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2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Courses
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Academic departments and programs are generally listed in alphabetical order. All courses are listed under the department or program in which they are offered. Courses which are cross-listed will appear in more than one place.
Course Designations
Courses of instruction are designated by a system of four-digit numbers within each department. The first digit in the number indicates the class standing that a student must attain to be eligible for the course. To interpret the numbering system, students need to know that:
- Courses generally for freshmen are numbered in the series beginning 1000. Freshmen may not register for any course numbered 2000 or above, except by placement or with the permission of the instructor. Similarly, sophomores may not register for courses numbered 3000 or above, or juniors 4000 or above, with exceptions permitted only by the instructor.
- Cross-listed courses are courses appropriate to more than one department or area.
- The number of credit hours per course is indicated below the course title. Courses which may be taken for variable credit (applied music lessons, independent studies, internships, etc.) or which can be repeated for credit are so indicated.
- Prerequisites for each course are so indicated following the description.
- Special Topics, Internships, and Independent Studies courses are listed with numbers separated by semicolons. These courses may be taken in any order.
- The (FR) designation after a number indicates that the course is offered only as a first-year seminar.
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HIS 3327 - Seminar: Modern U.S. History Credits: 4.00
This course will provide an in-depth examination of some of the major themes in United States history since the end of the World War II. Readings and discussions of selected topics in Modern U.S. history drawing on primary and secondary sources,
along with popular culture. The specific topic of the seminar will change from year to year but may include the culture wars, issues of citizenship and identity, social and political movements, or memory studies.
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HIS 3328 - Seminar: African-American History Credits: 4
Readings and discussions of selected topics in African-American history drawing on primary and secondary sources, novels, and material culture. The specific topic the seminar will examine, such as slavery, racism, community and family, and black nationalism, will change each offering of the course. Students will engage in close reading of both primary and secondary source materials and write an original, in depth analysis on a topic of their choosing.
Prerequisites One 2000-level history course
McDaniel Plan: Multicultural; Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding; Textual Analysis; Departmental Writing
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HIS 3331 - Gender and the Family in China Credits: 4
Examination of the changing constructions of gender and the shifting configurations of the family, from imperial times to the present. Primary sources (in translation) and secondary literature together convey how changing notions of kinship, property, ritual, space, and the body have informed notions of gender in China, from the traditional courtyard house to the modern high-rise apartment.
McDaniel Plan: International Non-western
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HIS 3332 - China’s Troubled Waters Credits: 4.00
Two conflicting images dominate our views of China. One is of a people engaged in harmonious relationships with nature. Another is of overpopulation, resource depletion, and environmental degradation. This course will examine Chinese relations with nature through its history of dams great and small, canals, rerouted rivers, and irrigation projects. We will examine how such water-control projects affected Chinese local societies from the Song dynasty through today. We will explore which regions, which groups (ethnic, gender, class), and which hydraulic projects have been the winners and losers in different eras. From there, we will further examine continuity and ruptures in state policies, political ideology, and institutional politics behind hydraulic projects in their historical contexts. Finally, we will examine crucial turning points in the history of water control in China and see how past historical visions live on in the present.
McDaniel Plan: International Nonwestern, Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding, Textual Analysis
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HIS 3365 - Special Topics in History Credits: 4
The study of a selected topic in the discipline. Different topics are chosen for each offering, based on students’ interests and needs.
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HIS 3369 - Special Topics History Credits: 4.00
The study of a selected topic in the discipline. Different topics are chosen for each offering, based on students’ interests and needs.
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HIS 3395 - Internships in History Credits: 0-4
Supervised field experiences in appropriate settings, usually off-campus, designed to assist students in acquiring and using skills and knowledge of the discipline unique to the selected topic.
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HIS 3398 - Independent Studies in History Credits: 0-4
Directed study with permission of the Department.
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HIS 4465 - Special Topics in History Credits: 4
The study of a selected topic in the discipline. Different topics are chosen for each offering, based on students’ interests and needs.
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HIS 4492 - History Capstone Credits: 4
The History capstone, taken in the fall of the senior year, is a semester-long seminar in which students conduct original and independent research on a topic approved by the instructor, and produce a journal-length paper that meets the standards of the History profession. At the end of the semester they defend their research orally before the faculty of the History Department.
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HIS 4495 - Internships in History Credits: 0-4
Supervised field experiences in appropriate settings, usually off-campus, designed to assist students in acquiring and using skills and knowledge of the discipline unique to the selected topic.
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HIS 4498 - Independent Studies in History Credits: 0-4
Directed study with permission of the Department.
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HON 1102 - Honors First Year Symposium Credits: 2
The Honors First Year Symposium introduces students to the Honors Program, interdisciplinarity, and college-level intellectual exploration. Focused on a theme or question selected for the given year, the symposium will feature guest faculty speakers from across departments addressing the selected annual topic from their respective fields and intellectual traditions.
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HON 1200 - Honors: My Design Credits: 2
In keeping with the mission of McDaniel’s Honors Program, this course will introduce first year students to the Honors Program by focusing on the themes of personal change and transformation: we will address some of the unique challenges faced by high achieving students and how to deal with those challenges, introduce goal setting and personal development planning tools, help students identify their strengths and areas for growth, help students to better understand the nature of the liberal arts, and foster their own identities as members of the honors community.
McDaniel Plan: January Term
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HON 2200 - Honors: My Career Credits: 2
This course provides a connective bridge between the first year Honors experience, goal setting and development planning, and the practical application of those skills. This course will reinforce what was learned in the first year program while pushing students further towards mastery of vital professional skills tailored specifically for Honors students, including: articulating the value of the liberal arts, composing resumes and cover letters, networking with alumni, and researching jobs or other opportunities.
Prerequisites HON-1200
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HON 2201 - Great Works Credits: 4.00
Reading and comparative analysis of major works of literature from a range of genres, cultures and national literatures, from antiquity to the modern period. Emphasis on the nature of literary tradition, intertextuality, and the relations between texts across history and culture. Texts include works by authors such as Homer, Sappho, Dante, Cervantes, Shakespeare, Goethe, Flaubert, Dostoevsky, and Joyce. Each section will cover the chronological period to be determined by the professor.
Open to first-year honors program students only.
McDaniel Plan: International Western, Textual Analysis
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HON 2202 - Divided America: 19th Century Racism Credits: 4
One step towards defeating abhorrent ideas such as racism is to fully understand their historical roots and internal “logic.” Know your enemy. This course will be a deep dive into the racist logic, politics, religious beliefs,
gender norms, literary conventions, and pseudo-science of America on the eve of the American Civil War. It will also offer an opportunity to come to know leading abolitionists and anti-racists of the era-some white, some Black, some famous, others deserving greater recognition today. At the heart of the course will be two “reacting to the past” simulations, in which students assume the roles of real 19th century figures-some heroic, others repugnant-researching, debating, and politicking from a historical point of view. The first simulation, Frederick Douglass, Slavery and the Constitution, 1845 (Norton) has students taking on roles such as Sojourner Truth, James Covey,
Angela Grimke, Robert E. Lee, Henry Clay, Charles Dickens, and Walt Whitman. From such points of view, students will debate the literacy accomplishments of Frederick Douglass and interrogate John C. Calhoun’s pro-slavery, states’ rights reading of the Constitution. In the second simulation, Kentucky, 1861: Loyalty, State, and Nation the screws tighten. Students continue debate, now from the point of view of border state legislators during the opening shots of the Civil War. Armies approach. Is neutrality possible in a battle between Union and slavery? Is political violence ever justified? What guidance does the constitution really offer in a time of turmoil? In this honors course, students will find themselves grappling with tough ideas from uncomfortable points of view. Teamwork, individual initiative, critical thinking, research skills, and the ability to write and debate persuasively will all be tested and sharpened.
McDaniel Plan: Multicultural
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HON 2205 - Why Do You Talk Like That? Credits: 4
A language like English has a dizzying array of varieties, different ways of talking based on where we are from, our social class, age, gender, ethnicity, education, and more. Many of the differences are simply curious, like whether you call a certain kind of sandwich a sub, a hoagie, or a grinder. And of course we all remark on the different forms of pronunciation found within the US, not to mention throughout the English-speaking world. Some accents we like; others we may disparage. This course unpacks the nature of all this variation, examining the origins of today’s many social and regional dialects, their structure, and, vitally, how we make judgments about one another based on our assumptions regarding these varieties and their speakers. We will examine standard and nonstandard dialects, slang, linguistic identity, and issues of language and power. Students will have the opportunity to do their own observations and surveys of local varieties and linguistic attitudes.
McDaniel Plan: Multicultural
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HON 2304 - Don Quixote Credits: 4.00
An analysis of Don Quixote with emphasis on the text as a product of the seventeenth-century zeitgeist and as a timeless novel.
McDaniel Plan: International, Textual Analysis
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HON 3200 - Honors Junior Journal Club Credits: 2
This course is designed to be interdisciplinary and highly challenging, giving students a unique academic experience. Students will research articles in academic journals related to their primary field of study, they will meet with faculty from their field to create an annotated bibliography of articles and prepare for their presentation. Then each student will present to a small group of students from different disciplines within the class leading a discussion on why the article was chosen, what makes it representative of the epistemology of the field, and how scholars in the field communicate with one another. Part of each presentation will be answering the question, “what does it mean to think like a _______?” with the blank being the students field of study.
Enrollment for Honors Program Participants
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HON 4491 - Honors Senior Colloquium Credits: 2.00
Senior honors students will discuss and formally present their College Scholars Projects to their classmates, fellow honors students over the course of the semester. Course texts will be selected by the students as a means of contextualizing and explaining their project design and epistemology to others. Students may be asked to put together short videos highlighting the key aspects of their projects to be posted on the Honors Program website or to organize meetings and present their projects to underclassmen in the Honors Program outside the course meeting times.
Note: Grading method is Credit/Fail.
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HUN 1101 - Elementary Hungarian Credits: 4
The acquisition of oral/aural skills through intensive exposure to Hungarian used both as the medium of communication and the object of study. It enables students to express their daily experiences accurately in spoken and written Hungarian, and to understand communications of a moderate level of difficulty.
(offered only on the Budapest Campus)
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HUN 1102 - Elementary Hungarian Credits: 4
The acquisition of oral/aural skills through intensive exposure to Hungarian used both as the medium of communication and the object of study. It enables students to express their daily experiences accurately in spoken and written Hungarian, and to understand communications of a moderate level of difficulty.
(offered only on the Budapest Campus)
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IDS 1106 - You Are What You Eat Credits: 4.0
Develop your “foodie” identity by blogging and vlogging about food. Experience entrepreneurship in action by partnering with local entrepreneurs to explore the farm-to-table process, particularly in terms of sustainability, education, and accessibility. In this course, we’ll explore the growing literature and discourse surrounding local and organic food movements and put this knowledge to action in our blogs, vlogs, and partnerships. We’ll create cookbooks that address a variety of issues surrounding how to produce local food sustainably and provide fair access to “good” food sources for members of the community who, traditionally, do not have such access. Finally, we’ll experience entrepreneurship in action by working with constituents to develop and enact a plan in terms of producing, providing, and educating people about food (e.g. food selection and preparation). After learning about the entrepreneurs’ visions, we will assist the constituents in generating resources for their venture (i.e. students might create a crowdfunded marketing campaign or write a grant for resources to develop their plans).
McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression
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IDS 1107 - Women in Western Culture Credits: 4
A two-semester interdisciplinary study of the status and role of women in the western world. The first semester covers the period from preclassical to the French Revolution. The second semester covers the period from the French Revolution to the present.
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IDS 1108 - Women in Western Culture Credits: 4
A two-semester interdisciplinary study of the status and role of women in the western world. The first semester covers the period from preclassical to the French Revolution. The second semester covers the period from the French Revolution to the present.
McDaniel Plan: International Western, Multicultural, Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding
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IDS 1113 - Facing Global Challenges Credits: 2
This course explores some of the most vexing global issues that transcend borders and impact nations and societies today. The course will cover salient contemporary topics such as climate change, inter- and intrastate conflict, migration, global health, and the impact of globalization and
examine key questions on these topics. In what ways is climate change disproportionately impacting countries and their populations? Is migration a force to be stopped, embraced, or harnessed? Do nations have a responsibility to protect vulnerable groups and intervene in conflict? To what extent should nations implement and enforce health policy regulations visa vie uphold individual freedoms? Students can expect to read academic and policy related texts while engaging with perspectives from news outlets. Students will learn about the role of non-state actors including international organizations, non-governmental organizations, and civil society groups, and discuss differing viewpoints within local, regional, and global contexts. The final assessment of the course allows students an opportunity to delve into a specific issue related to one of the global topics covered in the course, and problem-solve by proposing recommendations or solutions that address the selected issue. Students may choose to complete one of the following assessment options: develop a policy brief detailing specific public policy recommendations for a government ministry; create an advocacy campaign using multimedia technology to produce a video or podcast that targets a specific audience; or draft an opinion editorial article for a news outlet with the aim to sway popular opinion on an issue.
Offered at the Budapest campus.
McDaniel Plan: January Term
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IDS 1132 - The Forest Online I Credits: 1
Seminar discussing texts introducing conservation and sustainable development in Latin America from historical, cultural, and environmental perspectives. As they prepare for a 3-week trip to Perú in January, students will also examine approaches to digital and print narratives, discuss policy advocacy and nonprofits, and develop digital storytelling skills. First module of a unique three-part, year-long course.
Students should plan to enroll in this course for Fall(1 credit), IDS-1133 for January Term (2 credits) and IDS-1139 for Spring(1 credit). Instructor Permission is required.
McDaniel Plan: Scientific Inquiry; International; Experiential
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IDS 1133 - The Forest Online II Credits: 2.0
A three-week trip to Perú to explore and share the challenges forests, nonprofits, and communities face on the Amazon frontier. Itinerary includes flying into historic Cusco, then traveling through a variety of unique ecosystems and communities to reach the semi-remote region of Madre De Dios to do fieldwork at a “living laboratory” of protected rainforest. Each step of the way will inform both live web publishing and future digital narratives. Second module of a unique three-part, year-long course.
Prerequisites/Co-requisites IDS 1132, instructor permission
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IDS 1135 - American Cultural Diversity Credits: 4
This course will introduce students to issues of cultural, ethnic, racial, and artistic diversity in American culture through comparative study focusing primarily on musical artistic expression.
Cross-listed with MUL 1135.
McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding.
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IDS 1136 - Community and Globalization Credits: 2
This Jan Term study/community engagement experience will help students to understand globalization on a deep, personal level. Through readings, reflections and visits to factories, farms, schools, homes and more, students will come to understand the complex personal, social and political issues that arise when one’s local experience is connected to greater global realities. Students will be introduced to community members, workers, business owners, diplomats, migrants, activists, and social service providers, and they will have opportunities to engage with the community, be that through participant observer community work or reflection on ways to be civically engaged both in the United States and abroad.
Note: Registration in a study tour does not guarantee participation. The faculty leader for the study must provide final approval for all registered students to participate. By registering for this class you agree to allow the Office of Student Affairs to review and approve your student record along with the faculty instructor of the class. Your enrollment in this class is not final until Student Affairs and the faculty instructor for the class approve your registration.
McDaniel Plan: January Term; Experiential
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IDS 1139 - The Forest Online III Credits: 1.0
Seminar where students continue to process their Perúvian Jan-term experience. Culminating project(s) will focus on synthesizing the information they collected and how to best leverage it via digital storytelling, both to advance the conservation and sustainable development goals of nonprofits working in Perú and students’ own personal and professional goals. Final module of a unique three-part, year-long course.
Prerequisites/Co-requisites IDS 1133
McDaniel Plan: International, Scientific Inquiry
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IDS 1152 - African-American Culture: Three Perspectives Credits: 4
This interdisciplinary course explores African- American culture from a literary, musical, and sociological perspective. While these perspectives represent distinct fields of study, they also intersect and complement one another. Exploring a text from various vantage points, provides a fuller context and broadens and complicates its interpretation. Such a multidisciplinary approach leads students to a fuller understanding and appreciation of the specific works under consideration and of African- American culture as a whole.
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IDS 1157 - Hunting for Dracula Credits: 2
In this course, students retrace the steps of Dracula and the people he hunts (and is hunted by) in two vampire novels: Bram Stoker’s classic Dracula (1897) and Elizabeth Kostova’s The Historian (2005), a provocative re-imagining of the Dracula legend set in the 20th century. Stoker’s novel follows a group of British people as they encounter Dracula in Romania and their native England. Kostova’s The Historian follows three generations of scholars as they search for Dracula’s secret tomb and library in Eastern Europe. Both authors base the character of Dracula on Vlad Dracula/Tepes, the infamous 15th-century Romanian warlord. On this tour, we will visit three locations prominent in these novels and the historical Dracula’s life: Romania, England, and Istanbul, Turkey. Like the two novels we will study, the course will be as much about history-especially the history of imperialistic conquest and cross-cultural tensions-as it is about vampires. We will examine the medieval clash between Islam and Christianity in Southeastern Europe, in which Vlad Tepes played a central role, and the impact of which is still felt in the modern world. We will also consider how scholars interpret and evaluate historical records generated by authors on different sides of cross-cultural conflicts. Finally, we will examine the role that literature plays in representing and even shaping history, as well as our experiences as travelers. Is it possible to find the “real” Dracula, the “real” Transylvania, or even the “real” Victorian London, once they are fictionalized in a powerful novel?
Note: Registration in a study tour does not guarantee participation. The faculty leader for the study must provide final approval for all registered students to participate. By registering for this class you agree to allow the Office of Student Affairs to review and approve your student record along with the faculty instructor of the class. Your enrollment in this class is not final until Student Affairs and the faculty instructor for the class approve your registration.
McDaniel Plan: January Term
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IDS 1160 - The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda Credits: 4
This course analyzes the genocide of Tutsi in Rwanda. More than a study of the genocide itself, this course is considered as a case study for the impact of colonization in people’s life. It’s also analyzes the process and the narrative of nation-state building in Africa. Reading materials and films will shed light on the mechanism that Belgian colonization use to divide one people in two ethnic groups that will lead to the 1994 genocide. Students will reflect on the role of both the Rwandan politicians and also the role of so called “international community” in the killings of almost a million of people in less that hundred days. Ultimately, this course is a reflection of the following question: Do Black lives really matter?
McDaniel Plan: International Nonwestern
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IDS 1161 - Crime and Detectives: Three Perspectives Credits: 4
This team-taught interdisciplinary course explores both crime and its detection from literary, criminological, and scientific perspective. The literary portion of the course traces the development of the detective as hero, the antagonist as criminal, and the ways in which narrative patterns and societal attitudes have evolved in the Anglo-American detective story since the 1840s. The criminological section of the course focuses on the realities underlying fictional portrayals of crime solving, which vary markedly depending upon the identity of the victim and perpetratory, the setting, and the time period. The forensic section of the course explores the scientific aspect of crime solving. Topics include characterization of a crime scene, analysis of hair and fibers, arson and explosives, forensic serology, DNA testing, fingerprint, firearms, and document and voice analysis.
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IDS 1165 - Special Topics Credits: 1.0 - 4.0
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IDS 1180 - Andalusia (Spain) & Morocco Credits: 2
This Study Tour will acquaint students with the historical and cultural links between Spain and Morocco. In Spain, we will visit the major cities of what was Al-Andalus or Muslim Spain (711-1492), focusing on the main historical periods (Umayyad Dynasty, taifa kingdoms, Nasrid Dynasty) and the cities that are most representative of these periods (Córdoba, Sevilla, Málaga, and Granada). In Morocco, we will likewise focus on historical periods (Berber, Saadi, Alaouite Dynasties) as we visit Casablanca, Rabat, Meknes, Fes, and Marrakech. This will be a twelve-day Study Tour. Each day we will have a tour led by a local guide or the
professors. There will also be some free time for students to explore on their own.
McDaniel Plan: January Term
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IDS 2002 - The Natural and Social Science of Aging Credits: 4
This course is designed to illustrate the interdisciplinary nature of the field of Gerontology, which is the study of aging. The structure of this SIS will illustrate to students the relevance of this field to a variety of majors and career options (e.g., biology and medicine, political science with policy formation and elder law, psychology with mental health; sociology with support systems and global aspects of aging, business with travel, entertainment, exercise with promotion of healthy aging, physical therapy, etc).
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IDS 2004 - Katrinaville: A Tale of Two Cities Credits: 4
This course interfaces ethnography, urban studies, and musicology in the treatment of tricentennial New Orleans. Three initial units present an historical overview with contemporary issues and the ruling oppositions and unities presented by artistic cultures, race, ethnicity, religion, geography, and political history. A final unit treats post-Katrina recovery with updates from the three disciplines. Students will engage in readings and discussions, give two reports, attend lectures, access documentaries and web materials, and complete a semester-long research project on the Creole city on a topic of their choice integrating two or more of the disciplines of musicology, urban studies, and ethnography.
McDaniel Plan: Multicultural
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IDS 2006 - Southern Appalachia: Literature, Music and the Environment Credits: 4
From Johnny Cash and the Carter family to Alison Krause and the Dixie Chicks, from the novel Bastard Out of Carolina to the Academy Award Winning O Brother Where Art Thou? to visits to the mountains themselves – through a multidisciplinary lens, this course will explore the music, literature and environment of the Southern Appalachians in an attempt to dispel “hillbilly” myths and reveal the richness of the culture and landscape. Students will examine the music that came out of the mountain hollers to worldwide renown. They will hear the voices of Appalachian people in regional literature – short stories, poems and memoir – and in documentaries and feature length film. And they will encounter the beauty of the world’s oldest mountains and conversely the devastating impact of coal mining – from the local acidification of Appalachian watersheds to the toxic contamination of air streams that traverse the earth to its impact on global warming.
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IDS 2007 - Madness, Genius, and Creativity Credits: 4
This course examines the relationship between psychopathology, genius and creativity. After considering the current scientific literature on these topics, students will explore them through the lenses of various disciplines, such as history, art, music, literature and biochemistry. Famous examples - biographical, literary and creative will be studied in detail.
McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding
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IDS 2009 - Fears and Fascinations in Nineteenth-Century Europe Credits: 4
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…” Charles Dickens’ rueful appreciation expresses the superlative contradictions and rapid societal changes in the wake of industrialization, urbanization and colonialism in 19th century Europe. Vast accumulations of wealth, grand developments of the metropolis and the allure of exotic travel and luxury items could be found next to horrific living conditions in sooty cities filled with crime, prostitution, addiction and epidemics. How did people experience these vibrant varieties and deep discrepancies? What literary works and philosophical theories marked and expressed these experiences? How did they view and construct their own identities and that of the Other in this turbulent century?
Following these questions, this course is designed from a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives and knowledge contents leading into the intellectual and artistic circles in Europe and “the Orient.” Topics discussed will include the conceptualizations of progress, Darwinism, Nihilism, Impressionism, Orientalism and their impact on identity formations. Authors studied will include Darwin, Nietzsche, Baudelaire, Zola, Marx, Dickens et. al.
McDaniel Plan: International Nonwestern, Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding, Textual Analysis
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IDS 2010 - South Park and Contemporary Social Issues Credits: 4
Over 12 seasons and more than 180 episodes, the cartoon show South Park has never avoided discussing controversial contemporary social issues. Often controversial itself, South Park uses humor to explore issues such as immigration, gay marriage, terrorism, and hundreds more. This course is an interdisciplinary approach towards extending and deepening the discussions already present in the show. Using historical and contemporary texts, theories, and concepts from sociology and philosophy, this course will address issues such as race, gender, sexuality, consumerism, and many more. Ultimately, students will gain a deeper understanding of how to analyze and critically think through the very real social problems addressed by the television show as well as gain new knowledge of the benefits of applying an interdisciplinary approach to contemporary social issues.
McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding
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IDS 2012 - Alcohol, Sprits, Muses, and Demons Credits: 4
Throughout history alcoholic beverages have played important roles in the lives of peoples around the world. This course will examine the different values and meanings global cultures have assigned to alcohol consumption. We will analyze relevant political, cultural, economic and metaphysical questions and histories as well as issues related to power and cross-cultural encounters. Our study of attitudes and beliefs will also include the construction of alcohol consumption as enabling essential human powers of expressivity, memory and group identity.
McDaniel Plan: International Western; Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding
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IDS 2013 - Feminist Methodologies Credits: 4
Since the seventies, feminist theory has attempted to explain the conditions under which women’s lives are lived. Feminist theory is now a vast collection of diverse global perspectives on historical and cultural daily practices and experiences. This course will bring together faculty from a range of disciplines (including classical studies, English literature, history, political science, psychology, science, sociology and social work,) who will discuss the implications of feminist theory in their own field or their own scholarly work. The emphasis will be on the application of theory. Through discussions with participants and selected readings, students will explore important theories and theorists, and consider the value and limitations in this new construction of knowledge.
McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding
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IDS 2014 - History and Memory Credits: 4
In recent years the concept of memory has emerged as an important topic of historical scholarship. How people as a nation (collective memory) or individuals remember their past, even when that memory is not flawless, can be telling both in terms of individual identity, national consciousness, and the writing of history. This is particularly crucial with regard to the memory and commemoration of war and other forms of conflict, and this course will include works on the two world wars and the Holocaust. The course will begin with an overview of the recent “memory boom” in historical studies, as well as review different approaches to memory taken by scholars from a range of disciplines including psychology and sociology. We will then examine specific examples of “memory” scholarship: historical sites (monuments, commemorations, etc.), social spaces, and the various languages in which memory is expressed in memoirs, oral history, and film.
McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding
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IDS 2015 - Once Upon a Time:Folk and Fairy Tales Around the World Credits: 4
Once upon a time … For centuries folk and fairy tales have fueled the popular imagination of people of all ages around the world. The course provides an in-depth analysis of folk and fairy tale traditions. We will read, discuss and analyze folk and fairy tales from around the world, as well films and modern folktale adaptations (film, music, art). In the course, folk and fairy tales will be illuminated from different perspectives, including formalist (structure and style), feminist, religious, sociological and psychoanalytic approaches.
McDaniel Plan: International Western; Textual Analysis
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IDS 2016 - The Arts and Cultures of Islam Credits: 4
This course examines the developments in the arts, religion, history, language, music, politics, and even the cuisines of the large geographical areas once or still dominated by Islam. These areas include Syria, Iraq, Iran, India, North Africa, Spain, Turkey, and other regions as well. Such a broad survey is intended to promote both an understanding and appreciation of the Islamic faith as well as the ways in which these beliefs are expressed through the aforementioned fields of study.
McDaniel Plan: International Nonwestern
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IDS 2018 - HBO’s “The Wire”: Through a Cinematic and Social Lens Credits: 4
Too often the stories we watch on television or in the movie theater are disconnected from the actual, real-life implications and consequences of the worlds they portray. Full of genre conventions, stereotypes, and easy narrative solutions – and packed with commercial messages and wrapped up in under an hour or two – these cinematic documents evaporate quickly from the minds of the audience as it moves on to consume other formulaic media McNuggets. But HBO’S series “The Wire” (June 2002-March 2008) warrants closer scrutiny. Its complex, genre-bending film narrative and oft-brooding aesthetic lingers long after the screen has grown dark and invites us to examine the relationship between story and reality. In this course, we closely analyze how this landmark television series is constructed (both in form and narrative) as well as what it has to say about enduring social structures (policing, the legal system, commerce, city politics, education, and the media) and social problems (substance abuse, human trafficking, urban poverty, political corruption, educational disparities).
McDaniel Plan: Multicultural
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IDS 2021 - Sushi, Samurai, and Anime: Living Japanese Culture Credits: 4
What is unique about Japanese culture? How do Japanese arts connect to Japanese society? In this class we will study Japan?s history and traditions from its origin stories through contemporary popular culture, in order to understand the country’s cultural essence.
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IDS 2022 - Coffee, Tea and Chocolate: Oppression and Liberation in the African Diaspora Credits: 4
“Coffee, Tea and Chocolate: Oppression and Liberation in the African Diaspora” describes the central roles of these commodities in the development of the global economy, which have often fed human impulses for pleasure and greed resulting in the oppression of peoples in Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and North America. This course will entail an interdisciplinary examination of the political, historical and social forces shaping the relationships between colonizers and the colonized, industry and consumers, managers and workers, and governments and citizens. Students will define the concepts of African diaspora and pan-Africanism using the basic tools of political science with contributions from literature, philosophy, sociology, psychology and history. The course will be taught in a seminar style with the expectation that all students will contribute to the course.
McDaniel Plan: International nonwestern, Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding
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IDS 2028 - Nature of Health and Illness Credits: 4
The course examines the field of health and illness from an interdisciplinary approach. Through lectures, class discussion and experiential exercises, students will explore the ways that health and illness can be conceptualized. These terms will be examined from a bio-physical standpoint as well as cultural, psychological and spiritual dimensions with particular emphasis placed on the implications when there is a conflict between these ideas. This class is appropriate for students with an interest in health-care related fields as well as affiliated social sciences.
McDaniel Plan: Internatioanl Nonwestern
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IDS 2034 - How Am I Not Myself? Credits: 4
What do we mean when we say “I’m not feeling like myself today” or “I need to get in touch with the real me”? Do our identities stay the same throughout our lives or do they change from moment to moment? Do we create our own identities or inherit them? What gives our lives meaning? Does meaning exist at all? This course will investigate sources of personal identity, the ways in which we experience our freedom, and the
value of self-transformation. We will delve into these questions through a study of the Existentialist movement in 19th and 20th century European philosophy, literature, theater, and psychology. While students will become familiar with various theories about freedom and individuality, it is hoped that the course will open up a space in which students can develop the ability to think critically about their own lived experience in light of the readings.
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IDS 2037 - The Intercultural Workplace Credits: 4
This course provides a foundation for understanding the importance of culture on global business through the study of comparative values and cultural differences as well as verbal and nonverbal communication patterns.
McDaniel Plan: Encompass Distinction; International
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IDS 2039 - Paths of Innovation Credits: 4
This course examines how artistic and scientific innovation emerged in different forms in Central Europe at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, and spread to become prominent trends all over Europe and the Americas, with ideas that were to be underlying themes of the 20th century. The course gives particular attention to three great innovators who lived in three major cities of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy: Franz Kafka in Prague, Sigmund Freud in Vienna, and Béla Bartók in Budapest. It considers not only the oeuvre of these intellectual giants, but also how they affected contemporary society and art, including literature, music, and the visual arts. It examines their lasting influence in art, society, and popular thinking, including the ‘Kafkaesque’ in literature and film; Freudian theories in psychology and art; and Bartók’s influence on
later composers and ethnomusicologists. In its final weeks, the course turns to contemporary innovators in and beyond Budapest.
Note: Offered at the Budapest campus only.
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IDS 2040 - Budapest and Beyond Credits: 4
This course is intended for students interested in exploring their surroundings, discussing what they see and experience, and coming to an informed, reflective understanding of Budapest, Hungary, and Central Europe. Budapest and Beyond: Contemporary Hungary is a hands-on course that encourages students to go beyond the superficial and stereotypical observations made in tourist guidebooks. Students will visit a variety of settings, listen to different voices in Hungarian society, discuss their observations with fellow students, compare what they are seeing and hearing to their home societies, reflect on their personal Hungarian experiences, and arrive at a more profound and nuanced view of Hungary. Major social, political, economic, artistic, and cultural topics will be explored, including different lives and lifestyles in Hungary, Hungarian youth culture and experiences, the political and economic landscape of Hungary, and Hungarian pop culture, sports, cuisine, and family life. The course is cooperatively taught by a number of professors and guests, each of whom brings their own knowledge and experience to the subject at hand. Students’ work will be centered on an online travel journal, which will consist of on-site reports as well as creative reflections, both textual and multi-media.
Note: Offered at the Budapest campus only.
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IDS 2110 - Reel Food and World Cinema Credits: 4
Food has been part of the semiotic process of film-making since films began. Both food and film provide information about ourselves and our values. They both communicate information about our political and economic aspirations, ethnic and religious values, and even sexual and philosophical identities. Both enrich our minds with ideas about adventure and bravery, hope and despair, love and romance, and more. This course explores the representations of food in world cinema. We will pay special attention to the social, cultural and historical issues depicted in films from around the world. In addition to analyzing films as pieces of artist cinematic expression, we will also examine the multiple roles that “culinary images’ play in world cinema. We will also pay special attention to how food production and preparation, presentation and consumption can play an important role in film structure, character development and film themes.
McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural and Historical Understanding; International Non-western
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IDS 2201 - Issues in American Studies Credits: 4
An introduction to the interdisciplinary study of American Culture through the reading and discussion of selected significant primary works.
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IDS 2215 - The Arab World Credits: 4
This course will offer an introduction to and an overview of the history, culture, politics and current events of the Arab world in the Middle East and Africa. The students will also be introduced to the Arab-American community and its contribution to culture and politics in the United States. One integral part of the class is a daily discussion of current events in the Arab World, US policy toward the Middle East, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the U.S. war on terrorism.
McDaniel Plan: International Nonwestern; Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding
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IDS 2216 - The Hero’s Journey Credits: 4
This course will explore the journey as a metaphor for life development as viewed through the ideas of Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell. We will explore great journeys in art, poetry, literature, religion and music applying psychological analysis to the perspectives of the original discipline. Texts will include Homer’s Odyssey, Joyce’s Ulysses, Hesse’s Siddhartha, Wagner’s Siegfried, Mozart’s Magic Flute, Baum’s Wizard of Oz, Rowling’s Harry Potter, Lucas’s Star Wars and Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings.
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IDS 2222 - Berlin: Past, Present & Green Future Credits: 2
This exploration of Berlin will tour sites associated not only with Berlin’s dark past during the Nazi period, but what preceded it culturally and politically in the Weimar Republic, the divided Berlin of the Cold War- Iron Curtain period and the revitalized unified Berlin of today with its cultural vitality, progressive climate policies and as an intellectual and cultural center of the largest member of the European Union.
The history of Berlin will be discovered through the many museums, holocaust memorials and cultural exhibitions and performances. There will be lectures by the professor, historians, embassy officials and public policy makers in Berlin including scholars from the American Academy of Berlin (which was created to foster the relationship between scholars in the Untied States and Germany). European Union officials and political parties will also be of interest in terms of the contemporary issues facing European cities such as Berlin in the 21st century.
McDaniel Plan: January Term
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IDS 2226 - The Postmodern Generation Credits: 4
During the past several decades, intellectuals have proclaimed the end of the “modern” era, and the advent of a “postmodern” society driven by radically different ideas about the nature of self, knowledge, and reality. What is this postmodern condition and how are our everyday lives shaped by it? This course explores the web of connected shifts recently occurring in art, literature, communication, philosophy, psychology and religion.
McDaniel Plan: Textual Analysis and Creative Expression
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IDS 2229 - Death and Dying Credits: 4
Once we reflect on our own mortality as well as that of all beings, a number of questions arise: What does death mean and how is it conceptualized in different cultures? How do we care for the dying and bereaved? How should the knowledge that I am going to die affect the way I live my life? How would I like to die and how would I like to be remembered? This course will provide students with an interdisciplinary understanding of concepts related to death and dying, focusing primarily on social, philosophical, psychological, cultural and ethical issues. Concepts pertaining to death and dying will also be analyzed through different historical time periods.
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IDS 2230 - Greek Tragedy Credits: 4
The dramatic form we know as ‘Greek Tragedy’ was created in a unique historical and cultural context. In classical Athens in the fifth century BCE, tragic playwrights like Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides presented powerful spectacles of human suffering centered upon the heroes and heroines of myth and legend: Agamemnon and Oedipus, Orestes and Electra, Medea and Antigone. These plays have also had an enormous influence throughout history, not only on drama but also on literature and the arts, on the history of ideas, and on our very notion of ‘the tragic.’ This course will study both Greek tragedy and its modern legacy, with attention to the plays in their original setting as well as the ways in which artists, writers and thinkers have used them as a resource in the modern and post-modern era-for art, theatre and fiction; philosophy and psychology; political thought and feminist theory. And we will consider whether the idea of tragedy has any value in a post-modern world.
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IDS 2231 - Women in German Literature and Society
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IDS 2236 - From Garden to Table Credits: 4
Central Europe’s unique food and beverage offerings are experiencing renewed interest as both increasingly discerning locals and rising numbers of visitors seek out one-of-a-kind products and experiences. They have risen partly in reaction to globalization, which not only failed to extinguish the flames of local produce but also made it stronger. On first glance it may appear that global chains and brands have come to
dominate the Central European landscape, but on closer inspection local heroes are continuing to appear and thrive. We will examine the global-local dichotomy currently going in the region. A special focus on this course on discovery will be placed on ‘Hungaricums’ - products that are uniquely Hungarian, some of which are establishing a presence on foreign markets and emerging as ‘glocal heroes’ Accordingly, various agricultural and gastronomic businesses from the raw material acquisition phase through production to the subsequent sales and marketing strategies will be examined. This will also extend to the challenge of how to
balance the needs of domestic customers while also seeking presence on prestigious and lucrative foreign markets.
Offered at Budapest campus.
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IDS 2401 - Nations and Religions: Majorities and Minorities in Modern Central and Eastern Europe (offered only on the Budapest Campus) Credits: 4
Topics of the course include the ethnic composition of the population and the formation of nations in the region as compared to other parts of Europe. Specific attention given to: Christians and pagans, Jews and Anti-Semitism, the aftermath of World War I, the Holocaust, national minorities and majorities in the Soviet Bloc, the so-called Annus Mirabilis and its aftermath.
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IDS 3311 - Feminism and Women’s Lives in the 21st Century Credits: 4
What is feminism and why do we still need it in the 21st century? This course will examine this question with particular emphasis on the issues that affect women in their day-to-day lives. This course will analyze the experiences and issues of women of diverse class, race, and ethnic backgrounds. Topics include working conditions, wage equity, the intersection of race and gender, the politics of the body, work/family balance, and the economics of motherhood.
Formerly IDS 2211
McDaniel Plan: Multicultural
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IDS 3365 - Special Topics Credits: 1.0 - 4.0
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KIN 1002 - Activity: Fencing Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
McDaniel Plan: Physical Activity
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KIN 1006 - Activity: Educational Gymnastics Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
McDaniel Plan: Physical Activity
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KIN 1009 - Activity: Resist-A-Ball Credits: 0.5
This fitness course uses a large, inflated ball to train the core muscles and the entire body.
McDaniel Plan: Physical Activity
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KIN 1010 - Activity: Yogalates Credits: 0.5
Fusion of yoga and Pilates. Yogalates follows the traditional fitness format of warm-up, workout and cool down as well as deep relaxing stretches and final relaxation. Students will learn how to incorporate breathing exercises, yoga postures and traditional Pilates exercises to improve abdominal strength, posture, and overall body strength and balance. Stability balls, resistance bands, body bars and medicine balls may be incorporated.
McDaniel Plan: Physical Activity
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KIN 1011 - Activity: Fitness Walking Credits: 0.5
Fitness course designed to provide participants with a low impact workout using health fitness and speed walking techniques.
McDaniel Plan: Physical Activity
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KIN 1012 - Activity: Fitness Games Credits: 0.5
Students devise and implement creative and competitive activities that provide aerobic exercise.
McDaniel Plan: Physical Activity
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KIN 1014 - Activity: YogaCore Credits: 0.5
Fusion of Yoga, Pilates and Core Conditioning. YogaCore follows the traditional fitness format of warm–up, workout and cool down, as well as deep relaxing stretches and final relaxation. YogaCore creates strong abs, improved posture and great balance. The class focuses on increasing strength in the abdominal area, back and postural muscles and glutes. Stability balls, resistance bands, body bars and medicine balls may be incorporated.
McDaniel Plan: Physical Activity
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KIN 1015 - Activity: Boot Camp Credits: 0.5
A generous mix of cardio, strength, core and flexibility exercises set to music. No coordination or athleticism required, just an open mind and determination. This fun-filled class will fly by and leave you wanting more.
McDaniel Plan: Physical Activity
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KIN 1016 - Activity: Weight Training Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
McDaniel Plan: Physical Activity
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KIN 1017 - Activity: Water Aerobics Credits: 0.5
Introduction to the aerobic benefits of exercising in the water. The majority of the instruction and activity occurs in shallow water. Open to non-swimmers and swimmers.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
McDaniel Plan: Physical Activity
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KIN 1019 - Activity: Water Jogging Credits: 0.5
Deep water jogging is a no-impact aerobic activity suitable for all individuals. A buoyant jog-belt is worn to allow many different running and exercise movements to be performed in deep water.
McDaniel Plan: Physical Activity
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KIN 1020 - Activity: Jogging Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
McDaniel Plan: Physical Activity
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KIN 1021 - Activity: Step N’ Muscle Credits: 0.5
Fitness course where aerobic conditioning (stepping) and resistance training (dumb bells) are combined to give a total body workout.
McDaniel Plan: Physical Activity
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KIN 1022 - Activity: Art of Juggling Credits: 0.5
This class is primarily intended for people with no previous juggling experience, although experienced jugglers are encouraged to enroll. The purpose of this course is to build juggling skills by starting with basic objects (e.g. scarves) and progressing at a pace that suits the individual. In addition to learning how to juggle bean bags, students may choose to learn to manipulate other objects such as devil sticks, balance props, and rings.
McDaniel Plan: Physical Activity
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KIN 1023 - Activity: Olympic Weightlifting Credits: .5
This course will provide participants the opportunity to learn, and practice Olympic Weightlifting techniques including the snatch, clean and jerk, and other accessory movements.
McDaniel Plan: Physcial Activity
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KIN 1024 - Activity: Advanced Olympic Weightlifting Credits: .5
This course is designed for either students with a prior background in Olympic weightlifting, or for those students desiring continued instruction from the Olypic weightlifting class. Emphasis will be placed on observing technique, proper implementation of coaching cues, and completion of Olympic Weightlifting movements and other supporting exercises.
Prerequisites EPE 1023 or permission from instructor
McDaniel Plan: Physical Activity
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KIN 1025 - Activity: Hiking Credits: .5
This course will provide the student the opportunity to improve their fitness while hiking some of great local (off-campus) hiking venues. Students will need to provide their own transportation to and from the hiking venues.
McDaniel Plan: Physical Activity
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KIN 1026 - Activity: Indoor Soccer Credits: .5
This course will emphasize game rules and the basic skills of indoor soccer including dribbling, passing, receiving and defending. Technical skill will be combined with small sided games and tournaments.
McDaniel Plan: Physical Activity
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KIN 1027 - Activity: Firm & Burn Credits: .5
Students will learn basic fitness techniques, terminologty, and guidelines while participating in choreographed cardiovascular exercise. In most classes resistance exercise using dumbbells will be incorporated into the exercise. Isolation exercise utilizing various equipment and body weight will also be used in the class.
McDaniel Plan: Physical Activity
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KIN 1029 - Activity: Army Physical Readiness Credits: 1
Army Physical Readiness Training (PRT) provides interested students the opportunity to develop and maintain a high level of individual physical fitness while also familiarizing them with basic military skills to include foot marching, running, swimming, sports, jumping, vaulting, climbing, crawling, lifting, and load carrying. Additionally, students will experience opportunities to enhance their teamwork, aggressiveness, confidence, resilience, resourcefulness, will to win, discipline, adaptability, and leadership skills during PRT.
McDaniel Plan: Physical Activity
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KIN 1032 - Activity: Hip Hop Dance Credits: 0.5
This course is designed to introduce students to the concepts, disciplines and techniques of Hip Hop Dance. This includes all types of music not limited to classical, movie and musical sound tracks, rock, pop, rap, R&B, dance, techno, new age, gospel and blues. Students will acquire basic knowledge and skills in the effective use of the body; that will remain with him/her in the future. In addition, the student will become a better audience for dance following this experience.
McDaniel Plan: Physical Activity
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KIN 1035 - Activity: Jazz Dance Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
McDaniel Plan: Physical Activity
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KIN 1037 - Activity: Tap Dance Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
McDaniel Plan: Physical Activity
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KIN 1043 - Activity: Creative Rhythms & Dance Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
McDaniel Plan: Physical Activity
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KIN 1047 - Activity: Folk and Social Dance Credits: .5
Folk and social dance.
McDaniel Plan: Physical Activity
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KIN 1048 - Activity: Ultimate Frisbee Credits: .5
This course is an introduction to the fundamental skills and strategies required to play ultimate frisbee. It is designed to develop personal skills from beginners to lower intermediate level. The course will focus on the development of the following individual skills: throwing - catching - passing; running - cutting and marking. Elementary individual team tactics and strategies in both offense and defense will also be discussed and practiced. Effective communication with team mates also forms an important part of the course.
This course is offered at the Budapest campus.
McDaniel Plan: Physical Activity
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KIN 1055 - Special Topics in Physical Activities Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
McDaniel Plan: Physical Activity
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KIN 1063 - Activity: Floor Hockey Credits: .5
Students will learn the basic fundamentals (stick handling, shooting, passing and defense) and strategies (clearing, offensive, defensive, power plays and penalty killing) for floor hockey. Helmets and sticks provided.
McDaniel Plan: Physical Activity
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KIN 1067 - Activity: Archery Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
McDaniel Plan: Physical Activity
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KIN 1068 - Activity: Backpacking Credits: .5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
McDaniel Plan: Physical Activity
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