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Rollins College Winter Term 1974 University of Central Florida STARS Text Materials of Central Florida Central Florida Memory 1-1-1974 Rollins College Winter Term 1974 Rollins College Find similar works at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-texts University of Central Florida Libraries http://library.ucf.edu This Catalog is brought to you for free and open access by the Central Florida Memory at STARS. It has been accepted for inclusion in Text Materials of Central Florida by an authorized administrator of STARS. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Recommended Citation Rollins College, "Rollins College Winter Term 1974" (1974). Text Materials of Central Florida. 837. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-texts/837 Rollins College WINTER TERM - 7974 DIRECTED STUDIES AND INDEPENDENT STUDIES FOREWORD To The Student: e. The winter term is designed to provide a different type of lear ning experience from the fall and spring terms. With a concentration on one subject, you will have more opportunity to work "on your own", and to explore areas of learning which do not fit in to the longer terms. Most courses in the winter term will be graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. The exceptions to this rule are courses designated as fulfilling the distribution requirements (marked "d" following the course number on the _schedule) or fulfilling the foreign culture requirement (marked "c" following the course number), and senior independent studies required by the student's major department. The basis for grading each course is shown with the course description. Courses in this booklet are listed in departmental order, according to the instructors; however, many of the courses are interdisciplinary in content. Many courses, too, are designed for students who are not majors in the particular field. It is hoped that the winter term will be seen as a chance to explore new fields. In addition to the courses described in this booklet, any student may propose an off-campus study subject to approval by his adviser and a review committee. An application form e for a winter term, off campus, individual project is available in the Academic Office in the Administration Building. If you are interested in this, pick up an application form promptly. It must be returned to the Academic Office by November 7 to allow time for the necessary processing and approval. Take time to read the course descriptions, even in subjects in which, at first, you may think you couldn't be interested. Two special non-credit courses will be offered in the winter term; see the last page • • R O L L I N S C O L L E G E DIRECTED STUDIES AND INDEPENDENT STUDIES Winter Term 1974 ART Miss Hallie Lu Hallam Tit.le: Patchwork and Applique Design (DS) 192 Credit/No Credit Described as the "most universal of all the folk arts in early America", patchwork and applique designs which originated in the quilts of the pioneers have since 1969 enjoyed a nation-wide revival in both home decoration and high fashion. This course will attempt, historically through lectures, slides, selected readings and examples, to trace the background of American patchwork/applique, to demonstrate its place in influencing current fashion, its relation to fine art styles, and, creatively, to help the student design and work on a project of his own choice using patchwork/applique techniques. Mr. Ronald Larned Title: Ceramics (DS) 196 Credit/No Credit Introduction to Ceramics through the study of basic handbuilding and wheelthrowing techniques. Study will include glaze application and form­ ulation, three dimensional design, and history of form as it relates to ceramics. Mr. Robert Lemon Title: The American Dream and Its Manifestation in the Arts of the United States (DS)193d Regular LetterGrade --- The course will begin with a study of the people of the U.S. from the stand­ point of a British cultural anthropologist. A brief survey will be made of pragmatism, trascendentalism, and funk. A tentative definition of the American dream will be formulated. A. subsequent investigation as to the fulfillment of, or disillusionment with the dream will be sought in American literature, music, visual art and architecture. There will be an intentional absence of historical orientation in the study of these arts. Furthermore, sources for study will not be exclusively fine arts, but will also include work which is governed by folk and vernacular aesthetics. 2. ART CONT'd Mr. Thomas Peterson Title: Art and Architecture of Italy (DS) 197 c Off campus course. Regular Letter Grade A four-week tour of the major art centers of Italy--Rome, Florence, Pompeii, Siena, Perugia, Ravenna, Padua, Venice, and Milan. BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE Mrs. Patricia Gregory Title: The Anthropology of Woman (DS) 197 Credit/No Credit This course will examine the status of woman in cross-cultural perspective. It will be directed at the nature/nurture (i.e. biological-social) problem of the explanation of the, at present, universal lower status of woman. Thus, it will consider the factors contributing to this lower status, and if these factors are still operating today in such a way as to justify the continued lower status of woman. Many kinds of evidence shall be examined in relation to this question, e.g., biological, socio-economic, linguistic, and historical. The emphasis will be on ·the relationship of woman to her world rather than of man to his. Dr. Thomas Harblin Title: Political Campaign Financing Practices (IS) 399 Credit/No Credit An investigation of the laws and practices regarding the financing of political campaigns. Students will do research into public records, meet with legislators and political office holders, and interview officials charged with the responsibility to supervise proper filing and investigate alleged violations of the law. The course will involve direct field work almost exclusively. In addition to work in the Orange County Court House, there will be a field trip to Tallahassee. Enrollment is limited to five (5) students. Consent is required. · 3. BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE CONT'D Dr. Thomas Harblin/Dr. Daniel DeNicola Title: The Ethical and Social Bases of Some Contemporary Moral Dilemmas: Abortion, Euthanasia, the Aged, and the Dependent (DS) 192 Credit/No Credit This course will explore the ethical and social bases of some contemporary moral dilemmas, specifically, abortion, euthanasia, and the position and treatment of the aged and dependent. The themes integrating course topics are alternative conceptions of "the good life", the "quality of life", and the "right to life". Among topics to be discussed, observed, and analyzed are: absolute versus relative morality, freedom of choice, the origin and development of values, decision making as an ethical, social and legal process, the role of self-explanation in human interaction, and the dynamics of acquiring, evaluating, and dealing with competing values, conflicts between rights, and moral dilemmas. Students will be exposed to these dilenunas as they are actually confronted by people, not just through class- room discussion. Dr.Arthur Jones Title: Emerging Role of the Judiciary in Social Change (DS) 195 Off campus. Credit/No Credit The major social legislation passed in the 1960's (voting, educatidn, housing, employment, justice, etc.) has been critiqued as not producing the social changes implied by the intent of the legislation. Nevertheless, the legislation did alter the legal framework and the definition of traditional practices that accounted for discrimination against minorities in the above mentioned areas. If the legislation did not directly account for social change these new laws did provide precedent under which the auth- ority of the judiciary could be exploited by minority plaintiffs attempting to ameliorate social conditions inimical to their full participation in our society. The purpose of this course is to study this process-the increasing utilization of the legal framework of society to change social conditions defined as maladaptive to the social experience of minority members. The course will be held in Washington, D. C., January 3-February 1, 1974. Debriefing and evaluation will occur on our return to Rollins. Mr. Pedro Pequeno Title: An Introduction to the Art, Archaeology, and Culture History of Precolumbian Mexico and Guatemala (DS) 191 c Off campus course. Regular Letter Grade An introduction to the art, architecture, archaeology and culture history of the Pre-Columbian Civilizations of Mexico and Guatemala, placing special emphasis upon the Indian cultures (The Maya, rhe Aztecs, and their pre­ decessors), then and today. The course will consist of field trips to a large number of archaeological ruins, visits to museums (Art, Archaeology and History), lectures and sightseeing tours of many Mexican and Guatemalan cities. Some emphasis will also be placed upon the effect of the environment in the development of culture in these aforementioned countries. The course wi ll also consist of tours to Colonial Spanish cities in order to study some of the architectural principles of sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth cen­ t 1-iries Spanish architecture in the New World. 4. BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE CONT'D Dr. Roger Ray Title: An Internship in Academic Psychology (DS) 193 Credit/No Credit Traditional courses in psychology attempt to offer the student additional forms of insight regarding research and applied aspects of the field by including laboratory work and field trips. This course attempts to offer a very different form of exposure, and thus a somewhat unique perspective of psychology, by having the student live and work "as if he were" a psychologist employed in an academic setting. Problems with which the student learns to deal include committee responsibilities, teaching preparations and delivery techniques, departmental operation (including curriculum des.ign and planning, budgeting for operations, etc.) , professional correspondence and associated activities (such as meetings, lab visits, etc.) research program co-ordination and implementation ( including granting, publishing, etc.), and personal scheduling problems in "fitting it all together" ( and thus problems and solutions in arranging personal priorities and life-style decisions).
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