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3.00 Credits
Honors Colloquia build on the foundation established in the First Year Honors Seminar. An interdisciplinary approach is taken, emphasizing integration of methods from both the arts and the sciences to approach complex questions. The course topic will be used as a context within which methods of investigation, synthesis and expression will be further developed. Topics are based on expertise of faculty members in diverse areas, and on student interest. In the course students will lead discussion, complete individual and group projects, and participate in co-curricular activities and field trips. Recent colloquia examples: Titanic: Myth and Reality; Good and Evil in Fact and Fiction; and Leaders: Born, Made & Portrayed.
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1.00 Credits
Honors Colloquia build on the foundation established in the First Year Honors Seminar. An interdisciplinary approach is taken, emphasizing integration of methods from both the arts and the sciences to approach complex questions. The course topic is used as a context within which methods of investigation, synthesis and expression will be further developed. Topics are based on expertise of faculty members in diverse areas, and on student interest. In the course students lead discussion, complete individual and group projects, and participate in co-curricular activities and field trips. Recent colloquia examples: Titanic: Myth and Reality; Good and Evil in Fact and Fiction; and Leaders: Born, Made & Portrayed.
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3.00 Credits
Examination of American culture and society at the threshold of the 21st century. Emphasis is on value systems and their relation to technology, economics and social issues. Prerequisite: junior standing.
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3.00 Credits
Honors Colloquia build on the foundation established in the First Year Honors Seminar. An interdisciplinary approach is taken, emphasizing integration of methods from both the arts and the sciences to approach complex questions. The course topic will be used as a context within which methods of investigation, synthesis and expression will be further developed. Topics are based on expertise of faculty members in diverse areas, and on student interest. In the course students will lead discussion, complete individual and group projects, and participate in co-curricular activities and field trips. Recent colloquia examples: Titanic: Myth and Reality; Good and Evil in Fact and Fiction; and Leaders: Born, Made & Portrayed.
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1.00 Credits
Senior seminar in liberal studies is designed as a culminating course for baccalaureate Liberal Studies majors. Explores topics of present day interests as seen through the filter of liberal arts. Advanced research techniques, extensive reading, class discussion and presentation will be stressed. Prerequisite: senior status or permission of instructor.
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6.00 Credits
Working closely with a faculty mentor, students complete a thesis which involves identifying and solving a scholarly problem or developing a creative work. Project must be interdisciplinary, and students must successfully defend a proposal and final project to the Honors Advisory Board and present to the college community. *May be taken in one semester for (6 credits) or two semesters for (3 credits) each.
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2.00 Credits
Students spend a semester in Washington, D.C., interning in a Congressional office, government agency, non-profit institution, major corporation, newspaper network, or special interest group. Opportunities exist in: environment, women's issues, the arts, education, science, and labor relations, among others. Participants should be juniors or seniors, have a 2.5 grade point average, and have approval of department under which credit is awarded. (If internship is interdisciplinary, credit is awarded for COL 471, as listed here; if internship is within an Alvernia discipline, credit is awarded under appropriate department.) Approval from the Provost is required for this internship.
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3.00 Credits
No course description available.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to writing process for incoming freshmen or transfer students who demonstrate weakness in writing. Carries transcript credit but does not count in credits required for graduation. Should be used as elective only after consultation with academic advisor and English faculty chairperson. Does not fulfill any requirements, nor can it substitute for COM 101, the required writing course.
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3.00 Credits
Core writing requirement, reviews fundamental principles of rhetoric, grammar, punctuation and spelling. Requirements include a research paper using MLA documentation guidelines and several expository papers. Course is available only after placement by departmental faculty. Students must achieve “C” orbetter to fulfill core requirements.
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