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LSIC 379 Transfer Student Colloquia 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. AFST 379 LSIC: Yoruba Culture in the Americas Eric Gant This is a course designed to underline the importance of Yoruba culture in the Americas: Brazil, Cuba, The Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, and The United States. The course emphasizes the Yoruba art, history, and religion that have most help shape Afro-American literature and cultural acquisition. The course will be taught in English, but the term paper may be written in the language in which the student is majoring—English, French, Portuguese, or Spanish. Eric Gant has a PhD in Romance Languages from UNC-CH, and he teaches in the Departments of Foreign Languages, the Humanities and Africana Studies. In the summer of 2008 he was part of a delegation from the city of Asheville to finalize an agreement to make Osogbo, Nigeria one of our sister cities. Osogbo is the center of Yoruba culture. Through the Humanities Department of UNCA he will return to Africa (Ghana, this time) in May/June 2009 to help culturally diversify teaching at the University. As an African-American specializing in Afro-Caribbean studies, he is particularly drawn to Yoruba influences in the Caribbean and the United States. This course is most timely because in the fall 2009, an Osogbo delegation has been invited to Asheville to share with our community their cultural heritage and, other than taking you all to Africa, there is perhaps no more effective way to have stduents experience Yoruba culture than having members of the delegation address what we will be studying through texts and media. ANTH 379 LSIC: Navigating Cultures Heidi Kelley By reading ethnographies (descriptions of different cultures), viewing films, and doing an independent learning project, we will reflect on how to “navigate” cultures. From university’s requirements to disparate world regions, there are plenty of opportunities for different ways of living in our world to come together as well as collide. We will consider the necessity of cross-cultural communication and why it is sometimes hard to accomplish. Students will also do a structured learning project in which they will choose a cross-cultural navigation problem, decide how to solve it and then, teach it to the class. Heidi Kelley is an associate professor of anthropology and was former Director of Liberal Arts Learning and Disability Services at the UNC Asheville. She has two main field sites for her research: Galicia, the northwesternmost region in Spain, and the United States, investigating the culture of stroke. Her current teaching and research interests include: gender, disability, psychological and medical anthropology, family, religion, regional and national identity, Spain and Portugal (and more widely, Europe), Latin America, and Latino communities in the U.S. She is also interested in using the techniques of poetry and fiction to express ethnographic truths. ANTH 379 LSIC: Perspectives in Health & Healing Laura Fordyce This course will provide an introduction to some aspects of the field of medical anthropology. Using ethnographic texts (books written about other cultures), scholarly articles, documentary and fictional films, and popular media, we shall focus particularly on theoretical questions about how one frames "illness," "health," "healing" or "medicine" as an object of study both locally and globally. In this course, students will develop the analytical skills that will assist them to begin to think critically about issues of health, illness and medicine, as encountered within their lives and the world.
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: Interdisciplinary Research – Focus on Sustainability Interdisciplinary research is one of the most productive and inspiring of human pursuits that provides a format for conversations and connections that lead to new knowledge. This course will explore collaborations, the role of the academe, the role of intellectual capital in the intellectual community and the larger society. Community Sustainability research projects will be developed. The course will feature discussions, student presentations on their own research, and guest lectures by local and regional professionals whose intellectual drive and passion inspire them to excellence in the public and private sector through involvement in business, government, non-profits and the academe. The final portion of the course will expose students to the real world of funding by challenging them to develop and write a proposal. John Stevens is Professor of Chemistry
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. EDUC 379 LSIC: Teaching, Service and Learning in Elementary Classrooms 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 and Today Henry Stern The course will explore the main cultural, historical, political, and social issues confronting the Federal Republic of Germany today. Students will be prepared for discussion of the major issues through an exploration of the German past, including the evolution of the German state, Germany through the 2 world wars, post-war Germany and its reentering the western community, and future prospects for a nation prosperous and progressive yet beset with problems threatening the well-being of the state. To provide students with sufficient historical background the first 2 weeks will be devoted to the early stages of development—pre-Hohenstaufen, Hohenstaufen, Hohenzollern and Hapsburg dynasties. The course will be both Writing Intensive and Information Literacy Intensive (many, possibly most, sources of information will come from the Internet). Henry Stern is Professor of German in the Department of Foreign Languages. HIST 379 LSIC: Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini – The Totalitarian Temptation 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. HUM 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. He has just completed a book on Russia and the World in the 20th C. and is currently researching a book on Global Appeasement: America, Russia, and Nationalist China as Appeasers. LIT 379 LSIC: Questions of Travel Lori Horvitz Why do some of us choose to travel to unknown parts of the world? Do we take to the road to find ourselves? To reinvent ourselves? Via an examination of road narratives (as represented in literature and film), we will consider issues relating to travel: socio-economic, historical, cultural and artistic. Through the contextualizing of the reading material, we will learn about and incorporate information literacy skills: how to search for, evaluate, cite and use course-related information from multiple sources, how to integrate this information within a single product, how to apply critical thinking skills to information selected, etc. Lori Horvitz is Associate Professor of Literature and Language.
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.
MCOM 379 LSIC: Mark Twain as Newspaper Man Patricia Baldwin This class traces the arc of Samuel Clemens' career from newspaper reporter to national author between 1862 and 1867, a period during which he first used the pen name Mark Twain in his reporting for newspapers. Students examine and analyze some of his early and largely neglected writings and travel letters. Outcomes for this course: To undertake a critical debate in comparing and contrasting the artistry of literary writing and the marketplace requirements of journalistic writing; to understand writing techniques within the context of popular culture and history; to understand the use of a pseudonym as a literary device to create comic laughter; to enable students to develop critical thinking about the complexity of Samuel Clemens as a writer with lasting merit; and to enable students to develop their own literary voices and writing competence. Dr. Patricia Baldwin joined the UNCA Mass Communication Department in August 2007. Her teaching specialties include media history and magazine journalism. During her journalism career, she served as the editor-in-chief of two consumer magazines and two weekly business journals. She also worked as a business writer and columnist for two daily newspapers. She is the author of a media history: Covering the Campus: The History of The Chronicle of Higher Education. She holds degrees in journalism, mass communications and higher education from the University of Texas at Austin and the University of North Texas. MGMT 379 LSIC: Changing the World Mary Lynn Manns Leading change is hard; just ask anyone who has tried. Yet, any person with a good idea has the potential to make that idea a reality if s/he knows effective change management strategies. This course will examine how leaders throughout history have been visionaries of ideas and made changes happen in many different situations and organizations. The goal is to equip students with the strategies they need to become successful leaders of change in their personal and professional lives. Mary Lynn Manns, Ph.D., is on the faculty in the Department of Management & Accountancy. She is the author of the book: Fearless Change: Patterns for Introducing New Ideas. She has taught classes and has done numerous presentations throughout the world on the topic of leading change. She is a firm believer in the power of university students to change the world! The course is designed to familiarize students with the U.S. Health Care System and its strengths and weaknesses. In addition, the effects of a variety of intellectual disciplines and health care will be examined. Students, working in teams, will have the opportunity to recommend a variety of approaches to “fix” the present health care system. Dr. Lisnerski holds a B.S. in Management from the State University at Buffalo and received his Masters and Doctoral Degrees from the School of Public Health in Chapel Hill, NC. He worked in a variety of health care settings prior to coming to UNCA in 1982. MGMT 379 LSIC: Survival Skills Dan Hinchliffe After you graduate, you will need to know many “things”
that are not traditionally taught in the classroom. These “things” will
allow you to survive. They include, and are not limited to, “How to Buy
a House?”, “What is Insurance and What Kinds do I Need?”, “How Much does
a Baby Cost?”, “How to Budget?”, “How to Invest?”, “What Legal Documents
are Needed?” and others. The goal is to make this one of the most useful
courses for the rest of your life…it is more important to know what to
do with your money than how much you make…it is important to be prepared
for life’s experiences rather than for you to learn after the
experience. MMAS 379 LSIC: Video and New Media Art Lei Han This course focuses on studying the history and practices of video art and its relationship to experimental filmmaking and new media art. Students will learn to map the relation of video to other existing media such as art, television, architecture, social activism, story-telling, interactivity and documentary. In addition, students will also learn the basic video and filmmaking techniques with a focus on exploring video's own grammar and narrative possibilities. Students will work with digital Mini-DV camcorders and studio lights, and learn audio and video recording and editing. Software may include: Adobe After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Flash, Max/MSP/Jitter and DVD Studio Pro. Lei Han is an Associate Professor of Multimedia Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. She received her BA from Shenzhen University in China and her MFA from Memphis College of Art in Memphis, Tennessee. Lei's research interests include video art, digital animation and interactive installation. Fascinated by the influences of eastern philosophy in western art, her recent work aim for creating the cohesion between spirituality and creativity, and as well as making new connections between artist, viewer and object/subject. Lei's recent work include experimental animation and video: the "Ephemera Series I-III" and a collaborative interactive sound installation: "Soundlines." PHIL 379 LSIC: Sex and Violence Melissa Burchard One of the most disturbing trends of the late 20th century has been the increasing media representation of sex and violence. But while many people have noticed and commented on the representation of each of these phenomena, what often passes unremarked is that fact that the two have been drawn closer and closer together: that is, sex has been increasingly associated with violence, and violence has outright been sexualized in many representations. This course will take a critical (as in critical thinking) look at the meanings of sex and violence, why and how they have been conceptualized in terms of each other, and how we are seeing this in our entertainment media, in particular in programming that is ostensibly directed at children and teens. Melissa Burchard is a moral philosopher who teaches in philosophy, women's studies, ILS and other programs. She teaches and does research in issues of sex, gender, sexual identity, identity theory, war, and violence, as well as popular culture and media representation. PHYS 379 LSIC: Black Holes and Time Warps Randy Booker This course investigates the most bizarre objects in outer space – black holes. We will study how scientists have viewed black holes over the past 100 years, from their prediction that they exist from Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, to being shown by Einstein that they can’t exist, to their acceptance in theory, to finally the experimental proof that black holes do in fact exist. We’ll study the strange properties of black holes, all with no mathematical pre-requisites needed for the course. We’ll ask what it might be like to take a trip to a black hole or to live near one in a space colony. Even more bizarre is the possibility of wormholes and time travel as two black holes connect to form a time warp. Do time warps really exist? Randy Booker received his Bachelor’s degree in Physics from Rice University in 1979. He served in the Peace Corps from 1979-1981, teaching high school math and science in Kenya, Africa. He received his Masters degree in Physics from Duke University in 1983 and his Ph.D. degree in Physics from Duke University in 1986. He has taught Physics and Astronomy courses at UNCA since 1986. He received the UNCA Distinguished Teaching Award in 1992 and has served as Chair of the Department of Physics at UNCA since 2000. His research interests are broad, from studying the interstellar medium of our galaxy using radio astronomy to investigating new sources of non-polluting power in collaboration with Blacklight Power of New Jersey.
WMST 379 LSIC: Sex and Violence Melissa Burchard One of the most disturbing trends of the late 20th century has been the increasing media representation of sex and violence. But while many people have noticed and commented on the representation of each of these phenomena, what often passes unremarked is that fact that the two have been drawn closer and closer together: that is, sex has been increasingly associated with violence, and violence has outright been sexualized in many representations. This course will take a critical (as in critical thinking) look at the meanings of sex and violence, why and how they have been conceptualized in terms of each other, and how we are seeing this in our entertainment media, in particular in programming that is ostensibly directed at children and teens. Melissa Burchard is a moral philosopher who teaches in philosophy, women's studies, ILS and other programs. She teaches and does research in issues of sex, gender, sexual identity, identity theory, war, and violence, as well as popular culture and media representation.
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