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A Thematic Exploration of Horror, Race, and Desire in 'Candy Man'

Trina Sanders

Online (Summer B)

This course will use the folklore horror, and urban legends, in the film “Candyman” to uncover the impact of Black history and Black horror. Going beyond trauma to embrace the resiliency and the power of Black culture.

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Mythopoeia and the Secret Fire

Adam Gorelick

Tues., Thurs., 10:00A-1:20P (Summer A)

This course explores the theory and practice of imagination through the works of philologist and author, J.R.R. Tolkien. Famous for deep fictional world-building and profound intimacy with language, Tolkien transcended the fantasy genre and offered through his works insight into philosophy, history, linguistics, mythology, sociology, mysticism, and ecology—not to mention poetry, astronomy, gardening, and many other subjects.

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Global Environmental Health and You

Brenda Luna

Tues., 10:00A-1:20P (Hybrid - Summer B)

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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Public Speaking for Lawyers

Andrej Milic

Monday, Wednesday, 11:00AM-2:20PM (SUMMER B)

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-9:20P (Online LIVE - Summer A)

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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Third World Cinema: the Middle East and Beyond

Elizabeth Hanly

Online (Summer B)

This class explores Middle Eastern film as art. The class also considers film as window into understanding the region's cultures, history and politics.

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Living in Sustainable, Resilient and Smart Cities

Mohamed ElZomor

Tuesdays, 10:00AM-1:20PM (Hybrid - SUMMER A)

This course is suitable for honors students from all disciplines, interested in conducting research and applying interdisciplinary practical solutions to developing, designing, and building sustainable, resilient, smart cities. The course presents a study of the sustainability and resilience concepts as well as techniques to develop smart cities through integrating technologies. An in-depth review of sustainable infrastructure and building certifications will be covered to prepare students to be accredited.

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One Health: Of the People, By the People, For the People

Alok Deoraj

Online (Summer B)

The course, "One Health: Of the People, By the People, For the People" enables students to examine the historical influence of demographic, epidemiological and socio-cultural transitions at the intersection of environment, health, and wellbeing.

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Digital Fairytale

Maikel Right

Online (SUMMER B)

Digital Fairytale: Once Upon A Time, is a course dedicated to evaluating the disruption of the “Smart-phone Era” and the Internet of Things have had on our holistic living experience.

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Breaking Bread: Finding Peace and Justice Through Food

Erica del Riego

In Person Meetings Arranged (Summer A)

This course focuses on human's relationship to food and the rise in food insecurity in the United States due to the Covid 19 Pandemic.

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The Question of God

Edmund Newborn

Mon., Tues., Wed., Thurs., 10:00A-11:35A (SUMMER B)

The past several decades have seen a statistical decline in the number of people who claim to believe in God or who choose to participate in a religion. This course will explore the underlying philosophical causes for this shift as well as looking at how people of faith can possibly answer the challenges of modern atheism.

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Visions of Utopia

Ruben Garrote

Online (Summer A)

The course is an examination of some of the ""big questions"" students explore in a liberal arts program about ""life, the universe, and everything."" In particular, we deal with questions of faith and reason, with pain and suffering, and of various ways of expressing deep truths (myth, e.g.). We do this through reading classic passages in religious, philosophical, and literary works.

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Current Events & Law Through the Lens of Music

Melba Pearson

Online (Summer B)

In this course, we will explore themes of criminal and social justice through the words of a variety of artists. Themes relating to constitutional issues will be discussed as well. We will explore a number of musical genres - country, folk, hip hop and contemporary pop music.

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The Japanese Sense of Beauty

Masako Kubota

Online (Summer A)

During the semester, we will begin with the Anthology of Japanese Literature searching " The Japanese Sense of Beauty" from the earliest era to the mid-nineteenth century.

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Exploring Disability Culture: Why it Matters

Amy Paul-Ward

Tuesdays & Thursdays 10:00AM-1:20PM (SUMMER A)

This course provides students with an introduction to topics related to Disability Culture. To understand the evolution of disability culture, we will begin by reviewing relevant interdisciplinary theories that highlight foundational concepts, ongoing debates, and critiques of the concept of disability as it relates to representation, access, and inclusion in everyday life.

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