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REL 360 4K
Days/Times: W 6:25-9:05 PM
Room: TBA
Instructor: S. Sapp
Course Overview: Recent advances in the biomedical sciences, along with various changes
in the nature of American society, have forced physicians, other healthcare professionals, patients and
their families, public policymakers, and society as a whole to face many difficult ethical questions
unheard of not very long ago. What is life? What is death? What gives quality to life? What are the
responsibilities of healthcare professionals, patients, and society to one another? How can we pay for
the health care we demand, and who should pay for it, especially as our population grows older? How should
we use the new knowledge we are gaining in genetics, particularly from the Human Genome Project? This
course will explore ways of responding to these questions, especially from the point of view of major
religious traditions. Special attention will be given to the factors that make for a "good doctor" and
a healthy patient-physician relationship. The major focus of the course will be on the personal, social,
and ethical dimensions of current issues in the medical profession and the life sciences.
TAL 493 TBA
Days/Times: T 5:00-7:40 PM
Room: TBA
Instructor: C. Wilson
Course Overview: This course is an introduction to the teaching, learning, and leadership process in online learning environments, including asynchronous and synchronous modalities, assessments and evaluation, technology and digital copyright usage.
ENG 333 TBA
Days/Times: M/W 6:25-7:40 PM
Room: TBA
Instructor: TBA
Course Overview: Advanced techniques in conducting research and writing the research paper. Use of traditional library resources, on-line searches, the Internet, and other research methods. Strategies for effective presentation of research findings. Prerequisite: ENG 106 or equivalent.
SOC 491, Section 89
Days/Times: TR 6:00PM - 9:30PM
Room: TBA
Professor: R. Dunham
Course Overview: Course will examine the nature and extent of juvenile crime and violence in America, and the controversy concerning how we should combat it. The following questions, among others, will be addressed. What are the trends in juvenile crime? Which types of juveniles are the most prone to delinquency? Does social class, minority status, gender, or intelligence influence delinquency? What role does the family and the school play in curbing delinquency? Should we focus on "get tough" policies and incarceration to control juvenile crime, or should we rely more on prevention strategies?
MLL 321, Section 1V
Days/Times: M/W 6:00PM - 9:30PM
Room: TBA
Instructor: E. Tellez-Espiga
Course Overview: This course examines the adaptation of contemporary fiction into films. In general, film adaptations are considered successful if they are truthful to their literary counterparts. However, the differences between literary and cinematic languages complicate, and sometimes refute, this assumption. This course prepares students to analyze the different "languages" and techniques of literature and film, at the same time that it displays the challenges that filmmakers face adapting one literary text into film. The texts to be studied will help us address both aesthetic and social concerns, such as how violence and drugs affect urban youth, and also how cultural representations of punk and soccer are a means to portray social issues in contemporary society. Along the way, we will engage with the study of classic narrative genres, such as the detective story, the psychological thriller, and magical realism.
ENG 333, Section: TBA
Days/Times: M/W 6:25PM - 7:40PM
Room: TBA
Professor: TBA
Course Overview: Advanced techniques in conducting research and writing the research paper. Use of traditional library resources, on-line searches, the Internet, and other research methods. Strategies for effective presentation of research findings. Prerequisite: ENG 106 or equivalent.
POL557, Section: TBA
Days/Times: Thursday 6:25PM - 9:05PM
Room: TBA
Professor: Jonathan West
Course Overview: Governments at all levels in this country - national, state, and local - have encountered high profile scandals involving ethical wrongdoing. Business and nonprofit organizations have faced similar headline grabbing problems. Countless less visible examples of unethical and ethical behavior occur in organizations daily, both here and abroad. This course examines ethical theories as well as the causes and consequences of such actions. It also explores the managerial strategies and competencies needed to effectively cope with the ethical issues confronting individuals and organizations.
