2nd 8-Week Course Option: ENGL199 Writing to get your Next Job!

ENGL 199 (section R, CRN 58392) called Writing to get that job! This is a 1 credit hour course that is open to all majors and all undergraduate levels. The course will be small, with only 12 seats.


For a full description, please see the flyer.

2nd 8-Week Course Option: SOC199

This course is intended both for Sociology majors and non-majors who want to explore a variety of career options with a BA in Sociology.  In this course, we will explore your career interests and skills, read about and discuss career options, meet with professionals in a variety of disciplines (law enforcement, law, social service agencies, business, social work and more), and shadow a professional in a field of your choice.  We will explore how the sociological imagination prepares you to work in a variety of careers.

2nd 8-Week Course Option: EPSY220

Enrollment is open for several 8-Week sections for EPSY 220: Career Theory and Practice.  This course is a 3-hour elective and is designed to assist students in learning how to match their interests to a major or occupation and to learn important job search skills such as creating cover letters and resumes, and interviewing.The 8-Week sections meet from 4:00 - 6:50pm on either Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday. If you encounter any students who you believe would benefit from this course or are struggling with indecision concerning their major or career goals, please forward this course information (i.e. attached flyer) to them.  This course is also suitable for juniors and seniors who are interested in sharpening their job hunting skills. 


The flyer is here.

Spring Course Option: UP205 Ecology and its Applications: LS Gen Ed

I've just been informed that there are still seats open in this course, which is an interesting way to fulfill your LS (life science) gen ed, and it's also good for those who'd like to check out the Urban Planning (UP) Major. Here's a flyer for the course, and below is the blurb sent out by the UP advisor:

We still have plenty of seats open in UP 205.  If you know of students who need a Gen Ed science course, please spread the word!  It’s also a good way for students to get introduced to Urban Planning.  Jumping carp and poisonous cane toads, presented by a professor who wrote the book on sewage – what more could you want?!

Leadership Course: Application Deadline This Friday Jan 13!

Ever heard of Macau?  Want to learn more about China?
Interested in learning more about the world and the way people communicate and interact?

HRE 199: Leadership in Global Engagement is a 3-credit hour course that focuses on interactive exchange experiences between eleven University of Illinois students and eleven students from the University of Macau Honours College.  The purpose of the course is to provide students with a platform to engage in discussions and projects that explore aspects of leadership, communication, and intercultural encounters.  Topics explored in this course include individualist and collectivist cultures; public and private behaviors; projections of cultural similarities; cultural conformity; stress in intercultural encounters; communication styles; generalizations and stereotypes; rank and power, ethnocentrism; family relationships; dealing with conflict; and being an effective intercultural communicator.  The course will be taught by Lucinda Morgan.
Additional information and Application are available at:
https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/119345


Application Deadline: Friday, January 13 at 5:00pm 

Anthropology Gen Eds for Spring 2012

For freshmen, keep in mind that 200-level courses might have higher expectations (writing, discussion, participation) than you experienced in the fall. That being said, if you're ready for the challenge and are interested in the subject matter, one of these courses could be a great addition to your spring schedule. Be sure to observe all pre-requisite instructions - just because the system will let you register for a course doesn't necessarily mean it's a good idea for you, at least not right now. Feel free to consult with me if you're unsure whether a course is a good idea for you or not - dmurph -at - illinois.edu. For more information including times, locations, and section availability, go to the new & improved campus course schedule at http://go.illinois.edu/CourseExplorer 


There are still some seats available in Anthropology Classes that fulfill GenEd Requirements:


ANTH 270 and 271: Linguistic Anthropology   Taught by Prof Adrienne Lo


**Why can't my TA speak English right?
**Is it okay to fire someone for speaking with the right accent?
**Is it better to call people "undocumented" rather than "illegal"?


Come to Anthropology 270/271, Linguistic Anthropology, to find out!  MW 2:00-2:50 Room 213 Gregory Hall.
NO PREREQUISITES. Register for 271 for Advanced Composition GenEd


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ANTH 286: Southeast Asian Civilizations  Taught by Prof Helaine Silverman


Beginning with  prehistory, to the great precolonial kingdoms and empires, to the era of European colonialism and ultimately independence and contemporary times, this class will provide an anthropological, archaeological, art historical and historical overview of mainland Southeast Asia (Myanmar/Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam). The course ends with consideration of tourism and its relation to economic development. NO PREREQUISITES.


The course fulfills Humanities & Arts (HP Historical & Philosophical Perspectives), Non-Western Cultures.
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ANTH 249:   Evolution and Human Disease  Taught by Prof Kate Clancy


This course examines health issues such as how reduction of infectious diseases has increased autoimmune disease, what constitutes a "normal" menstrual cycle, and how how obesity may impact reproductive maturation and childhood socialization.  PREREQUISITES ANTH 143 or ANTH 240 or Instructor permission.


This course fulfills Life Sciences GenEd

Discovery Course: HRE100 Leadership in Global Engagement

Ever heard of Macau?  Want to learn more about China?
Interested in learning more about the world and the way people communicate and interact?

New Course Offered in Spring 2012

HRE 199: Leadership in Global Engagement

HRE 199: Leadership in Global Engagement is a 3-credit hour course that focuses on interactive exchange experiences between eleven University of Illinois students and eleven students from the University of Macau Honours College.  The purpose of the course is to provide students with a platform to engage in discussions and projects that explore aspects of leadership, communication, and intercultural encounters.  Topics explored in this course include individualist and collectivist cultures; public and private behaviors; projections of cultural similarities; cultural conformity; stress in intercultural encounters; communication styles; generalizations and stereotypes; rank and power, ethnocentrism; family relationships; dealing with conflict; and being an effective intercultural communicator.  The course will be taught by Lucinda Morgan.
Additional information and Application are available at:https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/119345


Application Deadline: Friday, December 23 at 5:00pm

New Discovery Course: ACES199 Sustainable Food Systems

Ever wondered where your food came from? 
Does the US food system make us fat?  
Can we create food systems that limit environmental damage? 
  
Sustainable Food Systems
ACES 199—CRN  57624 
TR, 1:00 – 2:20 pm

This course is designed to foster critical systems thinking and collaborative analysis across multiple disciplines for the development, production, preparation, and consumption of food within complex social and ecological systems.  The course includes the consideration of challenge of producing enough food to feed the world population, and the environmental (e.g., climate change, sustainability, environmental footprint), economic (e.g., food insecurity) and health (e. g., obesity, diabetes) issues that are related to food.  A central idea is to start with “the food we eat” and connect it to health (e.g., obesity, nutrition, disease), the environment (e.g., environmental implications), the global economy (e.g., population growth, community economic development), and technology (e.g., genomics, engineering, information processing).  

SPAN204: More Seats Added

If you need a seat in SPAN204 but haven't been able to get one, try again now - they just added more.

Spring Course Option: RST100 Now Has Open Seats!

If you're interested in checking out the RST (Recreation, Sport, & Tourism) major, or are just looking for a fun & different way to fulfill a social science (SS) gen ed, check out this option:


Recreation Sport and Tourism – Society and Leisure (3 Credit Hours)
Satisfies the General Education Criteria for a UIUC Social Sciences course.


Brief Description
Central issues in defining leisure; historical, philosophical, sociological, psychological, and economic approaches to understanding leisure behavior, its meanings, social contexts, and personal and social resources.

Tuesday/Thursday 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM - Gower, R 

Spring W & HP Gen Ed: HIST264 Technology in Western Society

Still has open seats...


HIST 264:  Technology in Western Society
Gen Ed Credit:  Historical & Philosophical Perspective; Western Comparative Culture
Instructor:  Professor Rayvon Fouche


This course will examine the ways technology has developed over time, and how those changes have affected societies in different parts of the world.  The primary emphasis will be places on understanding the evolving cultural contexts of technological change. Topics covered include the power, manufacturing, railroads, emergence of engineering professions, corporate R&D, household technology, technology of modern warfare, consumer electronics, and gaming.  Some of the questions examined by this course include: What is technology? How do technologies develop? To what degree are technologies a product of the culture in which they develop? How are technologies propagated? How have people thought about technology in different places and periods?

Spring SS Gen Ed: GEOG 105: The Digital Earth

Here's an interesting way to fulfill your social science (SS) gen ed:


GEOG105: Geospatial technologies such as global positioning systems (GPS) and geographic information systems (GIS) are becoming increasingly important tools in research and policy arenas and in everyday life. This course will provide an introduction to these emerging technologies and to the principles of mapping science that underpin them. At the same time, the course will explore how these innovative technologies are changing the spaces and places around us, including how we interact with the environment and each other. Lab exercises provide hands-on experience in collecting and mapping geospatial information, interpreting digital imagery and the Earth's environments, and critically thinking about the social implications of the digital Earth.

Update to Open Art and Design Courses for the Spring

OPEN Art+Design Courses!


ARTS 251 -- Painting 1 (crn: 30716) -- TR 5:00-7:40 -- interested students with a painting background should contact Professor Tim Van Laar (tvanlaar -at- illinois.edu) for permission to add the course
ARTS 260 -- Basic Photography (crn: 30738) -- MW 1:00-3:40 -- new section
ARTF 199 -- Open Seminar -- Topic: Contemporary Issues in Visual Communications (crn: 30583), MW 2:00-3:20 -- first time offering with Professor Joel Ross


Online courses
ART 299 -- Visual Culture in Global Context -- online (crn: 57350)
ARTD 499 (8-week online: Sustainable Life Cycle Design and Research) -- online (crn: 57360)

Still Need RHET105?

2 new sections were just added:

RHET 105, section E7 - 33425 - 1 MWF in 142 HAB

RHET 105, section P8 - 32916 - 11-1215 TUTH in 115 EB

If neither of these works out for you, here are a few other options:

Global Crossroads will release seats to all students on December 5. Allen Hall will release seats to other LLC students on December 10, and to the rest of the university on January 15. If students still cannot get into RHET 105 for the spring semester, they are welcome to attend a section on the first day it meets and ask the instructor for permission to add.

CMN101 (Speech) for Non-Native English Speakers

The Department of Communication is offering two sections of Communication 101 for students whose first language is not English.  If you need this course, you must email the instructor for permission to register.

Interest in Business, Marketing, or Management Careers?

Ag & Consumer Economics is offering a special section of ACE 231 (3 hours, Section T, CRN 55458, meets TR 3- 4:20 pm) dedicated to DGS sophomores only.  A great course for DGS sophomores who are interested in business/marketing/management careers.


ACE 231 provides an overview of management in the food and agribusiness sector. Major topics covered include: 
• introduction to the food and agribusiness sector;
• the environment of the firm;
• fundamentals, structural design, and change in organizations; 
• leadership, motivation, communication; and planning and control. 


Prerequisites for this course are: Sophomore standing and completion of either ACE 100 or ECON 102.

Spring Discovery Course: HCD199: Women and Families in China

HCD 199:  Women and Families in China

Gale Summerfield

Spring 2012, TR 11:00 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.

This course examines the socio-economic impacts of the reforms in China during the last three decades through the lens of gender and family. Transition policies have provided opportunities but also have reinforced or created inequalities that threaten human security. The course focuses on the human security areas of livelihood, housing and land rights, healthcare, and population policy. Particular attention is paid to changes associated with the processes of rural-urban migration and globalization as well as interactions of gender, ethnicity, age, and income. 

Catalan!

Learn more about the language of Barcelona: Catalan. Students can start with 401 despite having no prior experience in the language, but having an understanding of another Latin-based language will help.

Spring Course Option: FSHN101, a PS Gen Ed

There are plenty of spaces available in Food Science & Human Nutrition 101 for the spring semester. The CRN is 32983, and the class meets from 12-12:50 MWF. FSHN 101 discusses the evolution of the food system to meet the needs and desires of a complex, heterogeneous society. It provides an overview of food in relation to nutrition and health, composition and chemistry, microbiology, safety, processing, preservation, laws and regulations, quality, and the consumer. This is a great physical science gen. ed. taught by an award-winning instructor, Dr. Dawn Bohn. 

Global Studies Spring Courses: Restrictions Removed

The restrictions have been removed on the following global studies courses:


GLBL 100 Intro to Global Studies - NEW SECTION ADDED! This is a Social Science gen ed.


GLBL 296 Multinational Corps: Ethical & Legal Issues - 1 credit hour, First 8-weeks GLBL 296 Regional Security in South Asia  - 1 credit hour, First 8-weeks GLBL 296 Citizenship in a Globalizing World - 1 credit hour, First 8-weeks GLBL 296 Impact of NGOs in Global Health  - 1 credit hour, Second 8-weeks GLBL 296 Int'l Humanitarian Intervention - 1 credit hour, Second 8-weeks


Seats remain available in:
GLBL 392 International Diplomacy and Negotiation - 3 credit hours