The nature of culture and humans as culture-bearing animals. The range of cultural phenomena including language, social organization, religion, and culture change, and the relevance of anthropology for contemporary social, economic, and ecological problems.
Dates: July 12 - August 9, 2023
Session: 4 Week Session (2)
Dates:
Session: On campus
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTWR 10:30am-12:45pm
Instructor: Janee Kelly
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Anthropology
The nature of culture and humans as culture-bearing animals. The range of cultural phenomena including language, social organization, religion, and culture change, and the relevance of anthropology for contemporary social, economic, and ecological problems.
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: On campus
Time: Asynchronous
Instructor: Annika Doneghy
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Anthropology
This course is an introduction to the field of Medical Anthropology. Medical Anthropology is concerned with the cross-cultural study of culture, health, and illness. During the course of the semester, our survey will include (1) theoretical orientations and key concepts; (2) the cross-cultural diversity of health beliefs and practices (abroad and at home); and (3) contemporary issues and special populations (e.g., AIDS, homelessness, refugees, women’s health, and children at risk).
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTWRF 1:00-3:30pm
Instructor: Jillian Schulte
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Anthropology
Externships offered through CHST 398/ANTH 308 give students an opportunity to work directly with professionals who design and implement policies that impact the lives of children and their families. Agencies involved are active in areas such as public health, including behavioral health, education. juvenile justice, childcare and/or child welfare. Students apply for the externships, and selected students are placed in local public or nonprofit agencies with a policy focus. Each student develops an individualized learning plan in consultation with the Childhood Studies Program faculty and the supervisor in the agency. CHST 398/ANTH 308 is a 3 credit-hour course and may be taken twice for a total of 6 credit hours.
Offered as CHST 398 and ANTH 308.
Dates: June 5 - August 1, 2023
Session: 8 Week Session
Dates:
Session: On campus
Instructor: Gabriella Celeste
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Anthropology
This course provides perspectives on illegal drug use informed by the social, political and economic dimensions of the issues. Framed by the history, epidemiology, and medical consequences of drug use, students will confront the complex challenges posed by addiction. Anthropological research conducted in the U.S. and cross-culturally will demonstrate, elaborate and juxtapose various clinical, public health, and law enforcement policies and perspectives. Topics examined will include: why exclusively using a bio-medical model of addiction is inadequate; how effective is the war on drugs; what prevention, intervention and treatment efforts work; and various ideological/moral perspectives on illegal drug use.
Offered as ANTH 335 and ANTH 435.
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: TWRF 10:30-1:00pm
Instructor: Lee Hoffer
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Anthropology
Multidisciplinary study of the course and processes of organic evolution provides a broad understanding of the evolution of structural and functional diversity, the relationships among organisms and their environments, and the phylogenetic relationships among major groups of organisms. Topics include the genetic basis of micro- and macro-evolutionary change, the concept of adaptation, natural selection, population dynamics, theories of species formation, principles of phylogenetic inference, biogeography, evolutionary rates, evolutionary convergence, homology, Darwinian medicine, and conceptual and philosophic issues in evolutionary theory.
Offered as ANTH 225, BIOL 225, EEPS 225, HSTY 225, and PHIL 225.
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTWRF 2:30-5pm
Instructor: Patricia Princehouse
Credits: 3 credits
Department:
Multidisciplinary study of the course and processes of organic evolution provides a broad understanding of the evolution of structural and functional diversity, the relationships among organisms and their environments, and the phylogenetic relationships among major groups of organisms. Topics include the genetic basis of micro- and macro-evolutionary change, the concept of adaptation, natural selection, population dynamics, theories of species formation, principles of phylogenetic inference, biogeography, evolutionary rates, evolutionary convergence, homology, Darwinian medicine, and conceptual and philosophic issues in evolutionary theory.
Offered as ANTH 225, BIOL 225, EEPS 225, HSTY 225, and PHIL 225.
Dates: June 5 - July 3, 2023
Session: 4 Week Session (1)
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MRF 3-5:55pm
Instructor: Patricia Princehouse
Credits: 3 credits
Department:
Multidisciplinary study of the course and processes of organic evolution provides a broad understanding of the evolution of structural and functional diversity, the relationships among organisms and their environments, and the phylogenetic relationships among major groups of organisms. Topics include the genetic basis of micro- and macro-evolutionary change, the concept of adaptation, natural selection, population dynamics, theories of species formation, principles of phylogenetic inference, biogeography, evolutionary rates, evolutionary convergence, homology, Darwinian medicine, and conceptual and philosophic issues in evolutionary theory.
Offered as ANTH 225, BIOL 225, EEPS 225, HSTY 225, and PHIL 225.
Dates: July 12 - August 9, 2023
Session: 4 Week Session (2)
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: Asynchronous
Instructor: Patricia Princehouse
Credits: 3 credits
Department:
The first half of a two-semester survey of world art highlighting the major monuments of the ancient Mediterranean, medieval Europe, MesoAmerica, Africa, and Asia. Special emphasis on visual analysis, and socio-cultural contexts, and objects in the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Dates: June 20 - August 1, 2023
Session: 6 Week Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MWF 9:30-11:30am
Instructor: Marina Mandrikova
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Art History and Art
The second half of a two-semester survey of world art highlighting the major monuments of art made in Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe from 1400 to the present. Special emphasis on visual analysis, historical and sociocultural contexts, and objects in the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Dates: June 5 - August 1, 2023
Session: 8 Week Session
Dates:
Session: On campus
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MWF 10:00-11:30
Instructor: Claire Sumner
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Art History and Art
This course will examine the development of European art across the tumultuous long nineteenth century, from the French Revolution in 1789 to the eve of the First World War in 1914. Adopting a thematic, as well as an international approach, this course will seek to interrogate the canonical understanding of this period of dramatic change across France, Britain, Germany, and Spain. We will explore issues of politics, economics, class, gender, imperialism, nationalism, and industrialization that surround the advent of artistic modernity. The class will also consider a range of artistic media, including painting, sculpture, photography, the decorative arts, and architecture, taking advantage of the rich collections of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Counts for CAS Global & Cultural Diversity Requirement.
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: On campus
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTWRF 12:00-2:30pm
Instructor: Andrea Rager
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Art History and Art
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Time: TBA
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Art History and Art
Development of graphic fluency in black and white through direct observation of nature and the model. Drawing as a means of enlarging visual sensitivity using a wide range of media and subject matter. Work from nude model.
Dates: June 5 - July 3, 2023
Session: 4 Week Session (1)
Dates:
Session: On campus
Time: TWR 9:00-11:55
Instructor: George Kozmon
Credits: 3 credits
Departments: Art History and Art, Art Studio
The techniques of hand building in pinch, coil and slab methods. Development of sensitivity to design and form. Basic work in stoneware, earthenware, and glazing.
Dates: June 5 - August 1, 2023
Session: 8 Week Session
Dates:
Session: On campus
Time: TR 6:00-8:15
Instructor: Martha Lois
Credits: 3 credits
Departments: Art History and Art, Art Studio
The creative, conceptual, visual, and technical aspects of painting. Style ranging from naturalism to abstraction. Work in acrylic and mixed media.
Dates: July 12 - August 9, 2023
Session: 4 Week Session (2)
Dates:
Session: On campus
Time: MWF 9:00-11:55am
Instructor: David King
Credits: 3 credits
Departments: Art History and Art, Art Studio
This introductory astronomy course describes the universe we live in and how astronomers develop our physical understanding about it. Topics covered include: the properties of stars; the formation, evolution, and death of stars; white dwarfs, pulsars, and black holes; spiral and elliptical galaxies; the Big Bang and the expansion of the Universe. This course has no pre-requisites.
Dates: June 5 - August 1, 2023
Session: 8 Week Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: Asynchronous
Instructor: William Janesh
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Astronomy
First in a series of three courses required of the Biology major. Topics include: biological molecules (focus on DNA and RNA); mitotic and meiotic cell cycles, gene expression, genetics, population genetics, evolution, biological diversity and ecology. Prereq or Coreq: CHEM 105 or CHEM 111.
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: On campus
Time: MTWRF 9:00-11:30am
Instructor: Leena Chakravarty
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Biology
First in a series of three laboratory courses required of the Biology major. Topics include: biological molecules (with a focus on DNA and RNA); basics of cell structure (with a focus on malaria research); molecular genetics, biotechnology; population genetics and evolution, ecology. Assignments will be in the form of a scientific journal submission. Prereq or Coreq: BIOL 214.
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: On campus
Time: TR 1:00-4:00
Instructor: Leena Chakravarty
Credits: 1 credit
Department: Biology
Second in a series of three courses required of the Biology major. Topics include: biological molecules (focus on proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids); cell structure (focus on membranes, energy conversion organelles and cytoskeleton); protein structure-function; enzyme kinetics, cellular energetics, and cell communication and motility strategies.
Requirements to enroll: Previous enrollment in BIOL 214 and (CHEM 105 or CHEM 111); AND Previous or concurrent enrollment in CHEM 106 or ENGR 145
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTWRF 9:00-11:30am
Instructor: Valerie Haywood
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Biology
Second in a series of three laboratory courses required of the Biology major. Topics to include: protein structure-function, enzymes kinetics; cell structure; cellular energetics, respiration and photosynthesis. In addition, membrane structure and transport will be covered. Laboratory and discussion sessions offered in alternate weeks.
Prereq: BIOL 214L and Prereq or Coreq: BIOL 215
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: On campus
Time: MTWR 12:00-3:00pm
Instructor: Valerie Haywood
Credits: 1 credit
Department: Biology
This is the final class in the series of three courses required of the Biology major. As with the two previous courses, BIOL 214 and 215, this course is designed to provide an overview of fundamental biological processes. It will examine the complexity of interactions controlling reproduction, development and physiological function in animals. The Developmental Biology section will review topics such as gametogenesis, fertilization, cleavage, gastrulation, the genetic control of development, stem cells and cloning. Main topics included in the Physiology portion consist of: homeostasis, the function of neurons and nervous systems; the major organ systems and processes involved in circulation, excretion, osmoregulation, gas exchange, feeding, digestion, temperature regulation, endocrine function and the immunologic response.
Prereq: BIOL 214
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTWRF 9:00-11:30am
Instructor: Barbara Kuemerle
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Biology
Third in a series of three laboratory courses required of the Biology major. Students will conduct laboratory experiments designed to provide hands-on, empirical laboratory experience in order to better understand the complex interactions governing the basic physiology and development of organisms. Laboratories and discussion sessions offered in alternate weeks. Prereq: BIOL 214L. Prereq or Coreq: BIOL 216.
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: TR 6:00-8:00pm
Instructor: Susan Burden-Gulley
Credits: 1 credit
Department: Biology
This course focuses on the question, “How does my brain learn and how can its learning best be facilitated?” Each student is required to develop a comprehensive theory about personal learning. These theories will take the form of a major paper which will be expanded and modified throughout the semester. Readings and class discussions will focus on the following topics: learning and education systems, major structures of the brain and their role in learning, neuronal wiring of the brain and how learning changes it, the emotional brain and its essential role in learning, language and the brain, the role of images in learning, memory and learning (and related pathologies, such as PTSD). Students are expected to incorporate information on these topics into their personal theory of learning. In so doing, students are expected to articulate meaningful questions, skillfully employ research and apply their own knowledge to address such questions, produce clear, precise academic prose to explicate their ideas, and provide relevant and constructive criticism during class discussions.
Offered as BIOL 302 and COGS 322.
Dates: June 5 - July 11, 2023
Session: 5 Week Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MWF 9:00-11:20
Instructor: Barbara Kuemerle
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Biology
This course will provide an overview of plant biology. Topics covered will include: (1) Plant structure, function and development from the cellular level to the whole plant (2) plant diversity, evolution of the bacteria, fungi, algae, bryophytes and vascular plants; (3) adaptations to their environment, plant-animal interactions, and human uses of plants.
Prereq: BIOL 215
Dates: June 5 - July 3, 2023
Session: 4 Week Session (1)
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: Asynchronous
Instructor: Leena Chakravarty
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Biology
Physical, chemical, and biological dynamics of lake ecosystems. Factors governing the distribution, abundance, and diversity of freshwater organisms.
This course satisfies the Population Biology/Ecology breadth requirement of the B.A. and B.S. in Biology.
Offered as BIOL 336 and BIOL 436. Prerequisite: Undergraduate Student and BIOL 214 or Requisites Not Met permission
Dates: June 5 - July 3, 2023
Session: 4 Week Session (1)
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTWRF 10:30-1:00pm
Instructor: Deborah Harris
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Biology
The physiology, genetics, biochemistry, and diversity of microorganisms. The subject will be approached both as a basic biological science that studies the molecular and biochemical processes of cells and viruses, and as an applied science that examines the involvement of microorganisms in human disease as well as in workings of ecosystems, plant symbioses, and industrial processes. The course is divided into four major areas: bacteria, viruses, medical microbiology, and environmental and applied microbiology.
Offered as BIOL 343 and BIOL 443.
Prereq: BIOL 215
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: TBA
Instructor: Priyusha Pokala
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Biology
Atomic structure; thermochemistry; periodicity, bonding and molecular structure; intermolecular forces; properties of solids; liquids, gases and solutions. Recommended preparation: One year of high school chemistry.
Dates: June 5 - July 11, 2023
Session: 5 Week Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTWR 10:30-12:20
Instructor: Drew Meyer
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Chemistry
Thermodynamics, chemical equilibrium; acid/base chemistry; oxidation and reduction; kinetics; spectroscopy; introduction to nuclear, organic, inorganic, and polymer chemistry.
Prereq: CHEM 105 or CHEM 111.
Dates: July 12 - August 9, 2023
Session: 4 Week Session (2)
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTWR 10:30-12:45
Instructor: Drew Meyer
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Chemistry
A one semester laboratory based on quantitative chemical measurements. Experiments include analysis, synthesis and characterization, thermochemistry and chemical kinetics. Computer analysis of data is a key part of all experiments.
Prereq or Coreq: CHEM 105 or CHEM 106 or CHEM 111 or ENGR 145.
Dates: June 5 - July 11, 2023
Session: 5 Week Session
Dates:
Session: On campus
Time: MTWR 1:00-2:00, lab MTWR 2:00-5:00
Instructor: Benjamin Sturtz
Credits: 2 credits
Department: Chemistry
Introductory course for science majors and engineering students. Develops themes of structure and bonding along with elementary reaction mechanisms. Includes treatment of hydrocarbons, alkyl halides, alcohols, and ethers as well as an introduction to spectroscopy.
Prereq: CHEM 106 or ENGR 145.
Dates: June 5 - July 11, 2023
Session: 5 Week Session
Dates:
Session: On campus
Time: MTWR 10:30-12:20
Instructor: Brian Fitch
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Chemistry
Continues and extends themes of structure and bonding from CHEM 223 and continues spectroscopy and more complex reaction mechanisms. Includes treatment of aromatic rings, carbonyl compounds, amines, and selected special topics.
Prereq: CHEM 223 or CHEM 323.
Dates: July 12 - August 9, 2023
Session: 4 Week Session (2)
Dates:
Session: On campus
Time: MTWRF 9:30-12:20
Instructor: Badru-Deen Barry
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Chemistry
An introductory organic laboratory course emphasizing microscale operations. Synthesis and purification of organic compounds, isolation of natural products, and systematic identification of organic compounds by physical and chemical methods.
Prereq: (CHEM 106 or ENGR 145) and CHEM 113. Prereq or Coreq: CHEM 223 or CHEM 323.
Dates: June 5 - July 11, 2023
Session: 5 Week Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTWR 1:00-2:00, lab MTWR 2:00-5:00
Instructor: Gregory Tochtrop
Credits: 2 credits
Department: Chemistry
A continuation of CHEM 233, involving multi-step organic synthesis, peptide synthesis, product purification and analysis using sophisticated analytical techniques such as chromatography and magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
Prereq: CHEM 233. Prereq or Coreq: CHEM 224
Dates: July 12 - August 9, 2023
Session: 4 Week Session (2)
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTWR 1:00-2:00, lab MTWR 2:00-5:00
Instructor: Greg Tochtrop
Credits: 2 credits
Department: Chemistry
First of a two-semester sequence covering principles and applications of physical chemistry, intended for chemistry and engineering majors and other students having primary interests in biochemical, biological or life-science areas. States and properties of matter. Thermodynamics and its application to chemical and biochemical systems. Chemical equilibrium. Electrochemistry. Recommended preparation: One year each of undergraduate physics and calculus, preferably including partial derivatives. Prereq: CHEM 106 or ENGR 145.
Dates: June 5 - July 11, 2023
Session: 5 Week Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTWR 10:30am-12:15pm
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Chemistry
A survey of biochemistry with a strong emphasis on the chemical logic underlying the structure, function, and evolution of biomolecules. Amino acids and protein structure, purification, and analysis. DNA, RNA, genes, and genomes. DNA replication, repair, and recombination. RNA synthesis and processing. Protein synthesis and turnover, control of gene expression. Hemoglobin. Drug development. Enzyme kinetics, catalytic and regulatory strategies. Carbohydrates.
Offered as CHEM 328 and CHEM 428.
Prereq: CHEM 224 or CHEM 323.
Dates: June 5 - July 11, 2023
Session: 5 Week Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTWR 1:00-2:50
Instructor: Rekha Srinivasan
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Chemistry
Taught in Chinese, this course aims at enhancing the students’ proficiency in listening to, speaking, reading and writing Chinese at the intermediate and higher levels. As a content-driven course, it introduces students to the recent major green culture movements in China, focusing on the way the green cultural changes took place in relation to globalization, environment and climate protection, technology innovation, income redistribution, domestic consumption, and education, to meet the challenges of financial crisis, climate change, energy insecurity, and international competition. At the end of the semester, the students are expected to be able to understand readings and audiovisual materials, as well as communicate and present orally and in written formats green cultural issues covered in the course. Students who take CHIN350 are not allowed to earn credit for CHIN350D (Department Seminar), vice versa. Prereq: CHIN 340.
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTWRF 9:00-11:30am
Instructor: Peter Yang
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Modern Languages and Literatures
This interdisciplinary course takes place in situ in the Mediterranean and will be attached to an active archaeological project. Students will learn the methodological principles of archaeological and epigraphical fieldwork by participating in activities such as surveying, excavation, museum work, geophysical survey, artifact analysis, and other scientific techniques. In addition to work in the field and museum, students will receive an introduction to the history Greco-Roman culture through visits to major archaeological sites in the region. Examples of active archaeological projects may vary, depending on the year. Offered as CLSC 318 and CLSC 418.
For more information, please visit the course website
Dates: June 5 - July 3, 2023
Session: 4 Week Session (1)
Dates:
Session: Study Abroad
Time: Monday - Sunday 5am - 2pm
Instructor: Paul Iversen
Credits: 3 credits
Departments: Classics, Study Abroad
This course offers basic vocabulary training and conversational interaction skills in American Sign Language. Syntactic and semantic aspects of American Sign Language will be addressed.
Dates: June 5 - August 1, 2023
Session: 8 Week Session
Time: TWR 10:30-12:00pm
Instructor: Keri November
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Psychological Sciences
Mechanical properties of materials, deformations, stresses, strains and their transformation. Torsion of structural and machine elements, pressure vessels and beams under combined loading. Deflection and statically indeterminate beams. Energy methods and column stability. Prereq: ENGR 200.
Dates: June 5 - July 3, 2023
Session: 4 Week Session (1)
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: TWR 9:30AM-12:25PM
Instructor: Yue Li
Credits: 3 credits
Departments: Civil Engineering, Engineering
The sciences of oceanography. Physical, chemical, biologic, and geologic features and processes of the oceans. Differences and similarities between the oceans and large lakes including the Great Lakes. Required: Sunday field trip.
Dates: June 5 - July 3, 2023
Session: 4 Week Session (1)
Dates:
Session: On campus
Time: MTWRF 9:00-10:45am
Instructor: Anne Omta
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
An introduction to the Earth’s environmental systems and human interactions with those systems. In this course, students will be introduced to the earth’s life-supporting ecological systems, environmental pollutants, natural resources, and how humans interact with, and sometimes threaten, those systems. Students will explore the Earth’s major natural systems (climate, water, land, ecosystems, etc.) and how they are impacted by human activity, the sustainability/unsustainability of societal activities such as energy and mineral (oil, gas, coal, etc.) use, and interactions with natural hazards (tsunami, flooding, earthquakes, volcanic activities, freezing ice / rain, snow, etc.).
Dates: June 20 - August 1, 2023
Session: 6 Week Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTWR 4:00-5:30pm
Instructor: Onema Adojoh
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
For writing a thesis (or a publication) in the field of materials science and engineering, students need a diverse set of skills in addition to mastering the scientific content. Generally, scientific writing requires proficiency in document organization, professional presentation of numerical and graphical data, literature retrieval and management, text processing, version control, graphical illustration, mathematical typesetting, the English language, elements of style, etc. Scientific writing in materials science and engineering, specifically, requires additional knowledge about e.g. conventions of numerical precision, error limits, mathematical typesetting, proper use of units, proper digital processing of micrographs, etc. Having to acquire these essential skills at the beginning of thesis (or publication) writing may compromise the outcome by distracting from the most important task of composing the best possible scientific content.
This course properly prepares students for scientific writing with a comprehensive spectrum of knowledge, skills, and tools enabling them to fully focus on the scientific content of their thesis or publication when the time has come to start writing. Similar to artistic drawing, where the ability to “see” is as (or more!) important as skills of the hand, the ability of proper scientific writing is intimately linked to the ability of critically reviewing scientific texts. Therefore, students will practice both authoring and critical reviewing of material science texts. To sharpen students’ skills of reviewing, examples of good and less good scientific writing will be taken from published literature of materials science and engineering and analyzed in the context of knowledge acquired in the course. At the end of the course, students will have set up skills and a highly functional work environment to start writing their role thesis or article with full focus on the scientific content. While the course mainly targets students of materials science and engineering, students of other disciplines of science and engineering may also benefit from the course material.
Offered as EMSE 368 and EMSE 468.
Dates: June 20 - August 1, 2023
Session: 6 Week Session
Dates:
Session: On campus
Time: MTWRF 3:00-4:15
Instructor: Frank Ernst
Credits: 3 credits
Departments: Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering
Microcharacterization techniques of materials science and engineering: SPM (scanning probe microscopy), SEM (scanning electron microscopy), FIB (focused ion beam) techniques, SIMS (secondary ion mass spectrometry), EPMA (electron probe microanalysis), XPS (X-ray photoelectron spectrometry), and AES (Auger electron spectrometry), ESCA (electron spectrometry for chemical analysis). The course includes theory, application examples, and laboratory demonstrations.
Dates: June 20 - August 1, 2023
Session: 6 Week Session
Dates:
Session: On campus
Time: MTWRF 1:00-2:15
Instructor: Frank Ernst
Credits: 3 credits
Departments: Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering
Introduction to the academic writing process in an intensive seminar and workshop environment. Course includes training and practice in prewriting, drafting, revising and editing.
Dates: June 20 - August 1, 2023
Session: 6 Week Session
Dates:
Session: On campus
Time: MTWR 11:00-12:30pm
Instructor: Martha Schaffer
Credits: 3 credits
Department: English
English 180 is a one-credit writing tutorial class designed to develop students’ expository writing skills through weekly scheduled conferences with a Writing Resource Center Instructor. Goals are to produce clear, well-organized, and mechanically-acceptable prose, and to demonstrate learned writing skills throughout the term. Course content is highly individualized based on the instructor’s initial assessment of the student’s writing, and the student’s individual concerns. All students must produce a minimum of 12 pages of finished writing, and complete other assignments as designated by the instructor.
Dates: June 5 - August 1, 2023
Session: 8 Week Session
Dates:
Session: On campus
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: TBA
Instructor: Martha Schaffer
Credits: 1 credit
Department: English
This course introduces women and men students to the methods and concepts of gender studies, women’s studies, and feminist theory. An interdisciplinary course, it covers approaches used in literary criticism, history, philosophy, political science, sociology, anthropology, psychology, film studies, cultural studies, art history, and religion. It is the required introductory course for students taking the women’s and gender studies major.
Offered as ENGL 270, HSTY 270, PHIL 270, RLGN 270, SOCI 201, and WGST 201.
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTWRF 9:30-12pm
Instructor: Justine Howe
Credits: 3 credits
Department: English
This course introduces women and men students to the methods and concepts of gender studies, women’s studies, and feminist theory. An interdisciplinary course, it covers approaches used in literary criticism, history, philosophy, political science, sociology, anthropology, psychology, film studies, cultural studies, art history, and religion. It is the required introductory course for students taking the women’s and gender studies major.
Offered as ENGL 270, HSTY 270, PHIL 270, RLGN 270, SOCI 201, and WGST 201.
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: On campus
Time: MTWRF 10:30-1:00pm
Instructor: Nathalie Nya
Credits: 3 credits
Department: English
For Engineering students only, this course introduces principles and strategies for effective communication in both academic and workplace engineering settings. The course provides practice in both oral and written genres of technical and professional communication.
Dates: June 5 - August 1, 2023
Session: 8 Week Session
Time: TR 7:00-8:30pm
Instructor: Katie Robisch
Credits: 3 credits
Department: English
Students will learn the fundamentals of computer programming and algorithmic problem solving. Concepts are illustrated using a wide range of examples from engineering, science, and other disciplines. Students learn how to create, debug, and test computer programs, and how to develop algorithmic solution to problems and write programs that implement those solutions. Matlab is the primary programming language used in this course, but other languages may be introduced or used throughout.
Dates: June 5 - August 1, 2023
Session: 8 Week Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: Asynchronous
Instructor: Matt Williams
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Engineering
Application of fundamental chemistry principles to materials. Emphasis is on bonding and how this relates to the structure and properties in metals, ceramics, polymers and electronic materials. Application of chemistry principles to develop an understanding of how to synthesize materials.
Prereq: CHEM 111 or equivalent.
Dates: June 5 - August 1, 2023
Session: 8 Week Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTW 1:30-3; R 1:30-4:30
Instructor: TBA
Credits: 4 credits
Department: Engineering
An introduction to the analysis, behavior and design of mechanical/structural systems. Course topics include: concepts of equilibrium; geometric properties and distributed forces; stress, strain and mechanical properties of materials; and, linear elastic behavior of elements.
Prereq: PHYS 121.
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: On campus
Time: TWR 5-7:30pm
Instructor: Elias Ali
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Engineering
Modeling and circuit analysis of analog and digital circuits. Fundamental concepts in circuit analysis: voltage and current sources, Kirchhoff’s Laws, Thevenin, and Norton equivalent circuits, inductors capacitors, and transformers. Modeling sensors and amplifiers and measuring DC device characteristics. Characterization and measurement of time dependent waveforms. Transient behavior of circuits. Frequency dependent behavior of devices and amplifiers, frequency measurements. AC power and power measurements. Electronic devices as switches.
Prereq: MATH 122. Prereq or Coreq: PHYS 122.
Dates: June 5 - August 1, 2023
Session: 8 Week Session
Time: MTW 2:30-4:30pm
Instructor: Chris Zorman
Credits: 4 credits
Department: Engineering
Elementary thermodynamic concepts: first and second laws, and equilibrium. Basic fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and mass transfer: microscopic and macroscopic perspectives.
Prereq: PHYS 121 or PHYS 123. Prereq or Coreq: MATH 223 or MATH 227.
Dates: June 5 - August 1, 2023
Session: 8 Week Session
Dates:
Session: On campus
Time: TWR 1:00-3:00pm
Instructor: Steve Hostler
Credits: 4 credits
Department: Engineering
A writing course for Engineering students only, covering academic and professional genres of written and oral communication. Taken in conjunction with Engineering 398, English 398 constitutes an approved SAGES Departmental Seminar. Prereq or Coreq: ENGR 398. Prereq: 100 level first year seminar in FSCC, FSNA, FSSO, FSSY, FSTS, or FSCS.
Dates: June 5 - August 1, 2023
Session: 8 Week Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: TBA
Instructor: Dan Lacks
Credits: 2 credits
Department: Engineering
Three-week immersion learning experience living and studying in Paris. The focus of the course is the literature and culture of the African, Arab, and Asian communities of Paris. Students spend a minimum of fifteen hours per week visiting cultural centers and museums and interviewing authors and students about the immigrant experience. Assigned readings complement course activities. Students enrolled in FRCH 308/408 do coursework in French. WLIT 308/408 students have the option of completing coursework in English. Graduate students have additional course requirements. Offered as FRCH 308, WLIT 308, FRCH 408, and WLIT 408. Counts for CAS Global & Cultural Diversity Requirement. Prereq: FRCH 202.
The first 10 undergraduate students who enroll in The Paris Experience (FRCH 308) will receive a $1000 scholarship from the the Eirik Borve Fund for Foreign Language Instruction to go towards their study abroad language program. To be eligible, students must be CWRU undergraduates who have completed the initial study abroad application and submitted their deposit to the Office of Education Abroad. Only students enrolled in the language version of the course where the study abroad program is cross-listed are scholarship eligible. For additional questions, contact the Office of Education Abroad at studyabroad@case.edu.
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: Study Abroad
Time: Course meets in Paris, France
Instructor: Charlotte Sanpere
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Modern Languages and Literatures
Contrastive grammar analysis and stylistics are used to foster linguistic awareness and to introduce students to the methods and skills of translation. Recommended preparation: FRCH 310. Counts for CAS Global & Cultural Diversity Requirement. Prereq: FRCH 202.
Dates: July 12 - August 9, 2023
Session: 4 Week Session (2)
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MWF 9:00-11:55am
Instructor: Fabienne Pizot-Haymore
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Modern Languages and Literatures
The core principle of this course is that public health is a concept that was formed in different ways at different times in different places. It had no existence as we know it before the nineteenth century, but course participants will learn how it grew out of an ancient tradition of the political elite’s concern that its subjects were a threat to them and the stability of the realm. Course participants will discover how, in the nineteenth century, it became a professional practice as we know it and realized advances in human health, longevity, and security perhaps greater than any made since. At the same time, the course will also cover how many of the assumptions of those that inaugurated public health were completely alien to present-day practitioners–even though in many ways it is a practice that helped inaugurate the modern world so familiar to us. Course participants will learn about the close relationship between public health agencies and agendas and various kinds of social authority: political power, moral influence, colonial power, and others. Ultimately, the aim of the course is to show participants that even though public health seems a supremely common sense practice, it had a highly contested birth and early life that was anything but natural or pre-ordained. That complicated birth continues to shape public health to this day.
Dates: June 20 - August 1, 2023
Session: 6 Week Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: TBD
Instructor: John Broich
Credits: 3 credits
Department: History
This course introduces women and men students to the methods and concepts of gender studies, women’s studies, and feminist theory. An interdisciplinary course, it covers approaches used in literary criticism, history, philosophy, political science, sociology, anthropology, psychology, film studies, cultural studies, art history, and religion. It is the required introductory course for students taking the women’s and gender studies major.
Offered as ENGL 270, HSTY 270, PHIL 270, RLGN 270, SOCI 201, and WGST 201.
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTWRF 9:30-12pm
Instructor: Justine Howe
Credits: 3 credits
Department: History
This course introduces women and men students to the methods and concepts of gender studies, women’s studies, and feminist theory. An interdisciplinary course, it covers approaches used in literary criticism, history, philosophy, political science, sociology, anthropology, psychology, film studies, cultural studies, art history, and religion. It is the required introductory course for students taking the women’s and gender studies major.
Offered as ENGL 270, HSTY 270, PHIL 270, RLGN 270, SOCI 201, and WGST 201.
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: On campus
Time: MTWRF 10:30-1:00pm
Instructor: Nathalie Nya
Credits: 3 credits
Department: History
What is nature, and what counts as natural? This course will examine the complicated and varied historical relationships between people and the natural world in the west. Like humans, nature, too, has a history, and its meanings, boundaries, and uses have changed dramatically over time. By studying those changes, we gain insight not merely into the world we inhabit and the ways that we have shaped it, for better or worse, but also into ourselves–our beliefs, values, and ambitions. The course will cover approaches to nature from the ancient Greeks to the modern anthropocene. We will look at how nature has been understood over time not only through texts but also through art, objects, and film. The course will include visits to various local sites in order for us to pursue these themes in a hands-on way.
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTWRF 9:30-12pm
Instructor: Aviva Rothman
Credits: 3 credits
Department: History
This course aims to hone skills necessary to synthesize and integrate knowledge across multiple subject areas, and to assist in preparing for health professional school admission, such as the MCAT. The course is team taught to include faculty expertise in biochemistry, biology, chemistry, English, mathematics, physics, psychological sciences and sociology. Critical analysis and reasoning skills will be emphasized. Completion of introductory courses in all subject areas above is strongly recommended before taking this course. MCAT materials from the AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) will be used to guide and enhance a student’s ability to synthesize across many fields, and increase critical reasoning and analytical competencies.
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: On campus
Time: MTWRF 9:30-1:30pm
Instructor: Jennifer Butler
Credits: 3 credits
Departments: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, English, Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Statistics, Physics, Psychological Sciences, Sociology
A three-week summer study abroad course spent at a university in an Italian city well-known for its cultural and linguistic heritage and at other important sites during travel. Focus: Language immersion and processing of cultural experience. Main features: 1. Intense collaboration with an Italian university. Students interact with Italian peers; seminars are co-taught by Italian faculty. 2. Creation of an individual journal that synthesizes students’ perception of and reflections on their experience, records the progress of their final project, and documents their improvement in language proficiency. 3. Final project. Students meet M-F in a formal setting for advanced language study designed to improve proficiency in speaking, comprehension, reading, and writing. They attend seminars on varied topics in literature, history, and civilization. Visits to museums, galleries, and attendance at cultural events are included.
For more information, please visit the course website
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: Study Abroad
Time: TBD
Instructor: Denise Caterinacci
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Modern Languages and Literatures
Introduction to understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Japanese. Students learn to read and write hiragana and katakana syllabaries and 50 kanji characters. Students are expected to achieve control of the sound system and basic structure of the language. Emphasizes aural comprehension and speaking.
Dates: June 5 - July 11, 2023
Session: 5 Week Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTWR 9:00-10:55am
Instructor: Kosuke Ogaki
Credits: 4 credits
Department: Modern Languages and Literatures
Continuation of JAPN 101. Emphasizes aural comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Students learn approximately 100 new kanji characters. Recommended preparation: JAPN 101.
Dates: July 12 - August 9, 2023
Session: 4 Week Session (2)
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTWR 10:30-12:50pm
Instructor: Yukie Miura
Credits: 4 credits
Department: Modern Languages and Literatures
The Japan Experience: Kyoto is designed to provide students an opportunity to use Japanese language skills they have acquired in real life situations and deepen their understanding of Japanese language and culture through experiential learning. The course has three major learning components: “Japanese Language Learning through Activities and Cultural Experiences,” “Japan Exploration Project,” and “Exchanges with Local College Students” and will consist of class meetings before the trip focused on preparation followed by 15 days in Kyoto. Japanese Language Learning through Activities and Cultural Experiences: In Kyoto students will explore the local neighborhood and report their findings in class. Several cultural activities will be organized: Zen meditation, tea activity, Japanese cooking class, etc. The tea activity will include a rare opportunity for students to meet a tea ceremony master and experience the way of Japanese traditional tea. Exchanges with Local College Students: Students from CWRU will be able to take advantage of Ritsumeikan University’s “Buddies” program where Japanese student volunteers are paired with participants to improve conversational skills and become better acquainted with the campus and Kyoto. CWRU students will also visit classes at a local college in Osaka for exchanges with students there. These exchanges will allow participants to reinforce their language skills, develop better communication skills, and deepen cultural understanding in both classroom and real-life settings. Japan Exploration Project: Students will complete individual projects during the course. They will design their own projects using resources available in Kyoto before the trip and prepare for it. Project themes will be chosen by students based on their interests. At the end of course, students will give presentations in Japanese, demonstrating their language proficiency development. Counts for CAS Global & Cultural Diversity Requirement. Prereq: JAPN 201.
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: Study Abroad
Instructor: Yukiko Nishida
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Modern Languages and Literatures
This course aims to enhance students, Reading skills in Japanese as well as skills in the rest of the four main areas of language learning (speaking, listening, and writing) through the use of the extensive reading (a.k.a. Graded reading) method with manga in Japanese.
In this course, the emphasis is put on acquiring the skill to enjoy reading content without translation. Students will review and learn Japanese structures and expressions, and have the opportunity to explore colloquialisms, speech styles, onomatopoeia, contractions, interjections, and other elements of speech. The class also will incorporate individual reading activities such as oral reading sessions, timed reading, speed reading and book discussion groups. We will also explore how Japanese scripts such Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji as well as Roman alphabets are integrated in manga. Our primary textbooks will be manga in Japanese; however, some additional readings in English will be given to students as a point of reference for the course lectures. The classes will primarily be conducted in Japanese. Prereq: JAPN 202 with a C or higher.
Dates: June 5 - July 3, 2023
Session: 4 Week Session (1)
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTWR 9:00-11:15am
Instructor: Yukiko Nishida
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Modern Languages and Literatures
Polynomial, rational, exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions (emphasis on computation, graphing, and location of roots) straight lines and conic sections. Primarily a precalculus course for the student without a good background in trigonometric functions and graphing and/or analytic geometry. Not open to students with credit for MATH 121 or MATH 125. Prereq: Three years of high school mathematics.
Dates: June 20 - August 1, 2023
Session: 6 Week Session
Time: MTWR 9:00-10:30; MW 1:30-3:00
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Statistics
Functions, analytic geometry of lines and polynomials, limits, derivatives of algebraic and trigonometric functions. Definite integral, antiderivatives, fundamental theorem of calculus, change of variables. Recommended preparation: Three and one half years of high school mathematics. Credit for at most one of MATH 121, MATH 123 and MATH 125 can be applied to hours required for graduation.
Dates: June 5 - August 1, 2023
Session: 8 Week Session
Dates:
Session: On campus
Time: MTWR 8:45-10:15
Instructor: Mykhailo Kuian
Credits: 4 credits
Department: Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Statistics
Continuation of MATH 121. Exponentials and logarithms, growth and decay, inverse trigonometric functions, related rates, basic techniques of integration, area and volume, polar coordinates, parametric equations. Taylor polynomials and Taylor’s theorem. Credit for at most one of MATH 122, MATH 124, and MATH 126 can be applied to hours required for graduation. Prereq: MATH 121, MATH 123 or MATH 126.
Dates: June 5 - August 1, 2023
Session: 8 Week Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTWR 8:45-10:15
Instructor: Marco Roque-Sol
Credits: 4 credits
Department: Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Statistics
Continuation of MATH 125 covering differential equations, multivariable calculus, discrete methods. Partial derivatives, maxima and minima for functions of two variables, linear regression. Differential equations; first and second order equations, systems, Taylor series methods; Newton’s method; difference equations. Credit for at most one of MATH 122, MATH 124, and MATH 126 can be applied to hours required for graduation. Prereq: MATH 121, MATH 123 or MATH 125.
Dates: June 5 - August 1, 2023
Session: 8 Week Session
Dates:
Session: On campus
Time: MTWR 8:45-10:15
Instructor: Justin Jenkinson
Credits: 4 credits
Department: Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Statistics
Matrix operations, systems of linear equations, vector spaces, subspaces, bases and linear independence, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, diagonalization of matrices, linear transformations, determinants. Less theoretical than MATH 307. Appropriate for majors in science, engineering, economics. Prereq: MATH 122, MATH 124 or MATH 126.
Dates: June 5 - August 1, 2023
Session: 8 Week Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTWR 10:30-11:45
Instructor: Ulises Fidalgo
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Statistics
Introduction to vector algebra; lines and planes. Functions of several variables: partial derivatives, gradients, chain rule, directional derivative, maxima/minima. Multiple integrals, cylindrical and spherical coordinates. Derivatives of vector valued functions, velocity and acceleration. Vector fields, line integrals, Green’s theorem. Prereq: MATH 122 or MATH 124.
Dates: June 5 - August 1, 2023
Session: 8 Week Session
Dates:
Session: On campus
Time: MTWR 9:00-10:15
Instructor: Christopher Butler
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Statistics
A first course in ordinary differential equations. First order equations and applications, linear equations with constant coefficients, linear systems, Laplace transforms, numerical methods of solution. Credit for at most one of MATH 224 and MATH 228 can be applied to hours required for graduation. Prereq: MATH 223 or MATH 227.
Dates: June 5 - July 11, 2023
Session: 5 Week Session
Dates:
Session: On campus
Time: MTWR 9:00-10:15am
Instructor: Long Tran
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Statistics
A general introduction to basic mathematical terminology and the techniques of abstract mathematics in the context of discrete mathematics. Topics introduced are mathematical reasoning, Boolean connectives, deduction, mathematical induction, sets, functions and relations, algorithms, graphs, combinatorial reasoning.
Offered as CSDS 302, ECSE 302 and MATH 304.
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: On campus
Time: MTW 9:00am - 1:30pm
Instructor: Shuai Xu
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Statistics
Through inquiries and analyses of arts education, political science, and education policy, this interdisciplinary course empowers arts advocates and teachers to participate in local policy activism by clarifying their goals and expectations as well as help them explore the education policy quagmire through the arts education lens. This course is cross-listed with POSC 382B/482B.
Dates: June 5 - July 11, 2023
Session: 5 Week Session
Dates:
Session: On campus
Time: TWR 9:30-11:50am
Instructor: Benjamin Helton
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Music
The principal goals of this course are to help students learn about the context in which managers and leaders function, gain self-awareness of their own leadership vision and values, understand the options they have for careers in management based on their own aptitudes, orientations and expertise, and develop the fundamental skills needed for success in a chosen career. Through a series of experiential activities, assessment exercises, group discussions, and peer coaching, based on a model of self-directed learning and life-long development, the course helps students understand and formulate their own career and life vision, assess their skills and abilities, and design a development plan to reach their objectives. The course enables students to see how the effective leadership of people contributes to organizational performance and the production of value, and how for many organizations, the effective leadership of people is the driver of competitive advantage. This is the first course in a two course sequence. Credit for at most one of ORBH 250 and ORBH 396 can be applied to hours required for graduation.
Dates: June 20 - August 1, 2023
Session: 6 Week Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: TR 1:00-4:00pm
Instructor: TBA
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Organizational Behavior
The principal goal of this course is to help students enhance their leadership skills by understanding how organizations function through the lenses of structure, culture, and power/politics. The course enables students to discern how leaders function effectively as they integrate goals, resources and people within these constraints. Students learn about these organizational lenses while developing their own leadership and professional skills. Prereq: ORBH 250 or ORBH 396 and at least Sophomore standing.
Dates: June 20 - August 1, 2023
Session: 6 Week Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MW 9:00am-12:00pm
Instructor: TBA
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Organizational Behavior
Presentation, application, and evaluation of formal methods for determining the validity of arguments. Discussion of the relationship between logic and other disciplines. Counts for CAS Quantitative Reasoning Requirement.
Dates: June 5 - July 3, 2023
Session: 4 Week Session (1)
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: Asynchronous
Instructor: Chris Haufe
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Philosophy
Presentation, application, and evaluation of formal methods for determining the validity of arguments. Discussion of the relationship between logic and other disciplines. Counts for CAS Quantitative Reasoning Requirement.
Dates: July 12 - August 9, 2023
Session: 4 Week Session (2)
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: Asynchronous
Instructor: Chris Haufe
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Philosophy
What actually makes us happy? Scientific research shows most of us get this badly wrong. For instance, money is far less important, and embracing negative emotions far more important, than most people realize. When philosophy first got started, it focused on the single most practically important question anyone can ask: How can I live a good life? A recent boom in scientific research is now validating insights from traditions that take this approach of philosophy as a way of life, including ancient greek, eastern & continental schools of philosophy. Open to all students (no pre-requisites), this course combines intellectual inquiry with experiential approaches, blending philosophical insight, evidence-based interventions and cutting-edge science. For instance, students will learn about approaches to emotion regulation and stress resilience all the way from the ancient Stoics to recently published work in psychological science. This course won’t make you happy. It will sometimes make you sad. It will expose you to tools that you can use to improve your physical and psychological well-being, and – most important of all – your sense of purpose in life.
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTWRF 9:00-11:30am
Credits: tony.jack@case.edu credits
Department: Philosophy
What actually makes us happy? Scientific research shows most of us get this badly wrong. For instance, money is far less important, and embracing negative emotions far more important, than most people realize. When philosophy first got started, it focused on the single most practically important question anyone can ask: How can I live a good life? A recent boom in scientific research is now validating insights from traditions that take this approach of philosophy as a way of life, including ancient greek, eastern & continental schools of philosophy. Open to all students (no pre-requisites), this course combines intellectual inquiry with experiential approaches, blending philosophical insight, evidence-based interventions and cutting-edge science. For instance, students will learn about approaches to emotion regulation and stress resilience all the way from the ancient Stoics to recently published work in psychological science. This course won’t make you happy. It will sometimes make you sad. It will expose you to tools that you can use to improve your physical and psychological well-being, and – most important of all – your sense of purpose in life.
Dates: June 5 - July 3, 2023
Session: 4 Week Session (1)
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: TWRF 9:00-11:15am
Instructor: Anthony Jack
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Philosophy
This course introduces women and men students to the methods and concepts of gender studies, women’s studies, and feminist theory. An interdisciplinary course, it covers approaches used in literary criticism, history, philosophy, political science, sociology, anthropology, psychology, film studies, cultural studies, art history, and religion. It is the required introductory course for students taking the women’s and gender studies major.
Offered as ENGL 270, HSTY 270, PHIL 270, RLGN 270, SOCI 201, and WGST 201.
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTWRF 9:30-12pm
Instructor: Justine Howe
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Philosophy
This course introduces women and men students to the methods and concepts of gender studies, women’s studies, and feminist theory. An interdisciplinary course, it covers approaches used in literary criticism, history, philosophy, political science, sociology, anthropology, psychology, film studies, cultural studies, art history, and religion. It is the required introductory course for students taking the women’s and gender studies major.
Offered as ENGL 270, HSTY 270, PHIL 270, RLGN 270, SOCI 201, and WGST 201.
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: On campus
Time: MTWRF 10:30-1:00pm
Instructor: Nathalie Nya
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Philosophy
Explanation of views of a major philosopher or philosophical school, a significant philosophical topic, or a topic that relates to philosophy and another discipline. Prerequisite: Phil 101 or consent of instructor.
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTWRF 2:30-5pm
Instructor: Chris Haufe
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Philosophy
First part of a two-semester sequence directed primarily towards students working towards a B.A. in science, with an emphasis on the life sciences. Kinematics; Newton’s laws; gravitation; simple harmonic motion; mechanical waves; fluids; ideal gas law; heat and the first and second laws of thermodynamics. This course has a laboratory component. Students may earn credit for only one of the following courses: PHYS 115, PHYS 121, PHYS 123.
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Dates: June 5 - July 11, 2023
Session: 5 Week Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: Asynchronous, LAB M 10-10:50am
Instructor: Diana Driscoll
Credits: 4 credits
Department: Physics
Electrostatics, Coulomb’s law, Gauss’s law; capacitance and resistance; DC circuits; magnetic fields; electromagnetic induction; RC and RL circuits; light; geometrical optics; interference and diffraction; special relativity; introduction to quantum mechanics; elements of atomic, nuclear and particle physics. This course has a laboratory component. Students may earn credit for only one of the following courses: PHYS 116, PHYS 122, PHYS 124.
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Dates: July 12 - August 9, 2023
Session: 4 Week Session (2)
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: Asynchronous, LAB M 10-10:50am
Instructor: Diana Driscoll
Credits: 4 credits
Department: Physics
Particle dynamics, Newton’s laws of motion, energy and momentum conservation, rotational motion, and angular momentum conservation. This course has a laboratory component. Recommended preparation: MATH 121 or MATH 123 or MATH 125 or one year of high school calculus. Students who do not have the appropriate background should not enroll in PHYS 121 without first consulting the instructor. Students may earn credit for only one of the following courses: PHYS 115, PHYS 121, PHYS 123.
This course is co-taught by Harsh Mathur and Corbin Covault. The laboratory is taught by Diana Driscoll.
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Dates: June 5 - July 11, 2023
Session: 5 Week Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTWR 9:00-10:50; lab TBD
Instructor: Corbin Covault, Harsh Mathur, Diana Driscoll
Credits: 4 credits
Department: Physics
Electricity and magnetism, emphasizing the basic electromagnetic laws of Gauss, Ampere, and Faraday. Maxwell’s equations and electromagnetic waves, interference, and diffraction. This course has a laboratory component. Students may earn credit for only one of the following courses: PHYS 116, PHYS 122, PHYS 124.
This course is co-taught by Harsh Mathur and Corbin Covault. The laboratory is taught by Diana Driscoll.
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Dates: July 12 - August 9, 2023
Session: 4 Week Session (2)
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTWRF 9:00-10:50; lab TBD
Instructor: Corbin Covault, Harsh Mathur, Diana Driscoll
Credits: 4 credits
Department: Physics
This is a non-standard, simulation based course analyzing the causes and processes of political violence in comparative perspective. The course begins by engaging some classic philosophical work on power, conflict, and violence. It then moves to specific cases drawn at different historical periods and from across the world (North America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East). For each case, students are organized into groups representing actual political actors. Collaborative research and written assignments serve to prepare each group for an in-class simulation exercise. Simulations vary in format and goals but each comprises a group grade and an individual written project.
Offered as POSC 334 and POSC 434.
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Time: MTWRF 10:30-1pm
Instructor: Pete Moore
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Political Science
Through inquiries and analyses of arts education, political science, and education policy, this interdisciplinary course empowers arts advocates and teachers to participate in local policy activism by clarifying their goals and expectations as well as help them explore the education policy quagmire through the arts education lens. This course is cross-listed with MUED 348/448.
Dates: June 5 - July 11, 2023
Session: 5 Week Session
Dates:
Session: On campus
Time: TWR 9:30-11:50am
Instructor: Benjamin Helton
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Political Science
Methods, research, and theories of psychology. Basic research from such areas as psychophysiology, sensation, perception, development, memory, learning, psychopathology, and social psychology.
Dates: June 5 - July 3, 2023
Session: 4 Week Session (1)
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: Asynchronous
Instructor: Robert Greene
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Psychological Sciences
The development and organization of personality; theories of personality and methods for assessing the person; problems of personal adjustment.
Dates: June 5 - July 3, 2023
Session: 4 Week Session (1)
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: TWR 9:00-11:55
Instructor: Jennifer Ramsey
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Psychological Sciences
Major syndromes of mental disorders, their principal symptoms, dynamics, etiology, and treatment. Recommended preparation: PSCL 101.
Dates: June 5 - July 3, 2023
Session: 4 Week Session (1)
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: Asynchronous
Instructor: Amy Przeworski
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Psychological Sciences
The basic methods in the study of learning. The major theories proposed to account for the learning process. Development of the fundamental concepts and principles governing the learning process in both humans and lower animal. Recommended preparation: PSCL 101.
Dates: July 12 - August 9, 2023
Session: 4 Week Session (2)
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: Asynchronous
Instructor: Robert Greene
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Psychological Sciences
Conceptual and methodological issues confronted by the behavioral scientist conducting research. Major experimental designs and statistical procedures. Intuitive understanding of the mathematical operations. Recommended preparation: PSCL 282. Counts as SAGES Departmental Seminar.
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: On campus
Time: MTWRF 10:30-1:00pm
Instructor: Sarah Hope Lincoln
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Psychological Sciences
In this course we will examine the multi-faceted nature of emotion with an emphasis on the development of emotion in adulthood. We will consider the history, theories, and most recent research and thinking in the science of emotion and aging. We will also be considering how we know what we know about emotions. So, one goal will be to increase our awareness of the assumptions underlying theorists¿ claims, researchers¿ findings, and our own belief structures. We will also work to strengthen our general thinking and communicative abilities as we study the psychology of emotion. Specifically, our goals will be to state theories and ideas clearly and concisely, to identify different parts of arguments and analyze the logic of these parts, to integrate the different aspects of emotion, and to generate new ideas based on the theories and research. My shorthand terms for these processes are: “summarizing”, “analyzing”, “integrating”, and “generating”.
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTWRF 9:00-11:30am
Instructor: Jennifer Ramsey
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Psychological Sciences
This course introduces women and men students to the methods and concepts of gender studies, women’s studies, and feminist theory. An interdisciplinary course, it covers approaches used in literary criticism, history, philosophy, political science, sociology, anthropology, psychology, film studies, cultural studies, art history, and religion. It is the required introductory course for students taking the women’s and gender studies major.
Offered as ENGL 270, HSTY 270, PHIL 270, RLGN 270, SOCI 201, and WGST 201.
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTWRF 9:30-12pm
Instructor: Justine Howe
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Religious Studies
This course introduces women and men students to the methods and concepts of gender studies, women’s studies, and feminist theory. An interdisciplinary course, it covers approaches used in literary criticism, history, philosophy, political science, sociology, anthropology, psychology, film studies, cultural studies, art history, and religion. It is the required introductory course for students taking the women’s and gender studies major.
Offered as ENGL 270, HSTY 270, PHIL 270, RLGN 270, SOCI 201, and WGST 201.
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: On campus
Time: MTWRF 10:30-1:00pm
Instructor: Nathalie Nya
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Religious Studies
This course is designed to address the students’ and faculty interests in specific themes or issues not otherwise covered in the curriculum. Approaches and content will vary. This course may have a focus that crosses generic, artistic, historical, disciplinary and geographical boundaries. The honing of the analytical and interpretive skills as well as development of Russian language skills are also integral objectives of the course. The class is conducted in Russian. All written assignments are in Russian. Recommended preparation: Two years of Russian. Counts for CAS Global & Cultural Diversity Requirement.
Dates: June 5 - July 3, 2023
Session: 4 Week Session (1)
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTWRF 6-7:45pm
Instructor: Tatiana Zilotina
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Modern Languages and Literatures
This course examines the basic principles that underlie how sociologists look at the world: “The Sociological Imagination”. It addresses the basic questions: How is social order possible and how does change occur? The course is designed as a foundation for further study in field of sociology and related disciplines. It introduces the student to the role that culture and social institutions play in modern society and examines important concepts such as socialization, deviance, social control, patterned inequalities and social change. These concepts are discussed in the context of both contemporary and historical social theories. Additionally, the student will be introduced to the methods of inquiry used by practicing sociologists.
Dates: June 5 - July 3, 2023
Session: 4 Week Session (1)
Dates:
Session: On campus
Time: TWR 1-3:55pm
Instructor: Polina Ermoshkina
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Sociology
This course introduces women and men students to the methods and concepts of gender studies, women’s studies, and feminist theory. An interdisciplinary course, it covers approaches used in literary criticism, history, philosophy, political science, sociology, anthropology, psychology, film studies, cultural studies, art history, and religion. It is the required introductory course for students taking the women’s and gender studies major.
Offered as ENGL 270, HSTY 270, PHIL 270, RLGN 270, SOCI 201, and WGST 201.
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTWRF 9:30-12pm
Instructor: Justine Howe
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Sociology
This course introduces women and men students to the methods and concepts of gender studies, women’s studies, and feminist theory. An interdisciplinary course, it covers approaches used in literary criticism, history, philosophy, political science, sociology, anthropology, psychology, film studies, cultural studies, art history, and religion. It is the required introductory course for students taking the women’s and gender studies major.
Offered as ENGL 270, HSTY 270, PHIL 270, RLGN 270, SOCI 201, and WGST 201.
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: On campus
Time: MTWRF 10:30-1:00pm
Instructor: Nathalie Nya
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Sociology
This is a survey course that looks at the relations between racial and ethnic relations in the United States from an historical and contemporary perspective. This course will look at relations between: European colonists and native Americans; whites and blacks during the period of slavery, Jim Crow, the civil rights era and contemporary period; immigrants at the turn of the 20th and 21st century; Mexicans and Puerto Ricans; and the pan-ethnic groups such as Latinos, Asian Americans, and Arab Americans. We examine the origins of racial/ethnic hierarchies, the social construction of identities, and stratification of racial and ethnic groups. This course will take a macro perspective that examines larger structural forces (e.g., colonization, industrialization, and immigration) to explain inter-group relations, and a constructionist perspective to understand how power manufactures and maintains the social meaning of identities (looking at stereotypes and hegemonic discourse). Students who have received credit for SOCI 302 may not receive credit for SOCI 202.
Offered as AFST 202 and SOCI 202.
Dates: July 12 - August 9, 2023
Session: 4 Week Session (2)
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTW 12:30-3:25
Instructor: Donald Hutcherson
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Sociology
What is the family today? How has it changed over the last century? How will it change in the future? This course aims to answer these questions as it explores the influences of work, education, government, health and religion on today’s changing families. The course considers the factors that affect mate selection. It also examines parenting, roles of husbands and wives, and family dysfunction, and divorce.
Dates: June 5 - July 3, 2023
Session: 4 Week Session (1)
Dates:
Session: On campus
Time: TWR 10:00-12:55pm
Instructor: Casey Schroeder-Jenkinson
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Sociology
How does the U.S. legal system “work”? How does a judge make a decision? Do rights matter? Do human rights work the same way? Class participants will examine how rights, including human rights, fit in the legal system and society. We will ask how legal actors, like judges and lawyers, think about rights compared to non-lawyers. Class participants will observe court hearings in a Federal District Court, an Ohio Appellate Court, as well as local small claims court. We will benefit from hearing experts, local, national, and international, discuss how “law” works and whether rights are useful to making change.
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: On campus
Time: MTWRF 9:30-12pm
Instructor: Brian Gran
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Sociology
Introductory course. Students achieve control of the sound system and basic sentence structures of spoken and written Spanish. Students must use the course material offered by the Online Language Learning Center in addition to class meetings.
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTWRF 1:00-3:30pm
Instructor: Gabriela Copertari
Credits: 4 credits
Department: Modern Languages and Literatures
Continuation of SPAN 101, emphasizing conversational skills. Recommended preparation: SPAN 101.
Dates: June 5 - July 3, 2023
Session: 4 Week Session (1)
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MWF 12:00-2:55
Instructor: Elena Fernandez
Credits: 4 credits
Department: Modern Languages and Literatures
This course is an intermediate language course with a focus on advanced grammar and conversation. The student must be equipped with a fair amount of grammatical proficiency that includes knowing the simple verb tenses of the present, future, and past tenses of the indicative mood, along with the present and imperfect subjunctive. This course will introduce the learner to more advanced applications of these grammar topics. Along with other grammatical explorations, this course will help the student to critically think about real world topics such as familial, generational, and personal relationships, customs, traditions, and values, food and eating habits, leaders and politics, and contemporary society and technology. Students will develop better articulation of their opinions, perspectives and commentary in Spanish; both verbally and written. Students will acquire some knowledge and appreciation of Spanish-speaking authors and literature. This course will also explore the cultural traditions, customs and diversity shared by the people of countries in which Spanish is spoken. Students will also work on building confidence to deliver oral presentations in Spanish regarding different cultural topics. The course is taught completely in Spanish. Prereq: SPAN 102.
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: On campus
Time: MTWRF 1:00-3:30pm
Instructor: Clara Lypszyc-Arroyo
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Modern Languages and Literatures
This course is an intermediate language course with a focus on advanced grammar and conversation. The student must be equipped with a fair amount of grammatical proficiency that includes knowing the differences between preterit and imperfect, the indicative and subjunctive moods (both present and imperfect), conditional and future tenses and the imperative and present perfect. This course will introduce the learner to more advanced compound verb constructions such as the present perfect (both in the indicative and subjunctive) and the pluperfect, the future perfect, conditional perfect and pluperfect subjunctive. Students will learn how to accurately construct ‘si clauses’, the passive voice and ‘se’ constructions, as well as know the difference between resultant and passive states. Along with other advanced grammar topics, this course will help the student to critically think about real world topics such as film and entertainment, work and finances, urban and rural life, music, musical instruments and literature. Students will develop better articulation of their opinions, perspectives and commentary in Spanish; both verbally and written. The course will also explore the cultural traditions, customs and diversity shared by the people of countries in which Spanish is spoken. Students will acquire some knowledge and appreciation of Spanish-speaking authors and literature, while learning the differences between narrative, biographical, argumentative and descriptive texts. This course will also help students to build confidence to deliver oral presentations in Spanish regarding different cultural topics. The course is taught completely in Spanish. Prereq: SPAN 201.
Dates: June 5 - July 3, 2023
Session: 4 Week Session (1)
Dates:
Session: On campus
Time: MWF 12:00-4:55pm
Instructor: Clara Lypszyc-Arroyo
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Modern Languages and Literatures
Three week study-abroad intensive course that takes place in Valladolid, Spain. The course combines the unique advantages of a total immersion environment in Spanish with a classroom curriculum that includes grammar review, conversation practice, and study of relevant cultural issues. The focus of the culture curriculum is the study of Spain’s key historical moments through the city of Valladolid and nearby communities: their literature, visual arts, films, and music. The cultural component is enhanced by visits to historic and cultural sites and museums. Four different one-hour orientation meetings during Spring semester. Prereq: SPAN 202 or equivalent.
Dates: June 5 - July 3, 2023
Session: 4 Week Session (1)
Dates:
Session: Study Abroad
Instructor: Damaris Punales-Alpizar
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Modern Languages and Literatures
Designed for students who are majoring in, or considering a major in, a health-related field. Focus on the vocabulary and expressions needed for the workplace, task-based practical skills, and grammatical structures. Prereq: SPAN 202 or equivalent.
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTWThF 1:00-3:30pm
Instructor: Elena Fernandez
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Modern Languages and Literatures
Evolution of Latin American socioeconomic characteristics and artistic production up to the present. Class discussions of diverse literary works, social research essays, and testimonials focus on conflicting elements in class structures, ethnicity, and urban modernization as well as family ethos, religious trends, cultural identity, and educational problems. Offered as SPAN 315 and SPAN 415. Counts for CAS Global & Cultural Diversity Requirement. Prereq: SPAN 202.
Dates: June 5 - July 11, 2023
Session: 5 Week Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MWF 9:30-11:50am
Instructor: Jacqueline Nanfito
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Modern Languages and Literatures
Designed for undergraduates in the social sciences and life sciences who need to use statistical techniques in their fields. Descriptive statistics, probability models, sampling distributions. Point and confidence interval estimation, hypothesis testing. Elementary regression and analysis of variance. Not for credit toward major or minor in Statistics.
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: On campus
Time: MTWRF 9:30-11:50am
Instructor: Paula Fitzgibbon
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Statistics
For advanced undergraduate students in engineering, physical sciences, life sciences. Comprehensive introduction to probability models and statistical methods of analyzing data with the object of formulating statistical models and choosing appropriate methods for inference from experimental and observational data and for testing the model’s validity. Balanced approach with equal emphasis on probability, fundamental concepts of statistics, point and interval estimation, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, design of experiments, and regression modeling. Note: Credit given for only one (1) of STAT 312, 312R, 313; SYBB 312R. Prereq: MATH 122 or equivalent.
Dates: July 12 - August 9, 2023
Session: 4 Week Session (2)
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTWR 10:30 - 12:45
Instructor: Anirban Mondal
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Statistics
For advanced undergraduate students in engineering, physical sciences, life sciences. Comprehensive introduction to probability models and statistical methods of analyzing data with the object of formulating statistical models and choosing appropriate methods for inference from experimental and observational data and for testing the model’s validity. Balanced approach with equal emphasis on probability, fundamental concepts of statistics, point and interval estimation, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, design of experiments, and regression modeling. Note: Credit given for only one (1) of STAT 312, STAT 312R, STAT 313 or SYBB 312R.
Offered as STAT 312R and SYBB 312R. Prereq: MATH 122 or equivalent.
Dates: July 12 - August 9, 2023
Session: 4 Week Session (2)
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTWR 10:30 - 12:45
Instructor: Anirban Mondal
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Statistics
Since the beginning of cinema, audiences have flocked to see larger-than-life superheroes conquer the unconquerable while also teaching us about ourselves and confirming (or challenging) our world view. Beginning with cinematic serials in the 1920s and continuing to the recent Marvel production machine, these films not only depict a hero’s efforts to save the world from disaster again and again, but also trace the development of our popular culture. Issues of violence, nationalism, the presentation and treatment of women, racial stereotypes, and spectacle among other topics can be discussed after viewing each film, providing an opportunity to explore the changing expectations of American audiences and the developing form of contemporary cinema.
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTWRF 11:00-12:00
Instructor: Jeffrey Ullom
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Theater
Based on the premise that cities are never “finished,” and constantly being remade, the University Seminar, Technologies of the City, will look at the technological and cultural history of cities from the ancient world to the present day. Students will explore the history of building materials–wood, brick, steel, concrete, and glass–used in the construction of cities. We will also trace the development of city infrastructure such as electricity, water and sewage systems, streets bridges, and subways. Technological innovations, such as the automobile, will receive special consideration. We will move moth geographically and temporally to visit the world’s great cities, studying examples of significant building projects, such as the Brooklyn Bridge, the Chicago World’s Fair, and Cleveland’s first skyscraper, the Rockefeller Building. The course will cover the history of the professions–engineering, architecture, and urban planning–that have contributed to the construction of cities, and will review the works of these practitioners, as well as that of artists, reformers, and utopians that have imagined new directions for the city. Requirements to enroll: 1) Passing letter grade in a First Seminar OR concurrent enrollment in FSTS 100 (if transfer student); AND 2) No previous/concurrent enrollment in FSNA/USNA; OR Requisites not met permission.
Dates: June 5 - August 1, 2023
Session: 8 Week Session
Dates:
Session: On campus
Time: TBA
Instructor: Bernard Jim
Credits: 3 credits
Department: SAGES
Since antiquity the western world’s understanding of mental illness has continued to evolve. This course will examine the trajectory of that evolution, looking at the medical theories that have influenced assumptions about the causes and treatments of mental illness from the early modern era through the twenty-first century. Examples of questions we will investigate include: How we have defined the normal and the pathological in human mental behavior over time? How do we explain the centuries-old correlation that medicine has made between creativity and mental illness? Which past and present psychiatric treatments have been beneficial and which harmful? How did Darwin’s theory of evolution affect theories of mental illness (and how does it continue to do so with the advent of evolutionary psychology)? How have changing philosophies of science affected the research and practice of psychology? How and why do the sciences of the mind–psychiatry, psychoanalysis, clinical psychology, psychopharmacology, the cognitive neurosciences–claim so much scientific authority and exert influence over our lives today? As a frame work for this inquiry, the class will use the concept of paradigm shifts as Thomas Kuhn defines in his classic work, the Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Prereq: Passing letter grade in a 100 level first year seminar in USFS, FSNA, FSCC, FSSO, FSSY or FSCS. Prereq or Coreq: FSTS 100.
Dates: June 5 - August 1, 2023
Session: 8 Week Session
Dates:
Session: On campus
Time: TBA
Instructor: Barbara Burgess-Van Aken
Credits: 3 credits
Department: SAGES
The twenty-one films of James Bond have become part of popular culture, and the figure of the superspy has become mythic in proportion. This series, from its first installment in 1963 to the latest reinvention of James Bond in 2006, not only depicts one dashing man’s efforts to save the world from disaster again and again, but also traces the development of our popular culture. Issues of violence, sex, the presentation and treatment of women, racial stereotypes, and spectacle among other topics can be discussed after viewing each film, providing an opportunity to explore the changing expectations of American audiences and the developing form of contemporary cinema.
Dates: June 5 - August 1, 2023
Session: 8 Week Session
Time: TBA
Instructor: Jeffrey Ullom
Credits: 3 credits
Department: SAGES
As one of the most pressing issues of the twenty-first century, immigration has captured the imagination of politicians and authors alike. In this class, we will explore the stories of those who have migrated to the United States. We will analyze how various writers create autobiographical and fictional narratives of migration, addressing issues such as adjusting to different cultures, learning new languages, and adapting to new environments. Through these stories and histories, we will ask broader questions about immigration, including: Is migration a basic human right? Is it ethical to define someone as being “illegal” for peacefully working and living in a different country from where they were born? What are the gender, ethnic, cultural, and racial barriers that exist when migrating between countries? What are the cost(s) of citizenship and embracing a new country as one’s home?
Dates: June 5 - August 1, 2023
Session: 8 Week Session
Time: TBA
Instructor: Cara Byrne
Credits: 3 credits
Department: SAGES
For many in Europe and North America, globalization and immigration increasingly present a challenge to cultural identity. British Prime Minister Theresa May articulated this view when she stated in 2016, “If you believe you’re a citizen of the world, you’re a citizen of nowhere.” More than expressing misgivings about the consequence of globalization and immigration, May was asserting the importance of belonging to a place and a culture. In contrast to May, the genre of writing known as global literature presents a framework for understanding our globalized world not as a cause for anxiety, but rather as an opportunity to understand how new cultural, social, and national identities take shape. As the writer Adam Kirsch has observed, “individual lives are now lived and conceived under the sign of the whole globe.” One example of this more global view is Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie who, in We Should All Be Feminists, uses her experience of immigration to reconcile western feminism with the expectations of her native society. As the popularity and influence of writers like Adichie attest, new voices and forms of writing possess global significance in our cosmopolitan and connected world. Studying this literature reveals both connections and tensions between the local and the global. These connections and tensions provide us with a fuller understanding of how people experience this globalized age and make sense of their place in the world.
Dates: June 5 - August 1, 2023
Session: 8 Week Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: TBA
Instructor: Arthur Russell
Credits: 3 credits
Department: SAGES
There are more Muslims in South Asia than in any other region in the world – yes, even the Middle East. We will start our exploration of Islam in South Asia (which includes India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan) in the 8th century. The history of Islam in the region will provide us an opportunity to study the religion and its practitioners in a wide range of social and political contexts: in cosmopolitan, commercial networks of maritime trade routes; as rulers consolidating empires governing large multi-ethnic and multi-religious populations; as “modernizers” and “traditionalists”; as religious minorities and majorities in different countries of the region. We will also explore Islam in an array of modern settings: from a nation-state created as a Muslim homeland — the first country in the world to be formed on the basis of religious identity — to a rejection of Islam as an adequate basis of national identity that led to the formation of another Muslim-majority country; from democracy to military rule; and, from Cold War politics to the “Global War on Terror.” Requirements to enroll: 1) Passing letter grade in a First Seminar OR concurrent enrollment in FSTS 100 (if transfer student); AND 2) No previous/concurrent enrollment in FSSO/USSO; OR Requisites not met permission.
Dates: June 5 - August 1, 2023
Session: 8 Week Session
Time: TBA
Instructor: Ananya Dasgupta
Credits: 3 credits
Department: SAGES
This course introduces women and men students to the methods and concepts of gender studies, women’s studies, and feminist theory. An interdisciplinary course, it covers approaches used in literary criticism, history, philosophy, political science, sociology, anthropology, psychology, film studies, cultural studies, art history, and religion. It is the required introductory course for students taking the women’s and gender studies major.
Offered as ENGL 270, HSTY 270, PHIL 270, RLGN 270, SOCI 201, and WGST 201.
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: Online
Time: MTWRF 9:30-12pm
Instructor: Justine Howe
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Women's and Gender Studies
This course introduces women and men students to the methods and concepts of gender studies, women’s studies, and feminist theory. An interdisciplinary course, it covers approaches used in literary criticism, history, philosophy, political science, sociology, anthropology, psychology, film studies, cultural studies, art history, and religion. It is the required introductory course for students taking the women’s and gender studies major.
Offered as ENGL 270, HSTY 270, PHIL 270, RLGN 270, SOCI 201, and WGST 201.
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: On campus
Time: MTWRF 10:30-1:00pm
Instructor: Nathalie Nya
Credits: 3 credits
Department: Women's and Gender Studies
Three-week immersion learning experience living and studying in Paris. The focus of the course is the literature and culture of the African, Arab, and Asian communities of Paris. Students spend a minimum of fifteen hours per week visiting cultural centers and museums and interviewing authors and students about the immigrant experience. Assigned readings complement course activities. Students enrolled in FRCH 308/408 do coursework in French. WLIT 308/408 students have the option of completing coursework in English. Graduate students have additional course requirements. Offered as FRCH 308, WLIT 308, FRCH 408, and WLIT 408. Counts for CAS Global & Cultural Diversity Requirement.
For more information, please visit the course website
Dates: May 15 - June 2, 2023
Session: May Session
Dates:
Session: Study Abroad
Instructor: Charlotte Sanpere
Credits: 3 credits
Department: World Literature