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A/H300 American Government (3 credits)
This course introduces students to the structure and basic functions of American Government at Federal, State, and Local levels.  It also introduces students to important grass roots political movements, non-governmental civic organizations, labor and trade unions, and private sector initiatives that have played an important role in shaping American community life.

A/H310 Visual Arts and Music (3 Credits)
This course covers basic techniques of art and methods of presenting art and music in the classroom. Students develop a personal portfolio of projects and lessons which incorporate the arts. The course covers various media and time periods in arts, styles of music, and instruments from other cultures. Projects allow for personal interpretation and application in an interdisciplinary/cross-curricular classroom.

A/H350 Adolescent Literature (3 Credits)
This course will explore and examine various novels relevant to students in grades 4 through 9. A collection of novels will be read and discussed throughout the course. Students will actively participate in hands-on activities, readings, discussions, and presentations.

A/H380 Media & Society (3 Credits)
This course deals with the evolution of media and its impact on our daily lives. Specifically, the course focuses on the history of media, the modes of media, media "bias" and media influence on our everyday lives. The student will be a participant in the course examining our popular media. This will include "actively" watching TV and movies, listening to talk radio and music stations, and reading print media. Class discussions and assignments will center around each topic.

A/H400 International Political Systems (3 Credits)
This course entails the study of the nature and function of important international political ideologies and institutions that have played a dominant role in shaping the character of contemporary international politics.

A/H420 Self and Society (3 Credits)
How the particular living conditions, family situations, and cultural, religious an intellectual climates of a child affect his or her abilities, outlook, and future role in society. In addition to studying classic autobiographies, participants in the seminar describe their own formative years, emphasizing situations that have either enhanced or inhibited their individual growth and development.

A/H422 Modern World Literature (3 Credits)
Using contemporary novels or short stories from all over the world, this course places the reader in the context of each and within the world it engenders.

A/H432 Literature of the Americas (3 Credits)
This course is a study of representative works of fiction from Canada, the United States, and Latin America, including the Caribbean. The novel as a literary form and as a means of presenting cultural history and national identity are primary focuses. Fiction of the 20th century and novels of literary quality are highlighted. Students will learn to analyze novels from a number of perspectives.

A/H442 African-American Literature (3 Credits)
This course explores the location of Black writers in literature. Oral traditions, folklore, and literature as definition for culture and as documentation and validation are stressed. Concentration is on 20th century writers. Students look at African-American Literature in various contexts including music, politics, and religion.

A/H450 Contemporary Theory and Criticism (3 Credits)
This course introduces some of the most penetrating and challenging contemporary theories which are currently applied to the analysis of literary texts: e.g., Marxism, psychoanalytic theories, structuralism, phenomenology, feminism, deconstructionist, and post-colonial cultural studies. Emphasis will be placed on how these theories can open up complementary ways of understanding and interpreting texts.

A/H452 American Literature (3 Credits)
The literature in this course spans both the history of the U.S. and the cultural diversity of writers, both male & female. Within this broad frame, students read works which embody characteristic American themes such as conflicts over race, the struggle for equality, the pursuit of individual freedom, the questions of truth and destiny, the role of religious belief in a secular world, and the emergence of a multi-ethnic society. Students will discuss the distinctiveness of American contributions to world literature.

A/H-462 English Literature (3 Credits)
This course surveys the literature of the British Isles from the late eighteenth century to the modern day. This course includes the study of poetry, short stories, short novels, and essays from a representative sample of important Modern British authors.

C/C301-01 Civilizations: Africa to Asia (6 Credits)
Ancient Classics is the first quarter of a six part series of intensive courses in the World Classics. The readings and audio-visual materials for the curriculum will address the daily lives of peoples of antiquity, their worldviews and methods of social and political organization, their discoveries, inventions, and creations--from science to literature--and ways in which we can derive insight and inspiration from the record of their culture and history.

C/C305-01 Colonialism, Enlightenment, & Capitalism (6 Credits)
Beginning in the fifteenth century the Old World and the New clashed and coalesced in myriad ways which would irrevocably transform each region. This course examines the colonial contacts between Europe and the Americas, and the rise of revolutionary systems of thought which challenged reigning theological assumptions. Students study efforts to comprehend the power of the human mind, to define justice in relation to conquest, slavery, and industrial production and to depict the meaning of these developments in literature and the arts.

C/C303-01 Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Heritage (6 Credits)
The deepest currents of American life have been shaped by the voices, symbols and traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. As well as learning about sacred scriptures in historical context, students explore controversies concerning the mysterious origin of the Bible or the real message of Jesus. They also view Islam from the inside - its history, ways of life, views of the West, and often forgotten contributions to European civilization in the form of architecture, philosophy, mysticism, and science—and its encounters with the West.

C/C304 Medieval Europe and The Renaissance
In this course, we investigate major works of literature, drama, and philosophy from the early Middle Ages through the Renaissance and Reformation. While aiming to appreciate the complex interrelation between spheres of life and creative work during this period, we will become aware of its immense influence on the course of World Civilization.
You will need to purchase Karl Thompson (ed.), Classics of Western Thought: Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Reformation through used or online booksellers, because it is out of print.

C/C321 Ancient Civilizations (9 Credits)
An exploration of the daily lives of people of antiquity, their worldviews and methods of social and political organization, their discoveries, inventions, and creations in science, literature, and spiritual practice, and ways in which we can derive inspiration from their cultures and histories. Beginning with human origins and cultural creations in Africa we travel on to the civilizations of Mesopotamia, Iran, India, Tibet and China.

C/C322 Greek and Roman Culture (9 Credits)
This course explores the historical and cultural evolution of classical Greece and Rome. We study daily life, the myths, epics, dramas, fine arts and philosophies as well as the major persons and events which have shaped the course of early Mediterranean history and influenced the world since.

C/C323 Jewish, Christian and Islamic Heritage (9 Credits)
The deepest currents of American life have been shaped by the voices, symbols and traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. As well as learning about sacred scriptures in historical context, students explore controversies concerning the mysterious origin of the Bible or the real message of Jesus. They also view Islam from the inside - its history, ways of life, views of the West, and often forgotten contributions to European civilization in the form of architecture, philosophy, mysticism, and sensuality.

C/C324 Medieval Europe and the Renaissance (9 Credits)
This course explores daily life in the world of medieval Europe and during the emergence of the Renaissance and Reformation. Themes include the rise of chivalry, the cult of the Virgin, the Crusades against Islam, and the rebirth of the scientific spirit before a resistant Papacy.

C/C325 Colonialism/Enlightenment/Capitalism (9 Credits)
Beginning in the fifteenth century the Old World and the New clashed and coalesced in myriad ways which would irrevocably transform each region. This course examines the colonial contracts between Europe and the Americas, and the rise of revolutionary systems of thoughtwhich challenged reigning theological assumptions. Students study efforts to comprehend the power of the human mind, to define justice in relation to conquest, slavery, and industrial production and to depict the meaning of these developments in literature and the arts.

C/C326 Modern World Civilization (9 Credits)
This course is designed to acquaint the students with some of the most volatile and contradictory events and ideas that underlie the emergence of the modern world: e.g., American democracy and slavery, relativity and fascism, individualistic existentialism and the quest for universal human rights and responsibilities.

COM120 English Composition (3 Credits)
This course will enable students to acquire basic English skills; including: spelling, grammar, diction, sentence structure, and paragraphing. This training will prepare students for entry into Expository Writing.

COM300 Public Speaking (3 Credit)
This course deals with public speaking as a mode of communication. Students will learn to select relevant subjects, gather information, organize, present, and evaluate speeches. All students will participate in speech making exercises.

COM310 Oral Communication (3 Credits)
Examines oral communication in terms of public speaking, oral interpretation, group discussion presentations and rhetoric. Students prepare and present informative, persuasive, and entertaining speeches. They study oral interpretation (dramatic reading) as an art form. Students work in groups on a final project presentation, as well as read and analyze great speeches of the world.

COM350 Language, Culture and Behavior (3 Credits)
This course focuses on the use of language in social context as influenced by dimensions of culture, power, gender, generation, and social class. A large emphasis of the course is on the dynamics of switching speech styles, dialects, or languages and the micro-evolution of ways of speaking due to a variety of factors including the mass media. Non-verbal behavior including body posture, movement, and adornment will be included. We will also discuss options regarding the employment of diverse forms of speech, writing, dress, and behavior in schools.

COM390 Diversification and Acquisition of Language (3 Credits)
This course comprises two areas of study. First, it traces out the broad evolution and diversification of human language from the earliest history to the present age with particular emphasis on English. Second, it covers the psycholinguistic processes of language acquisition both of native languages and of second languages. Attention will also be paid to nonverbal communication as used in relation to speech, bilingualism, and the acquisition of sign language in deaf culture.

COM425 Expository Writing (3 Credits)
Techniques, guidance and practice for effective, clear prose writing. The course provides an introduction to basic modes of writing, e.g., definition, cause and effect, compare-contrast, analogy and process analysis. It treats writing as a process of exploration and emphasizes the importance of re-writing.

COM430 Critical Writing (3 Credits)
Refines critical reading and writing skills through analysis of the arguments and logic in the assigned readings and through writing effective and competent persuasion essays using various strategies and sources.

COM465 Creative Writing (3 Credits)
The course is an introduction to the basic processes that underlie most creative writing, regardless of genre. It can serve as a first experience for those who have never tried to write a poem, fiction, or play, and as a vital reminder of the primal bases of the experience for those who have written. The hope is that you will discover which genre you prefer.

COM485 Content Area Reading (4.5 Credits)
This course presents a general overview of effective teaching strategies aimed at helping young children apply critical thinking skills and problem-solving processes while reading and writing. A variety of strategies, activities, and instructional methods for fiction and non-fiction texts will be shared, including specific ideas for meeting the instructional needs of struggling readers and writers.

COM490 Concepts of Intercultural Communications (3 Credits)
This course provides an overview of intercultural communication concepts, placing them in the context of a constructivist paradigm and relating them to other social science theory. Specific topics include cultural patterns of language use, perception, communication style, non-verbal behavior, and value orientations. The perspective is applied to understanding the processes of stereotyping, group prejudice, and intercultural adaptation.

COM495 Reading & Writing for Early-Middle Childhood (5 Credits)
The purpose of this course is to utilize reading and writing as an instructional process throughout the curriculum. Students will explore examples of early reading and writing methods and processes.

HDV390 Caring for the Aging (3 Credits)
Scientific and technological extension of the human life span become a factor impacting many lives.  With the human experience as central focus this class will explore the medical, sociological, spiritual, psychological and financial perspective of this significant phenomenon.  We will also explore other cultures' care of their elder.

HDV401 Child Development (3 Credits)
This course examines major theories and research findings in human development from conception to middle childhood, with emphasis on cognitive, psychosocial and physical development.

HDV402 Adolescent Development (3 Credits)
The major theoretical approaches and research findings bearings on developmental processes during adolescence and the transition to adulthood are examined in this course. Ecological influences on development such as family, peer group, school, and mass media are emphasized.

HDV403 Adult Development (3 Credits)
This course covers the development of the individual from young adulthood through old age in the context of contemporary society. Physical, psychological, and social changes are examined as they relate to individual and family functioning.

HDV406 Health & PE in Childhood and Adolescence (3 Credits)
This course explores health issues and trends which concern children and adolescents, and developmentally appropriate physical education activities for these age groups.

HDV412 Personality (3 Credits)
This course review major theories of personality and empirical literature bearing on those theories, with attention to linkages between theory and intervention.

HDV413 Abnormal Development (3 Credits)
Theories, processes and research findings regarding the causes of abnormal development and behavior throughout the life span are covered in this course. Topics include concepts of normality and abnormality, developmental issues, classification and diagnosis, and approaches to treatment.

HDV414 Behavioral Physiology (3 Credits)
This course reviews major anatomical structures and physiological systems affecting human behavior, cognition, and emotion. Emphasis is on normal and abnormal functioning of the brain. Topics such as left/right hemisphere differences, the physiology of chemical dependency and brain disorders are examined in depth.

HDV415 Psychology of Women (3 Credits)
This course covers women’s psychological development, moral development, and feminist critique of adult development theories.

HDV416 Chemical Dependency (3 Credits)
This course provides an overview of chemical dependency. Topics include etiology; physical, psychological and familial consequences of dependency; treatment; and intervention. Issues pertaining to specific clinical populations are reviewed.

HDV419 Dying As a Stage of Life (3 Credits)
In this course we will explore our own death awareness and acceptance; look at the issues facing dying persons and their families; evaluate the potential for growth at this ending phase of life; examine a variety of theological and religious assumptions and foundations for coping with death; study the dynamics of grief; and practice skills for caring for the grieving.

HDV421 Contemporary Family Patterns (3 Credits)
This course examines contemporary American marital and family structures. Topics include demographic trends, social class and ethnic diversity, changes in gender roles, work-related issues affecting families, parenthood, and divorce.

HDV423 Marital and Family Interaction (3 Credits)
This course focuses on the variety of interaction patterns found in marriage and other partnerships and in parent-child relationships. Topics may include family roles, family systems, cohesion, adaptability, communication, decision-making, power, conflict, family violence, stepfamilies and relationship development and change.

HDV425 Divorce and Remarriage (3 credits)
In this course, divorce, remarriage and step relationships are examined from a variety of perspectives: psychological, interactional, sociological, economic, and legal. Topics include relationship deterioration; legal aspects of divorce; child custody and support; psychological effects of divorce on the partners and their children; and step-family relationships.

HDV427 Family Violence (3 Credits)
This course covers issues of physical, sexual and emotional abuse in families. The dynamics leading to and perpetuating abusive relationships are emphasized. Approaches to intervention and pre- vention are also examined.

HDV431 Grant Writing in the Human Services (3 Credits)
In this course, the student develops skills useful in conducting library research on and writing about topics in human development and human services and writing about topics in these fields. It emphasizes the preparation of grant applications in human services settings. Prerequisite: COM430

HDV435 Assessment (3 Credits)
This course examines a variety of methods used in assessing human behavior, personality, abilities, attitudes, beliefs, and preferences. The applicability of these methods in human services settings is emphasized.

HDV437 Observation/Assessment of Children (3 Credits)
Survey of observation techniques, diagnostic tools and prescriptive assessment instruments and procedures used with children and adolescents in the areas of physiological, intellectual, and social-emotional adjustment.

HDV442 Individual Counseling (3 Credits)
This course introduces the student to several systematic approaches to counseling and psychotherapy with individuals. The guiding assumptions of the approaches, and their foundations in theories of personality and human behavior are emphasized.

HDV444 Group Counseling (3 Credits)
This course focuses on counseling approaches specifically intended to produce change in individuals by employing a group process. Theories of group dynamics are considered in depth, with particular attention to their applicability to group counseling.

HDV446 Family Counseling (3 Credits)
Various approaches to counseling with whole families, partners and parent-child dyads are examined in this course. The theoretical basis and utility of each approach are reviewed.

HDV447 Multicultural Issues in Counseling (3 Credits)
This course offers an introduction to basic multicultural issues in communication and counseling. A special emphasis is placed on clarifying the students' values and attitudes concerning multicultural iteration and examining skills and approaches necessary for cultural competence.

HDV451 Exceptional Children and Their Families (3 credits)
This course examines the development of children with various exceptional characteristics: learning disabilities, attention deficit disorders, developmental delays, severe behavior disorders, autism, physical disabilities, giftedness, and special talents. The developmental contexts of family and school are emphasized.

HDV452 Cultural/Economic Issues (3 Credits)
Students of this highly experiential course will utilize past and current literature to evaluate and comprehend the importance of cultural and economic backgrounds in the developmental process of children. Considered will be the physical, socio-economic, and familial environments in which the child is being raised as well as past experiences such as abuse, chemical use and similar issues which may have impacted their overall abilities to function.

HDV470 Practicum in Human Services (3 Credits)
This course provides an opportunity for the student to gain practical experience in a human services setting under agency supervision.

HIS300 Ohio History (3 Credits)
This course traces the early geographical history of Ohio, the settlement of Ohio by various Native American tribes, the economic, social and political life of those tribes, the impact of European migration into Ohio, the impact of abolitionism and the Civil War, and the development of Ohio in both agriculture and industry.  The course also entails a study of diverse cultural groups who have settles in Ohio and influenced its development, history, and character.

HIS310 U.S. History to 1865 (3 Credits)
This is a survey course in the political, social and economic history of the United States from the pre-colonial period to the end of the Civil War.

HIS350 U.S. History (3 Credits)
This course provides students a survey of American history from colonial times to the present, including current issues related to domestic and foreign policy. As a survey course, students become immersed in a study of major events, movements and famous persons that have significantly impacted our past and that continue to influence our present.

HRM380 The Human Side of Enterprise (1 Credit)
This workshop focuses on the work of Douglas McGregor and the contribution to the development of management theory, which followed his work.

HRM390 Human Resource Management (3 Credits)
This is a survey course designed to familiarize the student with the major functional areas within the human resources profession. Areas included are planning, recruitment and selection, training and development, compensation, benefits, safety and employee relations, and legal issues. Course- work is intended to provide a framework for understanding the roles of the HR professional, the issues managers and supervisors face, and the application of sound management practices.

HRM400 Compensation and Benefits (3 Credits)
An examination of the general structure of an organization and the rewards employees seek in exchange for the efforts and contributions they provide. Topics to be offered include: people and work, rewards and a motivating work environment, government and market influences, job content analysis, description, and evaluation; determining competitive relationships, developing pay structures, measuring performance and paying for performance; employee benefits; and administration of the compensation plan.

HRM410 Decision Making (3 Credits)
A study of the research which examines the affective and cognitive processes involved in the candidate selection process. Students will be exposed to tools to consider their own cognitive process in a simulated hiring situation. Consideration of the cognitive and affective processes which impact the formation of a diverse workplace.

HRM420 Collaboration Process in the Organization (3 Credits)
A theoretical and experiential investigation of the process by which individuals work together in profit and not for profit organizations. The role of organizational structure, conflict, and individual difference will be explored. Specific techniques that maximize collaboration will be reviewed.

HRM430 Leading the Diverse Organization (3 Credits)
This course examines leadership theory as it relates to the successful management of a diverse organization. Examination of recent organizational research provides the student with a current view of the leadership challenges facing those organizations that have successfully attracted a diverse staff.

HRM440 Strategic Planning and Career Development (3 Credits)
An examination of career development theory and best practices for development of a vital workforce as it intersects with the strategic planning function of human resources.

HRM450 Resolution of Organizational Conflict (3 Credits)
An examination of conflict resolution theory as it impacts the manager within an organization. Practical skill applications of management of workplace conflict will be emphasized.

HRM470 Employment Law (3 Credits)
An examination of the legislation, administrative laws, and judicial rulings which affect the Human Resource professional.

HUM390 Non-Western Religions (3 Credits)
This course is an overview of the cardinal principles and practices of major non-Western religions including Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, and Islam. These religions will be examined from a variety of vantage points: the experience of individual lives, the role of faith in community-building, and the evolution of inter-religious perceptions and dialogue. Some time will be devoted to the rise of fundamentalism and the role of religion in human rights.

HUM452 Performing Renaissance Comedy (3 Credits)
This course involves studying the major elements of commedia del arte as well as participating in set design, script writing, character development, costume design, and acting. The class will rehearse and perform a full production at the end of the quarter.

HUM455 Non Violent Resistance (3 Credits)
This course examines 20th century cases in which non-violent resistance has been used to overcome oppression throughout the world. Students will study examples from Russia, India, Poland, Germany, Denmark, the U.S., South Africa, the Philippines, the Middle East, and elsewhere. Throughout the quarter the class will monitor current anti-war resistance in the U.S. and critically reflect on its means and ends.

HRM460 Collective Bargaining/Arbitration (3 Credits)
A study of the collective bargaining and arbitration process within public and private sector environments will be the focus of this course. Practical skill applications in the negotiation and arbitration process will be emphasized.

HUM465 Humanities Research Methods (3 Credits)
This course is intended to develop understanding of the theory and methods of scholarly research in the humanities. It focuses on discovering sources of data, selecting and analyzing the data and structuring the findings in a research report.
Time: 03:45PM - 05:45PM; Instructor: William Marvin

HUM468 Growth and Decline of Civilization (3 Credits)
This course examines various civilizations and the arguments for their growth and decline. It also explores various economic, social, linguistic, and mythic systems.

HUM470 Humanities Senior Project (3 Credits)
The senior project is a study of a major problem or issue from a cross-cultural, trans-historical perspective, or a performance piece reflecting comparative perspectives. The project draws upon theoretical and methodological work covered in previous humanities courses and is presented before faculty and students in the major.

HUM475 Professional Work in Humanities (3 Credits)
This course offers a mentoring approach to learning in a field of particular interest to the  student, e.g., drama, music, writing, art or dance. Each student meets individually with the  advisor to discuss options. If enough students wish to work in a particular area, a course may be formed; otherwise they register for this course by independent study.                                                      

HUM480 Humanities Independent Study (3 Credits)
With permission of the chair of the major, students may pursue study in humanities areas of special interest, which are not included in published course offerings. The student must submit a completed independent study contract in order to register for this course.

HWL390 History of Healthcare (3 credits)
This course introduces students to healing practices, which have endured from Ancient to Modern times in both Eastern and Western traditions. This course includes a survey of the ancient beginnings of institutionalized medical practice, important historical divisions of medicine, and the integration of ancient practices with modern practices.

HWL400  Economics of Healthcare (3 Credits)
This course investigates the tri-partite relationship between Medicine, Government and Business. Topics for investigation include the privatization of health care delivery, HMOs and government regulation of health care financing and delivery, employer and employee funded health care, publicly funded health care initiatives such as Medicare, Medicaid, and Indigent care, and the political economy of nationalized health care system.

HWL401  Integration of Healthcare (3 Credits)
This course introduces students to emerging methods of holistic medicine, and combinations of health and wellness practices.  This course will investigate ways in which 'alternative' treatments and natural therapies such as massage therapy, yoga, reflexology, meditation, homeopathic medicines, herbal remedies, etc., can work in  conjunction with, or in place of, traditional Western medical treatments. This course also includes ways of rethinking health care professions and relationships between various treatment providers and treatment recipients.

HWL402 Nutrition and Fitness Issues (3 Credits)
This course examines human growth and development through the lifecycle, from prenatal nutrition through old age. It involves the study of the interrelationship between eating habits, exercise habits, and some of the following: preventative care; cardiovascular health; flexibility and strength; physical endurance; stress; substance abuse; and eating and behavioral disorders.  In addition, this course will explore current trends in processing and marketing foods and other important socioeconomic, cultural and life cycle factors that effect human growth and development.

HWL403 Gender Behavior and Health (3 Credits)
Gender role expectations and expectations of gendered behavior powerfully affect ways by which people produce health. Perceptions of gender affect ways in which health professionals interact with clients, thereby influencing health-related behaviors of health practitioners and clients. This course will examine ways in which gender and gender expectations affect behaviors related to health.

HWL404 Multicultural Issues in Healthcare (3 Credits)
This course is designed to introduce students to ways in which health, wellness, and related concepts are constructed and shaped by culture. We will draw on concepts from ethnomedicine, medical anthropology, anthropology of religion, sociolinguistics, and the psychology of health. The course also explores various ways in which individuals, households, larger groups pf people, and various medical systems and practioners attempt to define, interpret and create health.

HWL405 Health as a Family Issue (3 Credits)
This course studies important relationships between individual physical and psychological health, and family system dynamics.  It involves socio-economic and cultural/anthropological investigations into inter-generational values, shared nurturing practices, infant and elder care and sibling interaction and their relation to illness and wellness.

HWL406 Medical Ethics (3 credits)
This course introduces students to models of ethical reasoning and their applications to: important moral dilemmas emerging in medicine as primarily practiced in the West. It involves such topics as; patients' rights and patient privacy; end of life decisions; the push for tort and liability reform; abortion rights; uses of genetic screening; the availability and distribution of health services; the pharmaceutical industry and the profit motive; the influence of HMOs upon professional medical decision-making, research etc

HWL407 Understanding Medical Research (3 credits)
This course is designed to enhance one's ability to critically appraise health information.  Students will be introduced to various uses of literature reviews, hypothesis testing, statistical analysis, and source reliability assessments, in order to critically interpret the methods and results of medical research. Emphasis will be placed on designing and evaluating health studies, accessing data banks, assessing data collection techniques, analyzing and interpreting health statistics.  This course also includes a pilot study.              

HWL410 Raising Healthy Children  (3 Credits)
This course explores the impact of the psychological, social, nutritional, and environmental factors that impact healthful development of children.                        

HWL411 Exercise for Life (3 Credits)
This course offers an overview of exercise and fitness and their relationship to health. Students will execute specific exercises and activities in order to develop strength, endurance, flexibility, coordination and power.

HWL412 Crisis Intervention (3 Credits)
This course is designed to increase students' abilities to evaluate a client's crises experience by combining active listening with an understanding of crisis patterns. Through class activities, students will learn how to work through difficult emotional, social and health crisis. Referral resources will be discussed.

HWL413 Patient Advocacy (3 Credits)
This course begins with an investigation into the bureaucracy of the American health-care system. After gaining a better understanding of the economics and politics of the health care system, students will learn how to navigate medical system and to negotiate for patient rights. Communication and assertiveness skills associated system with lobbying will be actively practiced in class.

HWL414 Positive Psychology (3 Credits)
This course is designed to develop a psychology that builds on human strengths (i.e. happiness, hope, optimism, altruism and courage) as a complement to psychologies that heal damage.

L/A420 Lives in Transition Credits (3 Credits)
Students reflect upon prior life experience as a source of learning. Guided by theoretical readings students examine their own life and the lives of other course members to learn about such topics as adult life passages, roles, and self-identity. This course culminates in a major paper to be submitted for prior experiential learning credit.

MAT301 Foundations of Mathematical Concepts (3 Credits)
This course is an overview of mathematical topics covered in grades K-8 from a perspective appropriate to a prospective teacher. It also covers statistics as related to standardized test scores.

MAT310 Formal Logic (3 Credits)
Learning the laws of logic and applying them to the development of a logic system (such as plane geometry). Thus gaining the understanding of the role of axiomatic systems in different branches of mathematics.

MAT320 Numbers Systems (3 Credits)
Study, understanding and application of this course is concerned with the concepts of number, number theory, and number systems including whole and prime numbers

MAT321 Mathematical Approaches to Societal Problems (3 Credits)
This course develops competence in the mathematical ideas of quantity, uncertainty, relation, and change which are relevant to an understanding of issues important in contemporary society.

MAT330 Modern Geometry & Topology (3 Credits)
Students use geometric concepts and relationships including transformations, to describe and model mathematical ideas and real-world constructs. This includes geometric features that remain unchanged when distorted. Additionally students will understand and apply the process of measurement applications.

MAT340 Math Modeling (3 Credits)
This course uses mathematical modeling to formulate and solve problems from both mathematical and everyday situations by combining the results of computer and mathematical applications with human decision-making capabilities. The result is looking at the interface of mathematics with the eal world, making and evaluating mathematical conjectures and arguments.

MAT350 Statistics & Data Analysis (3 Credits)
This course enables students to organize numerical facts to reveal patterns and meanings, and to focus on accomplishing particular goals in an efficient, practical manner. Communicating these mathematical ideas in writing and orally, using everyday and mathematical language. This course also provides the opportunity for using algorithmic and recursive techniques in solving roblems.

MGT380 Project Management (3 Credits)
This course will cover the nine knowledge areas in the area of Project Management; Project Integration Management, Scope Management, Time Management, Cost Management, Quality Management, Human Resource Management, Communications Management, Risk Management and Procurement Management. Students will learn how to initiate, plan, control, execute and close projects.

MGT381 Project Cost and Scheduling (3 Credits)
This course will cover three aspects of project management in detail: cost management, time management and scope management. Students will learn how to define the needs and requirements of a project, develop and implement a comprehensive project schedule, and estimate project costs. Managing changes to these three areas during the course of the project will also be covered.

MGT385 Quality Management (3 Credits)
This course is an in depth study of the theories and methods used to achieve quality in various types of organizations. Through exercises and case analysis, students will learn to apply quality control tools to problems and organizations. The focus is on quality across a broad range of industries, and services rather than simply from a manufacturing perspective.

MGT388 Contracting and Purchasing (3 Credits)
This course covers the skills needed to acquire the goods and services necessary for successful projects, including contract law and administration, elements of supplier relationship management and purchasing.

MGT391 Risk Management (3 Credits)
This course defines what risk is, how it can be identified, measured and transferred, the qualitative and quantitative methods available to analyze risk, and the significance of risk planning to the management of organizations and projects.

MGT393 Effective Negotiation (1 Credit)
This workshop covers the skills needed to negotiate on a day-to-day basis in a personal setting or in a corporate environment. The material will be pertinent for the smallest of negotiations to the negotiation of the largest corporate contract.

This workshop concentrates on both current sales approach and tactics and is meant to provide pertinent information for negotiating at all levels, especially those who deal with salespeople or purchasers in their typical buyer/seller roles. What is the seller’s and the buyer’s role, as well as their personality type? What are the techniques used for each personality? How do we communicate? What is our style? Do we recognize the salesperson’s approach and what are the key signs of communication, for example body language? What are the numerous tactics used in negotiations and how do we respond? What should the seller or buyer’s approach be to negotiating? What are the “Don’ts and Do’s” to negotiating tactics and recognizing the negotiating approach? These topics will be covered and more, that will better prepare the negotiator in today’s competitive environment. Moreover, this subject would prove to be extremely valuable to any salesperson or purchaser who finds him/herself in a personal or professional negotiating situation. For the seasoned, well-trained professional, this presentation will provide a new approach and refresh his or her memory on negotiating tactics that are often used. Your participation will be an important added dimension to the presentation.

MGT395  Effective Communication (1 Credit)
This workshop will explore communicating in a project environment. During the workshop students will participate in discussions and practice specific techniques to strengthen their communication skills.

MAT400 Probability and Finite Math (3 credits)
This course concerns the study of structure and size of sets as defined by various rules and axioms. Students define mathematical rules around conjectures about what might happen in the sets based on understanding of long-run- proportions. Thus understanding and applying the concepts of probability, including experimental probability.

MAT410 Linear Algebra (3 credits)
Understanding and applying numerical computational and estimation techniques and extending them to algebraic expressions. The study of mathematical entities and operations with formal rules that express the relationship between mathematical entities.

MAT420 Trigonometry & Analysis (3 credits)
This course uses algebra to describe patterns, relations and functions making connections among ideas in mathematics and connecting it to other disciplines and real-world situations.

MAT430 Calculus (3 credits)
This course develops a conceptual grasp of limit continuity, differentiation and integration, and a thorough background in the techniques and application of calculus. Problem-solving approach to investigate and understand this mathematical content.

MAT440 History of Mathematics (3 credits)
This course addresses the historical development of mathematics, including contributions of underrepresented groups and diverse cultures.

MGT441 Principles of Retailing (3 Credits)
Students learn the fundamentals of retailing products and services, how to be successful in a retailing career and how to work with retailers in the fast changing business environment of the 1990s and beyond. The major emphasis of this course is how to relate to and satisfy the customer.

MGT450Employment Law (3 Credits)
An examination of the legislation, administrative laws and judicial rulings which affect the Management professional.

MGT470 Management and Human Resources Practicum (3 Credits)
This course allows students to gain additional managerial skills by working with faculty members and corporate leaders on a special work related project. Students develop the project at their place of work, or at an organization of interest in their field of study, and write a term paper on their experiences. Students must obtain written permission from the Management Chair to take the course, which is offered on an independent study basis.

MGT471 Management Theories and Practice (3 Credits)
This course develops the diverse approaches and theories of management; analyzes the technical functions of management; and explores the role of management in a changing social, economic and political environment.

MGT472 Accounting (3 Credits)
This course introduces the students to fundamental principles underlying the accounting function as it relates to the management of organizations. Students develop an accounting model, starting with simple concepts, and build toward a system overview by taking a practical approach to the subject.

MGT473 Budget Planning and Analysis (3 Credits)
This course examines the basic concepts and issues underlying budget planning as well as the relationships of budgeting, planning, accounting, and information systems to organizational goals, program objectives, and performance measures.

MGT474 Economic Environment of Business (3 Credits)
Understanding the fundamental structure of the economic system of the United States and the principles of its operation will be the primary objective of this course. Students will focus on an array of economic issues debated presently in the national and local media. Independent research by student will serve as an additional vehicle to develop the knowledge of analytical instruments and skills used in economics.

MGT475 Economics for Management Decision Making (3 Credits)
This course provides an understanding of methods, theories and concepts of microeconomic analysis and their application to basic management decisions pertaining to production, marketing, finance, and investment. Emphasis is placed on theoretical and practical rationales underlying economic decisions.

MGT477 Personal Investment Strategies (3 Credits)
This course focuses on investing as part of a personal financial management plan. The need for setting of personal financial goals, assessment of risk tolerance, portfolio development and the strategies, tactics and techniques involved in managing investment accounts will be discussed. Investment simulations will be utilized.

MGT478 Marketing (3 Credits)
This course examines marketing as the business function that identifies current unfulfilled needs and wants, defines and measures their magnitude, determines what target markets the organization can best serve, and decides on appropriate products, services, and programs to serve the market.

MGT479 Entrepreneurship (3 Credits)
This course introduces principal concepts of entrepreneurship and small business ownership. Emphasis is placed on personal assessment of entrepreneurial readiness, evaluation of a business idea, the business start-up process, strategic marketing, surviving the early years, and financial management. The course uses lectures, discussion, in class and homework exercises, guest speakers, and case studies as methods of learning. Each student will submit a written project at the end of the course demonstrating original effort and the application of the principal concepts to a new business or an existing business where such concepts address a real business need.

MGT481 International Business (3 Credits)
This course examines the relations between businesses within the domestic and international contexts. It introduces and elaborates upon factors responsible for U.S. corporate movement abroad and for foreign trade and investment in the U.S. It examines why and how governments intervene in the economic processes in order to effect administrative policies.

MGT482 Comparative Management (3 Credits)
This course examines similarities and differences in management philosophies, practices and issues among diverse management systems and explores socio-cultural, political and economic conditions accounting for such similarities and differences. The course surveys various management systems in the United States, Europe, Japan, selected socialist countries, and selected countries in Africa and Latin America.

MGT484 Ethical Issues in Management (3 Credits)
An ethical investigation of the context in which American business is conducted, including capitalism and the free market system. This includes an inquiry into the ethical nature and role of business organizations within this broad economic context, as well as an examination of particular ethical issues which arise in the course of this activity.

MGT485 Corporate Strategy (3 Credits)
This course reviews the political and behavioral rationalities of the organization environment and the organization's formalities, mission, strategy, and policy by considering the firm's environment, the available internal and external resources, the assigned responsibilities and the implicit and explicit managerial values.

MGT487 Personal Investment Strategies (3 Credits)
This course focuses on investing as part of a personal financial management plan. The need for setting of personal financial goals, assessment of risk tolerance, portfolio development and the strategies, tactics and techniques involved in managing investment accounts will be discussed.

MGT488 Strategic Marketing for Non-Profit Organizations (3 Credits)
Marketing, the business function which links a society’s needs and its pattern of organizational response, has become critically important to non-profit organizations seeking to survive and prosper in increasingly competitive environments. Student learn the principles of strategic marketing, including marketing research, segmentation, targeting, and positioning, and learn how to apply these principles in a non-profit organization.

MGT489 Financial Management (3 Credits)
An introduction for the non-financial student to the role of finance in an organization through the concepts of cash flow, risk, return, present value, and valuation.

MGT493 Advertising (3 Credits)
In this course students learn the fundamentals of advertising and how they influence consumer purchase decisions. The scope of the course is practical rather than theoretical and the students obtain hands-on exposure to all aspects of a complete advertising campaign for a local business.

MGT496 Euromanagement and American Business (3 Credits)
In this course, students focus on the European approach to running a business and how this differs from the American model. Emphasized is the need for current managers to develop knowledge of cultural differences and skill in adaptation to these differences.

MGT497 Management in a Global Context (3 Credits)
This course helps students enhance their cross cultural understanding of similarities and differences in management philosophies and styles, issues pertaining to human resource management, marketing, organizational structures, and labor- management relations among diverse cultural systems.

MGT498 Advanced Topics in Marketing (3 Credits)
Through the use of case studies of actual companies, this course explores contemporary issues and topics in marketing. Strategic issues including product mix, branding, promotional plans and market research.

MIIND360 Writing Your Culture (4 credits)
This is a writing intensive course for those who have no or some experience with writing. It is important simply to have the desire to write and to engage your memory to recount true stories of yourself and your family. This may be something you want to do to better understand yourself, or to share your memories with others, or even to write mementos to preserve your family history.

MIIND375 The Holocaust (4 credits)
This is an intensive study of the concept of "Holocaust"--a term derived from the Greek and literally meaning "totally burned by fire." Today we think of a holocaust as a wide-sweeping destruction of human life, and associate it most commonly with the Jewish experience until Hitler. That is part of the story--but not all of it.

MIIND380 Ohio's Secret History (4 credits)
This course offers a look at Ohio’s numerous “untold” stories. They run the gamut from frontier days to the very recent—but each story offers some revelation about what it means to have an “Ohio” identity. The approaches will include the biographical, the historical, the social—and even some myth criticism.

PDH495 Professional Goals Clarification (3 Credits)
In this course, the student examines one’s life, plans for implementing the knowledge gained through studying this field, and the effects of values on one’s specific career choices.

PDH496 Human Services System (4 Credits)
This course explores the broad range of human services available in most large communities and the social policy context in which these services are delivered and funded. Topics include the ways in which services are delivered, the interconnect- ions among the various agencies and organizations providing services and how to access these services. Students have the opportunity to investigate services that are of particular interest to them.

PDH497 Senior Project (4 Credits)
In this course, each student develops and carries out a project relevant to professional goals. The project generally involves background study or research, planning, implementation, evaluation, and preparation of a written report. The project should be viewed as the culmination of the student's degree program.

PRO495 Career Development (3 Credits)
This course explores the current research and literature on careers and career development with a particular focus on careers in management. Students are able to place their own managerial careers and career plans within a theoretical framework of career development, and develop strategies and criteria to help facilitate career success and job satisfaction.

PDM496 Organizational Behavior (4 Credits)
This course focuses on behavior from the macro perspective of organizational theory to the micro perspective of group and individual behavior. The course examines personal and organizational behaviors as they impact organizational goal attainment.

PRO497 (PDH/PDM/HRM497) Senior Project (4 Credits)
In this seminar, each student develops and carries out a project relevant to his or her professional goals. The project generally involves background study or research, planning, implementation, evaluation, and preparation of a written report. The project should be viewed as the culmination of the student's degree plan.

PLG400 Experiential Learning Seminar (3 Credits)
This course will consist of conceptual readings and discussion about adult learners and experience based learning, discussion of the student’s own learning through experience and specific practical assignments to guide students in following the steps for preparation and submission of a portfolio.

PLS330 Education and Politics (3 Credits)
This course of study examines political, social, and economic forces that currently shape American education. Attention is given to educational reform and renewal, the roles of the teacher and administrator, the challenges of diverse populations, legal considerations, questions surrounding school governance, finance and operations, pressure for educational accountability, educational standards accountability and professionalism in teaching.

PRO495 Career Development (3 Credits)
This course explores the current research and literature on careers and career development with a particular focus on careers in management. Students are able to place their own managerial careers and career plans within a theoretical framework of career development, and develop strategies and criteria to help facilitate career success and job satisfaction.

S/T250 Basic Computer Skills (3 Credits)
This course provides both theoretical and hands-on-training in the computer concepts necessary for proficiency in on-line communication and research; how files are organized, emailing, saving, up and downloading, use of antiviral software, attachments, conducting a search etc. This course requires permission from their advisor.

S/T320 Biological/Ecological Systems (4 Credits)
This course examines the biodiversity of the planet, including the structure and functioning of diverse organisms and their co-evolution with the environment.

S/T350 Physical Science (3 Credits)
Physical Science is an introductory course that theoretically explores the areas of forces, energy, kinetic theory, work, simple machines, electricity, and magnetism, wave theory Credits (light and sound), geology, astronomy, and meteorology. Theory, application, and technology will be addressed. Various teaching/learning strategies will be explored and used throughout the class.

S/T360 Earth Science I (3 Credits)
Survey of general astronomy, geology, and earth history. Student will explore the 4.5 billion year history of the interaction between life and the environment. Topics include the origin and evolution of the continents, the history of the atmosphere and ocean, the solar system, stars and galaxies, interstellar matter, black holes, and the evolution of the universe.

S/T370 Chemistry I (3 Credits)
This is an introductory course in the principles of chemistry. Students will study atomic and molecular structures, the periodic table, states of matter, and descriptive inorganic chemistry through the study of solution and equilibrium. A major emphasis of this course is to provide the student with an interdisciplinary, understanding of science as it is related to contemporary events, research results, and the students’ daily lives.

S/T422 Global Ecology and Public Policy (3 credits)
This course begins by surveying the processes of natural evolution of flora and fauna and the principles which regulate the functioning of the ecosystem. Students study the massive destruction of the environment since the industrial revolution, then consider current proposals on how best to reverse lethal trends and institute global policies designed to protect the environment for the survival of future generations. Equivalent to S/T438

S/T430 Science, Technology & Society (3 Credits)
This course investigates the major breakthroughs of scientific discovery in the twentieth century, the emergence of major forms of technology, and the impact of these developments on social organizations and personal lives. Attention will also be given to the role of political economy in setting the course of research and development.

S/T435 Globalism, Culture & Identity (3 Credits)

S/T438 Methods and Theories of Science (3 Credits)
This course is designed for the layperson with little or no formal scientific training and is a directed investigation in problem solving of scientists and the scientific community by use of scientific method as opposed to bias, prejudice, and dogma. Application of scientific method is learned by scientific application of selected understandable theories, empirical data and societal problems.

S/T460 Technology Applications in Mathematics (4 Credits)
Students use appropriate technology (including graphing calculators, spreadsheets, and software packages) to explore and solve mathematical problems.

SOS412 American Culture & Character (3 Credits)
This course covers the historical, cultural, political, and socio-economic roots of American society. We address the evolution of ethnic relations and social classes, the formation of American democracy, rise of nationalism, and the spread of U.S. involvements abroad. Students will critically assess the meaning of concepts such as democracy, freedom, equality, pluralism, community, and security. We will discuss major dynamics that have shaped both “American Character” and the dilemmas we are currently facing across the political and cultural spectrum.

SOS434 Caribbean Culture and Personality (3 Credits)
This course introduces students to history, literature, religion, language, economics, and politics of important Caribbean cultures.

SOS442 Asian Culture and Personality (3 Credits)
This course uses sociological and anthropological approaches to examine the impact of social, economic and political changes on culture and personality. The course will examine a sample of human societies in different parts of Asia with the aim of discovering general principles of social, economic and psychological development.

SOS445 The French: Culture and Character (3 Credits)
In this course we explore the land, history, culture, and distinctive style of the French people. We study enduring themes through samples of the classical writings of literature and philosophy as well as the works of renowned artists and filmmakers. The course demonstrates the powerful influence of historical developments like the French Revolution on contemporary social life in France and affords insights on managing intercultural relations between Americans and the French.

SOS447 Latin American Culture & Character (3 Credits)
This course will explore the evolution of culture and personality in Latin America since the Conquest and Colonial periods up to the present.

SOS450 Applied Learning Theory (3 Credits)
This course is designed to develop the understanding of learners’ strengths, needs, and fears. Each student develops principles for the design of optimal learning environments, whether in schools or in corporations. The function of know- ledge acquisition and the role of critical analysis in learning will be an ongoing theme, this course will consider the issue of multiple intelligences as they are informed by the social- cultural and how these in turn affect learning styles of persons. The goal of this course is to gain insight into learning as a holistic process gain insight into learning as a holistic process.

SOS452 Culture and Personality (3 Credits)
This course uses a sociological and anthropological approach to the impact of social change and economic stratification on family structure and personality development. Students examine a sample of human societies in different parts of the world with the aim of discovering general principles of social, economic and psychological development. Equivalents include SOS412, SOS442, SOS445, SOS453.

SOS453 African-American Culture (3 Credits)
This course in an overview of the social, environmental, political, and economic issues that have influenced the development of African-American society, along with the people who played major roles. From the arrival of the first blacks in the seventeenth century to the Million Man march, important issues and events in the history of blacks and their impact on modern black society will be examined.

SOS454 Social Research Methods (3 Credits)
This course is intended to develop an understanding of the purposes and logic of research used in studying individuals, groups, organizations, and communities. Topics covered include: problem formulation, hypothesis, measurement, reliability and validity, sampling, methods of data collection, experimental design, survey design, field studies, and ethical issues in research.

SOS456 Leadership of Groups/Organizational (3 Credits)
This course examines the leadership role in small groups and in larger, more formal organizations to understand what characteristics are exhibited by outstanding leaders as well as what skills and techniques can be acquired to improve the individual's leadership performance. Current theories are compared. Readings, films, group work, and role-playing exercises may also be used.

SOS462 Middle Eastern Culture and Personality (3 Credits)
This course is designed to help students assess the impact of social, economic and political changes on cultures and individuals. In this regional version of the course our focus is on the Middle East, in particular on those cultures and countries that may be frequently referred to in the “sound bite” news but which are poorly understood by most Americans.

SPA101 Spanish I (3 Credits)
This course is designed for those students who have no knowledge of Spanish or who have had previous exposure of the language but need to review what they forgot, and want to immerse in the language intensively during the term. This course will be taught entirely in Spanish using the oral proficiency approach, and will stimulate students to interact and communicate orally and effectively with the instructor. This course will also help the students to improve accurately their pronunciation: articulation, enunciation, and diction, and will engage them in role playing using authentic situations and practical vocabulary. Finally, this course will expose them to the unique cultural traditions of the Hispanic world.

SPA102 Spanish II (3 Credits)
This course is designed for those students who have completed successfully Spanish I and want to continue developing acquisition of language skills and vocabulary at the intermediate level. This course will pursue more emphasis in oral communication aim to stimulate students to interact effectively with the instructor, will aid them to improve accurately their pronunciation: articulation, enunciation, and diction, will engage them in oral practice and role playing of authentic situations using practical vocabulary, and will expose them to the unique cultural traditions of the Hispanic world. Audiovisual materials like. “Destinos” will supplement and support language learning.

VIS301 Ancient Classics: Africa to Asia (6 Credits)
Ancient Classics is the first quarter of a six part series of intensive courses in the World Classics. The readings and audio-visual materials for the curriculum will address the daily lives of peoples of antiquity, their worldviews and methods of social and political organization, their discoveries, inventions, and creations--from science to literature--and ways in which we can derive insight and inspiration from the record of their culture and history.

VIS302 Greek and Roman Classics (6 Credits)
This course explores the historical and cultural evolution of classical Greece and Rome. We study daily life, the myths, epics, dramas, fine arts and philosophies as well as the major persons and events which have shaped the course of early Mediterranean history and influenced the world since.

VIS304  Spanish I (3 Credits)
This course is conducted entirely in Spanish using the oral proficiency approach, a direct method of communicating the language through oral interaction and listening activities between the instructor and the students.

VIS304B Spanish II (3 Credits)
This course is designed for those students who have completed successfully Spanish I and want to continue developing acquisition of language skills and vocabulary at the intermediate level. This course will pursue more emphasis in oral communication aim to stimulate students to interact effectively with the instructor, will aid them to improve accurately their pronunciation: articulation, enunciation, and diction, will engage them in oral practice and role playing of authentic situations using practical vocabulary, and will expose them to the unique cultural traditions of the Hispanic world. Audiovisual materials like. “Destinos” will supplement and support language learning.

VIS304C Spanish III (3 credits)
This course is designed for those students who have completed successfully Spanish II and want to continue developing acquisition of language skills and vocabulary at the advanced level.

VIS307 Globalization: Cultures, Economics, and Ethics (3 Credits)
Examines the dynamics, impacts, ethics, and policy implications of globalization and interdependence, with special focus on environmental sustainability, alternative economic models, community-based development, cultural identity, human rights, and peace and security. Linked with the Peace Institute at Antioch College, this course features presentations by experts on various facets of globalization.

VIS307A Service Learning (3 Credits)
This course investigates the theoretical and practical principles of service learning. Students will synthesize and integrate ideas and experiences to think holistically and creatively about one's personal course of study, its application to life and work goals, and the issues facing a changing society. Students will be introduced to the history, the philosophy, and the pedagogical theory of service learning. Students will explore the meaning and significance of key constructs like service, community, civic engagement, and social justice, and learn to analyze the relationships between power, privilege, community resources, and social change. Students will explore how to work collaboratively, creatively, and respectfully as a member of a team and a participant on a project to serve community needs.

VIS308A Creating Modern Art
This is an introductory survey of art from the Romantic period (circa 1800) to the emergence of the Modern Period (1850) and the heyday of Impressionism and the rise of Abstraction through the twentieth century up to the contemporary art of today. Taking a chronological approach, this course traces the development of trends and influences in painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, multimedia installation, and performance art from the nineteenth century to the present day.  Influential art movements will be viewed in their social, cultural and national contexts, and students will analyze the relationship between art and political and /or philosophical ideas. In addition to a socio-historical approach, art will be studied and analyzed through a variety of other critical lenses, including Modernism, feminism and the business of art (the art market).

VIS310 India: Past, Present, Future (3 Credits)
An overview of Indian history from the Vedic times to present. The first five class meetings cover Indian history from arrival of Aryans to the departure of the British in 1947. It includes discussion of art, architecture, performing arts, and literature. The next five class meetings cover India’s independence, form of government, Constitution, political parties, main dynamics in post-independent India. The last three weeks cover projections on future, including India-U.S. relations and India’s projected emergence as a major economic and political power.

VIS312 Filmmaking Styles in the Twentieth Century (3 Credits)
Film innovators use style to heighten the impact of visual narratives on the audience. Technological improvements have made it possible for filmmakers to improve the means by which film stories appear on the screen. Various theories of filmmaking determine the ways films are crafted. The Hollywood or classical style is one that set a standard worldwide. Prominent directors will be studied for their contributions to film style and genres.

VIS312A Greek Myth and Art (3 Credits)
This course will explore Greek Myth and Art as it developed and evolved in Ancient Greece along with its’ meaning, functions and forms of expression.

VIS315 Cultural Globalization: Dynamics and Issues (3 Credits)
This course presents perspectives on globalization and culture. It explores the codes and symbols, as well as the images, narratives and values that are associated with trans-societal constructions of culture today. In particular, the course examines the patterns of representation and negotiation of cultural self-identity in the globalization process.

VIS316 Multi-Culture Issues In Health (3 Credits)
This course is designed to introduce students to ways in which health, wellness, and related concepts are constructed and shaped by culture. We will draw on concepts from ethnomedicine, medical anthropology, anthropology of religion, sociolinguistics, and the psychology of health. We will explore various ways in which individuals, households, larger groups of people, and various medical systems and practitioners define, interpret, and attempt to create health. In this class, the concept of “health” includes not only the health of physical bodies, but also of mental, spiritual, social, and emotional bodies.

VIS316A The 1960's (3 credits)
“The 1960s” is an interdisciplinary consideration of an important decade in 20th century American history Literature, film, music, and other cultural manifestations of the period will be interwoven with the history itself, providing what it is hoped will be a comprehensive index to this complex era. Note that the concerns of the course do extend into 1970: our scope takes us as far as the Kent State shootings.

VIS317 Race and Ethnicity (3 Credits)
This course seeks to provide a critical understanding of the racial & ethnic diversity of contemporary American society. We will start by considering the special characteristics of American society and the manner in which diversity has become a major component of national identity and historical conciousness. Basic concepts and processes like minorities, assimilation, pluralism and separatism will be discussed and the experience of the major minority groups will be analyzed. The course will conclude with a consideration of the interplay between democracy, diversity, and the future of American society in the global environment.

VIS318 Self-Development, East and West (3 Credits)
How can we live life to the fullest? What is the highest achievement of the self? What factors—e.g., tradition, society, nature, virtue, happiness, freedom, divinity, cosmology, and embodiment—shape how self-realization is understood? This course is a survey of various conceptualizations of self-cultivation across cultures and historic periods— spanning the ancient worlds of Greece, India, and China, medieval Japan, and early and modern America. Specifically, we’ll be looking at how philosophy can contribute to authentic living—not only through theoretical speculation, but also rigorous self-reflection, spiritual practice, and natural attunement with the world. In thinking through these philosophies as “ways of life,” we’ll reflect on our lives and philosophy’s relevance for our own personal self-cultivation.

VIS319 Holocaust Seminar (4 Credits)
This is an intensive study of the concept of "Holocaust"--a term derived from the Greek and literally meaning "totally burned by fire." Today we think of a holocaust as a wide-sweeping destruction of human life, and associate it most commonly with the Jewish experience until Hitler. That is part of the story--but not all of it.

VIS323 Ohio’s Hidden History (4 Credits)
This course offers a look at Ohio’s numerous “untold” stories. They run the gamut from frontier days to the very recent—but each story offers some revelation about what it means to have an “Ohio” identity. The approaches will include the biographical, the historical, the social—and even some myth criticism.

VIS324 Alfred Hitchcock's American Films Fall 2007 (3 Credits)
This course concentrates on a select list of Hitchcock films. Special attention will be paid to Hitchcock’s movies in the style of American film noir and the Hollywood Blond Period, those movies Hitchcock directed in the 1950s and early 1960s. Early and late films will be viewed in selected scenes or complete films. Two great Hitchcock films, Vertigo and Psycho, will receive close scrutiny. Films will be watched to isolate the qualities that defined Hitchcock’s visual aesthetic and his fascination with terror, fright, and danger.

VIS325-01 Buddhism (3 Credits)
Buddhism stands as one of the oldest and most misunderstood religions in the world. In this course, we examine Buddhism in theological, historical, and sociological contexts. Of primary interest are the foundational beliefs of Buddhism, including a substantive consideration of Siddhartha Gotama’s biography, with an emphasis on separating myth from verifiable fact; the “major” Buddhist traditions, including Theravada, Mahayana, Zen, and Tibetan schools; and Buddhist iconography. As many are not familiar with Buddhism, the course aims to set the religion within its original context (as an offshoot of Hinduism) as well as to provide substantive comparisons with Christianity. Indeed, one of the fastest growing areas of Buddhist study concerns the powerful relationships between the teachings of Siddhartha Gotama and Jesus of Nazareth, called the Christ. The course ends with a consideration of the most recognizable and influential Buddhist today, His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet.

VIS326-01 Religion and Violence (3 Credits)
In the aftermath of 9/11 the relationship between religion and violence/war has captured the interest of Americans as never before. Typically this interest has focused on those aspects of Islam, e.g., “jihad,” that seem to make this faith especially prone to acts of religious violence if not fanaticism. While not excluding Islam from consideration, this course attempts a broader focus, i.e., looking at the relationship of religion and violence/war as seen in all of the world’s major faiths. Utilizing a multidisciplinary approach, this course seeks to answer the question of why religiously-sanctioned violence, typically known as “holy war,” is a phenomenon that, at one time or another, can be found not only in Islam, but also in Christianity and Judaism as well as Buddhism and Hinduism.

The course begins with an examination of an online journal article, written by the instructor, entitled “Holy War: Toward a Holistic Understanding” that seeks to identify those factors which have, historically, allowed the world’s major faiths to condone the use of violence up to and including “holy war.” This is followed by an examination of how these factors have manifested themselves in Buddhism, most especially in institutional Japanese Buddhism during and prior to World War II.

Finally, in consultation with the instructor, students will select a faith of their choosing to explore its connection to violence and share their findings with fellow students and in a written paper.

VIS329 Peoples & Cultures of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan
This course is designed to help students get an understanding of the ancient roots and rich civilizational heritage to which the peoples of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan have rightful claims. These lands have been the cradles of many civilizations, dating back to 2500 B.C. There were thriving cities, with well laid out communities, civic culture and ancient centers of learning, engaged in brisk trade and commerce with Mesopotamia and Greece. Located geographically between intersections of cultural and civilizational boundaries, these nations have received and absorbed influences from many sources.  As a result, the peoples and societies of these lands today, bear the signs of not just their current societal norms, family structures, religious beliefs, philosophical outlooks, and cultural values, but also the strains of time-honed traditional ways of life that add a unique and fascinating pattern to the tapestry of their contemporary lives. We shall seek to understand the hopes and dreams of average people, through their own narratives, poetry, foods and life stories. We shall explore the interplay between tradition and modernity, and the impact of glaring socio-economic, and urban – rural divides within these societies. We will seek insights into how average people respond to daily survival challenges, and find strength through perseverance and faith. Finally, we will learn how dialogue and human engagement based on mutual respect, can deepen our understanding of the connectivity between all peoples.

VIS334 US & Iran : Cultures in Crisis (3 Credits)
A study of Irano-American relations in historical and contemporary context, their cultural similarities and differences, national and international objectives, and the root causes of their current mistrust and conflict.

VIS335-01 Body Knowledge (3 Credits)
Movement, breath, touch and sensation are the heart of this course. Through guided explorations, we will enhance natural movement, increase sensory awareness, integrate and deepen organic connections in the body and improve structural alignment, allowing the body to move more freely. Readings and coloring in the Anatomy Coloring Book, as well as outside physical assignments support these goals. Each class will involve movement as well as discussion based uon the readings. Touch is an important aspect of this course and we will often work with partners, guiding one another through touch. Students will keep a journal documenting their experiences in class and reflecting on readings. The class will follow two main tracts. We will learn about the basic functioning of the human body, especially focusing on the muscular-skeletal system, the fluids and the organs. At the same time, we will be reading about and exploring alternative approaches (body therapies), including Body Mind Centering, Alexander Technique, Feldenkreis, Authentic Movement, Ideokinesis, Cranio-Sacral work, and more. Students will be asked to develop a daily practice drawing from these disciplines and which will evolve through the quarter.

VIS337 The Pacific and The U.S.: Analyzing Cultural Encounters
(3 Credits)
This course uses anthropological, sociological, and historical approaches to explore the complexity, outcomes, and dynamics of cross-cultural encounters. This course will investigate several Pacific cultures that have been heavily influenced by the United States, specifically the Marianas, Micronesia, and Hawaii.

VIS341 Hero’s Journey: Experiential Approach (3 Credits)
This course is an introduction to transpersonal perspective in the context of the hero's journey, as defined and explained by Joseph Campbell (Campbell, 1973). This course draws from research on mythology, developmental theory, psychological process, creative process, stress management, and somatics. The intent is to provide information and experiences that will help students view the world through transpersonal eyes. Students will explore the journey motif as a metaphor for spiritual development through small group work, classroom activities, written assignments, and journal writing.

VIS343 Ethical Dilemma in Tobacco Wars (3 Credits)
Cigarette smoking is the major health risk to Americans. The Federal Drug Administration established the potential danger of cigarettes to smokers in the 1960’s, banning cigarette commercials from television broadcast. Today the tobacco industry is a billion dollar industry with powerful political influence and sophisticated market strategies. This course will examine the appeal of smoking, the public and legal shifts against tobacco smoking, tobacco as a health problem, and big tobacco’s response.

VIS344-01 European Literature (3 Credits)
This course will examine European literature in the modern and postmodern eras. Precursors to the 20th century will be represented by Fyodor Dostoevsky who like Henrik Ibsen, Thomas Hardy, an others paved the way for a radical shift in literature in the next century. Historical events in European culture shaped by two world wars and the Soviet occupation of Eastern Europe contributed to the subjects writers would select for their books. This course will use representative texts from various European countries to show the contribution European writers have made to world culture.

VIS346 Cultural Imperialism in Latin America (3 Credits)
This course will explore the issues of contemporary Latin America and globalization.

VIS347 Produced and Abandoned: The Greatest Movies You Never Saw (4 Credits)
This is essentially a film history course, but of a very special kind. We will be telling the stories of five different American films from five different decades--great films--which never found their audience.

VIS348A Mideastern Culture & Politics (3 Credits)
This course provides an educational context for discussing the origins and evolution of the conflict between Jews and Arabs over the "Holy Land". As an educational program, our aim is to engage in a critical assessment of events and developments and to pursue the truth, with the assumption that it is everywhere and always an indispensable foundation for peace and justice.

VIS351-01 Chemistry in Everyday Life (3 Credits)
This is essentially a course about Consumer Chemistry and Household Chemicals. It will attempt to examine the contents of these household chemicals, their effects on our health, the marketing frenzy around these products, as well as some alternatives to these chemicals.

VIS353 Assuming Personal Leadership for Health & Wellness
(3 Credits)
This course examines the role of personal leadership for gaining and sustaining optimum health. Based on the latest research at the Preventive Medicine Research Institute and Dr. Dean Ornish’s SPECTRUM model, it is designed to show how lifestyle changes affect health and well – being. Using the applied learning model, the course is grounded in medical research that emphasizes wellness as a positive and proactive process. An important program component is the use of the Peer Coaching approach. Online resources, group activities and best practices research/data files from preventive medicine professionals will supplement course texts.

VIS357 Short Story Writing (3 Credits)
Through this course, students will gain an appreciation for the short story form both through writing their own stories as well as through analyzing short story literature. Creating a well-crafted story will provide experience in developing story ideas, characters, plot, setting, theme and dialogue as well as in story writing techniques such as pace, voice, tension, and description that can be applied to creating fiction of any length.

VIS358 Playwriting And Performance (3 Credits)
Together we will learn the basic principles of play construction and acting, by working on monologues and dialogues and acting out material written in and out of class by students and by published playwrights. By the end of class, collectively, we will have written and performed at least one play for an invited audience.

VIS361 The Arab-Israeli Conflict (3 Credits)
This course covers the diverse cultures and histories of the people of the Middle East, particularly zones of immediate American and global attention such as Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran.  Students will learn how people from these regions see their history, culture, and identity and the ways in which they both facilitate and resist American involvement.  In addition to addressing our political dilemmas and options in relation to this region, the course will reveal glimpses of the many treasures of Middle Eastern art and thought that have had a hidden impact on Western civilization.

VIS362 A Shifting Self: Mixed Race Women’s Stories (3 Credits)
This course is designed as a multidisciplinary exploration of race, gender, and identity utilizing oral and written narratives of Black-white mixed race women from the mid-nineteenth century to the present as source material. Drawing from elements of cultural studies, African American studies, and women's studies, students will construct critical and historical contexts for self-identity and perceptions of that identity in women of interracial descent.

VIS363 Marx, Nietzche and Freud (3 Credits)
This course will examine each of these “masters of suspicion” by reading and thinking through some of their important primary texts. These authors were chosen because of their contributions to our understanding of “Modernity.” We will try to achieve a basic understanding of the important theoretical contributions each of these authors made, so that we gain a fuller understanding of how these theorists themselves helped to shape and color our understanding of human behavior and our societies.

VIS365 Seminar in Environmental Philosophy (3 Credits)
This seminar opens the door to a working understanding of some of the central issues in Environmental Philosophy. This course will explore the practical consequences and ethical implications of this perspective over time and the immediate environment of Dale Hollow and globally.

VIS370 Professional Writing for Humanities. (3 Credits)
This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to sharpen the skills developed by a good education through research writing in the field of humanities. A realistic, hands-on approach emphasizes the process of college/professional writing, recognizing that research writing is an organic, flexible activity, not a rigid, tidy series of steps. Students are encouraged to select research topics that relate to other courses, to enhance learning. For example, Classics students enrolled in Medieval/Renaissance studies are invited to select a related topic for further exploration.

VIS375 Training & Learning in Workplace (3 Credits)
This course is designed for trainers, adult educators, human resource managers, and program developers who want to learn more about educational strategies for workforce development. The contemporary workplace, whether it be within a corporation, non-profit agency, or governmental organization, is by necessity a “learning organization,” as workers and managers strive to flourish in a global environment. The teaching and learning transaction that occurs in the workplace depends on acknowledging: (1) the interests of participating workers, trainers, and managers in training; (2) the values, motivations, experience, and culture that participants bring to the learning environment; (3) the continuous support that trainers need to provide for workplace learning throughout the organization. Participants in this course will be able to apply the philosophies and strategies present to their specific workplace, if so desired.

VIS383 Iraq: Legacy, Tragedy, Lessons (3 Credits)
This course is an investigation of major events and dimensions of the Iraq War including the remarkable history that preceded it which has contributed to Iraqi perceptions and reactions during the course of the war. A special emphasis will be on the experience and points of view of the Iraqi people although American perceptions and actions will also be of paramount importance.

VIS386 Ancient Myth and Art (3 Credits)
This course emphasizes the role of mythology and expressive culture in ancient, (mostly nonwestern) civilizations. Students will experience how the heart of ancient myth beats like a drum throughout the rituals, worship, music, literature, poetry, dance, architecture, sculpture, paintings, and crafts of Africa, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia, India, Tibet, China, and the Americas.

VIS391 Natural Systems Under Siege (4 credits)
In this course, participants will examine the evidence of decline in habitat, species diversity, living space, and resources vital to human survival including soil, water, energy, and clean air. They will also look at some of the causes of symptoms we are now living with, including global warming, fluctuations in weather patterns, rapid urbanization, and the declining availability of resources. Finally students will examine the available options to slow, stall, or reverse cataclysmic changes to our natural systems.

VIS392 The Petroleum Age (4 credits)
In this course, we will examine the dramatic rise of the petroleum industry and its links to the acceleration of the growth in human population, fossil fuel usage and dependence, consumption patterns, resource wars, and models for economic growth projections. We will also explore linkages between the rise in the use of petroleum and other fossil fuels and their likely dramatic decline in the future. We will also examine possibilities for delinking our dependencies on oil and other fossil fuels by considering sources of renewable energy, and preparing for substantial changes in human communities that would facilitate or accompany such changes.

VIS393 Living Sustainability: Strategies of Consumption and Collaboration (4 Credits)
In this course, participants will examine both public and private means for reducing our ecological footprint and building human bridges to a sustainable future. They will specifically address activist strategies and consumption strategies that call attention to habit modifications that society will have to make in terms of housing, energy use, food consumption, transportation communications, and economic redistribution in order to foster an environmentally and future generation friendly "green ethos."

VIS407 Developing Intercultural Awareness (3 Credits)
The aim of this course is to cut beneath the surface, to discover far deeper and richer than color or costume, what, exactly, is culture; how culture shapes our perceptions and assessments of experience; how history and religion contours cultural identity and expectations; how people of differing cultural backgrounds are prone to serious misunderstanding about matters as simple as timing or spatial arrangement or as complex as attitude, roles, and life priorities; and how suspicion, alienation, or rage may be felt by one party to another encounter while others think things are just swell.

VIS408-01 African American Speculative Fiction (3 Credits)
What is speculative fiction? It's a catchall term used to describe diverse subgenres of literature that include science fiction, fantasy, and horror. From African American folktales to the latest cyberpunk, we'll read, discuss, and write about tales of the supernatural, utopian, dystopian, apocalyptic, and post-apocalyptic societies, superheroes and heroines, and alternate histories, as expressed through the imaginations of Black writers, some of whom will be familiar to students, while others will be new discoveries. The authors of these novels and short stories ask-and answer-the question, "What if?" What if vampires stalked the earth? What if we lived among the stars? What if the people could fly?

VIS409 Mixed Race Women’s Memoirs (3 Credits)
This course is designed as a multidisciplinary exploration of race, gender, and identity utilizing oral and written narratives of Black-white mixed race women from the mid-nineteenth century to the present as source material. Drawing from elements of cultural studies, African American studies, American studies, and women’s studies, students will construct critical and historical contexts for self-identity and perceptions of that identity in women of interracial descent.

VIS421 Cultural Arts of the Renaissance (3 Credits)
This course is designed for undergraduate students and chronologically spans the art historical periods of Jewish, Early Christian, Byzantine, Islamic, European Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, and Renaissance art. We begin our travels in 100 BCE and end our journey in 1600 CE, emphasizing the expressive culture, historical context and artistic style of time and place. Not your typical survey course, this class is a dynamic, participatory class that provides students with a variety of opportunities to “get their hands dirty” and develop a fuller appreciation of art through the manipulation of artistic media and the experience of actually doing. Students may find themselves creating tile mosaics, illustrating illuminated manuscripts or dancing the Volta! The focus of such activities is always on the value of the experience itself, not the perfection of a final product. Fine art skills are not necessary, but a willing spirit is.

VIS441 Indigenous Religions of the World (3 Credits)
This course is a survey of the native religions of Africa, Asia, and the Americas. The course will address the cosmological principles, mythology, social organization, and religious practice of diverse cultures. These religions will be understood in the context of both the particular ecological environment in which they evolved and the particular political-economic structure with which they are associated. We will also discuss the historical encounter between indigenous religions and the global, missionary religions such as christianity and islam.

VIS442 Ethical Reasoning and Decision Making (3 Credits)
Ethical evaluations of our actions most likely require some type of yardstick or standards in relation to which intelligent decisions and assessments can be made. We live in a pluralistic society with a multiplicity of values. How, then, does one in this sort of society make ethical choices that he or she can act on with a high degree of confidence that these choices are indeed the correct ones? Without resorting to easy (yet unsatisfying) solutions, such as the affirmation of egoism, this course will attempt to present its participants with ways of making and evaluating ethical decisions. We will accomplish this end by studying some of the ideas of the great philosophers of ethics. Next, we will apply the theory to discussions of issues and case studies. It is hoped that this course will allow the student to examine his/her opinions on a number of important issues and to determine whether or not these opinions can be justified. The ultimate goal of the course is to facilitate the process of ethical deliberation in relation to questions that may arise in the course of one’s life. The aim is to empower the student in his or her effort to make and act on these choices.

VIS444 Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of Islamic Civilization (3 Credits)
In this course students examine dramatic and decisive historical and cultural developments: the explosion of Islamic societies across Middle East and Asia from the 16th to the 18th centuries; the expansion of European empires across the Islamic worl during the heyday of colonialism in the 9th and 20th century; the struggles of Muslim peoples for independence and their reassertion of Islamic identity in the mid to late 20th century. In the process of investigating these developments we will get glimpses of daily life, schools of thought, cultural conflicts,dynamics of power, and patterns of greed and intrigue, friendship and exchange, piety and pretense, violence and vengeance.

VIS465 Issues in Education: Local to Global (3 Credits)
This special course focuses direct attention on four to six major issues from the PK-12 and college levels of education. Each issue has significant social, cultural, political, economic, quality, and/or equality elements within it. Handouts, small & large group discussions, guest speakers, and short papers are all a part of this course experience. Topic possibilities include such issues as school funding, testing, public/private education, church/state issues regarding education, PK-12/college transfer & articulation, curriculum trends, teacher & principal preparation/qualifications, etc. etc.

VIS475 Middle Eastern Culture & Personality (3 Credits)
The primary premise of the course is that "society" is the point of intersection between Culture and Personality, wherein "Culture" insinuates itself pervasively to create shared "personality" traits among individuals and "Personality" resonates to reflect the shared "culture" traits, all of this done through the mechanisms of "society".

VIS489 Inside Youth Culture (3 Credits)
This course will explore youth culture from an interdisciplinary, historical, and ethnographic perspective. We will look at social institutions (schools, discos, raves, the record industry), cultural artifacts (fashion, records, films, books), and behavior (language, posture, body decoration). We will attempt to understand the materials, the meanings, and the feelings that go into youth culture.

VIS496 African American Women Writers: Fiction to Film
(3 Credit)
This course is designed as a multidisciplinary exploration of race, gender and identity utilizing five significant novels written by African American women as source material. Drawing from elements of literary theory, film/media studies, Africana studies, and women’s studies, students will construct critical and historical contexts for the impact of Black women’s cultural production on self-identity and external perceptions of that identity through the lens of Black feminism/womanism.

VIS497 Caring for the Aging (3 Credits)
As science and technology extend the human life span becomes a factor impacting many lives. With the human experience as central focus, this class will explore the medical, sociological, spiritual, psychological and financial perspectives of this significant pheonomena. There will also be some exploration of other cultures to aid in our understanding of the Western culture's approach to caring for our elders.

VIS498 Helping Kids in Trouble (3 Credits)
Children are our future! This course will focus on intervening with and understanding troubled kids, with a primary focus on adolescence. Students will establish an understanding of normal adolescent development and behavior, and become familiar with historical and current approaches and practices in dealing with troubled children. Particular emphasis will be on school, child welfare, mental health and juvenile justice intervention systems and approaches. Students will review and evaluate “best practices” for family focused and community- based (non-institutional) care for kids.

Workshop Seminars

WKS306 Critical Thinking and Mass Media (1 Credit)
This workshop will look into the development of modern day filtering skills necessary to become informed consumers of the vast array of media messages we are confronted by on a daily basis. Students will review specific techniques used by advertising and political organizations for the purpose of deception and manipulation of information. Specific news sources will be critiqued and ranked for accuracy and trustworthiness.

WKS-306A-01 Violence and Divine Revelation (1 Credit)
This workshop will explore the question and meaning of divine revelation and the role violence plays in revealing the ultimate truth. We will also reflect on theatre as metaphor and specifically ask ourselves how these plays speak to us today. This workshop will investigate mysteries as intensely portrayed in three plays by the ancient Greek dramatists.

WKS307A Coping with Moral Ambiguity and Emotional Anxiety
(1 Credit)
The purpose of this course is to explore the moral dilemmas and cultural confusion that each of us face on a day to day basis and the "postmodern anxiety" that can result from the gray areas in our lives. This workshop has a strong emphasis on psychology and counseling techniques, and specific ways of coping with this kind of frustration will be discussed.

WKS309A Shifting Perspectives: Leading Workplace Change
(1 Credit)
This interactive workshop will explore deeply held assumptions about values and beliefs that underlie workplace behaviors and practices. This will include the process of "suspending" personal beliefs in developing empathy toward the views and behaviors of others; the process of creating a shared perspective in the workplace so that our differences can be leveraged against the vision and tasks we share in common.

WKS310A Rhetorical Analysis of Political Discourse (1 Credit)
This one-day workshop will acquaint students with a practical means for understanding and evaluating political discourse. Participants will examine philosopher Stephen Toulmin's structural model of argument and apply this model to a series of political arguments.

WKS311 Religion in American Politics (1 Credit)
This course will examine the present discussion concerning religion, politics and the “wall of separation between church and state.” We will begin by looking at the context of American political history from the adoption of the Constitution to the 2004 presidential election and beyond.

WKS312A Versions of Jesus in Films (1 Credit)
The purpose of this workshop is to examine how the vital elements of the Christian story are portrayed in film. Of primary importance is an examination of the historical, political and cultural realities prevalent during the time of Jesus and his early followers (c30-125 C.E.). Special attention shall be given to the arrest, trial and crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth, focusing on whether cinematic depictions of these events have historical credence. While theological and Christological issues may arise from the discussion, the aim of the workshop is to provide a broad, balanced historical overview essential to an educated analysis of Christian-themed films.

WKS314 Interpersonal Relationships: Perceptual Dynamics
(1 Credit)
The course will examine the nature of interpersonal relationships in a variety of contexts: in our relationships with coworkers, in our relationships with icons, leaders, and others in authority, in professional therapeutic relationships, in romantic relationships, in relationships with parents and children, and in our relationship with ideas and concepts such as “mental illness,” “leadership,” “conflict,” and “cooperation.” We will also explore how to better use this knowledge to guide us to a place of self-discovery, reparation, and renewal.

WKS315A Techniques of Drama in Conflict Resolution (1 Credit)
This workshop combines the elements of theater with the tenets of conflict resolution. In particular, we will use the works of William Shakespeare to understand the ontology of reconciliation and forgiveness. Although his complete works will be referenced, we will concentrate on the characters from The Tempest including the magician Prospero, Trinculo, the clown, the lovers Miranda and Ferdinand and the enigmatic, degenerative Caliban.

The workshop employs the fundamentals of actor training as hands-on approach to understanding both Shakespeare’s characters and the conflicts that emerge in the play. Throughout the day our goal will be to create a bridge from conflict to resolution through the creative use of acting, movement and role-play.

WKS316A Electing Presidents: Theory and Practice (1 Credit)
In this workshop we will describe, survey, and critically analyze the profound change in the way the United States elects its President as it has evolved from 1960 to the present. Topics will include the Electoral College; the increasing expense and length of the presidential campaign process; the increasing reliance on private fund-raising to support the process and its implications for democracy; the McCain-Feingold Campaign finance initiative; the declining importance of the political nominating convention; and the increasing power of the media to shape and influence the outcome.

WKS318A The Structure of Problems and Designing Change (1 Credit)
This Course examines the life cycle of problems, as well as their structure and components. Mankind’s dependency on problems for thought, growth and development is examined. Symbolic language for the components of problems is introduced to create a common design language.

Students will participate in three exercises. The first captures real life situations in symbolic language to assist in problem analysis. The second utilizes a teleological model to identified individual and shared values and purpose. The third assists the student to increase leadership skills, moving from problem solving to problem finding.

WKS319A Resolving Family Conflict (1 Credit)
This workshop will be offered as a one-day, one-credit course. It will be available to all undergraduate students at McGregor without prerequisite course work. The purpose of the workshop will be to prepare students to more effectively resolve conflicts in the families of which they are or have been part. The workshop will attempt to provide students with a combination of the following:

• Ways of conceptualizing family conflict,

• An overview of core competencies for managing conflict,

• Conflict management strategies of particular relevance to intimate couples and families,

• Opportunities for skill practice in hypothetical conflict situations, and

• An overview of resources for further study and assistance.

This workshop will focus principally on adult couple relationships. However, it will also address methods for engaging younger family members in collaborative problem solving. The workshop will involve only a limited amount of self-disclosure. Participants should not expect the workshop to resemble a therapy group experience or to receive personal advice or coaching. Rather, the workshop will emphasize the development of overarching strategies for resolving family conflicts together with behavioral skill enhancement.

WKS322 Body Wisdom in Action (1 Credit)
In this workshop, students are guided to experience the body more consciously through the senses, including feedback received from moving the body through space (the kinesthetic sense). The atmosphere is relaxed and playful. Moving to music, we will explore a variety of images that generate different qualities of movement. Students will learn exercises that integrate the body and will often work in pairs, using movement as a means of communication. Students will also explore more introspective forms of movement that are akin to a moving meditation. This part of the workshop will be followed by reflection in the form of writing and/or drawing.
We will explore concepts that are fundamental to a range of movement practices as well as bodywork. These include:

• The centrality of breath
• Balancing skeletal alignment
• Release of unnecessary tension
• Opening sensory awareness
• Developing the kinesthetic sense
• Use of touch to facilitate ease of movement & heighten proprioception
• Increase pleasure in movement and expand our range of movement
• Explore movement as a way to know ourselves more deeply

WKS-322A Pain Management Beyond Drugs  (1 credit)
Explore all factors involved in managing and planning a retreat. Students will learn to design, promote and present retreats consistent with designed goals and objectives.         

WKS-325A Retreat Planning and Management (1 credit)
Students will learn to design, promote and present retreats consistent with desired goals and objectives. Students will explore all the factors involved in managing and planning a retreat.

WKS323A Globalization: Opportunities and Risks (1 Credit)
“Globalization” is one of those buzz words we encounter every day. But what do “globalization” and “internationalization” mean in the context of our lives as citizens and professionals? And why is globalization such a contested concept? What are the arguments in the heated debate about the pro and contra of globalization? In this workshop we will explore the meaning of these words, starting with our personal experiences and then moving to more general ramifications of globalization. Our lively workshop discussions will be enriched and contextualized by some introductory readings about globalization with respect to its economic, political, and cultural dimensions. We also will watch videotapes that will provide some of the images and symbols of globalization that underlay our workshop discussions.

WKS324A Jungian Paradigms (1 Credit)
This workshop is designed to do two things: introduce new learners to the ideas developed by Carl Jung and for those of you who have experience with his works we will use one half of the day to explore one of his concepts in depth. The concept will chosen by the students.

The basic concepts that will be covered include: Jung’s ideas about the development of the personality and its functions, psychological types, stages of life, archetypes and complexes, projection and identification, relationships, neurosis and individuation, and the movement of psychic energy, dreams, consciousness and self-knowledge and other topics as identified by the class.

WKS326A Presidential Elections: Assessments + Implications (1 Credit)   
This workshop will carefully analyze the data and results of the historic 2004 American Presidential election. Topics will include: 1) who won, who lost, and why 2) pre-election polling and final results 3) demographic and regional analysis of election returns 4) impact of the election results on policy direction, priorities, and future elections 5) “message” offered to the voters by each of the candidates and how the voters decided and chose among those conflicting messages.

WKS328A Initiating Change (1 Credit)
This interactive workshop examines the change management process and provides you with the tools to facilitate that process. It will lead participants through the steps of effective change management and help you to be an engineer of change.

WKS329 Dramatic Skills for Everyday Life (1 Credit)
This workshop uses basic actor training to explore the workplace. “All the world’s a stage” and participants will find themselves as the kings, queens, fools and heroes of their office or job location. During the course of the day we will use plays and screenplays to explore interpersonal relationships and consider what the fictional characters have in common with your own real life situations. Students will use movement, vocal work, approaches to character development and role-play as we move back and forth between fiction and fact. This fun workshop builds perspective, confidence and grace but it also has a serious side as we look at everyday roles, individual parts and power structures in which we perform our self in everyday life.

WKS329A Anger Management (1 Credit)
This is a one day workshop designed to teach participants how to understand anger and how to apply practical and easy to use techniques for managing it in a variety of life situations.

Participants will identify how anger manifests in their life, identify specific correctional techniques and be expected to apply the techniques in a life situation. The topic will be approached as a life concern which encompasses work, family, personal and social situations. The participant will be expected to gain awareness of the topic and techniques.

WKS331 Enhanced Critical Thinking Skills (1 Credit)
In many ways social, scientific, aesthetic and political discourse is a game played on a large scale. We articipate, yet we are barely aware of the rules of this game. This workshop is designed to expose you to come of the elements of critical thinking as practiced by thinkers in the Western tradition. These elements will provide one possible way to evaluate aspects of this discourse.

WKS331A Steps to Global Security (1 Credit)
Considers the human need for security and the threats posed by terrorism, weapons of mass-destruction, gross violations of human rights, growing poverty and economic inequities, competition for diminishing resources, environmental degradation, and other global issues. Assesses the adequacy/inadequacies of nation-states to address threats that are global in scale and complexity, and the need for more effective global systems. Explores a range of proposals and steps for more effective global systems, including ways to strengthen the United Nations. Emphasis is on non-military approaches to security based on values of ecological balance, peace, social justice, human rights, and economic well-being for all peoples, and on the development of a vibrant and effective global civic society.

WKS332A Visual Culture and Film Analysis (1 Credit)
In this Workshop Visual Culture, a new interdisciplinary field will be introduced and analysis techniques will be emphasized in the decoding of photographic and film images to understand how they convey form, shape, content, and meaning. Film images and forms are carefully constructed in films through the collaboration of directors, cinematographers, set designers, custom designers, location specialists, and others. From Charlie Chaplin, Alfred Hitchcock, and Orson Welles, to contemporary filmmakers, visual culture is a part of film and the viewer’s perception of moving images. The film frame and how it shapes the image and the images content will be a primary focus. Scenes from films will be shown and one film will be analyzed.

WKS334A Interpersonal Communication (1 Credit)
Coursework on multiculturalism is critical for developing professionals today. The United States in the 21st century is becoming a diverse and multicultural society. These changes in demographics have brought about new challenges for our society. Increasing our awareness of the significance of cultural diversity issues is an integral component of professional responsibilities. Also, possessing a broad understanding of cultural differences facilitates personal growth.

WKS335A International Perspectives (1 Credit)
In this course we will explore several views of international human rights from a variety of perspectives, including: a) Western European and American views; b) Asian views; c) Middle Eastern Views; d) African views; e) Latin American views; f) Feminist views. We will do so by reading several charters, declarations, conventions, and drafts that address aspects of international human rights. In addition, we will read several commentaries that interpret conceptions of international human rights from the perspectives outlined above.

WKS336A Interpreting Apocalyptic Prophecy (1 Credit)
This is a one day workshop designed to enable participants to develop their understanding and interpretation of the literary form of biblical prophesy, with a focus on the apocalyptic literary form. Participants will learn that the biblical prophets were men grounded in fidelity to the covenant which they perceived as binding the Hebrew people to the will of God. The work of the prophets dealt with God's involvement in the life of the chosen people, their response to God's "will," God's "laws," and their hopes and fears concerning both their present and their future. According to the New Testament, John the Baptist and Jesus of Nazareth took up the prophetic role with the words," Repent, the Kingdom of God is at hand!" When the Roman Empire began to persecute followers of Jesus of Nazareth, they began to perceive Jesus in apocalyptic terms. The writing of the Book of Revelation was one result of those persecutions.

WKS338A The Dissenting Eye: Protest in Cinema (1 Credit)
This workshop will look at film as a venue for political and social dissent. While hardly comprehensive, our day together will attempt to cover high points in the history of American film protest--in chronological order.

WKS341A U.S. and Middle East (1 Credit)
This workshops focus is on the role, interest, and relations of the United States with the Middle East in general and with the two Middle Eastern countries of Iraq and Iran, in particular.

WKS342 The Aftermath of Katrina (1 Credit)
This workshop examines the human cost of the most extreme and most damaging natural disaster in U. S. History. The human and material cost of such total destruction, complicated by the breakdown of the levee system that submerged much of New Orleans underwater, complicated the rescue efforts. Confusion and a late response from the Executive branch resulted in serious media and political debate. Most Significant was the treatment of the city's poor that were left behind. A hurricane on the scale of Katrina exposed the inadequacy of governmental responses on all levels. This workshop uses readings and the Spike Lee documentary to focus attention on the hurricane and the aftermath in the context of one of the nation's oldest and most culturally rich and diverse cities.

WKS343A Historical Judas (1 Credit)
Who was Judas Iscariot? The recent discovery of The Gospel of Judas, a second-century text written in the ancient language of Coptic, has scholars, religious leaders, laity, and non-believers alike discussing the most reviled person in the New Testament. But much of what most people think they know about Judas is wrong. Judas is not described as a “betrayer” in the Greek manuscripts of the Bible; nowhere is Judas cast into hell for taking his own life (indeed, there is no explicit prohibition against suicide in all of the Bible); and there is reason to believe that Judas never actually existed. In this workshop, we will discuss the important issues concerning a balanced study of Judas. From the epistles of Paul to the Gospel of John, we will look at the development of the Judas tradition and ask how and why Judas is important to the Christian story. Special consideration will be given to the Gospel of Judas in the second half of the workshop period.

WKS342A Education & Inequality (1 Credit)
This workshop will address the historic cultural and economic conditions that have led many to experience inequality throughout the history of education in the United States. We will focus primarily on groups who have struggled to gain the unfulfilled promise of an equal, or equitable, education. The struggles of the following ethnic groups will be highlighted: Native Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, and Hispanic/Latino Americans. We will also address the issue of school funding at both federal and state levels, and the economic destinies that result from schooling in America.

WKS344A Feminism Then and Now: The Philosophical Approach (1 Credit)
This workshop will focus upon women’s position in the world at large both past and present, as well as the socio-political and philosophical ideologies that have supported that position and its resistance to change. We will look at the several “waves” of feminist movement that have accompanied the socio-political and philosophical changes taking place in the western world since the Age of Enlightenment, Social-contract Theory, Marxist-Socialism, and Existentialist freedom movements, up to and including feminist theory developed in the post-World War era. We will consider the state of feminism and women’s condition today.

WKS350A Controlling the Escalation of Conflict (1 Credit)
This workshop fosters an awareness and understanding of conflict and conflict resolution.  It emphasizes the analysis of conflict that invades our everyday life.  Participants will explore the many aspects of conflict and strategies for avoiding or de-escalating conflict in the workplace. This is particularly helpful for organizations dealing with teams, diversity issues, customer service, building partnerships, and preventing violence in the workplace.    

WKS352A Explorer's Field Trip (1 Credit)
This workshop provides students with the opportunity to enhance their knowledge about the important part Ohio and eastern Indiana have played in national issues. Each student will select and research various historical and educational sites chosen from a master list and report the significance of their findings through pictures and oral presentation.

WKS353A Self Exploration Through Expressive Arts (1 Credit)
This experiential and interactive course creates the opportunity for students to enhance self-awareness through exploring simple forms of creative expression such as movement, drawing, and journaling. The course challenges us to consider the relationships between mind, body and emotions in a historical crosscultural context, and in the present moment.

WKS356A Experiential Learning Workshop
In this workshop, students will briefly review theories of experience-based adult learning, and receive instruction in the preparation of a Prior Learning Portfolio describing ad documenting their own college-level learning through life experience. Submission of the portfolio for faculty assessment may lead to the award of transfer credit.

WKS357A Workshop in Community Art Practices (1 Credit)
This workshop explores the emerging field of Relational Aesthetics. Using creative theater and art strategies the class will investigate, conceive and develop events and methods whose goal it is to generate dialogues across identities and borders. Community Art Practice combines activism, theater, art and therapy. We will look at techniques developed by seminal theater figures such as Augusto Boal, renowned director of the Theater of the Oppressed, classic agit-prop theater - as well as the recent work of artists such as Suzanne Lacy, the ensemble Group Material, and John Malpede’s Los Angeles Poverty Department (LAPD).

WKS357A Literature and Film (1 Credit)
This Workshop examines the interplay between two forms of art–fiction and film. Both are narrative devices for fictional story telling; one tells stories with words and the other is a visual medium. Both forms create narrative in two distinct ways by deploying different techniques to render reality. While fiction is the product of the imagination and mastery of fictional craft of one writer, filmmaking is the product of group activity led by the director who can perform the role of the fictional artist by bringing a vision to the filmmaking process. This workshop will explicate the novel and film of Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier to arrive at an understanding of the two artistic genres.

WKS359A Role of the U.S. in Mid-Eastern Affiars (1 Credit)
The study of the Middle East and American involvement in this region is an important, perhaps necessary, component of an educational experience with a global and cross-cultural focus and an informed citizenship. The Middle East is a crossroads between Africa, Asia, and Europe. Its strategic location, vast oil resources, ancient civilizations, rich cultural heritage, and growing population are academically, politically, economically, and culturally of interest to both the Global North and South. The Middle East is the birthplace of three monotheistic religions–Judaism, Christianity, and Islam–as well as a repository for Greek philosophical ideas and scientific discoveries, which were later transmitted to the West through the works of Muslim scholars. The region has made significant contributions to the Western and indeed to the world civilization. They include development of algebra, fundamental discoveries in medicine, chemistry, astronomy, and architecture, great artistic and literary works, and profound social, philosophical and spiritual thoughts.

WKS362A Interpreting Others (1 Credit)
This workshop will focus on increasing ones ability to better understand and interpret the verbal and non-verbal messages sent to us by others in a variety of settings.  Students will discuss, role play, and review a variety of listening, observational, and empathic skills.  Practical applications will include detecting deception, ulterier motives, and developing a better understanding of communication styles based on personality and cultural variations.

WKS362-01 Developing Your Personal Mgt. Style, Part I (1 Credit)
This workshop will look at the student's competencies in the often-competing roles managers assume in their daily work, and will provide practice and discussion in specific techniques to strengthen these competencies.

WKS362-02 Developing Your Personal Mgt. Style, Part II
(1 Credit)
This workshop will look at the student’s competencies in the often-competing roles managers assume in their daily work, and will provide practice and discussion in specific techniques to strengthen these competencies.

WKS363A Critical Thinking (THE ART OF POLITICAL DISCOURSE: CRITICAL THINKING AND PHILOSOPHICAL ACTION) (1Credit)
Critical thinking is a branch of philosophy that is concerned with the logic, rules, and structure of argumentation and dialogue. It is often referred to as "informal logic,” to distinguish it from the “formal logic” that is primarily concerned with the logical validity and invalidity of propositions. Instead, critical thinking is more concerned with the way in which we use forms of reasoning (or the lack of it) in our everyday discourse. In this workshop we will apply the principles of critical thinking to political discourse.

WKS364 The Art of Storytelling (1 Credit)
This workshop teaches basic storytelling skills. Participants will be given the tools required to become a storyteller. After reading the assigned materials and discussing them in class, practical exercises will be presented to help students interpret and internalize the material. They view tapes of nationally and locally known storytellers. Each student will have a chance to tell a story in class.

WKS364A Life Skills for Today’s Kids (1 Credit)
Kids are the future of our world. This course will focus on the biological, social, cultural impact of current trends that affect kids today. We will discuss how an integrated mind, body, spirit approach teaches kids how to be stress resilient individuals & gives them the foundation to handle whatever challenges they may face as adults.

WKS365 Issues in Dying (1 Credit)
In this workshop we will explore our own death awareness; look at the issues facing dying persons and their families; evaluate the potential for growth at this ending phase of life; examine theological and religious assumptions; and in the process practice skills for caring for both the dying and the grieving.

WKS366A Moral Reasoning & Human Rights (1 Credit)
This course will attempt to present its participants with ways of making and evaluating ethical decisions. The broadest understanding of Individual Human Rights is that we, by virtue of being human, are entitled to guarantees against infringement in certain spheres of our lives. Another approach might be to consider the interests of the greatest number of people. This approach is known as Utilitarianism. This workshop will address these and other issues related to human rights and moral reasoning.

WKS367 Yoga (1 Credit)
The only constant in life is change. This course will focus on how to not be blind-sided by life's predictable or unpredictable changes. In addition, the class will explore our individual means of finding personal stability in transition.

WKS369A Fitness For Life (1 Credit)
This course is designed to encourage personal awareness and responsibility for the maintenance of health and physical well being through physical activity. Students will expand their knowledge base of health and wellness. Practical
implementation and behavior change are presented to assist the student in
applying the information to their life. Students will gain experience in self-assessment and personal program development.

This class will be interactive in nature and students will be active during the session. Specific topics of instruction will include introduction to holistic wellness and fitness, aerobic and muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, exercise related injuries, cultural and special populations, body composition and weight management.

WKS369A Fitness for Life (1 Credit)
This course is designed to encourage personal awareness and responsibility for the maintenance of health and physical well being through physical activity. Students will expand their knowledge base of health and wellness. Practical implementation and behavior change are presented to assist the student in applying the information to their life. Students will gain experience in self-assessment and personal program development.

WKS372A Biographies of American Writers (1 Credit)
This workshop is an up close and personal encounter with the writers behind the stories. The focus is the human element of writers, like Edgar Allan Poe, during their moments of personal victories/discoveries, and devastating trials/betrayals. We will read some short stories but the workshop is not about the body of work; it is about the fascinating writers themselves!

WKS373 Evolution, Creationism, and Intelligent Design (1 Credit)
The United States is the only developed, scientifically advanced nation in the world in which more people believe in a literal reading of the Bible than accept the science of Darwin’s evolution. In this course, we follow the Creationism debate, begun in 1925 with the Scopes Monkey Trial, through its recent incarnation as Intelligent Design (ID); particular emphasis is placed on the court cases in Kansas, and Dover, Pennsylvania. We will examine the foundational concepts of Darwinian Theory and ID, an alternative explanation to evolution, comparing the relative merits and deficiencies of both. Does ID provide a viable alternative? Does ID attempt to bring religion into the classroom, and if so, which religion? Is an Intelligent Designer the same as God? What risks do scientists take if, in their research, they challenge the orthodoxy of Darwinian theory? Of particular interest to this workshop is whether high school students should be taught ID in biology courses.

WKS373A Bob Dylan and the Bible
Robert Zimmerman, better known as Bob Dylan, the Minnesota-born troubadour poet, has played a central role in American music for nearly 50 years. From his first acoustic album to his switch to electric-based rock n’ roll, Dylan has drawn inspiration from literature, politics, art, sexuality, and the Bible. In this workshop, we examine the significant events in Dylan’s life and how the Bible and religion have influenced his work. By explicating lyrics and comparing them to the sources that likely provided the original spark of creativity, we are able to explore the commentary Dylan offers on the world in which he inhabits.

WKS374 Cinema and Society (1 Credit)
This workshop will focus on understanding how the film and movie medium can be a vehicle for change in public perceptions, cultural trends, public policy, and social activism. Participants will actively review examples of various movies and films identifying aspects of social persuasion theory involved in their ability to impact the viewer. At the end of the workshop students will develop a framework for their own movie that would highlight a particular example of social injustice, false stereotypes, public misconceptions, or provide a voice for underrepresented members of society.

WKS375A Jesus Christ Superstar and Biblical Studies (1 Credit)
The rock-opera Jesus Christ Superstar stands as one of the most controversial, yet successful stage shows in history. While many celebrate its music—or criticize its depiction of Jesus of Nazareth—the lyricist Timothy Rice has produced a libretto that is uniquely complex and nuanced. Using the tools of contemporary biblical studies, one can analyze the lyrics of JCSS to determine the historical accuracies and inaccuracies of the rock-opera. In this workshop, the instructor provides students a basic introduction to foundational aspects of biblical studies and relevant history. Students then watch two versions of JCSS to examine how casting, setting, blocking, and cinematography can produce drastically different interpretations of the same libretto. In many ways, this is the same phenomenon biblical scholars have been examining for years: The authors of Matthew and Luke-Acts provide dramatically variant interpretations of the Gospel of Mark, which they both used as the framework for their own stories.

WKS376A Pain Management Beyond Drugs (1 Credit)
This course will provide information on managing mild to chronic pain without the use of drugs or using medicines wisely. The learner will become familiar with changes in lifestyle through health education while using alternative and holistic methods. Additional topics will be covered as time allows.

WKS382 French Impressionism (1 Credit)
This workshop offers an introductory survey of French Impressionism with an emphasis on its origins as sociopolitical, philosophical and artistic radicalism. This course encourages an appreciation of this significant artistic movement in terms of its historical setting, revolutionary technique and long-standing influence. Importantly, this workshop attempts to create a context for Impressionism by exploring the impact of social, political and economic factors on this style, as well as the influence of aesthetic beliefs and scientific and technological advancements. An overview of Impressionism, along with the close examination of numerous paintings, sketches, prints, and sculpture, will reveal how this 19th century style inspired modern art on multiple continents and continues to reverberate through the art world today.

WKS384 Overcoming Fear of Public Speaking
This workshop will focus on understanding and decreasing anxiety related to speaking in public in a variety of professional and social capacities.  Participants will practice, role play and review a variety of fun exercises and techniques that will help develop a greater comfort level when speaking in public.  At the end of the workshop students will work together to produce a guidebook for AUM students to utilize.

WKS386 Theatre Directing (1 Credit)
Participants will experience building a unique theatre performance piece based on contemporary life situations, classic stories/plays and/or related literature. In an open and "user friendly" artistic environment, learn to direct and create an exciting opening incident, develop character, explore story, clarify theme and establish setting. Participants will explore concepts and translate them into practical application useful for theatre from the community setting to the classroom.

WKS387 Found Art (1 credit)
This workshop introduces students to the concept of found art, or art that is created from objects that are not normally considered to be art. Such objects are frequently mundane and utilitarian in purpose. Through assigned readings and class discussions, students will be exposed to the work of various artists. They will consider the relative concepts behind found art, environmental art, assemblage, artist’s books and trash art. Students may work independently or together to create a unique work of art by modifying, interpreting, and adapting found objects. Students will find themselves cast in the role of artist without having to possess traditional studio art skills, such as drawing or painting. Participants will carefully consider the context of their own art by selecting meaningful locations in which to display their work on campus. The significance of their artwork will be enhanced by the methods they use to incorporate it into the college’s environment.

WKS401A Muslim Americans: Religion and Community (1 credit)
The aim of this workshop is to understand Muslim Americans, their religious experiences, and participation in American life. We will gain insight into Islam's history, its foundational sources and present day challenges, and dialogue with believers to seek insider views of the religion and how it is lived.

WKS402 Understanding and Managing Anger (1 Credit)
This workshop focuses on understanding and managing anger, both one's own and that of others. Topics include the psychological and physiological changes accompanying anger, myths about anger, causes and consequences of anger, and learning to handle angry feelings productively. The workshop includes discussion, role-playing, drawing and movement exercises.

WKS405A Expectant Management (1 Credit)

WKS407A Computer Skills (1 Credit)
This is a one-day workshop designed for undergraduate students who need to improve their computer skills. The workshop will cover basic computer troubleshooting, Microsoft Word training, finding and evaluating Internet resources, Internet communications, and basic Microsoft PowerPoint.

WKS410 Manufacturing Consent: Persuasion and Mass Media
(1 Credit)
This workshop will focus on determining persuasive influences, goals and techniques used in the mass media to further governmental and or corporate interests that are contrary to the publics best interest.~ Participants will identify, discuss, and review factors that contribute to media bias of four different countries and determine how and to what degree those positions have distorted the pervasive media messages.~ In doing so participants will compare and rank each countries media accuracy in addition to the level of popular acceptance of messages based in part on Chomsky’s Propaganda Model.~ As a final project participants will be given an imaginary country and asked to create and present their own new “media model” with system of checks and balances that promote both long term sustainability and message accuracy.

WKS416A Transcendentalism and Rock ‘n Roll (1 Credit)
Before students reach the college level, they have some exposure to the Transcendentalist Movement through the literature of Emerson, Thoreau, and Hawthorne. Due to the various interpretations of the founders of the movement, students usually only remember that it was idealistic. Through the direct comparison of the Transcendentalist’s biographies, their movement (from approximately 1836-1860) to the post innocent 1950’s rock and roll era of the 1960’s (from approximately 1962-1969), students should be able to integrate how American society’s external and factual macrocosm shifted in both eras to the individual consciousness/experience microcosm that defines what it is to be uniquely American.

WKS417A Natural History of the Miami Valley (1 Credit)

WKS418 Successful Grantwriting (1 Credit)
Successful grantwriting requires clear goals and objectives. This workshop will cover the basics on how to state what you want and need to a potential donor clearly and succinctly. During the workshop, students will be taken through all of the steps in writing a grant and will complete a "mock" grant which could be acceptable to a private foundation or public agency.

WKS422 Poetry Writing (1 Credit)
The student will learn from this course a fuller sense of how to think about, speak about, and write poems. Students will also have new models of poetry to read and explore, and will have produced a number of poems in which they feel a personal investment.

WKS424 The “Happiness” Quest and Positive Psychology 
The Old Ideas of “Happiness” and the New Ideas of “Positive Psychology” will be explored in this workshop. We will look at the fundamental ideas associated with the idea of “Happiness” and explore the modern search for it.

WKS427 The Art and Science of Happiness (1 Credit)
“Eudiamonia” or “ Happiness”; we can’t find it but we know it exists somewhere or does it. Is it a Noun or a verb? Is it something we can find and keep or is it transitory? This course will explore, explain and provide some of the modern and historical conceptions of Happiness as well as the newer scientific findings. It will also present pragmatic ways of living in ways that will assist the student with “catching the elusive Happiness” and incorporating it into their lives.

WKS429 Spiritual Development (1 Credit)
This workshop is designed to familiarize participants with a variety of contemporary &  traditional spiritual practices.  Reading and discussion will focus on aspects of the modern western spiritual journey:  it's transpersonal dimensions; application to stress reduction and service to others; relationship to culture, religion and death.  During this workshop we will take time to experiment with short periods of meditation, yoga, and dream work.  

WKS442A Religious Symbolism (1 Credit)

WKS456 Maximum Efficiency Reading (1 Credit)
This workshop presents strategies to improve one's reading rate, flexibility, concentration, and comprehension. The workshop also discusses study techniques for college students.

WKS458A Climate Change: Causes and Consequences
This workshop will critically investigate the scientific basis for the claims being currently made that the earth’s mean temperatures are rising, and that these rising temperatures have led to climatic changes globally. We will also investigate the claims that causal links can be drawn between the increases in Greenhouse Gases, mainly attributable to the burning of fossil fuels, and climatic changes. Finally, we will examine the likely consequences that purported climatic changes will bring – in particular by focusing on glacial melting, rising sea levels, and catastrophic weather events. We will conclude by addressing what any of this may mean for how we, our children, and our grandchildren will conduct our lives.

WKS459-01 Controlling/Escalation of Conflict (1 Credit)
This solution-oriented workshop uses the latest training techniques, which incorporate a variety of methods to accommodate different learning styles.
Case studies and role-plays involve the participants in exploring the meaning and cycles of conflict.

WKS460 Human Sexuality (1 Credit)

WKS460A Forming Intercultural Relation (1 Credit)

WKS 466A Roots of Comedy (1 Credit)
What’s So Funny? A workshop in the roots of comedy, comic perspective and the uses of satire.

This workshop will introduce students to theater as a historical form of social commentary while exploring comedy as a pervasive need in modernism and contemporary society. In particular we will look at the comic techniques of Lucille Ball, W.C. Fields and Buster Keaton as a way of “taking a stance” in society. The workshop will discuss modern manifestations of comedy as seen in animation, puppetry and commercials.

We will also look at the roots of comedy in Europe and the West. In particular, we will explore the Commedia Delle’ Arte, an improvisational comic theater form that flourished in Europe for two hundred years, from the 16th through the 18th Century. The seminal comic characters of Pantalone, Harlequin and Columbine will be traced through their through their antique origins into their contemporary manifestations. The use of mask, verbal acuity and physical dexterity will be studied as an expression of mirth, hilarity, doubt, resistance and satire.

WKS467A AFRICA: Perceptions, Cultures, and Arts (1 Credit)
This workshop is to sensitize paticipants to the problems and prospects of the African continent. This workshop will also enable students to delve into the history and politics of the continent, including the role of the Africans unions and other regional and international institutions in the sustainance of the continent's political and economic conditions.

WKS473Stress Management (1 Credit)
Experiential one day workshop designed to teach participants practical and easy to use techniques for managing stress.

WKS474A Just War Theory and Terrorism (1 Credit)
In this workshop we will examine some of the basic claims of Just War Theory, different attempts to define terrorist acts, and creative attempts to apply Just War Theory as a means of comprehending condemning and/or containing terrorist acts. We will conclude with a look at the morality and legality (in the context of international law) of the War on Terrorism currently being waged by the U.S. and some of its allies.

WKS482A Chinese Literature (1 Credit)
This workshop focuses on the evolution of Chinese Literature using poetry, prose, short stories, and novels. Students examine Chinese literature from the foundation and forms of traditional Chinese literature, challenge and change in the 19th and 20th centuries, Communist literature, and modern Chinese and Taiwanese literature.

WKS486A Mid Life Fitness (1 Credit)
An overview of fitness with emphasis on feasible lifestyle modification to enhance and lengthen quality of life.

WKS496A The Universe Through the Telescope (1 Credit)
This workshop is designed to familiarize student’s with the filed of astronomy. We will explore Creationism and the Big Bang Theory as well as basics to enable you to understand how telescopes function and to think about the mechanics of the universe.