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<\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span>INTD 101-36 Issues in Healthcare: Exploring a Career as a Medical Professional<\/div>
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CRN: 41076
\nTuesdays & Fridays 1:45-3:25 pm
\nInstructor: <\/strong>Mark Caselli<\/strong><\/p>\n

This first-year seminar course, Issues in Healthcare, is designed for students who may be interested in pursuing a career as a medical professional. It will explore the many facets of the road to becoming a health care provider or manager and an advocate for global health. We will examine the political, ethical, moral, cultural, educational, and financial issues that affect the delivery of health care both in the United States and in many other countries in the world. Aspects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, physician assisted suicide, the opioid epidemic, the COVID-19 pandemic, current vaccination issues, and the social and cultural determinants of health will be explored with emphasis on how they affect our nation\u2019s healthcare and the practice of medicine. This course will utilize lectures, student presentations, specially selected readings, and documentaries to assist in class discussions on medical and healthcare issues.<\/p>\n

Peer Facilitator<\/h4>\n

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Lorenzo Schiavone<\/a><\/p><\/div>

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Brooke Fucarino<\/a><\/p><\/div>

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Robert Forte<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

<\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span>I<\/strong>NTD 101-37 How They Learn: The Art and Science of Reaching Every Student<\/div>
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CRN: 41077<\/strong>
\nTuesdays & Fridays 1:45-3:25 pm
\nInstructor: <\/strong>Christie Vanderhook<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why do some individuals thrive during a lecture, while others need to build, sketch, or discuss to truly grasp a concept? How We Learn introduces first-year college students to the foundational theories of human learning, cognitive psychology, and the practical methods used to reach diverse minds. This course shifts the narrative away from a traditional, “one-size-fits-all” approach to processing information. Instead, students will explore cognitive learning modalities (visual, auditory, kinesthetic) and developmental theories to discover how the human brain absorbs and retains knowledge. Whether applied to the teaching profession, leadership, or personal academic growth, this course demonstrates how to simultaneously scaffold struggling learners and deepen critical thinking for advanced thinkers, ensuring everyone has the opportunity to succeed.<\/p>\n

Peer Facilitator<\/h4>\n

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Jayden Sierra<\/a><\/p><\/div>

\"Sebastian
Sebastian Staciuk<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

<\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span>INTD 101-38 Constipated is not Constipado: The Relevance of World Languages in Health Care<\/div>
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CRN: 41078<\/strong>
\nMondays & Thursdays 11:20-1:00 pm
\nInstructor: <\/strong>Natalia Santamaria Laorden<\/strong><\/p>\n

In this course, we will examine how languages operate and the difficulties of translating and interpreting in health care and human services contexts, as well as the legal frameworks in which languages operate in health care contexts in the United States. We will learn about the emotional attachment to your first language and how using a second one can be used as a defense mechanism to repress upsetting emotions. Specifically, we will focus on the needs of native speakers of Spanish and Spanish-English bilingual speakers. We will also look at historical cases of misinterpretation in depth, like Willie Ramirez\u2019s, that led to tragic consequences. The third module of the course will include an introduction to Spanish vocabulary and expressions related to health care and an understanding of cultural specificities. Finally, in the fourth module, students will explore a topic of their choice in regards to languages and health care, as well as representation of health in movies like \u201cThe Farewell\u201d, \u201cInside Out\u201d, \u201cSuper Size Me\u201d, etc.<\/p>\n

Peer Facilitator<\/h4>\n

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Emiliano Mucka<\/a><\/p><\/div>

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Leonardo Gentili<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

<\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span>INTD 101-39 Representations of Oppression in Speculative Fiction<\/div>
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CRN: 41079<\/strong>
\nMondays & Thursdays 11:20-1:00 pm
\nInstructor: <\/strong>Rafael Perez-Padilla<\/strong><\/p>\n

Science fiction and fantasy have historically served as platforms to deliver social critiques, leveraging unique \u2018unreal\u2019 elements to offer insight into our own society. This course analyzes how speculative fiction portrays systems of oppression and resistance against them, alongside the historical and modern contexts they might resemble.<\/p>\n

Peer Facilitator<\/h4>\n

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Danny Ververs<\/a><\/p><\/div>

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AC Chiu<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

<\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span>INTD 101-40 Culturally Yours<\/div>
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CRN: 41080<\/strong>
\nMondays & Thursdays 11:20-1:00 pm
\nInstructor: <\/strong>Janine Lanzisera<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hero? Sub? Hoagie? Join us as we explore examples of language variation including code-switching, dialects, idioms, local lingo, slang and regionalisms across different communities.\u00a0 Students will examine how sociolinguistic factors influence communication and cultural expression.\u00a0 Schmooze a bit and develop the gift of gab.\u00a0 Through discussion and analysis of real-world examples, this course develops an understanding of the relationship between language, culture and society.<\/p>\n

Peer Facilitator<\/h4>\n

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Katherine Ibrahim<\/a><\/p><\/div>

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Joshua Maturo<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

<\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span>INTD 101-41 Framing the World: Mobile Photography Between Art and Activism<\/div>
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CRN: 41081
\nMondays & Thursdays 2:15-3:55 pm
\nInstructor: <\/strong>Yolanda del Amo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mobile image technology and social media platforms have radically changed photography and altered our society, from socio-political movements to our personal lives. While smartphone cameras are technically easier to use than traditional ones, they have as much potential to create aesthetically strong work with conceptual depth. Through photography projects, readings, written assignments and class discussions, students will produce, distribute and reflect on mobile images and their larger impact. Topics covered: understanding the advantages and limits of a smartphone camera, mobile photography as high art, camera proliferation and its social and political ramifications, digital imagery and the construction of identity. Students will utilize their mobile phones and social media platforms to complete individual and group projects.<\/p>\n

Peer Facilitator<\/h4>\n

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Katherine Ibrahim<\/a><\/p><\/div>

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Amia Scales<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

<\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span>INTD 101-42 Historical and Practical Considerations of Economics and Finance<\/div>
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CRN: 41082
\nMondays & Thursdays 2:15-3:55 pm
\nInstructor: <\/strong>Jason Hecht<\/strong><\/p>\n

This course will introduce students to the historical and empirical foundations of economic and financial ideas and their influence on our current understanding of issues and problems within both subjects. Human societies have dealt with the problem of survival by organizing their economies according to tradition, authoritarian rule, or the capitalist market. Keen observers of economic behavior \u2013 from Plato to Adam Smith to John Maynard Keynes and Joseph Schumpeter have all attempted to explain: 1) what should an economy produce; 2) how should it produce its output; and 3) how should the output be distributed. These are the \u201cbig questions\u201d of both economics, and to a lesser extent, finance. Current questions and issues about labor-displacing technological change, wealth and income distribution, the concentration of stock market valuation and greater market power will be analyzed through the lens of economic and financial evolution and embedded in America\u2019s long-term economic and financial data.<\/p>\n

Peer Facilitator<\/h4>\n

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Aimee Palacios<\/a><\/p><\/div>

\"\"
Grace Whelan<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

<\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span>INTD 101-43 TBD<\/div>
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CRN: 41083
\nMondays & Thursdays 2:15-3:55 pm
\nInstructor: Ruma Sen<\/strong><\/p>\n

Peer Facilitator<\/h4>\n

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Liandra De La Cruz<\/a><\/p><\/div>

\"\"
Andre Vital<\/a><\/p><\/div>

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Elizabeth Soto Vargas<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

<\/i><\/i><\/i><\/span>INTD 101-44 Writing Creatively with Social Media<\/div>
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CRN: 41084
\nMondays & Thursdays 2:15-3:55 pm
\nInstructor: <\/strong>Regina Clark<\/strong><\/p>\n

Using various social media platforms and writing prompts to generate ideas, students will focus on creative writing from micro fiction to journaling, that is more visual, colorful, and dynamic in nature.<\/p>\n

Peer Facilitator<\/h4>\n

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Livvy Lewis<\/a><\/p><\/div>

\"\"
Nikolette Bailey<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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