Apr 19, 2024  
2019-2020 Academic Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Global and Multicultural Studies

  
  • GM 320 Life and Culture in Germany

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Application of concepts from GM 319  to experience in Germany. Discussions with politicians, young people, and individuals living in the East and West. P/D/F only. Fee. May Term every fourth year.

    Prerequisite(s): GM 319 . Corequisite(s): HI 320 .

  
  • GM 323 Historical Roots Travel Seminar

    Course Credit: 0.25
    Orientation and prerequisite for ID 323 . Introduction to the local history and culture. Background research on scientists. P/D/F only. Winter Term odd years.

  
  • GM 359 Tanzania: Culture and Current Issues

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Preparation for ID 359 . Special focus on AIDS crisis in Africa. Readings, presentations on history, geography, culture, religion. P/D/F only. Winter Term alternate years.


Greek

  
  • GR 201 Elementary Greek I

    Course Credit: 1
    Introduction to New Testament Greek grammar and vocabulary. Fall Term even years.

  
  • GR 202 Elementary Greek II

    Course Credit: 1
    Continued study of New Testament Greek grammar and vocabulary. Winter Term odd years.

    Prerequisite(s): GR 201 .

  
  • GR 301 Greek Readings

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Reading course from the Greek New Testament and other ancient Greek texts. Continues from one term to the next. May repeat for credit.

    Prerequisite(s): GR 202 .


Health

  
  • HE 105 Introduction to Health and Fitness Studies

    Course Credit: 0.5
    General overview of health and fitness relates topics, career opportunities, certification, and continuing education requirements for the fitness professional. Fall Term.

  
  • HE 240 Basic Nutrition

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Relation of foods and nutrition to growth, development, health maintenance, exercise. Development of good nutritional habits for all ages.

  
  • HE 241 Sports Nutrition

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Introduction to nutrition for health and performance as well as strategies to improve exercise and sport performance.

    Prerequisite(s): HE 240 .

  
  • HE 242 Consumer Health

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Issues related to purchasing health goods and services. Quackery, nontraditional health care, sources of consumer protection in the health marketplace. Fall Term odd years.

  
  • HE 243 Sport Psychology

    Course Credit: 0.5
    The study of theories and concepts involved in psychology of sport. An overview of how psychology influences human performance, sport, and exercise. Winter Term.

    Prerequisite(s): Second-year standing.

  
  • HE 244 Coaching Authorization

    Course Credit: .5
    Develops an understanding of the basic concepts of structure and function of the human body and growth and development in children and youth in relation to physical activity. Explores current research and resources relating to coaching children and youth sports.

  
  • HE 246 Coaching Theory

    Course Credit: 1
    Focuses on varied coaching theories to help students develop their own approach to coaching from an individual and team perspective. Theory exploration will lead to the development of a personalized philosophy of coaching. Explores coaching ethics and the importance of ethics in leading today’s youth.

    Prerequisite(s): Second-year standing.

  
  • HE 250 Secondary Health Methods

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Methods, strategies, and techniques of teaching health at the secondary level. Fall Term odd years.

    Prerequisite(s): ED 100 , ED 181 .

  
  • HE 342 Substance Abuse

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Overview of factors that affect drug/alcohol use/abuse. Current trends in usage, symptoms, theories of addiction and alcoholism. Winter Term odd years.

  
  • HE 344 Foundations of Health Education

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Foundations, directions of contemporary health education. Ethical principles and their application in health education, development of skills necessary to facilitate personal health behavior change, understanding of relationship between health theories and their application in health settings. Winter Term odd years.

    Prerequisite(s): ED 100 .

  
  • HE 345 Recreation Management

    Course Credit: 1
    Overview of the history of recreation management and analysis of the relationship between recreation management and society. Demonstration of skills and techniques for event managers with program implementation. Winter Term.

    Prerequisite(s): Third-year standing.

  
  • HE 359 Group Fitness Instruction

    Course Credit: 1
    Provides theoretical knowledge and practical skills in preparation for a national certification exam in group fitness instruction. Enhances group leadership expertise through a variety of learning methods. Winter Term.

    Prerequisite(s): Third-year standing.

  
  • HE 440 Community and Public Health

    Course Credit: 1
    Overview of community health. Nature, principles, functions of voluntary and governmental health organizations. Impact of political, sociological, economic factors on human health. Winter Term even years.


Hebrew

  
  • HB 201 Biblical Hebrew I

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Introduction to Biblical Hebrew: grammar, vocabulary, reading. Fall Term odd years.

  
  • HB 202 Biblical Hebrew II

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Continued study of Biblical Hebrew: grammar, vocabulary, reading. Winter Term even years.

    Prerequisite(s): HB 201 .

  
  • HB 301 Hebrew Readings

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Reading course from the Hebrew Scriptures. Continues from one term to the next. May repeat for credit.

    Prerequisite(s): HB 202 .


History

  
  • HI 109 American History to 1877

    Course Credit: 1
    United States history from the beginnings of European exploration and settlement through the end of Reconstruction in 1877. Fall Term.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Interconnected: Humanities/Fine Arts.

  
  • HI 110 American History Since 1877

    Course Credit: 1
    United States history since the end of Reconstruction in 1877. Winter Term.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Interconnected: Humanities/Fine Arts.

  
  • HI 121 World Civilizations I

    Course Credit: 1
    The first of two surveys of the history of world civilization. Introduces students to major themes and events in world history before 1450 CE. Explores the political, social, economic and cultural developments of major early world societies, along with their interactions. Fall Term.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Interconnected: Humanities/Fine Arts.

  
  • HI 122 World Civilizations II

    Course Credit: 1
    The second of two surveys of the history of world civilization. Introduces students to major themes and events in world history from 1450 to the present. Explores the political, social, economic and cultural developments which contributed to the transformation of world societies and the formation of the modern world. Winter Term.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Interconnected: Humanities/Fine Arts.

  
  • HI 141 African History

    Course Credit: 1
    Introduces the major themes, issues and events in the history of Africa with a strong emphasis on the African perspective and their place in world history. Fall Term odd years.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Diversity.

  
  • HI 150 20th-Century Non-Western History and Geography

    Course Credit: 1
    Exploration of the non-Western world (Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia) in the 20th century. Political, social, economic, and cultural developments of this often-neglected sphere of world history and geography. Alternate years.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Interconnected: Humanities/Fine Arts. Diversity.

  
  • HI 175 History of Iowa

    Course Credit: 1
    Study of Iowa from earliest indigenous people to present. Development of the state’s social, political, and economic character.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Interconnected: Humanities/Fine Arts.

  
  • HI 195 Special Topics

    Course Credit: variable
    Topics and credits vary. See course schedule.

  
  • HI 211 Rise and Fall of Early Empires

    Course Credit: 1
    Comparative study of pre-modern empires, focusing primarily on non-Western civilizations. May include Han and Tang China, Classical Rome, Mauryan and Gupta India, the Mongols, and the Aztecs. Winter Term odd years.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Interconnected: Humanities/Fine Arts. Diversity.

    Notes: Premodern history course for history major.
  
  • HI 212 Castles and Cathedrals

    Course Credit: 1
    Course travels to England and Wales and introduces students to the remains of medieval British culture in the form of castles, cathedrals, churches, and monasteries. Examines how these structures were built and used. Fee. May Term odd years.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Interconnected: Humanities/Fine Arts. Diversity.

    Prerequisite(s): GM 212 .

    Notes: Premodern history course for history major.
  
  • HI 224 Modern History and Culture of the Middle East

    Course Credit: 1
    Introduction to Middle Eastern history and culture of the 19th and 20th centuries. Alternate years.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Interconnected: Humanities/Fine Arts. Diversity.

    Notes: Modern history course for history major.
  
  • HI 231 Hollywood History

    Course Credit: 1
    Examines the influence of American films on the public perception of European history through consideration of filmmaking requirements as well as historians’ concerns. May Term even years.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Interconnected: Humanities/Fine Arts.

    Notes: Modern history course for history major.
  
  • HI 240 Historical Methods

    Course Credit: 1
    Introduction to methods used by historians to examine the past. Techniques of historical research, use of primary evidence, major historiographical approaches, writing history. Fall Term.

  
  • HI 250 Topics in American History

    Course Credit: 1
    Study of an aspect of American history. Offered in rotation with European and non-Western topics courses. May repeat for credit.

  
  • HI 251 Topics in European History

    Course Credit: 1
    Study of an aspect of European history. Offered in rotation with American and non-Western topics courses. May repeat for credit.

  
  • HI 252 Topics in Non-Western History

    Course Credit: 1
    Study of an aspect of non-Western history. Offered in rotation with American and European topics courses. May repeat for credit.

  
  • HI 257 The European Union Then and Now

    Course Credit: 1
    Introduces students to the European Union and its place in the global community from the perspectives of history, political science, and economics. Winter Term even years.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Interconnected: Humanities/ Fine Arts.

    Notes: Modern history course for history major.
  
  • HI 260 History of World War II

    Course Credit: 1
    Origins, events, consequences of World War II from a global perspective. Alternate years.

    Notes: Modern history course for history major.
  
  • HI 270 The Greeks and Romans

    Course Credit: 1
    Explores the development of the two chief classical civilizations of the Mediterranean, the Greeks and the Romans. Covers social, religious, political, military and intellectual history. Emphasis on primary sources as well as modern scholarship. Winter Term even years.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Interconnected: Humanities/Fine Arts.

    Notes: Premodern history course for history major.
  
  • HI 275 Introduction to Public History

    Course Credit: 1
    Multidisciplinary approaches to history in non-academic settings. Focus on major aspects of public history, including history preservation and site interpretation, archives, museology, oral history, and historical societies.

  
  • HI 282 Women in Early World History

    Course Credit: 1
    Identical with WS 282 . The role of women’s contributions and their relative status in various cultures through primary source reading and research. Winter Term even years.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Diversity.

    Notes: Premodern history course for history major.
  
  • HI 290 20th-Century Europe

    Course Credit: 1
    Ideologies, trends, events of Europe that shape our time. Survey of European history from 1900 to the present, including causes of two global wars, nationalism, communism, forces for and against integration. Winter Term odd years.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Interconnected: Humanities/ Fine Arts.

    Notes: Modern history course for history major.
  
  • HI 295 Special Topics

    Course Credit: variable
    Topics and credits vary. See course schedule.

  
  • HI 301 Colonial America

    Course Credit: 1
    Discovery, exploration, colonization by various European powers, development of the English colonies, origins and course of the American Revolution, creation of the Constitution.

    Notes: Modern history course for history major.
  
  • HI 302 The American Civil War

    Course Credit: 1
    Causes, course, and consequences of the American Civil War. Fall Term odd years.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive.

    Notes: Modern history course for history major.
  
  • HI 305 The American Frontier

    Course Credit: 1
    The 19th-century American frontier with primary focus on trans-Mississippi West. Settlement process, clashes among cultural groups, conflicts over use of resources, adaptation of cultural patterns to new conditions. Fall Term even years.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive. Interconnected: Humanities/Fine Arts.

    Notes: Modern history course for history major.
  
  • HI 306 History of American Foreign Relations

    Course Credit: 1
    Identical with PS 306 . Foreign relations from the American Revolution to present. Concepts that guided and influenced American diplomacy. Winter Term even years.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive.

  
  • HI 312 Medieval History

    Course Credit: 1
    Political, socioeconomic, cultural development of medieval Europe. Winter Term odd years.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive.

    Notes: Premodern history course for history major.
  
  • HI 318 Hitler’s Germany

    Course Credit: 1
    Examines the rise of Hitler and the Nazis, life in the Third Reich, World War II and the Holocaust, the historical legacy of Hitler. Fall Term.

    Notes: Modern history course for history major.
  
  • HI 320 Investigating Germany’s Past Abroad

    Course Credit: 1
    Exploration of Germany’s past through on-site investigation of architecture and historical sites as well as personalities and events from the Roman period to the present in Germany. Fee. May Term.

    Prerequisite(s): GM 319 ; instructor approval. Corequisite(s): GM 320 .

    Notes: Modern history course for history major.
  
  • HI 321 Russian History

    Course Credit: 1
    Examination of the Russian past with an emphasis on the 20th century. Fall Term even years.

    Notes: Modern history course for history major.
  
  • HI 343 Colonialism and Culture

    Course Credit: 1
    Investigation of cultural interaction between Westerners and indigenous populations in Africa and Asia, using the colonial setting during the “new” imperialism of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Fall Term even years.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive. Interconnected: Humanities/Fine Arts. Diversity.

    Notes: Modern history course for history major.
  
  • HI 350 Topics in American History

    Course Credit: 1
    Study of an aspect of American history. Offered in rotation with European and non-Western topics courses. May repeat for credit.

  
  • HI 351 Topics in European History

    Course Credit: 1
    Study of an aspect of European history. Offered in rotation with American and non-Western topics courses. May repeat for credit.

  
  • HI 352 Topics in Non-Western History

    Course Credit: 1
    Study of an aspect of non-Western history. Offered in rotation with American and European topics courses. May repeat for credit.

  
  • HI 371 Internship

    Course Credit: variable
    Integration of classroom theory with planned and supervised periods of progressively challenging employment related to students’ career objectives. Possible off-campus costs. P/D/F only.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing, 2.0 cumulative and major GPA, and department approval.

  
  • HI 372 Internship

    Course Credit: variable
    Integration of classroom theory with planned and supervised periods of progressively challenging employment related to students’ career objectives. Possible off-campus costs. P/D/F only.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing, 2.0 cumulative and major GPA, and department approval.

  
  • HI 381 Field Experience

    Course Credit: variable
    Supervised exploratory experience outside the classroom. Application of academic learning to practical experience. P/D/F only. Possible off-campus costs.

    Prerequisite(s): Instructor approval.

  
  • HI 395 Special Topics

    Course Credit: variable
    Topics and credits vary. See course schedule.

  
  • HI 399 Supplemental Instruction: History

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Teaching practicum in a specific area of study. Student SI leaders participate in leader training, attend classes for which they serve as leaders, prepare and lead study sessions that reinforce course content, model and teach effective study strategies. P/D/F only.

  
  • HI 450 Independent Study

    Course Credit: variable
    Scholarly paper. Instructor supervision.

  
  • HI 461 Historiography

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Historical development of the discipline, philosophical schools of history, values of various approaches, professional ethics, current trends. Winter Term.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive. Capstone.

    Prerequisite(s): HI 240 .

  
  • HI 462 Honors Research Seminar

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Advanced research seminar that will enable outstanding students to produce an article for submission to a professional journal. Winter Term.

    Prerequisite(s): 3.5 GPA in history or history education. Corequisite(s): HI 461 .

  
  • HI 495 Special Topics

    Course Credit: variable
    Topics and credits vary. See course schedule.


Interdisciplinary Studies

  
  • ID 302 Science and Religion

    Course Credit: 1
    Exploration of historical and contemporary points of conflict and convergence in science and religion, including cosmology, evolution, human genome project.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 303 Views of Human Nature

    Course Credit: 1
    Analysis of the human condition based on the perspectives of literature, philosophy, religion, psychology, political philosophy, biology.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 304 China in Transition

    Course Credit: 1
    Introduction to Chinese culture, social life through a visit to the People’s Republic of China, study at a local university, personal interaction with Chinese learning partners. Fee. May Term odd years.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Diversity.

    Prerequisite(s): GM 304  and third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 305 Humanity and the Environment

    Course Credit: 1
    Impact of humans and their technology on the long-term sustainability of the environment and life on earth. Based on perspectives of science, ethics, economics, sociology.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 306 Issues in Midwestern Agriculture

    Course Credit: 1
    Influence of agricultural technology on the ecological, economic, cultural environment of the Midwest, its people and communities.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 307 The American Landscape

    Course Credit: 1
    Americans’ changing attitudes toward their environment and the impact of those attitudes on the development of American society and on global developments. Fee.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 308 Archaeology and the Bible

    Course Credit: 1
    On-site archaeological research in biblical lands, integrating archaeological, historical, cultural, religious perspectives. Fee. May Term.

    Prerequisite(s): GM 307  and third- or fourth-year standing. Corequisite(s): GM 308 .

  
  • ID 309 Problems of War and Peace

    Course Credit: 1
    Interdisciplinary exploration of the nature of modern war, its roots and historical evolution. Issues of ethics and collective choice raised by alternative visions of a more peaceful future.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 310 The Holocaust and Its Significance for Our Time

    Course Credit: 1
    Study of European anti-Semitism, particularly in Germany, its culmination in the World War II Holocaust. Ethical, moral, social, political questions the Holocaust raises today through film, fiction, essay, autobiography, art, music.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Diversity.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 313 Aging in a Changing Society

    Course Credit: 1
    The study of aging, older people, their adaptation to a rapidly-changing world. Biological, social, psychological aspects of aging with an emphasis on ethical issues in health care, social supports, choice available. Winter Term.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive. Diversity.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 314 The Great War and Modern Memory

    Course Credit: 1
    Exploration of the seminal event of the 20th century for the West in order to gain insights into human nature and world view, war, construction and uses of the past, impact of science/technology on humanity.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 315 Leadership Theories and Practices

    Course Credit: 1
    Critical reflection on theories of leadership and civic responsibility within the context of different disciplinary backgrounds and their application to community service projects.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 320 The Global Information Society

    Course Credit: 1
    Study of the complexity of “information,” beyond the Internet, how technology, economics, politics affect information available to a wide range of global citizens. Examination of personal and social information ethics. May Term.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 321 Crisis Communication

    Course Credit: 1
    A systematic look at crisis communication. The communicative art surrounding a crisis response, the changes to crisis management in a technological age, the sociological repercussions of crisis recovery. Winter Term even years.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 322 The Anthropology of the Pilgrimage: The Road to Santiago de Compostela

    Course Credit: 1
    Examines the scope, relevance, expression surrounding the Medieval epic journeys to Santiago de Compostela through travel from southeastern France through northern Spain. Fee. May Term.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Diversity.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 323 Historical Roots of Mathematics and Physics

    Course Credit: 1
    An experience-based study of the historical and cultural underpinnings of 17th to 20th century math and physics. Special attention will be given to the roles of society and politics. The class will visit important historical sites. Fee. May Term.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive. Diversity.

    Prerequisite(s): GM 323 , third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 330 Contemporary Global Issues

    Course Credit: 1
    Study of a contemporary global issue besieging the human condition. Evaluation of the issue, root causes, impact on societal resources, implications for policymaking, practical application of policies that implore change. Fall Term.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 333 Beer and Society

    Course Credit: 1
    Investigation of production and consumption of beer across time, space, discipline to understand its role in society.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 340 History of Western Medicine

    Course Credit: 1
    Exploration of western medical tradition, beginning with ancient Greeks and concluding with problems of modern medicine. Emphasis on the influence of social, political, religious factors. Fall Term even years.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 345 Food

    Course Credit: 1
    What is the relationship between human beings and food? Through various disciplines we will explore the issues that surround food, its history, production, consumption, place in culture and religion, and symbolism.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 359 Tanzania and the Global AIDS Crisis

    Course Credit: 1
    Study in Tanzania with special focus on the global AIDS crisis. Service-learning opportunities with Maasai villagers. Safaris, cultural encounters. May Term alternate years.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Diversity.

    Prerequisite(s): GM 359  and third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 360 Metropolis: Place of Convergence

    Course Credit: 1
    Participation, reflection on urban life and issues from cultural, sociological, political, environmental perspectives. Independent project exploring dimensions of leadership and service related to issues that arise in the urban context. Fee.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Diversity.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing and admission into Wartburg West program.

  
  • ID 361 Early Human Experience

    Course Credit: 1
    Explores biological, social, cognitive and spiritual influences on the human experience from conception through early childhood. Experiential component included. Winter Term.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 370 The Arts in a Western Context: Issues and Ideas

    Course Credit: 1
    Introduction to various forms of artistic expression and influences on this expression, including technology, censorship, nature, gender, religion. How artists and their work influence the continual maturing of a society.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 373 Contemporary (Ethnic) Culture

    Course Credit: 1
    Study of a contemporary culture as observed and experienced during a full term of immersion in a culture. Examines the culture’s attitudes toward nature, social interactions, world views as expressed in art and life. P/D/F only. Fee.

    Prerequisite(s): Third-or fourth-year standing. Corequisite(s): Participation in a full-term cultural immersion.

  
  • ID 375 Private Lives in Public Forms

    Course Credit: 1
    Study of autobiography as a cultural document that presents individuals and their private consciousness to the public. Use of life stories to probe relationship of the individual to society, impact of historical events on individual development, relationship between personality and professional training, connection between fact and fiction.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 385 Vietnam War

    Course Credit: 1
    Examination of America’s involvement in Vietnam and the consequences.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive.

    Prerequisite(s): Third- or fourth-year standing.

  
  • ID 395 Special Topics

    Course Credit: variable
    Topics and credit vary. See course schedule.

  
  • ID 399 Supplemental Instruction: Interdisciplinary

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Teaching practicum in a specific area of study. Student SI leaders participate in leader training, attend classes for which they serve as leaders, prepare and lead study sessions that reinforce course content, model and teach effective study strategies. P/D/F only.

  
  • ID 495 Special Topics

    Course Credit: variable
    Topics and credit vary. See course schedule.


Inquiry Studies

  
  • IS 101 Asking Questions, Making Choices

    Course Credit: 1
    Development of critical inquiry and communication skills as students take responsibility for their learning and actions within the context of a Wartburg liberal arts education.

    Essential Ed Requirement: Writing Intensive.

    Prerequisite(s): EN 111  or concurrent enrollment.

    Notes: Must be completed in the first year.
  
  • IS 201 Living in a Diverse World

    Course Credit: 1
    Expansion of critical inquiry and communication abilities as students recognize the challenges and opportunities of living in a diverse world and connect this widened world view to liberal learning.

    Prerequisite(s): IS 101 .

    Notes: Must be completed during the second year.
  
  • IS 399 Supplemental Instruction: Inquiry Studies

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Teaching practicum in a specific area of study. Student SI leaders participate in leader training, attend courses for which they serve as leaders, prepare and lead study sessions that reinforce course content, model and teach effective study strategies. P/D/F only.


Liberal Studies

  
  • LS 101 Learning Strategies

    Course Credit: 0.5
    Developmental course in self-management. Techniques to control emotions, thoughts, behaviors. Application of those strategies to time management, test-taking, information literacy, motivation, critical thinking, reading. Fall Term.

 

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