General Education Course Offerings

Spring 2014

THR320: Theatre & Justice
Instructor: Marion Wood O’Sullivan
Dates: Wednesday, January 8 – April 9
Time: 9:00am – 12:00pm
Location: EMU Lancaster
Course description: Theatre is one of the many powerful tools used to address the issues of justice. This course will explore the use of theatre in responding to matters of justice, the theatre artists and collectives striving to create change as well as each individual student’s own sense of justice and where their convictions lead them. Students will research and analyze various theatre artists and theorists who have and continue to attempt to transform and untangle the pain in this world in hope of inspiring their own responses to humanity and matters of justice. (3 semester hours in Fine Art credit)
Required Textbooks: Theatre of the Oppressed

WRIT150: Speech-Exploring Voice in Vocation
Instructor: Adam Jenkins
Dates: Wednesday, January 8 – April 9
Time: 1:30pm – 4:30pm
Location: EMU Lancaster
Course description: An introduction to oral communication with emphasis on helping the student increase competence as a communicator in interpersonal, small group, and public speaking contexts. (3 semester hours of speech credit). Required Textbook: Essentials of Human Communication (8th ed.) (7th edition if available is also acceptable

WRIT150: Speech-Exploring Voice in Vocation
Instructor: Adam Jenkins
Dates: Wednesday, January 8 – April 9
Time: NA
Location: ONLINE
Course description: (Note that this course will meet with the day course on select days per syllabus) An introduction to oral communication with emphasis on helping the student increase competence as a communicator in interpersonal, small group, and public speaking contexts. EMU Lancaster’s Academic Advisor must determine Digital Competency and approve students for online courses (3 semester hours of speech credit). Required Textbook: Essentials of Human Communication (8th ed.) (7th edition if available is also acceptable

MATH140 Elementary Statistics
Instructor: Session One – Ed Kane, Session Two – TBD
Option One: Wednesday, January 8 – April 9 Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Option Two: Thursday, January 9 – April 10 Time: 1:30pm ¬- 4:30pm
Location: EMU Lancaster
Course description: This general education course provides an introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics. Topics include correlation, normal distributions, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing. The spreadsheet program Excel will be introduced and used throughout the course. (3 semester hours in statistics). Required Textbook: None

ART322: Survey of World Art
Instructor: Hillary Nelson
Dates: Monday, January 6 – April 7
Time: 6:00pm– 9:00pm
Location: EMU Lancaster
Course description: This course will provide students with a “global perspective” to art. They will be taught how to understand, appreciate, and learn from Non-western art as well as become familiar with styles, terminology and monuments deriving from Asian, African, and Mesoamerican examples. Additional emphasis will be placed on the legacy of non-western art and its contribution to American art and culture, which include such diverse topics as Impressionism, body art, and Manga. (3 semester hours in Art or Cross Cultural). Required Textbook: None

HIST352: History of Women
Instructor: Sheri Wenger
Dates: Wednesday, January 8 – April 9
Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Location: EMU Lancaster
Course description: Our understanding of American history is more complete when we consider it through women’s experiences. This course moves through the chronology of American history to study how women from various social classes and ethnic groups have contributed to the economic, political, social, and intellectual development of this nation. (3 semester hours in History). Required Textbook: None

ART271: Ceramics
Instructor: Kevin Lehman
This course is offered at multiple dates and times (select one option):
Option One – Tuesday, February 4 – April 8, 6:00pm to 10:00pm
Option Two – Wednesday, February 5 – April 9, 1:30pm to 5:30pm
Option Three – Thursday, February 6 – April 10, 8:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Kevin Lehman’s Pottery, 560 S. Prince Street Lancaster, PA 17603
Course description: This course is an introduction to the field of ceramics, which explores the design and creation of functional and/or sculptural ceramics. This exploration will include wheel thrown vessels, hand built vessels, alternative forming processes, thrown and altered forms, an ongoing discussion of the concept of form, function, glaze application, and firing processes. Note: An additional fee of $100 for materials is due the first day of the course payable to Kevin Lehman’s Pottery. (3 semester hours in Art). Required Textbook: None

NRS345: Health Assessment (Blended)
Instructor: Priscilla Simmons
Dates: Monday, January 6 – April 7
Time: 9:00am – 12:00pm (See Syllabus for exact dates)
Location: Online/Classroom
Course description: (Note that this course will meet on select days per syllabus )The purpose of this blended course is to provide students with knowledge and skills in history taking and physical examination of healthy individuals. The information and skills that you will learn are required of a nursing baccalaureate curriculum. Required Textbook: Bates’ Guide to Physical Examination and History-Taking (11th ed.) (New, Rent, or Kindle)

NRS345: Health Assessment (Blended)
Instructor: Andrea Petrokonis
Dates: Thursday, January 9 – April 10
Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm (See Syllabus for exact dates)
Location: Online/Classroom
Course description: (Note that this course will meet on select days per syllabus) The purpose of this blended course is to provide students with knowledge and skills in history taking and physical examination of healthy individuals. The information and skills that you will learn are required of a nursing baccalaureate curriculum. Required Textbook: Bates’ Guide to Physical Examination and History-Taking (11th ed.) (New, Rent, or Kindle)

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Cost

The cost for each 3 credit course is $960.00. Each credit costs $320. A technology of $25.00 per student per semester. Registration is not complete until payment is received.

Payment can be mail by check, cash or money order and sent to:

Eastern Mennonite University Lancaster
P.O. Box 10936
Lancaster, PA 17605-0936
Attn: Sheryn Jerchau