INTERDEPARTMENTAL

360.214 (H,S)

POLITICS AND POETICS OF SEX: ENCHANTMENTS AND CORRUPTIONS IN THE ARAB MIDDLE EAST (3) Perdigon Limit 18 This seminar addresses the social, cultural and political shaping of sexuality in the contemporary Arab Middle East by exploring power relations and citational practices, which produce sex as a realtion of corrupted or enchanted bodies.
 
Cross-list with Anthropology and Studies of Women, Gender, & Sexuality Course added 12/17/07

Sec. 01

MWF 12-12:50

360.216 (H,S)

THINKING FREEDOM, THINKING FEMINISM (3) Weber Limit 18  Foundational texts of modern feminism from Descartes through Simone de Beauvoir. We willconsider the framing questions of feminism emerging from the complicated dynamics of freedom, justice, and responsibility to others. Readings to include critical esays, philosophy, and literature.

Cross-listed with Humanities and Studies of Women, Gender, & Sexuality Course added 12/17/07

Sec. 01

TTh 12-1:15

360.238 (H,S)

QUEER COMFORTS: HAVING, NEEDING, AND WANTING IN THEORY AND LITERATURE (3) Mick   Limit 15 30 18  When is enough enough?  Through a range of literary and theoretical texts, this seminar examines how the experience of queer desire produces unconventional accounts of value, expectation, adequacy, and sustainability.
Cross-listed with Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality

Sec. 01

W 1:30-4

360.258 (S)

GENDER AND HEALTH: A LIFE COURSE PERSPECTIVE (3) Goodfellow   Limit 15 30 18  
Cross-listed with Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality

Sec. 01

TTh 10:30-11:45

360.404 (E)

INTERFACIAL PHENOMENA IN NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS
Erlebacher/ Frechette   Limit  25 All materials properties of materials change when encountered or fabricated with nanoscale structure.  In this class, we will examine how the properties of nanostructured materials differ from their macroscopic behavior, primarily due to the presence of large interfacial areas relative to the characteristic volume scale.  General topics include the structure of nanostructured materials (characterization and microscopy), thermodynamics (effects of high curvatures and surface elasticity), kinetics and phase transformations (diffusion and morphological stability), and electronic properties (quantum confinement and effects of dimensionality).
Cross-listed with Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Materials Science  Same course as 360.644

Sec. 01

TTh 1:30-2:45

360.528

APPLIED ECONOMICS RESEARCH (3) Hanke   Prereq: 180.101-102   Perm. Req’d. 
Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory only
Cross-listed with DOGEE and Economics

Sec. 01

TBA

360.534

DIRECTED READINGS - WGS
Cross-listed with Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality

360.536

DIRECTED WRITINGS - WGS
Cross-listed with Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality

360.621

NANOBIO LABORATORY Wirtz/Searson
Limit 30   Perm. Req’d   This course introduces students to concepts and laboratory techniques in nanobiotechnology.  The focus of the laboratory is on nanoparticle carriers for drug delivery and markers for imaging.  The laboratory involves the synthesis of nanoparticles using solution phase techniques and characterization by optical techniques such as dynamic light scattering and absorbance spectroscopy.  Strategies for functionalization of nanoparticles are covered with focus on methods for attaching biomolecules.  The basic aspects of cell culture and optical microscopy techniques will be covered.  Nanoparticles functionalized with a drug or gene will be used to perform transfection experiments and compared to standard techniques.  Cross-listed with General Engineering & Materials Science

Sec. 01

T 1:30-4

360.644

INTERFACIAL PHENOMENA IN NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS Erlebacher/ Frechette  Limit 25
Same as 360.404   
Cross-listed with Materials Science and Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Sec. 01

TTh 1:30-2:45

360.781

PREPARATION FOR UNIVERSITY TEACHING Shingles   Limit 10  
Full-time A&S Graduate Students only This course will prepare graduate students to teach at the university level. Topics covered include large and small class teaching, characteristics of student learning, syllabus construction, grading students, and developing a teaching portfolio.
Co-listed as 500.781

Sec. 01

T 1:30-2:50 45