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IM 750 - Information Storage and Retrieval 3 hours
Listed also as LIS 750
Prerequisite(s): IM 701 and acceptance into the MSIM program.
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IM 751 - Database Management 3 hours
Listed also as LIS 751
Prerequisite(s): IM 701 and acceptance into the MSIM program.
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IM 755 - Information Policy 3 hours
Listed also as LIS 755
Prerequisite(s): IM 701 and acceptance into the MSIM program.
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IM 760 - Human Computer Interaction 3 hours
Human Computer Interaction (HCI) is the study of computer interface designs and their impacts on the humans who use those systems. In this course, students will learn about the major theories of HCI and how to apply those theories to critique systems, to improve systems, and to design useful and user centered systems.
Prerequisite(s): IM 701 and acceptance into the MSIM program.
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IM 780 - Introduction to Information Security 3 hours
Ensuring that data and information are secure is a complex process. In this introductory course, students will learn about the various components that encompass information security including cyber security threats, counter-attack, and defense services. Students will explore the multiple levels of security in a variety of technologies and applications spaces.
Prerequisite(s): IM 701 and acceptance into the MSIM program.
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IM 783 - Organizational Information Security 3 hours
Most organizations exist in a network environment in which data is collected, maintained and shared. This courses focuses on the information and data security policy and strategy issues facing various organizations including government/public, private, business, non-profit, education, health, and others. This course will explore pro-active defense and “ethical hacking” within the contexts of specific organizations.
Prerequisite(s): IM 701 and acceptance into the MSIM program.
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IM 784 - Foundations of Health Informatics 3 hours
Health informatics is the application of technology to healthcare delivery, population and public health, community-based clinical research, and the potential for big data and analytics to transform the field. Within a framework of theory and practice, students will explore the critical issues and challenges within the field including interoperability, standardization, safety, and risks associated with the implementation of the electronic health record for individual patients as well as collective big data that can be used for population health management.
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IM 785 - Information Privacy 3 hours
Data privacy law in the US is piecemeal; a number of different laws regulate the dissemination of information to third parties. Some laws govern information about children, some about health information, some about financial records, some about personally identifying information. These laws are enacted in organizational policies and in eventually encoded in software. This course will examine the legal, social, and policy issues surrounding information privacy.
Prerequisite(s): IM 701 and acceptance into the MSIM program.
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IM 791 - Organizational and Multicultural Communication 3 hours
Listed also as LIS 791
Prerequisite(s): IM 701 and acceptance into the MSIM program.
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IM 799 - Practicum 1.5-3 hours
Supervised student fieldwork experience in an approved information center under the direction of an SOIS faculty member. In addition, a course research report or project will be required. The information center supervisor, the faculty member, and the student meet periodically to review the student’s progress. Students have an option for either 1.5 or 3 credit hours; the 1.5 credit hour practicum requires 60 hours work at the practicum site during the semester. The 3-credit hour practicum requires 120 hours work onsite (approximately 10 hours per week for 12 weeks).
Prerequisite(s): Student must have completed 18 semester hours, including IM 701 , IM 703 , IM 704 , and IM 720 ; GPA of 3.3 or higher.
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IM 801 - Independent Study in Information Management 3 hours
Directed and supervised projects of independent study. Limited to students having a grade point average of 3.3 or above who have a sufficient background to work independently. Consent of the instructor is required before registration. No student may take more than two independent studies.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of eight courses, including IM 701 , IM 703 , IM 704 , and IM 720 ; consent of instructor.
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IM 890 - e-Portfolio 0 hours
The submission of an e-Portfolio during the last semester of study is required of students seeking the master of science in information management degree. The assignment is graded as pass/fail and the prospective graduate must satisfactorily meet the requirement. Students must submit an application for graduation with the Office of the Registrar to prompt individual registration in this course.
Prerequisite(s): Application for graduation on file.
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IM 940 - Advanced Seminar: Data Management Theory 3 hours
This seminar course will cover the broad topic of data management theory and research. Readings on both the theory and practice of data management research will be explored. During this course, students will become familiar with classic data information topics such as database management systems, information security, data mining, as well as emerging data management theories.
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IM 967 - Quantitative Research Methods 3 hours
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INF 100 - Exploring Informatics 1 hour
Informatics looks at the many ways people use technology to find, produce, and use information. This course explores informatics as a social science, surveys the courses that comprise the informatics major and minor, and highlights careers available to graduates with informatics skills.
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INF 110 - Foundations of Informatics 4 hours
What is information, and why is it is so critical to us humans? This course studies information in societies, exploring information use and users, privacy and security, access and power, digital divides, and trust and distrust of information technologies. Shares theoretical and methodological paradigms with other social sciences, including criminology, economics, political science, psychology, and sociology. Lecture and lab.
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in social sciences.
This course will satisfy the core requirement in multicultural studies.
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INF 120 - Foundations Information Technology 4 hours
This course explores the principles and application of information technologies. Students will learn how computer applications, networking and telecommunications enable information transfer. It will introduce the computing techniques essential for processing, storing, and retrieving information. The ability to successfully use and manipulate information technology is foundational to being a successful digital citizen and information worker. This course provides students an introductory conceptual understanding of code and hardware: websites, applications, operating systems, personal computers, servers, tablets, and other mobile devices. Learning experiences in this course will be a combination of hands-on experiences with hardware, explorations of how code works and how to write it, and explorations of relevant literature.
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INF 130 - Research and Design for Informatics 3 hours
Informatics focuses on solving information problems. This course introduces research and design methods used in informatics to understand social behaviors and technological designs for information seeking and use. Students will learn common qualitative and quantitative research methods as well as ethical concerns in research and design.
Prerequisite(s): INF 110 or INF 120 (or concurrent enrollment in either course)
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INF 160 - Introduction to Data Science 3 hours
This course will introduce the basics of data science. It will explore diverse data science techniques to tackle real-world data-centric challenges. Students will learn data manipulation, cleaning, analysis and visualization techniques by using various R packages. This course will equip students with analytical skills that information professionals need to make better decisions in big data environments. Ultimately students will learn how to apply data science techniques on social media data and make inferences. Prior knowledge in programming or data science is not required.
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INF 190 - Project Management 3 hours
Methods and issues related to organizing, planning, and managing information technology projects; applications and techniques to support project management needs.
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INF 200 - Cybersecurity Informatics 4 hours
This course introduces cybersecurity issues by focusing on technical, organizational, and legal aspects of information security. Students will explore high-profile and emerging cybersecurity issues as useful case studies.
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INF 210 - Health Informatics 4 hours
This course reviews informatics issues related specifically to healthcare with special emphasis on integrating data, information, and knowledge to support decision-making by patients and their healthcare providers, with an overall goal of improving the quality of patient care.
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INF 220 - Organizational Informatics 4 hours
Organizational informatics considers the needs, uses, and consequences of information practices and technologies in organizational contexts. This course prepares students to identify organizational information technology needs, address unique socio-technical issues in the workplace, and scan for emerging technologies and trends to enhance information work practices such as records management and retention, data collection and organization for decision making, and securing proprietary commercial and organizational information.
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INF 230 - Educational Informatics 4 hours
This course looks at the role of educational technology in learning. Students will investigate policies, ethics, opportunities, and limitations related to educational technology within and outside of traditional learning environments.
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INF 240 - Community Informatics 4 hours
Community informatics is broadly defined as the use and application of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in local communities, specifically how social, cultural, political, and economic factors influence the adoption and use of ICTs among members of specific communities. This course introduces students to digital divide issues and the role of ICTs in cultural heritage and community development.
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INF 251 - Database Management 3 hours
Introduction to database concepts, database design and database implementation. Examines the role of data in the information environment and the application of database principles in information storage and handling. Students will have hands-on practice with a database management system.
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INF 252 - Design Thinking for Human-Computer Interaction 3 hours
Design thinking is the process by which programmers, information architects, designers, and many others work up a product from start to finish. This course considers design thinking from a user’s perspective, emphasizing methods for identifying user needs, ideating products and services, prototyping new concepts, and using research methods for evaluating a prototype’s usability. Students will encounter a mix of design methods, user behavior theory, and an introduction to usability testing procedures in this course. Learning experiences in this course will be hands-on, team-based and iterative, meaning that students can expect to be build a product with their peers in collaborative teams.
Prerequisite(s): INF 130
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INF 253 - Introduction to Web Design 3 hours
This course provides a brief history of the Internet and World Wide Web before moving to skills required to design and deploy working websites. Topics in the course include web design standards, including accessibility standards, and use of XHTML, HTML5, and CSS for basic information architecture.
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INF 254 - Foundations of Information Security 3 hours
This course introduces foundational concepts of cybersecurity and systems analysis: computer system basics, their relationship to security issues, and how basic hardware and software configurations can be hardened to decrease security concerns on devices and across networks. User access controls and permission levels will also be highlighted.
Prerequisite(s): INF 160
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INF 255 - Instructional Design for Digital Learning Spaces 3 hours
Learning management systems, massive open online courses (MOOCs), and non-traditional online learning communities all benefit from designs that focus users on acquiring and creating knowledge in efficient ways that feel intuitive and are appealing. This course provides foundational design concepts, frameworks, and skill sets to design digital learning spaces. Students will get hands-on experiences with a variety of instructional technology systems in order to understand the relationship between instructional design choices and technological affordances.
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INF 256 - Information Seeking and Use Behavior 3 hours
This course addresses information seeking behaviors and information use in specific contexts (e.g., health information seeking) by exploring relevant frameworks and theories. It also engages students in meta-analyses of their own information seeking and use practices and that of their peers using reflective strategies and structured inquiry.
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INF 351 - Data Analytics for Information Professionals 3 hours
This course introduces data analytics methods for accessing, storing, cleaning, mixing, and mining data for insights. Students will gain hands-on experience with a suite of analytics tools.
Prerequisite(s): INF 160
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INF 352 - Value-Sensitive Design 3 hours
Designers of information technology tools, systems, and services often embed their values (or the values of their superiors) into the products they create. This course provides an introduction to the value-sensitive design of information systems and technologies. Students will examine existing systems from a value-sensitive design perspective while employing conceptual, technical, and empirical methods.
Prerequisite(s): INF 130
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INF 353 - Advanced Web Design and Content Management 3 hours
This course builds on web design skills established in previous courses by introducing complex markup languages and extensible language frameworks. Students will learn the browser/server/application relationship before getting hands-on experience with open source content management systems.
Prerequisite(s): INF 253
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INF 354 - Security for Networked Systems 3 hours
This course surveys network security, with special emphasis on securing networks and their connected devices to increase their integrity and the confidentiality of information flows. Foundational topics include cryptography, primitives and protocols, and authentication and authorization schemes.
Prerequisite(s): INF 160
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INF 355 - Game Based Learning 3 hours
This course examines gaming principles-skill points, levels, bosses, etc.-and their relevance in digital and hybrid learning environments, both in traditional learning institutions (e.g., primary, secondary, and post-secondary schools) and non-traditional programs of learning (e.g., massive open online courses). Students will analyze digital games and design their own game-based learning systems or conceptual prototypes.
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INF 356 - User Studies 3 hours
This course explores humans-as-users and their relationships with technology. Students will examine how users employ, modify, design, reconfigure, and resist technology in an information society.
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INF 400 - Information Ethics and Policy 3 hours
Information and communication technologies present social issues with competing values in complex legal and cultural environments. This course addresses moral and ethical issues of information, information technologies, and information industries with special emphasis on intellectual property, free speech, and information privacy.
Prerequisite(s): INF 110 and INF 120 (or concurrent enrollment)
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INF 410 - Code and Power 3 hours
Computer code, the language that drives information and communication technologies, is inherently powerful. It frames how we think, prescribes our actions, and controls how we interact with others. In this course students assess technology by exploring specific technologies and their code constructions. Topics include open and closed source coding, communities, and culture, with special emphasis on competing value sets and the role of intellectual property rights (e.g., the DMCA) in protecting closed code constructions.
Prerequisite(s): INF 110 and INF 120 (or concurrent enrollment)
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INF 420 - The Information Society 3 hours
This course addresses the historical transformation of an industrial society to an information society. Topics include analog and digital print culture, what it means to be digitally literate, norms and values of digital citizenry, information labor, and the rise of technology-based surveillance.
Prerequisite(s): INF 110 and INF 120 (or concurrent enrollment)
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INF 430 - Information Divides 3 hours
The information society brings advances in knowledge creation and dissemination that enhances wealth, power, and comfort for some but not for all. Information divides exist, especially among underrepresented groups and those without access to online information. This course addresses information divides with regard to economics, education, health, and democracy.
Prerequisite(s): INF 110 and INF 120 (or concurrent enrollment)
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INF 440 - Special Topics in Informatics 3 hours
This course covers informatics topics based on the research interests of the course instructor. This course may be repeated for credit if the content of each class is different.
Prerequisite(s): INF 110 or INF 120 (or concurrent enrollment)
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INF 451 - Data Visualization 3 hours
The rise of big data has increased the relevance and usefulness of information visualization strategies. This course examines the tenets of information visualization, including human perception, aesthetics of information design, and information interaction. Students will critique existing information visualizations as well as create visualizations using open datasets and visualization tools.
Prerequisite(s): INF 160
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INF 452 - User Experience Evaluation 3 hours
This course provides an advanced and focused examination of user experience evaluation methods, skills, and tools. Core concepts include choosing dimensions to study, identifying important constructs, and employing the right method to get the most useful information. Students will test existing information systems to build their user experience evaluation proficiencies.
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INF 453 - Information Architecture 3 hours
This course presents basic information architecture, organization schemes and structures, labeling systems, navigation systems, and search systems. The course emphasizes contextual factors, user needs, and content strategies, including content lifecycle management.
Prerequisite(s): INF 353
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INF 454 - Digital Forensics 3 hours
While the optimal condition of a network or connected device is to remain secure and unaffected by threats, attacks and leaks happen, as we know all too well. In these cases, identifying what went wrong is critical for reestablishing security and reporting network weaknesses. This course provides an overview of digital forensics concepts, techniques, and tools with emphasis on the collection, analysis, presentation, and preservation of digital evidence for stakeholders, legal entities, and law enforcement.
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INF 455 - Digital Pedagogy 3 hours
This course explores emerging digital pedagogy and related learning theory in order to orient students to teaching in an online environment. It also explores specific technological applications and their respective affordances to examine how they influence and constrain instructional choices and learning opportunities.
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INF 456 - User Services 3 hours
This course surveys established and emerging face-to-face and online information seeking services and resources. Students will prototype information services for different kinds of users based on a broad understanding of reference materials, databases, and websites, which will be developed in-class.
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INF 480 - Capstone Experience 4 hours
The capstone experience (CE) showcases the student’s intellectual advances and technical skills developed in the program by providing a creative venue for expressing their interests and growth. Additionally, the CE prepares students for the job market by providing structured time for job prospecting, preparing materials (e.g., résumés, cover letters, design portfolios, etc.), and getting feedback from faculty and the career services coordinator on job applications and mock interview sessions. Students will create a digital portfolio and complete one of three experiences: an internship, a project, or a thesis.
Prerequisite(s): Completed after or concurrently with the last semester of coursework in the informatics major.
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INTB 280 - The International Business Environment 3 hours
This course explores business across borders and the role that ethics, politics, culture, demography, as well as home/host country institutions and macroeconomic policies, play in making global business decisions.
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INTB 281 - International Business 3 hours
Survey and analysis of economic, managerial, and financial aspects of United States firms operating abroad. Impact of United States and foreign government political, economic, and social policies upon management of the multinational firm.
Previously numbered as BAD 255
Prerequisite(s): ECON 102 . ECON 101 and MKTG 301 are recommended.
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INTB 380 - Doing Business Around the World 3 hours
This course will focus on developing practical knowledge of how business is conducted in a specific region of the world (Latin America, Asia, Europe, etc). The course will examine the role of economic, social, cultural, and political factors in creating opportunities for US companies doing business in the region. An experiential project with a company interested in the region will be part of the course.
Prerequisite(s): INTB 280 . ECON 340 , FIN 320 , MGMT 360 , or MKTG 370 recommended.
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INTB 780 - International Practicum 3 hours
The International Practicum is designed to introduce students to real-world organizational problems and issues in a foreign setting. Students will be exposed to organizations and businesses in the host country. The course is applied in orientation and intensive in duration. The culture, history, political economy and relationship of the specified country to global events will be discussed as part of the residency.
Previously numbered as GSB 767
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INTB 781 - International Business 3 hours
This course examines international company behavior in a global environment with an emphasis on the business leaders role and the decision making function. Students analyze the development and implementation of strategies conducive to success in global markets.
Previously numbered as GSB 761
Prerequisite(s): MKTG 606
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INTB 790 - Special Topics in International Business 3 hours
This course will cover special topics in the area of international business. Topics covered will be based on the research and teaching interests of the course instructor. This course may be repeated if the content of each class is different.
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ITAL 101 - Elementary Italian I 4 hours
This course introduces students to the Italian language by listening, speaking, reading and writing Italian in a cultural context. Students will develop a basic proficiency in all language skills through a study of Italian grammar and vocabulary.
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ITAL 102 - Elementary Italian II 4 hours
This course continues to develop the four language skills.
Prerequisite(s): ITAL 101 or equivalent.
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ITAL 192 - Italian for Spanish Speakers 4 hours
We will use students understanding of Spanish to move more quickly through the Italian material. This course introduces students to the Italian language by listening, speaking, reading and writing Italian in a cultural context. Students will develop a basic proficiency in all language skills through a study of Italian grammar and vocabulary.
Prerequisite(s): Placement by exam. Students who have taken ITAL 201 or above or placed into ITAL 201 or above may not take this course.
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ITAL 201 - Intermediate Italian I 4 hours
This course reinforces and builds upon basic skills in Italian through development of the four language skills. Compositions and dialogues in conjunction with daily written and oral exercises reinforce grammatical concepts.
Prerequisite(s): ITAL 102 with a minimum grade of C- or placement through examination.
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ITAL 202 - Intermediate Italian II 4 hours
This course completes the grammar cycle and continues the development of reading and writing skills with an emphasis on written and spoken communication. Visual, oral, and written materials form the point of departure for work in enhancing students’ communication skills.
Prerequisite(s): ITAL 201 or equivalent.
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ITAL 205 - Italian Language 3 hours
Credit for this course is recorded for students who have earned a score of 4 or 5 on the AP language exam in Italian. The three credits may be counted towards the major or minor in Italian. However, fulfillment of the language requirement and placement into the Italian language sequence is determined by Dominican University Assessment.
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ITAL 255 - Italian Civilization and Culture I 3 hours
An introduction to the history and culture of Italy from the medieval through the Renaissance periods by examining the geography, visual arts, literature, customs, economy, politics, and lifestyles of the time.
Prerequisite(s): ITAL 202 or equivalent.
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ITAL 256 - Italian Civilization and Culture II 3 hours
An introduction to the history and culture of Italy from the Baroque period to the present by examining the geography, visual arts, literature, customs, economy, politics, and lifestyles of the time.
Prerequisite(s): ITAL 202 or equivalent.
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ITAL 260 - Italian-American Culture 3 hours
An exploration through film and literature of the position of Italian-Americans in the United States during the 20th and 21st centuries. This course is conducted in English.
Listed also as MFL 260 .
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in literature.
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ITAL 263 - Women of the Italian Renaissance 3 hours
In the Italian Renaissance women were visible not only at the subject of male writers and artists, but as writers and artists in their own right. This course considers women both as objects of male works and as active contributors to culture by exploring the literature and art of the Italian Renaissance. This course is conducted in English.
Listed also as SWG 263 .
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in literature.
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ITAL 264 - Modern Italian Women Writers 3 hours
This course will focus on the 20th century works of Italian women writers such as Elsa Morante, Natalia Ginzburg and Dacia Maraini. We will consider the position of women and literary production in Italy from World War II to the present. This course is conducted in English. The course does not count towards the Italian major or minor.
Listed also as MFL 264 and SWG 264 .
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in literature.
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ITAL 275 - Dante’s Inferno 3 hours
This course provides an understanding of Dante’s Inferno through a close examination of the text, while also exploring visual commentary of the text. A study of manuscript art of the Inferno presents the historical context in which the work was circulated in its earlier years. This course is conducted in English.
Listed also as MFL 275 .
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in literature.
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ITAL 276 - Dante’s Divine Comedy I 3 hours
This course will first study Dante’s La Vita Nuova as the preparatory text to Dante’s great poem, the Divine Comedy. The majority of this course concentrates on the poem’s first canticle, the Inferno. Through a close examination of the text, this course will look to the poem’s manuscript art as the visual commentary that accompanied the work in its earliest circulations. It will also consider the art that shaped the poet’s creation of the poem and the places it describes. This course is conducted in English.
Listed also as MFL 276
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in literature.
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ITAL 277 - Dante’s Divine Comedy II 3 hours
This course will study the Purgatorio and the Paradiso—the second and third canticles of Dante’s great poem, the Divine Comedy. Through a close examination of the text, this course will look to the poem’s manuscript art as the visual commentary that accompanied the work in its earliest circulations; it will also consider the art that shaped the poet’s creation of the poem and the places it describes. This course is conducted in English.
Listed also as MFL 277 .
Prerequisite(s): ITAL 276 is recommended but not required.
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in literature.
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ITAL 280 - Italia Oggi (Italy Today) I 3 hours
Designed to engage students with Italy’s most contemporary sense of culture, this course moves over four topics and combines media (internet journals, film, YouTube) with traditional genres (short stories, poetry, popular music) to create a virtual immersion experience in which language is experienced and produced in its most current usage. Students will gather and share information through class discussions and through participation in Skype communities. This course is conducted in Italian.
Prerequisite(s): ITAL 202 or equivalent.
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ITAL 281 - Italia Oggi (Italy Today) II 3 hours
Designed to engage students with Italy’s most contemporary sense of culture, this course moves over four topics and combines media (internet journals, film, YouTube) with traditional genres (short stories, poetry, popular music) to create a virtual immersion experience in which language is experienced and produced in its most current usage. Students will gather and share information through class discussions and through participation in Skype communities. This course is conducted in Italian.
Prerequisite(s): ITAL 202 or equivalent. Completion of ITAL 280 - Italia Oggi (Italy Today) I is recommended but not required.
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ITAL 285 - Mangia! Food and Culture in Italian Literature 3 hours
Food and the rituals that surround it have played an important role in Italian literature through the ages. In this course, we will look at modern literature to see how writers have presented these rituals in their short stories, novels, and poetry. We will discuss these rituals and customs as a reflection of modern Italian society. We will look at writers such as Luigi Pirandello, Natalia Ginzburg, and Italo Calvino. This course is taught in English. This course will not count towards the Italian major or minor.
Listed also as MFL 285
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in literature.
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ITAL 295 - Italian Cinema 3 hours
The development and evolution of Italian cinema after World War II to the present. A survey of Italian film directors such as Federico Fellini, Roberto Rossellini, Vittorio De Sica, and Giuseppe Tornatore. This course is conducted in English.
Listed also as CAS 295 .
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in fine arts.
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ITAL 300 - Advanced Grammar and Composition 3 hours
Development of writing skills with emphasis on the complexities of structure and idioms and composition techniques.
Prerequisite(s): ITAL 202 or equivalent.
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ITAL 301 - Advanced Discussion 3 hours
Development of increased fluency in spoken language in a variety of forms through conversations, reports, and the use of relevant contemporary materials contained in films, magazines, and newspaper articles.
Prerequisite(s): ITAL 202 or equivalent.
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ITAL 320 - History of the Italian Language 3 hours
This course is designed to provide students with an overview of the evolution of the Italian language. Course material covers La Questione della Lingua, linguistics, and dialects.
Prerequisite(s): ITAL 300 .
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ITAL 345 - Business Italian 3 hours
An introduction to written and oral Italian as it applies to the business profession. Provides exposure to current Italian commercial structures, business practices, and terminology, and cultivates business-related communication skills.
Prerequisite(s): ITAL 255 , ITAL 256 , ITAL 300 , or ITAL 301 .
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ITAL 360 - Italian Short Story 3 hours
A study of the novella from the Middle Ages to the present.
Prerequisite(s): ITAL 255 , ITAL 256 , ITAL 300 , or ITAL 301
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in literature.
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ITAL 365 - Literature of the Italian Middle Ages 3 hours
The course covers the literary production of the Italian Middle Ages. Works include the poetry of the Duecento and an introduction to masterpieces by Dante Alighieri and Giovanni Boccaccio.
Prerequisite(s): ITAL 255 , ITAL 256 , ITAL 300 , or ITAL 301 .
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in literature.
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ITAL 366 - Literature of the Italian Renaissance 3 hours
The course covers the literary production of the Renaissance. Works include those of Francesco Petrarca, Niccolo Machiavelli, and Ludovico Ariosto, among others.
Prerequisite(s): ITAL 255 , ITAL 256 , ITAL 300 , or ITAL 301 .
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in literature.
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ITAL 367 - Literature of the Italian Romantic Period 3 hours
The course begins with the pre-Romantic works of Ugo Foscolo and focuses on the literary production of Alessandro Manzoni and Giacomo Leopardi. Includes a discussion of the Italian Romantic movement within the context of European Romanticism.
Prerequisite(s): ITAL 255 , ITAL 256 , ITAL 300 , or ITAL 301 .
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in literature.
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ITAL 368 - Literature of Modern Italy 3 hours
An introduction to Italian literature from the 20th century to the present through a study of representative selections of prose and poetry.
Prerequisite(s): ITAL 255 , ITAL 256 , ITAL 300 , or ITAL 301 .
This course will satisfy the core area requirement in literature.
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ITAL 399 - Directed Study 1-4 hours
Directed study open only to students who have already taken all Italian courses offered in a given semester. Students will work closely with the instructor.
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing and consent of instructor.
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ITAL 450 - Independent Study 1-4 hours
Independent study is for students who have already taken all Italian courses offered in a given semester.
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing and consent of instructor.
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ITAL 455 - Internship 1-8 hours
This course gives students academic credit for a work experience that is directly related to the major. In addition to the hours of work completed (either paid or unpaid), students will be required to submit written reports and/or give oral presentations.
Prerequisite(s): Recommendation by discipline director.
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LAS 102 - Oh the places you’ve been; oh the places you’ll go 3 hours
In this seminar, we will explore the tension between where we come from (in terms of heritage and home) and where we’re going, between who we are in a community (a family, a friendship, a classroom) and who we are as individuals, and between our pasts and our futures. To paraphrase Greek philosopher Heraclitus, we will never step in the same river twice, for it is not the same river and I am not the same person. So, using Thich Nhat Hanh’s Living Buddha, Living Christ as well as a variety of other sources (prose, poetry, music, video), we will look at the process of becoming ourselves and of belonging in a constantly changing world.
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LAS 104 - The Curated Self: Becoming a Brand 3 hours
This course explores identity development and the interplay between the authentic self and the curated self. The seminar will examine social forces that can influence human behavior and self-perception, particularly in social media. We will explore self-discovery as a tool to creatively author a cohesive personal brand story.
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LAS 105 - Living at the Intersection of Identities 3 hours
This seminar uses the concept of “intersectionality” to examine the self. Students will be invited to reflect on the multiple identities they have to understand who they are and how they became who they are. We will discuss how the intersection of our identities puts us at a unique place in society where some of us have more and less privileges than others. By exploring the intersection of their identities, students will aim to have a more holistic understanding of the self, including how each unique reality impacts who we can and will become in the world. Using an “intersectionality” perspective students will also assess what it means to live mindfully and reflectively and how the intersection of their identities may help or hinder that process. This seminar will require off-campus service hours.
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LAS 107 - Living our Best Lives 3 hours
At the heart of the examined life is a question posed by a great philosopher: How must we live if we are not to end up with a life we ultimately regret? Or put positively, What is the best way of life and how should we live if we are going to achieve it? While these questions have long been the focus of philosophers, theologians, writers, and artists, they challenge each of us to reflect deeply upon who we are, how we’ve become the person we are today, how we will live in the world in which we find ourselves, and what stands in the way of living our best lives. In this seminar, students will explore how others have grappled with these questions and what they can learn from these experiences. Through discussions, reflections, and creative activities, students will explore these same questions in relationship to their own lives.
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LAS 108 - The Moment is Now 3 hours
The moment is now. We are here. We have been waiting for this! We are at college and ready to start the “work of life”. We will use the seminar guiding text and questions to explore the opportunity that we have now, during our freshman year, to reflect on who we are and how to plan our future. This will require acknowledgement of our (and others’) expectations, reflection upon the journey and it’s influences, and action oriented planning as we consider our life’s work and how we make a life for ourselves.
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LAS 109 - Media, Popular Culture, and the Examined Life 3 hours
Media and popular culture scholar, Stuart Hall, contends that “popular culture is one of the sites where this struggle for and against a culture of the powerful is engaged” and that popular culture “is also the stake to be won or lost in that struggle.” This may be one reason why we increasingly engage with other people via media and popular culture, including (but not limited to) watching our favorite stars in movies and on TV, seeing bands in live concerts, viewing beauty vlogs on YouTube, shopping with friends, or even reading posts from our friends and family on social media. In this class, we will consider what our interactions with media and popular culture say about us as individuals and what roles media and popular culture play in the development and expression of our selves.
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LAS 117 - Everything That Kills Me Makes Me Feel Alive: How Do We Become Who We Are? 3 hours
Students will consider three influences on their personality: biology (how much of it is destiny?), school of hard knocks or lack thereof, and spiritual guidance/religion.
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LAS 118 - The Best Authentic Selfie: A Networked Self in the Digital Age 3 hours
This course takes students to the journey of examining self-presentation in the networked digital world. Students will explore answers from ancient wisdoms to modern research for the unknown questions: What is the self? Who am I? How did I become who I am? Who will I be in the world? What does it mean to live mindfully and reflectively? And what helps and hinders that process? Students will also learn how to use social media tools to invent or reinvent oneself.
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LAS 120 - Finding Your Place in the World: Pathways for First Generation College Students 3 hours
College can be a transformative experience, one where students are challenged by new experiences in learning and living. This experience can be exciting, exhilarating, difficult and filled with uncertainty. This seminar will examine how first-generation students bring with them powerful tools rooted in their own experiences of social class, family and community that provide them with a strong foundation for success in college. Readings, discussions and activities will help students understand and engage the intense changes in learning and living that come with a college experience and navigate a pathway that allows them to be true to themselves as they embark on this new journey.
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LAS 121 - The Collegiate Self and the Science of Learning 3 hours
This seminar focuses on how the experience of going to college shapes our understanding of the self and our identities as learners. Reading will include autobiographies, short fiction, and research articles and books on higher education and the learning sciences.
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LAS 122 - The Humanity of Mathematics 3 hours
An action as simple as turning a faucet from one position to another can illustrate a mathematical idea. What is mathematics? Using the simplest examples we can find, we will explore the modern answer to this question. Our goal is both to discover the meaning of critical thinking and to discover the humanity of mathematics, its beauty, its elegance, and its dignity, which is also in part the dignity of the human mind.
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LAS 123 - Dragons, Secret Agents, Wizards, Saviors, and You 3 hours
This course serves as your introduction to the Liberal Arts Seminar sequence of the core curriculum. A Liberal Arts Seminar at Dominican is a discussion-centered course focused on a class-level theme. All freshmen explore the same theme - “The Examined Life”. In this course, we will approach this primarily through the lens of fantasy, science fiction, and psychology.
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LAS 124 - Who I Am and the Choices I Make 3 hours
In this seminar we will explore how who I am and what I value influences the choices I make. Similarly, we will explore how the choices I make will influence who I become. We will read selections from economics and psychology to explore choice theory and decision making.
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LAS 125 - Journeys of the Self 3 hours
From the ancient through the modern, narrative forms have employed the physical journey as a metaphoric foundation for psychological journeys to self-awareness. Utilizing the common text and selections from alternative texts ranging from Gilgamesh, to Hamlet and Don Quixote, Virginia Wolff’s Orlando, Hesse’s Siddhartha, and others we will read closely, think critically, discuss passionately, and write concisely about the singular inward journeys that lead to self-awareness and to the subsequent focus of the self on service to the directed life.
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LAS 126 - Writing the Self and Its Other 3 hours
Modern individuals regard themselves as singular, authentic beings, capable of self-knowledge. In this seminar we will study the origins of the modern self as a self-conscious “subject,” contained within gender, racial, national, economic and religious limits. However, we will also consider more fluid forms of identification, deemed antagonistic, even mutually exclusive, by dominant discourses. By examining these two modes of self-representation, we will question the role of self-awareness, individuality, and individualism across different cultural and religious traditions. We will also consider how the development of “personal identity” is intrinsically tied to the act of reflection, invention, and writing of one’s self and its other. Readings will include essays, short stories, memoirs, philosophical and religious discourse, poetry, film and novels. This seminar may require off-campus service-learning hours.
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