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2019-20 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Interdisciplinary Programs & Courses
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Interdisciplinary
ID 100A Becoming a Lifelong Learner
(1 credit)
Designed to assist incoming first-year students in becoming acclimated to the university culture and its academic expectations. Students will critically examine themselves as lifelong learners, exploring techniques and strategies to use as they adapt to the structures, routines and expectations of college life. Students examine their academic goals, personal strengths, and identify areas for further development; become familiar with college resources and services through in-class presentations from campus staff. The course guides students to explore various time management strategies, examine their values, and strengthen their knowledge of effective study techniques.
This course is required for all students admitted to the University who attend the Gateway to Success Summer program.
ID 100B Becoming a Lifelong Learner
(1 credit)
Designed for students to examine their academic goals, personal strengths, and identify areas for further development, this proactive course guides students in reviewing learning strategies and study skill techniques. This course assists students to recognize their learning style and learn how other factors such as health & wellness, and finances affect a student’s academic success and satisfaction in college. Students will convert their theoretical knowledge of learning strategies to practical application in the college classroom. Ultimately, the goals of this course are to help facilitate a smooth transition to college and lay the foundation for a successful college career.
This course is required for all students admitted to the University via the Gateway to Success program.
ID 101 Science in Civilization I
In this course, students learn and apply basic concepts of physics and chemistry. The interrelationships among the fields of science are stressed, and concepts are reinforced throughout the semester. Basic problem-solving skills are emphasized in both lecture and the required laboratory component. The goal of the course is to produce scientifically literate students who are able to make informed decisions in an increasingly technologically oriented world. This is a one-semester, stand-alone course for non-science majors, including those who are preparing for the teaching profession. Topics covered include the nature of science, the scientific method, motion, gravity, energy, laws of thermodynamics, electricity, magnetism, waves, light, chemical reactions and nuclear energy.
Three class hours and three laboratory hours weekly.
Prerequisite: Satisfactory performance on the mathematics placement inventory or successful completion of MA 100 is required.
ID 102 Science in Civilization II
In this course, students learn and apply basic concepts of astronomy, geology and biology. The interrelationships among the fields of science are stressed, and concepts are reinforced throughout the semester. Basic problem-solving skills are emphasized in both lecture and the required laboratory component. The goal of the course is to produce scientifically literate students who are able to make informed decisions in an increasingly technologically oriented world. This is a one-semester, stand-alone course for non-science majors, including those who are preparing for the teaching profession. Topics covered include astronomy, the origin and evolution of life, the nature of living things, geology, weather, aquatic systems, human biology and genetics.
Three class hours and three laboratory hours weekly.
Prerequisite: Satisfactory performance on the mathematics placement inventory or successful completion of MA 100 is required. ID 101 is not a prerequisite for this class.
ID 125 Strategic Career Planning
(2 credits)
This course is designed to broaden the scope of the professional decision-making process and develop competencies in successfully transitioning from college to career. Emphasis is placed on developing a solid foundation for major selection, career exploration, job and internship search strategies, self-assessment, and interview preparation. The class requires students to develop professional branding materials and explore careers of interest. All students enrolled in the course are required to complete assignments that culminate with the development of a personalized strategic career plan. This course is open to all class levels.
ID 135 AU Blueprint
(2 credits)
This course is designed to assist you in establishing good academic standing as well as gain insight on skills that will strengthen your academic acumen and become self-responsible learners. You will be provided with tools you need to design your educational goals at Arcadia. Discussions and activities will revolve around seizing opportunities, strengthening organizational skills, discovering new ways of learning, uncovering pathways for major and career, and becoming resilient.
ID 228 Shakespeare on Stage with Seniors
The class offers students the opportunity to engage in a cross-cultural and cross-generational experience using a dramatic text as the initial point of contact. Students will study, analyze and discuss the text; learning skills necessary create and perform as the characters from Shakespeare’s plays. They will, as a class, travel to an established senior citizen community and share what they have learned. They will work with the senior citizens as they rehearse and perform scenes from the chosen Shakespeare comedy reversing age appropriate roles with the senior citizens. The purpose is to engage and connect with the members of a community outside of their own and participate in the creation of a theatrical experience along with that community.
Prerequisite: EN 101
ID 252 Laughing Matters
Why do we laugh? What is laughter? What makes something funny? How do we laugh? In this course, students will investigate, discuss and analyze the science, theories, and effects of laughter and humor. Through the study of the science of laughter, physiological and psychological processes about the brain and laughing will be investigated. The social, physical, and mental benefits will be experienced and analyzed through participation and exploration of laughter yoga, stand up performance, physical comedy, improvisation and interactive games. Through the exploration of mass media (digital, print, broadcast, and outdoor media), students will develop a comedic eye while discussing observations of various sociological and political perspectives. The universality of educational competencies of laughter and humor will be applied and implemented through a sustained fieldwork experience with elementary students and the building of a culminating project with those students.
Students will be required to obtain three clearances (FBI, Child Abuse, and Criminal Record Check) prior to participating in the fieldwork experience.
ID 325 Artist in the Community
This course fulfills the Global Connections Experience requirement and has been designed with the criteria for those experiences in mind. It provides a sustained cross-cultural experience in conjunction with local schools and community organizations. Students engage in personal creative development through various hands on art projects within the first section of the course. Beginning in weeks five or six, the second section provides the opportunity for students to take that creative expression to the community in order to explore the power of art to bring people together, create connections across differences, and re-create community spaces. Community service hours in organizations occur primarily during class time. The course concludes with an art exhibit of student work to be shared with the Arcadia community, friends and family. Students from a variety of disciplines are invited to enroll and no particular prior background experiences in the arts are required. All students are required, however, to make a commitment to stretching beyond the familiar as they meet new people and engage in individual and community art making.
Note: Background checks and child abuse clearances are required for some locations.
ID 330 Inside Out
This unique, experimental course is affiliated with the national Inside/Out program. The class meetings will take place at the Philadelphia Prison System’s House of Corrections where students have the opportunity to learn about the criminal justice system in the United States. The class is composed of Arcadia students (outside) and incarcerated individuals (inside). Inside and outside students meet once a week in the House Of Corrections to discuss readings related to the course topic and to work on research projects. Students must be willing to abide by the rules and procedures of the prison and the Inside/Out program. Enrollment in the course is by permission of the Arcadia Inside Our program coordinator only.
Note: An approved application and background checks are required for this course. The course also requires travel time to and from the facility in Northeast Philadelphia.
Note: An approved application and background checks are required for this course.
ID 330A Inside Out: Art (Representational Drawings)
Many advanced drawing classes focus on developing personal vision and style. In Representational Drawing, participants will review drawing basics – line, tone, perspective and composition, but the class will emphasize specific techniques required to render textures, surfaces, transparency, etc. – in fact, various ways to produce realistic still life subjects in graphite, charcoal and ink. Though the class is considered to be “advanced,” this label primarily reflects its discrete goal – i.e., the generation of accurate, realistic drawings. There are no prerequisites, though Drawing I (FA 104 ) and Drawing II (FA 105 ) are recommended.
Goals:
- To provide students with a comprehensive repertoire of techniques require to generate representational images.
- To foster an environment for exchange of creative solutions and discussion related to the value of representational art.
- To encourage thought and discussion of the relevance of art-making in restrictive settings and attitudes toward art produced in such settings.
- To foster connections between participants on the inside and on the outside.
- To promote creative problem solving within the perceived limitations associated with representational drawing.
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