creating two-dimensional images, using materials and techniques such as drawing, painting, collage, simple printmaking, and mixed media. Emphasis will be on understanding how basic visual elements (line, shape, form, space, color, and texture) are used in contemporary art. Color theory will be included.

    3 credits
  
  • ART 101 - Introduction to Art 3-D


    Explores a variety of processes for creating three-dimensional objects, using materials and techniques emphasizing wood, steel and mixed media. Effective use of the qualities of line, shape, form, mass, and texture will be emphasized in making sculptural creations.

    3 credits
  
  • ART 190 - Selected Topics


    May be repeated for credit

    1 to 4 credits
  
  • ART 200 - Digital Photography I


    This course explores the processes, practices, and concepts of fine art digital photography giving students and introduction to the breath of creative possibilities currently made available via digital technologies. Students will become acquainted with the computer, digital SLR camera, and various post-processing software programs like Lightroom and Photoshop while exploring a variety of creative and conceptual assignments. Students will formulate creative solutions for their class projects through the marriage of technical skills, conceptual originality and aesthetic interests. Projects are designed to draw upon the breath of contemporary photographic practice while class discussions and readings will consider the social, cultural, and political implications of the camera.

    Pre-req: ART 100  or ART 210  recommended
    3 credits
  
  • ART 201 - Digital Video


    This course focuses on the production of fine art digital video art utilizing the latest advancements in digital technologies like DSLR video cameras and non-linear digital editing. Instruction will include how to use digital video cameras, and authoring and editing software. This course will examine the way in which contemporary artists have used film and video to make artwork and will also attempt to clarify the current condition of contemporary video art. Discussions, screenings, fieldtrips and readings will help students understand the most prominent modes of video art over the past forty years, providing a rich context within which to complete class assignments.

    Pre-req: ART 100  or ART 210  recommended
    3 credits
  
  • ART 204 - Digital Photography Workshop


    This course will acquaint students with the fundamentals of Digital Photography including traditional and experimental uses of Adobe Photoshop. Emphasis will be placed on visual communication of ideas through the medium of digital photography. Instruction will cover topics such as manual camera operations, basic image correction, digital image manipulation, and will also cover fundamentals of composition and 2-D image organization. The assignments will include consideration of the cultural/political impact of digital manipulation, the relationship between subject and photographer, and the historical implications of photographic objectification. Taught January or May terms.

    Pre-req: ART 100 ART 101 , or ART 210  recommended
    3 credits
  
  • ART 205 - Western Art: Pre-history through the 14th Century


    Surveys art beginning with the Paleolithic age through the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Medieval Europe, and Byzantium up to the early Renaissance. Stresses cultural context and style.

    3 credits
  
  • ART 206 - Western Art: 15th through 20th Centuries


    Surveys the visual arts of Europe from the Renaissance to the present.

    3 credits
  
  • ART 207 - Women’s Studies: Women and the Visual Arts


    Historically oriented examination of women artists from the Renaissance through the Modern periods, followed by an exploration of theoretical issues involving women and representation.

    Cross-listed with GEN 207  
    3 credits
  
  • ART 210 - Drawing I


    Course designed for beginning art majors and non-art majors (those students who wish to learn the fundamentals of drawing). Many operative aspects of drawing and principles of design are presented. Emphasis is placed on analytical study of composition, space, proportions, line, value and texture, etc. Upon completing this course, the student should have a solid practical knowledge of various drawing techniques.

    3 credits
  
  • ART 217 - Painting Workshop


    Through an intensive, 3-week workshop this course familiarizes students with basic oil-painting techniques. Painting from observation is emphasized, and color theory will be explored. Additionally, students will be introduced to the work of a variety of contemporary painters.

    3 credits
  
  • ART 218 - Drawing Workshop


    Through an intensive, 3-week workshop this course introduces students to the operative aspects of drawing from observation. Emphasis is placed in analytical study of composition, space, proportions, line, value and texture, etc. Upon completing this course, the student should have a solid practical knowledge of various drawing techniques.

    3 credits
  
  • ART 219 - Ceramic Sculpture Workshop


    Clay sculpture. Problems designed with hand forming methods to techniques of clay construction and design with emphasis on the basics of sculpture.

    3 credits
  
  • ART 221 - Printmaking Workshop


    Introduces the students to the printmaking medium by presenting traditional and experimental processes in a condensed, intensive 4-week class.

    3 credits
  
  • ART 222 - Painting I


    This course is designed to familiarize students with basic oil-painting techniques through an exploration of observational painting methods and techniques. Color theory will be explored, and students will be introduced to the work of many contemporary painters. Painting II serves as a continuation of Painting I and emphasizes conceptual development.

    Pre-req: ART 100  or ART 210 
    3 credits
  
  • ART 232 - Ceramics I


    Problems designed to take the student from basic hand forming methods to advanced techniques of clay construction and design.

    Pre-req: ART 101  recommended
    3 credits
  
  • ART 242 - Printmaking I


    An initial study of basic processes of preparing and printing the inked surfaces of metal, wood, and linoleum plates, as well as, other intaglio and relief printing surfaces. The student is presented with a variety of techniques, proper and safe use of the shop equipment and tools, and the basic aspects of preserving, collecting and curating prints of fine art. The student has first hand, i.e. methodical, experience in engraving, dry point, line etching, aquatint, soft ground, lift ground, linoleum-cut, wood cut, and other basic mixed intaglio and relief processes.

    Pre-req: ART 100  recommended
    3 credits
  
  • ART 252 - Sculpture I


    Using techniques of wood construction, welding, assemblage and modeling the individual develops sculptural expression with attention to visual properties, spatial organizations and qualities of content.

    Pre-req: ART 101  recommended
    3 credits
  
  • ART 288 - Seminar in Visual Thinking


    This course is designed to introduce new Studio Art majors into the history, theory, and practice of contemporary art making. What is contemporary art? How do we make contemporary art? How do we interpret contemporary art? These and other questions will be addressed through lectures, readings, writings, and course projects ultimately giving students the foundation necessary to progress to more advanced art making within the major. Although primarily intended for art majors, non-art majors who are looking to fulfill the COM2 Writing Intensive are encouraged to enroll.

    3 credits
  
  • ART 290 - Selected Topics


    May be repeated for credit

    1 to 4 credits
  
  • ART 295 - Independent Study


    Credit and time arranged. May be repeated for credit.

    1 to 4 credits
  
  • ART 300 - Advanced Digital Photography


    This course is designed for students ready to pursue more advanced technical, conceptual, and theoretical uses of the digital camera. The course will build from technical skills and techniques learned in ART 200 - Digital Photography I , and will expand into a more advanced understanding of the technical aspects of digital imaging. New technical territory will include advanced digital manipulation, in-depth exploration of lighting equipment and techniques, and the use of professional quality printers in the production of fine art prints. The course will also spend considerable time discussing and reading seminal texts in the history of photography in an attempt to clarify the condition of current photographic practice. Course assignments will be geared toward a more independent, self designed mode allowing students to pursue their own interests.

    Pre-req: ART 201  or ART 204 
    3 credits
  
  • ART 301 - Special Projects in Digital Art


    A continuation of Computer Art I and II. Designed for advanced students in studio art to further explore their aesthetic and conceptual ideas using the computer as a tool. May be repeated for credit

    Pre-req: ART 300 
    3 credits
  
  • ART 311 - Special Projects in Drawing


    A continuation of the objectives of ART 100  and ART 210 . Designed for advanced students in studio art to further explore their aesthetic and conceptual ideas in drawing, painting, printmaking and mixed media. May be repeated for credit

    Pre-req: ART 100  and ART 210 
    3 credits
  
  • ART 317 - Painting Workshop


    Through an intensive, 3-week workshop this course familiarizes students with basic oil-painting techniques. Painting from observation is emphasized, and color theory will be explored. Additionally, students will be introduced to the work of a variety of contemporary painters.

    3 credits
  
  • ART 318 - Drawing Workshop


    Through an intensive, 3-week workshop this course introduces students to the operative aspects of drawing from observation. Emphasis is placed on analytical study of composition, space, proportions, line, value and texture, etc. Upon completing this course, the student should have a practical knowledge of various drawing techniques.

    3 credits
  
  • ART 319 - Ceramic Sculpture Workshop


    Clay sculpture. Problems designed with hand forming methods to techniques of clay construction and design with emphasis on the basics of sculpture.

    3 credits
  
  • ART 321 - Printmaking Workshop


    Introduces the students to the printmaking medium by presenting traditional and experimental processes in a condensed, intensive 3-week class. May be repeated for credit

    Pre-req: ART 221  
    3 credits
  
  • ART 323 - Painting II


    This course is designed to familiarize students with basic oil-painting techniques through an exploration of observational painting methods and techniques. Color theory will be explored, and students will be introduced to the work of many contemporary painters. Painting II serves as a continuation of Painting I and emphasizes conceptual development.

    Pre-req: ART 222 
    3 credits
  
  • ART 324 - Special Projects in Painting


    A continuation of the objectives of ART 222  and ART 323 . The student is expected to integrate conceptual and aesthetic concerns with a serious exploration of the medium’s potential. May be repeated for credit

    Pre-req: ART 323 
    3 credits
  
  • ART 332 - Ceramics II


    Problems designed to take students to advanced techniques of clay construction and design.

    Pre-req: ART 232 
    3 credits
  
  • ART 343 - Printmaking II


    An initial study of basic processes of preparing and printing the inked surfaces of metal, wood, and linoleum plates, as well as, other intaglio and relief printing surfaces. The student is presented with a variety of techniques, proper and safe use of the shop equipment and tools, and the basic aspects of preserving, collecting and curating prints of fine art. The student has first hand, i.e. methodical, experience in engraving, dry point, line etching, aquatint, soft ground, lift ground, linoleum-cut, wood cut, and other basic mixed intaglio and relief processes.

    Pre-req: ART 242 
    3 credits
  
  • ART 344 - Special Projects in Printmaking


    A continuation of Printmaking I and II. Designed for advanced students in studio art to further explore their aesthetic and conceptual ideas through matrix or non-matrix printmaking. May be repeated for credit

    Pre-req: ART 242 
    3 credits
  
  • ART 353 - Sculpture II


    Using techniques of wood construction, welding, assemblage and modeling the individual develops sculptural expression with attention to visual properties, spatial organization and qualities of content.

    Pre-req: ART 252 
    3 credits
  
  • ART 354 - Special Projects in Sculpture


    Advanced work in sculpture. Further exploration and refinement of personal style and content. Projects designed to meet individual needs.

    Pre-req: ART 353 
    3 credits
  
  • ART 361 - Art of Ancient Greece and Rome


    Examines the visual arts of ancient Greece and Rome.

    Pre-req: ART 205  recommended
    3 credits
  
  • ART 362 - Art of the Medieval West


    Surveys art and architecture of Western Europe from the Early Christian period to the beginnings of the Renaissance.

    Pre-req: ART 205  recommended
    3 credits
  
  • ART 366 - Art of the Eighteenth Century


    Explores the painting, sculpture, architecture and decorative arts in France, Great Britain, Spain, Germany, and Italy from approximately 1700 to 1800.

    Pre-req: ART 206  recommended
    3 credits
  
  • ART 368 - Age of Impressionism


    Explores the visual arts in Paris during the last half of the 19th century from the perspective of modernism, asking how and why the painting of modern life, practiced by Manta, Degas, and the Impressionists became transformed into the Symbolism of Gauguin and Van Gogh.

    Pre-req: ART 206  recommended
    3 credits
  
  • ART 369 - Age of Dada and Surrealism


    Explores the visual arts during the first half of the 20th century, concentrating on Dada and Surrealism and its antecedents such as Cubism, Futurism, and Suprematism. The relation of these movements to World War I, the rise of Fascism, and World War II will be examined.

    Pre-req: ART 206  recommended
    3 credits
  
  • ART 370 - Contemporary Art


    Explores the visual arts since 1950, with special emphasis on recent developments.

    Pre-req: ART 369  recommended
    3 credits
  
  • ART 381 - Art of Mexico


    Surveys the art of Mesoamerica and Mexico from the time of the Olmecs to the twentieth century.

    Pre-req: ART 206  recommended
    3 credits
  
  • ART 382 - Art of Colonial Spanish America


    Examines the art produced within the interaction of different ethnic groups under Spanish & Portuguese rule in Southwestern United States, Central America and South America.

    Pre-req: ART 206  recommended
    3 credits
  
  • ART 388 - Advanced Art Seminar


    Consists of a combination of seminar format presentations and discussion combined with studio-based artistic creation. Course content focuses upon the most important individuals, concepts and practices in the art world in recent decades. Enrollment in this class is generally restricted to those pursuing the Studio Track or the Art and Art History Track. May be repeated for credit

    Pre-req: Completion of Foundation and Intermediate classes
    3 credits
  
  • ART 389 - Senior Project in Studio Art


    Through coordination with a studio art faculty member the student completes a significant project or a coherent series of projects. The work create in this course is presented in the student gallery as the senior exhibition. Typically this course is taken concurrent with the second semester of Advanced Art Seminar. To be taken in the fall semester of the senior year. May be repeated for credit.

    Pre-req: Completion of Foundation and Intermediate classes
    0 to 4 credits
  
  • ART 390 - Selected Topics


    May be repeated for credit

    1 to 4 credits
  
  • ART 392 - Seminar in art from the Early Modern through the Modern periods


    Explores an art historical topic from the seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth or twentieth centuries. Focus is upon mastering the disciplinary modes of proposition and analysis used to write about the visual. Topics vary. May be repeated for credit

    Pre-req: Junior or senior standing and art history major
    3 credits
  
  • ART 395 - Independent Study


    Credit and time arranged. May be repeated for credit.

    1 to 4 credits
  
  • ART 490 - Selected Topics


    May be repeated for credit

    1 to 4 credits
  
  • ART 495 - Independent Study


    Credit and time arranged. May be repeated for credit.

    1 to 4 credits

Biology

  
  • BIOL 100 - General Biology


    An introductory laboratory science course that concentrates on basic scientific investigation, with a particular emphasis on living organisms, some dissections required.

    Co-req: BIOL 100L 
    4 credits
  
  • BIOL 100L - General Biology Lab


    Co-req: BIOL 100 
    0 credits
  
  • BIOL 115 - Animal Behavior


    Diverse types of behavior exhibited by animals, various animals including arachnids and reptiles will be used in laboratories. Lectures and laboratories.

    3 credits
  
  • BIOL 151 - Cell & Molecular Biology


    An introduction to the structure and function of cells. Emphasis will be on how molecules are organized within cells to allow for energy production, synthesis of new materials, communication with other cells, replication of genetic information, and reproduction. The laboratory will introduce many ways of studying cells and molecules, including various forms of microscopy and basic recombinant DNA techniques.

    Co-req: BIOL 151L 
    4 credits
  
  • BIOL 151L - Cell & Molecular Biology Lab


    Co-req: BIOL 151 
    0 credits
  
  • BIOL 152 - Biology of Organisms


    An introduction to the structure and function of the organism as a whole. The course is organized around central problems that all organisms, both plants and animals, must solve. Problems to be examined include feeding strategies, gas exchange, water balance, waste disposal, circulation, thermoregulation, dealing with gravity, and locomotion. Lectures and Laboratories.

    Co-req: BIOL 152L 
    4 credits
  
  • BIOL 152L - Biology of Organisms Lab


    Co-req: BIOL 152 
    0 credits
  
  • BIOL 190 - Selected Topics


    May be repeated for credit

    1 to 4 credits
  
  • BIOL 225 - Science Behind Obesity


    In 2003, the Surgeon General declared obesity as an epidemic. Today, approximately 61% of Americans are now overweight, of which 20% are obese, and health related issues to this condition for 5% of the national health care costs. But, why are we getting fatter? In this course, we will explore the science behind obesity to become familiar with the impact that this health issue has on the human body. In particular, we will look at how fat is stored within the body and the consequent cellular, metabolic, tissue and endocrine changes that occur. We will review various studies looking at human and animal fat use and storage, examine fat deposition, metabolism in men and women, chronicle cultural differences in food procurement, preparation, and consumption, and consider the influence of sedentary occupations and lifestyles. We will also explore various obesity health related illnesses such as Type 2 (fat related) diabetes, stress, hypertension, increased cholesterol, infertility, heart disease, stroke, some types of cancer, arteriosclerosis, gallstones, osteoarthritis, back pain, endocrine disorders, and even the need for transplants.

    Pre-req: Sophomore standing or above
    3 credits
  
  • BIOL 251 - Ecology & Evolution of Organisms


    An introduction to the structure and function of populations of plants and animals. Topics to be covered include growth and behavior of populations, ecology of communities, ecosystem function, transmission genetics, and the evolution of populations and species. Lecture, Laboratories, and Field Trips.

    Pre-req: BIOL 152  or ENVS 100 
    Co-req: BIOL 251L 
    Cross-listed with ENVS 251 
    4 credits
  
  • BIOL 251L - Ecology & Evolution of Organisms Lab


    Co-req: BIOL 251 
    Cross-listed with ENVS 251L 
    0 credits
  
  • BIOL 252 - Research Methods in Biology


    The last course of the introductory biology curriculum. In preparation of more advanced biological inquiry, students will review experimental designs, data collection and analysis, perform in-depth literature reviews, and practice scientific writing. The culmination of the course will include a presentation of a detailed research proposal. Lectures and Laboratories.

    Pre-req: BIOL 251 
    4 credits
  
  • BIOL 290 - Selected Topics


    May be repeated for credit

    Co-req: BIOL 290L 
    1 to 4 credits
  
  • BIOL 290L - Selected Topics Lab


    Co-req: BIOL 290 
    0 credits
  
  • BIOL 295 - Independent Study


    Credit and time arranged. May be repeated for credit.

    1 to 4 credits
  
  • BIOL 300A - Human Physiology & Anatomy I


    A study of the structure and function of the human body. The structure and function of individual body systems will be studied with respect to the integrated whole. Emphasis is placed on how structure relates to function. Select dysfunctions and pathologies will be examined. Laboratories include dissections. Lectures and laboratories.

    Co-req: BIOL 300AL 
    4 credits
  
  • BIOL 300AL - Human Physiology & Anatomy Lab


    Co-req: BIOL 300A 
    0 credits
  
  • BIOL 300B - Human Physiology & Anatomy II


    A study of the structure and function of the human body. The structure and function of individual body systems will be studied with respect to the integrated whole. Emphasis is placed on how structure relates to function. Select dysfunctions and pathologies will be examined. Laboratories include dissections. Lectures and laboratories.

    Pre-req: BIOL 300A 
    Co-req: BIOL 300BL 
    4 credits
  
  • BIOL 300BL - Human Physiology & Anatomy II Lab


    Co-req: BIOL 300B 
    0 credits
  
  • BIOL 331 - Immunology


    The study of the innate and adaptive immune mechanisms of organisms in response to foreign pathogens. The physiological function of the immune system in health and disease is also discussed. Lectures, journals, seminars and laboratory exercises.

    Pre-req: BIOL 251 
    Co-req: BIOL 331L 
    4 credits
  
  • BIOL 331L - Immunology Lab


    Co-req: BIOL 331 
    0 credits
  
  • BIOL 333 - Insects and Their Arthropod Relatives


    This course will provide a comprehensive introduction to insects and their arthropod relatives. It will cover the key features of their classification, physiological structure and function, behavior and ecology, all within the context of the latest ideas on the evolution of the group.  The course will also examine the economic importance of insects in veterinary and human medicine, pest management and pollination biology.

    Pre-req: BIOL 251   or ENVS 100  
    Co-req: BIOL 333L  
    Cross-listed with ENVS 333  
    4 credits
 

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