2013-2014 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]
Courses
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SOCL 3060 - Sociology of Race and Ethnicity Hours: 4
This course examines racial and ethnic relations in national and global society. Students are introduced to the unique histories of numerous cultural groups and theories and cultural dynamics of prejudice and intergroup relations. Historical and contemporary patterns of discrimination are explored in law, education, employment, housing, health and the media.
Prerequisites: SOCL 1000 and junior standing or permission of instructor.
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SOCL 3100 - Human and Community Service: Organizing Across Race, Class, Gender and Age Hours: 4
This course examines the varied forms and roles of non-profit organizations to prepare students for work in human and community services. Students focus on organizations that represent the interests of diverse groups of people to achieve social justice and self determination as well as how the persistence of community based efforts creates positive change. The course has theoretical and practical components to allow students to gain field experience while studying critical social theory, research, and films related to community service and community activism.
Prerequisites: ANTH 1000; OR SOCL 1000 and SOCL 1200; or permission of the instructor. Junior standing and MGMT 3555 recommended.
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SOCL 3900 - Independent Study Hours: 1-4
This course is designed to enable students to engage in individual study and research in a subject area already familiar through previous course work. During the first week of the course, and in consultation with the instructor, students prepare a prospectus on previous related academic work, or special area of interest, specific research topic, and an outline for proposed research report.
Prerequisites: SOCL 1000 and permission of the instructor, and a Sociology course in the area of the student’s independent study.
Notes: The course may be repeated on a different topic in a subsequent term.
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SOCL 4010 - Children in the Justice System Hours: 4
This course explores the unique position of juveniles within the context of crime, dependency, and criminal justice. Topics to be covered include changing expectations of adolescents, the development of the juvenile justice system and comparison with the adult criminal justice system, and a discussion of the rehabilitative philosophy of juvenile corrections. Class activities may include field trips to juvenile justice facilities.
Prerequisites: ANTH 1000 or SOCL 1000 or SOCL 3050; or permission of instructor.
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SOCL 4020 - Global Social Movements Hours: 4
This course examines contemporary social movements, grassroots resistance and struggles for social justice in global society since the late 20th century. These unique movements comprise distinct cultural, political and social response to an increasingly global civil society. This course explores theories, research, analysis and case studies to understand how such contemporary movements manifest, organize, and mobilize to confront effects of globalizing change such as rising economic disparity, indigenous, cultural and human rights, and environmental degradation. Of special interest is how people cultivate community survival and sustainability and even work to establish alternative forms of community in the face of a globalizing world.
Prerequisites: SOCL 1000 or ANTH 1000; ANTH 2100 recommended.
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SOCL 4030 - Families in Global Perspective Hours: 4
This course explores family life in various forms using a global and dynamic point of view. We have witnessed the emergence of more culturally and cross culturally oriented theoretical frameworks on family functioning including feminist and postmodern thinking. Within academia and the global community at large, there is a need to focus increasingly on families. Such knowledge is necessary for students in the social science and professionals at social service agencies who work with culturally diverse groups and communities.
Prerequisites: SOCL 1000 or permission of instructor.
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SOCL 4098 - Capstone Field Experience Hours: 4
Students will secure and complete an internship meaningful to their interests. In addition to conforming to college internship requirements established by the college, (see internship packet), students will produce a minimum of a 10 page research paper that integrates their intern experience with the essential knowledge they have gained from sociology, as well as relevant knowledge gained from other disciplines. The final project allows students to apply disciplinary knowledge to the issues relevant to the intern experience in a manner that indicates the student is capable of critical integration, synthesis and analysis of ideas and practical experience.
Prerequisites: MATH 1240, SOCL 1000, SOAN 3000, and SOAN 4000.
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SOCL 4099 - Capstone Research Experience Hours: 2
Students will complete a 4-hour independent research project (2hrs in fall and 2hrs in spring) on a topic meaningful to their interests. Students are required to complete a minimum of a 20-page research paper that examines a social problem, policy or some aspect thereof. Students will conduct library research, as well as interviews with relevant professionals, individuals and organizations. Students may construct their own research tools, such as surveys, secondary data analysis or observations to support their research. It is expected that the projects will demonstrate the essential knowledge students have gained from sociology, as well as relevant knowledge gained from other disciplines. The paper should evidence an integration of theory and research. It should apply disciplinary knowledge to the relevant issues in a manner that indicates the student is capable of critical integration, synthesis and analysis of ideas in a practical manner thereby evidencing some mastery of the discipline.
Prerequisites: MATH 1240, SOCL 1000, SOAN 3000, and SOAN 4000.
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SOCL 4900 - Internship Hours: 1-16
Internships are available to majors upon submission of a written proposal as described in the internship packet that must be obtained from the Office of Academic Affairs. They are arranged individually usually with local organizations, agencies or companies.
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and department chairperson required.
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SPAN 1000 - Elementary Spanish I Hours: 4
An introduction to the Spanish language and Hispanic culture for students with little or no knowledge of the language. Through partner and group work, readings, films, internet exploration, online exercises and modules, and brief writing assignments, students will develop and practice the four skills—oral (speaking and listening) and literacy (reading and writing)—and will be introduced to culture in Spanish speaking communities.
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SPAN 1050 - Spanish Language and Culture Hours: 4
An interdisciplinary study of the cultures of Spanish-speaking peoples. Using literature, nonfiction, cinema, music, and art, this course examines some of the foundational contexts—socioeconomic, national, colonial, gender—that influence the construction and expression of Spanish and Latin American identity in the modern world. Though taught in English, this course focuses additionally on the way the Spanish language influences our understanding of these questions and contexts.
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SPAN 1100 - Elementary Spanish II Hours: 4
The second semester of an introduction to the Spanish language and Hispanic culture. Students will continue to learn the foundations of Spanish, with the goal of achieving an intermediate level of proficiency. This course continues to engage students with partner and group work, readings, films, internet exploration, online exercises and modules, and brief writing assignments to deepen competency with reading, writing, speaking, and listening as well as to increase knowledge of culture, history, and politics.
Prerequisites: SPAN 1000.
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SPAN 2000 - Intermediate Grammar, Conversation, Reading, and Composition Hours: 4
This course acquaints students with the major structures of the Spanish language, including all verb forms. Students will advance their proficiency in Spanish by communicating orally and by writing simple compositions and story completion activities. This course will also deepen students’ understanding of cultural, geographical, and historical aspects of Spanish-speaking countries.
Prerequisites: SPAN 1100 or placement through the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures survey.
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SPAN 2100 - Advanced Grammar, Conversation, Reading, and Composition I Hours: 4
This course aims to sharpen student capacity to converse, debate, and write compositions on issues of contemporary concern to the Spanish-speaking world. Resources such as Spanish language films and short readings will be used as points of departure for discussion. This course also will review complex grammatical structures, including subjunctive mood and compound tenses.
Prerequisites: SPAN 2000. This course may be taken concurrently with SPAN 2000.
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SPAN 2200 - Advanced Grammar, Conversation, Reading, and Composition II Hours: 4
This course shall bring students to an advanced capacity to comprehend and interpret short literary or journalistic texts written by first-language speakers of Spanish and intended for readers for whom Spanish is their first language. Students will learn how to bring to their reading of such texts their knowledge of the Spanish-speaking cultures to which they belong. Students will also deepen their vocabulary as well as reflect on their own previous experience as readers and speakers of Spanish. This course will engage students in interactive reading through advanced conversation, debate, and compositions. Grammar points will be reviewed as needed. This course aims to prepare students for reading longer and more complex literary texts, such as novels, in advanced, seminar-style courses in the major.
Prerequisites: SPAN 2000.
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SPAN 3000 - Latin American Civilization and Culture Hours: 4
This course is an intensive exploration of Latin-American history, institutions and traditions through films, documentaries and readings. This course acquaints students with the foundational events, contexts and interpretive skills required to effectively understand, analyze and evaluate the complexity, influence, and ongoing vitality of Latin America through its cultural products.
Prerequisites: SPAN 2100 or permission of instructor.
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SPAN 3100 - Spanish Civilization and Culture Hours: 4
This course is an intensive exploration of Spanish history, institutions and traditions through films, documentaries and readings. This course acquaints students with the foundational events, contexts and interpretive skills required to effectively understand, analyze and evaluate the complexity, influence, and ongoing vitality of Spain through its cultural products.
Prerequisites: SPAN 2100 or permission of instructor.
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SPAN 3200 - Latin American Literature and Film Hours: 4
The focus of this course is the powerful role played by literature and film in the construction and expression of distinctive Latin American identities and realities. The course features the most distinguished authors of Latin American literature from the pre-colonial period to the present. Readings will be from many different genres— letters from the first explorers and missionaries, essays, poems, and short fiction. The singular voices and visions of these authors will be placed in dialogue with canonical and thematically-affiliated films from Latin America to deepen student understanding of key questions, moments and movements in Latin American history and culture.
Prerequisites: SPAN 3000.
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SPAN 3600 - Discovering Latin America Hours: 4
An interactive learning experience that involves international travel, this course seeks to challenge and strengthen student linguistic proficiency in Spanish, while at the same time exposing students to the tremendous historical and cultural richness of South America. Students in the course will travel to countries such as Chile and/or Argentina and will interact with the peoples and cultures of these countries in ways that will broaden their understanding of the global world and give them new insights into their own cultures. Pre and post activities of the course will include tasks and instruments meant to catalyze self-reflection, self-discovery, and the acquisition and comprehension of values, skills, and knowledge content.
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
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SPAN 3700 - Content Teaching Methods: Spanish and Latin American Studies Hours: 4
This course is the content-area methods course for students seeking preK-12 teacher education licensure in Spanish. Students will gain a basic knowledge of language learning theory and national standards, and will design language learning activities based on the theory and standards. Major assignments will include a) a unit on an interdisciplinary theme and b) a unit on a contemporary cultural issue. Students will present the lessons from these units during their field experience.
Notes: This course is to be taken concurrently with EDUC 3700.
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SPAN 3800 - Special Topics in Spanish and Latin American Studies - Writing Intensive Hours: 4
A focused, seminar-style study of a single author, set of literary texts, or key movement in Spanish and/or Latin American literature, this course seeks to give students a deeper and more complex understanding of a specific question or topic. Course foci will be chosen with an eye toward writers or texts or movements that are central or emergent in the discipline of Spanish and Latin American Studies.
Prerequisites: SPAN 3000.
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SYE 4001 - Communication and Society Hours: 4
This SYE focuses on the interaction between communication practices in the 21st century and people as they act in social contexts. Communication is still the social glue that holds together nations, corporations, scientific disciplines, and families. Communication also remains the source of problems when people fail to understand each other, fail to agree, and fail to act. New communication technology does not necessarily make communication more effective, more persuasive or more ethical. We will explore the role communication plays in our lives as professionals and individual actors, across a wide variety of contexts: entertainment, information and social media, business and organizational life, politics, family life, globalization. We will 1) consider seminal theories about why we communicate, what we communicate about and how we communicate to individuals and large populations; 2) analyze cases in 21st century communication situations and how our disciplinary backgrounds influence what we understand and how we understand it; 3) assess how each of us relate to the personal and social communication networks in which are we enmeshed; and 4) evaluate how all of this bears on our development as persons and professionals acting in the communities in which we live. The goal of this course is to empower you to make better informed choices as you engage messages and technologies, and individuals, groups, and communities as a citizen whose choices will affect the lives of the people and organizations you interact with on a daily basis.
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SYE 4002 - Inventing the Self and the Future Hours: 4
The world we experience is the product of our individual perceptions. We invent this world through our emerging sense of self. This development is not created in isolation; rather we incorporate influences of family, gender roles, ethnic heritage, personal surroundings, and culture. We accept and react to those influences; we frame personal myths and rituals; we shape our strengths and dreams; and from these, we devise our self-driven perceptions—our worlds—forming narratives of our individual pasts and our futures. SYE 4002 is an inquiry; we will discover the individual worlds we have created—the individual selves we have invented and will invent—largely through personal narratives which will serve as a means of tracing the development of the selves we inhabit and projecting the selves we will create into the future. Then as part of this process—through a service-learning experience—we will take a group of senior citizens through a similar set of brief narratives through which they will also examine their personal narratives. We will write a series of life stories—memoirs/personal essays—all from the class by class series of brief personal reflections—some of which will be written in class—and a final essay aimed at projecting our individual pasts and our learning at Otterbein into our futures. Self-reflection and insight gained from these explorations will help us to understand our individual places in the Postmodern, Post-9/11 world where truth is not found, but made. The class will be conducted, primarily, as a workshop.
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SYE 4003 - Toward Peace and Justice: Living and Leading in Community Hours: 4
Through an active participation outside the classroom and through a theoretical and reflective investigation in the classroom, Toward Peace with Justice, will explore some of the issues which current face our society (e.g. poverty, wealth, distribution of wealth, hunger, homelessness, class, etc.) and in turn, how each individual can make a difference in the day-to-day lives of others. The class will promote a theoretical and pragmatic approach through reading and action, reflection and writing, using the service learning model of preparation, action and reflection. The model will be a process in which academic instruction is integrated with volunteerism/service.
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SYE 4004 - The Face of AIDS Hours: 4
The Face of AIDS is a course that focuses on the global crisis of HIV/AIDS, the reach and impact of which continues to grow. The primary goal of the SYE course is to have students appreciate and confront the complexity of the AIDS epidemic by exploring the obstacles to addressing the AIDS epidemic on a personal level and in the local, national, and global communities. This course will not only provide each student with a comprehensive, interdisciplinary understanding of the disease and the role it plays in a contemporary global society, but also challenge and empower them to take action. The course includes a service-learning component.
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SYE 4005 - Living in the Middle Age: The Sandwich Generation Hours: 4
In this course, students examine the roles of people with both children and aging parents, those in what’s known as the “sandwich generation.” Calling on several perspectives, including their own experiences and education, the course asks students to use sociology, psychology, literature, communication, science, nursing, education and business to consider the social, emotional political, and financial issues facing people in the middle. Students must be active participants in the class, committed to acting upon what they learn. Students study academic materials, investigate agencies, practice ethnographic description, and work together to propose solutions to the problems and issues they themselves discover and consider important. Students also reflect often on the course theme and on their own life stages and transitions as they study and observe the life stages and transitions of others. (Students need not be in the “sandwich generation” themselves to enroll in the course.)
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SYE 4006 - Community Leadership and Change in Non-Profit Organizations Hours: 4
This course is an integrated service-learning course which establishes the conceptual basis and need for forming, joining, and participating in non-profit and social service organizations. Students examine the history of these endeavors, survey concepts and reflect on form and reflect on their definitions of “altruism” and “community,” and review the current status of their participation in volunteer and non-profit organizations. Then, students concentrate their efforts on group consulting projects. Students work as members of a small group consulting team or as members of the whole-class consulting team. The team or teams will be assigned a non-profit or social service organization that wishes to improve its effectiveness as an organization, and each group applies Appreciative Inquiry or another highly recognized consulting strategy in developing a plan for leading the organization through a change process. The course requires weekly personal response papers. These individual essays will be folded into the group organizational development plans. Students create autobiographical portfolios which include their personal conceptions of the transitions they will experience as they are graduated from Otterbein and their projections of the roles they will play in the future. Group and individual presentations are required.
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SYE 4007 - Cultural Encounters: Appalachia in the City Hours: 4
In this course, students examine the historical migration of Appalachians into Midwestern cities and the contemporary experiences of Appalachians in Cincinnati and Columbus. The course asks students to call on may perspectives including their own, and to use many disciplines, including sociology, psychology, literature, communication science, nursing, education, and business, to consider the nature and results of cultural encounters between rural and urban in Westerville and Columbus, a microcosm for such encounters in national and global contexts. Students must be active participants in the class, committed to acting upon what they learn: they will have the opportunity to serve on-site with a local non-profit agency that helps to meet the needs of local people with Appalachian histories. They also have the opportunity to work toward earning a “card” in Community Engagement if they choose. Students study academic materials, investigate policies and agencies, practice ethnographic description, and work together to propose solutions to the problems and issues they themselves discover and consider important. Students also reflect on their own cultural encounters and transitions as they study and observe the cultural encounters and transitions of others.
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SYE 4008 - Media for Social Change Hours: 4
Also called Edu-tainment and Entertainment-Education, Media for Social Change uses the techniques of drama, advertising print and broadcasting to weave education messages into entertainment programs. The class is open to students from all disciplines. The class will partner with a local community organization to develop a viable media project available to the public. Projects will be group-driven with most of the work done in class. Depending upon the size and talents of the group, the class may produce any of the following: self-contained soap opera, mini-drama, commercial-length public service announcements or an entire package of media approaches focused on one social issue.
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SYE 4009 - Structural Inequalities and Professional Life Hours: 4
Various kinds of systemic inequality persist in contemporary American society. That is, some forms of inequality are not merely a matter of personal behavior, belief, or preference; rather, they are deeply ingrained in our institutions and/or belief system. Examples (or symptoms) of such inequities include income inequality between men and women, racism in the criminal justice system, racial and ethnic biases in hiring by private companies, cultural bias in standardized testing, unequal access to basic health care, radical differences in funding between public schools, and the practice of “redlining” by banks and insurance companies. In this course, students spend the first part of the semester studying racial inequality in twentieth-century America, focusing on historical, literary, and social scientific literature written by Americans of various ethnicities. This historical inquiry will focus on specific events, including the Immigration Acts of 1921 and 1924, the G. I. Bill, Brown v. Board of Education and the desegregation of schools, and the “War on Drugs.” This part of the course will culminate with small groups choosing a major event from twentieth-century American history and creating a study of how this event was impacted by beliefs about race and ethnicity, and/or how this event changed or affected understandings of race and ethnicity. Each such analysis must include at least three different disciplinary perspectives on the chosen event. Students will work with students from other disciplinary backgrounds. In the second part of the course, each student will identify a structural inequality that exists in contemporary society, and that she will encounter in her professional life. Each student will write a factual report in which she defines and explains this form of inequality. The student will then put together an action plan in which she will outline some form of action to redress the chosen issue, aimed at the reform of workplace or professional practices.
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SYE 4010 - Media and the Law Hours: 4
This course is designed to introduce graduating seniors to media and the law, in both their advocacy and adversarial relationships. Students will learn the basics of news reporting and media coverage of events, as well as a cursory knowledge of our judicial system. Conflicts between freedom of the press (First Amendment) and the right to a fair trial (Sixth Amendment) are a major component of this discussion.
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SYE 4011 - Religion and Secular Society Hours: 4
In this course we will discuss the apparent tension between religion and a secular or scientific world view. We will focus on three key themes. First, we will discuss recent atheist criticisms of religious belief from the new “brights” movement. Then we will turn our attention to the question of the role of personal religious belief in public life, and attempt to answer questions like the following: Is it appropriate to support public policies that are based in religious beliefs that aren’t shared by all members of a society? How should we understand restrictions on the establishment of religion found, for instance, in the United States constitution? How can we best organize a religiously diverse society? Finally, we will look at the global level and the interactions between secular and religious states. Here we will try to come to a better understanding of the diversity of religious practices and customs, and attempt to come up with a set of policies that might help us guide the interactions between states and cultures with diverse religious practices and beliefs.
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SYE 4012 - High Stakes: The 2012 Presidential Election Hours: 4
The proposed course is designed to educate students on the social and political correlates of the presidential election process, focusing on the presidential election in November 2012. Special topics will include voting behaviors, the role of PACs and special interest groups, political advertising, and the Electoral College. Because the election takes place before the end of the semester, students will have an opportunity to also analyze the outcomes of the elections in terms of the above topics as well. Students will also get hands on experience by working at polling places or volunteering with campaigns of their choice.
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SYE 4013 - The United Brethren Church and Otterbein’s Tradition of Service Hours: 4
This course will first of all explore the historical roots of our tradition of service. We will study the origin and growth of the United Brethren in Christ in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including its involvement in the causes of Abolition and of missions, and its response to liberal theology and the social gospel, its stance on Prohibition, and its engagement with education. On that basis we will explore the church’s continuing involvement in issues of social and economic morality and justice and the continued evolution of missions and international service, through two church mergers that eventually brought the United Brethren in Christ together with the Methodists to form the United Methodist Church.
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SYE 4014 - Health Equity: Issues in Minority Health Hours: 4
This course focuses on the issues related to Minority Health. Topics discussed will include the health care system and how it relates to and affects the health of minority populations. Other topics will include a review of chronic and infectious diseases, personal behaviors, and their relationship to minority health.
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SYE 4015 - The Neighbor, From the Bible to Beyond Hours: 4
To the question, “Which of the commands is the greatest?” Jesus answered, “To love your God…and the second, which is like it, to love your neighbor as yourself.” This class examines the Judeo-Christian injunction to neighbor-love. It examines the question of who is one’s neighbor, and what it means to love one’s neighbor. The class begins with Biblical sources, but it also examines the reception of this injunction in secular philosophical and theoretical sources. Students are required to develop and complete a group action project that applies the injunction.
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SYE 4016 - Environmental Sustainability: Brown to Green Hours: 4
This class is intended to have students gain “real world” experience related to decision-making and project management issues typically encountered by environmental professionals and citizens. The structure of the class emphasizes the multidisciplinary approach to solving environmental problems with participants having varied levels of experience. Specific projects and case studies are selected to demonstrate that economic and social issues are often much more difficult than the environmental solutions. This class is open to all students and is recommended for Sustainability Studies majors.
Prerequisites: Instructor permission or Senior standing.
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SYE 4100 - 1900-Vienna-2000: Culture, Conflict, and Identity in Central Europe at the Turn of Two Centuries Hours: 4
In 1900 the imperial capital of Austria-Hungary exploded with energy, wealth, sex, intellect, and power. The streets of Vienna teemed with the intriguing sounds of languages from the multi-national Habsburg Empire. In the coffee houses patrons rubbed shoulders with giants like Freud, Mahler, Klimt, Schnitzler, and Wittgenstein. Now, in the years following 2000, Vienna has recovered from the devastation of war and the straightjacket of the fallen Iron Curtain, and bright, striving, young people from the new lands of the European Union, from Prague, Budapest, Warsaw, and Istanbul flock again to the city to seek their fortunes.
Some residents fear and resent these outsiders, but others welcome them as a return to “normal times” when Vienna was the capital of a multi-ethnic empire. In fact, not unlike our own country, Austria is engaged in an intense debate about immigration and multi-culturalism. This course will examine culture, conflict, and identity, the contexts and consequences of being Viennese in these two remarkable historic moments, 1900 and the years following 2000.
The class will meet for orientation four Sunday afternoons (4pm-6pm) at the end of Fall Semester, then students will travel to Vienna, Austria, and Budapest, Hungary, for J-Term. Living and learning in an awe-inspiring working monastery in the heart of Vienna. With the city as their campus, students will explore the riches and poverty, the beauty and ugliness, the opportunities and the daunting challenges that faced Vienna and its people then in 1900 and that face it now.
As in all SYE courses, the learning process will include thoughtful reflection about the college experience and the transition to life after college, including life direction and goals. Students will come together again once during spring semester for an evening of shared reflections and final presentations. The course will use multidisciplinary readings and discussions, and it will be team-taught by course coordinators and other faculty members and guests, including distinguished Austrian scholars.
Students will learn basic traveler’s German, but all readings and classes will be in English. The city is well equipped to assist English-speaking visitors, and students will find that Viennese whom they meet are eager to speak English. Permission of instructor required. Requires meetings during Fall Semester.
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SYE 4101 - An Immersion Experience in Uruguayan and Argentine Cultures, Language and Professional Life Hours: 4
This four-credit hour course is to provide the students with a one-month immersion experience in Argentina and Uruguay. In addition to incorporating the SYE processes of Act, Reflect, and Transition, students will attend language classes that develop their communication skills in Spanish, at their own personal level of ability. Students will work on mentored projects that combine their areas of interest with a broader interdisciplinary theme. This experience will allow students to learn about the culture of the region in the context of their major, whether nursing, business, humanities, science, sciences, communications, fine arts, and modern language.
This course combines four pre-departure and one post-travel set of classes, and four weeks off campus. The pre-travel classes in the fall will give students the opportunity to explore the historical, political, cultural and economic attributes of the region, facilitate team building; cultivate intercultural skills and awareness, and discuss different aspects of the international experience. The travelling part of the course will be offered in J term for 4 weeks; three weeks will include extensive immersion in language courses and project- based learning. Students will immerse themselves in Argentinian cultural events, music, dance, art, history, contemporary political and economic issues. Students will experience life in Argentina and what it means to live and work as a member of their chosen profession in Latin America. Permission of instructor required.
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SYE 4401 - Social Justice, Responsibility and Change Hours: 4
This course examines causes of social oppression and specific tenets and models of social justice, social responsibility, and social change. Through course readings, films, discussions, guest speakers, visits to and/or volunteer work at local nonprofit organizations, students will form their understanding of social justice and practice social responsibility. Then for a week, the class will travel to an off-site location where students will immerse themselves in visiting and volunteering with organizations that are working to promote social justice. As part of this experience, students will begin to understand some of the root causes of specific social challenges and be introduced to agencies and individuals who are working on behalf of those who are impacted. As part of the course content, students will explore specific tenets and models of social oppression, social justice, and social change from their individual academic disciplines. In the process, the students will identify their personal spheres of influence and specific action steps they may ultimately take to transform the social fabric. In addition to the weeklong trip, students are required to meet for a final wrap-up session upon their return to campus.
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SYE 4501 - SYE: Africa Hours: 4
SYE Africa is a service-learning travel senior year experience in which students bring to bear both their major and general education programs of study to seek understanding of and solutions to the contemporary problems of Africa. The course is linked to and requires as a prerequisite completion of an autumn semester Integrative Studies dyad, two courses that prepare students for the SYE through study of Africa from the perspectives of the humanities and the natural sciences. During the January term, SYE Africa travels for two and one half weeks in Africa followed by a day of reflection and celebration upon our return. Final assignments are due early in spring semester at SYE Africa Reports and the SYE Travel Course Reception (special arrangements will be made to accommodate December graduates). In conjunction with the Integrative Studies dyad Africa, SYE Africa offers a powerful life-changing and life-affirming experience that serves as a capstone to students’ undergraduate experience as well as a steppingstone to life beyond Otterbein. Note: a single African national will be selected each year. These will include but are not anticipated to be limited to Rwanda and Malawi.
Notes: In January 2012, SYE Africa will be offered as a J-term course with preparatory sessions during autumn semester. An Integrative Studies dyad is not required for January 2012 only.
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SYE 4502 - Understanding the Nature of Belize: Ecological and Psychological Perspectives Hours: 4
This SYE course will examine how humans understand and relate to the nature of Belize. The course will integrate a scientific perspective of how reefs and rainforest function, and a psychological perspective of how humans relate to nature, from the vantage of Americans and several different Belizean ethnic groups. The course is a travel SYE designed to follow the Integrative Studies and Understanding Nature: Ecological and psychological perspectives with a dual focus.
Notes: The first offering in January 2012 will not have the Integrative Studies dyad as a requirement.
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SYE 4503 - Middle East Hours: 4
This course seeks to lead students into an exposure and understanding of the complexities of Middle East cultures in today’s world. It will go beyond cursory understandings of a region outside the western hemisphere by challenging students’ knowledge and relation to societies other than their own. The course will be naturally interdisciplinary and inclusive of many fields of study, including religion and philosophy, environmental science, political science, economics, art history, archaeology, anthropology and sociology, foreign languages, geography, history, literature, and music. This class will include three days of intense consciencitization on campus, followed by fourteen days of travel and engagement in social and cultural awareness in the chosen Middle East country, and then four days of synthesis and reflection back on campus that will focus on how a transformation of knowledge will lead to future calls to action.
Notes: International travel required; extra fee required.
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SYE 4504 - Threads, Gold and Marigolds: Rasa in 21st Century India Hours: 4
SYE 4504 students will learn about themselves as they make connections between art and culture in traditional and contemporary India. This J-term class will include on-campus class time intended to provide students with background information about the geography, social and political history and culture of India. The Indian aesthetic concept of rasa will be introduced. Each student will identify a personal research topic to investigate while visiting the Sanskriti International Artist Residency Program near Delhi, India. Sanskriti maintains an excellent art library and several on-site museums: The Museum of Everyday Life, The Museum of Terra Cotta and the Museum of Indian Textile. The two and a half week travel segment will include a series of art workshops and field trips that will invite participants to create their own artworks in a variety of traditional styles and media. Upon their return, students will present an exhibition of their artwork accompanied by a poster session about both their academic research and their creative production.
Notes: International travel required; extra fee required.
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SYE 4505 - The New Europe: The Challenge of Diversity, Integration, and Globalization Hours: 4
Using an interdisciplinary appreciation of the Western tradition as developed in Europe and practiced in the United States students will via classroom readings, discussion and a week-long study seminar in Berlin and Prague prepare a portfolio on the challenges of the “New World Order.” The diversity as represented by the myriad ethnic and religious factions of the European Union will be studied with an eye toward improving the integration of minorities in the United States. In addition the strengths and weaknesses of an increasing global and open society including markets will be studied first hand as a tool to better understand current shifts in American society. Based on Otterbein course work and prior experience students will prepare a portfolio reflective of their personal growth and newly discovered opportunities for both career success and the building of just society. The week study seminar in Europe will include over 40 contact hours of site visits to business and governmental organizations, historical and cultural events including major museums in Berlin and musical performances as well as a side trip to a concentration camp either Sachsenhausen or Theresienstadt.
Notes: International travel required; extra fee required.
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SYE 4506 - Examination of History, Culture and Health Care in England Hours: 4
This course explores the history, culture and health care of Britain organized around several on-line assignments, several in person classes and a two-week tour of England. Through course assignments and visits, students examine British history, culture, and health care. They compare how recent changes in health care delivery have impacted both British and American societies. The students complete a course project and a reflective assignment as part of the course requirements.
Notes: International travel required; extra fee required.
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SYE 4751 - Off-Campus Study: Preparation and Experience Hours: 1
This course is the first of two one-credit courses offered to students who opt to fulfill the SYE requirement through enrollment in an off-campus study program. Students enroll in SYE 4751 during the same term they study off campus. Before leaving campus, students will locate a faculty member willing to serve as a mentor during the experience and who will assist in supervising the writing of the final reflection paper as part of SYE 4752. While studying off-campus, students are required to submit electronic journals to their faculty mentors and the SYE program director. In addition, students will compile materials from their off-campus experience to submit as evidence to their faculty mentor upon return to campus. Materials may include course syllabi and assignments, event programs, news clippings, or other items representative of the experience. Students receive an In Progress (IP) grade until they return to campus. This course is pass/fail graded.
Prerequisites: Junior or Senior standing. Corequisites: Study off campus during the junior year, the summer before the senior year, or fall semester of the senior year.
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SYE 4752 - Off-Campus Study: Final Project and Paper Hours: 1
This course is offered for students who have successfully completed an off-campus study and are using that experience to fulfill the SYE requirement. Students will join together to complete a project that helps identify local or campus needs and then develop and implement a project that uses information and skills gained during the off-campus study experience. The project includes some type of public presentation. In addition, each student will write a final reflection paper that describes how the off-campus study experience helped meet the SYE goals and outcomes.
Prerequisites: A grade of Pass in SYE 4751 and senior standing.
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SYE 4900 - Managing the Transition to Your Career: The Senior Year Internship Seminar Hours: 2
A seminar designed for seniors who are enrolled in departmental internships. The class is designed to give you a chance to share concerns and issues related to your internships, to provide time for active reflection on the lessons and skills you have learned and are learning, and discuss issues related to your transitions to life after college (including finding jobs, developing career plans, transitioning to your first job, relationships, financial issues and others.) You will also have an opportunity to apply and further develop skills in groups and teams through work on team projects chosen by the class.
Corequisites: Enrollment in a departmental internship (DEPT 4900) for at least 4 semester hours. SYE 4900 may be taken during the semester of the internship or the semester following.
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SYE 4950 - Student-Initiated Off-Campus Group Experience Hours: 4
Groups of students may initiate their own proposal for enhanced off-campus experiences. These experiences would require students to engage in an aspect of applying skills and knowledge from their major with students from other departments. Students must have a faculty adviser and have their proposal approved by the SYE Advisory Committee, and will be required to complete assignments and present their work as in any other SYE course.
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THR 1000 - Theatre Fundamentals I Hours: 3
A basic introduction to all aspects of theatre, including script analysis, dramatic theory, basic aesthetics, acting, directing, design and technical theatre. The course also examines departmental policies and operations.
Notes: Open to majors only. This course has an additional fee.
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THR 1010 - Theatre Participation I Hours: 1
Basic instruction in supervised production processes of scenery, lighting, costumes and properties for theatre productions.
Notes: Open to non-majors.
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THR 1020 - Theatre Participation II Hours: 1
Basic instruction in supervised production processes of scenery, lighting, costumes and properties for theatre productions.
Notes: Open to non-majors.
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THR 1050 - Theatre Fundamentals II Hours: 3
A continuation of THR 1000, emphasizing script analysis, basic approaches to theatre design, and dramatic literature.
Prerequisites: THR 1000.
Notes: Open to majors only.
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THR 1110 - Scenery for the Theatre Hours: 3
Building, rigging, and stagecraft techniques for scenic elements.
Notes: Open to majors only.
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THR 1120 - Costumes for the Theatre Hours: 3
Sewing, and patterning techniques for costume elements.
Prerequisites: Open to majors only.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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THR 1130 - Lighting for the Theatre Hours: 3
Techniques for hanging, focusing, and repairing lighting elements, including operation and control as well as the duties of the master electrician in production.
Notes: Open to majors only.
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THR 1140 - Sound for the Theatre Hours: 3
Techniques for setting up and controlling sound elements in production.
Notes: Open to majors only.
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THR 1150 - Properties for the Theatre Hours: 3
Construction techniques for building properties for use in production.
Notes: Open to majors only. This course has an additional fee.
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THR 1160 - Drafting for the Theatre Hours: 3
Computer-Aided Drafting techniques and some hand drafting techniques for theatrical elements in production.
Notes: Open to majors only.
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THR 1400 - Acting for Non-Majors Hours: 3
A basic introduction to the fundamentals of acting with emphasis upon the development of imagination, self-awareness, sensory exercises, improvisation and the ability to apply fundamental acting skills to the creation of scenes from contemporary drama.
Notes: Open only to non-theatre majors.
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THR 1500 - Introduction to Acting Hours: 3
A basic introduction to the fundamentals of acting with emphasis upon the development of imagination, self-awareness, sensory exercises, improvisation and the ability to execute simple stage tasks.
Notes: Open to majors only.
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THR 1510 - Introduction to Scene Study Hours: 3
A continuation of the introduction to acting, with emphasis upon script analysis and the application of fundamental acting skills to the creation of scenes from contemporary drama.
Prerequisites: THR 1500.
Notes: Open to majors only.
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THR 1600 - Stage Make-Up Hours: 2
Instruction and practical experience in the art of make-up for the stage.
Notes: Open to non-majors with permission of instructor. This course has an additional fee.
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THR 1610 - Advanced Make-Up Hours: 2
The study of advanced techniques, including fantasy make-up, special effects, and mask-making.
Prerequisites: THR 1600.
Notes:
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THR 1620 - Drawing and Painting for the Theatre Hours: 3
A studio-based course focused on fundamental drawing and painting skills. Includes sketching and drawing the human figure, architectural and landscape drawing, perspective drawing, manipulating composition and form, and depicting light and shadow.
Notes: Open only to BFA Design/Technology majors or by permission of instructor. This course has an additional fee.
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THR 1810 - Acting, Voice, Speech and Movement I Hours: 4
Introduction to the fundamentals of acting with emphasis upon the development of imagination and self-awareness, finding the natural voice and aligning the body. Introduction to the fundamentals of speech production, including learning the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).
Notes: Open to BFA Acting and Musical Theatre majors only. This course has an additional fee.
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THR 1820 - Acting, Voice, Speech and Movement II Hours: 4
A continuation of the work on developing voice, speech, movement and acting skills.
Prerequisites: THR 1810.
Notes: Open to BFA Acting and Musical Theatre majors only.
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THR 2010 - Theatre Participation III Hours: 1
Individual and group instruction and participation in supervised creative activities.
Notes: Sophomore Theatre majors only.
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THR 2020 - Theatre Participation IV Hours: 1
Individual and group instruction and participation in supervised creative activities.
Notes: Sophomore Theatre majors only.
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THR 2250 - Costume History Hours: 3
Study of the evolution of fashion and theatrical costumes, from ancient Egypt to the present.
Notes: Open to non-majors with permission of instructor.
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THR 2300 - Costume Technology II Hours: 3
A laboratory course introducing techniques and methodology for costume technology such as basic patternmaking, costume construction and costume crafts.
Prerequisites: THR 1120, 2250.
Notes: Offered in alternate years.
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THR 2610 - Acting, Voice, Speech and Movement III Hours: 4
Class and laboratory study of the basic principles and techniques of acting, with particular emphasis on development of the actor’s instrument. Extensive practice in body reinforcement, voice production, and articulation. Students are also given an introduction to the fundamentals of mastering a Dialect. Monologues and scenes will be presented.
Prerequisites: THR 1820.
Notes: Open to BFA Acting and Musical Theatre majors only.
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THR 2620 - Acting, Voice, Speech and Movement IV Hours: 4
Extensive practice in advanced character development and the use of dialects, applied to dramatic and musical forms. Monologues and scenes will be presented.
Prerequisites: THR 2610.
Notes: Open to BFA Acting and Musical Theatre majors only.
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THR 2850 - Stage Management Hours: 3
Theory and practical experience in stage management for the theatre. The stage manager’s role in auditions, rehearsals, and in performance will be examined in detail.
Notes: Open to majors only.
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THR 3000 - Creative Dramatics Hours: 4
A basic introduction to the processes of improvisation and creative dramatics, with particular focus on children and creativity.
Notes: Open to non- majors. Offered in alternate years.
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THR 3010 - Theatre Participation V Hours: 1
Individual and group instruction and participation in supervised creative activities.
Notes: Junior Theatre majors only.
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THR 3020 - Theatre Participation VI Hours: 1
Individual and group instruction and participation in supervised creative activities.
Notes: Junior Theatre majors only.
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THR 3100 - Children’s Theatre Hours: 4
A basic introduction to the processes of children’s theatre, including script selection, analysis, elements of production, acting, directing, and design for children’s theatre.
Notes: Open to non-majors. Offered in alternate years.
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THR 3200 - Directing - Writing Intensive Hours: 4
A lecture-laboratory course covering the principles and techniques of the director’s art. Fundamentals of staging, blocking, movement, business, tempo, script selection and analysis, casting, and rehearsal planning. Class members direct short scenes.
Prerequisites: THR 1500 or 1820.
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THR 3210 - Directing Scenes Hours: 0-.5
Acting in scenes directed by students in THR 3200, Directing.
Notes: Open to non-majors.
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THR 3230 - Stage Management Seminar Hours: 1
A weekly discussion of practical problems and solutions in stage-managing Otterbein University Theatre productions. Open to stage managers of current productions and other Theatre majors with permission of the instructor.
Notes: May be repeated for a maximum of 8 hours.
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THR 3260 - Scenic Painting Hours: 3
Studio work in painting techniques for full scale scenery including drops and 3D scenic elements as well as information about tools and materials.
Prerequisites: THR 1620.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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THR 3300 - Scene Design Hours: 3
Lecture-laboratory process of scenic design. Analysis and research to develop artistic approach to scenic communication. Designs are executed in various styles, theatrical spaces and historical periods.
Prerequisites: THR 1160, 1620.
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THR 3400 - Costume Design Hours: 3
Instruction and laboratory application of the fundamentals of design, color theory, and character analysis as they relate to the art of costume design.
Prerequisites: THR 1120 and 1620, or permission of instructor.
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THR 3450 - Sound Design Hours: 3
Lecture-laboratory process of sound design for the theatre from aesthetic analysis to completed sound track.
Prerequisites: THR 1140 or permission of instructor.
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THR 3500 - Light Design Hours: 3
Lecture-laboratory process of lighting design from aesthetic analysis to completed plot and hanging schedule.
Prerequisites: THR 1130 or permission of instructor.
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THR 3510 - Theatre History I Hours: 4
A study of the historical evolution of dramatic forms, the physical theatre, staging and theatre personalities from the classical theatre of Greece to 1900.
Notes: Open to non-majors.
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THR 3520 - Theatre History II Hours: 4
A study of the historical evolution of theatre from 1900 to the present. The course emphasizes the evolution from realistic to anti-realistic forms.
Notes: Open to non-majors.
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THR 3550 - Computer Graphics Hours: 3
Lecture-laboratory in the use of computers and digital software for theatrical uses, including marketing, props, design and three-dimensional modeling of scenery.
Prerequisites: THR 1160 and BFA Standing.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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THR 3600 - The Search for Character Hours: 3
Students study and experiment with the acting techniques of seminal acting theorists, eventually creating their own acting laboratories, working in teams as teacher/directors and actors to explore the source for character.
Notes: Open to non-majors with permission of instructor.
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THR 3700 - Acting for TV-Film I Hours: 3
A class and laboratory study designed to expose the student to practical techniques of television and film acting. Extensive lab work is done in the video studio.
Prerequisites: THR 2630 or permission of instructor.
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THR 3710 - Acting for TV-Film II Hours: 3
An extension of the work done in THR 3700.
Prerequisites: THR 3700.
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THR 3800 - Advanced Directing Hours: 3
Practical experience while directing Workshop Theatre productions. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: THR 3200 and permission of instructor.
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THR 3900 - Independent Study Hours: 1-4
Supervised individual and group projects for qualified students who have completed foundation courses.
Notes: May be repeated for a maximum of 6 hours. Junior standing or permission of instructor required.
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THR 4010 - Theatre Participation VII Hours: 1
Individual and group instruction and participation in supervised creative activities.
Notes: Senior Theatre majors only.
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THR 4020 - Theatre Participation VIII Hours: 1
Individual and group instruction and participation in supervised creative activities.
Notes: Senior Theatre majors only.
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THR 4300 - Acting Studio I Hours: 4
Intensive practical characterization and performance on the work of Shakespeare with an emphasis on mastering performing in verse. Improvisation, mask and performance work in the style of commedia ‘dell arte.
Prerequisites: THR 2620 and admission to junior level BFA Acting or Musical Theatre standing.
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THR 4400 - Acting Studio II Hours: 4
Advanced practical characterization and performance work plus intensive work on auditioning techniques. Auditions are presented to professional producers. Emphasis on plays by Chekhov or other playwrights from the early modern genre.
Prerequisites: THR 4300.
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THR 4450 - Acting Studio III Hours: 4
Intensive practical characterization and performance work in classical, commedia ‘dell arte, and contemporary avant-garde styles.
Prerequisites: THR 2620.
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