A willingness to play a Star Wars video game during Community Engagement Nights.You are welcome to contact Tyler with any questions you have! Tyler Wolfgang will attend all classes and offer study sessions, project help, and events. Peer Mentor: Your peer mentor will play an important part in this class. Students will be introduced to active learning, inquiry of pressing issues, and individual and collaborative processing of ideas through the First-Year Seminar curriculum. Students will critically examine and evaluate evidence, claims, beliefs, or points of view about meaningful, relevant issues. This course also fulfills the First-Year Seminar (FYS) requirement of the 2015 University Studies Program. The connections you build through this class may stay a part of your life and network throughout college! I encourage you to take advantage of these connections, including your classmates, instructor, peer leader, and Synergy advisor. Synergy is one of many first-year programs helping new students fulfill University Studies classes in a challenging and supportive environment. Synergy Program: This UWYO class is the anchor class for the Synergy Program. Important Information About Synergy, First-Year Seminars, and Technology Other readings will be placed on Reserve and made available through.
Students will realize how relevant the past is to the present, as we study perennial issues (such as erotic love, family, war, religion, and race) as presented in both Star Wars and the history and literature of the West. This course will provide students with writing, research, and graphic design skills, as well as advance their digital literacies. A final group project will include a research poster or video essay meant for sharing online. Finally, at the end of the semester, Friday of Finals Week, we will go see Star Wars, Episode VII: The Force Awakens together. Office Hours: Wednesday, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM and by appointment in Coe LibraryĮmail: Hours: Mondays, 4:00 - 5:00 PM in Washakie Basementĭo you like Star Wars? Have you ever wondered why this fictional universe is so popular? In this course, we’ll answer this question by discovering how Star Wars is, in fact, a virtual encyclopedia of Western civilization, incorporating the ancient epic, the medieval quest, the Renaissance romance, the historical Ottoman Empire, the Bible, and more! We’ll experience Star Wars not just through the films but also through the Internet and online gaming. Time: 2:45 – 4:00 PM / Location: Business 8 PLEASE USE THE MODULES LINK ON THE LEFT TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THE READINGS AND ASSIGNMENTS!įirst-Year Seminar: Star Wars and Western Civilization IMPORTANT NOTE: AFTER READING THROUGH THE POLICIES IN THIS SYLLABUS,
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