IDS 2930 - Special Topics in Arts and Sciences - (I)

3 credits
Prerequisites: SB 1720 Testing Exemption or Testing into ENC 1101 ; or completion of (ENC 0025 and REA 0017) or (ENC 0022 and REA 0019 ) with a “C” or better; or EAP 1620 and EAP 1640 with a “C” or better; or an eligible testing/course completion combination
This course examines selected problems or issues from multiple perspectives in the Arts and Sciences. Selected topics will range from addressing the great questions of human existence such as good and evil, religion, the meaning of life, and the place of human beings in the universe, to contemporary issues such as climate change, sustainability, cultural pluralism, the use of technology, and terrorism. This course is termed a writing-intensive course and requires a minimum of 4,000 words of instructor-evaluated writing per student, including a minimum of three graded assignments over the duration of the course. If completed with a grade of “C” or better, this course serves to complete part of the writing-intensive course requirements. This course will be taught by two faculty members including at least one faculty member from the Department of Humanities and Fine Arts.

(I) International or diversity focus course