An introductory-level course designed to introduce College of Humanities and Fine Arts majors to new learning strategies, career assessment tools, and campus resources to enhance student academic success.

In this course students will create a professional portfolio. They will set goals, explore interests and passions, learn how to build a campus support network, create a cover letter and resume, learn interviewing techniques (including etiquette), meet alumni, and practice interviewing for a career of interest. This course includes several experimental components that will enable students to be evaluated on their ability to market themselves prior to an actual job search.

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The development of social, political, economic, and intellectual life in the United States from 1876 to the 1980s. Topics include late 19th-century industrialization, the farm crisis, urbanization; emergence as a world power; the Progressive Era; the 1920s, the Depression, World War II; domestic problems and foreign relations since 1945. Several sections, some emphasizing films. (Gen.Ed. HS)

The development of social, political, economic, and intellectual life in the United States from 1876 to the 1980s. Topics include late 19th-century industrialization, the farm crisis, urbanization; emergence as a world power; the Progressive Era; the 1920s, the Depression, World War II; domestic problems and foreign relations since 1945. Several sections, some emphasizing films. (Gen.Ed. HS)

The development of social, political, economic, and intellectual life in the United States from 1876 to the 1980s. Topics include late 19th-century industrialization, the farm crisis, urbanization; emergence as a world power; the Progressive Era; the 1920s, the Depression, World War II; domestic problems and foreign relations since 1945. Several sections, some emphasizing films. (Gen.Ed. HS)

The class is devoted to studying the history of soccer in the United States while introducing students to the methods and theories of historical study. The course also provides students with an introduction to the use of digital technology in the production and dissemination of historical knowledge. Students will research and produce a digital exhibit on a topic that will be published on a specially designed website called www.SoccerHistoryUSA.org. The site has been created as part of a CHFA Visioning Grant awarded to me and my colleague Jon Olsen. Part of the site?s purpose is to give undergr

This is an introductory 1-credit course for students with an interest in developing their abilities as fiction writers. Each week, students will read and discuss brief excerpts of published fiction that highlight a particular element of craft, such as character, setting, dialogue, and voice. Students will then have an opportunity to develop their writing skills in relation to the weekly topic through in-class writing exercises, discussion, and peer review of written work.

In urban and suburban areas, trees provide many important benefits such as reducing energy use, intercepting water runoff, cleaning the air, and creating wildlife habitats. To maximize these benefits, proper selection of appropriate species, as well as choosing tree characteristics for a given site is critical in order to establish sustainable landscapes. In order for trees to survive, one must properly plant trees, maintain them and manage them for insect and disease pests.

Are you willing to let go of your smart phone or laptop for a week, a month, a year, perhaps even longer? What if you were not even permitted to use the telephone or to write letters? If not, why not? What do you think you might lose in these situations? What would your life be like? Would it be better or worse and why? It seems clear that we now live in what is called network society: we live in networks; we work hard to network with one another; and perhaps we have become networks in some way. More than that, we are also surrounded by talks about networks.