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Course Availability - Maynooth University Use the following links to navigate to course descriptions:  Introduction to Anthropology I  Food and Culture  Anthropology: History, Theory and Practice  From Cell to Organism  General Chemistry  Introduction to Computer Science  Microeconomics I  Introduction to Macroeconomics  Experimental Physics I  Greek Tragedy  Global Environments  Gender and Sexuality in Society and Culture I  International Development  Global Movements  Film and Screen Studies  Business Models and Marketing  Consumer Research and Marketing  Introduction to Composition  Introduction to Philosophy I  Introduction to Psychology I: Research Foundations of Psychology, Biological and Developmental Psychology  Globalization: Integrating Worlds  Contemporary Irish Society  Sociology of Everyday Life  Marx on Ireland Other courses are available for UNCW @ Maynooth students but exact equivalent information and fulfillment of University Studies cannot be guaranteed prior to transcript evaluation. It is likely that most other courses will transfer to UNCW as elective credits. Course Title: Intro to Anthropology I Maynooth Module Code: AN 151 UNCW Course Equivalent: ANT 105 Credits at Maynooth: 7.5 Transfer Credits at UNCW: 4 credit hours Department: Anthropology Fulfills University Studies: Human Institutions and Behaviors and/or Living in Global Society Course Overview: Anthropology is a comparative and theoretical subject, and here in Maynooth we place particular emphasis on the knowledge that emerges from anthropological fieldwork. Anthropologists do fieldwork, write ethnographic texts, and make contributions to a body of theoretical knowledge; we explore these distinctive styles of research and representation. In fieldwork, anthropologists gather information about people and places, creating diverse forms of data: interview transcripts, life histories, village diagrams, maps, kinship genealogies, grammars and dictionaries, photos, videos of rituals or political protests, recordings of myths and songs, material artefacts, and much more. The data anthropologists collect in fieldwork is made intelligible through its relationship to a set of questions within anthropological theory. So when writing 'ethnography,' anthropologists weave interpretations of these data into detailed descriptive analyses of social and cultural life, often hoping to yield theoretical insight. Through a close reading of ethnographic texts, and through the completion of small projects/assignments, in this module we hope to understand the unique sensibility guiding anthropological ways of creating new knowledge about the world. Course Title: Food and Culture Maynooth Module Code: AN 154 UNCW Course Equivalent: ANT 001 Credits at Maynooth: 7.5 Transfer Credits at UNCW: 4 credit hours Department: Anthropology Fulfills University Studies: Living in Global Society Course Overview: This course will not make you a better cook or a more accomplished food connoisseur. It won't serve as a guide for healthy eating either. To reduce food to mere nourishment and physical survival is to impoverish our human life to its bare animality. We all need to eat in order to survive, but food is more than that - in all societies. Food can be seen as a prime symbolic vehicle through which we construct our world, spin our subjectivity and mark boundaries between social classes, regions, nations, cultures, occupations, genders, etc. This is the mission of this course. Course Title: Anthropology: History, Theory and Practice Maynooth Module Code: AN 221 UNCW Course Equivalent: ANT 206 Credits at Maynooth: 5 Transfer Credits at UNCW: 3 credit hours Department: Anthropology Fulfills University Studies: Human Institutions and Behaviors and/or Living in Global Society Course Overview: This module is a general survey of the main theoretical approaches in social and cultural anthropology from its early modern roots until the present. We will pursue a critical study of the schools of thought that prevailed within the discipline at different times and examine a selection of ethnographies that represent them. Course Title: From Cell to Organism Maynooth Module Code: BI 101 UNCW Course Equivalent: BIO 105 Credits at Maynooth: 7.5 Transfer Credits at UNCW: 4 credit hours Department: Biology Fulfills University Studies: Scientific Approaches, also relevant for Psychology and all non-science/non-health majors Course Overview: To introduce rudimentary concepts and principles in cell biology, genetics, microbiology and evolutionary biology. To introduce practical biology techniques such as microscopy, spectroscopy, DNA and Protein extraction/analysis and culture of bacteria and fungi. and large scale Universe, are also covered. This module covers several topics of the Core of Physics, as defined by Institute of Physics, but only at an introductory level. Course Title: Greek Tragedy Maynooth Module Code: GC 204 UNCW Course Equivalent: ENG 210 Credits at Maynooth: 5 Transfer Credits at UNCW: 3 credit hours Department: Ancient Classics Fulfills University Studies: Aesthetic, Interpretive, and Literary Perspectives Course Overview: This module explores the tragic theatre of fifth-century Athens, which deals essentially with the relationships of individual human beings with each other, their families, the wider community, and the gods. The main focus is dramatic, but interpretation of the plays - by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides - is informed throughout by consideration of the religious, social, and political contexts in which they were produced; within the confines of theatrical performance, Greek tragedy could offer a striking challenge to accepted values and beliefs. Course Title: Global Environments Maynooth Module Code: GY 161 UNCW Course Equivalent: GGY 140 Credits at Maynooth: 7.5 Transfer Credits at UNCW: 4 credit hours Department: Geography Fulfills University Studies: Living in Global Society; Human Institutions and Behaviors Course Overview: Global Environments will introduce students to the issues involved in modern global development within a highly modified, rapidly changing natural environment. Modern environments are globally interconnected physical-societal systems formed by a range of spatially variable processes, which interact to create unique regional and global management issues. Global Environments will allow students to investigate environment-forming processes by introduction to the platform geographical skills of analysis, description and communication via a blend of traditional lecture and small group learning environments. The unit content will examine how humans across the world are part of, and also create, unique locations that have issues including hazard prevention, poverty and resource depletion. Course Title: Gender and Sexuality in Society and Culture I Maynooth Module Code: IS 201 UNCW Course Equivalent: WGS 212 Credits at Maynooth: 5 Transfer Credits at UNCW: 3 credit hours Department: Interdisciplinary Studies Fulfills University Studies: Living in a Diverse Nation Course Overview: The primary goals of this course are to familiarize students with the key topics, debates and texts that have shaped the field of Gender and Sexuality Studies and to encourage them to ask critical questions about the interrelationships between gender, sexuality and power in society and culture. The units and modules that make up the elective stream offer insight into gender-related debates in a wide variety of spheres, such as law, education, history, literature, film, music, and the media. Through lectures and in-class discussion of texts from literature, film, history, psychology, and sociology, we will examine the pervasive influence of gender on the structure of society and our everyday experiences. This module will be made up of five interconnected units as follows: Unit 1: Gender Identity and Law: Transgender and Intersex Unit 2: Contemporary Constructions of Motherhood Unit 3: Gender and Opera Unit 4: Masculinity, Same-sex Passion and Narrative Unit 3: Recent history of reproductive justice activism in Ireland Course Title: International Development: Theory and Practice Maynooth Module Code: KD 151 UNCW Course Equivalent: INT 105 Credits at Maynooth: 7.5 Transfer Credits at UNCW: 4 credit hours Department: International Development Fulfills University Studies: Living in a Global Society Course Overview: On successful completion of the module, students should have a good understanding of key theories of development, globalisation and social change. Be able to understand and analyse the role of NGOs, the State and Civil Society in global processes of development. Have a basic understanding of different approaches to development practice, e.g., gender and development, sustainable development, Rights Based Approaches. Course Title: Global Movements Maynooth Module Code: KD 203 UNCW Course Equivalent: INT 316 Credits at Maynooth: 5 Transfer Credits at UNCW: 3 credit hours Department: International Development Fulfills University Studies: N/A, could be elective credit or count in possible major (i.e. INT or Global Concentration) Course Overview: This module looks at local and transnational social movements and activism within the context of globalisation and international development. It explores such questions as: - What does it mean to struggle to achieve global justice? - What are the ideologies, assumptions and political goals of contemporary social movements today? - How has neo-liberal globalisation affected global justice activism and social movements? How are movements responding? - What are the identities of social movements? Who are the key actors within social movements today and how are they different from each other? Eg: NGOs, grassroots organisations, networks, trade unions, churches, and political parties. - What are the diverse strategies and tools used by social movements and how effective are they? - What are the possibilities for achieving and sustaining change toward greater global justice? The module will also examine a number of case studies of global social movements, including environmental rights movements, anti-austerity and debt justice movements, Occupy, tax justice movements, housing movements, gay rights and racial justice movements. Learning Outcomes Course Title: Film and Screen Studies Maynooth Module Code: MD 240 UNCW Course Equivalent: FST 110 Credits at Maynooth: 5 Transfer Credits at UNCW: 3 credit hours Department: Media Studies Fulfills University Studies: Aesthetic, Interpretive, and Literary Perspectives Course Overview: This class provides an introduction to film as an aesthetic, economic, and cultural phenomenon. Mastering the vocabulary associated with narrative, editing, cinematography, mise-en-scene, and sound, which are the fundamental tools required for the close analysis of film texts, lays the groundwork for the interpretive analysis of film texts. We will further consider key historical, economic and ideological contexts that inform the production and consumption of films and film genres. Topics that link to second semester modules in the Film/Screen studies elective stream will be incorporated. Course Title: Business Models and Marketing Maynooth Module Code: MN 151 UNCW Course Equivalent: MKT 001 Credits at Maynooth: 7.5 Transfer Credits at UNCW: 4 credit hours Department: School of Business Fulfills University Studies: N/A, could be elective credit or count in possible major Course Overview: This module introduces the student to key topics in business models and marketing. The module is broken into two elements: Business Models and Marketing. The Business module introduces the student to the concept of business models. A business portion of the model is at its most basic a description of how a firm creates value for its customers. The marketing portion of the module provides an introduction to the origins and concepts of marketing and serves as a foundation for more advanced subjects in the field of marketing and sales. *Please note you may not be able to take this class with MN 152. Course Title: Consumer Research and Marketing