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3.00 Credits
Provides an opportunity for the student to master introductory concepts and to gain experience in the use of technology aids to produce educational materials, instructional units, and to increase the efficiency of instruction in the classroom. The course also provides the background and skills for educators to meet the Technology Standards for Instructional Personnel (TSIP), and provides opportunities to acquire necessary skills for teaching Computer/Technology Standards K-12 as outlined in the Standards of Learning for Virginia Public Schools. Instructor consent for online section of course. Offered each semester.
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1.00 Credits
Encourages students to recognize and explore relationships and connections among courses from the various General Studies Frames of Reference. Using a systems approach, students examine past educational experiences and plan for future learning activities. Does not fulfill any requirements for Latin Honors. Prerequisite: junior status, liberal studies major or consent. Offered fall of even-numbered years.
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3.00 Credits
Intended to promote both the awareness of cultural differences and a positive attitude toward these differences. It includes various topics related to recruiting, hiring and effective management of people from different cultural and demographic backgrounds. It is built around five diversity dimensions: 1) race and ethnicity, 2) gender, 3) age, 4) disability and 5) nationality. Does not fulfill any requirements for Latin Honors. Prerequisite: freshman English requirement completed. Offered fall of oddnumbered years.
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3.00 Credits
An interdisciplinary study of the process of active learning, creative problem solving, and ethical reflection. The course encourages a complex imagination and intellectual energy which actively strive to connect, integrate, and interrelate human experience with that of a liberal education. Does not fulfill any requirements for Latin Honors. Offered fall of odd-numbered years.
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on the history, politics, society, and the culture of Germany in the years between the rise to power of Adolf Hitler (1933) and the present. Does not fulfill any requirements for Latin Honors. Prerequisite: INST 344, none; INST 444, junior status or consent. Offered on demand. * INST 344: (H); INST 444: (I).
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3.00 Credits
A particularly challenging area of social concern is explored in the context of the broader issues at the interface of science, ethics, and public policy. This special topics course involves a two-day symposium featuring presentations by several distinguished guest experts and an overnight trip to Washington, D.C., in which students receive briefings from political leaders and representatives of lobby groups on aspects of the policy-making process and policy concerns related to the course topics. May be repeated for credit as topics change. Does not fulfill any requirements for Latin Honors. Prerequisite: junior/senior status. Offered in selected Winter Sessions.
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3.00 Credits
Seniors select a topic of personal interest, within the general area of Issues in Leisure, conduct research and demonstrate their ability to synthesize their topic with four of the six areas of study in the general studies courses. Does not fulfill any requirements for Latin Honors.
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3.00 Credits
The Rocky Mountain life zones are used as a setting for an interdisciplinary study of natural wilderness areas. An empirical knowledge perspective focuses on method of study as well as on descriptions, definitions, and characteristics of wilderness areas. An historical perspective explores the evolving definitions of and attitudes toward wilderness. An institutions and cultural systems perspective examines both governmental and private approaches used for the management of wilderness areas. An ethical values perspective explores the effects of various beliefs, attitudes, and values upon choices related to wilderness. Does not fulfill any requirements for Latin Honors. Prerequisite: senior status. Offered each semester.
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3.00 Credits
An analysis of some issue or aspect of culture from the perspective of more than one academic discipline. Often team-taught and always created just for the honors program, these courses require significant reading, research, and writing. Exemplary work can receive an "H" grade.This course may be repeated for credit as the topic varies. Does not fulfill any requirements for Latin Honors. Prerequisite: admission into the honors program or consent. Offered each semester.
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3.00 Credits
The nature of scientific inquiry and the role of science and technology in our society are explored by tracing the historical development and current state of several areas of science and technology. The influence that culture, politics, religion, economics, and society had (and have) on these developments is discussed, as well as the impact of these developments on the society. Does not fulfill any requirements for Latin Honors. Prerequisites: junior/senior status and one "E" course. Offered fall of odd-numberedyears.
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