ELON UNIVERSITY
SPRING 2016
SCHEDULE OF CLASSES
Undergraduate, Imedia, MBA and M.Ed
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Monday, Wednesday, Friday
8:00 - 9:10
9:25 - 10:35
10:50 - 12:00
12:15 - 1:25
1:40 - 2:50
1:40 - 3:20 (MW)
3:35 - 5:15 (MW)
5:30 - 7:10 (MW)
Tuesday, Thursday
8:00 - 9:40
10:30 - 12:10
12:25 - 2:05
2:20 - 4:00
5:30 - 7:10
Tuesday, Thursday
9:50 - 10:20 T - College Coffee
9:50 - 10:20 Th – Numen Lumen
Important Registration Information
Prerequisites and Corequisites:
A prerequisite is a course that must be successfully completed prior to enrollment in another course. A corequisite is a course that must be taken in the
same semester as another course. Some courses have multiple prerequisites. Students must have completed all prerequisites to be able to preregister for
the course. It is the student’s responsibility to make sure that prerequisites and corequisites have been met.
Pass/Fail Courses:
Students wishing to exercise this option must submit a Pass/Fail grading request to the Registrar's Office before attending the first day of class. Students
may take a maximum of two courses outside the Core Curriculum requirements and the requirements for their major(s) and minor(s) on a Pass/Fail basis.
Classes passed on a Pass/Fail basis do not count in computations for Dean's List, President’s List or graduation honors.
Laboratory Courses:
For all courses requiring lab work, students must register for laboratory sections in addition to the lecture sections. Laboratory sections are listed in the
schedule.
Independent Study or Research:
Students who wish to register for an Independent Study or a Research project must submit a completed Application to the Office of the Registrar.
Internships/Co-ops:
Students must register an internship or co-op experience with the Registrar’s Office. The Experiential Education Registration Form/Contract must be
completed in addition to the regular registration form. The Experiential Education Registration Form/Contract is available in the Student Professional
Development Center located in the Moseley Center.
Cross-Listing of Sections:
Certain courses may be listed under more than one discipline heading. The student should be careful to register under the discipline he/she wishes to
appear on the official transcript.
Overloads:
Students are limited to 18 hours per semester unless approved by the Registrar. Students on academic probation are limited to no more than 12 hours
per semester. Please incorporate this into registration planning.
Withdrawal from Undergraduate Courses:
From full-semester courses: Last day to withdraw with a grade of "W" (withdrawal without penalty) is Wednesday, March 30, 2016.
From courses which meet only the first half of the semester: Last day to withdraw with a grade of "W" is Thursday, February 25, 2016
From courses which meet only the second half of the semester: Last day to withdraw with a grade of "W" is Tuesday, April 19, 2016.
Students not completing the withdrawal process by the deadline will incur a grade of completion (A, B, C, D or F). Any exception to this policy is the
responsibility of the Academic Dean’s Office.
Schedule Changes:
The University reserves the right to make changes to the schedule including the instructor assigned to a section when necessary.
Applied Music Courses:
For all applied lessons, music majors and minors should contact the instructor for the appropriate level and course number. All other students should contact
the Chair of the Department of Music for registration information and instructor assignment. . The deadline for all refunds for Private Lessons is the end
of the second week of the semester (Friday, February 12, 2016). Special fees apply to private instruction.
Students will meet in Whitley Auditorium Tuesday, February 3 at 4:15 p.m. to schedule individual lessons.
Lesson fees are $406 for 1 hour of credit and $812 for 2 hours of credit.
NEW COURSE DESCRIPTIONS – SPRING 2016
AMS 270
AMERICAN GANGSTERS
4 S.H.
Few figures, if any, succeed in unveiling the interplay of modernity and America in the 20th century as well as the gangster does. The two
match up so well and so often that the gangster has become coterminous of our culture. The gangster is everywhere: movies (The Public
Enemy, Bonnie and Clyde, The Godfather, Goodfellas, American Gangster, Black Mass) literature (The Great Gatsby, Billy Bathgate, Gentlemen
Jiggers, Stiletto and Steel) newspapers, TV shows (The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire), memoirs (The Valachi Papers) and popular music,
including rap songs (“The Ledge”). Its presence is essential to understand some aspects of our material culture (clothes, fashion), technology
(fire weapons, automobiles) as well as racial, sexual, ethnic, and class relationships. Indeed, the century long continuing success of the
gangster indicates how pervasive this identification is in the American psyche. Why is that and how did it all happen?
ANT 386
ANTHROPOLOGY OF SEX AND GENDER
4 S.H.
This course examines gender and sexuality from an anthropological perspective, focusing mostly on cross-cultural examples of gender variance
and same-sex sexuality. Students will learn how different cultures conceptualize, interpret, and accommodate human sexual behavior and
gender variability in relation to economics, ethnicity, politics, kinship, medical beliefs, religion, history, and globalization.
ANT 387
CULTURES OF THE SOUTH
4 S.H.
This course will explore the U.S. Southeast as a coherent, but often highly contested, culture region. Using the methods of cultural anthropology
and folklore, we will explore the various cultures of the South, paying particular attention to voices often unheard, whether because of ethnicity,
gender, class or age. We will study various cultural topics—from music to manners, food to festival, myth to memory—in their historical,
cultural, and social contexts. To do so, students will conduct original ethnographic research in order to more fully understand contemporary
southern culture. Students will enter the “field” and gather data in order to construct a contemporary look at southern culture as lived by people
in various local North Carolina communities.
ARH 372
RENAISSANCE ART
4 S.H.
This course examines the development and maturation of a Renaissance “style” in Italy and Northern Europe from the emotional chapel
frescoes of Giotto to the bizarre Hellscapes of Bosch and Brueghel. It focuses especially on the ways in which artistic culture, increased trade
and travel, and Humanist discourse affected art, the identity of artists and the formation of guild systems.
ARH 375
L.A.: CONTEMPORARY ART IN LOS ANGELES
4 S.H.
Students taking this course will learn about the contemporary art scene in Los Angeles. Depending on the expertise of the instructor, this could
include a look back to the openings of the Ferus Gallery and Womanhouse or an examination of the roles played by Eli Broad and Jeffrey Deitch
in more recent years, or both as bookends to 50 years of singular and ambivalent LA art making, patronage, and display. Art forms covered may
include pop, performance, video, installation, conceptual, graffiti/street, and digital/new media. Engaged, attentive visits to museums and
galleries will be an important part of this class, as will learning to recognize and put in context the art and institutions studied.
BUS 371
ADVANCED CASE ANALYSIS
2 S.H.
Case study is a staple of engaged management education. In addition to exposing students to real-world scenarios, it engages them in
research: gathering information, analyzing that information, developing a recommendation, and communicating that recommendation
persuasively. Unique to case studies, however, is the purpose to which the research, analysis, and communication are put: to solve a complex
business problem or to provide advice to a firm as it looks into new opportunities. Case studies have also become the basis for case
competitions hosted by business schools and firms throughout the world. This course engages students in the deep analysis of complex
business cases to help them think like consultants and to prepare those interested to participate successfully in case competitions. Enrollment
by application only.
COM 375 3D ANIMATION
4 S.H.
This course introduces students to basic concepts of computer graphics and animation. The course focuses on 3D geometry in modeling to
create virtual environments though shapes, characters, and effects. Students will learn about 3D modeling, animation and rendering.
Prerequisite COM 220 and 210.
COM 378 BUSINESS REPORTING
2 S.H.
The news media need to report and write stories about business and the economy in compelling and understandable ways. This course
identifies the need for business coverage and provides opportunities for students to pursue important stories in the community and region, with
their work published in partnership with the Burlington Times-News. Students will learn how to access the two main sources of information -documents and people -- and discuss when and how to use data to build or enhance a story. Prerequisite: COM 110.
CSC 372
COMPUTER VISION
Cross-listed with ISC 372 A. See ISC 372 for course description.
4 S.H.
COE 310 A EXPLORE SELF AND CAREERS
1 S.H.
This course helps students prepare for internships, co-ops, summer jobs and permanent employment. Students develop strategies to achieve
career goals, investigate critical issues in the workplace, develop a resume and cover letter and learn how to network and interview effectively.
COE 310 is recommended for sophomores, juniors and seniors.
COE 310 B REVSON SERIES – LIFE AFTER ELON
1 S.H.
This class will focus on preparation for life beyond Elon with the intent of bridging the transition from Elon to the “real world.” The course
incorporates the Revson Series, which consists of eight separate lectures designed to provide students with basic “how-to” information relevant
to their personal development and life after Elon. The Revson Series was developed with funding from a gift to the university from Diana and
Charles Revson (P’11). In addition, students will prepare for internships, co-ops, summer jobs, part-time and permanent employment, and
graduate school by developing a resume, establishing job contacts, identifying job search strategies, and learning how to interview effectively.
COE 310 C TRANSLATING YOUR ELON EXPERIENCES TO A CAREER
1 S.H.
How will you talk about your Elon experiences when applying for jobs, internships or graduate school? How can you leverage the liberal arts
skills you have gained in college to make yourself stand out in the “real world”? This course will help students identify, evaluate and discuss
their key skill sets and how to market them for life after Elon. Topics that will be covered include assessment of personality and strengths,
resume writing, interview techniques, and networking.
COE 310 D TRANSITION STRATEGIES: STRATEGIES FOR CAREERS IN MASS COMMUNICATIONS
1 S.H.
Students will be given an overview of careers available to them in mass media with a particular emphasis on print, broadcast and on-line
media. Students will be introduced to the usual avenues of progress when seeking a career in these areas as well as some unusual approaches
to internship and job opportunities. Class will be augmented by helpful lectures by guests who will focus on the mechanics of life after college;
examples are real estate, investment, family life or lack of it.
COE 310 F PREPARING FOR SPORT & EVENT MANAGEMENT INTERNSHIPS & CAREERS
1 S.H.
This course helps Sport & Event Management majors prepare for the SEM 461 internship, as well as co-ops, summer jobs and permanent
employment. Students will develop strategies to achieve career goals, investigate critical issues in the workplace, develop a resume and cover
letter, learn how to network and interview effectively. This course is recommended for Sport & Event Management sophomores, juniors and
seniors.
COE 310 G, I PERSONAL FINANCE 101
1 S.H.
Personal finance ranges from managing personal checking accounts to investing long-term for retirement. This course will teach students the
basics of how to handle their personal finance with strategies on finance management for life after school. The course will cover handling
personal taxes, insurance and retirement options in entry-level jobs, student loan repayment, other debt payment, budgeting, and other basics
that are important for students. Students will have the opportunity to create a personal finance, investment, and budget plan to take with them
based on estimated earnings and expenses. In addition, students will learn about the job search, interviews, and resumes related to entry-level
positions.
COE 310 J LIVING THE DREAM: PREPARING TO GO GLOBAL AFTER GRADUATION
1 S.H.
This course is intended for juniors and seniors who have already studied abroad (or had other international experiences) and are interested in
obtaining an international internship, working abroad, volunteering internationally or attending a graduate school with international
opportunities. This course will include: how to evaluate skills gained on international experiences; how to market your international
experience(s) on your resume, cover letter and in interviews; how to research the many considerations for going abroad; and how to
network. Researching and sharing resources for finding international post-graduate opportunities (jobs abroad, internships abroad, service
positions abroad and teaching positions abroad) will also be a significant part of the course. Prerequisite: previous study abroad or other
significant international experience.
COE 310 K TRANSITION STRATEGIES FOR CAREERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
1 S.H.
This course will focus on increasing career directedness, learning how best to prepare now to realize future goals. The course will include
guidance in assessing your strengths and passions; lessons in the lifelong skills of career decision-making (including identification of resources,
job market research, networking, and marketing yourself successfully); and discussions with alumni working in psychology-related fields with a
BA degree. If there is interest we will also discuss financial literacy and navigation of job benefits. (This course is recommended for
sophomores, juniors and seniors interested in careers in psychology-related fields which do not require graduate study.)
COE 310 L PREPARATION FOR AN IMMERSIVE SERVICE EXPERIENCE (DOMESTIC)
1 S.H.
Participants on an Alternative Break will engage in direct service while interacting intentionally with members of the local community. This
course will allow participants to be better prepared for these experiences and to process them afterwards. Participants will have a well-rounded
understanding of their location and will examine how the social issue their program focuses on is displayed in that location. The course is
composed of participants from all programs—each with a different issue focus—so discussions in class will cover topics like international servicelearning, the importance of reflection, cross-cultural competency, and translating service experience onto a resume. This will be an active,
participatory course where conversation will be driven by participants. This course will meet once a week for 1 hour in the half semester before
spring break, with one meeting after participants return from their Alternative Break. Participants will be able to effectively market their service
experience in resumes and cover letters as they apply for jobs and internships.
COE 310 M PREPARATION FOR AN IMMERSIVE SERVICE EXPERIENCE (INTERNATIONAL)
1 S.H.
Participants on an Alternative Break will engage in direct service while interacting intentionally with members of the local community. This
course will allow participants to be better prepared for these experiences and to process them afterwards. Participants will have a well-rounded
understanding of their location and will examine how the social issue their program focuses on is displayed in that location. The course is
composed of participants from all programs—each with a different issue focus—so discussions in class will cover topics like international servicelearning, the importance of reflection, cross-cultural competency, and translating service experience onto a resume. This will be an active,
participatory course where conversation will be driven by participants. This course will meet once a week for 1 hour in the half semester before
spring break, with one meeting after participants return from their Alternative Break. Participants will be able to effectively market their service
experience in resumes and cover letters as they apply for jobs and internships.
COE 310 N TRANSITION STRATEGIES: LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE AND APPLICATION
1 S.H.
This course is designed for students who will hold an approved leadership position during the entire Spring 2016 semester, and is a great
opportunity to learn leadership best practices while earning Leadership ELR credit. Based on the best-selling Kouzes and Posner’s The
Leadership Challenge, this course will help students develop leadership insights and skills that will not only help them in their current roles but
also prepare them for future ones. In the Leadership Development Workbook, students will complete a series of readings, exercises, inventories,
and other activities related to their personal leadership styles and roles. Class time will involve facilitated discussion of students’ real-time
leadership experiences, challenges, and best practices. Through sharing with peers, students will likely gain new perspectives and ideas and
enhance their own leadership and professional development. In addition, students will examine how their leadership experiences can be
leveraged in their resumes, job interviews, and other employment seeking activities. Requirement: Students must hold an approved leadership
position for ELR credit; students should contact the instructor to ensure approval of their leadership position.
COE 310 O, P, Q TRANSITIONING YOUR ORGANIZATION LEADERSHIP TO THE WORKPLACE
1 S.H.
This course will provide students in leadership positions with the skills, knowledge and resources to develop a stronger community on Elon’s
campus. Using principles of leadership and their own practical experiences, students will gain the confidence to leverage their organization
membership as a means to impact the Elon and surrounding communities, and meet their professional and personal goals. Through readings,
guest speakers, and hands-on activities, students will learn to polish their leadership experience for appropriate inclusion in resumes, cover
letters and interviews. Participation in this course while serving in a leadership position in your organization presents the option of earning
Leadership ELR credit. Enrollment requires permission from the instructor.
COE 310 R INFUSING CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION INTO THE WORKPLACE
1 S.H.
This course is intended for students interested in exploring how to infuse creativity and innovation into their leadership skills and abilities. One
particular company that excels at delivering leadership, professional development, creativity, and innovation is the Walt Disney Company. Being
recognized for its premiere professional development opportunities, Walt Disney is an expert in customer service, guest and employee
satisfaction, and valuing people. Students in this course will explore these concepts through lectures, class discussion, and a culminating 4-day
experience in the Disney World Parks in Orlando, Florida over Spring Break (March 21st-26th). Leveraging the talent of Disney Cast Members in
various lines of work, students will participate in three Disney Educational Workshops that will take them “behind the scenes” on a journey in
career discovery and leadership training. Please note: Students enrolled in this course will be financially responsible for their Disney World trip,
which is required as part of the course.
CJS 374
MULTIPLE MURDERERS
4 S.H.
There is great concern within the law enforcement community and the American public regarding violent crime. An extreme form of the violent
offender is the multiple murderer, a term that includes the serial killer, the mass murderer, and the spree killer. This course will investigate
these types of killers from an academic viewpoint. The types and subtypes of offenders will be examined, as well as the nature of their crime,
the reasons for their crimes, and law enforcement efforts (such as psychological profiling) to stop them. This course counts as an elective for
the CJS minor
DAN 320 A WEST AFRICAN DANCE AND MUSIC FOR PERFORMERS
4 S.H.
The establishment of the Ghana Dance Ensemble, Le Ballet National du Senegal, and Les Ballet Africans du Guinea among others played major
roles in spreading West African music and dances across ethnic and international boundaries. But what does this expansion mean to indigenous
customs and practices? This course will focus on cultural process, particularly the ways in which “traditional” performances change when
adapting new situations, such as teaching and learning away from its origin, ritual to stage show, and most broadly, from West Africa to the
world. The course will analyze how these many genres hybridized when crossing geographical, social and cultural boundaries within the context
of West African Nationalism. What is gained and lost? How do people from their ethnicities interpret music and dances they perform that are not
ethnically their own? How are these dances used in constructing West African/Diaspora identities? No prerequisite is required.
DAN 320 B CONDITIONING
4 S.H.
This class will focus on exercises that increase flexibility, core strength and stamina. Individual attention will help students develop better work
habits and more effective application of foundational movement technique, as well as guide them to discover the dancer’s personal sense of
neutral alignment appropriate for a strong physical foundation in any dance or movement genre. This class hopes to fill the particular needs of
beginning/intermediate musical theatre, acting and dance majors, as well as those of the general student population. Prerequisite: one semester
of a beginning level dance technique course as some knowledge of fundamental elements of technique will be expected.
EGR 371
BIOELECTRICS AND INSTRUMENTATION
3 S.H.
This course focuses on the physical principles underlying diagnostic medical systems. Concepts covered include the origin of biopotentials,
circuit analysis, data acquisition, signal processing, and graphical user interfaces. These concepts will be incorporated into the study of electrode
and amplifier design, electrocardiography, electromyography, electroencephalography, functional electrical stimulation, blood flow
measurements, and ultrasound imaging. Students must take the lab, EGRL 371.
EGRL 371 BIOELECTRICS AND INSTRUMENTATION LAB
1 S.H.
This course involves laboratory application of concepts discussed in the Bioinstrumentation lecture. Students will design, build, and test a variety
of diagnostic medical systems. Students must take the lecture, EGR 371.
ENG 255 A MENTAL ILLNESS IN LITERATURE
4 S.H.
Does creativity arise from emotional instability? How has the treatment of mental illness at times hindered artistic vision? Can an emotionally ill
person ever fully describe what he/she is experiencing? Are emotional illnesses stereotyped or portrayed accurately in contemporary literature?
Through reading literature by and about the mentally ill (poetry by Christopher Smart, Sylvia Plath, and Anne Sexton, drama such as The
Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis
de Sade and Equus, and fiction that explores depression, schizophrenia, and post-partum depression), we will address these questions and
many more.
ENG 255 B FEEL-GOOD FICTION
4 S.H.
Can fiction teach us how to feel? What happens when it tries to? How can sentimentality, as James Baldwin put it, work to mask cruelty? This
course explores how emotional texts interact with the political and historical contexts that shape them and produce uncomplicated feelings as
responses to complicated situations. Our course texts will span classic works in the American sentimental tradition like Harriet Beecher Stowe’s
Uncle Tom’s Cabin to contemporary novels, films, and television series including Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close and
its film adaptation, Nicholas Sparks’s The Notebook, Robert Zemecki’s adaptation of Forrest Gump, James Cameron’s Titanic, and The Office.
Throughout our work with these texts, we will develop critical approaches to literary sentimentality and examine the ways narratives foreground
good feelings and direct readers’ responses to systemic cultural concerns over race, class, and gender.
ENG 320
ENLIGHTENMENT APPETITES
4 S.H.
In the Spring of 2014, artist Kara Walker unveiled a new installation: a forty-ton sugar figure, one part stereotypical “Mammy” and one part
sphinx. The thirty-five-foot-tall behemoth, surrounded by slave children made of melting molasses, exemplified a disquieting truth: sugar, the
favorite taste of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Europe, was refined from the sweat, blood and suffering of millions of slaves. The
Enlightenment appetite for sugar reshaped the world, buttressing the inhuman institution of slavery and giving rise to later debates concerning
capitalism, liberty and human rights. This course traces the influence of eighteenth-century appetites on the Age of Enlightenment, and reads
the great thinkers of the period – among them, Smith, Locke, Rousseau, Richardson and Voltaire – in relation to food and food culture. How did
beef give rise to nationalism, and honey to animal rights? What do tea and chocolate have to do with gender, or pineapples with reason? Our
discussion will be augmented by weekly cooking demonstrations where we'll re-create historical recipes, experiencing eighteenth-century life
and culture through our own appetites.
ENG 346
CHARLES DICKENS
4 S.H.
Charles Dickens was a master of the Victorian triple-decker novel, a form that Henry James famously called “large loose baggy monsters.”
Dickens’s capacious novels depict comprehensive social worlds as they attempt to make sense of the rapidly changing social, cultural, economic,
and political forces that characterized life in nineteenth-century Britain. In this course, we will study Dickens’ professional career as a novelist,
journalist, and editor in order to learn how he capitalized on the novel form, and specifically, on the practice of serialization. In doing so, he
achieved enormous popular appeal while also confronting and commenting upon the pressing social concerns that grew out of this period of
rapid modernization and change.
ENG 355
APPALACHIAN NOVELS AND FILMS
4 S.H.
This course will invite students to look at the southern Appalachian region through the lenses of Appalachian history and culture as well as
several celebrated Appalachian novels and films. Readings will include novels by Lee Smith, Ron Rash, Fred Chappell, Sharyn McCrumb, Barbara
Kingsolver, and Charles Frazier, while film adaptations will include Cold Mountain, The Dollmaker, and Matewan. Students will have an
opportunity to explore other novels in groups or individually.
ENG 414
POEMS IN FORMS
4 S.H.
This class will take a broad view of forms in poetry (prose poems, biblical verse, sonnets, the blues, haiku, ghazals, blank verse) and a limited
view of the type of work that will be produced in the class: imitations, mainly, so we’ll read 25 sonnets, and then try our hand at one, or read a
dozen hallucinatory pantoums, then get in the boat ourselves. This is experiential learning gone crazy. (Prerequisites: ENG 110 & 213.)
ENS 372
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN
4 S.H.
This course will focus on the exploration of responsible design strategies in the built and natural environments. Students will be encouraged to
take a proactive and design-build approach to testing sustainable building practices. We will be investigating precedents in the extremely
dynamic field of green design and be building models, as well as prototypes of small structures.
FRE 378
CULTURAL SHIFTS IN FRANCE THROUGH MUSIC
4 S.H.
In this course, students will explore a specific topic related to France and the Francophone World via musical, literary, historical, cultural and
socio-political texts as well as film and media clips. Their study will culminate in the group composition and public performance of original music
with lyrics in French. Students will hone skills in language, textual analysis, and cultural commentary. Enrolled students are expected to take an
active role in the final production, either as musicians, composers, technical support, or by taking on other necessary duties. No prior musical or
production experience is required. Prerequisite: FRE 222.
GRK 272
INTERMEDIATE GREEK II
4 S.H.
HST 171
THE MILLENNIAL GENERATION IN THE U.S.
4 S.H.
This course focuses on the United States in the last thirty years, from roughly1980 to the present. It examines the first generation of Americans
to grow up with computers and the Internet and the effects these innovations have had on their lives. It also addresses questions such as:
How does the current generation of Americans look at the world, and how does the world look at them? How do they see themselves culturally,
socially, politically, racially, sexually, and otherwise?
HST 375
SEEKING THE SPIRITS: NATIVE AMERICAN RELIGION AND BELIEF
4 S.H.
This course explores a wide variety of historic and contemporary religious systems in Native American communities. Emphasis is placed on
understanding how those communities construct and use these belief systems to bring meaning to their worlds.
HST 469
CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY
4 S.H.
In this senior seminar, we will explore social, cultural, and political aspects of life in Classical Greece and Rome. Topics will include daily life,
religion, varieties of classical government, imperialism, slavery, women and gender, warfare, Romanization, the arts as a window onto society,
and means and motives of travel. We will examine the writings of ancient authors, archaeological remains, and also modern studies and
interpretations of our extant ancient evidence. A major component of the class will be the writing of an independent research paper, which
should demonstrate a mastery of the skills required for History majors.
HNR 137
INTELLECTUAL HISTORY
4 S.H.
This course is designed to provide students opportunities to critically understand the historical nature of our own important ideas by examining
the ways in which ideas have evolved through the last 300 years of European history. In order to understand the major, modern intellectual
movements—Enlightenment, Romanticism, Developmentalism, Fin de Siecle, Modernism, Existentialism, and Deconstruction—we will read
classic works ranging from philosophy to history and literature from the major figures who have asked and/or responded to the very deepest
questions that have captivated modern, Western civilization. Threading many of the movements will be the enduring themes of freedom,
critique, historical consciousness, the “death” of God, and the inescapable disappearance of certainties. Writers include: Kant, Rousseau,
Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley, Darwin, Nietzsche, Kafka, Freud, Sartre, Camus, Derrida, and Borges. Partially fulfills Civilization category of Core
Curriclum. Open only to first year honors fellows.
HNR 139
BIOETHICS: UNDERSTANDING BASIC BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES AND ETHICS
4 S.H.
The focus of the course is to introduce and teach the basic biological processes and to discuss the ethical issues encountered in our daily
lives. Whether the scientific application comes across in a meal made with genetically modified foods, from a vaccination, or a therapy to treat
a disease, it is difficult to escape the impact science has on our lives. Understanding how the biological processes work at the basic level and
how they enhance our lives is important to make knowledgeable choices. Students will gain an understanding of the basic biological processes
and discuss the ethical issues related to the use or application of technology in the course. Non-lab science. Open only to first year honors
fellows.
HNR 214
MODERN FAMILIES: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY EXPLORATION
4 S.H.
This interdisciplinary course will explore modern families from a variety of social science perspectives. Theories, concepts and scholarly
research from Human Service Studies and Sociology will be used to understand the emergence of the diversity of contemporary families in US
society, the issues and interpersonal dynamics within students’ families of orientation and future families of procreation, the relationship
between other social institutions and contemporary family life, and ways to approach problems within families, both personally and on the wider
societal level. Partially fulfills Society category of Core Curriclum. Open only to second year honors fellows.
HNR 237
A LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE
4 S.H.
This course is a wide-angled exploration of contemporary thinking about life and intelligence beyond Earth. We explore astrobiology and the
search for extraterrestrial intelligence, both in scientific terms and against their cultural and philosophical background. What are the main
arguments for and against extraterrestrial life and intelligence? What might extraterrestrial life or intelligence be like? What is the probability
that we could discover either within our galaxy? How might such a discovery change our understanding of ourselves and the universe? Non-lab
science or Expression. Open only to second year honors fellows.
HSS 171
AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE/ DEAF CULTURE I
4 S.H.
This course introduces the fundamentals of American Sign Language (ASL) emphasizing the use and importance of sign language in deaf
culture. Students will learn basic vocabulary, grammar, syntax, and fingerspelling, with a goal of basic communicative competence. The course
introduces students to the culture and experiences of the deaf community. Does not statisfy the foreign language proficiency requirement.
HSS 172
AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE/ DEAF CULTURE II
4 S.H.
This course is designed to build on the knowledge of the ASL/Deaf Culture I introductory course. Students will further develop concept sign
vocabulary and the use of grammatical structures such as classifiers, role-shifting, and morphological markers. Students will study events and
people of historical and cultural significance to the Deaf Community and explore the evolving role of Deaf people in American families and
society. Does not statisfy the foreign language proficiency requirement. Prerequisite: HSS 171.
HSS 375
THE AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY
4 S.H.
This course will study the cultural and social dynamics of the African American family from both a historical and current perspective. The
primary focus will be the role of the African American family in today’s society with a special emphasis placed on the issues such education,
spirituality, politics, health, crime and poverty. Students will develop an understanding of the supports and stresses that affect the African
American family as well as the social and political issues important to its well being.
IDS 271
THE BLACK MAN IN AMERICA
4 S.H.
African-Americans have endured systematic discrimination, inequality and oppression since the 17th century. Mistreatment still persists in many
different forms and thereby impacts the socio-economic and political life of scores of African-Americans. This course investigates the living and
working conditions of Black men in the United States to better understand how racial discrimination, inequality, and oppression adversely impact
lives. This course provides a theoretical and analytical framework for understanding many phenomenon among Black men, including volatile
relationships with law enforcement officials, high rates of incarceration, and shorter lifespans. Counts toward Society requirement.
ISC 372
COMPUTER VISION
4 S.H.
The goal of computer vision is to teach computers to understand what they see. This course introduces core concepts in computer vision and
image processing, including color spaces, image filtering, segmentation, object recognition, camera geometry, and classification. Students will
complete a variety of hands-on projects on such topics as augmented reality, license plate recognition, image panorama creation, and face
recognition. Cross-listed with CSC 372 A. Prereq: CSC 230.
LAT 371
ADVANCED LATIN ROME: MYTH AND EMPIRE
4 S.H.
How did the Romans envision their past? How was that past -- mythological and historical -- influenced by their relationship to Greek culture? In
this course, students will read a selection of texts by late Republican and early Imperial authors to explore the range of ways that Romans
themselves treated mythological and historical evidence. Questions of identity, cultural appropriation, philosophy, and political commentary will
be explored throughout the semester. Prerequisite: Latin 221 or 222, placement at this level, or permission of the instructor.
MTH 371
ADVNCED TOPICS: MATH MODELING
4 S.H.
This course, taught in a seminar style, will focus on mathematical modeling problems posed in business, industry, and government and the
techniques used to solve such problems. Both discrete and continuous models will be explored.
MKT 473
DIGITAL MARKETING
4 S.H.
This course aims to provide students with insight on how modern industry is adopting new emerging media and technology as marketing tools.
In this course, many innovative and evolutionary technologies/media will be introduced, such as blogs, mobile media, in-game advertising,
virtual reality, hologram, touchscreen, social media, information kiosk in retail setting, including evolved formats of traditional media (e.g.,
digital outdoor media). This course includes e-buyer behavior, theoretical understandings, and case studies describing how diverse new
media/technologies are adopted in business. In addition, this course will deal with ethical issues that can be found in the adoption of these
diverse emerging media from the perspectives of both consumers and practitioners. The ultimate goal of this course is to familiarize students
with the vocabulary/concepts, to teach practical knowledge from actual examples of technological adoptions, and finally to provide students
with more future-oriented perspectives in understanding marketing strategies. Prerequisite: MKT 311. This course counts as an elective for
the Marketing Major or the Professional Sales Minor.
MKT 474
MARKETING CHANNELS
4 S.H.
One of the most important decisions a firm can make is how to best deliver their goods or services to their customers. This course focuses on
marketing channel strategy, which involves coordinating and managing marketing channels to enrich a firm’s competitive advantage and
financial performance. Topics include the design and management of marketing channels including channel analysis and design (includingcommerce and retailing decisions), channel governance and policies, and channel logistics. Prerequisite: MKT 311. This course counts as an
elective for the Marketing Major or the Professional Sales Minor.
MUS 170
BEGINNING STRINGS
A course for beginners (appropriate even for those with no musical background) in playing bowed strings.
MUS 370
MUSIC IN FILM
4 S.H.
1 S.H.
Our object in this course is to develop skills in analyzing the sound track, music's role in the sound track, and the relation of sound track and
imagetrack (especially relating to music) on small-scale and large-scale (narrative) levels. The course develops critical listening and viewing skills
at the same time it offers a survey of film-music history.
MUS 373
BEYOND THE BEATLES: TRANSCENDENT MUSIC OF ZEPPELIN, THE STONES, THE WHO AND PINK FLOYD
4 S.H.
After the Beatles lead the charge of Beatlemania, the next wave of bands solidified the British hold on the American public which became
known as the British Invasion. With their common interest in American Blues, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Who and Pink Floyd all
presented music that influenced the next generation of British and American musicians. Even with similar influences, each band was uniquely
different. Now 50 years later, this music continues to hold and fascinate the younger generation along with current trends. Fiery, irreverent,
sexual, mystical, and transcendent are but a few of the terms that describe their music. This class will detail their influences, development,
personalities and discography. A small workshop performance during class-time will be open to the public at the end of the semester.
MUS 375
FILM SCORING
2 S.H.
This course focuses on the study of the harmonic, melodic, textural, and orchestrational language and techniques of modern film composers
such as Danny Elfman, James Horner, John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, and Hans Zimmer. Students will also study the relationship between
music and visual images as it relates to human emotional responses as well as the terminology and process of scoring films. Students will then
apply these techniques by composing a series of short movie cues. Prerequisites: MUS 212, MUS 213, MUS 214, or permission of instructor.
MTE 320 A SPECIAL TOPICS BEGINNING/INTERMEDIATE JAZZ STYLES
1 S.H.
Foundational jazz dance technique will be taught at a beginning/intermediate level with emphasis on practicing and achieving proper physical
alignment, increased core strength and flexibility, and the ability to imitate and apply elements of a classical jazz style.
MTE 320 B ADVANCED MUSICIANSHIP
4 S.H.
This class is designed for Music Theatre majors who have completed MTE 170. Students will build upon concepts learned in basic
theory. Topics will include sight-singing complex melodies and rhythms, advanced chordal analysis, basic conducting, instrumental
transpositions and arranging. Prerequisite: MTE 170 or permission of the instructor.
MTE 320 D SPECIAL TOPICS: BEGINNING/INTERMEDIATE BALLET
1 S.H.
Foundational Ballet dance technique will be taught at a beginning/intermediate level with emphasis on practicing and achieving proper physical
alignment, increased core strength and flexibility, and the ability to imitate and apply elements of ballet technique
MTE 320 E SPECIAL TOPICS: INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED BALLET
Classical Ballet dance technique designed for the high intermediate to advanced dancer.
techniques to achieve and maintain a sense of core strength and technique.
1 S.H.
Continued work on application of appropriate
MTE 320 F MALE BALLET TECHNIQUE
1 S.H.
This course focuses on the development and strengthening of the male dancer’s technical performance and physical training in relation to ballet
as experienced in musical theatre productions. Students should possess basic knowledge and skills of dance from previous studies in beginning
modern, ballet, or jazz course work. Daily classes will address technical principles of movement and safety while creating a balance between
increased strength, flexibility, coordination, speed, and stamina. Progressive development in artistic movement and performance, musicality,
and expression will be stressed throughout the semester. Additional course work will include written and practical exams, video observations,
research reports, and dance concert reviews.
MTE 320 H SINGING FOR THE DANCER
4 S.H.
This course is for Dance majors and minors. In this class, students will learn the basics of healthy vocal technique while developing cuts and
songs to prepare for auditioning. Topics covered will be breathing technique, learning to develop the chest, head, and mixed registers in the
voice, performance techniques, and working with an accompanist. Private coachings are also given to each student.
MTE 320 I ADVANCED MUSICIANSHIP
4 S.H.
This class is designed for Music Theatre majors who have completed MTE 170. Students will build upon concepts learned in basic
theory. Topics will include sight-singing complex melodies and rhythms, advanced chordal analysis, basic conducting, instrumental
transpositions and arranging. Prerequisite: MTE 170 or permission of the instructor.
MTE 320 J MTE CHOREOGRAPHY: FOR CHOREOGRAPHERS
4 S.H.
Directing and/or choreographing a musical each require knowledge of staging techniques that are unique to the musical theatre genre. This
course will examine both the overall structure of choreographing a musical, as well as more specific techniques and the musical and stylistic
requirements for staging a ballad, a character/comedy song, a small group work, or even a production number, if resources are available to
allow the latter. Reading and listening assignments will be required as well as specific semester projects. In-class improvisations and
spontaneous projects will also be assigned on a regular basis. If you are presently working on a musical, that show may work as the basis for
your semester-long project. If not, you will be assigned a partner for the basis of your theory work during the semester, but you will each work
alone on the choreography projects stemming from that musical. It is currently not required, but recommended to have taken Dance
Improvisation and/or Choreography 1, when possible. Performers from our companion course will be made available to choreographers and will
earn credit for participating. Permission of instructor is required based on sophomore through senior status, previous study, and readiness of
the student.
MTE 320 K MTE CHOREOGRAPHY: AS PERFORMER
1 S.H.
This course is for performers interested in gaining experience performing musical theatre repertory and will commit to being available for
students in MTE320 J throughout the semester. This course will require availability during weekly class hours when necessary to perform the
material. The bulk of hours, however, will be during set evening or weekend times each week with their choreographers. Each performer will be
responsible to 2 choreographers. It is important for the performers to know that once they commit to the course, the expectation is that these
commitments be honored and all hours are treated as class hours. This opportunity is open to any performing arts major, freshman to
senior. You should feel comfortable singing onstage and have the ability to accomplish movement and staging, or dance, depending on the
requirements of the choreography. Since all hours are in-class/rehearsal hours, students will be expected to commit to a minimum of 4 hours
during the week to this class.
MTE 470
MUSIC THEATRE SHOWCASE
1 S.H.
This special topics course will serve as a workshop rehearsal process to learn, rehearse and perform the William Finn musical The Annual
Putnam County Spelling Bee in the Black Box theatre. Prerequisite: By audition only.
PHL 378
ROMAN PHILOSOPHIES
4 S.H.
This class focuses on three schools of Roman philosophies: Epicureanism, Stoicism, and Skepticism. In addition to learning the theories and
belief systems of these schools, this class will also ask students to quite literally become Epicureans, Stoics, and Skeptics in their daily lives. This
is a class on philosophy conceived as a way of life, and we will bring back to life these ancient forms of living.
PST 370
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE POLICY
4 S.H.
Food is and will continue to be a defining issue of our time. Foundational to these issues are the economic and political forces that shape
contemporary food policies. Most of the course will focus on the actors and institutions that influence the development of United States’ food
policies in these areas. This course will also consider the impact of international trade on the sustainability of international food systems and
global food access.
POL 270
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT FORUM
2 S.H.
This hands-on course is designed to encourage students to build practical civic engagement skills. Students will play critical roles in the
development and execution of many Elon events related to political and civic life, broadly defined. Students will become more effective agents
of policy change through course activities and by learning from contemporary materials focusing on objectives such as improving civic dialogue,
mastering media communication and developing civic events. They will also study essential literature related to political and social participation.
POL 374
INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF LAW
2 S.H.
This course introduces students to the American legal system; the role of the courts in the governmental process; legislative and administrative
agencies in the legal system; legal reasoning, writing and research. Students will be introduced to various areas of the law traditionally taught
in the first year of law school and current legal issues. A hypothetical case will be used to prepare appellate briefs for presentation before the
U.S. Supreme Court.
PSY 353
BIOLOGY OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
4 S.H.
This course will introduce a neurobehavioral model for investigating both the etiology and correlates of mental illness. While contemporary
approaches to understanding psychopathology emphasize an interplay of cognitive, social, and biological factors research indicates that
individual differences also contribute to the predisposition to mental illness. This course will focus on the discussion of identifying these
biological risk markers. Specific illnesses to be addressed will include attention-deficit disorder, schizophrenia, autism, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and substance dependence. Prerequisite: PSY 243 or BIO 264.
PHS 371
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
4 S.H.
This course offers students an overview of current environmental health issues and it is targeted at upper level undergraduate students. We
start by examining the interdependency of humans and the natural environment. Then, we explore how environmental degradation and toxicity
affect human health, and we analyze current health risk assessment methods. Finally, we discuss the potential impact of climate change on
human health and the importance of moving towards a sustainability framework to improve human well-being.
REL 371
PERFORMING GENDER, RITUAL
4 S.H.
This course uses several key historical moments in modern India to consider the much-debated relationship between religion, gender, and
nationalism. How and why have ideals of femininity and masculinity become central to debates about India's character as "secular" and/or
"religious"? How have transgender people participated in (and how have transgender identities changed the course of) these debates? Students
in this class will engage with these questions by analyzing primary historical and ethnographic sources, including films, comic books, novels,
theatrical productions, political speeches, and public art.
REL 374
ISLAMIC ENCOUNTERS
4 S.H.
No religious tradition forms or exists in a vacuum and throughout history Muslims have lived and interacted with non-Muslims, whether
Christian, Jews, or Hindus. This course will explore those meetings by looking at the social and political effects of five encounters between
Muslims and non-Muslims across the world. While historically and geographically distinct, all these moments bring to light the fundamental issue
of contact and allow us to examine how such encounters shape religious traditions and identity.
REL 376
RELIGION AND HEALING
4 S.H.
This course examines the intersection of religion and healing in the Asian context. It considers alternatives to the biomedical model of healing,
and investigates the historical and sociological factors that have linked religious specialists with physical and psychological well-being. Primary
and secondary source readings from the Hindu, Buddhist, and/or Daoist traditions will provide students with the theoretical framework for
rethinking our definitions of “religion” and “the body,” and considering the religious dimensions of non-western therapeutic modalities in
contemporary America will provide students with opportunities for original research and critical analysis. This course counts toward Civilization
credit and the Asian Studies minor.
REL 379
JEWISH-CHRISTIAN DIALOGUE
4 S.H.
Judaism and Christianity have shared a troubled history since the moment Christianity separated itself from Judaism. This separation gave rise
to horrible actions perpetuated on Judaism by Christianity right up to the Holocaust. It was this event and its consequences that prompted
persons in both communities to establish a new conversation between Judaism and Christianity that extends into the present time. This course
will explore the history of Jewish-Christian encounters, beginning with an examination of who Jesus was and culminating in an exploration of
contemporary dialogues between Jews and Christians about their respective religious traditions.
REL 461
RACISM AND BLACK THEOLOGY
4 S.H.
This course focuses on studying the history of Christianity related to people of African descent in the United States. We will examine the
discourse of both pro-slavery Christians and the abolitionist Christian movement as background for considering the contemporary situation of
racism and the Black Lives Matter movement. Significant attention will be paid to the development of black liberation theology in the 1960s and
70s and the accompanying development of womanist (black women’s) theology in the 1990s as well as reading more recent black liberation
theology. Given the problem of white racism in relation to contemporary social problems, we will also read white liberation theologians in the US
who are addressing the issues of privilege, whiteness, and white racism.
SOC 379
MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY
4 S.H.
THE 320 A TOPICS IN PERFORMANCE: SHAKESPEARE
4 S.H.
This course will develop and enhance your ability to analyze and perform the works of William Shakespeare. We will study various rhetorical
devices and poetic meter contained within the language and examine how these elements affect the performance of the material. Exploration
will focus on the vocal, physical and imaginative demands required by this material.
THE 320 B TOPICS: RACE ON THE AMERICAN STAGE
2 S.H.
In this seminar class students will read and discuss major works of American dramatic literature, with a thematic focus on issues of race and
race relations in the United States, from the nineteenth century to today. Through the reading of scripts and critical essays, in-class discussion,
and presentations on authors and performance history, students will examine the both the historical context of the text and also its relevance
for today.
THE 320 C TOPICS: SOLO PERFORMANCE IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
2 S.H.
In this seminar class students will read and discuss major European and American dramatic scripts written for solo performers, from the
nineteenth century to today. Through the reading of scripts and critical essays, in-class discussions, and playwriting exercises, students will
explore the diversity of solo performance forms and their relevance for today, while also creating their own short solo script.
THE 440 A SOUND DESIGN
This class will examine the practical and aesthetic issues, processes and products for the modern sound designer in the theatre.
4 S.H.
GRADUATE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
ACC 472
FOUNDATIONS IN FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
4 S.H.
An introduction to MBA accounting, this course focuses on the financial reporting process with an emphasis on the accrual basis of accounting.
Students learn to prepare and interpret income statements and balance sheets, analyze business transactions and determine the effects of
transactions on assets and equities. This course will prepare students for MBA 531, the core MBA accounting class.