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Programs of Study 203
201-RESIDENT ASSISTANT LEADERSHIP. This class is a leadership course with an
emphasis on the skills necessary for a successful resident assistant. It is open
for any students with an interest in being a resident assistant or increasing their
leadership skills. Topics will include: growth and development of students, peer
counseling, conflict resolution, community development and time management.
Two hours per week. Credit, two semester hours.
320-DIVERSITY IN AMERICAN CULTURE. This course examines the history of
ethnic diversity in the United States as well as contemporarypolitical issues related
to cultural diversity. It pays close attention to the rise of multiculturalism during
the twentieth century and how racial diversity influenced political, social, and
cultural discourse. Specific emphasis will be placed on understanding traditional
Native American life-ways in modern times, African-American cultural history, and
Latino/Hispanic immigration issues. The student will choose one of these topics
to conduct more in-depth research, presenting the results of their research to
their instructor and peers. This course satisfies as a Transfer Seminar.
Three hours a week. Credit, three semester hours. Offered in fall semester.
460-HONORS THESIS RESEARCH. This class is for honors students who are
preparing to do their honors thesis. The class focuses on the methodology of
doing lengthy, scholarly work. this class must be completed before an honors
student may submit his or her honors thesis.
Credit, one semester hour. Offered each semester.
461-HONORS THESIS WRITING. This class is for honors students who are in the
process of writing their honors thesis. It includes supervision by the honors
student’s faculty committee and the Honors Director. The culmination of this
class is the completion of the written thesis and its oral presentation.
Credit, two semester hours. Offered each semester.
INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES
The Interdisciplinary Studies major, which incorporates coursework from the
arts and humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences, is designed
primarily to provide a broad knowledge base in the liberal arts that will allow
graduates to pursue a variety of career opportunities including, but not limited
to, PREK-6 elementary and K-12 special education teacher licensure. The major
offers students, who do not plan careers as teachers, variety in course work as
well as flexibility in the area of elective credits.
The Interdisciplinary Studies major is designed to build the student’s content
knowledge on a liberal arts foundation. Admission into the upperdivision of the
Virginia Intermont College 2012–2013 College Catalog