Course Descriptions
AAS 100 - Introduction to African-American Studies
Uses approaches and methods designed to explore and understand the African American experience and the African Diaspora. The course aims to acquaint students with the nature of African American studies as a field of intellectual inquiry and as a degree program offered by the University at Buffalo. Back to Index
AMS 113 - American Lives and Environments: Folklore and Social Groups
Examines patterned stories, sayings, designs, and ways of living that have been created and are continuously being recreated by groups of people; also investigates historical and social meanings of folklore. Back to Index
APY 106 - Introduction
to Cultural Anthropology
Surveys important ideas about culture and society that have shaped cultural anthropology. Studies the principal institutions of culture—language, social organization, religion, economics, politics, artistic expression, etc.—in their traditional ethnographic context and as they change through cultural contact and modernization. Back to index
ART 225 - Lithography Concepts 1
Involves an intensive material and conceptual exploration of lithographic and related printmaking processes. Develops complex ideas using hand-drawn, photographic, digital and collage strategies, and emphasizes experimentation and image development over simple reproduction. Incorporates demonstrations, discussions, theoretical reading and analysis, private and group critiques, and working in class. Back to index
AHI 390 - American Architecture 1: Native American to 1860
Native American building, colonial, neoclassical, and eclectic styles, and the rise of industrialism, the impact of builders’ guides, and the development of the architectural profession highlight this survey of American architecture to the Civil War. Back to index
AS 110 - The Asian American Experience
The Asian American experience from the beginning of Asians’ and Pacific Islanders’ entry into North America in the eighteenth century to the present. Investigates this phenomenon in connection with national and transnational power relations, economic structures, and political realities. Also considers the construction of American identities in the United States and their impact on Asian American communities and individuals. Goals are to develop a historical and multi-cultural perspective on the Asian American experience, to enlarge students’ capacities for analytical and critical thinking, and to achieve a better understanding of the diversity within Asian American communities and of Asian Americans’ social status in North America. Back to index
BIO 200 - Evolutionary Biology
Evidence for evolution; principle of genetics; population genetics; selection (natural, sexual, and kin); evolution of major groups of organisms; speciation; adaptation; coevolution; and sociobiology. Back to index
CHE 101 - General Chemistry 1
Introduces fundamental concepts of chemistry, and surveys important chemical elements and their compounds. Three hours of lecture plus one four-hour recitation/laboratory period weekly. Back to index
CL 113 - Myth and Religion in the Ancient World
Provides an introduction to the mythology of the Greeks and Romans. In addition to considering the myths themselves, we study how they have been employed by ancient through contemporary cultures as reflected in areas ranging from religious and social practice to works of art and architecture. Back to index
COL 255 - Crime and Punishment
in Literature
Considers a range of major literary and philosophical texts dealing with crime, guilt, retribution, and punishment. Students discuss these texts in their social and literary contexts. Back to index
THD 213 - Ballet 1
Teaches the fundamentals of ballet technique, including correct body alignment, basic barre and center work, and combinations at the elementary level. Back to index
ECO 182 - Introduction to Microeconomics
Covers principles of price determination, creation of value, distribution of income, competition, and principles of international trade. Back to index
ENG 310 - Shakespeare - Later Plays
The course is a representative survey of the last half of Shakespeare's career: roughly 1600-1610. We will read seven plays: comedies, tragedies, and a romance. Specifically, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Measure for Measure, Othello, Macbeth, King Lear, and The Tempest. Back to index
DMS 108 - Film History 2
Surveys developments in international cinema from the 1890s to the present. Back to index
FR 211 - Study in French Language and Culture 1
Perfecting writing skills in preparation for advanced courses or study abroad: selections from prose, poetry, drama, or writings on contemporary issues and problems. Back to index
GEO 101 - Physical Environmental Geography
Examines the local to global interactions of Earth systems including solar energy, air, water, weather, climate, landforms, soils, plants, and ecosystems. Presents the linkages between Earth systems operation and current environmental problems. Back to index
GLY 103 - Evolution of the Earth and Solar System 1
Overview of Earth’s major physical phenomena, including mountain-building, volcanoes, plate tectonics and hydrologic processes. Emphasizes the interaction of Earth's processes and features as a global system and how these compare to those on other planets in the Solar System. Requires one field trip. Lab emphasizes major geologic processes, such as river development, impact cratering, and rock formation. Back to index
HIS 289 - Pearl Harbor: Japan Goes to War
The circumstances in the 1920s and 1930s that eventuated in Japan's violent confrontation with the U.S. and other nations, the Pacific War, and Japan's postwar adjustment to defeat. Back to index
LIN 205 - Introduction to Linguistic Analysis
Introduces the structure of language (phonetics, phonology, morphology, semantics, and syntax), looking at a broad variety of languages; approaches to linguistic analysis and theory. Back to index
MTH 141 - College Calculus 1
Beginning of a three-semester sequence in calculus for students of mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering. Covers differentiation and integration with applications. Back to index
DMS 155 - Introduction to New Media
Introduces desk top tools and fundamental concepts used in the development of interactive and non-interactive digital media. Focuses on theoretical and practical aspects of creating digital messages with authoring/presentation tools. Provides a foundation for creating a broad range of digital media. Back to index
MUS 105 - Elementary Harmony and Counterpoint 1
Develops skills and techniques necessary for aural and written comprehension of linear, melodic, harmonic, rhythmic, and formal aspects of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century music. Back to index
PHI 345 - Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art
Surveys historically or systematically various concepts of beauty and art. Back to index
PHY 107 - General Physics 1
A calculus-based introductory course primarily for chemistry, engineering, and physics majors. Covers Newton's laws, energy, momentum, rotational motion, and oscillations. Back to index
PSC 103 - Politics Abroad
Introduces foreign political systems; explores significant political similarities and differences among countries. Back to index
PSY 101 - Introductory Psychology
General survey of perception; learning and memory; cognitive, developmental, personality, abnormal, and social psychology; and behavioral neuroscience. Requires participation in research or a short paper. Back to index
PSY 321 - Psychology of Personality
Theory, research, and measurement related to the description, development, and dynamics of the normal personality. Back to index
SSC 337 - Social-Ethical Values in Medicine
Applies ethical theories to analysis of important moral problems in health care and medicine. Back to index
SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology
Introduces fundamental ideas and concepts of sociology; culture; norms; status; role; socialization; stratification; industrialization; urbanization; bureaucratization. Back to index
SPA 225 - Spanish Language Through Theatre
Involves reading and discussion of Spanish and Spanish American plays; emphasizes improvement of oral and written expression in Spanish. Back to index
CDS 301 - Language Development in Children
Explores the acquisition of language form and function by typical developing children. Discusses the normal development of phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics from infancy through early adolescence by examining empirical data and current theoretical issues and controversies. Examines the emergence of literacy skills and the differences in acquisition between mono- and bi- (or multi-) lingual children. Includes the impact of cultural, ethnic, gender, socioeconomic, and individual variation on children’s normal language acquisition. Back to index
TH 401 - Directing 1
A practical course in directing. Provides students with the consciousness of theatre and creative directing: basic techniques in preparing the script for rehearsals, creating the space, collaborating with a designer, using tempo/rhythm, working with actors, preparing and conducting rehearsals. Back to index
UGC 111 - World Civilizations 1
The focus in this course is upon attempting to understand how variou strands which make up histroy, including technology, eceonomics, geography, military, religion, and sexuality, among many, are woven together in so many differnet and in so many similar ways from the ancient Egyptians to the Modd;e ages. Along the way, we will examine everything from decelpoments in architecture to what gives women power within a society, even a society which appears, on the surface, to be completely male-dominated. Back to index
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