| The members of Collegium are divided into four academic groups (noted below). Students in each group are co-enrolled in two academic courses. All courses in the Collegium program are either required core courses or fulfill core distribution requirements. In addition, students are registered for a section of the First-Year Experience (FE 100) with other Collegium students. The remaining three courses of a student’s fall schedule will be chosen by the student during Summer Orientation and course registration. Learn more about the Collegium Program. Group I: Art History and Psychology Group II: Computer Science and History Group III: Economics and Calculus
Fine Arts
AH111.01 C Art History Professor: Barnaby Nygren
Class Meeting Time: MWF 10:00 - 10:50 Art history is more than just the study of beautiful paintings. Inherently interdisciplinary in nature, art history examines the ways in which the visual arts interact with both earlier artistic traditions and the fundamental cultural beliefs and practices of the age. This course will introduce students to the great monuments of Western art from Giotto in the late Middle Ages to Bettye Saar today. More importantly, it will also situate these works in their cultural context and help to construct an understanding of the fundamental role of the visual arts in Western history. Barnaby Nygren received his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Specializing in the art of the Italian Renaissance, his teaching and research interests include the invention and utilization of scientific perspective in early 15th-century art, narrative painting, and humor in the arts.
Psychology
PY101.08 C Introduction to Psychology Professor: Charles LoPresto
Class Meeting Time: MWF 2:00 - 2:50 This course surveys the multifaceted aspects of both the science and practice of psychology. Students examine the biological, cognitive, and social bases of behavior and mental processes. This course fulfills the social science core requirement and can be taken by students interested in all majors at the University. This is a required course for students considering a psychology major. Charles LoPresto received his Ph.D. from Howard University. He is an associate professor of psychology and a licensed psychologist. A former high school teacher, he has taught at Loyola since 1985 and was recognized as Loyola’s Distinguished Teacher of the Year in 1992. His research deals with various aspects of homophobia among American men as well as the etiology of sexual orientation. This work led to an appearance on Oprah in 1997. He currently serves as director of teaching excellence at the University. |
Computer Science
CS111.02 C Introductory to Computers with Software Applications
Professor: Roger Eastman
Class Meeting Time: MWF 1:00 - 1:50 An introduction to computer science and software applications that includes the design and operation of personal computers, representation of data by computers, structure of operating systems, design and operation of computer networks, and concepts of software design and programming. In addition to the how and what of technology, the course covers the fundamental limitations of computing as well as social and ethical issues. Students get hands-on experience with spreadsheets, database management systems, presentation software, Internet applications, and high-level programming. Roger Eastman earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland-College Park. He specializes in computer vision—how to enable computers to perceive intelligently and act on the world by the analysis of images. He has worked with doctors from the Johns Hopkins University on automatic diagnosis of retinal diseases, with NASA scientists on the processing of Earth satellite imagery, and with the National Institute of Standards and Technology and General Motors advanced robotics groups on new sensors for dynamic perception in manufacturing.
History
HS101.02 C
Europe and the World since 1500 Professor: Fr. Charles Borges
Class Meeting Time: MWF 9:00 - 9:50 This course serves as one of the two history courses required for all students at Loyola. It helps students learn more about world civilizations from the beginning to the present age, but more pointedly about Europe and the world since 1500. It emphasizes the writing of eminent men and women during this time, in the hope that all will better understand how others grappled with issues that have become part of our common history and way of living. Rev. Charles J. Borges, S.J., is an associate professor of history and has been teaching at Loyola since 2000. He teaches courses on European, Indian, and South Asian history as well as on Indian religions and Jesuit history in Asia. He completed his doctoral studies at the University of Bombay (Mumbai) and has authored, edited, and co-edited a number of books on Indo-Portuguese history. Besides his duties as professor at Loyola, he celebrates Masses and lectures in a number of churches in the Baltimore area and also conducts radio Masses on WBAL. He has taken Loyola students to India during the winter break to give them an idea of Indian culture, religions, and living. He also teaches Jesuit scholastics in Vietnam during the summer. |
Economics
EC102.07 C Microeconomic Principles Professor: Norman Sedgley
Class Meeting Time: TTH 12:15 - 1:30 In this course, students will investigate how individuals in market economies make decisions about what goods will be produced, how they will be produced, and for whom they will be produced. Students learn to analyze the impacts of changes in markets; illustrate the concepts of consumer demand and production; and explain the process of profit maximization under various market structures. Topics include the laws of supply and demand; behavior of firms in competitive and noncompetitive markets; functioning of labor and capital markets; poverty and income inequality; economics and the environment; and economic systems in other countries. Norman Sedgley, an associate professor of economics, received his Ph.D. from the University of New Hampshire. His research is in the area of macroeconomics, economic growth, and time series analysis. Currently, he is doing research in the area of macroeconomic equilibrium and labor market discrimination.
Calculus
MA251.04 C Calculus I Professor: Herbert Tracey
Class Meeting Time: MWF 12:00 - 12:50
Lab Meeting Time: T 3:05 - 4:20 In this course, students investigate topics including limits; definition, interpretation, and application of the derivitive; differentiation rules; antiderivatives; definition of definite and indefinite integrals; and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. Applications will include investigation of cost, revenue, and profit functions. Herbert Tracey has a master's degree from the Johns Hopkins University. He has taught mathematics at Loyola for 11 years. Before coming to Loyola, he taught secondary-level mathematics and served as a mathematics department chair. He has worked with teachers throughout the metropolitan area. In addition to his undergraduate classes at Loyola, Tracey helps coordinate and teaches in Loyola's middle school mathematics cohort with Baltimore County Public Schools. |
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