Undergraduate students at USG have the unique opportunity to enhance their experience and education this Spring by enrolling in one of 43 shared courses offered in collaboration with five universities at USG. Students may earn elective credit toward their degree in subjects ranging from business to communication, history, exercise science, and more.
View the Spring 2014 Course Sharing Schedule at www.shadygrove.umd.edu/academics/course-sharing
To register, contact your Program Director today or email usg-coursesharing@umd.edu for more information! Registrations must be complete before the drop/add date of your home institution.
Featured Spring 2014 Shared Courses:
Salisbury University
Prerequisites: Anatomy and Physiology I & II
Examination of the structure and function of the human body and the mechanical principles affecting its movement. Review of the musculoskeletal system followed by in-depth study of how human movement occurs. Presentation of nomenclature of body planes, axes, and movement.
University of Baltimore
Prerequisites: 3.5GPA
An advanced interdisciplinary seminar that focuses on important books and issues and encourages independent thinking, clear presentation and an understanding of the concerns and methods of various disciplines. The course may be team taught; topic and instructor(s) may change from semester to semester. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
UMBC
Prerequisites: Any 100- or 200- level Social Science Course
This course explores the origins and development of the culture and society of Islam, a community that today represents over 1.2 billion people. We will examine Islam¿s genesis in central Arabia in the sixth century, its expansion into the Mediterranean basin and east to India, and its main intellectual and philosophical currents. The course ends with the rise of the Ottoman Empire, the Islamic superpower that lasted until the 20th century.
University of Maryland, College Park
Prerequisites: None
Nonverbal communication in human interaction theory and research on proxemics, kinesics and paralanguage as expression of relationship, affect and orientation within and across cultures.
University of Maryland University College
Prerequisites: SOCY 100
An inquiry into how gender is socially constructed and reconstructed in contemporary society. The aim is to assess the interaction between gender and other social identities.
View the full list of Spring 2014 Shared Courses.