Spring 2024 RFLA Seminar Courses

Course: 12775 and 12875 RFLA 100A 01/02

Instructor: M Breckling

Days/Times:  TR/09:30-10:45A/MWF 09:00-09:50A/MWF 10:00-10:50A

Course Title: Popular Song in American Culture

Prereqs: Open to 1st year students only, during registration

Course Description: Since the earliest days of the American popular music industry, our music has beeninextricably linked to significant events in the nation’s culture. Artists and their work serve as both a mirror, reflecting changes in American society, and as a catalyst, calling for and sometimes inspiring those social shifts. This course will examine styles as varied and wide-ranging as bluegrass and gangsta rap, and students will research topics in popular music that correspond to the issues in American society and culture that correspond to their interests, goals, and experiences and create projects to share this knowledge with their peers.

Course: 13652 RFLA 100A 03

Instructor: R Vander Poppen

Days/Times: TR 09:30-10:45A

Course Title: Art in the Italian City 

Prereqs: Open to 1st year students only, during registration

Course Description: Urbans spaces first arose in Italy in the 9^th Century BC and continue to dominate the life of the peninsula today. This course will examine the city as a cultural, political, and economic phenomenon from the lens Archaeology and Art History.  Students will explore changes in urban planning, architecture, and art that expresses civic identity by viewing sites, monuments, artworks and artifacts from the Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and modern periods.

Course: 13003 and 13005 RFLA 100 05/06

Instructor: S Witmer 

Days/Times: TR 08:00-09:15A and 09:30-10:45A

Course Title: Global Popular Music

Prereqs: Open to 1st year students only, during registration

Course Description: This course will explore how the popular music of various societies from around the world is created and transformed by musical influences from other societies and worldviews when they encounter and interact with one another. The homogenizing forces of globalization, specifically the global pop aesthetic, will also be explored. Students will examine the artistic, literary, cultural, and socioeconomic effects of global popular music. Topics of inquiry and exploration include hybridity and diversity in music; the effects of globalization on cultural development; and the social, political, and cultural ramifications resulting from expressive cultural forms expanding around the world.

Course: 13006 RFLA 100A 07

Instructor: A Zimmermann

Days/Times: TR 2:00-3:15

Course Title: Intro to Creative Writing 

Prereqs: Open to 1st year students only, during registration; Meets with ENGW 167; Counts toward Creative Writing minor & ENG maj/min

Course Description: TBD

Course: 13007 RFLA 100A 08 

Instructor: A Crutchfield 

Days/Times: MW 2:30-3:45P

Course Title: Makeup for Theatrical Design

Prereqs: Open to 1st year students only, during registration

Course Description: TBD

Course: 12776 RFLA 100C 01

Instructor: A Katun Williams

Days/Times:  MWF/09:00-09:50A

Course Title: Business for Social Impact

Prereqs: Open to 1st year students only, during registration; Counts as SE 100

Course Description: How can business be used to tackle critical social and environmental problems in our world? You will learn how successful social entrepreneurs create and drive positive change, and how and why meaningful social changes happen. After considering root causes to problems our society faces, you will identify and explain new approaches to making change through for-profit, non-profit, or hybrid social enterprises, as founders, employees, and ecosystem developers, among other roles. This is a project-based course; you will develop your ability to recognize opportunities in the midst of pressing local and global problems, and apply concepts and frameworks to further develop those opportunities.

Course: 12777 RFLA 100C 02

Instructor: S Brown 

Days/Times:  MWF/09:00-09:50A

Course Title: Social Issues in Social Media

Prereqs: Open to 1st year students only, during registration

Course Description: Social media is the ever-present online communication that allows billions of people to share information and express themselves. Now it’s time to assess its impacts on social relationships. This course elevates everyday social media to question how well it reflects (or doesn’t reflect) creativity, values, gender, race, inequality, and commerce.

Course: 12778 RFLA 100C 03

Instructor: W Brandon

Days/Times: TR/09:30-10:45A

Course Title: Food Democracy

Prereqs: Open to 1st year students only, during registration

Course Description: Food Democracy critically examines the contemporary food system by looking at global food-related problems such as, the prevalence of undernutrition in the developed world, food crises in the world’s conflict zones, the emergence of overnutrition in the developing world, and inequalities in food production, distribution, and consumption. In addition, we will learn about food activism and food justice movements/advocacy organizations that are challenging an unjust and unsustainable global food system.

Course: 12779 RFLA 100C 04

Instructor: H McLaughlin

Days/Times: MW/2:30-3:45P

Course Title: Global Perspectives of Education

Prereqs: Open to 1st year students only, during registration

Course Description: In this course we analyze the economic, political, and social issues that affect students’ and families’ lives in case study countries across the world. We also examine the educational experiences of students who come from marginalized groups in these countries, with special emphasis on indigenous, rural, female, and migrant/refugee people. We will discuss key educational initiatives developed by governmental and non-governmental organizations. The result is to reconsider our own beliefs and to broaden our global perspectives about education, in light of what we have learned.

Course: 12780 RFLA 100C 05

Instructor: J Maskivker

Days/Times: TR/09:30-10:45A

Course Title: Constitutional Controversies

Prereqs: Open to 1st year students only, during registration

Course Description: This class overviews the most heated debates today concerning applies ethics and constitutional matters, including things such as abortion, the death penalty, affirmative action, justice, etc

Course: 12781 RFLA 100C 06

Instructor: T Warnecke

Days/Times: TR/09:30-10:45A

Course Title: How to Change the World 

Prereqs: Open to 1st year students only, during registration, Counts as SE 220

Course Description: This course focuses on changemaking and social entrepreneurship in a global context, developing your ability to see opportunities in the midst of pressing social problems. Learn about key barriers to innovation and strategies for improving results as we examine the goals adopted by nearly 200 countries to end poverty, protect the environment, and ensure shared prosperity through a sustainable development agenda

Course: 12961 and 12876 RFLA 100C 07

Instructor: C Gonzalez 

Days/Times: TR/08:00-09:15A and 09:30-10:45A

Course Title: Food and Culture 

Prereqs: Open to 1st year students only, during registration

Course Description: This course explores connections between what we eat and who we are through a cross-cultural study of food production, preparation and consumption.

Course: 13017 and 13666 RFLA 100C 09/10

Instructor: J Eisele

Days/Times: MW/2:30-3:45P and 4:00-5:15P

Course Title: Sociology of Popular Culture 

Prereqs: Open to 1st year students only, during registration

Course Description: TBA

Course: 13300 RFLA 100C 09

Instructor: T Smith

Days/Times: MWF 09:00-09:50A

Course Title: Psych of Women in Politics 

Prereqs: Open to 1st year students only, during registration

Course Description: TBA

Course: 12779 RFLA 100C 10

Instructor: Wang, Chuan 

Days/Times: TR 09:30-10:45A

Course Title: US-China Relations

Prereqs: Open to 1st year students only, during registration

Course Description: This course explores US-China relations by emphasizing the dynamics of contention and cooperation between these two powers in addressing global issues. Major topics include security, trade, technology, energy, and environmental concerns. The course provides a comparative analysis of the historical, sociocultural, political, and economic approaches of the United Srtates and China. Throughout the course, it aims to examine how the interactions between these two nations could influence global diversity, equality, and stability.

Course: 12782 RFLA 100H 01

Instructor: J Liu

Days/Times: MW/2:30-3:45P

Course Title: Religion and Film 

Prereqs: Open to 1st year students only, during registration; Counts as REL 100 elective

Course Description: TBA

Course: 12783 RFLA 100H 02

Instructor: S Schoen

Days/Times: TR/09:30-10:45A

Course Title: Online Storytelling

Prereqs: Open to 1st year students only, during registration

Course Description: More and more the stories we tell are digital, and you can have the skills to tell them! This course centers on multimedia expression. We will study the ways stories convey who we are and how we understand others and our world. Then we will practice telling evocative, creative, powerful stories that connect personally significant aspects of ourselves to important issues in the world. Projects will include a photo essay, short audio documentary, and short video.

Course: 12998 RFLA 100H 03

Instructor: B Hudson

Days/Times: TR/09:30-10:45A

Course Title: Horror in Lit and Film

Prereqs: Open to 1st year students only, during registration; Counts as FIL elective

Course Description: From the plays of Shakespeare to the cinema of Jordan Peele, horror has been a generic form that cultures use to make sense of the strange, uncanny, or unruly within themselves.  The genre of horror is like a collective nightmare, in which cultures exorcise the repressed or oppressed within themselves.  This course will pair a series of case studies in classic literature (Macbeth, Frankenstein, and Jekyll and Hyde, for example) with milestones in the cinema of horror (Psycho, The Exorcist, and Get Out) to give students an understanding of the uses of horror in popular culture from the Renaissance to the world we inhabit today.

Course: 12999 RFLA 100H 04

Instructor: T French

Days/Times: TR/09:30-10:45A

Course Title: Extremes of Religion

Prereqs: Open to 1st year students only, during registration

Course Description: This course examines the roots of extremism in religious belief and practice. Tracing topics such as fasting, sexual politics, sacred ritual, and terror, it will examine when religious passion and devotion transform into what society deems "extreme."

Course: 13002 RFLA 100H 05

Instructor: E Russell

Days/Times: TR/09:30-10:45A

Course Title: Sex, War, & Plague

Prereqs: Open to 1st year students only, during registration; Counts as ENG 200 (Pre-1900); Meets with ENG 243

Course Description: In academic arenas, the so-called pre- and postmodern periods often are studied in isolation from one another, and for good reason: these eras (1000-1500CE and 1945-present respectively) occupy opposite ends of the historical timeline and thus seemingly share little in common. In this course—team taught by two faculty members in English who each study these different periods—we will discover together the ways that many of the central preoccupations that pervaded the Middle Ages also are hallmarks of postmodern theory and practice. What does it mean to be human in a world filled with monsters and cyborgs? Who or what defines who we are as individuals? What is a “book”? The pre- and postmodern eras are characterized by genre and gender bending, innovation, play, indeterminacy, fracture, and, above all, diversity. Almost everything is up for grabs in these periods and things are rarely as they seem. Understanding of both periods is made richer by situating them in dialogue with one another.

Course: 13251 RFLA 100H 06

Instructor: B Hudson

Days/Times: MW/02:30-03:45P

Course Title: Horror in Lit and Film

Prereqs: Open to 1st year students only, during registration; Counts as ASJ elective

Course Description: From the plays of Shakespeare to the cinema of Jordan Peele, horror has been a generic form that cultures use to make sense of the strange, uncanny, or unruly within themselves.  The genre of horror is like a collective nightmare, in which cultures exorcise the repressed or oppressed within themselves.  This course will pair a series of case studies in classic literature (Macbeth, Frankenstein, and Jekyll and Hyde, for example) with milestones in the cinema of horror (Psycho, The Exorcist, and Get Out) to give students an understanding of the uses of horror in popular culture from the Renaissance to the world we inhabit today.

Course: 13609 RFLA 100H 07

Instructor: I Karleskint

Days/Times: TR/09:30-10:45A

Course Title: Gaming

Prereqs: Open to 1st year students only during registration; Counts as ENG 200 level elective

Course Description: This course focuses on gaming - from videogames, to online gaming communities, to board games and escape rooms based on "Whodunnit?" mysteries. Students will learn information literacy, gamification, and teamwork by analyzing and creating games.

Course: 13610 RFLA 100H 08 

Instructor: K Avagliano

Days/Times: TR/09:30-10:45A

Course Title: Fandoms

Prereqs: Open to 1st year students only during registration; Counts as ENG 200 level elective

Course Description: Orlando is, arguably, a city built on a foundation of fandom. In this course, students will examine both communal and personal contexts and practices around fandom.

Course: 13654 RFLA 100H 09

Instructor: Y Yan

Days/Times: MW/2:30-3:45P

Course Title: East Asian Media & Pop Culture

Prereqs: Open to 1st year students only during registration; Counts as ASA elective

Course Description: This course examines contemporary mass media in East Asia by focusing on media institutions and practices in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China.Special attention is paid to popular cultural formations, the rise of East Asian media industries, intra-region flows of information and entertainment, and the presenceand influence of transnational media companies in East Asia. This course explores the explosion of media in East Asia and the resulting forms of media production,circulation and consumption that transform everyday life, economy and politics. From pop culture phenomena such as K-Pop, fan fiction and internet platforms suchas Sina Weibo, from mobile phone culture to video games and social networks used in political protests, complex media forms and practices are developing with lightning speed across the region and exerting global influence.

Course: 12784 RFLA 200A 01

Instructors: D Roe and B Chandler

Days/Times: R/9:30am-12:15pm

Course Title: Intergenerational Photography:  Land & Community

Prereqs: RFLA 100; Counts as AAAS elective; CE course; Fee: $50

Course Description: 
This CE course involves intergenerational engagement with photography and community through bi-weekly workshops in Winter Park’s historic Westside neighborhood. Working directly with Hannibal Square residents as well as occupants of the nearby Plymouth Senior Housing Facility, students will demonstrate their developing understanding of camera operation and technique by serving as tutors during each workshop. We will cover methods for establishing an ethical documentary practice through our creation of images reflecting upon the impact of gentrification and related issues of affordable housing within Winter Park. This course emphasizes the importance of being flexible and caring conversation partners with older adults and one another as we explore both challenging and touching subject matter through our art.

 Course Fee $50.

Course: 12787 and 12785 RFLA 200A 02/06

Instructor: M DiQuattro

Days/Times: TR/09:30-10:45A and MW/2:30-3:45P

Course Title: Culture Shock

Prereqs: RFLA 100

Course Description: We explore the genre of travel writing and culture shock narratives, specifically what it feels like to visit foreign locales, to meet strangers, and to be suddenly immersed in alien cultures. We will examine how the genres of essay, novel, drama, creative non-fiction and film can represent different aspects of what a culture shock feels like.  We will analyze in seminar setting questions of nationhood, citizenship, culture, globalization, and cosmopolitanism. We will conclude by visiting Epcot Disney, and students will create their own travel narratives of the countries they visit. Students can choose to craft these narratives in any of the forms studied: essay, creative nonfiction, fiction, drama, or film. There is a course fee of $125

Course: 12789 RFLA 200A 03

Instructor: C Archard

Days/Times: TR/09:30-10:45A

Course Title: One Hit Wonders

Prereqs: RFLA 100

Course Description: Why do some artists or bands have a long career and others are merely “One Hit Wonders”? Is Pop music designed to be disposable and ephemeral? This course will examine the unpredictability of the music industry and unravel many of the factors that influenced the creation of Pop hits and Popular music from the 1970s to the present. Many of the factors explored in class will include talent versus looks, digital recording, the corporatization of record labels, sampling, global communication, streaming, social media and behavioral targeting, as well as the overall zeitgeist and historical context of each era. We will also delve into the formulaic songwriting techniques used to create the perfect three-minute “Ear Candy” pop masterpiece.

Course: 12790 RFLA 200A 04

Instructor: D Flick

Days/Times: MWF/09:00-09:50A

Course Title: Music Meets Life

Prereqs: RFLA 100

Course Description: What different roles do artists take in creating a social fabric or a sense of place? Encouraged to make connections between art, landscape and community, students will begin their own journey as an artist and create innovative art works that enliven/elevate their community and sense of place. Students will engage with these concepts through readings and discussion and develop these ideas creatively through a series of hands-on projects that explore various artist techniques and creative processes - all while learning about art, place and community from a theoretical, cultural, historical and practical perspective. This course will have a CE component.

Course: 13527 RFLA 200A 05

Instructor: A Hope

Days/Times: MW/02:30-3:45P

Course Title: Intro to Sculpture

Prereqs: RFLA 100: Fee: $50

Course Description: This studio course introduces the fundamentals of contemporary sculptural practice with an emphasis on spatial awareness, problem-solving, and conceptual development. Consideration is given to the range of three-dimensional form as found in both contemporary art and design, and in different cultural and historical contexts, as well. There is a course fee of $50.

Course: 12791 RFLA 200C 01

Instructor: M Robertson

Days/Times: TR/09:30-10:45A

Course Title: Panics, Crashes, & Pandemonia

Prereqs: RFLA 100; Counts as ECO 200 elective

Course Description: What do the Dutch tulip mania of the 17th century, robber barons in the 19th century, the behavior of Mexican pesos in the late 1990s, and the recent housing crisis all have in common? Each has contributed to a slowdown in the economy causing rises of unemployment and slow growth of some consequence. But why do such panics and crashes occur that involve actions by seemingly rational people result in economic pandemonium? This course explores the causes, consequences, and social impact of periods of economic havoc over the past three centuries. We take a broad approach to the historical examples studied to include asset bubbles and banking crises but also sovereign debt bankruptcies and hyperinflations. We examine competing frameworks to understand these episodes of economic turmoil and the challenges each crisis presents for policymakers to stabilize the economy. In these efforts, basic economic concepts are introduced along with data and facts to think about the economic phenomena.

Course: 12953 RFLA 200C 02

Instructor: Y Yao

Days/Times: TR/09:30-10:45A

Course Title: China's Rise

Prereqs: RFLA 100

Course Description: China’s dramatic rise recently is an unprecedented phenomenon in world history that is changing global as well as regional economics and geopolitics. This course will help students understand what accounts for China’s rapid rise, what are the strengths and weaknesses of China’s model of modernity, what challenges China is facing and what impacts and implications that China’s rise has to the U.S. and the rest of the world.

Course: 12910 RFLA 200C 03

Instructor: J Hammonds

Days/Times: TR/09:30-10:45A

Course Title: Human Comm: Body Language

Prereqs: RFLA 100

Course Description: A survey of the History of Medicine from Greek Antiquity to the present. This course pays particular attention to the Philosophical and Cultural presuppositions that undelay the practice of medicine. In addition to the historical narrative, will cover biographical details of historical figures such as Galen and William Harvey.

Course: 13630 RFLA 200C 04

Instructor: J Jenoch

Days/Times: TR/09:30-10:45A

Course Title: Sounds of Blackness

Prereqs: RFLA 100

Course Description: In this course we will explore Black music in the U.S. & the African diaspora; and the ways in which music reflects the Black experience throughout history.

Course: 12792 RFLA 200H 01

Instructor: S Rubarth

Days/Times: MWF/09:00-09:50A

Course Title: Sci-Fi, Philosophy, and Film

Prereqs: RFLA 100

Course Description: This course examines the philosophical, metaphysical, theological, scientific, and ethical implications of selected science fiction films.   Special focus is given to the Matrix trilogy.  Students critically engage in topics such as the nature of reality and knowledge, personal identity, artificial intelligence, transhumanism, existentialism, and how to live ethically in a post-apocalyptic world.  The course seeks to develop critical and creative skills necessary for understanding mind-blowing movies and unraveling philosophical mysteries.

Course: 12793 RFLA 200H 02

Instructor: V Machado

Days/Times: MWF/09:00-09:50A

Course Title: Nature Spirituality

Prereqs: RFLA 100

Course Description: What did John Muir allude to when he pronounced ‘the mountain is calling’? What does it mean when activists declare ‘water is life’? How can we understand those who feel, see, or experience the divine in nature? Drawing from such ideas, this class will explore the natural world from spiritual and religious perspectives. We will cover indigenous perceptions of the land, transcendental thought, the ‘greening’ of mainstream religion, sacred spaces, and the rise of eco-spirituality practices that may involve but are not limited to pagan, new age, and SBNR (‘spiritual but not religious’) thought. Collectively our class will re-think how we understand human-nature relationships within the lens of the spiritual.

Course: 12911 RFLA 200H 03

Instructor: T French

Days/Times: MW/01:00-02:15P

Course Title: Christianity: Thought/Practice

Prereqs: RFLA 100; Counts as JWS & MENA elective; Meets with REL 218

Course Description: Touchdown Jesus, genital mutilation, voluntary starvation, cultic sex, immolation, and hymen reconstruction: If you are fascinated by human behavior and big questions that do not have simple answers, this class is for you. This course invites students to explore what we may not know about our world, our community, our friends and families, and ourselves. Ranging from body modification to glorification of the perfect virginal form; abject poverty to extraordinary wealth; rolling saints to popes and bishops; megachurches to monastic retreats; and selfless love to imposed terror—Religion has mapped an array of extremes onto various cultures throughout world history. This course will seek instances of extreme religious behavior, asking how these movements have become normative in various communities. Determining why and when religious practice progresses from passion and devotion to that which our society deems “extreme,” we will explore what narratives are employed to maintain the feverish pitch of holy otherness. Restraining simple criticisms of those actions that are not in harmony with personal experiences, the student will be asked to search for motivating historical, religious, and social factors that move participants ever closer to their concept of divinity. Our challenge will be to understand how this extreme religious behavior relates to our contemporary world. Students will explore the mysterious and marvelous practices of contemporary religion, attempting to understand why humans comport themselves in particular ways. It will assess social mores, global perspectives, and perceptions of the other, by trying to understand the underlying motivations in religious practices. Students will be asked to think critically about different cultural perspectives, examining the impact these traditions have on their local and global communities. The class will work in both local and global examples, such as a Qur’an burning pastor in Gainesville, the commodification of religion in a local religious amusement park, and nearby megachurches, as well as the more removed topics of asceticism, immolation, mutilation, diet, terror, and ritual. It will necessarily take into account the impact of religious and national identities in the construction of imagined communities (Benedict Anderson), asking the student to think from others’ perspectives.

Course: 13269 RFLA 200H 04

Instructor: J Brown

Days/Times: TR/09:30-10:45A

Course Title: The Big Questions

Prereqs: RFLA 100

Course Description: This philosophy course will investigate foundational questions that have pushed the boundaries of human thought and driven the quest for knowledge for more than two thousand years. The questions students will investigate and discuss include: What is consciousness? Are humans free to act according to their wills? Are humans determined to act according to the laws of physics and neurology? Are humans pre-determined to act according to the cosmic design of a higher being?  Is A.I. alive? These questions are perfect for curious students looking for a course that has lively investigations, discussions, and debates.

Course: 13295 RFLA 200H 05

Instructor: N Richter

Days/Times: TR/09:30-10:45A

Course Title: Intro to Film

Prereqs: RFLA 100

Course Description: Introduction to film appreciation and analysis; examines critical approaches to film and film style including authorship and genre. FIL 150 surveys basic theoretical, technical, and philosophical approaches to the study of film. Students will become “literate” in the language of film through becoming familiar with key terms and concepts used in analyzing film. Students will learn what it means to be a film spectator, how films create meaning, the political aspects of filmmaking, and various approaches to film criticism.

Course: 13613 RFLA 200H 06

Instructor: V Aggarwal

Days/Times: MW/01:00-02:15P

Course Title: Visual Poetry

Prereqs: RFLA 100; Meets with ENGW 261

Course Description: Please contact Dr. Aggarwal directly, vaggarwal@rollins.edu for a course description.

Course: 13034 RFLA 200H 07

Instructor: C Castillo

Days/Times: MWF/09:00-09:50A

Course Title: Paris through the Lenses

Prereqs: RFLA 100

Course Description: In this course, we will look at the image/idea of Paris, often a substitute for France in collective imagination, as a site of contesting interpretations that has meant and continues to mean so many different things to so many different people. From the universal ideals of the French Revolution to present day Paris trending as an overrated touristic destination on social media, by way of the 1950's "Black Paris" and the "Paris Syndrome," students will investigate how and why the City of Lights crystallize diverse fantasies, disillusionments, and unexpected realities. By looking at these kaleidoscopic representations and perspectives, students will gain a beter understanding not only of the city and the Francophone world at large, but also of the multitude of global experiences and issues that have intersected at the symbolical crossroad of Paris.

Course: 12795 RFLA 200S 01

Instructor: L Habgood

Days/Times: T/08:00-09:30A

Course Title: Supermarket Science 

Prereqs: RFLA 100

Course Description: When you walk into a supermarket you are entering a store where a diversity of science is represented. As consumers we want to buy food, drinks, and healthcare products that are consistent with our needs and values. This course is designed to help decipher some of the biology and chemistry behind products and separate information that is factually based on scientific evidence and what is pseudoscience.

Course: 12796 RFLA 200S 02

Instructor: E Rokni

Days/Times: TR/09:30-10:45A

Course Title: Physics of Musical Instruments

Prereqs: Two RFLA 200, WCMP, MCMP

Course Description: This course traces the development of musical instruments from prehistory to modern day. The content emphasizes the creativity of successive generations of instrument makers, focusing on the scientific aspects of each new innovation. The result of each innovation is put into the context of how it affected the development of music. Prerequisite of math competency.

Course: 12797 RFLA 200S 03

Instructor: S Fonseca Douguet

Days/Times: TBA

Course Title: Science of Leonardo Da Vinci

Prereqs: RFLA 100

Course Description: Leonardo da Vinci was a man ahead of his time.  He thrived in arts, science and technology, uncovering new directions with scientific art.  We will investigate his life and the breadth and depth of his scientific studies.  The topics include: anatomy and physiology, plant morphology, geology, mechanics, waves, optics, fluid dynamics, civil engineering, ballistics, and mathematics. 

Course: 12826 RFLA 200S 04

Instructor: I Biazzo

Days/Times: TR/08:00-09:15A

Course Title: Environmental Science

Prereqs: RFLA 100; Saturday labs will meet Feb.3, Feb.17 & March 23

Course Description: An exploration of Florida natural history and the interdisciplinary themes of environmental studies.

Course: 13595 RFLA 200S 05

Instructor: I Biazzo

Days/Times: TR/09:30-10:45A

Course Title: Environmental Science

Prereqs: RFLA 100; Saturday labs will meet Feb.10, Feb.24 & March 30

Course Description: An exploration of Florida natural history and the interdisciplinary themes of environmental studies.

Course: 13000 RFLA 300 01

Instructor: H McLaughlin 

Days/Times: MW/02:30-3:45P

Course Title: Learn & Teach about Holocaust

Prereqs: Two RFLA 200 & WCMP; Embedded with field study to Krakow, Poland; Register in International Programs

Course Description: Students will learn about Jewish life in Europe before World War II, the reasons for the rise of Nazism and the persecution of Jews, the different roles that people played during this time, and the outcomes of the Holocaust for people from many backgrounds. We will analyze the diaries of Jewish children who were hidden or forced into ghettos and camps, and hear survivor testimonies, to know more about what those people experienced. A vital part of the course will be a 6-day Field Study trip to Krakow, Poland, which will include a study tour of Auschwitz-Birkenau. We will end by considering how survivors have made meaning from the Holocaust, relating the past to current social issues, and examining the best ways to teach about the Holocaust.

Course: 13294 and 12799 RFLA 300 02/03

Instructor: S Boyd

Days/Times: MWF/08:00-08:50A and 09:00-09:50A

Course Title: Social Choice Mathematics

Prereqs: Two RFLA 200 & WCMP & MCMP

Course Description: How do different societies choose their leaders? What roles do tradition and ideology play in the structure of government? We will research and compare voting systems and representative legislatures from around the world, applying principles of voting theory and fair division to study the ways diverse groups of people select and empower their leaders. 

Course: 12801 RFLA 300 04

Instructor: M Nelson , A Stone

Days/Times: TR/09:30-10:45A

Course Title: Communication, Culture & Conflict

Prereqs: Two RFLA 200 & WCMP; Embedded with field study to North Ireland; Register in International Programs

Course Description: This course and linked field study will explore the theory and practice of dialogue as a tool for communicating across differences. Using the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a framework, we will explore the importance of interdisciplinary teamwork and cross-cultural communication to address social and environmental challenges in our local and global community. Students will research the SDGs, understand design thinking methodology as a tool for creating sustainable change, and engage in a field study to learn the challenges of reconciliation and maintaining peace. Activities include visits to social enterprises, non-profit organizations, and museums.

Course: 13011 RFLA 300 05

Instructor: R Elva

Days/Times: MW/02:30-03:45P

Course Title: Computer Literacy-the FairyTale

Prereqs: Two RFLA 200 & WCMP

Course Description: In our modern environment, education can no longer be considered complete with just the 3 Rs. Computer literacy is quickly becoming the 4th fundamental requirement for a complete education of the global citizen. The use of the Fairy Tale is a long-standing practice for teaching important societal truths using oral tradition and analogy. This project-based course presents computer literacy concepts retold through the lens of well-known fairy tales. Other topics covered will include issues surrounding safe, socially conscious use of technology and socio-economic factors impacting access to computer literacy.

Course: 12916 RFLA 300 06

Instructor: P Tome

Days/Times: TR/09:30-10:45A

Course Title: Latin American Goes to the Movies

Prereqs: Two RFLA 200 & WCMP; Taught in foreign language; Meets with SPN 495 (13563)

Course Description: How has popular cinema portrayed Latin American society and history? How has cinema affected the people and culture of the region? In this class, we will watch feature films from various countries which grapple with various events and issues pertinent to today's society. Through these films, we will both critically examine historical developments in Latin America as well as learn about the aesthetic conventions used by narrative films to convey meaning.

Course: 12966 RFLA 300 07

Instructor: L Crysel

Days/Times: MW/02:30-3:45P

Course Title: Psychology Saves the World

Prereqs: Two RFLA 200 & WCMP

Course Description: For every career, there is a psychological application.  Psychology is used to solve problems in fields as diverse as business, education, law, sports, and mental health. Students will research topics in applied psychology corresponding to their academic and professional goals, and create projects to share this knowledge with their peers.

Course: 12798 RFLA 300 08

Instructor: B Allen

Days/Times: MW 2:30-3:45P 

Course Title: America's Gifts

Prereqs: Two RFLA 200 & WCMP; Counts as AMST elective

Course Description: This course explores the uniquely American circumstances that gave rise to the development of jazz, baseball and National Parks. All of these icons of Americana exhibit many of the dynamic (and often conflicting) forces at work in American history. For example, the preservation of land in National Parks ran directly counter to the essentially materialistic and exploitative approach to nature that governed 19th century America. Jazz represents the collision of European and African musical forms, which produced an unprecedented opportunity for exploration and innovation. And (sadly), baseball is at odds with a contemporary American culture that is increasingly violent, impatient and overbearing. Underlying themes of the course include the roles of race, class, gender and capitalism, as well as the relationship between the individual and the group.

Course: 13010 RFLA 300 09

Instructor: P Bernal

Days/Times: TR 11:00-12:15P

Course Title: History of Medicine

Prereqs: Two RFLA 200 & WCMP

Course Description: A survey of the History of Medicine from Greek Antiquity to the present. This course pays particular attention to the Philosophical and Cultural presuppositions that undelay the practice of medicine. In addition to the historical narrative, will cover biographical details of historical figures such as Galen and William Harvey as well as modern ones.

Course: 13004 RFLA 300 10

Instructor: H Cooperman 

Days/Times: TR/09:30-10:45A

Course Title: Creating Impact:ArtsBased Rsch

Prereqs: Two RFLA 200 & WCMP

Course Description: TBA

Course: 12924 RFLA 300 11

Instructor: A Murdaugh

Days/Times: TR/09:30-10:45A

Course Title: Tilt and Spin

Prereqs: Two RFLA 200 & WCMP

Course Description: The Earth’s axis is tilted by 23.5 degrees. This tilt unevenly distributes the sunlight across the Earth, giving rise to unique cultural practices, the early science advancements, seasons, and biodiversity. The tilt also influences the effects of and solutions to climate change. In this course, students will explore the intersection of culture, policy, and science to more deeply understand how our path through the stars shapes our past and future.

Course: 13765 RFLA 300 12

Instructor: G Gonzalez 

Days/Times: MWF/11:00-11:50A

Course Title: Power in America 

Prereqs: Two RFLA 200 & WCMP

Course Description: TBD

Course: 13782 RFLA 300 13

Instructor: S Gonzalez Guittar

Days/Times: MW/02:30-03:45P

Course Title: Reproductive Justice

Prereqs: Two RFLA 200 & WCMP

Course Description: TBD