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3.00 Credits
An examination of the impact of current Internet-based services on such fields as journalism, publishing and research. By critically examining such phenomena as blogs, social networking systems (MySpace and FaceBook), and Wikipedia, students will develop critical literacy and become more effective readers, writers and researchers. 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Seminar CASL - Administration Department Course Attributes: Lower Division
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3.00 Credits
An examination of American citizenship as understood and practices in a variety of arenas of public life. We will examine both historical and contemporary perspectives on citizenship, including the ways in which public discourse helps situate Americans? understanding of the idea of citizenship, and by extension, the practice of democracy. In addition to exploring citizenship as it operates in the political arena and civil society, we will emphasize the role of higher education in nurturing active citizenship. This seminar includes an academic service learning requirement. Academic service learning is an educational method that integrates volunteer community service with course material to enhance the learning objectives of the course. Students will be expected to participate in a carefully-chosen and instructor-approved civic activity (e.g., volunteerism, democratic participation, public advocacy) that will highlight different models of citizenship in practice. 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Seminar CASL - Administration Department Course Attributes: Lower Division
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3.00 Credits
Anthropology professors have studied the lives of university students (My Freshman Year; Coming of Age in New Jersey). This course turns the tables, inviting new students to conduct field work on the ?hidden lives? of professors, university staff and other students. Through guided practice in ethnographic skills-interviewing and participant-observation-students will come to understand what culture means to anthropologists while exploring the multiple cultures of UM-Dearborn and gaining insights on meanings and functions of higher education. 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Seminar CASL - Administration Department Course Attributes: Lower Division
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3.00 Credits
This course will pursue two distinct themes. The first is the triumphs of modern statistical methodology in science during the last hundred years. Definitive studies such as the Salk Vaccine Field Trials and those involving the smoking and lung cancer controversy will be examined in depth. The second theme is the awareness and use of public access databases, which are also used by researchers and policymakers. These include the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database of cancer registries, the Statistical Abstract of the United States, and SearchSystems.net Public Records Directory. The course will involve a number of readings and the interpretations of data that will form the basis of classroom discussion and written reports. 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Seminar CASL - Administration Department Course Attributes: Lower Division
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3.00 Credits
This seminar will examine a variety of models of mental health in African Americans and racial, ethnic and self-identity development. The impact of Black society, culture, family, racism and poverty on personality growth of African Americans will be explored. The history of Black psychology and the pioneer theorists who have made significant contributions to foundation and continuing study of the thoughts, feelings, behaviors and mental health of African Americans will be discussed. 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Seminar CASL - Administration Department Course Attributes: Lower Division
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1.00 Credits
A liberal arts perspective on careers and professions. Topics include the historical relationship between a liberal arts education and professional training, the development of the concepts of ?career? and ?profession,? sociological and psychological understandings of professions and workplaces, and accounts of work in several different professions (such as journalism, teaching, and medicine). Assignments focus on enhancing the connections between academics and career preparation. Students enrolled in Libs 130 must also enroll in Exploratory Studies 102, a one-credit career-planning course that assists students in assessing their interests, skills, and values and in identifying and researching careers. 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture CASL - Administration Department Course Attributes: Lower Division
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3.00 Credits
Working adults who have been out of the classroom for some years will discover their academic strengths and will learn about the educational services, courses, and programs available at UM-Dearborn and elsewhere. Insights will be developed in the use of counseling services, the selection and planning of a degree program, and the methods of improving learning skills. 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture CASL - Administration Department Course Attributes: Lower Division
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
An introductory course in computing for students who do not intend to become computer programmers or designers. The course explores the nature and origins of computing, and examines its uses and limitations in such applications as teaching/learning, buying/selling and information storage/retrieval. The social implications of the computer revolution will be examined and limited programming will be provided with a small, home computer. 1.000 TO 3.000 Credit hours 1.000 TO 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Seminar CASL - Administration Department Course Attributes: Lower Division
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
A lower-level topics course. Title as listed in Schedule of Classes will change according to content. Course may be repeated for credit when specific topics differ. (OC). 1.000 TO 3.000 Credit hours 1.000 TO 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Seminar CASL - Administration Department Course Attributes: Lower Division
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1.00 Credits
Required co-op seminar is a corequisite or immediate post-requisite of the initial co-op work assignment (LIBS 395). Course seeks to correlate the off-campus work experience with academic learning and career orientation issues through discussion and evaluation of work experiences as they are likely to be encountered by the liberal arts graduate through analysis of job-seeking information and skills. Evaluation of student performance is based upon discussion and the quality of required assignments. 1.000 Credit hours 1.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Seminar CASL - Administration Department Course Attributes: Upper Division
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