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INTD 050 Learning Assistance Laboratory (1)

Designed to assist students in improving study habits and academic performance. Requires attendance at one class per week and individual study skill conferences as requested by teacher. Course repeated as needed. Credit not applicable toward graduation. Graded pass/fail. (Fall and Spring Semesters)

INTD 126 College Study Skills (3)

Designed to increase the student's success in college, improve learning and to help facilitate adjustment to college. Topics include the development of critical thinking strategies, time management, note taking, textbook and test taking strategies, vocabulary building, and other learning strategies. The course will also cover issues on controlling stress, peer pressure, and understanding cultural differences. (Fall and Spring Semesters)

INTD 140 First-Year Experience (2)

Prerequisite: Placement in at least ENGL 101 level. Course is designed to improve your skills in three areas: study skills, major specific skills, and life skills. Students will learn a variety of techniques relative to reading and abstracting information from college-level texts, note taking, and testing taking skills (objective, short answer, and essay question formats). Students will also learn information search/library skills relative to their major course of study. With regard to publications commonly used in their major course of study, students will learn how to read, interpret, and apply the information found in these major specific sources. Students will also learn self-awareness and interpersonal skills which will make the transition to college, and eventually the world or work, smoother (examples may include personality assessment, team building, self-esteem building, conflict management). Course consists of both lecture and recitation sections. (Fall Semesters)

INTD 161 Adaptive Fitness (1)

Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. A course designed for students having special needs based on medical conditions non-conducive to mainstream PEAC 160 Fitness for Life. It fulfills the requirements for PEAC 160. (Fall Semester)

INTD 199 Student Missionary/Task Force (6)

Prerequisite: Sophomore standing, minimum GPA of 2.50, approval of Student Missionary Program Screening Committee. Provides an opportunity for the student to serve in various capacities in a foreign country or in an institution where volunteer services are desperately needed and sought after. Duties may include teaching, counseling, administrative work, laboratory and health care functions, and other appropriate duties that a student may perform under supervision. The specific learning objectives are determined by each student's advisor and the college chaplain on a case-by-case basis. Length of time varies but is usually one school year or one calendar year.

To be selected for this experience the student will be expected to fulfill an intensive screening process. The student is also expected to raise sufficient funds for travel and related expenses. Students interested in participating in the student missionary/task force program should contact the Humanitas director. (May be repeated)

INTD 315 Ethics in Modern Society (3)

Examines ethical issues in business and economics, leadership and administration, science and medicine, religion, government, and education, paying particular attention to how new ethical approaches have developed in today's technological society. (Available only through the Adult Evening Program)

INTD 327 Issues in Religion and Culture (3)

An introduction to selected world religions and contemporary expressions of faith focusing on the role religion plays in various cultures as seen from both current and historical perspectives. (Available only through the Adult Evening Program)

INTD 499 Senior Seminar (2)

Open for credit only to seniors in the liberal studies major but may be audited by any senior. Synthesizes the courses in the unified theme into a final reflection on the chosen theme. Students are required to actively participate and to give an oral presentation of a scholarly paper. (Spring Semester)