Guide to the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company Contracts, Pittsburgh, PA., Collection
Business records of Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Company, East Pittsburgh, Pa., 1892-1901. Collection documents acquisitions of machinery and technology such as cranes, presses, drills, and pumps. Records include blueprints, photographs, carbon copies of telegrams, signed forms, memorandums, and correspondence.
ENGL 121-03-04, Critical Thinking and Writing, Spring 2007
English 151 begins with the idea that writing is a process that includes planning, drafting, and revising. By revising, I don't mean proofreading or polishing. While catching typos and choosing a different word here and there are part of the writing process, revising a
paper means re-thinking it, even changing your argument and coming to new
conclusions. Writing diafts and revising them makes writing a tool for thinking. As you write, you generate ideas and test their conclusions. As the English
ENGL 151-01-02, First Year Writing Seminar: Writing Southerness, Spring 2007
In this course, students will develop a critical process that will benefit them as readersand writers in their current academic setting and beyond. Our particular focus will be anexamination of the South and "southerness." We will read essays (both by authors and peers) and employ a systematized logic to analyze the arguments and strategies of these writers while exploring what defines the southernid entity. The key to the writing for the course is to cultivate your own process of invention, dra
ENGL 151-09, First Year Writing Seminar: Culture Wars, Spring 2007
True to its title, the primary aim of this course is to improve student writing. More
broadly, however, our goals also stress a greater understanding of different kinds of
rhetoric, including both successful and unsuccessful strategies and examples. We'll
explore how to organize arguments, how to find and evaluate evidence, and how to use
research to persuade. Toward this end, our particular section will be reading a number of texts that all deal with the theme "culture wars." This includes a va
BADM 241-03, Financial Accounting, Fall 2006
This course studies the principles of financial accounting which are used to communicate financial information to external parties. The study of financial accounting provides a strong foundation for future courses in business and finance. The student is introduced to theoretical accounting concepts and the practical application of accounting procedures. Techniques used to analyze the nature of business transactions and to record and summarize transactions are emphasized. Preparation and understa
RUSN 306-01, Phonetics, Fall 2006
Course Objectives:
-- to introduce students to the system of Russian sounds, pronunciation rules, and intonation patterns:
-- to provide introductory information on the history of Russian language.,This syllabus was submitted to the Rhodes College Office of Academic Affairs by the instructor.
GERM 304-01, Literature, Culture, Society 1870-1945, Fall 2006
The course is an introduction into the culture of the time period between Germany’s consolidation into a nation state and the end of WWII, which introduced developmetns that brought an end to German national unity. At the center of many of our discussions will be the very problem of unity. Already in its political-historical sense, it appears to be a simplification: why was Austria not part of the unified Germany, although its citizens to a large extent called themselves ‘German’? If under
GERM 101-01, Elementary German, Fall 2006
German 101 is an introduction into the German language and the culture of the German-speaking countries. No previous knowledge of German is required. We will develop skills in listening
comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. At the end of German 101, you will have control
over the material presented in Introduction (Einführung) A and B of our text book Kontakte, and
in chapters one through five. In addition to Kontakte, we will also work with an online workbook on a regular basis. Towar
CHEM 310-01, Methods in Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Fall 2006
One goal of this course is to give you practical and theo-retical experience with some of the basic research methods needed answer questions like these.
A further and equally important goal of the course is for you to improve your ability to reason your way through experimental situations in general. A great deal of emphasis will be placed upon your learning how to plan procedures, carry them out accurately and efficiently, and extract appropriate information from the results. These skills are a
CHEM 211-L1, Introductory Organic Chemistry Laboratory, Fall 2006
This semester, laboratory students will investigate the world of organic chemistry while learning various reactions and a wide range of laboratory techniques and instruments.,This syllabus was submitted to the Rhodes College Office of Academic Affairs by the instructor.
FREN 333-01, Poetry, Fall 2006
This syllabus was submitted to the Rhodes College Office of Academic Affairs by the instructor.
FREN 101-01, Elementary French, Fall 2006
This syllabus was submitted to the Rhodes College Office of Academic Affairs by the instructor.
CHIN 301-01, Advanced Chinese, Fall 2006
In addition to the same objectives as those in the first two years, we will put more emphasis on listening and speaking. We will spend more time on listening comprehension part of the homework. This means that we will go over listening comprehension in a more detailed way in class. In addition to asking you to understand the listening materials, I will also ask you to retell the materials. In this way, you will have more opportunities to practice both listening and speaking. Also, we will do mor
BIOL 315-01, Ecology Lecture, Fall 2007
This syllabus was submitted to the Rhodes College Office of Academic Affairs by the course instructor.
BIOL 315-01, Ecology, Lecture, Fall 2005
One objective of mine is for you to realize and appreciate the interactions of the biological world. These interactions take place between the biological components themselves and between the biological components and the physical world. Hopefully you will come to see that "everything affects everything else.",This syllabus was submitted to the Rhodes College Office of Academic Affairs by the instructor.
BIOL 141-01, Biology II, Laboratory, Spring 2005
This syllabus was submitted to the Rhodes College Office of Academic Affairs by the instructor.
BIOL 140-01, Biology II, Spring 2005
This syllabus was submitted to the Rhodes College Office of Academic Affairs by the instructor.
BIOL 451/452, Research in Biology, Fall 2004
Research in Biology (Biology 451/452) is intended to provide a complete research experience.
As a regular college course, Research is the equal of any other course at Rhodes in that credit is
earned for accomplishment, and working responsibly and maintaining regular progress are crucial
to success. However, since Research differs in many ways from other courses, its independence
and individuality present special challenges, and it is important not to mismanage its
independence.,This syllabus was
ANSO 307-01, Sociology of Education, Fall 2006
Education is considered to be the primary means of realizing the American ideals of equality
and success. This course critically examines this idea from a sociological perspective by
looking at educational opportunities and outcomes on individual, interactional, and
institutional levels and by analyzing the roles class, race, and gender play in these processes.,This syllabus was submitted to the Rhodes College Office of Academic Affairs by the course instructor.
ANSO 303-01, Medical Sociology, Fall 2006
Medical sociology is the theoretical, empirical and applied study of the social dimensions of health, illness, disease and the provision and consumption of health care. Topics that will be covered in this course include epidemiology, social demography of health, the relationship between social stress and health, health and illness behavior, the sick role, the physician-patient relationship, the organization of health care and medical practice, and the moral and ethical aspects of health care pra
