This course explores changing images and ideas that America (the West) and Japan (the East) have had of one another during the modern century (roughly 1850s - 1980s) and in the more recent period of post-modernity (1990s - present) of their interactions. It examines the cultural politics of representations - images, ideas, and discourses - between Self and Other by viewing mutual constructions of "America" and "Japan" as its paradigmatic example.

Designed to familiarize the professional physical education student with the skills, practices, techniques, and theory of tennis. Development of at least an intermediate skill level is expected of the students. The primary goal of the course is to equip the student with the skills necessary to effectively teach tennis. Laboratory: six hours per week for one-half semester or three laboratory hours per week per semester.

An introduction to camping as an educational program. Fundamental camping skills basic to group and individual camping experiences. Methods in leading, teaching, and supervising in outdoor education programs are emphasized.

This is a comprehensive study of teaching methods and materials for teachers of middle and high school students.

relating the level of physical activity to the development of heart disease. Discussion of the role of exercise in the diagnosis, prevention and rehabilitation of heart disease.

This second course in the motor control sequence introduces recent theories on how cord and brain function to aid in movement control.

Each semester some contemporary topic in the field of physical education will be studied intensively. May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits.

Each semester some contemporary topic in the field of recreation will be studied intensively. May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits.

This course is an examination of current research in linguistic semantics. The course covers a range of central topics, including the syntax/semantics interface and the nature of semantic compositionality; the semantic analysis of specific linguistic phenomena, such as plural number, generics, valence-changing operations, reflexives and reciprocals, modality, counterfactual conditionals; referential vs cognitive approaches to semantics; and modern approaches to the relation between semantics and pragmatics.

This course explores the socio-cultural, economic, and political issues confronting communication and information professionals and the transformative impact of these issues on information policy development. The rapidly evolving communication and information infrastructure and the global shift to an information society will provide the context for the course.