An introductory course of an interdisciplinary, topical, or experimental nature which may be used toward partial fulfillment of the humanities requirement in the University Studies Program. Each proposal must include the discipline in which the course is being offered and the options available to the student to complete the USP humanities requirement. Each proposal must be approved by the College of Arts and sciences and the Dean of Undergraduate Studies.

An introductory course of an interdisciplinary, topical, or experimental nature which may be used toward partial fulfillment of the natural science requirement in the University Studies Program. Each proposal must include the discipline in which the course is being offered and the options available to the student to complete the USP natural science requirement. Each proposal must be approved by the College of Arts and sciences and the Dean of Undergraduate Studies.

An introductory course of an interdisciplinary, topical, or experimental nature which may be used toward partial fulfillment of the social science requirement in the University Studies Program. Each proposal must include the discipline in which the course is being offered and the options available to the student to complete the USP social science requirement. Each proposal must be approved by the College of Arts and sciences and the Dean of Undergraduate Studies.

Course provides the basic skills required to conduct research and other scholarly activities.3

Advanced study of the purposes and practices that characterize K-12 history education in diverse settings, critical analysis of research on the development of children's and adolescents' historical thinking and the introduction of classroom-based techniques for assessing students' historical understanding.

Course uses large user friendly computer model of world's political/economic systems to explore topics such as globalization, development, energy security, and political instability from a theoretical and quantitative viewpoint.

This course will analyze the current research topics of interest in the Decision Sciences. Possible areas of study may include: network management, multiple- criteria decision making; data envelopment analysis, combative decisions, and models for service organizations. May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits.