Open registration for Summer Session 2022 begins April 21

Water is a life source for every living creature on earth. Yet, 785 million people—or about one in 10—lack access to safe water, according to worldvision.org.

ESE 320 (also GEOG 370 and GEOL 370): Water Planet, Water Crisis—one of the courses offered over Summer Session 2022—examines the science of water on Earth, the developing water crisis, and some possible solutions.

You will study water's unique physical and chemical properties; how it profoundly shapes the earth, ocean, and atmosphere system; and dynamics of oceans, atmosphere, lakes, rivers, groundwater, and ice masses.

You will also examine current fresh water supplies and their distribution on earth relative to population; current and future water crises and the compounding effects of droughts, floods, and global change; and prospects for some technological and economic approaches to easing the crisis.

Not the course for you? With 600-plus Summer Session course sections to choose from, there’s something for everyone.

Check out these courses that are offered over the summer term, which runs May 16 through August 4:

AFRO 132: African American Music

Do you like listening to hip-hop, R&B, or jazz? Survey African American music from its origins to the present with a focus on understanding details of musical performance and the ways in which music interacts with its social and political context. You’ll also examine spirituals, the blues, and soul.

• Runs: June 13 – August 4, 2022
• Satisfies a campus general education requirement: Yes
• Open to non-degree students: No

ANTH 180: The Archaeology of Death

Take a cross-cultural look at the celebration of death across time and space. Examines the anthropological and archaeological literature on death, particularly in terms of death ritual and burial practices. Students study popular films on death in different cultures.

• Runs: June 13 – August 4, 2022
• Satisfies a campus general education requirement: Yes
• Open to non-degree students: No

ARTJ 209: CHADO (The Way of Tea)

Explore the Japanese Tea Ceremony and its relevance to everyday life. During the course, you will acquire a better understanding of Japanese culture and a new appreciation of your own culture through the study of the Tea Ceremony and the Zen worldview that informs it.

• Runs: June 13 – August 4, 2022
• Satisfies a campus general education requirement: Yes
• Open to non-degree students: No

SPED 117: The Culture of Disability

Examine the disabilities on an individual across the lifespan and the unique culture that is created by having a disability. The historical basis for the disability movement and special education will be addressed, including legislation and litigation that has had a significant impact on the field. You’ll also learn about the characteristics of individuals with diverse abilities as well as current trends in educational services.

• Runs: June 13 – August 4, 2022
• Satisfies a campus general education requirement: Yes
• Open to non-degree students: No

PSYC 313 and NEUR 313: Drugs, Brain, and Behavior

Drugs are ubiquitous in our society, whether used for medicinal or recreational purposes. We may be led to believe that chemical substances can be the cure for all that ails us, or the source of our demise. In this course, we cut through the noise by introducing key concepts that are critical for understanding how drugs can impact behavior: where drugs come from, how they get into the brain, what they do once they are there, and how drug action can lead to complex behavioral responses.

• Runs: June 13 – August 4, 2022
• Satisfies a campus general education requirement: No
• Open to non-degree students: Yes

BTW 250: Principles of Business Communication

Learn how to apply the principles of successful professional communication to workplace writing tasks. You will practice editing and supervising the writing of others. Assignments replicate typical business cases and situations, including a report that requires students to compile and interpret research.

• Runs: June 13 – August 4, 2022
• Satisfies a campus general education requirement: Yes
• Open to non-degree students: No

PS 305: The US Supreme Court

On April 7, a bipartisan group of Senators confirmed the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the US Supreme Court, making her the first black woman to serve on the highest court in the land. In this course, you’ll examine how the modern Supreme Court resolves major issues in American constitutional politics.

• Runs: June 13 – August 4, 2022
• Satisfies a campus general education requirement: No
• Open to non-degree students: Yes

AAS 275 and GWS 275: The Politics of Fashion

Clothing is a medium for fashioning identities from commodities, and it is hardly surprising that political and social tensions are embodied in its fabrications.

In this course, you’ll examine the inseparable links between fashion and cultures, aesthetics, and politics, as demonstrated in debates about Muslim practices of veiling; the role of clothing in colonialism’s "civilizing" mission; immigrant and "third world" sweatshop labor; fashion policing and subcultural style; and the fashion and modeling industries.

• Runs: June 13 – August 4, 2022
• Satisfies a campus general education requirement: No
• Open to non-degree students: No

CPSC 413: Ag, Food, and the Environment

In this advanced course, you’ll examine the complex interactions of food production resulting from different agricultural systems and the environment. Students develop an appreciation of the intricacies of producing food for a growing world population while minimizing the impact on the natural environment and come to understand the implementation of new technology and strategies for future food production.

• Runs: June 13 – August 4, 2022
• Satisfies a campus general education requirement: No
• Open to non-degree students: No

MACS 356 and GWS 356: Sex & Gender in Popular Media

Has the mass media influenced our ideas on gender and if so, in what ways and to what extent? In this course, you’ll consider different forms of feminist theory applied to the study of mass media, the history and scholarly criticisms of the media and their portrayal of women, and feminist attempts to create alternatives to mainstream media images. Throughout, you’ll considers representation of minorities in the dominant media and examine newly created alternative representations.

• Runs: June 13 – August 4, 2022
• Satisfies a campus general education requirement: Yes
• Open to non-degree students: No

UP 136: Urban Sustainability

Looking to help build a more sustainable future? This course will give you a basic understanding of how to make cities more sustainable by connecting how and where we live to environmental issues. Emphasis on green infrastructure and urban systems, vulnerability and resilience, green design and construction methods, energy production and consumption, and water conservation.

• Runs: June 13 – August 4, 2022
• Satisfies a campus general education requirement: Yes
• Open to non-degree students: No

Check out more courses in this blog post or the full Summer Session course list, and register for a 4-, 8-, or 12-week course. Open registration begins in conjunction with Fall 2022 registration on April 21.

For more information, visit the Summer Session site.

One course could make all the difference!