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Fall 2012 Intersections courses
Intersections courses are open to all Intersections residents, as well as other students as indicated for each course. They are also open to incoming first-year Intersections students! Enroll during summer registration!
AFRO 100: INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES (Discussion section open to all University Residence Hall students.)
3 hrs
CRN 49318 Section AD1
Discussion Thursdays, 11:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.
PAR 111A
CRN 29810 Section AL1 Mondays
Lecture 11:00 a.m. - 12:50 p.m.
Location TBA.
Interdisciplinary introduction to the basic concepts and literature in the disciplines covered by African American Studies; surveys the major approaches to the study of African Americans across several academic disciplines including economics, education, psychology, literature, political science, sociology and others.
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for a UIUC Social Sciences, and US Minority Culture(s) course.
EPSY 202: EXPLORING CULTURAL DIVERSITY (Discussion Section open to all University Residence Hall students.)
3 hrs
CRN 41837 Section AD6 Tuesdays 1:00 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.
Discussion PAR 111A
CRN 32176 Section AE1 Thursdays 2:00 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.
Lecture
Instructor: Joycelyn Landrum-Brown
This course introduces students to cultural diversity and social justice issues through interdisciplinary readings, discussion, and experiential activities. Diversity is defined as encompassing all human differences including but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic class, religion, disabilities, sexual orientation, phenotype, and language. The course involves a 1-hour lecture and 2-hour lab/discussion section each week. Lectures focus on information such as key issues and concepts, theories and models, and how to relate them to incidents in everyday life. The lab/discussion sections focus on relating the readings and lectures to personal experiences through group dialogue and experiential activities. The course will explore the psychological, systemic and historical contexts in which interpersonal and intergroup relations occur. The goal is to provide a forum for different (and in some cases opposing) perspectives to be shared in a safe, supportive and academic environment. An additional goal is for students to have an opportunity to clarify and understand their own identity and perspectives and how those views might impact their ability to relate to and work with others with different perspectives and cultures. Students must sign up for the lecture section and a discussion section.
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for a US Minority Culture(s) course.
MUS 169: INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION IN MUSIC (Open to all Living-Learning Communities.)
0 hr (enroll by lottery during the first week of classes)
Music lessons are free to Intersections resdents and for people who want to further their musical knowledge and skills, but who do not necessarily declare music as a major or minor. In the lessons, the students choose the goals they want to pursue and the musical styles they wish to learn. Students arrange with the Coordinator to study with Unit One music lesson teachers. The teachers are people who are skilled in their instruments and who usually have a strong background in theory and composition. They are able to teach and answer questions about the technique of their instrument, the construction of music composition, andthe musical ideas contained in them.
RHET 105: PRINCIPLES OF COMPOSITION
3 hrs, CRN 37246 Section GC
Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:30 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.
Instructor: TBA
Location: Pennsylvania Ave Residence HallsUrbana South Courses
Join other students in this freshman composition course focused on international students and on students interested in cross-cultural engagement. Study of the methods of exposition, the problems of argument, the use of evidence, and style; practice in expository writing.
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for Freshman Composition I course.
Urbana South Courses (Pennsylvania Ave Residence Halls and Florida Ave Residence Halls)
Urbana South is home to four of the nine living learning communities, Global Crossroads, Health Professions, Intersections, and Women in Math, Science, and Engineering. Most Urbana South Courses are available to Intersections students. They offer the convenience of location and most fulfill general education requirements.
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