A central tenet of nutrition research is that our food choices are largely determined by nutritional need. But this isn't a nutrition class. This is a sociology class, and one of the main ideas of this class is that there are considerable social forces at work behind how, and what, we eat. Think about availability, cost, religious guidelines, short-term diets for health purposes, and cultural beliefs.

How have the figures of the Chinese bachelor, the geisha, the war bride, the hermaphrodite, the orphan, the tiger mother, the Asian nerd, the rice king, the rice queen, and the trafficked woman shaped understandings of Asian Americans, and how have these representations been critiqued by Asian American feminist scholars and writers? Is there a body of work that constitutes "Asian American feminism(s)" and what are its distinctive contributions to the field of Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies?

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Continuation of THEATER 362. Costume design theory, conceptualization, and solution of related problems. Design projects, concept papers, journal, sketch book, and appropriate design work for department productions. Prerequisites: 300-level theater courses or equivalent, consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit. Satisfies the Integrative Experience requirement for BA-Theatr majors.

his is a combination lab and lecture based course that will introduce early stage students to design of experiments, design and implementation of research projects in Chemical Engineering (both industrial and academic), statistical analysis of data, lab safety, and pitching research ideas and completed projects to communities of professionals.

his is a combination lab and lecture based course that will introduce early stage students to design of experiments, design and implementation of research projects in Chemical Engineering (both industrial and academic), statistical analysis of data, lab safety, and pitching research ideas and completed projects to communities of professionals.

This course will examine the landscape of American theater and its relationship to the politics of diversity in the U.S. We will study the theater work of Latinos/as in the U.S. to broaden our understanding of multicultural theater. In addition to studying the dramatic texts, we will also consider the political implications of the work and its relationship to social activism. We will also look at theater companies whose primary missions are to produce Latino/a theater and the history of the representation of Latinos on stage in this country.

Elements of theatrical design and basic skills in the areas of costume construction, lighting techniques, drafting and stagecraft. Required of majors.

This course introduces graduate and undergraduate students to concepts, practices, and tools for conducting effective research. Students will learn basic methods for activities such as reading technical papers, selecting research topics, devising research questions, planning research, analyzing experimental results, modeling and simulation of computational phenomena, and synthesizing broader theories.