UMKC General Education Core
Anchor Schedule for Spring 2015 as of 12/18/2014
Updates will be posted as they are received by the General Education Coordinator
COURSE TITLE
COURSE #
CLASS #
DAY/TIME
ANCHOR I
Muse
Intro to Urban
Studies
CONSVTY 151
UPD 101
URBAN ST 101
Surfing the Media ANCH 199
Matrix
Special Topics
16242
16243
16244
17443
DISCOURSE SECTION
DESCRIPTION
DISCOURSE 100
ANCHOR DESCRIPTION
MWF 12:000006: 17480: MWF 9:00-9:50
12:50
This course merges a variety of academic platforms and student activities so that
collaboration among disciplines becomes a natural, logical solution to academic,
professional, and performing arts challenges. Course content is derived from music
history as it relates to Kansas City in the 21st century through examining the ethics of
creating the canon. Activities are drawn directly from music history to achieve
understanding in Human Values and Ethical Reasoning as they relate to our
community.
TR 1:00-2:15 0005: 17479: MWF 8:00-8:50
Introduction to Urban Studies is a lecture and discussion course that provides the
undergraduate student with an overview of the interdisciplinary field of urban social
science. The student who successfully completes this course will have a broad
understanding of the major issues,vocabulary, basic methods, and prominent scholars
in urban studies. We will explore current events of relevance, including the
opportunities and problems facing major cities in the United States including Kansas
City.
TR 11:3012:45
0001: 17475: TR 10:00-11:15
0002: 17476: TR 1:30-2:45
Surfing the Media ANCH 199
Matrix
Special Topics
Biology,
Innovation &
Entrepreneurship
ANCH 199
Special Topics
17444
17445
TR 4:00-5:15
PM
MW 4:005:15
Students will analyze, interpret and/or reconstruct human events, experiences, actions
and interactions through case studies that will help them understand the principles of
value and civic duty in a wide range of settings. Students will be able to identify ethical
problems in business, apply critical thinking concepts to better synthesize their
understanding of ethical issues and moral reasoning and be able to articulate
implications and consequences that emerge from critical thinking constructs when
filtering, analyzing and synthesizing multiple variables. The course will provide lecture
topics that may include big data, marketing as well as both qualitative and quantitative
data and how that data is presented in relationship to current issues. Intended
outcomes are to give students the tools to further analyze core moral and ethical
reasoning in order to be able to recognize and evaluate assumptions to further
understand personal values and the values of others.
You don’t have to be a biologist or chemist to take this course, but you do need an
interest in science and in innovating to solve problems. All disciplines—including all of
0003: 17477: ALI: MWF 12:00- the medical arts, physical and social sciences, and fine arts—are welcome. People
12:50 (section 0003 is for Non- who take this course, at the intersection biological sciences with entrepreneurship and
innovation, will be able to identify opportunities to use technologies developed in or for
Native English Speakers)
0004: 17478: MWF 11:00-11:50 the biological sciences to create extraordinary value for society and themselves.
Students will learn tools that will enable them to achieve a high degree of economic
self-determination, as business owners or working within an existing enterprise.
UMKC General Education Core
Anchor Schedule for Spring 2015 as of 12/18/2014
Updates will be posted as they are received by the General Education Coordinator
COURSE TITLE
COURSE #
CLASS #
DAY/TIME
ANCHOR II
The Technology
Enterprise
SCE 201
16728
Queer in the City
UPD 268
URBAN ST 268
WGS 268
17228
17227
17229
The Classical
Mediterranean
World (HONORS
ONLY)
ENGLISH 285
CLASSICS 285
HISTORY 220
16163
16162
16164
World Cultures,
Hist & Ideas:
HISTORY 260
Myths of the
SPANISH 285
Spanish Conquest
17424
17426
DISCOURSE SECTION
DESCRIPTION
DISCOURSE 200
ANCHOR DESCRIPTION
0001: 17484: TR 4:00-5:15
0002: 17485: ALI: TR 4:00-5:15
(section 002 is for Non-Native
TR 2:30-3:45 English Speakers)
0003: 17486: MW 4:00-5:15
0004: 17484: TR 4:00-5:15
0005: 17488: MW 4:00-5:15
MW 7:008:15 PM
0006: 17489: TR 10:00-11:15
0007: 17490: TR 11:30-12:45
0008: 17491: (blended*)
*section 0008 meets Jan. 21st;
weeks Feb. 16th, Feb. 23, Mar.
30th (week 11 after Spring
Break), weeks of April 20 and
27 (14&15)
This course focuses on the complexity of the decision making process in guiding the
implementation of technology. Based on economic, environmental, social, and
diversity aspects, cultural and technical issues are balanced on both a qualitative and
quantitative basis to make good decisions.
This course introduces queer theory within the context of gender studies and urban
studies. We will read, discuss, and react to classic text in queer theory, lesbian and
gay studies, and sexuality and space studies. There will be an emphasis on finding
"otherness" within everyday spaces, places, texts, and discourses.
TR 1:00-2:15 0009: 17492: MWF 1:00-1:50
This course examines the history, literature, and culture of Ancient Greece and Rome
in the context of the Mediterranean world, from its origin until the Barbarian invasion.
Students will read poetry, philosophy, history, rhetoric, and letters from primary text
sources and they will study material evidence such as architecture, graffiti, and
physical objects as representative survivals of these cultures.
0010: 17493: ALI: (online)
0011: 17494: (online)
0012: 17495: TR 10:00-11:15
0013: 17496: TR 11:30-12:45
0014: 17497: TR 10:00-11:15
0015: 17498: MW 4:00-5:15
The Conquest of the Americas has always been a point of controversy and acclaim.
Worlds were upended. Millions of people died through the cumulative impact of
warring, labor practices, and disease. Empires were torn down and reconstructed.
Christendom was vastly expanded. And, African slaves, tomatoes, potatoes, horses,
cattle, pigs, corn, and syphilis traversed the Atlantic in an epoch of unprecedented
ecological and cultural exchange. Modernity itself was forged in the crucible of
Conquest. This course studies the societies of central Mexico, the Andes, and the
Iberian Peninsula on the eve of their encounter, the ways in which each of these
distinct societies impacted one another, and the hybrid societies that emerged. We
will study historical and literary works, images and films that have reimagined the
Spanish conquest and addressed its complexities, myths and enduring legacies. Our
examination of the historical and literary production from the 1970s serves as a basis
for discussing past to contemporary ways of thinking as well as marginal to dominant
realities.
Online
UMKC General Education Core
Anchor Schedule for Spring 2015 as of 12/18/2014
Updates will be posted as they are received by the General Education Coordinator
COURSE TITLE
COURSE #
CLASS #
DAY/TIME
ANCHOR II (contd)
European
Cultures, Hist &
Ideas: NaziOccupied Europe
Self in a
Multicultural
Society
Religions of the
World
HISTORY 240
FRENCH 295
CPCE 220
ANCH 299
Special Topics
16246
17446
TR 10:0011:15
DISCOURSE SECTION
DESCRIPTION
DISCOURSE 200
ANCHOR DESCRIPTION
The Second World War was not just an attempt by the Axis nations to create new
military empires in Europe and the world. With the collaboration of many other nations,
0016: 17499: MWF 10:00-10:50 the Nazis attempted a genocidal war to systematically colonize, relocate and annihilate
0017: 17500: MWF 11:00-11:50 entire social groups. In this course we will study how attitudes about culture and
0018: 17501: MWF 12:00-12:50 diversity informed this genocidal war. To do so, we will adopt an integrative approach:
0019: 17502: TR 11:30-12:45
combining history and literature, philosophy and theory, humanism and social science,
0020: 17503: TR 1:00-2:15
reading and performance, analysis and creativity. This course takes an intentionally
0021: 17504: TR 2:30-3:45
cosmopolitan look at these tragic events, though at the center of them necessarily
stands the annihilation of the Jews. No French necessary to enroll in the French
section.
0023: 17506: MWF 1:00-1:50
0024: 17507: MWF 2:00-2:50
This course will focus on what it means for the individual to live in a multicultural,
urban, and increasingly global society. Students will examine their own cultural
identity, including values and worldviews as well as assumptions and biases regarding
others’ diversity. In addition, the course will focus on learning about different cultures
and issues associated urbanism, globalization, cultural conflicts and social advocacy.
17143
M 4:30-7:15
17447
This course will introduce the major religions of the world--Buddhism, Hinduism,
Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Daoism, etc.--as well as traditional small group religions.
The course will also look at the introduction of these religions in the United States and
0025: 17508: TR 11:30-12:45
how this has created religious diversity in our country. We will have a historical
0026: 17509: TR 1:00-2:15
overview of these traditions and study the roles that religious cosmologies, beliefs,
TR 2:30-3:45
0027: 17510: MWF 9:00-9:50
ritual practices, ethical values, the performative and visual arts, and understandings of
0028: 17511: MWF 10:00-10:50 human nature play in the lives of people. In a non-judgmental setting, students will
gain an appreciation of the many ways that human beings have striven to live
authentic and principled lives, while learning how to compare religions in a neutral
fashion.
UMKC General Education Core
Anchor Schedule for Spring 2015 as of 12/18/2014
Updates will be posted as they are received by the General Education Coordinator
COURSE TITLE
COURSE #
CLASS #
DAY/TIME
ANCHOR II (contd)
The Gothic and
the Fantastic
ANCH 299
Special Topics
UPD 206
Cities of the World URBAN ST 206
SOCIOL 206
Diversity in Health
ANCH 299
Special Topics
17337
16151
16248
17624
17449
ANCHOR III
Innovation and the ANCH 399
Aging Population Special Topics
DISCOURSE SECTION
DESCRIPTION
DISCOURSE 200
ANCHOR DESCRIPTION
0029: 17512: MWF 9:00-9:50
TR 2:30-3:45 0030: 17513: TR 8:30-9:45
0031: 17514: TR 5:30-6:45
TR 8:30-9:45
0032: 17515: MW 5:30-6:45
0033: 17516: MW 4:00-5:15
TR 1:00-2:15 0035: 17518: MWF 2:00-2:50
DISCOURSE 300
17388
This course looks at the Gothic and the Fantastic in literature and film since the 18th
century, with an emphasis on the cultural contexts and larger significance of artistic
creations. Our readings will include the first “Gothic novel,” The Castle of Otranto by
Horace Walpole, and M.G. Lewis’s The Monk; ghost stories by Edgar Allan Poe,
Alexander Pushkin, and Henry James; stories of the paranormal and occult by Prosper
Mérimée and E.T.A. Hoffmann; Russian political satire by Nikolai Gogol and Mikhaul
Bulgakov; films from Japan and eastern Europe; and the Freudian uncanny. Along the
way, we will ask questions such as: How and why did this subgenre arise in the age of
Enlightenment? What is modern and what is archaic about it? Is it a popular or a highculture mode? How do national boundaries and cultural differences affect literature of
the Gothic and the Fantastic, and vice versa? How do media like prose fiction and film
contribute to the occult imagination? Required course work will include regular
attendance and participation, response papers, two essays, one group
project/presentation, and a final exam.
This course will focus on urban issues to help students develop global perspectives.
Urbanization has been a global phenomenon, and more than half of the world
population lives in urban areas. Students will learn past, present and future urban
issues and challenges on the global scale and about how cities of the world have
coped and will cope with these issues and challenges.
This course will explore social determinants of health, i.e. how social, cultural, political,
historical, and economic influences shape the individual’s own values, beliefs, and
behaviors. This course expands students’ basic knowledge of cultural diversity to
provide special focus on health disparities among marginalized populations. Students
will examine diversity by exploring health inequities related to race and ethnicity,
immigration status, disabilities, gender, access, poverty, sexual identity, and veteran
status. The course includes experiential learning with organizations focused on
reducing health disparities.
ANCHOR DESCRIPTION
How people interact with society, home, and community changes throughout life. So
too does their spatial cognition, balance, and strength. Those changes call for
modification of the “built environment” and the enabling technologies embodied in the
0001: 17519: MWF 10:00-10:50
environment. Some of those required changes constitute opportunities to think
TR 2:30-3:45 0002: 17520: MWF 9:00-9:50
differently. Imagining a better world is only part of the picture, though. Without
0003: 17521: TR 1:00-2:15
translation to a sustainable business model, what might be a solution remains only an
idea. This course will do more than teach you how to create something that might
make a difference, you’ll learn how to get it into people’s hands.
UMKC General Education Core
Anchor Schedule for Spring 2015 as of 12/18/2014
Updates will be posted as they are received by the General Education Coordinator
COURSE TITLE
COURSE #
CLASS #
DAY/TIME
ANCHOR III (contd)
Frauds, Myths &
Mysteries in
Archaeology
Archaeology of
Ancient Disasters
ANCH 399
Special Topics
GEOLOGY 327
CLASSICS 327
Public Urban
ANCH 399
Education
Special Topics
(HONORS ONLY)
17450
17285
17284
17451
online
DISCOURSE SECTION
DESCRIPTION
DISCOURSE 300
ANCHOR DESCRIPTION
0004: 17522: (ONLINE)
0005: 17523: (blended*)
*section 0005 Meets 7 weeks
TR 10:00-11:15: Meet January
20th, weeks Feb 16th Feb.
23rd and weeks March 2
,week March 30th, week April
6th, weeks of April 20 and 27
(14 &15)
0006: 17524: MWF 1:00-1:50
0007: 17525: MWF 2:00-2:50
0008: 17526: TR 10:00-11:15
0009: 17527: TR 11:30-12:45
Using interesting archaeological hoaxes, myths, and mysteries from around the world,
including within the state of Missouri and in the Kansas City region, students will use
science to learn how to make good judgments about the information they receive on
various media in today’s world. By exploring a variety of wildly inaccurate claims about
the past – in news reports, books, film and other media - within the context of the
scientific method, this course will demonstrate how science approaches questions
about human antiquity and, in doing so, will show where pseudoscience falls short. By
studying both global and local examples, students will be able to have a stronger
connection with their own community, and a better understanding of how urbanization
has a significant impact on important local cultural resources. (Lecture/on-line
asynchronous)
0010: 17528: MWF 10:00-10:50
0011: 17529: MWF 8:00-8:50
0012: 17530: TR 2:30-3:45
0013: 17531: MWF 9:00-9:50
T 5:30-8:15
0014: 17532: MWF 9:00-9:50
0015: 17533: TR 8:30-9:45
0016: 17534: TR 10:00-11:15
0017: 17535: MWF 2:00-2:50
Remarkable human achievements are revealed by archaeological research, but the
human past was frequently shaped as well by disasters of natural and human origin.
Drawing on case studies that include data from the geosciences, archaeological
excavations, and historial sources, this class examines how earth processes, the
biosphere, and human cultural behavior were all sources of catastrophe.
MWF 11:000018: 17536: MWF 9-9:50
11:50
Is public urban education a “wicked problem,” an unparalleled opportunity, or a
complex challenge that can be met during the twenty-first century of the United
States? This interdisciplinary class will interrogate this question by surveying the
history of public urban education, by considering contemporary educational issues,
and by sending students into public urban schools to make their own observations and
recommendations. We will meet on Mondays and Wednesdays, with no class on
Fridays so that students can work at least twelve hours during the semester at
designated Kansas City schools. This class will be closely connected to the associated
Discourse 300 class. Open to members of the Honors Program or students with a 28+
ACT score and 3.5 cumulative GPA. For students outside the Honors Program,
contact Dr. Levy for permission to enroll in this class (levyg@umkc.edu).