Johnson: In-Person Classes
Current Health Issues
Exploration of the aspects of life that have a great impact on your health, in order to develop the decision-making skills needed to make intelligent, informed health care choices throughout life. Examines the concept of health and the role and responsibility of individuals for their health. Emphasizes wellness and health promotion and their relationship to the quality of life.
Art & Ethics
This course is designed to explore ethics of the art world from many angles. We will study graffiti and street art and how graffiti artists have migrated from illicit street art into the galleries and museums. We will discuss art and activism in terms of environmental art and architecture as well as art as political protest. We will explore articles and case law that deal with issues of illegal export, import, censorship, copyright and display. We will see how war has dislocated and destroyed artworks.
iMe: Reinventing Yourself
Have you ever uploaded a photo to Facebook, viewed cats from around the world on YouTube, or conquered a video game with online teammates? Digital technology is making it easier than ever to express yourself and communicate on a global scale. With the advent of virtual realities like Second Life, you can reach beyond globalism and enter the realm of total imagination. With all of these exciting changes, how do you navigate this new world? In this seminar we will explore technology’s role in our lives. Through and interdisciplinary approach we will examine science, art, and literature take on topics including Web 2.0, cybernetics, and virtual reality. We will look at how these topics have influenced robotics, viral videos and most importantly, you.
Dystopia
Probing basic questions of human nature and society, dystopian (the worst of all possible worlds) literature and film reveal anxieties that remain chillingly applicable today. We will explore such issues as the self, alienation, freedom, complicity, citizenship, love, faith, sex technology and happiness through a variety of novels and films.
Dreams, Freedom, Wonder
In this course, you will view, discuss, and then write about a number of American films from the past quarter century. Each film incorporates themes of writing, dreaming, and discovering one’s truest self. Along the way, your thinking will expand and your critical reading and writing skills will improve. Field trips to an arts cinema and/or a local film festival will enhance the classroom experience.
Censoring Pop Culture
Witch hunts, scapegoats, public burnings and a whole lot of dirty words – who knew the First Amendment could be so interesting? This seminar will explore ways that free speech disputes go beyond hypersexual songs, ultraviolent video games, and hippie comedians yanked off stage in handcuffs to core conflicts deep in the heart of the American identity. Throughout the semester, we’ll touch on history, mass psychology, elitism, moral crusaders and political grandstanders, weird rituals, and what it means to really protect children. In class, we’ll look at banned books and listen to controversial music and comedy. We’ll also study old news footage to get a better understanding of the nature of hysteria.
Johnson: Zoom Class Options
Special Topics in Business
Your first year of college is a time of change, challenge, and growth. And your experiences during this critical time will form the foundation of your academic and personal success. This course is designed to introduce, identify and utilize VTSU- programs, resources, and services that will support academic studies and co-curricular involvement for new students.
Statistics I
This course prepares students for quantitative methods in their respective fields. Descriptive and inferential statistics, including estimation, hypothesis testing, linear regression and correlation are covered. Basic tools of descriptive statistics, discrete probability, binomial distribution, normal distribution, t-distribution, estimates and sample sizes, hypothesis testing, elementary correlation and regression, contingency tables are explored. Students utilize technology on a regular basis.
