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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
A seminar designed to offer skill development and student success strategies that will enhance and promote academic achievement. Topics may vary according to section and may include: learning styles and preferences, time management, study skills, test-taking techniques, goal setting, motivation, critical thinking and writing, reading strategies, thesis sentences, exam preparation, overcoming procrastination, reducing stress and test-anxiety, active listening, note-taking methods, and transition to college. A six-week course, plus 4 additional hours visiting campus resources. Offered in the first 7-week period in the fall and spring, as well as the second 7-week period in the fall. S/U grade.
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2.00 Credits
A course designed to help students understand the concept of vocation. Students will also learn to put to use certain practices of vocational discernment that might help them find their majors and shape their lives. Readings will be drawn from both secular and sacred texts, from the Judeo-Christian as well as other religious traditions. Includes a mandatory weekend retreat. Will meet for seven weeks, beginning with week four. Freshmen and sophomore students only.
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
This course recognizes student volunteer service work for the community. Students earn the credit by completing a specific project, which may be initiated as part of a particular course, through a recognized University service organization, or independently. If students undertake the project through a service organization or independently, a professor must certify the project as appropriate, supervise its completion, and assign the grade. Students must file a proposal with the supervising professor and register for the credit. The proposal must present a detailed overview of the work of the project, which must entail a substantial time commitment (a minimum of 20 hours or work is required for each credit), and identify a written reflection component specifically related to the project. Students may not earn additional GS credit for work already required by the service-learning component of a course. Internship students may earn GS credit through an additional project, with the consent of the instructor. S/U grade. This course may be repeated for up to 3 total credits.
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2.00 Credits
This course will offer 8-20 students the opportunity to engage in a series of participatory, democratic discussions about race relations on campus and in society. In addition, students will learn how to become involved in improving human relations by developing and implementing an 'action plan' component that involves collaborative, practical strategies that improve race and ethnic relations on campus and in our community. The instructor(s) for the course will serve as facilitator(s), establishing ground rules for a safe, focused discussion in which participants can exchange ideas freely and consider a variety of views about rae relations in America. This course is offered for S/U grade only and may be used in partial fulfillment of the Cultural Diversity component of the General Education Requirements.
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1.00 Credits
This course will be offered to students who have completed GS 200 and who want to become facilitators for Study Circles on Race Relations. By taking this course, students will understand what a study circle is, learn about specific study circle programs, understand the role of a facilitator, and practice the basic skills needed to be an effective study circle leader. There will be weekly readings and reflection papers as well as an end of the term report. This course is offered for S/U grade only and may be used in partial fulfillment of the Cultural Diversity component of the General Education Requirements. Prerequisite: GS 200.
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1.00 Credits
This course will be offered to students who have completed GS 200 and who want to continue to work on community race relations issues initiated in GS 200. Students earn the credit by expanding the scope of the GS 200 action plan. Students must file a proposal with one of the co-directors of the Study Circles program and identify a written reflection component specifically related to the project, in order to register for the course. The proposal must present a detailed overview of the work of the project. A minimum of 20 hours of work is required. This course is offered for S/U grade only and may be used in partial fulfillment of the Cultural Diversity course component of the General Education Requirements. Prerequisite: GS 200.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines current trends and challenges in the fields of philanthropy, service, and non-profit leadership. Topics may include the rise in social enterprises, venture philanthropy, micro-lending, and the influence of technology on giving patterns. The course will also emphasize the shifting roles and relationships of the private, public, and non-profit sectors in meeting social needs and leading social change. Prerequisite: Core 115, CC 115, or permission of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Exploration into Chicago's history, its unique identity, its illustrative diversity grounded in its neighborhoods, its unscrupulous characters, its struggles for power, and the inventiveness of its people and institutions. By questioning their assumptions about Chicago, students will discover themselves as transformed agents of change in the arts, as innovators, and in reshaping their communities. This course takes an interdisciplinary approach in viewing Chicago and allows students to examine the city from multiple perspectives. S/U grade only.
Corequisite:
AAA-951
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4.00 Credits
Each student chooses one urban issue to examine in depth in a seminar involving readings, class discussions and field visits. Topics represent a range of academic disciplines, usually making it possible to select a seminar relating to a major. Recent seminar titles included City Politics, Urban Planning, Arts in the Black Community, Sexism and Racism, The Helping Professions, Dynamics of Urban Housing. Graded A-F.
Corequisite:
AAA-951
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4.00 Credits
Each student devotes 15 hours per week to an agency which can provide direct involvement in city life and exposure to a particular career environment. The placement is determined jointly by the student and staff during the first week of the semester. A wide range of placements is available. Graded either A-F or S/U at the student’s choice upon entry into the program.
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