Category Archives: 2nd half-session courses

2nd half-session courses, Course Announcements

Second 8-week Math classes, including a QR I course

Note to Stat Majors, none of these courses count toward the Stat Major GPA.

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Math just opened seats in its popular second 8-week classes.  Here are our offerings:

Math 114, Trigonometry, 2 credit hours, TR 2-3:50pm
Students may register only if they are concurrently registered for Math 012 or they are dropping Math 115.  Such students should e-mail mathadvising@illinois.edu with name, netid, UIN, and request for approval.

Math 181, A Mathematical World, 3 credit hours, MWF 1-2:50pm
Quantitative Reasoning I general education course
Students in Engineering, math, and actuarial science are restricted out.  This course is intended for students in non-mathematical majors.  Brief description:

What information is encrypted in my drivers license? Why does the mailman deliver mail to the house across the street one hour before my house? How can I fit all my music onto the fewest number of CDs? How does the grocery store put all Kelloggs cereals on sale? Does the goalie move to one side or another before the kicker kicks the ball? Does location matter when polling? Who would be president if we used a different voting system? Is there a strategy to winning a game of chicken? Find out the answer to these and many other interesting questions in Math 181, an introduction to selected areas of mathematical sciences through applications to modeling and solutions to problems.

We have held back a few seats so we can accommodate “emergency” cases even after the open seats fill.  An example of an emergency is a student on the December graduation list who needs a Quant I or Quant II course in order to complete those gen ed requirements.

Math 225, Introductory Matrix Theory, 2 credit hours, TR 12-1:50pm

This course fills major requirements for certain engineering and science majors–though many others require Math 415, and students cannot earn credit for both 225 and 415.  It will also work for the Applied Statistics Track of the Statistics minor.  It is not a general education course.  The prerequisite of Math 220 or 221 is listed because the course gets into some fairly abstract mathematics; students who haven’t taken a course of the difficulty level of at least calculus may find the course too difficult when Math 225 turns from basic equation-solving to vector spaces.

As always, please let us know if you have any questions!  The mathadvising@illinois.edu e-mail address is excellent to share with students, and advisers are welcome to phone Shannon Schwarb, me, or our part-time interim advisers, Emily Schlafy and Jennifer Lansing.  Elizabeth Vonk at our front desk can help you find an available adviser.

2nd half-session courses, Course Announcements

EPSY203 Social Issues Group Dialogues

The updated course listings for EPSY203 Social Issues Group Dialogues are open for enrollment. Please note that some of the old sections have been cancelled and new sections have been added. In addition one class CRN 52697 (AD0) has had a day and time change. Let me know if you have any questions regarding these classes. I have listed the course description below:
 
EPSY 203
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Social Issues Group Dialogues
Credit: 1 hours.
Provides students with opportunities to converse on specific diversity and social justice topic areas offered as separate sections under the course heading. Each section uses a structured dialogue format to explore intergroup and intragroup differences and similarities within historical and contemporary contexts. Specific focus will be on participants sharing their experiences and perspectives related to the specific dialogue topic. The dialogue format uses active learning exercises in addition to weekly readings, journal assignments, and topic based dialogues.
May be repeated in the same term to a maximum of 2 hours. May be repeated in separate terms to a maximum of 6 hours
 

 

2nd half-session courses, Course Announcements

New "Makerspace" course for fall

Please let your students know about an exciting NEW course for the FA2014 semester!  Art Ed and the FabLab are working together to offer ARTS 499: Makerspace!   This class will be taught both in the 1st 8 week session AND in the 2nd 8 week session, with a lecture and a lab component (in the FabLab). No pre-requisites, and this definitely counts as one of the upper level electives for the INFO minor! Though some seats are reserved for Art and Info students, there are also seats available to any undergraduate student.

ARTS 499: Makerspace NEW ArtEd & Informatics Course for Fall 2014!

  • Develop understanding of principles and processes behind prototyping
  • Hack together and implement tools, ideas and proposals for workshops
  • Critique, test and report on real–‐world examples of makerspace curriculum
  • Practice multiple styles of expressions for different real–‐world contexts
  • Gain familiarity with open source and proprietary software
  • Learn about digital literacy, community–‐based art educa;on, informa;cs and the design of makerspaces from an interdisciplinary perspective

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2nd half-session courses, Career opportunities, Course Announcements

Summer Internship Course

Please share with interested students. This course is open to ALL MAJORS!
 
Do you want to earn credit for your internship?
ENG 451 is an online 8-week course for undergraduate students in any college with internships during Summer 2014 and is worth two hours of credit.  The course covers business concepts and helps you to further develop and/or enhance your interpersonal skills.  Register through regular course registration in April.  Visit http://go.illinois.edu/eng_451 for more information or contact Sarah Zehr at szehr@illinois.edu. 
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2nd half-session courses, Course Announcements

Term B course: ENG 198-Bringing Ideas to Be

Term B (second eight-week) Course Offering
Bringing Ideas to Be
 
ENG 198, Section: BTB, CRN: 51200, 1 credit hour
Thursdays, 2:00-3:20 pm, 313 DH
Starting March 20, 2014
 
Section Info: Examine the steps from knowing to doing. Practice techniques and processes to overcome obstacles – personal, group, and external – that inhibit creativity. Develop new routines, lifestyle changes, and skills to be more effective in bringing ideas to be.
 
Open to all majors and levels.
 
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2nd half-session courses, Course Announcements

RST — 2nd 8 week Classes

Hello! Here are two really great Recreation, Sport and Tourism Courses!  Both have seat available 2nd 8 weeks. 
RST 110 – Leisure Service Delivery (CRN 43100) – Monday & Wednesday 3:00-4:40pm
Introduces students to the concepts, principles, and practices related to the provision of services in the recreation, sport and tourism industry; description of the various fields of professional practices and basic elements of leisure service systems such as budgeting, planning, staffing, and characteristics of recreation, sport and tourism services to diverse populations.
If you would like to take RST110B:  Please email your UIN to lkpaden@illinois.edu.
RST 255 Ethical Issues in Sport Mgmt. (CRN 43106) –Monday & Wednesday 2:00–3:40pm
Explores ethical issues in sport related to government, sporting opportunities, journalism and media, education, coaching, and business. Students become familiar with concepts and principles of applied ethics and gain insight into the complexity of ethical issues in sport.
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2nd half-session courses, Course Announcements

GLBL 199 "Europe in Trouble" (begins March 17)

Please alert interested students to this second half-session, 3 hour course, GLBL 199, “Europe in Trouble: European Politics, Society, and Culture since 1945.”  See below or contact instructor Chase Foster Dimock (cdimock2@illinois.edu) for more information.

Beginning March 17th, a 7-week, 3 Credit Course
GER 199/GLBL 199/EURO 199:
Europe in Trouble: European Politics, Society, and Culture since 1945
This course focuses on important societal, political, and cultural issues that have shaped the history of Europe since 1945. It seeks to understand the many debates that have accompanied the process of European unification in their historical and cultural contexts. The central idea behind the course is that the development of postwar Europe can be understood as a series of crises, starting with the immediate aftermath of World War II, but also including the revolutionary year 1968, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the war in Yugoslavia. While the course studies important societal and political developments, it also argues that culture played an important role in the series of crises that constitute Europe’s postwar history, and that films, essays, and other cultural artifacts can function as an important resource for understanding the conflicts and controversies that shaped the public debate in Europe since 1945.
Instructor: Chase Dimock (cdimock2@illinois.edu)
10-10:50 MWF, 384 Armory with Film Screenings Thurs 5-7PM

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2nd half-session courses, Career opportunities, Course Announcements

LAS 199 – Connecting Work Experience and Your Education

CONNECTING WORK EXPERIENCE AND YOUR EDUCATION COURSE FOR SP13 AND SU13
 
LAS students: here’s a great way to get the most out of your summer internship or work experience and earn academic credit while doing so:
 
LAS 199 CWE CRN 53280 – Connecting Work Experience and Your Education – 2 credit hours
Course Description:  This course connects a work/internship experience with your education in a directed and reflective manner that will help develop your personal, educational, and professional competencies. Students are required to secure a supervised, summer work/internship experience in a career area of interest. In addition to the work/internship experience, students will complete reading and writing assignments, participate in on-line discussions, and create a final portfolio of internship accomplishments.
 
Taught on-line, LAS 199 will help you:
 
·         Explore a career field of interest through your internship experience;
·         Apply knowledge learned in the classroom and through your LAS education in a workplace environment;
·         Identify personal values, interests, and skills and relate them to your internship experience and work environments;
·         Develop communication, problem solving, and networking skills in the workplace;
·         Analyze work environments and cultures to optimize success;
·         Evaluate the internship experience as a springboard to future success;
·         Develop educational and career goals as a result of the internship experience.   
Prerequisite:  Students must secure a work/internship experience by April 13 that includes a minimum of 8 hours of work per week for at least 6-8 weeks during the summer. The Career Center provides assistance in identifying and searching internship options, if needed.
 
A description of the work/internship experience, learning objectives, work activities, and contact information for a supervisor must be submitted to instructors by April 13, 2014.
 
The internship must:
 
·         Be supervised – you must have a designated supervisor that meets with you weekly
·         Have a learning or training component—you should not be doing busy work
·         Include a project in which you have responsibility for starting and finishing and which contributes to the organization
·         Further your understanding of a career field or build on coursework you have taken
·         Increase your employability in a field of interest by enhancing skills
 
Restricted to LAS and DGS students with sophomore, junior, or senior class standing
Section CWE meets online from 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM three times during the spring semester and six times during the summer:
 
Meeting Dates:April 8, April 22, May 6, May 27, June 3, June 17, July 1, July 15 and July 29.
 
Key Dates and Deadlines:
                        April 13:  Work/Internship experience must be secured and instructors notified
                       April 18:  Last day to drop class without a grade of W
 
If you have questions regarding the course, please contact Katie Kennealy at kennealy@illinois.edu or 217-244-4438.
 
PLEASE NOTE: We are offering a summer version of this course for students whose internship requires them to be enrolled concurrently for liability/insurance purposes: SU13 section CWE, CRN 34087.  Please understand signing up for the summer section of this course means you will be charged regular summer tuition.  Check with your internship provider to see if you must be enrolled concurrently.  Registration for this course will begin on April 1.  As with the second eight-week version, this course will feature several pre-experience meetings. Meeting dates will be: May 21, May 27, June 3, June 17, July 1, July 15 and July 29.
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