Post Tagged with: "curricular themes"

Food Studies: President of Cameron Mitchell Restaurants, Nov. 18

Food Studies: President of Cameron Mitchell Restaurants, Nov. 18

Cameron Mitchell, a nationally recognized entrepreneur and leader in service and hospitality, is speaking at Ohio University on Monday, Nov. 18, at 6:30 p.m.in the Baker Center Theater. Mitchell is president and founder of Cameron Mitchell Restaurants in Columbus, notes Dr. Theresa Moran, Visiting Assistant Professor of English and coordinator […]

Read more ›
November 1, 2013 at 3:00 amEvents

So, You Want to Change the World: Promise and Peril

So, You Want to Change the World: Promise and Peril

By Dr. Debra Thompson College of Arts & Sciences faculty are tackling the challenges of the 21st century by building interdisciplinary and team-taught courses around a new set of curricular themes. This proposed thematic track—So, You Want to Change the World: Promise and Peril—addresses questions of intentionality, action, and consequence […]

Read more ›
October 31, 2013 at 9:34 amNews

Conflict and Cooperation: A War and Peace Thematic Track

Conflict and Cooperation: A War and Peace Thematic Track

College of Arts & Sciences faculty are tackling the challenges of the 21st century by building interdisciplinary and team-taught courses around a new set of curricular themes. The War and Peace Studies Curriculum Committee is working on the theme “Conflict and Cooperation.” The committee has developed a list of optional […]

Read more ›
October 31, 2013 at 8:52 amNews

Becoming Human: Not Just Being Human

Becoming Human: Not Just Being Human

Courses and more information at the Becoming Human website. The phrase “Becoming Human” conjures up fragmentary images of primate prehistory in which our evolutionary ancestors made axe heads out of chipped flint and stared at cave walls transfixed by the shadows cast from their smoldering fires. But reflecting on ancestral […]

Read more ›
October 30, 2013 at 3:35 pmNews

Sustainability Studies: Thriving in the Anthropocene Era

Sustainability Studies: Thriving in the Anthropocene Era

“Meeting the needs of the present while safeguarding Earth’s life-support system, on which the welfare of current and future generations depends.” By Dr. Nancy Manring College of Arts & Sciences faculty are tackling the challenges of the 21st century by building interdisciplinary and team-taught courses around a new set of […]

Read more ›
October 30, 2013 at 7:41 amNews

Knowing the Future: A Focus of Human Attention for Several Thousand Years

Knowing the Future: A Focus of Human Attention for Several Thousand Years

By Dr. Daniel Phillips College of Arts & Sciences faculty are tackling the challenges of the 21st century by building interdisciplinary and team-taught courses around a new set of curricular themes. The Knowing the Future theme seeks to acquaint students with different ways in which we think about the future. […]

Read more ›
October 28, 2013 at 10:24 amNews

Food Studies Theme Tackles Globalization, Science, Technology, Social Progress

Food Studies Theme Tackles Globalization, Science, Technology, Social Progress

College of Arts & Sciences faculty are tackling the challenges of the 21st century by building interdisciplinary and team-taught courses around a new set of curricular themes. “In the space of a few months, Food Studies has gone from the proverbial mustard seed to an actual living green shoot pushing […]

Read more ›
October 28, 2013 at 9:34 amNews