Do you enjoy listening and learning about music, but you aren’t a music major? Consider taking MUS 130B: Music Then and Now or MUS 133: Introduction to World Music.
MUS 130B: Music Then and Now provides non-music majors with basic listening skills, the ability to discuss music intelligently, and an acquaintance with many types of music.
MUS 133: Introduction to World Music is a survey of various musical traditions from different regions and peoples of the world.
Both courses run July 12 through August 5. Both satisfy a campus general education requirement and are open to current undergraduate and non-degree students.
Here are some other Summer Session 2021 courses, which start on June 14 and run through August 5, that still have open seats:
ATMS 120 ONL and ESE 120: Severe and Hazardous Weather (3 credit hours)
Most extreme manifestations of weather and climate are analyzed in terms of their physical basis and their historical, economic, and human consequences. In this course, emphasis is placed on the interplay between technological advances, the evolution of meteorology as a science, and the impacts of extreme weather (winter storms, floods, severe thunderstorms, hurricanes, El Nino). Technological advances include satellites, weather radars and profilers, and computer models used for weather prediction.
Runs: June 14 – August 5
Satisfies a campus general education requirement: Yes
Open to non-degree students: Yes
ATMS 140 ONL and ESE 140: Climate and Global Change (3 credit hours)
This course introduces climate change and its interactions with the global environment; surveys the physical, chemical, biological and social factors contributing to global change; distinguishes anthropogenic influences and natural variability of the earth system; and addresses societal impacts, mitigation strategies, policy options, and other human responses to global change. Other topics that will be discussed include greenhouse warming, acid rain, and ozone depletion.
Runs: June 14 – August 5
Satisfies a campus general education requirement: Yes
Open to non-degree students: Yes
BADM 300 OL: The Legal Environment of Business
This course provides an introduction to law and the legal system, litigation, contracts, business organization, intellectual property, employment law, and governmental regulation of business.
Runs: June 14 – August 5
Satisfies a campus general education requirement: No
Open to non-degree students: Yes
CHLN 100 ON2: Contemporary Health
This course examines concepts of health and health promotion in contemporary society with an emphasis on a healthy lifestyle for individuals and groups. Topics include self-care, health insurance, exercise, nutrition and weight control, sexuality, contraception, tobacco, alcohol, cardiovascular health, infectious diseases, and cancer.
Runs: June 14 – August 5
Satisfies a campus general education requirement: Yes
Open to non-degree students: No
CHLH 330 and REHB 330: Disability in American Society (3 credit hours)
This introductory course to disability studies provides students with a broad overview of the history of challenges faced by individuals with disabilities and the Disabilities Rights Movement to secure equal rights and passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Students will also delve into contemporary issues, challenges, and programs that are available to individuals with a disability and different ways to support them.
Runs: June 14 – August 5
Satisfies a campus general education requirement: Yes
Open to non-degree students: No
ECON 103 ONL: Macroeconomics Principles
This course provides an introduction to the theory of determination of total or aggregate income, employment, output, price levels, and the role of money in the economy. The primary emphasis on monetary and fiscal policy, inflation, unemployment, economic growth, and international economics.
Runs: June 14 – August 5
Satisfies a campus general education requirement: Yes
Open to non-degree students: Yes
LA 242 ONL (Same as RST 242 and NRES 242): Nature and American Culture
This course is an appreciation and critique of cultural meanings associated with American natural landscapes. Traditional perspectives including colonial American, romantic, and science-based conversation are characterized, as well as revisionist themes aligned with gender, cultural pluralism, and societal meanings of parks and protected areas. Implications of diversity in cultural meanings toward nature are developed and provide the basis for assessing tenents of contemporary environmental policy and supporting concepts associated with community-based conversation.
Runs: June 14 – August 5
Satisfies a campus general education requirement: Yes
Open to non-degree students: Yes
GEOL 111 ONL and ESE 111: Emergence of Life (3 credit hours)
This course examines important theoretical and practical questions regarding the origin and evolution of life, as well as the search for life elsewhere in the universe. It uses the pioneering work of Carl Woese whose “Tree of Life” revolutionized our understanding of the fundamental structure and evolutionary relatedness of all living entities on Earth.
Runs: June 14 – August 5
Satisfies a campus general education requirement: Yes
Open to non-degree students: Yes
These courses, which still have open seats, run July 12 through August 5:
AFST 232 C1 (SAME AS SWAH 202): Elementary Swahili II
This course is a continuation of elementary Swahili with an introduction to more advanced grammar. Students will gain more fluency in speaking, reading, and writing simples sentences in standard Swahili.
Runs: July 12 – August 5
Satisfies a campus general education requirement: No
Open to non-degree students: Yes
ARAB 202 A1: Elementary Standard Arabic II
This course is a continuation of ARAB 201. Participation in the language laboratory is required.
Runs: July 12 – August 5
Satisfies a campus general education requirement: No
Open to non-degree students: Yes
MUS 132 C: History of Rock
This course provides an analytical and historical introduction to genres of popular music from the United States and around the world. Iterations of the course may focus on a specific genre, such as Rock, Reggae, or Afropop, or may deal with broader subjects, such as the continua of styles including R&B, Soul, Funk, and Hip Hop, or the pan-generic, international phenomenon of pop music globalization in the twentieth century.
Runs: July 12 – August 5
Satisfies a campus general education requirement: Yes
Open to non-degree students: Yes
Register for your Summer Session 2021 course now. One course could make all the difference!