After reading the descriptions below, rank your top four choices (1 being the highest, 4 the lowest) on the Orientation/ Academic Advisement registration Questionnaire.
This course traces the development of modern ideas about natural rights and freedoms within the US and the world from 1776 to the recent past. Through examining "replies" to the Declaration, we will study the way that groups and liberation movements in the US and throughout the world have adapted the foundational ideas of the Declaration in different political and temporal contexts.
The Foundations of a Creative Vocabulary is designed to engage anyone interested in talking about or viewing creative endeavors. Topics will include how the Visual Arts are an essential part of a Liberal Arts education, the vocabulary necessary to interact with an increasingly visual world, and the interaction of the visual arts with other disciplines. Special focus will be placed on the development of a creative process, which can be applied to visual projects, paper writing, or presentations.
This survey course in literature includes textual analysis of literary works, classic through contemporary, selected from various genres. Writing assignments are based on the readings. AP Composition or equivalent college credit for CMP 101 required.
A course designed to improve students' application of mathematical concepts in their everyday experience. These concepts will be developed through inductive/deductive reasoning, and topics such as fractal, pattern, sequences, geometry, logic, and statistics. Not offered for credit to mathematics majors.
This course is designed to introduce students to the study of Political Science. Specifically, we will explore Political Science through popular culture. Throughout this course, students will be exposed to the foundational concepts useful in studying political phenomena that are universal to the various subfields and methodological approaches within political science. The American system will be used as a point of comparison, but we will examine various other ways to structure a governmental system (e.g. various executive, legislative, or judicial branch designs, the differences between presidential and parliamentary systems, and differences between capitalist and socialist economic structures). To explore these themes we will use film, television, fiction, and music. Using these various aspects of pop culture we will explore topics such as why we need government, various ideologies, the role of executive leadership, legislative politics, judicial systems, democracy, political culture, the media, and international politics.
This course examines the global resurgence of democracy in recent decades, analyzing the causes and dynamics of this recent wave of democratization as well as the different paths of democratic transitions in Southern Europe, Latin America, East Asia, and Eastern Europe. Exploration of strategies for achieving successful democratic consolidation. Study of factors that influence successful democratic consolidation, such as ethnic conflicts, economic reform, constitutional choice, and the role of culture.
This course is an introduction to the scientific study of human flourishing, exploring concepts like happiness, well-being, positive emotions, and resilience, with a focus on practical strategies for enhancing personal and interpersonal flourishing.
Analysis of theater and drama, historical and current production practices, in order to enhance aesthetic appreciation.