How did African Americans use literature to express themselves
throught history? What role has literature played historically in
the African American community? What does literature by and about
African Americans tell you about their circumstances during certain
periods in American history? This learning community will explore
these and other questions about the African American experience. Two
semesters.
| FALL |
SPRING |
|
Course |
Title |
|
UNIV 101 |
Freshman
Seminar I |
|
ENGL 110 |
English
Composition I |
|
PHIL 110 |
Critical
Thinking |
|
|
Course |
Title |
|
UNIV 102 |
Freshman
Seminar II |
|
ENGL 120 |
English
Composition II |
|
HIST 210 |
African-American History |
|
The Bronco Men Learning Community initiative is designed to
engage students in higher education by offering a supportive
environment and alternative pedagogies that address their specific
learning styles. Designed to address pedagogical issues most
frequently associated with males, the community is open to any students who feel they could
benefit from a learning environment that stresses responsibility,
active learning, and peer support. Two semesters.
Students will be placed in Bronco Men I or II based on placement
scores.
Bronco Men I: Critical Thinking and Current Issues
Students will engage current issues using the tools of critical
thinking and information technology. Students will analyze
critically the arguments surrounding current events and examine the
evidence for different positions through Internet-based research.
| FALL |
SPRING |
|
Course |
Title |
|
UNIV 101 |
Freshman
Seminar I |
|
CSC 100 |
Intro to
Computers |
|
ENGL 110 |
English
Composition |
|
PHIL 110 |
Critical
Thinking |
|
|
Course |
Title |
|
UNIV 102 |
Freshman Seminar II |
|
CSC 100 |
Intro to
Computers |
|
ENGL 110 |
English
Composition |
|
SOCI 210 |
Principles
of Sociology OR |
|
CRJC 200 |
Intro to
Criminal Justice System |
|
Bronco Men II: Language and Identity in African-American
Culture
This community will explore African American culture and identity
through an examination of the distinctive language patterns and
experience of African American males. Students will learn how
African American Vernacular (AAV) dialects originated, the
curcumstances under which they have endured and flourished, and
their long-term connections to social identity and larger power
structures. By examining their individual connections to AAV,
identity and power, students will examine the challenges faced by
African American men in the effort to master and claim "standard"
English. Learning standard English presents African American
men with the oppositional choice between success in the larger
society and the cultural need to "keep it real," a choice that often
contributes to the gender gap in academic success of African
Americans.
| FALL |
SPRING |
|
Course |
Title |
|
UNIV 101 |
Freshman
Seminar I |
|
ENGL 108 |
Grammar and
Usage |
|
CSC 100 |
Introduction to Computers |
|
|
Course |
Title |
|
UNIV 102 |
Freshman
Seminar II |
|
ENGL 110 |
English
Composition I |
|
PHIL 110 |
Critical
Thinking |
|
CRJC 200 |
Intro to
Criminal Justice System OR |
|
SOCI 210 |
Principles
of Sociology |
|
| The
Bronco Women Initiative is a program designed to explore
experiences of women of color to improve their success by
integrating social and academic activities, formally and
informally. This class will emphasize positive self-images and
|
|
Course |
Title |
|
UNIV 101-102 |
Freshman Seminar II |
|
SOCI 210 |
Principles of Sociology |
|
|
encourage social networking.
Students will engage in practical problem solving and the
function of power on an individual and or group setting.
Students will learn to articulate their own social identities. |
|
This learning community will discuss common chemicals
in our environment: how they are formed, metabolized, and analyzed.
Understanding how mathematics play an important role in the
kinetics, redox reactions, and quantitative analysis
|
|
Course |
Title |
|
CHEM 160 |
General Chemistry II |
|
MATH 130 |
Precalculus
II |
|
|
of environmental contaminants will also
be examined. One
semester. |
Courses in this learning community will allow
students to examine the ethics of citizenship or citizens' actions
in the workplace, academic and general communites. Students
will define and examine definitions of (un)ethical behavior in a
variety of community contexts. What are the causes and effects
of the new "cheating" culture in education, business, and/or sports?
What is academic dishonesty? Two semesters.
| FALL |
SPRING |
|
|
|
Course |
Title |
|
UNIV 102 |
Freshman
Seminar II |
|
ENGL 120 |
English
Composition II |
|
PHIL 110 |
Critical
Thinking |
|
|
Why does the criminal justice system in America work the way it
does? Why are minorities over-represented in the criminal justice
system? How can this situation be changed? This learning
community will address the resolution of moral dilemmas that
typically occur in the administration of criminal
|
|
Course |
Title |
|
UNIV 101 |
Freshman
Seminar I |
|
PHIL 110 |
Critical Thinking |
|
CRJC 200 |
Intro
Criminal Justice Sys |
|
|
justice by applying the skills of critical thinking. One
semester. |
|
The learning community will explore the biological
basis of specific diseases and how drugs work in the body. Various
health-related issues will be discussed as well as an understanding
of how mathematics play an important role in
|
|
Course |
Title |
|
BIOL 150 |
Principles of Biology |
|
MATH 123 |
College
Algebra |
|
|
understanding biology. One
semester. |
|
This learning community will use a seminar format to explore the
socio-political dimensions of globalization as seen by both
supporters and critics alike. The goal is not only for a better
understanding of this process but participants will be
challenged into thinking about their place or niche in this
|
|
Course |
Title |
|
UNIV 101 |
Freshman Seminar I |
|
GEOG 220 |
World Regional Geography |
|
POLI 210 |
Principles of Amer Govt |
|
|
evolving global marketplace where rules of social economic
survival are constantly changing. The courses will be organized
around three important dimensions of globalization that are
occurring at an ever increasing rate today: (1) globalization of
the economy, (2) globalization of culture, and (3) globalization
of environmental change. One semester. |
|
This learning community will examine the organic,
economic, and aesthetic impact of the legalization of drugs in the
United States.
One semester. |
|
Course |
Title |
|
CRJC 200 |
Intro Criminal Justice System |
|
ENGL 120 |
English
Composition II |
|
|
This section of Freshman Seminar will examine
advising, major, and career issues of interest to pre-nursing
students. Two semesters. |
|
Course |
Title |
|
UNIV 101-102 |
Freshman Seminar I-II |
|
|
Social work and Psychology are uniquely compelling
and exciting professions that can provide you with numerous
opportunities for a really "impactful" career. For example, you may
decide to provide counseling services to persons in |
|
Course |
Title |
|
PSYC 210 |
General Psychology |
|
SWRK 230 |
Intro to
Social Work |
|
|
needs of ways to help themselves feel
better about who they are as people, or you may decide to explore
newer and innovative approaches to helping people that our society
sometimes regards as "throw-away" people. The fields of Social Work
and Psychology truly represent the very best of cutting-edge arenas,
and your interest, input, and participation will help to ensure that
these professions will remain at the forefront of efforts to
transform the lives of many persons. Please join us! |
| This learning
community will study the connections between values and
language, including the values we inherit through our learned
language and those reflected in our individual choices.
Students will examine the societal and individual values
inherent in choosing to pursue higher education and |
|
Course |
Title |
|
UNIV 101 |
Freshman Seminar I |
|
ENGL 108 |
Freshman Composition II |
|
PHIL 110 |
Critical Thinking |
|
|
throughout the educational process. They will explore the
process of developing principles that direct our lives,
including those from family, peers, spirituality, economics, and
other relevant areas. And they will analyze and reflect upon how
choices mirror values. |
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