Fall Discovery Courses in Applied Health Sciences

Please note that Discovery Courses are generally limited to first-year students!



AHS 199: Leadership in Health
Instructors: Renique Kersh, Julie Bobitt and Dave Rosch
3 Hours, 2nd Eight Weeks
TR-3-4:20 p.m.
3019 Khan Annex

Students will learn about prominent and less prominent examples of individuals who are leading the way in enhancing health and well-being locally, regionally, nationally and globally. Each student will understand the important role that one person can play in "changing the world" with a focus on health. Students will analyze leaders using Kouzes and Posner's Leadership Challenge.

RST 199: Leisure and Cultural Diversity
Instructors: Michael Raycraft and Ryan Gower
3 Hours
TR-2-3:15 p.m.
301 Architecture Building

We are all products of our own culture.  We view the world in ways we have been conditioned and draw conclusions based on our own ethnocentric perspective.  This course will challenge individuals to step outside their orientation by demonstrating how leisure is a central part of the human experience and that it can be used as a vehicle for increased awareness and appreciation of other cultures.  We will celebrate the leisure experience by engaging in a series of artistic, sport, religious and recreation activities, developing cross cultural knowledge and skills and examining critical issues and values associated with thriving in an increasingly global world community.

CHLH 260: Medical Ethics (Discovery Section)
Instructor: Stephen Notaro
3 hours
MW-3-4:20 p.m.
3005 Khan Annex, Huff Hall

This course will take a community health perspective in introducing students to a wide range of issues in modern medical ethics. Special focus will be given to how we handle critical ethical issues in health care and how to resolve dilemmas. Particular attention will be given to case studies reviewing end of life decisions. All of us will participate in medical decision making in our lifetimes, as professionals, patients or as family members, so this class has the potential to be enormously influential. The objective of this class will be to empower students with a basic understanding of the forces that shape the medical decisions that they will encounter in their lives. It will address research ethics and ethical issues in clinical practice. This course will inform issues of practical, philosophical importance for all members of our society. First Year Discovery Program course.

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).  

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. 

Spring Gen Ed Course Options: Media & Cinema Studies

Here are some courses in Media & Cinema Studies being offered in the spring, along with the general education categories each fulfills, if any:

• Survey of World Cinema II (MACS 262): Literature & the Arts (LA)
• Introduction to Popular TV & Movies (MACS 100): Literature & the Arts (LA), & Western Cultures (W)
• Introduction to Digital Media or Watching the Environment (MACS 199): Discovery Courses
• Media Literacy (MACS 166): Social Sciences (SS)
• Introduction to African American Film (MACS 211): US Minorities Cultures (US)
• Introduction to Media (MACS 101): Advanced Composition

Note that Discovery Courses do NOT fulfill any gen eds, however they are often great ways to explore topics, learn in a small class setting, and be taught by a professor in his/her area of expertise.

Spring Discovery Course: Wild Animal Planet

NRES199, check out the poster here. Learn about wild animals, and explore the NRES (Natural Resources and Environmental Studies) major.

Spring Course Option: Intro to Digital Media ADV/JOUR/MACS199

Exciting new class "Intro to Digital Media"


YOU SAY: "I know all about the Internet."


The O RLY owl says: "O RLY?"


Take this quiz, then...


1. How do I make my own Web site ?
2. What news source produced the most retweeted tweet in 2010?
3. How much money did YouTube user David Devore Sr. make from his home video upload "David After Dentist"?  (100m views)
4. What's a "PUI"?
5. What key Internet technology was invented by a UI undergrad?
6. What modern programming language was designed for 8-year-olds but is used by Computer Scientists?
7. What is the world's priciest Internet address?
8. What's the most popular Web browser in Zimbabwe?
9. The work of what singer was used to calibrate the sound of the mp3?
10. What kind of Web site is most likely to be censored?
11. Why does that one ad keep following me around the Internet?
12. Which two words impelled 78% of people to click them (on one of the Web's first banner ads)?


(scroll down for the answer key. no cheating.)


Missed any?  Enroll in...


INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL MEDIA
ADV / JOURN / MACS 199 AL1: Lectures MW 3 p.m., Discussion Sections R
11 a.m., R 12 p.m., F 9 a.m., or F 10 a.m.


Intro to Digital Media PDF flyer: http://go.illinois.edu/digital 
The O RLY owl: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/o-rly


Answer Key:
1. Take the class. We'll show you how.
2. Stephen Colbert. We'll talk about it.
3. $100,000 (in the first two years). We'll talk about it.
4. Short for "PARC User Interface," it's a slur against the GUI (pronounced "gooey") or "Graphical User Interface," the set of user interface metaphors for almost all modern computers developed originally at Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center). PUI is pronounced "pooey" because, as computing pioneer Ted Nelson put it, the PUI is like "a poo" compared to the alternatives. We'll talk about the alternatives.
5. The first popular graphical Web browser. We'll talk about it.
6. Scratch. We'll learn it.
7. insure.com, which sold for US$16 million in 2009. We'll talk about domain names and addressing.
8. A GPRS Feature Phone. We'll talk about mobile phones.
9. Suzanne Vega. Ever heard of her? We'll talk multimedia.
10. Web sites that describe how to get around Web site censorship.
We'll explain.
11. You left your cookies lying around. We'll talk about cookies.
12. "you will" (full text: "Have you ever clicked your mouse right here? - you will").

New Fall Course Option: Why is College so Expensive?

Here's a new discovery course that's relevant to everyone:

Why is College so Expensive?
and Other Important Issues in Higher Education Finance
EOL 199
Fall 2011
3 Credit Hours
Wednesdays 2-4:50pm
126 Wohler’s Hall
This course will explore some of the forces that are reshaping the financing of
postsecondary education in the United States. Using theoretical frameworks from
economics and other disciplines, the course will introduce students to research on
higher education finance. In addition, it will position finance discussions within
contemporary policy debates on topics such as tuition, student debt, financial aid, state
funding of higher education, and the federal role in the support of both students and
institutions of higher education. First Year Discovery Program Course. Students should
enroll in only one Discovery course. Restricted to First Time Freshman students. CRN
58585, Section JD.

Fall Course Option: Art, Music, & Theatre Discovery Courses

I've been informed that the following Art & Music Discovery Courses are all still available. In fact, they have such low enrollment that they're in danger of being cancelled, so have a back-up plan ready in case this does happen. Discovery courses are only open to freshmen, and it's only recommended that you take one.
Art Course
ART 199 – Visual Language Visual Culture (section LR, CRN 40485) MW 7:00 p.m. – 9:40 p.m. in Room 336A Art and Design Building. 
Taught by L. Robbennolt
Course uses digital photography to explore the construction and reading of images as visual language.
Music Courses
MUS 199 – Discovering African and Latin American Music (section D, CRN 38647), TR 1:00 – 2:20 p.m. in room 1018 Music Building.
Taught by T. Turino
Study of African and South American music with special emphasis on Zimbabwe and Peru. 
MUS 199 – Introduction to Classical Piano  (section D2, CRN 40226), TR 10:00-10:50 a.m., room 103 Smith Memorial Hall and M 4:00-5:50 p.m. room 106 Smith Memorial Hall
Taught by C. Tsitsaros
Introduces students to keyboard masterpieces from baroque to the 20th century. Students of any level are welcome, including those with little or no prior performance background.
MUS 199 – Piano Study: An Historical Approach (section D4, CRN 38648), W 2:00-2:50 p.m., room 106 Smith Memorial Hall and TR 2:00-2:50 p.m. 103 Smith Memorial Hall
Taught by C. Alexander
Combines piano instruction with an understanding of the history of the development of the instrument. Explores the diversity of keyboard music from different countries and cultures dating from circa 1700 to the present. Includes jazz and ragtime. Students do not need a background in piano or music to take this class. 
MUS 199 – Vocal Music in African American Context (section D6, CRN 38211), MWF 10:00-10:50 a.m., room 106 Smith Memorial Hall
Taught by O. Davis
Surveys the vocal music of African-Americans from the solo song to the gospel chorus. Vocal technique for jazz, R & B, and gospel music will be discussed, with particular attention given to text delivery, improvisation, and the extended use of the chest voice.
MUS 199 – Heart, Body, and Soul (section D7, CRN 38175), TR 2:00-3:50 p.m. in room 2100 Music Building.
Taught by B. Coleman
Learn about the development of musical style, the history of the music, composers, artists, sociological impact, and components that shape the foundation of the spiritual, gospel, contemporary pop, bluegrass, rock, jazz, R & B, hip-hop, and other American folk elements.
Theatre Course
THEA 199 – Play Reading (section DIS, CRN 57815), T 6:00-8:50 p.m., room 4503 KCPA
Taught by P. Davis
Introduces students to the process in which the content and themes of a play are examined and discussed in great detail among a case in preparation for production. No acting experience is required, though a desire to act and an interest in delving deeply into a play is a must.