Courses
HI 205 RELIGION AND REVOLUTION 3.0 Credit(s)
From the ongoing struggle against the permissiveness of sexual harassment waged by the "Me Too Movement," to the robust pro-life movement, to the calls for transgender rights, the legacies of the feminist as well as gay liberation movements, and the criticisms levied against these struggles are still salient and even disputed in political life today. Among those voices, religious leaders continue to passionately debate these issues using theological arguments to undermine and/or advocate for women's, gay, and trans peoples' liberation. Considering this story from the Catholic perspective, this course considers how Catholics engaged with these movements often vehemently debating, and sometimes embracing, the "new woman" of the 1920s, contraception, second-wave feminism, gay liberation, and abortion. This course will offer students the chance to engage with the longer history of feminist and LGBTQ movements in the twentieth century, while at the same time immersing them in how Catholics responded to historic debates about gender and sexuality that shaped political and cultural life in this era. Prerequisite: Take HI-100 or HI-102 or HI-110 or HI-115
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
CIT 232 WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? 3.0 Credit(s)
Won't You Be My Neighbor? Catholics and Community "Who is my neighbor?" This question inspired the Good Samaritan parable in the Gospel of Luke, and it resounds today. How do places, communities, and the built environment help people embody the Catholic Intellectual Tradition? This course introduces an interdisciplinary Catholic Studies approach to social structures and material cultures by reading "the signs of the times" in local buildings, local objects, local practices, and local policy choices. We understand what it means to be a neighbor when we take the "local" seriously: this course focuses on connections between the universal and the particular through our social location at Sacred Heart University and the greater Bridgeport region. What is SHU's relationship to the pioneering vision of the Second Vatican Council and Bishop Curtis's idea to empower the vocation of the laity here at home? How have Catholics and their institutions related to the ideal of neighborly communities? How does the Catholic Intellectual Tradition encourage us to learn by serving others? Students will be invited to encounter neighbors different from themselves and to situate those stories within a larger framework. Students will also consider how generational and neighborhood divides can be overcome through dialogue, encounter, and shared commitments to justice and the common good.
Offered: All Semesters All Years
CIT 215 HUMAN RIGHTS, SOCIAL JUSTICE AND FAITH 3.0 Credit(s)
Drawing from the values and perspectives of Catholic Social Teaching through the lens of Social Work practice, this course critically examines social justice concepts and develops intercultural skills needed to address issues of social justice with individuals and diverse communities. Through a cultural immersion experience abroad, students will be engaged with local communities and participate in community-based learning opportunities which address issues such as: human rights, human dignity, solidarity with the poor, and the common good.
Offered: Spring Semester Odd Academic Years
ENG 264 DIGITAL WRITING FOR MAGAZINES 3.0 Credit(s)
In Digital Magazine Writing, students will engage with the various forms of writing that exist across online publishing. Students will learn to differentiate between digital media platforms and identify ways to engage with an online audience for a specific topic. In addition, students will learn the process of digital publishing, from crafting a concise pitch to learning strategies to make their writing reach their desired audience. At the conclusion of the semester, students will have crafted a digital writing portfolio that can be shared with a target audience and potential employers. Prerequisite: Take ENG-253, FYWS-125
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
HI 286 THE SOVIET UNION 3.0 Credit(s)
Examines the history of Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasus, focusing on revolutionary movements, the construction of a socialist economy, nationality policy, Stalinism, World War II, the Cold War, Soviet culture and society, and the fall of the USSR. Consideration also given to Ukraine and Russia since the end of Soviet rule in 1991. Prerequisite: Take HI-100 or HI-102 OR HI-110 or HI-115
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
MA 201 INTRODUCTION TO LATEX 1.0 Credit(s)
LaTeX is the free, open-sourced software that is the industry standard used for typesetting professional documents that involve mathematical notation. This course introduces essential components of a functioning LaTeX file, including document classes, preambles and packages, mathematical symbols, commands, display math, spacing and alignment, arrays, image insertion, and references. Students will be given multiple opportunities to practice typesetting documents using LaTeX. Templates for future use will be supplied and reviewed. This course is Pass/Fail. Prerequisite: Take MA-151; min grade of C or permission of dept chair
Offered: Fall Semester All Years
CIT 231 BECOMING HOLY 3.0 Credit(s)
How does someone become holy? In this course, students engage the virtues- as theological/philosophical ideas, as ways of being depicted in art, and as values exemplified in the particular lives of Catholic saints-in order to answer that very question. This seminar interrogates saints, both canonized and living in our midst, as an entry point into a larger reflection on how particular lives connect to a universal Church, as well as how virtues might help us in our own journeys in becoming holy. After opening the course with discussions about sanctity and saint-making, students will be immersed in a study of virtues contextualized in lives of saints located around the globe. Students will encounter and conduct an interdisciplinary study of the biographies and contexts of key historical figures that will challenge assumptions, as well as broaden perspectives about what the word "Catholic" means. The Greek word catholicam means universal. In the end, they will consider how collectively these lives form the communion of saints. How might Catholicism make a universal impact? How do we see the universal in particular lives? Students will learn how to identify as well as shape a life worth living, and perhaps, even how to become holy.
Offered: All Semesters All Years
SW 215 HUMAN RIGHTS, SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND FAITH 3.0 Credit(s)
Drawing from the values and perspectives of Catholic Social Teaching through the lens of Social Work practice, this course critically examines social justice concepts and develops intercultural skills needed to address issues of social justice with individuals and diverse communities. Through the cultural immersion experience abroad, students will be engaged with local communities and participate in community-based learning opportunities which address issues such as: human rights, human dignity, solidarity with poor and marginalized communities, and the common good.
Offered: Spring Semester Odd Academic Years
CMD 205 INTRODUCTION TO DEAF CULTURE 3.0 Credit(s)
This course provides an overview of Deaf culture and contemporary perspectives of the Deaf community. Basic American sign language will be embedded into all course content. Topics will range from Deaf awareness, technology and accessibility, Deaf education and multiculturalism, Deaf identities, Deaf art and media, and Deaf vocational opportunities. Active participation is required throughout the entire semester, previous knowledge of sign language is not required.
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years
MU 226 KEYBOARD SKILLS FOR PIANO PROFIENCY II 1.0 Credit(s)
In this course students will continue with their studies of keyboard technique, harmonization, improvisation, sight reading and solo repertoire. Prerequisite: Take MU-126
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
ENG 280 MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE 3.0 Credit(s)
In this course we will read the literature written by a variety of multicultural writers including African -American/Black, Latinx/Hispanic, Native American, Asian American, LGBTQ+ writers and examine the intersections of race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality in these texts. We will look at how these texts address issues of identity and community, and how the texts express issues of culture, values, and morals in American society. We will examine the aesthetic and rhetorical strategies of these literary texts. Prerequisite: Take FYWS-125
Offered: All Semesters Contact Department
ENG 258 EXPERIMENTAL FICTION 3.0 Credit(s)
This course explores the rhetorical strategies and stylistic choices that writers make when writing experimental fiction. This class stresses refining your style and finding/re-finding your voice. Knowing your audience is key to writing successful fiction. You'll determine the audience you'll write for each piece, and you'll discover/re-discover the rhetorical strategies appropriate to that audience. In this class you'll spend time reading and analyzing the works of professional writers as you develop writing, revising, and editorial skills. These skills you'll use when you write your own work and to critique the work of your classmates in Break-out Confab/Partners meetings when you're not in class, and during the Writer's Workshop in class. This course emphasizes the connections between active reading, composing, and substantial, creative revision. Furthermore, this course seeks to prepare you for graduate work in literature or writing, for positions in publishing and writing, and writing for corporations and businesses. Prerequisite: Take FYWS-125, ENG-253
Offered: Spring Semester Odd Academic Years
PH 294 PHILOSOPHICAL TOPICS IN IRELAND 3.0 Credit(s)
Designates new or occasional courses that present the opportunity to explore philosophical questions about human nature and experience in a global context. Consult the current course schedule for available topics.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department
ENG 281 WRITING IDENTITY IN IRELAND 3.0 Credit(s)
This course explores identity through engagement with the work of Irish writers (both indigenous and diasporic) and students' own creative work. It will encourage interrogation of the concept of Irish writing through the practices both of "writing in Ireland," quite literally, and alternative forms of writing/authorship, such as song-writing, comic book-writing, filmmaking, and visual art.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years
ENG 282 THE PRACTICE OF WRITING 3.0 Credit(s)
The purpose of this course is to develop students' understanding of strategies of effective writing. It focuses on helping students learn to provide audience-and situation-based feedback on writing in ways that can help us grow as writers, readers, and critical thinkers. Through readings, activities, and assignments, we will discuss how to provide guidance, feedback, and encouragement and how to learn strategies for helping students from every discipline to: start and complete assignments, become more aware of strategies for improving their writing (and thinking about writing), and build their own confidence as writers. Students who complete this course will be able to tutor in Sacred Heart's Peer Writing Lab. Prerequisite: Take FYWS-125
Offered: All Semesters All Years