An introduction to principles and practice of server-side scripting using PHP, including form processing, content customization, and MySQL database interaction. Assumes prior familiarity with HTML web development and some other form of scripting (such as Javascript) or general programming. Enrollment limited to 35. Prerequisite: CSC 105 or by permission of instructor. (E)

An introduction to how computers work. The goal of the course is to provide students with a broad understanding of computer hardware, software, and operating systems. Topics include the history of computers; logic circuits; major hardware components and their design, including processors, memory, disks, and video monitors; programming languages and their role in developing applications; and operating system functions, including file system support and multitasking, multiprogramming, and timesharing. Weekly labs give hands-on experience. Enrollment limited to 35.

Examination of individual differences and their consideration in the teaching-learning process. Research and pre-practicum required. Prerequisites: EDC 238.

Topics course. Lectures, with frequent discussion, on film comedies from a variety of places and times: American screwball comedies and British Ealing comedies; battles of the sexes; the silent or nonverbal comedy of Chaplin, Keaton, and Jacques Tati; parodies of other film genres; political satire; musical comedy; adaptations of comic novels; fast-talking comedy by the Marx Brothers, Monty Python, Woody Allen, and Howard Hawks; and to sum things up, Ingmar Bergman?s "Smiles of a Summer Night", plus a film chosen by the class.

Sectioned course. Students must have a working knowledge of the four basic tennis strokes (forehand, backhand, volleys, serves). The format for Tennis II is a ?play and learn? environment. There will be emphasis on positioning and basic strategies for singles and doubles. Lobs and overheads will be introduced. In addition, tennis drills will be presented to help students refine and practice the four basic strokes. Prerequisite: Tennis I or permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 16 per section.

Sectioned course. This course provides an introduction to various methods of resistance training. The focus of this class is functional strength training. Students will learn specific training methods with a purpose. This is an ideal course for students interested in sport, applied sports medicine, and rehabilitation. Enrollment limited to 20.

Injuries due to involvement in sport result in untold expense, discomfort, and possible lifelong problems. The etiology and prevention of injury are discussed. Also covered are over training, childhood sport and specialization, and how to maintain healthy athletes. The most common sport injuries are analyzed. Lecture and discussion are supported by applied laboratory exercises. Enrollment limited to 20.

Acting II offers intensive focus on different, specific topics pertaining to acting training. THE 242 can be repeated for credit up to three times provided the content is different. Prerequisites: Acting I (THE 141) or its equivalent. This class explores the particular demands and opportunities that come with acting in a range of American plays from the last decade. Many of these plays refuse to give themselves over to one particular ?style,? moving easily, or not so easily, among modes.

Theory and research on the construction of and change in gender categories in the United States, with particular attention to social movements that seek to change gender definitions and stratification, including both feminist and anti-feminist movements. Theoretical frameworks are drawn from feminist theory and social movement theory. Readings examine historical shifts in gender relations and norms, changing definitions of gender in contemporary everyday life, and politicized struggles over gender definitions.

Drawing upon a variety of sociological perspectives and analytical methods, this course considers the place of culture in social life and examines its socially constituted character. Culture, treated as a set of distinctive practices, as symbolic representation, and as a domain of creative expression, will be viewed contextually, in specific social, historical, and institutional locations.