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* 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

 

ICIC 10000-01 Integration: Connecting the Disciplines

Jan. 29, 6 - 9PM, Jan. 30, 10AM - 4PM, Jan. 31, 1 - 5PM

Jason Hamilton & Michael Smith

CRN 43384

 

ICIC 10000-02 Integration: Connecting the Disciplines

Feb. 5, 6 - 9PM, Feb. 6, 10AM - 4PM, Feb. 7, 1 - 5PM

Jake Brenner & Jason Hamilton

CRN 43385

 

ICIC 12000-01 Insight: Combining Expertise

Topic Known and Unknown

Tuesdays & Thursdays 4-5:15, Jan. 26 – Feb. 25

Gordon Rowland & Tom Shevory

CRN 43386

“There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know.” Donald Rumsfeld

 

ICIC 12000-02 Insight: Combining Expertise

Topic Sound and Silence

Tuesdays & Thursdays 4-5:15, March 22 – April 21

Julia Lapp & Luke Keller

CRN 43993

Speech, songs, sirens and screams; sound is one avenue through which humans and most other animals communicate. Some think of the absence of sound as being "silence". But what is "silence" when it too can convey meaning? Using the theme “Sound & Silence” as a focal point, we will interview professionals and experts from a wide range of fields and points of view to learn how they gain insight and inspiration to learn and solve problems.

 

ICIC 13000-01 Creativity: Transforming Insights into Ideas

Wednesdays, 6:50-9:30PM, March 23 – April 20

Instructors: Mary Ann Erickson & Jerry Mirskin

CRN 43994

 

ICIC 14000-01 Character: Developing Habits for Good

Instructors: Nancy Menning & Deborah Rifkin

Mondays & Wednesdays, 4-5:15PM, Jan. 25 – Feb. 24

CRN 43995

 

See www.ithaca.edu/academics/iicc

 

To register, select (IC)2 Integrated Curriculum, the first subject area listed in HomerConnect when you do a search.

 

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