
Cornerstone Certificate
Cornerstone consists of a 2-semester first-year sequence of Transformative Texts. These courses are based on the fundamental premise that great texts inform and inspire students, develop their creative thinking and imaginative capacity, and help them see the world from different perspectives, broadening their understanding of the world and the challenges people face.
Students then proceed to take 9 hours in the Cornerstone Themes of Cultural Impact and Representation:
- Science and Technology
- Environment and Sustainability
- Healthcare and Medicine
- Management and Organization
- Conflict Resolution and Justice
Science and Technology
Do new technologies enhance or constrain human individuality and creativity? How do technological advancements -- from space exploration to robotics -- intersect with human hopes and values?
We are a restless species, constantly exploring and building, searching out new frontiers to inhabit, creating new machines to improve our lives. Science and Technology offers students an understanding of the impact of technological developments upon our culture by exploring the social, political, and historical dimensions of technology in pre-modern and modern societies.
Level II Courses
- ANTH 20100 Introduction to Archaeology and World Prehistory – UCC: Human Cultures, BSS
- ANTH 20500 Human Cultural Diversity - UCC: Human Cultures, BSS
- ANTH 21000 Technology and Culture – UCC: Science, Technology & Society
- COM 25100 Communication, Information, and Society – UCC: Information Literacy and Science, Technology & Society
- ENGL 22300 Literature and Technology – UCC: Science, Technology & Society and Human Cultures, H.
- GER 22300 German Level IV – Scientific
- ITAL 28100 - The Italian Renaissance & Its Impact on Western Civilization - UCC: Human Cultures, H
- PHIL 20700 Ethics for Technology, Engineering, and Design - UCC: Science, Technology and Society
- PHIL 22100 Introduction to Philosophy of Science – UCC: Science, Technology and Society
- POL 23700 Modern Weapons and International Relations – UCC: Science, Technology & Society
- SCLA 20000 Cornerstones of Constitutional Law - UCC: Human Cultures, BSS
Level III Courses
- COM 41500 Discussion of Technical Problems
- COM 43500 Communication and Emerging Technologies
- ENGL 32200 Word, Image, Media – UCC: Human Cultures, H
- ENGL 36700 Detective Fiction – UCC: Human Cultures, H
- ENGL 37300 Science Fiction and Fantasy – UCC: Human Cultures, H
- ENGL 41900 Multimedia Writing
- ENGL 42100 Technical Writing
- ENGL 42400 Writing for High Technology Industries
- GER 32300 German Level VI: Science and Engineering
- HIST 30605 Technology and War in U.S. History
- HIST 31405 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) And Gender - UCC: Science, Technology and Society
- HIST 31505 American Beauty – UCC: Human Cultures, H
- HIST 33205 The Nuclear Age - UCC: Science, Technology and Society
- HIST 33300 Science and Society in Western Civilization I – UCC: Science, Technology and Society.
- HIST 33400 Science and Society in Western Civilization II – UCC: Science, Technology and Society.
- HIST 35000 Science and Society in the 20th-Century World – UCC: Human Cultures, H and Science, Technology and Society.
- HIST 38400 History of Aviation – UCC: Human Cultures, H and Science, Technology and Society
- HIST 38700 History of the Space Age – UCC: Human Cultures, H and Science, Technology and Society
- HIST 49400 Science and Society in American Civilization
- PHIL 32200 Philosophy of Technology
- PHIL 35000 Philosophy and Probability
- PHIL 42100 Philosophy of Science
Environment and Sustainability
Humanity stands at a crucial turning point. We must define how we will continue to harvest the earth’s energies and resources in order to sustain our growing populations. Environment and Sustainability examines the histories of industrialization and urbanization, agriculture and energy, seeking to interpret the consequences of human-environment interaction.
Level II Courses
- ENGL 23400 Ecological Literature – UCC: Human Cultures, H
- PHIL 29000 Environmental Ethics – UCC: Human Cultures, H
- POL 22300 Introduction to Environmental Policy – UCC: Human Cultures, BSS & Science, Technology and Society
Level III Courses
- ANTH 32700 Environment and Culture
- ENGL 34400 Environmental Ethics, Policy, and Sustainability
- HIST 38001 History of United States Agriculture – UCC: Human Cultures, H and Science, Technology and Society
- HIST 39400 Environmental History of the United States –UCC: University Core: Human Cultures, H
- HIST 45000 The English Landscape: Integrating History, Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
- POL 32300 Comparative Environmental Policy
- POL 32700 Global Green Politics – UCC: Human Cultures, BSS
- POL 42300 International Environmental Policy
Healthcare and Medicine
How will we respond to the poor, the disabled, our aging population, and our returning veterans? How will we tackle the problems of obesity and substance abuse, as well as the ethical issues involved in animal research, euthanasia, and assisted-suicide?
Issues of addictions and epidemics, new treatments and wonder drugs, are constantly front-page news. Healthcare and Medicine explores these and other medical dilemmas to consider the responses that can define the quality of the lives we live.
Level II Courses
- ANTH 20300 Biological Basis of Human Social Behavior – UCC: Human Cultures, BSS
- ANTH 20400 Introduction to Biological Anthropology and Human Evolution – UCC: Science
- ANTH 21200 Culture, Food and Health
- ENGL 22600 Narrative Medicine – UCC: Science, Technology and Society
- PHIL 27000 Biomedical Ethics – UCC: Science, Technology and Society
- PHIL 28000 Ethics and Animals – UCC: Human Cultures, H
- SCLA 20000 Cornerstones of Constitutional Law - UCC: Human Cultures, BSS
- SOC 27500 Sociology of Aging and the Life Course - UCC: Human Cultures, BSS
Level III Courses
- ANTH 33700 Human Diet: Origins and Evolution
- ANTH 34000 Global Perspectives on Health
- ANTH 35200/SOC 35200 Drugs, Culture, and Society
- ENGL 42201 Writing for the Health and Human Sciences
- ENGL 43900 Topics in Disability Studies
- CLCS 38500 Science, Medicine, and Magic in the Ancient West
- COM 47800 Health Communication Campaigns
- HIST 35205 Death, Disease and Medicine in the 20th Century American History – UCC: Human Cultures, H and Science, Technology and Society
- HIST 36305 The History of Medicine and Public Health – UCC: Human Cultures, H and Science, Technology and Society
- HIST 47005 Women and Health in America – UCC Human Cultures, H
- SOC 37400 Medical Sociology
- SPAN 32200 Spanish for the Health Professions
Management and Organization
What are the implications of a global economy and what does it mean to live in a time in which the world is more inter-connected than ever before?
In 2007-2008, the world experienced a global financial crisis so vast that it became known as the Great Recession. Almost everyone felt the ripples of this economic meltdown: bankruptcies, layoffs, bailouts, companies too big to fail, and ordinary people unable to pay their mortgages, even abandoning their homes. Management and Organization explores the workings of networked environments – from trade unions, to big business, to international organizations – and their ethical dimensions.
Level II Courses
- COM 22400 Communicating in the Global Workplace – UCC: Human Cultures, BSS
- ENGL 22400 Literature, Money, Markets
- HIST 27800 Money, Trade, & Power: The History of Capitalism
- POL 23500 International Relations among Rich and Poor Nations – UCC: Human Cultures, BSS
- SCLA 20000 Cornerstones of Constitutional Law - UCC: Human Cultures, BSS
Level III Courses
- ENGL 34300 Labor and Literature
- ENGL 42000 Business Writing
- FR 32400 Business French
- PHIL 41100 Modern Ethical Theories
- PHIL 42400 Recent Ethical Theory
- POL 43300 International Organization
- SOC 31600 Industry and Society
- SOC 33400 Urban Sociology
- SOC 33900 Introduction to the Sociology of Developing Nations
- SPAN 32100 Introduction to Spanish for the Professions
- SPAN 42400 Business Spanish
- WGSS 38300 Women and Work
Conflict Resolution and Justice
Is it possible to create a more just and peaceful world? How have civil authorities either succeeded or failed to achieve humanity’s best interests?
The road to inclusion, cooperation, and peace comes through our understanding of the root causes and dynamics of conflict. Conflict Resolution and Justice provides students with the historical, philosophical, and sociological analyses of issues such as war, poverty, violence, civil liberties, and the quest for justice.
Level II Courses
- ANTH 20500 Human Cultural Diversity – ANTH 20500 Human Cultural Diversity – UCC Human Cultures, BSS
- ENGL 22500 Literature, Injustice, Inequality – UCC: Human Cultures, H
- PHIL 24000 Social and Political Philosophy – UCC: Human Cultures, H
- PHIL 26000 Philosophy and Law – UCC: Information Literacy and Written Communication
- POL 22200 Women, Politics, and Public Policy & UCC: Human Cultures, BSS
- POL 23000 Introduction to the Study of Peace – UCC: Human Cultures, BSS
- POL 23100 Introduction to United States Foreign Policy – UCC: Human Cultures, BSS
- SCLA 20000 Cornerstones of Constitutional Law - UCC: Human Cultures, BSS
- SOC 22000 Social Problems – UCC: Human Cultures, BSS
Level III Courses
- CLCS 33900 Literature & the Law – UCC: Human Cultures H; Written Communication
- COM 37500 Conflict and Negotiation
- ENGL 34200 Legal Fictions
- HIST 30000 Eve of Destruction: Global Crises & World Organization in the 20th Century – UCC: Human Cultures, H
- HIST 33805 History of Human Rights – UCC: Human Cultures, H
- HIST 38200 American Constitutional History – UCC: Human Cultures, BSS
- HIST 38300 Recent American Constitutional History – UCC: Human Cultures, BSS
- HIST 46900 Black Civil Rights Movement
- POL 32600 Black Political Participation in America– UCC: Human Cultures, BSS
- POL 36000 Women and the Law
- POL 37200 Indiana Government and Politics – UCC: Human Cultures, BSS
- POL 46000 Judicial Politics
- SOC 32600 Social Conflict and Criminal Justice - UCC: Human Cultures, BSS
- SOC 33800 Global Social Movements
- SOC 41100 Social Inequality
- SOC 41900 Sociology of Law
- SOC 42900 Sociology of Protest