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Fall 2007
FYS 101A The Divine Comedy 3 credits
(PermReq) Grade Method: REG
GEP/GFR:Meets AH. Dante's Divine Comedy
is one of the great works of world
literature. Containing numerous allusions
and references, it paints the historical,
political, and sociological portrait of
Florence and other areas of Italy during
the author's lifetime. Above all, Dante's
trip through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise
represents the journey the soul must make
to find God.
[7855] 0101 TuTh......10:00am-11:15am (FA 530) ROSENTHAL, A
FYS 101D Turning to One Another: Beliefs and 3 credits
Behaviors
(PermReq) Grade Method: REG
GEP/GFR:Meets AH. This course is oriented
toward the exploration of questions that
are both personal and global in their
orientation. What do I believe about
others? What is the relationship I want
with the earth? When and where do I
experience sacred? Conversations will
occur around topics such as these to
expand and inform our understanding of how
our beliefs and behaviors have the power
to transform.
[7856] 0101 TuTh.......2:30pm- 3:45pm (ITE 239) LEE, D
FYS 101P Arts, Humanities, or Sciences: Which Road 3 credits
to Reality?
(PermReq) Grade Method: REG
GEP/GFR:Meets AH. Students in this
course, irrespective of their academic
majors, are taken on an exploratory path
of study that attempts to provide a
balanced intellectual picture of the
essence of knowledge and the acquisition
of knowledge. We ask the bseic question:
Which view of humanity and nature -
science, poetry, or art - is right?
[7863] 0101 TuTh......10:00am-11:15am (SOND209) WELCH, G
FYS 102A Images of Madness 3 credits
(PermReq) Grade Method: REG
GEP/GFR:Meets SS. This course reviews
Academy Award winning films depicting
mental illness to consider the influence
of motion pictures on the public
perception of social issues, policies, and
services. We will analyze films using a
historical framework and with assigned
readings that address cultural
stereotypes, societal attitudes, and the
public's response toward people with
mental illness.
[7858] 0101 Tu.........4:30pm- 7:00pm (SOND203) TICE, C
FYS 102C Diversity, Ethics and Social Justice in 3 credits
the Context of
(PermReq) Grade Method: REG
GEP/GFR:Meets SS. We will explore and
mediate the tensions that exist in current
reform efforts as schools endeavor to meet
the needs of diverse students. This course
will use an inquiry-based approach to
examine federal and local policies and how
they impact students, schools and society.
[7859] 0101 MW.........3:00pm- 4:15pm (ACIV121) OLIVA, L
FYS 102F Contrasting Visions of Society 3 credits
(PermReq) Grade Method: REG
GEP/GFR:Meets SS. This course will be
based on reading four influential works,
Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations, Plato's
Republic, Marx and Engels' Communist
Manifesto, and Max Weber's Protestant
Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, which
set forth contrasting visions of society.
It will aim to develop an understanding of
each of these texts and the contrasts
betwen the visions of society.
[7857] 0101 TuTh.......4:00pm- 5:15pm (SOND204) MITCH, D
FYS 103A Computation as an Experimental Tool 3 credits
(PermReq) Grade Method: REG
GEP/GFR:Meets M. The course introduces
students to the ubiquity of mathematics
and its applications in the modern world.
Covered topics such as chaos, fractals and
automata theory are used to model various
natural and scientific phenomena - in
fact, they are inherent in nature itself.
[7860] 0101 MW.........2:30pm- 3:45pm (ENGR333) SURI, M
FYS 103B Paradigms and Paradoxes: An Attempt to 3 credits
Understand the
(PermReq) Grade Method: REG
GEP:Meets Sci(non-lab).
GFR:Biol/PhySci(non-lab). There are at
least two kinds of scientific activities:
acquiring and generating data, and
inquiring and generating general modes of
understanding. The latter activities will
dominate this course. The course contents
include discussions of some remarkable
features of the universe: the class
discussions will require no more
scientific background than gained from
high school chemistry and mathematics.
[7861] 0101 MW.........2:30pm- 3:45pm (MP 102) LIEBMAN, J
FYS 103C Issues in Biotechnology 3 credits
(PermReq) Grade Method: REG
GEP:Meets Sci(non-lab).
GFR:Biol/PhySci(non-lab). Through
directed readings, class discussions, and
student presentations, this seminar will
focus on understanding these various
aspects of modern biotechnology with an
emphasis on its scientific basis.
Practical demonstrations and visits to
UMBC labs using biotechnological
techniques will be an important part of
the course to illustrate how the methods
theoretically discussed in class are
actually done.
[7862] 0101 TuTh.......2:30pm- 3:45pm (BIOL461) CRAIG, N