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Fall 2025

• AFRA110172, Introduction to African American Studies – 3 credit hours
  • Instructor: Alicia Fontnette, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Africana Studies
  • Assesses the status of Black America in the modern technological order through an examination of the major spheres of institutional life, including employment, education politics, criminal justice and the military.
  • Fulfills the History and Cultural Change University Breadth Requirement with a grade of C- or higher. Additionally, may fulfill a History and Cultural Change College Breadth Requirement for some majors. Fulfills the University’s Multicultural Requirement.
• COMM245172, Media and Society – 3 credit hours
  • Instructor: Lydia Timmins, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Communication
  • The relationship between media and culture; how media affect culture (i.e., socialization and role modeling); and exploration of new forms of mass communication.
  • Fulfills the Social and Behavioral Sciences University Breadth Requirement with a grade of C- or higher. Additionally, may fulfill a Social and Behavioral Science College Breadth Requirement for some majors.
  • Click here to view the course syllabus for complete details.
• ENGL151172, Studies in Popular Fiction: GOTH LIT: HORROR/SCIFI/CRIME – 3 credit hours
  • Instructor: Alexander McKee, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of English
  • Study of popular fiction (literary, cinematic and/or multimedia); may focus on period, theme, single author, etc.
  • Fulfills the Creative Arts and Humanities University Breadth Requirement and/or a Creative Arts and Humanities College Breadth Requirement with a grade of C- or higher.
  • Click here to view the course syllabus for complete details.
• UAPP110, Changing the World and Public Policy – 3 credit hours
  • Instructor: Tibor Toth, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Biden School of Public Policy & Administration
  • “Going Green,” the haves and have nots, relevant politics – all huge contemporary issues. Can you get a job AND make a difference? Public policy addresses such issues and begins with you. Examines basic policy concepts/strategies used by citizens, government and other societal institutions.
  • Fulfills the Social and Behavioral Science University Breadth Requirement and/or a Social and Behavioral Science College Breadth Requirement with a grade of C- or higher.
  • Click here to view the course syllabus for complete details.

Spring 2026

• DIST250172, Disability Studies: A Multidisciplinary Introduction – 3 credit hours
  • Instructor: Kate Fialkowski, Ed.D., Assistant Professor, School of Education
  • Introduces the field of disability studies. Explores historical and critical perspectives on the definition and construction of disability. Examines current societal and environmental contexts for disability, including students’ own relationships to disability.
  • Fulfills the History and Cultural Change University Breadth Requirement with a grade of C- or higher. Additionally, may fulfill a History and Cultural Change College Breadth Requirement for some majors. Fulfills the University’s Multicultural Requirement

• LEAD100172, Leadership, Integrity, and Change – 3 credit hours
  • Instructor: Jane Case, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Biden School of Public Policy & Administration
  • Introduces students to the challenges of leadership. An experiential practice-based change project will give students hands-on experience in applying the skills and practices of effective leadership to create positive change.
  • Fulfills the Social and Behavioral Sciences University Breadth Requirement with a grade of C- or higher. Additionally, may fulfill a Social and Behavioral Science College Breadth Requirement for some majors.

• ART204172 – Media/Design/Culture – 3 credit hours
  • Instructor: Jonathan Cox, M.F.A., Associate Professor, Department of Art and Design
  • Current and historical media processes and their impact on art, design and culture. Image making and manipulation, video, audio, interactivity and connectivity. Viewing fine art and design projects, the historical aspects of design and digital media, basic media theory, and universal principles of software and digital media. Projects include writing, creating visual media and making presentations. Unfamiliar media experienced firsthand through exhibitions, screenings, lectures, online exploration and consumer media devices.
  • Fulfills the Creative Arts and Humanities University Breadth Requirement with a grade of C- or higher. Additionally, may fulfill a Creative Arts and Humanities College Breadth Requirement for some majors. Fulfills the University’s Multicultural Requirement.
  • Click here to view the course syllabus for complete details.

• HIST188172, The History of Now – 3 credit hours
  • Instructor: Darryl Flaherty, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of History
  • This course explores the complexities of our contemporary world through the lens of history. The course grounds itself in the critical questions for our current times and explores a range of topics and themes. The semester opens with a meta-question, can the past teach? We then turn to a range of contemporary concerns related to food; political borders; leisure and play; the social self; climate change; rights for androids; the meaning of music; and what the past tells us about corporations and power.
  • Fulfills the History and Cultural Change University Breadth Requirement with a grade of C- or higher. Additionally, may fulfill a History and Cultural Change College Breadth Requirement for some majors. 
  • Syllabus coming soon.