Introduction to Human Services
Introduction to Human Services provides students with the background material and concepts necessary to understand the theory and practice of services for people with a variety of challenges. The course draws information from the disciplines of history, sociology, and psychology and combines this information with values-based themes of social-role valorization, ethical behavior, moral philosophy, and […]
Critical Thinking Seminar
In Critical Thinking Seminar, students are immersed in a process that encourages them to practice and value objective inquiry over subjective preconceptions. By careful examination of their own thinking processes and the strategies of successful problem-solvers, students build a diverse repertoire of effective critical-thinking skills. Students then apply these numeric, deductive, and evaluative strategies to […]
World Religions
World Religions is an introduction to the history and worldviews of the major world religions. It takes a comparative approach to present common elements of all religious traditions: rituals, symbols, founding narratives, the spiritual experience, the nature of the divine, the place of humans in the world, and the meaning of life after death. The […]
Legal and Ethical Issues
Legal and Ethical Issues introduces concepts of ethics from their origin in antiquity to their application in today’s world. The course explores morality, moral values, and the codification of these values into our legal system. It likewise examines major contemporary ethical issues enabling students to engage in the process of ethical decision-making.
World Music Drumming
World Music Drumming offers a fundamental approach to world music drumming primarily based on the traditions of West Africa and the Caribbean Islands. Students play tubanos, djembes, shekeres, and other traditional instruments of West Africa. They listen to and communicate with their fellow students, they learn the value and techniques of cooperative teamwork, and they […]
French II
A continuation of LANG183W, French II emphasizes at a higher level the four language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing, and provides further insight and context into French culture.
French I
Open to students with little or no prior experience in French, French I emphasizes the four basic language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing, and provides insight and context into French culture.
Spanish II
A continuation of LANG181W, Spanish II involves intensive oral practice, combined with the study of grammar and composition. Students also read basic Spanish texts.
Spanish I
Spanish I develops the students’ fundamental ability to both comprehend and converse in Spanish. It introduces early reading and writing skills and acquaints students with the customs and cultures of the Spanish-speaking world.
Science Fiction and Philosophy
Science Fiction and Philosophy is for students seeking to open their minds to new possibilities in philosophy. The course uses science fiction as a genre to explore ideas students may never have examined before, such as immortality, time travel, artificial intelligence, gods and aliens, paranormal phenomena, and the nature of humans and their minds.
Philosophy for Modern Times
Philosophy for Modern Times addresses several of the “big questions” that preoccupy philosophical inquiry: the existence of God, the meaning of life, the nature of truth, the limits of knowledge, the nature of ethics, human freedom, and the quest for happiness. Using contemporary methods, the course places such questions within the context of social and […]
The Cinema: History and Art (American Cinema)
The Cinema: History and Art explores Hollywood film as an industry, art form, means of communication, and system of representatives. In one sense, this is a language course, the language of film. The course also examines the way Hollywood films work technically, artistically, and culturally to both challenge and reinforce America’s national self-image.