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4.00 Credits
This course provides an introduction to the role of government in American society and the contemporary participants in the policy making process. Emphasis will be placed on the Constitution, federalism, the division of powers, and the roles of political parties, elections and interest groups in public policy making. National, state and local governments will be comparatively examined.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides the student a survey of the physical, mental, and social dimensions of health as it relates to personal growth and quality of life. Students will examine the relationship between health status and the application of health status to personal health management for professionals, health care management and corporate wellness.
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4.00 Credits
Students will explore the importance of cuisine to culture and the development of cuisine throughout history. Through lecture, readings, group work, and projects, students will identify and explore the historical periods which have contributed to the most prominent cuisines of the world. Students also gain knowledge of the cultures pertaining to the prominent cuisines, including France, Italy, South America, Asia and Africa.
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4.00 Credits
Service learning is a form of applied education in which students actively contribute to an organized service project that meets specific needs of a community. The service learning process is one that involves students, faculty and the community at large. The aim of service learning is to cultivate a heightened awareness of civic responsibility in the context of the academic curriculum. In addition to the service component, the course will include opportunities for students to examine and reflect upon their service experience.
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4.00 Credits
This course examines the political issues that typically give rise to controversy, reflecting the concerns and ideologies of our two main political parties. The course explores topics ranging from civil rights and free speech, to war, crime control and immigration. These issues will be approached from several viewpoints with emphasis on their treatment in the media.
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3.00 Credits
The Civil Rights movement, the Vietnam conflict, and the Watergate scandals were paramount issues in the 1960 and 1970s that left an enduring legacy for the United States. Television captured these events live and sent them into everyone's homes. This course will examine the dynamics, the impact on society, and the historical significance of each. The background influence of the Cold War will also be analyzed. The PBS film series Eyes on the Prize, the American Experience series, the Vietnam War, and Watergate-related videos and internet sites will be used as primary sources of information. This is a directed-learning experience. (Fulfills General Education History/Political Science requirement)
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4.00 Credits
This course allows students to experience the war as it was - in the actual diaries, newspaper accounts, and letters of those who lived through it - a documentary provides dramatic archival photographs, moving period music, and rare newsreel footage of veterans.
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4.00 Credits
Students will be introduced to the principles of anthropology, that is, the study of humans as social beings and creators of culture. This course will address the cultural aspects of anthropology in particular. Students will focus on the study of living peoples and their ways of life. ( Fulfills General Education Behavioral Science requirement)
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4.00 Credits
This course explores the Chicago experience as a unique constellation of components that together constitute the urban environment. Cities as physical, socio-political, and economic constructs will be explored, with an emphasis on field experience and policy analysis.
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4.00 Credits
This course covers basic concepts such as demand, supply, and major economic systems. It also studies such key economic aggregates as country's gross domestic product, unemployment, and inflation. In addition, the effects of fiscal and monetary policies on these economic aggregates are discussed. (Fulfills Upper Division Social Science requirement)
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