NSU 2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalog

389 Nova Southeastern University • Undergraduate Student Catalog • 2014–2015 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS practice are also covered. Social and human service trends relevant to program planning are also addressed in order to assist in the development of human service programs to meet future societal needs. HS 4995 Supervised Experience in Human Services II (3 credits) The second component of the field experience will be individually arranged as well and will provide supervised on-site administrative experience (175 hours). Students will select their second choice of Community Based Organization (CBO) and will complete their field experience in this site. These experiences will now provide a hands-on implementation of principles and theory learned as it relates to nonprofit systems, program development and evaluation, fundraising, finance and budget issues faced by nonprofit organizations along with factors that impact change in economic and political climates. Students will be supervised by NSU faculty on a weekly basis. HUMN—Humanities HUMN 1000A Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics (1 credits) This one-credit seminar course will introduce students to one of the most widely read and influential works of moral philosophy in the western tradition, Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics. No previous preparation is presupposed. Pass/Fail Only. HUMN 1000B Dante’s Inferno (1 credits) The one-credit seminar course will examine the Inferno, the first and perhaps most well-known section of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy. Themes of study will include Dante’s religious theories and cosmological philosophy, the motivations, religious and cultural, behind Dante’s conceptions of sin and punishment, and the influence that Dante’s ideas have had on subsequent writers, thinkers, and the general public. No previous preparation is presupposed. Pass/Fail only. HUMN 1000C Eliot’s Middlemarch (1 credits) This one-credit seminar course will introduce students to the social and cultural milieu of the Victorian period, through one of the most widely read and influential novels in English literature, George Eliot’s Middlemarch. No previous preparation is presupposed. Pass/Fail only. HUMN 1000D Austen’s Emma (1 credits) This one-credit seminar course will introduce students to the late eighteenth century author, Jane Austen, and one of the most widely read and influential novels in English literature, Emma. No previous preparation is presupposed. Pass/fail only. HUMN 1000E Jefferson’s Declaration (1 credits) This course will provide an in-depth analysis of the Declaration of Independence. It will explore the historical context within which the document was composed and will examine the philosophical assumptions contained within the document. It will also briefly explore the relationship of this document to the Constitution and some of the political implications of both. No previous preparation is presupposed. Pass/fail only. HUMN 1000F Cervantes’ Don Quixote (1 credits) The novel, Don Quixote, by Cervantes, is probably one of the world’s most influential and recognized books ever written. The exchanges between the novel’s two main characters, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, will engage students in a story that, while entertaining, makes very profound statements about medieval society, politics, and values. From a critical perspective, the novel occupies a seminal position in the development of modern writing. Through his novel Cervantes reveals the fascination with narrative processes and techniques that have made him an inspiration for many writers of our time. No previous preparation is presupposed. Pass/Fail only. HUMN 1000G Shelley’s Frankenstein (1 credits) This one-credit seminar course will examine Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, one of the most seminal works of world literature. Themes of study will include the influence of Shelley’s parentage and marriage on her work, scientific theories of the 19th century that influenced the novel, issues of human heroism and frailty, and the ethical concerns that transcended Shelly’s own time period. Consideration will also be given to the various ways that the Frankenstein story has manifested itself in popular culture up through the modern era. No previous preparation is presupposed. Pass/fail only. HUMN 1000I Hume’s Enquiry (1 credits) This one-credit seminar course involves a close reading of a seminal work in early modern philosophy, David Hume’s An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding. No previous preparation is presupposed. Pass/fail only. HUMN 1000J Descartes’ Meditations (1 credits) This one-credit seminar course involves a close reading of a seminal work in early modern philosophy, Descartes’ Meditations on First Philosophy. No previous preparation is presupposed. Pass/fail only. HUMN 1000K Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway (1 credits) This course examines Virginia Woolf’s classic novel, Mrs. Dalloway, in light of The Hours, the film adaptation based on Michael Cunnigham’s re-working of the Dalloway novel. The course will explore Woolf’s pioneering use of stream of consciousness/interior monologue, as well as the feminist and existential themes at the heart of Woolf’s artistic vision. Comparing it to The Hours