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A/H300 American Government (3 credits)
This course introduces students to the structure and basic functions of American Government at Federal, State, and Local levels.  It also introduces students to important grass roots political movements, non-governmental civic organizations, labor and trade unions, and private sector initiatives that have played an important role in shaping American community life.

A/H310 Visual Arts and Music (3 Credits)
This course covers basic techniques of art and methods of presenting art and music in the classroom. Students develop a personal portfolio of projects and lessons which incorporate the arts. The course covers various media and time periods in arts, styles of music, and instruments from other cultures. Projects allow for personal interpretation and application in an interdisciplinary/cross-curricular classroom.

A/H350 Adolescent Literature (3 Credits)
This course will explore and examine various novels relevant to students in grades 4 through 9. A collection of novels will be read and discussed throughout the course. Students will actively participate in hands-on activities, readings, discussions, and presentations.

A/H380 Media & Society (3 Credits)
This course deals with the evolution of media and its impact on our daily lives. Specifically, the course focuses on the history of media, the modes of media, media "bias" and media influence on our everyday lives. The student will be a participant in the course examining our popular media. This will include "actively" watching TV and movies, listening to talk radio and music stations, and reading print media. Class discussions and assignments will center around each topic.

A/H400 International Political Systems (3 Credits)
This course entails the study of the nature and function of important international political ideologies and institutions that have played a dominant role in shaping the character of contemporary international politics.

A/H420 Self and Society (3 Credits)
How the particular living conditions, family situations, and cultural, religious an intellectual climates of a child affect his or her abilities, outlook, and future role in society. In addition to studying classic autobiographies, participants in the seminar describe their own formative years, emphasizing situations that have either enhanced or inhibited their individual growth and development.

A/H422 Modern World Literature (3 Credits)
Using contemporary novels or short stories from all over the world, this course places the reader in the context of each and within the world it engenders.

A/H432 Literature of the Americas (3 Credits)
This course is a study of representative works of fiction from Canada, the United States, and Latin America, including the Caribbean. The novel as a literary form and as a means of presenting cultural history and national identity are primary focuses. Fiction of the 20th century and novels of literary quality are highlighted. Students will learn to analyze novels from a number of perspectives.

A/H442 African-American Literature (3 Credits)
This course explores the location of Black writers in literature. Oral traditions, folklore, and literature as definition for culture and as documentation and validation are stressed. Concentration is on 20th century writers. Students look at African-American Literature in various contexts including music, politics, and religion.

A/H450 Contemporary Theory and Criticism (3 Credits)
This course introduces some of the most penetrating and challenging contemporary theories which are currently applied to the analysis of literary texts: e.g., Marxism, psychoanalytic theories, structuralism, phenomenology, feminism, deconstructionist, and post-colonial cultural studies. Emphasis will be placed on how these theories can open up complementary ways of understanding and interpreting texts.

A/H452 American Literature (3 Credits)
The literature in this course spans both the history of the U.S. and the cultural diversity of writers, both male & female. Within this broad frame, students read works which embody characteristic American themes such as conflicts over race, the struggle for equality, the pursuit of individual freedom, the questions of truth and destiny, the role of religious belief in a secular world, and the emergence of a multi-ethnic society. Students will discuss the distinctiveness of American contributions to world literature.

A/H-462 English Literature (3 Credits)
This course surveys the literature of the British Isles from the late eighteenth century to the modern day. This course includes the study of poetry, short stories, short novels, and essays from a representative sample of important Modern British authors.

C/C321 Ancient Civilizations (9 Credits)
An exploration of the daily lives of people of antiquity, their worldviews and methods of social and political organization, their discoveries, inventions, and creations in science, literature, and spiritual practice, and ways in which we can derive inspiration from their cultures and histories. Beginning with human origins and cultural creations in Africa we travel on to the civilizations of Mesopotamia, Iran, India, Tibet and China.

C/C322 Greek and Roman Culture (9 Credits)
This course explores the historical and cultural evolution of classical Greece and Rome. We study daily life, the myths, epics, dramas, fine arts and philosophies as well as the major persons and events which have shaped the course of early Mediterranean history and influenced the world since.

C/C323 Jewish, Christian and Islamic Heritage (9 Credits)
The deepest currents of American life have been shaped by the voices, symbols and traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. As well as learning about sacred scriptures in historical context, students explore controversies concerning the mysterious origin of the Bible or the real message of Jesus. They also view Islam from the inside - its history, ways of life, views of the West, and often forgotten contributions to European civilization in the form of architecture, philosophy, mysticism, and sensuality.

C/C324 Medieval Europe and the Renaissance (9 Credits)
This course explores daily life in the world of medieval Europe and during the emergence of the Renaissance and Reformation. Themes include the rise of chivalry, the cult of the Virgin, the Crusades against Islam, and the rebirth of the scientific spirit before a resistant Papacy.

C/C325 Colonialism/Enlightenment/Capitalism (9 Credits)
Beginning in the fifteenth century the Old World and the New clashed and coalesced in myriad ways which would irrevocably transform each region. This course examines the colonial contracts between Europe and the Americas, and the rise of revolutionary systems of thoughtwhich challenged reigning theological assumptions. Students study efforts to comprehend the power of the human mind, to define justice in relation to conquest, slavery, and industrial production and to depict the meaning of these developments in literature and the arts.

C/C326 Modern World Civilization (9 Credits)
This course is designed to acquaint the students with some of the most volatile and contradictory events and ideas that underlie the emergence of the modern world: e.g., American democracy and slavery, relativity and fascism, individualistic existentialism and the quest for universal human rights and responsibilities.

COM120 English Composition (3 Credits)
This course will enable students to acquire basic English skills; including: spelling, grammar, diction, sentence structure, and paragraphing. This training will prepare students for entry into Expository Writing.

COM300 Public Speaking (3 Credit)
This course deals with public speaking as a mode of communication. Students will learn to select relevant subjects, gather information, organize, present, and evaluate speeches. All students will participate in speech making exercises.

COM310 Oral Communication (3 Credits)
Examines oral communication in terms of public speaking, oral interpretation, group discussion presentations and rhetoric. Students prepare and present informative, persuasive, and entertaining speeches. They study oral interpretation (dramatic reading) as an art form. Students work in groups on a final project presentation, as well as read and analyze great speeches of the world.

COM350 Language, Culture and Behavior (3 Credits)
This course focuses on the use of language in social context as influenced by dimensions of culture, power, gender, generation, and social class. A large emphasis of the course is on the dynamics of switching speech styles, dialects, or languages and the micro-evolution of ways of speaking due to a variety of factors including the mass media. Non-verbal behavior including body posture, movement, and adornment will be included. We will also discuss options regarding the employment of diverse forms of speech, writing, dress, and behavior in schools.

COM390 Diversification and Acquisition of Language (3 Credits)
This course comprises two areas of study. First, it traces out the broad evolution and diversification of human language from the earliest history to the present age with particular emphasis on English. Second, it covers the psycholinguistic processes of language acquisition both of native languages and of second languages. Attention will also be paid to nonverbal communication as used in relation to speech, bilingualism, and the acquisition of sign language in deaf culture.

COM425 Expository Writing (3 Credits)
Techniques, guidance and practice for effective, clear prose writing. The course provides an introduction to basic modes of writing, e.g., definition, cause and effect, compare-contrast, analogy and process analysis. It treats writing as a process of exploration and emphasizes the importance of re-writing.

COM430 Critical Writing (3 Credits)
Refines critical reading and writing skills through analysis of the arguments and logic in the assigned readings and through writing effective and competent persuasion essays using various strategies and sources.

COM465 Creative Writing (3 Credits)
The course is an introduction to the basic processes that underlie most creative writing, regardless of genre. It can serve as a first experience for those who have never tried to write a poem, fiction, or play, and as a vital reminder of the primal bases of the experience for those who have written. The hope is that you will discover which genre you prefer.

COM485 Content Area Reading (4.5 Credits)
This course presents a general overview of effective teaching strategies aimed at helping young children apply critical thinking skills and problem-solving processes while reading and writing. A variety of strategies, activities, and instructional methods for fiction and non-fiction texts will be shared, including specific ideas for meeting the instructional needs of struggling readers and writers.

COM490 Concepts of Intercultural Communications (3 Credits)
This course provides an overview of intercultural communication concepts, placing them in the context of a constructivist paradigm and relating them to other social science theory. Specific topics include cultural patterns of language use, perception, communication style, non-verbal behavior, and value orientations. The perspective is applied to understanding the processes of stereotyping, group prejudice, and intercultural adaptation.

COM495 Reading & Writing for Early-Middle Childhood (5 Credits)
The purpose of this course is to utilize reading and writing as an instructional process throughout the curriculum. Students will explore examples of early reading and writing methods and processes.

ECO350 Natural Systems Under Siege (4 credits)
In this course, participants will examine the evidence of decline in habitat,species diversity, living space, and resources vital to human survival including soil, water, energy, and clean air. They will also look at some of the causes of symptoms we are now living with, including global warming, fluctuations in weather patterns, rapid urbanization, and the declining avilability of resources. Finally students will examine the available options to slow, stall, or reverse cataclismic changes to our natural systems.

ECO370 Living Sustainability: Strategies of Consumption and Collaboration (4 Credits)
In this course, participants will examine both public and private means for reducing our eological footprint and building human bridges to a sustainable future. They will specifically address activist strategies and consumption strategies that call attention to habit modifications that society will have to make in terms of housing, energy use, food consumption, transportation communications, and economic redistribution in order to foster an environmentally and future generation friendly "green ethos."

HDV390 Caring for the Aging (3 Credits)
Scientific and technological extension of the human life span become a factor impacting many lives.  With the human experience as central focus this class will explore the medical, sociological, spiritual, psychological and financial perspective of this significant phenomenon.  We will also explore other cultures' care of their elder.

HDV401 Child Development (3 Credits)
This course examines major theories and research findings in human development from conception to middle childhood, with emphasis on cognitive, psychosocial and physical development.

HDV402 Adolescent Development (3 Credits)
The major theoretical approaches and research findings bearings on developmental processes during adolescence and the transition to adulthood are examined in this course. Ecological influences on development such as family, peer group, school, and mass media are emphasized.

HDV403 Adult Development (3 Credits)
This course covers the development of the individual from young adulthood through old age in the context of contemporary society. Physical, psychological, and social changes are examined as they relate to individual and family functioning.

HDV406 Health & PE in Childhood and Adolescence (3 Credits)
This course explores health issues and trends which concern children and adolescents, and developmentally appropriate physical education activities for these age groups.

HDV412 Personality (3 Credits)
This course review major theories of personality and empirical literature bearing on those theories, with attention to linkages between theory and intervention.

HDV413 Abnormal Development (3 Credits)
Theories, processes and research findings regarding the causes of abnormal development and behavior throughout the life span are covered in this course. Topics include concepts of normality and abnormality, developmental issues, classification and diagnosis, and approaches to treatment.

HDV414 Behavioral Physiology (3 Credits)
This course reviews major anatomical structures and physiological systems affecting human behavior, cognition, and emotion. Emphasis is on normal and abnormal functioning of the brain. Topics such as left/right hemisphere differences, the physiology of chemical dependency and brain disorders are examined in depth.

HDV415 Psychology of Women (3 Credits)
This course covers women’s psychological development, moral development, and feminist critique of adult development theories.

HDV416 Chemical Dependency (3 Credits)
This course provides an overview of chemical dependency. Topics include etiology; physical, psychological and familial consequences of dependency; treatment; and intervention. Issues pertaining to specific clinical populations are reviewed.

HDV419 Dying As a Stage of Life (3 Credits)
In this course we will explore our own death awareness and acceptance; look at the issues facing dying persons and their families; evaluate the potential for growth at this ending phase of life; examine a variety of theological and religious assumptions and foundations for coping with death; study the dynamics of grief; and practice skills for caring for the grieving.

HDV421 Contemporary Family Patterns (3 Credits)
This course examines contemporary American marital and family structures. Topics include demographic trends, social class and ethnic diversity, changes in gender roles, work-related issues affecting families, parenthood, and divorce.

HDV423 Marital and Family Interaction (3 Credits)
This course focuses on the variety of interaction patterns found in marriage and other partnerships and in parent-child relationships. Topics may include family roles, family systems, cohesion, adaptability, communication, decision-making, power, conflict, family violence, stepfamilies and relationship development and change.

HDV425 Divorce and Remarriage (3 credits)
In this course, divorce, remarriage and step relationships are examined from a variety of perspectives: psychological, interactional, sociological, economic, and legal. Topics include relationship deterioration; legal aspects of divorce; child custody and support; psychological effects of divorce on the partners and their children; and step-family relationships.

HDV427 Family Violence (3 Credits)
This course covers issues of physical, sexual and emotional abuse in families. The dynamics leading to and perpetuating abusive relationships are emphasized. Approaches to intervention and pre- vention are also examined.

HDV431 Grant Writing in the Human Services (3 Credits)
In this course, the student develops skills useful in conducting library research on and writing about topics in human development and human services and writing about topics in these fields. It emphasizes the preparation of grant applications in human services settings. Prerequisite: COM430

HDV435 Assessment (3 Credits)
This course examines a variety of methods used in assessing human behavior, personality, abilities, attitudes, beliefs, and preferences. The applicability of these methods in human services settings is emphasized.

HDV-437 Observation/Assessment of Children (3 Credits)
Survey of observation techniques, diagnostic tools and prescriptive assessment instruments and procedures used with children and adolescents in the areas of physiological, intellectual, and social-emotional adjustment.

HDV442 Individual Counseling (3 Credits)
This course introduces the student to several systematic approaches to counseling and psycho- theraphy with individuals. The guiding assumptions of the approaches, and their foundations in theories of personality and human behavior are emphasized.

HDV444 Group Counseling (3 Credits)
This course focuses on counseling approaches specifically intended to produce change in individuals by employing a group process. Theories of group dynamics are considered in depth, with particular attention to their applicability to group counseling.

HDV446 Family Counseling (3 Credits)
Various approaches to counseling with whole families, partners and parent-child dyads are examined in this course. The theoretical basis and utility of each approach are reviewed.

HDV447 Multicultural Issues in Counseling (3 Credits)
This course offers an introduction to basic multicultural issues in communication and counseling. A special emphasis is placed on clarifying the students' values and attitudes concerning multicultural iteration and examining skills and approaches necessary for cultural competence.

HDV451 Exceptional Children and Their Families (3 credits)
This course examines the development of children with various exceptional characteristics: learning disabilities, attention deficit disorders, developmental delays, severe behavior disorders, autism, physical disabilities, giftedness, and special talents. The developmental contexts of family and school are emphasized.

HDV452 Cultural/Economic Issues (3 Credits)
Students of this highly experiential course will utilize past and current literature to evaluate and comprehend the importance of cultural and economic backgrounds in the developmental process of children. Considered will be the physical, socio-economic, and familial environments in which the child is being raised as well as past experiences such as abuse, chemical use and similar issues which may have impacted their overall abilities to function.

HDV470 Practicum in Human Services (3 Credits)
This course provides an opportunity for the student to gain practical experience in a human services setting under agency supervision.

HIS300 Ohio History (3 Credits)
This course traces the early geographical history of Ohio, the settlement of Ohio by various Native American tribes, the economic, social and political life of those tribes, the impact of European migration into Ohio, the impact of abolitionism and the Civil War, and the development of Ohio in both agriculture and industry.  The course also entails a study of diverse cultural groups who have settles in Ohio and influenced its development, history, and character.

HIS310 U.S. History to 1865 (3 Credits)
This is a survey course in the political, social and economic history of the United States from the pre-colonial period to the end of the Civil War.

HIS350 U.S. History (3 Credits)
This course provides students a survey of American history from colonial times to the present, including current issues related to domestic and foreign policy. As a survey course, students become immersed in a study of major events, movements and famous persons that have significantly impacted our past and that continue to influence our present.

HRM380 The Human Side of Enterprise (1 Credit)
This workshop focuses on the work of Douglas McGregor and the contribution to the development of management theory, which followed his work.

HRM390 Human Resource Management (3 Credits)
This is a survey course designed to familiarize the student with the major functional areas within the human resources profession. Areas included are planning, recruitment and selection, training and development, compensation, benefits, safety and employee relations, and legal issues. Course- work is intended to provide a framework for understanding the roles of the HR professional, the issues managers and supervisors face, and the application of sound management practices.

HRM400 Compensation and Benefits (3 Credits)
An examination of the general structure of an organization and the rewards employees seek in exchange for the efforts and contributions they provide. Topics to be offered include: people and work, rewards and a motivating work environment, government and market influences, job content analysis, description, and evaluation; determining competitive relationships, developing pay structures, measuring performance and paying for performance; employee benefits; and administration of the compensation plan.

HRM410 Decision Making (3 Credits)
A study of the research which examines the affective and cognitive processes involved in the candidate selection process. Students will be exposed to tools to consider their own cognitive process in a simulated hiring situation. Consideration of the cognitive and affective processes which impact the formation of a diverse workplace.

HRM420 Collaboration Process in the Organization (3 Credits)
A theoretical and experiential investigation of the process by which individuals work together in profit and not for profit organizations. The role of organizational structure, conflict, and individual difference will be explored. Specific techniques that maximize collaboration will be reviewed.

HRM430 Leading the Diverse Organization (3 Credits)
This course examines leadership theory as it relates to the successful management of a diverse organization. Examination of recent organizational research provides the student with a current view of the leadership challenges facing those organizations that have successfully attracted a diverse staff.

HRM440 Strategic Planning and Career Development (3 Credits)
An examination of career development theory and best practices for development of a vital workforce as it intersects with the strategic planning function of human resources.

HRM450 Resolution of Organizational Conflict (3 Credits)
An examination of conflict resolution theory as it impacts the manager within an organization. Practical skill applications of management of workplace conflict will be emphasized.

HRM470 Employment Law (3 Credits)
An examination of the legislation, administrative laws and judicial rulings which affect the Human Resource professional.

HUM390 Non-Western Religions (3 Credits)
This course is an overview of the cardinal principles and practices of major non-Western religions including Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, and Islam. These religions will be examined from a variety of vantage points: the experience of individual lives, the role of faith in community-building, and the evolution of inter-religious perceptions and dialogue. Some time will be devoted to the rise of fundamentalism and the role of religion in human rights.

HUM452 Performing Renaissance Comedy (3 Credits)
This course involves studying the major elements of commedia del arte as well as participating in set design, script writing, character development, costume design, and acting. The class will rehearse and perform a full production at the end of the quarter.

HUM455 Non Violent Resistance (3 Credits)
This course examines 20th century cases in which non-violent resistance has been used to overcome oppression throughout the world. Students will study examples from Russia, India, Poland, Germany, Denmark, the U.S., South Africa, the Philippines, the Middle East, and elsewhere. Throughout the quarter the class will monitor current anti-war resistance in the U.S. and critically reflect on its means and ends.

HRM460 Collective Bargaining/Arbitration (3 Credits)
A study of the collective bargaining and arbitration process within public and private sector environments will be the focus of this course. Practical skill applications in the negotiation and arbitration process will be emphasized.

HUM465 Humanities Research Methods (3 Credits)
This course is intended to develop understanding of the theory and methods of scholarly research in the humanities. It focuses on discovering sources of data, selecting and analyzing the data and structuring the findings in a research report.
Time: 03:45PM - 05:45PM; Instructor: William Marvin

HUM468 Growth and Decline of Civilization (3 Credits)
This course examines various civilizations and the arguments for their growth and decline. It also explores various economic, social, linguistic, and mythic systems.

HUM470 Humanities Senior Project (3 Credits)
The senior project is a study of a major problem or issue from a cross-cultural, trans-historical perspective, or a performance piece reflecting comparative perspectives. The project draws upon theoretical and methodological work covered in previous humanities courses and is presented before faculty and students in the major.

HUM475 Professional Work in Humanities (3 Credits)
This course offers a mentoring approach to learning in a field of particular interest to the  student, e.g., drama, music, writing, art or dance. Each student meets individually with the  advisor to discuss options. If enough students wish to work in a particular area, a course may be formed; otherwise they register for this course by independent study.                                                      

HUM480 Humanities Independent Study (3 Credits)
With permission of the chair of the major, students may pursue study in humanities areas of special interest, which are not included in published course offerings. The student must submit a completed independent study contract in order to register for this course.

HWL390 History of Healthcare (3 credits)
This course introduces students to healing practices, which have endured from Ancient to Modern times in both Eastern and Western traditions. This course includes a survey of the ancient beginnings of institutionalized medical practice, important historical divisions of medicine, and the integration of ancient practices with modern practices.

HWL400  Economics of Healthcare (3 Credits)
This course investigates the tri-partite relationship between Medicine, Government and Business. Topics for investigation include the privatization of health care delivery, HMOs and government regulation of health care financing and delivery, employer and employee funded health care, publicly funded health care initiatives such as Medicare, Medicaid, and Indigent care, and the political economy of nationalized health care system.

HWL401  Integration of Healthcare (3 Credits)
This course introduces students to emerging methods of holistic medicine, and combinations of health and wellness practices.  This course will investigate ways in which 'alternative' treatments and natural therapies such as massage therapy, yoga, reflexology, meditation, homeopathic medicines, herbal remedies, etc., can work in  conjunction with, or in place of, traditional Western medical treatments. This course also includes ways of rethinking health care professions and relationships between various treatment providers and treatment recipients.

HWL402 Nutrition and Fitness Issues (3 Credits)
This course examines human growth and development through the lifecycle, from prenatal nutrition through old age. It involves the study of the interrelationship between eating habits, exercise habits, and some of the following: preventative care; cardiovascular health; flexibility and strength; physical endurance; stress; substance abuse; and eating and behavioral disorders.  In addition, this course will explore current trends in processing and marketing foods and other important socioeconomic, cultural and life cycle factors that effect human growth and development.

HWL403 Gender Behavior and Health (3 Credits)
Gender role expectations and expectations of gendered behavior powerfully affect ways by which people produce health. Perceptions of gender affect ways in which health professionals interact with clients, thereby influencing health-related behaviors of health practitioners and clients. This course will examine ways in which gender and gender expectations affect behaviors related to health.

HWL404 Multicultural Issues in Healthcare (3 Credits)
This course is designed to introduce students to ways in which health, wellness, and related concepts are constructed and shaped by culture. We will draw on concepts from ethnomedicine, medical anthropology, anthropology of religion, sociolinguistics, and the psychology of health. The course also explores various ways in which individuals, households, larger groups pf people, and various medical systems and practioners attempt to define, interpret and create health.

HWL405 Health as a Family Issue (3 Credits)
This course studies important relationships between individual physical and psychological health, and family system dynamics.  It involves socio-economic and cultural/anthropological investigations into inter-generational values, shared nurturing practices, infant and elder care and sibling interaction and their relation to illness and wellness.

HWL406 Medical Ethics (3 credits)
This course introduces students to models of ethical reasoning and their applications to: important moral dilemmas emerging in medicine as primarily practiced in the West. It involves such topics as; patients' rights and patient privacy; end of life decisions; the push for tort and liability reform; abortion rights; uses of genetic screening; the availability and distribution of health services; the pharmaceutical industry and the profit motive; the influence of HMOs upon professional medical decision-making, research etc

HWL407 Understanding Medical Research (3 credits)
This course is designed to enhance one's ability to critically appraise health information.  Students will be introduced to various uses of literature reviews, hypothesis testing, statistical analysis, and source reliability assessments, in order to critically interpret the methods and results of medical research. Emphasis will be placed on designing and evaluating health studies, accessing data banks, assessing data collection techniques, analyzing and interpreting health statistics.  This course also includes a pilot study.              

HWL410 Raising Healthy Children  (3 Credits)
This course explores the impact of the psychological, social, nutritional, and environmental factors that impact healthful development of children.                        

HWL411 Exercise for Life (3 Credits)
This course offers an overview of exercise and fitness and their relationship to health. Students will execute specific exercises and activities in order to develop strength, endurance, flexibility, coordination and power.

HWL412 Crisis Intervention (3 Credits)
This course is designed to increase students' abilities to evaluate a client's crises experience by combining active listening with an understanding of crisis patterns. Through class activities, students will learn how to work through difficult emotional, social and health crisis. Referral resources will be discussed.

HWL413 Patient Advocacy (3 Credits)
This course begins with an investigation into the bureaucracy of the American health-care system. After gaining a better understanding of the economics and politics of the health care system, students will learn how to navigate medical system and to negotiate for patient rights. Communication and assertiveness skills associated system with lobbying will be actively practiced in class.

HWL414 Positive Psychology (3 Credits)
This course is designed to develop a psychology that builds on human strengths (i.e. happiness, hope, optimism, altruism and courage) as a complement to psychologies that heal damage.

L/A420 Lives in Transition Credits (3 Credits)
Students reflect upon prior life experience as a source of learning. Guided by theoretical readings students examine their own life and the lives of other course members to learn about such topics as adult life passages, roles, and self-identity. This course culminates in a major paper to be submitted for prior experiential learning credit.

MAT301 Foundations of Mathematical Concepts (3 Credits)
This course is an overview of mathematical topics covered in grades K-8 from a perspective appropriate to a prospective teacher. It also covers statistics as related to standardized test scores.

MAT310 Formal Logic (3 Credits)
Learning the laws of logic and applying them to the development of a logic system (such as plane geometry). Thus gaining the understanding of the role of axiomatic systems in different branches of mathematics.

MAT320 Numbers Systems (3 Credits)
Study, understanding and application of this course is concerned with the concepts of number, number theory, and number systems including whole and prime numbers

MAT321 Mathematical Approaches to Societal Problems (3 Credits)
This course develops competence in the mathematical ideas of quantity, uncertainty, relation, and change which are relevant to an understanding of issues important in contemporary society.

MAT330 Modern Geometry & Topology (3 Credits)
Students use geometric concepts and relationships including transformations, to describe and model mathematical ideas and real-world constructs. This includes geometric features that remain unchanged when distorted. Additionally students will understand and apply the process of measurement applications.

MAT340 Math Modeling (3 Credits)
This course uses mathematical modeling to formulate and solve problems from both mathematical and everyday situations by combining the results of computer and mathematical applications with human decision-making capabilities. The result is looking at the interface of mathematics with the eal world, making and evaluating mathematical conjectures and arguments.

MAT350 Statistics & Data Analysis (3 Credits)
This course enables students to organize numerical facts to reveal patterns and meanings, and to focus on accomplishing particular goals in an efficient, practical manner. Communicating these mathematical ideas in writing and orally, using everyday and mathematical language. This course also provides the opportunity for using algorithmic and recursive techniques in solving roblems.

MGT380 Project Management (3 Credits)
This course will cover the nine knowledge areas in the area of Project Management; Project Integration Management, Scope Management, Time Management, Cost Management, Quality Management, Human Resource Management, Communications Management, Risk Management and Procurement Management. Students will learn how to initiate, plan, control, execute and close projects.

MGT381 Project Cost and Scheduling (3 Credits)
This course will cover three aspects of project management in detail: cost management, time management and scope management. Students will learn how to define the needs and requirements of a project, develop and implement a comprehensive project schedule, and estimate project costs. Managing changes to these three areas during the course of the project will also be covered.

MGT385 Quality Management (3 Credits)
This course is an in depth study of the theories and methods used to achieve quality in various types of organizations. Through exercises and case analysis, students will learn to apply quality control tools to problems and organizations. The focus is on quality across a broad range of industries, and services rather than simply from a manufacturing perspective.

MGT388 Contracting and Purchasing (3 Credits)
This course covers the skills needed to acquire the goods and services necessary for successful projects, including contract law and administration, elements of supplier relationship management and purchasing.

MGT391 Risk Management (3 Credits)
This course defines what risk is, how it can be identified, measured and transferred, the qualitative and quantitative methods available to analyze risk, and the significance of risk planning to the management of organizations and projects.

MGT393 Effective Negotiation (1 Credit)
This workshop covers the skills needed to negotiate on a day-to-day basis in a personal setting or in a corporate environment. The material will be pertinent for the smallest of negotiations to the negotiation of the largest corporate contract.

This workshop concentrates on both current sales approach and tactics and is meant to provide pertinent information for negotiating at all levels, especially those who deal with salespeople or purchasers in their typical buyer/seller roles. What is the seller’s and the buyer’s role, as well as their personality type? What are the techniques used for each personality? How do we communicate? What is our style? Do we recognize the salesperson’s approach and what are the key signs of communication, for example body language? What are the numerous tactics used in negotiations and how do we respond? What should the seller or buyer’s approach be to negotiating? What are the “Don’ts and Do’s” to negotiating tactics and recognizing the negotiating approach? These topics will be covered and more, that will better prepare the negotiator in today’s competitive environment. Moreover, this subject would prove to be extremely valuable to any salesperson or purchaser who finds him/herself in a personal or professional negotiating situation. For the seasoned, well-trained professional, this presentation will provide a new approach and refresh his or her memory on negotiating tactics that are often used. Your participation will be an important added dimension to the presentation.

MGT395  Effective Communication (1 Credit)
This workshop will explore communicating in a project environment. During the workshop students will participate in discussions and practice specific techniques to strengthen their communication skills.

MAT400 Probability and Finite Math (3 credits)
This course concerns the study of structure and size of sets as defined by various rules and axioms. Students define mathematical rules around conjectures about what might happen in the sets based on understanding of long-run- proportions. Thus understanding and applying the concepts of probability, including experimental probability.

MAT410 Linear Algebra (3 credits)
Understanding and applying numerical computational and estimation techniques and extending them to algebraic expressions. The study of mathematical entities and operations with formal rules that express the relationship between mathematical entities.

MAT420 Trigonometry & Analysis (3 credits)
This course uses algebra to describe patterns, relations and functions making connections among ideas in mathematics and connecting it to other disciplines and real-world situations.

MAT430 Calculus (3 credits)
This course develops a conceptual grasp of limit continuity, differentiation and integration, and a thorough background in the techniques and application of calculus. Problem-solving approach to investigate and understand this mathematical content.

MAT440 History of Mathematics (3 credits)
This course addresses the historical development of mathematics, including contributions of underrepresented groups and diverse cultures.

MGT441 Principles of Retailing (3 Credits)
Students learn the fundamentals of retailing products and services, how to be successful in a retailing career and how to work with retailers in the fast changing business environment of the 1990s and beyond. The major emphasis of this course is how to relate to and satisfy the customer.

MGT470 Management and Human Resources Practicum (3 Credits)
This course allows students to gain additional managerial skills by working with faculty members and corporate leaders on a special work related project. Students develop the project at their place of work, or at an organization of interest in their field of study, and write a term paper on their experiences. Students must obtain written permission from the Management Chair to take the course, which is offered on an independent study basis.

MGT471 Management Theories and Practice (3 Credits)
This course develops the diverse approaches and theories of management; analyzes the technical functions of management; and explores the role of management in a changing social, economic and political environment.

MGT472 Accounting (3 Credits)
This course introduces the students to fundamental principles underlying the accounting function as it relates to the management of organizations. Students develop an accounting model, starting with simple concepts, and build toward a system overview by taking a practical approach to the subject.

MGT473 Budget Planning and Analysis (3 Credits)
This course examines the basic concepts and issues underlying budget planning as well as the relationships of budgeting, planning, accounting, and information systems to organizational goals, program objectives, and performance measures.

MGT474 Economic Environment of Business (3 Credits)
Understanding the fundamental structure of the economic system of the United States and the principles of its operation will be the primary objective of this course. Students will focus on an array of economic issues debated presently in the national and local media. Independent research by student will serve as an additional vehicle to develop the knowledge of analytical instruments and skills used in economics.

MGT475 Economics for Management Decision Making (3 Credits)
This course provides an understanding of methods, theories and concepts of microeconomic analysis and their application to basic management decisions pertaining to production, marketing, finance, and investment. Emphasis is placed on theoretical and practical rationales underlying economic decisions.

MGT477 Personal Investment Strategies (3 Credits)
This course focuses on investing as part of a personal financial management plan. The need for setting of personal financial goals, assessment of risk tolerance, portfolio development and the strategies, tactics and techniques involved in managing investment accounts will be discussed. Investment simulations will be utilized.

MGT478 Marketing (3 Credits)
This course examines marketing as the business function that identifies current unfulfilled needs and wants, defines and measures their magnitude, determines what target markets the organization can best serve, and decides on appropriate products, services, and programs to serve the market.

MGT479 Entrepreneurship (3 Credits)
This course introduces principal concepts of entrepreneurship and small business ownership. Emphasis is placed on personal assessment of entrepreneurial readiness, evaluation of a business idea, the business start-up process, strategic marketing, surviving the early years, and financial management. The course uses lectures, discussion, in class and homework exercises, guest speakers, and case studies as methods of learning. Each student will submit a written project at the end of the course demonstrating original effort and the application of the principal concepts to a new business or an existing business where such concepts address a real business need.

MGT481 International Business (3 Credits)
This course examines the relations between businesses within the domestic and international contexts. It introduces and elaborates upon factors responsible for U.S. corporate movement abroad and for foreign trade and investment in the U.S. It examines why and how governments intervene in the economic processes in order to effect administrative policies.

MGT482 Comparative Management (3 Credits)
This course examines similarities and differences in management philosophies, practices and issues among diverse management systems and explores socio-cultural, political and economic conditions accounting for such similarities and differences. The course surveys various management systems in the United States, Europe, Japan, selected socialist countries, and selected countries in Africa and Latin America.

MGT484 Ethical Issues in Management (3 Credits)
An ethical investigation of the context in which American business is conducted, including capitalism and the free market system. This includes an inquiry into the ethical nature and role of business organizations within this broad economic context, as well as an examination of particular ethical issues which arise in the course of this activity.

MGT485 Corporate Strategy (3 Credits)
This course reviews the political and behavioral rationalities of the organization environment and the organization's formalities, mission, strategy, and policy by considering the firm's environment, the available internal and external resources, the assigned responsibilities and the implicit and explicit managerial values.

MGT487 Personal Investment Strategies (3 Credits)
This course focuses on investing as part of a personal financial management plan. The need for setting of personal financial goals, assessment of risk tolerance, portfolio development and the strategies, tactics and techniques involved in managing investment accounts will be discussed.

MGT488 Strategic Marketing for Non-Profit Organizations (3 Credits)
Marketing, the business function which links a society’s needs and its pattern of organizational response, has become critically important to non-profit organizations seeking to survive and prosper in increasingly competitive environments. Student learn the principles of strategic marketing, including marketing research, segmentation, targeting, and positioning, and learn how to apply these principles in a non-profit organization.

MGT489 Financial Management (3 Credits)
An introduction for the non-financial student to the role of finance in an organization through the concepts of cash flow, risk, return, present value, and valuation.

MGT493 Advertising (3 Credits)
In this course students learn the fundamentals of advertising and how they influence consumer purchase decisions. The scope of the course is practical rather than theoretical and the students obtain hands-on exposure to all aspects of a complete advertising campaign for a local business.

MGT496 Euromanagement and American Business (3 Credits)
In this course, students focus on the European approach to running a business and how this differs from the American model. Emphasized is the need for current managers to develop knowledge of cultural differences and skill in adaptation to these differences.

MGT497 Management in a Global Context (3 Credits)
This course helps students enhance their cross cultural understanding of similarities and differences in management philosophies and styles, issues pertaining to human resource management, marketing, organizational structures, and labor- management relations among diverse cultural systems.

MGT498 Advanced Topics in Marketing (3 Credits)
Through the use of case studies of actual companies, this course explores contemporary issues and topics in marketing. Strategic issues including product mix, branding, promotional plans and market research.

MIIND360 Writing Your Culture (4 credits)
This is a writing intensive course for those who have no or some experience with writing. It is important simply to have the desire to write and to engage your memory to recount true stories of yourself and your family. This may be something you want to do to better understand yourself, or to share your memories with others, or even to write mementos to preserve your family history.

MIIND375 The Holocaust (4 credits)
This is an intensive study of the concept of "Holocaust"--a term derived from the Greek and literally meaning "totally burned by fire." Today we think of a holocaust as a wide-sweeping destruction of human life, and associate it most commonly with the Jewish experience until Hitler. That is part of the story--but not all of it.

MIIND380 Ohio's Secret History (4 credits)
This course offers a look at Ohio’s numerous “untold” stories. They run the gamut from frontier days to the very recent—but each story offers some revelation about what it means to have an “Ohio” identity. The approaches will include the biographical, the historical, the social—and even some myth criticism.

PDH495 Professional Goals Clarification (3 Credits)
In this course, the student examines one’s life, plans for implementing the knowledge gained through studying this field, and the effects of values on one’s specific career choices.

PDH496 Human Services System (4 Credits)
This course explores the broad range of human services available in most large communities and the social policy context in which these services are delivered and funded. Topics include the ways in which services are delivered, the interconnect- ions among the various agencies and organizations providing services and how to access these services. Students have the opportunity to investigate services that are of particular interest to them.

PDH497 Senior Project (4 Credits)
In this course, each student develops and carries out a project relevant to professional goals. The project generally involves background study or research, planning, implementation, evaluation, and preparation of a written report. The project should be viewed as the culmination of the student's degree program.

PRO495 Career Development (3 Credits)
This course explores the current research and literature on careers and career development with a particular focus on careers in management. Students are able to place their own managerial careers and career plans within a theoretical framework of career development, and develop strategies and criteria to help facilitate career success and job satisfaction.

PDM496 Organizational Behavior (4 Credits)
This course focuses on behavior from the macro perspective of organizational theory to the micro perspective of group and individual behavior. The course examines personal and organizational behaviors as they impact organizational goal attainment.

PRO497 (PDH/PDM/HRM497) Senior Project (4 Credits)
In this seminar, each student develops and carries out a project relevant to his or her professional goals. The project generally involves background study or research, planning, implementation, evaluation, and preparation of a written report. The project should be viewed as the culmination of the student's degree plan.

PLG400 Experiential Learning Seminar (3 Credits)
This course will consist of conceptual readings and discussion about adult learners and experience based learning, discussion of the student’s own learning through experience and specific practical assignments to guide students in following the steps for preparation and submission of a portfolio.

PLS-300
This course introduces students to the structure and basic functions of American Government at Federal, State, and local levels. It also introduces students to important grass roots political movements, non-governmental civic organizations, labor and trade unions, and private sector initiatives that have played an important role in shaping American community life.

PLS-400
This course entails the study of nature and function of important international political ideologies and institutions that have played a dominant role in shaping the character of contemporary international politics.

PRO495 Career Development (3 Credits)
This course explores the current research and literature on careers and career development with a particular focus on careers in management. Students are able to place their own managerial careers and career plans within a theoretical framework of career development, and develop strategies and criteria to help facilitate career success and job satisfaction.

S/T250 Basic Computer Skills (3 Credits)
This course provides both theoretical and hands-on-training in the computer concepts necessary for proficiency in on-line communication and research; how files are organized, emailing, saving, up and downloading, use of antiviral software, attachments, conducting a search etc. This course requires permission from their advisor.

S/T320 Biological/Ecological Systems (4 Credits)
This course examines the biodiversity of the planet, including the structure and functioning of diverse organisms and their co-evolution with the environment.

S/T350 Physical Science (3 Credits)
Physical Science is an introductory course that theoretically explores the areas of forces, energy, kinetic theory, work, simple machines, electricity, and magnetism, wave theory Credits (light and sound), geology, astronomy, and meteorology. Theory, application, and technology will be addressed. Various teaching/learning strategies will be explored and used throughout the class.

S/T360 Earth Science I (3 Credits)
Survey of general astronomy, geology, and earth history. Student will explore the 4.5 billion year history of the interaction between life and the environment. Topics include the origin and evolution of the continents, the history of the atmosphere and ocean, the solar system, stars and galaxies, interstellar matter, black holes, and the evolution of the universe.

S/T370 Chemistry I (3 Credits)
This is an introductory course in the principles of chemistry. Students will study atomic and molecular structures, the periodic table, states of matter, and descriptive inorganic chemistry through the study of solution and equilibrium. A major emphasis of this course is to provide the student with an interdisciplinary, understanding of science as it is related to contemporary events, research results, and the students’ daily lives.

S/T422 Global Ecology and Public Policy (3 credits)
This course begins by surveying the processes of natural evolution of flora and fauna and the principles which regulate the functioning of the ecosystem. Students study the massive destruction of the environment since the industrial revolution, then consider current proposals on how best to reverse lethal trends and institute global policies designed to protect the environment for the survival of future generations. Equivalent to S/T438

S/T430 Science, Technology & Society (3 Credits)
This course investigates the major breakthroughs of scientific discovery in the twentieth century, the emergence of major forms of technology, and the impact of these developments on social organizations and personal lives. Attention will also be given to the role of political economy in setting the course of research and development.

S/T435 Globalism, Culture & Identity (3 Credits)

S/T438 Methods and Theories of Science (3 Credits)
This course is designed for the layperson with little or no formal scientific training and is a directed investigation in problem solving of scientists and the scientific community by use of scientific method as opposed to bias, prejudice, and dogma. Application of scientific method is learned by scientific application of selected understandable theories, empirical data and societal problems.

S/T460 Technology Applications in Mathematics (4 Credits)
Students use appropriate technology (including graphing calculators, spreadsheets, and software packages) to explore and solve mathematical problems.

SOS412 American Culture & Character (3 Credits)
This course covers the historical, cultural, political, and socio-economic roots of American society. We address the evolution of ethnic relations and social classes, the formation of American democracy, rise of nationalism, and the spread of U.S. involvements abroad. Students will critically assess the meaning of concepts such as democracy, freedom, equality, pluralism, community, and security. We will discuss major dynamics that have shaped both “American Character” and the dilemmas we are currently facing across the political and cultural spectrum.

SOS434 Caribbean Culture and Personality (3 Credits)
This course introduces students to history, literature, religion, language, economics, and politics of important Caribbean cultures.

SOS442 Asian Culture and Personality (3 Credits)
This course uses sociological and anthropological approaches to examine the impact of social, economic and political changes on culture and personality. The course will examine a sample of human societies in different parts of Asia with the aim of discovering general principles of social, economic and psychological development.

SOS447 Latin American Culture & Character (3 Credits)
This course will explore the evolution of culture and personality in Latin America since the Conquest and Colonial periods up to the present.

SOS450 Applied Learning Theory (3 Credits)
This course is designed to develop the understanding of learners’ strengths, needs, and fears. Each student develops principles for the design of optimal learning environments, whether in schools or in corporations. The function of know- ledge acquisition and the role of critical analysis in learning will be an ongoing theme, this course will consider the issue of multiple intelligences as they are informed by the social- cultural and how these in turn affect learning styles of persons. The goal of this course is to gain insight into learning as a holistic process gain insight into learning as a holistic process.

SOS452 Culture and Personality (3 Credits)
This course uses a sociological and anthropological approach to the impact of social change and economic stratification on family structure and personality development. Students examine a sample of human societies in different parts of the world with the aim of discovering general principles of social, economic and psychological development. Equivalents include SOS412, SOS442, SOS445, SOS453.

SOS454 Social Research Methods (3 Credits)
This course is intended to develop an understanding of the purposes and logic of research used in studying individuals, groups, organizations, and communities. Topics covered include: problem formulation, hypothesis, measurement, reliability and validity, sampling, methods of data collection, experimental design, survey design, field studies, and ethical issues in research.

SOS456 Leadership of Groups/Organizational (3 Credits)
This course examines the leadership role in small groups and in larger, more formal organizations to understand what characteristics are exhibited by outstanding leaders as well as what skills and techniques can be acquired to improve the individual's leadership performance. Current theories are compared. Readings, films, group work, and role-playing exercises may also be used.

VIS304  Spanish I (3 Credits)
This course is conducted entirely in Spanish using the oral proficiency approach, a direct method of communicating the language through oral interaction and listening activities between the instructor and the students.

VIS304B Spanish II (3 Credits)
This course is designed for those students who have completed successfully Spanish I and want to continue developing acquisition of language skills and vocabulary at the intermediate level. This course will pursue more emphasis in oral communication aim to stimulate students to interact effectively with the instructor, will aid them to improve accurately their pronunciation: articulation, enunciation, and diction, will engage them in oral practice and role playing of authentic situations using practical vocabulary, and will expose them to the unique cultural traditions of the Hispanic world. Audiovisual materials like. “Destinos” will supplement and support language learning.

VIS304C Spanish III (3 credits)
This course is designed for those students who have completed successfully Spanish II and want to continue developing acquisition of language skills and vocabulary at the advanced level.

VIS307 Globalization: Cultures, Economics, and Ethics (3 Credits)
Examines the dynamics, impacts, ethics, and policy implications of globalization and interdependence, with special focus on environmental sustainability, alternative economic models, community-based development, cultural identity, human rights, and peace and security. Linked with the Peace Institute at Antioch College, this course features presentations by experts on various facets of globalization.

VIS307A Service Learning (3 Credits)
This course investigates the theoretical and practical principles of service learning. Students will synthesize and integrate ideas and experiences to think holistically and creatively about one's personal course of study, its application to life and work goals, and the issues facing a changing society. Students will be introduced to the history, the philosophy, and the pedagogical theory of service learning. Students will explore the meaning and significance of key constructs like service, community, civic engagement, and social justice, and learn to analyze the relationships between power, privilege, community resources, and social change. Students will explore how to work collaboratively, creatively, and respectfully as a member of a team and a participant on a project to serve community needs.

VIS310 India: Past, Present, Future (3 Credits)
An overview of Indian history from the Vedic times to present. The first five class meetings cover Indian history from arrival of Aryans to the departure of the British in 1947. It includes discussion of art, architecture, performing arts, and literature. The next five class meetings cover India’s independence, form of government, Constitution, political parties, main dynamics in post-independent India. The last three weeks cover projections on future, including India-U.S. relations and India’s projected emergence as a major economic and political power.

VIS312 Filmmaking Styles in the Twentieth Century (3 Credits)
Film innovators use style to heighten the impact of visual narratives on the audience. Technological improvements have made it possible for filmmakers to improve the means by which film stories appear on the screen. Various theories of film making determine the ways films are crafted. The Hollywood or classical style is one that set a standard worldwide. Prominent directors will be studied for their contributions to film style and genres.

VIS315 Cultural Globalization: Dynamics and Issues (3 Credits)
This course presents perspectives on globalization and culture. It explores the codes and symbols, as well as the images, narratives and values that are associated with trans-societal constructions of culture today. In particular, the course examines the patterns of representation and negotiation of cultural self-identity in the globalization process.

VIS316 Multi-Culture Issues In Health (3 Credits)
This course is designed to introduce students to ways in which health, wellness, and related concepts are constructed and shaped by culture. We will draw on concepts from ethnomedicine, medical anthropology, anthropology of religion, sociolinguistics, and the psychology of health. We will explore various ways in which individuals, households, larger groups of people, and various medical systems and practitioners define, interpret, and attempt to create health. In this class, the concept of “health” includes not only the health of physical bodies, but also of mental, spiritual, social, and emotional bodies.

VIS316A The 1960's (3 credits)
“The 1960s” is an interdisciplinary consideration of an important decade in 20th century American history Literature, film, music, and other cultural manifestations of the period will be interwoven with the history itself, providing what it is hoped will be a comprehensive index to this complex era. Note that the concerns of the course do extend into 1970: our scope takes us as far as the Kent State shootings.

VIS317 Race and Ethnicity (3 Credits)
This course seeks to provide a critical understanding of the racial & ethnic diversity of contemporary American society. We will start by considering the special characteristics of American society and the manner in which diversity has become a major component of national identity and historical conciousness. Basic concepts and processes like minorities, assimilation, pluralism and separatism will be discussed and the experience of the major minority groups will be analyzed. The course will conclude with a consideration of the interplay between democracy, diversity, and the future of American society in the global environment.

VIS318 Self-Development, East and West (3 Credits)
How can we live life to the fullest? What is the highest achievement of the self? What factors—e.g., tradition, society, nature, virtue, happiness, freedom, divinity, cosmology, and embodiment—shape how self-realization is understood? This course is a survey of various conceptualizations of self-cultivation across cultures and historic periods— spanning the ancient worlds of Greece, India, and China, medieval Japan, and early and modern America. Specifically, we’ll be looking at how philosophy can contribute to authentic living—not only through theoretical speculation, but also rigorous self-reflection, spiritual practice, and natural attunement with the world. In thinking through these philosophies as “ways of life,” we’ll reflect on our lives and philosophy’s relevance for our own personal self-cultivation.

VIS319 Holocaust Seminar (4 Credits)
This is an intensive study of the concept of "Holocaust"--a term derived from the Greek and literally meaning "totally burned by fire." Today we think of a holocaust as a wide-sweeping destruction of human life, and associate it most commonly with the Jewish experience until Hitler. That is part of the story--but not all of it.

VIS323 Ohio’s Hidden History (4 Credits)
This course offers a look at Ohio’s numerous “untold” stories. They run the gamut from frontier days to the very recent—but each story offers some revelation about what it means to have an “Ohio” identity. The approaches will include the biographical, the historical, the social—and even some myth criticism.

VIS324 Alfred Hitchcock's American Films Fall 2007 (3 Credits)
This course concentrates on a select list of Hitchcock films. Special attention will be paid to Hitchcock’s movies in the style of American film noir and the Hollywood Blond Period, those movies Hitchcock directed in the 1950s and early 1960s. Early and late films will be viewed in selected scenes or complete films. Two great Hitchcock films, Vertigo and Psycho, will receive close scrutiny. Films will be watched to isolate the qualities that defined Hitchcock’s visual aesthetic and his fascination with terror, fright, and danger.

VIS334 US & Iran : Cultures in Crisis (3 Credits)
A study of Irano-American relations in historical and contemporary context, their cultural similarities and differences, national and international objectives, and the root causes of their current mistrust and conflict.

VIS335-01 Body Knowledge (3 Credits)
Movement, breath, touch and sensation are the heart of this course. Through guided explorations, we will enhance natural movement, increase sensory awareness, integrate and deepen organic connections in the body and improve structural alignment, allowing the body to move more freely. Readings and coloring in the Anatomy Coloring Book, as well as outside physical assignments support these goals. Each class will involve movement as well as discussion based uon the readings. Touch is an important aspect of this course and we will often work with partners, guiding one another through touch. Students will keep a journal documenting their experiences in class and reflecting on readings. The class will follow two main tracts. We will learn about the basic functioning of the human body, especially focusing on the muscular-skeletal system, the fluids and the organs. At the same time, we will be reading about and exploring alternative approaches (body therapies), including Body Mind Centering, Alexander Technique, Feldenkreis, Authentic Movement, Ideokinesis, Cranio-Sacral work, and more. Students will be asked to develop a daily practice drawing from these disciplines and which will evolve through the quarter.

VIS341 Hero’s Journey: Experiential Approach (3 Credits)
This course is an introduction to transpersonal perspective in the context of the hero's journey, as defined and explained by Joseph Campbell (Campbell, 1973). This course draws from research on mythology, developmental theory, psychological process, creative process, stress management, and somatics. The intent is to provide information and experiences that will help students view the world through transpersonal eyes. Students will explore the journey motif as a metaphor for spiritual development through small group work, classroom activities, written assignments, and journal writing.

VIS343 Ethical Dilemma in Tobacco Wars (3 Credits)
Cigarette smoking is the major health risk to Americans. The Federal Drug Administration established the potential danger of cigarettes to smokers in the 1960’s, banning cigarette commercials from television broadcast. Today the tobacco industry is a billion dollar industry with powerful political influence and sophisticated market strategies. This course will examine the appeal of smoking, the public and legal shifts against tobacco smoking, tobacco as a health problem, and big tobacco’s response.

VIS346 Cultural Imperialism in Latin America (3 Credits)
This course will explore the issues of contemporary Latin America and globalization.

VIS347 Produced and Abandoned: The Greatest Movies You Never Saw (4 Credits)
This is essentially a film history course, but of a very special kind. We will be telling the stories of five different American films from five different decades--great films--which never found their audience.

VIS348A Mideastern Culture & Politics (3 Credits)
This course provides an educational context for discussing the origins and evolution of the conflict between Jews and Arabs over the "Holy Land". As an educational program, our aim is to engage in a critical assessment of events and developments and to pursue the truth, with the assumption that it is everywhere and always an indispensable foundation for peace and justice.

VIS361 The Arab-Israeli Conflict (3 Credits)
This course covers the diverse cultures and histories of the people of the Middle East, particularly zones of immediate American and global attention such as Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran.  Students will learn how people from these regions see their history, culture, and identity and the ways in which they both facilitate and resist American involvement.  In addition to addressing our political dilemmas and options in relation to this region, the course will reveal glimpses of the many treasures of Middle Eastern art and thought that have had a hidden impact on Western civilization.

VIS362 A Shifting Self: Mixed Race Women’s Stories (3 Credits)
This course is designed as a multidisciplinary exploration of race, gender, and identity utilizing oral and written narratives of Black-white mixed race women from the mid-nineteenth century to the present as source material. Drawing from elements of cultural studies, African American studies, and women's studies, students will construct critical and historical contexts for self-identity and perceptions of that identity in women of interracial descent.

VIS363 Marx, Nietzche and Freud (3 Credits)
This course will examine each of these “masters of suspicion” by reading and thinking through some of their important primary texts. These authors were chosen because of their contributions to our understanding of “Modernity.” We will try to achieve a basic understanding of the important theoretical contributions each of these authors made, so that we gain a fuller understanding of how these theorists themselves helped to shape and color our understanding of human behavior and our societies.

VIS365 Seminar in Environmental Philosophy (3 Credits)
This seminar opens the door to a working understanding of some of the central issues in Environmental Philosophy. This course will explore the practical consequences and ethical implications of this perspective over time and the immediate environment of Dale Hollow and globally.

VIS370 Professional Writing for Humanities. (3 Credits)
This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to sharpen the skills developed by a good education through research writing in the field of humanities. A realistic, hands-on approach emphasizes the process of college/professional writing, recognizing that research writing is an organic, flexible activity, not a rigid, tidy series of steps. Students are encouraged to select research topics that relate to other courses, to enhance learning. For example, Classics students enrolled in Medieval/Renaissance studies are invited to select a related topic for further exploration.

VIS375 Training & Learning in Workplace (3 Credits)
This course is designed for trainers, adult educators, human resource managers, and program developers who want to learn more about educational strategies for workforce development. The contemporary workplace, whether it be within a corporation, non-profit agency, or governmental organization, is by necessity a “learning organization,” as workers and managers strive to flourish in a global environment. The teaching and learning transaction that occurs in the workplace depends on acknowledging: (1) the interests of participating workers, trainers, and managers in training; (2) the values, motivations, experience, and culture that participants bring to the learning environment; (3) the continuous support that trainers need to provide for workplace learning throughout the organization. Participants in this course will be able to apply the philosophies and strategies present to their specific workplace, if so desired.

VIS407 Developing Intercultural Awareness (3 Credits)
The aim of this course is to cut beneath the surface, to discover far deeper and richer than color or costume, what, exactly, is culture; how culture shapes our perceptions and assessments of experience; how history and religion contours cultural identity and expectations; how people of differing cultural backgrounds are prone to serious misunderstanding about matters as simple as timing or spatial arrangement or as complex as attitude, roles, and life priorities; and how suspicion, alienation, or rage may be felt by one party to another encounter while others think things are just swell.

VIS441 Indigenous Religions of the World (3 Credits)
This course is a survey of the native religions of Africa, Asia, and the Americas. The course will address the cosmological principles, mythology, social organization, and religious practice of diverse cultures. These religions will be understood in the context of both the particular ecological environment in which they evolved and the particular political-economic structure with which they are associated. We will also discuss the historical encounter between indigenous religions and the global, missionary religions such as christianity and islam.

VIS442 Ethical Reasoning and Decision Making (3 Credits)
Ethical evaluations of our actions most likely require some type of yardstick or standards in relation to which intelligent decisions and assessments can be made. We live in a pluralistic society with a multiplicity of values. How, then, does one in this sort of society make ethical choices that he or she can act on with a high degree of confidence that these choices a