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 151-10, Advertising the American Ideal, Spring 2007
How do advertisements convey social, educational, and cultural ideals, and what values are inherent
in those ideals? These two basic questions will guide our exploration of the role advertising plays in our society in general and in your life in particular. More specifically, we will consider how advertisements convey ideas about gender roles,race, and socioeconomic status as we explore different advertising markets (singles, kids, sports fans, college students) and different advertising
venues(
BADM 452-01, Cases in Financial Mangement, Fall 2006
This course should be fun! We don’t mean backslapping, playground fun; rather, it should be intellectually fun. If you are working as hard as you should in BA 452 and 472, you will feel challenged and at times perhaps a little lost. However, you should also experience a sense of accomplishment when you meet the challenge of completing a challenging homework assignment or preparing and presenting a complex case. You should experience in these courses flashes of enlightenment—moments when theo
BADM 371-01, Marketing Management, Fall 2006
Marketing Management I is organized around the study of marketing as an exchange process; i.e., how transactions are initiated, motivated, facilitated and consummated. You have studied demand in economics. In this course, you will examine theories, principles and practices aimed at explaining and managing demand—yes, managing demand! Moreover, you will examine the environment within which demand arises and is managed. I hope upon completion of this course you will have sufficient theoretical u
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 410-01, Analytical Reading, Fall 2006
Задачи курса:
• Обучение речемыслительной деятельности на языке
• Овладение стратегиями понимания
• Обогащение словарного запаса, развитие речи учащихся
• Обучение работе с текстом
• Развитие навыков аудирования
• Расширение культурной компетенции,This syllabus was submitted to t
RUSN 301-01, Advanced Russian, Fall 2006
The course is aimed at acquiring an active vocabulary in practical everyday topics and developing a familiarity with various aspects of Russian culture. Students should expect considerable homework assignments, regular compositions, and class discussions. I will also require that students participate in the Russian table which will meet every Monday from 4:30 to 6 pm. You are not obligated to be there for the entire time, just join us at any point during the allotted time and for as long as you
LATN 265-01, Topics in Latin Literature: Virgil, Horace, Propertius, Fall 2006
The objective of this course is to improve your fluency in reading Latin and introduce you to the study of Latin literature and the tools we use as philologists. For some, this course will serve as the first advanced course after the elementary and intermediate language sequence we offer here at Rhodes. For those of you continuing on from the Oxford Latin Course, we will continue our study of Horace's Carmina, which students begin encountering in the third book of that sequence. For others, this
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
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
FREN 333-01, Poetry, Fall 2006
This syllabus was submitted to the Rhodes College Office of Academic Affairs by the instructor.
FREN 102-01, Elementary French, Fall 2006
French 102 is a 4-credit-hour course intended to enable students to develop abilities in reading, writing, speaking, and understanding French. This course is designed to build on French 101 or other previous experience in French, to expand knowledge of French vocabulary and grammar, and to offer experience in handling this new knowledge in written, aural, and oral forms within a context of growing awareness of comparative culture and language.,This syllabus was submitted to the Rhodes College Of
LATN 292/392, Literature of the Republic, Fall 2004
This course, making extensive use of resources available via the internet, focuses on the literature of the Late Republic. Readings will come primarily from the works of Cicero, Catullus and Lucretius . Students will participate in a weekly webcast lecture, an on-line discussion moderated by faculty members from participating institutions in the Associated Colleges of the South, and weekly tutorials with faculty members at their home institutions. This course is specifically designed for advance
LATN 201-01, Intermediate Latin, Fall 2004
This syllabus was submitted to the Rhodes College Office of Academic Affairs by the course instructor.
GREK 101-01, Elementary Greek, Fall 2004
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 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
BIOL 200-01, Evolution, Fall 2004
My objectives for this class are that each of you will develop:
1. an appreciation for the historical development of evolutionary thought,
2. an understanding of the basic mechanics of evolutionary change, and
3. an understanding of the application of evolutionary ideas to the study of organisms in time and space.,This syllabus was submitted to the Rhodes College Office of Academic Affairs by the instructor.
WMST 400, Feminist Theory, Fall 2005
This course explores a few of the themes and dimensions of feminist theory in the last two centuries, focusing predominantly on theories arising within, or in contestation with, the European intellectual tradition. Our aim will be to examine some of the complex ways in which gender organizes our social, political, psychological and intellectual realms. To begin, we will problematize the terms of our endeavor—“feminism,” “women” and “theory.” We will then examine the emergence of di
