United States

Art 246: New York Art Interim
This course provides intensive exposure to career opportunities in: architecture, painting, sculpture, printmaking, ceramics, photography, illustration, video, digital media, and design of all kinds (from toys to exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art).  Working five to seven hours a day, students will interview over 25 artist professionals during the month, visit more than 100 galleries and museums, and write extensively about artists and artwork. This course does not count toward the minimum major in studio art or art history.

Prerequisite: Art 253 (preferred) or Art 252.
Maximum enrollment: 18
Cost: $3,000 plus food and transportation
Instructor: Meg Ojala

Education 170: Schools and Urban Communities
In this course, students will examine how schools and communities in the Twin Cities interact to provide support and developmental opportunities for school-age children. Through lectures, readings, discussions, field trips and in-school and co-curricular placements, students gain an understanding and awareness of how race, class, ethnicity, national origin, and gender shape the complex character of urban youth and schools. Students will spend one week in orientation activities on campus and two weeks in the Twin Cities. During the time in the Twin Cities, students will participate as tutors and classroom assistants during the school day and then assist in various after-school and community programs. The last week of Interim will be spent back on campus discussing the experience.

Counts toward major: Education: (Human Relations [Ed 382] component); ARMS
Counts toward concentration: ARMS
GE: Multicultural Studies–Domestic (MCS-D/MCD)
Open to first-year students
Maximum Enrollment: 22
P/N Grading
Cost: $850
Instructor: Eric McDonald

Education 378: Multicultural Education in Hawaii
Students examine the influence of race, class and multiculturalism in American schools by participating as teachers’ assistants and tutors in two distinctly different K-12 schools. Kamehameha, in Honolulu, is an affluent, urban, private, Hawaiian cultural immersion school. The Kailua Kona schools, on the big island, are rural, public, mixed-race environments. Students discover the challenges and benefits associated with teaching in diverse racial, cultural and socio-economic environments. Through guest lectures, readings, field trips and seminars, students learn about the truly unique geographic and cultural setting of the Hawaiian islands. This environment makes an excellent framework to examine diversity on the mainland.

Counts toward major: ARMS
Counts toward concentration: ARMS
Fulfills Education 382: Human Relations requirement.
GE: Multicultural Studies Component (MCS-D/MCD)
Prerequisite: Education 290
Maximum enrollment: 24
P/N Grading
Cost: $3,950
Instructor: Heather Campbell

Interdisciplinary 255: The Physician in Clinical and Hospital Health Care
Students will explore health care in a clinical and hospital setting through association with a physician in one of the clinics that are a part of the metro area Fairview Health System or the Family Practice Medical Center of Willmar, Minnesota. Students will follow the physician, who serves as their primary mentor, or other designated physicians through their daily activities in pertinent clinical and hospital settings. Students will observe the delivery of health care in primary and specialty areas and in practices dealing with all age groups. Emergency health care and physician support areas are other aspects of medicine to which students will be exposed. Students will keep a journal detailing their observations and their interpretation of and reactions to these observations and will write a research paper on an aspect of current medical care and practice. Selection is based on a review of all

 

applicants (preference given to junior or senior pre-medical students with demonstrated strong academic achievement).

P/N grading
Maximum Enrollment: 14
Cost: $400
Adviser: Wes Pearson

Psychology 255: Environmental Psychology at Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
This course investigates the human relationship with the natural world, examining ways in which the natural environment is important psychologically to human beings.  Integrating aspects of theoretical and empirical psychology, environmental studies and literature, we explore meanings, values and questions such as: How are we affected by nature? What affects people’s attitudes and behaviors toward the environment? How do we respond to environmental changes? How does the field of psychology address the natural world?

Counts toward major: Psychology, Environmental Studies
Counts toward concentration: Environmental Studies
GE: Studies in Human Behavior and Society (HBS)
Maximum Enrollment:  20
Cost: $1,700 plus transportation
Instructor: Donna McMillan

Religion 243: Living Faith: Theology and Practice at Holden Village                                                                                                   

A study of how the gospel transforms the practices of personal and social life.  Students explore the nature of Christian community and the connections between Christian theological beliefs and practices.  Students participate in the life of Holden Village, an isolated Lutheran retreat center in the Cascade Mountains of Washington.

Counts toward major:  Religion
GE:  Theological Studies
(BTS-T)
Maximum Enrollment:  24
Cost: $1,795 plus transportation to Seattle
Instructor:  Mary Anderson

Religion 247: American Judaism in Context: New York City
New York City is home to the largest Jewish community outside of the State of Israel. It is, in addition, a city that has given rise to many of the unique elements that characterize the American Jewish urban life.  In this interim course, students experience the exceptionally vibrant Jewish religious and cultural expressions of New York City through group and individual site visits during the week and on weekends. Reflection upon experiential learning occurs through guest lectures, readings, and seminars.  Students are housed at the Jewish Theological Seminary and will learn the rudiments of Jewish dietary practices.  

Counts toward major: Religion
GE:  Multicultural Studies Component (MCS-D/MCD)
Prerequisite: Completion of BTS-B
Maximum Enrollment:  18
Cost: $3,185 plus transportation
Instructor: Mara Benjamin