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Learning Communities classes announced
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A newsletter for the students, faculty and staff of the Collin College. Published semi-monthly. For information or submissions, call 972.599.3142. Cougar News welcomes student and faculty submissions. Next deadline: June 5. All submissions are due by 5 p.m. on the due date. Photos cannot be returned. Text should be e-mailed to mrobinson@ccccd.edu or sent on disk. Submit copy that is proofed, edited and saved in Word format. Cougar News staff: Lisa Vasquez, director; Mark Robinson, editor; Marcy Cadena-Smith, contributor; Nick Young, photography and layout.

Learning Communities classes announced

Two students work together in a Learning Communities course at Collin College.
Learning Communities provide a unique opportunity to earn six credit hours toward a degree in one fell swoop. The Learning Communities concept combines two classes of different disciplines with two professors and an open-dialogue classroom environment.

Below are classes to be offered in fall semester. Registration for fall begins June 24.

Central Park Campus

Fences in the Mind and at the Border: Exploring Bias through Educational Psychology
Education-Psychology
Professors: Wilkinson - Smith
MW – 10 a.m.-12:45 p.m.

Better Living through Chemistry

Chemistry-Sociology
Professors: El-Ashmawy - Glass
TR – 11:30 a.m.-2:45 p.m.

What Does It Mean to Be an American?
Sociology-History
Professors: Gaiter - Collins
MW – 10 a.m.-12:45 p.m.

Stats, Lies and the Race to the White House
Government-Math
Professors: McConachie - Juliano
MWF – 9-10:50 a.m.

Preston Ridge Campus

Emotions & Exaggerations: The Bumpy Road to the White House, Past and Present
English-History
Professors: Angel-Cann - Gunderson
TR – 8:30-11:15 a.m.

Chances in Life: A Quantitative approach to Biology
Math-Biology
Professors: Ardis - Subramanian
TR- 10 a.m.-12:45 p.m.

Rumors of Reality: Politics, the Media and Our Social Conscious

Sociology-Government
Professors: McKenzie - St. John
MW – 9-11:45 a.m.

America’s Global Experience: War, Politics, Genocide and Foreign Policy

Government-History
Professors: Stewart - Coffelt
TR – 1-3:45 p.m.

ARS Rhetorica: Reintegrating the Ancient Art of Rhetoric

English-Speech
Professors: Clark - Parker
MW – 10 a.m.-12:45 p.m.

Spring Creek Campus


Businomics: Modern Business and Economic Environments
Economics-Business
Professors: Randall - Clark
MW – 1-3:45 p.m.

Dynamic Earth

Physics-Geology
Professors: Broyles - Csato
MWF – 9-10:50 a.m.

Arguing Politics

English-Government
Professors: Mizell - Brody
TR – 11:30 a.m.-2:15 p.m.

Sensational Trials in Modern American History: Lizzie, Manson, OJ and More

Criminal Justice-History
Professors: Marble - Coulter
MWF – 10-11:50 p.m.

Emerging Nation/Marginalized Voices
English-History
Professors: Roy-Davis - Tullock
MW – 10 a.m.-12:45 p.m.

Navigating the Social World Throughout the Life-Span: You’re Born, You Live, You Die; Is That All There Is?

Sociology-Psychology
Professors: Stern - Lusk
TR – 10 a.m.-12:45 p.m.

Perseverance: Beating the Odds

English-Developmental Reading
Professors: Levin - Whalen
MW – 2:30-5:15 p.m.

For more information or to read about each class, visit www.ccccd.edu/learningcomm.


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