Courses

An introduction to topics in applied Korean linguistics including various theories and practical methodologies of language education and their application to Korean language teaching. Students will also gain hands-on experience in teaching Korean as a foreign language by developing lesson plans, class activities, and exams, and giving teaching demonstrations. The language of instruction is Korean. Readings and assignments will be in English and Korean.

This lecture course traces the major developments in human history and illustrates the methods archaeologists use to study the past. The origins of cultural behavior, the invention of agriculture and its consequences, and the development of civilization are examined.

The understanding and appreciation of the visual arts, mainly painting, sculpture, and architecture, throughout world history. Selections of both western and non- western art will be used to provide basic terms and techniques for analyzing the style and meaning of works, and for understanding their significance as both aesthetic creations and expressions of social, political, and personal concerns. (Note: Not open to students who are enrolled in or have received credit for ARTH 101 and 102.)

Minimum grade B-. An introduction to health-related fitness screening, assessment procedures and implementation. The connection between physical activity and disease prevention, and current recommendations will be discussed. Lab experience in the execution of health-related fitness assessments. Fieldwork experience to evaluate exercise facilities (5) operational practices.

Topics include celestial mechanics; the interaction of light and matter; basics of astronomical observing (telescopes and the night sky); and the nature of stars. The bulk of the course focuses on stellar astrophysics, addressing the properties of stars (including the Sun) and how these are determined, the physics of stellar atmospheres and interiors, star formation and evolution, and the fates of stars and stellar remnants.

Topics include the relationship between general relativity and Newtonian gravity, and applications to black holes and solar system physics; planets and small solar system bodies; the formation of the solar system; the Milky Way and galactic identification and evolution; and finally, cosmology and the thermal history of the universe. Only first and second semester calculus is used.

A survey of the physiological basis of behavior with special emphasis on the underlying anatomy, physiology, and chemistry of the central nervous system, sensory, perceptual, and motor systems, physiological development, and circadian rhythms and sleep. Topics relating to learning, memory, motivation, and emotion are also introduced.

A lecture and lab course focusing on the exploration of scientific principles, their applications, and critical analysis of the results of selected subjects that focus on their impact on society. Various current topics of interest will be explored in the context of their scientific basis and their ethical and economic impacts on social systems.

The course will focus on the concept of culture as it relates to specific cultures in West Africa, the Caribbean, and the United States.

The course will focus on the concept of culture as it relates to specific cultures in West Africa, the Caribbean, and the United States.