We’re writing to let you know that this coming Spring marks the official launch of the Grand Challenge Learning Pilot on our campus! We have 25 Grand Challenge Experience courses for first-year students and each one covers at least one Gen Ed requirement while using experiential learning to introduce you to an important grand challenge pathway: Health & Wellness; Inequality & Cultural Understanding; or Sustainability, Energy & the Environment.
To watch our short video about Grand Challenge Learning at Illinois click on this link. To join our Facebook page about Grand Challenge Experience Courses, “like” us here. And for a list of “Ten Reasons Why Students Should Love the Campus’s New Grand Challenge Experience Courses,” click here and download.
The below links will take you right to Course Explorer, where you’ll find complete information for each unique section.
GCL 125b IALS: IT’S TOXIC! (Life Science), Samantha Frost, MW 1-2:20PM
GCL 125c IALS: THE MOLECULAR ME (Life Science), Jeff Moore, TR 2-3:20PM
GCL 125d IALS: EXPERIENTIAL ANATOMY (Life Science), Rebecca Nettl-Fiol, MW 3-4:20PM
GCL 188a IAHSL: DOCTORS AND PATIENTS (Literature), Stephanie Hilger, TR 3:30-4:50PM
GCL 188b IAHSL: GLOBAL NARRATIVES OF HIV/AIDS (Literature), Ramon Soto-Crespo, TR: 4:00-5:20PM
GCL 186a IAHSS: STRESS AND HEALTH IN URBAN COMMUNITIES (Social Science), Ruby Mendenhall, TR 3:30-4:50PM
GCL 186b IAHSS: FROM DEAF TO CENTER (Social Science), Laura Davies Brenier, MW 2-3:20PM
GCL 186c IAHSS: SEX ED PANIC! (Social Science), Chantal Nadeau TR 4-5:20PM
GCL 137a DOCUMENTING INEQUALITY (Art), Terri Weissman, TR 2-3:20PM
GCL 137b DOCUMENTING INEQUALITY (Art), Ryan Griffis, TR 2-3:20PM
GCL 145 IASJA: BLACK MUSIC AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (Art/US Minority Cultures), John Paul Meyers, MW 2-3:20PM
GCL 147a IASJS: CULTURES OF DEBT (Social Science), Lauren Goodlad, MW 3:30-4:50PM
GCL 147b IASJS: RACE AND THE CITY (Social Science/US Minority Cultures), Ken Salo, TR 3:30-4:50PM
GCL 147c IASJS: POLICING, CULTURE & INEQUALITY (Social Science/US Minority Cultures), Jeff Martin, MW 2-3:20PM
GCL 147d IASJS: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND THE MEDIA (Social Science/US Minority Cultures) Isabel Molina-Guzmán, MW 10-11:20PM
GCL 148 IASJH: THE GLOBAL DIVIDE (Historical Perspectives), Emanuel Rota, TR 3:30-4:50PM
GCL 195a Fictions of Equality: MARRIAGE EQUALITY (Literature), Julia Saville, TR 2-3:20PM
GCL 195b Fictions of Equality: WHERE IS THE GOOD LIFE? (Literature), Elena Delgado, TR 11-12:20PM
GCL 126a IPESS: HUMANS AND ANIMALS (Social Science), Jane Desmond, TR 2-3:20PM
GCL 126b IPESS: URBAN SUSTAINABILITY (Social Science), Dustin Allred, MW 2-3:20PM
GCL 126c IPESS: THINKING GLOBALLY, ACTING LOCALLY (Social Science), Yimin Wang, TR 3:30-4:50PM
GCL 126d IPESS: FROM FARM TO TABLE (Social Science), Ming Kuo TR 2-3:20PM *
*Pending approval as of 11/2
GCL 127 SUSTAINABLE DESIGN ACROSS THE DISCIPLINES (Historical & Philosophical Perspectives), Jennifer Burns, MW 2-3:20PM
GCL 129 SDADA: SUSTAINABLE DESIGN PRACTICES IN THE PUBLIC REALM (Art/Non-Western Cultures), Amita Sinha, TR 2-3:20PM
GCL 128a Fictions of Sustainability: FOOD, WATER, ENERGY (Literature), Jamie Jones, TR 2-3:20PM
GCL 128b Fictions of Sustainability: FOOD, WATER, ENERGY (Literature), Gillen D’Arcy Wood, TR 1-2:20PM
The Spring 2016 Grand Challenge Experience courses and the Grand Challenge Learning pilot are initiatives of the Campus Conversation on Undergraduate Education. To learn more or to join the conversation by sharing your thoughts, check out our new website.
With all best wishes,
Lauren Goodlad (Provost Fellow) lgoodlad@illinois.edu
Esti Ezkerra (Project Manager) ezkerra2@illinois.edu