Fall 2008 — First-Year Experience Courses
FYE101:A — Woman's Health: From Adolescence to Retirement
We will address all the objectives of C-SC's FYE program through the topic of women's health. Students will learn about health concerns, illnesses, and lifestyle issues related specifically to a women's anatomy. Topics will cover adolescence, maturity, pregnancy, menopause, women's cancers and lifestyle concerns. We will also discuss and analyze health concerns for this generation's young women.
FYE101:B — Leadership Styles from Jesus to Covey
What is your leadership style? Want to examine it? Want to see what experts say? This course will review different opinions about, and styles of, leadership. Bob Briner and Ray Pritchard write about The Leadership Lessons of Jesus; Stephen Covey writes about the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People; John Maxwell writes about the 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership…and there are more. In groups of two, students will share about the findings of a particular author. You also will have an opportunity to study your favorite leader and to examine and to learn strategies to develop your own style of leadership.
FYE101:C — Media and Politics 2008
Using the 2008 presidential election as our primary text, we will study the interaction between media, politicians, and public opinion. Each student will be assigned one major media outlet to track and provide weekly observations on the course website. The class will also be divided into two "campaign teams," competing to elect a hypothetical candidate governor of Missouri. Books include Matthew Kerbel's Remote and Controlled: Media Politics in a Cynical Age, and Stephen Ansolabehere's Going Negative: How Political Advertising
Alienates and Polarizes the American Electorate.
FYE101:D — Out of Body, Out of Mind: States of Human Consciousness
What does it mean if you have a dream that you're falling out of a tree house and into a lava pit while trying to get to the wedding of your mother and Bret Michaels? How does the body change during meditation? Ever wonder whether people can really have "out-of-body experiences?" Does hypnosis work on everyone? These questions and more will be considered during this course that focuses on different states of human consciousness.
FYE101:E — American Heroes: Jackie Robinson and
Muhammad Ali
This course will analyze the impact of legendary sports and civil rights pioneers, Jackie Robinson and Muhammad Ali. Among the greatest athletes and activists of the 20th century, Robinson and Ali helped forever change America by fighting for freedom and equality
both on and off the field and in and out of the ring. We will critically examine their lives, read literature written by and about them, discuss and analyze the controversy they created, and explore in our own writing their lasting influence which, as we will see, extends far beyond the world of sports.
FYE101:F — Talkin' ‘bout My Generation: The History of the American Teenager
The course will address the concept of "teenager," and whether it is, in reality, a concept created by cultural observers and amplified by the media. "Teenager" also reflects the changing demographics of young people, ages 13 to 19, living in the late 1940s through the 1950s. We'll look at economic and social demographics, explore literature that treats similar themes, and analyze the media as a contributing factor to the creation of the "teenager."
FYE101:G — Created City/Created Self - Honors FYE
This course, for students interested in joining the Honors Program, will explore the city – or as the Ancient Greeks called it, the "polis"
– as a metaphor for one's self. It will focus on Plato's Republic, while also interweaving a range of texts from various disciplines. The aim of Plato's character Socrates is to answer questions like: What makes a good person? What responsibility does the good person have to his or her fellow citizens? And how does the good person go about making good decisions?
FYE101:H — On Being Educated - Honors FYE
This course is designed for students interested in joining the Honors Program. We will study ideas, from ancient to modern thinkers, about what it means to be educated. We may toss in a novel or some poetry to analyze with reference to being-educated philosophies. Students will be asked to develop their own philosophies about what being educated means for them.
FYE101:I — The Greeks Had A Name for It
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts . . . your Achilles tendon . . . Oedipus complex . . . panic . . . echo. Have you ever wondered about the origin of these words and expressions and others? Wonder no longer. The fascinating world of classical Greek mythology is one of the sources from which our language borrowed to become what it is today.
FYE101:J — Rockin' in the USA
Beginning with Southern blues artists in the 1940s and culminating in the music of today, this course will trace the development of rock and roll including its social and political contexts. Many styles and genres will be studied, with a special focus on the impact of the "British Invasion."
FYE101:K — The Real Truth about Superman: And the Rest
of
Us, Too!
There are many heroes in works of fiction, and in the real world, who don't have superpowers at all. The heroes who live and work around us every day include firefighters, police officers, doctors, nurses, and teachers. Through prominent comic-book stories, "Facebook,"
movies, philosophy, and fiction and non-fiction narrative, we will explore and extend our concept of the heroic beyond those occupations that obviously require facing personal danger for the good of others. Anyone who stands for the good and the right and does so against the pull of forces that could defeat their effort can be seen as a hero. Heroism as a concept should never be diminished; but, at the same time, we do not properly understand it unless we see its application wherever it is appropriate.
FYE101:L — "Oh the Places You'll Go!"
Undecided about which academic path is yours? The choices and opportunities that lie ahead can challenge even the best of us. This first step of self-exploration takes place in the wonderful world of literature. Is it true that everything you need to know you learned in kindergarten? Through the collection of American writer and cartoonist Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss), this question will be explored as we discover how smart and capable we all are. How better to rediscover and release our sense of adventure, than by waking the brain cells and taking this positive energy with you to stay fresh and focused in your latest adventure of facing freshman challenges.
FYE101:N — Germ Wars: Fact or Fiction?
Explore the science behind true-life modern plagues and compare it to the portrayal of infectious disease in the movies and modern fiction. Infectious diseases have always been an integral part of human civilization, often with devastating consequences. Human society
has often portrayed these events as popular entertainment in the movies, on stage, and in books. How accurate are these stories? Are we really all going to die from a flesh-eating virus or will these infections cause human DNA to mutate and turn us into zombies or vampires? You will explore the facts and fiction of infectious diseases by addressing the biology of selected emerging diseases based on scientific articles and then critique a relevant film from the perspective of a scientist. For example, the topic of Ebola virus and viral epidemics may be discussed within the context of the 1995 movie, Outbreak, or the book The Hot Zone. Students will also get an opportunity to create and pitch their own movie plot.
FYE101:O — What Happens Here Stays Here: The Branding Success of Las Vegas, Nevada
This course will explore how a small stretch of businesses and entertainment venues lodged in the middle of a desert became one of the most sought after places to visit in the United States. The course will explore all entities from the early Vegas days to the many components that created the Vegas of today including its people, venues and specific tactics in development, marketing and branding techniques. The course uses a variety of instructional tools to include the internet, videos, television series, discussions and more.
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