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Acting Human: Shakespeare & the Drama of Identity. Taught by
Professor Maynard (Sandy) Mack, Jr.
CORE Literature (HL) course.
Through an in-depth reading of key plays by Shakespeare, Acting
Human examines what acts of knowledge, understanding,
imagination & courage are required for people to become complete
human beings. Surrounded by outside forces—economic, political &
social—Shakespeare’s characters find (& fail to find) dramatic
solutions to the challenge of establishing an autonomous human
identity & offer us models we can learn from.
Professor Mack, Department of English, is one of Maryland’s most
distinguished citizens & honored teachers. His interests focus on
Medieval & Renaissance literature. His excellence in the classroom
earned him the distinction of CASE Professor of the Year in 1993. He
has served as Director of both the University & the English Honors
programs & as Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies.
The Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem: Intersection of Science, Economics &
Policy. Taught by Professor Douglas Parker & Professor Douglas
Lipton.
CORE Life Sciences (LS) course, & also a Marquee Course in Science &
Technology.
The Chesapeake Bay is one of the most studied & monitored ecosystems
in the world. Professors Lipton & Parker focus on science that
informs the development of policies to restore the Chesapeake system
to a healthier status. The Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem
integrates what is known about biological & physical properties of
the ecosystem with current understanding of life in the Chesapeake
region. Students will discuss measures such as reaching nutrient
reduction goals, restoring healthy fisheries in the bay, & achieving
Bay restoration goals.
Professor Parker, of the Department of Agricultural & Resource
Economics, researches environmental economics, the economics of
non-point source water pollution control, & the economics of
regulation & water quality in the Chesapeake Bay. Professor Parker
also directs The Mid-Atlantic Water Program, a USDA funded coalition
of nine universities. He teaches classes in natural resource policy
& the Chesapeake Bay.
Professor Lipton is a faculty member in the Department of
Agricultural & Resource Economics. His research focuses on
fisheries, seafood, marine recreation, & non-market valuation.
Professor Lipton is also Program Leader of the Sea Grant Extension
Program, which focuses on policies affecting the important
commercial & recreational resources of the Chesapeake Bay.
Collisions in Space: The Threat of Asteroid Impacts. Taught by
Professor Melissa Hayes-Gehrke.
CORE Physical Sciences (PS) course.
Worried? Can’t sleep? Collisions in Space
evaluates the threat of asteroid impacts with the Earth using
current knowledge of asteroid characteristics & orbits. The merits
of possible defense plans will be discussed, as well as the
budgetary & political concerns associated with implementing any such
plan.
Professor Hayes-Gehrke, of the Department of Astronomy, researches
open star clusters, & the monitoring of various open star clusters’
variability due to stellar activity. She has a special affection for
non-science majors, teaching the popular “Introduction to Astronomy”
& “Stars & Stellar Systems” to packed classrooms.
Cross-examining Climate Change. Taught by Professor Nathan Hultman.
CORE Behavioral & Social Sciences (SB) course.
Cross-Examining Climate Change
equips students to understand the risks & scientific uncertainties
of climate change & prepares them to participate in perhaps the most
important political debate of the twenty first century. We will
examine how science affects the debate on environmental values & how
such differences lead to clashes in ideology that drive policy
discussions.
Professor Hultman is a member of the faculty of the School of Public
Policy & Associate Director of the Joint Global Change Research
Institute. His research focuses on international climate policy,
decisions about climate risks in policy & investment, & emerging
markets for carbon & greenhouse gases. He has participated in the UN
climate process starting with the Kyoto meeting of 1997. Professor
Hultman teaches graduate classes in climate, energy technology &
policy, & global environmental problems. One former student
described him as “an amazing instructor.”
Disability: From Stigma & Sideshow to Mainstream & Main Street.
Taught by Professor Peter Leone.
CORE Behavioral & Social Sciences (SB) & Diversity (D) course.
Disability
explores the cultural, educational, & medical roots of difference &
examines the impact of cultural & technological changes on
individuals traditionally identified as disabled. It develops a
broad understanding of the concept of “disability” & the emerging
technologies that shape contemporary understanding of this
phenomenon & the lives of those considered disabled.
Professor Leone, of the Dept of Special Education researches how the
role of environment & culture shapes behavior disorders, & stresses
a multidisciplinary pedagogical approach to programs for troubled &
troubling youth. He teaches classes on behavioral disorders, school
violence, & classroom management, as well as supervising field
studies in special education. Students described him as an “amazing
teacher” who “really cares about his students.”
Engineering in the Developing World. Taught by Professor David
Lovell.
CORE Interdisciplinary & Emerging Issues (IE) course.
Engineering in the Developing World
will address the practical ways to improve health and well being in
the Third World through engineering solutions. Non-engineering
students will learn the basic principles behind systems for
supplying the necessities of life—water, food, shelter, hygiene,
energy—making comparisons with the methods and lessons learned in
the developed world. The course will cooperate closely with
Maryland’s student chapter of “Engineers without Borders.”
Professor Lovell teaches in the Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering and works with the Institute for Systems
Research. His research, funded in part by NASA and the FAA, focuses
on geometric methods of transportation facility design, air traffic
management, and dynamic retroreflective and electrophoretic
materials. His courses on the design of experiments and the
fundamentals of structural analysis have received general
commendation.
Engineering Issues in Medicine. Taught by Professor Wesley Lawson &
Professor Romel Gomez.
CORE Physical Sciences (PS) course & also a Marquee Course in
Science & Technology.
Electronic & computer technologies have revolutionized medical
diagnosis & treatment in the twenty-first century. CT machines, MRI,
ultrasound imaging, pacemakers & defibrillators have become
ubiquitous, & systems based on nanotechnology soon will be
commonplace. Engineering Issues in Medicine explicates
rudimentary principles that explain workings of the human body and
important medical devices that save & enrich human lives. Students
will focus on mathematics, physics & engineering concepts at a level
suitable for non-science majors.
Professor Wesley Lawson, Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education
in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, performs
research in the areas of medical device development & engineering
education. In 2006, Professor Lawson was named to Keystone: The
Clark School Academy of Distinguished Professors, which fosters
exemplary undergraduate teaching skills & commitment to excellence
in fundamental engineering courses.
Professor Gomez's research interests lie in the areas of magnetism,
nanotechnology & biochemical detection. Professor in the Department
of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Professor Gomez is a Keystone
Professor & teaches classes in circuit theory, electronics, &
quantum phenomena in electrical engineering. He has received
several awards, including a National Science Foundation CAREER award
in 2000.
Genetically-Modified Humans: Physical Performance in the
Post-Genomic Era. Taught by Professor Stephen Roth.
CORE Behavioral & Social Sciences (SB) & Diversity (D) course.
In this post-genomic era, can society pursue optimal health &
maximal physical performance without changing what it means to be
human? The remarkable advances in genome technologies offer
both promise & peril for the future of human health & physical
performance. Through investigations of genetic enhancement,
personalized medicine, genetic screening & talent selection,
students in Genetically-Modified Humans analyze the many
issues related to the use & manipulation of the human genome.
Professor Roth teaches in the Department of Kinesiology. His
research focus on genetic variation in interaction with the
environment & its influences on various phenotypes in the process of
aging. He serves as Director of the Kinesiology Honors Program &
teaches courses on Genetic Aspects of Health & Fitness.
Greening Cities: Who Wins, Who Loses, & Who Cares? Taught by
Professor Marla McIntosh.
CORE Interdisciplinary & Emerging Issues (IE) course.
Can people, plants, & animals coexist in cities? If people
only think of their immediate needs, what happens to cities? By
studying urban ecosystems, & the relationship between people,
plants, natural resources & the built environment, Greening
Cities will guide students to discover ways that cities work &
how they can be transformed into better environments.
Professor McIntosh of the Department of Plant Science & Landscape
Architecture researches sustainable ecosystems, germplasm
conservation, & women in sciences. She has taught at the University
of Maryland since 1979, serving five years as the Associate Dean of
the College of Agriculture & Natural Resources. Her success as both
an educator & a researcher to the award of led to a
Distinguished-Scholar Teacher in 1992. Professor McIntosh is also a
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
HIV/AIDS in a Global Perspective. Taught by Professor Sangeetha
Madhavan.
CORE Behavioral & Social Sciences (SB) & Diversity (D) course.
HIV/AIDS in a Global Perspective
speaks to the critical matters of the prevention & treatment of this
world-wide pandemic. It provides students with the tools to
interpret the data & information that are misused in the popular
press, enabling students to compare & contrast the challenges that
the disease poses, especially in the United States & Africa.
Professor Madhavan is member of the African American Studies
Department & works at the Maryland Population Research Center. She
is among the world’s leading experts AIDS. Her research focuses on
sub-Saharan Africa & explores children's well-being, household
composition & family structure, as well the social context of the
development of HIV/AIDS.
The [In] Active City: The Physical Cultures of Metropolitan
Baltimore. Taught Professor David Andrews.
CORE Behavioral & Social Sciences (SB) course.
Baltimore has been described as “the fittest city in America.”
The [In]Active City evaluates this claim, by identifying &
analyzing the diverse experiences, patterns, & structures of
physical [in]activity in metropolitan Baltimore, with the aim of
understanding physical cultures necessary to create a healthy
society.
Professor Andrews studies Kinesiology in the School of Public
Health. His research utilizes various theories & methods drawn from
sociology & cultural studies in critically analyzing both the social
structures, & embodied experiences, of contemporary physical culture
(including sport, exercise, health, & movement related practices).
Information 3.0: Exploring Technological Tools. Taught by Professor
Ronald Yaros.
CORE Interdisciplinary & Emerging Issues (IE) course.
Overwhelming amounts of data from an increasing number of
technologies are instantly available at work, school, home, &
everywhere in between. From social networking to personal health
information, the challenge is information management & technological
literacy. Information 3.0 investigates how men & women seek,
select, share & learn from various types of information plus the
benefits & consequences of these new tools.
Professor Yaros, is a specialist in multi-media in the Merrill
College of Journalism. He has had a long & varied career in
journalism, broadcasting, & business before entering the academy. He
began his career in radio & television, before founding an
educational software company that distributed curricula & software
to teach about family wellness, the environment, & meteorology. More
recently, Professor Yaros’s research & teaching focus on multimedia
journalism, science & health communication.
Managing Natural Disasters: Hurricanes, Floods, Earthquakes,
Tornadoes, Tsunamis, & Fires. Taught by Professors Gerry Galloway &
Ed Link.
CORE Interdisciplinary & Emerging Issues (IE) course.
Managing Natural Disasters
will examine natural disasters & how the hazards they pose for us
can be managed through a combination of engineering &
non-engineering approaches. We will study how risks can be estimated
& assessments used to improve public & government decisions to
manage hazards & shield populations from their consequences.
Professor Gerry Galloway is the Glenn L. Martin Institute Professor
of Engineering in the Department of Civil & Environmental
Engineering. He was awarded a lifetime achievement award by the
American Society of Civil Engineers in 2008. Galloway has spent his
professional career analyzing the forces that shape & develop
national policy related to water resources issues. A former Army
Brigadier General, Professor Galloway teaches courses on disaster
preparation & management & water resources management.
Professor Link is Senior Research Professor in the Department of
Civil & Environmental Engineering & Director of the Interagency
Performance Evaluation Task Force. Professor Link led the inquest
into the preparations & response to Hurricane Katrina & his work
garnered a nomination for Engineering News Record’s Award of
Excellence for 2006. Professor Link is also a senior fellow with the
University’s business school.
Physics for Decision Makers: The Global Energy Crisis.
Taught by Professor Daniel Lathrop.
CORE Physical Sciences (PS) course
& also a Marquee Course in Science & Technology.
Global warming, shrinking oil supplies, biofuels, nuclear power--all
are concerns addressed in Physics for Decision Makers. This
course is about the physics of energy & its production & consumption
in society & also about making scientific decisions about what's
true -- is the planet really warming? How does science interact with
politics & economics as decisions are made about policies? Student
work includes an energy audit, regular discussions, an online group
research project, & visits to the U.S. Congress.
Professor Lathrop, Department of Physics, researches geophysical &
astrophysical magnetic fields & turbulence. He teaches classes on
electricity & magnetism & applied dynamics, as well as the energy
crisis. Professor Lathrop is also the Director of the Institute for
Research in Electronics & Applied Physics.
Playing the Market: Managing Risk & Using Technical Analysis. Taught
by Professors Eric Wish & Carl Lejeuz.
CORE Behavioral & Social Sciences (SB) course.
Playing the Market
provides students with a way to use their intellect & imagination to
design & implement rules for managing a $100,000 virtual stock
portfolio as they investigate the critical issue of their ability to
tolerate & control their risk in the stock market.
Professor Eric Wish, Director of the Center for Substance Abuse
Research, is a social psychologist with over forty years of stock
trading experience. In 2005, Professor Wish finished fifth in the
Professors’ Division of the Barron’s Stock Challenge. Professor
Wish’s research focuses on the epidemiology of drug use, program
evaluation, and the validity of self-reported drug use.
Professor Carl Lejuez, Director of the Center for Addictions,
Personality, & Emotion Research & an expert in the area of the
measurement & correlates of risk. His current clinical & research
interests focus on the development of laboratory analogues of
addiction, & their use to better understand the active ingredients
of treatment. Professor Lejuez has recently worked on the creation &
validation of a behavioral task to predict adolescent risk-taking
behaviors.
The Power of Musical Performance in Social Engagement. Taught by
Professor Boden Sandstrom.
CORE History/ Theory of the Arts (HA) course.
Music has often been a catalyst for creating communities & even for
social change. The Power of Musical Performance explores the
critical role music plays in our lives, asking how & why musicians &
their fans become socially engaged through music. Through attending
live performances & participating in conversations with performers,
we will discover how music builds communities & mediates social
change.
Professor Sandstrom is a lecturer in the Department of Music,
Division of Musicology & Ethnomusicology focusing on popular music &
women's music in global perspective. She is co-producer of the
documentary Radical Harmonies about an underground women's
music network that emerged during the Second Wave of feminism. She
developed courses on sound engineering & has recently won the Philip
Brett Award sponsored by the Gay & Lesbian Study Group of the
American Musicological Association for exceptional musicological
work.
Race, Genomics, & Human Evolutionary Theory. Taught by Professor
Joelle Presson.
CORE Life Sciences (LS) & Diversity (D) course.
Race, Genomics, & Human Evolutionary History
covers fundamental concepts in chemical, cellular, genetic,
molecular, & evolutionary biology required to understand genetic
diversity, its origins, & its consequence. Woven into the course
will be discussions of the historical & cultural meanings of “race,”
& how they do or do not relate to the new genomic understanding of
human genetic relationships.
Professor Joelle Presson coordinates the Biological Sciences
Undergraduate Degree Program, including curriculum development &
academic advising. Her work as assistant dean includes the “Science
in the Evening” program for post-baccalaureate students, & academic
outreach beyond the university. Professor Presson’s research has
focused on understanding the mechanisms underlying hair cell
production in postembryonic vertebrates.
Recognizing Homophobia in the New Millennium. Taught by Professor J.
V. Sapinoso.
CORE Behavioral & Social Sciences (SB) & Diversity (D) course.
Students in Recognizing Homophobia will examine evolving
forms of homophobia that continue to thrive & grow in the American
society. They will examine homophobia in popular culture & state &
federal policies, as well as various queer subcultures & religious &
ethnic communities.
Professor Sapinoso is a lecturer in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual &
Transgendered Studies Program & serves as the program’s Assistant
Director. Professor Sapinoso teaches introductory courses in the
LGBT Studies Program. His research explores the intersections of
Queer Studies & Asian American experiences through the use of
feminist analyses.
Social Networking: Technology & Society. Taught by Professor
Jennifer Golbeck.
CORE Interdisciplinary & Emerging Issues (IE) course.
The proliferation of social media—social networking websites,
blogging & microblogging, & other forms of online interaction &
content generation—has introduced a powerful tool for people to
communicate & share information. Social Networking describes
methods for analyzing & understanding how people use these
technologies & their societal implications.
Professor Golbeck’s research focuses on social networks, trust, web
science, artificial intelligence, & human computer interaction,
emphasizing the interactions between these mediums. She is
co-director of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab, which aims to
transform the experience men & women have with new technologies
through understanding user needs & designing & evaluating interfaces
accordingly. Her classes in information management, library science,
& computer science, received accolades as “wonderful” & “fantastic.”
Specialty Crops: Plantation Agriculture to Globalization.
Taught by Professor Christopher Walsh.
CORE Life Sciences (LS) course.
We are what we eat. Do you care what you eat and where it is
grown? Will growing fresh fruits and vegetables in developing
countries improve the economy of those countries, while it fills the
need for healthy lifestyles in developed nations? Specialty Crops
will explore the worldwide food engine through the study of
fruits and vegetables that play a part in our daily lives.
Professor Walsh served for fifteen years as the Undergraduate
Program Coordinator for the Department of Plant Sciences and
Landscape Architecture. His research focuses on fruit and vegetable
production and food safety. He has been awarded “Excellence in
Instruction” citations from the Agricultural Alumni Association of
the University of Maryland and received awards from the American
Society for Horticultural Science for his research and education
programs.
The Sustainable City: Opportunities & Challenges. Taught by
Professor James R. Cohen.
CORE Interdisciplinary & Emerging Issues (IE) course.
The Sustainable City
will explore ways to make cities more sustainable in terms of
environmental protection, economic opportunity, & social justice.
Cities now consume 75% of the world’s energy, emit 80 percent of its
greenhouse gasses, & have large disparities in economic vitality &
quality of life. Students will explore ethical issues related to
these issues, & develop & use skills in critical analysis & systems
thinking to analyze sustainability-related problems & potential
solutions.
Jim Cohen, Director of the Urban Studies Planning & Program in the
College of Architecture, Planning & Preservation, teaches & conducts
research in land use planning, growth management, & planning
history. He was co-facilitator of the Smart Growth Leadership
Program (a non-partisan center for research & leadership training on
smart growth & related land use issues). He has also taught
numerous studio courses in a range of communities.
Weather & Climate. Taught by Professor Robert D. Hudson.
CORE Physical Sciences (PS) course & also a Marquee Course in
Science & Technology.
Weather & Climate
investigates the influence of weather & climate on daily activities,
leisure pursuits, transportation, commerce, agriculture, & nearly
every aspect of life. The course addresses issues including the
greenhouse effect, severe weather, global temperature patterns, &
air pollution. Lectures provide the basic scientific knowledge
needed to address weather & climate issues. In discussion sections,
students explore the implications of weather & climate trends on
their daily & future lives through online group research projects.
Professor Hudson, Department of Physics, researches the derivation
of ozone column density, ozone profiles, aerosol concentration, &
sulfur dioxide in the troposphere & stratosphere from ultraviolet
radiances observed from satellites. He teaches classes on
meteorology & weather & climate. For twenty years Professor Hudson
was Project Manager in Environmental Effects Project Office at
NASA/Johnson Space Center.
What is Religion? Taught by Professor Maxine Grossman.
CORE Other Humanities (HO) & Diversity (D) course.
Learn more about world religions & the study of religion through the
lens of history, sociology, psychology, & theology. Students will
study a variety of religious traditions to address fundamental
questions about the nature of religious experience.
Professor Grossman studies religion along the
intersections of history, literature, & popular culture. She has
published essays ranging broadly from images of God in country music
& perceptions of the Dead Sea Scrolls. She is a member of the
Religious Studies program of the College of Arts & Humanities &
teaches courses on ancient Judaism, the Dead Sea Scrolls, gender in
contemporary religious culture, & alternative religious movements.
Why Good Managers Make Bad Decisions. Taught by Professor Mark
Wellman.
CORE Math or Formal Reasoning (MS) course.
Why do smart managers make flawed decisions? Why do managers keep
believing they have made the right choice, even with disastrous
results staring them in the face? Why Good Managers Make Bad
Decisions will address how evidence-based management & other
decision making tools can be used to uncover hidden assumptions in
the corner offices of great corporations.
Professor Mark H. Wellman is Tyser Teaching Fellow in the Department
of Management & Organization. His research focuses on global
strategy & organization, human capital, organizational change, human
resources management, &, especially, career success. Professor
Wellman has more than years of teaching & administrative experience
& currently serves as director of the Business, Society, & Economy
program of College Park Scholars. In 2008, he won both the Allen J.
Krowe Award for Teaching & the Outstanding Faculty Educator Award.
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