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3.00 Credits
This course invites the students to explore the world of thought and religions in traditional China. It focuses on the evolution of Confucianism, Daoism, and Chinese Buddhism and challenges the students to interpret certain representative works in these traditions and critically assess their distinctiveness and adequacy. Episodes of cultural clashes in the history of Christian missions in China will be examined to provide a conceptual point of departure for students who are interested in comparative religion and inter-faith dialogue, or simply, in making sense of Chinese religious thought and practices on Western terms.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an in-depth study of the sociopolitical, intellectual, and cultural transformations in China during the twentieth century. A variety of topics, such as the transition from dynastic systems to the modern state, the rise of Nationalism and Communism, Mao Zedong and the Great Proletariat Cultural Revolution, and the economic and cultural reconstruction in the post-Mao era, will be examined from both Chinese and world historical perspectives
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3.00 Credits
This course examines some of the "modes of inquiry" used by various academic disciplines to frame and understand topics. Each semester the course will examine a different topic, such as crime, mental illness or sexuality, by applying various disciplinary methodologies and perspectives. The course is also designed to expose student to some of the key informational resources available in various fields. Every fall semester.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce students to some of the great philosophers and intellectuals of the medieval period. Students will read the original documents (in translation) and will then discuss the text in depth addressing issues of: meaning, purpose, audience, historical context and the relation of each text to the others we read in the course. Students will read a different text each week that will challenge them in new ways. The readings will include selections from the Christian, Jewish and Islamic canon and will expose students to a diversity of authors from the 5th to the 15th centuries.
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3.00 Credits
Each year the honors capstone seminar examines a timely and important topic from a number of disciplinary perspectives. Each student will complete an individual project on an aspect of the seminar topic.
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3.00 Credits
The Honors Teaching Practicum (HTP) allows students to assist a professor in a class they have taken within their major or minor. The central goals of the HTP are to give students experience with some of the issues involved in conveying knowledge to others and to reacquaint them with some of the central knowledge content of their field of study. In order to accomplish these goals students may organize study sessions, provide individual student tutorial , provide guidance with writing assignments, oversee group projects, organize class discussion sessions or oversee other related class activities. They are, however, prohibited from grading any of the activities they oversee or performing purely administrative functions. Students are required to regularly attend the class in which they are assisting. Professors overseeing HTP students will provide students with related pedagogical materials withing the area of the course and opportunities for them to reflect on these materials and their experiences in writing, such as in a journal or reacting papers. The number of credit hours is determined by the credit hours of the course where the practicum is taking place (e.g., 3 hours for a 3 credit hour class, or 4 hours for a course with a lab.). An HTP may be repeated one additional time for credit and may not exceed a total of eight hours. For more information contact the Director of the University Honors Program. The Honors Teaching Practicum (HTP) allows students to assist a professor in a class they have taken within their major or minor. The central goals of the HTP are to give students experience with some of the issues involved in conveying knowledge to others and to reacquaint them with some of the central knowledge content of their field of study. In order to accomplish these goals students may organize study sessions, provide individual student tutorial , provide guidance with writing assignments, oversee group projects, organize class discussion sessions or oversee other related class activities. They are, however, prohibited from grading any of the activities they oversee or performing purely administrative functions. Students are required to regularly attend the class in which they are assisting. Professors overseeing HTP students will provide students with related pedagogical materials within the area of the course and opportunities for them to reflect on these materials and their experiences in writing, such as in a journal or reacting papers. The number of credit hours is determined by the credit hours of the course where the practicum is taking place (e.g., 3 hours for a 3 credit hour class, or 4 hours for a course with a lab.). An HTP may be repeated one additional time for credit and may not exceed a total of eight hours. For more information contact the Director of the University Honors Program.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on knowledge and skills necessary to maintain and improve one's level of health. It will define and elaborate on the various areas of well-being and on methods to promote health-enhancing behaviors related to achieving optimal health.
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3.00 Credits
This course helps students develop powers of expression through creative experience in dance. Basic factors related to body movements are studied and research is done in the historical development of dance. This is a general education fine arts course. Every semester.
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3.00 Credits
This course will show how to recognize when an emergency has occurred, prepare a person to make appropriate decisions regarding first aid care and to act on those decision. Specific areas covered include: adult, child and infant breathing and CPR emergencies, first aid techniques, handling sudden illness, and providing care until professional medical help arrives. This course will show how to recognize when an emergency has occurred, prepare a person to make appropriate decisions regarding first aid care and to act on those decisions. Specific areas covered include: adult, child and infant breathing and CPR emergencies, first aid techniques, handling sudden illness, and providing care until professional medical help arrives.
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3.00 Credits
This course prepares students to comprehend the organization of disaster team services. It covers topics such as mass disaster care, emergency shelter management, family services , damage assessment and disaster action teams. It includes the necessary training for students to obtain national certification as America Red Cross disaster service volunteers. Official training materials are provided by the American Red Cross.
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