University of Wisconsin Eau Claire - Periscope Yearbook (Eau Claire, WI)

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English And forthi, who that hath an hed of verre Fro caste of stones war hym in the werrel Do you recognize that familiar saying? If you studied Chaucer this year reading Middle English would be second nature to you. One of several specialized courses offered by the English department, Chaucer involves reading, translating and writing Middle English. Other English courses specialize in Shakespeare, Milton and periods of literature and drama. This year the English department offered for the first time, English Semester. This combines four literature courses into a 12 credit semester course. This allows the student to go more in-depth in literature with less repetition than if the student took the four classes separately. This tale is doon, and God save all the rowtel This tale is done, and God save us all. IS-Books

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Biology Everything you wanted to know about sex... This could be an applicable title for one of the most popular general studies courses offered by the Biology Department. Human Sexual Biology is designed to help answer and explain the questions that many students are afraid to ask. This is aided by having students write their curiosities on notecards, to be discussed in the informal lab sessions. The Biology department is a catch-all, with offerings in plant, insect, animal and human lifestyles—including the environmental effects of the latter. General studies courses in environmental biology have increased in popularity with the growing awareness for ecology. Courses combine the science and the law in creating student awareness. For the serious science student, especially the major, lab courses are a must. Dissection techniques develop with lab work on worms, frogs, fetal pigs and other life forms. 8ooki-17

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LEFT: John Wottrich. LOWER LEFT: Linda Barger (SITTING), Dan O'Neil, Paul Dernbach, Wilbur Hoppe, Cary Cebohki, Vicky Borncr. Mathematics Are you creative...active? If you answered yes, did you ever consider a mathematics major? Surprisingly to many students, math at Eau Claire can be a creative as well as active subject. Analytical studies are still stressed and math students are required to complete three semesters of calculus (toting around a book that rivals the Webster Dictionary in weight), but math is changing. In an upper-level geometry course, students put their artistic talents to work by creating tesellation art. Taught by Joseph Teeters, an accomplished artist in this area, the artwork is a combination of creativity and geometric principles, resulting in a design of repeating shapes. Activity—getting out and doing—is a requisite in the elementary surveying course. Students are required to survey streets and other geographic areas, and can be seen setting equipment in all weather, facing on-coming cars and milling students. With the onset of the computer age, the mathematics department is stressing the practical application of mathematics in other fields. Students often combine their math majors with business and computer science classes. Bookt-19