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UNIV   111 THE SUSTAINABLE ENVIROMENT: POLI,CULT&SC Credits 3.00  Fall 99
This course is intended as an introduction to environmental studies and
the concept of a sustainable environment for students from all
divisions of the campus. The course will focus on the scientific basis
for our current environmental situation,  on social and cultural
attitudes and values relating to the environment as represented in
literature, history and public policy, and on the constant interaction
among these various approaches.
Limited enrollment 20 per section.
001 T       07:00PM-10:00PM RH*110   Ostdiek, Donald                *CURRENT ENR: 0
001                                  Sass, Ronald                   *CURRENT ENR: 0
001                                  Harcombe, Paul                 *CURRENT ENR: 0
001                                  Isle, Walter                   *CURRENT ENR: 0
002 T       07:00PM-10:00PM RH*111   Ostdiek, Donald                *CURRENT ENR: 0
002                                  Sass, Ronald                   *CURRENT ENR: 0
002                                  Harcombe, Paul                 *CURRENT ENR: 0
002                                  Isle, Walter                   *CURRENT ENR: 0

UNIV   112 THE POWER OF PERSUASION                  Credits 3.00  Fall 99
Persuasion is fundamental part of human interaction: people attempt to
influence others behavior and beliefs in many ways. This course looks at
persuasion in consumer advertising, politics, and other areas of life,
using approaches from psychology, linguistics, and politial science. We
will learn how to recognize persuasion attempts and what makes
persuasion succeed or fail. Class projects combine conceptual
understanding and application to real ad campaigns. Enrollment limited
to 20 in each section. Freshman only..
001 M       02:00PM-05:00PM DH*1042  Achard, Michel                 *CURRENT ENR: 0
001                                  Funk, Carolyn                  *CURRENT ENR: 0
001                                  Hebl, Michelle                 *CURRENT ENR: 0
001                                  Kemmer, Suzanne                *CURRENT ENR: 0
002 M       07:00PM-10:00PM RH*107   Achard, Michel                 *CURRENT ENR: 0
002                                  Funk, Carolyn                  *CURRENT ENR: 0
002                                  Hebl, Michelle                 *CURRENT ENR: 0
002                                  Kemmer, Suzanne                *CURRENT ENR: 0

UNIV   113 TECHNOLOGICAL DISASTERS  AND CATASTROPHE Credits 3.00  Fall 99
This course will investigate case histories of disasters caused by human
error compounded by the enormous power of technology. The measures that
can be taken to avoid disaster will be examined, and risk assessment
will be explored.
Enrollment limited to 20.  Freshman only.
001 TTH     02:30PM-03:50PM RH*107   Curl Jr, Robert                *CURRENT ENR: 0
001                                  Van Helden, Albert             *CURRENT ENR: 0

UNIV   114 UNDERSTANDING BRAIN & BEHAVIOR           Credits 3.00  Fall 99
How do scientists work to understand how the brain functions to sense
the environment and react to it, to transform sound and light into
understanding language and appreciating art to recall events and reason
about them? Brain structue and neurophysiology, scientific approaches to
studying brain and behavior.
Enrollment limited to 15. Freshman only.
001 MW      03:30PM-05:00PM RH*110   Johnson, Don                   *CURRENT ENR: 0
001                                  Martin, Randi                  *CURRENT ENR: 0
001                                  Tsuchitani, Chiyeko            *CURRENT ENR: 0

UNIV   310 CREATING & MANAGING CHANGE: CASE STUDIES Credits 3.00  Fall 99
A series of participatory seminars led by community leaders involving
both a case study approach and an application of problem solving
techniques to real and current leadership questions.
Enrollment limited to 30 per section.
Prereq- Permission of instructor.
001 M       04:00PM-06:00PM RH*111   Lieberman, Susan               *CURRENT ENR: 30
001 W       04:00PM-05:00PM RH*111   Lieberman, Susan               *CURRENT ENR: 30
002 T       04:00PM-06:00PM RH*111   Lieberman, Susan               *CURRENT ENR: 14
002 TH      04:00PM-05:00PM RH*111   Lieberman, Susan               *CURRENT ENR: 14

UNIV   321 CROSS-CULTURAL AWARENESS: CULTURES OF TH Credits 1.00  Fall 99
A team taught course that addresses our cultural constructedness by
exploring the diversity of American cultues and by seeking ways of
investigating culture as an influence on behavior. Emphasis on
experimental learning.
001 T       04:00PM-05:15PM RH*109   TBA                            *CURRENT ENR: 0

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