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Exposure. Experience. Enlightenment. jp»-. Nothing in this world has prepared you for this. Wf ., M mousse, musicals & monsters •* January, 2010 ^k.iflH^^^H?H JiGRANGE COLLEGE What is "Interim Term?" The Interim is that class term held during the month ofJanuary for approximately fourweeks. Courses offered in the Interim are designed to encourage students to explore course content outside oftheir majors. All students who enter as freshmen must successfully complete three ofthe four Interim terms offered during a typical four-year course ofstudy. For students who transfer to LaGrange College, reductions are made in this requirement based on the academic standing ofthe student at entry. Interim Term 2010: Mousse, Musicals and Monsters From professor Elizabeth Appleby's travel course on French food and the Kim Barber Knoll andToni Anderson-led trip to NewYork City for aworkingweek's worth ofBroadway musicals toJack Slay's class on the contemporary horror film, the 2010 InterimTerm schedule ofofferings truly features something foreveryone. The 2010 Interim: 4-27 January FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT Dr. Sarah Beth Mallory Coordinator ofthe Interim LaGrange College 601 Broad Street 30240 (706) 880-8338 [email protected] Although no major revisions are anticipated in the courses described in this brochure, LaGrange College reserves the right to makewhatever changes maybe necessaryin the status, costs, requirements, or other details ofits Interim projects. Anyproject maybe canceled for adequate reason, such as lackof sufficient enrollment. LAGRANGE COLLEGE LaGrange College is called through the United Methodist Church to challenge the minds and inspire the souls ofstudents by improving their creative, critical and communicative abilities in a caring and ethical community. The 2010 Interim: January 4-27 Contents INTERIM 2010 FAQ TRAVEL PROJECTS International Travel Projects French Food-Culture and Sustainability ElizabethAppleby 5 TheArt andArchitecture ofNorthern Italy DorothyJoiner 6 Picturing Italy John Lawrence 6 Dante and the Inferno NinaDulin-Mallory 7 NursingSince Nightingale CeliaHay 7 ExploringAnimal Behavior SarahBethMallory 8 Domestic Travel Projects The LullabyofBroadway Kim BarberKnoll, ToniAnderson 9 . . The Collision ofEmpires: Conquest in the Colonial Southeast Lisa Crutchjield 10 In the Footsteps ofthe Civil Rights Movement DavidCason 10 . . INTERNSHIPS Physical Education Phil Williamson 11 Accounting LydiaRosencrants 11 Capitol Hill Internship inWashington, D.C. TracyLightcap,John Tures 12 . . . ON-CAMPUS PROJECTS DevelopingYour Undeveloped Musical Talent LeeJohnson 13 . . Watercolor MargaretReneke 13 The Play's theThing TracyRiggs 14 The Clay Bas Relief Tim Taunton 14 TheArtofMask Making Nate Tomsheck 15 Images ofJesus inArt and Film DavidAhearn 15 Art & Story: The Craphic Novel in Contemporary International Culture MichaelBishop 16 The Work ofDavid Lynch FrankBrevik 17 The Book ofRevelation John Cook 17 Warand Peace: On Faith and the Use ofForce KiptonJensen 18 . . Utopias and Dystopias: Images ofthe Polity inLiterature and Film TracyLightcap 18 2 The Church and Homosexuality Alvin Lingenfelter 19 What Should I Eat?A Personal and National Dilemma Frank O'Connor 19 Medical Spanish AmandaPlumlee 20 Defining Horror: The Search for Meaning in the Contemporary Horror Film JackSlay 20 Care Givingat the End ofLife Tom Steele 21 SurveyofSelected Foreign Films John Williams 22 ExploringTeaching EthylAult 22 Personal Financial Planning CindiBearden 23 The Exploration ofComplementaryand AlternativeTherapies SandyBlair 23 Negotiation KarieDavis-Nozemack 24 Eye Deep in Hell: TheWestern Front, 1914-1918 JeJfGeeter 24 The LeaderinYou TaraKermiet 25 Exploring Gendered Communication LindaMcMullen 25 ChristianYoga LydiaRosencrants 26 Developingthe FemaleWarriorWithin Pamela Tremblay 26 The Universe: An Introduction toAstronomy. TerryAustin 27 . . SurveyofMedical andAllied Health Careers Nickie Cauthen 27 . . . Christian Spiritual Formation DonJolly 28 Applying to Graduate School CharlesKraemer 28 The Science ofPhotography BillMcCoy 29 Godel, Escher, Bach: a Multidisciplinary Approach to Minds and Machines FayRiddle 30 DEPARTMENTAL PROJECTS Research Methods in History Joe Cafaro 31 Pharmacotherapy & Human Pathophysiology LindaMason Barber 31 . . . MATLAB Jon Ernstberger 31 Positive Psychology HeatherHaas 32 ElementaryClassroom Diversity JoyceHillyer 32 2010 Interim FAQ When do Interim classes meet? AM All classes will assemble for the first class meeting at either 9:00 or PM 1:00 on Monday,January4, 2010 in the specified locations. Meeting times for subsequent class sessions will be announced at this mandatory first class session. All Interim classes require a minimum of120 hours per term of student involvement and carry 3 semester hours ofcourse credit. To be eligible for any Interim course, all academic, procedural, financial, and other prerequisites must be met. The costs listed in the course description are the anticipated per-participant charges for that particular class. Students are responsible for purchasing their own textbooks; most are available in the College Bookstore. When is Pre-registration? Pre-registration for all Interim projects (Travel Projects, Internships, or On-Campus projects) is September 28-October 1, 2009. Students are encouraged to discuss any questions about courses with the indicated instructors during the week prior to pre-registration. Students who are pre-registering for travel courses must contact the instructor ofthe course to obtain all necessary information, requirements, and permission ofthe instructor to register for the course. Students who already have registered for travel courses, have contacted the instructor, and have paid deposits do not need to do anything further at this time. Student Travelers: Please Read Carefully Some InterimTerm offer opportunities require travel and may involve risk beyond anyone's control - accident, injury, illness, civil unrest, and other unforeseen circumstances. Participation in off-campus study programs is voluntary, and as a condition for participation, LaGrange College requires that student travelers and their parents read and execute liability releases and other documents which acknowledge, accept, and assume all risks. LaGrange College expects that students and their parents will use their own due diligence in informing themselves ofcurrent global conditions and in determiningwhether they wish the students to engage in travel to given sites. Non-StudentTravelers: Check with the instructor for availability. A travel release form must be signed and on file in the Academic Dean's office for each person traveling. An additional 10% ofthe published trip cost is required from non-student travelers. International Travel Projects FORALL TRAVEL COURSES: Eligibility: Age 18 byJan. 1, 2010 and a valid passport Deposit: $500 due by Sept. 2, 2009* Balance: Due by Nov. 15, 2009* *Unless otherwise indicated in course description FRENCH FOOD-CULTUREAND SUSTAINABILITY ElizabethAppleby 10001 INTM 3395 MANGET 107 (AM) Both American and French cultures will be examined with regard to sustainability, particularly in food production. This will be accomplished through lec- tures, selected readings, and avariety offilms. In addition, students will travel to France for 10 days and visit various places in France where food is produced, such as a bakery, avineyard, a chocolate factory, mushroom caves, local farms, etc. Many products will be sampled including some ofFrance's most famous cheeses. Moreover, students will experience the flavors ofFrance through nu- merous dining experiences. Energy resources will also be studied culminating in avisit to a nuclear plant in the Touraine region. France is steeped in history and tradition and this will not be overlooked. Students will tour Paris including Notre Dame, the Eiffel Tower, several chateaux in the Loire Valley, Mont St. Michel, and theAmerican Cemetery in Normandy. Students will be evaluated on participation, written and oral work, andjournals. Maximum Enrollment: 10 Anticipated Cost: $2,500 Grading: A-F FIRST CLASS MEETING: MANGET 107, 9 AM THEARTANDARCHITECTURE OF NORTHERN ITALY DorothyJoiner 10002 INTM3396 DODD Lecture Room (AM) This course focuses on the art and architecture ofFlorence and northern Italy. At the beginning ofthe term, the class will studywhat will be seen abroad. Students will then travel to Italy to visit important museums and monuments in these cities: Milan, Venice, Verona, Vicenza, Padua, Ravenna, Bologna and Florence. The price includes round-trip airfare between Atlanta and Milan, hotel accommodations, museum and site entrances, ground transportation in Italy, and breakfast each day. Students will be evaluated by ajournal and a project presented to the class. Maximum Enrollment: 12 Anticipated Cost: $2,800 Grading: Pass/No Credit orA-F: Student's Choice FIRST CLASS MEETING: DODD LECTURE ROOM, 9 AM PICTURING ITALY John Lawrence 10003 INTM 3339 DODD Lecture Room (AM) Italy has been a source ofartistic interest since the fall ofthe Roman Empire. This course will be a study ofhow painters, sculptors, architects, photographers and filmmakers have been influenced and inspired by Italy over the past three centuries. Italy has been a "Mecca" for artists throughout Europe andAmerica since the 17th Century and continues to be so even today. Instrumental in this studywill be a trip to Italy to visit the great cities ofFlorence, Venice, Milan, and Ravenna and to photograph and study the sites and works ofart in their museums and galleries. Students will be evaluated by a journal, including daily essay entries, and a themed photographic portfolio. Maximum Enrollment: 12 Anticipated Cost: $2,800 Grading: A-F FIRST CLASS MEETING: DODD LECTURE ROOM, 9 AM DANTEANDTHE INFERNO Nina Dulin-Mallory 10004 INTM3338 MANGET 308 (AM) This c—ourse is designed to acquaint students with the Inferno ofDivina Corn- media from the en—trance through the Darks Woods all the way to the Pit ofthe Ninth Circle and to visit the places in Italy associated with the life and influence ofDante. Our textwill be a new translation by Robert Pinsky, a recentAmerican Poet Laureate, which employs facing English/Italian text. The class will travel with the classes ofProfessors Lawrence andJoiner to see Milan, Venice, Verona, Vicenza, Padua, Ravenna, Bologna, and Florence. The price includes round trip airfare, hotel accommodations, museum entrances, ground transport, and breakfast each day. Students will keep a travel journal and write a briefconcluding essay, and those choosing to take the course for an A-F grade will have an additional requirement involving research. Prerequisite: All students must have the approval ofthe instructor to enroll. Maximum enrollment: 12 Anticipated cost: $2,800 Grading: Pass/No Credit orA-F: Student's Choice FIRST CLASS MEETING: MANGET 308, 9 AM EXPLORING ANIMAL BEHAVIOR Sarah Beth Mallory 10006 INTM4329 SCI 204 (AM) Students will be introduced to the concepts ofanimal behavior and conserva- tions issues through readings, recordings, and discussions. These will be led by the instructor and/or animal behaviorists from Zoo Atlanta. Students will be introduced to observation/journaling by ZooAtlantavisits to work on-site with behaviorists and animals in captivity. Students will carry out their own indi- vidual observations on animals oftheir choosing, chronicle their experiences in journals, and present their findings to the class. Students will then travel to Costa Rica to observe animals in the wild during a two-week field experience which includes visits to avariety ofhabitats (rainforest, cloud forest, tropical dry forest, sandy beach forest, rivers, volcanoes), animal rescue facilities, bio- logical stations, national parks, and cooperatives. Students will be evaluated by journal, papers, and reports on native tropical animals. Eligibility: Physical stamina for hiking and permission ofinstructor Maximum Enrollment: 12 Anticipated Cost: $2,100 (includes all transportation, lodging, most meals, and entry fees) Grading: Pass/No Credit orA-F: Student's Choice FIRST CLASS MEETING: SCI 204, 9 AM