Courses
ITDY-101 Freshman Seminar (1)
This one-hour, graded course provides first-year students with an orientation to college life and a support system intended to foster their academic success and personal growth. New freshmen only.
Attributes: NLIB
Restrictions: Including: -Class: FreshmanITDY-103 Transitions Seminar (0)
This zero credit course provides second semester freshman level transfer students with an orientation to the St. John Fisher College academic requirements, policies, college life and a support system intended to foster their academic success and personal growth. New second semester freshmen transfer students only. Permission of a counselor in the Office of Academic Affairs required for registration.
Attributes: NLIBITDY-106 Career Choices (1)
For first- and second-year students, this course provides the opportunity to explore various majors and ties major selection to career exploration. Students complete a research project on diverse majors utilizing a structured format to answer questions identified by each class. Faculty also present on selected majors.
Attributes: NLIB
Restrictions: Including: -Class: Freshman, SophomoreITDY-109 Career Exploratn&Planning (1)
This course provides students with the ability to conduct career planning and develop advanced job search techniques. Students complete diverse assessments to evaluate and verify personal preferences, identify marketable and transferable skills, refine resumes, research opportunities, network, interview, and prepare for negotiations.
Attributes: NLIB
Restrictions: Including: -Class: Junior, SeniorITDY-110 Fitness for Life (1)
The design of the class is aimed at acquainting the student with the nature and scope of fitness by providing information that will show the student the importance of and the scientific foundations for engaging in a sound physical fitness program. It describes the components and basic principles that should be known and followed if a student wishes to become physically fit for life. It outlines exercises, activities, and resources that can be utilized in developing a well-rounded physical fitness program. This course blends theory with practical application by providing a general discussion of various fitness-related topics, followed by worksheets and specific activities to which theory can be applied.
Attributes: NLIBITDY-119 P5 Multicultur Comm Health (3)
Through this service learning experience, students will develop an awareness of the differential health challenges experienced by people from differing economic, social, biological, gender, and ethnic backgrounds. Students will be introduced to the concept of health and how it differs across cultures; examine and employ techniques for measuring health; identify the social and biological causes of health disparities; define health promotion; examine the ethical and political issues that impact effective health promotion; and employ various strategies to engage in health promotion activities in a multicultural environment. The service learning project will be in partnership with St. Joseph?s Neighborhood Center, a ministry of the Sisters of St. Joseph. The Center, located in Southeast Rochester, provides comprehensive medical, dental, counseling, adult education and social work services to individuals and families who lack access to health care. Because students will be expected to visit St. Joseph?s Neighborhood Center outside of the class period, it is recommended that participants have access to personal transportation.
Attributes: P5 SLC YLIBITDY-120C Leadership Self Dev (3)
The most basic responsibility of leadership is self-development. In this class, different ways of teaching self-knowledge (such as structured reflection, self-directed writing, and role playing) are used to promote discovery of values, strength of commitments, individual learning style, and feelings about change. Readings introduce learners to scholars whose ideas have shaped modern approaches to leadership, including those who write about stewardship, servant leadership, and values-based leadership. Participants practice the behavioral skills upon which leaders rely to build credibility, inspire trust, and exert non-coercive influence.
Attributes: YLIBITDY-125 Pharmacy Seminar I (0)
Students interested in the Pharmacy Profession who are actively engaged with liberal arts and sciences courses benefit from a linkage between these foundational courses and their professional aspirations. The pharmacy seminars provide this invaluable connection between the past, present and the future. We will discuss the Early Assurance program and the logistics of applying to the Wegmans School of Pharmacy. In addition Pharmacy faculty members will coordinate discussions in order to reveal the richness and diversity of contemporary pharmacy practice to the beginning student. This course is required for all full-time freshman students applying to the pharmacy school who are following the Early Assurance Policy. This course is recommended to undergraduate students interested in a career in Pharmacy.
Attributes: NLIB
Restrictions: Including: -Class: FreshmanITDY-126 Pharmacy Seminar II (0)
Students interested in the Pharmacy Profession who are actively engaged with liberal arts and sciences courses benefit from a linkage between these foundational courses and their professional aspirations. The pharmacy seminars provide this invaluable connection between the past, present and the future. We will discuss the Early Assurance program and the logistics of applying to the Wegmans School of Pharmacy. In addition Pharmacy faculty members will coordinate discussions in order to reveal the richness and diversity of contemporary pharmacy practice to the beginning student. This course is required for all full-time freshman students applying to the pharmacy school who are following the Early Assurance Policy. This course is recommended to undergraduate students interested in a career in Pharmacy.
Attributes: NLIB
Pre-requisites: ITDY-125 SITDY-140 RA Seminar (1)
This course is designed for Resident Assistants in the first year of their position and focuses on the role of the RA in a successful residential life system. This course also emphasizes developing community through needs assessment and programming for a diverse residence hall population. Registration is restricted to first-year resident assistants only.
Attributes: NLIBITDY-150P P5 Word Up! (3)
Students will develop communication skills, both verbal and nonverbal, that will help them work with others in the pluralistic American society of the 21st century. They will also learn to better understand and reach out to people of different economic, social, political, religious, gender, racial, and ethnic backgrounds.
Attributes: P5 YLIBITDY-180 CC Contemp Irish Culture (3)
This course will introduce the patterns of modern and contemporary Irish life and culture from a multidisciplinary perspective. It begins by investigating the impact of famine on Irish society and the subsequent Gaelic Revival and Anglo-Irish Literary Revival from the 1880s until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. It will then explore the impact of cultural nationalism and the progress of 20th century literature in Irish and English. Works to be examined include those of James Joyce, W.B. Yeats, Seamus Heaney, Mairtin O Cadhain, and others. The course concludes with features of modern Irish society including religion, the family, social change, and the Irish economy. An underlying question that will be addressed as the course progresses – how has Irish society been changed by the economic transformation that was initiated in the 1950s, and what has been the impact of the collapse of “the Celtic Tiger” in the early Twenty-First Century?
Attributes: CC YLIBITDY-199C RW Research-based Writing (3)
Students learn the basics of writing an academic research paper in this discipline. Emphasis is on elements of persuasive argumentation, the inclusion of more than one perspective on an issue, the proper use and documentation of sources, and revision. Students also learn how to make an effective oral presentation of their research. Department-determined topic may change from semester to semester and is likely to include literary texts as primary materials. Restricted to freshmen and transfers. Note: 199C courses may not be taken for credit more than once.
Attributes: RW YLIB
Restrictions: Including: -Class: Freshman, SophomoreITDY-220P Peer Leadership Seminar I (3)
Students in the Peer Leadership Seminar will be introduced to both the theory and practice of peer leadership, with a particular emphasis on intergroup dialogue, group facilitation, community building, and wellness issues. Building on the insights of recent student development theory, the course will give students opportunities to test the conclusions of the research and develop their own insights as they apply what they are learning as co-facilitators with faculty in the Freshman Seminar.
Attributes: YLIB
Restrictions: Excluding: -Class: SeniorITDY-270 Exploring Biology (1 TO 3)
This course provides the opportunity for investigation of a special topic or project of interest to a student and a supervising faculty member. It may involve a literature search and/or a lab/field study. Completion of the Independent Study/Tutorial Authorization form is required.
Attributes: YLIBITDY-310 Intro to Medical Missions (2)
This course discusses the philosophy of missions, the responsibility of healthcare professionals to the underserved and how medically trained professionals can use their training to further mission work and serve others. The course will be based on a Christian faith foundation and will contain a service component requirement, with opportunities to participate in a short-term medical mission trip.
Attributes: YLIB
Restrictions: Including: -Class: Junior, SeniorITDY-320 Peer Leadership II (2)
Students who have successfully completed ITDY 220P have the opportunity to continue their training as co-facilitators with faculty in the Freshman Seminar program. Peer Advisor students only. Permission of the professor is required to register.
Attributes: NLIBITDY-325 P1 Keeping It Reel (3)
This is an interdisciplinary course that introduces students to the range of sociocultural assumptions that are implicit in artistic representations. Students are asked to discern how design or form influences meaning within different media and to analyze a work from a variety of perspectives (e.g., creative, cultural, critical, aesthetic).
Attributes: P1 YLIBITDY-420 Peer Leadership III (2)
Students who have successfully completed ITDY 320 have the opportunity to continue their training and assist in teaching new peer advisors in this course. Students develop programs and produce independent research projects on topics involving academic success and the transition to college. Peer Advisor students only. Permission of the professor is required to register.
Attributes: NLIB
Pre-requisites: ITDY-320 D-ITDY-496 Independent Study (1 TO 3)
Offers students the opportunity to gain insight into a particular area of study in a multi-disciplinary context.
Permission of Department Chair required to register.
Attributes: YLIBITDY-496 Independent Study (3)
Offers students the opportunity to gain insight into a particular area of study in a multi-disciplinary context.
Permission of Department Chair required to register.
Attributes: YLIBITDY-498 Internship (3)
This course allows Interdisciplinary majors and upper-level students from other majors in good academic standing to gain professional experience that builds upon their completed coursework. Internships may be paid or unpaid. Students must submit a written application detailing the duties associated with the internship position and the goals of this academic experience to the Program Director or designate. The three-credit internship will normally consist of 7-10 hours per week at the internship site. The student and internship supervisor will agree to the format and content of bi-weekly reports and the final paper to be submitted. Permission of the Program Director required to register.
Restrictions: Including: -Class: Junior, Senior
ITED-210 Amer Cultural Institutions (3)
This course concentrates on how major historical, philosophical, sociological, and political trends in American history have influenced and shaped dominant ideology and major cultural institutions (government, religion, education) in the U.S. and how they, in turn, have impacted individuals and groups. Special emphasis is placed on the historical and current struggle for social justice and equal opportunity by groups who have been historically oppressed and marginalized.
Attributes: YLIBITED-228C P3 Adolescent Development (3)
This course focuses on the physical, mental, and emotional influences impacting the development of adolescents such as habits, values, interests, and social adjustment. Various factors in the community, school, and home environments that influence adolescent thoughts, decisions, and behaviors will be explored, presented, and discussed.
Attributes: P3 YLIB ZCIV
Pre-requisites: PSYC-100C D-ITED-422P Diversity in American Soc (3)
This course is designed to broaden students’ understanding of diversity and social justice and how these concepts relate to society, tradition, and conventional wisdom. Particular emphasis will be placed on the following: developing cross-cultural skills and understandings; understanding the importance of changing and competing interpretations of world events; understanding how citizenship includes the exercise of personal responsibilities; and the historical, social, political, and educational contexts of diversity in American society.
Attributes: YLIB ZCIV
Pre-requisites: GPA >=2.75