This interdisciplinary course explores the global dimensions of environmental and occupational health, focusing on climate change, pollution, workplace safety, and health equity. Through site visits, fieldwork, and cultural immersion opportunities, students will use the context of Zanzibar to examine how different countries address these challenges and develop sustainable solutions.
During your time in Munich and Paris, you will discover stories each of these cities offer through the study of icons and stories, their connection to the present, and how they reveal parts of the historical and cultural context of these diverse European cities. Students will study facts, figures, food, fashion, and more via film…
Discover the power of visual rhetoric and explore how images, design, and media shape the way we see and understand the world. This course blends theory and hands-on experience with visits to major Italian cultural sites such as Vatican City, the Colosseum, Santa Maria del Fiore, the Uffizi, Accademia, Borghese Gallery, and others. You will…
This course examines the development of the Italian Renaissance. In Florence—the heart of Humanist thought and artistic innovation—students will explore how artists such as Giotto, Brunelleschi, and Michelangelo redefined visual culture. In Rome, we will examine the city’s ancient monuments alongside the masterpieces of the Catholic Counter-Reformation. Through on-site discussions, sketchbook reflections, and museum visits,…
Through the exploration of Florence and Rome, students will engage with digital photography, videography, pre-visualization, and concept development techniques. Being on location allows students to connect their observations with their captured materials, enriching concepts, sharing the stories behind them, and understanding how their materials can be utilized for future digital projects for game development, visual…
This course examines tourism and travel as rhetorical practices. Tourism invites us with carefully crafted promises: must-see wonders, authentic cultures, hidden gems, once-in-a-lifetime experiences. These phrases—common across destinations—do more than encourage travel; they shape expectations, frame histories, and influence perceptions of places and people. Through readings, discussion, analysis, and field experiences, we investigate how tourism…
This course will examine how children develop across historical and cultural contexts, focusing primarily on Ancient and modern Greece. Students will explore how everyday aspects of development have shifted from Ancient Greece to modern Greek society, and how these patterns compare to other world cultures. Through site visits, field observations, and engagement, students will investigate…
An overview of legal issues affecting business including establishment of legal business entities, employment law and investment aspects of starting and owning a business. Emphasis is placed on the formation and enforcement of business contracts. Also there will be discussion of practical application of the material to our everyday lives.
This course is designed to offer students with an interest in global health care- systems and intervention, an interactive experience of the rehabilitation process within the Tanzanian healthcare system. In collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MOH) and its affiliates, the students will learn about the structure of the Tanzanian system, access and distribution of…
This interdisciplinary course will not only demonstrate how food is an integral part of France and Germany while showcasing their respective cultures, it will also contextualize American eating habits, gastronomic traditions, and the current trends that are shaping the food scene in the United States. Although readings, assignments, and research-centered projects will provide the framework…
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