2006-08 Course Descriptions - Catalog - University of Oklahoma

The Uni ver sity of Oklahoma 2006-2008 Gen eral Cat a logHonors Program (HON)be repeated; maximum credit six hours. Contracted independent study fortopic not currently offered in regularly scheduled courses. Independent studymay include library and/or laboratory research and field projects. (F, Sp, Su)G5513 Advanced Studies in the History of Ancient and Medieval Science.Prerequisite: 3013 or equivalent, or permission of instructor. May berepeated with change of content; maximum credit 12 hours. Thematichistorical analyses of ancient and/or medieval foundations of science,focusing on the development of particular disciplines or scientific institutions,the relationship between science and religion, or transmission of science.Includes examination of sources and critical assessment of scholarlyinterpretations. (Irreg.)G5523 Advanced Studies in the History of Renaissance and EarlyModern Science. Prerequisite: 3013 or 3023, or equivalent, or permissionof instructor. May be repeated with change of content; maximum credit 12hours. Thematic historical analyses of scientific ideas and practices in thescientific revolution and the ideas and practices in the scientific revolutionand the enlightenment, 16 th –18 th centuries. Includes examination ofsources and critical assessment of scholarly interpretations. (Irreg.)G5533 Advanced Studies in the History of Modern Science.Prerequisite: 3023, or equivalent, or permission of instructor. May berepeated with change of content; maximum credit 12 hours. Thematichistorical analyses of modern science and culture focusing on the Europeanand American development and professionalization of scientific disciplines,interdisciplinary relationships among the sciences, and intersectionsbetween scientific and public culture. Includes examination of sources andcritical assessment of scholarly interpretations. (Irreg.)G5550 Topics in the History of Science. 1 to 3 hours. Prerequisite: graduatestanding and permission of instructor. May be repeated with change ofcontent; maximum credit 12 hours. Topics of scholarly interest in thehistory of science.G5960 Directed Readings in the History of Science. 1 to 4 hours.Prerequisite: graduate standing and permission of instructor. May be repeatedwith change of content; maximum credit six hours toward M.A. degree, 12hours toward Ph.D. degree. Intensive readings in a selected area of thehistory of science, under the direction of a graduate faculty member.G5970 Seminar: Research, Criticism and Analysis. 2 to 3 hours.Prerequisite: permission of instructor. May be repeated with change ofcontent; maximum credit 15 hours. Fundamentals of investigation andexposition in the history of science. (F, Sp)G5980 Research for Master’s Thesis. Variable enrollment, two to ninehours; maximum credit applicable toward degree, four hours. (F, Sp, Su)G5990 Special Studies. 2 to 5 hours. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.May be repeated with change of content; maximum credit nine hours.Specialized studies in the history of science. Individual researchculminating in the preparation of a research paper. (F, Sp, Su)G6970 Seminar in the History of Science. 2 to 3 hours. Prerequisite:permission of instructor. May be repeated with change of content;maximum credit 15 hours. Advanced study and historical criticism inspecialized areas. (F, Sp)G6980 Research for Doctor’s Dissertation. 2 to 16 hours. (F, Sp, Su)Honors Program (HON)2970 Honors Seminar. 1 to 3 hours. Prerequisite: admission to HonorsCollege Curriculum. May be repeated; maximum credit six hours. (F, Sp)2973 Perspectives on the American Experience. Prerequisite: permissionof Honors College. May be repeated; maximum credit six hours. Aninterdisciplinary investigation of the social, economic, and political realitiesof American life and culture from the late nineteenth century to thepresent. Topics to be treated include immigration, the rise of massproduction and consumer culture, the Great Migration, the Cold War,1960s social movements, and current “culture wars.” (Sp) [IV-WC]3213 American Politics and Culture in the Great Depression.Prerequisite: junior standing and permission of Honors College. Exploresthe complicated relationship between politics and culture in Americaduring the 1930s, and era of enormous political and cultural ferment,through primary and secondary materials, including novels, short stories,journalism, movies, and works of history. (F)3223 American Thought and Culture in the 1940s. Prerequisite: English1213 and permission of Honors College. Study of America in the 1940sthrough an examination of American intellectual and cultural life. Amongthe themes discussed are wartime American culture, modern Americanliberalism and conservatism, the effects of McCarthyism, the changingplace of women and minorities in American life, and anxieties about life inthe atomic age. (Irreg.) [IV-WC]3233 American Politics and Society Since 1945. Prerequisite: permissionof Honors College. Examines the background of a number of importantand controversial issues in American society since 1945, especially theproblems of race, gender, and class conflict. (Irreg.) [IV-WC]3313 Autobiography in America. Prerequisite: junior standing andpermission of Honors College. An investigation of the canonical texts ofAmerican autobiography from 1682 to the present. Students will study theprimary genres in American autobiography including spiritual autobiographies,captivity and slave narratives, immigrant autobiographies, and stories of the“self-made man,” as well as texts that subvert these models. Also examinecurrent issues in contemporary literary scholarship on autobiography,including self-fashioning, problems of truth and authenticity, issues ofcollaboration and co-optation and the dynamics of canon formation. (F) [IV-AF]3323 Introduction to American Women’s Writing. Prerequisite: juniorstanding and permission of Honors College. A study of women’s writing inAmerica from the colonial period to the present day. Genres to be studiedinclude poetry, short stories, drama, and the essay. The course also provides asurvey of feminist approaches to literary theory and criticism. (F) [IV-WC]3413 U.S. Environmental History. Prerequisite: junior standing andpermission of Honors College. Examines past interactions between humansand the natural world in what is now called the United States. Issues to bediscussed include native American resource management, the ecologicalimpact of European colonization, resource exploitation in the industrial era,the origins of preservation/conservation, and the roots of environmentalproblems/debates. (F) [IV-WC]3513 Biotechnology. Prerequisite: Zoology 1114 or Microbiology 3813 orBotany 1114 and permission of Honors College. Survey of the most activeareas in the field including recombinant DNA technology, proteinengineering, large-scale cultivation of microorganisms, commercialexploitation of microorganisms, mammalian cells in culture and theirapplication in vaccine production and monoclonal antibody production,gene therapy, and genetic engineering in plants. (F)3613 Alcohol and Drugs in American Society. Prerequisite: permission ofHonors College. An interdisciplinary study of the use and abuse of alcohol,illicit drugs, and licit pharmaceuticals in the United States from 1790 topresent. Explores the changing perception of drug use and users within thecontexts of immigration, the rise of industrial capitalism, urbanization,foreign policy priorities, and the evolution of the medical profession anddrug industry. The course draws on historical, sociological, anthropological,and medical texts, as well as music and film. (Irreg.) [III-SS]3713 Religion in America. Prerequisite: permission of Honors College.Traces the development, character and impact of religion in America fromthe pre-colonial era to the present. (Irreg.) [IV-WC]3960 Honors Reading. 1 to 3 hours. Prerequisite: admission to HonorsProgram. May be repeated; maximum credit six hours. Will consist oftopics designated by the instructor. The content will emphasize work notpresented in other courses. (F, Sp, Su)3970 Honors Seminar. 1 to 3 hours. Prerequisite: member of HonorsCollege Curriculum in good standing. An upper-division Honors Collegecourse to be used by departments and by the Honors College. (F, Sp, Su)3980 Honors Research. 1 to 3 hours. Prerequisite: admission to HonorsProgram. May be repeated with change of content; maximum credit sixhours. Will provide an opportunity for the gifted honors candidate to workat a special project under the guidance of a professor in the student’s field.(F, Sp, Su)3993 Honors Colloquium. Prerequisite: admission to and good standingin Honors College Curriculum. May be repeated with change in coursetopic. An interdepartmental course involving two or more instructors fromdifferent departments. (Sp)Course Descriptions 108