Special topics exploring rhetoric and popular culture, with a focus on the everyday persuasion and influence generated through films, music, television, social media, and other forms of public discourse. Repeatable up to 6 hours.
Principles of Toxicology is a course for students in the biological and health sciences and others interested in understanding the major principles of toxicology and the consequences of toxins on human health and the environment. The course describes how different organs in the body respond to and biochemically metabolize toxins, the wide range of toxic agents present in the environment from pesticides to radiation, how the genome is effected by exposures, and special problems in toxicology that effect the world.
This course will examine legal principles relevant to postsecondary institutions. An emphasis will be on legal cases, statues, and principles within the context of higher education, both private and public. Topics include: legal governance, academic freedom, faculty and student rights, affirmative action, as well as other relevant issues.
This course is designed to provide a basic structure for first- or second-year undergraduate students to discover career options based on interests and skills. Students will use self-exploration tools, speak with professionals in various industries, develop a resume, conduct informational interviews and produce a personal career action plan. Knowledge gained in this course will provide the structure to modify the plan as the student's interests may change over time.
This course will develop and understanding of: safety and health; cost and human impact; hazard and risk analysis; psychological facts of organizational culture and climate; design safe work procedures for the execution of particular types of work; and individual versus management level improvement in safety and health procedures in the construction process.
Throughout history, visual arts from the African continent (architecture, sculpture, painting, body arts, textiles, photography and performance) have inspired artists from around the world. This course examines a selection of specific African art works that have shaped European and American cultural histories, and created a global modernity. The earliest examples include ancient rock art, and the most recent are comprised of installations and digital works made by African artists working abroad.
A study of current research in environment control and analysis of agricultural, commercial and residential structures. May be repeated three times for a maximum of nine credits, but not more than three credits may be earned under a particular topic.
Current approaches -- practice and technologies -- for developing reliable software: specifications, testing, and verification. Individual and team assignments focused on applying these approaches to software systems. A significant communication and composition component related to specifying, designing, presenting, and documenting software systems.
Analytical consideration of the role of agriculture in economic development in relation to overall development strategy at various stages of growth. Theoretical and policy issues of particular relevance to the agricultural development in underdeveloped agrarian economies with various resource, social, political and economic systems.
This course is designed to examine how to teach and modify the core curriculum for students who are blind or visually impaired. Topics will include: adaptation of general education classroom materials, IEP development and implementation, lesson planning, and braille literacy. Prospective teachers will develop organization skills and strategies necessary to be efficient in delivery of services as a teacher of the visually impaired. This course requires one weekend at the Kentucky School for the Blind in Louisville as well as attendance at the Kentucky AER Conference.
