New classes for spring/summer quarter
Course Title: CHEM& 110, Chemical Concepts with Lab, item #2113,
Time and Location: The class meets in spring on MTTh from 1- 2:50 pm.
Credits: 5
Instructor: Sara Lucas
Description: An introduction to chemistry for the non-science student with less mathematical rigor than CHEM& 121. Presents general ideas about how models of atoms, bonding, and the structures of materials help in understanding chemical processes and reactions.
Course Title: CHEM& 121 Hybrid, Introduction to Chemistry (with lab) Item #2123
Time and Location: Main Campus – 1-1:50 p.m. and 2-4 p.m. lab.
Credits: 5
Instructor: Sara Lucas
Description: Beginning course for the non-science student interested in chemistry with less mathematical rigor than CHEM& 140. Together with CHEM& 131, it satisfies the chemistry requirement for many students in the allied health sciences.
Course Title: Social Science 100, “Truth, Lies, and Social Statistics”
Time and Location: SCI 100, 10 a.m. daily, Spring Quarter
Credits: 5
Instructor: Tim Scharks
Description: The short course name is “Social Statistics” but the full name is more interesting because it emphasizes that social statistics like crime rates and opinion polls are socially created and may be subject to biases and inaccuracies. This course is currently offered in the spring.
Course Title: Phil 160-Introduction to Philosophy of Science, Item #7519.
Time and Location: Daily from 11:00-11:50 in IVA 109.
Instructor: Anthony Ferrucci.
Description: Introduces students to some major components of scientific reasoning including the distinction between science and pseudoscience, falsification, laws of nature, whether we should treat the entities postulated by our best scientific theories as real, and other issues.
Course Title: English 190 – Adolescent Literature
Time and Location: M&W 5:30-7:50 – SH 252
Credits: 5
Instructor: Richard Potsubay
Quarter Offered: Spring 2018
Description: This course will seek to explore and analyze the literary phenomenon of Young Adult Literature and its exponential growth of the years. This course focuses on its cultural, sociological, and psychological aspects through many different literary lenses.
Course Title: Engl 127, #3327. Garbology
Time and Location: Kent Campus, 8:00 a.m., M/W.
Credits: 5
Instructor: Callae Frazier
Description: Research-writing course will use David Hume’s book, Garbology, to examine what ancient garbage dumps reveal about past societies, explore how our current production of waste shapes social and economic issues, and consider the sustainability of waste management.
Course Title: Engl& 101, #3603. Environmental Awareness
Time and Location: Kent Campus at 10:30 a.m., M/W
Credits: 5
Instructor: Callae Frazier
Description: Core composition course, explores the relevance of and need for environmental awareness in personal, social, and global settings. During the quarter, you will develop a supported position on the need for environmental awareness in our society.
