Instructor: Terry O'Grady

Of all the languages throughout the world today, none is so widely spoken as music! This exciting course will take you on a journey into the world of tribal, folk, and non-western art music with an emphasis on cultural, social, religious, political, and economic context. This class will stimulate your senses and expose you to forms of music that help define and celebrate cultures throughout the world. Please note that students in this course will be required to attend and evaluate various musical performances.

Instructor: Curt Heuer

One of humanity’s oldest forms of self-expression is its ability to create art that reflects its individual and cultural values. This course focuses attention on selected non-western art and architecture with an emphasis on cultural, social, religious, political, and economic context.

Instructor: Lynn Walter

We all have one, but no two are the same. Our families – immediate and extended – support, protect, and define us and the communities in which we live. How do we create and sustain families, and how do these relationships form the very building blocks of our cultures and societies? This class is a cross-cultural comparison of the form and function of such social institutions as marriage and the family; age, sex and kin groups; task groups; caste; and class.

Instructor: Don McCartney

Join one of UW-Green Bay’s most respected and experienced Business instructors in this introductory course focusing on the major components of the modern American business enterprise and its resources, including the competitive and regulatory environment, pricing, profit, finance planning, controls, ethics, environmental impact and social responsibility, and other important concepts. You will also focus on environmental issues that impact today’s business leaders.

Instructor: Sally Dresdow

The marketing of products and services in contemporary American society is more than market research and clever Super Bowl commercials. To be successful with the art and science of marketing, you must understand basic principles of the marketing system and the managerial techniques used to market goods, services and organizations. Students will analyze the relationships between marketing activities as well as economic, political and social institutions, focusing on consumer behavior, product, price, promotion and distribution decisions.

Instructor: Ken Knauf

Organization of basic financial management functions and principles for business; management of fixed and working capital; short-term and long-term financial planning through investment and financing decisions; domestic and international money and capital markets; ethical issues relating to business financial management.

Instructor: Laurey Clampitt

At the heart of every successful business transaction is successful communication. Part of the new Organizational Communication Area of Emphasis, this class will provide you with the information and practice to develop communication skills in business writing, employment interviewing, and business speaking to inform and persuade.

Instructor: Phil Clampitt

Ever wish you were better during an interview? Quit wishing and register for this class! Learn techniques for verbal communication as you review the various types of interviews in which you may participate in at some point in your career – either as the interviewer or interviewed! These different interviews include: selection for a job, counseling, discipline, performance appraisal, exit, mass media or even research.

Instructor: Linda Steiner-Pascascio

As Americans we are bombarded on a daily basis with surveys, evaluations, studies, and other attempts to quantify what we think and how we behave in our everyday lives. This class will look specifically at problems that exist in our society and will demonstrate how the science of statistics is used to define problems, construct hypotheses, and analyze and evaluate data so that it can be used to address societal problems and issues.

Instructor: Tom Nesslein

Introduction to the behavior of our economy in the aggregate, focusing upon the process by which the economy achieves a certain level of output and employment.

Instructor: Catherine Henze

Come explore the genre of environmental literature by looking at its range, from scientific treatises to personal essays. The class will read several major works, including Thoreau's Walden, and including works by Aldo Leopold, John Muir, Edward Abbey, Terry Tempest Williams, and others. A seminal component of the course is for the students, following the path of the writers whose readings are assigned, to become familiar with a natural locale of their own, and to observe it from a variety of perspectives, including environmental/historical.

Instructor: Linda Toonen

Nervous about those college papers? Let one of UW-Green Bay’s most respected writing instructors re-introduce you to writing as a positive and enriching experience! This course will put those fears at ease by teaching college-level writing as a process. This class will help you to organize ideas, conduct library research, develop paragraphs, improve sentence structure, and concentrate on communicating your thoughts better through attention to punctuation, grammar, spelling, and usage.

Instructor: Dianne Gordon

Whether you are a teacher or a production manager, a social worker or a customer service specialist, your success will largely depend on your ability to write and write well! This required class focuses on college-level writing skills and principles of logical reasoning, with added attention to improving effective organization of your thoughts and the active development of ideas. The class will also emphasize vital research skills and academic reading and writing.

Instructor: Tara Reed

Global warming? Fuel consumption? Logging? Conservation of the Earth's natural resources is an issue that has always been and will always be crucial to our survival. This vital class will examine the nature and extent of our natural resources as well as the exploitation and conversation of our resource system. You will also analyze the chemical, physical, and biological processes which influence conservation practices, politics, and economics of resource conservation.

Instructor: Lisa Poupart

Ever since the first European explorer set foot on what is now American soil, the original inhabitants of this country have felt the impact – and the consequences – of an expanding and encroaching empire. This introductory course will examine the impact of European and American political, economic, and social systems upon American Indian nations in the U.S.

Instructor: Cheryl Kalny

This course will reflect on one of the most important and turbulent times in American history, the American Civil Rights movement for African Americans. With its origins dating all the way back to the North American slave trade, our country has struggled (and continues to struggle) to realize its founding charge as a nation of liberty and equality for all, focusing especially mid-20th century America and on the movement itself.

Instructor: Brian Merkel

Get to know yourself (and everyone else) from the inside out with this course that will introduce you to you! This fascinating introductory course will focus on a comprehensive look at basic concepts and principles in human biology. Learn about the very beginnings of organic life on earth, including evolution, cells, human population, genetics, reproduction, disease, and more! This course will also focus on the anatomy and function of major organ systems in the human body.

Instructor: Angela Bauer-Dantoin

Throughout history, the contribution made by ethnically diverse persons in science has been largely ignored. This course will examine the history and culture of science in the U.S. in order to understand what has led to the existing under-representation of ethnic minorities in science. The often overlooked contributions of scientists who are members of ethnic minority groups will be recognized.

Instructor: Craig Hanke

Science and Religion - diametric opposites or two sides of the same coin? Albert Einstein said that “Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind,” but is that so? Such questions have prompted scientists and theologians alike to question the nature of science and religion. This course examines the differing world views of science and religion; origins of science in the Judeo-Christian West; sources of conflicts; domains of validity; and limitations of science and religion with special focus on explanations of human nature.

Instructor: Stacie Herzog

This all-encompassing course is a fascinating look at who we are as human beings and how we have been shaped into the persons and societies that we have become. This “cradle to grave” analysis will focus on human development from the point of conception and will chart our development throughout the lifespan, up to and including death. You will look not only at physical development, but also at social, emotional, and personality development. You will look at the development of language, intellectual development and creativity, and the process of human learning.

Instructor: Lloyd Noppe

This class will focus attention on human development from the elementary school years through adolescence and will examine socio-cultural, psychological, and physical growth factors in the developmental process of the older child and adolescent. You will also examine and explore various interpretations of child and adolescent behavior from the perspectives of such theorists as Erikson and Piaget.

Instructor: Dean Von Dras

There is no getting around it. We are growing older. But how we age and how that aging impacts us as individuals and as societies has held the attention of every culture throughout the history of the world! This fascinating course will focus on theory and research concerning the developmental processes throughout the adult lifespan, as well as psychological, cultural, and biological factors that impact us and influence our development from young adulthood through middle adulthood and into old age.

Instructor: Kevin Kain

This course will focus on the very foundations of what we now recognize as Western Civilization, examining major events, people, and ideas that have influenced the history, literature, art, and culture of our Western society. Specific focus will begin on ancient civilizations though the Renaissance.

Instructor: Cheryl Kalny

Come along for the ride as Professor Kalny joins students on a tour through the complete history of Western Civilization from the period of the Renaissance up to present day. Much has happened during that span, so hang onto your hat! This course will survey major events, people and ideas that have influenced the history, art, literature and culture of Western Civilization.

Instructor: Catherine Henze

The study of the humanities molds how we think about our lives and ourselves. Don’t miss this stimulating and thought-provoking course that will examine major methods and ideas of western humanities through selected works of literature, philosophy, and fine arts from the Classical world through the Renaissance.

Instructor: Fergus Hughes

So… you can see the light at the end of the tunnel? What exactly did you learn during your years here? How will you translate these skills and abilities into your work and your life now that classes are finishing? This class is required of all IST students and focuses on evaluating everything that you learned in the Program. The Capstone course will allow you to demonstrate your ability to synthesize and communicate your knowledge by completion of a final paper and oral report. It will also focus on writing, communication and information research, and retrieval skills. Hang on—you’re almost there!

You develop an individual contract in consultation with a faculty member who is proficient in the subject matter of the topic.

Instructor: Bonnie Denis

Math not your favorite subject? You are not alone! Bonnie Denis, a long-time and well-respected instructor at UWGB can help you gain a strong foundation in algebra. This non-credit course will focus attention on properties of real numbers, exponents and polynomials, simplifying variable expressions, linear equations and inequalities, factoring, graphing, and basic quadratic equations. If even reading this course description makes your stomach hurt, let Bonnie help you overcome math anxiety and develop new confidence in your math skills!

Instructor: Greg Davis

Just finished MATH 94? Tested or transferred into 101? Refine your developing math skills with longtime UW-Green Bay math professor, Greg Davis. This course will pick up where Elementary Algebra left off and will complete your mathematics requirement for the IST major. Students will learn properties of real numbers, solving linear and quadratic equations and inequalities, polynomials, fractional expressions and equations, exponents, powers and roots, and systems of linear equations. Who knew that you could like math?

Instructor: Christopher Martin

This class will serve as your entrée into new and different ways of thinking and viewing the world. Through the analysis of basic ideas and problems of philosophy, you will study various disciplines and schools of philosophical thought. You will also study the work of well-known ancient and contemporary philosophers and examine important philosophical issues and their relevance to the present.

Instructor: Andy Fiala

Creative problem solving requires a balance of logical thinking processes with an ethical approach. This class will help you to examine ethical theory and common approaches to analyzing and creatively solving logical-based and open-type problems. You will look at strategies designed to improve logical and creative thinking skills as you approach personal and professional issues.

Instructor: Denise Scheberle

If recent events in the news have renewed your interest in your country’s governmental and political philosophies and activities, your timing couldn’t be better! This crucial course will closely examine the institutions and political processes of American National government and the nature of political analysis; study the American Constitution; review the ideological and cultural bases of American politics; the role of political parties, elections, and interest groups; policy making; processes in the Congress; the presidency; and the courts.

Instructor: Karen Dalke

Gender, race, and other factors have long directed and been directed by different societies. This class will specifically look at the changing position of women in selected preindustrial, developing, and industrial societies and will analyze the cultural, social, political, and economic institutions which shape women’s lives worldwide.