Summer I (May 4 – May 21)	Study Abroad: IDC 301
Poetry and Zen	Experiencing Non Western Cultures through Film
Globalization: Profits, problems, and possibilities	Mass Media
Summer II (June 1-July 2)	Topics in French Literature
Native American Cultures	Family Health Issues in Mexico
	Traditional Medicine and Belief
	From Page to Stage
	Turkey in the Contemporary World
	Family Nurse Practionership
	Photography in England
	Adam Smith

Poetry and Zen

·         Prof. Frederick Smock

·         MTWTh 11:45-2:15

·         Course Description: This course is designed to provide students with strong interdisciplinary study of cultures beyond that of the United States. This course offering is studied through approaches provided by more than one discipline of thought – the writing of poetry, and the practice of Zen Buddhism; specifically, a study of zen poetry as written by ancient Chinese and Japanese poets and modern American poets.

 

Globalization: Profits, problems, and possibilities

·         Dr. Adam Renner and Dr. Corrie Orthober

·         MTWTh 3:00-6:00

• Course Description: This course will provide multiple perspectives on profits, problems, and possibilities of globalization. We will experience these perspectives through the lens of multiple media—from celebratory of to skeptical of to resistant to globalization. While we will take a mostly theoretical look at globalization, we will also explore the more particular experience of one Global South country, Jamaica, as well as make practical connections to workers and consumers here in the Global North.  Although the content of the course will deal with globalization and issues of social justice, the course will more importantly also focus on each of us in the class.  While the content will be expansive and, at times, complex, we will endeavor to not let it stand between the professors and students, as we are much more interested in our evolution as ethical beings poised to help improve the human condition through our (future) professional roles and as citizens of the world. Just as your major courses offer you important information to help you become the best nurse, physical therapist, accountant, teacher, musician, etc, you can be, interdisciplinary courses offer complementary information to help one become the best citizen they can be—competent, critical, and caring.

Native American Cultures

·         Dr. Kathy West

·         TWTh 3:00-5:30

·         Course Description: Our Course this session will focus on Native American and First Nations Cultures (North and South American), looking particularly at Literature by Native Americans, the depiction of American Indians in film, and the history and anthropology of Native American Cultures. We will explore recent scholarship that provides a very different picture of ancient Native American History and Culture from what was believed for centuries; we’ll look at the late-nineteenth century end of the Indian Wars, the push for reservations, and the allotment system; and we will explore issues facing contemporary Native American peoples, on and off reservations.  In terms of literature, we’ll read in ancient and traditional stories, myths, and songs; examine a sampling of what was recorded of American Indian composition from the arrival of the Europeans through the early 20^th century; and spend some time on writings from the contemporary Native American Literary Renaissance.  We’ll engage stories, songs, myths, poems, essays, memoirs, films, novels, history, and anthropology. We will pay particular attention to storytelling (the oral tradition as it works its way into the written; how narration creates, organizes, even manipulates understanding); identity (as fluid and organic; as simultaneously individual and communal; how race, gender, class, sexual orientation, and other factors both intersect and collide to create a sense of identity); difference and conflict through the clashes of cultures on this continent.

Experiencing Non-western Cultures through Music and Film

Prof. Richard Burchard

KIIS (5/31-7/2), Austria

Mass Media

Dr. David Overbey

KIIS (6/26-7/29), Czech Republic

Topics in French Literature

Dr. Melody Carriere

KIIS (6/30-8/3), France

Family Health Issues in Mexico

Dr. Elizabeth Fitzgerald

KIIS (6/29-8/2), Mexico

Course Description: This study abroad experience is about you in relation to the Mexican Family who you will be living with during the course as well as about your encounters with Mexican Family Health Care during field trips and excursions.  Students will survey of the status of family health in Mexico in comparison with Mexican-American families who reside in the United States of America.  Students will examine family health throughout the life span, how it is affected by cultural, religious, socioeconomic factors, and the family’s reliance on traditional medicine practices versus westernized medicine.  This course will use a holistic perspective coordinated with visits to hospitals, clinics, and meetings with physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals.  The purpose of this course is to gain an understanding of family health issues in a country outside of the USA, to expose students to the cultural influences of Mexico on the health of its families and to incorporate this knowledge when providing care to Mexican American Families who immigrate to or reside in the USA.  The course will help the students compare the health system   available to families in Mexico with the health care available to Mexican American families in the USA.

Traditional Medicine and Belief

Dr. Elizabeth Fitzgerald

KIIS (6/29-8/2), Mexico

Course Description: This study abroad experience is about you in relation to your encounters with Mexican Traditional Healers and Health Care Professionals during guest lectures, interviews, field trips and excursions.  Students will survey of the use of traditional medicine in health care in Mexico and compare these practices with those of Mexican-American families who reside in the United States of America.  Students will examine traditional medicine practices through history, examine how these practices have been affected by cultural, religious, socioeconomic , and political factors.  This course will use a holistic perspective coordinated with visits to hospitals, clinics, meetings with physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals as well as visits to rural villages, observations of traditional healers, and visits to the market.  The purpose of this course is to gain an understanding of traditional medicine practices and beliefs in a country outside of the USA, to expose students to the cultural influences of Mexico on the health of its people and to incorporate this knowledge when providing care to Mexican American Families who immigrate to or reside in the USA.  The course will help the students compare traditional medicine practices available to families in Mexico with those available to Mexican American families living in the USA.

From Page to Stage

Dr. Nelson Lopez

KIIS Summer Abroad (7/1-8/2), Spain

Turkey in the Contemporary World

Dr. Tim Welliver

KIIS Summer Abroad (6/29-8/4), Turkey

Family nurse Practitioner Preceptorship

Dr. Linda Cain

May 4-13, Romania

Photography in England

Dr. Linda Hartford

CCSA (7/9-8/10), England

Adam Smith, the Scottish Enlightenment, and American Politics

Dr. Aaron Hoffman

CCSA (6/15-7/6), Scotland

Course Description: This course is designed as an exploration of Adam Smith’s political thought and its influence in American politics.  The course will cover primary readings of Adam Smith, the philosophy of the Scottish Enlightenment, and finally the worldview of the American Founders.  Students will explore the birth and influence of one major strain of modern liberal Enlightenment thought.