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The Miami Plan for Liberal EducationDescriptions of Thematic Sequences (PAGE 4 OF 6)
FRE 1 French Cultural Studies.
Explores cultural questions in a French context and how cultural productions can preserve or change social institutions. Provides a continuing analysis of how cultural productions interconnect with specific contexts: historical, aesthetic, social, political, economic, ethnic, racial, gender-related. Prerequisite: FRE 202 Intermediate French (MPF) (3). For students planning to take the French Capstone.
- FRE 310 Texts in Context (3); and
- FRE 411 or FRE 411.W French Civilization (4); and
- FRE 341 or FRE 341.W French Conversation and Current Events (3), or
FRE 350 Topics in French Literature in Translation (3), or
FRE 366 French Cinema in Translation (3), or
FRE 431 Studies in Contemporary French Thought in Translation (3), or
FRE 460 Topics in French Cinema Study (3)
Note: Not open to majors in the Department of French and Italian.
FRE 2 French Cultural Studies.
Students planning to take a Capstone in another department may take any three of these courses, although FRE 310 (or FRE 301 or the equivalent) is a prerequisite for FRE 411.
FRE 310 Texts in Context (3), or
FRE 341 or FRE 341.W French Conversation and Current Events (3), or
FRE 350 Topics in French Literature in Translation (3), or
FRE 366 French Cinema in Translation (3), or
FRE 411 or FRE 411.W French Civilization (4), or
FRE 431 Studies in Contemporary French Thought in Translation (3), or
FRE 460 Topics in French Cinema Study (3)
Note: Not open to majors in the Department of French and Italian.
FRE 3 European Cinema.
Explores, questions, and seeks to provide a cross-cultural understanding of the historical, ideological, artistic, and social issues that inform European culture through a critical analysis of the major films of countries that have played an important role both in the birth and development of cinematic art and in shaping the modern world: France, Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union.
- FST 201 Introduction to Film Criticism and History (MPF) (3), or
I TS 201 Introduction to International Studies (MPF) (3)
- Two from the following:
GER/FST 261 A Survey of German Cinema (3)
FST/ITL 262 Italian Cinema (3)
RUS/FST 263 Soviet Cinema (3)
FRE/FST 366 French Cinema in Translation (3)
FRE 460 Topics in French Cinema Study (3)
Note: Nine hours minimum must be taken outside your department of major.
FSW 1 Services and Supports for Children, Youth, and Families.
Diversity is increasing among children, youth, families, and their community contexts. A growing number of people, especially African American and Hispanic children and their families, are experiencing the challenges of poverty. Increasing numbers of children and youth are deemed "at risk" for health, social, or educational problems. Amidst increasing diversity and confronted by rapid sociocultural change, existing services and supports are often ineffective; sometimes they may harm the people they intend to serve. Sequence provides experiences and opportunities that facilitate your understanding of children, youth, and families, including their needs, problems, aspirations, and strengths. Learn about and evaluate two kinds of services and supports: (1) educative, promotive, and preventive; and (2) need and problem-oriented, as well as crisis-responsive. Experiences in social service, education, and health organizations where you "shadow" helping professionals are required. As a citizen or future helping professional, prepares you for informed advocacy on the behalf of children, youth, and families.
- EDP/FSW/PHS 207 Services and Supports for Children, Youth,
and Families I (MPF) (4) and
- EDP/FSW/PHS 208 Services and Supports for Children, Youth,
and Families II (5)
Note: Open to all majors.
FSW 2 Families in Diverse Contexts.
Views U.S. families as diverse and emphasizes the various contexts in which families develop. Historical and comparative roots of families are explored with particular attention to gender and race and socioeconomic issues. Using critical principles, students examine controversial family issues (e.g., men's and women's roles, assisted reproduction, adoption, abortion, family values) within contemporary America. Provides an in-depth understanding of at least one important factor (poverty or divorce) that affects contemporary families.
- FSW 160 Family Relations: Historical and Comparative Analysis (MPF) (3), or
FSW/NSG 162 Men in Families (MPF) (3); and
- FSW 262 Current Controversies (4); and
- FSW/ Family Poverty (3), or
FSW 461 Marital Distress and Divorce: Implications for Family Life Professionals (3)
Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Family Studies and Social Work.
FSW 3 Families and Sexuality Across the Life Course.
Provides an overview of family functioning, from the basis of family systems across the life cycle, human sexuality issues, and family relationships in later life. Objectives are: (a) to provide basic concepts and theoretical understandings of families as systems; (b) to provide a sound background in human sexuality that may be used as a base to think about underlying issues related to human sexuality; and (c) to define and describe the family relationships of older persons and review research focusing on family relationships in later life.
- FSW 261 Diverse Family Systems Across the Life Cycle (MPF) (3); and
- FSW 365 Family Life Sexuality Education Across Cultures (3); and
- FSW 466 Later Life Families (3)
Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Family Studies and Social Work.
FSW 4 Children in Families.
Explores the historical and comparative roots of families with particular attention to gender, race, and socioeconomic issues. Examines family differences and family changes over the life course within contemporary U.S. society. Provides an in-depth understanding of at least one important area of individual development (childhood or adolescent development) that affects children in contemporary families.
- FSW 261 Diverse Family Systems Across the Life Cycle (MPF) (3); and
- FSW/ Perspectives in Parenting (3); and
- FSW 281 Child Development in Diverse Families (4), or
FSW 382 Infant and Toddler Caregiving and Supervision (3), or
EDP/FSW 481.A Adolescent Development in Diverse Families (3)
Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Family Studies and Social Work.
GEO 1 Urban Geography.
Applies geographic concepts to develop an understanding of the patterns, processes, and meanings of change within and among U.S. urban areas. The sequence first examines the changing distribution of economic activities and social groups. Second, the sequence is concerned with underlying processes resulting in distinctive distributions of people and activities observed in U.S. urban areas. The sequence also evaluates the problems and consequences for U.S. cities resulting from changing economic and social geography and examines practices and policies for the planning of U.S. urban areas.
- GEO 201 Geography of Urban Diversity (MPF) (3); and
- Two of the following:
GEO 451 Urban and Regional Planning (3), or
GEO 454 Urban Geography (3), or
GEO/ Race, Urban Change, and Conflict in America (3), or
GEO 459 Advanced Urban and Regional Planning (3)
Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Geography.
GEO 2 Earth's Physical Environment: Patterns and Processes.
Provides an understanding of the geographical patterns that characterize the Earth's physical environment and the processes responsible for these geographical patterns. The objectives are to study Earth's physical environment and their geographical distribution at global, regional, and local scales; to develop an understanding of the processes that connect Earth's physical subsystems, including the lithosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and atmosphere; and to apply concepts (e.g., systems and budgets) and geographic tools (e.g., field research, geographic information systems, and remote sensing) to the geographic analysis of a particular environment or set of environments.
- GEO 121 Earth's Physical Environment (MPF) (4); and
- GEO 221 Regional Physical Environments (3); and
- GEO 333 Geography of Natural Hazards (3), or
GEO 421 Climatology (3), or
Watershed Management (3), or
GEO 425 Hydrogeography (3), or
GEO 428 Soil Geography (4), or
GEO 431 Plant Geography (3), or
GEO 432 Ecological Foundations of Vegetation—North America (3)
Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Geography.
GEO 3 Geographic Change.
Applies geographic concepts to understand patterns, processes, and meaning of change in the human landscape at the global scale.
- GEO 101 Global Forces, Local Diversity (3); and
- GEO 211 Global Change (3); and
- GEO 436 Women Gender, and the Environment (3); or
GEO 473 Development and Underdevelopment (3); or
GEO 475 Third Worlds Urbanization (3).
Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Geography.
GEO 4 Global Forces in Regional Contexts.
Applies geographic concepts to understanding patterns, processes, and underlying meaning of changes in a region's landscape.
- GEO 101 Global Forces, Local Diversity (3); and
- GEO 211 Global Change (3); and
- GEO 301 Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa (4); or
GEO 304 Latin American Development (4); or
GEO 308 Geography of East Asia (3); or
GEO 405 The Caribbean in Global Context (3).
Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Geography.
GER 1 Culture, Literature, and Language of German-Speaking Europe.
Explores the way in which culture and language work together as related systems of expression. Course material taken, wherever possible, from authentic sources. Prerequisite: GER 202.
- GER 321 Cultural Topics in German-Speaking Europe
(MPF) (3), or
GER 322 Comparative Study of Everyday Culture:
German-Speaking Europe and U.S. (MPF) (3); and
- GER 312 Introduction to the Study of German Literature (3); and
- GER 331 The Structure of Modern German (3)
Note: Not open to German majors.
GER 2 Recurrent Themes in German Literature and Film.
Proceeding from GER 251 Concepts of the Self (MPF), this sequence expands and deepens the study of themes such as maturation and self; the communal and the solipsistic self; tradition and change; love and family; conceptions of nature, society, and the phenomenology of good and evil. Includes readings from courtly literature, popular literature, and folklore; samples of major playwrights, poets, and prose writers; and film.
- GER 251 Concepts of the Self (MPF) (3), or
GER 231 Folk Fairy Tales and Literary Fairy Tales (MPF) (3); and
- HST 472 The Rise and Fall of Hitler (3); and
- GER/FST 261 A Survey of the German Cinema (3)
Note: Not open to German majors or majors in the Department of History.
GLG 1 Oceanography.
Provides an appreciation of the critical importance of the oceans to the functioning of our planet. Oceans dominate the surface area of the Earth, and they are critical to the maintenance of a habitable planet. Examines what we know about the oceans and how the oceans are an integral part of the Earth's ecology. Explores, first hand, the ways that we study the oceans.
- GLG 111 Dynamic Earth (MPF) (3), or
GLG 121 Environmental Geology (MPF) (3), or
GLG 141 Geology of National Parks (MPF) (3); and
- GLG 244 Oceanography (3); and
- GLG 413 Tropical Marine Ecology (5), or
GLG 414 Coastal Ecology of the Bahamas (5)
Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Geology.
GLG 2 The Water Planet.
Provides an introduction to the essential role water plays in supporting life on Earth, including the origin of water, its physical/chemical characteristics, how these characteristics combine to make life possible on the continents and in the oceans, and details concerning the hydrologic cycle. Introduces the economic, legal, and political ramifications of water use in the U.S.
- GEO 121 Earth's Physical Environment (MPF) (3), or
GLG 111 The Dynamic Earth (MPF) (3), or
GLG 121 Environmental Geology (MPF) (3), or
GLG 141 Geology of National Parks (3); and
- GLG 244 Oceanography (3); and
- GEO 425 Hydrogeography (3), or
GLG 207 Water and Society (3), or
GLG 408 Introduction to Hydrogeology (3), or
ZOO 463 Limnology (3)
Note: Not open to majors in the Department of Geology. Majors in the departments of Geography and Zoology must select a minimum of nine hours outside their department of major.
GTY 1 Sociological Perspectives on Aging.
Uses a sociological perspective to consider the personal and interpersonal experiences of aging and to analyze the impact of aging on society as a whole. Begins with a general examination of individual and societal aging, and builds toward in-depth exploration of a specific aging-related social institution or issue.
- GTY 154 Aging in American Society (MPF) (3); and
- GTY/SOC 318 Sociology of Aging (3); and
- GTY/SOC 435 Sociology of Death (3), or
GTY/SOC/ Sociology of the Older Woman (3), or
GTY 466 The Family in Later Life (3)
Note: Not open to sociology or gerontology majors.
GTY 2 Aging in Diverse Contexts.
A significant paradigm shift has occurred within gerontology. The accumulation of research findings suggests that age alone predicts very little about the human experience. Instead, the impact of age and aging is mediated by a range of social and cultural factors. Social characteristics such as gender, race, and ethnicity, and societal factors such as economic development and cultural traditions combine to produce a diverse range of experience and patterns of aging. This thematic sequence begins with an overview of the social, cultural, and personal experiences of aging. The second course provides students with grounding in sociocultural analyses of the contexts of aging, and the third, an in-depth exploration of the sources of variation in the aging experience. Students completing this sequence will understand the ways in which meanings and experiences of aging are shaped by social and physical location, and the ways in which diversity among the older population is produced.
- GTY 154 Aging in American Society (MPF) (3); and
- GTY 260 Global Aging (3), or
SOC/GTY 318 Sociology of Aging (3); and
- SOC 463 Sociology of the Older Woman (3), or
GTY 472 Minority Aging (3), or
GTY 476 Environment and Aging (3)
Note: Not open to majors in Sociology or Gerontology.
HST 1 Medieval Studies.
Seeks to enhance your knowledge of and appreciation for the history, art, and literature of the medieval period, as well as establish a full cultural context on which you can build an understanding of more recent history.
Select two courses from the following:
ART 466 Early Christian, Byzantine, and Islamic Art (3), or
ART 467 Early Medieval Art (3), or
ART 468 Romanesque Art (3), or
ART 469 Gothic Art (3), or
ENG 327 Medieval Literature (3), or
HST 345 Survey of Medieval History from 1000 (3), or
And one course from the following:
ART 480.M/480.W Special Topics in Medieval Art (3), or
.G Seminar on Gothic Architecture (3), or
Medieval Jewish History (3); or
HST 451 Social History of Medieval Europe (3), or
ENG 440 Major British and American Authors (3)*
*ENG 440 topics may vary from semester to semester. Consult with the sequence coordinator or the Office of Liberal Education to see if the topic can be applied.
Note: Majors in architecture and German and in the departments of Art, English, History, and Spanish must select a minimum of nine hours of courses outside their department of major.
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