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Course Descriptions - Wintersession 2012

Most course descriptions can be found in The University of Montana Course Catalog.

Descriptions for special topics courses are below, organized by department. College of Technology courses are noted with (COT).

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Accounting

Accounting (COT)

African American Studies

Anthropology

During Wintersession 2012, UM students will have the opportunity to attend an archaeological field school in Belize, Central America. The field experience is being organized by John Douglas, Professor and Chair, of the Anthropology Department. Belize is part of the homeland of the ancient Maya, and many important discoveries have been made at the Classic Mayan sites of Belize. The fieldwork will be conducted at Cahal Pech, a medium-size ceremonial center located on an imposing hill overlooking the Belize Valley of western Belize; it is well-known among scholars because it is among a small group of very old ceremonial sites documented in the Mayan world—with an early occupation at about 1200 B.C. Rather than these deeply-buried deposits, the UM project will focus on excavating areas relating to the other end of the occupation, the Terminal Classic, A.D. 900 to 1000, a time when rulers attempted to maintain power while facing a declining regional population and possibly severe drought conditions.

The twelve students in the field school will be housed in a hotel in San Ignacio, a small town on Belize’s western border; we will benefit from the fact that the site lies on the edge of town. The course is being offered with the involvement of Dr. Jamie Awe, the leading Belizean scholar on the Maya and the Director of the Archaeology Institute. Beyond hands-on field training for students, the class will feature pre-trip planning/background lectures, evening lectures on Mayan archaeology, field trips to the two major Mayan ceremonial centers in Western Belize (Xunantunich and Caracol) and an important ceremonial cave site.

Applied Arts & Sciences (COT)

Course Descriptions - Wintersession 2012

Accounting

Accounting (COT)

African American Studies

Anthropology

Applied Arts & Sciences (COT)

Arabic

Art

Asian Studies

Astronomy

Biochemistry

Biology

Biomedical/Pharmaceutical Science

Building Maintenance & Engineering (COT)

Business (COT)

Business Administration

Carpentry (COT)

Chemistry

Chinese

Climate Change Studies

Communication Studies

Communications (COT)

Communicative Sciences & Disorders

Computer Applications (COT)

Computer Science

Computer Technology (COT)

Counselor Education

Culinary Arts (COT)

Curriculum & Instruction

Dance

Diesel Equipment Technology (COT)

Drama

Earth Systems

Economics

Educational Leadership

Electronics Technology (COT)

Energy Technology (COT)

English as a Second Language

English: Creative Writing

English: English Teaching

English: Film

English: Irish Studies

English: Linguistics

English: Literature

English: Literature (COT)

Environmental Studies

Finance

Food Service Management (COT)

Forestry

French

Geography

Geology

German

Graduate Studies: Interdisciplinary

Greek

Health Sciences

Health & Human Performance

Heavy Equipment Operation (COT)

History: American

History: World

Honors College

Human & Family Development

Human Resources (COT)

Intercultural Youth & Family Development

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Journalism

Latin

Law

Legal Studies (COT)

Liberal Studies

Library

Linguistics

Management

Management Information Systems

Mansfield Center

Marketing

Mathematics

Mathematics (COT)