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Sports Nutrition is a course for active adults at all ages. Whether you exercise recreationally or competitively, Professor Tyzbir will help you to understand how the quantity, quality, and frequency of eating helps you achieve OPTIMUM health, performance and recovery. An emphasis is placed on nutritional concepts, expenditure during resistance and endurance training, timing and composition of pre and post competition meals, and the use of ergogenic aids.

Enrollment Limit: 20

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"The Russian 'Idea': Ideology and the 19th-Century Russian Novel--Ivan Turgenev, Nikolai Cherynshevsky, and Fyodor Dostoevsky" Much of the latter half of the 19th century in Russia bore witness to major literary-cultural debates over a series of philosophical questions regarding the future of Russia's historical, social, and political development. In effect, a cultural 'dialogue' ensues among three of the most important writers of 19th-century Russia: Ivan Turgenev, Nikolai Chernyshevsky and Fyodor Dostoevsky. Many of these questions continue to be debated in political discussions in Moscow and St. Petersburg to this very day: the 'women's question,' the 'Russian idea,' free will vs. determinism, nihilism, socialism, Russia's place in the West, etc. The course will examine this literary/cultural debate as it developed in Turgenev's "Fathers and Sons", Chernyshevsky's "What Is to Be Done", and Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment". The audience for this course is undergraduate students and local community members. No previous knowledge of Russian literature or history is needed.

Enrollment Limit: 25

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Continuation of CMSI 001: American Sign Language I and expansion on concepts and principles. Focus on more advanced vocabulary and patterns of grammar, use of space and modulation of signs to denote aspects of time and location, and
further exploration of the Deaf Culture.

Prerequisites: CMSI 001: ASL I or successful completion of placement interview.

Enrollment Limit: 15

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Continuation of CMSI I and II, designed to foster further development of proficiency in American Sign Language and appreciation of Deaf Culture.

Enrollment Limit: 15

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This course teaches about the most human attribute: communication with language. Among the topics covered are the brain and language, the components of language, animal communication, children's language development, accents and dialects, language change, and language processing. Lessons are frequently supplemented with videos illustrating language usage. Critical thinking is taught through online discussion groups and writing.

Enrollment Limit: 50

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This course is an introduction to algorithmic problem solving. It is designed to provide a foundation for further studies in computer science. Host language for this session is Java.

Enrollment Limit: 15

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This course will provide opportunities to develop cross-cultural perspectives on mental health by developing relationships with the Somoan people of the South Pacific. Cross-cultural psychology will provide a theoretical foundation for the experience and emphasis will be placed on developing intercultural communication skills. Mindfulness practices will be used to keep us grounded in the present moment. Our laboratory will be villages on the islands of Upulu and Davai'i where we will live with Somoan families. Globalization is challenging "fa'a Somoa", the traditional ways of Samoan society. Suicide is epidemic among young adults and family systems are being pressured by more liberal western ways. While identifying and practicing cross-cultural communication skills, we'll explore these and other cultural and systemic mental health challenges by developing relationships and coming to a deeper understanding of the interpersonal and societal pressures. We will also meet and work with Samoan counselors and academics as well as traditional wisdom keepers who are providing a healing bridge that is respectful of centuries old customs as well as 21st century social challenges.

Prerequisite: instructor permission (802 879-1207) or david.osgood@uvm.edu
Enrollment Limit: 12
Program Fee: TBD

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90014 Therapeutic Psychopharmacology for Counselors

The goal of this course is to familiarize counselors with some of the more commonly prescribed psychotropic medications for the treatment of mood, anxiety and attention disorders. Basic principles of psychopharmacology are reviewed, with discussion of desired effects and potential side effects. The referral process and avenues for collaboration among counselors, other mental health providers, and medical care providers are explored.

Prerequisite: counseling majors or permission (862-8270).
Enrollment Limit: 20

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This three-credit graduate-level course, designed for students and professionals in the field of human services, has three main objectives: 1) to increase participants' understanding and knowledge of effective professional helping in Latino culture in general, with a particular emphasis on Mexican culture; 2) to enrich and broaden participants' world view through studying and living in another culture; and 3) to develop or strengthen the ability to speak Spanish. In meeting these goals, particular attention will be paid to the importance and role of families in this culture, attitudes and beliefs regarding gender, gender roles, and sexuality, the place of spirituality and religion, and attitudes toward the helping process. Pre-trip classes will be a series of preparation/orientation seminars (with accompanying writing and reading assignments) as well as a weekly 75 minute Spanish language class. We will travel to Queretaro, Mexico, a beautiful Spanish colonial city about 3 hours northwest of Mexico City.

Prerequisite: instructor permission (656-2051)
Enrollment Limit: 12
Program Fee: TBD

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90017 Diagnosis & Treatment Planning with Adults

Etiology and diagnosis of mental disorders in adults according to DSM. Includes intake, evaluation, treatment planning, and clinical documentation skills.

Prerequisite: counseling majors or permission (462-2253).
Enrollment Limit: 20

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This course provides a strong foundation in HTML, working with images, beginning JavaScript programming, and web design so that the student can create a functional web site. You can expect to spend a lot of time on the computer.

Prerequisite: basic computer skills
Enrollment Limit: 15

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This course is designed to teach students to successfully coach the sport of baseball. Students learn the skills and knowledge needed to manage all facets of a high school program, as well as gain experience in practice design, fundamentals, game management and strategy, equipment use and inventory, parental involvement and fund raising. College recruiting and NCAA eligibility are also addressed.

Enrollment Limit: 20

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The course is designed to increase your knowledge about the various body systems and how they integrate during physical fitness, exercise and sports performance. Exercise prescription and physiology is designed to allow you to connect physical activity, health and exercise to your chosen discipline. Understanding correctly how the cardiovascular, pulmonary, metabolic and musculoskeletal systems, etc. are related during exercise will enhance your ability to be an effective teacher, coach, instructor or fitness professional. Knowing how to correctly select, administer and monitor physiological tests will allow you to maximize the learning experience. This course would be helpful for anyone seeking certification in personal training, coaching or any area of fitness.

Enrollment Limit: 20

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This course is a survey of the principles of classical mechanics, heat, and waves. It is appropriate for students concentrating in life or health sciences, and does not require calculus. It is normally followed by PHYS 12. Accompanying laboratory is PHYS 21.

Prerequisite: high school algebra and trigonometry or permission (656-2644).
Enrollment Limit: 30

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This course is a survey of the major issues, events, and themes of US history since 1876. The course will examine major issues and trends in US history within a chronological context to explore how the US has evolved from a geographically and socially limited society to the global, postindustrial, political, military, and economic power that it is today. Among the issues that will be examined are geographic expansion, what it means to be an American, economic development from capitalism to post industrialism, the role of government and the idea of equality of rights and opportunities in a democratic society.

Enrollment Limit: 20

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This course explores the emerging field of landscape restoration, which attempts to find ways to repair and restore the ecological systems and natural landscapes damaged by past human activity and neglect. The many facets of restoration are examined including its historical development, its philosophical foundation, its multidisciplinary nature that borrows from the theoretical and applied sciences, and its varied practical applications. A combination of readings, seminars, invited guests, class presentations, and field trips offers a theoretical knowledge base in this exciting new discipline and practical experience participating at sites of ongoing restoration efforts.

Prerequisite: ENVS 1 or NR 1 or permission (656-4055).
Enrollment Limit: 20

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The companion laboratory for PHYS 11 or 31. Topics include experiments in mechanics, harmonic motion and waves. This course is highly recommended for all students taking PHYS 11 or 31, and is required by most curricula requiring these courses.

Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment or credit in PHYS 11.
Enrollment Limit: 24
Lab Fee: $39.50

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This course is an introductory level history course on America from the era of European and African settlement to the era of Reconstruction. Combining lectures, reading and extensive discussion, the course will present history as an organic process characterized by the dynamics of continuity and change over time. Above all else, emphasis will be placed on the long and complex process that culminated in Southern secession and the Civil War that followed.

Enrollment Limit: 20

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This course studies the character, development, and emerging interdependence of the world's major civilizations since 1500.

Enrollment Limit: 20

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This course analyzes racial prejudice, discrimination and other dominant group practices directed toward Native-, Asian-, and African-Americans. It also explores the social movements of these groups for integration, accommodation, and separatism.

Enrollment Limit: 20

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Identification, climatic requirements, cultural management, and use of ornamental plant materials in landscape planting.

Enrollment Limit: 30

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This course explores the nautical heritage of the Champlain Valley through historical documents and the archaeological record, and places the local history into the context of the maritime traditions of the Northeast.

Enrollment Limit: 20

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What is a contract? If someone gets hurt on my property will I be sued? How does the court system work? These are just a few of the questions answered in this broad survey of American law. BSAD 17 examines the operation of the U.S. legal system with a focus on torts, contracts, sales, and commercial paper. The emphasis is on identifying and avoiding legal problems that might arise in these areas. The material covered in BSAD 17 is of interest to anyone who lives and works in our litigious society.

Prerequisite: sophomore standing.
Enrollment Limit: 50

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A supervised exposure to clinical practice in speech-language pathology. Students gain experience through observation in the University speech-language clinic and as assistants in school-based settings.

Prerequisite: six hours in CMSI. Class Meets: Sep 10, Oct 8, Nov 12, Dec 10.
Enrollment Limit: 13

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An introduction to development and selection of augmentative/alternative communication strategies and systems for persons with severe communication challenges.

Prerequisite: nine hours in CMSI or permission (482-3760).
Enrollment Limit: 25

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Study of normal and abnormal laryngeal anatomy and physiology as they relate to diagnoses and treatment of a wide variety of vocal pathologies.

Prerequisite: CMSI 101 or instructor permission (656-3861).
Enrollment Limit: 20.

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The era dominated politically by Andrew Jackson teemed with developments that still resonate in American life. This period saw -- all at once -- a transportation and technological revolution, the beginnings of an American industrial system, intense religious revivalism and turmoil, the development of the first feminist movement in America, a policy of Indian Removal and western settlement, mass Irish immigration and vehement anti-Catholicism, the origins of sectional controversy, the invention of the idea of "individualism," the peak of plantation slavery, the creation of the two-party system as we know it, and the origins of the sectional argument that would lead to Civil War. This course examines all of those things in an attempt to understand the formation of American society and culture, and will incorporate local and Vermont examples in its examination of more general American trends.

Prerequisite: HST 11 or 12 recommended.
Enrollment Limit: 20

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This course will look at the world of antiques; shards of civilization, present and past, from every angle. Much of the content will be based on the book "Professor Vallee's Den of Antiquity: Tales of a Vermont Antique Trader" and will include guest lectures from specialists covering every aspect of our past as evidenced by what remains (appraisers, auctioneers, dealers, wholesalers, collectors et al.) The goal of the course is not only to open new vistas with respect to our common heritage but also to pass along appreciation for our achievements in the arts.

Enrollment Limit: 20

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This course presents the fundamental principles and problems in the sociological analysis structure and dynamics of modern society. Topics include the scientific enterprise in sociology, culture and socialization, agents of social control, social inequalities of gender, race and class, and social change.

Enrollment Limit: 20

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This course focuses on what it means to be human from a biocultural evolutionary perspective. The importance of such topics as evolution, adaptation and culture in the development of our species can provide useful information about why humans behave the way they do. In addition to studying hominid evolution, this course will also probe the basics in genetics, heredity and human variation. We will also take a good look at our nonhuman primate relatives to both study them in their own right and to shed some light on how our early ancestors may have coped with some of their environmental and predatorial challenges. This course is meant to give students a sampling of some of the key topics within Phyiscal/ Biological Anthropology and provide an arena within which students can explore their own place in the animal kingdom as well as sharpen their critical thinking skills so necessary to the world we live in.

Enrollment Limit: 35

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This course on Race and Ethnicity in America will use an anthropological approach grounded in biology, in history, and in the cross-cultural experiences of others; those who were found here, were brought here, or came here. We will learn to express ourselves about Race and Ethnicity in more knowledgeable and useful ways and practice evaluating the persistent issues and conflicts that have come to define our changing American community and culture.

Enrollment Limit: 25

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This online course will bring students up to date with current anthropological theory about aging, present multi-cultural perspectives, require the use of anthropological approaches to collect data from retired Vermonters about their experiences and points of view, and invite debate about how best to honor and use those points of view.

Enrollment Limit: 12

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This course will explore the rich living tradition of wilderness protection and restoration in the eastern United States from the perspectives of history, science and public policy. We will ground our thinking in Eastern natural history and in the wilderness advocacy of prominent Easterners--George Perkins Marsh, Joseph Battell, George D. Aiken, Robert Stafford and others. We will look at current opportunities to establish more wilderness in the East, and will consider the ecological, and economic justifications for doing so. The East's unique contribution to the on-going national dialogue about wilderness restoration will be a recurring theme throughout the course, and will provide a fitting capstone at the end.

Prerequisite: junior or senior standing and one 100 level ENVS course.
Enrollment Limit: 25.

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The Olmec, Zapotec, Maya and Aztec are only a few examples of groups that inhabited the cultural sphere known as Mesoamerica, from central Mexico south to Honduras. For more than 3,500 years numerous civilizations developed and declined in a variety of environments throughout this region. With the conquest of the Aztec by the Spanish in 1521, a way of life native to Mesoamerica was brought to an end. In this course we will analyze the archaeological, epigraphic, historic, architectural, and ideological information that remains from this Mesoamerican way of life in an attempt to better understand who these groups were, how their civilizations developed and declined, and why. Some of the topics we will focus on include: the development of sociopolitical inequality within and between groups, long distance exchange, influence and intimidation, the development and use of hieroglyphic writing and the Mesoamerican calendar, the use of natural hallucinogens and human sacrifice, the Mesoamerican world view and ideology, and the final canoe voyage into the mouth of the Witz monster and down to the underworld of Xibalba.

Enrollment Limit: 35

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This course offers an examination of the origins and development of culture from the earliest human fossils through the appearance of civilization; the nature of archaeological data and interpretations. This course provides an introduction to prehistoric archaeology as a sub-field of anthropology, or the "study of human behavior." It is divided roughly between the methods and theory of anthropological archaeology, and worldwide culture history, with emphasis given to cultural developments prior to the advent of writing and "history.

Enrollment Limit: 35

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This course provides an introduction to sociocultural anthropology and explores the causes and consequences of human variation. Through a variety of cultural examples, this course explores cross-cultural variation in ideas and practices surrounding a broad range of human experiences. Topics include human development and the lifecycle, sex and gender, family and marriage, religion and cosmology, language and communication, economic processes, political organization, social stratification, and social conflict. We conclude the course with a look at anthropological approaches to contemporary social problems.

Enrollment Limit: 35

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Review of fundamental operations and a more extensive study of fractions, exponents, radicals, linear and quadratic equations, ratio, proportion, variation, progressions, and the binomial theorem. Topics normally included in intermediate algebra in high school. Students who have satisfactorily completed two years of high school algebra, or the equivalent, receive no credit for this course. Offered only in Evening Division and Summer Session.

Prerequisite: one year high school algebra.
Enrollment Limit: 25.

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Sets, relations, and functions with particular attention to properties of algebraic, exponential, and logarithmic functions, their graphs and applications. May not be taken for credit concurrently with, or following receipt of, credit for any mathematics course numbered 19 or above.

Prerequisite: two years secondary school algebra, one year secondary school geometry.
Enrollment Limit: 25

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Survey of field, lab, and archival research methods; specialized studies of material culture; selected topics on ethnicity, gender, and status.

Enrollment Limit: 20

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Skills in working with numerical, algebraic, and trigonometric expressions are developed in preparation for 21. May not be taken for credit concurrently with, or following receipt of, credit for any mathematics course numbered 19 or above.

Prerequisite: two years secondary school algebra, one year secondary school geometry
Enrollment Limit: 25

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This course is an introduction to the history and theoretical basis of nautical archaeology as a discipline. It investigates the maritime world studied by archaeologists through the material remains of shipwrecks, harbors, and other marine related structures. The course discusses the key developments in the history of seafaring and the relationship of cultural and physical geography upon marine technology. It explores the concepts, problems, and techniques used to conduct nautical archaeology.

Enrollment Limit: 18

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Introduction to mathematics of finite systems with applications, such as probability, statistics, growth and symmetry, graph theory, fair division and apportionment problems, voting systems.

Prerequisite: two years secondary school algebra or MATH 9 or 10
Enrollment Limit: 25

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Introduction to limits and differential calculus with a wide variety of applications. Credit not given for more than one of the courses 19, 21 unless followed by 22. NOTE: graphing calculator required; TI-83 recommended.

Prerequisite: MATH 9 or 10, or sufficient strong background in secondary school algebra/geometry.
Enrollment Limit: 25

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Introduction to calculus of functions of one variable including: limits, continuity, techniques and applications of differentiation and integration. Credit not given for more than one course in the pair 19, 21.

Prerequisite: MATH 10, or strong background in secondary school algebra & trigonometry
Enrollment Limit: 25

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Techniques and applications of integration. Polar coordinates, Taylor polynomials, sequences and series, power series.

Prerequisite: MATH 21.
Enrollment Limit: 25

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Vectors, vector-valued functions. Calculus of functions of several variables: partial derivatives, gradient, divergence, curl, multiple integrals, line integrals, Stokes' and Green's theorems.

Prerequisite: MATH 22.
Enrollment Limit: 25

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This area course on the Arctic looks at the region as a biome, as well as at past and contemporary human environmental relations of the North. It begins with study of the Arctic ecology and human adaptations to that environment. It will cover the history of indigenous First Nations of the Arctic, and of European exploration and settlement, through contemporary the social, economic and environmental changes faced by the people of the region. There is an emphasis on the struggles over land and resources in the Arctic and the effects of global climate change across the North.

Enrollment Limit: 30

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This course is an introduction to economic concepts, institutions, and analysis. It provides a thorough understanding of the principles of economics that apply to an economic system as a whole. In particular, it addresses overall rates of unemployment, inflation, and economic growth and the fiscal and monetary policy that can be used to affect them.

Enrollment Limit: 25

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The study of people-plant interactions, as mediated by culture, is a rapidly developing discipline. We will examine historic and contemporary case-studies from a wide range of environments and cultural groups to learn about plants used for food, fiber, medicine, ritual and ornament. Focus will also be on how researchers gather, interpret and use this information; students will practice some of the botanical and ethnographic techniques required. Discussion topics include examining our own cultural beliefs about plants, ethical concerns of research, and how applied ethnobotany seeks to address social and environmental concerns.

Prerequisite: ENVS 1 or NR 1 or permission (860-1150).
Enrollment Limit: 15

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Guided practice on oral skills through vocabulary and pronunciation exercises, readings, and oral presentations. Writing exercises reinforce oral work.

Prerequisite: FREN 52 or equivalent experience.
Enrollment Limit: 15

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This course is designed for students who have had no previous study of French. The course provides intensive preparation in the fundamentals of modern French: comprehension, pronunciation, speaking along with building a foundation in grammar, writing and reading. Taught by a native speaker.

Enrollment Limit: 18

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Fundamentals of Spanish comprehension, pronunciation, speaking. Structure of the basic Spanish sentence. No previous knowledge of Spanish necessary.

Enrollment Limit: 18

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This course examines the role of marketing in small business. Focus on development of marketing plan and its use in guiding small business operations.

Prerequisite: CDAE 61 or equivalent
Enrollment Limit: 55

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Developed for architects, builders, and homeowners interested in the design and installation of solar energy systems, this course covers current state-of-the-art in passive and active solar thermal (air and water heating) and solar electric (photovoltaic) applications. Topics include design fundamentals, economic evaluation, system sizing and specifications. Installation procedures and maintenance requirements are also covered.

Prerequisite: instructor permission (656-2996).
Enrollment Limit: 30

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Many factors have integrated the world economy into a "Global Economy" including falling trade barriers, the fall of socialist economies, and the rise of the internet. There are enormously different understandings of the costs and benefits, winners and losers of globalization. This course will study the history and meaning of Globalization and an attempt will be made to understand and evaluate the effects of Globalization on peoples' lives around the world.

Enrollment Limit: 25

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In his novel Crossing to Safety, which is set in a vaguely-fictionalized Greensboro, Wallace Stegner wrote: "a place isn't a place until it has a poet." More so than many places, Vermont has long been well storied, well stocked with poets and artists. This course proposes to examine literature from and about the Green Mountain State, in part, through cultural, historical, and bio-geographical lenses. Among the literary geographies' we may explore are Wallace Stegner's Greensboro, Helen and Scott Nearing's Winhall, Robert Frost's Ripton, Dorothy Canfield Fisher's Arlington, David Budbill's Wolcott (aka Judevine), John Elder's Bristol, Hayden Carruth's Johnson/Morrisville, W.D. Wetherill's various rivers, Archer Mayor's Brattleboro, the Webbs' (Gilded Age) Shelburne, Kevin Dann's Lewis Creeek and the various artistic and academic countercultures of Bread and Puppet, Goddard College, etc. Thinking bio-regionally (and using watershed as loci, rather than sheerly political boundaries), feints towards the works of Russell Banks and Rockwell Kent and/or Noel Perrin might crop up, too. Field trips will be included.

Enrollment Limit: 25

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How do consumers and producers behave in the economy? Do their interactions lead to a good outcome? Should the government intervene in markets? We answer these questions by studying the decisions and interactions of consumers and business firms in the economy. We cover the nature of economic decisions; taxation; elasticity and predicting the effect of price changes on firm revenue; consumer choice and demand; the firm's decision on production, pricing and profit maximization; competition, monopoly and government regulation; and market failures and the role of government.

Prerequisite: EC 11 or instructor permission (656-3064).
Enrollment Limit: 20

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Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll! Yes, the Sixties were famous (or infamous) for them, and this course gives them the attention they deserve. But the Sixties were much more: a time of war and military "interventions", high idealism and political commitment, bitter confrontations, tragic assassinations, and dark conspiracies. Whether you were a child of the Sixties or not, join us for a multimedia, multidisciplinary exploration of this important moment in history which continues to shape our lives today. For further information, see www.uvm.edu/~jmoore/.

Enrollment Limit: 25

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Characteristics and development of the oceans, their basins and shorelines, including plate tectonic history and basic physical, chemical and biological processes.

Enrollment Limit: 24

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This course is designed to examine the multiple influences that shape workplace culture as identified by social science theorists, contemporary literature, and renowned organizational practitioners. Students will develop personal efficacy in understanding and applying scientific principles to impact organizational culture and performances at macro (organizational) and micro- (individual) levels. Students will develop personal efficacy in alternative dispute resolution (ADR), and they will gain insights into its advantages over traditional administrative procedures and litigation for improving organizational outcomes.

Prerequisite: instructor permission (656-2670).
Enrollment Limit: 20

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Program evaluation is a form of systematic inquiry that collects information about the activities, characteristics, and outcomes of programs. This type of research is used to improve program effectiveness and/or make decisions about future programming. Evaluation has the potential to generate genuine and sustained improvements in the quality of small and large-scale projects. This course is designed for education and social services practitioners. Students will explore the major types or program evaluation, practice several techniques for data collection and analysis, and consider the ethical issues and conflicts that can arise when conducting program evaluations. In addition, students are expected to identify an existing program and design an evaluation plan that reflects the unique needs of that program.

Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Enrollment Limit: 15

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This course addresses policy issues affecting structure, performance and change in the U.S. health care system. Historical, comparative, environmental, economic and policy perspectives are considered, as well as recent and current reform efforts. The focus is on policy challenges relevant to health care managers, policy makers, providers and consumers. The course is intended to benefit students with an interest in health services as well as those wishing to improve their understanding of how the health care system affects other settings and systems.

Prerequisite: instructor permission (985-8429).
Enrollment Limit: 20

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Introduces the beginning concepts and skills involved in the research process and increases understanding of the connection between the research process, systematic investigation, and professional knowledge. Seminars and research projects introduce students to methods of historical, descriptive, experimental, quasi-experimental, field studies, and survey research.

Enrollment Limit: 15

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This course focuses on the science and art of using plants in the natural approach to healing. The present-day context of phytotherapy within the realms of both complementary and conventional allopathic medicines is explored. The harvesting, preparation, storage, and relative safety-toxicity of herbs are covered, in addition to lifestyle options and specific herbs as support for specific systems of the body. A field trip to Bramblewood Gardens and Botanical Sanctuary is included.

Enrollment Limit: 20

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To assure that professional development does more than just 'cover' information needed to be learned, this course will explore and apply cross-cultural principles and practices that have been tested over time to enable the participants of your workshops, meetings or seminars to walk away being much more likely to retain the knowledge or skills taught. This course draws on researched and applied theories of dialogue education, adult learning, learning preferences, group dynamics, social psychological change, feedback, facilitation, meeting design, and resource/needs assessment. NOTE: class meets: Sep 22 & Oct 14, 6-9pm, Sep 23, 24, Oct 15, Nov 18 & 19, 9am-5pm.

Enrollment Limit: 10
Lab Fee: $75

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Gardening links us to our own health and well-being as well as that of the environment. This profound connection is explored through our study of sustainable horticulture and the benefits of growing our own healthful foods. Building, preparing, and caring for the living soil and learning to "read" (site analysis) the garden environment are covered. In addition, this course includes techniques and skills for creating garden sanctuaries and retreats, growing herbs, antioxidant-rich fruits and vegetables, wildflowers, and wild edibles.

Enrollment Limit: 20

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This course is an introduction to programming in the Microsoft Windows Visual Basic.NET environment. We use this developer-friendly, robust environment to create programs that generate user interfaces for a variety of business and other applications, including handling of data using databases and text files. Students will master skills related to form design and programming code for these versatile, event-driven interfaces.

Prerequisite: basic computer skills; on line course
Enrollment Limit: 30

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Introduction to probabilistic and statistical reasoning, including probability distribution models and applications to current scientific/social issues. Roles of probability, study design, and exploratory/confirmatory data analysis.

Prerequisite: two years of high school algebra.
Enrollment Limit: 25.

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This is an introductory course designed for those students who may need to understand basic statistical concepts and applications without reference to any mathematics beyond basic high school algebra. An intuitive and non-formula oriented approach is given to such topics as correlation, regression, confidence intervals, and hypothesis tests. Examples from various fields of application are presented to reinforce concepts.

Prerequisite: two years of high school algebra.
Enrollment Limit: 25.

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This is a foundational course for students taking further quantitative courses, and includes exploratory data analysis, probability distributions, estimation, and hypothesis testing. Introductory regression, experimentation, contingency tables, and nonparametrics also are explored. Computer software is used.

Prerequisite: one semester of calculus.
Enrollment Limit: 25.

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This is a second course for business, economics, or other majors who have taken a first course like STAT 141 or EC 170. It will cover important topics in multivariate regression analysis, time series modeling and forecasting, and statistical classification methods. Business or economic data will be used to illustrate all the methods, and Minitab computer software will be used in the classroom and outside for homework completion. Model selection, contributions of variables to the fit, model assumptions and residual analysis, model predictions, multicollinearity, attribute factors and statistical significance are all covered. Experience with analyzing current data of interest to the students is included as a project analysis. This data can be generated by the students from their own study, or come from another source. Regular access to a computer is required.

Prerequisite: one semester of statistics, one semester of calculus.
Enrollment Limit: 25.

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An exploration of the history of our country in the Twentieth Century though music, dance, fashion, film, theater, TV, sports, food and even comic books. This is the stuff of our everyday lives, which social and cultural historians are now taking more and more seriously as windows or mirrors into the past. Each week will explore a different decade. Along with delving into the actual materials themselves, we'll read a series of short books from Kathy Peiss's Cheap Amusements to Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation.

Enrollment Limit: 20

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This course offers an introduction to the entire field, emphasizing the ways in which psychologists try to understand behavior scientifically. The emphasis is on how questions are framed, how evidence is obtained to answer them, and how theories are developed and evaluated. Upon completion of the course, students should be able to think like psychologists and have the skills to be critical analysts of claims made about what we know and about the efficacy of solutions we offer. The course involves reading, writing, and class discussions.

Enrollment Limit: 25

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Review of major theoretical and empirical developments in psychology, including schools of psychology that have influenced contemporary models of psychology.

Prerequisite: PSYC 1 or permission (656-8655).
Enrollment Limit: 21

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An introduction to the scientific study of individuals' social behavior. We will explore social thinking - how we form, keep and change impressions, attitudes and beliefs; social influence - how and when we conform, obey, or resist influence; and social relations - why and when we like, dislike, hurt, or help one another. Theories, research findings, and practical applications of ideas are interwoven, and the implications of social psychology for human issues like ethnic conflict, health, and the environment are explored.

Prerequisite: PSYC 1.
Enrollment Limit: 35.

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This course is designed to provide students with a broad overview of abnormal human behavior. We will cover historical perspectives on abnormality as well as current models of assessing, diagnosing, and treating various types of psychopathology. In addition to the reviewing current research on a wide range of emotional and behavioral problems, we will use case studies and films to illustrate the human side of mental illness. Legal and ethical issues in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of psychopathology will also be discussed.

Prerequisite: PSYC 1.
Enrollment Limit: 25

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This course explores psychological theories about women and research on women's roles. Emphasis is on biological, psychological, sociological, and cultural influences on women's identity and development. Upon completion of the course students should be able to critically analyze the influence of gender, sexism, culture, class, and race on women's issues and mental health. Course will involve reading, writing, class discussion, and an analysis of women's mental health in the media.

Prerequisite: PSYC 1, one additional PSYC course at the 100 level.
Enrollment Limit: 25

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This course is designed to give students a broad overview of important concepts in developmental psychology. It will focus on child development from conception through adolescence, highlighting physical, social and cognitive development across the age range. Class time will cover a variety of topics relative to the growth and development of children, and will stress not only the basic facts but also the theories that guide them.

Prerequisite: PSYC 1.
Enrollment Limit: 25

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This course is an introduction to systems thinking and computer modeling. We will learn to describe the complex phenomena and processes around us in terms of systems, and see how this can help understand the causes and effects, make decisions, determine policies and communicate our understanding to others. We will explore conceptual models of some systems and see how these can be quantified and presented in mathematical form. We will then see how some computer games can be viewed as models and will try to recreate some of the algorithms that are used in them. This will lead us to an overview of some basic mathematical equations that are used to describe various types of systems. We will see how these equations are implemented in dynamic modeling software (Stella and Madonna), and will explore some of the algorithms that these software packages employ. This will also introduce the simple programming languages that are used in these modeling tools. We will then turn to a different type of modeling formalism and will learn to describe systems in terms of agent based models. StarLogo is another software modeling package that will help us build models that describe the behavior of multiple individuals or agents. Yet another programming language will be used to build these models. In small groups we will build models to solve problems and will learn to use these models to communicate our understanding of systems and systems dynamics.

Enrollment Limit: 25

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This course explores key psychological processes involved in creating and experiencing art. Sample topics include interrelations among art-related motivation, cognition, and emotion; psychological aids to artistic creativity and to art appreciation; and psychological processes common in creating and experiencing art that may be beneficial in other areas of life. All forms of art are fair game for consideration, and participants conduct research on issues of special interest to them.

Prerequisite: strong background in PSYC and/or ART.
Enrollment Limit: 20

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Want to learn how to care for houseplants? Want to learn how to recognize the more common foliage and flowering plants, or cut flowers, you see in malls, stores, and restaurants? Whether you are looking to become a green industry professional, or just grow plants at home, this course will provide the basics of design, plant care, and plant problems. This completely online course combines lecture notes and specific details on about 90 indoor plants. Extensive descriptions, cultural information, and lists of species and cultivars are given for key plants in groups such as foliage, cacti, succulents, orchids, cut flowers, and flowering potted plants. Quizzes, plant identification quizzes, and exercises are taken on-line (not WebCT based). They are open book, designed to test and reinforce your familiarity with the extensive content, and to reinforce key plants, plant features and topics. Email contact between professor and students will be used as needed and to share information, and to provide course website login details to registered students at the beginning of the semester. More details can be found online (pss.uvm.edu/pss121/index.html).

Enrollment Limit: 15

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This completely online (nonWebCT) version of this course combines lecture notes and specific details on about 200 herbaceous garden plants. The 32 lectures are grouped into modules on botany, design, culture, and pests and problems as they relate to flower and foliage garden plants. Extensive descriptions, cultural information, and lists of species and cultivars are given for annuals, perennials, and other groups such as aquatic plants, alpines, ornamental grasses, roses, even tender tropical "perennials". Quizzes, plant identification quizzes, and exercises to help reinforce and provide additional information, are taken on-line also and at the student's own pace. They are open book, designed to test and reinforce your familiarity with the extensive content, and to reinforce key plants, plant features and topics. Email contact between professor and students will be used as needed and to share information, and to provide course website login details to registered students at the beginning of the semester. Course notes are also available streaming and by MP3 on the internet, and for additional cost on CD-rom, audio CDs, and printed binder. More on the course can be found at: http://pss.uvm.edu/pss123/index.html

Enrollment Limit: 15

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This course will provide students with a comprehensive overview of clinical psychology including the definition of clinical psychology, its history as a profession, diagnosis and classification of disorders, an examination of assessment techniques, therapeutic intervention techniques, and issues related to ethics. This is not a training practicum. Course will include guest lecturers who will describe their choice of clinical psychology as a profession, the process involved and their areas of research.

Prerequisite: PSYC 1, PSYC 109, PSYC 152; or permission (656-3831).
Enrollment Limit: 25

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This course will provide a broad survey of disordered or abnormal behavior in children and adolescents. Emphasis is on the clinical application of theories and interventions for childhood and adolescent disorders. We will describe behaviors and symptoms of syndromes and illnesses, discuss theories of the development and treatment of disorders, and explore individual case examples. In addition, there is an emphasis on developmental pathways and risk and protective factors that influence the course and outcomes of development; that is on why some children continue to have problems in adolescence and adulthood and others do not.

Prerequisite: PSYC 1, PSYC 109, or PSYC 161.
Enrollment Limit: 25

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This is a one-semester lab course covering the basic principles of bonding, nomenclature, atomic structure, equilibria, acid-base theory, oxidation-reduction, and nuclear chemistry. Particular emphasis is placed on those aspects of chemistry that are directly related to the biological and health sciences. A breakage deposit of $40.00 will be collected by department.

Enrollment Limit: 20
Lab Fee: $50

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The principles of atomic and electronic structure, stoichiometry, thermochemistry, bonding, gases, solids and liquids are covered in this course. CHEM 31 offers a more rigorous study of these principles than found in CHEM 23 and is intended for engineers, pre-med, pre-dental and those planning to continue in the sciences. A breakage deposit of $40.00 will be collected by the department.

Prerequisite: Algebra
Enrollment Limit: 40
Lab Fee: $50

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This is a one-semester, non-lab course covering the basic principles of bonding, nomenclature, atomic structure, equilibria, acid-base theory, oxidation-reduction, and nuclear chemistry.  Particular emphasis is placed on those aspects of chemistry that a directly related to the biological and health sciences.

Enrollment Limit: 20

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This course discusses the basic anatomy and physiology of the horse, common equine diseases and problems, their diagnoses, prevention, and treatment. Prerequisites: ASCI 1, a BIOL course, or instructor permission (656-2070).

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Students in this course are introduced to computer-aided drafting through the use of the AutoCad software system. Topics begin with drafting fundamentals and proceed through the production of engineering drawings. These include orthographic, auxiliary, section, pictorials and dimensioning. Units can be customized to the students needs (e.g. landscaping, architecture, surveying).

Enrollment Limit: 18

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Principles, concepts, techniques, and issues involved in accounting for the assets, liabilities, and owners equity and their related effect on income determination of an enterprise. Prerequisites: BSAD 60, junior standing.

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Accounting for inventory valuation and income determination, nonroutine decisions, policy making and long-range planning. Prerequisites: BSAD 61, junior standing.

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Structure and function of the respiratory, phonatory, and articulation systems of the vocal tract utilized for production of speech. The study of processes of human hearing emphasizing sound, acoustics, psychoacoustics, perception of speech, and the anatomy and physiology of the hearing mechanism.

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The structure and organization of the human central nervous system as related to higher cognitive and linguistic behaviors. Pre/corequisites: a college level Human Biology course, such as Bio 4. Not for graduate credit.

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Seminar exploring interdisciplinary process, collaborative teaming, cultural competence and family-centered care as they relate to children and families affected by neurodevelopmental and related disabilities. Pre/co-requisites: permission of instructor.

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Etiology, diagnosis, pathology, and habilitation and rehabilitation of articulation of speech.

Prerequisite: graduate standing.

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This is a beginning drawing course in which line, value, and color are used to draw what one sees as well as explore personal expression in the form of abstraction, expressionism, surrealism, and naturalism through various media and techniques.

Enrollment Limit: 26
Lab Fee: $35

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This course explores the fundamentals of two-dimensional space. Using traditional and non-traditional materials students will experiment with composition, line, shape, balance, positive/negative space, color, texture, symmetry, unity/variety, repetition and rhythm. The formal fundamentals of design will be used by the student as a framework to critically evaluate their own weekly projects. There will be gallery visits and slide lectures to exemplify projects.

Enrollment Limit: 15
Lab Fee: $25

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This course uses a variety of traditional and non-traditional mediums to create three-dimensional forms in space. Demonstrations on construction, modeling and casting give a foundation for students to experiment with scale, proportion, negative/positive space, color and invented environments. Gallery visits and slide lectures introduce and exemplify projects.

Enrollment Limit: 15
Lab Fee: $20

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A beginning study of hand held sculpture using non-ferris metals. The course begins with a series of short assignments introducing the student to soldering, forming, forging, hollow construction, and direct casting. The students then design and complete their own sculptural work using these techniques. Each student is required to keep a sketchbook, read, and research various techniques topics and attend all classes. This is a hands-on course requiring extra work time in the studio.

Enrollment Limit: 12
Lab Fee: $45

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Students develop throwing skills and the capacity to create a range of forms, and investigate surface treatment techniques such as slip painting and glazing. In addition, students learn low-fire and stoneware firing as well as related clay and glaze technology.

Prerequisite: ART 1, 2, or 3.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Lab Fee: $75

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Participants in this class are introduced to painting as an investigation of color, space, and visual perception using traditional motifs and exploring individually developed directions.

Prerequisite: ART 1 and 2.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Lab Fee: $100

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Study of architectural history to gain fluency in the stylistic terms so essential to historic preservation and to public support for conserving our architectural heritage.

Prerequisite: HP graduate or permission (656-9773)

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Legal issues in conservation of the built environment.  Basic legal techniques for protection of historic structures (historic districts, protective legislation, easements, covenants).  Study of significant court decisions.

Prerequisite: HP graduate or permission (656-9773)

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This class explores basic techniques of cutting, welding, and construction of small scale sculpture in steel.

Prerequisite: ART 3.
Enrollment Limit: 12
Lab Fee: $50

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This course examines the increased creative, critical, and financial success of women painters, sculptors, and graphic artists, beginning in the late 19th and extending through the 20th Century. We study the political events and changing cultural climate that made this growing success possible. We address the following focal areas: women's participation in male-dominated art movements, Lee Krasner in Abstract Expressionism, for example; liaisons, beneficial and destructive, between male and female artists, such as that between Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo; stylistic and technical innovation, as illustrated in the sculpture of Louise Nevelson and Eva Hesse. We conclude with a close look at Judy Chicago's monumental, provocative "Dinner Party".

Prerequisite: ART 6, or instructor permission (860-9442).
Enrollment Limit: 25

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This course is designed to introduce the student to the concepts, theory and practice of massage as used in traditional medicine. The course comprises hands on experiences in multiple massage techniques including sports massage and Eastern European and Russian practices. Supported with over one hundred and fifteen years of scientific and clinical studies, Fundamentals of Therapeutic Massage provides a solid scientific foundation in the application and practice of the seven basic massage techniques. While learning how each massage stroke affects the human body, this course prepares the student to be an effective manual therapist or add manual therapy as a supplemental treatment to traditional medical practice. This course would be a valuable resource for physical therapists, athletic trainers, nurses, personal trainers, and others whose work involves rehabilitation and/or relaxation.

Enrollment Limit: 20

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An introduction to spoken and written Japanese through aural-oral drills and grammar presentation. The three writing systems of Japanese (hiragana, katakana, and kanji) are introduced.

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A continuation of 2 designed to enable the student to converse in everyday Japanese and to read and write simple texts. Prerequisites: JAPN 2 or permission (656-1117).

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Development of speaking and listening skills related to concrete topics through total immersion in Japanese. Prerequisites: JAPN 52 or permission (656-1117)

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Training in skills to communicate on concrete and abstract topics. Repeatable with different content. Prerequisites: JAPN 102 or permission (656-1117).

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Fundamentals of Classical Latin through tutorial instruction, credit dependent on amount of material learned.  May be repeated for credit. No credit with LAT 1 & LAT 2.

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From various disciplines, theoretical perspectives, and narrative experiences, the class will build and apply to contemporary issues and populations an ideal public health service model. This is a service learning course.

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A study of ethical principles and applications used to help resolve dilemmas in health care delivery. Introduction to ethical decision-making models used in the practice of modern health care.

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A study of ethical principles and applications used to help resolve dilemmas in health care delivery. Introduction to ethical decision-making models used in the practice of modern health care.

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Political and operational relationships between schools, agencies, and other organizations at all governmental levels. Policy development, working with policy boards, and coordinating organizational and community activities. Class meets: Aug 30, Sep 6, 20, Oct 4, 18, Nov 1, 15, 29.

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Approaches to coordinating and managing curriculum or programs at the classroom, department, or organizational level; examination of factors effecting design and delivery of curriculum; developing curriculum guides and assessment methods. Prerequisites: 18 hours of education and related areas or appropriate professional certification.

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Roles, functions, relationships and responsibilities in maintaining and changing organizations; leadership styles and behavior; trends and issues impacting on organizations.

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Designed to cover selected educational problems in depth. The major emphasis will be on intensive and critical analysis of the literature and practice in a given area.

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Designed to cover selected educational problems in depth. The major emphasis will be on intensive and critical analysis of the literature and practice in a given area.

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A comprehensive survey of life span individual and family development within social and historical context.

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Lectures, laboratories, readings, or projects relating to contemporary areas of study.

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Lectures, laboratories, readings, or projects relating to contemporary areas of study.

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Lectures, laboratories, readings, or projects relating to contemporary areas of study.

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Developmental ecological approach to analysis of social institutions as influences on human development. Focus on education, community, health care, and social services. Pre/co-requisite: HDFS 60.

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This course is an analysis of major elements of management in the public sector (organization, personnel, budgeting) with special attention to problems arising from political imperatives generated by a democratic society.

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Exploration of diverse lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender identities, families, and communities, and their current personal, social, and cultural meanings and contexts. Prerequisites: three hours in Human Development or related field; sophomore standing.

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Contemporary cultural factors that influence adult lifestyles and their relationship to successful parenting. Prerequisites: Nine hours in Human Development or instructor's permission. May be taken more than once.

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This course is an introductory survey of public budgeting and financial management. The purpose of this course is to explore fundamental ideas, concepts, and theories that contribute to understanding public sector revenue and expenditure decisions and to examine basic practices and techniques of modern financial administration, budget preparation, and performance measurement. The course will rely on readings, discussions and case studies that focus on state and local governments and non-profit organizations as examples. An effort will be made to cover federal budget systems as well.

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This course helps students develop an understanding of the stages in the policy process and an understanding of the development of public policy in the intergovernmental system. Participants also study the analytical methods of effective policy in complex political and bureaucratic environments. Students become more sensitive to the analytical, political and substantive complexities of policy issues, develop methods of coping with these complexities, and become acquainted with the basic areas of policy formulation, implementation, and analysis.

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Administrative Law examines legal foundations of public administration focusing on legal issues of most importance to present or future administrators.

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Students will gain an understanding of how local governments of all sizes operate and interact with their constituents, state and regional governments, peer municipal governments and NGOs. The instructor will use his past experience as a local official, case studies and the literature to help students learn the important role local governments in our society.

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The course looks at socio-historical changes in the construction of childhood and the experiences of children, with applications of interpretive approaches in contemporary sociology to analyze children’s peer cultures.

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This seminar examines theoretical interpretations of environmental problems, sources, and solutions, focusing on the social conditions under which problems arise.

Prerequisite: SOC 1 & 100; SOC 1 & 101 or permission (656-3236)

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The course examines American racial subordination in social and historical perspective. The class analyses interracial contacts, racial subcultures and social structures and responses to racial prejudice and discrimination.

Prerequisite: SOC 1 & 100; SOC 1 & 101 or permission (656-3236)

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The class examines reproduction of cultural values in relation to social conduct of reproduction of human life (childbearing) under advanced capitalism.

Prerequisite: SOC 1 & 100; SOC 1 & 101; including one of SOC 29, 122 or 229

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Principles of cellular biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, and evolution. Topics presented: biochemistry; metabolism; cell structure and function; respiration; photosynthesis; molecular; Mendelian and population genetics; microevolution.

Prerequisite: CHEM 31 or high school chemistry. Students must register in Mon or Wed lab.
Enrollment Limit: 32.

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Lab for BIOL 1 / 92188

Prerequisite: Must register for lecture.
Enrollment Limit: 16.

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Lab for BIOL 1 / 92188

Prerequisite: Must register for lecture.
Enrollment Limit: 16.

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For nonscience majors. Selected biological topics relevant to humans, such as cancer, human genetics, environmental toxicants; biological concepts necessary for understanding these problems. Students should have computer access, since most materials are available on the web.

Enrollment Limit: 25

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This participatory course will provide students and teachers with the knowledge and skills to deliver effective standards-based health education curriculum, instruction, and assessment. An examination of health education principles, theories, and practice will form the foundation of the course. Coursework will focus on the field of health education in terms of historical developments, theoretical foundations, National and VT health education standards, and research based methods needed to implement effective skill-based health education.

Enrollment Limit: 20

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This course provides students with a broad introduction to making black and white photographs emphasizing craft, problem solving and visual communication strategies. Students must have a 35mm camera with fully manual capabilities (adjustable f/stop, focus and shutter speed controls) and a working light meter. Additional work outside class time is required.

Prerequisite: ART 1, 2, or 4; or equivalent experience.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Lab Fee: $50

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Foundations of probability, conditioning, and independence.  Business, computing , biological, engineering reliability, and quality control applications.  Classical discrete and continuous models.  Pseudo-random number generation.

Prerequisite: two semesters of calculus

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This course focuses on understanding the research process and methodologies appropriate to nursing. Emphasis is on the synthesis of the body of health- related research to initiate change and improve nursing practice. An underlying theme is the role of the advanced-practice nurse for incorporating evidence-based practice.

Prerequisite: undergraduate Statistics.

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In this course, the role dimensions of advanced practice nursing are analyzed. The advanced practice nursing role in the context of a dynamic, complex health care system is examined. The process of role development is explored and professional and role resocialization is initiated.

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Indepth examination of the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of select drugs. Attention to and ethical and legal standards of prescriptive authority. First section of a 2-semester course. Prerequisites: GRNU 305 strongly recommended.

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Introduction to probabilistic and statistical reasoning, including probability distribution models and applications to current scientific/social issues.  Roles of probability, study design, and exploratory/confirmatory data analysis.

Prerequisite: two years high school algebra

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Topics of interest to graduate nursing which are based on theory, research or advanced practice. Course content will deal with topics beyond the scope of existing formal courses or thesis research.

Prerequisite: Permission.

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This is an introduction to the design and analysis of medical or health studies. Epidemiological concepts are included. Such designs as clinical trials, case-control and cohort studies are discussed. Students evaluate statistical aspects of published health science studies.

Prerequisite: one Statistic course

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An exploration of some varieties of lesbian and gay experience from a transhistorical and cross-cultural perspective. Beginning with considerations of theoretical issues involved in the study of the history of sexuality this course will focus on several specific studies of homosexual individuals and communities in ancient, medieval, and modern societies. Special, but not exclusive, emphasis will be placed on the history of homosexuality in Western societies.

Enrollment Limit: 20

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This course surveys American literature from the colonial era to the Civil War. We will read Puritan religious tracts, revolutionary polemics, and works of the nineteenth-century transcendentalists. The course will focus on authors such as Bradford, Winthrop, Irving, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, and Melville. Students are expected to read closely and to participate regularly in class discussions. Other requirements include frequent reading quizzes, two exams, and a final project.

Enrollment Limit: 25

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Terminology related to medical science and hospital services. Intended for health-related program majors as well as persons considering a health-related career.

Enrollment Limit: 100

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This course focuses on the early fantasy literature that influenced the greatest of fantasy writers, J.R.R. Tolkien. The course will wander through tales of wonder and fairy stories by such authors as Lord Dunsany, Andrew Lang, William Morris, and George Macdonald. We will finish with Tolkien's The Silmarillion.

Enrollment Limit: 30

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This course is for professionals who want to understand the dimensions of change within educational and social services organizations.  Topics related to the meaning of change, planning for change, organizational culture, and leadership will be addressed.  Participants will select issues related to their own areas of professional practice and develop a change project. This course meets administrative endorsement requirements.

Enrollment Limit: 20

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Bring an Acoustic Guitar and learn basic chords and scales, fingerpicking and rhythm techniques, and play pop, folk, country, and blues tunes. Lots of fun.

Enrollment Limit: 14

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Do you want to become a better writer? Are you interested in learning how to write the memoir, the literary analysis, the opinion piece and the research paper? Would you like to become a more effective researcher? If so, this may be the class for you. In this class you'll deepen your understanding of the writing process -- planning, drafting, revising and editing -- and use it to create effective essays and compositions. You'll work in student peer editing groups to give and receive feedback on each other's work. You'll also read and respond to the work of published writers. You'll be required to attend class regularly and to write six or more hours per week outside of class.

Enrollment Limit: 18

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Would you like to take your writing to the next level? Are you interested in writing creative essays such as the first-person narrative, the opinion piece and the profile? Do you want to further develop your ability to write clearly, logically, powerfully and with style? Do you already write fairly well? If so, this may be the class for you. This non-fiction writing course features expository writing -- writing that explains. You'll be reading published works, and reading and responding to the writing of your classmates. You'll be required to attend class regularly and to write six or more hours per week outside of class.

Prerequisite: sophomore standing.
Enrollment Limit: 18

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This is an introductory writing course that will allow you to explore your writing urges. We will consider what makes a good short story or poem and use this information to craft our own work. To this end, we will read and explore contemporary short stories and poems to use as models for our work. This course is primarily a workshop course, which means that we will work together as we further our knowledge of writing. Expect lively discussions and time spent with other like-minded people who love the written word.

Prerequisite: sophomore standing for undergraduate students.
Enrollment Limit: 18

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This course deals with the political and governmental institutions of the United States, with special emphasis on the role of leaders in the making of public policy. The course provides the necessary background for meeting effective citizenship responsibilities.

Enrollment Limit: 25

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This interactive course will draw on the experiences and perceptions of students about Caribbean Cultures and Customs.

Enrollment Limit: 30

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In an interview several years ago, Nobel Prize winning author Toni Morrison stated that racism is a scholarly affair and one that is useful for whites. In the 1998 movie American History X, Ed Norton's character claims that all problems in this country are race-related. What do these statements mean? And what relevance do they have for us, in 2005? This course considers a variety of contemporary texts -- novels, short stories, movies -- written by and about non-hegemonic groups living in the United States today that explore the intersections of race, class, socioeconomics, racism and institutionalized racism. As an on-line course, it draws heavily on the personal experiences and voices of the students in the course in what is often polemical and engaging dialogue.

Enrollment Limit: 25

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In this course, run on the workshop model, we will work primarily with short stories generated by the participants -- but we'll also read a selection of contemporary short stories for a flavor of current trends in the genre, and in publishing.  Students will produce about 25 pages of new fiction, although that will be 25 pages produced by revising 8 or 10 drafts.  This is a course dedicated to process, as much as to product.  Active participation in discussion is a must.

Enrollment Limit: 16

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Significant review of grammar, proceeding from basic knowledge of Spanish to increased proficiency in understanding, speaking, reading and writing.  Compositions, oral practice, reading.

Enrollment Limit: 18

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The course examines how technological and cultural change has transformed the news business for better and for worse. Though there will be readings, the basic text will be the news, comparing how newspapers, television, radio (including talk radio) and web logs cover major developments. Before the semester ends, the students themselves will be "covering" stories for our own class version of all these media.

Prerequisite: POLS 21 or equivalent for degree students
Enrollment Limit: 25

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This course is intended for graduate level students who wish to learn about the physics of the solid state. The course will cover crystal structure, mechanical, thermal and electrical properties of solid state materials. Special emphasis will be given to the solid state physics of semiconductors and their electrical properties.

Prerequisite: EE 261, PHYS 273 or CHEM 263
Enrollment Limit: 20

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Examine the fundamental issues of school librarianship, such as intellectual freedom, equity, and access. Students prepare for organizing and operating a school library media center with emphasis on the development of policies and procedures, budget preparation, facility design, personnel administration, and public relations with school and community. First and last class will be full day sessions,10am-3:00pm, held at Bailey Howe Library on campus. VIT sessions will be: Sep 17, Oct 1, 15, 29, Nov 19, Dec 3, 10am-12pm.

Enrollment Limit: 20

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The dominant application of electronics today is to process information; an example is to take the digital optical signal produced by a compact disk and transform it into an analog audio signal. Power electronic circuits are principally concerned with processing energy, rather than information; these circuits can be found in applications as diverse as power supplies, power transmission and distribution and motor drives. The course first introduces the various circuit topologies used in converting energy from one form to another; for example from ac to dc using rectifiers. Next, issues relating to the control strategies used in these feedback systems are explored. Components and devices such as power transistors and magnetic elements are studied and lastly ancillary issues such as gate drives are introduced. The aim of the course is to gain an understanding of the principle issues and the key theme of the course is the practical application of power electronic circuits. A recent estimate suggested that over 40% of all electric power generated needs to be processed using silicon devices before it is available in a usable form.

Enrollment Limit: 28

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An introduction to the interdisciplinary field of women's studies. Emphasis is placed on acquiring a theoretical framework with which to understand the differences that both unite and divide women, especially as these differences are influenced by race and class. Topics include women's historical roles in the family, the workforce, and public and private spheres; changing gender roles; images of women and how they are constructed; women's perspectives in literature; and the origins and concerns of the contemporary women's movement.

Enrollment Limit: 20

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In our culture, the mother-daughter experience is one of the most powerful and paradoxical relationships we encounter.  This course explores the historical and social definitions of motherhood and daughterhood and includes an investigation of the impact of this relationship on being woman-born.  Using media, contemporary research, and personal experience, students study factors producing the primary, unique, and ancient bond of mother/daughter. 

Prerequisite: junior or senior standing or permission (985-5691). No adds after the second class (September 7).
Enrollment Limit: 20

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This course explores gender and sexuality in the context of legislative enactments and decisions by courts in the United States. Topics discussed may include employment discrimination, procreation and the changing nature of American families, women and gays in military service, consent issues (such as pornography, prostitution and sexual assault), and issues of free speech versus the prohibitions of hate crime legislation. Students will learn to conduct legal research and will develop legal analytical skills through the writing of research papers, discussion and debate, and the presentation of in-class projects.

Enrollment Limit: 20

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Factual information and theoretical analyses regarding various forms of violence against women, both nationally and internationally. Examination of violence against women in their homes, communities and workplace will be explored. Topics will include but are not limited to: sexual assault, domestic violence, stalking, incest, women and war, honor killing, pornography and the sex trade. We will also explore violence in the media and its impact on violence.

Enrollment Limit: 20

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This course improves oral and written communication in English as a Second Language. Focus is on the four skill areas: reading, writing, speaking, and listening.  Using small group activities, lectures, and cultural discussions, students learn strategies for communicating effectively in their community. Basic to intermediate grammar may be reviewed when needed. This course may be repeated under different topics.

Enrollment Limit: 18

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This course offers an integrated skills approach to increased communicative competence in English as a Second language.  Students refine their English language skills through the use of genuine interaction and authentic communication within the classroom.  Focus is on building vocabulary, and the practice of academic writing and public speaking.  Intermediate to advanced grammar may be reviewed when needed.  This course may be repeated under different topics. 

Enrollment Limit: 18

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This course works on achieving oral and written proficiency in the English language.  Essay writing, group communication activities, and oral presentations are used to refine pronunciation, fluency, and presentation skills.  Thematic vocabulary focuses on academia, current events, and student research.  Appropriate for students with an advanced academic context and high English proficiency.  This course may be repeated under different topics. 

Enrollment Limit: 18

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Using the Lake Champlain Basin as your laboratory, you will explore the ecology of Lake Champlain and the streams and mountain forests of Vermont.  Through a series of field and laboratory exercises, you will investigate the major groups of organisms and the key ecological processes at work in each environment.

Prerequisite: instructor permission (656-2692)
Enrollment Limit: 22

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A study of images of women in literature as represented in the creative writings of 19th and 20th century male and female authors. Our selections will be from cultural geographies that span all continents; though emphasis will be placed on western conceptualizations of woman as literary output shapes her and her world.

Enrollment Limit: 33

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A study of selected masterpieces of world literature from different geographical locations, spanning the last three hundred years. Our interest will be in tracing shifts in global and national literary tastes over time. In this sense, students will be challenged to view literature as a tool for developing sophisticated reading and writing tastes as well as a tool for developing their own critical faculties.

Enrollment Limit: 35

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This course looks at rock music from two perspectives: as a succession of related musical styles; and as a social movement reflecting the changing American political and social climate from 1950 to the present.  Students will gain a greater understanding of the musical elements of various styles of rock music, as well as a broad understanding of recent American political and social life.  Prior experience/knowledge of music and modern U.S. history recommended.

Enrollment Limit: 35

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The urge to act is a primal human drive and a liberating pursuit.  Through the use of theatre games, exercises, improvisation, and finally basic scene work, students become familiar with the essentials of acting.  The emphasis is on developing relaxation, sensory awareness, imagination, specificity, and spontaneity.  We also explore the crucial concepts of place, character, and objective.  Students should come in comfortable clothes and be prepared to move.

Enrollment Limit: 14

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Through a study of African literature and films, this course will introduce students to various aspects of life in pre-colonial and post-colonial African societies. The course will particularly focus on African writers' and film makers' handling of issues like history, colonialism, nationalism, post-independence politics, gender, class, and identity politics. The following works will be examined: Okpewho's Heritage of African Poetry, Niane's Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali, Achebe's Things Fall Apart, Beti's Mission to Kala, Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman, Fugard's 'Master Harold'... and the Boys, and Sizwe Bansi is Dead(film), Ngugi and Ngugi's I Will Marry When I Want, Mda's " The Heart of Redness", Ba's "So Long a Letter", Dangarembga's Nervous Conditions and Neria (film).

Enrollment Limit: 33

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This course will provide students with the knowledge and skill to design and implement complex data driven web based applications using ASP.NET and SQL server.  Students will learn the concepts of object oriented event driven programming, control implementation and creation, database access, and exception handling.  This course will also cover techniques to maintain session state, implement page level and middleware object caching, as well as site configuration.  Other topics such as XML Web services may also be covered as time permits.

Prerequisite: computer programming experience
Enrollment Limit: 25

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This course will provide current and emerging leaders with cutting edge information and tools they need to impact their future. Whether leading change in an organization or the larger community, leaders who embrace sustainability face an unparalleled challenge. The complex nature of the integrated solutions required and the complex dynamics of how people, organizations and communities change require a radically expanded view of leadership and an additional set of capabilities. Skills and concepts such as whole-systems thinking, sustainability frameworks, human change theories, engagement practices, partnerships, risk-taking and communication efforts will be integrated with findings from students’ research on particular organizations in the surrounding community.

This class will meet for only 8 sessions, each running similarly to a half-day workshop. The first two sessions will be held on a Saturday and Sunday (September 10 & 11), the remaining sessions will run on Sundays to better enable community and business leaders to attend with graduate students. Class will meet on the following Sundays, September 18, October 2 & 16, November 6 & 13 and December 4. For more information on the instructor or questions, go to http://www.sustainabilityleaders.org/

Meeting and learning from others who are engaged in this dynamic work is a key feature of the course. While local and regional leaders will contribute as guest speakers throughout the course, the key ingredient will be the findings generated in the course dialogues. This work will then be organized into a final report, to be made available to future audiences world-wide who are exploring effective sustainability leadership practices.

Prerequisite: undergraduates need permission (462-2111)

Enrollment Limit: 15

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A lecture and discussion course on topics of modern human genetics, including molecular genetics technology and analysis, medical genetics and ethical issues.

Prerequisite: BIOL/BCOR 101
Enrollment Limit: 30

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Introduction to integral calculus with a wide variety of applications.  A student who completes MATH 20 may be admitted to 22; however MATH 19, 21, 22 is preferable to 19, 20, 22.  This course will be delivered via Horizon Live technology.  Access to a computer is required.

Prerequisite: MATH 19
Enrollment Limit: 25

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Traditional Chinese Medicine consists of acupuncture, massage, exercise, and nutrition/herbs.  It is a medicine that is 2000 years old yet it is widely used in the world today.  The use of foods and herbs as cures for disease and to promote health is as relevant and useful in the 21st century as it was in the first century.  This course will include a brief review of the history and culture of the people of China since all medicines are a reflection of the culture in which they exist.  The course will include the preparation of traditional soups, teas, and conjies for medicinal purposes and a trip to City Market to explore local ingredients.

Enrollment Limit: 15
Lab Fee: $25

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Plate Tectonics and paleoclimate are the foci in this activity based lecture introductory earth science course. Prerequisites: first and second year students only.

Enrollment Limit: 20

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Introduction of American Sign Language with emphasis on visual receptive and
expressive use of the language including other forms of visual communication
such as facial expression, mime, and gesture. Elements of the Deaf Culture are
also explored.

Enrollment Limit: 15

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This introduction to the scientific principles of nutrition focuses on the nutrition of mammals. Human, experimental and domesticated animal examples are used to show the unity of nutrition. The course emphasizes specific nutrients in terms of their availability, function, utilization and requirements, and covers the effects of deficiencies and excesses of nutrients. Some knowledge of biology and chemistry at the pre-college level is desirable.

Prerequisite: high school or College CHEM.
Enrollment Limit: 20.
Lab Fee: $25

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The aim of this course is to explore moral, social and religious questions in the modern world. Themes that will be emphasized include the quest for personal identity, human freedom and social justice. We will also explore the sources of human alienation, the dynamics of belief and faith and the striving for human happiness within the cultural context of the present age. We will examine these issues from the perspectives of both philosophic and religious thinkers and texts. Our inquiry will also include the use of films, drama and literature. Class will be divided between lecture and discussion.

Enrollment Limit: 20

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This course is designed to meet the needs of individuals who are in a position to provide first aid and emergency care frequently. Red Cross Certification is given for successful performance in Emergency Response and Professional CPR. The course is taught using lectures, discussion, demonstrations and skill practice.

Enrollment Limit: 20

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This course will examine the changing role and important contributions of women in American political history. Important figures such as Alice Paul, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Fannie Lou Hamer are treated as well as those less prominent. Attention is also paid to key events including the passage of the Women's Suffrage Amendment and the Equal Rights Amendment.

Prerequisite: three credits of HST
Enrollment Limit: 20

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How do our beliefs, desires, and attitudes about ourselves and others create our individual and social realities? This course examines the relationship between the individual and society by evaluating evidence for the presence of a collective consciousness or psychic web of interconnectedness that unite us all with each other. Topics covered include the power of our minds in manifesting our desires, our psychic abilities, telepathy, remote viewing and dowsing among others.

Prerequisite: three hours SOC 1 & 100; or SOC 1 and 101; or permission (864-9003).
Enrollment Limit: 20

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Linguistic, acoustic, and articulatory phonetics applied to the description of speech. Stresses use of the International Phonetic Alphabet with English, foreign languages, and disordered speech.

Enrollment Limit: 30

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This course focuses on the practice of natural history and landscape drawing in the field. We will spend most of our time outdoors drawing, with some classroom time studying the prints and drawings of naturalists and landscape artists, especially Asian and 19th century Euro-Americans. Students will learn basic drawing techniques and produce a portfolio of field drawings. Emphasis is on clarifying the seeing process and developing techniques to express this enhanced vision. You don't need to be able to draw to enjoy this class.

Prerequisite: ENVS 1 or NR 1 or permission (651-9345).
Enrollment Limit: 15.

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This is a design course using research methodology and studio work as the basis of critical analysis, exploratory development, and problem-solving.

Enrollment Limit: 18

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Screening and assessment essential to identification of and planning for young children with disabilities. Planning for, selection of tools and procedures, and interpreting results from screening and assessment, including young children with mild, moderate and severe disabilities. Pre/co-requisites: ECSP 202

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This core course in the EBD concentration provides a survey of emotional and behavioral disorders of childhood and adolescence and an overview of relevant assessment issues. Topics include: key issues in child development; importance of socio-cultural context; an overview of internalizing and externalizing disorders, approaches to assessment (i.e. observational methods, functional behavioral assessment, screening tools, specific behavioral assessment measures); and application to special education eligibility. This course is taught live on-campus and delivered to off-campus sites via interactive television.

Prerequisite: undergraduate degree

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This is an advanced course to simulation modeling of dynamic systems that will include theoretical studies and hands-on modeling workshops. It will familiarize participants with systems analysis and modeling with applications and case studies drawn primarily from ecology and economics. Most of the focus will be on spatial dynamic modeling. The Spatial Modeling Environment, an open source modeling package will be the main software tool, however several other modeling software packages will be introduced, including Simile, StarLogo, etc. We will consider different modeling strategies and learn how to formulate, build and analyze models. Development of new models and modules within the SME framework will be encouraged as part of the course project.

Prerequisite: Simulation Modeling I or instructor permission (656-2985).
Enrollment Limit: 10

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This course introduces students to a careful reading of ancient works of literature which deal with the general theme of the war between Greeks and Trojans, beginning with Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, continuing through the reinterpretation of this war by Athenian dramatists of the fifth century B.C.E., and culminating with Virgil's Aeneid. Remembrance of the Trojan War was a part of the Greek sense of self-identity, and it was used again and again as the historical-mythological background to which Greeks and their successors turned in recurrent searches to know themselves. Examples from art and archaeology supplement the literary theme.

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Assessment and intervention issues for school-age children and adolescents with language learning disabilities are discussed emphasizing research to practice an oral language and literacy connections.

Prerequisite: instructor permission (656-2529).

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Ecological perception is perceiving the dynamic relationships between distinctions: self-other, spirit-matter, biota-atmosphere. Orienting our personal and painted responses to the sensuous natural environment is an opportunity to embrace our living connection to our world. Exploring our understanding of "place" is a primary consideration. Field journal drawings, collages, and notations become the basis for developed studio work. Painting assignments employ both abstraction and representation as ways to explore inner and outer perception of place.

Prerequisite: ART 121, or equivalent experience.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Lab Fee: $150

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This course analyzes selected ethical issues posed by an aging society and faced by older persons, their families, health care and service providers, and researchers.

Prerequisite: SOC 1 & 100; or SOC 1 & 101; and including one of SOC 29, 122 or 229 or permission (656-2217).

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This is an introductory course designed for those students who may need to understand basic statistical concepts and applications without reference to any mathematics beyond basic high school algebra. An intuitive and non-formula oriented approach is given to such topics as correlation, regression, confidence intervals, and hypothesis tests.  Examples from various fields of application are presented to reinforce concepts.

Prerequisite: two years high school algebra

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Environmental management systems have been identified by the Environmental Protection Agency as an important method of improving organizations' environmental performances. This course explores the process of developing and implementing environmental management systems in different kinds of organizations. Case studies of UVM programs with important environmental aspects (such as recycling, energy conservation and hazardous waste management) will be used to provide students with the opportunity to explore the benefits and challenges of environmental management systems in a real world setting.

Prerequisite: junior or senior standing and one 100-level ENVS course or permission (658-3124).
Enrollment Limit: 12

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HIV/AIDS has reached epidemic proportions throughout economically and socially marginalized communities in the developing world. Where communities have successfully curbed this spread, education and social change through community empowerment are most often the crucial factors. This course gives students the opportunity to participate in an HIV/AIDS education and community development project with the Batey Libertad Coalition in the Dominican Republic. Bateyes are communities of Haitian and Dominican migrant workers that live in nearly complete isolation from Dominican society, and lack the most basic needs and human rights. Initiated by a group of University of Vermont students, the Coalition was founded as a vehicle for HIV/AIDS education, to combat racism, and build community pride and economic opportunity in Batey communities through the sport of soccer. Soccer is an integral part of local cultures across the world and as such can be a powerful instrument for social change. Students will work on projects with the Coalition and the Batey Relief Alliance with formal training from Grassroot Soccer, a non-governmental organization that uses professional soccer players to educate at-risk youth about HIV/AIDS in Africa. Ancillary projects include: using sports to break down social, gender, and economic barriers; basic and preventative health care, art and music as a community development tool; sustainable income generation; and language and literacy training.

NOTE: class meets on campus: Nov 1, 8, 15, 29, 6-9pm.

Prerequisite: instructor permission (656-3328)
Enrollment Limit: 12
Program Fee: TBD

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92418/92419 Intro Religion: Asian Traditions

This course provides a historical overview of the great religious traditions of Asia, particularly Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, and the religions of Japan. It explores the major concepts and practices of these traditions as well as modern developments, including the rise of new religious movements. Our major goal will be to secure a basic understanding of the worlds of meaning that are created, expressed, and sustained by these religions and to assess their significance and vitality in the modern world. The course will combine lectures with numerous multimedia presentations that illustrate the reading material. Previous knowledge of the subject is not required. A healthy curiosity is.

Enrollment Limit: 22

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This course focuses on energy band theory, effective mass concepts and the band structure effect on electronic properties of solids and solid state devices.  Transport of electrons and holes in bulk materials and across interfaces are discussed.  Properties of homojunctions and Metal-semiconductor interfaces are reviewed.

Prerequisite: EE 163
Enrollment Limit: 30

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This course offers practical skills and hands-on experience in speaking to an audience.  Students research topics of interest then present their findings to the class in short oral presentations. Students get experience in both informative and persuasive speaking, and develop skills in how to select a topic, how to organize ideas and arguments, how to present a speech with effective vocal and physical styles, and how to listen critically to other speakers.  Other topics include overcoming stage fright and using multimedia and technology in presentations.  The course emphasizes practical experience in public speaking, with individual feedback from the instructor.

Enrollment Limit: 20

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This introduction to the scientific principles of nutrition focuses on the nutrition of mammals.  Human, experimental and domesticated animal examples are used to show the unity of nutrition.  The course emphasizes specific nutrients in terms of their availability, function, utilization and requirements, and covers the effects of deficiencies and excesses of nutrients.  Some knowledge of biology and chemistry at the pre-college level is desirable.

Prerequisite: high school or college Chemistry/Biology
Enrollment Limit: 12
Lab Fee: $25

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Healing touch is a biofield therapy that is an energy-based approach to health and healing. It uses touch to influence the human energy system, specifically the energy field that surrounds the body, and the energy centers that control the energy flow from the energy field to the physical body. Non-invasive techniques utilize the hands to clear, energize, and balance the human and environmental energy fields thus affecting physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health and healing. The goal of Healing Touch is to restore harmony and balance in the energy system placing the client in a position to self heal. Healing Touch complements conventional health care and is used in collaboration with other approaches to health and healing. This course includes both didactic and experiential learning in which the participants practice and share experiences using energy-based healing techniques. There is also a strong commitment to personal growth and knowledge of holistic health principles.
Enrollment Limit: 18

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This course is for students who have completed Healing Touch Level 1 and wish to increase breadth and depth in the study of Healing Touch. The second level of study includes an intake interview, Healing Techniques, Spiral Meditation, Mind Clearing, Wound Closing, Pain ridge, Pain drain, Sealing Leaks, Back Technique and a full healing sequence. Emphasis in the experiential learning is on developing sequences for specific client needs.

Prerequisite: NURS 141
Enrollment Limit: 18

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Survey of ancient astronomy, planets and moons, stars and their evolution, galaxies and quasars, and Big-Bang cosmology. Includes night sky observations.

Enrollment Limit: 30

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Ancient cosmologies, beginning of time, origin of matter, cosmic background radiation, antimatter and dark matter, the expanding universe and origin of structure.

Prerequisites: ASTR 5 or other introductory science course.

Enrollment Limit: 15

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Facility in drawing is an important aid in acquiring functional literacy in science. In this course, students will learn to render three dimensional objects on a two dimensional surface. Many different media will be explored. The purpose will be to help art, chemistry, and general science students, as well as elementary and high school science teachers, improve their observational skills, clarify the relationships between three dimensional objects, and representions of these on a two dimentional surface. Successful completion of this course will develop the student's ability to make critical and careful observations. This is a discipline independent skill that benefits all science students and is a crucial element in science education.

Enrollment Limit: 15

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This course examines school and related social institutions by focusing on the influences of social class, race, ethnicity, socialization, role of the family, social change, and social policies. Taking the position that educational institutions can not be neutral, this course considers the socializing effects of schooling, events and individuals who help change our schooling institutions, and institutional forces that shape society.

Prerequisites: twelve hours of education and related areas.

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Prerequisites: department permission required (656-2018).

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Prerequisites: undergraduate STAT, RN license.

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The Energy Medicine class is an integrative, complementary and preventative energy therapy class that promotes personal transformations and healing with an emphasis on the psycho-spirituality. Utilizing a comprehensive energetic assessment of the energy centers, energy field, Hara Line, Core Star and a co-creative process, the specific issues or concepts, Clearing the Internal Self, Identifying & Healing Wounds, Changing Limiting Beliefs, Changing Relationships Energetically, and Reshaping Family Energy Patterns, and the impact on the energy system are explored. Interventions specific to the identified need are utilized. A safe and trusting environment is provided. This allows participants to share and experience deep holistic healing through group process, providing the opportunity for personal growth as well as how to work with clients. Class meets: Oct 8 & 9, Nov 12 & 13, Dec 3 & 4, 9am-6pm.

Prerequisite: Healing Touch Level 1
Enrollment Limit: 18

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The role of civil leadership is discussed within the context of student governance at the university. Students will be asked to look at their roles as campus leaders and develop skills and knowledge around such topics as ethical decision-making, leadership styles, communication strategies and organizational development.

Enrollment Limit: 20

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Introduction to informational and persuasive public speaking. Developing individual and group oral communication skills through giving and critically analyzing presentations

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Introduction and analysis of aesthetics and function of design in the context of communications and marketing, the built environment and community development.

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EBay has transformed the market for goods; Craigslist, Keen.com and Ingenio.com are starting to transform the market for services; Match.com, Friendster, Classmates, IM, textmessaging and listservs have transformed social patterns and dating. But, the internet's effect on politics and political organization is just beginning to be felt. This course examines the powerful effect of the internet on politics, how it reshapes the classic collective action dilemma. Starting with mid-20th century theory about the way collective action problems limit representative possibilities in a democracy, this course looks at the theory and practices of internet-based collective action problem solving.

Enrollment Limit: 20

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This course is one of three foundation courses in the ED concentration and prepares participants for their practicum experiences. Part of the course addresses response strategies in regard to the needs of students with emotional or behavioral challenges. Participants will explore discipline systems and use different models for responding to challenging behaviors within classroom and school settings. Participants will also develop a resource guide, using the Internet, that includes services and supports needed to design and implement comprehensive, individualized school and community programs for students with ED. As a result, participants will be familiar with available mental health, family and social service resources within their community and state. Finally participants will focus on prevention and intervention strategies as part of the Act 264 interagency planning process for at risk students and risky behaviors in our schools.

Prerequisite: Vermont Teacher's License or eligibility

Enrollment Limit: 20

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This course, sponsored by the Vermont Climate Action - 10% Challenge will investigate through readings, discussion and interactive debate climate change, energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and global warming. The class will identify resources, and strategies from which lifelong "greening" skills can be developed, and encourage future engagement in "climate action" initiatives and commitments.

Prerequisite: ENVS 1 or NR 1 or Continuing Education status

Enrollment Limit: 12

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The theory of Lebesgue integration, Lebesgue measure, sequences of functions, absolute continuity, properties of L-p-spaces.

Prerequisite: MATH 242

Enrollment Limit: 10

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EBay has transformed the market for goods, Keen.com and Ingenio.com are starting to transform the market for services, Match.com, Friendster, Classmates, IM, texmessaging and listservs have transformed social patterns and dating. In the 2004 presidential campaign, the internet shook up old ideas about the way politics works from MoveOn to Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, from Daily Kos to Little Green Footballs, from Howard Dean to George W. Bush, the internet’s impact made itself felt. Students of the course will learn about the internet strategies campaigns are using in the current political environment and how the internet fits into the political science theories about collective action problems.

Prerequisite: POLS 195 for degree students

Enrollment Limit: 20

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This provides an opportunity for students to attend the Identifying Strategies to Support Sustainable Agriculture in Canada Conference in Quebec City, QC. UVM's Center for Sustainable Agriculture has assisted the Agricultural Institute of Canada to develop this international event to provide a forum to address the issues and explore approaches to achieving measurable advances towards the goals for sustainability. Students will learn about: *The Issues of Sustainable Development in Agriculture *Revisiting the Regulatory Approach: A Crucial Step on the Road to Sustainable Agriculture * Economics, Marketing and Trade - Its Impact on Sustainable Agriculture *Policies and Programs that Effect Sustainable Agriculture *Sustainable Resource Management *Community and Social Considerations *Practical Approaches to Sustainable On-Farm Production *Innovation & Knowledge; Drivers for Sustainable Agriculture After attending the conference, students will be required to identify a final project appropriate to their interests.

Prerequisite: instructor permission (656-0478)

Enrollment Limit: 20

Program Fee: TDB

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This course provides students with a broad introduction to making black and white photographs emphasizing craft, problem solving and visual communication strategies. Students must have a 35mm camera with fully manual capabilities (adjustable f/stop, focus and shutter speed controls) and a working light meter. Additional work outside class time is required.

Prerequisite: ART 1, 2 or 4

Enrollment Limit: 11

Lab Fee: $50

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Students explore topics such as graphics in history, the development of type and typestyles, and the importance of image and word. The class also looks at the process of creating and refining a compelling idea and then crafting a powerful aesthetic image. Techniques for research, concept development, mechanical development, final product development, type, illustration, photography and the use of the computer are also explored. Class includes visits by a number of talented graphic designers and review of works of professional and student designers.

Prerequisite: ART 1 or ART 2

Enrollment Limit: 15

Lab Fee: $35

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This course challenges students to write precisely. Students experiment with personal, interpretive, editorial, and other nonfiction modes of writing. In workshops, students exchange ideas for topics and narrative approaches. The instructor meets with each student to monitor progress and offer advice. Students negotiate with the instructor to plan and develop a final project. The instructor encourages students to use a strong, concise personal voice.

Enrollment Limit: 18

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This course is an investigation of surfaces and three-dimensional forms. The focus is on a variety of construction methods, surface treatments, and firing techniques. Related clay and glaze technology is explored.

Prerequisite: ART 1 or 2, and 3.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Lab Fee: $75

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This course, designed specifically for RN-BS-MS students, bridges students into the UVM Department of Nursing and their educational program. An emphasis is placed on selected philosophies and theories applicable to nursing, holistic nursing practice, contemporary issues in nursing, ethical decision making and collaboration. The class will meet at RRMC on Tuesdays, Sept 13 & 27, Oct 11 & 25, Nov 8 & 22, Dec 6.

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92910 Educational Law

This colloquium is designed to provide participants with the basic tools necessary to analyze most legal problems which arise in schools. Class meets: Oct 21, 22, Nov 11, 12, Dec 9, 10 and Jan 20,21. Class meets Fridays (3:30-9:30 p.m.) and Saturdays (8 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.)

Enrollment Limit: 30

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92896 Wilderness Education & Leadership

The objective of this class is to provide a context for understanding of the history, current issues, ethics and future trends in the field of wilderness education and leadership. Students will pursue skill mastery both in concrete leadership "hard skills" (technical backcountry travel & camp craft) and "soft skills", leadership skills emphasizing group development and interpersonal challenges. Class time will be committed to sharing of readings, guest lectures, group research, wilderness living skill development and journaling. A 2-day student led trip will be the culmination of our learning. A skill portfolio and development of a professional wilderness leadership resume' will also be required.

Prerequisite: ENVS 1 or NR 1 or permission 656-2060
Enrollment Limit: 16

Lab Fee: TBD

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