1-credit IC2 mini-courses for Spring 2018

11/08/17

Contributed by Gordon Rowland

IC2 mini-courses are:

* short courses that help you make connections between what you are studying in courses inside and outside your majors

* filled with activities and hands-on learning; no lectures

* lots of fun

* helpful in making learning more lasting and more useful in meeting complex real-world challenges

* one credit and graded pass/fail

Any three of the IC2 mini-courses count as a Humanities or Social Sciences perspective in any theme (starting in block 2 of Fall 2016; prior to that they counted in the World of Systems or the Inquiry, Imagination and Innovation themes).

ICIC 10000-01 Integration: Connecting the Disciplines

January 26-28

Instructors: Jason Hamilton and Susan Witherup

CRN 42346

ICIC 10000-02 Integration: Connecting the Disciplines

February 9-11

Instructors: Jake Brenner and Mary Ann Erickson

CRN 42347

ICIC 10000-03 Integration: Connecting the Disciplines

February 23-25

Instructors: Dave Brown and Michael Smith

CRN 43269

ICIC 12000-01 Insight: Combining Expertise

Topic: Fact or Fiction

Description: In this age of “alternative facts” and “false news,” this course explores whether or not objectivity is a valid concept. Why is it that the same behaviors, events, theories, scientific findings, works or art, and cultural practices, even within the same culture, can have completely different interpretations?

Instructors: Barbara Adams and Paula Turkon

MW4-5:15, January 22 – February 21

CRN 42348

ICIC 12000-02 Insight: Combining Expertise

Topic: The Past and Possible Futures

Description: How does the past shape our present and our future? How and why do people intervene?

Instructors: Kelly Dietz and Shaianne Osterreich

TR4-5:15, January 23 – February 22

CRN 43270

ICIC 12000-03 Insight: Combining Expertise

Topic: Running Risks

Description: What risks do you take in life? Do you like to play it safe or live out on the edge? What risks should governments and and other institutions protect us from? Risk is a part of life. We'll explore its meanings and consequences.

Instructors: Tom Shevory and Stewart Auyash

TR 4-5:15, January 23 – February 22

CRN 43271

ICIC 12000-04 Insight: Combining Expertise

Topic: What’s Your Why?

Description: What motivates us? What gives us determination, focus, and courage? How do we find meaning? How do we develop our “whys?” Why do we act in certain ways and why do we chose not to act? Uncover how experts developed their “whys” and what motivates them to pursue their disciplines.

Instructors: Jacqueline Winslow and Sean Reid

TR 4-5:15, January 23 – February 22

CRN 43272

ICIC 13000-01 Creativity: Transforming Insights into Ideas

Instructors: Debbie Rifkin and Luke Keller

T4-6:40, January 23 – February 20

CRN 43273

ICIC 13000-02 Creativity: Transforming Insights into Ideas

Instructors: Mary Ann Erickson and Kurt Komaromi

T6:50 – 9:30, January 23 – February 20

CRN 43274

ICIC 14000-01 Character: Developing Habits for Good