Learning Communities Courses

Fall 2012 courses include:

Expresate With Feeling!
Exprésate – With Feeling!
Course Number Course Title Instructor
SPA 251 801 Intermediate Spanish I Carson
SPE 151 801 Introduction to Speech Gabel

Polish your presentation skills while improving your Spanish proficiency. Coursework is streamlined to cover topics for both courses and includes both Spanish and English discussion and debate on cultural issues, food (yes, we’ll eat in class), film, speeches (given mostly in English) and literature. Combine creativity, cuisine, culture and communication to Exprésate – With Feeling! (Tuesday/Thursday from 10 a.m. to 12:50 p.m.)

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Talking Dirty
Talking Dirty
Course Number Course Title Instructor
PHI 251 801 Introduction to Ethics Grela
PSY 175 801 Human Sexuality Seitz

Yes, this class is all about sex - what's not to like? Join in this fascinating study of ethics as it relates to the many forms and facets of human sexuality. (Monday/Wednesday from 1 to 3:50 p.m.)

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If Shakespeare Were a Sex Pistol
If Shakespeare Were a Sex Pistol
Course Number Course Title Instructor
ENG 151 801 Composition I Hazelgrove
MUS 151 801 Music Appreciation Takayama

Learn how Shakespeare has been interpreted through music and get introduced to concepts of music – all while examining how literature has influenced the great compositions. You'll explore the many ways music and literature reveal the human condition. (Monday/Wednesday 11:30 a.m. to 2:20 p.m.)

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You Will Be Assimilated: Resistance is Futile
You Will Be Assimilated: Resistance is Futile
Course Number Course Title Instructor
ROB 110 801 Introduction to Robotics Brzezinski
ENG 151 802 Composition I Humphrey

Explore the social moral, scientifc and creative facets of a world that relies on robots … and then write about them! This is a linked Learning Community that includes hands-on robotics instruction along with English composition. (Monday from noon to 3:50 p.m. and Wednesday 1 to 3:50 p.m.)

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Crunching the Numbers
Crunching the Numbers
Course Number Course Title Instructor
MAT 120 801 General Education Statics Boring
SOC 151 801 Introduction to Sociology Hoy

Statistics really can tell fascinating stories if viewed through the right lens. Not unlike a delicious s’more at a campfire, we’ll meld the hardness of stats with those soft sociological principles and case studies to create a whole new mental delight. (Monday/Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. to 2:20 p.m.)

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