The Undergraduate Center

[????] What are the currently offered learning community "packages?"

Fall Semester:
Monday-Wednesday-Friday "Combo" of
Introduction to Sociology (SOC100),
Introduction to Philosophy (PHL101), and
Effective Speaking (SPE101).
On Campus Students:  You sign up for all three of these Undergraduate Center classes together as a package, and attend 9-11:50 a.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday.  This meets 3 gen. ed. requirements and gives 9 credit hours. On campus enrollment limited to 75 students. All these classes feature "interdisciplinary" links from course to course.    Off Campus Students: These three Undergraduate Center classes are also avaiable ON-LINE. You can sign up for one or more of these classes, and do all of your work over the internet from any location. You do NOT have to be present on campus to take any of these on line classes. On line enrollment is limited to 25 students.  All these classes feature "interdisciplinary" links from course to course.

  • Classes Only Available On Line
    Ethics (PHL103),
    Social Psychology (PSY201), and
    Introduction to Theater (SPE130)  
    • Off Campus Students: These three Underraduate Center classes are only avaiable in the fall semester ON-LINE. You can sign up for one or more of these classes, and do all of your work over the internet from any location. You do NOT have to be present on campus to take any of these on line classes. On line enrollment is limited to 25 students. All these classes feature "interdisciplinary" links from course to course.    
    Spring Semester:
    Monday-Wednesday-Friday "Combo" of
    Ethics (PHL103),
    Social Psychology (PSY201), and
    Introduction to Theater (SPE130).

     
    On Campus Students:  You sign up for all three classes as a package, and attend 9-11:50 a.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday.  This meets 3 gen. ed. requirements and gives 9 credit hours. These classes will be "WebCT Enhanced" classes.  On-campus enrollment limited to 60 students.
    		Off Campus Students: These three classes are also avaiable ON-LINE. You can sign up for one or more of these classes, and do all of your work over the internet from any location. You do NOT have to be present on campus to take any of these on line classes. On line enrollment is limited to 15 students.
    SPECIAL OPTION 
    ONLY AVAILABLE SPRING SEMESTER:    		 For Spring semester only, you have the option of moving back and forth between these two options. You do not have to pick in advance which way you want to take the classes. Even if you sign up for one of the five seats set aside for "net" students in each of the three sections, you can attend any campus classes with the 20 students in your section. And even if you sign up for one of the 20 on-campus seats in each section, you can do as much of your work over the internet as you chose. 

    Classes Only Available On Line
    Introduction to Psychology (PSY100),
    Ethics (PHL103), and
    Effective Speaking (SPE101).

     
    Tuesday-Thursday "Combo" of
    Freshman Rhetoric and Composition II (RHT102) and
    American Histor to 1873 (HIS151).
    You sign up for two classes, and attend Tue-Thur 11:00-1:45. This package meets 2 gen. ed. requirements, 6 credit hours. Enrollment limited to 50 students.

    For full listing of Undergraduate Center internet courses for the whole year see:
    http://www.triton.edu/depts/uc/courses2.html

    [?????] How are these "combos" different from other courses?

    The instructors get together to plan out how each course connects with the others. They help the student see a bigger picture than is possible otherwise. For example the plays used by the theater class are used as "case studies" for the ethics class. Or the psychology class would give extra credit for speeches given in speech class that use a topic from psychology. And the instructors make sure that there aren't three tests on one day! These "combos" represent "interdisciplinary" education at its best!

    [????] How do these packages meet the new statewide "I.A.I." guidelines?

    Every one of these courses meets the new "I.A.I." guidelines. If you took all of these courses, they would all transfer under the new "I.A.I." guidelines. See below:

    Freshman Rhetoric and Compositon I (Rhetoric 101), Freshman Rhetoric and Compositon II (Rhetoric 102), and Principles of Effective Speaking (Speech 101). 3 courses, 9 credit hours; taking all three courses completely meets the I.A.I. guidelines for both A.A. and A.S. students in "Communications."

    Introduction to Psychology (Psychology 100), Introduction to Sociology (Sociology 100), and either Child Psychology (PSY216), or Social Psychology (PSY201). 3 courses, 9 credit hours; meets the full I.A.I. guidelines for both A.A. and A.S. students in "Social and Behavioral Sciences."  Taking any three of these completely meets this IAI guidelines for this area.

    Introduction to Philosophy (Philosophy 101), Ethics (Philosophy 103), and Introduction to Theater (Speech 130).  3 courses, 9 credit hours; meets the full I.A.I. guidelines for both A.A. and A.S. students in "Humanities and Fine Arts."(Gives credit in both "Fine Arts" and "Humanities," completely meeting the IAI guidelines for these areas.)
     
    While you can't get all you general education requirements in the Undergraduate Center packages, you can get most of them except for math and science!

    [????] How would a student enroll in one of these packages?

    When you register for classes, just tell the advisor you want to sign up for one of the "Undergraduate Center" combo packages. They will take it from there!


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