Category Archives: Course Announcements

Course Announcements, International study

Global Studies courses have seats available

The following courses and sections still have great seats available for your students!

 

GLBL 220: Governance

 

GLBL 240: Global Health

 

GLBL 350: Poverty in a Global Context

 

We also have a few seats in GLBL 100 left, contact us for an override as we will soon be releasing them. This course now counts for the Social Science as well as Western/Comparative gen eds.

 

Also, these one-credit seminars still have some open seats. These courses are great for students to round out their schedule with an interesting course to get that pesky single credit or to simply explore in-depth a topic of interest to them. Course descriptions and other details can be found online in the campus course explorer.

 

GLBL 296

crn 54536: Transitional Justice in Post-conflict Societies (semester-long)

crn 58754: Politics of Belonging (1st half of the semester)

crn 62473: NGOs and Development (2nd half)

crn 61853: Water, Human Rights and Development (1st half)

crn 54535: Women and Pop Culture in the Middle East (2nd half)

 

Good luck with the new semester!

-Tim

 

Timothy Wedig, Ph.D.

Associate Director, LAS Global Studies

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

703 South Wright St., 3rd Floor, MC-301

Champaign, IL 61820-5710

 

t: (217) 333-0178

f: (217) 265-7555

e: twedig@illinois.edu

w: http://www.globalstudies.illinois.edu/

fb: https://www.facebook.com/timothy.wedig

Course Announcements, International study

The Telenovela — New Course in Brazilian Studies

The Portuguese and Brazilian Studies program would greatly appreciate your passing along information about an exciting new course on the Brazilian Telenovela (taught in English).  It would be of particular value for students interested in gender, sexuality, media, Latin America, anthropology, communications.  The professor is our new Assistant Professor of Portuguese, John Karam, so it promises to be a really exciting and worthwhile experience.

Here is the course description:

PORT 404 U3/G4: The Telenovela

MW 10:00-11:20

 

Telenovelas are prime-time television serial melodramas broadcast six days a week for up to ten months. Frequently compared to soap operas in North America, telenovelas (often called novelas) are common across Latin America and possess a striking cultural and political valence in Brazil specifically. Since the 1970s, they have been exported to hundreds of countries around the world as well. Using interdisciplinary insights from anthropology, communications, media and cultural studies, as well as sociology, this course explores how Brazilian telenovelas have reflected and shaped the class, race, gender, sexuality, nationalism, and modernity. The key point is to grasp the power relations portrayed in the telenovela and the ways that telenovela viewers reproduce, endure, and/or circumvent such hierarchies.

 

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Glen S. Goodman, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
School of Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics

Course Announcements

SPORT, RECREATION & TOURISM CLASSES OPEN!!

Hello!!  Welcome back!! I  wanted to let you know of several RST courses that are available to your students!!  Click here for the full course descriptions.  If you have any questions please feel free to email me at lkpaden@illinois.edu. 

 

COURSE NAME CRN Day Time
RST 100  – RST in Modern Society** 42914 TR 11:12:50
RST 101 – Orientation to RST 42916 MW 11-11:50
RST 110 A – Service Delivery in RST 42917 TR 9-10:40
RST 110 B – Service Delivery in RST 42918 TR 9-10:40
RST 130 – Foundations of Sport Management 42919 TR 9:30-10:50
RST 199SLS – Communications in RST 62789 TR 3:30-4:50
RST 230 – Leisure Services and Diversity 42924 TR 2-3:20
RST242A – Nature & American Culture ** 63130 online online
RST242B – Nature & American Culture ** 63131 online online
RST 255A – Ethical Issues in Sport Management 42926 MW 9-10:40
RST 255B– Ethical Issues in Sport Management 42927 MW 9-10:40
RST 316 – Leisure and Human Development 42929 TR 12:30-1:50
RST 320 – Leisure Services Marketing 42930 MWF 2-2:50
RST 330 – Leisure and Consumer Culture** 43053 MWF 3-3:50
RST 340  – Leisure and Facility Management 43054 MWF 11-11:50
RST 354 – Legal Aspects of Sport Management 50624 W 6-8:40
RST 370 – Research Methods and Analysis** 43055 TR 11:00-12:15
RST 199MR2 – Sport and Sustainability 65370 TR Online/Arranged
RST 199LC – Freshmen Discovery – Leisure & Culture 58251 TR 2-3:15
RST 199WS– Sapora Student Symposium – Oct 1st-2nd Course. Special Course – Details coming!! 62591 Thurs Fri Meets R p.m. ALL day Friday

** This course satisfies the General Education

 

 

 

LoriKay Paden, CPRP

Academic Advisor/Instructor
Applied Health Sciences
Recreation, Sport and Tourism

University of Illinois

 

Course Announcements

FSHN 232 open to outside majors

FSHN 232, Science of Food Preparation has open seats for outside majors this fall.  Take advantage of an opportunity to register for a course that traditionally is not available to outside majors.  Learn about food preparation principles and techniques while preparing standard food products with your lab mate.  Principles of food management and their application in the planning and preparation of meals are also covered.  And you get to eat whatever you cook!.  Additional course fees ($56) apply to non-FSHN majors.

 

Thanks.
Barb

 

Barb Vandeventer, Office Administrator

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Dept of Food Science and Human Nutrition

905 South Goodwin Avenue

260E1 Bevier Hall, MC-182

Urbana, IL  61801

217-333-1324

vandvntr@illinois.edu

Course Announcements

FA 15 Art+Design Studio Classes With Open Seats

please let interested students know there are open seats in the following Art+Design studio classes.  thanks, Mark.

 

ARTS 230 (31414) – Jewelry/Metals I –TR 2:00-4:40

ARTS 280 (31272) – Sculpture I – TR 2:00-4:40

ARTS 341 (49605) – Image Practice – MW 9:00-12:10

ARTS 343 (49601) – Time Arts I – TR 9:30-12:10

ARTS 344 (57607) – Interaction I – MW 4:00-6:40

 

 

Mark Avery

Coordinator of Undergraduate Academic Affairs

School of Art+Design

University of Illinois

217-333-6632

mavery@illinois.edu

Course Announcements, Study Abroad

Australia Study Abroad (IHLT 498)

Good afternoon everyone!

 

We would like to ask your help in spreading the word about the “IHLTH 498: Global Health and Diversity” course that will take place on campus for the 2nd 8 weeks of the semester, and then two weeks abroad in Australia over the 2015-2016 Winter Break term. This course is open to undergraduate students of all majors.

 

We will focus on a variety of concepts comparing health issues in the U.S. and Australia. Students with a passion for health will be particularly interested in the health care, aging, disability, aboriginal and indigenous health, and gendered health aspects of the course.

 

Please share the following information with your students:

 

  1. Applications are due September 15th, but we highly encourage anyone interested to apply early due to limited space. In the event we have more applications than seats in the course, we will begin reviewing based on the date applications were submitted.
  2. In the event you or the people helping you finance the trip want a refresher about the course, Lena Hann (course Instructor) and Moses (our TA) made a short informational video for you! You can access it here.
  3. We have updated the estimated total for the course, and the expense is lower than originally quoted!
  4. The estimated range of total cost is $6,920-$7,290.
  5. This means that amount includes all program, travel (including airfare) and out-of-pocket expenses (like meals on your own time).
  6. You can find more information on the Study Abroad website or email us here.
  7. There will be more Info Sessions held during the first few weeks of class, and our partners from Australia will actually be here to answer questions about what we’ll do while abroad. Keep an eye out for emails later this month.

 

Thank you for your help in getting the word out to students!

Julie

 

 

Julie Bobitt, PhD

Program Coordinator and Instructor

Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

1206 S. Fourth Street

226 Huff Hall, MC-586

217-333-6657

Jbobitt@illinois.edu

 

Course Announcements

Seats available in MACS100

I’d like to draw you attention to Fall’s MACS 100 (intro to popular TV and movies)  because although this is a long standing class it was been tweaked for Fall. The course itself has been updated and revised and the instructor is new to the course  and is excited to bring her experiences in the TV industry and her academic interests into this particular class. I’ve attached a flyer for your perusal and, if possible, to share with your students who are still looking for that certain class to round out their fall schedule or to share with new students still to register.

MACS100 Promo Fall 2015

Cheers now,

Julian

 

Dr. Julian Parrott

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Student Services

College of Media

University of Illinois

(217) 244-4329 – fax (217) 244-9392

www.media.illinois.edu

http://julianparrott.weebly.com

 

Course Announcements

New Anthropology Classes for Fall 15!

I would like to pass along some new courses that are topics courses and easy to miss.

 

ANTH 399 PJ:  Evolution of Childhood and Adolescence taught by Dr Petra Jelinek

MW 3:00-4:20  Gregory Hall 111  3 credits

 

Excellent choice for students concentrating in  Biology, Human Development and Family Studies, Psychology, Pre-Med, Health Sciences, Global Studies, and Education.   For those of you who have registered for the PSYC crosslist, Culture and Psychology, please consider this option instead.

 

Description:  This course studies human growth and development from biological, cultural, and evolutionary perspectives.  We will investigate the universal and cross-cultural characteristics of human development from infancy through adolescence to young adulthood, and explore some of the many reasons and outcomes of an extraordinarily long childhood.  These include the evolution of human brain growth patterns, the anatomical, physiological and social context of development including learning to walk, growth of gender and sex differences, acquisition of language, and the importance of social learning. In other words, why do humans take such a long time to grow up?

 

There are no specific prereqs, but some basic knowledge of biology such as ANTH 101, 102, 143, 240 or other biology courses is helpful.

 

If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Jelinek at jelinek@illinois.edu

 

****Dr Jelinek will be teaching another 399 course entitled “Neuroanthropology” in spring 2016.

 

****Also on the schedule for spring 16, new faculty Dr Jessica Brinkworth will teach “Evolution and Ecology of Immunity.”  Dr Brinkworth will teach ANTH 241:  Human Variation and Race in the fall.

 

ANTH 499 JM:  Political and Legal Anthropology (flyer attached)

TR 11:00am-12:30 pm   English Building 119   4 credits

 

This will be a good course for advanced undergrads who wish to look at the classical foundations of law and how ethnographers have looked at the complex political significance of law in different times and places.

 

Description:  This class is an introduction to political anthropology. It is designed to cultivate your critical engagement with current work by inviting you to read a selection of contemporary texts in combination with their precedents, stretching back through the history of the discipline into the classical foundations of political thought. Through this you will gain an understanding of political concerns driving contemporary anthropological research.

 

Contact Dr Martin for more info  jmart@illinois.edu

 

ANTH 199 AU: Get to Know Anthropology

W 12:00 pm-12:50 pm 109A Davenport Hall  1 credit

 

For new and older students, here’s an opportunity to meet faculty and learn about different career paths and opportunities anthropology has to offer.

 

Contact Dr Farnell for more info bfarnell@illinois.edu

Course Announcements

Course Opening – KIN 494 – Food, Health & Wellness

KIN 494 Special Topics: Food, Health & Wellness

TR 2:00 – 3:20 PM.

N. Khan

(3 credit hours undergrad, section NKU)

(4 credit hours grad, section NKG)

 

This course will focus on contemporary nutrition and implications for individual and public health. Specific emphasis will be placed on understanding the role of foods and diet patterns, rather than select nutrients, on vital aspects of physical and cognitive wellbeing.

 

 

Cassie Meinert

Academic Advisor – Kinesiology

College of Applied Health Sciences

155 Freer Hall

906 S. Goodwin Avenue

Urbana, IL 61801

http://www.kch.illinois.edu/Undergraduates/KinesAdvising.aspx

Course Announcements

LIS 490EGC, E-Government – seats available (Fall 2015)

The following course in LIS has open seats for undergraduate students.  This course meets online.

 

LIS 490EGC E-Government

3 UG hours

CRN: 65725

Instructor: Dr. Jon Gant – http://www.lis.illinois.edu/people/faculty/jongant

This course examines the strategies, practices and technologies of electronic government. Governments worldwide are integrating computer-based technologies into the centerfold of public administrative reforms to digitize the delivery of services and the process of governing. E-government relies on IT to automate and transform the processes to serve citizens, businesses, governments, and other constituents. The course focuses on understanding models of delivering services through IT-enabled processes, open government, security issues, techonologies, and economic evaluation Lessons learned in the course can be applied to public organizations, non-profit organizations, and civil society.

 

For more information or questions, please contact Meg Edwards mbedward@illinois.edu