{"id":2538,"date":"2016-05-18T14:18:52","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T19:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ace\/?page_id=2538"},"modified":"2016-11-02T14:48:10","modified_gmt":"2016-11-02T19:48:10","slug":"fall-2016-ace-courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ace\/fall-2016-ace-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall 2016 ACE Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"

The descriptions below highlight the academic civic engagement component of each class. Please check the Academic Catalog<\/a>\u00a0for complete course descriptions and prerequisites.<\/p>\n

American Conversations<\/h2>\n

AmCon 101 A&B Declaring Independence: 1607-1865
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As a means of learning about voting and the practices of citizenship, an academic civic engagement project provides four options for students to gain hands-on experience.\u00a0 Options include: voter registration, election judge, political campaign work, and helping at a League of Women Voter’s forum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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AmCon 201 A&B Remaking America: 1865-1945<\/strong><\/p>\nRead Description<\/span>

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As a means of learning about voting and the practices of citizenship, an academic civic engagement project provides four options for students to gain hands-on experience.\u00a0 Options include: voter registration, election judge, political campaign work, and helping at a League of Women Voter’s forum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Asian Studies<\/strong><\/h2>\n

ASIAN 123 Asia in America<\/strong><\/p>\nRead Description<\/span>

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As the\u00a0civic engagement component in 2016, students will experience a taste of ethnographic research through several field trips to Asian-American communities in Minnesota.\u00a0 For their final project, students will give presentations about\u00a0Asian\/Asian American issues to middle and high school students at Arcadia Charter School.\u00a0\u00a0In preparation for these presentations, St. Olaf students will interact with a subset of Arcadia School students to discuss what aspect of the larger theme they are interested in and why in order to engage the students in meaningful conversations and to determine the presentation topics.\u00a0 The final talks will take place in Arcadia School\u00a0and all students will be invited.\u00a0\u00a0The Arcadia students will provide their feedback by voting for the \u201cbest\u201d presentation overall.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Exercise Science Theory<\/h2>\n

ESTH 376 Exercise Prescription<\/strong><\/p>\nRead Description<\/span>

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This class\u00a0is a good\u00a0example of the connection of theory to practice as students translate classroom learning into real-world experience by serving as teachers, where faculty and staff become their students.\u00a0 The exercise prescription course was designed to give senior exercise science majors the opportunity to utilize their skills in prescribing exercise regimens to \u201cclients\u201d.\u00a0 This would be very similar to what a physical therapist, occupational therapist, or personal trainer would do.\u00a0 The clients are chosen from the St. Olaf community (faculty and staff, not students).\u00a0 Each exercise science major is assigned two clients for the entire semester.\u00a0 The client is assessed on numerous factors (e.g., strength, endurance, flexibility, nutrition, blood pressure, body composition) at the beginning of the semester.\u00a0 The student then prescribes exercise regimens and offers dietary advice to the clients for 12 weeks.\u00a0 The client participates in the same testing at the end of the semester (and the results are fantastic).\u00a0 The potential benefits to members of the St. Olaf community include increased workplace wellness and reduced medical and insurance claims.\u00a0 The students gain a sense of accomplishment and fulfillment as they integrate and utilize course material in a real-world setting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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History<\/h2>\n

History 210\u00a0Major Seminar: France in WWI
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St. Olaf College owns a distinctive collection of World War II propaganda posters from Occupied Europe.\u00a0 For the academic civic engagement assignment, students will use the historical knowledge and research skills developed in this seminar, and work with experts in collections curation at St. Olaf and other institutions, to draft formal research reports on selected posters related to France during the war.\u00a0 These reports will contribute directly to efforts by Flaten Art Museum and the Libraries’ Special Collections section to curate a College resource that will eventually be accessible to students, scholars, and the larger public.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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History 275 Environmental History
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Students will\u00a0pursue historical research on a topic of their choosing related to the environmental history of Northfield and present their final projects in a public symposium at the end of the semester.\u00a0 The students\u2019 research papers will be shared with the Northfield History Collaborative\u00a0and made publicly accessible\u00a0on its website\u00a0and\u00a0any oral histories they conduct will be added to the\u00a0collections of the Northfield Historical Society. \u00a0View collection of Student Research Papers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Marketing<\/h2>\n

MGMT 229 Arts Management
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This course provides an overview of the key issues that face arts administrators. Topics addressed include strategic planning, budgeting, fund raising, audience development, and human resource management as each relates to the unique setting of the arts. Case analysis and guest speakers provide opportunities to explore application of key concepts. Teams of students will research and write grants for various local arts organizations and present their projects to the community partners at the end of the semester.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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MGMT 250 Marketing<\/strong><\/p>\nRead Description<\/span>

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Students are challenged to apply the marketing principles learned in class to current and real world marketing issues. Student teams develop strategic marketing plans for various local for profit and nonprofit organizations. Students present their recommendations to the community partners.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Music<\/h2>\n

Music 267\u00a0Advanced Acting For The Lyric Stage
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This studio course culminates with public performances of a fully staged and costumed lyric theater work.\u00a0St. Olaf students in the course, \u201cActing for the Lyrical Stage\u201d performed in full Commedia dell Arte costumes for students in local elementary schools.\u00a0 The performance included singing, dancing, and improvising to involve the younger students.\u00a0 This course is part of the Music department\u2019s school outreach program.<\/p>\n

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Nursing<\/h2>\n

NURS 316 Public Health Nursing<\/strong><\/p>\nRead Description<\/span>

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This course emphasizes the health of communities and populations. Topics include population-based health issues such as environmental health, epidemiology and communicable diseases. Students assess and screen individuals and families within communities, address identified needs and educate populations across the lifespan, collaborate with other health care professionals, make referrals, and participate in health promotion clinics. Clinical experiences occur in rural public health agencies, community-based programs, and in simulations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Political Science<\/h2>\n

PSCI 255\u00a0Parties & Elections<\/strong><\/p>\nRead Description<\/span>

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For the ACE component of this class, students will run community exit polls at voting sites and present the results of the poll to the general public at a mini-conference. This will help the community gain new insights into voting and political participation in the community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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PSCI 296 Research Practicum<\/strong><\/p>\nRead Description<\/span>

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Students will be conducting semester-long research on candidate communication on congressional websites.\u00a0 Students will present their findings to the general public through an elections mini-conference. This will inform members of the public about how candidates communicate, prominent issues in political debate, how issues are framed, how information is disseminated to the public, and how candidates deploy negativity and\/or rhetorical attacks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Spanish<\/h2>\n

SPAN 273 Cultural Heritage of the Hispanic U.S.<\/strong><\/p>\nRead Description<\/span>

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Students will be working on proposals for after-school clubs at Greenvale Park Community School, in consultation with Kathryn Lozada, Greenvale Volunteer Co-Coordinator. They will work on activities that will help students develop their multicultural awareness and competence.\u00a0 These clubs will take place during November and December.<\/p>\n

As an additional component of the class, we will have 6 visits from community partners that will discuss their work with the Latino community in Northfield and Minneapolis respectively. Students will interact with them and read about their work in preparation for their visit.<\/p>\n

Finally, students will visit the Mercado Central in Minneapolis to learn first hand about the crucial role that this Center for Economic Development has in the lives of recent Latin American migrants, as well as the general population.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Social Work<\/h2>\n

SW 254 Inclusive Practice with Individuals and Families
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The story-partners project pairs students with an older community member residing at the Northfield Retirement Center. Students meet with their partner 6-8 times throughout the course of the semester for the specific purpose of encouraging their partners to tell stories about their lives. Students practice what they have learned through role-playing in class such as active listening and asking clarifying questions, which helps to build their one-on-one conversation and interviewing skills. The volunteer participants gain an enthusiastic listener, validation for their experiences, and the opportunity to reflect upon their lives.<\/p>\n

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SW 373 Just Practice
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For the civic engagement component of this course, students tour the American Indian Center in Minneapolis to learn about what the center does and the community it serves.\u00a0 Students also participate in a powwow by serving food at a community feast and observing as part of the audience.<\/p>\n

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