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3.00 Credits
Social change, even revolutionary change, occurs in a variety of venues: in the home, at places of worship and on the streets. These connected courses allow students to examine many types of social movements and change, both in the United States and globally, and to compare and reflect on the methods of protest that are used in them. Students will study and analyze controversial issues involving racial, ethnic and national identity, as well as religion, sexuality and class, all of which shape our culture. Thea 215, Theatre and Social Change, is the required course in this connection. By completing one or more of the history and sociology courses, students will have an opportunity to apply historical and social perspectives and pertinent theories of social change to their understanding of the theatre as a tool for conflict resolution. And they will consider how individualized, dramatized stories can realize or "perform" social issues in the theatre.In addition to the theatre course, students must take one or two other courses to complete either a two- or three-course connection. Note, however, that only one sociology course will count in the connection. Connections: Thea 215 Theatre and Social Change with Hist 337 Power and Protest in the United States and/or Soc 200 Social Movements or Soc 230 Race and Ethnicity
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3.00 Credits
Whether created or analyzed, produced for professional or folk purposes, viewed as data or expression, images are an increasingly common component of contemporary communication in both scholarly and popular venues. Each of the courses in this connection addresses the process of creating information out of images and their display. The increasing reliance on visual imagery in digital communication has put a premium on developing a genuine visual literacy in the encoding and deciphering of visual communication. This connection will allow students to appreciate the importance, power and value of using visual media for both gathering and disseminating knowledge. Two-course connections must include courses from two of the five areas represented in the connection (creative arts, social science, natural science, math/computer science, humanities). Threecourse connections may include courses in two or three of the areas, but no more than one course from any one department. (Two courses from the same area do not constitute a connection.) Connections: Arts 250 Graphic Design I or Arts 350 Graphic Design II or Eng 289 Word and Image with Psy 312 Perception or Soc 282 Visual Sociology and/or with Bio 219 Cell Biology or Bio 254 Developmental Biology and/or with Comp 365 Computer Graphics and/or with Fr 352 The Quill and the Brush
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3.00 Credits
Students taking these connected courses will learn to explore religious themes through visual forms, in addition to their more typical expression in textual media, and will draw inspiration and a content base from this background information as they develop their own creative expression. They should plan to enroll in the courses in the same semester, choosing whichever of the three studio courses is offered when the religion course is available. Rel 277 begins with myths and visual images of animals in a variety of religious traditions; both classes will participate in a field trip which offers the opportunity to observe how animals are featured in religious art. Art students will present their creative work to the rest of the students in the religion course for critique at the end of the semester. Connections: Rel 277 Religion and Animals and/or Bio 226 or Psy 226 Comparative Animal Behavior with Arts 215 Relief Printmaking or Arts 315 Intaglio Printmaking or Arts 325 Lithography
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2.00 Credits
Increasingly, fictional film is used as a lens to view the social dynamics of the society that produced the film. Analysts, critics and theorists rely on a variety of conceptual frameworks and models to interpret, analyze and assess these texts and the history of their production and audience reception. These approaches include film studies, culture studies and criticism in the humanities, and content and thematic analysis in the social sciences, as well as philosophic investigations of the arguments made in film. This connection enables students to explore various aspects of this rich field in different national cinemas. In the First-Year Seminar "The Dreams We See," offered every year, students learn how to analyze selected American box office hits from over the last century as primary historical documents. Pols 345 relies on contemporary films to examine political and social issues in post- Communist Russia. In Fr 246, students learn to distinguish between modes of representation like realism, surrealism and subjective narratives to see how they reinforce or resist paradigms of class, gender or nationalism. In Itas 320, students examine how works by major Italian film directors respond to aesthetic and cultural debates and reflect the Italian socio-historical context, while Pols 225 is organized around Michael Walzer's concept of politics as an art of unification and includes ten films that are narratives about Italian unification and nation building. Any two-course connection must include one course from each of the two areas, social science or language (the FYS course is counted as a social science). Three-course connections must also include courses from two of the areas, but no more than one course from any one department. Connections: Fsem The Dreams We See and/or Pols 225 Italian Politics and/or Pols 345 Understanding Russian Politics and Society through the Prism of Film with Fr 246 Introduction to French Cinema or Itas 320 Italian Cinema or Ger 267 Lulu, Lola and Leni: Women of German Cinema or Ger 374 Film and German Culture
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3.00 Credits
This two or three-course connection seeks to address issues in the nature and quality of math and science education in America by strengthening the math and science training of potential teachers in unusual and stimulating ways. It will have immediate relevance and appeal to Wheaton education minors, most of whom go on to become early childhood and elementary school teachers, by increasing their confidence in understanding math and science and their appreciation for the relevance of math and science in their everyday lives. Each of these courses devotes time to modeling appropriate pedagogies and discussing differences in learning styles, ways of knowing and similar topics that develop stronger learners. All emphasize confidence building as science learners and educators. Math 133 will specifically address issues in math education through problem-solving activities and the infusion of gender and multicultural issues in this area. Int 11 involves data sharing and analysis, and emphasizes both group field-based projects and standards-based content and preparation for subject-matter teacher tests. Students completing this connection should plan to take the math course and the science course before Education 371, 381 or 385, which must be taken in the fall of the senior year, prior to student teaching in the spring. Connections: Educ 371 Early Childhood Curriculum or Educ 381 Elementary Curriculum or Educ 385 Early Childhood and Elementary Curriculum with Int 110 or Int 111 Ponds to Particles and/or Math 133 Concepts of Mathematics
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3.00 Credits
The courses in this connection have the common theme of the origins and consequences of dividing humans into catagories based upon morphological characteristics. In Genetics, students will study the complex pathways by which melanin pigments are formed. A major conclusion will be an appreciation for skin tones as a continuum of shades rather than as discrete and classifiable "racial" characteristics.In Africans on Africa, students will explore the attitudes and opinions of the diverse peoples of Africa for a much more complex point of view on what it means to be African or African-American. Multicultural Issues in Psychology is a course focusing on ethnic and racial identities and their influences on human behaviors and interactions. This connection may be completed either as a two-course or three-course connection. Connections: Bio 211 Genetics and/or Hist 143 Africans on Africa: A Survey and/or Psy 251 Multicultural Psychology
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3.00 Credits
Throughout recorded human history, the acquisition of new knowledge through scientific discovery or technological invention has confronted human societies with ethical dilemmas. Students in this class will encounter these quandaries of the human condition by studying religious, literary, philosophical and scientific texts. The texts selected for this course explore the changing attitudes at various moments in history toward the need to forbid or control knowledge. Attitudes toward nature and the acquisition of knowledge in the Middle Ages, the origin of the scientific method in the 16th century as well as current issues in genetics will be explored from the perspectives of various disciplines. Connections: Bio 211 Genetics with Hist 285 History of Science to the Scientific Revolution. and/or Ger 262 The Morality and Fate of Forbidden Knowledge
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2.00 Credits
An introduction to personal computing emphasizing major applications (word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and/or presentations). Other topics include the history and organization of computers, effective use of the Internet, web page design, electronic library resources, and ethical issues of technology. (2 credits)
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3.00 Credits
Survey of the use of computing tools such as spreadsheets, databases, mathematical tools, multimedia, and the World Wide Web for problem solving. Prerequisite: CSCI 135 or consent of instructor. (2 credits)
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2.00 Credits
An introduction to the design and preparation of pages and sites for the World Wide Web. Topics include principles of design, markup and formatting of pages, tools for developing web content, and use of embedded scripting on client and/or server. No prior programming experience is required. (2 credits)
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