ENGL
289I Acting
Human: Shakespeare and the Drama of Identity. Taught by Professor
Maynard (
Through an in-depth reading of key plays by Shakespeare, Acting Human examines what acts of knowledge, understanding, imagination & courage are required for people to become complete human beings. Surrounded by outside forces—economic, political & social—Shakespeare’s characters find (& fail to find) dramatic solutions to the challenge of establishing an autonomous human identity & offer us models we can learn from.
Professor
Mack, Department of English, is one of
AREC 200
The
The
Professor Parker,
of the Department of Agricultural & Resource
Economics, researches
environmental economics, the economics of
non-point source water pollution
control, & the economics of regulation & water quality
in the
Professor Lipton is a
faculty member in the
Department of Agricultural & Resource
Economics. His research focuses on fisheries, seafood, marine
recreation, & non-market valuation. Professor
Lipton is also Program Leader of the Sea Grant Extension Program, which
focuses
on policies affecting the important commercial & recreational
resources of
the
ASTR
220 Collisions
in Space: The Threat of Asteroid Impacts. Taught by Professor Melissa
Hayes-Gehrke. CORE
Physical Sciences (PS)
course.
Worried? Can’t sleep? Collisions in Space evaluates the threat of asteroid impacts with the Earth using current knowledge of asteroid characteristics & orbits. The merits of possible defense plans will be discussed, as well as the budgetary & political concerns associated with implementing any such plan.
Professor Hayes-Gehrke, of the Department of Astronomy, researches open star activity. She has a special affection for non-science majors, teaching the popular “Introduction to Astronomy” & “Stars & Stellar Systems” to packed classrooms.
PUAF
289I Cross-examining
Climate Change. Taught by Professor Nathan Hultman.
CORE Interdisciplinary and Emerging Issues (IE) course.
Cross-Examining Climate Change equips students to understand the risks & scientific uncertainties of climate change & prepares them to participate in perhaps the most important political debate of the twenty first century. We will examine how science affects the debate on environmental values & how such differences lead to clashes in ideology that drive policy discussions.
Professor
Hultman
is a member of the faculty of the School of Public Policy &
Associate
Director of the Joint Global Change Research Institute. His research
focuses on
international climate policy, decisions about climate risks in policy
&
investment, & emerging markets for carbon & greenhouse
gases. He has
participated in the UN climate process starting with the
EDSP 189I Disability:
From Stigma and Sideshow to Mainstream and
Disability explores the cultural, educational, & medical roots of difference & examines the impact of cultural & technological changes on individuals traditionally identified as disabled. It develops a broad understanding of the concept of “disability” & the emerging technologies that shape contemporary understanding of this phenomenon & the lives of those considered disabled.
Professor Leone, of the Dept of Special Education researches how the role of environment & culture shapes behavior disorders, & stresses a multidisciplinary pedagogical approach to programs for troubled & troubling youth. He teaches classes on behavioral disorders, school violence, & classroom management, as well as supervising field studies in special education. Students described him as an “amazing teacher” who “really cares about his students.”
ENCE
289I Engineering
in the Developing World. Taught by Professor David Lovell. CORE
Interdisciplinary and Emerging Issues (IE) course.
Engineering
in the Developing World will
address the
practical ways to improve health and well being in the
Professor Lovell
teaches in the Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering and works with the Institute for Systems
Research. His research, funded in part
by NASA and the FAA, focuses on geometric
methods of transportation facility design, air traffic management, and
dynamic
retroreflective and electrophoretic materials.
His courses on the design
of
experiments and the fundamentals of structural analysis have received
general
commendation.
ENEE 132
Engineering
Issues in Medicine. Taught by Professor Wesley Lawson.
CORE Physical
Sciences (PS) course and also a
Marquee Course in Science and Technology.
Electronic & computer technologies have revolutionized medical diagnosis & treatment in the twenty-first century. CT machines, MRI, ultrasound imaging, pacemakers & defibrillators have become ubiquitous, & systems based on nanotechnology soon will be commonplace. Engineering Issues in Medicine explicates rudimentary principles that explain workings of the human body and important medical devices that save & enrich human lives. Students will focus on mathematics, physics & engineering concepts at a level suitable for non-science majors.
Professor Wesley
Lawson, Associate Chair for Undergraduate
Education in the Department of
Electrical & Computer Engineering, performs research in the
areas
of
medical device development & engineering education. In 2006,
Professor
Lawson was named to Keystone: The Clark School Academy of Distinguished
Professors, which fosters exemplary undergraduate teaching skills
&
commitment to excellence in fundamental engineering courses.
KNES 289X
Genetically-Modified
Humans: Physical Performance in the Post-Genomic Era. Taught by
Professor Stephen
Roth.
CORE Life Sciences
(LS) and Diversity (D)
course.
In this post-genomic era, can society pursue optimal health & maximal physical performance without changing what it means to be human? The remarkable advances in genome technologies offer both promise & peril for the future of human health & physical performance. Through investigations of genetic enhancement, personalized medicine, genetic screening & talent selection, students in Genetically-Modified Humans analyze the many issues related to the use & manipulation of the human genome.
Professor Roth teaches in the Department of Kinesiology. His research focus on genetic variation in interaction with the environment & its influences on various phenotypes in the process of aging. He serves as Director of the Kinesiology Honors Program & teaches courses on Genetic Aspects of Health & Fitness.
PLSC
289I Greening
Cities: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Who Cares? Taught by Professor Marla
McIntosh.
CORE
Interdisciplinary and Emerging Issues (IE)
course.
Can people, plants, & animals coexist in cities? If people only think of their immediate needs, what happens to cities? By studying urban ecosystems, & the relationship between people, plants, natural resources & the built environment, Greening Cities will guide students to discover ways that cities work & how they can be transformed into better environments.
Professor McIntosh of
the Department of
Plant Science &
Landscape Architecture researches sustainable ecosystems, germplasm
conservation, & women in sciences. She has taught at the
AASP 189I
HIV/AIDS
in a Global Perspective. Taught by Professor Sangeetha Madhavan.
CORE Interdisciplinary and Emerging Issues (IE) and Diversity (D)
course.
HIV/AIDS in a Global Perspective speaks to the critical matters of the prevention & treatment of this world-wide pandemic. It provides students with the tools to interpret the data & information that are misused in the popular press, enabling students to compare & contrast the challenges that the disease poses, especially in the United States & Africa.
KNES
289Y The
[In]
Professor Andrews
studies Kinesiology in
the
JOUR 289I Information
3.0: Exploring Technological Tools. Taught by Professor Ronald Yaros. CORE
Interdisciplinary and Emerging Issues (IE) course.
Overwhelming amounts of data from an increasing number of technologies are instantly available at work, school, home, & everywhere in between. From social networking to personal health information, the challenge is information management & technological literacy. Information 3.0 investigates how men & women seek, select, share & learn from various types of information plus the benefits & consequences of these new tools.
Professor
Yaros,
is a specialist in multi-media in the Merrill College of Journalism. He
has had
a long & varied career in journalism, broadcasting, &
business
before
entering the academy. He began his career in radio &
television,
before
founding an educational software company that distributed curricula
&
software to teach about family wellness, the environment, &
meteorology. More
recently, Professor Yaros’s research & teaching focus on
multimedia
journalism, science & health communication.
ENCE 189I
Managing
Natural Disasters: Hurricanes, Floods, Earthquakes, Tornadoes,
Tsunamis, and
Fires. Taught by Professors Gerry Galloway and Ed Link. CORE Interdisciplinary and
Emerging Issues
(IE) course.
Managing Natural Disasters will examine natural disasters & how the hazards they pose for us can be managed through a combination of engineering & non-engineering approaches. We will study how risks can be estimated & assessments used to improve public & government decisions to manage hazards & shield populations from their consequences.
Professor Gerry
Galloway is the Glenn L. Martin Institute Professor of Engineering in
the
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering. He was awarded
a
lifetime
achievement award by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2008.
Professor Link is Senior Research Professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Director of the Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force. Professor Link led the inquest into the preparations & response to Hurricane Katrina & his work garnered a nomination for Engineering News Record’s Award of Excellence for 2006. Professor Link is also a senior fellow with the University’s business school.
PHYS 105
Physics
for Decision Makers: The Global Energy Crisis. Taught
by Professor Daniel
Lathrop. CORE
Physical Sciences (PS) course and also a Marquee Course in Science and
Technology.
Global warming, shrinking oil supplies, biofuels, nuclear power--all are concerns addressed in Physics for Decision Makers. This course is about the physics of energy & its production & consumption in society & also about making scientific decisions about what's true -- is the planet really warming? How does science interact with politics & economics as decisions are made about policies? Student work includes an energy audit, regular discussions, an online group research project, & visits to the U.S. Congress.
Professor Lathrop,
Department of Physics,
researches
geophysical & astrophysical magnetic fields &
turbulence. He
teaches
classes on electricity & magnetism & applied dynamics,
as well
as the
energy crisis. Professor Lathrop is also the Director of the Institute
for
Research in Electronics & Applied Physics.
BSOS 289I Playing
the Market: Managing Risk and Using Technical Analysis. Taught by
Professors
Eric Wish & Carl Lejeuz.
CORE Social and Behavioral Sciences (SB) course.
Playing the Market provides students with a way to use their intellect & imagination to design & implement rules for managing a $100,000 virtual stock portfolio as they investigate the critical issue of their ability to tolerate & control their risk in the stock market.
Professor Eric Wish, Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Research, is a social psychologist with over forty years of stock trading experience. In 2005, Professor Wish finished fifth in the Professors’ Division of the Barron’s Stock Challenge. Professor Wish’s research focuses on the epidemiology of drug use, program evaluation, and the validity of self-reported drug use.
Professor Carl Lejuez,
Director of the
Center for
Addictions, Personality, & Emotion Research & an expert
in the
area of
the measurement & correlates of risk. His current clinical
&
research
interests focus on the development of laboratory analogues of
addiction, &
their use to better understand the active ingredients of treatment.
Professor
Lejuez has recently worked on the creation & validation of a
behavioral
task to predict adolescent risk-taking behaviors.
MUSC
289I The
Power of Musical Performance in Social Engagement. Taught by Professor
Boden
Sandstrom.
CORE History/
Theory of the Arts (HA) course.
Music has often been a catalyst
for creating
communities & even for social change. The
Power of Musical Performance explores the critical role music
plays
in our
lives, asking how & why musicians & their fans become
socially
engaged
through music. Through attending live performances &
participating
in
conversations with performers, we will discover how music builds
communities &
mediates social change.
Professor
Sandstrom
is a lecturer in the Department of Music,
Division of
Musicology &
Ethnomusicology focusing on popular music & women's music in
global
perspective. She is co-producer of the documentary Radical
Harmonies about an
underground
women's music network that
emerged during the Second Wave of feminism. She developed courses on
sound
engineering & has recently won the Philip Brett Award sponsored
by
the Gay &
Lesbian Study Group of the American Musicological
Association for
exceptional
musicological work.
BSCI
189I Race,
Genomics, and Human Evolutionary History. Taught by Professor Joelle
Presson.
CORE Life Sciences Lab (LL) and Diversity (D) course.
Race,
Genomics, & Human Evolutionary History covers
fundamental concepts in chemical, cellular, genetic, molecular,
&
evolutionary biology required to understand genetic diversity, its
origins, &
its consequence. Woven
into the course
will be discussions of the historical & cultural meanings of
“race,” &
how they do or do not relate to the new genomic understanding of human
genetic
relationships.
Professor Joelle Presson coordinates the Biological Sciences Undergraduate Degree Program, including curriculum development & academic advising. Her work as assistant dean includes the “Science in the Evening” program for post-baccalaureate students, & academic outreach beyond the university. Professor Presson’s research has focused on understanding the mechanisms underlying hair cell production in postembryonic vertebrates.
LGBT 289I
Recognizing
Homophobia in the New Millennium. Taught by Professor J. V. Sapinoso.
CORE Social and Behavioral Sciences (SB) and Diversity (D) course.
Students in Recognizing Homophobia will examine evolving forms of homophobia that continue to thrive & grow in the American society. They will examine homophobia in popular culture & state & federal policies, as well as various queer subcultures & religious & ethnic communities.
Professor Sapinoso is a lecturer in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgendered Studies Program & serves as the program’s Assistant Director. Professor Sapinoso teaches introductory courses in the LGBT Studies Program. His research explores the intersections of Queer Studies & Asian American experiences through the use of feminist analyses.
INFM
289I Social
Networking: Technology and Society. Taught by Professor Jennifer
Golbeck. CORE Social and Behavioral Sciences (SB) course.
The proliferation of social media—social networking websites, blogging & microblogging, & other forms of online interaction & content generation—has introduced a powerful tool for people to communicate & share information. Social Networking describes methods for analyzing & understanding how people use these technologies & their societal implications.
Professor
Golbeck’s research focuses on social
networks, trust, web science, artificial intelligence,
& human
computer
interaction, emphasizing the interactions between these mediums. She is
co-director of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab, which aims to
transform the
experience men & women have with new technologies through
understanding
user needs & designing & evaluating interfaces
accordingly. Her
classes
in information management, library science, & computer science,
received
accolades as “wonderful” & “fantastic.”
PLSC
189I Specialty
Crops:
We are what we eat. Do you care what you eat and where it is grown? Will growing fresh fruits and vegetables in developing countries improve the economy of those countries, while it fills the need for healthy lifestyles in developed nations? Specialty Crops will explore the worldwide food engine through the study of fruits and vegetables that play a part in our daily lives.
Professor
Walsh served for fifteen years as the Undergraduate Program Coordinator. His
research focuses on fruit
and vegetable production
and food safety. He
has been awarded
“Excellence in Instruction” citations from the Agricultural Alumni
Association
of the
URSP
250 The
Sustainable City: Opportunities & Challenges. Taught by
Professor
James R.
Cohen. CORE
Interdisciplinary and Emerging Issues (IE)
course.
The Sustainable City will explore ways to make cities more sustainable in terms of environmental protection, economic opportunity, & social justice. Cities now consume 75% of the world’s energy, emit 80 percent of its greenhouse gasses, & have large disparities in economic vitality & quality of life. Students will explore ethical issues related to these issues, & develop & use skills in critical analysis & systems thinking to analyze sustainability-related problems & potential solutions.
Professor Cohen,
Director of the Urban Studies Planning & Programin the College
of
Architecture,
Planning & Preservation, teaches & conducts research in
land
use
planning, growth management, & planning history. He was
co-facilitator of
the Smart Growth Leadership Program (a non-partisan center for research
&
leadership training on smart growth & related land use issues). He has also
taught
numerous studio
courses in a range of communities.
AOSC 200
Weather
and Climate. Taught by Professor Robert D. Hudson. CORE
Physical Sciences (PS) course and also a Marquee Course in Science and
Technology.
Weather & Climate investigates the influence of weather & climate on daily activities, leisure pursuits, transportation, commerce, agriculture, & nearly every aspect of life. The course addresses issues including the greenhouse effect, severe weather, global temperature patterns, & air pollution. Lectures provide the basic scientific knowledge needed to address weather & climate issues. In discussion sections, students explore the implications of weather & climate trends on their daily & future lives through online group research projects.
Professor Hudson, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, researches the derivation of ozone column density, ozone profiles, aerosol concentration, & sulfur dioxide in the troposphere & stratosphere from ultraviolet radiances observed from satellites. He teaches classes on meteorology & weather & climate. For twenty years Professor Hudson was Project Manager in Environmental Effects Project Office at NASA/Johnson Space Center.
RELS 289I What
is Religion? Taught
by
Professor Maxine Grossman. CORE
Other Humanities (HO) and
Diversity (D) course.
Learn more about world religions & the study of religion through the lens of history, sociology, psychology, & theology. Students will study a variety of religious traditions to address fundamental questions about the nature of religious experience.
Professor Grossman
studies
religion along the intersections of history, literature, &
popular
culture.
She has published essays ranging broadly from images of God in country
music &
perceptions of the Dead Sea Scrolls. She is a member of the Religious
Studies
program of the College of Arts & Humanities &
teaches courses on ancient Judaism, the Dead Sea Scrolls, gender in
contemporary religious culture, & alternative religious
movements.
BMGT 289I Why
Good Managers
Make
Bad Decisions. Taught by Professor Mark Wellman. CORE
Math or
Formal Reasoning (MS) course.
Why do smart managers make flawed decisions? Why do managers keep believing they have made the right choice, even with disastrous results staring them in the face? Why Good Managers Make Bad Decisions will address how evidence-based management & other decision making tools can be used to uncover hidden assumptions in the corner offices of great corporations.
Professor Mark H. Wellman is Tyser Teaching Fellow in the Department of Management and Organization. His research focuses on global strategy & organization, human capital, organizational change, human resources management, &, especially, career success. Professor Wellman has more than years of teaching & administrative experience & currently serves as director of the Business, Society, & Economy program of College Park Scholars. In 2008, he won both the Allen J. Krowe Award for Teaching & the Outstanding Faculty Educator Award.