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4.00 Credits
Credits: 4 Looks at how literary traditions of 20th century meet the cybercultures of 21st century. Workshop course exploring writing tasks facing multimedia professional, whether as a concept and storywriter, a producer, or a hands-on creator of multimedia presentations and narratives. Students practice creative and project-focused writing. Scripting interactivity is a key component of both kinds of multimedia writing; class time is spent working on the skills and concepts needed to creatively communicate interactively. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 1
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6.00 Credits
Credits: 6 Research and write reports about ethical, social, educational, and cultural dynamics of online communities. Students examine who forms and has access to these communities, various types of communities, how people represent themselves online, electronic mediums they use, how technology shapes human interactions, and vice versa. Extensive online discussion component; students post their work on the web. Student groups create a cyberculture web site as the final project. Prerequisites NCLC 249, or permission of instructor. Notes Students expected to know basic web publishing. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 6 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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3.00 - 15.00 Credits
Credits: 3-15 Examines, records, and interprets objects, structures, and landscapes that compose our built environment. Draws on the fields of historical archaeology, architectural history, and urban geography, and employs photography, cartography, and evocative writing to represent the material world we inhabit. Builds on study of one neighborhood in Arlington, Virginia, and expands to entire metropolitan area. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3-15 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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3.00 - 15.00 Credits
Credits: 3-15 Examines processes of neighborhood formation and transformation in the context of urbanism, suburbanism, immigration, and transmigration.Students explore the history and meaning of neighborhoods in the Northern Virginia and the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3-15 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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1.00 - 12.00 Credits
Credits: 1-12 Individualized section form required. Study of a topic not otherwise available to the student. May involve any combination of reading assignments, tutorials, lectures, papers, presentations, or field/laboratory study (determined in consultation with instructor) Students are encouraged to work as a team on a particular topic. Prerequisites Permission of instructor and dean. Notes Maximum 12 credits can be used to fulfill graduation requirements. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 1-12 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 1-12
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3.00 - 15.00 Credits
Credits: 3-15 Studies topics of special interest to undergraduates. Notes May be repeated for credit if subtitle is different. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3-15 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Explores formation of public policy relating to several key issues in medicine. Students examine basic theories of justice and public policy formation and apply these to contemporary issues in the field of medicine. The goal is to examine how current policy on these issues was established and to give examples of major stakeholders in the debate. This course involves some traditional lecture and discussion classes and also features participative learning through group work and web-based discussions. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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4.00 Credits
Credits: 4 Introduces epidemiology and biological basis for treatment and prevention of cancer. Students consider the social impact of cancer by looking at how patients and families cope with the disease. A portion of the learning community focuses on working with and learning from people living with cancer. Designed for biology and premedicine students as well as nonscience majors interested in connecting the physiology of health and disease to the human spirit. Prerequisites 60 credits, or permission of instructor. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 1
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3.00 - 15.00 Credits
Credits: 3-15 Explores what happens when "civilization" encounters "the jungle" by reading, writing, discussing, and viewing written and filmed works dealing with contacts between cultures with colliding world views. Literature (from Conra d's The Heart of Dark ness to Shakespea re's The Te mpest to Burro ugh's Ta rzan), news articles, radio broadcasts, web home pages, art exhibits, and many film and video presentations provide the basis for in-class and out-of-class activiHours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3-15 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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1.00 - 6.00 Credits
Credits: 1-6 Internship credit may be applied to 12 credits required in experiential learning. Prerequisites Sophomore standing and permission of instructor. Notes Students may take no more than 6 credits in any one semester, unless approved by director of experiential learning or associate dean. Structured and supervised professional experience, within an approved agency, for which the student earns academic credit. The primary purpose of an internship is to connect the student's academic course work to experiences and challenges outside the university classroom. The faculty also expects that students will enhance their competencies and skills and explore career options. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 0 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 1-6
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