Pioneers who’d like to make more progress on their major or want to travel during our upcoming six-week long winter break should consider enrolling in one of DU’s winter interterm courses. These courses last for five days to a week; as during regular quarters, students will receive four credits. Students can apply for scholarships to defray the cost of the tuition which is equivalent to the cost of a quarter-long course. The deadline to sign up for a course is Oct. 15. From English to geography courses, there’s sure to be something for everyone.
“Religious and Social Justice in Vienna”
Course Dates: Dec. 6-13, 2015 (Online coursework will take place from Nov. 24-Dec. 23)
Location: Vienna, Austria
Instructor: Carl Raschke
“Religious and Social Justice in Vienna,” one of the many travel courses, is a great opportunity for students to fulfill an AI-Society requirement between quarters. Students will travel to Vienna, Austria—the epicenter of UN-directed human services and humanitarian relief efforts and the global headquarters for leading non-governmental organizations—to learn how certain major religions are internationally engaged in the promotion of social justice via humanitarian relief work and cultural mingling.
The course offers a rare hands-on experience in which participants interact with Protestant, Catholic and Jewish relief agencies, in addition to prominent NGOs. Students will explore the culture, geography and history of Vienna that these religious organizations contribute to.
“Cannabis Journalism: Covering and Reporting on America’s New Normal”
Course Dates: Nov. 30-Dec. 4, 2015
Location: On campus
Instructor: Andrew Matranga
Students with journalistic inklings who don’t want to pay the extra fees for an international course can check out “Cannabis Journalism: Covering and Reporting on America’s New Normal.” This on-campus course examines the legalization of marijuana in Colorado and around the country. Students will take advantage of this current historic crossroads and dig into every facet this legalization poses.
Participants will not only investigate the extent of the marijuana legalization movement and its practical and political implications—at the end of the course, students will present a multimedia project with original data with the aim of presenting a story on a national level. There will be opportunities to visit and interview dispensaries, industry professionals and private citizens to produce a portfolio piece of narrative journalism utilizing the methods of their choosing with guidance from the instructor.
Course Dates: Dec. 6-12, 2015
Location: Oahu, Maui, Hawaii (Big Island), HI
Instructor: Steven Hick
“Natural Hazards in Hawaii” is one of two domestic travel courses offered this interterm. It will provide students a hands-on introduction to the natural disasters of Hawaii utilizing the use of the Geographic Information System (GIS) in natural hazard assessment.
Students will visit natural hazard centers to explore the mitigation and planning processes in practice, and field mapping exercises will allow participants to understand the analytical techniques that support hazard risk and assessment, emergency response planning and mitigation. Students will arrive in Honolulu on Dec. 6 and depart Dec. 12.
These are just a few of the many courses students can explore this coming interterm; to see what else is being offered, visit the Community Programs website.
Pioneers who want a little more out of their winter break can register for interterm courses now using PioneerWeb. For travel courses, students can register in person at the Community Programs Office or by phone at 303-871-2360.
