Supplemental Crs Descriptions

Summer 2012 SUPPLEMENTAL COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

The following descriptions are furnished as a supplement to the University of Delaware's current Catalog. Those standard descriptions are all available on this web site.

The following subject areas have supplemental descriptions here:
Behavioral Health & Nutrition
Business Administration
Cognitive Science
Education
Foreign Languages and Literatures
Hotel, Restaurant & Instl Mgmt
Human Dev & Family Studies
Urban Affairs & Public Policy

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH & NUTRITION

BHAN- 367-070 SEMINAR: HISTORY OF THE OLYMPICS

Meets in London. This course will examine the history of the Modern Olympic Games which commenced in 1896 in Athens and extends all the way to the 30th Olympiad which will be held in London, 2012. The social, economic, and political impact of the games will be discussed. Students will explore how the Olympic Games influence health behaviors and activity levels of people in the US.

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

BUAD- 467-070 SEMINAR: SPA & WELLNESS MGMT

Meets in Switzerland/Italy. Students will gain hands-on experience regarding operations and management of spa and wellness enterprises; analyze and develop spa life enhancement, spa life discovery, and corporate high performance programs; design marketing, financial, human resources, and nutritional programs for a spa or wellness center; and apply sustainable environmental practices to their design.

COGNITIVE SCIENCE

CGSC-267-010 SEMINAR: MUSIC COGNITION

This course will explore music as a uniquely human cognitive domain, and its relation to other domains, such as language and emotion. By reviewing classics in the music cognition literature and touching upon current research, we will cover topics such as:
-what is music?
-musical skill and literacy development
-music and emotion
-relation between music and language
-the neuroscience of music
No music-theoretic nor psychology background will be assumed, though both will be helpful.

EDUCATION

EDUC- 467-910 SEMINAR: WRITING IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Also offered as EDUC-667-910, ENGL-467-910, ENGL-667-910

In 2014, schools will be required to assess writing based upon the Common Core Standards for Writing(CCSW). In this seminar, we will explore current research on what has happened to writing and the teaching of writing in schools in the last decade and test these reports against the students own teaching and writing experience. Then, students will be writing original compositions in narration, persuasion and exposition in order to have experiential knowledge of written forms required by the CCSW, build writing assessments and revising /editing practice. Then, the students will design lesson plans that expressly teach writing based upon the CCSW.

EDUC- 667-911 SEMINAR: STATEGY INS FOR BASIC WRITERS

This course focuses on self-regulated strategy instruction in writing for struggling college writers. Participants will learn to teach strategies for planning, drafting, and revising as well as strategies for self-regulation. The course is specifically designed for participants in a research project on strategy instruction for basic writers. Times will be

FOREIGN LANGUAGES & LITERATURES

FLLT-321-910 TPCS:CHINESE LIT IN TRANSLTN: CHIN IMPACT ON WESTERN DRAMA

The historical, social and cultural challenges for the Western civilizations after World War II made many of its theatre makers widen its perspective to the great civilizations of the East. The differences which inevitably exist in both dramatic aesthetics and theatrical practices between Western and Eastern traditions of drama fascinated and impacted upon some of the most modernist dramatists and theatre inventors in the West, such as Constantin Stanislawski, Vsevold Meyerhold, Antonin Artaud, Bertold Brecht, Thornton Wilder and Jerzey Grotowski . Chinese dramatic traditions have either inspired or were embodied in their theories of drama and theatrical practice. The West met the Chinese mind not only through its famous traditional opera (Peking Opera), or the study of Confucius, but through the stories common to all Chinese people: the legend of the Monkey king, the epic tales from The Water Margin and Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the countless fairy tales and ghost stories.
The course focuses on dramaturgical techniques inspired by the Chinese performing arts and challenging Western "Realism", including the elements of voice, improvisation, movement, body language, and character analysis. We will also explore the impact of Yuan drama and the work of Mei Lanfang for the concepts of "alienation" and "poor theatre".
Exercises and lectures will extend the participants storytelling range and finding of visual images. Working in small groups they will experience in performed Scene Studies from Brecht's CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE and Wilder's OUR TOWN the dramatic impact of Chinese aesthetics, philosophy, and ethics.

HOTEL, RESTAURANT & INSTL MGMT

HRIM- 367-070 SEMINAR: H2H/MEDICAL TOURISM

Meets in Switzerland. The medical tourism field is experiencing phenomenal growth worldwide. Hotels and hospitals share many common elements in this evolution. In fact, about 80 percent of hospital services are "hospitality or hotel related." To learn more about this alignment, the University of Delaware is planning a conference on Hotels Bridging Healthcare (H2H) in Switzerland in June 2012. The UD study abroad students will join participants who are entrepreneurs, hotel owners, health care providers, spa and wellness operators, local governmental officials, and financiers. Hotels Bridging Healthcare conference will take place in June 2012 in the Grand Resort Bad Ragaz, Switzerland, one the highest-ranking medical tourism destinations in the western world. The students will take classes on H2H theory at the Swiss School and then attend the conference (approximately 12 to 14 hours of conference contact time), followed by writing a reflection piece on the H2H conference and what it means to them in their future careers.

HRIM- 467-070 SEMINAR: SPA & WELLNESS MGT & ENTREPREN

HUMAN DEV & FAMILY STUDIES

HDFS- 467-010 SEMINAR: TEACHING ART BIRTH - GRADE 2

Prepares students to develop an engaging art program in their classrooms including collage, painting, clay work,& print making. A multitude of techniques are presented with methods to effectively share these with young children. Reading and discussions connect development of art curricula to child development.

HDFS- 667-010 SEMINAR: TEACHING ART BIRTH - GRADE 2

URBAN AFFAIRS & PUBLIC POLICY

UAPP- 467-010 TOOLS FOR MANAGING PUBLIC ORGS

Managers in the nonprofit and public sectors face serious issues in dealing with tight budgets, angry constituents and the growing complexity of management. Fortunately, a new range of tools is available for the public manager. This course will arm you with a range of tools to meet those situations and others. We will look at a series of cutting edge techniques including communities of practice, new forecasting techniques, customer relationship management strategies and social media. Students will be able to propose topics for the course. This course will allow participants to explore different strategies and decide whether or not to incorporate them into their repertoire of leadership. It will be taught in a seminar fashion with a brief presentation from the instructor followed by discussion and analysis.

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