{"id":15198,"date":"2013-08-22t13:49:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-22t18:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/?page_id=15198"},"modified":"2013-08-22t13:56:14","modified_gmt":"2013-08-22t18:56:14","slug":"teaching-visits-fall-2012-archive","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/events\/teaching-visits-fall-2012-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"teaching visits fall 2012 (archived)"},"content":{"rendered":"
this is an archive of our teaching visits from 2012<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n physics and engineering of image formation by different modalities used for medical applications. concepts common to different imaging modalities and limits of physical phenomena. mathematical concepts of image formation and analysis; techniques for recording imagings using ionizing radiation (including ct), ultrasound, magnetic resonance, and nuclear (including spect and pet). methods of evaluating image quality.<\/p>\n date: thursday, january 31st<\/span> faculty of any rank<\/strong> <\/strong><\/span>register now<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n the interdependence of cosmological theories and religious teachings from the eighth century bce to the end of the seventeenth century. examines scientific works and religious texts, including those of aristotle, thomas aquinas, copernicus, luther, galilieo, and newton.<\/p>\n date: tuesday, february 12th<\/span> junior faculty only (tenure or non-tenure track)<\/strong><\/span> <\/strong> register now<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n this course introduces students to the american political system. the primary focus is on the operation of our national government. not only will we examine how the formal institutions of government work, such as the congress, the presidency, and the supreme court, but we will also consider the informal institutions, such as public opinion, political parties, and the mass media. the underlying theme of this course concerns whether the united states is a democracy. this is the \u201cbig\u201d question in the course. most americans just assume we are democratic. certainly our leaders claim we are the greatest democracy in the world and in fact have gone to great efforts to spread our approach to government to other countries. but are we democratic? the answer, as you will see, is open to debate. this class provides, in effect, a chance to have that debate.<\/p>\n date: thursday, february 14th junior faculty only (tenure or non-tenure track)<\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/strong><\/a>register now<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n the main objectives of this course are to widen student’s knowledge of poetry, to help them become close readers of poetry, and to help develop critical writing skills.<\/p>\n date: monday, february 18th junior faculty only (tenure or non-tenure track)<\/strong><\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/a>register now<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n this course is an in-depth study of important developments in the history of architecture from the early 19th century to the present. works of architecture will be considered as objects of intellectual and physical labor that can be studied for information about the historical period of their production. in addition to buildings, we will take architecture to include theory, drawings, unbuilt architecture, city planning, and ways in which architectural ideas are used in non-architectural media. formal analysis and a social historical approach will address questions such as: why was this building constructed? whose purpose did it serve? how was it received in its own time? how does a consideration of its style help to answer the previous questions? emphasis will be placed on relationships between style and content, and in turn to general historical conditions. the course intends to demonstrate that architectural production, as other forms of human behavior, can yield meaningful information about the historical process.<\/p>\n date: wednesday, february 27th faculty of any rank<\/strong> <\/strong><\/span>register now<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n the role of scarcity and prices in allocating resources. national income, fluctuations in unemployment and price level, monetary and fiscal policy<\/p>\n date: wednesday, march 13thin 2012, we offered two types of teaching visits:<\/h3>\n
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teaching visit opportunities fall 2012 <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
cynthia paschal, associate professor of biomedical engineering<\/h2>\n
bme 258: foundations of medical imaging<\/h4>\n
\n class time: 9:35-10:50 am<\/span>
\n location: sc 5306<\/span>
\n facilitator: cynthia brame<\/span>
\ndiscussion location: sc 5306<\/p>\ndavid weintraub, professor of astronomy<\/h2>\n
astr 203: theories of the universe<\/h4>\n
\n class time: 8:10-9:25 am<\/span>
\n location: <\/span>sc 5211
\n<\/strong>pedagogies: lecture<\/span>, discussion
\n facilitator: cynthia brame
\ndiscussion location: <\/span>sc 6333<\/p>\njohn geer, gertrude conway vanderbilt professor in political science.<\/h2>\n
psci 100: inbtroduction to american government and politics<\/h4>\n
\nclass time: 1:10-2:25 pm
\nlocation: wilson 103
\npedagogies: lecture
\nfacilitator: joe bandy
\ndiscussion location: tbd<\/p>\nmark wollaeger, professor of english<\/h2>\n
eng: 116w: introduction to poetry<\/h4>\n
\nclass time: 8:45-10:00 am
\nlocation: calhoun 219
\npedagogies: discussion, mini-lecture
\nfacilitator: nancy chick
\ndiscussion location: benson 414<\/p>\nleonard folgarait, professor of history of art<\/h2>\n
hart 232 modern architecture<\/h4>\n
\nclass time: 11:10 pm – 12:00 pm
\nlocation: cohen 308
\npedagogies: lecture, discussion
\nfacilitator: nancy chick
\ndiscussion location: cohen lobby<\/p>\nsteve buckles, senior lecturer of economics<\/h2>\n
econ 100: macroeconomics<\/h4>\n
\nclass time: 2:10 pm – 3:00 pm
\nlocation: wilson 103
\npedagogies: lecture, discussion, clickers
\nfacilitator: joe bandy
\ndiscussion location: wilson 103<\/p>\n