The Department of History will be offering proficiency exams in Fall 2012 for the following courses:
HIST 141: Western Civ to 1660
HIST 142: Western Civ Since 1660
HIST 171: US Hist to 1877
HIST 172: US Hist Since 1877
Category Archives: Courses
ENG 315: Learning in Community (LINC)
The LINC-Learning in Community program welcomes responsible students with a passion and interest to support community development. LINC is a service-learning course with various sections, each with a different partner, which can help you gain real-world project and leadership experience and enhance your team-building, research, and networking skills. LINC provides you with all of these opportunities while you earn 3 credit hours of advanced level coursework.
In LINC you will collaborate in high-energy student teams on projects of significance to local, regional, and international non-profit partners. Students in past LINC classes have built bridges, created innovative marketing campaigns, improved water systems, developed curricula for schools and youth programs, designed rain gardens, improved prosthetics, performed electric vehicle conversions, contributed to international development projects, and lots more!
To get involved in LINC, register for a section of ENG 315: Learning in Community. To learn more about the projects, see http://linc.illinois.edu/. Don’t miss your opportunity to gain professional experience and make a lasting impact in the community. Click on the image below to learn more!
LA 390: Enduring Aesthetics of Japanese Design
INOUE_LA390-590_Fall_2012_Flyer
We are pleased to offer Enduring Aesthetics of Japanese Design this fall semester. The course will provide an overview of Japanese design, including the visual arts, architecture, landscape architecture, clothing design, and product design. Every class will begin with a haiku!
A PDF of the course flyer is attached. Please contact me if you have any questions.
Thank you.
Carol
Carol Emmerling-DiNovo
GER 199: Books Matter
Book Matters T/TH 2:00-3:20
This Discovery Course is a special course for freshmen only. “Books Matter, Book Matters” focuses on books that treat the meaning of books and the great lengths people go to steal books, preserve them, destroy them. These texts portray reading and writing books as profoundly dangerous and incendiary activities.
For more information contact Professor Mara Wade, mwade@illinois.edu.
Texts for Discovery Course, GER 199
AFRO 298: The Black Chicago Renaissance
Course Description
This class will be an introduction to African American artists and writers of the Black Chicago Renaissance. Although often overlooked, Chicago’s South Side experienced a cultural flowering during the Depression, what was a more socially and politically engaged movement than its Harlem predecessor. We will discuss authors such as Richard Wright, Langston Hughes, Arna Bontemps, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Lorraine Hansberry, all of whom were significantly shaped by their experience in Chicago. Continue reading