Intersections Courses

General Education and Bachelor Degree Requirement courses are organized within four intersections of the Learning Framework, each containing unique learning outcomes. This allows you to tailor your educational experiences by selecting courses in the intersection(s) that are most valuable to you. Depending on your goals, you may decide to take courses across all four intersections or narrow your focus to one or two.

Collaborate Effectively

This intersection combines COMMUNITY and KNOLWEDGE AND SKILLS. Courses in this intersection target the collaborative skills necessary to work and live effectively in a community of people who have different skills and experiences.

Learning Outcomes:

Communicate effectively with people from different backgrounds.
Share & build on ideas from multiple perspectives.
Demonstrate effective teamwork skills.
Address & resolve conflict productively.

Courses

African American Experiences

ETHNC 2550

Climate Change and Lost Cities

Anth 2400

Cross-Cultural Communication

LING 3600

Dance in Culture

DANC 1010

Dance: A Creative Process

DANC 1075

Diverse Populations With Communication Needs

CSD 4600

Diversity and Health

H EDU 5300

Diversity Scholars

ETHNC 2510

Ethnic Minority Families

FCS 3290

Gender and Contemporary Issues

GNDR 3690

International Marketing

MKTG 4840

Introduction to Statistical Thinking in Anthropology

ANTH 5230

Introductory Android App Making

H EDU 5420

LEAP Seminar in Social Sciences

LEAP 1101

Modernism and Beyond - Coming in Spring

HONOR 2108

Parenting Across Cultures

FCS 3370

Politics of Borders & Migration

ETHNC 3790

Social Media in International Tourism - Coming in Spring

PRT 5610

Special Education Globalization and International Perspectives

SP ED 3020

World Englishes

LING 3220

Reason & Act Ethically

This intersection combines TRANSFORMATION and COMMUNITY. Courses in this intersection will provide opportunities to grapple with the ethical dimensions of problem solving and action.

Learning Outcomes:

Analyze and personalize an ethical code of conduct.
Apply personal and professional ethical codes effectively in different situations.
Explore the ways a personal and professional ethical code impact community based ethical issues.
Evaluate how a personal and professional ethical code applies to global ethical issues.

COURSES

Home, School, & Community Relations - Coming in Spring

ECS 3180

Leisure Behavior and Human Diversity

PRT 3310

Immigrants & Communities: the Sociology of Immigration & Integration

SOC 3741

Nursing across Systems and Populations for RN's - Coming in Spring

NURS 3113

Introduction to Architecture

ARCH 1615

Political Forum Series

POLS 3910

Introduction to Design Thinking

DES 2615

Professional Writing

WRTG 3015

Introduction to Environmental and Sustainability Policy

POLS 3390

Promoting Physical Activity in the Community

KINES 4900

Introduction to Islam - Coming in Spring

POLS 4400

Special Topics - Coming in Spring

HONOR 3100

Introduction to Music

MUSC 1010

The American Experience through Black Theatre - Coming in Spring

THEA 1770

Introduction to Natural Hazards

GEOG 3310

The Evolution of Human Nature

ANTH 1050

Introductory Android App Making

H EDU 5420

Urban Environmental Geography - Coming in Spring

GEOG 3330

Land, Law & Culture

CMP 4260

Wilderness in America

PRT 2100

LEAP Seminar in Humanities

LEAP 1100

Writing & Cultural Rhetorics

WRTG 4050

Persist in Addressing Complex Problems

This intersection combines KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS and IMPACT. Courses in this intersection focus on developing the persistence necessary to remain engaged in complex problems, especially when an immediate solution seems elusive.

Learning Outcomes:

Identify a strategy for perseverance and problem solving.
Apply that strategy as you work through set-backs, errors and failures.
Develop creative processes that lead to effective problem solving.
Evaluate a system of people and resources as an asset in creative problem solving.