The New Century College creates academic offerings designed to give students real-world experience to pair with a comprehensive interdisciplinary education. Here are a few samples of the college’s spring 2012 offerings:
NCLC 103-001: Human Creativity: Science and Art (Andrew Wingfield)
Wednesday 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Investigates the vital role played by human creativity in fine arts and natural sciences. Fosters an understanding of the aesthetic and intellectual components of the arts while exploring the scientific method, the relation of theory and experiment and the development and elaboration of major ideas in science.
NCLC 249-001: Digital Literacy (Kristin Scott)
Wednesday 1:30-4:10 p.m.
Investigates information literacy, the mobile web, and interactive and immersive media, including gaming, social networking, blogging and micro-blogging, intellectual, political and civic collaborations, digital aesthetics and emerging digital cultures and art forms. Explores major theories of digital literacy and culture and introduce diverse social, artistic, theoretical and cultural practices that characterize today's digital domains and virtual environments.
NCLC 375-005: Introduction to Legal Studies (Weixia Chen)
Thursday 1:30-4:15 p.m.
This course provides an overview of the legal system – how the judicial system developed, the interaction between different institutions, some of the controversies which arise in legal contexts, and the extraordinary power of law in American life and in the world.
NCLC 410-001: Contemporary Health Issues
Wednesday 4:30-7:10 p.m.
Looks at a variety of health and health care issues. Examines several of the major health concerns of women and men. Also explores the biology and medical implications of diseases and how our society deals with potential life-altering information. Examines who is making the decisions on the allocation of research funds and prevention of diseases.