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2015-2016 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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LAT 223 - Cicero
Instructor
Neumann
Introduction to the life and work of Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BCE), senior statesman of the Roman Republic, and the various prose genres in which Cicero wrote: speeches, rhetorical and philosophical works, and letters.
Prerequisites & Notes
Students who have taken a LAT course beyond 201 should enroll in this course as LAT 323.
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LAT 224 - Pastoral Poetry
Instructor
Staff
Pastoral Poetry and its reinvention by Roman poets of the Augustan Age and beyond. Selections from Vergil, Tibullus, Propertius, and Calpurnius Siculus.
Prerequisites & Notes
Students who have taken a LAT course beyond 201 should enroll in this course as LAT 324.
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LAT 226 - Latin Inscriptions
Instructor
Totten
This course introduces students to the study of Latin inscriptions, with particular attention given to developing the ability to read and place in their cultural and historical context various types of inscriptions, such as epitaphs, laws, poems, and brickstamps.
Satisfies Historical Thought distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
Students who have taken a LAT course beyond 201 should enroll in this course as LAT 326.
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LAT 228 - Roman Tragedy: Seneca
Instructor
Cheshire
A close reading in Latin of a Senecan tragedy in light of current scholarship and the rest of his tragic corpus.
Prerequisites & Notes
Students who have taken a LAT course beyond 201 should enroll in this course as LAT 328.
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LAT 234 - Latin Philosophical Poetry
Instructor
Neumann
An examination of Roman verse responses to Hellenistic philosophy, principally Lucretius and Horace.
Satisfies the Literary Studies, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
Students who have taken a LAT course beyond 201 should enroll in this course as LAT 334. (Spring)
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LAT 241 - Civil Wars
Instructor
Totten
This course investigates narratives of civil war in the Roman world, with a focus on the conflict between Caesar and Pompey. We will study the contemporary sources (Caesar’s writings and Cicero’s Letters), as well as how this war was remembered in Lucan’s Bellum Civile.
Satisfies Literary Studies, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
Students who have taken a LAT course beyond 201 should enroll in this course as LAT 241. Students at all levels welcome.
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LAT 266 - Latin Philosophical Writing: The Summum Bonum
Instructor
Neumann
This course explores how to live well from the perspective of representative Roman writers. Cicero and Seneca will provide the Stoic viewpoint, countered later in the course by Lucretius and Horace.
Satisfies Philosophical and Religious Perspectives.
Prerequisites & Notes
Students who have taken a LAT course beyond 201 should enroll in this course as LAT 366.
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LAT 277 - Christian Latin Writers
Instructor
Foley
Readings and research on selected Christian Latin authors from 200-600, including Tertullian, Cyprian, Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine, and Gregory the Great.
Prerequisites & Notes
Students who have taken a LAT course beyond 201 should enroll in this course as LAT 377.
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LAT 399 - Independent Study in Latin
Readings and research on Latin texts, under the direction and supervision of a faculty member who reviews and approves the topic(s) and evaluates the student’s work.
Prerequisites & Notes
Latin 201 and permission of the instructor.
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LAT 499 - Senior Thesis
Writing of a thesis under the supervision of an appropriate professor. Oral defense before the entire classics faculty required. Admission by unanimous consent of the Department of Classics.
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LIT 432 - Theory and Practice of Literary Translation (Seminar)
Instructors
Cheshire, Denham, Ewington, Fache, Kietrys
This seminar addresses theoretical and practical aspects of literary translation, underscoring translation as both a distinctive form of creative writing and a demonstration of cross-cultural and linguistic competencies. Coursework includes regular literary translation, theoretical and historical readings, peer review, and a substantial final project and writing portfolio. The course explores translation across languages and cultures, but also issues of genre, adaptation, register, period, colonial and post-colonial literary and cultural relations, canonicity and innovation, for example.
Prerequisites & Notes
Intermediate competence (one course beyond 201) in at least one language besides English and prior satisfaction of the Literature distribution requirement.
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MAT 108 - Exploring Mathematical Ideas
Instructor
Staff
Survey of abstract mathematical ideas that deepen understanding of patterns from mathematics, art, and the physical world. Topics may include the nature of number, infinity, dimension, symmetries, alternate geometries, topology, chaos, fractals, probability and social choice. While techniques and concepts have much in common with advanced theoretical mathematics, little background is assumed and the course is not practical preparation for later courses in mathematics. The course title is occasionally changed to reflect a special emphasis.
Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies the Mathematical and Quantitative Thought distribution requirement.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies the Natural Science and Mathematics distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
Not open to students with credit for, or enrolled in, Mathematics 220, 230, or 255.
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MAT 110 - Finite Mathematics
Instructor
Staff
Mathematical techniques that have been used, productively and extensively, during the last thirty years and that do not involve the use of calculus. Probability, linear programming, matrix algebra, Markov chains, game theory, and graph theory are representative topics. Students learn to use computer software, including a spreadsheet, to solve problems.
Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies the Mathematical and Quantitative Thought distribution requirement.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies the Natural Science and Mathematics distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
Not open to students with credit for Mathematics 150, 220, or 340.
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MAT 113 - Calculus II
Instructor
Staff
An introduction to techniques and applications of integration; infinite series including convergence tests and Taylor series; calculus on parametric and polar curves; and concepts in 3-space including vectors, lines, planes, and vector-valued functions. Satisfies a major requirement in Mathematics.
Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies the Mathematical and Quantitative Thought distribution requirement.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies the Natural Science and Mathematics distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
Mathematics 111 or 112 or one year of high school calculus.
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MAT 220 - Discrete Structures (= CSC 220)
Instructor
Staff
An introduction to proof techniques with a focus on relevant computer science topics. Topics include: discrete probability, fundamental proof techniques, boolean logic, sequences and summations, set theory, algorithm analysis, recursion, mathematical induction, recurrence relations, an introduction to number theory, combinatorics, and graph theory.
Students may not receive credit for both Mathematics 230 and offerings of Mathematics 220 in Fall 2015 or later.
Not eligible for students with credit in MAT 230.
Replacement for MAT 220 (Combinatorics and Graph Theory)
Satisfies a major requirement in Mathematics
Satisfies a minor requirement in Mathematics
Satisfies a minor requirement in Computer Science
Satisfies a distribution requirement in Mathematical and Quantitative Thought
Prerequisites & Notes
MAT 113
Prerequisite or co-requisite: the ability to program in a high-level language like Python, C++, or Java at the level expected in CSC 121 or an equivalent course. (Fall)
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MAT 315 - Numerical Analysis (= CSC 315)
Instructor
Staff
Survey of methods to approximate numerical solutions of problems in root-finding, differentiation, integration, curve-fitting, differential equations, and systems of equations. Derivations, limitations, and efficiency of different algorithms are considered.
Prerequisites & Notes
Mathematics 150 and Mathematics 235, and proficiency in some programming language. (Spring)
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MAT 325 - Graph Theory
A rigorous introduction to graph theory including the study of trees, connectivity, graph distances, adjacency matrices, Euler tours, Hamiltonian cycles, matchings, graph colorings, planarity, Euler characteristic, directed graphs, network flows, algorithms and extremal problems. The prerequisite is one of the following: MAT/CSC 220, MAT 230, MAT 255
Satisfies a major requirement in Mathematics
Satisfies a minor requirement in Computer Science
Satisfies a distribution requirement in Mathematical and Quantitative Thought
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MAT 325 - Graph Theory
A rigorous introduction to graph theory including the study of trees, connectivity, graph distances, adjacency matrices, Euler tours, Hamiltonian cycles, matchings, graph colorings, planarity, Euler characteristic, directed graphs, network flows, algorithms and extremal problems.
Prerequisites & Notes
The prerequisite is one of the following: MAT/CSC 220, MAT 230, MAT 255
Satisfies a major requirement in Mathematics
Satisfies a minor requirement in Mathematics
II. New Distribution Requirement
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MAT 330 - Real Analysis I
Instructor
Staff
The theory of functions of a real variable. Topics include properties of the real numbers, sequences and series, continuity, differentiation, the Riemann integral, and sequences of functions.
Prerequisites & Notes
Mathematics 113 and one of Mathematics 220, 230, or 255. (Fall)
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MAT 331 - Complex Analysis
Instructor
Staff
The algebra and geometry of complex numbers, sequences and series of complex numbers, derivatives, and integrals of functions of a complex variable. The Cauchy-Goursat Theorem, the Cauchy Integral Formula and its consequences, Taylor series, classification of singularities, the Residue Theorem, Laurent series, harmonic functions, conformal mappings, and, if time permits, miscellaneous applications.
Prerequisites & Notes
Mathematics 160 and one of Mathematics 220, 230, or 255. (Spring)
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MAT 340 - Probability
Instructor
Staff
A study of probability theory relative to both discrete and continuous probability laws. Topics include independence and dependence, mean, variance and expectation, random variables, jointly distributed probability laws, Chebysheff’s Inequality and a version of the Central Limit Theorem. Applications of probability theory are approached through a variety of idealized problems.
Prerequisites & Notes
Mathematics 140 or 160. (Fall)
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MAT 341 - Mathematical Statistics
Instructor
Staff
A mathematical approach to statistical theory. Includes a study of distribution theory, important properties of estimators, interval estimation and hypothesis testing, regression and correlation, and selected topics from non-parametric statistics.
Prerequisites & Notes
Mathematics 340. (Spring)
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MAT 355 - Abstract Algebra I
Instructor
Staff
An introduction to the theory of groups, rings and fields. Topics include normal subgroups, quotient groups, homomorphisms, Cayley’s theorem, permutation groups, ideals, the field of quotients of an integral domain, and polynomial rings.
Prerequisites & Notes
Mathematics 150 and one of Mathematics 220, 230, or 255. (Fall)
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MAT 360 - Topology
Instructor
Staff
An introduction to metric and topological spaces. Topics include concepts of completeness, compactness, connectedness, fixed point theorems, knot theory, and classification of surfaces.
Prerequisites & Notes
One of Mathematics 220, 230, or 255. (Offered Spring of even-numbered years.)
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MAT 365 - Geometry
Instructor
Staff
A rigorous treatment of Euclidean geometry and an introduction to hyperbolic geometry. Neutral geometry is developed synthetically via a modified version of Hilbert’s axioms. The Poincare and Beltrami-Klein models are used to establish the relative consistency of hyperbolic geometry.
Prerequisites & Notes
One of Mathematics 220, 230, or 255. (Fall)
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MAT 380 - Seminar in Problem Solving and History of Mathematics
Instructor
Staff
A seminar in the history of mathematics with an emphasis on problem solving techniques available during different historical periods. The chronological development of mathematics is studied from ancient Egypt and Babylon to the Renaissance, with occasional non-chronological forays into modern mathematics.
Prerequisites & Notes
One of Mathematics 220, 230, 255 or permission of the instructor. (Fall)
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MAT 395 - Independent Study
Instructor
Staff
Independent study under the direction and supervision of a faculty member who reviews and approves the topic(s) of the independent study and who determines the basis for the evaluation of students’ work.
Prerequisites & Notes
Open to qualified students with the permission of the department chair. Eligible for major credit by departmental approval.
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MAT 396 - Independent Study
Instructor
Staff
Independent study under the direction and supervision of a faculty member who reviews and approves the topic(s) of the independent study and who determines the basis for the evaluation of students’ work.
Prerequisites & Notes
Open to qualified students with the permission of the department chair. Eligible for major credit by departmental approval.
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MAT 430 - Real Analysis II
Instructor
Staff
Further development of the theory of real functions, including such topics as functions of several variables, metric spaces, function spaces, Riemann-Stieltjes integrals, and Lebesgue measure.
Prerequisites & Notes
Mathematics 160 and 330. (Offered Spring of even-numbered years.)
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MAT 437 - Dynamical Systems
Instructor
Staff
A study of the iteration of systems, typically arising from physical or biological models, and the resulting long term behavior. Periodic and chaotic dynamics as well as fractal graphics will be investigated.
Prerequisites & Notes
Mathematics 150 and 330 or permission of the instructor. (Offered Spring of odd numbered years.)
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MAT 450 - Advanced Linear Algebra
Instructor
Staff
A further study of vector spaces, dual spaces, inner product spaces, modules, linear transformations, characteristic roots, matrices, canonical forms, trace, transpose, determinants, normal transformations, and quadratic forms.
Prerequisites & Notes
Mathematics 355 or permission of the instructor. (Offered Spring of odd-numbered years.)
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MAT 455 - Abstract Algebra II
Instructor
Staff
A continuation of Mathematics 355, including additional topics in group theory and ring theory, extension fields, straight-edge and compass constructions, Galois Theory, and solvability by radicals.
Prerequisites & Notes
Mathematics 355. (Offered Spring of even-numbered years.)
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MAT 491 - Independent Study
Independent study
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MAT 492 - Independent Study
Independent Study
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MAT 495 - Independent Study
Instructor
Staff
Independent study under the direction and supervision of a faculty member who reviews and approves the topic(s) of the independent study and who determines the basis for the evaluation of students’ work.
Prerequisites & Notes
Open to qualified students with the permission of the department chair. Eligible for major credit by departmental approval.
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MAT 496 - Independent Study
Instructor
Staff
Independent study under the direction and supervision of a faculty member who reviews and approves the topic(s) of the independent study and who determines the basis for the evaluation of students’ work.
Prerequisites & Notes
Open to qualified students with the permission of the department chair. Eligible for major credit by departmental approval.
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MHU 120 - Introduction to Clinical Ethics
Instructor
Eijkholt
This course will introduce students to the history, evolution and current topics relevant in clinical ethics. Topics will include issues around birth, reproduction, organ donation, refusal of vaccinations and blood transfusions, experimental treatments, alternative medicine, euthanasia, physician assisted suicide, and issues around death. Students will navigate ethical principles from a theoretical perspective, such as autonomy (self-determination), beneficence, non-maleficence and justice. At the same time they will discuss these principles in practical applications through case analysis and they will examine the tension between theory and practice. The course seeks to create awareness of the health care setting as an enterprise with different stakeholders and tensions, and to develop methods and analytical reasoning skills to discuss value-based conflicts in the health care setting.
Satisfies an interdisciplinary minor requirement in Medical Humanities.
Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement.
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MHU 211 - Understanding Health, Illness and Primary Care: an Interdisciplinary Approach
Instructor
Mamoon
This course provides an in-depth study of chronic disease processes prevalent in the US and their impact on health care. Particular attention will be given to heart disease and hypertension, obesity, diabetes. We will consider disease burden, the biological basis of disease manifestation, diagnosis and treatment, psychosocial and cultural factors that impact health and wellness, and disparities in health status and access to healthcare amongst various populations in the US. By the end of the course, students will integrate their understanding of the biological and psychosocial determinants of chronic illnesses, and propose a model for an effective, equitable and sustainable healthcare system centered on primary care. The goal of the course is to provide students with the knowledge and skills they will need to be thoughtful advocates for quality healthcare for themselves, their families, and their communities. The course will be taught using a combination of case studies, discussions, group presentations and guest lectures. Case studies will employ the problem-based learning approach.
Satisfies an interdisciplinary minor requirement in Medical Humanities
Prerequisites & Notes
One introductory Biology courses (BIO 111 or Bio 112 or BIO113 or BIO 114). This course will emphasize the integration and application of some of the content taught in the prerequisite courses towards decision-making and clinical problem solving.
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MHU 232 - Introduction to Environmental Health with Community-Based Learning (=ENV 232)
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ENV 232 - Introduction to Environmental Health with Community-Based Learning (=MHU 232)
Instructors
Staff
Students will apply biological, chemical and epidemiological content to environmental health case studies and community-based learning projects. This is an introductory course designed to expose students to different scientific disciplines within the context of environmental health.
Satisfies an interdisciplinary minor requirement in Medical Humanities.
Satisfies depth or breadth course requirement in Natural Science Track of the Environmental Studies major or interdisciplinary minor.
Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies Liberal Studies distribution requirement.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies Natural Science without lab distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
ENV 232 may not be taken for credit after ENV 233.
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MHU 233 - Introduction to Environmental Health with Laboratory-Based Learning (=ENV 233)
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ENV 233 - Introduction to Environmental Health with Laboratory-Based Learning (=MHU 233)
Instructors
Staff
Students will apply biological, chemical and epidemiological content to environmental health case studies and laboratory projects. This is an introductory course designed to expose students to different scientific disciplines within the context of environmental health. ENV 233 may not be taken for credit after ENV 232.
Satisfies an interdisciplinary minor requirement in Medical Humanities.
Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies Natural Science distribution requirement.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies Science with lab distribution requirement.
Satisfies depth or breadth course requirement in Natural Science Track of the Environmental Studies major or interdisciplinary minor.
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MHU 234 - Genes. Environment and Health
Instructor
Mamoon
This course introduces students to the role of epigenetic changes - mechanisms that regulate gene expression by altering chromatin structure and function in the absence of changes in DNA base sequence - in mediating the long-term effects of early life environment and variations in social experience across the life span on human health.
Satisfies an interdisciplinary minor requirement in Medical Humanities. Satisfies an interdisciplinary major requirement in Public Health.
Prerequisites & Notes
Bio 111/113 is a prerequisite for this course as it builds on content covered in Bio 111/113.
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MHU 244 - Child Psychopathology (=EDU 234/PSY 234)
Instructor
Stutts
An overview of the psychological disorders of childhood, including their description, classification, etiology, assessment and treatment. Emphasis will be placed on the theoretical and empirical bases of these disorders, focusing on relevant research methods and findings as well as case history material.
Social-Scientific Thought distribution requirement.
Educational Studies minor credit.
Medical Humanities interdisciplinary minor credit.
Psychology Major credit (Clinical column)
Prerequisites & Notes
(Fall)
PSY 101
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MHU 251 - Health Disparities in the U.S. and Beyond (=SOC 251)
Instructor
Staff
In 2010, a male born here in Mecklenburg County could expect to live 77 years. That same year in McDowell County, West Virginia-a little over three hours from Davidson-a male baby could only expect to live 64 years. Between 1987 and 2006, AIDS mortality rates in the U.S. fell for white men and increased only slightly for white women, but tripled for black women. Why is time so unequal in America? Why are some groups burdened with higher mortality or more years lived with sickness? How do health disparities relate to other forms of inequality in the U.S.? And how do our health disparities compare to those of other nations? This course relies on peer-reviewed journal articles and an edited anthology covering major topics in social determinants of health and the production of health disparities to address these and related questions. While the emphasis will be on the U.S., we will consider the pattern of health disparities and social determinants of health in other countries.
Satisfies a major requirement in Sociology
Satisfies an interdisciplinary minor requirement in Medical Humanities
Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies Social-Scientific Thought distribution requirement
Students entering before 2012: satisfies social science distribution requirement
Prerequisites & Notes
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MHU 280 - Introduction to Global Health
Instructor
Orroth
Global health is an emerging interdisciplinary field that approaches health issues as transnational challenges requiring multi-level, community-based solutions. This course introduces its major concepts, tools, and debates. Topics include global health inequities, historical and ongoing strategies for control of communicable diseases from smallpox to HIV/AIDS, the global rise in prominence of non-communicable disease, connections between social structures and the global distribution of disease, and debates over health as a human right. Students will learn to interpret and evaluate population health indicators, interact with WHO datasets, and analyze health interventions and policies from both solutions-oriented and critical perspectives.
Prerequisites & Notes
(Fall)
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MHU 281S - Economic Analysis of Health and Access to Care (= ECO 281S)
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ECO 281S - Economic Analysis of Health and Access to Care
Instructor
Sparling
Economic perspective on differences in health outcomes and health care utilization across the categories of income, wealth, education, gender and race. Includes study of theories of time allocation, health production, health insurance and discrimination, and assessment of related empirical research and policies.
Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies Social-Scientific Thought distribution requirement.
Students entering before 2012: satisfies Social Science distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
ECO 101 or both ECO 122 and permission of the instructor. Recommended, but not required: ECO 105.
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MHU 320 - Health, Culture and Illness in East Asia
Instructor
Staff
This seminar explores the health systems of East Asia using Arthur Kleinman’s definition of a health system as the complex social system of healing supported by culture-bound understandings of health and illness, not merely the institutions that provide health services. Readings and discussion cover the major cultural and institutional characteristics of health, illness, and health care in Japan and mainland China, with more limited attention to Taiwan and South Korea. Discussion topics include the role of Chinese medicine, cultures of biomedicine, rapid demographic change, environmental/industrial diseases, and infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS. Particular attention is paid to the role of “plural” medical cultures in many East Asian contexts and how such syncretic health systems shape health practices and policies across the region.
Satisfies an interdisciplinary minor requirement in East Asian Studies.
Satisfies an interdisciplinary minor requirement in Medical Humanities.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
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MHU 354 - Advanced Seminar: Rehabilitation Psychology
Instructor
Stutts
Rehabilitation psychology addresses the conceptualization, assessment, and treatment of chronic health conditions, traumatic injuries, and disabilities. The readings with include an evidenced-based handbook on psychosocial adjustment to illness; peer-reviewed articles; and memoirs from the vantage point of the patient, caregiver, and healthcare provider. This seminar focuses on your oral and written communication skills. It also includes a practical element where we visit an inpatient physical rehabilitation hospital in Charlotte and meet a rehabilitation team (i.e., rehabilitation doctor, nurse, physical therapist, occupational therapist, and recreational therapist).
Social-Scientific Thought distribution requirement
Medical Humanities interdisciplinary minor credit
Public Health Major elective credit
Psychology Major credit (seminar)
Prerequisites & Notes
(Fall)
PSY 101
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MHU 380 - Issues in Medicine
Instructor
Staff
The purpose of Issues in Medicine is to critically evaluate the external influence of social values, culture, political climate, technological development, population characteristics, and global concerns on shaping health care systems and delivery. Implications for the patient and health care provider will be discussed. By participating in clinical rotations, students are expected to apply concepts learned in class to real world experiences.
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MHU 381 - Health Regulation and Public Policy
Instructor
Staff
Topics in health care law including: HIPPA, EMTALA, ADA, CLIA.
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MHU 387 - Health Law, Policy and Ethics
Instructor
Eijkholt
This survey course will introduce students to contemporary issues in health law, policy and ethics. Topics will address the history, evolution of legislation, policy and case law in areas of individual health care, as well as the public health law sphere.
Satisfies an interdisciplinary minor requirement in Medical Humanities
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MHU 388 - History of Medical Law
Instructor
Staff
This course examines the interrelationship between law and medicine in the United States and how physicians’ roles in the legal system have evolved through U.S. history. The course considers physicians as medical examiners, expert witnesses, defendants, and politicians; the course looks at issues or incidents in which physicians have had a large impact on the law.
Prerequisites & Notes
Satisfies a requirement for the Medical Humanities Concentration.
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MHU 389 - Neuroethics
Instructor
Eijkholt
Neuroethics is a young and multidisciplinary field of inquiry. It has developed at a time that neuroscience is making significant discoveries and developments at a rapid pace. New drugs and treatments for mental and neurological disorders appear on the horizon every day. As new types of interventions are being translated from bench to bedside, the public’s awareness of ethical issues surrounding neuroscientific developments has been growing. Neuroscience brings hypes and hopes, and neuroethics reflects on these. Neuroethics asks questions about: What can and should be done with the developments in neuroscience? Is neuroscience moving too fast? Topics for inquiry include addiction, deep brain stimulation, free will, enhancement and consciousness.
Satisfies an interdisciplinary minor requirement in Medical Humanities
Satisfies an interdisciplinary minor requirement in Neuroscience
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MHU 391 - Research Ethics
Instructor
Staff
This course provides students with a comprehensive overview of the responsible conduct of research. Students will learn the conventions for appropriate animal and human research. They will also develop critical thinking and moral reasoning skills to resolve situations that may arise during the course of research. The course will address the following topics: historical and social context of science; government oversight and regulation of research; guidelines for research involving animals; and guidelines for research involving human subjects. Special consideration will be given to topics in which moral dilemmas in research are more likely to occur, including conflicts of interest, informed consent, confidentiality, data ownership and intellectual property, disclosure, and dissemination of results.
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MHU 392 - Introduction to Epidemiology
Instructor
Orroth
Epidemiology is the systematic and rigorous study of health and disease in a population. According to the Institute of Medicine, epidemiology is the basic science of public health. The purpose of this course is to introduce students to core concepts in epidemiology, including history, philosophy, and uses of epidemiology; descriptive epidemiology, such as patterns of disease and injury; association and causation of disease, including concepts of inference, bias, and confounding; analytical epidemiology, including experimental and non-experimental design; and applications to basic and clinical science and policy. The course is designed to require problem-based learning of epidemiological concepts and methods, so that students can use epidemiology as a scientific tool for addressing the health needs of the community.
Students entering 2012 and after: satisfies the Social-Scientific Thought distribution requirement.
Medical Humanities interdisciplinary minor credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
(Spring)
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MHU 393 - Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Instructor
Orroth
The objective of this course is to introduce students to the epidemiology of infectious diseases. The emphasis of the course will be on the common factors that unite infectious diseases, using particular diseases as examples to illustrate the epidemiologic principles and methods to study infectious diseases. The goal is to introduce students to analytical approaches used to study infectious disease transmission in a population. After reviewing basic epidemiology and microbiology, the course will cover specific issues relating to infectious diseases. These include the natural history of infectious diseases, detection and analysis of outbreaks, surveillance, measuring infectivity, seroepidemiology, vaccines, mathematical models for epidemics, and the study of contact patterns.
Satisfies Medical Humanities interdisciplinary minor requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes
CIS/MHU 392 Introduction to Epidemiology
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MHU 397 - Future of American Health Care
Instructor
Staff
This course reviews the origins and concepts of primary care medicine in America in its present state and proposes models which might better serve a majority of the basic health care needs of America’s population in the new millennium. By the end of the course, students are expected to be creative in articulating a workable primary care system for the next century.
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MHU 470 - Global Health Ethics
Instructor
Staff
Global health ethics seeks to understand values and principles which guide medical and public health practice throughout the world. Particular attention will be given to health inequalities and how medicine and public health may work to resolve these problems. Students will apply ethical frameworks to identify and clarify the dilemmas posed intra- and internationally related to the study, prevention, and treatment of disease. Ultimately, students will be able to analyze various courses of actions and their consequences and propose pragmatic and value-driven solutions to current global health concerns.
Students entering after 2012: does not satisfy a distribution requirement.
Medical Humanities interdisciplinary minor credit.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of the instructor required.
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MIL Labs - Leadership Labs
Instructor
Major Patrick Walker
All cadets attend leadership lab. Time and place for leadership labs are at the discretion of the Professor of Military Science. Leadership labs are normally scheduled for one 8-hour Friday lab per month. Third and fourth year cadets participate in leadership labs with basic course cadets, as well as occasional advanced course focused labs as determined by the Professor of Military Science. Leadership Labs reinforce classroom instruction and are focused as follows:
MIL 101/2L - BASIC LEADERSHIP LAB. Students learn the basic fundamentals of being a member of a team. This is taught through multiple venues including drill and ceremony, land navigation, weapons familiarization, basic rifle marksmanship, medical tasks, individual movement techniques, engaging targets, introduction to the orders process, understanding Army acronyms, hand and arm signals, and radio protocol procedures. Freshmen learn basic leadership skills and master the fundamentals of being a follower.
MIL 201/2L - INTERMEDIATE LEADERSHIP LAB. Students become proficient in the basic fundamentals and are introduced to leading a small team. This is taught through multiple venues including leading drill and ceremony, advanced land navigation, building terrain models, advanced rifle marksmanship, advanced medical skills, movement formations, movement techniques, special teams, writing operations orders, situation reporting, call for fire, and introduction to battle drills. Sophomores focus on mentoring freshmen and serve as team leaders.
MIL 301L - ADAPTIVE TACTICAL LEADERSHIP LAB. Challenging scenarios related to small-unit tactical operations are used to develop self-awareness and critical thinking skills. The cadet will receive systematic and specific feedback on leadership abilities. Cadets at this level serve as the Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Corps of the ROTC Battalion; they plan, rehearse, and lead basic course cadets through the program of instruction. Juniors are the executors of the battalion.
MIL 302L - LEADERSHIP IN CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS LAB. Specific instruction is given in individual leader development, planning and execution of small-unit operations, individual and team development, and the Army as a career choice. Prepares cadets for the mandatory 32-day Leadership Development and Assessment Course (LDAC) at Fort Knox, KY during the summer between their junior and senior academic years.
MIL 401L - DEVELOPING ADAPTIVE LEADERS LAB. Cadets will lead cadets at lower levels. Leadership experiences are designed to prepare them for their first military unit of assignment. Identify responsibilities of key staff members, coordinate staff roles amongst twelve separate universities and colleges that make up the ROTC battalion, and use battalion field/garrison situations to teach, train, and develop subordinates. Seniors are the battalion’s staff, primary supervisors and planners, preparing to transition to Second Lieutenants.
MIL 402L - LEADERSHIP IN A COMPLEX WORLD LAB. A continuation of responsibilities listed in MIL 401L. The leadership lab uses case studies, scenarios, and tactical vignettes to prepare cadets to face the complex ethical and practical demands of leading as a commissioned officer in the United States Army.
Prerequisites & Notes
There is no military obligation incurred by taking MIL 101L, 102L, 201L or 202L. Open to all Davidson students.
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MIL 101 - Leadership and Personal Development
Instructor
Major Patrick Walker, Sergeant First Class Matt Ruopp
Introduces students to the personal challenges and competencies that are critical for effective leadership. Students learn how the personal development of life skills such as cultural understanding, goal setting, time management, mental/physical resiliency, and stress management relate to leadership, officership, and the Army profession. Includes instruction in map reading, land navigation, and customs and courtesies of the Army.
Prerequisites & Notes
Participation in leadership lab is required. There is no military obligation to take this course, open to all Davidson students. (Fall)
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MIL 102 - Introduction to Leadership
Instructor
Major Patrick Walker, Sergeant First Class Matt Ruopp
Overview of leadership fundamentals such as setting direction, problem-solving, listening, presenting briefs, providing feedback, and using effective writing skills. Students explore dimensions of leadership attributes and core leader competencies in the context of practical, hands-on, and interactive exercises. Includes instruction in basic tactics.
Prerequisites & Notes
Participation in leadership lab is required. There is no military obligation to take this course, open to all Davidson students. (Spring)
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MIL 201 - Innovative Team Leadership
Instructor
Major Patrick Walker
Explores the dimensions of creative and innovative tactical leadership strategies and styles by examining team dynamics and historical leadership theories that form the basis of the Army leadership framework. Students practice aspects of personal motivation and team building in the context of planning, executing, and assessing team exercises and participating in leadership labs. Includes instruction in troop leading procedures, tactical movement, battle drills, and offensive and defensive operations.
Prerequisites & Notes
MIL 101, which can be taken concurrently. MIL 201 is currently only offered at UNC Charlotte. Participation in leadership lab is required. There is no military obligation to take this course, open to all Davidson students. (Fall)
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MIL 202 - Foundations of Tactical Leadership
Instructor
Major Patrick Walker
Examines the challenges of leading teams in the complex operational environment. The course highlights dimensions of terrain analysis, patrolling, route planning, defensive operations, navigational methods, and operations orders. Further study of the Army Leadership Requirements Model explores the dynamics of adaptive leadership in the context of military operations.
Prerequisites & Notes
MIL 102, which may be taken concurrently. MIL 202 is currently only offered at UNC Charlotte. Participation in leadership lab is required. There is no military obligation to take this course. Open to all Davidson students. (Spring)
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MIL 301 - Adaptive Tactical Leadership
Instructors
Major Patrick Walker
Academically challenging course in which cadets study, practice, and apply the fundamentals of Army leadership, Officership, Army values and ethics, personal development, and small unit tactics at the squad level. At the conclusion of this course, you will be capable of planning, coordinating, navigating, motivating, and leading a 9-person squad in the execution of a tactical mission during a classroom practical exercise, a leadership lab, or during a situational training exercise (STX) in a field environment. Successful completion of this course will help prepare you for success at the ROTC Leader Development and Assessment Course (LDAC), which you will attend next summer at Ft Knox, KY. You will receive systematic and specific feedback on your leader attributes, values, and core leader competencies from your instructor, other ROTC cadre, and MSIV Cadets who will evaluate you using the ROTC leader development program (LDP) model. Includes instruction in squad operations, problem solving, and combat orders.
Prerequisites & Notes
Completion of Basic Course requirements. MIL 301 is currently only offered at UNC-Charlotte. Participation in leadership lab is required. (Fall)
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MIL 302 - Leadership in Changing Environments
Instructors
Major Patrick Walker
A continuation of MIL 301 in which cadets study, practice, and apply the fundamentals of Army leadership, Officership, Army values and ethics, personal development, and small unit tactics at the patrol/platoon level. At the conclusion of this course, you will be capable of planning, coordinating, navigating, motivating, and leading a 24-person patrol in the execution of a tactical mission during a classroom practical exercise, a leadership lab, or during a situational training exercise (STX) in a field environment. Successful completion of this course will help prepare you for success at the ROTC Leader Development and Assessment Course (LDAC), which you will attend next summer at Joint Base Lewis-McCord, WA. You will receive systematic and specific feedback on your leader attributes, values, and core leader competencies from your instructor, other ROTC cadre, and MSIV Cadets who will evaluate you using the ROTC leader development program (LDP) model. Includes instruction in platoon operations, stability and support operations, and garrison orders.
Prerequisites & Notes
MIL 301 or consent of the Professor of Military Science. MIL 302 is currently only offered at UNC-Charlotte. Participation in leadership lab is required. (Spring)
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MIL 401 - Developing Adaptive Leaders
Instructor
Lieutenant Colonel Jared Sloan / Major Patrick Walker
Transitions the focus of student learning from being trained, mentored, and evaluated as an MSIII Cadet to learning how to train, mentor, and evaluate underclass Cadets. MSIV Cadets learn the duties and responsibilities of an Army staff officer and apply the military decision-making process, Army writing style, Army’s training management, and mission essential task list (METL) processes during weekly training meetings to plan, execute, and assess battalion training events. Cadets learn to safely conduct training by understanding and employing the composite risk management process. Cadets learn how to use the comprehensive soldier fitness (CSF) program to reduce and manage stress. Includes instruction in code of conduct, rules of engagement, counseling, and evaluations.
Prerequisites & Notes
MIL 301 and 302. MIL 401 is currently only offered at UNC-Charlotte. Participation in leadership lab is required. Mandatory for all senior ROTC students. (Fall)
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MIL 402 - Leadership in a Complex World
Instructor
Lieutenant Colonel Jared Sloan / Major Patrick Walker
Explores the dynamics of leading in the complex situations of current military operations in the full spectrum operations (FSO). Cadets examine differences in customs and courtesies, military law, principles of war, and rules of engagement in the face of international terrorism. They also explore aspects of interacting with non-government organizations, civilians on the battlefield, and host nation support. Includes instruction in Army organization and modularity, the platoon command team, a battle analysis, and counterinsurgency operations.
Prerequisites & Notes
MIL 401. MIL 402 is currently only offered at UNC-Charlotte. Participation in leadership lab is required. Mandatory for all senior ROTC students. (Spring)
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MUS 8 - After Hours
Instructor
Gilliam
A select student-led vocal jazz ensemble between eight and sixteen members drawn from the Davidson College Chorale in the Music Department.
In collaboration with the director for choral activities, students who participate in After Hours are provided opportunities in service through semester concerts, campus and off-campus performing opportunities, and leadership through rehearsal direction, sectional instruction, ensemble administration, event planning, rehearsal accompanying, rehearsal conducting, and composition.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of director required.
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MUS 9 - Collegium Musicum
Instructor
Gilliam
A select student-led ensemble between eight and sixteen members drawn from the Davidson College Chorale in the Music Department. Collegium specializes in (but is not limited to) music of the late Middle Ages and Renaissance.
In collaboration with the director of choral activities, students who participate in Collegium Musicum are provided opportunities in service through semester concerts (including a Christmas concert and spring madrigal dinner) and leadership through rehearsal direction, sectional instruction, ensemble administration, event planning, rehearsal accompanying, rehearsal conducting, and choral composition.
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MUS 10 - Davidson Singers
Instructor
Gilliam
Auditions take place the first week of Fall semester with registration following on the Music Webpage. Spring semester registration is the first week of the semester.
An auditioned mixed vocal ensemble for experienced or novice choristers interested in learning more about the art of choral singing. Davidson Singers join the Davidson Choral Arts Society for their weekly Monday night rehearsals. Additionally, they rehearse one hour separately from the Choral Society each week. Concert engagements include a bi-annual performance with the Choral Arts Society, and appearances in other campus concerts and functions.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of director required.
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MUS 11 - Jazz Ensemble
Instructor
B. Lawing
Auditions take place the first week of Fall semester with registration following on the Music Webpage. Spring semester registration is the first week of the semester.
A “big band” of approximately eighteen musicians. The group rehearses and performs throughout the year, with several events highlighting the schedule.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of director required.
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MUS 12 - Symphony Orchestra
Instructor
Keith
Auditions take place the first week of Fall semester with registration following on the Music Webpage. Spring semester registration is the first week of the semester.
An auditioned ensemble of approximately 50 student musicians, performing a wide range of repertoire from the Baroque to the present. Performs 2-3 concerts per semester. Annually features student concerto competition winners and guest soloists.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of director required.
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MUS 13 - Chorale
Instructor
Gilliam
Auditions take place the first week of Fall semester with registration following on the Music Webpage. Spring semester registration is the first week of the semester.
A select vocal ensemble drawn from the Davidson College student body that performs works from all ages and styles. Tours annually and represents the department at college functions.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of director required.
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MUS 14 - Opera Theatre Workshop
Instructors
Culpepper
Registration takes place the first week of the Fall semester on the Music Webpage.
A course designed to acquaint students with the performance practice of a variety of opera genres through the experiences of study, rehearsal, and performance. The culmination of the course is a performance of opera scenes as well as fully staged productions accompanied by piano. Ability to sing in a foreign language may be necessary.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of director required. (Fall)
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MUS 17 - Saxophone Quartet
Instructor
Gordon
Auditions take place the first week of Fall semester with registration following on the Music Webpage. Spring semester registration is the first week of the semester.
A small group ensemble for saxophonists interested in performing chamber music ranging from Bach transcriptions to modern day saxophone compositions.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of instructor required.
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MUS 18 - Jazz Combo
Instructor
Gordon
Auditions take place the first week of Fall semester with registration following on the Music Webpage. Spring semester registration is the first week of the semester.
A small group ensemble for instrumentalists interested in performing small group jazz literature while placing a strong emphasis on jazz improvisation.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of instructor required.
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