March 20, 2019 | The Clarion
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Special topics classes this fail
cover topics not in BC catalog
By Kenny Cheek
Staff Writer
With midterms finally over and final exams
creeping nearer, students all over campus are
looking forward to the fun, sun and freedom
that comes with summer break. However,
before this wonderful time of year can begin,
classes for the 2019 Fall semester have to be
selected.
As students prepare their lists of general
education and major related classes that they
need to have, some may be interested in
special classes. More specifically, special topic
seminars and special LINC courses.
Course topics range from agriculture to
psychology. Students are reminded that even if
the class may seem easy, every course requires
dedication, grit and hard work.
Criminal Justice:
Special Topics Seminar PSA (CRJ 390-01):
Every Wednesday from 8 to 10:30 a.m. in
MG for 3 Credits with an unnamed BC Staff
Member
Special Topic Seminar Civil Law (CRJ 390-
03): Every Monday and Thursday from 2 to
3:15 p.m. in MG for 3 Credits with an unnamed
BC Staff Member
Special Topic Seminar Underage Alcohol
Consumption (CRJ 390-02): Monday through
Friday from 6-10 p.m. in MG for 3 Credits with
an unnamed BC Staff Member
Special Topic Seminar Cyber Crimes (CRJ
390-04): Every Tuesday and Friday from 11
AM to 12:15 p.m. in MG for 3 Credit Hours
with an unnamed BC Staff Member
Special Topics Seminar LINC Social Issues
in CRJ (CRJ 290K-01): Every Tuesday and
Friday from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. in MG for 3
Credits with Timothy Powers
Biology:
Special Topics: Comparative Styles of
Medicine (BIO 290-01): Every Monday and
Thursday from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. in MS for
3 Credits with an unnamed BC Staff Member
Biostatistics (LNC 292-01): Every Monday,
Tuesday, and Thursday from 8:25 to 9:15 a.m.
in MS for 3 Credits with Sarah Maveety and
Kathryn Rasmussen
Psychology:
Special Topics Seminar LINC Psychology of
Discrimination (PSY 290K-01): Every Monday
and Thursday from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. in MG
for 3 Credits with Allison O’Leary
Agriculture:
Special Topics Niche Market Agriculture
(AGR 290-01): Every Monday and Thursday
from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. in MS for 3 Credits
with Gina Raicovich
History:
Special Topics Seminar (HIS 390-01):
Tuesdays/Monday and Thursday from 2 to
3:15 p.m. in MG for 1 Credit with Jordan Kuck
English:
Advanced Studies in Literature Banned
Books Literature (ENG 330-01): Every
Tuesday and Friday from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
for 3 Credits with John Padgett
Other:
Holistic Wellness (LNC 297-01): Every
Wednesday from 8 to 10:30 a.m. in MS for 3
Credits with Kristen Hewitt and Megan Keiser
Logic and Legal Reasoning (LNC 320-01):
Every Monday and Thursday from 12:30 to
1:45 p.m. in MG for 3 Credits with Mary Ann
Hollocker
Students can find all listed classes on the
“Add/Drop Courses” page of their my.brevard
account, and are encouraged to contact the
department if they have any questions about
the topics. Discussing these classes with your
advisor on Academic Advising day is also a
wise decision for anyone interested in any of
these classes.
Students watch WWl documentary
By Dr. Jordan Kuck
Assistant Professor of History
Oral histories, when well done, are among
the most gripping of reads. Take, for instance,
the oral history works of the Nobel Prize
winning author Svetlana Alexievich. Her work
has been described as the history of emotions.
Others have called her work the history of
the soul.
Alexievich’s work “Voices of Chernobyl:
The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster” is
an unforgettable read. The great writer Franz
Kafka once wrote that “a book must be the
axe for the frozen sea within us.” “Voices
of Chernobyl” not only shatters the frozen
sea within us, it also creates a tidal wave of
emotions. Alexievich masterly weaves together
oral histories in a way that fully implants
readers within the chaos, confusion and
heartache of the Chernobyl disaster.
In film, the closest thing to Alexievich’s
immensely important form of oral history is the
new World War I documentary, “They Shall Not
Grow Old.” Students in my HIS 390 (Modem
German History) course recently went to the
Co-Ed Cinema in Brevard to attend a screening
of the documentary. Like Alexievich’s work,
“They Shall Not Grow Old” is a work of oral
history. The voices and stories in the film
are those of veterans, who were interviewed
decades after the guns fell silent on the Western
Front. Adding to the power of those accounts
are the haunting visuals.
What makes “They Shall Not Grow Old”
incredibly unique is that old black-and-white
silent film footage was digitized and colorized.
Sound, too, was added. Having modernized the
film footage, the director, Peter Jackson, then
marvelously wove together excerpts of oral
interviews with the scenes from the war front,
so that the audience hears a veteran talking
about an element of the war experience that
meshes with what is on screen. The combined,
total experience is gut-wrenching. To hear a
veteran talk about the anxious moments before
climbing out of the trench to charge across No
Man’s Land, while at the same time visually
observing the look of terror on the face of a
young soldier who is preparing for a charge,
it emotionally unsettles the audience in a way
that is not soon forgotten.
Arguably, no event in modem German history
has been more significant than was World
War I. “They Shall Not Grow Old” provides
students with the opportunity to understand
better the momentous tragedy that was the
Great War.
This experiential learning opportunity was
made possible by BCP funds.