Daniela Bartalesi-Graf (Romance languages)
A revision of Italian 21, Risorginmento e la questione meridionale, examines the historical process that led to the unification of Italy and the “Southern question.”

Dale Bryan (Peace and Justice Studies Program)
Peace and Justice Studies/International Relations 99, Internships: Transnational Movements, is redesigned to include a simulation module to advance students’ crucial understanding of “framing”, a key concept in the theory of social movements.

Hillary Crane (anthropology and sociology)
A revision of Introduction to Socio-cultural Anthropology includes assignments designed to help students to develop the skills necessary to think critically about ethnographies and ethnographic film and the role of anecdote in social science research.

Murray Elder (mathematics)
Mathematics 22, Discrete Mathematics, is redesigned to emphasize critical reasoning. Students will come to an understanding of mathematical reasoning and various techniques and standards of proof.

Amira El-Zein (German, Russian, and Asian languages and literature)
Arab versus Western Travel Writing about the Holy Land is a new course that aims to stimulate students’ critical thinking about foreign cultures by comparing Arab and Western travel writing. This strategy will help students understand how each of these cultures perceives the other.

Julia Genster (English)
The Epic Strain, an exploration of the historical development of the epic genre, is redesigned so that it emphasizes the structure of critical thought that forms the foundation of literary analysis. Through study of texts by Homer, Virgil, Milton, and others, students will strengthen the skills required for careful reading of literary texts.

Dale Gyure (chemical and biological engineering)
Critical Thinking in Process Development is a new introductory course that places emphasis on the process engineers use to reason backward from a goal to a solution, rather than forward from an initial set of conditions.

Soha Hassoun (computer science)
Engineering 47, From Critical Thinking to Programming, is revised to introduce computer science in a way that promotes critical thinking skills. Students will gain fluency in C++ and reach an understanding of the concept of algorithm, while learning principles of problem solving and analysis.

Stephen Levine (civil and environmental engineering)
Introduction to Industrial Ecology is a new course that focuses on reshaping industrial production systems so that they are more compatible with the Earth’s ecosystems.

Isalbelle Naginski (Romance languages)
A new course, French 1918: Seminar on George Sand’s Lelia, asks students to become “literary detectives”. They will research a literary mystery of the 19th century and learn how to conduct archival research.

Grace Talusan (English)
English 1, Critical Thinking in Reading, Writing, and Research, is a revised course in which students research and explore a controversial issue of their choice.

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