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LSIC 379 Transfer Student Colloquia ACCT 379 LSIC: Enron, WorldCom and Why You Should Care - Linda Nelms ATMS 379 LSIC: Mountain Weather - Alex Huang CHEM 379 LSIC: “Bad” Science Fiction - Charles James CHEM 379 LSIC: Interdisciplinary Research – Focus on Sustainability - CSCI 379 LSIC: Databases for Everything - Joe Brownsmith DRAM 379 LSIC: Conscious Breathing - Laura Facciponti EDUC 379 LSIC: Teaching, Serving and Learning in the Elementary Classroom - Karen Cole GERM 379 LSIC: Germany: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow - Henry Stern LIT 379 LSIC: Exploring Censorship - Eileen Crowe LS 379 LSIC: Japan-Past and Present - Gary Nallan LS 379 LSIC: The Mis-Education of the Negro - Calvin Kelly MCOM 379 LSIC: Women In Film - Anne Slatton POLS 379 LSIC: The Mis-Education of the Negro - Dwight Mullen WMST/INTS 379 LSIC: Refugees, Gender and Human Rights - Elizabeth Snyder Course Descriptions: ACCT 379 LSIC: Enron, WorldCom and Why You Should Care - Linda Nelms As we explore the campus, Asheville proper, and some of the interesting areas of Buncombe County, we will also explore how the actions of individuals in two corporations affected all of us. Specifically, we will read a book entitled Lying and relate its insights to the massive corporate lies that resulted in the demise of two major corporations. We will also look to the more distant past, at earlier examples of corporate lying; to the immediate past, at the means, methods, and motives of the corporate liars; and to the present, to see the immediate impact that the lies have had. Linda Nelms has a BA in Literature from UNC Asheville, an MBA with a concentration in finance from UNC Chapel Hill. She holds a CPA, and CMA and has been APICS certified. Her involvement with different aspects of the campus community and the Asheville/Buncombe community has given her an interest ATMS 379 LSIC: Mountain Weather Alex Huang This course will introduce the weather elements and local weather caused by the topography. It will incorporate meteorological basics, weather observations, data/map/statistical analysis, scientific writing and public presentations to study the mountain weather around the world. Students will be required to write two scientific reports and make one in-class presentation. Additionally, students will have two in-class closed-book exams, one open-book essay exam, and one final comprehensive open-book exam. Dr. Alex Huang was born in Taiwan, the Republic of China, and came to the United States for the graduate study in Purdue University in 1979. Dr. Huang is a professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, and he has been teaching at UNCA since he received his Ph.D. degree in Meteorology from Purdue University in 1984. He is interested in meteorological education and computer applications in meteorology. CHEM 379 LSIC: “Bad” Science Fiction Charles James The principles of Chemistry, Physics and Biology are illustrated using examples of their violation in the science fiction and monster movies of the 30’s through the 90’s. Examples will mostly come from the Japanese and American cinema such as: Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the Godzilla movies, Gamera movie, It Conquered the World and Reptilicus. Principles covered will include Newton’s Three Laws, Molecular structure, Chemical Change, Conservation of matter, Potential Energy: Mechanical, Chemical and Nuclear, Thermodynamics and rates of chemical change. Charles James is Associate Professor of Chemistry. CHEM 379 LSIC: Interdisciplinary Research – Focus on Sustainability CSCI 379 LSIC: Databases for Everything Joe Brownsmith Databases are a tool for thinking about and organizing data. Databases are widely used in industry, government, universities - organizations large and small, here and abroad. Databases are important, essential, relevant, and useful. We will learn many things about databases using a popular database management system. Databases are a great tool for organizing diverse data collections such as college life info, music, photos, and more. This course is offered in a computer laboratory setting. Dr. Brownsmith has more than twenty years industry experience in designing and developing information systems and database systems. His experience includes many years as a developer and team leader at IBM on large projects such as compilers and data content management. He has created a variety of information systems and products for a diverse customer set including government, insurance, banking, non-profits, large and small companies, and academe. DRAM 379 LSIC: Conscious Breathing Laura Facciponti Students will learn valuable breathing techniques that can improve a person’s daily health and wellness, as well as increase an individual’s personal expressive range. Techniques from such notable authors as Gay Henrick’s Conscious Breathing and Andrew Weil’s Breathing: The Master Key to Self Healing, will be covered in this class. Additionally, neuroscientist Dr. Susana Bloch’s Alba Emoting Technique, for inducing and controlling emotional states through breathing patterns, postural attitudes and facial expressions, will be introduced in this course. Alba Emoting will be introduced as a method for helping students learn more about the emotional states they carry with them on a daily basis, as well as a tool for learning how to consciously shift out of these states using a somatic approach, rather than a psychological approach. Laura Facciponti has taught breathing work related to voice and diction and personal expression for ten years through UNCA classes, as well as regional, national, and international workshops. She is one of only seven certified Alba Emoting Instructors in the USA. She studied and co-taught with Dr. Susana Bloch, the neuroscientist who created the Alba Emoting technique, in the USA and in Chile where Dr. Bloch resides. Laura and colleagues in the UNCA Psychology and the Health and Wellness Department were recently awarded a Wellness Initiative Grant to further research the benefits of conscious breathing techniques for improving health and wellness in the workplace. Laura is an Associate Professor of Drama at UNCA and the Director of the Arts and Ideas Program. In addition to the teaching mentioned above she also teaches all levels of acting and directing, storytelling and public speaking, including public speaking classes for the Asheville City Hall staff. She is a professional actress, director, singer, and voice-over artist. EDUC 379 LSIC: Teaching, Serving and Learning in the Elementary Classroom - Karen Cole This course is designed for students who want to explore a career in teaching. The course is service-oriented; after initial training, students will spend the majority of class time in a local public school working with one or two elementary-age children who need supplemental instruction and tutoring. As a class, we will also identify and implement a service-learning project with the children as a way of impressing upon them the fulfilling nature of serving others. Karen Cole finished her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction at The University of Alabama in 1994, and has been the Elementary Education Coordinator at UNCA since 1995. She’s committed to preparing future teachers for the realities of the public school classroom. Her areas of specialization are literacy and special education. She delights in teaching and in working with both college and elementary students, and believes we all have much to learn from each other. Outside of work, she enjoys reading, watching movies, and playing with her rather large group of rescued animals. GERM 379 LSIC: Germany—Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Henry Stern Henry Stern is Professor of German in the Department of Foreign Languages. HIST 379 LSIC: Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini – The Totalitarian Temptation - Ted Uldricks This course will examine not only the lives and “accomplishments” of these three notorious 20th century dictators, it will also explore the political, economic, and social systems as well as the intellectual environment in which each of these men came to power. A special focus of the class will be the exploration of why various sorts of people from diverse ranks and positions in society supported the destruction of liberal democracy (or, in the Russian case, a less authoritarian form of communist rule) and its replacement by totalitarian dictatorship. Attention will also be paid to social science theories relevant to these developments. This seminar style class will revolve around student discussion of primary source documents and some of the most important historical and social science literature, as well as memoirs and fiction by participants in these historical events. Students will write several short essays and a major research paper (all to be returned for revision). Students will also read and do exercises based on Jenny L. Presnell, The Information-Literate Historian (New York: Oxford University Press, 2007). Ted Uldricks has a Ph.D. in Russian history from Indiana University. He has taught Russian history, World War II, World Civilizations, and Humanities (esp. 324) at UNCA for 29 years. His research has focused on Soviet foreign policy from 1917 to 1945, the Russian Revolution, and the Second World War. Dr. Uldricks has just completed a book on Russia and the World in the 20th C. and I am researching a book on Global Appeasement: America, Russia, and Nationalist China as Appeasers. LIT 379 LSIC: Exploring Censorship - Eileen Crowe This colloquium for transfer students is primarily a reading and discussion course focusing on the history and development of censorship in the United States. In this class, students will study justifications for and against censoring literature, textbooks, music, news, and film; recognize the impacts of censorship on those materials; write frequently about the readings; and practice accessing, evaluating, and integrating material from reliable sources into analytical essays. Eileen Crowe is a Lecturer in the department of Literature and Language who has taught composition, literature, and Humanities at UNC- Asheville for sixteen years. She has long been interested in the reasons why some people want to control what others can see or hear. LS 379 LSIC: Japan-Past and Present—Gary Nallan This course will begin with a survey of Japanese History. Then we will study the Japanese Government, Political System, and Religions. We will then learn about Japanese Art, Theatre, and Music. The course will continue with extensive coverage of contemporary Japanese Literature, especially the writer Murakami. The course will conclude with extensive coverage of Japanese Cinema, especially films by Kurosawa. Gary Nallan has a B. A. degree from New York University in Psychology and Biology. He has M. A., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Kentucky. From 1979-1999 he taught at Benedictine College, Atchison, KS. He has been a member of the UNCA faculty since 1988. Dr. Nallan regularly teaches a variety of Psychology courses as well as HUM 324: The Modern World. Dr. Nallan was selected to participate in the Japan Studies Association 2006 Freeman Fellowship program. LS 379 LSIC: The Mis-Education of the Negro Calvin Kelly The primary purpose of this course is to expose students to a broad range of Black experiences in the United States as we attempt(ed) to avoid becoming “mis-educated Negroes.” Students will survey past and current relationships African-Americans have had during the evolution of the United States; chronologically explore key eras and topics in the development of the present condition of African-Americans; develop a basis for a general understanding of the contributions African-Americans have made to the artistic, economic, political, social, and scientific development in the United States; and further clarify their perspectives on these issues as they become confidant and effective members of the University community. Calvin A. Kelly, PhD. currently serves as the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at UNC Asheville. Prior to arriving to the University 18 months ago, he was a member of the Psychology Faculty at Dillard University in New Orleans. There he taught a variety of Psychology courses including but not limited to Abnormal Psychology, Developmental Psychology and Personality. His areas of interest include Identity Formation, childhood development, and issues of abuse and neglect involving children and adults. MCOM 379 LSIC: Women In Film Anne Slatton In this class we will examine a variety of different film genres focusing on the contributions of female film professionals from the days of silent film to present-day cinema. The goal of the class is to provide the students with a broader base of understanding and appreciation of women’s contribution to the art form. Anne Slatton received her undergraduate degree from Smith College in Northampton, MA and her MFA from the University of Georgia. Prior to teaching at UNCA she worked as a professional screenwriter, director and producer for projects ranging from documentaries to “family films”. Currently she is a lecturer for the Mass Communications department and teaches courses in video production, directing, film history and criticism. POLS 379 LSIC: The Mis-Education of the Negro Dwight Mullen The primary purpose of this course is to expose students to a broad range of Black experiences in the United States as we attempt(ed) to avoid becoming “mis-educated Negroes.” Students will survey past and current relationships African-Americans have had during the evolution of the United States; chronologically explore key eras and topics in the development of the present condition of African-Americans; develop a basis for a general understanding of the contributions African-Americans have made to the artistic, economic, political, social, and scientific development in the United States; and further clarify their perspectives on these issues as they become confidant and effective members of the University community. Dwight Mullen is Professor of Political Science at UNC Asheville. WMST/INTS 379 LSIC: Refugees, Gender and Human Rights Elizabeth Snyder This course examines the connection between involuntary displacement and human rights law. Students are introduced to international principles governing the treatment of refugees, as well as the experiences of humanitarian agencies that seek to assist them. Central to the course is the gendered nature of forced migration and the special risks posed to women and children. For the purpose of comparative analysis, case studies will be drawn from different geographic regions: Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and the Middle East. Special attention will be paid to population shifts in the post-9/11 era and the human rights impact of both natural and human-made disasters. We will also devote a week to displacement issues resulting from Hurricane Katrina. Materials for the course cover a wide range of scholarly research, international case studies, personal narratives and documentaries. Elizabeth Snyder has a PhD in German from Harvard University and a MA in International Development from Australian National University. Her specializations are Gender and Development and Peace Studies. Dr. Snyder’s courses include foreign language and culture, as well as Refugees and Human Rights, Indigenous Rights and Social Justice, and Local/Global Peacebuilding. Dr. Snyder regularly travels with students to Honduras and Bolivia, where they work with local indigenous and women’s groups. Her goal is to develop programs that bridge university and community-based initiatives and provide students with socially engaged, in-field opportunities both in the U.S. and abroad.
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