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This course introduces students to the study of power in the international arena, including relations among nation-states and other human groups (corporations, alliances, lobby groups). We will establish a conceptual framework for the study of international relations; cover general topics such as war, diplomacy, and globalization; and learn about multiple regions of the world.
- Teacher: Jason Maloy
Category: Political Science
This course is designed for college and university food service staff members and event coordinators. The course is designed to train services employees and event staff coordinators on how to prevent contamination from foodborne bacteria and parasites. The course will review harmful bacteria that cause foodborne illnesses, symptoms of various foodborne illnesses, types of foods where foodborne bacteria are found, how foods become contaminated, and ways to reduce the risk of contamination.
- Teacher: Carl Wininger
- Teacher: Courtney Yongue
Category: Safety Training
Here you will find documents, resources, and announcement related to the UL Public History Program.
Your main points of contact are:
Dr. Ian Beamish, Director of Public History, ian.beamish@louisiana.edu
Sarah I. Rodriguez, Associate Director of Public History, sarah.rodriguez@louisiana.edu
- Teacher: Ian Beamish
- Teacher: Jacob Gautreaux
- Teacher: Michael Martin
- Teacher: Marissa Petrou
- Teacher: Sarah Rodriguez
- Teacher: Kaitlin Simpson
Category: Non-Academic Courses
Introduction to the Data-Driven Business Solutions Module
Introduction
Welcome to the Data-Driven Business Solutions Module. This self-paced online module is designed for undergraduate business students who are looking to enhance their skills in using data to solve business problems. In today's data-centric world, the ability to analyze data and draw actionable insights is a critical skill for any business professional. This module will guide you through the process of identifying business problems, selecting and analyzing relevant data, developing data-driven solutions, and effectively communicating your findings.
Throughout this module, you will engage with various educational resources, including readings, videos, interactive activities, and quizzes. Each unit is structured to build upon the previous one, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of the data analysis process. Upon completion, you will take a comprehensive quiz to test your overall knowledge and application of the concepts learned.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
Identify Business Problems:
- Understand and articulate various business problems that can be addressed through data analysis.
- Frame and define clear problem statements.
Select Relevant Data:
- Determine and justify the selection of appropriate data sources for specific business problems.
- Differentiate between qualitative and quantitative data and understand their uses.
Analyze Data Effectively:
- Apply descriptive and inferential statistical techniques to analyze data.
- Use software tools such as Excel, Tableau, and SPSS for data analysis and visualization.
Develop Data-Driven Solutions:
- Interpret data insights to formulate actionable solutions to business problems.
- Create strategic plans and recommendations based on data analysis.
Communicate Findings:
- Develop effective communication strategies to present data findings.
- Use visual aids and storytelling techniques to convey insights to stakeholders.
- Create professional visual reports and interactive dashboards.
- Teacher: Dione Davis
This course will focus on political institutions and their effects on voters, political parties, the economy, policymaking, representation, and more. We will study political institutions comparatively, using countries as our units of analysis. In addition to a focus on electoral institutions, we will discuss presidentialism, parliamentarism, federalism, welfare institutions, and how institutions can be used to address historical inequalities. We will use the tools we acquire to better understand how government works across several countries. This course will also introduce students to the basics of social science research. Students should leave this course with greater familiarity in understanding and communicating social science research, as well as how to better analyze institutions on their own.
- Teacher: Shaun Williams
Category: Political Science
This course is designed as an introduction to the politics of Latin America and the Caribbean. Given that Latin America is a diverse region, instead of learning about each country in isolation, topics such as racism, discrimination, social exclusion, and inequality will serve as lenses through which we comparatively examine the history, politics, and economics of the region. This course will also introduce students to the basics of social science research. Students should leave this course with greater familiarity in understanding and communicating social science research, as well as how to better analyze these issues on their own.
- Teacher: Shaun Williams
Category: Political Science
Romantic and passionate love is mostly a cultural phenomenon that has been constructed over centuries of civilization and has become a subject of universal fascination. Love is a magnetic topic to investigate in a Humanities classroom as it addresses a web of other related issues and calls in numerous disciplines such as psychology, psychoanalysis, history, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, literature, fine arts, music, and hard science such as biology and medicine. This course will focus mainly on the unmatched contribution by French culture to the shaping of love throughout the Western world, as French have “invented” love according to American scholar Marylin Yalom (2012), but it will also explore love in many other cultures including the USA, the Middle East and Asia. Students will discover the most famous love stories of all times that have inspired literary masterpieces and fairy tales as well as art works, musicians, and filmmakers. They will also get a better understanding of how this powerful feeling contributed to enduring myths that permeate contemporary culture and became among the greatest seminal ideas of the world. Past students wrote this on this class in their evaluation: "The most amazing course I've ever taken in my life," "a mind-altering experience," "captivating," "Surveys love throughout 2000 years," "truly exceptional," "a most memorable experience," "I'd take it again!," "by far the best course I have taken during my entire college experience," "moving", "engaging," "enriching," "crucial," "helped me understand other materials in my other classes," "I applied every lesson to my real life," "phenomenal," "It changed my life."
- Teacher: Gaetan Brulotte
Category: English
Why do some countries hold elections while others do not? Why are some states able to provide security and welfare to their citizens while others struggle to do so? Why are some countries plagued by violence while others enjoy internal peace? These questions have long animated the field of comparative politics and are among the several of which we will explore this semester.
This course will provide students with a firm foundation in the sub-field of comparative politics, preparing them for further analysis of politics around the world and across contexts. The course has two main objectives:
1. To familiarize students with the importance of theory and research design for describing, explaining, and understanding political processes. After taking this course, students should be able to distinguish between different theoretical explanations and evaluate the merit of evidence used to support them.
2. To provide students with an overview of key topics and debates in comparative politics. Students should be able to understand the basis of these debates as well as take and support positions on them.
This course will provide students with a firm foundation in the sub-field of comparative politics, preparing them for further analysis of politics around the world and across contexts. The course has two main objectives:
1. To familiarize students with the importance of theory and research design for describing, explaining, and understanding political processes. After taking this course, students should be able to distinguish between different theoretical explanations and evaluate the merit of evidence used to support them.
2. To provide students with an overview of key topics and debates in comparative politics. Students should be able to understand the basis of these debates as well as take and support positions on them.
- Teacher: Shaun Williams
Category: Political Science
This course investigates economic and ecological dynamics in the international arena. Ecology is the study of living systems in interaction with physical resources; economics is the study of human activities organized around money. We will address and answer one big question: “How could the global economy be better at sustainable prosperity?”
- Teacher: Jason Maloy
Category: Political Science
This course investigates the procedures and outcomes of US governmental policy in the international arena, with special focus on the themes of commercial expansion, military intervention, and climate change. We will establish a conceptual framework for foreign policy-making within the American political system; gain an overview of the history of USA’s foreign relations; and learn about conflicts and controversies involving multiple regions of the world, especially Latin America and West Asia.
- Teacher: Jason Maloy
Category: Political Science
This semester we will learn about the domestic political institutions and constitutions of countries outside USA, including how elections are conducted and how various branches of government are set up. The core idea is that life is different in different countries, in part, because their political institutions are different.
- Teacher: Jason Maloy
Category: Political Science
This semester we will learn about Venezuela, Greenland, Iran, Palestine, Ukraine, and more. Most of our time and energy, though, will be spent learning about the history and theory of global politics. The reason is that history and theory give us the terms and concepts that we all depend on and utilize when we’re thinking about current events.
- Teacher: Jason Maloy
Category: Political Science
Many of the most important buildings, objects, and ideas in design history are located in or near Florence—from Brunelleschi’s dome to the latest hyper-car from Ferrari. This sketch and analysis course will allow you to see, to study, and to engage these critical works of design through daily sketching assignments. Many of the most world’s most renowned designers once did the same; learning to be designers by analyzing the most important design artifacts in history—the buildings, objects, and ideas that have been most influential to design. What better way to learn about design than to spend six weeks experiencing, first-hand, the most incredible design artifacts in the world? What better way to learn how to draw than to practice daily? In the great tradition of the ‘Grand Tour’, we will visit, draw, and analyze the great works of Florence, and in doing so, learn how to design with confidence.
- Teacher: Thomas Cline
- Teacher: Sarah Young
Category: Architecture
How do we understand the objects, buildings, and the ideas that we associate with design? What does it mean to be a designer and, as designers, how do we craft artifacts that exemplify Vitruvius’ call for utility, durability, and beauty? In this course, students will explore the reasons why some objects and buildings have had a lasting impact through readings and discussions of some of the most significant writings on craft and its relationship to design. Because the buildings and objects of design are best experienced in person, our discussions will take place in the buildings, museums, and workshops that best illustrate the ideas from our readings; the Galleria dell’Accademia, the Uffizi Gallery, the Museo Galileo, Brunelleschi’s Duomo, the Vespa Museum, and several others. This is a companion course to DSGN 471G – Field Analysis and it is strongly recommended that the two courses be taken together.
- Teacher: Thomas Cline
- Teacher: Sarah Young
Category: Architecture
Because each generation borrows the Earth from its children's children, we need to learn how to make the wisest choices for nature. Costa Rica is known as the Godfather of Ecotourism; any search engine lists it as the top destination in the world. We'll be ecotourists, sustainable tourists, adventure tourists, green tourists, responsible tourists and explore pristine beaches, rainforests, ziplines, businesses and attractions that bring in 1.4billion USD. In your ten unforgettable days abroad, learn about Costa Rica's tourism economy and how companies maintain nature's integrity while producing revenue. All students will bring an idea home to help in keeping our planet beautiful and business thriving forever.
- Teacher: Lisa Bowles
Category: Management
Explore London with your pocket-sized sketchbook and pens. We will visit various places, such as the Museum of London and British Museum, doodling the glorious history of the city! We will tour Kensington Palace and the Tower of London, finding stories of the Kings and Queens and doodling some more! We will experience the Museum of Jack the Ripper and the London Dungeons, doodling the gloom of London as well! This course is structured for both art majors and non-art majors. All levels of artistic skill are encouraged to join us since students are taught at their own level and encouraged to find their individual style of doodling! After all, doodling is a great way to keep the memory of your trip permanent and can make for great artwork.
- Teacher: James Tancill
Category: College of Liberal Arts
The Renaissance has long been fascinated by many themes including religion and ritual, archaeology, art and civilian, the natural world to tales of the monstrous and murder through tales and images of terrible things. Florence has been the home and has served as a source of inspiration for artists such as Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli, Giotto, the poet Dante, among others. Like Florence’s great artists of the past, students will be guided by their individual interests while examining and using Florence’s landscape, museums and culture as sources for creative exploration and research.
You will visit some of the most important museums in Florence and they will serve as our classroom including the Uffizi Gallery, Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Museo degli Argenti Bargello Museum, Boboli Gardens, Academia, the Fondazione Bisonte, and the Armadillo Atelier to study prints, drawings, and paintings first hand. These locations will serve as sources of inspiration allowing you to develop a greater awareness of the role of drawing and the print has as an investigative process in the development of creative work and it’s use as an expressive means of communication. Students develop a site-responsive studio practice in relationship to the cultural landscape of Florence. We will consider the unique identity of particular sites and structures, land use, and use our experiences on-location to inspire and frame ideas for our work. We will work both in the studio and on-site in the city. Practical and didactic learning will include a complement of methodologies: texts, lectures, films, demonstrations, site visits, field work, and travel to Venice and other sites outside of Florence.
Students will develop a suite of prints through a series of prompts. Ultimately, all students will have the power to make independent work that explores their own visual and media interests. This course will give students a greater awareness of the role of drawing as an investigative process in the development of creative work and it’s use as an expressive means of communication. This course will be divided between working on creative work on location in Florence and utilizing the cities world class museums and galleries and individual work outside of class. Students will also learn how to utilize a sketchbook/journal in the development of creative research, the documentation of the city, and a source for the stimulation and development of ideas.
You will visit some of the most important museums in Florence and they will serve as our classroom including the Uffizi Gallery, Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Museo degli Argenti Bargello Museum, Boboli Gardens, Academia, the Fondazione Bisonte, and the Armadillo Atelier to study prints, drawings, and paintings first hand. These locations will serve as sources of inspiration allowing you to develop a greater awareness of the role of drawing and the print has as an investigative process in the development of creative work and it’s use as an expressive means of communication. Students develop a site-responsive studio practice in relationship to the cultural landscape of Florence. We will consider the unique identity of particular sites and structures, land use, and use our experiences on-location to inspire and frame ideas for our work. We will work both in the studio and on-site in the city. Practical and didactic learning will include a complement of methodologies: texts, lectures, films, demonstrations, site visits, field work, and travel to Venice and other sites outside of Florence.
Students will develop a suite of prints through a series of prompts. Ultimately, all students will have the power to make independent work that explores their own visual and media interests. This course will give students a greater awareness of the role of drawing as an investigative process in the development of creative work and it’s use as an expressive means of communication. This course will be divided between working on creative work on location in Florence and utilizing the cities world class museums and galleries and individual work outside of class. Students will also learn how to utilize a sketchbook/journal in the development of creative research, the documentation of the city, and a source for the stimulation and development of ideas.
- Teacher: Brian Kelly
Category: Visual Arts
London is full of artwork in museums and galleries as well as on the streets. We will visit museums and galleries to learn about the mainstream art, including the work of great British artists ranging from John Constable, William Blake and J.M.W. Turner to Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon, David Hockney, Damien Hirst and more. Wait! Don’t forget Banksy! We will walk on the streets of the East End and Camden Town since London streets are full of Graffiti and Street Arts! And we will visit the Cartoon Museum, Henry Boxer Gallery and the Gallery of Everything to learn about outsider art.
- Teacher: James Tancill
Category: College of Liberal Arts
Printmaking is both a tool and artistic practice that brings images to the pubic through illustrated books, newspapers, and through the production of artistic prints. The invention of the Gutenberg press helped transform Italy during the Renaissance period and during the 15th century prints were mass produced and created for the middle and lower class providing access to reproductions of artworks produced by artists such as Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Titan.
Students in this course will be explore the development and the influence of the Renaissance period in Florence had upon both the art of printmaking and the formation of the new career of printmaker during the late fifteenth century and throughout the sixteenth century in Italy. Students will also be exposed to historical prints and drawings that explore the context of related paintings, sculpture, and architecture, describing a period when printmaking opened up new ways to make a living and transformed the mechanisms of Renaissance visual culture.Students will study works Giovanni Pietro da Birago, Cornelis Cort, Mantegna, Durer, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, among others from the Renaissance period.
Additionally, students will also read scholarship that surrounds the development of the Renaissance period, its relationship to printmaking, along with the history of printmaking.
Students in this course will be explore the development and the influence of the Renaissance period in Florence had upon both the art of printmaking and the formation of the new career of printmaker during the late fifteenth century and throughout the sixteenth century in Italy. Students will also be exposed to historical prints and drawings that explore the context of related paintings, sculpture, and architecture, describing a period when printmaking opened up new ways to make a living and transformed the mechanisms of Renaissance visual culture.Students will study works Giovanni Pietro da Birago, Cornelis Cort, Mantegna, Durer, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, among others from the Renaissance period.
Additionally, students will also read scholarship that surrounds the development of the Renaissance period, its relationship to printmaking, along with the history of printmaking.
- Teacher: Brian Kelly
Category: College of Liberal Arts
Why do some countries hold elections while others do not? Why are some states able to provide security and welfare to their citizens while others struggle to do so? Why are some countries plagued by violence while others enjoy internal peace? These questions have long animated the field of comparative politics and are among the several of which we will explore this semester.
This course will provide students with a firm foundation in the sub-field of comparative politics, preparing them for further analysis of politics around the world and across contexts. The course has two main objectives:
1. To familiarize students with the importance of theory and research design for describing, explaining, and understanding political processes. After taking this course, students should be able to distinguish between different theoretical explanations and evaluate the merit of evidence used to support them.
2. To provide students with an overview of key topics and debates in comparative politics. Students should be able to understand the basis of these debates as well as take and support positions on them.
This course will provide students with a firm foundation in the sub-field of comparative politics, preparing them for further analysis of politics around the world and across contexts. The course has two main objectives:
1. To familiarize students with the importance of theory and research design for describing, explaining, and understanding political processes. After taking this course, students should be able to distinguish between different theoretical explanations and evaluate the merit of evidence used to support them.
2. To provide students with an overview of key topics and debates in comparative politics. Students should be able to understand the basis of these debates as well as take and support positions on them.
- Teacher: Shaun Williams
Category: Political Science