Emphasis on the role insects have play in human cultures. We will discuss topics such as health and disease, food production, and conservation. Students will learn to identify common insects that they would encounter in their everyday life and understand the basic biology of insects. Students will also practice the scientific process and write about… [Read More]
PSCI/ECO 343 International Political Economy
This course aims to introduce students to major theoretical and empirical issues in the field of international political economy (IPE). It will examine interactions between political and economic realms in the contemporary world, as well as introduce leading international, regional, and supranational organizations like the World Trade Organization scrutinizing their varying roles in shaping the… [Read More]
PHY 131 Discovering the Cosmos
Astronomy is one of the oldest and most influential of the observational sciences. From its modern inception over four hundred years ago, we are continually discovering anew how varied, complex, and mysterious is the Universe. This course will introduce a modern understanding of stars and galaxies, will address how observational evidence influences the ways in… [Read More]
MATH 120 Elementary Statistics
An introduction to the principles of probability, descriptive statistics, and inferential statistics: Topics in probability include axioms and theorems of probability, events, the distribution, mean, and variance of a random variable, and Binomial random variables. Topics in descriptive statistics include sampling, variables, frequency distributions and histograms, stem and leaf displays, means, medians, and modes. Topics… [Read More]
ENG 121 Interpreting Literature
An introduction to the discipline of literary study, focusing on how to find meanings in texts and how to argue for those meanings both orally and in writing. Possible emphases include the identification of themes, images, metaphors, myths, various types of motifs, irony, rhetorical patterns, larger structures of organization, and why these matter. Though topics,… [Read More]
COMM 222 Interpersonal Communication
An introduction to theories about the various taken-for-granted ways of communicating in the complex and diverse contexts in which people learn, work, and build relationships. Students will study and apply communication principles involving language, nonverbal communication, and culture as they relate to their own lives. Humanities Breadth
In Memoriam: Global Servant Leader Paul Farmer
The Austin College community celebrates the many accomplishments of global health crusader Paul Farmer, M.D., Ph.D., even as we mourn his death today, February 21, 2022. Farmer was the 2007 recipient of the Austin College Leadership Award, presented March 1 at Belo Mansion in Dallas. His nonprofit health organization, Partners in Health, announced that Farmer,… [Read More]
Ricky Duhaime CV
Ricky Edward Duhaime, D.M.A. Continuing Faculty, Eisenstädter Sommerakademie (Austria) Admitted to the rank of Research Mosher Professor Emeritus of Music, Austin College, 2023 The Homer P. Rainey Award for Outstanding Achievement and Service to Austin College, 2023 Contact Information: Austin College Music Department: 903.813.2464 Email: rduhaime@austincollege.edu Education Goethe Institute, Prien am Chiemsee, Germany University of… [Read More]
COVID-19 2020 Remote/Blended Pedagogical Enhancement Program Funding Request
The 2020 Remote/Blended Pedagogical Enhancement Program is intended to support departments and their faculty to coordinate, develop, and implement a plan for enhanced and innovative approaches to teaching in the remote and blended environments that also accommodates the possibility of adhering to social distancing protocols. The Academic Affairs Committee is committed to leveraging AY20/21 unused… [Read More]
Post Travel Reporting
Requirements: Itemized receipts (credit card receipts with only a total will not be accepted) should be submitted to the CREATE office (WCC 204) along with a completed and signed Austin College Travel request/report/reimbursement form within 14 days of travel. Do not delay! – Failure to document expenses by the last day of finals of the term in… [Read More]