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  • ASL 2020: Intrm Amer Sign Lang II

    4.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    A practicum. Idiomatic expressions as used by deaf adults. Deaf guest lecturers, community visits, artistic expressions, songs, poetry, and colloquial conversation. Prerequisite: ASL 2010
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  • ASTP 3000: Asian St Foundations

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course addresses the origins, strengths, and limitations of international and area studies frameworks. Students will not only survey some of the major historical developments that have shaped the modern world, they will critically examine some of the most influential theoretical models devised to understand that world. Using real-world cases, the course links human realities to historical abstractions'the particularities of lived experience to the structures and patterns of human societies. Students learn to trace connections within and across regions, between scales, and through time as they prepare for the more specialized courses that round out the International and Area Studies majors.
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  • ASTP 3001: Exploring Asia

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Presentation to students by Asian Studies Director, affiliated Faculty, and visitors or relevant careers. Topical readings and reflection papers required weekly. Discussion of same with students, emphasizing diversity of Asian cultures, interdisciplinary methods of research, and career exploration.
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  • ASTP 3910: Special Topics

    1.00 - 3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Topics will vary according to instructor.
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  • ASTP 4800: Directed Reading

    1.00 - 3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Topics will vary according to instructor.
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  • ASTP 4990: Senior Seminar

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Topics will vary according to instructor.
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  • ASTP 4999: Honors Thesis/Project

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Topics will vary according to instructor. Restricted to students in the Honors Program working on their Honors degree.
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  • ASTP 5000: Asian St Capstone

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This capstone course supports graduating seniors in the Asian Studies, as they prepare to launch into careers or advanced study in graduate school. Scaffolded assignments help students draw together learning from across their varied courses of study. Building on ASTP 3000, and in light of their individualized curricula, students discuss the origins, strengths, and limitations of international and area studies frameworks, and debate the utility of such frameworks for addressing real-world challenges. They will practice habits of lifelong learning, develop networking skills and a professional dossier for global career paths, and they will practice communicating the value of their degree in ways that are meaningful to potential employers and prospective graduate programs.
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  • ASTR 1050: Solar System

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Astronomy--from ancient to modern times. Central theme will be the attempt to understand the nature and origin of our solar system starting with early ideas of the cosmos, proceeding through investigations that led to the scientific revolution of the 17th century and culminating with the observations and discoveries made by the 20th-century space program. Topics will include apparent motions of the sun, moon, planets, and stars; seasons and eclipses; principles of light and telescopes. Current films of the planets and their moons, demos and other multimedia activities will enhance the course. The latest Hubble, Spitzer, Chandra and other modern satellite images will supplement the course. Discovery of thousands of planets orbiting other stars will be discussed and related to the creation of our own solar system.
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  • ASTR 1060: The Universe

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Modern astronomy--central theme will be modern science's attempt to understand the nature and origin of the universe at large, including the matter and radiation that make it up. Specific topics include stars, exotic stellar objects (white dwarfs, red giants, neutron stars and black holes), supernova explosions, the origin of atomic elements, galaxies, giant radio sources, quasars, clusters of galaxies, the fabric of space and time, and Big Bang cosmology.
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