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In order to register for an SOS course, you must be a degree-seeking student on the IUPUI campus.
- You may register for a semester online self-study (SOS) course only if you are a degree-seeking student at IUPUI.
- You may register for no more than two SOS courses for the spring.
- Each course has a $65 administrative fee.
- The semester online self-study courses are not intended for students who are seeking a major or minor in the courses’ respective academic departments, but rather for students seeking elective credits in those departments or approved credits they can apply toward a degree in general studies.
- SOS courses are offered in an online format only, without meetings in regular classrooms. The content, textbooks, and assignments are as demanding as those found in a traditional classroom. You must understand how to manage your time in order to meet assignment and exam deadlines and to complete all course requirements before the end of the semester. Late submission of assignments and exams may delay the grading process and prevent you from finishing by semester’s end. Assignments submitted late are subject to the grade of “F” or “zero.”
- Exams are administered on campus by exam supervisors. If you know you will not be able to come to campus for the exams on the dates given, do not register.
- Assignment deadlines, exam dates, and textbook information are available in the course outlines below.
- Approval for registering for an SOS course is granted through the IUPUI general studies advisor, Lester Cook. Contact Cook at lecook@iupui.edu. Please include your user ID number in your communications.
- The spring 2010 SOS courses open through Oncourse on January 11. No new students will will be added after SOS courses open.
- Check the local IUPUI campus schedule for the refund and withdrawal schedule.
- Midterm exams will be held March 5 or 6. Final exams will be held April 23 or 24. Exams must be taken on campus and proctored on the date given in the syllabus.
(8 submissions, 2 exams)
Instructor: Terry Toliver
This course is designed in response to the developing need to have a sales related course designed for non-business majors. It is recognized that people in every profession have to communicate ideas, plans, proposals, etc. in a persuasive manner. Five basic areas will be covered in the course: (1) The selling process, (2) The investigative stage, (3) the demonstration of capability stage, (4) The commitment stage, and (5) The designing of sales models to improve performance results.
Text:
• Johnston, Mark and Greg Marshall. Relationship Selling. 3/e. McGraw-Hill, 2010. ISBN 978-0-07-340483-7
Assignment Submission Schedule
Assignments are due by midnight on the dates given.
Late assignments will be recorded as failing.
Due January 25
Lesson 1: Introduction to Relationship Selling; Using Information to Understand Sellers and Buyers
Due February 8
Lesson 2: Value Creation; Ethical and Legal Issues
Due February 26
Lesson 3: Prospecting and Sales Call Planning
Lesson 4: Communicating the Message; Negotiations for Win-Win Solutions
Midterm Exam: March 5, 1-3 pm; Make-up Exam: March 6, 1-3 pm
Proctored on the IUPUI campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 5, Midterm Tips, to prepare for the examination.
Due March 22
Lesson 6: Closing the Sale and Follow-Up
Lesson 7: Management: Time and Territory; Performance: Behavior, Motivation, and Role Perception
Due April 16
Lesson 8: Recruitment and Selection; Training for Sales Success
Lesson 9: Compensation and Incentives; Evaluating Performance
Final Exam: April 23, 1-3 pm; Make-up Exam: April 24, 1-3 pm
Proctored on the IUPUI campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 10, Final Tips, to prepare for the examination.
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(10 submissions; no exams)
Instructor: Julia Story
Introduction to the art of creative writing. Short assignments, independent work, and discussion of the fundamentals of writing fiction and poetry. Does not satisfy English composition requirement.
Texts:
• McClatchy, J.D., ed. The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry. 2/e. Random House, 2003. ISBN 1-4000-3093-5
• Wolff, Tobias, ed. The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories. Random House, 1994. ISBN 0-679-74513-0
Assignment Submission Schedule
Assignments are due by midnight on the dates given.
Late assignments will be recorded as failing.
Due January 25
Lesson 1: Experimenting with Language
Due February 8
Lesson 2: Imagery
Due February 24
Lesson 3: Tone and Character (Part I)
Lesson 4: Tone and Character (Part II)
Due March 15
Lesson 5: Figurative Language and Setting
Lesson 6: Sound and Story Structure
Due April 2
Lesson 7: Rhythm and Point of View
Lesson 8: Form and Dialogue
Due April 19
Lesson 9: Writing Critically
Lesson 10: Revision
No Exams
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(8 submissions, 2 exams)
Instructor: Marta Corbin
Introduction to the origin and classification of minerals and rocks. Relationships between rock types, rock structures, surficial geological processes of running water, subsurface water, glaciation, wind, tides, and landform evolution. Geologic time. Credit given for only one of the following: G103 or G111.
Text:
• Lutgens and Tarbuck. Essentials of Geology. 10/e. Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2009. ISBN 978-0-13-600376-2
Assignment Submission Schedule
Assignments are due by midnight on the dates given.
Late assignments will be recorded as failing.
Due January 25
Lesson 1: An Introduction to Geology; Minerals; Geologic Time
Due February 8
Lesson 2: Igneous Rocks and Volcanoes
Due February 26
Lesson 3: Weathering and Soils; Mass Wasting
Lesson 4: Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks
Midterm Exam: March 5, 9-11 am; Make-up Exam: March 6, 9-11 am
Proctored on the IUPUI campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 5, Midterm Tips, to prepare for the examination.
Due March 22
Lesson 6: Running Water and Groundwater
Lesson 7: Glaciers and Glaciation; Shorelines
Due April 16
Lesson 8: Earthquakes and Earth’s Interior
Lesson 9: Plate Tectonics and Mountain Building
Final Exam: April 23, 9-11 am; Make-up Exam: April 24, 9-11 am
Proctored on the IUPUI campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 10, Final Tips, to prepare for the examination.
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(8 submissions, 2 exams)
Instructor: Victoria Resnick
Surveys U.S. women's history from 1820 to the present. Themes include changing ideals of gender and sexuality; women's labor in industrial and postindustrial America; racial, class, ethnic, and regional diversity; and women's participation in religious, political, social reform, and women's rights movements.
Texts:
• Riley, Glenda. The Female Frontier: A Comparative View of Women on the Prairie and the Plains. University Press of Kansas, 1988. ISBN 978-0-7006-0424-1
• Norton, Mary Beth, and Ruth M. Alexander. Major Problems in American Women's History. 4/e. Cengage Learning. 2007, ISBN 978-0-618-71918-1
• Evans, Sara M. Born for Liberty. 2/e. Free Press, 1997. ISBN 978-0-684-83498-6
Assignment Submission Schedule
Assignments are due by midnight on the dates given.
Late assignments will be recorded as failing.
Due January 25
Lesson 1: Women’s History, Republican Motherhood, and the Cult of Domesticity
Due February 8
Lesson 2: Nineteenth-Century Activism and Women in the West
Due February 26
Lesson 3: Slavery and the Civil War
Lesson 4: Suffrage, Social Reform, and Victorian Sexuality
Midterm Exam: March 5, 9-11 am; Make-up Exam: March 6, 9-11 am
Proctored on the IUPUI campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 5, Midterm Tips, to prepare for the examination.
Due March 22
Lesson 6: Immigrants and Working Women
Lesson 7: The 1920s and 1930s
Due April 16
Lesson 8: The l940s and 1950s
Lesson 9: The 1960s to the Present
Final Exam: April 23, 9-11 am; Make-up Exam: April 24, 9-11 am
Proctored on the IUPUI campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 10, Final Tips, to prepare for the examination.
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(8 submissions, 2 exams)
Instructor: Victoria Resnick
Social, cultural, economic, and political development of colonial America from first contact between Native Americans and Europeans, up to the outbreak of the American Revolution. Topics include global capitalism, migration, slavery, consumerism, religious revivalism, and democracy.
Texts:
• Jerome R. Reich. Colonial America. 5/e. Prentice Hall, 2001. ISBN 0-13-089565-2
• Stanley N. Katz, John M. Murrin, and Douglas Greenberg. Colonial America: Essays in Politics and Social Development. 5/e. McGraw-Hill, 2001. ISBN 0-07-231740-X
Assignment Submission Schedule
Assignments are due by midnight on the dates given.
Late assignments will be recorded as failing.
Due January 25
Lesson 1: Native American and European Background to the Discovery and Early Colonization of America
Due February 12
Lesson 2: The English Colonization of America
Lesson 3: Colonial Economic Institutions
Due February 26
Lesson 4: Colonial Political Development/Book Review I
Midterm Exam: March 5, 1-3 pm; Make-up Exam: March 6, 1-3 pm
Proctored on the IUPUI campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 5, Midterm Tips, to prepare for the examination.
Due March 19
Lesson 6: Colonial Social Development
Lesson 7: Culture in the American Colonies
Due April 2
Lesson 8: Wars for Empire and the Coming of the Revolution/Book Review II
Due April 16
Lesson 9: Research Report
Final Exam: April 23, 1-3 pm; Make-up Exam: April 24, 1-3 pm
Proctored on the IUPUI campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 10, Final Tips, to prepare for the examination.
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(9 submissions; 2 exams)
Instructor: Victoria Resnick
Political, social, and cultural history of Revolution. What did it take to make a revolution? What did it take to make a nation? How has the Revolution lived on in popular memory? Includes strong focus on experience of women and enslaved blacks.
Text:
• Middlekauf, Robert. The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763–1789. 2/e. Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 978-0-19-531588-2
Assignment Submission Schedule
Assignments are due by midnight on the dates given.
Late assignments will be recorded as failing.
Due January 25
Lesson 1: America in the Empire
Due February 8
Lesson 2: Sugar and Stamps: The First Crisis
Due February 22
Lesson 3: Townshend Revives the Argument
Lesson 4: Tea and Independence
Due March 1
Lesson 5: Book Review I
Midterm Exam: March 5, 9-11 am; Make-up Exam: March 6, 9-11 am
Proctored on the IUPUI campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 6, Midterm Tips, to prepare for the examination.
Due March 15
Lesson 7: The War and the French Alliance
Due April 5
Lesson 8: The War Moves South
Lesson 9: Confederation and Constitution
Due April 16
Lesson 10: Book Review II
Final Exam: April 23, 9-11 am; Make-up Exam: April 24, 9-11 am
Proctored on the IUPUI campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 11, Final Tips, to prepare for the examination.
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(10 submissions, 2 exams)
Instructor: Jason Lantzer
Political, demographic, economic, and intellectual transformation 1917-1945; World War I, the twenties, the Great Depression, New Deal, and World War II.
Texts:
• Link, William and Arthur Link. American Epoch: A History of the United States since 1900, Volume I. 7/e (custom reprint). McGraw-Hill, 1992. ISBN 978-1-59533-594-4 (available only through the IU Bookstore)
• Clark, Norman H. Deliver Us from Evil: An Interpretation of American Prohibition. W.W. Norton, 1976. ISBN 978-0-393-09170-0
• Leuchtenburg, William E. Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal. Harper & Row, 1963. ISBN 978-0-06-133025-4
• Blum, John Morton. V Was for Victory: Politics and American Culture During World War II. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1977. ISBN 978-0-15-693628-6
Assignment Submission Schedule
Assignments are due by midnight on the dates given.
Late assignments will be recorded as failing.
Due January 25
Lesson 1: The United States and World War I
Due February 8
Lesson 2: The Postwar Crisis
Lesson 3: Technology, Work, and Change in the Postwar Era
Due February 26
Lesson 4: American Life and Politics in the 1920s
Lesson 5: Crash and Depression
Midterm Exam: March 5, 1-3 pm; Make-up Exam: March 6, 1-3 pm
Proctored on the IUPUI campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 6, Midterm Tips, to prepare for the examination.
Due March 12
Lesson 7: The Early New Deal
Due March 29
Lesson 8: Creating the Social Welfare State
Lesson 9: The Versailles Legacy and the Coming of War
Due April 16
Lesson 10: War and the Home Front
Lesson 11: The United States and World War II
Final Exam: April 23, 1-3 pm; Make-up Exam: April 24, 1-3 pm
Proctored on the IUPUI campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 12, Final Tips, to prepare for the examination.
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(8 submissions; 2 exams)
Instructor: Cynthia Yaudes
Contrasting patterns of indigenous change and response to Western imperialism in East Asia during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. China and Japan receive primary consideration. Emphasis on the rise of nationalism and other movements directed toward revolutionary change.
Texts:
• Dower, John. Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II. W.W. Norton & Co., 2000. ISBN 978-0-393-32027-5
• Field, Norma. In the Realm of a Dying Emperor: Japan at Century's End. Knopf Publishing Group, 1993. ISBN 978- 0-679-74189-3
• Chang, Jung. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China. Simon and Schuster, 2003. ISBN 978-0-7432-4698-9
• Link, Madsen, and Pickowicz. Popular China: Unofficial Culture in a Globalizing Society. Rowman & Littlefield Publisher, 2002. ISBN 978-0-7425-1079-1
Assignment Submission Schedule
Assignments are due by midnight on the dates given.
Late assignments will be recorded as failing.
Due January 25
Lesson 1: Modern China: From Imperial to Nationalist Rule
Due February 8
Lesson 2: The Status of Women in Modern Chinese History
Due February 26
Lesson 3: Communist China and Its Political Movements
Lesson 4: Moving Toward a Free-Market Economy and Political Changes in China
Midterm Exam: March 5, 1-3 pm; Make-up Exam: March 6, 1-3 pm
Proctored on the IUPUI campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 5, Midterm Tips, to prepare for the examination.
Due March 22
Lesson 6: Japan’s Modernization and the Road to Imperial Expansion
Lesson 7: The American Occupation of Japan
Due April 16
Lesson 8: Post–World War II Japan
Lesson 9: Post–World War II Japanese Economic Development
Final Exam: April 23, 1-3 pm; Make-up Exam: April 24, 1-3 pm
Proctored on the IUPUI campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 10, Final Tips, to prepare for the examination.
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(10 submissions, 2 exams)
Instructor: Mary Lay
This survey course provides a theoretical and practical treatment of the concepts of disease prevention and health promotion. Covers such topics as emotional health; aging and death; alcohol, tobacco, and drug abuse; physical fitness; nutrition and dieting; consumer health; chronic and communicable diseases; safety; and environmental health.
Text:
• Donatelle, Rebecca. Access to Health. 11/e. Pearson Benjamin Cummings, 2010. ISBN 978-0-321-57112-0
Assignment Submission Schedule
Assignments are due by midnight on the dates given.
Late assignments will be recorded as failing.
Due January 25
Lesson 1: Overview of Health
Due February 8
Lesson 2: Psychosocial Health, Stress, and Violence
Lesson 3: Communication
Due February 26
Lesson 4: Sexuality
Lesson 5: Reproductive Health
Midterm Exam: March 5, 9-11 am; Make-up Exam: March 6, 9-11 am
Proctored on the IUPUI campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 6, Midterm Tips, to prepare for the examination.
Due March 12
Lesson 7: Healthy Lifestyles
Due March 29
Lesson 8: Addiction
Lesson 9: Chronic, Infectious, and Noninfectious Diseases
Due April 16
Lesson 10: Aging, Dying, and Death
Lesson 11: Environmental and Consumer Issues
Final Exam: April 23, 9-11 am; Make-up Exam: April 24, 9-11 am
Proctored on the IUPUI campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 12, Final Tips, to prepare for the examination.
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(10 submissions, 2 exams)
Instructor: Craig Ross
Overview of programmatic elements and techniques in recreational sports. Topics include informal, intramural, club, extramural, and instructional sports programming; values of recreational sports; terminology and career opportunities in various recreational sport settings.
Text:
• Mull, Richard F., Kathryn G. Bayless, and Lynn M. Jamieson. Recreational Sport Management. 4/e. Human Kinetics Publishers, 2005. ISBN 978-0-7360-5131-6
Assignment Submission Schedule
Assignments are due by midnight on the dates given.
Late assignments will be recorded as failing.
Due January 25
Lesson 1: Identity and Basic Concepts
Due February 8
Lesson 2: A Developmental Approach
Lesson 3: Program Delivery and a Management Model
Due February 26
Lesson 4: Finance, Program Planning, and Marketing
Lesson 5: Intramural Sport: Round-Robin Scheduling
Midterm Exam: March 5, 1-3 pm; Make-up Exam: March 6, 1-3 pm
Proctored on the IUPUI campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 6, Midterm Tips, to prepare for the examination.
Due March 12
Lesson 7: Intramural Sport: Elimination Scheduling and Challenge Tournaments
Due March 29
Lesson 8: Informal Sport and Facility/Equipment Maintenance and Management
Lesson 9: Fitness, Instructional Sport, and Club Sport
Due April 16
Lesson 10: Personnel and Legal Concerns
Lesson 11: Career Implications
Final Exam: April 23, 1-3 pm; Make-up Exam: April 24, 1-3 pm
Proctored on the IUPUI campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 12, Final Tips, to prepare for the examination.
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Instructor: Charles Carney
A survey of functions, responsibilities, and influence of various mass communications media. Directed toward the consumer and critic of mass media in modern society. Does not count toward the major in journalism. Students must have access to news media. Internet access required.
Text:
• Campbell, Richard, Christopher Martin, and Bettina Fabos. Media & Culture: An Introduction to Mass Communication. 7/e. Bedford/St. Martin’s Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-312-48546-7
Assignment Submission Schedule
Assignments are due by midnight on the dates given.
Late assignments will be recorded as failing.
Due January 25
Lesson 1: Mass Media and the Cultural Landscape
Due February 8
Lesson 2: The Media of Sound
Due February 26
Lesson 3: The Media of Images
Lesson 4: The Media of Words and Pictures
Midterm Exam: March 5, 9-11 am; Make-up Exam: March 6, 9-11 am
Proctored on the IUPUI campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 5, Midterm Tips, to prepare for the examination.
Due March 22
Lesson 6: Persuasive Communication: Advertising and Public Relations
Lesson 7: Mass Media as a Business
Due April 16
Lesson 8: The Culture of Journalism and Freedom of the Press
Lesson 9: Media Effects and Cultural Approaches to Research
Final Exam: April 23, 9-11 am; Make-up Exam: April 24, 9-11 am
Proctored on the IUPUI campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 10, Final Tips, to prepare for the examination.
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(8 submissions; 2 exams)
Instructor: Charles Carney
A survey for nonmajors stressing the principles of writing for mass media. Emphasis on development of story ideas, information gathering, organization, and effective presentation of material for various news media, print and electronic. Basic computer proficiency encouraged. Will not count toward journalism major requirements.
Text:
• Stovall, James. Writing for the Mass Media. 7/e. Allyn and Bacon, 2009. ISBN 978-0-205-62784-4
• Kessler, Lauren and Duncan McDonald. When Words Collide. 7/e. Cengage Learning, 2007. ISBN 978-0-495-05025-4
• Associated Press. Associated Press Stylebook 2009. Basic Books, 2009. ISBN 978-0-465-01262-6
Assignment Submission Schedule
Assignments are due by midnight on the dates given.
Late assignments will be recorded as failing.
Due January 25
Lesson 1: Writing for the Media
Due February 8
Lesson 2: The Mechanics of Media Writing
Due February 26
Lesson 3: What Makes a Media Story?
Lesson 4: Writing for Print
Midterm Exam: March 5, 1-3 pm; Make-up Exam: March 6, 1-3 pm
Proctored on the IUPUI campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 5, Midterm Tips, to prepare for the examination.
Due March 22
Lesson 6: Creating Web Content
Lesson 7: Writing for TV and Radio
Due April 16
Lesson 8: Writing to Persuade and Promote
Lesson 9: Rights and Privileges under Law
Final Exam: April 23, 1-3 pm; Make-up Exam: April 24, 1-3 pm
Proctored on the IUPUI campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 10, Final Tips, to prepare for the examination.
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(8 submissions, 2 exams)
Instructor: Ron Kadish
Periods, major performers and composers, trends, influences, stylistic features, and related materials. For nonmusic majors only. Uses audio CDs.
Texts:
• Gridley, Mark C. Jazz Styles: History and Analysis. 10/e, Value Package. Prentice Hall, 2009. ISBN 978-0-205-66403-0 (Value Package includes textbook; 3 CD-set; Jazz Demonstration Disk; Student Access Code for www.prenhall.com/myjazzkit Web site.)
• Burns, Ken, Jazz: The Story of America's Music, 5-set CD, Columbia Music, 2000. UPC 074646143223
Assignment Submission Schedule
Assignments are due by midnight on the dates given.
Late assignments will be recorded as failing.
Due January 25
Lesson 1: Listening to Jazz and the Beginnings of Jazz
Due February 8
Lesson 2: Jazz Spreads throughout the Land
Due February 26
Lesson 3: Swingin’ through World War II
Lesson 4: Bebop Arrives on the Scene
Midterm Exam: March 5, 9-11 am; Make-up Exam: March 6, 9-11 am
Proctored on the IUPUI campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 5, Midterm Tips, to prepare for the examination.
Due March 22
Lesson 6: The Cool Reaction to Bop
Lesson 7: Bop Branches Out Further: Hard Bop
Due April 16
Lesson 8: The Amazing Career of Miles Davis
Lesson 9: Radical Ideas: Jazz in the Sixties and Seventies
Final Exam: April 23, 9-11 am; Make-up Exam: April 24, 9-11 am
Proctored on the IUPUI campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 10, Final Tips, to prepare for the examination.
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(9 submissions; 2 exams)
Instructor: Jason Lopez
Development of critical tools for the evaluation of arguments. Not a prerequisite for P250. Not open to students who have taken or are enrolled in P250
Text:
• Hurley, Patrick J. A Concise Introduction to Logic. 9/e. Wadsworth Thomson, 2006. ISBN 978-0-534-58505-1
Assignment Submission Schedule
Assignments are due by midnight on the dates given.
Late assignments will be recorded as failing.
Due January 25
Lesson 1: Language: Meaning and Definition
Due February 8
Lesson 2: Basic Concepts
Lesson 3: Propositional Logic, Part I
Due February 26
Lesson 4: Propositional Logic, Part II
Lesson 5: Propositional Logic, Part III
Midterm Exam: March 5, 1-3 pm; Make-up Exam: March 6, 1-3 pm
Proctored on the IUPUI campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 6, Midterm Tips, to prepare for the examination.
Due March 22
Lesson 7: Categorical Propositions
Lesson 8: Categorical Syllogisms
Due April 16
Lesson 9: Informal Fallacies
Lesson 10: Induction
Final Exam: April 23, 1-3 pm; Make-up Exam: April 24, 1-3 pm
Proctored on the IUPUI campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 11, Final Tips, to prepare for the examination.
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(6 submissions; no exams)
Instructor: Kari Theurer
A study of the classical and contemporary sources that influence and illustrate differing concepts of woman. The aim is for students to clarify and assess the various concepts so as to better formulate and justify their concept of woman.
Text:
• Mahowald, Mary Briody, ed. Philosophy of Woman: An Anthology of Classic to Current Concepts. 3/e. Hackett, 1994. ISBN 978-0-87220-261-0
Assignment Submission Schedule
Assignments are due by midnight on the dates given.
Late assignments will be recorded as failing.
Due January 25
Lesson 1: Ancient Greek Philosophy on the Nature of Women
Due February 22
Lesson 2: How to Educate a Woman
Lesson 3: The Utility of Liberation
Due March 29
Lesson 4: What Is to Be Gained or Lost
Lesson 5: Psychoanalysis and Feminine Psychology
Due April 19
Lesson 6: Diversity in Contemporary Feminism
No Exams
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(10 submissions, 1 exam)
Instructor: Tim Kersey
Introduction to the nature of government and the dynamics of American politics. Origin and nature of the American federal system and its political party base.
Texts:
• Barbour, Christine, and Gerald C. Wright et al. Keeping the Republic: Power and Citizenship in American Politics. 4/e. CQ Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-87289-602-4
• Lasser, William. Perspectives on American Politics. 5/e. Houghton Mifflin, 2008. ISBN 978-0-618-71915-0
Assignment Submission Schedule
Assignments are due by midnight on the dates given.
Late assignments will be recorded as failing.
Due January 25
Lesson 1: Foundations and Introductions
Due February 8
Lesson 2: Political Culture and Public Opinion
Lesson 3: Federalism, Anti-Federalism, and the American Founding
Due February 26
Lesson 4: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Lesson 5: Congress and the Presidency
Midterm Exam: March 5, 9-11 am; Make-up Exam: March 6, 9-11 am
Proctored on the IUPUI campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 6, Midterm Tips, to prepare for the examination.
Due March 15
Lesson 7: The Bureaucracy and the Courts
Lesson 8: Political Parties and Interest Groups
Due April 5
Lesson 9: Elections and the Media
Lesson 10: The Making of Public Policy
Due April 23
Lesson 11: Policy Memo Assignment
No Final Exam
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(8 submissions, 2 exams)
Instructor: Craig Ortsey
Examines the role of citizen movements and protest politics in shaping political processes and outcomes in democracies. Social movement theories are studied and then applied to contemporary social movement behavior in order to identify how citizen action affects societies and individuals. Addresses the role of the media in shaping the direction of social movement politics. Social movements studied include the civil rights movement, the free speech/student movement, and the women’s movement.
Texts:
• Goldberg, Robert A. Grassroots Resistance: Social Movements in Twentieth Century America. Waveland Press, 1996. ISBN 978-0-88133-896-6
• Buechler, Steven M. Social Movements in Advanced Capitalism. Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 978-0-19-512604-4
• Tarrow, Sidney. Power in Movement: Social Movements and Contentious Politics. 2/e. Cambridge University Press, 1998. ISBN 978-0-521-62947-8
Assignment Submission Schedule
Assignments are due by midnight on the dates given.
Late assignments will be recorded as failing.
Due January 25
Lesson 1: Introduction to the Study of Social Movements: Defining the Subject Matter
Due February 8
Lesson 2: Comparing Two Approaches: Classical Collective Behavior and Resource Mobilization Theories
Due February 26
Lesson 3: Mobilizing Structures and Social Movements: The National Level
Lesson 4: Political Opportunity Structures, Issue Framing, and the Media
Midterm Exam: March 5, 1-3 pm; Make-up Exam: March 6, 1-3 pm
Proctored on the IUPUI campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 5, Midterm Tips, to prepare for the examination.
Due March 22
Lesson 6: The Civil Rights Movement: SNCC
Lesson 7: The Free Speech/Student Movement: FSM
Due April 16
Lesson 8: The Women's Movement: NOW
Lesson 9: The Future of Citizen Politics
Final Exam: April 23, 1-3 pm; Make-up Exam: April 24, 1-3 pm
Proctored on the IUPUI campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 10, Final Tips, to prepare for the examination.
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(8 submissions, 2 exams)
Instructor: Tim Kersey
American political powers and structures; selected Supreme Court decisions interpreting American constitutional system.
Text:
• Mason and Stephenson. American Constitutional Law: Introductory Essays and Selected Cases. 15/e. Prentice Hall, 2009. ISBN 978-0-13-602991-5
Assignment Submission Schedule
Assignments are due by midnight on the dates given.
Late assignments will be recorded as failing.
Due January 25
Lesson 1: The Constitution, the Federal Judiciary, and the Supreme Court
Due February 8
Lesson 2: The Nature and Scope of Judicial Review
Due February 26
Lesson 3: The Separation of Powers
Lesson 4: Federalism
Midterm Exam: March 5, 9-11 am; Make-up Exam: March 6, 9-11 am
Proctored on the IUPUI campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 5, Midterm Tips, to prepare for the examination.
Due March 22
Lesson 6: National Commerce Power and Federalism
Lesson 7: State Economic Regulation: The Contract and Commerce Clauses
Due April 16
Lesson 8: The National Power to Tax and Spend
Lesson 9: The Rise and Fall of Substantive Due Process
Final Exam: April 23, 9-11 am; Make-up Exam: April 24, 9-11 am
Proctored on the IUPUI campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 10, Final Tips, to prepare for the examination.
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(5 submissions, 2 exams)
Instructor: Nicholas Clark
The course explores recurrent themes in American politics through novels and films. Topics include visions of American society and democracy, the politics of Hollywood and the creative class, and political fiction as wish-fulfillment (utopia), as nightmare (dystopia), and as satire. Students must rent or borrow several of the following films from a library or video store: Citizen Kane, All the King's Men, Network, Roger and Me, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The American President, Red Dawn, The Day After Tomorrow, Dr. Strangelove, The Candidate, Wag the Dog, or Primary Colors. Students choose several of the following novels, which are available for purchase through the IU Bookstore, but any edition will satisfy the course requirements: Brave New World OR White Noise, The Librarian, Looking Backward, The Handmaid's Tale OR Invisible Man, and Breakfast of Champions.
Texts:
• Beinhart, Larry. The Librarian: A Novel. Nation Books, 2004. ISBN 978-1-56025-636-6
• Bellamy, Edward. Looking Backward: 2000–1887. Signet Classics, 2000. ISBN 978-0-45152-763-9
• Vonnegut, Kurt. Breakfast of Champions. Dial Press, 1999. ISBN 978-0-38533-420-4
• DeLillo, Don. White Noise. Penguin, 1999. ISBN 978-0-14028-330-3
OR
Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. Harper Perennial, 1998. ISBN 978-0-06077-609-1
• Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid’s Tale. Anchor Books, 1998. ISBN 978-0-38549-081-8
OR
Ellison, Ralph. Invisible Man. Vintage, 2002. ISBN 978-0-67973-276-1
Note: Any edition of the above texts will satisfy the requirements of the course.
Assignment Submission Schedule
Assignments are due by midnight on the dates given.
Late assignments will be recorded as failing.
Due January 25
Lesson 1: Visions of American Society and Democracy
Due February 8
Lesson 2: The Politics of Hollywood and the Creative Class
Midterm Exam (90 minutes): March 5, 9-10:30 am; Make-up Exam: March 6, 9-10:30 am
Proctored on the IUPUI campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 3, Midterm Tips, to prepare for exam.
Due March 22
Lesson 4: Political Novels and Films as Wish Fulfillment
Due April 5
Lesson 5: Political Novels and Films as Nightmare
Due April 16
Lesson 6: Satirizing Power
Final Exam (2 hours): April 23, 9-11 am; Make-up Exam: April 24, 9-11 am
Proctored on the IUPUI campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 7, Final Tips, to prepare for the examination.
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