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B.S. in Actuarial Science

Otterbein University Course Catalogs

2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS


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  • SLD 2400 - Exploring Diversity: Developing Intercultural Competency

    Hours: 2
    Increasing intercultural competency through an exploration of our own attitudes about diversity while enhancing knowledge and comprehension of the many forms that diversity takes in our society. Practicing and applying skills that help successfully navigate the complexities of diversity.
  
  • SLD 2500 - Guiding the New Student Transition

    Hours: 2
    Designed for those who will be serving as orientation leaders. Topics include: communication, student development theory, diversity, personal leadership, personal strengths and values. Active participation and a willingness to examine one’s own values and leadership style are required.
    Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor.
    Notes: This course is repeatable.
  
  • SLD 2910 - Experimental Course Topics

    Hours: 1-3
    Experimental course topics.
    Notes: This course is repeatable.
  
  • SLD 3900 - Independent Study

    Hours: 1-5
    An opportunity to engage in independent study in an area not otherwise available.
    Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
    Notes: This course is repeatable.
  
  • SMGT 1400 - Sport Law

    Hours: 3
    Legal aspects related to the sport and recreation environments. Areas of study include: constitutional law, legislative enactments, case laws related to sport and the administration of sport programs, contracts, labor agreements, product liability, tort law, and risk management. Awareness of the rights of participants, athletes, coaches, managers, referees, and others engaged in amateur and professional sport. Case studies based on court decisions are identified and discussed. Thinking critically and framing persuasive written and verbal arguments by applying case law to factual settings.
    SP Sem.
  
  • SMGT 1800 - Professional Perspectives in Sport Management

    Hours: 3
    An introduction and orientation to the academic and professional field of sport management. A realistic glimpse into the challenges and opportunities that exist within the diverse world of sport and sport-related organizations. Historical and current trends in the field, as well as sport facility and event management, sport marketing and promotion, sport finance and economics, sport sociology and psychology, communication and sport media, professional, collegiate, and international sport, ethics in sport and sport-related governing bodies are examined. Development of networking skills and partaking in experiential learning exercises.
    FA Sem
    Notes: This course has an additional fee.
  
  • SMGT 2450 - Sociology of Sport - Writing Intensive

    Hours: 3
    An introduction to the scholarship and debates surrounding contemporary issues of American sport. A critical perspective of sport as a significant social institution, and its relationship to the cultural construction and interpretation of race, gender, social class, and (dis)ability. Developing and improving critical analysis skills, understanding the historical and social context underlying the current state of American sport, and becoming more savvy sport culture critics.
    FA Sem. 
    Notes: This course has an additional fee.
  
  • SMGT 2550 - Psychology of Sport

    Hours: 3
    The interaction between psychological variables and performance in sports and physical activity. Because the multifaceted field continues to evolve, it assumes many of its theories and concepts from general, social, personality, and positive psychology as well as exercise physiology and sport sociology. Ideal for those who wish to work in sports or with athletes in some capacity. Introduces the interdisciplinary field of sport psychology, the prevalent theories and concepts within the discipline, and practical applications to the sport and Sport Management.
    SP Sem.
    Notes: This course has an additional fee.
  
  • SMGT 2600 - Global Perspectives in Sport

    Hours: 3
    The international sport environment from a U.S.-based perspective. The international aspects of American sport, and sport outside of the United States. An overview of sport throughout the world, including sports and sport events/competitions, governance, key organizations and actors, management, business and financial elements, marketing, key trends and topics, and cultural significance.
    FA Sem. 
    Prerequisites: SMGT 2450
    Notes: This course has an additional fee.
  
  • SMGT 2900 - Practicum in Sport Management

    Hours: 3
    Combined with field experience, provides an opportunity to apply theories, concepts, and terminology, to practical experience in the field of sport management. Completion of 120 hours in a combined classroom and sport industry setting. A mentor and colleagues assist in lessons of management, leadership, decision making, communication, customer service, etc. Developing as a future professional in the field.
    FA, SP Sems. 
    Prerequisites: SMGT 1800.
    Notes: This course has an additional fee.
  
  • SMGT 3550 - Finance and Economics of Sport

    Hours: 3
    Financial concepts and theories and their application in the professional, collegiate, recreational and commercial sport industries. Topics include revenue and expenses of professional, collegiate, and private sport industries; issues affecting these revenues and expenses; merchandising and fundraising at the intercollegiate level; ownership in sport, and public and private funding for non-profit sports programs. How economic theory applies to sport and recreation, and topics such as cost and market structures of professional sport, the economics of stadiums and arenas, and the economic impact of sport teams on a local economy.
    FA Sem. 
    Prerequisites: SMGT 1800
    Notes: This course has an additional fee.
  
  • SMGT 3850 - Sport Marketing

    Hours: 3
    The application of marketing principles and practices to the sport industry. Theoretical and practical applications of marketing professional and collegiate sports are examined. Marketing sport, both as a spectator and participatory activity. Exploring the marketing process relative to sports in collegiate, recreational, commercial, and professional environments. Topics include: SWOT analysis, market research techniques, identifying target markets and market segmentation, distribution, packaging, promotional developments and strategies, positioning, pricing, and advertising. Unique aspects of sport marketing, applying marketing concepts to sport as a product, and the promotion of sports activities. Understanding sport consumer behavior, sponsorship, licensing, and media relations.
    SP Sem.
    Prerequisites: SMGT 1800
    Notes: This course has an additional fee.
  
  • SMGT 3900 - Independent Study

    Hours: 1-3
    An opportunity to engage in a minimum of 120 hours of non-classroom learning and/or career exploration under the supervision of a qualified individual. Critically analyzing and evaluating practical experiences in light of coursework and career plans.
     
    Prerequisites: SMGT 1800 and permission of instructor.
    Notes: This course is repeatable.
  
  • SMGT 3920 - Event Planning - Writing Intensive

    Hours: 3
    An introduction to special event planning, processes, and management practices. Developing the skills necessary to manage virtually any aspect of a sporting or special event, including contingency plans, logistics, working with vendors, financing, ticketing and admissions, seating design and controls, sponsor and supplier agreements, risk management and insurance, marketing events and licensed merchandise, finding sponsorships, working with governmental agencies, scheduling, and evaluation. Includes actual, hands-on experience volunteering at sport, fitness, or recreational-related events, and are directly involved with planning, organizing, managing, and evaluating a special event.
    SP Sem.
    Prerequisites: SMGT 1800.
    Notes: This course has an additional fee.
  
  • SMGT 3930 - Sport Facility Design and Management

    Hours: 3
    The knowledge, understanding, and competence required for the management of a sport, fitness, recreation, or public assembly facility (including auditoriums, convention centers, high school and college arenas and stadiums; bowling alleys, health clubs, sportsplexes, parks, race tracks, speedways, natatoriums, etc.). The elements of planning, designing, constructing, equipping, operating, staffing, scheduling, financing, marketing, and managing a facility. Examining functions related to maintenance, security, risk management, concessions, merchandising, and evaluation. Problem solving through discussions, case studies, interviews with facility management professionals, and facility site visitations as feasible.
    FA Sem. 
    Prerequisites: SMGT 1800.
    Notes: This course has an additional fee.
  
  • SMGT 4800 - Leadership and Ethics

    Hours: 3
    A reflective study of the underlying principles and the nature of sport as it relates to the issues and trends of contemporary sport in our culture. Reading intensive with a focus on ethics and exploring current topics in management applicable to careers as (sport) managers. Topics include ethics, leadership, decision-making, business philosophy, civility in the workplace, and career fulfillment, etc. A capstone of personal professional development.
    SP Sem. 
    Prerequisites: SMGT 1800.
  
  • SMGT 4900 - Sport Management Internship

    Hours: 6
    A culminating field that includes full-time work for a minimum of 14 weeks with a site supervisor in an approved sport-related business organization. Exposure to organizational structures and functions, gaining additional work experience, the enhancement of employability skills, etc. 240 supervised hours of well-planned and organized practical experience in an area of career interest. A written proposal and approval by an HSS Department faculty member are required. Internships are available in recreation, athletics, corporate fitness centers, athletic clubs, professional sports, country clubs, etc. Applications are required one term in advance of the internship. Obtain the Sport Management Internship Guidelines Manual for additional information.
     
    Prerequisites: SMGT 2900; Senior standing required.
  
  • SOCL 1000 - Introductory Sociology

    Hours: 3
    An introduction to sociology presenting basic concepts such as structure, culture and the organization of societies. The interaction of major social institutions such as family, education, politics, religion, economy and work, and health and medicine. The presence of inequality in class, race, gender, age and sexual orientation is considered. Sociological theories, research methods and critical analysis of domestic and global society are included.
    Notes: Cross-listed with INST 2015.
  
  • SOCL 2040 - Sociology of Gender

    Hours: 3
    The social institutions and cultural norms governing gender relations. Structural inequalities informed by gender, as well as forms of sexism, are reviewed in a variety of cultural and social groups, with a special emphasis on the unequal consequences of gendered social expectations. Examining the changing roles of gender and sexuality in major institutions such as education, media, government, politics, religion, the economy, and family life. Guest speakers, films, research, and theory are included.
  
  • SOCL 2050 - The Criminal Justice System

    Hours: 3
    An introduction to the complex realities of the modern American criminal justice system. Focuses on similarities among the wide variety of local, state, and federal justice systems, and illustrates some of the differences, paying special attention to the role of class and race in the operations of these systems. Comparison with justice systems around the world, using recent cases, readings, discussions, and direct experience. Outside-of-class experiences are required.
    Prerequisites: SOCL 1000.
  
  • SOCL 2060 - Environmental Sociology

    Hours: 3
    How cultures and societies influence, and in turn are shaped, by the natural environment. Examines the natural environment as it relates nationally and globally to culture, societal organization, and social, economic and political policies. Includes the integration of course topics in collaborative local projects to advance sustainability in the community.
  
  • SOCL 2900 - Introduction to Social Justice Studies

    Hours: 3
    We live in a world of rising global insecurity, enduring wars, unprecedented environmental degradation, increasing human rights concerns, and intensifying inequality. Nations, multinational corporations, communities and groups variously struggle to cope with and address these problems. Amidst this upheaval, the global study of social justice and non-violence is proliferating. Exploring the theoretical underpinnings of justice studies as well as analyzing the social action, and reaction, it influences worldwide. Past and current research, and practice, on critical and effective approaches to social justice and advocacy. Systemic barriers and challenges to social justice, organizational and community development, and human rights and social justice strategy frameworks. May include guest speakers, service learning, team projects and/or fieldwork.
  
  • SOCL 2910 - Experimental Course Topics

    Hours: 1-3
    Experimental course topics.
    Notes: This course is repeatable.
  
  • SOCL 3000 - Social Research Methods - Writing Intensive

    Hours: 3
    The basic quantitative and qualitative methods used in contemporary research in social sciences. Research design, methods of data collection, sampling techniques, probability theory, data analysis, ethical issues in research, and writing the research report.
    Prerequisites: SOCL 1000 and MATH 1240.
  
  • SOCL 3020 - Sociology of Family Diversity

    Hours: 3
    The diversity of contemporary families through an examination of relevant research and theory. The links between families and the economy, as well as changing family structures and gender patterns are analyzed. Films, speakers, and a variety of multimedia approaches may be included.
    Prerequisites: SOCL 1000 or permission of instructor.
  
  • SOCL 3030 - Poverty, Wealth, & Inequality

    Hours: 3
    Exploring the paradox that lies in the persistence of poverty in the United States, one of the wealthiest nations in the world. Reflecting on the ways in which poverty and social class in the United States are informed by other structures of inequality such as gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, national origin, and citizenship status. Review of a number of perspectives on the ways the institutional structures that drive socioeconomic inequality impact access to resources and “life chances” for both groups and individuals. Both historical and comparative perspectives are employed to examine U.S. public policies designed to address systemic socioeconomic inequalities, such as: cash assistance, social security, unemployment insurance, parental leave, and health care policy. The various ways poverty intersects with family concerns and influences outcomes at various stages in the life cycle.
    Prerequisites: Sophomore standing or above.
  
  • SOCL 3040 - Global Social Change

    Hours: 3
    The forces that shape global patterns and effects of social change such as globalization, environmental issues and the increasing gap between the global north and global south. Theoretical perspectives that illuminate and explain change, and the variety of global response to such change. Case studies and team service projects incorporate course topics and draw attention to the ways that global change manifests on the local level.
    Prerequisites: SOCL 1000 or permission of instructor.
  
  • SOCL 3050 - Criminology

    Hours: 3
    Types of criminal behavior, theoretical explanations of crime, victimization, and society’s responses to crime are explored.
    Prerequisites: SOCL 1000, or permission of instructor. SOCL 2050 is recommended.
  
  • SOCL 3060 - Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

    Hours: 3
    Racial and ethnic relations in national and global society. 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: Jr standing or above, or permission of instructor.
  
  • SOCL 3070 - Corrections

    Hours: 3
    Theories and concepts introduced in introductory sociology, criminology, social justice and other related courses are built upon throughout an exploration of the corrections system in the broader context of the American and international criminal justice systems. The history, unfolding philosophy, institutions, institutional operations, and problems facing the American criminal justice system in a globally comparative context. Maintaining a historical, sociological perspective of the American corrections and criminal justice system in the emergent global context of corrections.
  
  • SOCL 3100 - Human and Community Service: Organizing Across Race, Class, Gender and Age

    Hours: 3
    Examining the varied forms and roles of non-profit organizations in preparation for work in human and community services. 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. Includes theoretical and practical components to facilitate field experience while studying critical social theory, research, and films related to community service and community activism.
  
  • SOCL 3200 - Global Health

    Hours: 3
    The historical, economic, political, and social factors that shape the unequal distribution of health and burden of disease between global north and global south countries and between socioeconomic groups within countries. Exploring the worldwide impacts of globalization on health, infectious and chronic disease, availability of healthcare, health outcomes and proposed interventions. An overview of development and global health theories and concepts focusing on major global health topics such as environmental health, food security, indigenous health, refugee and migrant health, addiction, war and violence, HIV/AIDS epidemic and STDs, maternal and child health, and health impacts of climate change, among other topics, with special attention to how these intersect with economic, political, social, and cultural forces. Includes the development of a research project in a global health topic of choice to be presented in a forum open to the public.
    Notes: Cross-listed with PUBH 3200.
  
  • SOCL 3900 - Independent Study

    Hours: 0.5-5
    Engaging in individual study and research in an already familiar subject area. Includes preparing a prospectus on previous related academic work, or special area of interest, specific research topic, and an outline for proposed research report.
    Prerequisites: Prereq: SOCL 1000, permission of instructor, and a SOCL course in the area of the independent study.
    Notes: This course is repeatable.
  
  • SOCL 3910 - Experimental Course Topics

    Hours: 1-3
    Experimental course topics.
    Notes: This course is repeatable.
  
  • SOCL 4000 - Sociological Theory - Writing Intensive

    Hours: 3
    The fundamental perspectives that historically and presently shape the foundation of sociological inquiry and research. The origin of the discipline, central debates in the field, the production of knowledge in the field, and the continually evolving state of Sociology.
    Prerequisites: SOCL 1000 and junior or senior standing or above, or permission of instructor.
  
  • SOCL 4010 - Children in the Justice System

    Hours: 3
    The unique position of juveniles within the context of crime, dependency, and criminal justice. Topics 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. May include field trips to juvenile justice facilities.
    Prerequisites: SOCL 1000 or 3050, or permission of instructor.
  
  • SOCL 4098 - Capstone Field Experience

    Hours: 3
    Securing and completing an internship meaningful to interests. In addition to conforming to college internship requirements established by the college (see internship packet), producing a minimum ten page research paper that integrates the internship experience with the essential knowledge gained from sociology, as well as relevant knowledge gained from other disciplines. The final project applies disciplinary knowledge to the issues relevant to the internship experience in order to display capabilities of critical integration, synthesis, and analysis of ideas and practical experience.
    Prerequisites: MATH 1240, SOCL 1000, 3000, and 4000.
  
  • SOCL 4099 - Capstone Research Experience

    Hours: 1-2
    Completion of an independent research project on a topic meaningful to interests. Completion of a twenty page research paper that examines a social problem, policy or some aspect thereof. Conducting library research, as well as interviews with relevant professionals, individuals and organizations. Constructing research tools, such as surveys, secondary data analysis, or observations to support research. Projects demonstrate the essential knowledge gained from sociology, as well as relevant knowledge gained from other disciplines. Papers evidence an integration of theory and research, and apply disciplinary knowledge to the relevant issues in a manner that indicates the capability of critical integration, and synthesis and analysis of ideas in a practical manner, thereby evidencing some mastery of the discipline.
    Prerequisites: Sr standing, or permission of the instructor.  
    Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 3 hrs.
  
  • 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. Arranged individually, usually with local organizations, agencies or companies.
     
    Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and department chairperson required.
    Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 16 hrs.
  
  • SPAN 1000 - Elementary Spanish I

    Hours: 3
    An introduction to the Spanish language and Hispanic culture for those 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, developing and practicing the four skills oral (speaking and listening), and literacy (reading and writing). An introduction to culture in Spanish speaking communities.
  
  • SPAN 1100 - Elementary Spanish II

    Hours: 3
    The second semester of an introduction to the Spanish language and Hispanic culture. Continuing to learn the foundations of Spanish, with the goal of achieving an intermediate level of proficiency. Continued engagement 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.
  
  • SPAN 2000 - Intermediate Spanish Listening and Conversation

    Hours: 3
    Further develops language skills in a cultural context, with a focus on grammar, conversation, and listening. Advancing proficiency in Spanish by communicating orally and by engaging in conversations and debates. Resources such as Spanish language films and short readings are used as points of departure for discussion. Deepens 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.
  
  • SPAN 2100 - Intermediate Spanish Composition and Reading

    Hours: 3
    As a complement to Intermediate Spanish Listening and Conversation, further refines language skills with a focus on grammar, composition, and oral interpretations of prose, poetry, and other texts. Advancing proficiency in Spanish by writing simple compositions and story completion activities. Resources such as Spanish language films and short readings will be used as points of departure for discussion. Reviews complex grammatical structures, including subjunctive mood and compound tenses.
    Prerequisites or Corequisites: SPAN  2000.
  
  • SPAN 2200 - Advanced Spanish Grammar

    Hours: 3
    Sharpening the 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. Reviews complex grammatical structures, including subjunctive mood and compound tenses.
    Every other year, even years.
    Prerequisites: SPAN 2000 and 2100, or permission of instructor.
  
  • SPAN 2300 - Spanish Composition and Creativity

    Hours: 3
    The development of both formal and informal writing skills in Spanish. Various modes of writing, such as creative writing, letters/e-mails, expository, and analytical, are covered. Expands vocabulary, idiomatic usage, and grammar in cultural and written contexts.
    Every other year, odd years. 
    Prerequisites: SPAN 2000 and 2100, or permission of instructor.
  
  • SPAN 2400 - Spanish for the Professions

    Hours: 3
    Selected topics focused on developing spoken language skills in a targeted professional setting (for example, Spanish for the Medical Professions, Spanish for Public Service, etc.).
    Corequisites: SPAN 2000 or instructor permission
    Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 9 hrs.
  
  • SPAN 2910 - Experimental Course Topics

    Hours: 1-3
    Experimental course topics.
    Notes: This course is repeatable.
  
  • SPAN 3000 - Latin American Civilization and Culture

    Hours: 3
    An intensive exploration of Latin-American history, institutions and traditions through films, documentaries and readings. 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.
    FA Sem, every other year, even years. 
    Prerequisites: SPAN 2100 or permission of instructor.
    Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 6 hrs.
  
  • SPAN 3100 - Spanish Civilization and Culture

    Hours: 3
    An intensive exploration of Spanish history, institutions and traditions through films, documentaries and readings. 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.
    FA Sem, every other year, odd years.
    Prerequisites: SPAN 2100 or permission of instructor.
    Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 6 hrs.
  
  • SPAN 3200 - Latin American Literature and Film

    Hours: 3
    The powerful role played by literature and film in the construction and expression of distinctive Latin American identities and realities. Features the most distinguished authors of Latin American literature from the pre-colonial period to the present. Readings are 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.
    SP Sem, every other year, even years.
    Prerequisites: SPAN 3000.
  
  • SPAN 3300 - Spanish Literature and Film

    Hours: 3
    The role played by literature and film in the construction and expression of distinctive Iberian identities and realities. Features distinguished authors of Spanish literature from medieval Spain to the present and emphasizes the multiple identities that comprise the idea of Spain. Readings draw from a variety of genres and regions, which are be placed in dialogue with canonical and thematically-affiliated films from Spain to deepen student understanding of key questions, moments and movements in Spain’s history, and culture.
    SP Sem, every other year, odd years. 
    Prerequisites: SPAN 2100 or instructor permission.
  
  • SPAN 3700 - Content Teaching Methods: Spanish and Latin American Studies

    Hours: 3
    A basic knowledge of language learning theory and national standards, and designing language learning activities based on the theory and standards. Includes a unit on an interdisciplinary theme, and a unit on a contemporary cultural issue. Presenting the lessons from these units during field experience.
    Corequisites: EDUC 3700.
  
  • SPAN 3800 - Special Topics in Spanish and Latin American Studies - Writing Intensive

    Hours: 3
    A single author, set of literary texts, or key movement in Spanish and/or Latin American literature. A deeper and more complex understanding of a specific question or topic. Course focus 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.
    SP Sem. 
    Prerequisites: SPAN 3000.
    Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 6 hrs.
  
  • SPAN 3900 - Independent Study

    Hours: 1-3
    An opportunity to engage in independent study in an area not otherwise available.
    Prerequisites: Instructor permission.
    Notes: This course is repeatable.
  
  • SPAN 4200 - Capstone Experience

    Hours: 3
    An experiential learning experience, such as study abroad, an independent research project, an internship, or a project approved by a faculty adviser, meaningful to interests. In addition to conforming to specific requirements established by the college (such as study abroad requirements, internship requirements, etc.), producing a professional portfolio that integrates the experience with the essential knowledge gained from the study of the Spanish language and its cultures as well as relevant knowledge gained from other disciplines. The final project applies disciplinary knowledge to the issues relevant to the experience in a manner that indicates the student is capable of critical integration, synthesis and analysis of ideas and practical experience.
    Prerequisites: Jr standing or above, and SPAN 3000 or 3100; or permission of instructor.
  
  • SPAN 4900 - Internship

    Hours: 1-16
    Available to majors upon submission of a written proposal as described in the internship packet. Arranged individually usually with local organizations, agencies or companies.
    Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and department chairperson required.
    Notes: This course is repeatable.
  
  • SUST 2010 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

    Hours: 4
    Applications for the analysis of spatial data. Functional applications of GIS along with the advantages and limitations of the tool. Features a multidisciplinary approach with applications to social sciences, economics, political science and the natural sciences. Laboratory exercises include applications of ESRI GIS software as well as field exercises involving surveying and map creation.
  
  • SUST 2750 - Energy Resources

    Hours: 3
    A review of conventional energy resources currently used in First World Countries, focusing on the source of the resources, the energy value of the resources and projected availability of the resource. Serves as a baseline for evaluating potential sources of renewable and more sustainable energy sources (solar, wind, tidal, biofuels, etc.) and the identified limitations of these resources.
    Prerequisites: ESCI 1001 or 1010 or SUST 2010.
  
  • SUST 2800 - Topics: Sustainability Studies

    Hours: 1-3
    An examination of current topics and techniques in the field of sustainability. Emphasizes the development of field and planning methods in the navigation of timely economic energy, environmental, and social phenomena and/or principles.
    Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
    Notes: This course is repeatable.
  
  • SUST 3001 - Environmental Issues and Regulations

    Hours: 3
    An overview of environmental issues and how specific regulatory programs were developed and implemented as a reaction to environmental, public health and safety risks. Major environmental issues such as surface water quality, environmental impacts from construction and development, hazardous waste disposal practices, etc. are discussed. Developing a framework of understanding related to these issues. Exploring how environmental regulations have evolved in an effort to mitigate problems related to specific issues. Opportunities to interact with professionals who have experience working within the regulatory frameworks are included.
  
  • SUST 3900 - Independent Study

    Hours: 1-4
    An opportunity to engage in independent research on an earth or environmental science topic of choice under the direction of a faculty member.
    Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
    Notes: This course is repeatable.
  
  • SUST 4900 - Internship

    Hours: 1-15
    Available to qualified students upon submission of a written proposal. Application to the Sustainability Studies coordinator must be made one term in advance.
    Prerequisites: Instructor permission.
    Notes: This course is repeatable.
  
  • SUST 4950 - Senior Thesis Research

    Hours: 1-3
    Pursuing independent research on a major senior research project in the earth and environmental sciences.
  
  • SYE 3900 - Independent Study

    Hours: 1-3
    Independent study.
    Notes: This course is repeatable.
  
  • SYE 4020 - Undergraduate Research and Creative Work

    Hours: 2
    This seminar will focus attention on the epistimologies across academic discipline, their similarities and distinctions from one another, as students actively engage in these activities.  Discussion will be open, but will likely center around introducing others to students’ methods of creating knowledge, and learning about the methods of others. We will direct attention to the applicability of the various types of knowledge-creation outside of the academic realm, and the various skills that transcend the project the students are completing.  Students enrolled in a research-based or creative-work based capstone, or engaging in senior distinction projects will be eligible for this class, once the facilitator has verified their participation in these projects.
  
  • SYE 4102 - Environmental Sustainability: Brown to Green

    Hours: 3
    “Real world” experience related to decision-making and project management issues typically encountered by environmental professionals and citizens. Emphasizes the multidisciplinary approach to solving environmental problems. Specific projects and case studies are selected that demonstrate economic and social issues are often much more difficult than the environmental solutions.
    Prerequisites: Sr standing, or permission of instructor.
  
  • SYE 4103 - Managing the Transition to Your Career: The Senior Internship Seminar

    Hours: 2
    Sharing concerns and issues related to internships, providing time for active reflection on the lessons and skills learned and are learning, and discussing issues related to transitions to life after college, including finding jobs, developing career plans, transitioning to the first job, relationships, financial issues, and more. Applying and further developing skills in groups and teams through work on team projects chosen by the class.
    Coreq: enrollment in a departmental internship (4900) for minimum of 4 credit hours. May be taken during the semester of the internship or the semester following.
  
  • SYE 4201 - Study Abroad

    Hours: 2
    Enrollment in an off-campus study program. Prior to leaving campus, locating a faculty member willing to serve as a mentor during the experience and who will supervise the journal entries and other requirements. While studying off-campus, submitting electronic journals to the faculty mentor and compiling materials from their off-campus experience to submit upon return to campus. Materials may include: course syllabi and assignments, event programs, news clippings, or other items representative of the experience. Upon return, completing a reflective paper and presentation related to the experience and a project completed while away.
    Prerequisites: Junior standing or above.
  
  • SYE 4202 - Vienna

    Hours: 3
    A century ago, Vienna explodes with creative energy from psychologists, composers, painters, writers, natural scientists, and medical pioneers. Then, the shot, the blood, the open car speeding away for help: Sarajevo in 1914. The killing of the heir to the Austrian throne sends Central Europe down a death spiral that will lead to global horrors and slaughter on a monstrous scale, and end with wide-spread devastation and the stench of rotting flesh in 1945. In many views, another 30 Year’s War. Exploring the history, the environment, the culture of the city, and the events of 1914. Engaging the centennial commemorations of 1914 and comparing and contrasting the Vienna a century later while living and studying in a historic monastery in the heart of Vienna. A weekend in Budapest will add a Hungarian dimension. With the help of Austrian professors students, taking an interdisciplinary approach, including history, the arts, business and economy, and the social scene. Requires reflection, creates a lively interdisciplinary learning experience, and helps to “top off” the Otterbein experience.
    Prerequisites: Instructor permission.
    Notes: This course has an additional fee.
  
  • SYE 4203 - Thailand

    Hours: 3
    Travel as an art form and practicing creating art from travel experiences by using writing and photography to chronicle and explore the significances of a three-week journey to Thailand. While abroad, visiting historically and culturally significant sites in Bangkok, exploring temple ruins at Ayutthaya Historical Park, completing a volunteer residency at Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai, and drafting final projects during a writing retreat on Koh Samui. Travel will be guided by experimentations with effective photography and reflective journaling techniques and investigations of ethical dilemmas faced by international travelers. Experiencing first-hand the effects of tourism on Thai economies and learning about the history of elephants’ paradoxical treatment in Thai society. Through daily full-class discussions and guided writing assignments, students from a wide variety of majors share their discipline-specific perspectives on these experiences. Final projects will use photography and writing to reflect on the time in Thailand and the return to the U.S.
    Notes: This course has an additional fee.
  
  • SYE 4204 - Health Equity: Issues with Minority Health

    Hours: 3
    Issues related to Minority Health. Topics discussed include: the health care system and how it affects to minority health, a review of chronic disease, personal behaviors and their relationship to minority health.
  
  • SYE 4205 - Africa

    Hours: 3
    A service-learning travel experience in which both the major and general education programs of study are brought to bear to seek understanding of contemporary Africa. A powerful life-changing and life-affirming experience that serves as a capstone to the undergraduate experience as well as a steppingstone to life beyond Otterbein. A single African nation will be selected each year. These will include, but are not anticipated to be limited to, Rwanda and Malawi.
    Notes: This course has an additional fee.
  
  • SYE 4206 - Off Campus Student Group

    Hours: 1-3
    Groups initiate their own proposal for enhanced off-campus experiences. Experiences require engagement in an aspect of applying skills and knowledge from majors in one department, with majors from other departments. Requires a faculty adviser and a proposal approved by the SYE Advisory Committee, and completion of assignments and presenting of work.
    Prerequisites: Sr standing and permission of instructor.
    Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 3 hrs.
  
  • SYE 4207 - Cultural Heritage: Travel in Spain

    Hours: 3
    The Iberian Peninsula has been home to many cultures and traditions over the past millennia, including ancient Romans, the Muslim Caliphate, Sephardi Jews, and Christians. The nation of Spain has seen significant conflicts, notably the Spanish Inquisition which lasted over several centuries and the Civil War of the twentieth century. UNESCO (a branch of the United Nations) has designated a number of sites in Spain as World Heritage Sites, meaning they hold significant “universal value” for all humanity. Studying the visual, material, and cultural heritage of this fascinating and diverse country. Meet regularly during spring semester on campus, then travels to Spain in early May to study in person art, architecture, historic sites and monuments. Engaging with multiple disciplines (art history, religion, literature, history, economics, and more) to deepen our knowledge and understanding of Spanish culture. While examining the effects of historic preservation, urban planning, and tourism on communities, considering overall the significance of cultural heritage in local, national, and international contexts.
    Prerequisites: Instructor permission.
    Notes: This course has an additional fee.
  
  • SYE 4208 - Mitakuye Oyasin: Travel to Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation

    Hours: 3
    Visiting the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota, the home of the Sicangu Oyate, also known as the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. Learning the rich history and culture of Rosebud and other Lakota Sioux peoples through readings and cultural experiences led by Lakota teachers, artists, musicians and dancers, and political and religious leaders. Participating in service learning activities, with a focus on those that relate to the unique public health challenges of Indian reservations. A partnership with Sinte Gleska, Rosebud’s tribal university, will provide opportunities to get to know Lakota people and learn about contemporary native issues and perspectives. A unique and moving cross-cultural experience.
  
  • SYE 4209 - Costa Rica in the 21st Century: Sustainability and Globalization

    Hours: 3
    Costa Rica in the 21st Century: Sustainability and Globalization.
  
  • SYE 4210 - Italy Wasn’t Built in a Day: Preservation of Cultural Heritage from the Macro to the Micro

    Hours: 3
    Studies cultural heritage from two disciplines: chemistry and sociology. Investigates which artifacts from Italy’s rich history are restored and maintained, how they do so, whose values are reflected, and how powerful scientific, social, relational, economic, environmental, and political forces influence preservation. With chemistry at a micro-level, how restoration labs go about their scientific work on, for example, entire cities, frescoes, sculpture, and architecture. With sociology at a macro-level, understanding the contemporary and historical context at each site, and what restorations means for culture and identity.
  
  • SYE 4211 - Globalization, Society, and Individuals

    Hours: 3
    Today, our lives are deeply affected by a wide variety of forces of globalization. We cannot fully understand any of the issues on the American political, economic, social, and technological scenes without understanding the forces of globalization and America’s engagement in the global system. The same is true for citizens of every country. Everyone is embedded, for good or bad, in the global system, one that is constantly changing. Examining a wide variety of forces of globalization, that is, political/legal, economic, socio-cultural, environmental, and technological dimensions of globalization, and their impacts on societies and individuals. Emphasizing an interdisciplinary approach, encompassing economics, political science/international relations, business/global business, IT, environmental science, law, humanities, and sociology. The necessary conceptual and theoretical foundations to understand today’s global challenges, focusing heavily on analyzing empirical evidences (i.e. contemporary issues and debates caused by deepening worldwide integration and interconnectedness that are defined as globalization). Based on the premise that reasoning based on solid analytics and rigorous empirical evidences will lead to better choices and decisions in connection with globalization and, thus, better outcomes for global human well-being. Provides the theatrical and empirical tools necessary to construct our own interpretations of what globalization is and what it means, engaging effectively with diverse, competing views on various issues of globalization. Supplies the tools needed to elaborate well-developed opinions on the enormously complex issues that globalization will create over our lifetimes, with special emphasis on the role of each student as a global citizen and leader. Pulling together our knowledge and skills in ways that can be applied to contemporary issues and challenges, taking time to reflect on our education as a whole and its future uses, and identifying and using resources as we move towards the transition to life beyond college.
  
  • SYE 4301 - Communication and Society

    Hours: 3
    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. Exploring 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. Topics include: considering seminal theories about why we communicate, what we communicate about and how we communicate to individuals and large populations; analyzing cases in 21st century communication situations and how our disciplinary backgrounds influence what we understand and how we understand it; assessing how each of us relate to the personal and social communication networks in which are we enmeshed; and evaluating how all of this bears on our development as persons and professionals acting in the communities in which we live. Empowering more informed choices as we 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.
  
  • SYE 4302 - High Stakes: The 20XX Presidential Election

    Hours: 3
    The social and political correlates of the presidential election process, focusing on the presidential elections. Topics will include voting behaviors, the role of PACs and special interest groups, political advertising, and the Electoral College. Analyzing the outcomes of elections. Includes hands on experience through work at polling sites or volunteering with campaigns of choice.
  
  • SYE 4402 - Engaging Cultures: Appalachia in the City

    Hours: 3
    The historical migration of Appalachians into Midwestern cities and the contemporary experiences of Appalachians in Cincinnati and Columbus. Calling on many perspectives, including our own, and using 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. Includes an opportunity to serve on-site with a local non-profit agency that helps to meet the needs of local people with Appalachian histories, and numerous chances to engage with readings, case studies, and problem-solving activities. Exploring academic materials, reading literature, investigating policies and agencies, practicing ethnographic description, working together to propose solutions to problems and issues discovered and considered important within Appalachian communities. Reflecting on cultural encounters and transitions while observing the cultural encounters and transitions of others.
  
  • SYE 4403 - Community, Change, and Leadership in Non-Profit Organizations

    Hours: 3
    An integrated service-learning opportunity which establishes the conceptual basis and need for forming, joining, and participating in non-profit and social service organizations. Examining the history of these endeavors, surveying concepts, reflecting on form, reflecting on our definitions of “altruism” and “community,” and reviewing the current status of our participation in volunteer and non-profit organizations. Efforts are concentrated on group consulting projects. Working as members of a small group consulting team or as members of a whole-class consulting team. Teams are assigned a non-profit or social service organization that wishes to improve its effectiveness as an organization, and each team applies Appreciative Inquiry or another highly recognized consulting strategy in developing a plan for leading the organization through a change process. Weekly personal response papers are folded into the group organizational development plans. Creating autobiographical portfolios which include personal conceptions of both the transitions experienced as graduation from Otterbein nears, and projections of our future roles. Group and individual presentations are required.
    Prerequisites: Completion of 96 credit hours, and completion of at least 6 of the 8 Integrative Studies courses.
  
  • SYE 4404 - Artists in the Schools

    Hours: 3
    The skills needed to conduct hands-on workshops teaching our art forms in schools and other community centers. The history of “artist residencies.” Experienced teaching artists convey methods of presenting their art to a wide variety of audiences. Preparing our own lesson plans, and conducting residencies in area schools and other sites to gain practice in teaching our art from a personal point of view.
  
  • SYE 4405 - From Bible to Neighbor

    Hours: 3
    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.” Exploring the Judeo-Christian injunction to neighbor-love. Examining who is one’s neighbor, and what it means to love one’s neighbor. Beginning with Biblical sources, but also examining the reception of this injunction in secular philosophical and theoretical sources. Requires the development and completion of a group action project that applies the injunction.
  
  • SYE 4406 - Inventing the Self and the Future

    Hours: 3
    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. Discovering 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. 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. Writing a series of life stories, memoirs/personal essays, all from a 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.
  
  • SYE 4407 - Silence and the Golden Years: Engaging the Language and Culture of the Senior Deaf Community

    Hours: 3
    Deaf does not mean different. Includes exposure to Deaf culture, some American Sign Language, and offers an opportunity to engage with elderly citizens within the Deaf Community by completing a client-oriented project.
  
  • SYE 4408 - Otterbein’s Tradition of Service and The United Brethren Church

    Hours: 3
    Explores the historical roots of Otterbein’s tradition of service, and 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. Explores 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. Reflecting upon our own experiences, beliefs, and values. What have been the experiences that have shaped our personal choices, for example, regarding career, academic major, participation in volunteer service, orientation toward contemporary social issues? What are the questions we have about decisions currently faced and plans for the future? How can reflection on our own experiences, our education, and work and volunteer activity help fashion our plans for the future? How does learning about a variety of philosophical, ethical, and religious views help choose our own viewpoints? Focusing on the many choices people face today in regard to these questions, and also upon developing a sense of where we came from and of what that has to do with where we are going. Involves community engagement through investigation, service and the sharing of the perspective the class provides.
  
  • SYE 4910 - Experimental Course Topics

    Hours: 1-3
    Experimental course topics.
    Notes: This course is repeatable.
  
  • THR 1000 - Theatre Fundamentals

    Hours: 3
    A basic introduction to all aspects of theatre, including script analysis, dramatic theory, basic aesthetics, acting, directing, design and technical theatre. An examination of departmental policies and operations.
    FA Sem. 
    Prerequisites: Open to Theatre majors only.
    Notes: This course has an additional fee.
  
  • THR 1010 - Theatre Practicum I

    Hours: 1
    Basic instruction in supervised production processes of scenery, lighting, costumes, and other areas of technical theatre for theatre productions.
    FA Sem. 
    Prerequisites: Open to Theatre majors only, or permission of instructor.
    Notes: Open to non-majors.
  
  • THR 1020 - Theatre Practicum II

    Hours: 1
    Basic instruction in supervised production processes of scenery, lighting, costumes, and other areas of technical theatre for theatre productions.
    SP Sem. 
    Prerequisites: Open to Theatre majors only, or permission of instructor.
  
  • THR 1110 - Scenery and Properties Technology

    Hours: 3
    Building, rigging, and stagecraft techniques for scenic elements. Construction techniques for building properties for use in production.
    FA Sem
    Prerequisites: Open to Theatre majors only.
    Notes: This course has an additional fee.
  
  • THR 1120 - Costumes Technology I

    Hours: 3
    Sewing and patterning techniques for costume elements.
    FA Sem.
    Prerequisites: Open to Theatre majors only.
    Notes: This course has an additional fee.
  
  • THR 1130 - Lighting Technology I

    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.
    FA Sem. 
    Prerequisites: Open to Theatre majors only.
  
  • THR 1140 - Sound Technology I

    Hours: 3
    Techniques for setting up and controlling sound elements in production.
    SP Sem
    Prerequisites: Open to Theatre majors only.
  
  • THR 1160 - Drafting Technology

    Hours: 3
    Computer-Aided Drafting techniques and some hand drafting techniques for theatrical elements in production.
    SP Sem
    Prerequisites: Open to Theatre majors only.
  
  • 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.
    FA Sem.
    Prerequisites: Open to Theatre majors only, or permission of instructor.
    Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 21 hrs.
  
  • THR 1510 - Special Topics in Acting

    Hours: 3
    Special topics related to the craft of acting. Topics may include: in-depth exploration of specific acting methods and techniques inspired by the work of Stanislavsky, Michael Chekhov, Viewpoints, Meisner, etc. May also focus on acting techniques and exercises specifically geared toward children’s theatre, creative dramatics, devised theatre, etc.
    SP Sem
    Prerequisites: THR 1500 and open to Theatre majors only, or permission of instructor.
    Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 21 hrs.
  
  • THR 1515 - Survey of Acting & Directing - Writing Intensive

    Hours: 3
    Foundational experience with the skills associated with acting and directing. Opportunities to act and direct in a non-pressured environment. Fosters a deeper understanding of and appreciation for the art and craft of the actor and director. Designed for those who do not intend to pursue these careers. Includes working on multiple drafts of discipline-specific writing, and fostering better communication as collaborators with designers.
    Prerequisites: Open to Theatre majors only.
  
  • THR 1600 - Stage Make-Up

    Hours: 2
    Instruction and practical experience in the art of make-up for the stage.
    FA, SP Sems
    Prerequisites: Open to Theatre majors only, or permission of instructor.
    Notes: This course has an additional fee.
 

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