ANTHROPOLOGY

Anthropology of American Culture (Cr.3)
50:070:323:Sec.W6:99269 ATG 105
Friday, 12/23/11 6:00pm-9:40pm; 1/2/12-1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 6:00pm-9:40pm
McCarty, Patrick
Email: pmccarty@camden.rutgers.edu
COURSE CANCELLED 12/5/11.
Satisfies the Social Sciences General Requirement. Cross-listed with 50:050:201. This course will explore the nature of American culture—what holds it together and what divides it. Central to our study will be the examination and critique of historical and contemporary images of American culture through discussion, film, and readings.

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ASTRONOMY

Descriptive Astronomy (Cr.3)
50:100:306:Sec.W3:99010 BSB 106
Friday, 12/23/11 1:00pm-4:40pm; 1/2/12 – 1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 1:00pm-4:40pm
Bubb, Daniel
Email: danny.bubb@rutgers.edu
Satisfies the Natural Science General Requirement. Introduction to astronomy and astrophysics. Emphasis on the solar system and Kepler's Laws, stellar magnitudes, distances, stellar evolution, the galaxy, black holes, and the Big Bang. Recommended for nonscience majors; however, numerical examples are used. Depending on the time of year, students also may be required to participate in a star-viewing program. Occasional short field trips.

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BIOLOGY

Human Reproduction and Development (Cr.3)
50:120:106:Sec.W6:99019 SLH
Friday, 12/23/11 6:00pm-9:40pm; 1/2/12 – 1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 6:00pm-9:40pm
Lee, Hsin-Yi
Email: hylee@camden.rutgers.edu
Not normally open to biology or biomedical technology majors. Satisfies the Natural Sciences General Requirement for nonscience majors. Topics include the formation of germ cells, chromosomes and sex, anatomy and physiology of the reproductive system, hormonal control of reproduction, infertility, growth and development, genetic counseling, birth defects, and sexually transmitted diseases.

Understanding Environmental Problems (Cr.3)
50:120:202:Sec.W1:99274 Internet – eCollege
12/23/11 to 1/14/12 Time by arrangement
Morgan, Mark
Email: mdmorgan@camden.rutgers.edu
On-line course support fee of $100. Satisfies the Natural Sciences General Requirement for non-science majors. Although open to Biology majors, does not satisfy the Biology major elective requirement. Discussion and analysis of environmental problems facing the human species. Emphasis on physical and biological principles affecting population growth; resource and energy consumption; and the pollution of the air, water, and land. Alternative solutions to environmental problems discussed in terms of conflicting economic and political values.

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Special Topics in Criminal Justice: Jail and Prison Violence (Cr.3)
50:202:354:Sec.W1:99099 ATG 220
Friday, 12/23/11 8:30am-12:10pm; 1/2/12 – 1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 8:30am-12:10pm
Caputo, Gail
Email: gcaputo@camden.rutgers.edu
Satisfies the Social Sciences General Requirement. This course takes a close look at violence in correctional institutions with a focus on causes and control. Topics include prison and jail rape, gang violence, prison riots, the social world of jails and prisons, and methods to prevent and control violence. Course information is diverse and drawn from various sources, including documentary film, inmate writing, federal and state agencies, and academic literature.

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ECONOMICS

Money and Banking (Cr.3)
50:220:301:Sec.W3:99158 ATG 105
Friday, 12/23/11 1:00pm-4:40pm; 1/2/12 – 1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 1:00pm-4:40pm
Shinn, Laura
Email: lctshinn@gmail.com
COURSE CANCELLED 12/8/11.
Prerequisite: 50:220:102 or 103 or 105 or 106.  Satisfies the Social Sciences General Requirement. Theories of money and their applications; structure and historical development of U.S. monetary and banking institutions; current problems of monetary management.

Economics of Investments and Capital Markets (Cr.3)
50:220:363:Sec.W6:99275 ATG 106
Friday, 12/23/11 6:00pm-9:40pm; 1/2/12 – 1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 6:00pm-9:40pm
Candalla, Carlo
Email: candalla@camden.rutgers.edu
Prerequisite: 50:220:102 or 103 or 105 or 106 or permission of instructor. Satisfies the Social Sciences General Requirement. Analysis of economic investment by using economic tools: value of firms, economic efficient frontier, lending and borrowing, utility analysis and investment selection, market interest rates, correlation structure of security returns, short- and long-term international investments with foreign risks, capital asset pricing model, efficient markets, and investment decision management.

Government Regulation of Business (Cr.3)
50:220:398:Sec.W1:99276 ATG 105
Friday, 12/23/11 8:30am-12:10pm; 1/2/12 – 1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 8:30am-12:10pm
Shinn, Laura
Email: lctshinn@gmail.com
COURSE CANCELLED 12/1/11.
Prerequisite: 50:220:102 or 103 or 105 or 106. Satisfies the Social Sciences General Requirement. Examines various dimensions of social control of business. While emphasis is placed on antitrust regulation, careful attention also given to public utility regulation; public enterprises; safety, health, environmental, and other regulatory issues of concern to the public.

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ENGLISH, WRITING, and FILM

Please note: English Composition 101 and 102 (or 220) are prerequisites for all other English, American Literature, Film, World Literature and Writing courses.

World Masterpieces I (Cr.3)
50:090:238:Sec.W1:99179 ATG 101
Friday, 12/23/11 8:30am-12:10pm; 1/2/12 – 1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 8:30am-12:10pm
Habib, Rafey
Email: mhabib@camden.rutgers.edu
Prerequisite: 350:102 or 350:220. Studies in great works of world literature from antiquity to the early modern era.

World Masterpieces I (Cr.3)
50:090:238:Sec.W3:99082 ATG 101
Friday, 12/23/11 1:00pm-4:40pm; 1/2/12 – 1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 1:00pm-4:40pm
Fitter, Chris
Email: fitter@camden.rutgers.edu
Prerequisite: 350:102 or 350:220. Studies in great works of world literature from antiquity to the early modern era.

World Masterpieces I (Cr.3)
50:090:238:Sec.W6:99045 ATG 101
Friday, 12/23/11 6:00 pm-9:40 pm; 1/2/12-1/13/12 M, Tu, W, Th, F 6:00 pm-9:40 pm
Meredith, Joseph
Email: jmeredit@camden.rutgers.edu
Prerequisite: 350:102 or 350:220. Studies in great works of world literature from antiquity to the early modern era.

Literatures in English I (Cr.3)
50:350:221:Sec.W1:99159 ATG 105
12/23/11 8:30am-12:10pm; 1/2/12-1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 8:30am-12:10pm
Piccolo, Margaret
Email: piccolo@camden.rutgers.edu
Prerequisite: 50:350:102. Historical survey of literatures written in English (primarily British and American literatures) from the Middle Ages through 1660.

Special Topics: Rhetoric: Writing Your Professional Life (W)(Cr.3)
50:350:329:Sec.W3:99277 ATG 207
Friday, 12/23/11 1:00pm-4:40pm; 1/2/12-1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 1:00pm-4:40pm
FitzGerald, William
Email: wfitz@camden.rutgers.edu
COURSE CANCELLED 12/5/11.
Prerequisite: 50:350:102 or 350:220. Satisfies the Writing General Requirement. This special topics, writing-intensive course prepares students to meet the rhetorical challenges of writing about themselves as aspiring professional through study and practice of a range of professional texts used to advance one to new professional situations (e.g., personal statements, cover letters) and to document one’s cumulative achievements (e.g., resumes, portfolios). Students will produce a portfolio of professional documents appropriate to their academic backgrounds and career interests while learning principles of self-presentation, revision, and editing.

Literature of Childhood (G)(Cr.3)
50:350:360:Sec.W3:99074 ATG 121
Friday, 12/23/11 1:00pm-4:40pm; 1/2/12-1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 1:00pm-4:40pm
Guedon-DeConcini, Christine
Email: deke153@aol.com
Prerequisite: 350:102 or 350:220. Satisfies the Literature or Global Studies General Requirements. A study of classic and contemporary literature read and enjoyed by children and adolescents, including fairy tales, folklore, fantasy, picture books, chapter books, the adolescent novel, and poetry.

Special Topics: Beowulf: On the Page and on the Screen (Cr.3)
50:350:391:Sec.W1:99278 ATG 124
Friday, 12/23/11 8:30am-12:10pm; 1/2/12-1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 8:30am-12:10pm
Budin, Stephanie
Email: sbudin@camden.rutgers.edu
COURSE CANCELLED 10/4/11.
Prerequisite: 350:102 or 350:220. Satisfies the Literature General Requirement. In this class we shall read and analyze the text of Beowulf in translation, and then watch and analyze several film adaptations of the story, including Neil Gaiman’s animated Beowulf, 13th Warrior, Beowulf and Grendel, and Outlander. Points of focus will be the society that created the epic, the epic tradition, religion in Beowulf, the concept of the "outsider hero," and the relativity of evil in the rendering of Grendel.

Special Topics in Film: Romantic Comedy (Cr.3)
50:354:396:Sec.W3:99279 ATG 124
Friday, 12/23/11 1:00pm-4:40pm; 1/2/12-1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 1:00pm-4:40pm
Zeidner, Lisa
Email: zeidner@camden.rutgers.edu
Prerequisite: 350:102 or 350:220. Satisfies the Literature General Requirement. Bogart and Bacall. Tracy and Hepburn. Hall and Allen. In this class, we will examine what makes a romantic comedy work. We'll trace the history of the genre—considered by many to be Hollywood's finest invention—back to the directors Lubitsch and Sturges, and watch some of the classics of the genre, from Philadelphia Story to Sleepless in Seattle. We'll pay particular attention to why such movies sink or swim: What must the script give the actors? What kind of "chemistry" do the actors achieve, and how do they do it? Some critical reading and short response papers.

Art of Revision (W) (Cr.3)
50:989:301:Sec.W1:99044 ATG 207
Friday 12/23/11 8:30am-12:10pm; 1/2/12-1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 8:00am-12:10pm
Singley, Carol
Email: singley@camden.rutgers.edu
Prerequisite: 350:102 or 350:220. Satisfies the Writing General Requirement. Intensive practice in composing and revising texts with an emphasis on developing audience awareness and a clear, fluid style.

Business Writing (W) (Cr.3)
50:989:303:Sec.W6:99102 ATG 207
Friday, 12/23/11 6:00pm-9:40pm; 1/2/12-1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 6:00pm-9:40pm
Delany, Kate
Email: kdelany@camden.rutgers.edu
Prerequisite: 50:350:102 or 350:220. Satisfies the Writing General Requirement. Practice in the purposes, skills, and styles of professional communications; emphasis on audience identification, effective use of language, research techniques, and organization of ideas.

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FINE ARTS

VISUAL ARTS

Visual Fundamentals (Cr.3)
50:080:102:Sec.W3:99270 FA 238
Friday, 12/23/11 1:00pm-4:40pm; 1/2/12-1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 1:00pm-4:40pm
Filbert, Jeff
Email: jfilbert@camden.rutgers.edu
COURSE CANCELLED 12/5/11.
Prerequisite to all upper-level studio classes. Satisfies the Fine Arts General Requirement. An expansive exploration of traditional and contemporary two-dimensional design concepts integrated with discussions and studio work that emphasize the formal elements of design along with issues of identity, culture, collaborative experience, and exposure to metaphor and symbol.

Ceramics I/II (Cr.3)
50:080:211:Sec.W3:99298/ 50:080:212:Sec.W3:99299 FA 103
Friday, 12/23/11 1:00pm-4:40pm; 1/2/12-1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 1:00pm-4:40pm
Demaray, Elizabeth
Email: demaray@camden.rutgers.edu
COURSE CANCELLED 12/6/11.
Prerquisite: 50:080:102 or permission of instructor. Material fee: $35.00. Course may be re-taken as Ceramics II for additional credit. Satisfies the Fine Arts General Requirement. This class is a dynamic, hands-on exploration of clay geared to art majors and non-art majors alike. Through creating works in clay, this course addresses surface treatment, slab-building, hand building, figurative work, glazing techniques, firing processes, and portraiture in ceramic sculpture. Communication through visual mediums and the role of art in society will be covered.

Digital Photography I (Cr.3)
50:080:264:Sec.W6:99271 FA 117/9
Friday, 12/23/11 6:00pm-9:40pm; 1/2/12-1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 6:00pm-9:40pm
Hohing, Ken
COURSE CANCELLED 12/5/11.
Email: khohing@camden.rutgers.edu
Prerequisite: 50:080:102 or by permission of instructor. Satisfies the Fine Arts General Requirement. An introduction to photography using digital technology. State-of-the-art digital cameras and photo-editing software will be utilized. The course will focus on the art of photographic sight with the goal of coherent portfolio creation.

Secondary Art Education (Cr.3)
50:080:356:Sec.W6:99272 FA 219
Friday, 12/23/11 6:00pm-9:40pm; 1/2/12-1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 6:00pm-9:40pm
Winkler, Lisa
COURSE CANCELLED 12/5/11.
Email: lisa75k@hotmail.com
Satisfies the Fine Arts General Requirement. Survey of the artistic growth of adolescents. Survey of philosophies, issues, methods, materials, resources, processes, and strategies for teaching art in the secondary grades and relating art to other areas of the curriculum.

ART HISTORY

Art Appreciation (G)(Cr.3)
50:082:103:Sec.W1:99273 Internet - Sakai
Friday, 12/23/11; 1/2/12-1/13/12 Time by arrangement
Garrity, Bruce
Email: bgarrity@camden.rutgers.edu
Online course in Sakai format. On-line course support fee of $100. Satisfies the Fine Arts General Requirement. Introduces the principles, techniques, and approaches to the creation and analysis of works of art and presents an overview of the great landmarks of art from classical Greece through the 20th century.

MUSIC

Facing The Music (Cr.3)
50:700:201:Sec.W3:99282 FA 219
Friday, 12/23/11, 1:00pm-4:40pm; 1/2/12 – 1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 1:00pm-4:40pm
Zaki, Mark
Email: markzaki@camden.rutgers.edu
COURSE CANCELLED 11/22/11.
Satisfies the Fine Arts General Requirement. Through exposure to diverse musical styles, with an emphasis on the art music of the western world, this course introduces the main elements of music and how they develop and change throughout history. Students will examine various aspects of music that define style, genre, and period and develop the vocabulary necessary to discuss them. The course also touches on some popular and traditional world music. The main objective is a focus on listening to music and making sense of what is heard. No prior music knowledge is required, but an enthusiasm for all kinds of music will be helpful!

Introduction to Music (G)(Cr.3)
50:700:202:Sec.W1:99283 Internet – eCollege
Friday, 12/23/11 to 1/13/12 Time by arrangement
Polack, Eric
Email: epolack@snip.net
Internet course in eCollege format. On-line course support fee of $100. Intended primarily for non-majors and minors. No previous musical experience necessary. Satisfies the Fine Arts or Global Studies General Requirements. An approach toward music appreciation that emphasizes the cultural influences that have determined the varied musical languages throughout the world.

Rock and Roll (Cr.3)
50:700:306:Sec.W1:99284 Internet – eCollege
Friday, 12/23/11 to 1/13/12 Time by arrangement
Lally, Laurie
Email: llally@camden.rutgers.edu
Internet course in eCollege format. On-line course support fee of $100. Satisfies the Fine Arts General Requirement. This course will examine the history of rock and roll and the artists that greatly influenced American culture. Focus will be on the impact rock and roll has had on popular music as it shifted from R & B, folk, blues and away from Broadway and the Tin Pan Alley spheres.

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FOREIGN LANGUAGE

FRENCH

Special Topics: French Literature and Cinema (G)(Cr.3)
50:420:240:Sec.W6:99280 ATG 124
Friday, 12/23/11 6:00pm-9:40pm; 1/2/12 – 1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 6:00pm-9:40pm
Ellman, Norman
Email: nellman@camden.rutgers.edu
Course taught in English. Satisfies the Literature General Requirement or the Global Studies General Requirement. This is a course in French literature and how that literature has been adapted to film. We will view and discuss a large selection of films by important French cineastes like Renoir, Chabrol and Berri and their adaptations of classic and modern masterpieces from the French literary canon by such celebrated authors as Balzac, Dumas, Flaubert and Zola. Some of the original texts will be read (in English translation) and will be compared to their cinematic adaptations. All the films will be in French with English subtitles. Knowledge of French is required to take this course.

ITALIAN

Elementary Italian I (Cr.4)
50:560:101:Sec.W1:99075 ATG 106
Friday, 12/23/11 8:30am-1:30pm; 1/2/12 – 1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 8:30am-1:30pm
DiSanzo, Christina
Email: quidnovi2@msn.com
Note extended hours for this 4-credit course. Lab attendance required beyond class hours. For students with no knowledge of Italian or with no more than two years of high school Italian. Students with three or more years of Italian in high school may not take 101 for credit. Training lays a foundation for speaking, writing, understanding, reading and writing the language.

SPANISH

Elementary Spanish I (Cr.4)
50:940:101:Sec.W1:99168 ATG 212
Friday, 12/23/11 8:30am-1:30pm; 1/2/12 – 1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 8:30am-1:30pm
Molano, Charles
Email: cmolano@camden.rutgers.edu
Note extended hours for this 4-credit course. Lab attendance required beyond class hours. For students with little knowledge of Spanish or with no more than three years of high school Spanish. Entering students will be placed according to the results of a proficiency exam. Students with four or more years of Spanish in high school may not take 102 for credit. Training lays a foundation for speaking, writing, understanding, reading and writing the language.

Elementary Spanish II (Cr.4)
50:940:102:Sec.W6:99064 ATG 109
Friday, 12/23/11 5:00pm-10:00pm; 1/2/12 – 1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 5:00pm-10:00pm
Andrews-Williams, Kathy
Email: kathyand@camden.rutgers.edu
Note special schedule. Lab attendance required. Prerequisite: 50:940:101 or equivalent. For students with little knowledge of Spanish or with no more than three years of high school Spanish. Entering students will be placed according to the results of a proficiency exam. Students with four or more years of Spanish in high school may not take 102 for credit. Note that 102 is the minimum level for fulfilling the General Requirement in Foreign Language. Continuation of 50:940:101.

Special Topics in Spanish: Speaking of Film(G)(Cr.3)
50:940:291:Sec.W1:99324 ATG 224
Friday 12/23/11 8:30am-12:10pm; 1/2/12-1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 8:00am-12:10pm
Gomez-Laguna, Ana
Email: alaguna@camden.rutgers.edu
Conducted in Spanish, this is a conversation class for advanced-intermediate students of Spanish intended to provide an introduction to the world of Spanish and Latin-American film. Satisfies the Global Studies General Requirement. On completion of this course, students should be able to demonstrate an appreciation of Spanish films in relation to the social and political context in which they were produced and consumed.

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HISTORY

ST: Transatlantic Discourses: The American Colonies and Great Britain, 1688-1763 (Cr.3)
50:512:380:Sec.W6:99281 ATG 205
Friday, 12/23/11 6:00pm-9:40pm; 1/2/12 – 1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 6:00pm-9:40pm
Pfeuffer-Scherer & Buehner, Henry
Email: dolo@temple.edu, hnb@temple.edu
COURSE CANCELLED 12/5/11.
Satisfies the History/Religion/Philosophy General Requirement. An examination of the political, cultural, and social developments in both Great Britain and America during the period 1688-1763. In 1688-89, England and America redefined, arguably separately, the natures of their societies under the aegis of a general Glorious Revolution; by 1763, those redefinitions collided and eventually led to the American Revolution. England and America experienced unique and tremendous transformations within this period that informed their ideas about the ideal operation of the empire.

ST: Cold War Culture(Cr.3)
50:512:381:Sec.W1:99308 ATG 208
Friday 12/23/11 8:30am-12:10pm; 1/2/12-1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 8:30am-12:10pm
Demirjian, Richard
Email: rdemirj@camden.rutgers.edu
Satisfies the History/Religion/Philosophy General Requirement. In this seminar-style course, we will focus on the United States between 1941 and 1991. The Cold War, an era characterized by the superpower standoff between the United States and the former Soviet Union, provides a fruitful subject for cultural analysis. The focus of our exploration of this era will be the social and cultural changes wrought by atomic weapons and the threat of Communist expansion both abroad and at home. Such phenomena as television, suburbia, science fiction, rock and roll, the Civil Rights movement and the counter-culture are just a few of the trends and processes that emerged during these years. There will be no exams in this course. Students will be evaluated upon two criteria: 1) a series of short reaction papers and book reviews addressing essays and novels from, or about, the period and 2) class performance/participation. We will also have a lot of fun examining and discussing films, television programs, and commercial ads from the period which serve as rich primary source documents of how Americans processed the changing and threatening world around them.

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MATHEMATICS
NOTE: All math courses start on January 2, 2012. They will not meet on December 23, 2011. Please see individual schedules below.

Elementary Algebra (Cr.N3)
50:640:041:Sec.W1:99011 ATG 113
1/2/12–1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 8:30am–12:30pm
Johansen, Josephine
Email: jjohanse@camden.rutgers.edu
Note special schedule. Non-credit course. For students who do not have the usual background in mathematics for college admission. The system of integers, exponentiation, graphing, solution of equations, and basic notions of geometry.

Intermediate Algebra (Cr.N3)
50:640:042:Sec.W1:99012 ATG 123
1/2/12-1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 8:30am-12:30pm
Freeman, Robert
Email: rfreeman@camden.rutgers.edu
Note special schedule. Non-credit course. Prerequisite: 50:640:041 or placement by Basic Skills Test. Study of algebraic operations on polynomials, integral and rational exponents, linear and quadratic equations, systems of equations, and the function concept.

Precalculus for Business, Economics, and Biology (Cr.3)
50:640:113:Sec.W1:99013 ATG 206
1/2/12-1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 8:30am-12:30pm
Buthesium, Gregory
Email: gregoryb@camden.rutgers.edu
Note special schedule. Prerequisite: 50:640:042 or appropriate score on the Mathematics Placement Examination. Credit not given for both this course and 50:640:115. A non-required preparatory course for those students who must take 50:640:130. A study of real numbers with regard to algebraic operations and order properties. Introduction to complex numbers and logarithmic and exponential functions.

Calculus for Business, Economics, and Life Sciences (Cr.3)
50:640:130:Sec.W1:99030 ATG 205
1/2/12-1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 8:30am-12:30pm
Singh, Varun
Email: varun@camden.rutgers.edu
Note special schedule. Prerequisite: 50:640:113 or appropriate score on the Mathematics Placement Examination. Students who plan to take more than one term of calculus should follow the sequence 50:640:122-122. Credit will not, in general, be given for more than one of the courses 50:640:116, 121, or 130. A one-semester survey of the elements of calculus with emphasis on applications in business, economics, and life sciences. Topics covered are basic algebra, derivatives, maximum/minimum problems, integration, and partial differentiation.

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PHILOSOPHY

Introduction to Philosophy (Cr.3)
50:730:111:Sec.W3:99031 ATG 220
Friday, 12/23/11, 1:00pm-4:40pm; 1/2/12 – 1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 1:00pm-4:40pm
Yates, Melissa
Email: yatesm@camden.rutgers.edu
Satisfies the History/Religion/Philosophy General Requirement. An exploration of philosophical problems, such as truth, justice, mind, and person, with a view to surveying the field and locating such particular philosophical specialties within it as logic, ethics, and metaphysics.

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PHYSICS

Energy and the Environment(G) (Cr.3)
50:750:374:Sec.W1:99160 ONLINE-SAKAI
12/23/11 – 1/13/12 Time by arrangement
Gambs, Gerard
Email: gcgambs@gmail.com
Internet course in Sakai platform. On-line course support fee of $100. Normally open to all majors. Satisfies the Natural Science General Requirement for non-science majors. Introduction (without laboratory) to energy and environmental principles. Covers basic concepts involved in understanding electricity conservation, efficiency, energy production, mineral resources, recycling, reuse, fossil fuel resources, utility generating effects, weather, climate change, nuclear reactions, nuclear safety, renewable solar, water, and biomass.

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POLITICAL SCIENCE

American State and Local Government (Cr.3)
50:790:205:W6:99285 ATG 220
Friday, 12/23/11 6:00pm-9:40pm; 1/2/12 – 1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 6:00pm-9:40pm
Felix, William
Email: wbfelix@camden.rutgers.edu
Satisfies the Social Sciences General Requirement. This is an intensive Winterim course, which is intended to help students understand how state and local governments function within the American federal system. The course examines the variations in constitutions, governors, legislatures, bureaucracies, courts, political attitudes, and key public policies (such as education, public finance and criminal justice). The State of New Jersey serves as a backdrop for these comparisons. Special emphasis is places on the role of ethics and public accountability.

Introduction to American Politics (Cr.3)
50:790:215:Sec.W3:99286 ATG 219
Friday, 12/23/11, 1:00pm-4:40pm; 1/2/12 – 1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 1:00pm-4:40pm
McLeod, Aman
Email: amcleod@camden.rutgers.edu
COURSE CANCELLED 12/5/11.
Satisfies the Social Sciences General Requirement. A comprehensive survey of American national government; its institutions, functions, and processes, including constitutionalism, federalism, elections, pressure politics, social and economic policies, and national security.

Politics and Culture (D)(Cr.3)
50:790:304:Sec.W3:99047 BSB 134+ Hybrid
Friday, 12/23/11, 1:00pm-4:40pm; 1/2/12 – 1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 1:00pm-4:40pm
Shienbaum, Kim
Email: shienbau@camden.rutgers.edu
Course Website: www.camden.rutgers.edu/dept-pages/polisci/index.php. Web-enhanced course (Platform is Sakai) with limited in-class sessions. Satisfies the Social Sciences or Diversity General Requirement. Counts toward the Political Theory and Methodology requirement for Political Science majors. As America makes the transition to a nation with no single ethnic group in majority, Americans, like citizens of any other nations, are locked in a debate about what it means to be an "American". This course begins by examining the differences and similarities between American political culture and the political culture of other nations. Is American political culture unique? Can we identify a traditional set of common political values and attitudes that have bound our nation together to create E Pluribus Unum? Should these values, which underlie our political culture, change as our population becomes more diverse? Will our commitment to diversity undermine, or enhance, our cohesion as one nation? The course will also analyze and examine how America changed, why America changed, identify the forces changing America, and assess the various conceptions of the America of Tomorrow.

Violence, Revolution, and Terrorism (G)(Cr.3)
50:790:350:Sec.W1:99163 ATG 219
Friday, 12/23/11 8:30am-12:10pm; 1/2/12 – 1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 8:30am-12:10pm
Ayubi, Shaheen
Email: sayubi@camden.rutgers.edu
Satisfies the Social Sciences or Global Studies General Requirement. Examines leading social science theories of revolution and political violence. Focuses on revolutionary and counter-revolutionary movements in selected countries. Discusses policies and strategies for responding to terrorism.

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PSYCHOLOGY

Psychology of Adolescence (Cr.3)
50:830:326:Sec.W6:99165 ATG 201
Friday, 12/23/11 6:00pm-9:40pm; 1/2/12 – 1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 6:00pm-9:40pm
Snader, Eric
Email: snadere@voorhees.k12.nj.us
Prerequisite: 50:830:101 or 135. Satisfies the Social Sciences General Requirement. Examination of psychological development during adolescence, treating each stage with reference to the particular problems and deviations characteristic of it. Emphasis on the continuity between stages of adolescence.

Special Topics in Psychology: The Psychology of Humor (Cr.3)
50:830:459:Sec.W3:99287 ATG 123
Friday, 12/23/11, 1:00pm-4:40pm; 1/2/12 – 1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 1:00pm-4:40pm
Duffy, E.S.
Email: seduffy@camden.rutgers.edu
Prerequisite: 50:830:101 or 135. Satisfies the Social Sciences General Requirement. This course aims to explain why a man slipping on a banana peel is so funny.

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RELIGION

Introduction to World Religions (G)(Cr.3)
50:840:103:Sec.W6:99100 ATG 206
Friday, 12/23/11 6:00pm-9:40pm; 1/2/12-1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 6:00pm-9:40pm
Low, David
Email: dlow123@comcast.net
Satisfies the History/Religion/Philosophy or Global Studies General Requirements. A general introduction to the basic religious concerns of humanity and the ways in which religions have developed in Eastern and Western history, giving intellectual, moral, and institutional expression to the meaning of human existence.

Introduction to Religion and Contemporary Culture (Cr.3)
50:840:108:Sec.W1:99288 ATG 108
Friday 12/23/11 8:30am-12:10pm; 1/2/12-1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 8:30am-12:10pm
Chao, Shin-Yi
Email: sychao@camden.rutgers.edu
Satisfies the History/Religion/Philosophy General Requirement. A study of the ways that religion may or may not have significance for our world today, examining issues such as the meaning of religious experience, evil and goodness, the purposes of ritual, roles of religion in society and culture, the impact of science and technology on religion, and issues in ethics.

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SOCIOLOGY

Sociology of Childhood and Adolescence (Cr.3)
50:920:323:Sec.W1:99101 ATG 221
Friday, 12/23/11 8:30am-12:10pm; 1/2/12 – 1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 8:30am-12:10pm
Brownfield, Robin
Email: rbrownfi@camden.rutgers.edu
Satisfies the Social Sciences General Requirement. A study of social interaction during childhood and adolescence; emphasis on social interaction in various types of families and peer groups.

Special Topics in Sociology: Contemporary Perspectives: Gender, Race and Power (D)(Cr.3)
50:920:446:Sec.W6:99289 ATG 208
Friday, 12/23/11 6:00pm-9:40pm; 1/2/12 – 1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 6:00pm-9:40pm
Clark, Pamela
Email: pamclark@camden.rutgers.edu
COURSE CANCELLED 12/5/11.
Satisfies the Social Sciences or Diversity Studies General Requirement. Cross-listed with 50:988:491. An intensive analysis of multiracial feminism as an evolving theory and practice.  This course examines how race, class, and gender oppression intersect; it presents relevant activism and scholarly work from the perspectives of Black/African American, Latina/Chicana, Native American, and Asian American women as well as, pro-feminist men of color.  Illuminates multiracial feminist organizing and theory building throughout the historical periods of the first, second and third wave of feminism.

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TEACHER PREPARATION

Exceptional Learners (Cr.3)
50:964:201:Sec.W6:99290 ATG 219
Friday, 12/23/10 6:00pm-9:40pm; 1/2/12-1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 6:00pm-9:40pm
DeVito, Joyce
COURSE CANCELLED 12/8/11.
Email: joycede@camden.rutgers.edu
A survey of the neurological, sensory, orthopedic, communicative, and social disabilities present in children and the impact of these on the psychological and academic development of the child. Students will also examine the impact of the disabilities on cognitive, mental, and social growth and the factors to be considered in assessment and rehabilitative developments.

Behavior Management (Cr.3)
50:964:343:Sec.W6:99172 ATG 221
Friday, 12/23/10 6:00pm-9:40pm; 1/2/12-1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 6:00pm-9:40pm
Clendening, Donna
Email: donnajeffrey1@verizon.net
An examination of behavioral and psychotherapies for the range of behavior disorders commonly found in the classroom. The course will equip students with a variety of research-based strategies and models of discipline to address behavior management in a classroom.

Suburban Practicum (Cr.3)
50:964:450:Sec.W3:99180 ATG 108+Fieldwork
Seminar dates and times: 12/23/11; 1/2/12, 1/4/12, 1/5/12, 1/9/12 and 1/11/12 from 4:30–5:50pm; plus Fieldwork: Full school days from 1/3/12 through 1/13/12
Becker, Sara
Email: sbecke01@camden.rutgers.edu
Course Website: www.teacherprep.camden.rutgers.edu. Prerequisite: Acceptance of Student Teaching Application. This course may only be taken in one of the two semesters immediately prior to Student Teaching. Practicum has two components: a fieldwork component and a seminar component. In the fieldwork component, students are assigned to work in a suburban school setting under the supervision of a cooperating teacher. This experience will provide the student with the opportunity to become familiar with the role of the teacher and the dynamics of the classroom and will include the teaching of brief lessons. The student will thus gain an understanding of instructional planning, teaching strategies, educational technology, classroom management, and how NJCCCS are implemented in the classroom. In the seminar component, students will have the opportunity to discuss and evaluate with their peers the classroom interaction which they have observed, as well as the interrelationships of teaching/learning theory and practice.

Secondary Urban Practicum (Cr.3)
50:964:452:Sec.W3:99014 ATG 109+Fieldwork
Seminar dates and times: 12/23/11; 1/2/12, 1/4/12, 1/5/12, 1/9/12 and 1/11/12 from 4:30–5:50pm; plus Fieldwork: Full school days from 1/3/12 through 1/13/12
Heidelberg, Ann
Email: aheidel@camden.rutgers.edu
Course Website: www.teacherprep.camden.rutgers.edu. Prerequisite: Acceptance of Student Teaching Application. This course may only be taken in one of the two semesters immediately prior to Student Teaching. Practicum has two components: a fieldwork component and a seminar component. In the fieldwork component, students are assigned to work in an urban school setting under the supervision of a cooperating teacher. This experience will provide the student with the opportunity to become familiar with the role of the teacher and the dynamics of the classroom and will include the teaching of brief lessons. The student management, and how NJCCCS are implemented in the classroom. In the seminar component, students will have the opportunity to will thus gain an understanding of instructional planning, teaching strategies, educational technology, classroom discuss and evaluate with their peers the classroom interaction which they have observed, as well as the interrelationships of teaching/learning theory and practice.

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URBAN STUDIES AND METROPOLITAN PLANNING

Special Topics: Analyzing Health Reform 2008–2010—Why We Got What We Did (D)(Cr.3)
50:975:494:Sec.W6:99301 ATG 224
Friday, 12/23/11 6:00pm-9:40pm; 1/2/12 – 1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 6:00pm-9:40pm
Knoche, Thomas
Email: knoche@camden.rutgers.edu
COURSE CANCELLED 12/5/11.
Satisfies the Diversity General Requirement. Immerse yourself in one of the most important domestic public policy issues of our time. Join classmates in a collaborative, hands-on and interactive effort to evaluate and learn from the national campaigns to win healthcare reform that culminated when President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (HR 3590 and HR 4872) on March 23, 2010. Watch SICKO, Michael Moore's controversial documentary, and a few others related to the issue. Discuss and analyze why our system needed a fix. Examine how our current health care system especially affects urban America. Review recent health care reform history, how health care works in America, the various plans for reform, who was behind them, and why. Learn about PR campaigns, community organizing, and lobbying — tools citizens, institutions, corporations, and unions use to advance or block social change. Discuss and learn how to analyze national social change movements. Be "on the street" reporters to find out what area residents have to say about the means and ends of our recent reform. Are we finished with healthcare reform? Debate what might be the next steps in the health care reform process. Instructor Tom Knoche is a city planner and part-time lecturer in the Urban Studies Program at Rutgers-Camden. During most of his career, he has been engaged in local and national social change advocacy. Over the past two years, he worked on the national staff of Healthcare-NOW!, a national health care reform advocacy organization based in New York City.

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WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES

Special Topics in Women’s Studies: Contemporary Perspectives: Gender, Race and Power (D)(Cr.3)
50:988:491:Sec.W6:99304 ATG 208
Friday, 12/23/11 6:00pm-9:40pm; 1/2/12 – 1/13/12 M,Tu,W,Th,F 6:00pm-9:40pm
Clark, Pamela
Email: pamclark@camden.rutgers.edu
COURSE CANCELLED 12/5/11.
Satisfies the Diversity Studies General Requirement. Cross-listed with 50:920:446. An intensive analysis of multiracial feminism as an evolving theory and practice.  This course examines how race, class, and gender oppression intersect; it presents relevant activism and scholarly work from the perspectives of Black/African American, Latina/Chicana, Native American, and Asian American women as well as, pro-feminist men of color.  Illuminates multiracial feminist organizing and theory building throughout the historical periods of the first, second and third wave of feminism.

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