Online AA in General Studies: Curriculum

IDS 2100 Reading Circle (1 s.h.)

ECO, PSC, PSY, or SOC (3 s.h.)

This course introduces students to the notion of vocation, understood as an activity that is both deeply fulfilling and meets a community need. Students will consider competing theories of human nature, fulfillment, happiness, and/or a good life. Students will reflect on their own situation, and their own opportunities to live a good life. Faculty will bring their own interests and projects as a framework for the class.

This course will bring the student’s vision of a good life to bear on the core function of the University: seeking and creating new knowledge. Students will examine the phenomenon of curiosity and explore how the process of acquiring new information can serve or derail their own projects. Possible topics include telling stories with data, the ethics of using artificial intelligence, detecting misinformation and bias, and forbidden knowledge. Faculty will bring their own interests and projects as a framework for the class.

This course identifies how a student’s fulfillment can intersect the world’s needs. Students will explore a sampling of social problems, and various attempted solutions of those problems. Students will reflect on the tension between their fulfillment, freedom, and obligation in a community. The complexity of common social challenges will be discussed, and students will analyze and propose solutions to a problem(s). This class may include a practical community engagement component. Faculty will bring their own interests and projects as a framework for the class.

ENG 1010 will introduce students to and focus on the development of critical reading, composing, thinking, and listening. This course is grounded in an understanding of texts and discourses with a rhetorical focus. This course does not center solely on traditional essay forms but may include them. Students might compose in public facing, social media, research, advocacy, and professional genres as well. Supporting work/practice across all these activities is: inquiry, peer work/review, reflection.

English 1040 builds on the work of English 1010 to provide students with greater breadth of composing experiences across modes and genres. This course specifically focuses on knowledge creation through primary research appropriate for first-year students. The work of the class is a series of student-directed research-based projects. Each project is student directed, based on their interests, research questions, experiences, and their composing, learning and design goals. Sustained practice across this section 162 Return to Table of Contents includes the following: diverse information gathering strategies, organization, and analysis; inquiry, attention to rhetorical situation, language, peer review practices, and critical thinking, listening, and reflection.

This course is an introduction to computers and their uses in the electronic office. The course assumes no prior computer experience. Topics will include history of computers, organization and structure of the typical computer, simple troubleshooting of the computer, how to set up computers for use, basic keyboard skills, overview of uses of the computer, overview of different operating systems and user interfaces, introduction of text editing and word processing, electronic mail, databases, spreadsheets, telecommunications, etc.

A study of artistic trends in painting, sculpture, and architecture of European and Non-Western art from Prehistoric times to the thirteenth century. The student will be able to identify works of art in their cultural contexts, stylistic characteristics, themes, and studio processes. Required fine arts core course for all art, art education, and graphic design majors.

This course fulfills the general education requirement. A survey course which examines the major style eras of jazz in America as well as musical/societal trends in popular culture. Listening skills are highly emphasized.

This course explores the human past from 1500 A.D. to the present with an emphasis on political, socioeconomic, and cultural developments. Students should be able to recognize and analyze historical connections between people, places, and different arenas of activity. Recommended only for students who have passed ENG 1010. Must be taken by the end of a student’s sophomore year, or by new students, or with permission of instructor.

Topics in the global history of racial and ethnic groups and theories of race and ethnicity.

This course will consider first-hand, internal considerations of what animates religious individuals, organized around divine intimations outside and above ourselves and how these relate to existential issues of moral guilt and mortal anxiety within ordinary experience. Each of our classical and contemporary texts will serve as your guides in this endeavor, and writing argumentative responses to them will gauge your acumen.

An introduction to the Hebrew Bible and New Testament according to genre and content, what notable critic Northrop Frye dubbed “The Great Code.” Particular emphasis may be put on individual books of the entire Bible, but specific topics or controversies will be covered in the context of the whole such as it has been historically and canonically determined.

This course philosophically examines issues of social justice and individual moral problems that we as professionals and citizens face daily in medicine, the military, education, business, personal relationships, and political life.

This course offers a practical introduction to inductive logic that can be applied to the sciences, criminal investigation, medical reasoning, reasoning in business, and reasoning in everyday life. Topics covered include basic methods of induction, inference to the best explanation, Mill ̓s methods, and basic probability theory.

Whether it be in the office, in the factory, at home, or on the farm, work is an important part the human experience. This course explores literary perspectives on work across multiple time periods, languages and/or cultures. A variety of texts, including poetry, short fiction, novels, drama, essays, non-fiction, and/or film and television may be included.

Linear and quadratic equations/inequalities, equations with radicals, equations/inequalities with absolute values, applications, functions, graphing, exponential and logarithmic functions, and systems of equations. Prerequisite: (1) MAT 1015 or (2) appropriate mathematics placement score or (3) permission of the instructor.

Functions, lines, sets, systems of equations, inequalities, matrices, linear programming, logic, mathematics of finance, probability, and statistics. A graphing calculator is required. Prerequisite: (1) MAT 1015 or (2) appropriate mathematics placement score or (3) permission of the instructor.

A survey course for non-science majors. The primary concepts in geosciences are introduced, including geology, hydrogeology, oceanography, and meteorology. The course emphasizes the relationships among geosciences as Earth systems. This course includes 150 minutes of lecture and 90 minutes of laboratory each week in a 16-week semester. (Not to be used for the Middle Grades Science concentration. GSC 1600 is recommended for any environmental or science program. Corequisite: MAT 1050 or higher

Major concepts of biology, including cellular structure, diversity of form, interrelationships among living organisms, and the importance of other organisms to man. 150 minutes of lecture and 90 minutes of laboratory each week.

Aggregate income measurement and analysis, fiscal and monetary policy, inflation, unemployment, and other current issues. This course is part of the Reeves School of Business Foundation Core.

Price theory applied to product and resource markets with emphasis on pricing and output decisions under various market conditions. This course is part of the Reeves School of Business Foundation Core.

This general introduction to the study of American government and politics focuses on the national level and on the actors and interests who contend for power and influence in Washington DC. Students will gain an understanding of the origins, structure, and operation of American government. Topics include American political culture, the framing of the Constitution, political parties, campaigns and elections, interest groups, the media, the Presidency, the Congress, the federal judiciary, and current issues of public policy.

Introduction to the science of psychology. Substantive topics include the history of psychology, the biology of psychological processes, psychological development, perception, learning, memory, personality, and social psychology.

The science of human society with emphasis on description and analysis of society, culture, the socialization process, social institutions, and social change.