12/13/13

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

Kinesiology- EXSC 333, Section 370
MWF 10am-10:50am, Friday Lab 1:30pm-3:10pm

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

Honors Seminar: The Civil Rights Era- HIST 493, Section SG1
Tu 5:30pm-8:30pm

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

The Rise of Islam- HIST 364, Section 1
M 3pm-5:30pm

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

Nonverbal Communication- COMM 471, Section SG91
TuTh 2pm-3:15pm

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

The Sociology of Gender- SOCY 325, Section 5115
Tu 6:30pm-9:30pm

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