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	First Year Experience Learning Communities Global Problems: Japanese and U.S. Perspectives Exchange ideas directly with your Japanese peers through a live video-link for six class sessions. Students from Hiroshima Jogakuin University and COD will prepare presentations on the same topics and present and discuss findings with each other. Recognizing that different viewpoints can be presented with equal validity and exploring what factors shape people's perceptions of social and international problems is a huge step toward a deeper understanding of the challenges a globalized world faces. Information: Chris Goergen, (630) 942-2012, email: goergen@cod.edu or Shingo Satsutani, (630) 942-2019, email: satsutan@cod.edu. Must co-enroll in Political Science 2220 and Japanese 1100. Political Science 2220- FS001 World Politics Tuesday, 6 to 8:50 p.m. Goergen 3 credit hours Japanese 1100-FS001 Civilization and Culture of Japan Thursday, 6 to 8:50 p.m. Satsutani 3 credit hours Seed, Soil, and the Soul: A Critical Analysis of World Food Practices Explore food as a key to understanding human cultures and human relationships with the environment. Through topics relating to the production and consumption of food, we will explore the similarities and differences in the ways the disciplines of biology and literature account for the most fundamental of human activities: feeding ourselves. Ethical considerations regarding food production, hunger, poverty, and the impact of globalization on food are part of the discussions. The course includes field trips and service learning. Information: Deborah Adelman, (630) 942-3406 or Shamili Sandiford, (630) 942-2123 Biology 1110-FS015 Environmental Biology Monday/Wednesday, 12 to 1:15 p.m. Sandiford 4 credit hours English 1154-FS015 Film as Literature \| Monday/Wednesday, 1:30 to 2:45 p.m. Adelman 3 credit hours Charting Your Course: Careers and Communication Develop a clearer sense of your college and career direction while building stronger communication skills in this First Year Experience learning community. By combining a general education course, Speech 1100, with Career Development, Education 1105, you will map out a pathway to college and career achievement and instill yourself with the confidence and communication competence to succeed in the 21st century. Information: Joyce Fletcher, (630) 942-2541, email: fletcher@cod.edu, or Lauren Morgan, (630) 942-2007, email: morgan@cod.edu Education 1105-FS001 Career Development Tuesday/Thursday, 10 to 10:50 a.m. Fletcher 2 credit hours Speech 1100-FS001 Fundamentals of Speech Tuesday/Thursday, 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Morgan 3 credit hours Education: The Rhetoric of Reform This learning community explores the basic principles, practices and issues regarding education while developing the skills needed to argue in writing about how these principles and practices might be reformed. This learning community is intended for education majors but is open to those interested in education. Co-enrollment required. Information: James Allen (630) 942-3421 or Lois Stanciak (630) 942-2974 Education 1100-FS019 Introduction to Education Monday/Wednesday, 1:30 to 2:45 p.m. Stanciak 3 credit hours English 1101-FS019 Composition I Monday Wednesday, 12 to 1:15 p.m. Allen 3 credit hours	For more information about Learning Communities, contact James Allen (630) 942-3421