The course is required for students that have a work award or ILP and are new to the Writing Center. Students learn about the theory and practice of tutoring writing. Strategies for engaging students in one-on-one and group tutoring at all stages of the writing process are emphasized. Completion of FYS and approval of instructor required for enrollment.

This course is required for students who have a work award and are new to Peer Academic Coaching in The Study. Students engage with literature around theory and practice of coaching, learning, and metacognition. They will learn and practice proven strategies for efficient/effective learning. Methods of engaging students in one-on-one coaching on foundational skills are emphasized.

First year students intending to become STEM majors (biochemistry, biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, or physics) will form a cohesive and supportive peer group as they are introduced to STEM careers, research, internship opportunities and develop practical and leadership skills. The instructor for this course will serve as their advisor. Topics will include applying for summer research positions, an introduction to scientific literature, developing resilience as they face challenges in becoming independent learners, and balancing leadership, service and academic commitments. Offered for S/U grading only. Fall.

A continuation of Introductory STEM Topics 1. First year students intending to become STEM majors (biochemistry, biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, or physics) will form a cohesive and supportive peer group as they are introduced to STEM careers, research, internship opportunities and develop practical and leadership skills. The instructor for this course will serve as their advisor. Topics will include summer internship applications, an introduction to scientific literature, industry tours, and alumni networking. Students will develop resilience as they face challenges in becoming independent learners, and balancing leadership, service and academic commitments. Prerequisite: 115. Course offered for S/U grading only. Spring.

This introductory course is designed to provide a foundation for using medical terminology. Students will become familiar with the structure of the medical language in order to learn medical terms and abbreviations.

This course will give students a fundamental understanding of several important money management concepts use in daily life in college and far beyond. Topics will includes general financial planning, budgeting, paying for college, income taxes, financial institutions, credit, loans (including student loans), insurance, saving and investments, and retirement planning.

This course covers basic minimal emergency care required to work on an ambulance or a first responder squad. The course offers basic to more advanced techniques of pre-hospital emergency care. Prerequisite: CPR for the Professional Rescuer. Course offered for S/U grading only.

This course is designed for students who have little or no prior knowledge of Italian. The primary aim of the course is to develop the four basic skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking) through a communicative, collaborative and cultural approach. In order to develop these skills the primary language of instruction in this course is Italian. The course combines several integrated approaches aimed at developing your skills. Most in-class time, driven by the structure of the textbook and accompanying workbook, is devoted to speaking and practicing Italian through a combination of group-based and individual activities, focusing on grammatical structures, language functions and vocabulary. Lessons also focus on a wide range of contemporary cultural themes through the use varied materials such as newspaper articles, advertising material and short film clips. Onsite activities such as visits to markets and bars will give you a unique chance to rapidly implement your linguistic development in real-life. To give you further opportunities to develop your linguistic and intercultural skills in real local-community situations, your professor will assist in arranging conversation exchanges with Italians, either as part of in-class cultural exchanges with local Italians as guests, or during on-site study excursions. Special extra-curricular activities, organized by various local institutions, will be announced at the start of the semester and your instructor will help you identify which activities would be most useful for you. These and other cultural components of the course will also promote your knowledge of Italy and Italians, as you learn about Italian society, and thus learning Italian gives you a privileged opportunity to develop sensitivity towards cultural differences and to understand the ways in which culture and language interlock. In this sense you will be encouraged to exploit the value of these lessons not just as a useful aid to your progress in other courses at the Global Campus, but as a set of tools for unlocking a wide range of intercultural discoveries whilst living and studying abroad. By the end of the course, you are expected to have mastered basic grammar and lexical structures, so that you'll be able to conduct a simple conversation and to write short and basic texts with some degree of competency. You will be able to speak about yourself and your family, to introduce people, to interact with the host community and to follow short and simple conversations.

Students study “cool” elements of Japanese culture such as anime, manga, fashion and trends. Course is required on the Japan study abroad program.

Benedict as portrayed by Gregory the Great and in subsequent literature and art, the spread of Benedictine monasticism worldwide, historical reforms of Benedictine monasticism; the history of Metten and Eichstatt and those monasteries’ role in founding Saint John’s Abbey and Saint Benedict’s Monastery; the early histories of Saint John’s and Saint Benedict’s, key historical figures in women’s and men’s monasticism; and key themes in applying monastic practices to one’s life in college and beyond: Awareness of God, Community, Living, Dignity of Work, Hospitality, Justice, Listening, Moderation, Peace, Respect for Persons, Stewardship, and Care for the Environment.

A study of the qualities necessary for effective leadership, inspired by the legendary football coach John Gagliardi. Course offered for S/U grading only.

A study of the lifecycle of private equity investments – including acquiring capital, analyzing opportunities (sourcing the deal), selecting an investment, managing the investment, and exiting the investment. Offered for S/U grading only.

Archaeology is a dynamic worldwide discipline which draws on both the sciences and humanities to interpret material remains of the human past. This course introduces the basic definitions and concepts for archaeological research and includes a practical component. It introduces archaeology for those who are interested in the discipline, as well as forming the foundation for those wishing to proceed to any senior course of study in archaeology. This two-part subject provides an introduction to the history and development of archaeological research from antiquarianism to the present science. It also examines at a general level relative and absolute dating methods and chronological sequences. The course normally comprises an excavation component.

"This course targets new foreign students with no knowledge of Afrikaans. This is a fun-filled course offering you a linguistic and cultural taste of Afrikaans as a language in a wider cultural context. It aims to develop students’ ability: • to speak social Afrikaans with confidence • to understand the gist of social conversations; and • to understand the gist of short texts (newspaper articles, notices, etc.) Basic grammar: vocabulary and idiomatic structures are taught in a defocused manner. "

Goal of the course: the acquisition of basic isiXhosa language proficiency Outcomes of the course: the students will be able to demonstrate their speaking, and listening skills, at a lower beginner level, from the selected communication themes concerning (i) health, (ii) the shop: buying and selling, (iii) direction and road signs, (iv) the restaurants and bookings, and (v) clothes and the description of appearances. Listening skills: Show understanding of a sequence of two or three instructions/descriptions. Listen and understand simple descriptions, actions, and scenes. Show understanding relating to the identification and description of persons and objects. Show understanding of oral suggestions given. Speaking and oral interaction: Name general objects. Take part in short dialogues. Ask for goods, services, and objects. Comment on opinions and preferences. Answer questions and give details of simple explanations emerging from listening contents. Write short familiar sentences that are dictated.

Supervised reading or research at the lower-division level. Permission of Director of Academic Advising required. Not available to first-year students.

This course provides an introduction to the iterative nature of scientific investigation. Students will gain a greater understanding of experimental design, data analysis and interpretation of results in research. Basic statistical analyses will be covered; hypothesis development, central tendency, probability, analysis of variance, correlation, regression significance testing and non-parametric statistics. Students will become familiar with the statistical package SPSS.

This is largely an experiential course, in which theoretical notions are put into practice in exercises involving the identification and evaluation of wines, and the assessment of the quality and cultural appropriateness of selected food products. On the one hand, students are provided with substantial background on the sociological, cultural, and historical dimensions of food and wines in one of the world’s most historically dense areas. On the other, they are allowed the opportunity to taste a highly representative sample of Italian foods and wines in a structured environment in which students put into practice skills and knowledge discussed in readings and lectures. In this course, students are provided with a broad historical background on Italian culinary traditions, going from the classical antique to the modern period. Special attention is devoted to regional difference, one of the hallmark features of Italian cultural tradition. Readings involve historical, anthropological, and sociological considerations, as well as the discussion of particular production practices, including market standards, distribution systems, and citizen activist groups such as the Slow Food movement.

Operations management is a key managerial function impacting the whole of an organization and is concerned with designing, controlling, and improving the processes used to produce goods and/or provide services. This course serves as an introduction to the field of operations and supply chain management and will provide students with an understanding of the strategic implications of the many decisions facing operations managers. Students will develop knowledge of manufacturing resources planning by exploring forecasting, production planning, master scheduling, material requirements planning, capacity planning, world-class manufacturing principles, and continuous improvement. Students will be introduced to problem-solving techniques in design, planning, controlling of manufacturing and service operations, and quality. They will also participate in a systematic study of the managerial and mathematical techniques-along with information technology resources-used to make goods and services. Pre-requisites: completion of one introductory course in Business and/or Information Systems.

This 1-credit course is assignment-based, using Microsoft’s Excel software, and is intended to complement the 3-credit Basic Operations Management course (BUS 334). It consists of weekly, one-hour laboratory sessions in which students develop their skills in the application of Excel in order to resolve Operational Research problems. Emphasis will therefore be placed on the practical implementation of real-world models, building on competencies acquired in the 3-credit BOM course. The laboratory sessions are informal, and students are expected to contribute in a positive manner.

Bangers and mash? Bubble and squeak? What is British cuisine and how has it changed from wartime to the present? Have negative stereotypes of British cuisine been replaced by a new food culture of focused on celebrity chefs, ethical choices and a new-found ‘best of British’ pride? Or, do fast-rising rates of obesity, childhood diabetes and dependency on supermarkets and ready meals tell a different story? Using a multi-disciplinary approach, this course examines the critical issues in food today and the interconnectedness of food, culture and society in modern Britain. The rich and multicultural heritage of London provides a multitude of opportunities to explore the issues herein and use our senses to taste, smell and see the food cultures of this dynamic city.

"What is the role of sport in the construction of local, national and international identities? What social structures and cultural trends influencing sports participation and consumption? What is the impact of commercialism and globalization on contemporary sport? This course has been designed to provide international students an opportunity to understand sports in a British context against a backdrop of the Olympics, with London as the host city - 1908, 1948 & 2012. The course will presented from a historical and contemporary perspective will examine a series of themes and issues, primarily through sports history and the sociology of sport, with supplementary references to economics, politics and the media. Students enrolled in this course will gain the skills to analyze sports as a social phenomena and use them as an analytical tool to illuminate contemporary situations and problems in the international arena, provide an insight into the wide range of British sports and sports organizations through practice and study visits, and apply a sociological lens to the world of sports and athletics through the incorporation of academic writing, popular media and personal experiences and observations."

The course examines the structure and methodologies of the music industry and business in diverse settings: the origins of the music industry; different areas of the industry including record labels and its associates; artistry and agency; music consumption, distribution and promotion/marketing; and, creativity and legal issues in music. The course will also discuss on how the evolving music industry has had an impact on business and society in Britain (and Europe).

Is free healthcare a human right? What happens if there isn't funding to provide access to every opportunity? Who misses out? Are we responsible for our own positive health? Is there a correct answer to the provision of healthcare? This introductory course compares health care policy in the UK and USA and tracks the evolution of health policy in the UK prior to and since the implementation of the National Health Service. It also identifies contingencies and issues that remain problematic in health care delivery across differing systems despite the ongoing changes made to this service, and the ideological shifts that underpin these changes. Using a spiral curriculum approach, the course seeks to synthesize the concepts through returning to previous learning and providing space for reflection and comparison with the student’s own experiences of health care in the USA.

What is the practitioner-patient relationship and how is it affected by concepts such as 'duty-to-assist,' Good Samaritan, and conscientious objection? What happens when there's conflict between what's best for the individual versus what's best for the community? How do culture and religion affect healthcare? What happens when patients (and/or their families) and practitioners disagree? The provision of healthcare is constantly changing. These changes sometimes require us to reconsider even basic assumptions in health care ethics. This course addresses some of the ethical issues raised by changes in the healthcare delivery system, rapidly advancing technology, an aging population, economic and resource limitations, and social and cultural changes, and their impact on health care and promotion.

As an international exchange student, you will no doubt experience some level of culture shock when first arriving in South Africa. During your stay you will be interacting with locals from very diverse backgrounds in terms of language, culture, ethnicity, and social class. All these things play a role in how people construct their identities. This module draws from different disciplines - history, hip-hop and other popular music studies, post-colonial studies, sociology, and more - to give students the necessary context(s) to not only better understand contemporary South African society, but to also gain knowledge about people, popular culture and identities against the backdrop of major historical shifts. On a theoretical level, the link between popular culture and identity is strong, yet until recently, it has been neglected in wider studies on African culture in favour of a ‘traditional’, or ‘pure’, African vs ‘elite’/ ‘modern classical’ Western dichotomy. This has ‘… obscured … the cultural activities, procedures, and products of most people in present-day Africa’ (Barber, 1997:1-2). These obscured activities have histories that are in part linked to the continent’s colonial past, which not only introduced Western cultural practices (in education, music, etc.), but also initialized rural-urban migration, industrialisation, and introduced mass media, all of which influenced everyday popular culture. In South Africa, during the politically tumultuous twentieth century, ordinary people managed to establish agency, construct identities, and partake in popular cultural practices that defied the apartheid regime. They composed and performed marabi jazz in Sophia town in the 1940s and 1950s as a celebration of their African identities and they expressed their fashion and music tastes in Drum magazine. In Cape Town, the famous inner-city neighbourhood, District Six, functioned as a nucleus of coloured people’s cultural practices before they were forcibly removed between 1968 and 1982. On the other side of the racial spectrum, some privileged white youths flirted with counterculture and became hippies or punks, while others conformed to conservative cultural practices under apartheid. In post-apartheid South Africa, popular culture still plays a vital role in the way people act socially and differentiate themselves from others in a post-colonial context Ultimately, this module looks at South African popular culture(s) since the beginning of the 20th century (including popular music, sub-cultures, magazines, films, literature, youth culture, etc.) with the aim of understanding the ways in which people from different backgrounds construct(ed) their identities - both individually and collectively - amidst phases of societal change."

This course combines historical, anthropological, sociological and, of course, gastronomical perspectives to examine the relationship between food and culture in Spain. A historical timeline will be used as a reference to follow the evolution of Spanish cuisine from Spain's first settlers to present day. The different cultures and civilizations that have formed part of Spain's history - Romans, Visigoths, Arabs, Jews and Pre-Columbian Americans - have contributed a variety of foods and spices that today form part of the rich and unique Spanish cuisine. Through a variety of readings, study excursions and tasting sessions this course offers you the opportunity to go beyond the traditional classroom experience to explore the five senses of sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch, essential to fully comprehend and appreciate Spanish cuisine.

This course will explore Argentina through its textured histories and traditions related to food growth, production, consumption, and cultural practices. Through firsthand experiences (field trips, food tastings, guided field research in the city) and interpretive analysis (using a variety of scholarly texts, visual arts, in-class debates, and your own written assignments) students will not only experience Argentine food culture but will come to understand the history behind national traditions, the longstanding social ideas that shape Argentine cuisine, and the pivotal political and scientific questions that surround food production. Senses will be engaged through a variety of activities aimed to discover the roots of food rituals and cultural symbols (new and old) throughout the whole country. Argentina has long been known as a world-class producer of beef and crops--but there is much more to its history than meets the eye. While incorporating an agricultural approach, students will consider the way food is produced and marketed. In the final unit of this class, students will see just how central food is to the contemporary economy and politics in Argentina, while also responding to global challenges and addressing sustainable development goals. In all, prepare to gain a profound grasp of the Argentine reality as we investigate the origins and the impact of how, what, and why we eat what we eat.

Supervised reading or research at the upper-division level. Permission of department chair and completion and/or concurrent registration of 12 credits within the department required. Consult department for applicability towards major requirements. Not available to first-year students.

The goal of the Study Abroad Seminar program is to expose students to the richness and diversity found on-site in their host culture and to more fully immerse the students into that culture. The course will include pre-departure, on-site and re-entry activities. Selected topics pertaining to the study abroad program site, with a significant emphasis on the local culture(s). Course content will include other site specific fields (history, art, economics, politics, biology, geology, music, etc.), depending upon the expertise of the program director. Excursions, field trips, volunteering and or interactions with local institutions and people will also be a part of the course experience. A-F grading only.

The goal of the Study Abroad Seminar program is to expose students to the richness and diversity found on-site in their host culture and to more fully immerse the students into that culture. The course will include pre-departure, on-site and re-entry activities. Selected topics pertaining to the study abroad program site, with a significant emphasis on the local culture(s). Course content will include other site specific fields (history, art, economics, politics, biology, geology, music, etc.), depending upon the expertise of the program director. Excursions, field trips, volunteering and or interactions with local institutions and people will also be a part of the course experience. A-F grading only.

The goal of the Study Abroad Seminar program is to expose students to the richness and diversity found on-site in their host culture and to more fully immerse the students into that culture. The course will include pre-departure, on-site and re-entry activities. Selected topics pertaining to the study abroad program site, with a significant emphasis on the local culture(s). Course content will include other site specific fields (history, art, economics, politics, biology, geology, music, etc.), depending upon the expertise of the program director. Excursions, field trips, volunteering and or interactions with local institutions and people will also be a part of the course experience. A-F grading only.

The goal of the Study Abroad Seminar program is to expose students to the richness and diversity found on-site in their host culture and to more fully immerse the students into that culture. The course will include pre-departure, on-site and re-entry activities. Selected topics pertaining to the study abroad program site, with a significant emphasis on the local culture(s). Course content will include other site specific fields (history, art, economics, politics, biology, geology, music, etc.), depending upon the expertise of the program director. Excursions, field trips, volunteering and or interactions with local institutions and people will also be a part of the course experience. A-F grading only.

The goal of the Study Abroad Seminar program is to expose students to the richness and diversity found on-site in their host culture and to more fully immerse the students into that culture. The course will include pre-departure, on-site and re-entry activities. Selected topics pertaining to the study abroad program site, with a significant emphasis on the local culture(s). Course content will include other site specific fields (history, art, economics, politics, biology, geology, music, etc.), depending upon the expertise of the program director. Excursions, field trips, volunteering and or interactions with local institutions and people will also be a part of the course experience. A-F grading only.

The goal of the Study Abroad Seminar program is to expose students to the richness and diversity found on-site in their host culture and to more fully immerse the students into that culture. The course will include pre-departure, on-site and re-entry activities. Selected topics pertaining to the study abroad program site, with a significant emphasis on the local culture(s). Course content will include other site specific fields (history, art, economics, politics, biology, geology, music, etc.), depending upon the expertise of the program director. Excursions, field trips, volunteering and or interactions with local institutions and people will also be a part of the course experience. A-F grading only.

The goal of the Study Abroad Seminar program is to expose students to the richness and diversity found on-site in their host culture and to more fully immerse the students into that culture. The course will include pre-departure, on-site and re-entry activities. Selected topics pertaining to the study abroad program site, with a significant emphasis on the local culture(s). Course content will include other site specific fields (history, art, economics, politics, biology, geology, music, etc.), depending upon the expertise of the program director. Excursions, field trips, volunteering and or interactions with local institutions and people will also be a part of the course experience. A-F grading only. (CSB+SJU Faculty)

Student will work closely with a faculty advisor from the student’s major department to develop a proposal for a thesis. The proposal will include: title, selection of committee members, statement of purpose and value to discipline, preliminary outline of project, bibliography and summary. Note that this is a self-directed process. Junior standing is required to enroll in Thesis Proposal. In rare cases, COLG 396 may be taken concurrently with COLG 398, but this must be approved by the department chair. Offered for S/U grading only.

Supervised career exploration which promotes the integration of theory with practice. An opportunity to apply skills under direct supervision in an approved setting. Prerequisites: approval the Director of Academic Advising and a faculty moderator; completion of the pre-internship seminar.

Student will work closely with a faculty advisor from the student’s major department writing a thesis, often in an area closely related to the advisor’s own research or creative work. This research will typically take place over the course of one academic year or longer, and includes a prerequisite for a proposal (396). Student will form a committee comprised of 1 advisor and 2 readers. The thesis culminates in a 60 minute defense. Senior standing is required to enroll in All College Thesis. May be split between semesters. Offered for A-F grading only.