CONTEMPORARY TOPICS (4th) – Pearson

Psychology (Happiness) Sociology (Name) Communication Studies (Slang and language change)

Linguistics (A time to learn) Linguistics (Global English) Child Psychology (The Genius Within)

Public Health (Sleep) Psychology (Phobias) Sociology (Online Communication)

Business (Negotiating for success) Business (Success in the Global Economy) Business (Core Business Skills)

Art History (Modern Art) Education (How we each learn best) Cognitive Psychology (Memory)

Engineering (Robots) History (The silk road) Anthropology Biology (The science of Love)

Media Studies (Interactive Games) Social Psychology (Sports Fans) Technology (Artificial Intelligence: The Turning Point)

Biology (Genetically Modified Food) Architecture (Frank Gehry) Political Science (Big brother and the Surveillance Society)

Business (Design Thinking) Public Health (Global Epidemic) Linguistics (Animal Communication)

History (Shackleton) Urban Planning (21st Century Cities) Economics (The Evolution of Money)

Philosophy (Ethics) Biology (DNA Testing) Biology (The Foundation of Youth)

Information Technology (Big Data) Public Administration (Risk management) Sociology (Marriage)
LECTURE READY – Oxford University Press

Psychology Marketing Business

 The First Day in Social Psychology Class  Gender and Spending  New Trends in Marketing Research
 The Pace of a Place  Ads Are Everywhere  Business Ethics

Business Sociology Media Studies

 Business Innovation  Work Habits in the United States  Trends in Children's Media Use
 Global Business: The Case of MTV  Leisure Time in the United States  The Changing Music Industry

Media Studies Science Science

 Celebrities and the Media  Science and Pleasure: Choosing What We Eat  The Placebo Effect
 Communication Revolutions  Unique Solutions to Pollution  Intelligent Machines

Science Media Studies Psychology

 How Sleep Affects Thinking  Getting the News in the High-Tech Age  Sibling Relationships
 The Influence of Geography on Culture  Who's on TV?  Multiple Intelligences

Humanities Linguistics Art & Design

 The Story of Fairy Tales  What's Up with Slang  The Art of Graffiti
 Architecture: Form or Function?  Global English  Design Basics
LISTENING COMPREHENSION (3rd) – Thomson Heinle
History & Humanities
 Napoleon: From Schoolboy to Emperor
 Pompeii: Destroyed, Forgotten, and Found
 Lance Armstrong: Survivor and Winner
Technology & Language
 The Internet: How It Works
 Language: How Children Acquire Theirs
 Hydroponic Aquaculture: How One System
Works
Engineering, Language & Psychology
 A Tidal Wave: What Is It? What Causes It?
How Can We Predict It?
 Levels of Language Usage: Formal and
Informal
 Power: The Kinds People Use and Abuse
Zoology, Politics & History
 Asian and African Elephants: Similarities
and Differences
 Lincoln and Kennedy: Similar Destinies
 The Titanic and the Andrea Dona:
Tragedies at Sea
Zoology, Arachnology & History
 Dinosaurs: Why They Disappeared
 The American Civil War: Why It Happened
 Endangered Species: What Are the
Causes?
Humanities & Culture
 The Population
 Immigration: Past and Present
 Americans at Work
Humanities, Religion & Customs
 Family in the United States
 Religion
 Passages: Birth, Marriage, and Death
Culture & Globalization
 Multiculturalism
 Crime and Violence in the United States
 Globalization
Education
 Public Education: Philosophy and Funding
 Postsecondary Education: Admissions
 Distance Education
Politics
 The Role of Government in the Economy
 Government by Constitution: Separation of
Powers/ Checks and Balances
 Common Law and the Jury System
Anthropology
 Anthropology: The Study of Human Beings
and Their Creations
 The Concept of Culture: Understanding One
Another
History
 The Egyptian Pyramids: Houses of Eternity
 The First Emperor of China: Building an
Empire and a House of Eternity
Sociology
 The Women’s Movement: From Liberation to
Feminism
 The Men's Movement: What Does It Mean to
Be a Man?
Communication
 Classroom Communication: Language and
Culture in the Classroom
 Gender and Communication: Male-Female
Conversation as Cross-cultural
Communication
Biology
 The Origins of Genetics: Mendel and the
Garden Pea Experiment
 Genetic Engineering in the Biotech Century:
Playing It Smart or Playing Roulette with
Mother Nature's Designs?