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Fall 2026 Special Topics Course Descriptions
| Course Number | Course Title | Units | Instructor |
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| COMM 389 | Children, Teens, and the Media | 1 | Nicole Messina |
| Description: | This course will examine the role of various types of media in the lives of children and adolescents. In context of the unique stages of young peoples' cognitive, emotional, and social development, we will examine the impact of their interaction with television, advertising, health and prosocial communication, social media, and more. By the end of this course students will have a more in-depth and well-rounded understanding of theories, concepts, and practical issues related to this specific audience and their media consumption. Prerequisite: COMM 101 |
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| CS 289 | Parallel Programming | 1 | Yuming Zhang |
| Description: | Parallel programming is central to high performance computing. Unlike the conventional sequential programs, parallel programs fully leverage modern multi-core/multi-processor systems to achieve higher computation performance. This course provides an introduction to parallel programming. Topics include parallel hardware and software, distributed-and shared-memory systems, performance evaluation, SPMD programs, MIMD/SIMD systems, message passing, critical sections and mutexes, synchronization and semaphores, and widely-used APIs for parallel programming, such as MPI, Pthreads, OpenMP, and CUDA. Prerequisite: CS 173 |
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| E&M 288 | Project Management & Leadership | 0.5 | Stephen Young |
| Description: | Throughout history, individuals have been tasked with managing projects ranging from building the Empire State Building to the Hoover Dam. Being a Project Manager requires the individual to organize, lead, and control all facets of the project and managing the team to work together and achieve a common goal. Today’s fast paced, global businesses are constantly investigating new ventures to further their stance in their selected industry. This course analyzes the knowledge and skills necessary to be a successful project manager and team leader. Methods of planning, executing, managing, and evaluating complex projects are studied in detail. Topics include project selection, project organizational structures, project scheduling and budgeting, workflow analysis, managing risk, and forming and communicating with team members. | ||
| E&M 288 | Small Business Management | 0.5 | Stephen Young |
| Description: | Are you dreaming of starting your own business? Or helping an existing small business develop and grow? Small businesses are the backbone of our economy and require a special set of skills for success. In this course, we will explore a number of business disciplines required to effectively manage a small enterprises like business entry and planning, marketing, finance, human resources, and legal aspects. These will equip you with the skills to start and manage a successful business. Specifically, you’ll learn how to grab the opportunities small businesses offer while overcoming the unique challenges they face. | ||
| E&M 389 | Forensic Accounting | 1 | Connie O'Brien |
| Description: | This course covers the fundamental principles of forensic accounting and fraud examination, focusing on detecting, investigating, and preventing white-collar crime. Topics include the psychology of the fraudster (fraud triangle), asset misappropriation, corruption, and financial statement fraud. Students will learn how to interview suspects and prepare information for court. | ||
| ENGL 189 | Quantum Lit | 1 | Mariane Stanev |
| Description: | This class explores quantum fiction and related “trippy” narratives that feature multiple dimensions, parallel worlds, and multiverses, bending time and space to register the confusion of modernity and the haunting pressure of the past. We’ll treat quantum ideas not as math problems but as reading frameworks for stories that defy traditional logic, and in doing so, reveal something about who we are. Readings draw from canonical and contemporary experiments in labyrinths, archives, metamorphoses, and existential puzzles, with emphasis on close reading, discussion, and argument-driven writing.The course welcomes readers of all levels. Fulfills Mode of Textual Analysis. |
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| HIST 189 | Non-Western Civilization | 1 | Abigail Meert |
| Description: | This course examines forces and actors from the Global South that have shaped human history, intentionally challenging traditional “West and the Rest” narratives to highlight instead historical lessons and contributions from Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Major topics covered include: early civilizations, world religions, trade networks, colonialism and resistance, world wars, and the world today. | ||
| HIST 289 | The Many Falls of Rome | 1 | Christopher Riedel |
| Description: | Few historical events are so often cited and so little understood as the Fall of Rome. From an empire that spanned the Mediterranean, with perhaps a fifth of the world’s population, Rome slowly broke apart in a process that defined the end of the ancient world and created the beginning of the national and cultural boundaries that delineate our own world today. How that happened, or even when, are questions that historians (and many others) have wrestled with ever since. Despite the popular perception of Rome falling in a single moment like 476 AD, and for clear singular causes, like barbarian invasion, Rome fell slowly, over and over again, in a process that radically transformed (but never ended) its influence. This class will examine the complex factors that saw the transformation of one of the greatest unified empires in world history into East and West, Christian and Muslim, Europe, Asia, and Africa, all of which carry the legacy, and bear the scars, of the many falls of Rome. | ||
| HIST 289 | Introduction to Public History | 1 | Andrew Klein |
| Description: | Coming Soon | ||
| MUS 189 | Hear Them Roar: The Unsung Voices of Women in Country Music and Beyond | 1 | Lia Jensen-Abbott |
| Description: | This class is open to students from all academic majors , and will explore the roles of women in country music. The genre of country music has roots in several different cultural frameworks including folk, blues, gospel, rockabilly, Pentecostal, etc. These genres will be explored along with the cultural, socio-political, and historical frameworks which placed women in subjective, oppressive, and repressive roles. The music which emerged by women in the country music field empowers women of all classes and tells their rich stories. In fact, this music empowered women through generations of economic, marital, sexual, and professional oppression. Furthermore, the class will also explore current country music trends and how some of the greatest super-stars have used their immense success to create powerful political, social, and cultural change. Critical engagement of women’s issues such as representation of women in musical works, sexualization of body and voice, feminist aesthetics, and the roles of gender in the entertainment industry will focus all class discussions/listening activities. An historical overview of country music and its musical forerunners, combined with the limitations/opportunities for women will give rise to global roles of women in music, as well as current popular/entertainment roles for women in the country music industry will trace the development of the narrative of women’s empowerment and stardom in country music. | ||
| MUS 289 | Your Brain on Music | 1 | Clayton Parr |
| Description: | In this course, we’ll explore the science of musical sound: the physics of sound wave production, and what makes some sounds musical; the neurobiology of how musical sounds are received, processed, stored and recalled by the human brain; and the psychology of musical perception, taste, and memory. May be applied to Neuroscience concentration and Music Major (List A elective) Prerequisite: MUS 104 or PSYC 101 or Permission of the instructor |
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| PHYS 289 | Math Methods for Physical Science | 1 | Hyun Jai Cho |
| Description: | Coming Soon | ||
| PSYC 289 | Animal Minds | 1 | Brooke Van Loh |
| Description: | In this course, we will explore how the brain gives rise to animal behaviors, including motivated behaviors (ex: eating, mating, etc.), learned behaviors, and abnormal behaviors. Special attention will be given to research methods in animal behavior, animal welfare, and human-animal interaction. May be applied to the Neuroscience concentration and PSYC Major (List II) Prerequisite: PSYC 101 or BIOL 195 |
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| PSYC 289 | Psychology of Gender | 1 | Ciara Cannoy |
| Description: | This course explores and analyzes psychological research on gender. Emphases are on developing an understanding of evidence-based gender differences in domains such as cognition, personality, communication, emotion, and mental health. Focus will also be given to the origins and consequences of sex stereotypes. The course will explore various theories used to explain gender differences, gender identity, and gender expression. May be applied to PSYC Major (List III) Prerequisite: PSYC 101 |
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| SOC 389 | Sociology through Film | 1 | Blake Darling |
| Description: | They say a picture is worth a thousand words, well how many is a movie worth? Sociology through Film is a course that examines major concepts, theories, and ideas within the field of sociology through modern cinema. When creating art, humans often reflect the world around them or engage in storytelling, both of which can be found easily in the movies that we consume. This course is not a “sit back and relax” movie course, but will require engagement, critical thinking, and deep analysis of the assigned films and the sociological materials that are being reflected within them. Topics that will be covered include broad sociological concepts such as Race, Gender and Poverty, as well as more narrowed topics like specific instances of social change, specific sociological theories, and the impact of day-to-day interpersonal interactions. Prerequisities: SOC 101 OR ANTH 105 OR ETHN 103 OR WGSS 101 or permission of the instructor. |
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| WGS 289 | Digital Culture and Society | 1 | Lucia Soriano |
| Description: | Digital Culture and Society examines how digital technologies shape identity, culture, relationships, and social power, with a focus on gendered experiences online. Drawing on feminist media studies, cultural studies, and sociology, students analyze digital artifacts such as social media posts, memes, online communities, influencer content, and digital activism. The course explores how gender norms are produced, reinforced, and challenged within digital spaces. Students develop tools to critically interpret digital culture while reflecting on their own experiences with gender in the digital world. | ||
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Revised Fall 2020 Class Schedule with Instructional Method
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Changes in E&M course numbers, effective Fall 2018
Fall 2018 Selected Topics Course Descriptions
Fall 2018 Honors Program (HSP) Course Descriptions