Anchor- Discourse Pairings Fall 2016
As of May 4, 2016
Course Number
Title
Day/Time
Discourse Sections
Anchor Course Description
ANCHOR I
ANCH 101
(46610, 46611,
46612, 46613,
46614, 47179)
University
College
ANCH 102
(46607)
Introduction to
Urban Studies
MWF 1111:50
DISC 100: 001 (47532) (MWF 8:00-8:50 am)
DISC 100: 002 (47533) (MWF 9:00-9:50 am)
DISC 100: 003 (47534) (MWF 10:00-10:50 am)
DISC 100: 004 (47535) (TR 2:30 -3:45 pm)
The purpose of this course is to help new students make a successful
transition to UMKC, both academically and personally. This course aims to
help students develop and apply critical thinking skills (Interdisciplinary and
Innovative Thinking and Valuing and Reasoning), engage in the curricular and
co-curricular life of the university, articulate to students the expectations of
the University and its faculty, understand the value of a liberal education in
the 21st century, and continue to clarify their purpose, meaning, and
direction. First-time, year-one students admitted into the University college
will enroll in ANCH 101.
TR
1:00-2:15
DISC 100: 005 (47536) (TR 11:30-12:45 pm)*
Section is reserved for non-native speakers
only*
A lecture and discussion course that provides the undergraduate student with
an overview of the interdisciplinary field of urban social sciences. 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.
DISC 100: 006 (47537) (MWF 1-1:50 pm)
DISC 100: 007 (47538) (TR 4:00-5:15 pm)
ANCH 102
(46608)
Introduction to
Urban Studies
TR 2:303:45
ANCH 103
(46621)
Muse
MWF
3:00-3:50
DISC 100: 008 (47539) (MW 4:00-5:15 pm)
DISC 100: 009 (47540) (MWF 2:00-2:50 pm)
ANCH 103
(46622)
Muse
MWF
10:0010:50
DISC 100: 0010 (47541) (MWF 1-1:50 pm)
DISC 100: 0034 (47711) (TR 1-2:15 pm)
In ancient Greece, the muses were the goddesses of inspiration in the arts and
sciences, and in this class, we explore the inspiration for music in our own
time and city. You'll discover what causes artists to create the music they
write including: A local hip hop DJ, who breaks down how he creates a groove;
a local string quartet, who demonstrate how they play together; our local
symphony conductor, who reveals how the symphony works; an artist
involved in business, who shares what it takes to be an artist in today's
economy; several local concert promoters, discussing how and why they bring
music to Kansas City. And many more. Music is all around us and forms the
fabric of our memory and identity. Join us as we discover the muses for
Kansas City's music.
Course Number
ANCHOR I
continued
Title
Day/Time
TR
4:00-5:15
ANCH 106
(46616)
Money, Medicine
and Morals
ANCH 107
(46825)
Global Inequality
ANCH 108
(46823)
Surfing the Media
Matrix
TR 11:3012:45
ANCH 108
(46824)
Surfing the Media
Matrix
TR
4:00-5:15
MW 45:15
Discourse Sections
DISC 100: 0013 (47544) (TR 7:00-8:15 pm)
DISC 100: 0014 (47545) (MWF 8-8:50 am)
DISC 100: 0015 (47546) (TR 10:00-11:15 am)
DISC 100: 0016 (47547) (TR 11:30-12:45 pm)
DISC 100: 0017 (47548) (TR 1:00-2:15 pm)
DISC 100: 0018 (47549) (TR 1:00-2:15 pm)
DISC 100:0019 (47550) (TR 2:30-3:45 pm)
DISC 100: 0020 (47551) (TR 2:30-3:45 pm)
DISC 100: 0021 (47552) (MWF 2:00-2:50 pm)
DISC 100: 0022 (47553) (MW 4:00-5:15 pm)
DISC 100: 0023 (47554) (TR 5:30-6:45 pm)
DISC 100: 011 (47542) (MWF 2-2:50)
DISC 100: 012 (47543) (TR 11:30-12:45)
DISC 100: 030 (47561) (TR 8:30-9:45 am)
DISC 100: 031 (47562) (TR 10:00-11:15 am)
DISC 100: 032 (47563) (TR 2:30-3:45 pm)
Anchor Course Description
This course will improve the student's understanding of and ability to critically
evaluate complex moral dilemmas in medicine, business, law and other
professions. Students will learn critical thinking, arguing, writing and
presentation skills through examining moral issues for professionals. Guest
speakers will introduce students to practical aspects of professional life.
Using archaeological and historical evidence from around the world, including
the state of Missouri and the Kansas City region, students will explore the
conditions which gave rise to inequality. By exploring slavery in various forms,
students will understand its historical development, as well as its continued
impact on society today.
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.
Course Number
ANCHOR I
continued
Title
ANCH 150
(46619)
Computing,
Engineering and
Society
Honors ANCH
H199
Reacting to the
Past
Day/Time
MWF
1:00-1:50
Discourse Sections
DISC 100: 0024, (47555) (MW 4:00-5:15 pm)
Section is reserved for non-native speakers
only*
DISC 100: 0025 (47556) (MW 4:00-5:15 pm)
DISC 100: 0026 (47557) (TR 5:30-6:45 pm )
DISC 100: 0027 (47558) (MWF 12:00-12:50 pm)
DISC 100: 0028 (47559) (MWF 11:00-11:50 pm)
DISC 100: 0029 (47560) (TR 10-11:15 am)
MW 45:15
001: DISC H100: (47631) (MWF 3-3:50)
Honors ANCH
H199
Reacting to the
Past
TR 11:3012:45
DISC 100: 0033 (47564) UNLINKED ONLINE
SECTION (OA) for students who have
previously satisfied Anchor I.
Anchor Course Description
This course provides a broad and general introduction to the practice and
history of engineering and computing fields; their impact on humanity and
society and their relationship to the ecosystem, professionalism and ethics.
The course introduces important concepts relevant to the fields of
engineering and computing, including the engineering approach to solving
problems, communications and computations, ethics, environmental
responsibility and teamwork. Particular attention will be paid to how
technology, engineering and pervasive computing impacts society. The course
also introduces academic skills and strategies for success as a student and in a
professional career.
This interdisciplinary course invites students to explore important issues and
ideas in their historical contexts. Students will read and discuss relevant texts,
write analytical papers, and present persuasive speeches.
This course is part of the Reacting to the Past Program, which invites students
to explore important issues and ideas by recreating the historical contexts
that generated those issues and ideas. This semester, we will recreate two key
scientific events: the international conference on climate change in
Copenhagen in 2009 and the Royal Society debate about Charles Darwin’s
theory of biological evolution in London from 1862-1864. Approaching these
events as “games,” students will assume roles based on real or historically
accurate figures. To perform their roles, students will read and discuss
relevant texts, write analytical papers, and present persuasive speeches about
climate change and Darwinism. The instructors of this course will act as
“gamemasters” who provide information and guidance, but do not dictate the
outcomes of games. This will be a challenging course, and it may also be the
most fun that you have had in a classroom.
Course Number
ANCHOR II
ANCH 205
(46618)
Title
Day/Time
Discourse Sections
Anchor Course Description
Self in a
Multicultural
Society
Thursday
4:30 –
7:15 p.m.
DISC 200: 004 (47568) TR 11:30-12:45 pm
ANCH 209
(46767)
World Cultures,
Histories &
Ideas: Myths of
the Spanish
Conquest
OA
DISC 200: 005 (47569) ONLINE (OA)
DISC 200: 006 (47570) ONLINE (OA)
DISC 200: 007 (47571) ONLINE (OA)
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, an 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.
ANCH 214
(47530)
European
Cultures, History
and Ideas
(Weimar)
MW 45:15
DISC 200: 008 (47572) TR 11:30-12:45
This course examines how film, advertising, theater set design, painting,
photography, music and other media reimagined gender identities, fostered
new cultural forms, and transformed economic relations during the Roaring
Twenties in Germany. No German required.
DISC 200: 001 (47565) TR 1:00-2:15
pm)Section is reserved for non-native
speakers only*
DISC 200: 002 (47566) TR 2:30-3:45 pm
DISC 200: 009 (47573) UNLINKED ONLINE
SECTION (OA) for students who have
previously satisfied Anchor I, DISC 100 and
Anchor II.
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.
Course Number
ANCHOR III
Title
Day/Time
Discourse Sections
Anchor Course Description
ANCH 304
(47527)
Telling Stories
TR 11:3012:45
DISC 300: 0034 (47745) (TR 7-8:15 PM)
DISC 300: 0035 (47746) (MWF 9-9:50
AM)
DISC 300: 0036 (47747) (TR 5:30-6:45
PM)
How we remember the past is shaped not only by academic historians but also by
collectors, curators, librarians, artists, and activists. This course in public history will
invite students to participate in the shaping of history and memory through civic
engagement. Drawing upon UMKC's Gay and Lesbian Archive of Mid-America
(GLAMA), students will have the opportunity to interpret, expand, and/or preserve
aspects of the histories of Kansas City's LGBT communities.
ANCH 305
(46623)
Artist in Society
MW
4:00-5:15
DISC 300: 001 (47712) (MWF 3-3:50 PM)
DISC 300: 002 (47713) (TR 1-2:15 PM)
DISC 300: 004 (47715) (W 7-9:45 PM)
This interdisciplinary course explores the various roles of artists in society. Using
historical examples and building on current best practices, students will engage
critically with the interplay between artistic pursuits, social justices, and community
engagement.
ANCH 305
(47528)
Artist in Society
TR 1011:15
DISC 300: 006 (47717) (TR 11:30-12:45) This interdisciplinary course explores the various roles of artists in society. Using
DISC 300: 007 (47718) (MWF 3-3:50)
historical examples and building on current best practices, students will engage
DISC 300: 008 (47719) (TR 5:30-6:45 PM) critically with the interplay between artistic pursuits, social justices, and community
engagement.
Emphasis: Theater
ANCH 306
(46620)
From Bench to
Bedside:
Translational
Research
MW
4:00-4:50
DISC 300: 0015 B (47726) (MW 1:00-1:50
pm)* blended
DISC 300: 0016 B (47727) (MW 12:0012:50 pm)*blended
DISC 300: 0017 (47728) (TR 4-5:15 PM)
DISC 300: 0019 (47730) (TR 4-5:15)
This course will introduce students to the many facets of how a scientific idea about
human health is translated into a drug, a vaccine, a diagnostic or a therapy. By the
end of the semester, the student should be able to: Identify the problems,
challenges, and opportunities relating to Translational Research in various
environments and how Universities and their partners play a role in this research;
understand the scientific, economic and regulatory elements that all contribute to
translational research and to successful commercial introduction of a new drug,
vaccine or diagnostic; understand the relationship between research and clinical
practice and how social, political, and cultural issues shape the interdisciplinary
relationship between researchers and clinicians at the local and national level;
develop an appreciation for the meaning and global impact of the rise of
translational research; and engage with the UMKC community of learners and the
broader Kansas City community through guest lectures, site visits, and the
production and publication of videos that educate the public on issues of
translational research.
Course Number
Title
Day/Time
Discourse Sections
Anchor Course Description
Frauds, Myths
and Mysteries in
Archaeology
Online OA
PACE
attribute
DISC 300: 009 (47720) online OA
DISC 300: 0010 (47721) MWF 9:00-9:50
DISC 300: 0011 (47722) TR 1:00-2:15
DISC 300: 0012 (47723) online OA
DISC 300: 0013 (47724) online OA
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)
Ethical Issues in
Comp/Eng
MWF 11:50
DISC 300: 0027 (47738) TR 4-5:15
DISC 300: 0028 (47739) TR 4-5:15
DISC 300: 0029 (47740) MWF 12-12:50
DISC 300: 0030 (47741) MWF 12-12:50
DISC 300: 0032 (47743) MW 4-5:15
DISC 300 MW 4-5:15
Societal and ethical obligations of computer science, IT, and electrical/computer
engineering practice. Topics include ethical obligations of professional practice,
electronic privacy, intellectual property, software and system security and
reliability, and whistle-blowing. This course teaches the principles of ethical analysis
and how technology, law, and ethics interact in society, to help the graduate
confront and deal with the ethical challenges that arise in professional practice.
Innovation and
Aging
TR 1-2:15
DISC 300: 0020 (47731) (TR 8:30-9:45
How people interact with society, home, and community changes throughout life.
AM)
So too does their spatial cognition, balance, and strength. Those changes call for
DISC 300: 0021 (47732) (TR 11:30-12:45) modification of the "built environment" and the enabling technologies embodied in
the environment. Some of those required changes constitute opportunities to think
differently. Imagining a better world is only part of the picture, though. Without
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.
Team-Based
Oral Health
F 9-12
DISC 300: 0023 (47734) OA
DISC 300: 0024 (47735)OA
ANCHOR III
continued
ANCH 307
(46766)
ANCH 308
(46866)
ANCH 310
(47646)
ANCH 399
(47212)
ANCH 399
(46925)
Civic
Engage/Lead
Volunteer
TR 1-2:15
DISC 300: 0025 (47736) (MWF 10-10:50)
DISC 300: 0026 (47737) (TR 8:30-9:45)
ANCH H399
Civic
Engage/Lead
Volunteer
TR 1-2:15
DISC H300 (47766) TR 2:30-3:45
(47529)
This course examines the concept of civic engagement, including how it is
developed and how it shapes relationships between people and groups in a civil
society. Students enrolled in the course will analyze conditions in which civic
engagement can promote broader social goals and span extant social divisions. The
course will also examine the concept and role of leadership to equip students to
identify leadership opportunities and to be prepared to exercise effective
leadership when needed. A significant part of this course also requires students to
actively participate in civic engagement activities during the semester.
This course examines the concept of civic engagement, including how it is
developed and how it shapes relationships between people and groups in a civil
society. Students enrolled in the course will analyze conditions in which civic
engagement can promote broader social goals and span extant social divisions. The
course will also examine the concept and role of leadership to equip students to
identify leadership opportunities and to be prepared to exercise effective
leadership when needed. A significant part of this course also requires students to
actively participate in civic engagement activities during the semester.
*Non-native speakers only. Contact Lara Tenbarge in Applied Language Institute for additional information. tenbargel@umkc.edu or 816-235-5405.