Courses
Spring Semester 2011
| Course Name | Credits |
|---|---|
| College Composition II | 3 Credits |
| Introduction to the Short Story | 3 Credits |
| Creative Writing | 3 Credits |
| Advanced Integrated Social Science Inquiry* | 3 Credits |
| Integrated Studies Life Sciences* | 3 Credits |
| Integrated Cultural Experience (Poetry & Drama) | 3 Credits |
| World Religion | 3 Credits |
| Elements of Accounting | 3 Credits |
| * Two classes - must be taken together |
Summer Semester 2011
| Course Name | Credits |
|---|---|
| Problems in Political Science: Comparative Constitutional Law in the U.S. and Norway |
3 Credits |
| Human Rights: It's a People Problem. | 3 Credits |
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Fall Semester 2011
| Course Name | Credits | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| College Composition I | 3 Credits | Kimberlee Johnson |
| Immersion in college-level critical reading and expository writing, emphasizing revision and careful preparation of manuscripts. | ||
| English Literature | 3 Credits | Kimberlee Johnson |
| A course with alternating topics that asks students to read literary texts of a variety of genres. The course may emphasize form and texts from various historical periods as it introduces students to the pleasures of analyzing text and culture. | ||
| Introduction to Film | 3 Credits | Kimberlee Johnson |
| The study of film drama, concentrating on appreciation and evaluation of motion pictures. | ||
| Positive Psychology | 3 Credits | Dr. Lauri Hyers |
| Introduction to psychological perspectives that place an emphasis on positive emotional states including happiness, joy, resilience, compassion, and forgiveness. The course will examine a variety of topics and their relationship to subjective well-being, including positive coping, optimism, interpersonal relationships, spirituality, creativity, and achievement. | ||
| Social Psychology | 3 Credits | Dr. Lauri Hyers |
| Social Psychology is the study of the ways in which the individual is affected by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others. As a research-based field, we will learn about research process, research ethics, and research reporting. We will read primary research literature in the field and design and pilot our own social psychological experiments. | ||
| Women Today | 3 Credits | Dr. Lauri Hyers |
| This course is an interdisciplinary introduction to the field of women’s studies. You will learn about historical and contemporary experiences of oppression and privilege, which affect women and men’s lives on a daily basis. The readings include both classic and recent statements about gender and feminism, race, class, sexuality, and nationality from a variety of theoretical and practical perspectives. A large section of this class demonstrates how to apply theoretical ideas towards positive social and personal change. We will discuss these connections. | ||
| Introduction to Mass Communication | 3 Credits | Dr. Michael Pearson |
| An online class (with class sessions once a month) about the history and issues of mass media and covers print media (books and journalism), telephone and telegraph, film, radio, television, computers and the Internet. Students are given materials or websites (called LearningSites) to read/watch and ask questions about the content. | ||
| Elements of Accounting I | 3 Credits | Colin Solaas |
| Basic principles of the complete accounting cycle. |
Spring Semester 2012
| Course Name | Credits | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| College Composition II | 3 Credits | Brian Maxwell |
| Continues the work of College Composition I but emphasizing the production of college-level research and writing. | ||
| Introduction to Creative Writing | 3 Credits | Brian Maxwell |
| An introduction to the types and basic principles of creative writing, taught through a combination of class discussion and practice-writing. | ||
| Introduction to Literature and Culture | 3 Credits | Brian Maxwell |
| Students will read short stories from a variety of genres. The course may emphasize form and texts from various historical periods as it introduces students to the pleasures of analyzing text and culture. | ||
| Fundamentals of Public Speaking | 3 Credits | Leslie Helgeson |
| The theory and practice of public speaking with an emphasis on content, organization, language, and delivery. Applying critical evaluation of messages with emphasis on student performance. Original thinking, effective organization and direct communication of ideas will be stressed. Students will also learn techniques to effectively reduce speech anxiety while increasing confidence as effective communicators. | ||
| Science and Society | 3 Credits | Dr. Lars Helgeson |
| This course involves role playing activities and experiments to demonstrate the modern and historical scientific and societal issues that influence our lives and decision making. Students will discuss basic science from a societal perspective. | ||
| Digital Photography | 3 Credits | Dr. Lars Helgeson |
| A great class to take while traveling in Europe!! Students will learn how to use all the commands and settings in the point- and-shoot type of digital camera. Introduction to taking good pictures, composition, color, and lighting. Includes using Photoshop Elements 9 software to produce and print good pictures. | ||
| Knowledge, Truth and Reality: The Human Brain | 3 Credits | Dr. Lars Helgeson |
| How do we learn? How do we think? This course examines basic brain development and provides an introduction to brain chemistry. Students will explore how brain development affects everything from studying and eating to exercising, and living. | ||
| International Politics | 3 Credits | Tito Correa |
| This is an introductory survey course in international relations designed to help students relate, organize, and analyze the wide array of political events that occur on the international level. The general orientation of the course is theoretical. Consequently, this class focuses on discovering patterns in the behavior of states as they interact with each other, and understanding the various factors that might explain this behavior. Considerable attention is given in class to demonstrating how theoretical analysis helps us to understand and explain current international developments. Finally, this course introduces students to political science as a field of study. |
