2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin - NMU Bulletin

• Offered: Fall
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

The foundation of research at a university is students understanding the resources available at its library and patiently diagnosing information found via the internet. This class prepares students for that with a practical introduction to locating, understanding, and using the materials available through the library (the catalog, electronic databases and indexes, organizing citations) and what you will be finding on the internet. Open to all students; recommended for first-year or returning students.

• Offered: Every other year, even years
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course explores gender and the environment from an intersectional perspective. Through case studies ranging from the local to the global scale, we will discuss power, politics, identities, inequalities, social movements and ecological crises. This interdisciplinary course is for environmentalists, feminists, and any student curious about the interconnections between global environmental change and gender relations.

 

Cross-listed as GC 444.

• Offered: Every other year.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course explores gender and the environment from an intersectional perspective. Through case studies ranging from the local to the global scale, we will discuss power, politics, identities, inequalities, social movements and ecological crises. This interdisciplinary course is for environmentalists, feminists, and any student curious about the interconnections between global environmental change and gender relations.

Cross-listed as GN 444.

• Offered: Fall, alternating years
• Prerequisites: GR 301, GR 302, or instructor permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.
• General Education: This course applies towards the following general education requirement(s):
  • Human Expression (HUME)

This course explores the topics of identity and belonging in German, Austrian, and Swiss literary texts in their cultural and historical contexts. The selections represent multiple genres and literary movements.  

• Offered: Fall, alternating years
• Prerequisites: GR 301, GR 302, or instructor permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

The aim of this course is to introduce students to examine German crime fiction with students. The course will examine texts from classical German authors, and conclude with contemporary mysteries and graphic novels.

• Offered: Winter, alternating years
• Prerequisites: EN 211 with a grade of "C" or better or HON 101 and HON 111 and sophomore standing.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

The aim of this course is to use crime fiction as a departure point to examine a spectrum of social and cultural topics important in turn-of-the-century Vienna including psychology, criminology, the women’s movement, nationalism, interest in the occult, and others.

• Offered: Winter, Alternating Years
• Prerequisites: EN 211 with a grade of "C" or better or HON 101 and HON 111 and sophomore standing.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

The aim of this course is to introduce students to the culture and religious beliefs of the pre-Christian Germanic peoples, using primary sources from a variety of disciplines.

• Prerequisites: TH 132 or TH 134.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This is an upper division acting class designed for students in the Acting programs. Focus in the class is placed on the students developing acting skills in Shakespearean plays. 

• Prerequisites: TH 330, or instructor approval.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This is an upper division acting class designed for cohorts in the Acting programs. The class will build upon skills learned in TH 330. Focus in the class is placed on the students developing acting in styles skills. Students will work in the acting styles of Classical drama (Greek), Restoration (Sheridan, Wycherley), and absurdism (Beckett, Pinter).

• Prerequisites: TH 237, or instructor approval.
• Bulletin Year: 2022 - 2023 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This class is a 300 level performance class designed for students in the Acting programs. The class will focus on perfecting performance skills in stage combat/fighting. Students will be exposed to exercises designed to teach proper combat skills (hand to hand and weapons), with specific emphasis on safety protocols.