Courses

An overview of quantitative and qualitative research methods. Examination of the research process stages (e.g., literature review, development of research questions, data collection and analysis, writing and presenting the results).

Understanding research methods and design with a focus on the interpretation and evaluation of research in the role of diet and nutrition in health promotion.

Intensive research leading to the writing of a paper on a topic approved by the department; the final examination will consist of an oral defense of the paper.

Students undertake a full-length research paper on a topic related to East Asia. Students will learn research methods and academic writing as well as an in-depth knowledge of the subject studied. May not be repeated for credit.

A seminar stressing original student research on pre-announced topics. May be taken more than once if the topic is different.

Introduction to the tools used for conducting political science research. Students will learn (1) how to ask and frame the research question; (2) how to formulate and implement a research design; (3) how to find and evaluate information and data; and (4) how to analyze politics systematically using diverse research methods. This course is required of all majors in political science.

British poetry and nonfiction prose texts from 1600 through the end of the eighteenth century. Genres may include Augustan satire, philosophical poems, prose satire, philosophical fables, autobiographical writing, philosophical texts, and historical writing. Writers may include Dryden, Pope, Swift, Johnson, Burney, Boswell, Equiano, Hume, and Gibbon

An examination of movements of revival and reform that have evolved in various parts of the Islamic world from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries. Some of these movements represent developments within Islam; others are responses developments within Islam; others are responses to the pressures of political and social change brought about by colonization and industrialization.

This course focuses on raising rhetorical and language awareness in English Education writing and teaching. Emergent English Educators in the course are actively involved in identifying rhetorical strategies, methods of inquiry, oral communication techniques, and revision practices that can better guide them in the teaching of writing.

Risograph printing and how it compares to other printing methods such as silkscreen and offset lithography. Students will become familiar with the technical aspects and unique abilities of Risograph printing as they design and print various projects such as posters, zines, cards, and promotional flyers.