LSIC 379 Colloquia (Transfer)

Transfer Colloquia (LSIC 379) for Fall 2012

AFST 379.001 LSIC:WI:IL:Africana Philosophy

Melissa Burchard
WF 09:00am - 10:15am

This course will introduce students to a variety of philosophical trends and issues in different arenas of the African diaspora. We will look at African, African-American, and Afro-Caribbean philosophies and consider what the important issues are for philosophers in these groups. Issues will include histories of philosophical movements, conceptions of human nature, conceptions of time, the spirit world, and knowledge-making. This is the same course as PHIL 379.
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ANTH 379.001 LSIC:WI:IL:Navigating Cultures

Heidi J. Kelley
TR 10:50am - 12:05pm

From university's requirements to disparate world regions, we will reflect on how to "navigate" cultures. Using anthropological concepts to guide us, we will read non-fiction books-including ethnographies (descriptions of different cultures)-and view films. Students also will do an independent learning project about navigating vocation and present it to the class.
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ATMS 379.001 LSIC:WI:IL:Weathercasting

Huo-Jin Huang
MW 11:25am - 12:40pm

Students will learn basics of meteorology, writing of weather stories, interviewing experience, making of Powerpoint slides for weathercasting, and communication and presentation skills. Students will have opportunities to practice and make weathercasting in the Media Center of UNCA.
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CHEM 379.001 LSIC:WI:IL:Focus on Sustainability

John G. Stevens
MW 04:10pm - 05:25pm

Interdisciplinary research is one of the most productive and inspiring of human pursuits that provides a format for conversations and connections that lead to new knowledge. This course will explore collaborations, the role of the academe, the role of intellectual capital in the intellectual community and the larger society. Community Sustainability research projects will be developed. The course will feature discussion, student presentations on their own research, and guest lectures by local and regional professionals whose intellectual drive and passion inspire them to excellence in the public and private sector through involvement in business, government, non-profits and the academe. The final portion of the course will expose students to the real world of funding by challenging them to
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LIT 379.001 LSIC:WI:IL:Transfer Colloquium

Peter J. Caulfield
TR 09:25am - 10:40am

Colloquium offered to fulfill ILS requirements. See Liberal Studies for course descriptions. May not be used to fulfill major or minor requirements.
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LS 379.001 LSIC:WI:IL:Contemporary Global Justice Activism

Lyndi Hewitt
TR 09:25am - 10:40am

This course investigates contemporary global justice and human rights movements, as well as the political, cultural and economic actors with whom they interact (e.g., corporations, global governance institutions, government leaders, and the media). The course highlights the grievances, rhetoric, visions, and protest strategies of movements, and identifies the obstacles to achieving social change. Substantive themes include global poverty, environmental degradation, human trafficking, worker exploitation, militarization, and violence.
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MCOM 379.001 LSIC:WI:IL:TV, Film and the Automobile

Michael E. Gouge
TR 09:25am - 10:40am

Invented around the same time, motion pictures and the automobile quickly entwined themselves in our American culture. This course tracks the American's love affair with the car through the 20th century by exploring media messages in film and television and examining the nation's changing social/political movements.This writing intensive course also covers the evolution of the nation's mass media while pondering the future of our relationship with the automobile.
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MCOM 379.002 LSIC:WI:IL:Social Media

Sonya R. DiPalma
WF 10:00am - 11:15am

This course explores the role and function of social media-networking and social marketing-in personal and professional relationships. Touted as the greenest form of communication, social media presents many benefits and problems in the professional arena. We will examine these as we explore the role of several social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook. In addition students will explore their online identity and create one if desired. Students will select the social media platforms of their choice for a series of three, five-page papers. In addition to the papers, the course grade will be comprised of three tests and one in-class presentation.
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PHIL 379.001 LSIC:WI:IL:Africana Philosophy

Melissa Burchard
WF 09:00am - 10:15am

This course will introduce students to a variety of philosophical trends and issues in different arenas of the African diaspora. We will look at African, African-American, and Afro-Caribbean philosophies and consider what the important issues are for philosophers in these groups. Issues will include histories of philosophical movements, conceptions of human nature, conceptions of time, the spirit world, and knowledge-making. This is the same course as AFST 379.
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PHYS 379.001 LSIC:WI:IL:Physics for Future Presidents

Randy A. Booker
MW 02:45pm - 04:00pm

This is a Transfer Colloquium course, designed especially for transfer students who are new to UNCA. We live in a very complicated and dangerous time. This course lays out the minimum science that a president-and any general citizen- must know to make informed (and possibly life-or-death) decisions as we move into the future. We will look at such issues as the 9/11 attacks, terrorism, bioterrorism, nuclear weapons, mutually assured destruction, our future in space, future energy options, and climate change. Barack Obama and his future successors will need to know the answers to such questions as: 1) if Iran's nuclear capability is a genuine threat to the West, 2) if biochemical weapons are to be likely developed by terrorists, 3) if there are viable alternatives to fossil
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SOC 379.001 LSIC:WI:IL:Sociology of the Media

Marcia J. Ghidina
TR 04:35pm - 05:50pm

In this course we will examine the American mainstream media in economic, political and cultural context. What role do the media play, for instance, in our democratic society? The media are expected to provide citizens the necessary information to participate in the political sphere, yet they are a profit-seeking industry in a capitalist society. How does attracting advertisers and pleasing consumers affect the nature of the news and the substance of programming? Further, the media are thought to reflect as well as create culture. What are the values, norms, and ideologies that are perpetuated through the media in general, and specifically, for example, in increasingly popular reality television? Are class, race, gender and sexual identities portrayed
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SPAN 379.001 LSIC:WI:IL:

Elena Adell
TR 09:25am - 10:40am

This course focuses on the idea and the practice of migrating across nations and other "non-geographical" spaces, The context is the Americas and the goal is to understand how films, short stories and novels represent and discuss migration. Through text analysis, the course aspires to attain the following goals: (1)To research historical periods throughout the continent which are important for the understanding of how 'moving or passing through' spaces or states affects identity. (2) To deconstruct the way a nation is "narrated" or represented. (3) To enhance the students' analytical skills through a solid dialogue with cultural critical theory. Along with the screenings of the films and reading of the literary texts, this course requires from the student the familiarization
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WGSS 379.001 LSIC:WI:IL:Women Changing the World

Mary Lynn Manns
TR 03:10pm - 04:25pm

This course is for students who want to design and carry out a project that will change the world. We will examine how female leaders throughout history have been visionaries of ideas and have made changes happen in many different situations and organizations. Students will learn from these women as they lead a change project of their own. Anyone who wishes to change the world is encouraged to enroll. Mary Lynn Manns, Ph.D. is on the faculty in the Department of Management and Accountancy. She is the author of the book Fearless Change:Patterns for Introducing New Ideas. She has taught classes and has done numerous presentations throughout the world on the topic of leading change. She is a firm believer in the power of university students to
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WGSS 379.002 LSIC:WI:IL:Feminist Science Fiction

Melissa Burchard
TR 09:25am - 10:40am

This course examines issues of importance to women's, gender and queer studies as they are expressed in the genres of science fiction and fantasy. We will consider historical and contemporary authors, dystopias and utopias, space operas and alternate histories. The course will focus on written texts, and we will read a lot, but it's really fun!
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