Health and Healing FA20 (IDPT-19919-01)
IDPT 19919. From Birth to Death: Health and Healing This course will examine concepts of health and illness through the lens of the humanities, social sciences and biosciences. We will study how societies manage healthy bodies as well as those that are "diseased," taking into account different experiences based on gender, race, socio-economic strata, and stage of life. The course will cover topics such as reproductive health, eugenics, epidemics, aging and death, bioethics, and pain management. Students will take away from this class an understanding of the complex relationship between healthcare structures and embodied experiences of different populations.
Media and Everyday Life FA20 (IDPT-19920-01)
IDPT 19920. Comics, Clickbait and Consumer Culture: Media and Everyday Life This course examines the media as a social institution by providing an overview of print, electronic and digital media forms. It reviews the role of media, film and advertising industries in society and the ways in which they collectively influence local, national and global cultures. Therefore, this course provides media literacy and criticism skills. As it considers the role that media plays in various disciplines in the humanities, the social sciences, and the sciences, the course also serves as an introduction to multi-disciplinary thinking. The course will focus on four distinct but interrelated areas: (1) Visual communication, culture and storytelling (we will examine topics ranging from comics and graphic texts to the links between visual culture and science); (2) Film aesthetic and film industry; (3) Advertising and consumer culture (we will examine topics ranging from the role of advertising in our culture to online shopping
Wooster Intl Immersion Seminar FA20 (IDPT-19912-01)
IDPT 19912. WOOSTER INTERNATIONAL IMMERSION SEMINAR This course will help first-year students for whom English is not their primary academic language prepare and adjust to the expectations at the College of Wooster, particularly, in regards to facility with critical reading, writing, listening, and speaking English. It is a short, intensive English course, focusing primarily on language skills, but also including material on the United States and campus culture in general. This course will prepare incoming students for the rigorous academic demands of the College, as well as allow them to become familiar with campus and local areas of interest.