You’re invited to attend... January Session 2023 at Millikin University.
In this catalog you will find a wide range of courses and flexible meeting times.
We’ve designed our course offerings to fit the needs of
• Current Millikin Students
• Adult Enrichment Learners (non degree seeking students)
• Students attending other universities who want to earn credits while home for break
• High School Students wanting to gain credits in escrow
We discounted tuition for our January Immersion 2023 courses and made it easy for you to enroll. You can register any one of the following ways:
• Online: http://www.millikin.edu/immersion
• Phone: 217.424.6217
• In person: Registrar’s Office Gorin Hall, Room 16
You can find the registration form in the back of the class listings or online (see above link).
This winter we are offering several ONLINE courses to make it easy for students not in the central Illinois area to have access to top quality Millikin education.
Look at the range of offerings prepared by our creative faculty. I think you’ll find that winter is a great time to develop new skills or to concentrate on a course you want (or need) to take. An immersion course can help you graduate early, improve your grade point average, or provide a once in a lifetime experience.
Join us for a great winter of learning,
Dr. Nancy Curtin Director, Summer School & Immersion Programs
Millikin University adheres to the following policy with regards to the recruitment and admission of students, awarding financial aid or other assistance, provision and management of housing facilities, counseling of students, employment of individuals, the conduct of University sponsored programs or events, and the overall administration of the University:
Calendar
Wednesday, November 9, 2022 Registration begins for January immersion term .
Last day to register for immersion classes will be the day before each class starts.
Monday, December 19, 2022 January immersion term begins (see course descriptions for actual start and end dates for classes).
Scheduled Courses
This bulletin contains a list of courses planned for January immersion. Students should be aware that most of these courses have enrollment limits and thus, seats may be limited It is also possible that some courses will be canceled due to low enrollment. Therefore, students should include alternates on the Registration Form.
Priority in registration for oversubscribed courses is given to degree candidates at Millikin University
Internship/Independent/Directed Study
In addition to the scheduled courses in this bulletin, a limited number of Millikin faculty are available for internship/independent study/directed study courses during the January immersion term.
One academ ic credit is given for every 40 hours of internship, and every internship must be approved through the appropriate department. The internship, independent study, and directed study fees are set at $499 per credit hour plus a $22 per credit hour university fee. Credit will NOT be granted for experiences prior to registration for the internship. No internship registration will be accepted after January 6, 2023.
No person shall, on the basis of race, color, sex, age, handicap, national or ethnic origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity sponsored by the University.
To receive academic credit for internship/independent study/directed study courses, students must complete their registration at the University. A Millikin faculty member serves as a supervisor and, generally, a plan for the internship/independent study/directed study is discussed well in advance. The student and faculty supervisor shall complete the approved individual study contract form available from the Registrar. This form and the required paperwork must be filed with the Registrar by Friday, January 6, 2023, for the January immersion term . In most areas, it is the student’s responsibility to arrange the details of the internship.
Faculty/staff tuition waivers do not apply to internship/independent study/directed study courses
Registration Procedures
Registration for Millikin students may be completed in person at the Registrar’s Office (Gorin Hall) or online beginning Wednesday, November 9, 2022. Payment may be mailed or made in person at the Office of Student Financial Services in Shilling Hall, Room 119.
Online registration for January immersion courses closes the day before the course starts.
Continuing Millikin Students
Students currently enrolled as degree candidates at Millikin University may enroll in January immersion courses by registering online.
New Millikin Students
Students who have been admitted to Millikin for Fall 2023 may enroll in the January immersion term courses. Courses taken during January will become a part of the student’s Millikin transcript. The student should submit the Registration
Form, found on the back page of this bulletin, to the Registrar’s Office.
Visiting Students
Full or part time students attending other colleges or universities may enroll as visiting students for the January immersion term.
Visiting students should complete and submit the Registration Form, found in this bulletin, or available online at <http://www.millikin.edu/immersion>.
The Registration Form should be submitted to the Registrar’s Office. Visiting students are responsible for verifying with their home institutions that the courses they take at Millikin are appropriate to their academic plans and can be transferred to the home institution.
Millikin University Registrar’s Office 1184 W. Main St. Decatur, IL 62522
217 424 6217
Current High School Students or Recent High School Graduates
Millikin invites high school students to enroll with special student status. This option is appropriate for juniors or seniors who have strong academic preparation (generally a B or better average in related high school courses). High school students should complete and submit the Registration Form, found in this bulletin, or available online at <http://www.millikin.edu/immersion>.
The Registration Form should be submitted to the Registrar’s Office.
Immersion courses may be applied toward a Millikin degree if the student is admitted later and enrolls as a degree candidate. Students may be able to transfer these courses to other institutions.
Adult Enrichment Courses
Courses with the designation Adult Enrichment are designed to be of interest to adults in the area. Community adults will be able to enroll in these courses for the reduced fee of $167 per
credit hour ($500 for a three-credit course). Expectations for these students will be identical to the traditional student. No credits or grade will be issued. No currently enrolled college students are eligible to take a course as an Adult Enrichment course.
Tuition and Other Charges
Scheduled one credit courses $499 Scheduled two credit courses $998 Scheduled three credit courses $1497 Scheduled four credit courses $1995 Internship $499 per credit
Independent Study $499 per credit Directed Study $499 per credit University wide comprehensive fee $22.00 per credit
Adult Education (non transcript adults) $167 per credit hour (or $500 for a 3 credit course)
Tuition and fees will be billed to the student It is advisable to remit payment as soon as the registration is processed. Payment can be made online or in person at the Office of Student Financial Services, Shilling Hall, Room 119, or by mail to:
Millikin University
Office of Student Financial Services 1184 W. Main St. Decatur, IL 62522
217 424 6312
Email the Registrar at aberry@millikin.edu
IMPORTANT REFUND INFORMATION:
University Tuition Refund Schedule
January Immersion Term
Withdrawal from courses (including ONLINE courses):
Tuition Refunds
Withdrawal from any course
• There is a full refund before 8:00 a.m. of the first day of class
• There is a 50% refund through 5:00 p.m. of the first day of class
• There is no refund after 5:00 p.m. of the first day of class
Each student is financially responsible for courses in which he or she is enrolled. If it becomes necessary to drop a course, the student is responsible for submitting the proper form (available in the Registrar’s Office). Simply not attending or ceasing to attend a class does not constitute a formal withdrawal. The instructor cannot withdraw the student; proper paperwork must be completed at the Registrar’s Office. If you must withdraw and are unable to come to the University to complete the proper paperwork due to extenuating circumstances, you may call the Registrar’s Office at 217 424 6217 or email the Registrar, Alex Berry at aberry@millikin.edu.
Insufficient Enrollment
The University reserves the right to cancel courses for which there is insufficient enrollment. Courses may be canceled for other unforeseen circumstances as well.
Attendance
Due to the short duration of January term courses, attendance is imperative. Each faculty member establishes an individual definition of satisfactory classroom attendance and informs students of this policy. Students are expected to attend regularly scheduled class meetings and laboratory sessions.
It is the student’s responsibility to report circumstances regarding their absence to the instructor as soon as possible. In the event a student has difficulty reaching the instructor to report an absence, the Center for Academic & Professional Performance will assist the student at 217 362 6224
In case of an emergency that could close the University, please contact Campus Public Safety at 217-464-8888.
Final Examinations
Final examinations for most courses will be given at the last scheduled class meeting. The specific hour will be announced by the instructor.
Course Evaluations
We provide a convenient online approach for evaluating each course. You will receive email instructions prior to the end of your summer term course about how to log in to MyMillikin to complete the evaluation process, and you will have until the end date of the class to complete the evaluation. All answers and comments are anonymous, reported back to the faculty and administrators as data from students in the class. Comments are reported back as text without names attached. Your evaluations are an important contribution in the development of the highest quality learning experiences possible at Millikin University.
Grading
Grades are posted on MUonline at the end of the January immersion term . Incomplete grades awarded for course work must be resolved by the eighth week of the Spring 2023 semester. If an incomplete is not resolved by that time, a grade of ‘F’ will be recorded. The full policy regarding incomplete grades is listed in the current Millikin University Bulletin.
Library Facilities
The library will be open most days and some early evenings during the January immersion session. Full hours are posted on the library’s web site, at <https://www.millikin.edu/staley/about library>
Housing
For questions about campus housing during the immersion period, please contact Campus Life at 217 424 6395 or via em ail at campuslife@millikin.edu before December 1, 2022
Student Accommodations
Students who are seeking classroom accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act should submit documentation to the Office of Student Success at the time of registration.
Classrooms
Classroom assignments will be posted online at MyMillikin. Go to MUonline, then Course Listings, and select term: Summer Immersion 2021 Then select subject for course. Then submit. Classroom changes will be announced on MUonline You m ay also contact the Registrar’s Office for classroom assignments at 217 424 6217
University Study Requirements
With each course listing, current Millikin students will find in what way the course can fulfill their University Study requirements.
Technology Help
If you have never attended Millikin and need help with any technology issues (such as account help, network connection, wireless device connection, etc.), please visit the Help
Desk area in Shilling Hall Room 106 MondayFriday between the hours of 8:00 am 4:00 pm. The Help Desk is also available by phone at 217 362 6488, or email at infotech@millikin.edu Technology help and resources can be found online as well at https://www.millikin.edu/IT
Additional Information
Additional information is available from the January immersion Office, Shilling Hall, Room 209, at 217 424 6205
The Summer Immersion term course offerings, meeting times, and room assignments are subject to change.
Questions about admission and registration issues should be directed to Alex Berry, Registrar, Room 16, Gorin Hall, phone 217 424 6217 or email the Registrar at aberry@millikin.edu.
INDEX OF JANUARY 2023 COURSES
BU 250 01 (CRN: 20043) Written Business Communication p. 9
CO 200 01 (CRN: 20044) Public Speaking p. 9
CO 306 01 (CRN: 20069) or IN 250 05 (CRN: 20074) Hollywood Cinema
p. 9
DA 110 01 (CRN: 20045) Dance Appreciation p. 10
ED 115 01 (CRN: 20046) Strategies for Individuals with Learning Disabilities
p. 10
ED 120-01 (CRN: 20047) Introduction to American Education p. 10
ED 210 01 (CRN: 20048) Human Development
p. 10
ED 306 01 (CRN: 20049) Methods & Assessment in Elementary Science Education p. 11
ED 310 01 (CRN: 20050) Community of Learners p. 11
EN 220 01 (CRN: 20051) or IN 250 01 (CRN: 20070) The Handmaid’s Tale............................... p. 11
EN 220 02 (CRN: 20053) or IN 250 03 (CRN: 20072) From South Park to Big Mouth p. 11
EN 220 03 (CRN: 20052) or IN 250 02 (CRN: 20071) Noir Fiction
p. 12
EN 220 04 (CRN: 20054) or IN 250 04 (CRN: 20073) Sports on Film p. 12
EN 335 01 (CRN: 20055) Global Haiku Traditions p. 12
ES 360 01 (CRN: 20056) The World Anti Doping Agency p. 13 ES 482 01 (CRN: 20057) Global Sport Issues p. 13
IN 251 03 (CRN: 20077) Emerging Adulthood p.13
IN 350 01 (CRN: 20078) Global Citizenship & K pop p. 13 IN 350 04 (CRN: 20081) Ecocriticism: Nature & the Environment in Latin American Culture
p. 14 MH 260 01 (CRN: 20058) Intro to Film Music: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly p. 14 MK 200 01 (CRN: 20059) Principles of Marketing p. 14
OL 355 01 (CRN: 20060) or IN 350 03 (CRN: 20080) Global Leadership p. 14 PH 215 01 (CRN: 20061) or IN 251 01 (CRN: 20075) Business Ethics p. 15 PH 360 01 (CRN: 20062) or IN 350 02 (CRN: 20079) Conspiracy Theories p. 15
SO 220 01 (CRN: 20063) or IN 251 02 (CRN: 20076) Sociology of Pop Culture and Media p. 16 SP 360 01 (CRN: 20064) Ecocriticism in Latin American Literature
p. 16 TH 355-01 (CRN: 20065) Designing Disney- Travel Course p. 16 TH 381 01 (CRN: 20066) New Musicals Workshop p. 16
UNIVERSITY STUDIES (General Education) COURSES
United States Cultural & Structural Studies (IN250 & IN251) courses:
IN 250 01 (CRN: 20070) The Handmaid’s Tale p. 11 IN 250 03 (CRN: 20072) From South Park to Big Mouth p. 11 IN 250 02 (CRN: 20071) Noir Fiction p. 12 IN 250 04 (CRN: 20073) Sports on Film
p. 12 IN 251 01 (CRN: 20075) Business Ethics p. 15 IN 251 03 (CRN: 20077) Emerging Adulthood
p. 13 IN 251-02 (CRN: 20076) Sociology of Pop Culture and Media p. 16
Global Issues (IN350) courses:
IN 350 02 (CRN: 20079) Conspiracy Theories in a Global Context p. 15 IN 350 01 (CRN: 20078) Global Citizenship and K pop
p. 13 IN 350-03 (CRN: 20080) Global Leadership p. 14 IN 350 04 (CRN: 20081) Ecocriticism: Nature & the Environment in Latin American Culture p. 14
International Cultures & Structures (ICS) courses:
EN 335 01 (CRN: 20055) Global Haiku Traditions p. 12 ES 482 01 (CRN: 20057) Global Sports Issues
p. 13
IN 350 01 (CRN: 20078) Global Citizenship and K pop p. 13
SP 360 01 (CRN: 20064) Ecocriticism in Latin American Literature p. 16
Creative Arts Requirement (CAR) courses:
DA 110 01 (CRN: 20045) Dance Appreciation p. 10 EN 335 01 (CRN: 20055) Global Haiku Traditions p. 12 TH 355 01 (CRN: 20065) Designing Disney Travel Course p. 16
ONLINE COURSES:
BU 250 01 (CRN: 20043) Written Business Communication p. 9 CO 200 01 (CRN: 20044) Public Speaking.................................................................................... p. 9
DA 110 01 (CRN: 20045) Dance Appreciation p. 10 ED 115 01 (CRN: 20046) Strategies for Individuals with Learning Disabilities
p. 10 ED 120-01 (CRN: 20047) Introduction to American Education p. 10 ED 210 01 (CRN: 20048) Human Development p. 10
ED 306 01 (CRN: 20049) Methods & Assessment in Elementary Science Education p. 11
ED 310 01 (CRN: 20050) Community of Learners p. 11 EN 220 01 (CRN: 20051) or IN 250 01 (CRN: 20070) The Handmaid’s Tale............................... p. 11 EN 220-03 (CRN: 20053) or IN 250-03 (CRN: 20072) From South Park to Big Mouth p. 11
EN 220 02 (CRN: 20052) or IN 250 02 (CRN: 20071) Noir Fiction p. 12
EN 335-01 (CRN: 20055) Global Haiku Traditions p. 12
ES 360 01 (CRN: 20056) The World Anti Doping Agency p. 13
ES 482 01 (CRN: 20057) Global Sport Issues p. 13
IN 251 03 (CRN: 20077) Emerging Adulthood p. 13
IN 350 01 (CRN: 20078) Global Citizenship & K pop
p. 13
IN 350 04 (CRN: 20081) Ecocriticism: Nature & the Environment in Latin American Culture p. 14
MH 260 01 (CRN: 20058) Intro to Film Music: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
p. 14 MK 200-01 (CRN: 20059) Principles of Marketing p. 14
OL 355 01 (CRN: 20060) or IN 350 03 (CRN: 20080) Global Leadership p. 14
PH 215 01 (CRN: 20061) or IN 251 01 (CRN: 20075) Business Ethics p. 15
PH 360 01 (CRN: 20062) or IN 350 01 (CRN: 20079) Conspiracy Theories p. 15
SO 220-01 (CRN: 20063) or IN 251- 02 (CRN: 20076) Sociology of Pop Culture & Media p. 16
SP 360 01 (CRN: 20064) Ecocriticism in Latin American Literature………………………………….p. 16
TRAVEL COURSES:
TH 355 01 (CRN: 20065) Designing Disney p. 16
In addition to courses listed in this bulletin, we have faculty available for individualized instruction for directed studies and online courses. Please call the Registrar’s Office at 217-424-6217 or email the Registrar, Alex Berry, at aberry@millikin.edu to let us help you find a summer immersion course you are seeking. These course offerings have various start and end dates.
BU250-01 (CRN: 20043)
Written Business Communication (Online)
Instructor: Carrie Trimble
Students will prepare clear, concise, thorough, fact based content and deliver it through the appropriate method and message for an intended audience. This includes preparing summaries and analysis of current events and typical business and employment situations. Methods include reports, letters, e mail, and social media.
Class Dates: January 3 January 20, 2023
Meeting Days/Times: Online Asynchronous
Number of Credits: 3
Adult Enrichment: No
Required Textbook: Emerge with Rubin by Rubin; ISBS: 8780000148866
CO200-01 (CRN: 20044)
Public Speaking (Online)
Instructor: Lori Robertson
This course focuses on the fundamental principles of crafting and delivering speeches as well as analyzing, evaluating, and improving rhetorical skills. Students will be more confident and effective speakers upon completion of this class.
Class Dates: December 19 January 20, 2023
Meeting Days/Times: Online
MPSL: Oral Communication Requirement Number of Credits: 3 Adult Enrichment: No
Required Textbook: POPS Key access purchased through MU Bookstore or through POPS directly
CO306 01 (CRN: 20069) or IN 250 05 (CRN: 20074)
Hollywood Cinema: Social Critique on the Big Screen
Instructor: Sam Meister
The purpose of this course is to immerse students in American studio cinema produced between the middle decades of the 20th century to the early years of the 21st century. During that time period, American movies aided in shaping our evolving cultural identity as a nation, contributing to the beliefs, norms, and ideals of
“The American Century.” The film industry supplemented this cultural identity by actively attempting to reflect and provide recreation to a United States that was thrust into the status of the world’s greatest economic force, political superpower, and military might.
Throughout the course students are expected to actively engage in both absorbing and dissecting these texts through viewing, critical analysis, and peer discussion. Films, both fiction and non fiction, are historical texts that inevitably display elements of the society in which they were created and initially viewed. As such, movies have the power to reveal, create, and critique social norms. Hollywood cinema specifically contributed to the creation and criticism of American mythos, American policy, and notions of American exceptionalism. By studying film s and film criticism produced in the United States throughout this period, we develop a more complex understanding of that time period and foster further examination through juxtaposition of our contemporary worldview.
Class Dates: January 9 January 20, 2023
Meeting Days: MTWRF
Meeting Times: 10:00 am 4:30 pm
Number of Credits: 3
Adult Enrichment: Yes
Required Textbook: None
DA110-01 (CRN: 20045)
Dance Appreciation (Online)
Instructor: Jennifer Hand
This online course is a study of dance from primitive times to the present. In this course students compare ancient and modern dance forms along with its functions, and examine the contributions of individual dancers, dance companies and choreographers within a framework of cultural heritage, world politics, human rights, social values, and pop culture.
Class Dates: December 19 January 20, 2023
Meeting Days/Times: Online
MPSL: Creative Arts Requirement
Number of Credits: 3
Adult Enrichment: Yes
Required Textbook: Nadel, M.H., & Strauss, M.R., The Dance Experience: Insights into History, Culture and Creativity, 2003, Princeton Printing Company, Hightstown, NJ. 3rd Edition. ISBN 10: 0871273837 ISBN 13: 978 087127833
ED115-01 (CRN: 20046)
Instructional Strategies for Individuals with Learning Disabilities K-12 (Online)
Instructor: Lori Kruse
This course is designed to expose participants to the issues relevant to the educating of learners with exceptional needs. To that end, the course will provide an overview of the needs and characteristics of exceptional learners, the theoretical frameworks that inform the teaching of exceptional learners, and the strategies to use in the development of effective, lessons plans with UDL principles.
There is a strong practical component to this course in that participants will use what they learn about students, theory, and instructional strategies to develop lesson plans and learning centers/tools for use in an actual classroom. This course will be taught in a five night format and will be online.
Class Dates: December 19 January 16, 2023
Meeting Days: M
Number of Credits: 3
Adult Enrichment: Yes
Required Textbook: None
ED120-01 (CRN: 20047)
Introduction to American Education (Online)
Instructor: Chris Cunnings
Problems concerning the nature and aims of American education, the curriculum, the organization and administration of a school system are studied with respect to their historical development and the philosophical issues to which they are related. Special emphasis is placed on the present strengths and weaknesses of American schools and upon the potential value of educational innovations. The professional role of the teacher will be examined with special attention given to the professional standards that prospective teachers must meet.
Requires a lab in which the class visits and observes students in seven or more area schools.
Class Dates: December 19 January 21, 2023
Meeting Days: SMTWRFS
Meeting Times: Online Asynchronous
Number of Credits: 3
Adult Enrichment: No
Required Textbook: Powell, S.D. (2019). Your Introduction to Education: Explorations in Teaching, 4th Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson. ISBN: 9780134736921
ED210-01 (CRN: 20048)
Human Development (Online)
Instructor: Melissa Miller
Study of child and adolescent development. Major theories of intellectual, social, and emotional development will be surveyed, as well as stages of physical development. Addresses problems unique to adolescents, such as adolescent egocentrism, body image issues, and substance abuse. Students will examine instructional implications for teachers of developing adolescents. In school case study and individual tutoring are required.
Class Dates: December 19 January 16, 2023
Meeting Days: M
Meeting Times: 6:00pm 8:00pm
Number of Credits: 3
Adult Enrichment: No
Required Textbook: None
ED306-01 (CRN: 20049)
Methods & Assessment in Elementary Science Education (Online)
Instructor: Chris Cunnings
This is a course in the methods of teaching and assessing physical science, life science, and Earth and space science in 1 6 classrooms. Students plan and teach an inquiry lesson that is aligned with state and national standards and benchmarks. Emphasis is placed on developing a working knowledge of the nature and progress of science. Pre requisite: Sophomore Block courses and admission to the School of Education (or consent of Director of the School of Education).
Class Dates: December 19 January 20, 2023
Meeting Days: SMTWRFS
Meeting Times: Online Asynchronous
Number of Credits: 3
Adult Enrichment: No
Required Textbook: Peters, J.M., & Stout, D.L. (2011). Science in Elementary Education: Methods, Concepts, & Inquiries. 11th Edition. Pearson Publishing. ISBN: 9780134422992
ED310-01 (CRN: 20050)
Creating Communities of Learners (Online) Instructor: Melissa Miller
Addresses principles of individual and group motivation and communication as well as strategies of management and discipline that will assist students to create positive learning communities that foster positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self motivation. Case descriptions and microteaching will assist candidates to solve classroom behavioral and motivation problems. Applications of discipline and learning theories will be examined to enable the development of proactive and preventive classroom management strategies. Students will prepare and present a discipline and management plan.
Class Dates: December 19 January 16, 2023
Meeting Days: M
Meeting Times: 8:00pm 10:00pm
Number of Credits: 3
Adult Enrichment: No
Required textbooks: Discipline w/ Dignity ISBN: 9781416625810; Teaching Difficult Students:
Blue Jays in the Classroom, ISBN: 9781578861750
EN220-01 (CRN: 20051) or IN250-01 (CRN: 20070)
The Handmaid’s Tale (Online)
Instructor: Carmella Braniger
Language has always been an essential part of resistance and using it properly to say what we mean has never been more important. Rooted in American literature, Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel The Handmaid’s Tale explores what happens when history repeats itself. In addition to reading Atwood’s novel, we will also watch the first season of Hulu’s adaptation of it.
It is highly recommended that you have access to Hulu so you can watch the TV series, along with reading both novels. Season one of the series is very close to the novel of the same name, while Season four works to connect us to the narrative explored in the The Testaments. The show can serve as a way to integrate learning across genres and mediums, giving you a chance to explore the material of the course in both scholarly and creative ways.
Class Dates: December 20 January 19, 2023 Meeting Times: MTWR Online Number of Credits: 3 Adult Enrichment: Yes
Required Textbook: The Handmaid’s Tale, 1996 ISBN:978 0 385 49081 8 & The Testaments, 2019 ISBN: 978 0 385 54378 1. Highly Recommended: The Handmaid’s Tale series, which requires a subscription to Hulu.
EN220-03 (CRN: 20053) or IN 250-03 (CRN: 20072)
From South Park to Big Mouth – Serious Issues Made Funny (Online)
Instructor: Michael Hollis George
One of the longest running television series, South Park made a name for itself by satirizing serious issues to make them funny. Big Mouth, a Netflix animated show, follows in the footsteps of South Park. We will use current theories, such as feminism, postcolonialism, Marxism, and critical race theory, to analyze the development of satire in South Park and Big Mouth. Issues that we will cover may include race/racism, sexism, sexual identity, poverty/capitalism. The course will run online via Teams from 9:00 am to
1:00 pm on 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 1/9, 1/10, 1/11, 1/12, 1/13.
Class Dates: January 3 January 13, 2023
Meeting Days: MTWRF Meeting Times: 9:00 am 1:00 pm
Number of Credits: 3
Adult Enrichment: Yes Textbook Required: None
EN220 02 (CRN: 20052) or IN250 02 (CRN: 20071)
Noir Fiction (Online)
Police on the take; tough detectives “outside the law”; the femme fatale and gorgeous society people. Noir has left a permanent mark on American film and fiction. This course will examine what those traits are and the literary parallels of style and character in other fiction of the day. We will read, among others, Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Ernest Hemingway, and James Cain.
Class Dates: January 9 January 20, 2023 Meeting Days: M Asynchronous Meeting Times: 9:00am 10:00am, 01/09
Number of Credits: 3
Adult Enrichment: Yes
Textbook Required: Cain, James. Double Indemnity ISBN: 9780679723226 Chandler, Raymond. The Big Sleep ISBN: 9780394758282 Dick, Philip K. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? ISBN: 9780345404473 Hammett, Dashiell. Maltese Falcon ISBN: 9780679722649 Hemingway, Ernest. Farewell to Arms ISBN: 9780684801469
EN220-04 (CRN: 20054) or IN 250-04 (CRN: 20073)
Sports on Film
Instructor: Scott Lambert
Sport is a reflection of our society, just like film. The combination of sport and film produces a solid glimpse into the mind and beliefs of our times. This class examines how sports movies reflect the historical and cultural mores of the time they represent. From Lou Gehrig in the Pride of the Yankees, to Jackie Robinson in 42 to the soaring archetypes of The Natural, this class examines how sports films relate to American culture.
Class Dates: 01/04, 01/06, 01/09, 01/10, 01/11,
01/13
Class Times: 10:00 am 4:00 pm
Number of Credits: 3
Adult Enrichment: Yes
Textbook Required: None
EN335 01 (CRN: 20055 )
Global Haiku Traditions (Online)
Instructor: Randy Brooks
Global Haiku Traditions examines the origins and spread of Japanese poetics from Japan around the world, with a special focus on the adaptation of haiku into other cultures and languages. This course explores the role of haiku as a social literary art both the art of reading and art of writing haiku emphasize the importance of shared collaborative aesthetic experiences (shared acts of the imagination).
Students will explore the history and practice Japanese haikai poetics and learn about the role of this literary art in both Japanese and contemporary American culture. Students will compare authors and approaches to haiku from both Japanese and American traditions.
Students will develop their professional writing abilities, as academic research writers through a study of a contemporary haiku writer. The haikai arts emphasize the power of concise writing, in which silence and things not said may be as important as the things said. Therefore, study of the haikai arts helps students develop exact, precise writing skills. Also, since haiku is the art of suggestion and connotation, it requires an integration of reading and writing abilities.
Class Dates: January 3 January 20, 2023
Meeting Days: MTW RF Asynchronous
Meeting Times: 6:30 7:30 pm 01/03, 01/05, 01/10, 01/12, 01/17, 01/19
MPSL: Creative Arts Requirement or International Cultural Studies Requirement
Number of Credits: 3
Adult Enrichment: Yes
Required Textbook: None
ES360-01 (CRN: 20056)
The World Anti Doping Agency and Performance Enhancing Drugs (Online)
Instructor: Thad Walker
This course examines current trends of performance enhancing drug use and testing from a global and ethical perspective. The primary objective is for students to apply ethical and critical thinking to sport. The focus will be on global sports organizations and testing bodies as well as professional, college and other amateur sporting associations in the context of ethical decision making.
Class Dates: December 19 January 20, 2023
Meeting Days/Times: Online
Number of credits: 3
Adult Enrichment: Yes
Required Textbook: None
ES482 01 (CRN: 20057)
Global Sport Issues (Online)
Instructor: Thad Walker
This seminar will address the intertwined relationship between globalization, mega sport events and development. The focus will be on global sport and local economy, sport and global capital, sport and identity, sport and inter racial relations, youth and sport, and sport and social agency in the context of ethical decision making.
Class Dates: December 19 January 20, 2023
Meeting Days/Times: Online
MPSL: International Cultural Studies
Requirement
Number of Credits: 3
Adult Enrichment: Yes
Required Textbook: None
IN251 003 (CRN: 20077)
What’s Next: Emerging Adulthood (Online)
Instructor: Katharine Leavitt
Study of emerging adulthood from late teens through the twenties. Theories of cognitive, social emotional and moral development will be examined. Through text readings, case studies, student personal reflection papers, student research, presentations, and discussion, the course will focus on what it means to be an adult through issues of romance, marriage, family and career. Prerequisite: Sophomore year.
Class Dates: January 2 January 13, 2023
Meeting Days/Times: Online Asynchronous and Synchronous 01/09 from 12:00pm 1:00pm
Number of Credits: 3
Adult Enrichment: No
Required Textbook: Emerging Adulthood by Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, 2015, 2nd edition Oxford university Press ISBN: 978 0 19 992938 2
IN350-01 (CRN: 20078)
Global Citizenship and K pop (Online)
Instructor: Hee Young Choi
Trends toward globalization and inclusion are bringing together individuals with an ever widening array of skills, languages, nationalities, and cultural experiences. However, quite often such diversity has been treated as an obstacle to remove rather than a strength to develop. In this context, this course is designed for Millikin students and offers an opportunity to explore the concepts of global citizenship from the theoretical, cultural, and political perspectives and challenges students to think critically about what global citizenship can and should mean.
This course, therefore, focuses on helping students recognize the value of diversity in the United States and assist in developing important cross cultural understanding. At the heart of the course will be an interdisciplinary exploration of Korean popular music, which is mostly known as K pop, through readings and discussion of film, social theory, and social scientific research. Investigating and locating K pop within the continuously shifting global popular culture will be a trendy guide for students to enhance awareness of global citizenship.
Class Dates: January 2 January 16, 2023
Meeting Days/Times: Online Asynchronous
MPSL: Global Studies Requirement, International Cultural Studies Requirement
Number of Credits: 3
Adult Enrichment: Yes
Required Textbooks: None
IN350-04 (CRN: 20081)
Ecocriticism: Nature and the Environment in Latin American Culture (Online)
In this interdisciplinary course, students will improve their research skills, while learning how Latin America has become an environmentally conscious in the Global South. Students will discover the rich culture of Latin America. Students will gain insight into how nature and the environment have been understood in Latin America. Students will also develop the skills to think critically and gain an ethical understanding of the cultural complexities from an ecocritical perspective. In the end, students will develop a research paper examining a Latin American country and its culture through an ecocritical perspective.
Class Dates: January 2 January 17, 2023
Meeting Days: MTWRF Times: 1:00pm 5:00pm Online
Number of Credits: 3
Adult Enrichment: Yes
Required Textbook: None
MH260-01 (CRN: 20058)
Intro to Film Music: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Online)
Instructor: Jeffrey Heyl
Since its inception in the late 1920’s, film music has brought an extraordinary creativity, energy, and diversity to media and culture in general. This course is designed to give the student a historical overview of film music styles, the basic tools to understand the composition and design of the film score & how they contribute to the narrative and how musicians work with directors and producers. Open to all majors.
Class Dates: January 3 January 23, 2023
Meeting Days/Times: Online
Number of Credits: 3
Adult Enrichment: Yes
Required Textbook: Reel Music, Hickman, Roger: Norton, 2017
MK200-01 (CRN: 20059)
Principles of Marketing (Online)
Instructor: Amita Bhadauria
Students will use the marketing concept of satisfying customer wants and needs to learn and critique the marketing functions (product, price, place, promotion, people) of local & global businesses. This course is designed to provide you with a basic understanding of the theoretical and applied aspects of marketing. The marketing mix and decision-making, key perspectives that shape marketing activities are explored.
We will integrate the impact of environmental forces, consumer trends and behaviors, technology, ethics, and social responsibility, into the study and practice of marketing. Four specific themes will be addressed throughout the course: strategy and integration of the firm, the financial impact of marketing, the importance of information both quantitative and qualitative, and the importance of providing value by meeting customer needs.
Class Dates: December 19 January 20, 2023
Meeting Days/Times: Online, Asynchronous
Number of Credits: 3
Adult Enrichment: Yes
Required Textbook: Marketing 7th Edition by Dhruv Grewal and Michael Levy by McGraw Hill. ISBN13: 9781260428254; ISBN13: 9781260087710
OL 355-01 (CRN: 20060) or IN 350-03 (CRN: 20080)
Global Leadership (Online)
Instructor: Jan Kirby
Aspiring global leaders must be well versed in the implications of globalization in order to be successful. This course focuses on contemporary issues related to the understanding of the roles, responsibilities and processes leaders in a global society need to be successful. Emphasis is placed on developing cultural intelligence, building global context and creating cross boundary partnerships and networks.
Class Dates: December 19 January 20, 2023
Meeting Days/Times: Online
Number of Credits: 3
Adult Enrichment: Yes
Required Textbook: Global leadership: Research, practice and development. Mendenhall, M.E., Osland, J., Bird, A., Oddou, G., Stevens, M., Maznevski, M., & Stahl, G. (2018). New York, NY: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 10: 1138292443 ISBN 13: 9781138292444
PH215 01 (CRN: 20061) or IN251 01 (CRN: 20075)
Business Ethics (Online)
Instructor: Eric Roark
This course will critically examine the role of ethics within a business environment. We will examine both ethical relationships within a business such as employers and employee relations and well as ethical relationship between business and broader society such as business and consumer relations. The course will be structured around the following five topics: corporate social responsibility, rights and obligations of employees and employers, justice and fair practice, distributive justice, and advertising marketing and the consumer. These topics will be examined by considering both historical and contemporary texts and case studies.
Class Dates: January 2 January 16, 2023
Meeting Days/Times: Online Asynchronous
Number of Credits: 3
Adult Enrichment: No
Required Textbooks: What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets, Michael Sandel, ISBN, 9780374533656
The Ethics of Business: A Concise Introduction, Al Gini and Alexei Marcoux, 2012, ISBN: 9780742561625
PH360 01 (CRN: 20062) or IN350 02 (CRN: 20079)
Conspiracy Theories In a Global Context (Online)
Instructor: Eric Roark
This course introduces students to some of the most central theoretical issues within the topics of conspiracy theories in a global context. The very fact that various conspiracy theories have a wide following both domestically and internationally plays a major role in our social world and political process. There are also many ethical implications, globally, in respect to the belief in conspiracy theories. Conspiracy theories have the potential to shape the way that we see others in the global community and it is in that seeing and treatment where ethical implications abound.
Class Dates: January 2 January 16, 2023
Meeting Days/Times: Online Asynchronous
MPSL: Global Issues Requirement
Number of Credits: 3
Adult Enrichment: No
Required Textbook: Aaronovitch, David. Voodoo
Histories: The Role of Conspiracy Theories in Shaping Modern History, Basic Books, Riverhead Trade, 2011. ISBN: 978 1594484988
SO220-01 (CRN: 20063) or IN251-02 (CRN:20076)
Sociology of Pop Culture and Media (Online)
Instructor: Kenneth Laundra
This course has been designed to introduce you to the media process, but also to media production and consumption, including a critical look at who controls the media and the current dynamic between private, multinational media conglomerates and non profit, free speech media. Media messages are also examined from a social constructionist vantage point to better understand the exchange of attitudes, values and beliefs between media systems and the rest of society. What do various media messages say about us as a society? How is society shaped by these messages?
We’ll also examine how popular culture, expressed through media and other social institutions, actually reflects and perpetuates social inequality, including differing effects by class, race and gender. We will actively examine these impacts of popular culture by engaging in observational activities designed to reflect responsible democratic citizenship in the U.S. through this more critical sociological lens, known as the sociological imagination.
Class Dates: December 19 January 20, 2023
Class Days/Times: Online Asynchronous
Adult Enrichment: No Number of Credits: 3
Required Textbook : Media & Society: Industries, Images and Audiences 6th edition (Note: 5th edition works too, but chapters are not aligned with this course/assignments), Croteau, Hoynes and Milan, Sage Publications. ISBN: 9781506315331
SP360-01 (CRN: 20064)
Ecocriticism in Latin American Culture
(Online)
Instructor: Julio Enriquez-Ornelas
In this interdisciplinary course, students will improve their Spanish skills, while learning how Latin America has become environmentally conscious in the world. Students will discover the rich cultures and literatures of Latin America, all while developing their skills to think critically, gain an ethical understanding of global cultural complexity from an ecocritical perspective.
Students will dive into Latin American culture, all
while discovering how the Global South has committed itself to environmental sustainability. Students will develop a research paper that examines the intersection of culture and ecocriticism in a global environment.
Class Dates: January 2 January 17, 2023
Class Days: MTWRF
Class Times: 8:00am 12:00pm Online
Adult Enrichment: Yes
Number of Credits: 3
Required Textbook: None
TH355-01 (CRN: 20065)
Designing Disney (Travel)
Instructors: Jana Henry Funderburk and Matt Albrecht
A travel course that engages students with the traditions and innovations of design as seen in the shows, environments, and experiences of Walt Disney World. Students will meet with designers and others critical to the production of entertainment at WDW parks.
Course learning goals: While the course will include travel to Walt Disney World theme parks, there are certainly academic goals for the course. The student will be exposed to techniques used to produce shows at WDW parks, engage with professionals working for Disney and seek information helpful for planning a career, use analytical skills to compare/contrast performances, environments and experiences reflect on the experience of the course
Class Dates: January 9 January 21, 2023 Days: 01/9 01/13 in class & travel 1/16 1/21 Class Time: 10:00am 12:00pm & 12:45 4:00pm
Number of Credits: 3
Required Textbook: None
TH381-01 (CRN: 20066)
New Musicals Workshop
Instructors: Lori Bales & Kevin Long
The course is a development workshop of a new musical or musicals (TBA). The writing team will be in residency during a portion of the workshop in order to submit rewrites and collaborate directly with the artists on the development of the piece. The outcome of the course is a
staged reading of the new work(s) at Millikin of selected pieces for the writing team to use in further development. The course is available for Actor/Singers, Production Managers, Stage Managers, Dramaturgs and perhaps Directors depending on the number of pieces and the needs of the writers. In the fall detailed information will be provided and auditions will be scheduled.
Class Dates: January 8 January 22, 2023
Class Times: 10:00am 10:00pm
Number of Credits: 3
Textbook Required: None
