Courses

Major novels of Defoe, Richardson, Fielding and such minor figures as Behn, Smollett, Goldsmith, Burney, and the early Gothic novelists.

The origin and development of British prose fiction from 1660 to 1830. Topics may include other genres like travel narratives, sermons, fables, etiquette manuals, and modes of writing like the picaresque, the sentimental, the seduction narrative, the moral, the epistolary, the Gothic. Writers may include Behn, Haywood, Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Lennox, Sterne, Austen, Edgeworth, Scott, and Shelley.

Interdisciplinary exploration of selected texts by 18th-century authors that focuses on their formal and philosophical contexts. Authors and topics vary.

Formal and philosophical implications of selected texts. Authors and topics vary.

Major curriculum areas and teaching practices in the modern elementary school. Implications of research and theory for the total elementary school program.

An intensive study of the philosophies of discovery and inquiry as they relate to the elementary school science curriculum; laboratory experiences related to the objectives, content, methods, and materials of selected innovative programs. Examples: Inquiry Development Program, Elementary Science Study, Science-A Process Approach, Introductory Science Study, Science Curriculum Improvement Study, Minnesota Mathematics, and Science Teaching Project.

A pre-theory course focusing on the study of the common elements of music (i.e.: melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, texture, form, and expressive qualities) and their interaction, and the ability to employ this understanding in aural, verbal, and visual analyses. Includes an introduction to the keyboard and use of the singing voice. Uses the tools of music technology. Course intended for non-music majors or for those students who are not prepared to enroll in MUSC 1301 and/or MUSC 1401.

Survey of aspects that helped define terms for the politics, economics, and culture of the early 20th century, such as the rise of heavy industry; the businessman as new folk hero; business consolidations and urbanization; "New Immigration" and "Social Darwinism"; and the clash of protests from organized labor, Populism, Socialism, and the Social Gospel.

The emergence of a recognizable science and technology in primitive societies; ancient Babylonian, Egyptian, and Greek science, with emphasis on ancient medicine; the foundations of modern science in the Middle Ages.

A study of trends in the rapidly evolving “law of workplace,” with emphasis on how lawmakers attempt to balance the rights and responsibilities of employers and workers.