Summer 2022 Courses
Art History | Communication | Environmental Studies | Statistics | Women and Gender Studies
(M) = Offered by AU Madrid | (N) = Offered by AU Nairobi
Please refer to the course equivalency database to see how courses count towards degree requirements.
Art History
(M) ARTH 256-002 – Mediterranean Art History (3): This course examines European art in the Mediterranean geopolitical area, from the splendor of the Greek civilization until the first half of the twentieth century. This extensive chronology is divided into several artistic periods: Antiquity (Greek and Roman art); Islamic Spain; the Medieval period (Romanesque and Gothic); the Renaissance, Baroque, and different art movements that developed during the Modern era (eighteenth to early twentieth century). All of these artistic expressions, together with the aesthetical ideas that ignited them, are analyzed within their proper sociological, political, and religious contexts. AU Core Habits of Mind: Creative-Aesthetic Inquiry
(M) ARTH 257-001 – Spanish & European Art History (3): This course examines European art, from the classical period of Greek art until the first half of the nineteenth century. The extensive chronology is divided into several artistic periods: Antiquity (Greek and Roman art); Medieval period (Romanesque and Gothic); Renaissance, Baroque, and the beginnings of Modern era (eighteenth and nineteenth centuries). All these artistic expressions, together with the aesthetical ideas that ignited them, are analyzed within their proper sociological, political, and religious contexts. AU Core Habits of Mind: Creative-Aesthetic Inquiry
Communication
(M) COMM 351-001 – Interpersonal Skills in the Digital Era (3): In this course students master effective interpersonal communication in the hectic media environment. Students learn and practice the nature of proper and efficient interpersonal communication, explore the impacts of media and social networks in communication, and develop skills in verbal, non-verbal, written, and visual interpersonal communication.
Environmental Studies
(N) ENVS-324-001 - Environmental Health (3): Environmental health is concerned with the influence of biological, chemical, and physical agents on human health and potential solutions associated with major environmental problems. This course introduces key terms and concepts used in the field of environmental health, focusing on environmental exposures, human health effects, and appropriate interventions on the local, national, and global scale. Grading A-F only. Prerequisite: BIO-110 or ENVS-150 or ENVS-160 or PUBH-110 or SISU-250. Recommendation: BIO-210 or ENVS-260.
Statistics
(N) STAT-320-001 – Biostatistics (3): This course introduces statistical methods used within the fields of biology, medicine, and public health. Students develop and use methods for data collected from designed experiments and observational studies. Statistical models covered include ANOVA, multiple regression, analysis of covariance, and nonparametric methods. Emphasis is placed on determining the appropriate statistical model, understanding the assumptions of the model, assessing whether the assumptions are reasonable for a given study design and data, improving the model if necessary, and communicating the results of an analysis. Statistical software is integrated into the course for exploration, analysis, and demonstration of concepts. AU Core Foundation: Quantitative Literacy I. AU Core Integrative Requirement: Quantitative Literacy II. Usually Offered: spring. Prerequisite: STAT-202 or STAT-203. Restriction: Registration not allowed in both STAT-320, and STAT-302 or STAT-514. Note: Students may not receive credit toward a degree for both STAT-320 and STAT-302. Completion with C or better fulfills only Quantitative Literacy I or Quantitative Literacy II requirement, not both.
Women and Gender Studies
(N) WGSS 350-001 – Geographies of Gender in Development (3): This course investigates a number of competing conceptions of development within the African context from a gendered perspective. The underlying political, economic, social, and gender dynamics that make development a continuing global problem are explored by looking at issues such as health and reproductive rights, livelihoods and land rights, human security, and political participation. It examines women's contributions to, challenges to, and revisions of the terms of key conceptual and political debates in development.