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BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
BUA-2265-01 Special Topics: Fraud Forensic Accounting
Peters, K.
Prerequisite: BUA-1102 and ECO-2201
Fraud examination will cover the principles and methodology of fraud detection, deterrence and what is known as forensic accounting. This course is a "must take" for those considering white collar crime as a way of life. The course will introduce the student to: the basics of asset misappropriation; how to locate hidden assets; investment swindles and con schemes; the fundamentals of computer fraud; and financial statement fraud. The course includes such topics as skimming, cash larceny, check tampering, register disbursement schemes, billing schemes, payroll and expense reimbursement schemes, non-cash misappropriations, corruption, accounting principles and fraud, and interviewing witnesses.
CHEMISTRY
CHE-3307-01 Physical Chemistry
Wladkowski, B.
Prerequisite: CHE-1102, MAT-1118 and PHY-1102
This course will NOT be offered in academic year 2009-2010. Therefore, current (as of Spring 2008) sophomore and junior chemistry majors will need to sign up for 3307 in Fall 2008, and 3308 in Spring 2009.
COMMUNICATION
COM-3365-01 Special Topics: Information Design
Trader, R.
Prerequisite: Junior or Senior status
Information Design: Information design is the art and science of designing messages so that they can be sent and received by human beings with efficiency and effectiveness. This course examines the theory and research guiding the information design process. Particular attention is given to selection of media, evidence based design principles, and techniques for testing message efficiency and effectiveness.
COMPUTER SCIENCE
CSC-4465-01 Special Topics: Formal Methods
Naumov, P.
Prerequisites: CSC 1106: The Art of Programming (formerly Computing Fundamentals I) and either CSC/MAT 1109: Discrete Mathematics or MAT 2224: Fundamentals of Mathematics
Introduction to methods for formal verification of computer software and hardware. Possible topics may include: Hoare triples, dynamic logic, computational tree logic, binary decision diagrams, fairness, symbolic model checking, and calculus of cooperation.
ENGLISH
ENG-2251-01 Literature by Women
Davis, R.
Prerequisite: ENG-1101
HU, SCH, TA
A survey of literature written in English by women from the medieval period through the eighteenth century. Students will examine selected works that explore women’s evolving roles in society and the many facets of women’s unique positions, experiences, and perspectives on the world. Course readings include: the medieval romances of Marie de France; Julian of Norwich’s autobiographical Showings; speeches of Queen Elizabeth I; colonial American poetry by Anne Bradstreet and Phillis Wheatley; a play by Aphra Behn; Mary Wollstonecraft’s Vindication of the Rights of Woman; and novels by Ann Radcliffe and Jane Austen.
ENG-3364-01 Special Topics: Edith Wharton: In Fiction and in Film
Mangan, K.
Prerequisite: ENG-2213
HU
This course will consider the career and major works of Edith Wharton—one of the most significant American authors (and social critics) of the early 20th century. Readings will include Wharton’s New York “society” novels, including The House of Mirth, The Age of Innocence, and The Custom of the Country. Wharton’s twin novellas, Ethan Frome and Summer, also will be examined, along with her best short fiction and several of her ghost stories. The class will examine Wharton as a chronicler of “old” New York and examine her major theme of the conflict between a culture’s social codes and the individual’s pursuit of happiness. Contemporary films of several of Wharton’s works will be viewed and analyzed.
EXCERCISE SCIENCE
EPE-1055-01A Special Topics: Hip Hop Dance
Hensley, H.
PEF
This course is designed to introduce the student to the concepts, disciplines and techniques of Hip Hop Dance. This includes all types of music not limited to classical, move and musical soundtracks, rock, pop, rap, R&B, dance, techno, new age, house, gospel and blues. Students will acquire basic knowledge and skills in the effective use of the body; that will remain with him/her in the future. In addition, the student will become a better audience for dance following this experience.
EPE-1055-02A Special Topics: Fitness Walking
Molloy, C.
PEF
Fitness course designed to provide participants with a low impact workout using health fitness and speed walking techniques.
EPE-1055-03A Special Topics: Fitness Walking
Molloy, C.
PEF
Fitness course designed to provide participants with a low impact workout using health fitness and speed walking techniques.
EPE-1055-04A Special Topics: Fitness Games
Renner, D.
PEF
Students devise and implement creative and competitive activities that provide aerobic exercise.
EPE-1055-05A Special Topics: Water Jogging
Easterday, C.
PEF
Deep water jogging is a no-impact aerobic activity suitable for all individuals. A buoyant jog-belt is worn to allow many different running and exercise movements to be performed in deep water.
EPE-1055-06A Special Topics: Hap Ki Do
Dressel, J.
PEF
Instruction in complete self-defense system of martial arts incorporating the redirection of force.
EPE-1055-07A Special Topics: Yogalates
Spicer-Bartolain, T.
PEF
Fusion of yoga and Pilates. Yogapilates follows the traditional fitness format of warm up, work and cool down as well as deep relaxing stretches and final relaxation. Students will learn how to incorporate breathing exercises, yoga postures and traditional Pilates exercises to improve abdominal strength, posture, and overall body strength and balance. Stability balls, resistance bands, body bars and medicine balls may be incorporated.
EPE-1055-08A Special Topics: Karate – Self Defense
Weiner, A.
PEF
Kombat Martial Arts Self Defense Course: Includes only the most effective and proven offensive and defensive fighting techniques to help anyone survive a myriad of street altercations. Using techniques employed by various martial arts, law enforcement and military, this system incorporates the most practical, stand- up, ground and common sense weapons fighting tactics available.
EPE-1055-09B Special Topics: Pilates
Molloy, C.
PEF
Fitness course designed to provide participants with a low impact workout using health fitness and speed walking techniques.
EPE-1055-10B Special Topics: Yoga Core
Spicer-Bartolain, T.
PEF
Fusion of Yoga, Pilates and Core conditioning. YogaCore follows the traditional fitness format of warm up, work and cool down, as well as deep relaxing stretches and final relaxation. YogaCore creates strong abs, improved posture and greater balance. The class focuses on increasing strength in the abdominal area, back and postural muscles and glutes. Stability balls, resistance bands, body bars and medicine balls may be incorporated.
EPE-1055-11B Special Topics: Advanced Hap Ki Do
Dressel, J.
PEF
Advanced instruction in complete self-defense system of martial arts incorporating the redirection of force.
EPE-1055-12C Special Topics: Floor Hockey
Bliss, M.
PEF
Students will learn the basic fundamentals (stick handling, shooting, passing and defense)and strategies (clearing, offensive, defensive, power plays and penalty killing) for floor hockey. Helmets and sticks provided.
EPE-1055-13C Special Topics: Hip Hop Dance
Hensley, H.
PEF
This course is designed to introduce the student to the concepts, disciplines and techniques of Hip Hop Dance. This includes all types of music not limited to classical, move and musical soundtracks, rock, pop, rap, R&B, dance, techno, new age, house, gospel and blues. Students will acquire basic knowledge and skills in the effective use of the body; that will remain with him/her in the future. In addition, the student will become a better audience for dance following this experience.
EPE-1055-14C Special Topics: Resist-A-Ball
Spicer-Bartolain, T.
PEF
This fitness course uses a large, inflated ball to train the core muscles and the entire body.
EPE-1055-15C Special Topics: Art of Juggling
Marx, J.
PES
This class is primarily intended for people with no previous juggling experience, although experienced jugglers are encouraged to enroll. The purpose of this course is to build juggling skills by starting with basic objects (e.g. scarves) and progressing at a pace that suits the individual. In additional to learning how to juggle bean bags, students may choose to learn to manipulate other objects such as devil sticks, balance props, and rings.
EPE-1055-16C Special Topics: Core Training
Molloy, C.
PEF
Group exercise class designed to build functional strength in the core. Challenge the abs and back from every angle using stability balls, medicine balls, gliding discs and bender balls.
EPE-1066-01A Special Topics: Beginning Swimming
Hiestand, J.
PES
This course offers introduction to the four competitive swimming strokes; butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle, along with sidestroke. Although the student needs no prior swimming experience, he/she must feel comfortable in the water. A swimsuit, bathing cap, and goggles are required for this course.
EPE/THE-2214-01 Unarmed Stage Combat
Staff
CE, PEF
Physicality is responsible for all but the smallest percentage of actual communication and it is therefore vital to developing the craft of the performer that each actor be intimately aware, and in control of his/her own physical capabilities. These capabilities include, but are certainly not limited to, expressiveness, center, balance, control, spatial awareness, specificity and an entire host of technical skills. Stage Violence is a specialized form of movement training but also an acting discipline that endeavors to develop technical skills along with the ability to successfully blend these skills with the overall “storytelling” process. This class will concentrate on comprehending and safely performing effective techniques of staged violence, primarily in a contemporary western style. At the end of the course there is the possibility that the students will perform for, and be adjudicated by, a Fight Master of The Society of American Fight Directors.
EPE-2265-01 Special Topics: Teaching Life Acts
Hoffman, A.
This course section will count for two PES activity classes.
Teaching methodologies for lifetime exercise activities. This course is designed for students with a minor in education to assist in the instruction of Lifetime exercise activities.
EPE-2265-02 Special Topics: Physical Activity and Prevention of CVD
McKenzie, J.
This course will detail (1) the public health importance of and the processes underlying cardiovascular disease, (2) the risk factors for cardiovascular disease and the methods whereby they were identified, and (3) the principles of the scientific evidence supporting the use of physical activity to prevent cardiovascular disease.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND SCIENCE
EPS is offering three new courses this semester of interest not only to EPS majors but also to those in Political Science, Biology and Chemistry.
EPS-1165-01 Special Topics: Ecosystem Protection
Terlizzi, D.
Plants through photosynthesis not only support food webs but also provide essential ecological services including carbon sequestration, nutrient absorption, soil stabilization along with provision for the aesthetic through nutritional desires of humans. In this course we will consider the fundamental processes that makes plants essential in ecosystem function drawing extensively on examples from the Chesapeake Bay and its greater watershed. The roles of selected plants from seaweeds through marsh plants and poison ivy will be highlighted. Participants completing this course will understand that plants are a key element in supporting the Bay’s recovery.
This course is a core science selection for EPS majors and is open to all students interested in plants, marine biology or the Chesapeake Bay.
EPS-2265-01 Special Topics: Natural Resource Management
Hardy, S.
In the United States, approaches to natural resource management have undergone substantial shifts over time. The extractive, “frontier” approach of the 19th century gave way to the Progressive Era of the early 20th century, which emphasized professional, scientific management of resources to maximize certain commodity outputs. Over the past couple of decades, a new approach has been increasingly advocated, one based on ecological integrity and stakeholder collaboration. This approach, variously called “ecosystem management,” “watershed planning,” and “integrated resource planning” among other terms, emphasizes sustainable ecological and social communities, achieved through integration of natural and social sciences in a collaborative decision-making context. The evolution of management institutions and strategies that define these approaches will be the focus of this course.
This course is a core policy selection for EPS majors, and is also open to all Political Science, Science and other majors.
EPS-3112-01 Biogeochemistry of the Habitable Planet
Kilbourne, H.
This is an advanced science selection for EPS majors, and may be relevant to those in chemistry or biology with an interest in the environment. Recommended: CHE-1101.
This course is an introduction to global change biogeochemistry, currently one of the fastest growing fields in geological sciences. Topics include the “missing carbon dioxide sink,” planet formation, abiological geochemical cycles, biogeochemical cycles, weathering, climate change, and ozone. These processes show interactions between terrestrial, oceanic, and atmospheric cycles. Abiotic geochemical cycles will be discussed to set the stage for how living organisms, including man, interact with global biogeochemical cycles.
HISTORY
HIS-2219-01 Europe in the Nineteenth Century: “Age of Expectation”
Miller, P.
HU
This is a survey of nineteenth-century European history, a century sometimes characterized as the age of “isms” for the numerous movements and ideologies it spawned. As the Enlightenment and revolutionary era gave way to Romanticism, liberalism, and nationalism, the Industrial Revolution, with its breakthroughs in technology and accompanying social dislocation, helped pave the way for Victorianism, socialism, feminism, and a new nationalism often characterized by anti-Semitism. Rapid social, political, cultural, and scientific change was so characteristic of the century that this so-called “Age of Progress” was also, in many respects, one of great anxiety. Evaluating how nineteenth-century Europeans adapted to their changing world will be the main focus of this course.
HIS 2266-01 Special Topics: Russia to Peter the Great
J. Zejmis
HU
This course will cover major events in Russian history. It will start with the creation of the first East Slavic state around Kiev and culminate with the pivotal reign of Peter the Great. Students will learn about key themes such as the impact of the Mongols, the role of Orthodox Christianity, ethnic and religious diversity, and the rise of autocratic government. We will also study Russia’s relations with its neighbors, contacts with western Europe, and the forging of a distinct cultural identity. Last but not least, the course will address the reign of Ivan the Terrible during the 16th century.
HIS-2267-01 Special Topics: Fathoming Evil:Genocide in the Modern World
P. Miller
HU, GP
The main goal of this course is to introduce students to some of the key issues that engage genocide scholars. The emphasis will be on “modern,” twentieth-century genocide, with a special focus on the Holocaust. But readings and lectures will also explore the Armenian, Soviet, Cambodian, Bosnian, and Rwandan genocides in depth. If the course has a single, overarching theme, it is that confronting genocide, in all its diverse and perverse forms, can help us to guard against the simplistic, hate-based solutions for happiness and perfectibility that typically accompany it, making us better appreciate the diversity and complexity of the human experience.
HIS-2269-01 Special Topics: Religion and Society in Imperial China (to 1800)
Q. Fang
HU
Why do Chinese restaurants put up the God of Wealth by the gate? Why do Chinese burn paper money to the ancestors in the underworld? Why were Mulan’s ancestors so concerned with the family’s glory? Why was immorality so favored by some Chinese? Why did Buddhism decline in its origin country, India, yet prosper in China? How did Guanyin become a he-she Buddha in some parts of China? Why was Confucius so important to Chinese students? Why were Jesuits able to make friends with Confucian scholars? The course, through lecture, discussion, and field trips, will focus on who practiced and how they practiced these religions in specific social and historical contexts. Themes includes the three traditional "teachings" (Confucianism, Daoism/Taoism, and Buddhism), as well as "popular religion," and the connection of all four to Chinese society and history. Our aim will be to gain a richer understanding of some characteristic Chinese ways of experiencing the self, the society, and the world in specific historical contexts.
HIS-3367-01 SP: Sem: Women in Modern Europe: Sex, Society, and Stereotypes
P. Miller
HU
This seminar focuses on European women’s history from the late nineteenth through early twentieth centuries. It emphasizes all aspects of women’s experiences within the larger context of historical changes in the West (including political and social movements, the economy, and cultural life). The readings include historical studies as well as memoirs and novels, and we will also view several films. Course topics include women workers in the early industrial revolution, feminism, middle-class domesticity, social and “scientific” stereotypes, the impact of war, and fascism’s attitude towards women. The course will raise such questions as: Why has female sexuality been so threatening to men? How did the experience of modernization/industrialization affect women? Was WWI the catalyst that changed women’s status forever? Has there been steady progress in women’s rights? What is “good” women’s history?
HIS-3368-01 Special Topics: Sem: History of Ideas – The 1960’s
B. Upton
HU, SCH
The study of ideas, their origins, characteristics, and the ways in which they change is sometimes referred to as Intellectual History or History of Ideas. In this course we will examine some of the most important ideas of the 1960s, their antecedents, and whether or not these ideas persisted past the 1960s. While this course will address ideas from a variety of sources, it is primarily a U.S. History course. Students will need to have completed at least one history course at the 2000 level. prior to taking this course.
MUSIC
MUE-1126-01 Chamber Ensembles for Singers
Kreider, D.
CE
Chamber music can be defined as making music with at least one other person. This class is designed to encourage all campus musicians to experience the joy of making music with others in a variety of small ensembles for both singers and instrumentalists. Designed especially to encourage pianists to team up with singers, string players, brass players, and other instrumentalists, this class will offer a great diversity of combinations for \all musicians. Students are expected to have some proficiency with their instrument or voice.
MUS-1160-01 Drumming From Africa to America
Seligman, J.
CE, M
This course teaches students the techniques and rhythms of three related drumming styles. We start the semester in Ghana with music of the Ewe and Asante people. From there we follow the progression of West African music to the Americas, first to Cuba and the music of the bata drums, which accompany the rituals of the Afro Cuban religion of Santeria, and then to the United States where we learn some of the rhythms from New Orleans, the place that West African music first became part of US culture. Grades will be given through assessment of drumming progress and journaling assignments. Each student will produce a final written reflection on their drumming practice and experiences and the creative process.
PHILOSOPHY
PHI-2265-01 Special Topics: Philosophy of Law
Rasinsky, M.
HU, TA
This course critically examines premises and consequences of legal reasoning. Students will be introduced to conceptions and theories of the nature of law, constitutional interpretation, and a survey of issues relating to responsibility and punishment. The readings of this course will cover legal theory from the ancient to
responsibility and punishment of contemporary times.
PHI-3365-01HN Special Topics - Honors: Nietzsche, Overmen, and Wild Women
Jakoby, V.
HU, TA
Nietzsche's famous announcement of the "Death of God" and its underlying critique of religion, provoked his contemporaries and continues to challenge us today. His anti-Christian phrases permeated 20th/21st century culture as slogans in WWI trenches, as graffiti on the Berlin Wall, as bumper stickers of surfer communities in L.A., as quotations in “Fightclub” and as much debated commodities in academic halls around the world. In this course we will study the premises and consequences of this announcement and critically engage with Nietzsches vision of the overman and the wild woman. Both symbolize human existence outside of the traditional parameters of religion and morality and propose the education of a human being who, free of resentment and calculative thinking, affirms life, creativity and transformation.
POLITICIAL SCIENCE
PSI-2265-01 Special Topics: African Political Economy
Staff
SS
This course will address African economic development in historical perspective. Topics covered will include contemporary development issues including agricultural policies, industrial development, foreign trade and aid, human resource investments, AIDS, and the political economy of economic and political policies and reforms. In addition students will gain an introduction to emerging and distinctive forms of political and economic organization on the continent that are enabling people to meet the most serious challenges to survival. The course will be taught in a seminar format.
PSI-2265-02 Special Topics: Economic Rights and Development
Staff
SS
This course will provide an overview of the major theoretical approaches to the study of development. These approaches will then be related to the concept and debates on economic rights. Topics to be addressed include growth, technological change, structural transformation, poverty and inequality, investment in human resources, trade, international capital flows, and the political economy of policy formation and governance. Some of the questions addressed will be: Is Western-style development an appropriate model for former colonies that seek economic advancement? What are economic rights and who deserves them? Why are Third World agricultural workers some of the hungriest people in the world? Does global economic development depend on inequality between states? How do the economic policies of the United States and other advanced economies influence the lives of workers in developing countries? The course will require extensive reading and will be taught in a seminar format.
PSYCHOLOGY
PSY 2265-01 Special Topics: History of Psychology
Heady, M.
Prerequisite: PSY 1106
This course will explore the progression of psychological thought and method. We will examine major theories, methods, and controversial issues. We will also discuss, in depth, the prominent figures that advanced pre-scientific psychology to modern psychological science.
PSY-2265-02 & 03 Special Topics: Behavioral Neuroscience
Rhodes, M.
Prerequisite: PSY-1106
Behavioral Neuroscience investigates the relationship between brain and behavior. The first part of the course is designed to provide students with a solid background in the fundamentals of neuroanatomy, nervous conduction and psychopharmacology so that they will be able to actively participate in classroom discussions in the second part when major issues in behavioral neuroscience such as learning, memory, emotions, sleep, biological rhythms, and stress are investigated.
PSY 3365-01 Special Topic: Psychology of Decision Making
Hill, K.
Prerequisite: PSY 1106
This course focuses on decisions and how we make them - important decisions, everyday decisions, economic decisions, decisions about our personal relationships, and our careers. In this course, we intend to identify what being rational and irrational means, and distinguish rationality from the more commonly practiced quasi rationality. We will review the research literature pertaining to rational decision making in cognitive psychology, social psychology, behavioral economics, sociology, and law. We will also focus on the application of rationality in several different arenas of our lives.
PSY 4492-01 Capstone in Psychology: Stereotyping and Stigma
Morris, W.
Prerequisite: Junior-senior standing and instructor permission.
Note: To register for this capstone you must complete a capstone request form, available from the psychology department secretary. Please turn this form in by April 1st.
This capstone course will approach the topic of stereotyping and stigma from multiple perspectives. The first part of the course will focus on the causes and consequences of the stereotypes people hold. How do stereotypes affect the way we process information about other people and can the effects of stereotyping be reduced? The second part of the course will focus on the psychological experience of being stigmatized. How do people cope with being the target of stereotypes and how does stigma impact everyday social interaction?
PSY 4492-02 Capstone in Psychology: Controversies in Psychology
Madsen, S.
Prerequisite: Junior-senior standing and instructor permission.
Note: To register for this capstone you must complete a capstone request form, available from the psychology department secretary. Please turn this form in by April 1st.
The field of psychology is rife with controversy. It sometimes seems that for every study published supporting one side of an issue, another study supporting the opposing view can be found. In this seminar, students will explore and evaluate some of the most central contemporary controversies in the field of psychology. Topics will span the areas of developmental, cognitive, perceptual, social, personality, and clinical psychology, as well as ethical dilemmas in the field.
RELIGION
REL-2265-01 Special Topics: Biblical Portraits
Goldman, E.
HU
Biblical Portraits: Pathways to an Understanding of Judaism.
This course will examine a series of portraits, human and divine, through the sacred literature that comprises the Hebrew Scriptures, the Torah, Prophets & Writings. The theology and core beliefs of Judaism will unfold through a study of: the rendezvous between God and Abraham and God and Moses; Joseph's dreams; the poetry of King David; the wisdom of Solomon; the central Matriarchal roles of Sarah, Rebecca, Leah and Rachel; the tenderness and loyalty of Ruth; and, the daring intermediateness of Queen Esther. Readings coupled with student-instructor dialogue comprise the methodology of this course.
REL-2265-02 Special Topics: Hebrew Bible – Old Testament
Hostetter, E.
HU
An examination of the historical background, composition, and dominant religious themes of the books of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) as well as the use of these writings as sacred scripture.
REL-2265-03 Special Topics: History of Christianity I
Staff
HU
This course examines Christianity from a nonsectarian, historical perspective from the first through the eleventh century. We will approach “Christianity” as both a global religious system and as a set of diverse “Christianities” throughout its history.
SOPHOMORE INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES:
Registration for SIS classes is recommended for students with anticipated degree dates of May 2011. These students will be allowed early registration in SIS courses. All other students may register for these classes, if space is available at their appointed registration times.
McDaniel College will offer interdisciplinary courses to all students during their sophomore year. Each of these unique courses examines an important topic or issue or set of questions that is best understood by being approached through multiple perspectives. In addition, the program ensures that students have an opportunity to interact with many faculty early in their undergraduate careers. The courses are organized in a number of ways. Several courses will be offered each semester. Some courses will have multiple sections, with students sometimes gathering in larger groups for lectures and smaller discussion as appropriate. Course instructors will serve as lecturers, discussion leaders and facilitators. Some faculty may provide guest lectures or serve as co-instructors for the course. Each course will be organized in a fashion that facilitates an exciting interdisciplinary learning experience for its students.
SIS-2001-01 & 02 Propaganda
Instructors: Dr. Deborah Vance (Communication), Dr. Robert Kachur (English); Co-Instructors: Dr. Mohammed Esa (Foreign Languages), Dr. Donna Evergates (History), Dr. Debora Johnson-Ross (Political Science), Dr. Christianna Leahy (Political Science), Dr. Gretchen Kreahling McKay (Art History)
SIS, SCH
Propaganda comprises persuasion without the conscious participation of the audience. This course examines ways in which writers, media producers, architects, politicians, etc., incorporate propaganda into their products. Issues related to dissemination of propaganda, such as censorship, will be covered.
SIS-2002-01 Understanding Aging: A Multidisciplinary Inquiry into Gerontology
Instructor: Dr. Diane Martin (Education, The Center for the Study of Aging); Co-Instructors: Dr. Steve McCole (Exercise Science), Dr. Alva Baker (Gerontology), Dr. Ralene Mitschler (Biology), Dr. Debra Lemke (Sociology).
SIS, SCH
This course is designed to illustrate the interdisciplinary nature of the field of Gerontology, which is the study of aging. The structure of this SIS will illustrate to students the relevance of this field to a variety of majors and career options (e.g., biology and medicine, political science with policy formation and elder law, psychology with mental health; sociology with support systems and global aspects of aging, business with travel, entertainment, exercise with promotion of healthy aging, physical therapy, etc).
SIS-2003-01 Controversies in Science and Society
Instructor: Dr. Ralene Mitschler (Biology); Consulting Professors: Dr. Peter Bradley (Philosophy), Dr. Gretchen Kreahling McKay (Art History)
SIS, TA
How have scientific issues of the past impacted our present? How can what happened between Galileo, his science and the church still be a hot topic today? How might science help all of us to understand what we have done to our environment? How can one board of education make a decision that can affect an entire nation’s science curriculum? How might one professional board’s decision affect how we humans view each other? In this course we will simulate three historical scientific events and read original texts to understand scientific issues that are still at the center of divisions between people today. Students will take historical roles and debate critical concepts while gaining an active appreciation of what science is and is not. This course represents an opportunity to examine controversies from multiple perspectives and different disciplines.
SIS-2004-01 Katrinaville: A Tale of Two Cities
Instructors: Dr. Catherine Bodin (Foreign Languages), Dr. Robin Armstrong (Music), Dr. Linda Semu (Sociology)
SIS, M
This course interfaces ethnography, urban studies, and musicology in the treatment of tricentennial New Orleans. Three initial units present an historical overview with contemporary issues and the ruling oppositions and unities presented by artistic cultures, race, ethnicity, religion, geography, and political history. A final unit treats post-Katrina recovery with updates from the three disciplines. Students will engage in readings and discussions, give two reports, attend lectures, access documentaries and web materials, and complete a semester-long research project on the Creole city on a topic of their choice integrating two or more of the disciplines of musicology, urban studies, and ethnography.
SIS-2005-01 & 02 & 03HN September 11TH and Its Aftermath
Instructor: Dr. Rebecca Carpenter (English), Dr. Lauren Dundes (Sociology), Dr. Christianna Leahy (Political Science); Co-Instructors: Dr. Mohammed Esa (Foreign Languages), Mr. Steve Pearson (Art)
SIS, SCH, IN
Why did the events of September 11th happen? How has the world changed in its aftermath? How has the event been remembered and memorialized? How have domestic and global politics changed in its wake? How have artists and writers represented this event and shaped our understanding of it? This interdisciplinary seminar will critically analyze the events surrounding September 11th in an attempt to understand this seminal event in United States history.
SIS-2006-01 & 02 Southern Appalachia: Literature, Music & the Environment
Instructors: Ms. Suzanne Seibert (English), Mr. Walt Michael (Artist in Residence, Common Ground on the Hill); Co-Instructor: Dr. Esther Iglich (Biology, Environmental Policy)
SIS, TA, M
From Johnny Cash and the Carter family to Alison Krause and the Dixie Chicks, from the novel Bastard Out of Carolina to the Academy Award Winning O Brother Where Art Thou? to visits to the mountains themselves – through a multi-disciplinary lens, this course will explore the music, literature and environment of the Southern Appalachians in an attempt to dispel “hillbilly” myths and reveal the richness of the culture and landscape.
Students will examine the music that came out of the mountain hollers to worldwide renown. They will hear the voices of Appalachian people in regional literature – short stories, poems and memoir – and in documentaries and feature-length film. And they will encounter the beauty of the world’s oldest mountains and conversely the devastating impact of coal mining – from the local acidification of Appalachian watersheds to the toxic contamination of air streams that traverse the earth to its impact on global warming.
Spring 2009 SIS Courses
SIS courses under consideration for the Spring 2009 semester include topics such as:
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Music, Mind and the Brain
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The Japan Cultural Sandwich: Society and Expression from Neolithic to Present Day
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Science Fact and Science Fiction
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Creativity, Genius and Madness
SOCIOLOGY
SOC-2265-01 Special Topics: Love and Marriage: A Cross-Cultural Approach
Semu, L.
Prerequisite: SOC-1103 or SOC-1104
How is love and marriage conceptualized, lived and portrayed across cultures and over time? This course will examine male-female relations through the lens of love and marriage in five world areas: North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia. Analysis of love and marriage will center around what each relationship tells us about gender, race and class in that particular culture. The course will use a main text and short plays/novels, various forms of media and readily available data to acquire an understanding of the fluid nature of these phenomena within the Sociological framework.
SOCIAL WORK
SWK-2265-01 SP: Using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Staff
Prerequisite: SWK-2214 or PSY-1106
This course introduces students to the history, controversy, and utility of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Students will develop a better understanding of various psychopathological conditions that may present at various times across the life cycle. The psychosocial factors accompanying age of onset are considered. Syndromes specific to certain cultures are identified and discussed. By the end of the semester, students should be able to provide accurate diagnostic assessments of many psychological conditions, and offer recommendations for intervention. This course is most appropriate for students who are interested in careers in mental health counseling, social work, and psychology.
SPANISH
SPA-3365-01 Special Topics: Urban Chronicle
Quesada, U.
Prerequisites: SPA 3304 or SPA 3305 or Permission
FL
The Latin American Urban Chronicle course offers a Cultural Studies perspective on the aesthetical and ideological representation of Latin American cities. This course will be focused on the study of cities as "imagined spaces", and will include topics such as urban communities, pop culture, and gender constructions of the urban space. Students will analyze a representative corpus of Latin American urban chronicles from 19th Century to current works and genre theories. Students will discuss the "Crónicas" of Carlos Monsivais and Elena Poniatowska (Mexico), Clarice Lispector (Brazil) and Pedro Lemebel (Chile), among other writers. The class will be taught in Spanish.
THEATRE
ACTING FOCUS AREA
THE/EPE-2214-01 Unarmed Stage Combat
Staff
CE, PEF
Physicality is responsible for all but the smallest percentage of actual communication and it is therefore vital to developing the craft of the performer that each actor be intimately aware, and in control of his/her own physical capabilities. These capabilities include, but are certainly not limited to, expressiveness, center, balance, control, spatial awareness, specificity and an entire host of technical skills. Stage Violence is a specialized form of movement training but also an acting discipline that endeavors to develop technical skills along with the ability to successfully blend these skills with the overall “storytelling” process. This class will concentrate on comprehending and safely performing effective techniques of staged violence, primarily in a contemporary western style. At the end of the course there is the possibility that the students will perform for, and be adjudicated by, a Fight Master of The Society of American Fight Directors.
THE-2234-01 Voice and Movement for the Actor
van den Berg, E.
Prerequisite: THE-1113 or THE-1151 or FYS-1113
For this semester only, students who are concurrently enrolled in one of the prerequisites may be signed into this course by permission of the instructor. Please contact Elizabeth van den Berg, Chair of the Theatre Arts Department at x2591 or via e-mail evandenb@mcdaniel.edu for permission or further information.
THE-2265-01 Special Topics: Acting - The Greeks
van den Berg, E.
Prerequisite: Take 4 credits from Subject ART or THE-1111
See description for THE-4490.
THE-3321-01 & 02 Performance Lab
van den Berg, E.
Prerequisite: Take THE-2232 or THE-2234
See description for THE-4490.
THE 4490-01 Senior Performance Lab
van den Berg, E.
Prerequisite: THE-3333, THE-3335, THE-3337, THE-3339 or THE-3353
Admission by audition only. In Fall 2008, these courses will be offered in conjunction with the Fall production of a Classical Greek play incorporating both musical theatre and Greek styles. Students in THE 3321 must have completed (or be concurrently enrolled in) THE 2232 Creating a Character or THE 2234 Voice and Movement for the Actor. Seniors who have completed a 3000 level Acting course are eligible for Senior Performance Lab. Actors will work the director on performing Greek & Musical Theatre Style, and perform in the production. This course will require rehearsal time outside of class. Information about the audition date, time and specific production will be posted on the callboard in WMC Alumni Hall.
INTERACTIVE THEATRE FOCUS AREA
Majors considering pursuing the focus area in interactive theatre, or the Dual Major in Interpersonal Communication and Interactive Theatre, should consider the following options:
- In Fall 2008, EDU/THE-2001 (Teaching Theatre to Young People) will be offered. This course is listed in the course catalogue as THE 3001, and will meet either the intermediate (2000-level) or one of the advanced (3000-level) requirements in interactive theatre, depending on your year of matriculation. The course prerequisite for theatre arts majors is THE 1117. Education minors may take the course without prerequisite.
- In Spring 2009, THE/SWK 2274 (Drama Therapy) will be offered. The prerequisite for Theatre Arts majors is THE 1117.
TECHNICAL THEATRE:
THE-2265-02 Special Topics: Scene Painting
Cox, R.
Prerequisite: Take THE-1111 or 4 credits from subject ART
Course will cover the tools, materials, techniques and history of contemporary 'Scene Painting'. Additionally, relevant principles of design and color theory practices will be addressed.
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