MEDAILLE COLLEGE | Undergraduate Catalog | 2010–2011
HUMANITIES HUM 201 LITERACY IN THE VIRTUAL WORLD: INTRODUCTION TO NEW MEDIA This course analyzes the forces that keep increasing the demand for verbal, visual, and aural communication skills. The course examines the past, present, and future of information literacy, especially applications of emerging technology in human communication. Hands-on studio work will illuminate the promise and perils of networked intelligence while developing communication skills. Three credit hours. Prerequisites: ENG 110/ENG 111. Offered as needed. HUM 298 SPECIAL TOPIC IN HUMANITIES (Topic to be specified each semester course offered.) HUM 300 THE ARTS IN SOCIETY This course explores the roles of the arts in society. Students will examine various arts within the Humanities—the literary, visual, and performing arts—and analyze their functions and interrelationships within historical, political, and cultural contexts. Three credit hours. Prerequisites: ENG 100 or ENG 110/ENG 111. Offered Fall and Spring semesters. HUM 398 SPECIAL TOPIC IN HUMANITIES (Topic to be specified each semester course offered.) HUM 400 PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE The consideration of selected topics and themes drawn from literature and seen from a corresponding philosophical viewpoint. Three credit hours. Prerequisites: ENG 110/ENG 111 and a philosophy course. Offered as needed. HUM 498 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN HUMANITIES (Topic to be specified each semester course offered.)
INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES INT 101 LEARNING IN COLLEGE This course helps students understand the purpose and expectations of a liberal College education. In addition to giving students knowledge of and practice in academic success strategies, INT 101 provides students with opportunities to use campus resources, participate in the life of the campus, and appreciate the benefits of a diverse community. Your instructor for this course will serve as your mentor during your first year. This course is offered only to first-time freshmen on a S/U basis, and it may not be repeated. No Prerequisites. One credit hour. Offered Fall semester. INT 240 ISSUES AND PROBLEMS IN HUMAN SEXUALITY The course presents the major empirical findings in broad content areas of human sexuality. This course may be taken as a Child and Youth Services elective, a Human Services elective, a Liberal Arts and Sciences elective, or a free elective. Three credit hours. Prerequisites: none. Offered as needed. INT 275 DEATH, GRIEF, LOSS AND CHANGE This course is designed to acquaint students with death and dying in order to develop skills in coping with grief, loss, life changes, suicide, guilt, and death for themselves and in dealing with others. This course may be used as either a liberal arts and sciences elective or a free elective. Three credit hours. Prerequisites: none. Offered as needed.
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