UNV - University Studies

This course focuses on understanding and managing the transitions encountered upon entering formal higher education. Emphasis will be placed on developing the skills related to personal effectiveness and lifelong learning.

A self-directed learning course designed to familiarize students with various methods available to gather and utilize information. Using self-directed topics, students will develop skill in the use of such tools as traditional or nontraditional library collections, microfilm and microfiche, online catalogs and databases, searching protocols, interviewing for information, Internet search tools, and online networking.

This course will prepare the student to use the Internet and the World Wide Web (WWW) to get information needed to conduct personal, professional, and educational goals. It will explain the basic communications features of a personal computer and basic network topology. The student will know how to connect to the Internet and the WWW through the telephone system or computer networks. The student will be able to use email and FTP to get information on the Internet and be able to use a browser to get information on the WWW. Further, the student will be introduced to the search tools available in order to help locate information on the Internet.

This course will introduce students to additional basic tools (applications) which they can use on the Internet for a variety of functions such as communication, file transfers, and research. (Windows 95 and 100 mg free on hard drive are required since many software packages are downloaded.)

This course will prepare students to create a presence and provide information on the World Wide Web. It will explore the tools and procedures required to design, build, and implement a Web site. This course will give students the ability to move beyond the limitations of prepackaged page development software. Students will learn how to write basic HTML code to create pages containing images and links to other sites. By the conclusion of the course the student will have created a five-page site on the World Wide Web.

A course focusing on development of interests, skills, and preparation in relation to managing personal career growth. Resume and cover letter writing, job search, effective interviewing, and the creation of a professional development plan are included.

Because people long for relational connection, this course explores how to forge strong rewarding relationships with friends, with the opposite sex, with family, and with God. It is designed to help you make bad relationships better and good ones great. This course does NOT substitute for PSY-150.

This course will present basic library research techniques designed to promote critical thinking; to improve the ability to determine information needs; to find, synthesize, evaluate, and utilize information from print, electronic, and Internet resources; and to equip one to be a lifelong learner. Not open to students with credit in UNV-114.

This introductory course for all first year students outlines the fundamental components of the Christian faith from an evangelical perspective. Students are challenged to develop a Christian worldview through their entire undergraduate experience by examining how Christian ideas both challenge and enrich the prevailing thought patterns of contemporary society. Readings and weekly discussion groups enable students to begin integrating faith, learning, and living as a foundation for their university experience. Co-Requisite: UNV-180G may be required from some sections.

Graded on a CR/NC basis.

This course is designed to assist students with the development of a basic plan to change their world. Students will be briefly introduced to key elements of select leadership models, change theory, and strategic planning, and will use this theory to build a model to become change agents. Students will be introduced to a Christian worldview of change by experiencing select readings of prominent change agents in Biblical history.

Liberal Arts Appreciation: Designed to provide an overview of the beneficial aspects of a liberal arts education, course materials will help students gain a historical and contemporary understanding of the arts, humanities, and sciences and their application in the modern world. The course also serves as a capstone for associate of science majors in general studies.

This course equips students, who are transitioning veterans, with the information and resources necessary to move beyond the stresses of deployment and reintegration and embrace the opportunities available both in the community and through earned benefits for veterans.

This course will examine ways in which Scripture addresses disability and suffering, thus providing a dynamic model of spiritual transformation. Students will learn to embrace brokenness. This course is relevant to all disciplines.

This course is focused on facilitating and supporting for-credit internship opportunities within the state of Indiana for students seeking to apply in-class learning to an out-of-class applied learning community. Students will participate in an internship experience and the course concurrently, which facilitates community connections and involvement. Students from various academic disciplines will be brought together to process and reflect upon the Enterprise Community experience and the impact this experience has on the overall understanding of self-directed learning, self-assessment, career exploration, faith integration, and professional development. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or departmental approval and declared major.

General Studies Colloquium: A readings capstone seminar for the General Studies program, focused readings from various liberal arts disciplines will aid students in determining the value of a liberal arts education.

Transfer students will explore Life Calling and Liberal Arts in a supportive course designed to ease their transition to the IWU academic community.

This course equips students, who are transitioning veterans, with the information and resources necessary to move beyond the stresses of deployment and reintegration and embrace the opportunities available both in the community and through earned benefits for veterans.