Category Archives: 2nd half-session courses

2nd half-session courses, Course Announcements

EPSY 220 Fall 2013 – 8 Week Enrollment

EPSY 220: Career Theory and Practice  

 

Had to drop a class?

Undecided about your major?

Unsure about graduate or professional school?

Wondering what you’ll do after college?

Worried you’ll never find a job?

Let science help!!

Registration is now open for 8-week sections of EPSY 220, a course that helps students use the science of vocational psychology to identify a major or career of interest and prepare to enter the job force. Find out more by scanning the QR Code, visiting www.tinyurl.com/EPSY220, or contacting the course coordinator, Chris Murdock, at cmurdoc2@illinois.edu.

Enrollment is now open for several sections of an 8-week, evidence-based course in career- and life-planning. This course is a 3-hour elective that uses scientific assessments to help students identify their interests, values, and skills and select a major or career path that “fits” them well. Students also tour the Career Center, create cover letters and résumés, conduct an informational interview, participate in 3 to 5 “mock” job interviews, and explore the positive and negative ways that stereotypes, family, the media, and culture may influence their career development. 
If you encounter any students who you believe would benefit from this course– especially those who recently dropped a course or are indecisive about their major or career goals– please forward the attached flyer to them. There are sections available for all class levels, including an online section that may be especially useful for student-athletes and others who have unique scheduling needs. 
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me at cmurdoc2@illinois.edu.
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2nd half-session courses, Course Announcements, International study

second 8-week course: International Competence for Study Abroad

A second eight week course option, designed for students who plan to study abroad or do some type of int’l service learning.  Open to all majors with no prerequisites.
 
ANTH 226/GLBL 226: International Competence for Study Abroad
8-week course beginning Oct. 22, 2013| Meets every Tues 12:00-1:50 p.m.
 
Maximize your experience before you go!
 
This course provides you with cross-cultural communication tools and critical thinking skills that will enhance your experience abroad. Through in-class activities, group discussions, and writing exercises, you’ll gather valuable information about your host community and explore how cultural values shape daily experience.
 
Exploring aspects of American culture will also raise awareness about your inherent assumptions and values, making you more sensitive to the impressions you may inadvertently create while abroad. We’ll discuss options for how to productively manage common challenges, stay safe, and have a successful and fun international experience.
International Competence for Study Abroad
Studying abroad this spring, summer or next fall? Maximize your experience BEFORE YOU GO!
This course provides you with cross-cultural communication tools and critical thinking skills that will enhance your experience abroad. Through in-class activities, group discussions, and writing exercises, you’ll gather valuable information about your host community and explore how cultural values shape daily experience. Exploring aspects of American culture will also raise awareness about your inherent assumptions and values, making you more sensitive to the impressions you may inadvertently create while abroad. We’ll discuss options for how to productively manage common challenges, stay safe, and have a successful and fun international experience.
ANTH 226/GLBL 226| Tues 12:00-1:50 p.m. 8-week course starts Oct. 22, 2013
Priority given to students who are pre-registered for a study abroad program during spring, summer or fall 2014.
For more info, contact the course instructor: Dr. Nicole Tami (tami@illinois.edu)
International Programs and Studies
http://www.ilint.uiuc.edu
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2nd half-session courses, Course Announcements

New second 8-week course: Redefining Perspective

Here is a new second 8-week offering, 2 hours, open to all majors, no prerequisites.
 
ENG 198, Section PER, 9:30-10:50 AM, TR, 303 English Building, CRN: 62652
Redefining Perspective: Learning to see from new points of view. This class will challenge students to see the world in new ways. After learning the basic ideology of having a perspective, students will develop an understanding of what shapes how they see the world, how others see the world, and how to live with a more open mind.
2 hours, Meets 21-Oct – 11-Dec
 

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2nd half-session courses, Course Announcements

CIVIC CAREERS and Carnegie Junior Fellows Program

NEWLY-ADDED 2ND HALF COURSE

PS 199: CIVIC CAREERS  Taught M: 3:00-4:50 in 160 English Building taught by J. Hinchliffe. Meets October 21-December 11 CRN 55924

Description:  This experimental, one-credit course invites students to consider developing their own civic careers in the contemporary social and political economy. The course will emphasize the development of personal and civic objectives and skills, as well as professional development in a dynamic and fragmented local, national and global community.  Topics include: taking stock of values and skills, examining contemporary civic careers, evaluating educational opportunities, preparing career narratives, networking, and selecting career opportunities. Intended for sophomores, juniors and seniors.

Texts: Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha, The Start-Up of You (Random House Business Books, 2013) and David Bornstein, How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas (Oxford University Press, 2007)

CARNEGIE JUNIOR FELLOWS PROGRAM

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace offers approximately ten one-year fellowships to uniquely qualified graduating seniors and individuals who have graduated during the past academic year.  These fellows work on projects in the areas of Democracy, Nuclear Policy, Energy and Climate, Middle Eastern Studies, South Asian Studies, China Studies, Japan Studies, Southeast Asian Studies, and Russian Studies.  More information about the program appears at http://carnegieendowment.org/about/?fa=jrFellows

Interested students should submit a tentative application by November 1, 2013, to Joseph Hinchliffe, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Political Science, 421 David Kinley Hall, MC 713, 1407 West Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801. Please direct questions to jjhinch@illinois.edu or 217-333-7491.

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2nd half-session courses, Course Announcements

Second 8-week Service-Learning Courses Available!

Learning in Community (LINC) has launched a second 8-week section of the ENG 315: Learning in Community course (3 credits). LINC is an interdisciplinary, inquiry-guided service-learning course. It is open to all students, all levels with no pre-requisites. Students will join one of several small teams to work on community-based projects. We need motivated, hard-working students to join existing teams. Please encourage students to join LINC—they will learn A LOT and really make a difference with our Community Partners!  Interested students should enroll in section SOS (CRN=62650) and contact Shikhank Sharma (sharma24@illinois.edu) as soon as possible to discuss project options and to get connected to the Project Managers.  More information about LINC can be found at www.linc.illinois.edu.
 
Available projects include
 
Campus Middle School for Girls (T/R 12:30-1:50):working with the Lego Robotics team to develop a training manual and workshops to guide future coaches of the team.
 
IDOT Rights of Way for Biomass Energy (T/R 3:30-4:50):developing a cost-benefit analysis of using biofuels produced from plants grown on rights of way land to provide energy for IDOT maintenance facility.
 
Krannert Center for Performing Arts Office of Engagement with Old King’s Orchard Community Center (T/R 11:00-12:20): collaborating with community members to design a community garden and performance space to engage neighborhood youth in positive activities.
 
Champaign County Health Care Consumers and Promise Healthcare (T/R 12:30-1:50):developing social media strategies and an arts-based community engagement strategy to enhance healthcare education and improve access to healthcare; revamping nursing procedures manual and service delivery flow for community health center
 
Allerton Park (T/R 9:30-10:50):developing projects related to renewable energy sources (e.g., windmills, grass boiler systems for heat and cooling, solar power, waste water uses, water conservation methods, zero energy greenhouse production, geothermal systems).
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2nd half-session courses, Course Announcements

Education and Social Justice 8-week course

Please let your students know about this 2nd 8-week course offering:

Education Policy Studies (EPS) 390
Title: Education and Social Justice
Instructor: Rebecca Ginsburg, rginsbur@illinois.edu
Meeting days/time: Mondays and Wednesdays 11:00 – 1:50

What’s the connection between education—your education, for example—and social justice?

This course invites you to consider not only your personal experiences in the classroom, but also to learn how educational philosophers and theorists have argued about the ways that curriculum, pedagogy (approaches to teaching), and school climate can contribute to building a just society. The course also considers how, today and in the past, education has contributed to social injustices and worked to perpetuate inequality, and how people have organized and resisted unfair educational practices.

Education and Social Justice is good fit for students who welcome the opportunity to think critically about their own experiences and those of others, to think about the sort of society we seek to build, and to consider why education matters—not just for creating knowledge and expertise but also as means of creating a socially just society.

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2nd half-session courses, Course Announcements

Hate Crimes course offered Part B of Fall 2013 Term

The Department of African American Studies is offering a course on Hate Crimes.

AFRO 410 (CRN 62628)/PSYC 410 (CRN 62633)

Days: Tuesdays/Thursdays

Time: 2 – 4:50 p.m.

Room: 303 English

Credit: 3 hours, 8-week course, October 21 – December 11

With the Trayvon Martin murder as our backdrop, this African American Studies course examines hate crimes in national, state, and local perspectives.
It will examine the history of hate crimes in the United States, the changing nature of hate crimes over time, local hate crimes and their impacts
on African American communities. We will consider the roles that youth culture(s), law enforcement, gun culture(s), terror(ism), American
political culture, and the media/social media landscape all play in creating a broader context for studying hate crimes in 21st century American life.
We will also discuss “hate crimes” as a concern in the global arena. Finally, we will consider preventative strategies that can be employed to stem
the tide of hate crimes against African Americans and other communities in American life.

Instructor: Nicole Anderson-Cobb, Ph.D.
Dr. Nicole Anderson-Cobb-a UIUC PhD in History (2007)-is currently Outreach Coordinator for the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence
(ICHV). In addition to her work as a historian and anti-gun violence activist, she is an established playwright and has recently launched an international
project called “GunPlay(s)” which is soliciting new plays on violence for a juried competition. The Department of African American Studies
will co-sponsor a “GunPlay(s)” public presentation of the winning plays in March 2014.

For more information contact: Lou Turner, loturner@illinois.edu.

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2nd half-session courses, Course Announcements

New 2nd 8 week class in Media

The College of Media is offering a new class for the second eight week term of the Fall  ‘13 semester.
 
MDIA 199 Envisioning Information is a unique experimental course, developed with input from advertising and journalism faculty, that seeks to instill in students of all majors the hands-on skills and critical thinking needed to display information more quickly, more powerfully, more memorably and more believably using charts, graphs and other visual techniques. These skills are not only useful academic skills, they are clearly professional skills as well.
 
Taught by Eric Meyer, author of the book “Designing Infographics” and winner of numerous design awards, the course will explore data visualization processes and techniques suitable for a wide range of media, from newspapers, magazines, websites and broadcasts to newsletters, advertisements, institutional reports and corporate presentations. 
 
Students will explore both theory and practice, visual and statistic literacy, while working in a computer lab with Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint, Adobe Illustrator and Flash and HTML 5/CSS 3 in a slower paced, more generic version of Meyer’s Multimedia Editing and Design course.
The course will meet 3:00- 5:50 Tue and Thur. It will be a 3 credit hour course.
Please pass on the course information to interested students.
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2nd half-session courses, Course Announcements

LER available second eight week courses

This is a reminder that LER can accept students into multiple sections of three second-eight-weeks Global Labor Studies’ online classes. The classes run October 21 to December 11. The courses are:
LER 100 Introduction to Labor Studies
LER 110 Labor and Social Movements
LER 120 Contemporary Labor Problems
 
If you’ve questions please email LER undergraduate program coordinator Prof. Steven Ashby at skashby@illinois.edu
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