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Winter 2013

Seminar in the Humanities
History and Hope
Professor Charles Mabee, Religious Studies Program
Thursday, 6:30-9:50 PM

Seminar in the Sciences
Metals and Man
Emeritus Professor, Gottfried Brieger, Department of Chemistry
Monday, 6:30-9:50 PM
  • Literature and Language Electives
LBS 511 - Special Topic:  Personal Essay and Memoir
Professor Linda McCloskey, Department of English
Tuesday, 6:00-9:20 PM

LBS 511 - Special Topic:  Ethical Issues in the Media
Professor Garry Gilbert, Department of Communication & Journalism
Tuesday/Thursday, 1:00-2:47 PM
  • Humanities Electives
LBS 512 - Special Topic:  Modern Art 1900-1945
Professor Tamara Jhashi, Department of Art and Art History
Tuesday/Thursday, 10:00-11:47 AM

LBS 512 - Special Topic:  Native America to 1840
Professor G. Milne, Department of History
Monday/Wednesday/Friday, 2:40-3:47 PM
  • Social Science Electives
LBS 513 - Special Topic:  Culture and Society thru Film
Professor Tara Deubel, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work and Criminal Justice
Tuesday 5:30-8:50 PM

LBS 513 - Special Topic:  European Political System
Professor Paul Kubicek, Department of Political Science
Tuesday/Thursday, 3:00-4:47 PM

LBS 513 - Special Topic:  Small Groups
Professor H. Sanders, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work and Criminal Justice
Wednesday, 6:30-9:50 PM

LBS 513 - Special Topic:  Women and Crime
Professor A. Burgess-Proctor, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work and Criminal Justice
Tuesday/Thursday, 10:00-11:47 AM
  • Science Elective
LBS 514 - Special Topic:  African Environmental History
Professor Getnet Bekele, Department of History
Thursday, 6:30-9:50 PM


LBS 590 - Independent Study
Professor Christopher Clason, Director, MALS

LBS 600 - Master's Project
Professor Christopher Clason, Director, MALS


Summer 2013


May 6 - June 26, 2013
  • Humanties Electives
LBS 512 - Special Topic:  Germany Since 1740
Professor Derek Hastings, Department of History
Tuesday/Thursday, 6:30 - 9:50 PM

LBS 512 - Special Topic:  Cold War America 1945-1990
Professor Daniel Clark, Department of History
Monday/Wednesday, 5:30-8:50 PM

LBS 512 - Special Topic:  Phil International Relations:  Law/War/Peace
Professor Mark Rigstad, Department of Philosophy
Tuesday/Thursday, 6:30-9:50 PM

LBS 512 - Special Topic:  US Colonial History
Professor G. Milne, Department of History
Monday/Wednesday/Thursday, 12 Noon - 2:05 PM
  • Social Sciences Electives
LBS 513 - Special Topic:  Death and Dying
Professor S. Brandimarte, Department of Sociology and Anthropolocy
Monday/Wednesday, 5:30-9:50 PM

LBS 513 - Special Topic:  The Family
Professor C. Schellenbach, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Monday/Wednesday/Friday, 12 Noon - 2:05 PM

LBS 513 - Special Topic:  Urban Sociology

Professor D. Roberts, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Tuesday/Thursday, 8:30 - 11:50 AM
  • Science Elective
LBS 514 - Special Topic:  Organic Farming in Urban Setting
Professor Fay Hansen, Department of Biological Sciences
Tuesday/Thursday, 8:00-9:59AM

July 1 - August 21, 2013
  • Humanities Electives
LBS 512 - Special Topic:  Modern Middle East
Professor Weldon Matthews, Department of History
Monday/Wednesday/Thursday, 12 Noon - 2:05 PM

LBS 512 - Special Topic:  American Foreign Relations - 20th Century
Professor Karen Miller, Department of History
Monday/Wednesday/Friday, 9:45 - 11:40 AM
  • Social Sciences Electives
LBS 513 - Special Topic:  Politics through Film
Professor J. Piskulich, Department of Political Science
Tuesday/Thursday, 6:30-9:50 PM

LBS 513 - Special Topic:  Revolutions and Intervention
Professor Alan Epstein, Department of Political Science
Tuesday/Thursday, 6:30-9:50 PM
  • Science Elective
LBS 514 - Special Topic:  Permaculture - Theory and Practice
Profesor Fay Hansen, Department of Biological Sciences
Saturday, 8:00 AM - 2:30 PM



Fall 2013



LBS 500 - Colloqiuim:  Romanticism - Eternal Return
Professor Christopher Clason, Director, MALS
Monday, 6:30-9:50 PM

Seminar in Languages and Literatures
The Writer in Nature - To Wander and Wonder
Professor Linda McClosky, Department of English
Thursday, 6:00-9:20 PM
Humanities Electives









LBS 590 - Independent Study
Professor Christopher Clason, Director, MALS

LBS 600 - Master's Project
Professor Christopher Clason, Director, MALS



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