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Elementary French 1002
Dr. Sabrina Wengier, Middle Georgia State College
This study abroad course will provide you with the unique opportunity to continue learning
French in France, to experience the language and the culture, and to be able to use your French
inside and outside of the classroom. The streets of Paris, its museums, restaurants, and malls, will
become your extended classroom. In class, we will focus on grammar, vocabulary acquisition,
and conversation, and we will use our language skills during our various field trips.
Prerequisites: A C or better in French 1001 or two years of high school French.
Developing Individuals Across Cultures (LD)
Dr. Tsu-Ming Chiang, Georgia College & State University
This is an introductory course in child development. An overview of principles and theories of
human growth and development will be examined with an emphasis on cultural application and
analysis. Students are expected to read the theoretical perspectives on human development and
observe cultural differences in relation to these perspectives. Field trips to museums, parks and
the local schools in observing children and family interaction will be used for in-class discussion.
This course will provide opportunities for students to contrast American and Irish family
dynamics and education systems to understand cultural influences on human development.
World Literature (LD)
Dr. Laura Thomason, Middle Georgia State College
Gertrude Stein’s famous statement “America is my country, but Paris is my hometown” suggests
the ways in which people, languages, nations, and cultural movements are connected. This
course will explore those connections by allowing students to experience world literature in a
new context. From the Iliad and Odyssey through Beowulf, Dante, and Machiavelli, students
will not only read and interpret literary works but see artifacts and visit historical sites. These
hands-on experiences will contextualize a series of literary periods that can often seem
remote. Students can then synthesize connections among literary themes, historical moments,
and social movements. NO Prerequisites
The Photographic Journal
Rick Pukis, Georgia Regents University
The camera can record our world with dramatic results if we know how to properly operate the
tool and compose the frame. Students will study the principles of photography, form, balance,
symmetry, mise-en-scene (light, blocking, and composition), depth of field, contrast, color and
more. The class will examine and deconstruct the work of renowned French photographers such
as Robert Doisneau and Henri Cartier-Bresson. Students will become photographic “flaneurs”
using the sidewalks of the city as their stage to compose images for a photographic journal of
their experiences in Paris. Additional academic rigor is infused by including focus on multimedia
journalistic storytelling. No prerequisites
Introduction to Political Science (LD)
Dr. Jamie Scalera, Georgia Southern University
Intro to America Government is recommended but not required
Political science is incredibly dynamic, drawing on a number of disciplines to explore the
distribution of power and authority across a diversity of political systems around the world. In
this course, we will explore the foundations of political science, paying particular attention to the
structural and procedural elements of politics. Along the way, we will survey the four main
subfields of political science: American politics, comparative politics, international relations, and
political theory. We will also examine a number of contemporary political issues, including the
polarization of partisan politics, efforts to control political violence, and the struggle for
economic equality.
No prerequisite
ART 1107 - Visual Art in Paris (observed, experienced, created) (LD)
Ed Akins, Southern Polytechnick University
This course provides an observational and experiential survey of contemporary art within Paris.
Students will visit active artists ateliers to learn from visual artists practicing within the city and
region. Atelier visits will support lecture topics, readings, and artistic exploration within the
studio/classroom setting. Documentation and analysis of observed art will prioritize themes,
elements, and principles of artistic expression that will be used in student work. Students will be
asked to document and analyze their own work and position it within the context of
contemporary artistic practice or a chosen period of artistic expression. The end of the course
will result in an exhibition of work / installations and the documentation of processes that lead to
a final work of art by each student.
Arts in Society: Theatre and Performance (LD)
Dr. Ming Chen, Kennesaw State University
Arts in Society: Theatre and Performance studies the value of the arts as vital and relevant forces
in the lives of human beings, with particular focus on the arts of theatre and performance.
Through a variety of aesthetic experiences, students examine elements of theatre, performance,
music and visual arts and investigate the ways in which they reflect our experiences, express and
arouse emotion, foster community and deepen our understanding of humanity. This course will
satisfy the arts core requirement on all University of Georgia campuses.
AFTERNOON COURSES
La France Diverse: Grammaire et composition
Dr. Sabrina Wengier, Middle Georgia State College
What does it mean to be French today? France has always prided itself on its model of
integration and its motto of “liberté, égalité, fraternité.” However, this model and motto are being
challenged by France’s diverse and multicultural population, a population that is redefining the
concept of “Frenchness.” While strengthening grammatical, written, and oral skills, we will
discuss this evolving French identity. Through various media (cultural readings, movies, articles,
songs,…), we will examine the topics of education, immigration and integration, the French
language in movement, and France’s modèle social. As a class, we will create an online
magazine, where each student will blog about his/her study abroad experience, and his/her
personal reflections on France and French culture. The class is conducted in French.
Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in French 2002.
Cultures and Interpersonal Relationships (UD)
Dr. Tsu-Ming Chiang, Georgia College & State University
Interpersonal relationships are profoundly influenced by cultural contexts and ethnic heritages.
Such influences are difficult to detect without contrasting relationships across cultures. Through
readings and field trips, this course examines how individuals’ personalities, family interaction
and larger economic and cultural contexts affect interpersonal behaviors from parent-child,
family, friendship to romantic relationships. Students will be challenged to analyze individual
relationships and learn to appreciate cultural construction of perceiving principles and norm
behaviors. It will provide a valuable cross-cultural perspective in understanding how cultural
contexts contribute to social interaction and relationship formation in the increasingly globally
connected world. Prerequisites: Intro to Psych and upperclassmen status
Documentary Film
Rick Pukis, Georgia Regents University
Cinema is a medium of experiencing. In the field of film, the documentary is a remarkable tool
because it can share the inner lives of those it records. Documentary filmmaking emphasizes
production as a process of discovery, experimentation and collaboration between subject and
filmmaker. This class will introduce students to the documentary format. Students will explore
developing methodologies, shooting styles, and editorial strategies. Students will watch, discuss,
and analyze to gain further appreciation of French and American documentary films. No
prerequisites
Introduction to the European Union (UD)
Dr. Jamie Scalera, Georgia Southern University
No prerequisites
The European Union (EU) is one of the most complex and unique actors in the world today. In
this course, we will examine a number of questions about the EU that have puzzled scholars and
policy-makers alike. We will explore the EU’s history, political institutions, major policies, and
foreign policy relationships with the rest of the world. At the end of the semester, we will apply
our knowledge of the EU by participating in a simulation of a European Council summit.
Ecological Urbanism: Learning from Ile Seguin-Rives de Seine (UD/grad)
Dr. Ed Akins, Southern Polytechnic State Unversity
This course is offered to strengthen student knowledge of ecological urbanism. The course is
particularly interested in the analysis of contemporary ecological practices operating in this field.
The class will use the Ile Seguin-Rives de Seine redevelopment project as our “learning lab”
wherein we will witness ecological urbanism in progress! Design principles will be studied at
multiple scales (from land planning to facades) to engage those who have diverse knowledge
within the topics presented. Trips to other redevelopment sites throughout Paris will allow
students to see, first-hand, areas in the city that underwent similar transformations during the late
twentieth century.
Intro to Theatrical Design (UD)
Dr. Ming Chen, Kennesaw State University
This course introduces students to the fundamental elements and principles of design and how
they apply to the creation of scenery, costume and lighting for theatre. Through lectures, class
discussions, projects, reviews of realized productions and text analysis, student will develop an
understanding of the contribution of designers to the experience of a theatrical productions.
Topics covered include design elements, principles, process, styles, scenery, costume and
lighting. It culminates in a collaborative project in which students design costumes, scenery and
lighting for a designated play text. This course will satisfy a theatre major requirement and an
elective requirement for non-majors.
Music Appreciation
Dr. Ken Kirk (Valdosta State University)
An introduction to music. Students will learn to use fundamental concepts of music history and
theory as they encounter masterworks of western music. Fieldtrips will include concerts and
recitals in such beautiful and historic venues as the church of St. Julien Le Pauvre, the Sainte
Chapelle, and the Caveau de la Huchette jazz club. Fulfills Area C Humanities/Fine Arts
requirement.