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2002 GenEd [General Education program, BA/BS]
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Montclair State University
*Effective Fall 2002

The General Education 'Contemporary Issues' Core Requirement

What is the Core?
The interdisciplinary GenEd Core courses focus on significant national and global issues of our time. They will raise your awareness about what it means to be a responsible citizen of your community, the U.S., and the world. Because they are taught by teams of professors from different disciplines, they give you the chance to experience how insights and solutions are sought through a combination of approaches. You will begin taking these courses in your sophomore year.

GenEd Core Courses

Contemporary Issues I

This course will introduce you to an important contemporary scientific issue such as global climate change, nuclear waste disposal, genetic engineering, environmental health risks, dwindling energy resources, planetary exploration, or new developments in medicine. This course draws upon basic principles from the biological and physical sciences, applying the scientific method, scientific data analysis, reasoning and logic. Faculty from two different disciplines will teach the course, including at least one from biology, chemistry, environmental sciences, geoscience, molecular biology, or physics.

Approved Courses

Contemporary Issues II

This course examines an important contemporary issue such as class, ethnicity, gender, immigration and migration, inequality, justice, life course development, mental health, or race. The focus is on the United States, but the course may also include relevant international and historical perspectives. It draws upon basic principles from the social sciences, applying the scientific method, data analysis, reasoning and logic. Faculty from two different disciplines will teach the course, including at least one from anthropology, economics, geography, political science, psychology, or sociology.

Approved Courses

Remember . . .

• You must take only one GenEd Core course each year, beginning in your sophomore year.
• Several sections of GNED 201 and 202 will be offered in Spring 04. One section of GNED 201 will be offered in Summer 04.
• You can take the Cores out of sequence - i.e., you can enroll in GNED 202 before you take GNED 201.

Who teaches the Core courses?

The "Contemporary Issues Core" courses are team-taught by full-time professors. Faculty teams for Spring '04 and Summer '04 are . . .

CORE I - GNED 201: Science and the Search for Order

Dr. Steven Seegmiller, Linguistics Department
Dr. David Townsend, Psychology Department

Lecture Mondays 1:00-2:15pm

Discussion Wednesdays 11:30-12:45pm or Wednesdays 1:00-2:15pm

Dr. Huan Feng, Earth and Environmental Studies Department
Dr. Jonathan Lincoln, Earth and Environmental Studies Department

Lecture Mondays 2:30 - 3:45pm

Discussion Thursdays 2:30 - 3:45pm or Thursdays 4:00-5:15pm

Dr. Julian Keenan, Psychology Department
Dr. Joke Bradt, Music Department

"Music and the Mind" **Summer - 6-week session**

Lecture Mondays/Wednesdays 1:00-2:40pm

Discussion Tuesdays/Thursdays 1:00-2:40pm or 2:50-4:30pm

CORE II - GNED 202: Life Stages - American Perspectives

Dr. Carl Bredlau, Computer Science Department
Dr. Luis Montesinos, Psychology Department

"Life Issues in a Multicultural Context"

Lecture Thursdays 10:00-11:15am

Discussion Mondays 8:30-9:45am or Mondays 10:00-11:15am

Dr. Jaime Grinberg, Educational Foundations Department
Dr. Christine Lemesianou, Communication Studies Department

Lecture Tuesdays 8:30-9:45am

Discussion Thursdays 8:30-9:45 am or Thursdays 10:00-11:15am

Dr. Dan Bronson, English Department
Dr. Rita Jacobs, English Department

"The American Hero"

Lecture Wednesdays 10:00-11:15am

Discussion Mondays 10:00-11:15am or Mondays 11:30-12:45pm

Dr. Sharon Lewis, English Department
Dr. Leslie Wilson, History Department

"The Life and Death of Racism"

Lecture Thursdays 2:30-3:45pm

Discussion Mondays 2:30-3:45pm or Mondays 4:00-5:15pm

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