NGCSU Learning Communities Fall 2006

Art as History - History as Art

Dr. Georgia Mann, Dr. Pamela Sachant, Ms. Elizabeth McIntosh, Dr. Robert Bowman
HIST 1112, ART 2520, SFCS 1000
Open to All First-Semester Students

This learning community will explore social, political, and religious events and changes in the world from 1500 to 1945 as represented in visual images. What impact have art and artists had on the societies in which they live and work and in the world at large? What roles have propagandistic, commercial, and controversial images played in encouraging and/or documenting historical change? In this community, we will learn about both everyday and momentous events as seen in art, and the role of art as a reflection of a society's ideals, norms and values, form of commentary, and agent of change.

Collaborative Knowledge Development

Dr. Bryson Payne and Dr. Chuck Robertson
CSCI 1100, PSYC 1101, SFCS 1000
Open to All First-Semester Students

The Collaborative Knowledge Development community is designed to aid learning by taking advantage of new technology that allows for communication and collaboration. In addition to satisfying core requirements and learning about Psychology and Computer Science, we will be creating an online social community where faculty and students will interact outside of the classroom using blogs, instant messaging, social bookmarking tools, and other web environments. Everyone accepted into this community will be working together to be successful and you will develop friendships with students and faculty that will last a lifetime. No technology skills are needed to join this community, just openness to learning.

Trading Faces: ¿La Caca Hits the Fan, or the Poop Hits El Ventilador?

Mr. Todd Campbell and Ms. Mariana Stone
ENGL 1101, SPAN 1001, SFCS 1000
Open to First-Semester Cadets

This Learning Community is designed to expose you to a variety of cultural experiences through study of language acquisition, culture, rhetoric, and nonfiction expression; visits with guest speakers, and occasional field trips. Cultures explored will include Appalachian culture. metro-Atlanta culture, and international cultures--Latin America, Middle East, and Europe (possibly Asian). You will learn about and step inside other cultures, consider your views about other cultures and your own, and see how other cultures view you and your culture. This exposure will hopefully enable you to be a more informed, more culturally-aware citizen of the future, preparing you for life on an international stage, in an increasingly international economy.

Critical Thinking: Women Interested in Language and Science

Ms. Karrie Fadroski, Dr. Joyce Stavick, Dr. Terry Schwaner
BIOL 1107K, ENGL 1101, SFCS 1000
Open to First-Semester Resident Women Majoring in the Sciences

This Learning Community is designed to expose you to various research methods, as well as the philosophical implications and limitations of those methods in science and language. You will also examine how scientists communicate and learn how to interpret scientific and analytical literature. By examining two subject areas in a critical manner, you will develop skills you will use in other courses and professionally. Members of this community will live together in the dorms, providing an opportunity for additional study, interaction, and friendship outside the classroom.

Text and Tadpoles: Connecting Language and Life

Ms. Kelly West, Dr. Linda Williams, Ms. Alyson Paul
BIOL 1260, BIOL 1260L, ENGL 1101, SFCS
Open to First-Semester Resident Women

This Learning Community will provide you with meaningful opportunities to advance your writing and critical thinking skills by composing essays, a letter to the editor, a proposal, and other written and field assignments that address environmental issues and concerns. By reading and discussing various texts--those written for this course as well as those written by professional writers--you will develop an understanding of the role of language in shaping public perceptions and policies that affect the environment.

Livin' the Vida Loca Here and Abroad: Sexo, Cerveza, and Trash

Dr. Kristi Hislope, Ms. Barbara Howerton, Mr. Benny Wyrick
SPAN 1001, BIOL 1010, BIOL 1010L, SFCS
Open to All First-Semester Students

This Learning Community will connect issues in Biology, Environmental Science, and beginning Spanish vocabulary and culture. Come and join us as we discuss the biological functions of sex and the grammatical functions of gender. Learn how your body reacts after drinking too much cerveza. Have you ever wondered how that flushed vomit is recycled back into the atmosphere? What happens to vomit in Latin America? Do teenagers there drink as much, have as much sex, and recycle? Some projects, cultural issues, and environmental issues will be studied in both classes and related to similar issues in the Spanish-speaking world. ¡Adiós until agosto!


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