Pain - IC2 mini-course for Spring 2019

10/29/18

Contributed by Gordon Rowland

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 12000-03 Insight: Combining Expertise

Topic: Pain

Description:

            Pain without love
            Pain, I can't get enough
            Pain, I like it rough,

'Cause I'd rather feel pain than nothing at all.

Pain is a sign, a symbol, a cause, and an effect. Pain is in the human brain and mind. Industries thrive to understand and help humans deal with pain. Sometime they cause pain. Pain is also a song and a musical project in Sweden. In this course, we will examine how pain is used as a symbol and an artifact, a physical and mental entity, and explore the extent to which pain is studied and thought about from many dimensions. If you’ve ever known pain, this course is for you.

Instructors: Stewart Auyash and Tom Shevory

TR4-5:15, January 22 - February 21

CRN 42793

Other sections of Insight for spring:

ICIC 12000-01 Insight: Combining Expertise

Topic: Words and Worldviews

Description: How does language reflect our worldviews and disciplines? Why do we use different kinds of languages in different contexts? What does language tell us about the taboo areas of specific disciplines? Explore the many ways communities employ language to communicate important ideas and values.

Instructors: Jacqueline Winslow and Jennifer Muller

MW 4-5:15PM, January 23 - February 25

CRN 41735

ICIC 12000-02 Insight: Combining Expertise

Topic: Change

Description: All human endeavors occur in the shaky-solid context of change, whether due to nature, evolution, politics, technology, or seeming whimsy. Utilizing interdisciplinary experts across campus, we explore what it means to acknowledge the role of change in our lives and societies.

Instructors: Belisa Gonzalez and Rebecca Plante

TR4-5:15, January 22 - February 21

CRN 42792

These and all IC2 courses are 1-credit mini-courses

* short courses on making connections

* active hands-on learning; no lectures

* useful in meeting complex real-world challenges

* one credit and graded pass/fail

* any three count as a Humanities or Social Sciences perspective in any theme

Other IC2 mini-courses for Spring 2019 include:

ICIC 10000-01 Integration: Connecting the Disciplines

February 1-3