Course List
Roanoke College - Courses OfferedSummer Term 2 2013S2 - Intellectual Inquiry
INQ 120 A
Title: Matters of Life and Death
Instructor: Mr. R. Scott HardwigBlock:
Time: 10:50AM-1:00PM
Room: OLIN 325
Units: 1
Catalog Description: Investigates questions of values, individual andcommunal, from the standpoint of a particularfield of learning. The course will teachreasoning skills through reading, writing and oralcommunication by linking key works with broadertraditions of critical reflections on the goodlife. Students will be encouraged to explore waysin which they can use the course material fortheir own refelections on what it means to livewell.
INQ 260PS WA
Title: Public Opinion in Virginia
Instructor: Dr. Harry L. WilsonBlock:
Time: 1:30PM-3:40PM
Room: WEST 216
Units: 1
Catalog Description: Introduces the methodologies of the socialsciences through an inquiry-focused approach to atopic drawn from one of Western Perspectives,Global Perspectives, or the Natural World. Thecourse seeks to develop students' criticalthinking skills through the exploration andapplication of social scientific methods.Individual sections will be taught in a particulardiscipline.
INQ 260PY WA
Title: Positive Psychology
Instructor: Dr. Edward R. WhitsonBlock:
Time: 10:50AM-1:00PM
Room: LIFE 515
Units: 1
Catalog Description: Introduces the methodologies of the socialsciences through an inquiry-focused approach to atopic drawn from one of Western Perspectives,Global Perspectives, or the Natural World. Thecourse seeks to develop students' criticalthinking skills through the exploration andapplication of social scientific methods.Individual sections will be taught in aparticular discipline.
INQ 271 WA
Title: Science vs Religion?
Instructor: Dr. Ned WisnefskeBlock:
Time: 1:30PM-3:40PM
Room: WEST 228
Units: 1
Catalog Description: Develops a sense of historical perspective andthe ability to use the methodologies of thehumanities or the fine arts by exploring asubject drawn from the period from 1500 to thepresent. The course seeks to develop anappreciation for ways in which the humanities andfine arts, along with other ways of knowing candeepen our understanding of Western Perspectives,Global Perspectives, or the Natural World.
INQ 300 A
Title: Global Citizenship
Instructor: Dr. Maria StallionsBlock:
Time: 10:50AM-1:00PM
Room: LIB 300
Units: 1
Comments: Completion of all 100-level and 200-level INQ courses.
Catalog Description: Asks students to look back on their experiencesand their work in the Intellectual InquiryCurriculum in order to make explicit, meaningfulconnections to contemporary issues. In additionto individual written assignments, students willwork in small groups to research and develop aproposal concerning a concept, approach, orsolution to a problem that will be presented in aformal defense.
