This course is an introduction to the religion of Islam and the classical era of the Islamic civilization. A great deal of time will be spent on the life of Muhammad (570-632) and basic beliefs, rituals and practices. The course will also explore aspects of the history of Islamic civilization from the time of Muhammad to around the 17th century, including science, art theology and law.

This course introduces students to major Arab writers, poets, and film makers through some of their primary novels, novellas, poems, and films with a focus on the heart of the Arab world.

This course is an overview of the Muslim experience in America with special emphasis on the issues facing Muslims as they seek to adjust and find their space in America, especially in the wake of 9/11.

This is a survey course of North Africa as a cultural area. Countries included in any given semester will vary. North Africa is Islamic and is often considered to be part of the Middle East but has a distinct history and culture of its own. Course content will include cultural, social, historical, economic, religious, and political perspectives on this important region. Ethnicity and the impact of colonialism will be discussed. Other important segments will examine gender status and roles, family and marriage, sociopolitical organization, the life course of males and females, and aging.

This seminar course develops effective analysis, presentation and discussion skills required of science majors by exploring one neuroscience topic in detail.

This course is designed for students to examine and apply theoretical and practical foundations of Experiential Education within classroom and community-based educational environments.

The purpose of this course is to develop an applied humanistic understanding of communication and life skills for high-stress situations. Using the apocalypse as a metaphor for all-hazards scenarios, historical narratives of disaster and films and novels in the zombie genre are used to discuss emergency preparedness and survival strategies.

This course provides students with basic knowledge about the issues of global public health and its importance to all peoples of the globe. After receiving an introduction to the principles and goals of global public health, students will begin to acquire functional knowledge of the theoretical and methodological underpinnings of global public health practice.

This course will acquaint students with the major issues and challenges for public health in a variety of wealthy, emerging, and impoverished nations and with the impact of local or regional issues on national and/or global levels.

Course participants will develop leadership skills in curriculum and instruction through a variety of research-based analytic practices such as lesson study, observation, mentoring, dialogic and collaborative work in the context of a school learning community. Clinical/field/practicum experiences provide experience identifying a research problem, planning a course of action, and implementing and evaluating the action plan to improve learning results in K-12 classrooms. This course is designed as a hybrid workshop as follows. The class begins with a one-week intensive summer experience.