Make winter count
Winter Session to offer range of academic opportunities
1:24 p.m., Nov. 25, 2014--Winter Session at the University of Delaware offers students the chance to catch up, get ahead or try something new.
This year, UD is offering an array of courses and discovery learning opportunities designed to help Blue Hens make winter count.
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In addition to the traditional five-week term, beginning Jan. 5, this year several four-week courses are being offered, beginning Jan. 12.
Across colleges and disciplines, there are a range of opportunities for students to capitalize on during Winter Session, which this year includes a special tuition discount for first-semester freshmen.
Below are just a few examples of Winter Session 2015 offerings. For more detailed course descriptions, a complete listing of all courses and additional information on Winter Session, visit the Winter Session web page.
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
ENWC 201-061: Wildlife Conservation and Ecology (3 credits) Basic principles of ecology, ecological and sociological problems and solutions in the conservation of biodiversity (i.e., habitat, species, and genetic variety).
ANFS 167-061: Seminar: From the Cow to the Cone (3 credits) A hands-on adventure through the science and technology of ice cream, including flavoring, freezing, production, quality control and more.
PLSC 167-010: The Science of Wine (1 credit) Aging & maturation, fermentation, plant growth and development, harvesting and crushing, winemaking process, flavor and its perception.
College of Arts and Sciences
ART 267-061: Introduction to Comics (3 credits) Emphasis on narrative storytelling. Fundamental artistic and production methods explored and placed in a critical and historical context.
ARSC 267: Discover Teaching as a Career (3 credits) Challenges and rewards of a teaching career, reflecting on educational issues such as how students learn, pedagogical strategies and use of technology.
ARSC 297: Passport to the Arts (3 credits) Examines the cultural life at UD and the arts broadly.
ARTH 101: Visual Culture (3 credits) Explores the ways we make, perceive and experience images and artifacts.
COMM 200-062: Human Communications Systems (3 credits) Focusing on "Communication, Happiness and Well-Being," communication and practices fostering happiness and well-being, a key element to student success.
FASH 218: Introduction to Fashion Business (3 credits) An overview of the fashion business examining fundamental concepts and strategies related to merchandising and retailing of fashion and apparel. Specifically for nonmajors.
FLLT 105: Korean Language & Culture (4 credits) An introduction to the language and a development of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills through the use of basic texts.
LEAD 167: Creativity Deep Dive (3 credits) Introduces students to their own creative capacity and creative problem-solving processes by immersing them in a small group design challenge.
MUSC 367/THEA 367: Campus Chatter (1-4 credits) An intensive rehearsal and back-stage preparation experience for the new musical "Campus Chatter," being written and produced in the spring.
THEA 102: Introduction to Performance (3 credits) Survey of performance training techniques for the non-minor, including elements of voice, improvisation, movement, dance, and character analysis and portrayal.
Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics
BUAD 309: Organizational Behavior (3 credits) Individual, group and organizational determinants of work behavior in organizations, including theory and concepts relevant to individual differences.
ECON 101: Introduction to Microeconomics (3 credits) Supply and demand concepts with basic economic graphs. Examines models of perfect and imperfect competition and determinants of production price and quantity.
ECON103: Introduction to Macroeconomics (3 credits) Analyzes the determinants of unemployment, inflation, national income and policy issues relating to how the government alters unemployment and inflation.
College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment
ENSC 267: Seminar: Environmental Messaging and the Media (3 credits) Introduction to environmental messaging and the media, exploring outlets for environmental science and how to develop communications skills
College of Education and Human Development
EDUC/HDFS 267-062: Seminar: Education and Human Service Careers (3 credits) Hear from professionals in the fields of education, social services and human services about their work assisting children, youth and families.
HDFS 267-061: Seminar: Homelessness: Is it Just a Housing Issue? (3 credits) Explore homelessness from multiple vantage points. Required all-day field experience on 1/21/15. Students are encouraged not to take another conflicting winter course.
HDFS 467-010: Seminar: Research on Violence Against Women (1-3 credits) Studies intimate partner violence against women and the protection order process. Students participate in field-based data collection. Department consent required. Cross-listed with CRJU 467-10.
HDFS 270-010: Families and Developmental Disabilities (3 credits) Focuses on people with developmental disabilities in the context of their family and culture from a multidisciplinary perspective. Satisfies Social and Behavioral Science breadth requirement.
College of Engineering
CIEG 212: Solid Mechanics (3 credits) Stresses and displacements in axially loaded beams and in bars subjected to torsion. Analysis of stresses and deflections of laterally loaded beams.
CIEG 467-010: Safety Inspection of Bridges (3 credits) Provides training on the safety inspection of in-service highway bridges, including instruction on critical findings, their identification and response.
CIEG 467-011: Life Cycle Assessment (3 credits) Principles and applications of life cycle assessment -- the comparison of environmental, social and economic impacts between alternate products, services or systems to find the most sustainable choice.
CIEG 467-012/082: Introduction to the Science of Big Data (3 credits) Examines "what is BIG DATA" and how can engineers, statisticians, health-related specialists, computer scientist, social scientists and others use tools and techniques of data science.
CISC 101: Principles of Computing (3 credits) Instills ideas and practices of computational thinking and engages students in activities that show how computing and computer science change the world.
College of Health Sciences
KAAP 180: Introduction to Exercise Science (3 credits) Introduction to the science of human movement. Selected topics in the areas of exercise physiology, sports medicine, biomechanics, exercise psychology, and motor control.
KAAP 210: Emergency Management of Injuries & Illnesses (3 credits) Emergency management of life-threatening and non-life-threatening injuries and illnesses, including CPR skills, first aid, and injuries to the head, spine, chest and extremities.
KAAP 220: Anatomy & Physiology (3 credits) Structure and function of human body: skeletal, muscular, circulatory, respiratory, nervous, endocrine, digestive and urinary systems. Foundation course for physical education and athletics.
MEDT 200: The Language of Medicine (3 credits) Medical terminology for use in health care careers. Emphasis on body structures, anatomical systems, pathologies, medical procedures, medical specialities, and common terms and abbreviations.
MEDT 270: Medical Microbiol & Infectious Diseases (4 credits) Bacterial pathogenic mechanisms, clinical manifestations and diagnostic methods are emphasized. Explores important human viral and parasitic diseases, antimicrobial agents, immunology and immune disorders.