Sections offered FALL 2023: #5590 LEAH SAVION TuTh 9:45 AM–12:15 PM Second Eight Weeks SY 004 CLASS NOTES: IUB GenEd N&M credit – Natural Science; COLL (CASE) N&M Breadth of Inquiry credit Human survival depends on effective gathering of huge amounts of information, adequate processing, fast learning, and controlling the environment to secure predictability… Read more »
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HON-H 240 – From Sick Care to Health Care
Sections offered FALL 2023: #10125 AMIT HAGAR, LEAH SAVION, CADE MARCOTTE TuTh 9:45 AM–11:00 AM GA 1106 CLASS NOTES: IUB GenEd S&H credit; COLL (CASE) S&H Breadth of Inquiry credit This interdisciplinary course offers a critical analysis of the most essential aspects of medicine: its underlying conceptions of sickness and practices, diversity and equity… Read more »
HON-H 238 – School Crises and Savior Complexes
Sections offered FALL 2023: #34613 CHRISTOPHER LUBIENSKI MW 4:45 PM–6:05 PM Thirteen Week ED 1230 CLASS NOTES: IUB GenEd S&H credit; COLL (CASE) S&H Breadth of Inquiry credit “School Crises and Savior Complexes” critically examines portrayals of problems and solutions facing schools as presented in popular culture, news media, and political discourse. Popular representations… Read more »
HON-H 238 – Applied Improvisation: “Improv”ing Communication Apprehension and Skills
Sections offered FALL 2023: #32518 DAWN WISHER TuTh 9:45 AM–12:15 PM First Eight Weeks HU 108 CLASS NOTES: IUB GenEd S&H credit; COLL (CASE) S&H Breadth of Inquiry credit This interactive course will help you develop important communication skills, build self-confidence, foster creativity and spontaneity, and enhance your teamwork skills in a fun and… Read more »
HON-H 238 – Social Impacts of Big Data
Sections offered FALL 2023: #12318 YOUNEI SOE TuTh 9:45 AM–11:05 AM Thirteen Week SW 103 CLASS NOTES: IUB GenEd S&H credit; COLL (CASE) S&H Breadth of Inquiry credit Every day, billions of people interact with information technologies on the internet and contribute to a world of valuable information. But the human brain simply cannot… Read more »
HON-H 211 – Kingship: Anarchy vs. Tyranny
Sections offered FALL 2023: #2093 #31717 RICHARD CECIL MW 1:15 PM–2:30 PM MW 3:00 PM–4:15 PM HU 111 HU 108 CLASS NOTES: COLL Intensive Writing section; IUB GenEd A&H credit; COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inquiry credit In this course we will read ten great imaginative explorations of the central problem of government—to achieve… Read more »
HON-H 238 – Catalyzing Community Consulting
Sections offered FALL 2023: #31783 KEITH DAYTON TuTh 4:45 PM–6:00 PM HU 217 CLASS NOTES: IUB GenEd S&H credit; COLL (CASE) S&H Breadth of Inquiry credit Consulting firms hire students for their academic knowledge (and curiosity), analytical aptitude, communication, and leadership skills. Top consulting firms are incredibly selective in making the right hire (for… Read more »
HON-H 233 – Accident, Catastrophe, and Trauma in Literature and Film
Sections offered FALL 2023: #10158 JOHANNES TURK MW 9:45 AM–11:00 AM BH 140 CLASS NOTES: COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inquiry credit; IUB GenEd A&H credit Accidents and catastrophes are dramatic and always possible events that challenge individual and collective life. They break the protective shields that ward off the threats surrounding us. Their… Read more »
HON-H 234 – 21st Century American Fiction
Sections offered FALL 2023: #5588 #8689 GARETH EVANS 11:30 AM–12:45 PM MW 1:15 PM–2:30 PM HU 108 CLASS NOTES: IUB GenEd A&H credit; COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inquiry credit READING Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah. Jesmyn Ward, Sing, Unburied, Sing. Hernan Diaz, Trust. Tess Gunty, The Rabbit Hutch. Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry for the Future. Daniel Woodrell, Winter’s Bone…. Read more »
HON-H 226 – The Films of the Coen Brothers
Sections offered FALL 2023: #31774 CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON TuTh 3:00 PM–4:15 PM HU 108 CLASS NOTES: COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inquiry credit This course on media authorship will explore the movies of Joel and Ethan Coen, the Academy-Award winning filmmakers responsible for such classic American movies as No Country for Old Men, Fargo, and… Read more »