Country people of 18th and 19th century America were, of necessity, resourceful and versatile. Any carpenter, shipwright, house builder, wheelwright, or wagon maker could turn out practical, functional and often quite lovely pieces of furniture as the occasion demanded. Through selected reading and writing and by making a piece of country furniture with their own hands, participants in this course will become reacquainted with the skills and the spirit that made such skillfulness possible.

Adolescent literature differs from children's literature to meet the developmental needs of middle and high school ages. Participants will learn about adolescent literature in an historical perspective, young adult development in reading, and genres with representative authors and selection criteria. Participants will read and critique a range of genres, developing a knowledge base of a variety of current authors, themes and classroom uses. This class meets teaching endorsement requirements for middle level humanities and secondary English/Language Arts.

Alcohol and drug use can have a number of social, psychological, and societal consequences, and it can be important for teachers, parents, clinicians, counselors, law enforcement, employers and those hoping to work in health-related fields to be aware of these substances and related consequences. Students will learn about the effects of alcohol and other drugs, contributions from psychology to the understanding of addictive behaviors, and issues in the prevention and treatment of substance abuse.

ASL III Students will focus on broadening their vocabularies, conversation skills and using appropriate and accurate ASL grammar, with emphasis on the non-manual aspect of communication and classifier development. There is a continued study of deaf culture.

ASL IV will continue the study of the grammar of ASL, the functional application of ASL, classifiers, locatives, vocabulary development, and include an introduction to ASL idioms, multiple meaning words, both ASL and English, along with conceptual/contextual signing.

This course is designed as an intensive introduction to printmaking materials and process, focusing on the creation of multiples. Students will work both individually and collaboratively, experimenting with relief methods, silk-screening, photolithography, letterpress and monotype techniques. Students will rotate through the printmaking studio, each assignment building upon accumulated knowledge and combining new skills and techniques with those from the previous week. Each technique will be prefaced with a brief history of the process and a presentation of artists currently working within the genre. The course will culminate with a print exchange.

This course expands upon Art and Science of Project Management taught spring quarter 2007. Assuming a project has a solid plan and the green light to proceed, the next step is to actually make a quality project happen, on time and within budget. This training gives public policy students the necessary tools and techniques to execute, control and close projects. Areas of study include information sharing, people management, contract management, quality assurance and control, risk management, and of course, cost and schedule management. Students will have the opportunity to apply these concepts on actual public policy and/or technology projects.

Designing, configuring and running a weblog and Content Management System. We'll use Movable Type and a CMS to make a miniature blogosphere and design visual themes using template tags and style sheets. We'll learn the meaning and proper use of trackbacks and feeds, work on writing styles and survey the cultural implications of blogging. You need to know HTML and CSS to be successful in this course.

The Caribbean is a crossroads of cultures; East Indian, indigenous, French, Spanish, English and dozens of African cultures intermingle. The artistic and religious forms which emerge are intensely spiritual, politically active, and uniquely syncretic. This course will explore poetry and fiction by such writers as Aimé Césaire, Derek Walcott, Patrick Chamoiseau, Simone Schwarzbart, Pierre Clitandre and Edwidge Dandicat, and ritualized visual and installation arts from Haiti and Cuba . We will discuss the presence and meaning of religious symbolism from such syncretie Africa-based religions as Haitian vaudou in Caribbean arts, and issues of identity, language, and art as a 'miraculous weapon'. Students will develop either a research project in culture, literature or religion, or a creative project in writing on the visual arts.

This class takes place at the U.S. Social Forum in Atlanta. All students must be in Atlanta on Monday morning, June 25th at 9:00 a.m. and remain in Atlanta until Tuesday evening, July 3rd. All students must be registered participants in the Forum. Information at: www.ussocialforum.org. This class is an intensive examination of the phenomenon of "world social forums" through participatory research and daily evaluation sessions.