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Spring 2008 Seminars & Spring 2009 Seminars |
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AAD 199 We hear about artistic teamwork from traditional artist studios to Wikipedia to behind the scenes of administrating an art exhibit, music concert, or fashion show. But what does it really take to plan these events? In this course, you will learn more about your work style and leadership role within group projects. Through readings, guest speakers, field trips, and written assignments we will look at select social, political, and economic factors that define art and artists, and learn about a mix of famous and local artistic collaborations. The final project asks you to work collaboratively with your peers to design and develop an innovative artistic event. ANTH 199 What’s so political about food? World hunger, land reform, pollution, deforestation – all these are political issues tied to the production, distribution, and consumption of food. In this course you will examine a variety of issues surrounding the food we eat, including the obesity crisis and the definition of hunger in the United States. You will learn how we construct dietary beliefs, study a local organization involved with food production or assistance in the Eugene area, and analyze media presentations of food and hunger issues.
ANTH 199 Be an Anthropologist! To study human beings within social contexts, cultural anthropologists do fieldwork in which they spend time with the group of people they want to learn more about. In this course, you will conduct fieldwork in Eugene. After reading about a specific microculture, you will become a fieldworker observing, participating with, taking notes on, and conducting interviews with community members. You will develop a research question about your community and use it to guide your fieldwork. Possible microcultures may include religious groups, community centers, health clinics, businesses, and even specific university spaces such as dorms or cafeterias. BA 199 Popular culture tries to convince us that you can’t get rich if you stick to your principles. In reality, the success of any individual or business is highly dependent on a person’s character as well as skills and abilities. By analyzing media portrayals of business ventures that have both succeeded and failed, this course will explore the notions of individual and financial success as well as business ethics, negotiations, diversity, and financial responsibility. Reflective papers, in-class problem-solving activities and discussions will help you to develop your own critical opinions on the topics covered. BI 199 Which weight training exercise techniques are best for toning and developing specific muscles? What do muscles look like under a microscope? How do muscles adapt to different modes of exercise? What do the American College of Sports Medicine and Centers for Disease Control recommend for heart-lung endurance, strength, and health-related fitness? In this innovative seminar, you’ll learn practical applications from studies of muscle structure-function and weight training, as well as guidelines for lifelong fitness from two specialists who have worked extensively in classroom, laboratory, and field settings. In addition to actual workouts in the weight room, seminar activities will include 50-75 pages of reading per week, a thematic poster presentation, and written reviews of a weight training text. ENG 199 Women's Fiction: Chick Lit Then and Now
How can I fail to approach this class with excitement when it draws upon such a rich, longstanding literary tradition, and when there are so many compelling questions to ask about the most recent expression of popular women’s fiction? I am delighted to investigate Chick Lit with a classroom of first year students, with their invaluable perspectives on growing up with chick lit. Moreover, while we are looking at literature, the questions and approaches that we will apply to our texts will likely feed interests well beyond the literary.
GEOG 199 Landscapes of Hollywood How do films both reflect and create culture? Beyond the plot, what do the visual images and the landscapes they depict communicate about cultural geography? Since the mid-twentieth century, television and film have served as major sources of cultural transmission, and world politics, economics, and "the screen," big and small, are increasingly intertwined. In this course, we will view six films organized around a range of thematic elements such as race, class, power, gender, and war to learn how to "read" cultural landscapes. J 199 Many magazines have a “last page” essay on a variety of subjects. In this course we will explore how to create these short essays and revise them in a workshop situation. Student essays will be critiqued in class, with an emphasis on positive feedback and productive evaluation. Students will also write editorial comments each week. We will have guest speakers, including a professional essay writer, and end the course with our own edition of The Back Page magazine.
LIB 199 How to do Baseball Research How does Barry Bonds compare to Babe Ruth? Why are so many coaches today also excellent statisticians? Should there be a major league team in Oregon? In this course, you will use a basic text on baseball research to explore baseball statistics, the economics of baseball, the game’s rich history, and its impact on American culture and society. You will learn the basic principles and methods of conducting good research and will develop skills in finding, using, and interpreting various sources of information. In addition to following one team of interest throughout the season, students will keep research journals, complete final projects on a topic of their choice, and use online forums to “talk baseball.”
PHYS 199 The Stuff of Life What are you made of? This simple question both puzzles and fascinates scientists. What is it about your flesh that makes you “squishy”? If you shrank a whale to the size of a bacterium, could it swim the same way? These questions, like many at the forefront of contemporary science, bring together concepts from biology, chemistry, and physics. In this course, we will use readings, discussions, and hands-on exercises to study the physical properties of biological materials, as well as the constraints these properties place on living organisms. There are no scientific prerequisites, and mathematics will be at the level of basic algebra.
PHYS 199 History of Space Flight
This course is a historical and philosophical view of our cosmological worldview from mythical times to modern science. You will explore topics in the geometry of the universe, expanding spacetime and the Big Bang, dark matter, black holes and wormholes, quarks and mesons, galaxies and quantum physics. You will gain an overview of current understanding in astrophysics as it relates to the structure of the universe and what topics remain to be explored. In a group project, you will help to write the cosmology of your own planet. No complex mathematics are used, but understanding of algebra is required.
RL 199 The French Mind
How does the legacy of French thought help us to understand today’s world? How can this knowledge relate to your life? In this course you will study major influential French thinkers such as Descartes, Rousseau, and Sartre through readings and discussions of representative texts. From ecology to democracy to experiential education, to some of the deepest questions about humans and their place in the world, we will discover that these authors have a far reaching influence today in history, literature, philosophy, psychology, education, religion, economics, political sciences and other sciences.
TA 199 Reinventing Yourself
From the court of Charlemagne to Queen Elizabeth, were you sweeping the fireplace or sitting by it embroidering? Did you wear fine silks or wools, traipse through the mud or ride in a carriage? We will begin by studying the time period and lifestyles of people from the Gothic to Elizabethan periods. After defining your historic persona, you will design your character’s clothing and learn the practical aspects of fabric selection, pattern development, and construction techniques. By the end of the term, your new role and wardrobe will be complete! Sewing machines and equipment are provided, but you will need to purchase your own fabric and notions. Some basic sewing experience and Instructor permission is required to enroll in this course; please contact Professor Bonds at 541.346.4194 or abonds@uoregon.edu.
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