Public Speaking for Lawyers

Myth and Ritual in Film, Part 1

Adam Gorelick

Tues.,Thurs., 12:30P - 1:45P

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., 2:00P - 3:15P

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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Comparative Immunology and Socioeconomic Ramifications

Aileen Marty

Mon., 2:10P-4:40P

The course encompasses the scope of immunological functions and principles for bacteria, animals, and humans.

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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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Medical Art History to the Renaissance

Amilcar Castellano Sanchez

Mon., 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

Tues., 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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Sex and the City

Amy Huseby

Thurs., 2:00P- 3:15P (Online Live)

This course surveys literature from fifteenth-century to present by considering the co-constitutive nature of two major issues: sexuality and urbanization.

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Innovation Nation: The Global Influence of Israeli Technology and Entrepreneurship

Andi Wolfer, Aaron Kaplowitz

Thurs., 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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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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Law School in a Nutshell

Angie Puentes-Leon

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

The course is designed to introduce students to a learning experience mirroring the 1st year of law school.

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Global Burden of Diseases- The Patient Illness Experience

Anthoni Llau Jr

Online

Students will first learn about current diseases and conditions of global health significance from a public health perspective. They will familiarize themselves with the determinants, risk factors, symptoms, and consequences of diseases and conditions in global populations.

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The Political Cycle

Anthony Rionda

Mon., Wed., 11:00A - 12:15P

The organization of this course leverages a unique interdisciplinary approach to politics, government, civic engagement, policy analysis, and advocacy.

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The Special Relationship: United Kingdom, the United States, the Common Law and the Foundations of Economic Liberty, Democracy and Freedom

Anthony Rionda

Thurs., 5:00P-7:30P

This interdisciplinary course focuses on our constant political cycle, a cycle that includes politics, government, communications, business interests, government funding, data analysis (specifically voter targeting, social media, and polling), law (constitutional, state and local, and administrative), and advocacy (how individuals, businesses, and associations lobby government for their interests).

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Nature, Design and Technology

Barbara del Cotto Jimenez

Tues., 9:00A-11:45A

This course explores the changing relationships between manmade and natural systems brought about by the four industrial revolutions since 1750.

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Global Social Entrepreneurship

Barbara del Cotto Jimenez

Tues., 1:00P-3:00P

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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