Spring 2010

Course Offerings

• Prof. Ray Arsenault  “Intro to Florida & Regional Studies”  (3 credits) AMS 6934, Monday: 6:00-9:00 pm, Snell House

Note: Intro to Florida & Regional Studies is one of the few classes required of all Florida Studies students. This class should be a priority because it may not be offered until 2011.

• Prof. Howard Troxler  “Florida Politics” (3 credits) POS 6127, Thursday: 6:00-9:00pm, Davis Hall 251             

Note: Many of you will recognize the name Howard Troxler.  He is an esteemed journalist for the St. Petersburg Times. One course in Florida or southern politics is also a program requirement.   

• Prof. Seth McKee “Southern Politics” (3 credits) POS 6933, Wednesday: 6:00-9:00 pm,  Davis Hall 219

Note: Professor McKee has written extensively on southern politics and is currently working on a book chronicling the history of the Florida legislature.

• Prof. Chris Meindl “Seminar in Advanced Human Geography” (3 credits) GEO 6428, Tuesday: 6:00-9:00 pm   Davis Hall 239

Note: Professor Meindl teaches classes in geography and environmental studies. He is working on a book dealing with the Florida wetlands.

• Prof. Thomas Hallock “Selected American Authors” (3 credits) ENG 4300, Tuesday and Thursday: 2:00-3:15 pm, Davis Hall 232

Note: Prof. Hallock will focus much of the class upon early Florida in the European imagination.

IMPORTANT:  If you wish to take this class for FSP credit AND qualify for financial aid, you will need to take the class NOT as ENG 4300 but as a 6000-level class. Discuss this with Prof. Hallock (independent study, etc.) thallock@mail.usf.edu

• Prof. Gary Mormino “World War II” (4 credits) HIS 6939, Monday: 3:00-6:00 pm, Snell House

Note: The class will focus upon the American homefront and Florida.

Students may also enroll in classes for directed research and directed readings, although we prefer that you enroll in the scheduled classes so as to get to know more professors and support the pre-arranged classes. However, if you wish to take a directed readings/research class, you must first get the permission of a professor. Upon selection of a research topic or the identification of books to be read, you must obtain a Directed Readings Contract at the Dean of Arts & Sciences office in Davis Hall.

Please let us know if you encounter any problems. This is the first semester when most of our classes are offered during the day, rather than evening. Several students have urged more day classes because of family commitments in the evening.

Fall 2009

Course Offerings

• Thomas Hallock, “Selected American Authors: American Road Narrative”

LIT 6934: 601  3 credits  CRN 87447  MW 3:30-4:45. Prof. Hallock, a professor of English, specializes in early Florida literature, but is especially interested in the classic American genre of road literature.

• Christopher Meindl, “Wetlands, People, and Public Policy”

EVR 6934: 691   3 credits  CRN 89212 W 6:00-8:50.  Prof. Meindl, a geographer, is finishing a book on wetlands and environmental policy.

• Mark. J. Walters, “Science/Nature Writing”  MMC 6936: 603   3 credits

CRN 85867  MW 11:00-12:15  Prof. Walters teaches in the School of Journalism and is a noted author. His special talent is an ability to  write about complicated subjects (plagues, the extinction of species) in a popular forum.

• Gary R. Mormino, “Modern Florida”  HIS 6939: 691 4 credits CRN 82073

Monday  2:00-5:50. This is the only class offered this semester that is a required class for Florida Studies students. Prof. Mormino writes about the changing Florida dream in American life.