Spring 2025 Courses

Arts

ARTS 626
Monday
06:00PM - 08:30PM
Landscape Photography/Cultural Geography
Belanger,Marion

This seminar attempts to do several things at once: we will develop a visual astuteness by which we can talk about pictures, and we will further our awareness of photographers who address issues of landscape; we explore contemporary dialogues... more

ARTS 627
Tuesday
06:30PM - 09:00PM
Cancelled
Miles Davis and John Coltrane
Baerman,Noah

Miles Davis (1926-1991) and John Coltrane (1926-1967) stand out as the most influential jazz musicians of the last fifty years. Each of them had a profound influence on the evolution of the music and each has become an enduring cultural icon at a... more

Education and Human Development

EDHD 681
Wednesday
06:00PM - 08:30PM
Cancelled
Sensing, Thinking, and Learning: Utilizing Engaged Pedagogy in the Academy
Colvin,Demetrius

ONLINE Is critical thinking best nurtured through an individualistic focus on content mastery that separates the knower from the known or through interpersonal dialogue and experiential learning that encourages the student to connect different... more

EDHD 686
Tuesday
06:30PM - 09:00PM
Social Psychology of Close Relationships: Examining Human Connections
Curley,Christine

This course discusses the social psychology of close relationships in its evolutionary, physiological, and social context. We will explore various psychological theories of close relationships or belongingness in the context of various types of... more

Humanities

HUMS 633
Thursday
06:00PM - 08:30PM
Cancelled
World Literature
Kartaoui-Jardine,Samson Allal

Survey significant writings in world literature with an emphasis on values, literary techniques and major movements in literature from the ancient world to the early modern period. Analyze the literary, cultural, historical and philosophical impact... more

HUMS 640
Note: Special Schedule
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The New York Story: Explorations of Narrative in the Big Apple
Wolfsdorf,Adam

Semi-Immersion, please note Special Schedule Mondays, 7PM - 8:30PM via Zoom Saturdays, 10AM - 4PM in person Monday, February 10: Zoom, 7PM - 8:30PM Saturday, February 22: On Campus, 10AM - 4PM Monday, March 3: Zoom, 7PM - 8:30PM Saturday, March... more

HUMS 681
Monday
06:00PM - 08:30PM
A Fairy Tale Writing Workshop
Bellen,Martine

ONLINE Twisting them. Climbing them. Gobbling them up and singing them out. Fairy tales with their culture-bending motifs, language slippages, and symbols have kept contemporary wordsmiths traveling the labyrinthian woods of words forever after.... more

Sciences

SCIE 651
Thursday
06:30PM - 09:00PM
Minding Business: Neuroscience & Business
Nguyen,Thanh

ONLINE In this seminar, we will explore the potentiality of building better businesses through brain science. We will investigate the budding field of neuroscience and business. Falling under the penumbra of organizational behavior and management... more

Social Sciences

SOCS 616
Wednesday
06:30PM - 09:00PM
The Social Life of Food
Abrell,Elan

ONLINE This course explores some of the ways that people use food, cuisines, and eating to organize and engage with social worlds. This focus provides a concrete means for deepening our understanding of alternative models of social explanation.... more

SOCS 617
Tuesday
06:30PM - 09:00PM
Magic, Miracle, and Witchcraft in Europe and America until 1830
Shaw,Gary

Until the 'disenchantment of the world' in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Europeans and early Americans lived in a universe shot through with hidden and awesome power. God's action in the world was possible but puzzlingly,... more

SOCS 651
Thursday
06:30PM - 09:00PM
Minding Business: Neuroscience & Business
Nguyen,Thanh

ONLINE In this seminar, we will explore the potentiality of building better businesses through brain science. We will investigate the budding field of neuroscience and business. Falling under the penumbra of organizational behavior and management... more

SOCS 686
Tuesday
06:30PM - 09:00PM
Social Psychology of Close Relationships: Examining Human Connections
Curley,Christine

This course discusses the social psychology of close relationships in its evolutionary, physiological, and social context. We will explore various psychological theories of close relationships or belongingness in the context of various types of... more

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Spring 2025 Course Chart

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GLS courses have a 
variety of scheduling and
study options. 

The options available for
each course are indicated
within the 
course's description.

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CERT: This course will 
count toward the req-
uirements for the 
Graduate Certificate 
in Writing.

Crosslisted: Students may 
enroll in the concentration 
option that best 
meets their academic 
needs.

FDN: This course is offered 
with a Foundational 
Writing Option

FDN-CERT: The 
Foundational Writing 
Option of this course 
will count toward the 
Graduate Certificate 
in Writing.

Hybrid: This course 
includes online class
meetings with other 
special scheduling 
features.

Immersion: This course 
will have fewer class 
meetings that will meet 
for longer periods of 
time (e.g., weekends-only,
five-day immersion, etc.).

Online: A limited number 
of seats will be offered 
for students to attend the 
course online, from 
off-campus. 
Online meetings 
are synchronous, 
meaning that students 
must be available at the 
time that class sessions 
are held so that they 
can fully participate 
in discussions.