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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
This one day seminar introduces students to two integral University-wide systems for online communication and electronic library services. Students learn to use Antioch's electronic communication system (First Class educators, students and the community. They learn how to build online communities and develop unified communication tools. Students also learn to utilize the Ohio Library and Information Network (OhioLink) which serves Antioch students and researchers via a campus-based electronic library system. This seminar is required for all BA students in their first quarter of residency.
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3.00 Credits
Through readings, videos, and in-class dialogue, this coursewill provide students with a focused opportunity to critically examine selected socio-economic and political issues, which are the subject of current debate and advocacy. Students will be provided with strategies and perspectives for the critical analysis of issues and creative discourse regarding them. Topics will be studied and discussed from the diverse and humane perspectives of the core purposes of a liberal arts education. Subjects may include: causes of poverty, hunger and malnutrition, environmental racism, changing family structures and others.
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3.00 Credits
By the year 2010, the Latino community will become the largest ethnic population in California. The Latino language and cultural influences will be felt in all public and private sectors of the society. As residents and future professional service providers, students need to become aware of and understand Latino culture. This course is designed to introduce the Latino community from cultural, historical, and psychological perspectives. Students will critically analyze the social context of the Latino in the United States using Santa Barbara as the study site. Two on-site visits in the local community are planned.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the evolution of racial and sexist attitudes and behavior in America from several perspectives and traces the impact upon groups. Lectures, discussions, and reading assignments provide students with a substantive factual background of racism and sexism in American society, their causes and effects.
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3.00 Credits
What is Art What are its origins Is it an expression or causative force of culture What is the relationship of the artist to the environment, to Self Students will explore these questions and other relevant issues to develop an informed and diversified art appreciation. Through encounters with art, artists, lectures, selected readings, writing and discussion, criteria for the evaluation of art and the underlying tenets of aesthetics will be gained and applied within an individual and historical context.
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3.00 Credits
In this course students will explore in-depth the lives and works of three uniquely famous 20th century visual artists, coming to understand the artistic and historical significance of their creations, achievements, and vision through a forum of discussion, critique, and other process tools. Using an integrated approach rich with sensory and intellectual meaning that includes multiple perspectives of theory and interpretation, students will gain an appreciation of the role of the artist as a seeker and agent of change within both the personal life and the larger cultural landscape.
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3.00 Credits
The major goal of this course is to familiarize the student with the history, philosophy, policies, and purposes of the undergraduate degree program at Antioch University Santa Barbara. It provides an orientation to the specific student-centered learning program available at Antioch Santa Barbara. From a basis of their transferred units, students learn to plan and take responsibility for the completion of their degree. This course also introduces the student to the Core Purposes of a Liberal Arts Education: critical and creative thinking; diversity and global awareness; holistic personal development; competence for professional pursuits; effective communication; and the unifying principle of praxis for social justice. Special emphasis is placed on the development of college level writing skills and critical thinking. Required in the first quarter for all students.
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3.00 Credits
Using models from experiential and adult learning theory, this course provides students with structured opportunities to intern at a local non-profit organization while reflecting upon their overall service-learning in a weekly seminar setting. Through the use of carefully-focused readings and a variety of interactive and reflective activities, students are encouraged to integrate their philosophical, conceptual, and practical learning experiences. Required for all students.
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1.00 Credits
Built around the campus mission and the B.A. program core purposes, this seminar is designed to provide students with a structured opportunity to integrate, synthesize, and reflect upon common principles and practical themes from their undergraduate learning. Drawing from the video each student completed in their first quarter, their cumulative portfolio, and other theoretical and practical sources, students will provide evidence of the essential knowledge and learning experiences they have gleaned from their liberal arts education through seminar discussion, written documentation included in the portfolio, and a culminating oral presentation to the faculty. Required in the final quarter for all students.
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3.00 Credits
Issues of cultural diversity and equity have formed the basis of human interaction throughout time. Distinguished and united by such differences and similarities as gender, age, language, culture, race, sexual identity, religion, geography and class, diversity challenges our intellect and emotions as we learn to work and live together in harmony. Antioch University Santa Barbara's Undergraduate program supports crosscultural sensitivity and affiliation, promotes unity and the integration of diversity, and encourages students and faculty to think and act both locally and globally. This course will to develop students' skills to prepare them for their roles as global citizens, enhance their understanding of world affairs, and develop their sense of social and civic responsibility.
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