This course is designed for students who fear speaking in public and those who desire to improve upon their public speaking skills. Theories and practices of communication will be addressed as well as emotional responses to speaking in public. The course will provide ample opportunities for students to research topics of their own choosing and to practice effective public speaking. The course is geared to students contemplating careers in education, law, public policy, human services and community betterment.

This program is designed to examine one's own body process through anatomy, history, media and movement. Using technology, students will journal and analyze movement which will culminate in an autobiographical choreo-poem. Students will also witness several dance performances and rehearsals. No proper dance training is needed.

Students in this class will work on developing skills needed to create multimedia products. Students will learn Video Production, 3D Animation, Music and DVD Authoring. Students will also explore the use of Final Cut Pro, 3D studio MAX, Acid (software for music), and DVD Pro (a DVD authoring tool). Using the design-based learning concept, multimedia students will collaborate to collect content and produce an integrated project using sound, animation, text, video and graphics. Students will express, explore and experiment with multiple media tools. This project-based learning requires the student to create video using Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere, animate characters and text with Macromedia MX Flash, work with 3D animation using 3D Studio MAX and author a CD and DVD. We will also cover the fundamentals of video editing, storyboarding and scriptwriting.

This course will explore the interdisciplinary use of quantitative reasoning and statistics to explain aspects of the physical and social world. Course content will connect theory, methods of data collection and analysis to understand and apply descriptive and inferential statistics. In addition, students will evaluate the reasoning underlying explanations and assessments of social, economic and environmental problems. The majority of student work will consist of workshops and in-class activities preparing students to design and analyze a collaborative research project. This course is designed for students in the fields of education, sociology, psychology, environmental studies, law, public policy, or any student considering graduate studies.

Throughout history art has served to awaken creative processes. Artistic expression has proven to have the ability to communicate human feelings that cannot be expressed by words alone. This course will explore the role that movement, visual art, music and media can play in problem solving and in the resolution of internalized fear, conflicts or blocks. Through a variety of hands-on activities, field trips, readings, films/video and guest speakers, students will discover sources of imagery, sound and movement as tools to awaken their creative problem solving from two perspectives-as creator and viewer. Students interested in human services, media and education will find this course engaging. This course does not require any prerequisite art classes or training.