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J Session

Lighten your spring course load with this accelerated January session!
J Session

J Session

Students who wish to take 15 credit hours during spring semester, can lighten their load by taking the first 3 credit hours during J Session. This accelerated January session runs from January 2 – 12, ending just before Spring Semester begins on Monday, January 14. One perk of the accelerated J Session is that it allows many Lourdes students to take their required courses and finish their degree in four years. A total of nine 3-credit hour courses are being offered. Highlights include “doing hands-on history,” learning about fatherhood & attachment, understanding the trends in technology, exploring great religions of the West, rediscovering literary masterpieces, and more. Lourdes students are permitted to take one J session 3-credit hour course. The contact hours for each J Session course will be the same (37.5) for a course taken during any other session.

Please check Course Schedules for class dates and times. Registration for J Session begins on Monday, October 8. Current students: to register, contact your Advisor today. New students: please contact our Admissions office at 419-885-5291 (or toll free: 1-800-878-3210).

Undergraduate J Session Courses

HST 299 Topics: Public History

Learn how to “do history.” Students will be introduced to operating historical sites, including museums, archives, monuments, etc. The class will expose students to the techniques needed to preserve historical artifacts and locations as well as teach them how to bring history to the public through historical venues. Half of the class period will be devoted to lecture and the other half to “doing history” by visiting historical sites, and listening to guest speakers who work in historical preservation. For anyone who has ever wanted to work in a museum or share his or her love of history with the general public, this is the course for you!

SWK 205 Pre-Professional Seminar for Social Science

Prepares students for effective practice by providing a framework for integration of critical thinking skills into the professional practice standards. An emphasis will be placed on the development of writing and communication skills that will contribute to the successful preparation of discipline specific and academic department requirements.
Crosslisted with PSY 205.
Prerequisite: SWK 111.

SWK 499 Topics in Social Work: Attachment and the Parent-Child Relationship

One of the most important early relationships human beings develop is with parents or primary caregivers, since they are among the very first individuals with whom children come into contact when they enter the world. While a general understanding exists in modern society that parents should protect their children, the realities of life sometimes tell a different story. In this course we will use Attachment Theory as a paradigm from which to examine several approaches and theorist viewpoints to the impact of early interactions on an individual’s later relationships.
Prerequisite: junior standing or permission of instructor.

THS 101 Introduction to Religious Studies

Assists students in recognizing the religious dimension of their own and others’ experience, helping them to appreciate the value and role of religion in human life. Further, the course examines the various ways in which religious experience has been evoked, expressed, and evaluated. The personal, social, and moral implications of religious experience are explored as well.

THS 246 Great Religions of the West

Surveys the great historical religions of the west, including Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

ENG 200 Introduction to Literature

Introduces literary genres and approaches to fiction, poetry, and drama. Gives students practice in interpretive, analytical, and critical discussion and writing about literature. This course encourages collaboration, with many group and partner activities that will take students across the campus -- including a "poetry lunch" (during which the class will only speak using lines from their poems and short stories) and planning, staging, and reading a play.
Prerequisites: ENG 101 and ENG 102

CMP 111 Communication & Search Applications

Introduces MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and Internet Explorer and their use as communication and search tools. Includes both basic and advanced hands-on applications.
Prerequisite: Typing Speed Test score of 28 or more.

BUS 299 Topics in Global Management

Examines a wide variety of important contemporary topics in the field of global management. The course helps students apply theories and compare the differences between the practices of management in different regions throughout the global environment.
Prerequisites: BUS 333 or BUS 320 with a grade of C or better.

Graduate J Session Courses

EDU 613 Current and Emerging Technologies in Education

Integrates practical uses of educational technology with theoretical, philosophical, and ethical aspects of teaching and learning through appropriate application of instructional design principles. This course provides entry level through advanced technology instruction in the use of computers, multimedia technologies, Internet curriculum planning, implementations, revisions, assessment, and computer-based portfolio assessment. Skills introduced in the first module will be integrated with introductory instructional design concepts and assessment and evaluation procedures to produce authentic experiences across the K-12 curriculum. This course meets several of the technology proficiency standards set forth by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) and the Ohio Department of Education (ODE).