The Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC) is the body of knowledge and skills that are needed by students with visual impairments due to their unique needs. This course will explore all nine areas of the ECC including: compensatory or functional academic skills, orientation and mobility, social interaction skills, independent living skills, recreation and leisure skills, career education, use of assistive technology, sensory efficiency skills and self-determination. Participants will have the opportunity to observe and work with students in a summer program and teach skills from the ECC.

Provides prospective HMT and MAT professionals a 320-hour, 8 week learning experience in a selected agency or organization, under the joint supervision of a qualified manager and a university internship supervisor. More specific details are available in the RTM Internship Manual.

In this course, students will explore the production of distilled spirits. The production of distilled spirits involves three basic steps: selection and processing of a carbohydrate (starch or sugar), fermentation of the carbohydrate to produce ethanol and distillation of the ethanol. In these processes, substances are produced and concentrated in the ethanol that create the unique flavors and fragrances associated with the individual spirit. Seven distilled spirits (moonshine, vodka, gin, rum, tequila, bourbon and scotch) will be discussed in detail.

Depending upon the subtitle, the course will focus upon arts connected to a particular period, theme, medium, or region of Africa and the African Diaspora, or examine a specific set of images, themes, theoretical positions or media originating from, or associated with, the African continent. May be repeated under a different subtitle to a maximum of six credits. Prereq: A-H 104 recommended.

A broad, cross-disciplinary, intermedia studio course designed to teach students custom software creation and electronics fabrication in an art environment. Technical information is presented in conjunction with art historical and theoretical issues. Students will be introduced to a skill-set needed to create interactive artworks. (Studio: 6 hours, Other: 2 hours)

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.