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ICIC mini-courses on combining expertise– one credit pass/failContributed by Gordon Rowland on 04/05/15 ICIC 12000 Insight—Combining expertise. How can we combine insights from disciplinary experts to address complex issues? Guest experts from a variety of disciplines will discuss how researchers and practitioners in each of their disciplines would address a common issue. Techniques are introduced to combine their insights and lead to deeper understanding and more powerful solutions. Pass/Fail. 1 credit. No prerequisites. LA.
ICIC 12000-01 Insight: Combining Expertise Topic – Efficiency, Productivity, and Permission to Waste Tuesdays & Thursdays 4-5:15, Sept. 1 – Oct. 1 Barbara Adams & Paula Turkon CRN 23335 How much does efficiency matter in an endeavor – whether sport or agribusiness, microbiology or filmmaking? Does efficiency always yield productivity? and is productivity necessarily the goal? Does nature itself privilege these concepts? Is it ever acceptable to waste time, money, and resources? Through classtime interviews with professionals and experts from a wide range of fields, this course asks students to explore these concepts.
ICIC 12000-02 Insight: Combining Expertise Topic – Mindfulness Mondays & Wednesdays 4-5:15, Oct. 19 – Nov. 18 Hormoz Movasagghi & Jason Hamilton CRN 23336 Deeply rooted in Eastern philosophy of Buddhism, mindfulness, or total focus on one's mind, actions, and present moment has received widespread attention in recent years for its positive results and potentials across a wide spectrum of fields from neurosciences and psychology, to athletic performance and chronic pain management, to leadership and creativity, among others.
ICIC 12000-03 Insight: Combining Expertise Topic – Finding Joy Mondays & Wednesdays 4-5:15, Aug. 26 – Sept. 30 Gordon Rowland & Karl Paulnack CRN 23781 What is joy? Where do we find it? How do we get it? What life practices build joyous lives?
To register, select (IC)2 Integrated Curriculum, the first subject area listed in HomerConnect when you do a search.
One of four ICIC mini-courses for Fall 2015 * short courses on systems thinking, synthesizing expertise, creativity, and character * active hands-on learning; no lectures * lots of fun * the courses will help you make connections among what you are studying in different courses inside and outside your majors * this can make learning more lasting and more useful in meeting complex real-world challenges * courses are one credit and are graded pass/fail * taking any three of the four mini-courses will count as an ICC elective in the World of Systems or the Inquiry, Imagination and Innovation theme with a Humanities or Social Sciences perspective
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