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In order to enroll in an SOS course, you must be a degree-seeking student on the IUPUC campus.
You must obtain approval before registering. Contact you academic advisor.
- You may register for a semester online self-study (SOS) course only if you are a degree-seeking student at IUPUC.
- You may register for no more than two SOS courses for the spring.
- Each course has a $65 administrative fee.
- The semester online self-study courses are not intended for students who are seeking a major or minor in the courses’ respective academic departments, but rather for students seeking elective credits in those departments or approved credits they can apply toward a degree in general studies.
- SOS courses are offered in an online format only, without meetings in regular classrooms. The content, textbooks, and assignments are as demanding as those found in a traditional classroom. You must understand how to manage your time in order to meet assignment and exam deadlines and to complete all course requirements before the end of the semester. Late submission of assignments and exams may delay the grading process and prevent you from finishing by semester’s end. Assignments submitted late are subject to the grade of “F” or “zero.”
- Exams are administered on campus by exam supervisors. If you know you will not be able to come to campus for the exams on the dates given, do not register.
- Assignment deadlines, exam dates, and textbook information are available in the course outlines below.
- The spring 2010 SOS courses open through Oncourse on January 11. No new students will be added after SOS courses open.
- Check the local IUPUC campus schedule for the refund and withdrawal schedule.
- Any assignment may be recorded as failing or zero if submitted late.
- Exams must be taken on campus and proctored on the date given in the syllabus.
(9 submissions, 1 exam)
Instructor: Lynne Darland
Conservation of natural resources, including soil, water, wildlife, and forests, as interrelated components of the environment emphasizing an ecological approach. Current problems relating to environmental quality.
Text:
• Miller and Spoolman. Environmental Science: Problems, Connections, and Solutions. 12/e. Cengage Learning, 2008. ISBN 978-0-495-38337-6
Assignment Submission Schedule
Assignments are due by midnight on the dates given.
Late assignments will be recorded as failing.
Due January 25
Lesson 1: The Environment and Sustainability
Due February 12
Lesson 2: Ecosystems
Lesson 3: Climate and Population Diversity
Due March 5
Lesson 4: Population Dynamics, the Ecosystem Approach, and the Species
Lesson 5: Food Resources and Water Resources
Due April 2
Lesson 6: Geology and Energy Resources
Lesson 7: Environmental Hazards and Air Pollution
Due April 21
Lesson 8: Hazardous Waste and Sustaining Human Societies
Lesson 9: Guidelines for the Research Paper
Final Exam: April 22, 6-8 pm OR April 23, 1-3 pm
Proctored on the IUPUC campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 10, FInal Tips, to prepare for the examination.
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(8 submissions, 2 exams)
Instructor: Victoria Resnick
Social, cultural, economic, and political development of colonial America from first contact between Native Americans and Europeans, up to the outbreak of the American Revolution. Topics include global capitalism, migration, slavery, consumerism, religious revivalism, and democracy.
Texts:
• Jerome R. Reich. Colonial America. 5/e. Prentice Hall, 2001. ISBN 978-0-13-089565-3
• Stanley N. Katz, John M. Murrin, and Douglas Greenberg. Colonial America: Essays in Politics and Social Development. 5/e. McGraw-Hill, 2001. ISBN 978-0-07-231740-4
Assignment Submission Schedule
Assignments are due by midnight on the dates given.
Late assignments will be recorded as failing.
Due January 25
Lesson 1: Native American and European Background to the Discovery and Early Colonization of America
Due February 12
Lesson 2: The English Colonization of America
Lesson 3: Colonial Economic Institutions
Due February 26
Lesson 4: Colonial Political Development/Book Review I
Midterm Exam: March 4, 6-8 pm OR March 5, 1-3 pm
Proctored on the IUPUC campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 5, Midterm Tips, to prepare for the examination.
Due March 19
Lesson 6: Colonial Social Development
Lesson 7: Culture in the American Colonies
Due April 2
Lesson 8: Wars for Empire and the Coming of the Revolution/Book Review II
Due April 16
Lesson 9: Research Report
Final Exam: April 22, 6-8 pm OR April 23, 1-3 pm
Proctored on the IUPUC campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 10, Final Tips, to prepare for the examination.
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(6 submissions, 2 exams)
Instructor: Jason Lantzer
A survey of black life in America: the Atlantic slave trade, slavery, Afro-American culture, racism, Civil War and Reconstruction, peonage, segregation, northern migration, urban ghettoes, discrimination, Harlem Renaissance, black nationalism, civil rights, black revolt, contemporary setting.
Texts:
• Franklin and Moss. From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans. 8th ed. McGraw-Hill, 2000. ISBN 978-0-07-229581-8
• Painter, Neil. Soujourner Truth: A Life and Symbol. W.W. Norton & Company, 1997. ISBN 978-0-393-31708-4
Assignment Submission Schedule
Assignments are due by midnight on the dates given.
Late assignments will be recorded as failing.
Due January 25
Lesson 1: From Africa to America
Due February 8
Lesson 2: African Americans in Antebellum America
Due February 26
Lesson 3: African Americans and the Civil War Era
Midterm Exam: March 4, 6-8 pm OR March 5, 1-3 pm
Proctored on the IUPUC campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 4, Midterm Tips, to prepare for the examination.
Due March 12
Lesson 5: Finding Their Own Way
Due March 29
Lesson 6: Striving for the Mountaintop
Due April 16
Lesson 7: Book Review
Final Exam: April 22, 6-8 pm OR April 23, 1-3 pm
Proctored on the IUPUC campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 8, Final Tips, to prepare for the examination.
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(8 submissions, 2 exams)
Instructor: Cynthia Yaudes
Anti-semitism in imperial and Weimar Germany; the Nazi rise to power; the destruction of European Jewry; Jewish behavior in crisis and extremity; the attitude of the Allied nations; mass murder in comparative historical perspective; theological, moral, and political implications.
Texts:
• Bauer, Yehudah. A History of the Holocaust. Revised edition. Franklin Watts, 2001. ISBN 978-0-531-15576-9
• Bessel, Richard. Life in the Third Reich. Oxford University Press, 2001. ISBN 978-0-19-280210-1
• Dawidowicz, Lucy S. A Holocaust Reader. Behrman House, 1990. ISBN 978-0-874-41236-9
• Levi, Primo. Survival in Auschwitz. Simon and Schuster, 1996. ISBN 978-0-684-82680-6
• Niewyk, Donald L. The Holocaust: Problems and Perspectives of Interpretation. 3/e. Houghton Mifflin, 2003. ISBN 0-618-21462-4
Assignment Submission Schedule
Assignments are due by midnight on the dates given.
Late assignments will be recorded as failing.
Due January 25
Lesson 1: Documenting the Holocaust; Defining the “Jewish Problem”
Due February 8
Lesson 2: The Rise of National Socialism
Due February 26
Lesson 3: Jews in the Third Reich (1933–1939): Identifying “the Other”
Lesson 4: Containing the “Jewish Problem”
Midterm Exam: March 4, 6-8 pm OR March 5, 1-3 pm
Proctored on the IUPUC campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 5, Midterm Tips, to prepare for the examination.
Due March 22
Lesson 6: Solving “the Jewish Question”: The War Against the Jews
Lesson 7: Victims and Perpetrators
Due April 16
Lesson 8: Jewish Resistance; Nazism’s Other Victims
Lesson 9: Rescue, Guilt, and Memory
Final Exam: April 22, 6-8 pm OR April 23, 1-3 pm
Proctored on the IUPUC campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 10, Final Tips, to prepare for the examination.
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(8 submissions; 2 exams)
Instructor: Cynthia Yaudes
Contrasting patterns of indigenous change and response to Western imperialism in East Asia during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. China and Japan receive primary consideration. Emphasis on the rise of nationalism and other movements directed toward revolutionary change.
Texts:
• Dower, John. Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II. W.W. Norton & Co., 2000. ISBN 978-0-393-32027-5
• Field, Norma. In the Realm of a Dying Emperor: Japan at Century's End. Knopf Publishing Group, 1993. ISBN 978- 0-679-74189-3
• Chang, Jung. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China. Simon and Schuster, 2003. ISBN 978-0-7432-4698-9
• Link, Madsen, and Pickowicz. Popular China: Unofficial Culture in a Globalizing Society. Rowman & Littlefield Publisher, 2002. ISBN 978-0-7425-1079-1
Assignment Submission Schedule
Assignments are due by midnight on the dates given.
Late assignments will be recorded as failing.
Due January 25
Lesson 1: Modern China: From Imperial to Nationalist Rule
Due February 8
Lesson 2: The Status of Women in Modern Chinese History
Due February 26
Lesson 3: Communist China and Its Political Movements
Lesson 4: Moving Toward a Free-Market Economy and Political Changes in China
Midterm Exam: March 4, 6-8 pm OR March 5, 1-3 pm
Proctored on the IUPUC campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 5, Midterm Tips, to prepare for the examination.
Due March 22
Lesson 6: Japan’s Modernization and the Road to Imperial Expansion
Lesson 7: The American Occupation of Japan
Due April 16
Lesson 8: Post–World War II Japan
Lesson 9: Post–World War II Japanese Economic Development
Final Exam: April 22, 6-8 pm OR April 23, 1-3 pm
Proctored on the IUPUC campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 10, Final Tips, to prepare for the examination.
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(10 submissions, 2 exams)
Instructor: Mary Lay
This survey course provides a theoretical and practical treatment of the concepts of disease prevention and health promotion. Covers such topics as emotional health; aging and death; alcohol, tobacco, and drug abuse; physical fitness; nutrition and dieting; consumer health; chronic and communicable diseases; safety; and environmental health.
Text:
• Donatelle, Rebecca. Access to Health. 11/e. Pearson Benjamin Cummings, 2010. ISBN 978-0-321-57112-0
Assignment Submission Schedule
Assignments are due by midnight on the dates given.
Late assignments will be recorded as failing.
Due January 25
Lesson 1: Overview of Health
Due February 8
Lesson 2: Psychosocial Health, Stress, and Violence
Lesson 3: Communication
Due: February 26
Lesson 4: Sexuality
Lesson 5: Reproductive Health
Midterm Exam: March 4, 6-8 pm OR March 5, 1-3 pm
Proctored on the IUPUC campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 6, Midterm Tips, to prepare for the examination
Due March 12
Lesson 7: Healthy Lifestyles
Due March 29
Lesson 8: Addiction
Lesson 9: Chronic, Infectious, and Noninfectious Diseases
Due April 16
Lesson 10: Aging, Dying, and Death
Lesson 11: Environmental and Consumer Issues
Final Exam: April 22, 6-8 pm OR April 23, 1-3 pm
Proctored on the IUPUC campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 12, Final Tips, to prepare for the examination.
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(10 submissions, 2 exams)
Instructor: Craig Ross
Overview of programmatic elements and techniques in recreational sports. Topics include informal, intramural, club, extramural, and instructional sports programming; values of recreational sports; terminology and career opportunities in various recreational sport settings.
Text:
• Mull, Richard F., Kathryn G. Bayless, and Lynn M. Jamieson. Recreational Sport Management. 4/e. Human Kinetics Publishers, 2005. ISBN 978-0-7360-5131-6
Assignment Submission Schedule
Assignments are due by midnight on the dates given.
Late assignments will be recorded as failing.
Due January 25
Lesson 1: Identity and Basic Concepts
Due February 8
Lesson 2: A Developmental Approach
Lesson 3: Program Delivery and a Management Model
Due February 26
Lesson 4: Finance, Program Planning, and Marketing
Lesson 5: Intramural Sport: Round-Robin Scheduling
Midterm Exam: March 4, 6-8 pm OR March 5, 1-3 pm
Proctored on the IUPUC campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 6, Midterm Tips, to prepare for the examination.
Due March 12
Lesson 7: Intramural Sport: Elimination Scheduling and Challenge Tournaments
Due March 29
Lesson 8: Informal Sport and Facility/Equipment Maintenance and Management
Lesson 9: Fitness, Instructional Sport, and Club Sport
Due April 16
Lesson 10: Personnel and Legal Concerns
Lesson 11: Career Implications
Final Exam: April 22, 6-8 pm OR April 23, 1-3 pm
Proctored on the IUPUC campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 12, Final Tips, to prepare for the examination.
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Instructor: Charles Carney
A survey of functions, responsibilities, and influence of various mass communications media. Directed toward the consumer and critic of mass media in modern society. Does not count toward the major in journalism. Students must have access to news media. Internet access required.
Text:
• Campbell, Richard, Christopher Martin, and Bettina Fabos. Media & Culture: An Introduction to Mass Communication. 7/e. Bedford/St. Martin’s Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-312-48546-7
Assignment Submission Schedule
Assignments are due by midnight on the dates given.
Late assignments will be recorded as failing.
Due January 25
Lesson 1: Mass Media and the Cultural Landscape
Due February 8
Lesson 2: The Media of Sound
Due February 26
Lesson 3: The Media of Images
Lesson 4: The Media of Words and Pictures
Midterm Exam: March 4, 6-8 pm OR March 5, 1-3 pm
Proctored on the IUPUC campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 5, Midterm Tips, to prepare for the examination
Due March 22
Lesson 6: Persuasive Communication: Advertising and Public Relations
Lesson 7: Mass Media as a Business
Due April 16
Lesson 8: The Culture of Journalism and Freedom of the Press
Lesson 9: Media Effects and Cultural Approaches to Research
Final Exam: April 22, 6-8 pm OR April 23, 1-3 pm
Proctored on the IUPUC campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 10, Final Tips, to prepare for the examination.
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(8 submissions; 2 exams)
Instructor: Tim Kersey
American political powers and structures; selected Supreme Court decisions interpreting American constitutional system.
Text:
• Mason and Stephenson. American Constitutional Law: Introductory Essays and Selected Cases. 15/e. Prentice Hall, 2009. ISBN 978-0-13-602991-5
Assignment Submission Schedule
Assignments are due by midnight on the dates given.
Late assignments will be recorded as failing.
Due January 25
Lesson 1: The Constitution, the Federal Judiciary, and the Supreme Court
Due February 8
Lesson 2: The Nature and Scope of Judicial Review
Due February 26
Lesson 3: The Separation of Powers
Lesson 4: Federalism
Midterm Exam: March 4, 6-8 pm OR March 5, 1-3 pm
Proctored on the IUPUC campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 5, Midterm Tips, to prepare for the examination.
Due March 22
Lesson 6: National Commerce Power and Federalism
Lesson 7: State Economic Regulation: The Contract and Commerce Clauses
Due: April 16
Lesson 8: The National Power to Tax and Spend
Lesson 9: The Rise and Fall of Substantive Due Process
Final Exam: April 22, 6-8 pm OR April 23, 1-3 pm
Proctored on the IUPUC campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 10, Final Tips, to prepare for the examination.
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Political Science Y309 American Politics Through Film and Fiction (5 submissions, 2 exams)
Instructor: Nicholas Clark
The course explores recurrent themes in American politics through novels and films. Topics include visions of American society and democracy, the politics of Hollywood and the creative class, and political fiction as wish-fulfillment (utopia), as nightmare (dystopia), and as satire. Students must rent or borrow several of the following films from a library or video store: Citizen Kane, All the King's Men, Network, Roger and Me, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The American President, Red Dawn, The Day After Tomorrow, Dr. Strangelove, The Candidate, Wag the Dog, or Primary Colors. Students choose several of the following novels, which are available for purchase through the IU Bookstore, but any edition will satisfy the course requirements: Brave New World OR White Noise, The Librarian, Looking Backward, The Handmaid's Tale OR Invisible Man, and Breakfast of Champions.
Texts:
• Beinhart, Larry. The Librarian: A Novel. Nation Books, 2004. ISBN 978-1-56025-636-6
• Bellamy, Edward. Looking Backward: 2000–1887. Signet Classics, 2000. ISBN 978-0-45152-763-9
• Vonnegut, Kurt. Breakfast of Champions. Dial Press, 1999. ISBN 978-0-38533-420-4
• DeLillo, Don. White Noise. Penguin, 1999. ISBN 978-0-14028-330-3
OR
Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. Harper Perennial, 1998. ISBN 978-0-06077-609-1
• Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid’s Tale. Anchor Books, 1998. ISBN 978-0-38549-081-8
OR
Ellison, Ralph. Invisible Man. Vintage, 2002. ISBN 978-0-67973-276-1
Note: Any edition of the above texts will satisfy the requirements of the course.
Lesson Submission Schedule
Lessons are due by midnight on the dates given.
Late lessons will be recorded as failing.
Due January 25
Lesson 1: Visions of American Society and Democracy
Due February 8
Lesson 2: The Politics of Hollywood and the Creative Class
Midterm Exam (90 minutes): March 4, 6-7:30 pm OR March 5, 1-2:30 pm
Proctored on the IUPUC campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 3, Midterm Tips, to prepare for exam
Due March 22
Lesson 4: Political Novels and Films as Wish Fulfillment
Due April 5
Lesson 5: Political Novels and Films as Nightmare
Due April 16
Lesson 6: Satirizing Power
Final Exam (2 hours): April 22, 6-8 pm OR April 23, 1-3 pm
Proctored on the IUPUC campus. Specific location of exams TBA after course begins.
Refer to Lesson 7, Final Tips, to prepare for the examination.
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