Sample Syllabi

• #BlackTwitter and Black Digital Culture (Media Studies)
• Colonial Spanish America (Spanish)
• Connecting Lives Through Literature (Russian)
• A Cultural History of U.S. Music in the 20th Century (Music)
• Critical Reading, Writing and Reasoning, Section 2 (Transition Program)
• Directing 1 (Drama)
• Elementary Chinese (East Asian Languages, Literatures and Cultures)
• Japanese for Professionals (East Asian Languages, Literatures and Cultures)
• Jihad in Islamic Tradition (Religious Studies)
• Religion in 20th-century American Life (Religious Studies)
• Remix Culture (Media Studies)
• Second Language Acquisition (Spanish)
• A Semester of Mindful Living in Chinese (Chinese)
• Sensing the Sacred: Sensory Perception and Religious Imagination (Religious Studies)
• Songwriting (Music)
• Spiritual Journeys in Young Adult Fiction (Comparative Literature)
• Strategies for Academic Achievement (Transition Program)
• Teaching Foreign Languages (Spanish, Italian, & Portuguese)
• Text, Image, Culture (French)
• The Arts & Public Policy (Arts Administration)
• The Phenomenon of Oprah’s Book Club (English)
• The Practice of Everyday Life (Transition Program)

• Deviant Marketing
• Marketing Intelligence

• Academy for Teachers of Struggling Readers (Education)
• College Student Development (Leadership, Foundations, & Policy)
• Contemporary Health Issues (Kinesiology)
• Issues Facing Adolescent Girls (Human Services)
• Merit, Privilege and Higher Education (Leadership, Foundations, & Policy)
• Multicultural Education (Leadership, Foundations, & Policy)
• Research in Counseling (Human Services, Counselor Education Program)
• Teaching Secondary English, II (Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education)

• Algorithm Development (Computer Science)
• Biomaterials (Biomedical Engineering)
• Biotransport (Biomedical Engineering)
• Chemical Thermodynamics and Staged Unit Operations (Chemical Engineering)
• Continuum Mechanics with Applications (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering)
• Digital Signal Processing (Engineering)
• Engineering Society? (Engineering)
• Introduction to Environmental Engineering (Civil & Environmental Engineering)
• Introduction to the Science and Engineering of Materials (Materials Science)
• Polymer Chemistry and Engineering (Chemical Engineering)

• Falling from Infinity (Interdisciplinary)
• Science of Learning (Interdisciplinary)
• Twice-told Tales (Children’s Literature)
• Via Asia (Global Perspectives)

• Contract Doctrine, Theory & Practice
• Regulatory Law and Policy

• Mindfulness & Compassion: Living Fully Personally and Professionally
• Research/Scholarship, Ethics, Advocacy, Leadership
• Therapeutic Principles of Nursing Care

• “From A Distance….” (Tutoring and Mentoring Program)

• Advanced Physical Chemistry II (Chemistry)
• An Inconvenient Truth: Climate, You, and CO2 (Environmental Science)
• Biochemistry (Biology)
• Biology of Aging (Biology)
• Biology of Nutrition and Health (Biology)
• The DNA Revolution (Biology)
• Genetics & Molecular Biology (Biology)
• Global Climate Variability (Environmental Science)
• Human Biology & Disease (Biology)
• Introductory Chemistry for Non-majors (Chemistry)
• Mechanical Physics (Physics)
• Nanoscale Imaging of Chemical and Biological Systems (Chemistry)
• Neural Development Lab: From Stem Cells to Neural Circuitry (Biology)
• Observational Astronomy (Astronomy)
• Organic Chemistry I (Chemistry)
• Origins of Almost Everything (Astronomy)
• Quantum Mechanics II (Physics)
• Science and Controversy in Astronomy (Astronomy)
• Statistical Mechanics (Physics)

• Anthropology of Outer Space (Anthropology)
• Black Fire: The Struggle for Social Justice and Racial Equality at the University of Virginia, 1969-1995 (History)
• Child Psychology (Psychology)
• Criminal Minds: The Science of Forensic Psychology (Psychology)
• Democratic Peace Theory and the Importance of Social Scientific Analysis (Or, How to Become An Expert Bull-Sh$t Detector) (Sociology)
• Desperate Times, Equal Measures? Equality and Difference in Politics (Politics)
• Designing and Conducting Research with Children (Psychology)
• Global Humanitarian Crises: Dilemmas, Leadership, Action (Public Policy)
• Politics of American Citizenship (Politics)
• Value and Bias in Public Policy (Public Policy)

This Learning Scientists post explains why diagrams and other visuals are helpful in organizing information and supporting student learning.

• Comics and Culture (Humanities)
• US History II (History)