Global Engagement
Lead instructor: Pratt Cassity
Fall 2009 - Course block
Human Geography: People, Places, and Cultures
GEOG1101
English Composition I or II/Multicultural English Composition
ENGL1101/2 or ENGL1101/2M: [Section for LC with coordinated assignments]
Freshman Seminar
FRES1020: Pratt Cassity
Spring 2010
Freshman Seminar:
"Global Engagement Service-Learning"
FRES1020: Pratt Cassity
About the course: The Global Engagement Learning Community meets weekly to explore cultural issues, the meaning of global citizenship, and the fundamentals of service learning. The seminar focuses on these issues by encouraging participation in local events, exhibits and lectures on campus, along with volunteer experiences. The process of discovery is framed by an understanding of urban spaces and how people use them. Concentration is placed on local and global heritage preservation and resource conservation programs and initiatives.
About the lead instructor: Pratt Cassity is Director of the Center for Community Design and Preservation in the School of Environmental Design. His expertise encompasses both Historic Preservation and Landscape Architecture and his office provides assistance to state agencies in a variety of these areas. With an interest in global service-learning, he works extensively on public service programs in preservation and community planning in the United States , Eastern Europe and West Africa .
Life
Sciences
Lead instructors: Marcus Fechheimer and Silvia Giraudo
Fall 2009
- Course block
Freshman Chemistry I
CHEM1211-L: Atwood [lab section for LC]
English Composition I or II
ENGL1101/2: [Section for LC with coordinated assignments]
Freshman Seminar
FRES1020: Marcus Fechheimer or Silvia Giraudo
Spring 2010
Freshman Seminar
"Life Sciences Service-Learning"
FRES1020: Marcus Fechheimer or Silvia Giraudo
About this section: The Life Sciences Learning Community is intended for students considering a major in an area of the biological sciences. The seminar format highlights modern research about biochemistry, cell biology, and genetics, and an examination of disease mechanisms at the molecular level. Research talks by visiting experts are followed by a class discussion to focus on research methodology, the broad significance of the findings, aspects of effective public speaking, and avenues for additional learning. This seminar enhances understanding of the many relations of science to society, and the opportunity and responsibility to harness science for the benefit of mankind.
About the lead instructor: Marcus Fechheimer studies cell structure and movement, and changes in cell structure associated with neurodegenerative diseases. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Alzheimer's Association, and the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke. He is a member of UGA Teaching Academy Class of 2002, and was the recipient of the First Year Seminar Outstanding Instructor Award in 2008.
About this section: Nutrition and Health. Why is nutritionimportant in today society? This course will examine how nutrition affects health and life in general. The seminar format will highlight visiting experts as well as presentation of articles (including popular stuff) about today's science followed by a class discussion of the relationship between nutrition and health. This seminar will enhance the understanding of the many relations of nutritional science to society, and the opportunity and responsibility to develop an in service learning project that benefits society.
About the lead instructor: Silvia Giraudo is originally from Argentina. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Georgia and her post-doctoral studies from the University of Minnesota. She is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Foods and Nutrition in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences where she teaches courses in Human Nutrition and Nutrition and Health. Her research program is in the area of Food Intake Regulation and Obesity.
Website:
http://www.uga.edu/cellbio/fechheimer.html
Film
and Stage
Lead Instructor: Farley Richmond
Fall 2009 - Course block
Introduction to Cinema
DRAM2120: Richard Neupert
English Composition I or II
ENGL1101/2: [Section for LC with coordinated assignments]
Freshman Seminar
FRES1020: Farley Richmond
Spring 2010
Freshman Seminar:
"Film and Stage Service-Learning"
FRES1020: Farley Richmond
About the course: The Art of Direction – the Direction of Art. Directing for Stage, Screen, Television, and Digital Media will be explored in this class, as well as notable examples of important directors and techniques of directing. Students will be expected to try their hand at directing in the Spring semester.
About the lead instructor: Dr. Richmond has been directing stage works since the 1960s. Among his more recent productions are Wilder's Our Town at the Morton Theatre; The Magic Flute, for the Chicago Cultural Center; and, Noises Off, Anouilh's Antigone, Synge's Playboy of the Western World, Miller's The Crucible, and The Heidi Chronicles, all for the University of Georgia. Last semester he taught advanced directing and a new course on Bollywood films.
Music
Lead instructor: Stephanie Tingler
Fall 2009 - Course block
History of Rock and Roll
MUSI2060: Stephen Valdez
English Composition I or II
ENGL1101/2: [Section for LC with coordinated assignments]
Freshman Seminar
"Cinemusic"
FRES1020: Stephanie Tingler
Spring 2010
Freshman Seminar:
"Music Service-Learning"
FRES1020: Stephanie Tingler
About the course: Cinemusic. Love the movies? Love the music? This course will examine the development of music for the cinema, learn about composers and their techniques, and most importantly sample the experience of movie-music fusion.
About the lead instructor: Stephanie Tingler is Associate Professor and Chair of the Voice Area in the Hugh Hodgson School of Music. She has performed in opera, oratorio, recital and musical theater throughout the midwest and southeast, Brazil , Great Britain, and Japan.
Business
Lead instructors: Diann Moorman
Fall 2009 - Course block
Introduction to Public Speaking
SPCM1100: Special Section for LC
English Composition I or II
ENGL1101/2: [Section for LC with coordinated assignments]
Freshman Seminar
FRES1020:
Diann Moorman
Spring 2010
Freshman Seminar
"Business Service-Learning"
FRES1020:
Diann Moorman
About the course: Business, Economic and Financial Issues for Consumers. This class is about businesses, economics, finances, and you, the consumer. The goal is to help you apply business, economic and financial principles to the consumer decisions you make—such as what clothing to purchase or how to start planning for your life after graduation. Since we are all consumers for our entire lives, we should constantly strive to make decisions that bring about the greatest level of satisfaction; we do this by analyzing our individual values, goals and objectives. Learning community members will be challenged to discover how their consumer decisions impact the economy and how the economy in turn impacts their decisions.
About the lead instructor: Diann Moorman is an assistant professor in the Housing and Consumer Economics Department. She received her Ph.D. from Iowa State University. Since joining the staff at UGA in 2006 she has received the Teacher of the Year award for the Family and Consumer Sciences College. Her teaching interests are in personal finances, consumer economics and family studies. Her research interests include the scholarship of teaching, personal finance and at-risk families.
Pre-Law
Lead instructors: Teresa Angle
Fall 2009 - Course block
American Government
POLS1101
English Composition I or II
ENGL1101/2: [Section for LC with coordinated assignments]
Freshman Seminar
FRES1020: Dawn D. Bennett-Alexander
Spring 2010
Freshman Seminar
"Pre-Law Service-Learning"
FRES1020: Dawn D. Bennett-Alexander
About the course: This seminar will explore for first-year students, the areas of law, law and social justice, and law as a tool for social change. It will explore the role of law in shaping our country’s Constitutional promise of equality and justice for all.
About the lead instructor: Professor Dawn D. Bennett-Alexander is an authority on employment law, particularly in the areas of race and gender discrimination issues. Licensed to practice in D.C. and several federal jurisdictions, she has served as an assistant to the White House Domestic Council and clerked at the D.C. Court of Appeals. Since 1988, she has been a faculty member in Legal Studies in the Terry College of Business and in 2000-2001 was a distinguished Fulbright Scholar in Ghana, West Africa, conducting research on employment issues and teaching Industrial Law at the Ghana School of Law.
