Butler University Schedule of Classes for Fall 2013 Core Curriculum ...

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Schedule of Classes for Fall 2013 Run Date: 10/23/2013
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Core Curriculum - First Year Seminar - Subject: First Year Seminar
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Subject Catalog Nbr Section Class Nbr Course Title Component Units Topics
FYS 101 44 4238 First-Year Seminar Lecture 3 Rebels with a Cause
Class Dates: 08/28/2013 - 12/21/2013
Bldg: Jordan Hall Room: 242 Days: MWF Time: 1:00pm - 1:50pm Instructor: Smith,Christine M
Class Enrl Cap: 18 Class Enrl Tot: 16 Class Wait Cap: 0 Class Wait Tot: 0 Class Min Enrl: 0
This First Year Seminar will analyze challenges to authority, with attention to the way those challenges are reflected in fiction and non-fiction. Larger
questions such as - what constitutes a rebellion? why and how do we rebel? what role does the rebel serve in society? - these will become topics for
discussion and writing integrated with the texts used. In the course of reading and discussing these works of literature, students will cultivate the skills
necessary for critical thinking, oral communication, and effective writing. The course will also serve as an introduction to the vitality of the liberal
arts. As a seminar the class will be structured around student discussion as well as student presentations, in class writing and writing workshops. The
second semester will consider the American Civil War, called at its outset the War of the Rebellion, will emphasize the common soldier and his family, and
will require a genealogy project. Semester one is not prerequisite to semester two, but students who enroll in this topic in the fall are expected to enroll
in this topic in the spring.
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FYS 101 45 4250 First-Year Seminar Lecture 3 Change Agents, Leaders, Decisi
Class Dates: 08/28/2013 - 12/21/2013
Bldg: Gallahue Hall Room: 106 Days: TuTh Time: 2:25pm - 3:40pm Instructor: Reading,Nicholas James
Class Enrl Cap: 18 Class Enrl Tot: 15 Class Wait Cap: 0 Class Wait Tot: 0 Class Min Enrl: 0
In this class we will examine the role and characteristics of change agents and leaders on the individual, community and organizational level within a
society. Modern day, historical, fictional and personal perspectives will be explored, examined and compared. We will consider the dilemmas involved in
ethical decision-making and examine the choices change agents and leaders make. The student will have the opportunity to reflect on their own
decision-making process and their roles as change agents and leaders.
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FYS 101 46 4251 First-Year Seminar Lecture 3 Yielding, Yin/Yang and You
Class Dates: 08/28/2013 - 12/21/2013
Bldg: Gallahue Hall Room: 105 Days: MW Time: 2:25pm - 3:40pm Instructor: Heinz,Michael
Class Enrl Cap: 18 Class Enrl Tot: 14 Class Wait Cap: 0 Class Wait Tot: 0 Class Min Enrl: 0
Since ancient times the concept of yielding has been used in China as a productive method of problem-solving in fields as (apparently) diverse as medicine,
the arts, mathematics, nutrition, martial arts and philosophy. This one-semester seminar will focus on the concept of yielding (and its cognate concepts
`emptiness', ` softness' and `Yin') in order to explore questions directly related to self, community and world: What is yielding good for? How did it
develop as a problem-solving technique, and why has it been applied in so many venues? Is yielding best understood intellectually or experientially? (The
answer is "both": with experiential learning in mind, part of the course will involve exploration of yielding through practice of Tai Chi). By reading,
discussing and writing about the works of ancient and modern commentators, students will hone their critical thinking and communication skills. A research
project and class presentation will be required.
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