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Glenn A. Steinberg htup://www.tcnj.edu/~liberal/fsp/ The College of New Jersey
First Seminars
ACADEMIC GOALS 1. to foster intellectual curiosity in the students, 2. to improve the students’ ability to think critically about their world, their culture, and their own beliefs, 3. to foster a student culture of intellectual engagement outside the classroom, 4. to encourage students to take greater responsibility for their own learning, 5. to introduce students to the concept of a well-rounded education based on a breadth of knowledge that goes beyond their immediate professional or academic field, 6. to introduce students to college-level assignments and college-level expectations in terms of writing, reading, research, and oral presentations, and 7. to accomplish the appropriate Liberal Learning domain goals and any appropriate interdisciplinary concentration goals for the course. TYPICAL SEMINARS (FSPs) Sex and the City in Ancient Greece - Honors This seminar examines the ways in which constructions of gender and sexuality played a critical role in forming and sustaining ancient Greek social and political ideologies. Readings incorporate a variety of sources that highlight ancient ways of thinking about gender and sexuality: literary, legal, and medical texts; art including ancient graffiti; architecture; and inscriptions. The course also includes readings from secondary scholarship which will help to evaluate the evidence critically. Urban Parks in America As America’s cities grew in the late 1800’s so too did population density, poverty, crime, industrialization and noise. While critics perceived urban centers as inhumane and mechanistic, landscape architects applied new planning concepts to create parks with grand vistas, fresh air, and opportunities for healthy
- exercise. Incorporating these public benefits, the large urban park was born. This seminar studies
development of such parks, and how park purpose, design and use shift as cities change. We examine how parks in the 21st century can nourish and improve the physical environment as cities retool to become greener and healthier. Community engaged, field experience required. The Underpinnings of Web-Based Applicatjons From media to business processes to social interaction, web applications have become commonplace in
- ur everyday lives. Students at TCNJ routinely use web-based applications to read their emails, interact