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Myth and Ritual in Film, Part 1

Adam Gorelick

Online

This course applies theoretical discussions of myth and ritual to the contemporary medium of film.

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Song of Life

Adam Gorelick

Tues.,Thurs., 9:30AM - 10:45AM

This is a course about poetic forms, but mostly it’s about writing poetry. Students will read, research, and attempt several poetic forms including epic, sonnet, free verse, haiku, elegy, limerick, sestina, and others. The key feature of the course will involve workshopping together original poetry and providing constructive feedback.

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Healthcare Law, Advocacy & Education in the Political Context

Amanda Emery

Tuesdays 3:30PM-6:00PM

It is important that future doctors, nurses, healthcare educators, and allied health professionals are aware of how government and politics can shape the trajectory of their field and healthcare practices, and their role as an advocate for their patients and their profession. This course will serve as an introduction to policy issues affecting health and health care and examines the role of government in the health care system and examine clinician's relationship and responsibility to be advocates for access, advocacy and education in their profession.

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Power Skills: Emotional Intelligence for the 21st Century

Amber Webber

Online

Your mission in this course will be to navigate a series of quests, challenges, and discussions to explore the world of emotional intelligence. As with other video games, the quests in this gamified course will help you build skills, gain experience, learn background context, and collect new EQ insights to enrich your own personal storyline.

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Art Medical History to the Renaissance

Amilcar Castellano Sanchez

Tues., 1:00P– 3:30P

This course encompasses the study of medical world history as it has occurred through time portrayed in different forms of art, i.e. visual, written, performed in a global perspective thus emphasizing certain areas in this review such as: anatomy, physical diagnosis, different types of illness -with a focus on infectious diseases-; a few specialties such as: obstetrics / gynecology, surgery, and psychiatry amongst others also including selected examples of preventive medicine and therapeutic approaches; all from the perspective of the vast historical registry available to us.

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Adult Topics on Narrative Medicine

Amilcar Castellano-Sanchez

Mon., 1:00P– 3:30P

This course aims to bring forth the unbreakable -- yet not well-valued and sparsely characterized -- connection between the worlds of text (narrative, poetry, short stories, memoirs, interviews, and film adaptations) to the worlds of medical ailments and medical practice.

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Keep Your Money

Amy Desouvre

Wednesday, 9:30A-12:00P

This course will take an academic multidisciplinary approach to learning how to shop in an economic way. We will examine the basic elements of shopping history, the role that advertising and marketing play in social media as well as print, how to keep a minimalistic mind rather than becoming an over consumer, and finally the impact of internet, technology, and mobile apps and how to use them to your advantage.

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Innovation Nation: The Global Influence of Israeli Technology and Entrepreneurship

Andi Wolfer & Aaron Kaplowitz

Mon., 10:00A - 12:30P

Israel has built a reputation as an entrepreneurial powerhouse that exports industry-disrupting technologies all over the world. Visitors to the “Start-Up Nation” marvel at the innovations that have emerged from a country that once made the desert bloom.

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AI, Tech, and the Law

Andrej Milic

Mondays 11:00AM - 1:30PM

This course delves into a diverse array of legal and policy challenges stemming from artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and other emerging technologies. The legal framework in the areas under consideration is often either nonexistent or in its early stages. Consequently, students will have ample opportunities to contemplate how current laws can be adapted to address the regulatory and policy requirements pertinent to these advancing technologies.

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Legal Foundations for Entrepreneurs, Creatives and Innovators

Andrej Milic

Online

This course provides a comprehensive overview of the legal landscape relevant to entrepreneurs, creatives, and innovators. Students will explore key legal concepts and frameworks essential for starting and managing businesses, protecting intellectual property, and navigating the modern innovation economy.

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Public Speaking for Lawyers

Andrej Milic

Wednesday, 11:00AM-1:30PM

This course will help students develop the skills relied on by lawyers when engaged in public speaking situations other than in litigation settings such as speaking to lay groups, appearing before legislatures and municipal boards, presenting to colleagues, clients, potential employers and clients, and media. Students will examine communication theories, strategies and techniques needed for effective public speaking.

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Save our Parks: Environmental Law, Policy and Politics

Anthony Rionda

Mon., 6:00P-8:30P

Our National Parks are America’s Crown Jewels. They are worshipped by avid adventurers, campers, road-trippers and the former students of FIU Honor’s Everglades course. The aim of this course (Save our Parks) is to focus on how politics, policy, and law have shaped, saved, and at threatened our most beautiful natural legacy.

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Global Social Entrepreneurship

Barbara del Cotto Jimenez

Tues., 10:00A-12:30P

This course introduces the key skills, tools, and mental frameworks required to solve the world’s most complex and pressing challenges through social entrepreneurship, including those needed to launch, grow, and sustain a social enterprise venture.

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Challenges in Healthcare

Barbra Roller

Mon., Wed., 5:00P - 6:15P

This course is an overview of the healthcare system. Sessions are presented by the course director as well as by guest speakers who are prominent physicians with expertise in different areas of medicine and healthcare.

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Global Environmental Health and You

Brenda Luna

Thurs., 11:00A-12:15P (Hybrid)

This course examines the relationships between human health and the environment. Students will explore the role of the natural and built environment and their impact on their health, as well as their local and global community’s health.

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Environmental Activism in the Digital Age

Tiffany Mota March 12, 2025Global Issues and Social Justice, Nature and Environment, Technology and Innovation

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