ABP 101 Covenant and Community-An Introduction to the Bible (3 SH)
This course surveys the content and the backgrounds of the Old and New Testaments (the Jewish Bible and the Christian Bible). It explores the themes that are developed through this library of writings, and how they come together to tell a broad story of God's work in the world. It invites students to consider the meaning of the Bible's story for our world. Core: ABP
ABP 201 Ethics in the Way of Jesus (3 SH)
This course seeks to discern how following Jesus' way of peace with justice in the world is essential for interpreting the Bible on contemporary moral questions, in all aspects of life. The class will emphasize what it means to think ethically in a variety of areas, within the context of the Anabaptist tradition. Core: ABP
new ABP 260 Questions of Faith and Ethics (3 SH)
This course provides students with conversational space to wrestle with questions of how to live meaningfully. Diverse readings from faith and non-faith perspectives equip students to consider how to pursue a good life and introduce them to some of what makes Anabaptists distinctive. Through lectures, discussions, activities, and small, student-led dialogue groups, students will learn to identify and articulate differences between a range of responses to each question, and develop and argue for their own view in conversation with the readings, their social context, and their own individual experience. This course is recommended for students in their second year, but second-semester first-year students may register for it.
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new ABP 360: Good Questions (1 SH)
In this 1 SH practicum course, students lead dialogue groups for ABP 260. Weekly student-led dialogue groups cultivate belonging and intercultural communication in ABP 260. The practicum includes training, creating plans for weekly dialogues, and dialogue leadership. Prerequisite: ABP 260
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This course examines the evolution of federal civil aviation regulations in the United States. Students will examine the past and present problems prompting regulation of the industry, the resultant safety, legislation, airport development, funding legislation and international aviation legislation. Students will study Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), previously called the Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR); the application of 14 CFR Parts 1, 61, 91, 141, NTSB Part 830 and various other 14 CFR Parts. A discussion of the history of aviation regulations, the rulemaking process, letters of interpretation and enforcement will be included. Offered through Lancaster
AVIA 340 Professional Operations (3 SH)
Course to include subjects related to the exercise of the Commercial Pilot Certificate in professional settings, including line operations related to security, aircraft servicing, and passenger safety, and Pilot-in-Command aircraft maintenance and airworthiness responsibilities. Course requirements will include observation of a 14 CFR Part 135 air charter organization and completion of a research project based on a complex general aviation operation. Offered through Lancaster
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These courses are designed to help students gain oral competency and a solid grammatical base in Spanish through small group, intensive classes. They are offered in the setting of a cross-cultural study experience offered by EMU. When offered through the Central America Study and Service program in Guatemala City, Guatemala, classes meet for four hours, five days a week for seven weeks. Students live with Guatemalan families to enhance linguistic immersion. Each student is assessed at the beginning for placement and at the end for oral and written competency. The courses will be designed to meet the individual student's needs.
old Core CCSSC 201 Cross-Cultural Social Science (1-3 SH)
This course provides the foundation for intercultural learning and is offered in conjunction with the off-campus programs including semester programs (Option 1), summer 3 or 6 week programs (Option 2) or WCSC semester or summer programs (Option 3). For additional information on any cross-cultural offerings, students are encouraged to contact the Intercultural Programs office. Core: CC
old Core CCSSC 202 Cross-Cultural Learning Integration (0-1 SH)
International students, multicultural students and students with previous qualifying cross-cultural experiences reflect on their learning to fulfill the experiential component of the cross-cultural requirements. Permission must be granted by the Intercultural Programs director to take this course once the 7-8 SH of cross-cultural designates (including foreign language) are complete. Core: CC
old Core CCSSC 211 Cross-Cultural Community Immersion (3 SH)
This course is offered on campus during the semester and includes a significant experience (at least 40 hours) in the home of a local family from a different language and culture than that of the student. Requirements also include at least 20 hours in partnership with an Intensive English Program student. For additional information on any cross-cultural offerings, students are encouraged to contact the Intercultural Programs office. Core: CC
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ICSSC 300 Career, Culture, and
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Community (3 SH)
This course is an introduction to urban studies, focused in particular on questions of space and place. Through fieldwork, readings, and discussion, we explore the urban landscape of Washington, D.C., seeking to understand the spatial organization of the city, the inequalities it reflects, and the implications for people and communities. What drives racial and economic segregation? How do we make sense of cycles of neighborhood development and disinvestment? This course asks students to consider the breadth of actors and forces that shape the city, and to reflect on what it means to seek justice within this context. Core: CC, WI, WCSC
CCSSC 388 Creativity, Culture and Change: Latinidad in the Capital Region (3 SH)
There is a wealth of culture in the Metropolitan D.C. area, which includes a variety of Latin American and Caribbean influences. This class takes a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding that aspect of the city—delving into the push/pull factors of immigration—and looks at the many contributions the Latinx community has made. Students will get a chance to experience and interpret the cultural, socio-economic, geographic and political influences of the Latinx community on the metro D.C. area. They will gain insight into the current national debate on immigration issues and take the opportunity to critically reflect and analyze relevant issues through speakers, class discussions, readings, visits to various community organizations, and a final research project. supports and builds on the intercultural experiences of the WCSC program, including living in multicultural DC, working at an internship, and living in community at the WCSC house. In the class, students develop skills in leadership, communication, and handling conflict. Together, they will discuss goals and orienting values for their vocational identities, engage with guest speakers who share about their own career trajectories, and build nuts-and-bolts professional development skills, including conducting an informational interview and developing a cover letter and resume. This course is required for all students enrolled in the WCSC program. (Will satisfy CORE 401 Core Senior Seminar for students who have earned 90 SH prior to enrollment in WCSC.) Core: CC, CL, WCSC,
ICSSC 305 Career, Culture, and Community (2 SH)
This course supports and builds on the intercultural experiences of the WCSC program, including living in multicultural DC, working at an internship, and living in community at the WCSC house. In the class, students develop skills in leadership, communication, and handling conflict. Together, they will discuss goals and orienting values for their vocational identities, engage with guest speakers who share about their own career trajectories, and build nuts-and-bolts professional development skills, including conducting an informational interview and developing a cover letter and resume. This course is required for all students enrolled in the WCSC program. Core: CC, CL, WCSC, SrSem
CCSSC 440 Cross-Cultural Perspectives (3 SH)
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CMUS 499 Independent Study (1-3 SH)
delete CORE 101 Transitions (1 SH)
This course is for all first-year students. Students engage in small groups to explore the academic, empathic, and vocational skills that support a successful transition to EMU. Discussion and community-building is emphasized.
new Core 102 First-Year Portfolio (1 SH)
In this course, students will meet in small groups with their first-year advisers to develop skills to enable a successful transition to EMU and begin to develop their academic, co-curricular, intercultural plans. Assignments, activities, and gatherings will introduce the four Core portfolio themes of Faith and Ethics, Intercultural Understanding, Power and Equity, and Sustainability. Students will develop resumes, set up their EMU portfolios, and earn EMU experience points towards their first EMU Engage credit as they attend orientation activities and events of their choice for class.
delete CORE 201 Life Wellness (2 SH)
This largely experiential course focuses on creation care and stewardship of the body in relation to doing justice, loving mercy, and walking humbly with God. This course is not available for first-year students and is ideally taken in the second year at EMU. (Education students seeking PreK-3, PreK-6, SPED, or Health and Physical Education (PreK-12) licensure, substitute HE 202 Health and Safety for CORE 201 Life Wellness.)
new CORE 202 Living Well (2 SH)
This largely experiential course invites students to explore their own wellness and well being through the lens of holistic wellness, and supports them in pursuing goals for well-being in a personal growth project. Students will consider various intersecting dimensions of well-being, including physical, social, community, emotional/mental, faith, spiritual, financial, and occupational. Through community-building activities, conversations with expert guests, and work towards individual goals related to various dimensions of health, students will integrate and apply their understandings about well-being in college and beyond as part of their journey to become wise, bridge-building leaders.
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new CORE 300 Power, Systems, and Justice (3 SH)
The class will focus on race, gender, economic inequality, class, and other dimensions of identity and difference. Students will understand and analyze the ways structural inequality shapes their lives and the lives of those around them. The course identifies and builds skills for individuals to work toward equity in their own professional and personal lives. Students will have the opportunity to develop creative and ethical ways of strategically disrupting and transforming unjust systems. To be taken by students in the junior or senior year. Also fulfilled by SOWK 360 Race and Gender, CCSSC 387 Race, Space, and Inequality (WCSC), or CCSSC 388 Creativity, Culture, and Change: Latinidad in the Capital Region (WCSC).
new CORE 301 Transfer Portfolio (1 SH)
This course will enable transfer students to bridge the narratives of their education journey prior to and after arriving at EMU. Assignments, activities, and gatherings will introduce the four Core portfolio themes of Faith and Ethics, Intercultural Understanding, Power and Equity, and Sustainability. Students will develop resumes, set up their EMU portfolios, and earn EMU experience points towards their first EMU Engage credit as they attend events of their choice for class. The course will be optional in 2022-23 while it is being piloted. Asynchronous or non-credit options may be made available in the future to orient Transfers to the portfolio platform. Available only to transfer students.
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This team-taught course provides an opportunity for students to reflect on their life journeys and synthesize their undergraduate experience as they consider their transition from EMU. The course focuses on identity formation, the process of being and becoming, and finding voice. A chosen theme frames volitional and reflective inquiry. Registration is limited to students in their final year of enrollment. Core: SrSem
new CORE 402 Senior Portfolio (1 SH)
In this course, to be taken in their final semester on campus, students will connect with a group of seniors from across the university and a member of the staff, administration, or faculty as they curate the materials in their portfolio and craft narratives about their time at EMU. Students will update resumes, create outward-facing versions of their portfolios, and consider how they would respond to interview questions related to EMU Core outcomes with examples from their time at EMU. This course may also provide a space for students to explore content related to stewardship, leadership, and basics of survival after college. Curriculum to be developed in collaboration with Career Services and consultation with Writing Program Director.
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VACA 499 Independent Study (1-4 SH)
WCSC 285 Internship Theory and Practice (1 SH)
Through readings, analytical reflection, journals, and guest speakers, students will explore multiple dimensions of service internships in Washington, D.C. Core: CC, CL, WCSC
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WCSC 380 WCSC Internship (5 SH)
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WCSC faculty and staff work with all students, regardless of their major, to place them in community service internships that meet the student's career goals and vocational aspirations. Most WCSC interns are placed in culturally diverse settings with organizations working to address racism, injustice, violence and other social problems. See the WCSC webpage for recent internship placements: www.emu.edu/wcsc/internships. Offered in the fall and spring semesters Core: CC, WCSC
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387 Race, Space, and Inequality (3 SH)
This course is an introduction to urban studies, focused in particular on questions of space and place. Through fieldwork, readings, and discussion, we explore the urban landscape of Washington, D.C., seeking to understand the spatial organization of the city, the inequalities it reflects, and the implications for people and communities. What drives racial and economic segregation? How do we make sense of cycles of neighborhood development and disinvestment? This course asks students to consider the breadth of actors and forces that shape the city, and to reflect on what it means to seek justice within this context. Core: CC, WI, WCSC
WCSC 388 La Lucha Latina (3 SH)
The Latinx Caribbean influence on Washington, DC is strong and growing. This class takes a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding that aspect of the city—delving into the push/pull factors of immigration, looking at the many contributions the Latinx community has made and understanding the many forms of injustice that they face. Students will get a chance to experience and interpret the cultural, socio-economic, geographic and political impact of the Latinx community on the metro area. They will gain insight into the current national debate on immigration issues and take the opportunity to critically reflect and analyze relevant issues through speakers, class discussions, readings, movies, visits to various community organizations, advocacy work, and a final research project.
WRIT 110 Preparation for College Writing (3 SH)
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