Courses of Study 2015-2016 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
Courses of Study 2015-2016 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

AEP—Applied & Engineering Physics

  
  • AEP 3630 - Electronic Circuits

    (crosslisted) PHYS 3360  
         
    Fall, spring. 4 credits.

    Prerequisite: undergraduate course in electricity and magnetism (e.g., PHYS 2208 , PHYS 2213 , or PHYS 2217 ) or permission of instructor. No previous electronics experience assumed, although the course moves quickly through introductory topics such as basic DC circuits.

    Fall, S. Gruner; spring, E. Kirkland.

    For description, see PHYS 3360 .

  
  
  • AEP 4210 - Mathematical Physics I


         
    Fall, summer. 4 credits.

    Prerequisite: MATH 2930 . Strongly recommended prerequisite: prior completion of common course curriculum mathematics and physics courses. Enrollment limited to: upper-level undergraduates in physical sciences.

    T. Stiadle.

    Review of vector analysis; complex variable theory, Cauchy-Rieman conditions, complex Taylor and Laurent series, Cauchy integral formula and residue techniques, conformal mapping; Fourier Series; Fourier and Laplace transforms; ordinary differential equations; separation of variables.

  
  • AEP 4220 - Mathematical Physics II


         
    Spring. 4 credits.

    Prerequisite: AEP 4210 . Enrollment intended for: upperlevel undergraduates in physical sciences. Second of two-course sequence in mathematical physics.

    B. Kusse.

    Topics include partial differential equations, Bessel functions, spherical harmonics, separation of variables, wave and diffusion equations, Laplace, Helmholtz, and Poisson’s Equations, transform techniques, Green’s functions; integral equations, Fredholm equations, kernals; complex variables, theory, branch points and cuts, Riemann sheets, method of steepest descent; tensors, contravariant, and covariant representations; group theory, matrix representations, class and character.

  
  • AEP 4230 - Statistical Thermodynamics


         
    Fall. 4 credits.

    Prerequisite: introductory three-semester physics sequence, familiarity with quantum mechanics (AEP 3620 ), and one year junior-level mathematics.

    B. Kusse.

    Quantum statistical basis for equilibrium thermodynamics, microcanonical, canonical and grand canonical ensembles, and partition functions. Classical and quantum ideal gases, paramagnetic and multiple-state systems. Maxwell-Boltzmann, Fermi-Dirac, and Bose-Einstein statistics and applications. Introduction to systems of interacting particles. At the level of Introductory Statistical Mechanics by Bowley and Sanchez.

  
  • AEP 4340 - Continuum Physics


         
    Spring. 4 credits.

    Prerequisite: AEP 3330  and AEP 3560  or equivalent.

    R. Lovelace.

    Topics: Introduction to fluid mechanics; elementary viscous flows, including Poiseuille and Couette flows; waves, including hydraulic jumps, bores,  and shock waves; classical aerofoil theory, including the Blasius and Kutta-Joukowski Lift  theorems; vortex motion, including von Kármán vortex streets; conservation properties of the Navier-Stokes equation; very viscous flows, including Stokes drag on a sphere; boundary layers; instabilities; and miscellaneous topics as time and taste permit, such as turbulence, chaos, and magnetohydrodynamics.  At the level of Elementary Fluid Dynamics by Acheson.

  
  • AEP 4380 - Computational Engineering Physics


         
    Fall. 3 credits.

    Prerequisite: CS 1110  or CS 1112 , AEP 4210 , AEP 3330 , AEP 3550 , AEP 3610 , or equivalent, or permission of instructor. Corequisite: AEP 3620 .

    E. Kirkland.

    Numerical computation (e.g., derivatives, integrals, differential equations, matrices, boundary-value problems, relaxation, Monte Carlo methods) is introduced and applied to engineering physics problems that cannot be solved analytically (e.g., three-body problem, electrostatic fields, quantum energy levels). Computer programming required (in C or optionally C++, FORTRAN, or Pascal). Some prior exposure to programming assumed but no previous experience with C assumed.

  
  • AEP 4400 - Quantum and Nonlinear Optics


         
    Spring. 4 credits.

    Prerequisite: AEP 3560 , AEP 3620 , or equivalent.

    Staff.

    Introduction to the fundamentals of the interaction of laser light with matter and to optical devices based on these processes. Topics include the propagation of laser beams in bulk media and guided-wave structures, the origins of optical nonlinearities, harmonic generation, parametric amplification, selffocusing, optical switching, propagation of ultrashort pulses, solitons, four-wave mixing, optical phase conjugation, optical resonance and two-level atoms, atom cooling and trapping, multiphoton processes, spontaneous and simulated scattering, and ultra-intense laser-matter interactions.

  
  • AEP 4500 - Introductory Solid State Physics

    (crosslisted) PHYS 4454 
         
    Fall. 4 credits.

    Prerequisite: PHYS 4443 AEP 3610 , or CHEM 7930  highly desirable but not required.

    C. Henley.

    For description, see PHYS 4454 .

  
  • AEP 4700 - Biophysical Methods

    (crosslisted) BIONB 4700 , BME 5700 , VETMM 4700 
         
    Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Prerequisite: solid knowledge of basic physics and mathematics through sophomore level. Recommended prerequisite: some knowledge of cellular biology.

    M. Lindau.

    Overview of the diversity of modern biophysical experimental techniques used in the study of biophysical systems at the cellular and molecular level.

  
  • AEP 4840 - Introduction to Controlled Fusion: Principles and Technology

    (crosslisted) ECE 4840 , MAE 4590 , NSE 4840 
         
    Spring. 3 credits.

    Prerequisite: PHYS 1112 , PHYS 2213 , and PHYS 2214 , or equivalent background in electricity and magnetism and mechanics. Enrollment limited to: seniors and graduate students in engineering and physical sciences. 

    D. A. Hammer.

    For description, see ECE 4840 .

  
  • AEP 4900 - Independent Study in Engineering Physics


    (CU-UGR)     
    Fall, spring. 1-15 credits, variable.

    Staff.

    Laboratory or theoretical work in any branch of engineering physics under the direction of a member of the faculty. The study can take a number of forms; for example, design of laboratory apparatus, performance of laboratory measurements, computer simulation or software developments, theoretical design and analysis. Details TBA with respective faculty member.

  
  • AEP 4910 - Independent Study for Honors


    (CU-UGR)     
    Fall, spring. 1-15 credits, variable.

    The honors candidate must submit a brief proposal (AEP Honors Program Proposal Form) outlining the topic and scope of the proposed project or thesis and a faculty supervisor’s written concurrence to the associate director for undergraduate studies.

    Staff.

    Laboratory or theoretical work in any branch of engineering physics under the direction of a member of the faculty. The study can take a number of forms; for example, design of laboratory appartus, performance of laboratory measurements, computer simulation or software developments, theoretical design and analysis. A written and oral report will be required for completing the honors project and a grade of A- or better.

  
  • AEP 5500 - Physics of Renewable Energy


    (CU-SBY)     
    Spring. 3 credits.

    Prerequisite: AEP 4230  or AEP 4500  or equivalent Statistical Mechanics or Solid State Physics.

    D. Muller.

    The aim of this graduate/senior level class is a microscopic understanding of renewable energy devices and materials that you will likely encounter in research or advanced industrial settings, with a goal of understanding their ultimate limits, current efficiencies and opportunities for improvement.  The main emphasis is on electrical energy creation, conversion and storage devices - Solar Cells, Fuel Cells, Batteries, Supercapacitors and Thermoelectrics, which are areas of current research at Cornell.

  
  • AEP 5520 - Physics of Life


         
    Spring. 3 credits.

    Co-meets with AEP 2520 /ENGRD 2520 .

    Staff.

    Introduces the physics of biological macromolecules (e.g., proteins, DNA, RNA) to students of the physical sciences or engineering who have little or no background in biology. The macromolecules are studied from three perspectives. First, the biological role or function of each class of macromolecules is considered. Second, a quantitative description of the physical interactions that determine the behavior of these systems is provided. Finally, techniques that are commonly used to probe these systems, with an emphasis on current research are discussed. Additional requirements for AEP M.Eng. students: Research current topic provided by the instructor and give an oral presentation in class.

  
  • AEP 5570 - Applied Electrodynamics


         
    Fall. 4 credits.

    Prerequisite: At the level of Jackson’s Classical Electrodynamics.

    R. Lovelace.

    Topics include wave propagation in dielectrics, conductors, and plasmas; pulse propagation in dispersive media; reflection and transmission at interfaces; diffraction from apertures and periodic media; radiation from charged particles, dipoles, and antennae; scattering of radiation; waveguides and transmission lines; cavities and resonators.

  
  • AEP 6060 - Introduction to Plasma Physics

    (crosslisted) ECE 5810  
         
    Fall. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

    Prerequisite: ECE 3030  or equivalent. Enrollment limited to: First year graduate level course. Open to exceptional seniors.

    D. Hysell.

    For description, see ECE 5810 .

  
  • AEP 6610 - Nanocharacterization


         
    Fall. 3 credits.

    Prerequisite: Fourier transforms, basic electromagnetism, and undergraduate quantum mechanics or chemistry. Undergraduates should consult with instructor before enrolling.

    L. Kourkoutis.

    Graduate-level introduction to the tools used to image and probe optical, electronic, chemical, and mechanical properties at the nanoscale and below.

  
  • AEP 6620 - Micro/Nano-Fabrication and Processing


         
    Spring. 3 credits.

    Staff.

    Introduction to the fundamentals of micro and nano-fabricating and patterning thin-film materials and surfaces, with emphasis on electronic and optical materials, micromechanics, and other applications. Vacuum and plasma thin-film deposition processes. Photon, electron, X-ray, and ion-beam lithography. Techniques for pattern replication by plasma and ion processes. Emphasis is on understanding the physics and materials science that define and limit the various processes. At the level of Brodie and Muray.

  
  • AEP 6630 - Nanobiotechnology

    (crosslisted) BME 6670 , MSE 5630 
         
    Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Staff.

    For description, see BME 6670 .

  
  • AEP 7110 - [Principles of Diffraction]

    (crosslisted) MSE 6710  
         
    Spring (not offered every year). 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Staff.

    Graduate-level introduction to diffraction/scattering phenomena in the context of solidstate and soft condensed-matter systems. The primary topic is using the scattering and absorption of neutron, electron, and X-ray beams to study physical systems. Particular emphasis is placed on issues related to synchrotron X-ray sources. Specific topics include elastic and inelastic scattering; diffraction from two- and three-dimensional periodic lattices; the Fourier representation of scattering centers and the effects of thermal vibrations and disorder; diffraction, reflectivity, or scattering from surface layers; diffraction or scattering from gases and amorphous materials; small angle scattering; X-ray absorption spectroscopy; resonant (e.g., magnetic) scattering; novel techniques using coherent X-ray beams; and a survey of dynamical diffraction from perfect and imperfect lattices.

  
  • AEP 7510 - M.Eng. Project


         
    Fall, spring. 6-12 credits, variable.

    Requirement for M.Eng. (engineering physics) students.

    D. Muller.

    Independent study under the direction of a member of the university faculty. Students participate in an independent research project through work on a special problem related to their field of interest. A formal and complete research report is required.

  
  • AEP 7530 - Special Topics Seminar in Applied Physics


         
    Fall. 1 credit.

    Prerequisite: undergraduate physics. Requirement for M.Eng. and M.S. Recommended for first-year Ph.D. (engineering physics) students.

    D. Muller.

    Special topics in applied science, with focus on areas of applied physics and engineering that are of current interest. Subjects chosen are researched in the library and presented in a seminar format by the students. Effort is made to integrate the subjects within selected subject areas such as atomic, biological, computational, optical, plasma, and solid-state physics, or microfabrication technology, as suggested by the students and coordinated by the instructor.

  
  • AEP 7540 - Special Topics in Applied Physics


         
    Spring. 1 credit.

    Prerequisite: undergraduate physics. Requirement for M.Eng. and M.S. Recommended for first-year Ph.D. (engineering physics) students.

    D. Muller.

    Special topics in applied science, with focus on areas of applied physics and engineering that are of current interest. Subjects chosen are researched in the library and presented in a seminar format by the students. Effort is made to integrate the subjects within selected subject areas such as atomic, biological, computational, optical, plasma, and solid-state physics, or microfabrication technology, as suggested by the students and coordinated by the instructor.

  
  • AEP 7810 - [Advanced Plasma Physics I: Cosmic Plasma Physics]


         
    Not offered every year. 3 credits.

    Staff.

    Uses Cosmic Plasma Physics by Somov and covers the following topics:  charged particles and EM fields, statistical description of plasma, distribution functions and the Vaslov equation, propagation of particles, motion of particles in given fields, wave particle interactions, Coulomb collisions, hydrodynamic description of plasmas, magnetohydrodynamic description of plasmas, and cosmic plasma flows.


AGSCI—Agricultural Sciences

  
  • AGSCI 1125 - Guided Explorations: Growing You and Your Path in the Agricultural Sciences

    (crosslisted) PLSCS 1125  
         
    Fall. 1 credit. S-U grades only.

    Permission of instructor required. Enrollment limited to: first-semester freshmen or transfer students in the Agricultural Sciences major; or permission of instructor.

    A. DiTommaso, K. Richards.

    Agricultural Sciences students are highly-diverse. This first semester course provides new freshmen and transfer students with robust opportunities to receive individualized support for self-assessment and discovery in their personal, academic, professional, and career-related interests as well as develop peer relationships as a cohort. Additionally, students engage with field faculty, current students, and alumni through group events. Outcomes include strengthened communication and networking skills, heightened awareness of diverse agricultural career pathways, and individual short and long-term personal, academic, and career-related goals with outlined action steps.

    Outcome 1: Plan a tentative course progression in the Agricultural Sciences major that identifies one of the major’s five concentrations; incorporating course and CALS requirements (one year for freshmen, full program for transfers) and a list of electives of interest.

    Outcome 2: Define academic and professional skills for successful degree completion, job acquisition.

    Outcome 3: Demonstrate confidence in communicating with fellow Agricultural Sciences colleagues, whether students or faculty through participation in group activities, events, and networking opportunities throughout the semester.

    Outcome 4: Articulate knowledge of career opportunities across agricultural fields.

    Outcome 5: Create a personal toolbox, incorporating self-assessments with individual goals and action steps for academic, extracurricular, and career planning.

  
  • AGSCI 4940 - Special Topics in Agricultural Sciences


         
    Fall, spring. 1-4 credits, variable.

    A. DiTommaso.

    The department teaches “trial” courses, and special topics not covered in other courses, at the undergraduate level, under this number. Offerings vary by semester and will be advertised by the department. Courses offered under the number are approved by the department curriculum committee, and the same course is not offered more than twice under this number.

  
  • AGSCI 4960 - Internship in Agricultural Sciences


         
    Fall, spring, summer. 1-3 credits, variable.

    Students must register using the CALS Special Studies form available online.

    Staff.

    In this experiential learning opportunity, students participate in an agriculturally-related work and learning experience equivalent to a minimum of six weeks of full-time effort. Internships and learning goals are arranged in consultation with the Agricultural Sciences Coordinator by the student in conjunction with an internship faculty advisor and the internship host. Details are outlined in a learning agreement. All AGSCI 4960 internship courses must adhere to the CALS guidelines at cals.cornell.edu/academics/student-research/internship.


AIRS—Department of Aerospace Studies

  
  • AIRS 1101 - The Foundations of the United States Air Force I


         
    Fall. 1 credit. Letter grades only.

    Enrollment limited to: full-time students.

    Staff.

    This is a survey course designed to introduce students to the United States Air Force and the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps. Featured topics include: mission and organization of the Air Force, officership and professionalism, military customs and courtesies, Air Force officer career opportunities, war and the American military, and Air Force heritage. For officer candidates, a mandatory leadership laboratory complements this course.

  
  • AIRS 1102 - The Foundations of the United States Air Force II


         
    Spring. 1 credit. Letter grades only.

    Enrollment limited to: full-time students.

    Staff.

    Continuation of AIRS 1101 . Topics include Air Force core values, human relations, team building, communication skills, and officer leadership.

  
  • AIRS 1141 - Initial Military Experiences I

    (crosslisted) PE 1860 
         
    Fall. 1 credit. S-U grades only.

    Enrollment limited to: AFROTC cadets. Satisfies PE requirement if taken as PE.

    Staff.

    Introduction to the responsibilities, life, and work of an Air Force officer. Basic knowledge of drill and ceremonies, military courtesies, and the wearing of the uniform. This course includes a field trip to a local military installation.

  
  • AIRS 1142 - Initial Military Experiences II

    (crosslisted) PE 1861 
         
    Spring. 1 credit. S-U grades only.

    Enrollment limited to: AFROTC cadets. Satisfies PE requirement if taken as PE.

    Staff.

    Continuation of AIRS 1141 .

  
  • AIRS 2201 - The Evolution of USAF Air and Space Power I


         
    Fall. 1 credit. Letter grades only.

    Enrollment limited to: full-time students.

    Staff.

    This course is designed to examine general aspects of air and space power through a historical perspective. The course covers a time period from the first balloons and dirigibles to the role of airpower in the Korean conflict. Historical examples are provided to illustrate the development of Air Force capabilities and functions to demonstrate the evolution of what has become today’s USAF air and space power. The course examines several fundamental truths associated with war in the third dimension, and provides students with an understanding of the general element and employment of air and space power from an institutional, doctrinal, and historical perspective. In addition, students continue to discuss the importance of the Air Force core values. For officer candidates, a mandatory leadership laboratory complements this course.

  
  • AIRS 2202 - The Evolution of USAF Air and Space Power II


         
    Spring. 1 credit. Letter grades only.

    Enrollment limited to: full-time students. Attending AIRS 2201 , while helpful, is not required to take AIRS 2202.

    Staff.

    This course covers the role of airpower from Vietnam to the present day. Continuation of AIRS 2201 .

  
  • AIRS 2241 - Intermediate Military Experiences I

    (crosslisted) PE 1862 
         
    Fall. 1 credit. S-U grades only.

    Enrollment limited to: AFROTC cadets. Satisfies PE requirement if taken as PE.

    Staff.

    Designed to help students develop skill in giving commands for drill and ceremonies. Students are also introduced to the Air Force base environment in which the officer functions. Career areas available based on academic majors are described. Students participate in military drills and ceremonies and go on a field trip to a local military installation.

  
  • AIRS 2242 - Intermediate Military Experiences II

    (crosslisted) PE 1863 
         
    Spring. 1 credit. S-U grades only.

    Enrollment limited to: AFROTC cadets. Satisfies PE requirement if taken as PE.

    Staff.

    Continuation of AIRS 2241 .

  
  • AIRS 3301 - Air Force Leadership Studies I


         
    3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Enrollment limited to: full-time students.

    Staff.

    This course is a study of leadership required of an Air Force junior officer; it has applicability to any entry-level professional as a junior executive. The course investigates theories and styles of leadership, power and influence, the meaning and function of followership in the military context, critical thinking, problem solving and team building, group conflict management, situational leadership, and management functions and principles. Films and case studies are used for analysis of theories and principles studied. Students receive instruction and practice effective writing (e.g., background and position papers) and briefing skills (e.g., informative and advocacy briefings) for professional communications; students practice both modes of communication. The course also provides professional officer education in terms of defining professional and unprofessional relationships, working with civilian personnel, and the profession of arms. The course is open to any student. For officer candidates, a mandatory leadership laboratory complements this course.

  
  • AIRS 3302 - Air Force Leadership Studies II


         
    3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Enrollment limited to: full-time students.

    Staff.

    Continuation of AIRS 3301 . The course investigates advanced skills in leadership: dynamic subordinacy, effective supervision, essentials of counseling, corrective supervision, professional authority, responsibility, and accountability. The course also investigates the meaning and application of ethical and moral leadership, professional officer ethics, military ethics in joint operations, and the core values of the Air Force. Film and case studies are used for analysis of course content. Written and briefing practice continues. For officer candidates, a mandatory leadership laboratory complements this course.

  
  • AIRS 3341 - Junior Officer Leadership Experiences I

    (crosslisted) PE 1864 
         
    Fall. 1 credit. S-U grades only.

    Enrollment limited to: AFROTC cadets. Satisfies PE requirement if taken as PE.

    Staff.

    Cadets assume leadership responsibilities similar to those of a junior officer. Emphasis is on the importance of applying effective human relations skills in dealing with superiors, peers, and subordinates. Cadets also gain insight into the general structure and progression patterns of selected Air Force officer career fields.

  
  • AIRS 3342 - Junior Officer Leadership Experiences II

    (crosslisted) PE 1865 
         
    Spring. 1 credit. S-U grades only.

    Enrollment limited to: AFROTC cadets. Satisfies PE requirement if taken as PE.

    Staff.

    Continuation of AIRS 3341 .

  
  • AIRS 4401 - [National Security Affairs / Preparation for Active Duty I]


         
    Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Enrollment limited to: full-time students.

    Staff.

    This course is concerned with the national security process, regional studies, advanced leadership ethics, and Air Force doctrine. Other topics include the military as a profession, officership, military justice, civilian control of the military, preparation for active duty, and current issues affecting military professionalism. Continued emphasis is given to refining communication skills. For officer candidates, a mandatory leadership laboratory complements this course by providing advanced leadership experiences, giving students the opportunity to apply the leadership and management principles described in this course.

  
  • AIRS 4402 - [National Security Affairs / Preparation for Active Duty II]


         
    Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Enrollment limited to: full-time students.

    Staff.

    Continuation of AIRS 4401 .

  
  • AIRS 4441 - Advanced Leadership Experiences

    (crosslisted) PE 1866 
         
    Fall. 1 credit. S-U grades only.

    Enrollment limited to: AFROTC cadets. Satisfies PE requirement if taken as PE.

    Staff.

    Cadets assume command leadership responsibilities to operate a military organization. Cadets apply effective leadership and managerial techniques with individuals and groups and participate in self-analysis of leadership and managerial abilities.

  
  • AIRS 4442 - Precommissioning Laboratory

    (crosslisted) PE 1867 
         
    Spring. 1 credit. S-U grades only.

    Enrollment limited to: AFROTC cadets. Satisfies PE requirement if taken as PE.

    Staff.

    Factors that facilitate transition from civilian to military life are reviewed. The need for military security, base services and activities, personal finances, travel regulations, and social obligations are introduced.


AIS—American Indian Studies

  
  • AIS 1100 - Introduction to American Indian Studies I: Indigenous North America

    (crosslisted) AMST 1600 , ANTHR 1700  
    (CA) (HA) (D)      
    Fall. 3 credits.

    K. Jordan.

    This course provides an interdisciplinary introduction to the diverse cultures, histories and contemporary situations of the Indigenous peoples of North America. Students will also be introduced to important themes in the post-1492 engagement between Indigenous and settler populations in North America and will consider the various and complex ways in which that history affected - and continues to affect - American Indian peoples and societies. Course materials draw on the humanities, social sciences, and expressive arts.

  
  • AIS 1110 - Introduction to American Indian Studies II: Indigenous Issues in Global Perspectives

    (crosslisted) AMST 1601  
    (CA) (HA) (D)      
    Spring. 3 credits.

    K. Kassam.

    This course attends to the contemporary issues, contexts and experiences of Indigenous peoples. Students will develop a substantive understanding of colonialism and engage in the parallels and differences of its histories, forms, and effects on Indigenous peoples globally.  Contemporary Indigenous theorists, novelists, visual artists and historians have a prominent place in the course, highlighting social/environmental philosophies, critical responses to and forms of resistance toward neocolonial political and economic agendas and the fundamental concern for Indigenous self determination, among other topics.

  
  • AIS 1120 - FWS: Special Topics in American Indian Studies


         


    Fall, spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    First-Year Writing Seminar.

    This First-Year Writing Seminar uses indigenous knowledge systems and provides opportunities to crtically examine, define and write extensively on those issues. Topics vary by section.

    Topic for 2015-2016 include:

    Fall FWS: Science Meets Spirit J. Mt. Pleasant
    Fall FWS: Seeing Red: American Indian Misrepresentations Staff


  
  • AIS 2100 - Indigenous Ingenuities as Living Networks

    (crosslisted) AMST 2108 , ARTH 2101  
    (CA) (KCM) (D) (CU-UGR)     
    Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    This class has been approved as a University Course and encourages cross-disciplinary study while engaging subjects through new and different lenses. It fulfills the CALS Cultural Analysis (CA), Knowledge Cognition and Morality (KCM), and Human Diversity (D) distribution requirements.

    J. Rickard.

    This course explores Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) knowledge and its application across the disciplines and through time. In particular, it offers a glimpse into Cornell’s local indigenous culture through Haudenosaunee understanding of themselves as a unique people, maintaining traditional teachings and fulfilling ancient responsibilities in the world. Students will engage multiple primary sources including: art, archives, material and expressive culture and interact with Haudenosaunee knowledge holders, intellectuals, and elders.

    Outcome 1: Students will be able to define and analyze Indigenous knowledge systems and situate Indigenous epistemologies and ontologies as unique bodies of knowledge.

    Outcome 2: Students will gain an understanding of Haudenosaunee peoples as a distinct cultural entity and as an Indigenous people, exercising their sovereign rights within the territory of the present day United States.

    Outcome 3: Students will know how to identify the ways in which Haudenosaunee knowledge systems have adapted over time to meet outside challenges as well as the needs of its members.

    Outcome 4: Students will be able to recognize the original territory of the Haudenosaunee and trace its shifting boundaries into the post-Revolutionary period.

    Outcome 5: Students will gain awareness of Ithaca’s and Cornell’s connection to the history of Cayuga people and their homelands.

    Outcome 6: Students will become familiar with Haudenosaunee gender roles, social organization, and political and economic systems.

    Outcome 7: Students will become aware of Haudenosaunee agriculture practices and botanical and ecological knowledge.

  
  • AIS 2240 - Native American Languages

    (crosslisted) LING 2248  
    (CA) (SBA)      
    Spring. 3 credits.

    Co-meets with AIS 6240 /LING 6248 .

    S. Murray.

    For description, see LING 2248 .

  
  • AIS 2350 - [Archaeology of North American Indians]

    (crosslisted) AMST 2350 , ANTHR 2235 , ARKEO 2235  
    (CA) (HA) (D)      
    Spring. Next offered 2017-2018. 3 credits.

    K. Jordan.

    For description, see ANTHR 2235 .

  
  • AIS 2390 - Seminar in Iroquois History

    (crosslisted) AMST 2390 , HIST 2390  
         
    Fall. 4 credits.

    J. Parmenter.

    For description, see HIST 2390 .

  
  • AIS 2400 - [Indigenous Women’s Experiences]


         
    Spring. Next offered 2016-2017. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    L. Hall.

    This course examines the multiple histories of colonization and resistance on contemporary indigenous women’s lives in the United States. Topics to be discussed include sexual and gendered violence against indigenous women, legal and communal forms of identity, cultural and political activism and transnational indigenous feminist alliances.

  
  • AIS 2600 - [Introduction to American Indian Literature]

    (crosslisted) AMST 2600 , ENGL 2600  
    (LA) (CA) (D)      
    Spring. Next offered 2016-2017. 4 credits.

    Staff.

    For description, see ENGL 2600 .

  
  • AIS 2660 - Everything You Know About Indians is Wrong: Unlearning Native American History

    (crosslisted) AMST 2660 , HIST 2660  
    (D)      
    Spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

    J. Parmenter.

    For description, see HIST 2660 .

  
  • AIS 3100 - Haudenosaunee Ecology in the Story of Earth’s Creation


    (CU-SBY)     
    Summer. 1 credit. Letter grades only.

    Prerequisite: AIS 1100  or AIS 1110 .

    A. M. Adams.

    What can a story thousands of years old teach us about ecological loss, survival, and renewal in 21st century Ithaca? Cornell’s campus stands in the heart of Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) homeland, and the Haudenosaunee story of Earth’s creation offers unique insight into the emergence of the local biome. In this course, we will examine Chief Skanyatarí:yo John Arthur Gibson’s Myth of the Earthgrasper, a richly detailed version of the Creation story recorded in 1899. Together, we will trace the intersections of species, seral stage, and narrative event that show us ancient ways of understanding and responding to the profound ecological changes we face now. We will supplement Gibson’s narrative with readings from other primary sources, the perspectives of Haudenosaunee herbalists, hunters, and researchers working today, and with field surveys of species at local sites. This is a three-week summer session course.

    Outcome 1: Students will learn to read a major narrative of non-Western culture, identify themes and content relevant to a specific theoretical perspective, and apply these findings to the local resolution of a current global problem.

  
  
  • AIS 3330 - Ways of Knowing: Indigenous and Place-Based Ecological Knowledge

    (crosslisted) AMST 3330 , NTRES 3330  
    (CA) (SBA) (D)      
    Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Enrollment limited to: juniors, seniors, or graduate students. Co-meets with NTRES 6330 .

    K-A. S. Kassam.

    For description and learning outcomes, see NTRES 3330 .

  
  • AIS 3422 - [Culture, Politics, and Environment in the Circumpolar North]

    (crosslisted) ANTHR 3422  
    (CA) (D)      
    Spring. Next offered 2017-2018. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

    Co-meets with AIS 6422 /ANTHR 6422 .

    P. Nadasdy.

    For description, see ANTHR 3422 .

  
  • AIS 3560 - Thinking from a Different Place: Indigenous Philosophies

    (crosslisted) AMST 3562 , ENGL 3560  
         
    Spring. 4 credits.

    E. Cheyfitz.

    For description, see ENGL 3560 .

  
  • AIS 4000 - Critical Approaches to American Indian Studies: Intellectual History


    (CA) (HA)      
    Spring. 4 credits.

    Enrollment limited to: advanced undergraduates. Co-meets with AIS 6000 . Course requirements differ at 4000 and 6000 levels.

    T. Richardson.

    An interdisciplinary survey of the literature in Native American Studies. Readings engage themes of indigeneity, coloniality, power, and “resistance.” The syllabus is formed from some “classic” and canonical works in Native American Studies but also requires an engagement with marginal writings and theoretical and historical contributions from scholars in other disciplines.

  
  • AIS 4100 - [Health and Survival Inequalities]

    (crosslisted) DSOC 4100 , SOC 4100  
    (D) (SBA)      
    Fall. Next offered 2016-2017. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    A. Gonzales.

    For description and learning outcomes, see DSOC 4100 .

  
  • AIS 4600 - [Field and Analytical Methods in Archaeology]

    (crosslisted) ANTHR 4260 , ARKEO 4260  
    (SBA) (HA) (CU-UGR)     
    Next offered 2017-2018. 4-6 credits, variable.

    K. Jordan.

    For description, see ANTHR 4260 .

  
  
  • AIS 4900 - [New World Encounters, 1500 - 1800]

    (crosslisted) AMST 4900 , HIST 4900  
    (CA) (HA)      
    Spring. Not offered 2015-2016. 4 credits.

    J. Parmenter.

    For description, see HIST 4900 .

  
  • AIS 4970 - Independent Study


    (CU-UGR)     
    Fall or spring. 1-4 credits, variable.

    The American Indian Program office must approve independent study forms. Students from all colleges must submit a CALS Special Studies form available online.

    Staff.

    Topic and credit hours TBA between faculty member and student.

  
  • AIS 6000 - Critical Approaches to American Indian Studies: Intellectual History


         
    Spring. 4 credits.

    Enrollment limited to: graduate students. Co-meets with AIS 4000 . Course requirements differ at 4000 and 6000 levels.

    T. Richardson.

    An interdisciplinary survey of the literature in Native American Studies. Readings engage themes of indigeneity, coloniality, power, and “resistance.” The syllabus is formed from some “classic” and canonical works in Native American Studies but also requires an engagement with marginal writings and theoretical and historical contributions from scholars in other disciplines.

  
  • AIS 6010 - American Indian and Indigenous Studies Speaker Series


         
    Fall. 1 credit.

    T. Richardson.

    Graduate-level course that introduces students to ongoing research in the field of American Indian Studies in a proseminar/colloquium format. Advanced graduate students are expected to present their work in progress; all are expected to attend each seminar and provide presenters with critical and constructive commentary on papers.

  
  • AIS 6240 - Native American Languages

    (crosslisted) LING 6248  
    (CA) (SBA)      
    Spring. 3 credits.

    Co-meets with AIS 2240 /LING 2248 .

    S. Murray.

    For description, see LING 6248 .

  
  
  • AIS 6422 - [Culture, Politics, and Environment in the Circumpolar North]

    (crosslisted) ANTHR 6422  
    (CA) (D)      
    Spring. Next offered 2017-2018. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

    Co-meets with AIS 3422 /ANTHR 3422 .

    P. Nadasdy.

    For description, see ANTHR 6422 .

  
  • AIS 6670 - The Construction of Indian Country in Law and Literature

    (crosslisted) AMST 6670 , ENGL 6670  
         
    Spring. 4 credits.

    E. Cheyfitz.

    For description, see ENGL 6670 .

  
  • AIS 6970 - Independent Study in American Indian Studies


         
    Fall, spring, or summer. 1-3 credits, variable.

    Staff.

    A student may, with approval of a faculty advisor, study a problem or topic not covered in a regular course or may undertake tutorial study of an independent nature in an area of interest in American Indian Studies.

  

ALS—Agriculture & Life Sciences

  
  • ALS 1140 - Explorations in Biology Research and Health Professions


         
    Summer. 1 credit. Letter grades only.

    Not for Biological Sciences majors.

    K. Gellman.

    Explores biology as it pertains to research, health-care professions, and the world at large. This seminar is designed for students with a strong interest in medicine and biological research. Discussions and laboratory exercises allow students to interact with faculty and guest speakers. Students learn to read and evaluate scientific publications on current biological topics. Course grade is based on several short papers.

    Outcome 1: Students learn to read and evaluate scientific publications on current biological topics.

  
  • ALS 1370 - Academic Communication for Multilingual Students


         
    Fall. 3 credits. S-U grades only (no audit).

    Permission of instructor required.

    M. Myers.

    The course introduces multilingual students to the academic expectations necessary for successful undergraduate careers at Cornell University. Students will research and write about a series of global issues (inequality, climate change, and food policy) as they consider their roles as international students in a dynamic, diverse academic environment. Students will acquire strategies for applying critical reading, writing, speaking, thinking, and language skills to both academic and global contexts. Practicing components of each skill area will enable students to develop a general foundation for oral and written communication as scholars and as global citizens.

    Outcome 1: Developing an understanding of:
    • critical thought and analysis in a global context
    • U.S. academic culture
    • university classroom expectations

    Outcome 2: Practical Skills and Techniques for:
    • developing strategies for reading, understanding, and interpreting scholarly texts
    • examining academic texts for rhetorical and structural language features
    • writing with theses, organization, arguments, evidence, and clear language
    • accurately citing source material
    • listening effectively to lectures and taking relevant notes
    • participating in class discussions
    • giving short academic presentations
    • revising and sharing work

  
  • ALS 2000 - Leadership in Campus Sustainability


    (CU-CEL, CU-SBY)     
    Fall, spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    J. Mt Pleasant, M. Hoffman, A. Soccie, E. Moore.

    This course is directed at first and second-year students who are interested in becoming leaders for sustainability on campus. Students will identify and examine critical issues that affect the Cornell community’s impact on the environment. We will focus on actions (our own and others) that can reduce negative environmental effects. Much of the course will be devoted to developing and implementing projects in residence halls that have measurable impacts on campus sustainability. Students will increase their leadership skills and better understand how to motivate themselves and others to change behaviors to improve our stewardship of the environment.

    Outcome 1: Demonstrate knowledge of waste on campus and its environmental consequences.

    Outcome 2: Identify and evaluate behaviors and practices that reduce waste in North Campus residence halls.

    Outcome 3: Identify specific practices that can be used to motivate themselves and others to develop new behaviors and practices.

    Outcome 4: Identify critical elements of leadership; identify their individual leadership strengths and weaknesses; practice new leadership skills.

    Outcome 5: Demonstrate knowledge of Community-Based Social Marketing and use it change their own and others’ behaviors to increase campus sustainability.

    Outcome 6: Describe how social-economic class, ethnicity, gender, and race affect perspectives toward sustainability.

    Outcome 7: Identify and use skills to work effectively in teams.

    Outcome 8: Find credible information on issues related to waste and its connection to sustainability.

    Outcome 9: Demonstrate project management, peer-education, and assessment skills by implementing projects on North Campus.

  
  • ALS 2020 - Greek Leadership Academy


    (CU-CEL)     
    Fall (seven-week session). 1 credit. S-U grades only (no audit).

    Enrollment limited to: aspiring officers in fraternities and sororities. To enroll, contact Annei Socci, ams46@cornell.edu.

    M. Eames-Sheavly, A. Kohut.

    Cornell’s Fraternity and Sorority system is in a dynamic period in its lifespan, and will continue to undergo shifts and adjust to changes over the next few years. It is critical that leaders of these organizations have the skills necessary to lead in ways that will help chapters continue to thrive. This course is specifically designed to meet the needs of existing and incoming leaders in Cornell’s Fraternity and Sorority system. You will look critically at your own leadership skills and conclude the course with an action plan that will prepare you for January’s recruitment and new member period. In this unique one-credit course you will build your leadership skills while building connections and relationships with officers in other chapters.

    Outcome 1: As a result of engaging in the Greek Leadership Academy, you will:
    -Know and demonstrate practices of exemplary leadership, group development, and team building.
    -Be able to articulate how leadership impacts organizational culture, change, power and belonging.
    -Cultivate an awareness of your leadership strengths, and take steps toward opportunities for growth and improvement.
    -Create a plan for positive chapter leadership and collaboration, based on your chapter’s mission.
    -Experience a sense of community and support from other members that you may come to personally value.

  
  • ALS 2100 - Teams and Leaders in Action


    (KCM) (SBA)      
    Summer. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    M. W. Deets.

    What do effective leaders do? How do they think? How do they overcome challenges? How does your personality affect your ability to lead, and how can you use aspects of your personality to help others and yourself? This course examines the habits of thought and practice of exceptional leaders, past and present, to equip the student to lead in an increasingly complex, connected, and diverse world. The course consists of nearly equal parts theory, philosophy, practice, and historical case study. Lessons learned from historical case studies are matched with contemporary leadership theory and practice from the business world, the military, athletics, journalism, and space exploration. The primary course objective is to produce future leaders prepared to influence their communities in positive ways, regardless of profession.

    Outcome 1: By the end of the course, students should be able to: Formulate and execute plans to reach team goals.

    Outcome 2: Match their values, strengths, and personalities to specific purposes.

    Outcome 3: Listen more effectively.

    Outcome 4: Communicate more effectively.

    Outcome 5: Deal with conflict and tension in a team.

    Outcome 6: Interpret lessons learned from case studies on the history of exploration.

    Outcome 7: Build team diversity and unity.

  
  • ALS 2200 - Make Your Mark: Essential Professional Skills to Launch Your Career


         
    Spring. 1 credit. Letter grades only.

    L. Gillespie, J. DeRosa, D. Viands.

    Course will provide opportunities for students to identify and develop the professional skills employers and graduate and professional schools seek in college graduates. Students will engage in self-assessment to determine their current level of competency in key professional skills such as self-awareness/personal impact, critical thinking, teamwork, information management, and relationship building. Through interactive activities, assignments, and a group project students will hone some of the professional skills during the course and learn how to create a strategy for continued growth opportunities and personal development.

    Outcome 1: Students will be able to identify and describe the key professional skills employers and graduate schools look for in college graduates.

    Outcome 2: Use StrengthsQuest to recognize and develop natural strengths while at Cornell and in future career.

    Outcome 3: Students will discover their current level of competency around 8 professional skill clusters through the administration of the CALS Professional Skills Self-Assessment.

    Outcome 4: Student awareness of the resources available to enable self-direct efforts in professional skill development while at Cornell.

    Outcome 5: Students will create a personal learning plan to facilitate on-going personal development.

    Outcome 6: Students will be able to define emotional intelligence and recognize the role it plays in one’s career.

    Outcome 7: Student will learn about, engage in discussion, and demonstrate the professional skills needed by employers and graduate schools through assignments, case studies, and lectures.

    Outcome 8: Students will ascertain the benefit of reflection to promote continuous learning through the use of regular journaling assignments throughout the course.

  
  • ALS 3100 - Foundations in Leadership: Skills for Professional Success and Life


    (KCM) (SBA)      
    Spring. 3 credits. S-U grades only.

    C. Sidle, M. Hoffman, D. R. Viands.

    This course frames leadership as a particular way of approaching life, one that is essential to career success as well as fulfillment in life itself. The course begins with the inner work of a leader’s personal development, and then turns to the outer work of a leader’s working through others.

    Outcome 1: Developed a critical understanding of contemporary leadership theories, styles, approaches and roles.

    Outcome 2: Examined and clarified personal inspirations, values, and purposes in careers and life.

    Outcome 3: Learned to align those inner motivations with personal actions, decisions, and communications in order to become more authentic, effective, and influential.

    Outcome 4: Built skills for communicating effectively especially in difficult conversations such as delivering feedback, resolving conflict, and negotiating agreements.

    Outcome 5: Practiced skills for building effective teams and leading group planning, decision making and problem solving processes.

    Outcome 6: Created a personal learning plan and leadership portfolio for supporting personal development.

    Outcome 7: Established a habit of reflection to promote continuous learning and responsible leadership.

  
  • ALS 3200 - Leadership and Global Service Learning - Pre Fieldwork Course

    (crosslisted) ILRIC 3200  
         
    Spring. 1 credit. Letter grades only.

    Prerequisite: students must undertake study abroad, fieldwork, research, internship or community engaged service-learning (in the US or in another country) by the end of the calendar year or have permission of instructor.

    R. Kiely.

    This pre-fieldwork course examines leadership and global service-learning (GSL) themes and provides students a forum for critical reflection on community-driven service, intercultural learning, power and privilege, global citizenship, and each of the listed components’ relationships to one another. The pre-fieldwork seminar draws on best practices in community-engaged learning and research to develop the personal, professional and academic skill necessary for effective intercultural immersion while in a host community. Themes covered are personal values and ethics, professional etiquette working with diverse communities and organizations, project planning, critical reflection and community engagement in a cross-cultural context. Preparation includes the development of skills in critical reflection in order to document, communicate and apply what has been learned from the field experience. The course is intended for any student undertaking study abroad, fieldwork, and community engagement in the near future. ALS 3200 is one credit course and students are required to attend all five sessions. Students have an option of taking ALS 3210, Leadership and Global Service Learning – Post Fieldwork Course for 1 credit in the fall as an opportunity to reflect on their fieldwork experience and further apply their learning upon return.

    Outcome 1: Intercultural Learning: Students engage in active, meaningful participation in the life of the host community. Learning Outcomes:
    • Contrast home and host culture dominant norms, behaviors, and assumptions.
    • Employ enhanced knowledge of home and host culture to behave appropriately in host community and develop connections with community members.
    • Identify and describe home cultural assumptions that are enabling and limiting.
    • Demonstrate understanding of self as a cultural being.

    Outcome 2: Critical Reflection: Students develop critical thinking skills by examining diverse perspectives on course topics and comparing these perspectives across cultures and through the lens of the host community. Learning Outcomes:
    • Assess the relevance of course content to host community perspectives and experiences.
    • Communicate the relevance of disciplinary content, intercultural learning, and global civic engagement strategies for host and home communities.
    • Identify sources of learning during the course experience; assess the strengths and weaknesses of those sources.

  
  • ALS 3210 - Leadership and Global Service Learning - Post Fieldwork Course

    (crosslisted) ILRIC 3210  
         
    Fall (seven-week session). 1 credit. Letter grades only.

    Prerequisite: Student must have undertaken study abroad, fieldwork, research, internship or community engaged service-learning (in the US or in another country) or have been previously enrolled in ALS 3200  /ILRIC 3200 .

    R. Kiely.

    This post-field work course provides students who have participated in field study, service-learning, research or study abroad a forum for critical reflection on leadership, community-driven service, intercultural learning, power and privilege, and global citizenship. This course offers participants an opportunity to describe, analyze and communicate their learning through an examination of their field experience, selected readings and class discussions. Areas covered are personal values and ethics, professional norms and practices working with diverse communities and organizations, leadership, global citizenship and post-project research and writing activities aimed at continued learning and furthering social change. Post-field course activities include the development of skills in reflection and evaluation that communicate the value and learning that results from a cross-cultural and community-engaged learning experience. The course is intended for any student who has undertaken fieldwork (within the US or overseas) or study abroad. The course focuses on Critical Reflection, Intercultural Learning, Global Citizenship, Writing for Social Change, documentation and learning from experience in diverse contexts.

    Outcome 1: Intercultural Learning: Contrast home and host culture dominant norms, behaviors, and assumptions.
    • Identify and describe cultural assumptions that are enabling and limiting.
    • Demonstrate understanding of self as a cultural being.
    • Explore dimensions of community-building and development across difference.

    Outcome 2: Global Citizenship and Civic Engagement.
    • Examine the meaning of global citizenship.
    • Describe, explain and develop civic leadership skills in diverse community settings and
    contexts.

    Outcome 3: Critical Reflection: Students develop critical thinking skills by examining diverse perspectives on course topics and comparing these perspectives across cultures and through the lens of the host community.
    • Assess the relevance of course content to host community perspectives and experiences.
    • Communicate the relevance of disciplinary content, intercultural learning, and global civic
    engagement strategies for host and home communities.
    • Identify sources of learning during the course experience; assess the strengths and
    weaknesses of those sources.

    Outcome 4: Writing for individual learning and social change.
    • Students describe, explain and communicate the meaning of their service, global civic
    participation and/or fieldwork and examine diverse activities and media for fostering social
    change.

  
  • ALS 3920 - New York State Government Affairs

    (crosslisted) HE 3920 
         
    Spring. 12 credits.

    Prerequisite: minimum GPA of 2.3. Enrollment limited to: sophomore, junior or senior standing.

    Staff.

    For description, see HE 3920 .

  
  • ALS 4000 - Leadership for Campus Sustainability


    (CU-CEL, CU-SBY)     
    Fall, spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    Prerequisite: one or more courses with a sustainability focus or substantial involvement with sustainability programming.

    A. Socci, E. Moore, M.P. Hoffman.

    This course uses engaged learning approaches to develop leadership and peer education skills while improving campus sustainability through educating students in campus residential facilities. You will learn how to plan, coordinate, and implement sustainability education activities in collaboration with residence hall staff. You will work with others students in and outside the class in developing your competencies in persuasion, education and social marketing.

    Outcome 1: Through this course you will: Be able to communicate knowledge about sustainability practices at Cornell University.

    Outcome 2: Become an effective leader and educator.

    Outcome 3: Be able to plan and implement effective programs.

    Outcome 4: Be able to apply techniques of persuasion and social marketing.

  
  • ALS 4940 - Special Topics in Agriculture and Life Sciences


         
    Fall, spring. 1-4 credits, variable.

    Staff.

    The college teaches “trial” or temporary courses under this number. Offerings vary by semester and are advertised by the college before the beginning of the semester. The same course is not offered more than twice under this number.

  
  • ALS 4960 - Internship in Agriculture and Life Sciences


         
    Fall, spring, summer. 1-3 credits, variable (may be repeated up to 6 credits). S-U grades only.

    Permission of advisor required. Students must register using CALS Special Studies form available online.

    Staff.

    All 4960 internship courses must adhere to the CALS guidelines at cals.cornell.edu/academics/student-research/internship. Students planning internships related to the discipline of a department are encouraged to enroll in the departmental internship course.

  
  • ALS 4970 - Independent Study in Agriculture and Life Sciences


         
    Fall, spring. 1-6 credits, variable.

    Permission of instructor required. Students must register using CALS Special Studies form available online.

    Staff.

    Independent study for undergraduate students.

  
  • ALS 4980 - Undergraduate Teaching Assistant


         
    Fall, spring. 1-4 credits, variable.

    Permission of instructor required. Students must register using CALS Special Studies form available online.

    Staff.

    Students learn and experience assisting in a course under the direction of a course instructor.

  
  • ALS 4990 - Undergraduate Research in Agriculture and Life Sciences


    (CU-UGR)     
    Fall, spring. 1-6 credits, variable.

    Permission of instructor required. Students must register using CALS Special Studies form available online.

    Staff.

    Independent research for undergraduate students.

  
  • ALS 4998 - Politics and Policy: Theory, Research, and Practice

    (crosslisted) AMST 4998 , CAPS 4998 , GOVT 4998 , PAM 4060 
         
    Fall, spring. 8 credits.

    Offered in Washington, D.C. Students in CALS must register for ALS 4998.

    D. Silbey.

    For description, see GOVT 4998 .

  
  • ALS 5100 - Leadership Development for Life Scientists


         
    Spring (ten weeks). 2 credits. Letter grades only.

    Enrollment limited to: PhD students or graduate students enrolled in leadership or management programs.

    M. Pritts, P. Strausser.

    Formal training and practice of skills required for leading people in an academic or business environment. Skills include coaching, feedback, managing conflict, fostering teamwork, creating vision, and developing diversity. A significant portion is devoted to understanding one’s own strengths and weaknesses and how to recognize and use strengths in others.

    Outcome 1: Understand theoretical perspectives, roles and processes of leadership.

    Outcome 2: Identify and assess the competencies, capabilities and values required for effective leadership.

    Outcome 3: Examine and practice leadership approaches and tools for leading groups, coaching individuals and teams, resolving conflict, and leading change.

    Outcome 4: Analyze and critique the leadership of community groups, lab group, department, college and the university.

    Outcome 5: Network with other students and learn about cultural differences.

  
  • ALS 5780 - International Teaching Assistant Development Program Course 1


         
    Fall, spring. 2 credits. S-U grades only.

    Prerequisite: ITA Language Assessment or permission of ITAP. Priority given based on immediacy of TA assignment.

    K. Kenyon.

    Designed for international teaching assistants. This course focuses on oral communication, cross-cultural classroom dynamics, and teaching techniques. Through small group seminars, conferences with instructors, audio journals, and a teaching practicum, students work to expand their communication and pedagogical skills.

    Outcome 1: Define components of Advanced Level Speech communication.

    Outcome 2: Identify and practice word, phrasal and sentence stress, intonation and comprehensible pronunciation.

    Outcome 3: Apply knowledge of Advanced Level Speech components to monitor speech during communication.

    Outcome 4: Organize knowledge as a TA using Advanced Level Speech components such as comparison, narration, description and explanation.

    Outcome 5: Evaluate and prioritize areas of communication to improve through reflection.

    Outcome 6: Examine the concept of culture and its influence on teaching and communication.

  
  • ALS 5790 - International Teaching Assistant Development Program Course 2


         
    Fall, spring. 2 credits. S-U grades only.

    Prerequisite: ITA Language Assessment or permission of ITAP. Priority given based on immediacy of TA assignment.

    K. Kenyon.

    Designed as a follow-up to ALS 5780 . This course focuses on oral communication, cross-cultural classroom dynamics, and teaching techniques. Through small group seminars, conferences with instructors, audio journals, and teaching practice, international teaching assistants work to expand their communication and pedagogical skills.

    Outcome 1: Define components of Advanced Level Speech communication.

    Outcome 2: Identify and practice word, phrasal and sentence stress, intonation and comprehensible pronunciation.

    Outcome 3: Apply knowledge of Advanced Level Speech components to monitor speech during communication.

    Outcome 4: Organize knowledge as a TA using Advanced Level Speech components such as comparison, narration, description and explanation.

    Outcome 5: Evaluate and prioritize areas of communication to improve through reflection.

    Outcome 6: Examine the concept of culture and its influence on teaching and communication.

  
  • ALS 6015 - The Practice of Teaching in Higher Education


         
    Fall, spring. 2 credits. Letter grades only.

    Permission of instructor required.

    D. G. Way.

    The course will assist graduate students prepare for a faculty position in higher education. Course assignments and activities cover effective teaching and professional development. Students will complete an electronic portfolio in preparation for employment. The course covers faculty roles and responsibilities, educational philosophies, learning theories, instructional methods, course design, assessment among others.

    Outcome 1: Distinguish between the purpose, context and culture of different higher education institutions.

    Outcome 2: Articulate an academic professional identity through a CV, vision statement, and research statement.

    Outcome 3: Construct and articulate a statement of teaching philosophy as a future faculty member in higher education.

    Outcome 4: Analyze and explain theories of learning and instructional design that enhance teaching and student learning in higher education settings.

    Outcome 5: Design a course syllabus and communicate a rationale for the selection of materials, sequencing of course content, design of activities and methods of assessment.

    Outcome 6: Describe and explain how to incorporate technologies into a specific course design to enhance teaching and learning in higher education.

    Outcome 7: Demonstrate an understanding of criteria for assessing the quality of learning and teaching in higher education by creating a rubric.

    Outcome 8: Communicate concepts and ideas related to excellence in teaching and learning in higher education through discussion (online/F2F), peer feedback and other presentation formats.

    Outcome 9: Demonstrate evidence of reflective practice and learning through peer feedback, F2F-Online communication and the development of a web-based portfolio.

  
  • ALS 6016 - Teaching as Research in Higher Education


         
    Fall, spring. 2 credits. S-U grades only.

    Prerequisite: ALS 6015 . This course is open to all graduate teaching assistants and graduate students interested in using research to inform and improve their teaching. Students participating in CTE collaborative programming (i.e., CIRTL, Teagle, CTE’s Graduate Research in Teaching Fellowship Program, and future faculty programs in City and Regional Planning and Biological and Biomedical Sciences) may be required to enroll in this course in order to complete their program requirements.

    K. Williams, T. Pettit.

    Course will expose students to the literature on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL). Within this academic conversation about the scholarship of teaching and learning and teaching as research, students will design and complete their own original research project to inform teaching in their discipline. This course culminates in the creation of a teaching as research project to include: a literature review incorporating SOTL resources from one’s discipline; a methodology designed to address a particular need in one’s teaching and/or within teaching in one’s discipline; a critical analysis of the results and conclusions in a formal research report. Throughout the process students will give and receive critical feedback during key developmental stages and will have opportunities to present their reports in multiple venues.

    Outcome 1: Evaluate the scholarship of teaching and teaching as research literature within their disciplines in a literature review.

    Outcome 2: Evaluate various research methodologies used in the research on teaching (e.g., qualitative, quantitative, mixed-methods, teacher-action research methods) to select the most appropriate methodology for their project.

    Outcome 3: Describe all the ethical implications of their study as evidenced within the “risks” portion of their IRB applications.

    Outcome 4: Write all parts of a research on teaching report (i.e., abstract, introduction, literature review, methods, results, conclusions, discussion, references, appendix) to include all critical elements defined in the final project rubric.

    Outcome 5: Present their research findings using presentation strategies discussed in class (i.e., poster, discussion, lecture, etc.) to meet the criteria stated in the presentation rubric.

    Outcome 6: Identify ways to continue their own teaching as research projects to inform their teaching.

  
  • ALS 6940 - Graduate Special Topics in Agriculture and Life Sciences


         
    Fall, spring. 1-4 credits, variable.

    Staff.

    The college teaches “trial” or temporary courses under this number. Offerings vary by semester and are advertised by the college before the beginning of the semester. The same course is not offered more than twice under this number.


AMST—American Studies

  
  • AMST 1101 - Introduction to American Studies


    (HB) (CA-AS)      
    Spring. 4 credits.

    B. Maxwell.

    This course is an introduction to interdisciplinary considerations of American culture. Specific topics may change from year to year and may include questions of national consensus versus native, immigrant and racial subcultures and countercultures; industrialization and the struggles over labor; the rise of leisure; the transformation of (the frequently gendered) public and private spheres; the relationship between politics and culture; the development and distinctions among consumer culture, mass culture and popular culture. These themes will be examined through a variety of media, such as literature, historical writing, music, art, film, architecture, etc. The course will also give attention to the many methods through which scholars have, over time, developed the discipline of American Studies.

  
  • AMST 1115 - Introduction to American Government and Politics

    (crosslisted) GOVT 1111  
    (SBA-AS)      
    Fall, summer. 4 credits.

    S. Mettler.

    For description, see GOVT 1111 .

  
  • AMST 1145 - FWS: U.S. Foreign Policy Today: Perceptions and Practice


         
    Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

    S. Maxey.

    What role should the U.S. play in the world? Can national security include humanitarian efforts, environmental protection, and foreign aid? This course focuses on current events to provide an overview of the U.S. foreign policy toolkit, including: war, humanitarian intervention, foreign aid, and diplomacy. We will examine the effectiveness of these strategies, as well as related media coverage, popular culture, and public opinion. Readings combine academic sources with film clips, news and policy reports, presidential speeches, memoirs, and journalistic accounts such as Samantha Power’s A Problem from Hell. Writing assignments are designed to help students develop strong arguments and the skills necessary for professional writing. The assignments include policy memos, letters to the editor, and a research paper evaluating a contemporary crisis.

  
  • AMST 1312 - History of Rock Music

    (crosslisted) MUSIC 1312  
    (LA-AS)      
    Spring. 3 credits.

    No previous training in music required.

    J. Peraino.

    For description, see MUSIC 1312 .

 

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