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**QLC courses are co-requisites & are completed in pairs. You will choose TWO QLC courses in the same Learning Community (LC).**
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*20- Individuals and Society- explores themes/issues of identity and personal responsibility
*30- Institutions and Society- explores themes/issues of civic and social responsibility
*40- Science and Society- explores importance of role scientific knowledge and practice play in public life
*50- Creativity and Innovation- explores way creative and innovative thinking and practice shape individual identity, community development and society
*60- Quantitative reasoning- students may also meet this mathematics requirement by taking a MAT course in their major rather than in a QLC
For example:
QLC 250 LC 30
QLC 260 LC 30 with
Both being in LC 30 means they share a topic!
(learning community 30)
>
Topic/Theme
of Learning Community 30
(LC 30)
QLC 240
This course will approach the topic through a scientific
perspective.
QLC 260
This course will approach the topic
through a mathemetical/
quantitative perspective.
QLC 220
This course will approach the topic through the perspective
of identity & personal responsibility.
QLC 250
This course will approach the topic through the perspective
of creativity &
innovation
30- Institutions and Society
40- Science and Society
50- Creativity & Innovation
60- Quantitative Reasoning
Learning Community 30 has
4 different course offerings
representing
4 different QLC categories.
Choose 2 of the QLC classes.
They are co-requisites --> always taken as a
pair/at the same time, totaling 8 credits.
The 2 separate courses will integrate
throughout the semester, creating your
learning community.
Example of 1 option:
QLC 250 LC 30
QLC 260 LC 30 +
Complete Learning Community =
200 Level Learning Communities - Fall 202 1
LC 1 Fall 2021: The Worlds in our World
Charlotte, once a genteel Southern city, has evolved through dealing with racial issues to a community, where many world cultures now reside.
In this Learning Community, we will examine the Charlotte community through the lens of education to the arts to explore these changes and diversity that now is Charlotte.
QLC 220
QLC 250
QLC 260
Education and Community Support
Using Pam Grundy’s book Color and Character as a foundation, the course will examine the importance of education and extended community. Pre-requisites: QEN 101 and QEN 102. Corequisite: QLC 2** from the same learning community.
Music, The Universal Language
“Music is the universal language of mankind.” ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. In this course, we will explore and experience the many cultures that now represent our community. We will learn how music and the arts represent us as individuals and a culture. Pre-requisites: QEN 101 and QEN 102. Corequisite: QLC 2** from the same learning community.
Intro Statistics: Education by the Numbers
In this course, students will learn introductory statistical concepts and use them as a lens to explore social issues related to race within Charlotte with a specific emphasis on education. By analyzing real-life data using SPSS, the calculator, and other software, students will gain an understanding of how statistics can be used as a tool to explain, predict, and craft the basis for an argument. Counts as a substitute for MAT 130 or MAT 131. Not open to students who have credit for MAT 112, MAT 130, or MAT
131.Pre-requisites: QEN 101 and QEN 102. Corequisite: QLC 2** from the same learning community.
Michele Shaul
Connie Rhyne-Bray
Nina Bailey
Refer to MyAccount for
the updated meeting days,
times, &
modalities for each course
LC 2 Fall 2021: The Quest for Your Identity
Who and what defines our identity? We present and re-present ourselves in different ways to different audiences, but only rarely do we pause to consider the forces that shape our sense of self and our personal identity. The courses in this learning community explore the various ways that humans define themselves and how biology, history, our spiritual values and our musical culture shape (and reshape) who we are and how we present ourselves to others.
QLC 220
QLC 240
Spiritual Storytelling: Faith, Doubt, and the Sacred Journey
What is your spiritual identity and how has it developed so far in your journey? How do you tell your own story, when it comes to matters of faith and doubt? Students in this course will learn the art of spiritual storytelling partly by reading autobiographical accounts from a wide range of faith traditions, including those who reject religion altogether. By paying careful attention to the patterns, influences, and interactions in others’ stories, we’ll learn to listen to our own lives and tell our own stories in ways that bring our spiritual identities to light. This course may count toward a major or minor in Philosophy and Religion since it’s taught by a faculty member from the Philosophy and Religion department. Pre-requisites: QEN 101 and QEN 102. Corequisite: QLC 2** from the same learning community.
Who Are You Born to Be? The Science Underlying Identity
Were you born the way you are? Did you learn everything about your identity? How do heredity and the environment interact to form the identities that people use to define themselves and to define others? In this lab class, we will examine the role of genetics and its interactions with the
environment to address questions about racial, sexual, intellectual and even political identities.
Pre-requisites: QEN 101 and QEN 102. Corequisite: QLC 2** from the same learning community.
Suzanne Henderson
April Sipprell
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times, &
modalities for each course MyAccount for
200 Level Learning Communities - Fall 202 1
LC 3 Fall 2021: Slave Voyages
Join us as we embark on an exploration of the historical and statistical contexts of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Students in this learning community will use different modes of analysis to examine the relationship between the individual, human drama of the slave trade and its broader transatlantic context. Both classes will integrate data from the extensive historical records available through the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database. These data represent many thousands of voyages that brought over 12 million people from Africa to the Americas from the 15th through the 19th Centuries.
QLC 220
QLC 260
Histories of the slave trade
Students in this online seminar will encounter shipwrecks, slave rebellions, imperial rivalries, and more as we explore records pulled from numerous historical archives and compiled in Voyages:
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database. The course will combine historical research with interactive presentations and customized digital narratives that allow students to follow the lives of individual people caught up in the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Pre-requisites: QEN 101 and QEN 102. Corequisite: QLC 2** from the same learning community.
Intro to Stats: The slave trade
In this course, students will learn introductory statistical concepts and use them as a lens
to explore social and historical aspects of slavery in the Americas. By analyzing real-life data using the calculator and SPSS, students will gain an understanding of the measurable aspects of dynamics at work in the American slave trade. Counts as a substitute for MAT 130 or MAT 131.
Not open to students who have credit for MAT 112, MAT 130, or MAT 131. Pre-requisites: QEN 101 and QEN 102. Corequisite: QLC 2** from the same learning community.
Barry Robinson
Leina Wu
Online
Online
LC 4 Fall 2021: Politics, Power, and Performance
LC 230
QLC 250
Power & Powerlessness
This course examines how politics and theater interact in the contemporary world. The course will focus on how key political issues influence elements of drama and how theater productions can in turn influence politics. A main theme of the course will be power and powerlessness, how those in power maintain it and how those without power seek it. This theme will relate to the broader topic of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. Pre-requisites: QEN 101 and QEN 102. Corequisite: QLC 2** from the same learning community.
Theatre of Oppressed
In this course students will explore how theater affects and is affected by political forces.
Students will learn ways in which performance can embolden the public, give voice to the
underrepresented, and challenge legislation and law makers both locally and globally. By studying performances, reading scripts, and engaging in critical debate, students will uncover how the citizenry can use theater and performance as a means for social change. Pre-requisites: QEN 101 and QEN 102. Corequisite: QLC 2** from the same learning community.
Mark Kelso
Kevin Calcamp
Refer to MyAccount for
the updated meeting days,
times, &
modalities for each course
200 Level Learning Communities - Fall 202 1
LC 5 Fall 2021: Slave Voyages
Join us as we embark on an exploration of the historical and statistical contexts of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Students in this learning community will use different modes of analysis to examine the relationship between the individual, human drama of the slave trade and its broader transatlantic context. Both classes will integrate data from the extensive historical records available through the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database. These data represent many thousands of voyages that brought over 12 million people from Africa to the Americas from the 15th through the 19th Centuries.
QLC 220
QLC 260
Histories of the slave trade
Students in this online seminar will encounter shipwrecks, slave rebellions, imperial rivalries, and more as we explore records pulled from numerous historical archives and compiled in Voyages:
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database. The course will combine historical research with interactive presentations and customized digital narratives that allow students to follow the lives of individual people caught up in the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Pre-requisites: QEN 101 and QEN 102. Corequisite: QLC 2** from the same learning community.
Intro to Stats: The slave trade
In this course, students will learn introductory statistical concepts and use them as a lens
to explore social and historical aspects of slavery in the Americas. By analyzing real-life data using the calculator and SPSS, students will gain an understanding of the measurable aspects of dynamics at work in the American slave trade. Counts as a substitute for MAT 130 or MAT 131.
Not open to students who have credit for MAT 112, MAT 130, or MAT 131. Pre-requisites: QEN 101 and QEN 102. Corequisite: QLC 2** from the same learning community.
Barry Robinson
Leina Wu Refer to
MyAccount for the updated meeting days,
times, &
modalities for each course
LC 6 Fall 2021: Image-Making
This learning community examines how images are made. How do these image making processes work and how do they change our perception of the subjects in the image?
QLC 240
QLC 250
The Science of Images
This laboratory science course will delve into the chemistry of image making from the periodic table to modern techniques. Pre-requisites: QEN 101 and QEN 102. Corequisite:
QLC 2** from the same learning community.
The Art of Images
This course will examine how photographic images are made and how the cameras and techniques affects our perception and interpretation. We will spend the semester building our own cameras and using them to create dynamic images. Pre-requisites: QEN 101 and QEN 102. Corequisite: QLC 2** from the same learning community.
Yvette Clifton
Michael O’Neill Refer to
MyAccount for the updated meeting days,
times, &
modalities for each course
200 Level Learning Communities - Fall 202 1
LC 7 Fall 2021: From Chains to Civil Rights: The History of America’s First Muslims
How does the history of slavery in America intersect with the lives of America’s first Muslim community? This course provides an overview of the history of Muslims in the United States through the experiences of slavery, the struggle for civil rights, and distinct waves of immigration of Muslims during the second half of the 20th century. Students in this course will first study the historical accounts of enslaved Muslim Africans, whose personal narratives reshape the story of religious freedom in U.S. history. The course shifts to explore critical intersections between the civil rights movement and the rise of Islam among African American communities, examining the influence of key figures such as Malcolm X, heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, and Warith Muhammad. Finally, the course explores cultural shifts in American Islam, as Muslims from diverse countries immigrate to the U.S. The construction of the “Muslim American” in the American cultural imagination will foreground our discussions of enslavement, civil rights, and immigration.
QLC 220
QLC 260
Islam in America: Enslavement, Civil Rights & Immigration
Islam in America provides an overview of the history of Muslims in the United States through the experiences of slavery, the struggle for civil rights, and distinct waves of immigration of Muslims during the second half of the 20th century. Students in this course will first study the historical accounts of enslaved Muslim Africans, whose personal narratives reshape the story of religious freedom in U.S. history. The course then explores critical intersections between the civil rights movement and the rise of Islam among African American communities, specifically, the rise of the Nation of Islam and its gradual shift to orthodox Sunni Islam. Finally, the course explores cultural shifts in American Islam, as Muslims from diverse countries immigrate to the U.S.; it considers the political implications of defining the Muslim American narrative through the lens of immigration. The construction of the “Muslim American” in the American cultural imagination will foreground our discussions of enslavement, the fight for civil rights, and immigration. Pre-
requisites: QEN 101 and QEN 102. Corequisite: QLC 2** from the same learning community.
Race and Religion in America through the Lens of Statistics
In this course, students will learn introductory statistical concepts and use them as a lens to explore social and historical aspects of race and religion in America by analyzing real-life data using the calculator and SPSS. Counts as a substitute for MAT 130 or MAT 131. Not open to students who have credit for MAT 112, MAT 130, or MAT 131.Pre-requisites: QEN 101 and QEN 102. Corequisite: QLC 2** from the same learning community.
Hadia Mubarak
Jennifer Samson
Online
Online