Winter Session

Social media is integral to effective business communication and marketing. Students develop and analyze social media strategies, content and campaigns while gaining a better understanding of how to build individual and organizational brands utilizing social platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Snapchat. Other topics include influencer campaigns, budgeting, analytics, and split testing.

Dates: Thursday, December 19 - Friday, January 17
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Instructor: Davies, Annette
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4

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Throughout the history of cinema, the comedy film has been one of the most financially profitable genres, producing some of the biggest movie stars. Topics include various comedy film styles and performers, and the role of the comedy film genre within the context of world history, especially during darker periods like the Depression and World War II.

Dates: Thursday, December 19 - Friday, January 17
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Instructor: Marine, Samantha
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4

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Television is much more than a passive, incessant means of diversion—it is a powerful environment of ideas, emotions, and values that influences people’s thoughts, actions, and relationships. Students become acquainted with current issues concerning television in society and explore the impact of television on society. Aspects examined include the 1950s and mass culture, viewer response, serial/episodic structure, and the rise of cable.

Dates: Thursday, December 19 - Friday, January 17
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Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4

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Students explore the source, fate and effect of contaminants on wildlife, along with what we can do to help through education, science and policy. Through the pairing of introductory ecotoxicological concepts with key case studies, this course spans political, scientific, and public relations realms and teaches the importance of being good global stewards of the environment.

Dates: Thursday, December 19 - Friday, January 17
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Instructor: Jackson, Allyson
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4

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This interdisciplinary course examines ethical, technical and workplace issues surrounding artificial intelligence (AI). By discussing conceptual dilemmas about human-AI interaction from science fiction, TV and film, considering the rise of workplace automation, and exploring specific cases from self-driving cars to intelligent systems that (un)lock front doors and control household items within the internet of things, students tackle policy implications.

Dates: Thursday, December 19 - Friday, January 17
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Instructor: Moore, Lisa Jean
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4

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A study of texts and events that have shaped Western society and culture since 1500.

Dates: Thursday, December 19 - Friday, January 17
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Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4

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Students learn basic concepts in quantitative reasoning (number systems, data manipulation, basic statistics), with emphasis on problem solving using computational methods. This course uses a textbook and focuses on applications related to consumer issues to develop computational and problem-solving skills. Students learn to transform data into information and apply quantitative methods to evaluate information and solve real-world problems.

Dates: Thursday, December 19 - Friday, January 17
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Instructor: McMullen, Barbara
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4

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An introduction to the techniques, current practices, and history surrounding digital photography. Editing techniques are covered, with attention to image manipulation using Adobe Photoshop and RAW files. Composition, lighting, point of view, and use of narrative are explored. A digital camera is required; cameras may be borrowed, as available, from Campus Technology Services. Students may not earn credit for both PHO 1100 (offered by the School of Art+Design) and PHO 1101.

Dates: Thursday, December 19 - Friday, January 17
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Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 3

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Empirical and theoretical approaches to the basic physiological, cognitive, and social mechanisms underlying behavior. Topics include learning and conditioning; sensation and perception; memory, thinking, and language; psychological development; social processes; and personality and psychopathology.

Dates: Thursday, December 19 - Friday, January 17
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Instructor: Williams, Christopher
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4

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Students study classic experiments and contemporary research in the areas of conformity, obedience, helping behavior, attributions, aggression, persuasion, close relationships and attraction, attitudes and social influence, ethics, and prejudice. This material is applied to both current and historical examples in social research.

Dates: Thursday, December 19 - Friday, January 17
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Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4

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An examination of the biological processes by which the sensory systems pick up information from the environment and the psychological processes by which that information is coded, transformed, and integrated to form perceptions. Emphasis is on the visual systems and visual perception. Aspects of perception in the visual arts and music are also discussed.

Dates: Thursday, December 19 - Friday, January 17
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Instructor: Clarke, Jason
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4

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An understanding of scientific principles is essential for an educated and engaged citizenry. This course investigates the substance and process of modern science and its role in society, including the scientific method and nature of scientific inquiry; scientific principles, analysis, and critical thinking; sources of scientific information, critical reading, and evaluation of authenticity; and distinguishing science from pseudoscience. Each course section focuses on a different topic or theme and considers some of the important scientific issues of our times. The discussion is required.

Dates: Thursday, December 19 - Friday, January 17
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Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4

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An introduction to sociological thinking and to key concepts in sociology. Attention is given to social life, inequality, movements, action, change, institutions, and contemporary social issues.

Dates: Thursday, December 19 - Friday, January 17
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Instructor: George-Lucas, Danielle
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 3

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Given the ethnic complexity of society, major social institutions—including education, criminal justice, health care, social services, and business—face many challenges. This course explores the past, present, and future of race and ethnicity in American society, and how immigration, culture, religion, education, and income play parts in prejudice, discrimination, and racial inequalities.

Dates: Thursday, December 19 - Friday, January 17
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Instructor: Ward, Sophia
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4

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For students who have had little or no previous exposure to the language. Presents the essential structures of spoken and written Spanish by involving the student in situations that concretely represent the concepts of the language.

Dates: Thursday, December 19 - Friday, January 17
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Instructor: Gondra, Ager
Type of Instruction: Online - Asynchronous
Credits: 4

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