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ANTHRO 100 Varieties of World Culture Class Number: 6135
Karen Dalke	Instructor: Karen Dalke Pre-Requisites: None Credits Awarded: 3 Class Section: 183 Satisfies: CUL or SS1 and Human Development Minor Location: D2L Start Date: 5/31/08 Drop Deadline: 7/11/08 Completion Date: 8/15/08 Class Time: INTERNET Discover the richness and variety of different cultures and examine how we all view the world. Students will explore different cultures and study them through the lens of case studies focusing on tribal nations, industrialized states, and globalization.
ACCTG 300 Introductory Accounting Class Number: 6101
Ken Knauf	Instructor: Ken Knauf Credits Awarded: 4 Pre-Requisites: Sophomore Standing Satisfies: Self-Directed Area of Emphasis or Business Administration Minor Class Section: 101 WebE Location: MAC 217 Drop Deadline: 7/25/08 Completion Date: 8/15/08 Meets: 6/14; 6/28; 7/12; 7/26; 8/9 Class Time: 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. At the very base of successful and ethical business practices is the knowledge and application of an organization’s accounting. This class will examine principles, concepts, and terminology of financial accounting. This journey will include coverage of the measurement and recording of business income and transactions, current and long-term assets, current and long-term liabilities, corporate equity, statement of cash flows, and financial statement analysis. Ethical considerations and analysis of company statements are integrated into the course.
COMM 333 Persuasion and Argumentation Class Number: 6102
Phil Clampitt	Instructor: Phil Clampitt Credits Awarded: 3 Pre-Requisites: COMM 133 Satisfies: Organizational Communication Area of Emphasis and UL WE Class Section: 101 WebE Location: MAC 225 Drop Deadline: 7/11/08 Completion Date: 8/15/08 Meets: 5/31; 8/2 Class Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Feel like you can never win an argument? Whether interacting with your children or your boss, how you present, support, and defend ideas when confronted with differing opinions is a skill that is highly valued in the marketplace! This course is a part of the new Organizational Communication Area of Emphasis and focuses on the awareness, appreciation, understanding, and skill in contemporary forms and methods of oral persuasion and argumentation.
COMM ART 329 World Music Class Number: 6103
Terry O'Grady	Instructor: Terry O'Grady Credits Awarded: 3 Pre-Requisites: None Satisfies: FA or CUL Class Section: 183 Location: D2L Start Date: 6/7/08 Drop Deadline: 7/18/08 Completion Date: 8/15/08 Class Time: INTERNET 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.
ENG COMP 105 Expository Writing Class Number: 6104
Carl Battaglia	Instructor: Carl Battaglia Credits Awarded: 3 Pre-Requisites: COMP 100 or 164 or ACT ENG score of >/=25 or SAT Verbal score of >/=590 Satisfies: Supporting course requirement for BA-IST Class Section: 183 Location: D2L Start Date: 5/31/08 Drop Deadline: 7/11/08 Completion Date: 8/15/08 Class Time: INTERNET 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.
ENV SCI 370 Emergence of Western Technology Class Number: 6136
Vicki Medland	Instructor: Vicki Medland Credits Awarded: 3 Pre-Requisites: Chem 108 or 211 or Earth Sc 102 or 202 or 222 or Env Sci 102 or 141 or Geog 222 or Physics 141 or 103 or 180 or 201 and Hum Stud 101 or 201. Interdisciplinary Studies or Nursing major Satisfies: NPS2 and Self-Directed Area of Emphasis or UL Natural Science for BA-IST and UL WE Class Section: 183 Location: D2L Start Date: 6/7/08 Drop Deadline: 7/18/08 Completion Date: 8/15/08 Class Time: INTERNET History of the shift in the technological balance of power from 16th century China, India and the Islamic world to western Europe and later to North America.
FNS 374 Wisconsin First Nations Ethnohistory Class Number: 6105
Lisa Poupart	Instructor: Lisa Poupart Credits Awarded: 3 Pre-Requisites: None Satisfies: ETS, Self-Directed Area of Emphasis, UL Humanities for BA-IST Class Section: 102 Location: Room 112A UW-Northeast Wisconsin Learning Center D. J. Bordini Center at Fox Valley Technical College Drop Deadline: 7/18/08 Completion Date: 8/15/08 Meets: 6/7; 6/28; 7/19 Class Time: 9:00am - 12:00pm Long before Wisconsin became recognized as an industrial, corporate, and agricultural leader in the upper-Midwest, it was home to multiple tribes of Native American peoples and their rich cultures and societies. This exciting course, taught by Dr. Lisa Poupart, herself an enrolled member of the Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Anishinabe (Ojibwe) Indians, will expose you to the rich history of Wisconsin indigenous peoples now living in Wisconsin, including: Anishinabe (Ojibwe,) Oneida (Iroquois,) Menominee, Potawatomi, and Mohican tribes. This course explores the history and culture of one of these nations.
HUM BIOL 217 Human Disease and Society Class Number: 6199
Brian Merkel	Instructor: Brian Merkel Credits Awarded: 3 Pre-Requisites: Hum Biol 102 or Biology 202 Satisfies: HB2 Class Section: 101 Location: MAC 113 Drop Deadline: 7/18/08 Completion Date: 8/15/08 Meets: 6/7; 6/28; 7/19 Class Time: 9:00am - 12:00pm Whether it’s your child’s school suffering from a break out of the Chicken Pox or 14th Century Europe watching helplessly as 25 million succumb to the Bubonic Plague, world culture and the human race has shaped and has been shaped by disease. This class will focus on the impact of major diseases in humans, their causes, individual effects, historical significance and methods of control.
HUM DEV 424 Developing Creative and Critical Thinking Class Number: 6107
Lloyd Noppe	Instructor: Lloyd Noppe Credits Awarded: 3 Pre-Requisites: HUM DEV 210 or PSYCH 102; and Junior Standing or UL HUM DEV / PSYCH course Satisfies: Critical Thinking Skills, UL Writing Emphasis, Self-Directed Area of Emphasis, UL Social Science for BA-IST, HUM DEV minor Class Section: 183   Location: D2L Start Date: 5/31/08 Drop Deadline: 7/11/08 Completion Date: 8/15/08 Class Time: INTERNET One of the great strengths of the IST major is its focus on creative and critical thinking and using these skills to communicate and to solve problems. This dynamic class looks at how we define, facilitate, and assess "creative thinking" throughout the lifespan. Attention will be directed toward discussion of controversial contemporary issues and will review different techniques for facilitating deeper thought.
HUM STUD 201 Introduction to Humanities I Class Numbers: 6108 (section 183) 6187 (section 184)
Catherine Henze	Instructor: Catherine Henze Credits Awarded: 3 Pre-Requisites: None Satisfies: H1 (beginning Fall 08 satisfies HS2) Class Sections: 183 & 184     Location: D2L Start Date: 6/7/08 Drop Deadline: 7/18/08 Completion Date: 8/15/08 Class Time: INTERNET 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.
HUM STUD 202 Introduction to Humanities II Class Number: 6109
Carl Battaglia	Instructor: Carl Battaglia Credits Awarded: 3 Pre-Requisites: None Satisfies: H2 (beginning Fall 08 satisfies HS2) Class Section: 183     Location: D2L Start Date: 6/7/08 Drop Deadline: 7/18/08 Completion Date: 8/15/08 Class Time: INTERNET This course will analyze ideas and methods of the western humanities as studied through the lens of literature, philosophy, and the fine arts. Be prepared to go in-depth to study these issues, focusing on the Baroque period up through modern day.
PHILOS 101 Introduction to Philosophy Class Number: 6110
Chris Martin	Instructor: Chris Martin Credits Awarded: 3 Pre-Requisites: None Class Section: 183 Satisfies: H3 (beginning Fall 08 satisfies HS3) Location: D2L Start Date: 6/07/08 Drop Deadline: 7/18/08 Completion Date: 8/15/08 Class Time: INTERNET 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.
PHILOS 216 Introduction to Asian Philosophy Class Number: 6111
Hye-Kyung Kim	Instructor: Hye-Kyung Kim Credits Awarded: 3 Pre-Requisites: None Satisfies: CUL or H3 (beginning Fall 08 satisfies HS3) Class Section: 183     Location: D2L Start Date: 5/31/08 Drop Deadline: 7/11/08 Completion Date: 8/15/08 Class Time: INTERNET Eastern philosophy has long captured the interest of Western thinkers and this class will serve as your introduction to thinkers and major issues of Asian philosophy, including Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism.
PSYCH 435 Abnormal Psychology Class Number: 6112
	Instructor: Linda Steiner-Pascascio Credits Awarded: 3 Pre-Requisites: PSYCH 102; REC: Upper-level PSYCH/HUM DEV Satisfies: Self-Directed Area of Emphasis, UL SS for BA-IST or PSYCH minor Class Section: 183     Location: D2L Start Date: 5/31/08 Drop Deadline: 7/11/08 Completion Date: 8/15/08 Class Time: INTERNET No. This is not the study of your best friend. Or maybe it is? From humanity's earliest days we have sought to understand why we behave as we do, and especially why we behave in ways that seem beyond the borders of what we often see as "normal." This class will utilize psychology, biology, and sociology as tools to help you understand abnormal human behavior from early childhood into old age. This analysis will be made looking through the microscope of contemporary societal class and gender roles and will review methods of diagnosis and treatment.
PU EN AF 339 Political and Policy Dimensions of Emergency Management Class Number: 6113
Dan Alesch	Instructor: Dan Alesch Credits Awarded: 3 Pre-Requisites: None Satisfies: Emergency Management Area of Emphasis or UL SS for BA-IST Class Section: 701 Location: Room 112A UW-Northeast Wisconsin Learning Center D. J. Bordini Center at Fox Valley Technical College Drop Deadline: 7/25/2008 Completion Date: 8/19/2008 Meets: 6/13; 6/14; 7/25; 7/26; 8/8; 8/9 Class Time: Fridays 5:30-10:00 pm; Saturdays 8:00 am - 5:00 pm This course focuses on the political processes and phenomena associated with mitigating the likely effects of extreme events, responding to them, and recovering from them.  The course is intended to help emergency managers develop an understanding of local, state, federal, and intergovernmental politics affecting and affected by extreme events.

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