Course Listings

This course is a 2nd half semester course. In this course, students will develop labels, wall texts, and a catalogue for an exhibition for Fall 2022 of ceramic figures from Staffordshire, England from the collection of Carol Rogers Reed. They will photograph works and do research and interpretation using American Alliance of Museums standards.

This is a 2nd half semester course. An exploration of analytical methods and instrumentation through independent laboratory-based research projects. Instrumentation theory, design, and function will be discussed in relation to the independent projects, together with relevant principles in data acquisition and analysis. Topics may include HPLC-MS and analytical optical spectroscopies, among others. Two meetings per weekfor the second half of the semester, with an emphasis on laboratory work.

This is a 2nd half semester course that meets three times a week for one-half credit. Building on principles of oxidation-reduction reactions discussed in first-year chemistry courses, this course offers an in-depth exploration of the theory and analytical techniques that underpin modern investigations into electron transfer behavior and its applications. Topics include: solution-phase electrochemistry, electrocatalysis, photovoltaic materials, solid-state devices (batteries), and electrochemical methods for quantitation of certain analytes.

Important notes: students with prior credit in CSC-101 or CSC-106 cannot enroll. Each half credit is identical, so students cannot enroll in both section -01 and section -02. Using Microsoft MakeCode Arcade, and some Python, we will explore the world of 2D retro-style video game programming. Students will produce a series of small games, and the course will culminate with development of a larger project to showcase to the college community. No previous experience with computer programming is expected. This course will develop general programming skills for students seeking to take CSC-111 in the future. This is a 2nd half semester course.

This is a 2nd half semester course. Siblings and Parents: Brothers who murder or enslave each other, parents who sacrifice their children, children who abandon their parents. What do sacred stories tell us about how and when to honor family and when to abandon or disown them? This half-semester course examines family relationships across a variety of sacred texts and in the literature that those texts have inspired. Students will read and write about poems, stories, plays, and songs that respond to, and often challenge, sacred teachings about family relationships. Assigned texts will be drawn from a range of religious traditions, and students from all religious backgrounds, including no religious background, are welcome.

Development and Spread of Global Pentecostalism: This 2nd half-semester course is an introduction to the history and core beliefs of Pentecostalism and an overview of its rapid spread across all the continents. We will make case study visits to various countries and cultures. Through these surveys we will learn about the both local issues and their relations to the global movement of Pentecostalism and Charismatic Christianity. Along with the case studies, the issues of human experience and theologizing in the context of Pentecostal spirituality and culture will be addressed and discussed.