Online Undergraduate Summer School

Seize the Summer! Take advantage of summer to accelerate your degree. Converse’s online undergraduate summer school enables high school seniors and current college students of all ages earn transferable college credit for a wide range of degree-applicable courses.  It’s a great way to pick up electives or take pre-requisites, and because our online summer session is short (June 4-July 27)—you’ll still have plenty of time left over to travel, work or have some summer fun with friends.

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Tuition and Fees

Tuition is $400 per semester hour.

Schedule

2012 Course Offerings

ART202. INTRODUCTION TO HISTORY OF WESTERN ART II/THREE CREDITS

Instructor: Zan Schuweiler

GEP, Major, Minor, Elective credit. Required for all art majors. Prerequisite for all art history courses. A survey of the painting, sculpture, and architecture of the Western world from the Renaissance through the modern era.

BIO110.  MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY/THREE CREDITS

Instructor: Edna Steele

Elective.  Not accepted for Biology major or minor credit.  An introduction to medical terminology through the study of the human body systems.  The course begins with building medical terms from roots, prefixes, suffixes and combining forms and then progresses into relating these terms to the human body.  Each body system lesson includes terms for anatomy, physiology, pathology, diagnosis, medical procedures, pharmacology, and abbreviations. 

ECN150. ECONOMIC CONCEPTS/THREE CREDITS

Instructor: Woodrow Hughes

GEP, Elective credit. This course examines the basic micro- and macroeconomic principles as found in the real world. The ideas of opportunity cost, supply and demand, the workings of markets, monopoly, unemployment, inflation, economic growth, international trade and other selected topics are discussed.

EDU309. LITERATURE FOR THE CHILD/THREE CREDITS

Instructor: Gina Chapman

Major credit. This course acquaints the student with traditional and modern literature for children, interests of children of different age levels, criteria for evaluating children’s books, creative writing, and methods of integrating children’s literature into the curriculum. This course is a prerequisite to EDU 412a and 412b.

ENG 101. COMPOSITION/THREE CREDITS

Instructor: Anita Rose

GEP. This course encourages the student’s achievement of a clear and concise prose style by emphasizing expository and argumentative essay writing. The course includes readings in the essay, in-class exercises, discussions of the student’s own writing, and conferences with the instructor. Students will write at least six papers and two in-class essays.

MTH 108. FINITE MATHEMATICS/THREE CREDITS

Instructor: McDuffie

GEP credit. A study of selected topics from finite mathematics. The topics may include probability, statistics, systems of linear equations, linear programming and the mathematics of finance. Quantitative GEP requirement

MUH 210. SPECIAL TOPICS IN MUSIC/THREE CREDITS

Instructor: David Berry

GEP. Partial fulfillment of the fine arts requirement in the General Education Program for non-music majors. The Beatles disbanded over 40 years ago, yet they still sell millions of songs and make front page news.  This course examines their complete body of work through recordings, videos, lectures and readings.  By the end of the course each student must recognize all 188 of their original songs.  This requires easy access to their entire catalogue.  CD’s are available at Amazon for $145 -$180 or iTunes $149. 

PHI 100. INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC/THREE CREDITS

Instructor: Kevin Delapp

GEP, Minor, Elective credit. A study of the fundamental principles of correct reasoning directed toward improving reading, writing, speaking, listening and thinking. Students learn to recognize, analyze, evaluate, construct and refute arguments. Attention is given to both informal modes of reasoning as well as the basics of formal and symbolic systems. Quantitative GEP requirement

PSY 380. HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT/THREE CREDITS

Instructor: Richard Keen

GEP, Major, Minor, Elective credit. The study of development and behavior throughout the life-span.

REL 104. INTRODUCTION TO WORLD RELIGIONS/ THREE CREDITS

Instructor: Kyle Keefer

GEP, Major, Minor, Elective credit. A study of the basic forms of religious belief, activity, and experience in the major world religions. Traditions to be discussed may include tribal religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Chinese religion, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

SPN 101. ELEMENTARY /SPANISH/ THREE CREDITS

Instructor: Woodfin

GEP credit. A course for beginners designed to initiate students not only into a foreign language, but also into a new and exciting culture. Up-to-date teaching methods and techniques are employed throughout the program.

SOC 100. PRINCIPLES OF SOCIOLOGY/THREE CREDITS

Instructor: Edwards

GEP, Elective credit. A study of the basic sociological concepts and their logical and empirical relations, including those factors would contribute to the emergence, persistence, and change in social relationships

THR 100. INTRODUCTION TO THEATRE/THREE CREDITS

Instructor: Brent Glenn

GEP, Elective credit. This course is designed for anyone interested in theatrical production. Theatre history and theory are covered with an emphasis on the production process. The mounting of one or more plays for Theatre/Converse is an intrinsic part of the course and allows the student to experience first-hand concepts and processes dealt with in lectures and assigned readings. No previous theatre experience is necessary.

THR203. HISTORY OF THE THEATRE AND DRAMA I/ THREE CREDITS

Instructor: Brent Glenn

GEP, Major, Minor, Elective credit. A survey of the development of the theatre and its literature from its beginnings through French Classicism.