Winter 2004
390 Course Descriptions
Anthropology 390: Supplement to Quantitative Methods
This “course” is supplemental registration for Anth 370 Quantitative Methods in Anthropology. Students must also be enrolled in Anth 370 CRN 11351.
Anthropology 390: Anthropology of Education
The study of educational systems from a cross-cultural perspective. Special attention is paid to social organization, the inter-generational transfer of knowledge and the processes of enculturation and socialization in pre-state societies. The focus is also on educational systems in contemporary non-Western societies. The course is an applied anthropology course. The principal objective is to develop a broad perspective on education and explore other systems as a source of ideas that might be helpful in the effort to address current issues in American education, primarily K-12.
Anthropology 390: Primate Communication & Behavior
This course will examine primate communication, behavior, locomotion, eating patterns, culture and habitation. Differing explanations of primate behaviors will be explored. Primates (prosimians, new world monkeys, old world monkeys, apes) and their contact with humans in the natural environment will also be a feature of this course.
BA 390: Research Seminar-Business
This seminar will provide a forum for discussions of research design and methodology. Issues of ethics will be discussed as these issues relate to actual projects. The research projects will be conducted in actual organizations.
BA 390: Intrapreneurship-Leadership & Change
A look at how individuals with creativity and drive can revitalize existing organizations by creating enterprises within enterprises. Reviews the need for existing companies to “reinvent” themselves in order to survive and succeed.
BA 390: European Heritage and Culture
A series of field trips to London, Paris, Dublin and other regions of Europe to augment the classroom experience. Students will tour historical and cultural sites such as the Louvre, Musee d’Orsay, Versailles, Notre Dame, Mont Saint Michel, Normandy beaches, Westminster, Tower of London, British Museum, London Theatres, Newgrange, Trinity College , Kilmainham Gaol and much more. Students will compile a journal to report what they saw and to reflect on the experiences.
Biology 390: Ecology Symposium
This course is designed to help prepare students to participate in the Ecology Symposium at Colo. State Univ. . All students who take this curse will give an oral presentation or a poster at the Ecology Symposium in March. Transportation to CSU and accommodations in Fort Collins will be provided. Students registering for this course must have a sounds ecological project (field or lab) to present. These projects can be summer research projects or Senior Seminar projects. For students concurrently enrolled in Senior Thesis, anticipated completion of data collection must be the end of February.
CSIS 390: Web Programming with Microsoft. NET
A course in the creation of Web applications using the Microsoft.NET platform. Active Server Pages with embedded scripts written in C# will be created. Topics covered: Web forms, Web controls, cookies, custom controls, server controls and client-side scripting, security, XML processing, multithreading.
ED 390: Language, Art, Music, Movement, Literature
This course weaves reading, writing, art, music and physical exercise into the classroom experience. Students focus on the Colorado Model Content Standards as they explore methods and strategies to deliver instruction in language arts, art, music and P.E.. Students take information learned in coursework directly to the public school classroom for the field study experience. Thirty hours of field study are required with this course. Fifteen of those hours will be conducted during class time.
ED 390: Language Arts Methods for Elementary
This course focuses on the use of the Colorado Performance-Based Standards as well as Colorado Content Standards as they apply to teaching language arts in an elementary school setting. Students will plan, implement and assess language arts lessons. There are 30 hours of field study required for the course. Fifteen of these hours will be completed during the scheduled course times.
ED 390: Def Amer Soc Std in Action
This course includes Social Studies content for the elementary teacher. This course requires students to participate in an inquiry-based investigation of various historical events. The primary focus of this course is to uncover historical events which have an integral relationship with the American experiment in democracy. Examination of historical events are directed at creating an academic foundation for elementary school teachers; wherein prospective teachers will have an established academic basis for later articulation of historical connections in economics, in geography and in political science.
ED 390: ECE Leadership: Team-Building II
This class will increase participants’ understanding of how to build political good will and public support for increased public investment in early care and education. Speakers will provide information on how to sustain an advocacy agenda and policy options, form relationships with elected and appointed officials and how to develop a communication strategy.
ED 390: Effctv Assmnt: Effctv Instrn
Because of the many external assessments currently required of teachers and their students, many instructors have come to view “assessment” less as a helpful tool and more as a hindrance. This course will provide a forum for debate regarding which forms are the most effective in which situations. Teachers will explore a great variety of assessment tools and learn how to best integrate them with their current instructional content, process and sequence. Teachers from all grade levels and subject areas will benefit from this hands-on course as they learn how crucial a role effective assessment plays in achieving effective instruction and effective learning.
ENGL 390: Intro to Mexican Literature
Note: This course is taught as part of the Mexico Program. An introduction to the major themes in contemporary Mexican literature with particular emphasis on Carlos Fuentes and his presentation of the Mexican Revolution.
GEOL 390: Geology Field Studies
Intensive fieldwork, research, interpretation and background studies on various geological problems related to structural and sedimentary geology, petrology or geomorphology.
HIST 390: War and Peace in Africa
A study of recent African conflicts and peace inititatives in historical, regional and global context. Issues include roots of ethnic and religious violence, the shadowy world of wartime trafficking in resources (e.g., “blood diamonds)”, genocide, refugees, gender perspectives and international intervention (e.g., Somalia, Liberia).
ML 390: EC Latin American Cinema
The purpose of this class is to expose students to Latin American culture through films produced in Latin America, by Latin Americans or that deal with Latin American issues. During our meetings we will read and analyze selected material about Latin American cinema, attend screenings of 5 films (subtitled) and discuss each of these films. All discussions will be held in English. Written reports will be required that review three of the films watched. Extra written work will be required of students taking this course for 390 credit.
MU 390: Advanced Musicianship
This course is an intensive and thorough review of music theory, sight-singing and ear training. It is highly recommended for students who are preparing to take either the Music Department Sophomore Barrier Exam or the P.L.A.C.E. Exam required of all music education majors prior to student teaching placement.
PHYS 390: EC Complex Problem Solving
A course for students planning to pursue biology, chemistry, physics, geoscience, engineering or computer science post-graduate education. An introduction to locating, installing and running problem-solving software of Unix computer systems as well as an introduction to problem solving on massively parallel supercomputers.
PS 390: EC Tax Cuts and War
The optimism of the late 1990’s has given way to gloom. What do the economy, September 11th and the election of G.W. Bush have to do with it? We will read opinions including Paul Krugman’s book, “The Great Unraveling”, searching for answers to these and related questions. Extra written work will be required of students taking this course for 390 credt.
PSYC 390: Hospital Internship
The student will spend the semester at Napa State Hospital in Napa, California, working on site in units in this state psychiatric hospital. Experiences include admission interviews, staffings, diagnostic testing, treatment planning and implementation.
RS 390: Early Christianity
This course examines, in depth, the fascinating struggle between Gnostic and Orthodox Christianities from 100 to 400 A.D.. Theological, political, and social aspects will be investigated along with the development of the Greek text of the New Testament. The course will conclude with a study of the doctrine of the Trinity in the patristic church as a result of the Arian controversy.
SOC 390: EC Restorative Justice
Restorative justice (RJ) is taking the field of criminal justice and community justice by storm! This course reviews principles and practices of RJ and will prepare you to use the “circle process”, a different way of talking and being with each other. These techniques are used in Durango and across the globe to resolve conflict, support the underserved and to discover new ways of peacefully coexisting. Come prepared to experience restorative justice first-hand!
SW 390: Cultural Ecology of Southwest
A survey of the complex relationships between human and biotic communities in the Southwest from ethnobotany to agriculture to the urban Southwest with an emphasis on technology, culture and ecology.
THEA 390: EC Poetry into Performance
“Folding Paper Cranes” is a collection of narrative poems by Professor Emeritus, Leonard “Red” Bird. The subject is Hiroshima. A final public showing utilizing the class as actors, musicians, etc., will be performed outside at FLC Hesperus Park.
