2006-08 Course Descriptions - Catalog - University of Oklahoma

Geography (GEOG)The Uni ver sity of Oklahoma 2006-2008 Gen eral Cat a log3960 Honors Reading. 1 to 3 hours. Prerequisite: admission to HonorsProgram. May be repeated; maximum credit six hours. Consists of topicsdesignated by the instructor in keeping with the student’s major program.Covers materials not usually presented in the regular courses. (F, Sp)3970 Honors Seminar. 1 to 3 hours. Prerequisite: admission to HonorsProgram. May be repeated; maximum credit six hours. The projectscovered will vary. Will deal with concepts not usually presented in regularcoursework. (F, Sp, Su)3980 Honors Research. 1 to 3 hours. Prerequisite: admission to HonorsProgram. May be repeated; maximum credit six hours. Will provide anopportunity for the gifted honors candidate to work at a special project inthe student’s field. (F)3990 Independent Study. 1 to 3 hours. Prerequisite: one course in generalarea to be studied; permission of instructor and department. May be repeated;maximum credit six hours. Contracted independent study for topic notcurrently offered in regularly scheduled courses. Independent study mayinclude library and/or laboratory research and field projects. (F, Sp, Su)G4153 Survey of French Literature to 1800. Reading and discussion ofmajor French works and their background from the Middle Ages to theFrench Revolution. (F, Su)G4163 Survey of French Literature. (Continued) Prerequisite: 4153 orpermission. Reading and discussion of major French works and theirbackground from 1800 to the present day. (Sp, Su)4313 French Civilization I. Prerequisite: 3423; History 1223 or 1233. Thepolitical and social background of French literature from its beginning tothe French revolution. (F, Su)4323 French Civilization II. Prerequisite: 3423; History 1223 or 1233.The political and social background of French literature from the Frenchrevolution to the present day. (Sp)G4613 Advanced Conversation. Prerequisite: 3073, 3423; also 4153 or4163 or 4313, which may be taken concurrently. An advanced course inconversation covering political, literary, religious and social topics. (Su)4990 Independent Study. 1 to 3 hours. Prerequisite: three courses in generalarea to be studied; permission of instructor and department. May be repeated;maximum credit six hours. Contracted independent study for topic notcurrently offered in regularly scheduled courses. Independent study mayinclude library and/or laboratory research and field projects. (F, Sp, Su)4993 Senior Capstone in French. Prerequisite: graduating majors inFrench. Requires undergraduate French majors to synthesize theirknowledge of French contributions to world civilization. They will berequired, as part of this enterprise, to demonstrate their mastery of the fourbasic skills involved in learning a foreign language: reading, writing,speaking, and understanding. (Sp) [V]The prerequisite for courses numbered 5000 and over is 25 hours ofFrench. Other specific prerequisites are so indicated.G5223 Seventeenth-Century Theatre. A study of dramatic works ofMoliere, Corneille, Racine and other contemporaries. (Irreg.)G5243 Explication de Textes. Prerequisite: graduate standing; seniors bypermission of instructor. An intensive method of criticism which analyzes aliterary work from as many points of view as possible: linguistic, historical,comparative and aesthetic, calling upon all the student’s language andliterary skills. (F)G5273 Contemporary French Literature. Prerequisite: Graduate standingor permission of instructor. This course presents the work of a variety ofFrench literary writers, texts composed primarily from 1990 to the present,a period of great revival in French letters. Students examine importantquestions of intellectual and aesthetic impact in literature coming bothfrom France and from Francophone countries across the world. (Irreg.)G5283 Twentieth-Century French Novel. Prerequisite: graduate standingor permission of instructor. Course presents a survey of the major forms ofFrench novel throughout the twentieth century. (Irreg.)G5293 Twentieth-Century French Poetry and Theatre. Prerequisite:graduate standing or permission of instructor. Course examines majordevelopments in French poetry and theatre throughout the twentiethcentury. (Irreg.)G5313 Introduction to Old French. Prerequisite: 10 hours of college Latinor equivalent; some knowledge of articulatory phonetics useful, but notrequired. History of the French vernacular from Latin to Modern French:external history, phonology, morphology, lexicon, syntax, with emphasis onphonological evolution; and introduction to the reading of Old French viashort excerpts from monuments of literature, from the Strasbourg Oaths toCent Nouvelles. (Alt. F)G5323 Old French Readings. Prerequisite: 5313. Introduction to a literaryunderstanding and appreciation of the Old French Canon as representedby such texts as the Alexis, the Roland, Chretien’s romances, Beroul’sTristan, the Rose, theatre, chronicles and lyric poetry, including Rutebeufand Villon. (Alt. Sp)G5603 Sixteenth-Century French Narrative and Prose. Prerequisite:graduate standing or permission. Narrative and prose writers of the sixteenthcentury (i.e. Rabelais, Marguerite de Navarre, Montaigne). (Irreg.)G5613 Sixteenth-Century French Poetry and Theatre. Prerequisite:graduate standing or permission of instructor. All major or minor poets willbe studied, as well as the revival of classical theatre in French. (Irreg.)G5623 Seventeenth Century Prose and Poetry. Prerequisite: 4153. Asurvey of baroque, precieux and classical style, form and content asexemplified in the prose and poetry of the period. (Irreg.)G5633 Eighteenth Century French ‘Philosophes’. Prerequisite: graduatestanding or permission. Presents the “philosophes” of the eighteenthcentury in France such as Montesquieu, Voltaire and Diderot. (Irreg.)G5643 Eighteenth-Century French Narrative and Theatre. Prerequisite:graduate standing or permission of instructor. The course will present anoverview of eighteenth-century French narrative and theatre. (Irreg.)G5910 Problems in Research. 2 to 4 hours. May be repeated with changeof content; maximum credit nine hours. An individual course of intensiveresearch with the area and problem to be determined by the student anddirecting instructor. (F, Sp, Su)G5930 Seminar in French Literature and Culture. Prerequisite: One5000 level course in same general area. May be repeated with change ofsubject matter; maximum credit nine hours. In-depth study of a topic inFrench literature and culture. (Irreg.)G5963 Nineteenth-Century French Novel. Prerequisite: graduate standingor permission of instructor. Course covers the major developments of theFrench novel throughout the nineteenth century. (Irreg.)G5973 Nineteenth-Century French Poetry and Theatre. Prerequisite:graduate standing or permission of instructor. Course surveys the majorliterary developments in French poetry and theatre throughout thenineteenth century. (Irreg.)G5980 Research for Master’s Thesis. Variable enrollment, two to ninehours; maximum credit applicable toward degree, four hours. (F, Sp)G5990 Independent Studies. 1 to 3 hours. Prerequisite: graduatestanding, permission of instructor. May be repeated; maximum credit 12hours. Independent reading on one or more topics under the generaldirection of a faculty member. (F, Sp, Su)G6980 Research for Doctor’s Dissertation. 2 to 16 hours. (F, Sp)Geography (GEOG)The department offers courses which are slashlisted so undergraduatestudents may take an undergraduate 4000-level course while graduatestudents may take a 5000-level course. The lectures in a slashlistedcourse are the same. However, students in the 5000-level course havesubstantial additional requirements beyond those for students in the4000-level course. These additional requirements are listed in theslashlisted course syllabus.1103 Human Geography. An introduction to the humanized Earth;specifically, to the geography of population, the global pattern of culturesand such affiliated elements as language, religion, technology, and politicalorganization, and to the physical expression of those cultures in rural andurban settings. (F, Sp, Su) [IV-WC]1113 The Language of Maps. How to read, analyze and interpret graphicinformation symbolized on a wide variety of maps. Topics include: scale,location, distance and direction, navigation, interpreting human andphysical landscapes, map propaganda, maps in the media andcomparisons of maps in western and non-western societies. [I-O]1114 Physical Geography. A systematic introduction to the physical Earth;including Earth materials, landform processes and resultant landforms,Earth-sun relations, weather, climate, the water cycle, natural vegetation,and soil types. Emphasis is placed on the inter-relationships among thesephenomena. (F, Sp, Su) [II-LAB]87 Course Descriptions