Course Catalog
| Course ID | Course Name | Course Description | Required Course Materials | Credit Hours | Syllabus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RMTH400 | Cultivating Effective Mathematical Thinking | The purpose of this class is to introduce students to the type of rigorous reasoning mathematicians use. In this class students will explore how math is connected to the world around us, the beauty of math, selected important people in math history, creative problem solving in real-world applications, and more through interactive exercises, collaborative discussions, and reflective journals. Topics include: divide and conquer, conditional probability, induction, set theory, the golden ratio, multiple geometries, dimensional spaces, chaos, uncertainty, and more. | Title: The Heart of Mathematics: An Invitation to Effective Thinking, 4th Edition | 3 | Syllabus |
| RMUS300 | Electronic Music History and Practice | This course explores how technology influences the work produced and how new tools provide a context for new paradigms related to theory, practice, and literature of electronic music. Please check with your participating institution to determine whether this course is offered on your campus and when it will be offered. | Title: Electronic and Experimental Music Technology, Music, and Culture (6th Edition) | 3 | Syllabus |
| RPOL300 | Politics and Film | This course examines the role of how American politics is viewed through fictional portrayals as well as the burgeoning documentary genre. For decades now, Hollywood has increasingly relied on Washington DC and the political scene for movie fodder. In this vein, it is important to clarify this relationship and to better understand how movies help us relate to ourselves as citizens, to politics, political actors, and key issues. We will touch on a number of relevant topics including, but not limited to: how do these films portray the need for government, how do films illustrate key political institutions, and how do the various governmental branches shape policymaking and politics. We will rely on both written materials and movies (broadly defined) over the past several decades to answer these questions. Please check the class schedule at your home institution to see if this class is available for enrollment this term. | Title: A Novel Approach to Politics (5th Edition) | 3 | Syllabus |
| RPOL301 | Security & Insecurity in World Politics | This course examines security and insecurity in world politics. Relying on written material delivered in a compressed format online, we touch on a number of relevant and pressing topics that include: the systemic, societal, and individual causes of war; economic, military, and cultural globalization and their relationship to (in) security; terrorism and the state; and, environmental security and its implications for world politics. | There are no textbooks required for this course. | 3 | Syllabus |
| RPOL302 | Understanding Civil Liberties and Rights | Americans’ knowledge of their civil liberties and civil rights remains limited for multiple reasons. This is unfortunate given the country’s founding, which was deeply impacted by the struggle for civil liberties, and due to the civil rights struggle that continues today. Additionally, individuals are often unaware of the full protections—and limitations—of these two sets of rights. As we continue to debate and ponder privacy rights, equal rights protections, religious freedoms, etc., the significance of civil liberties and civil rights is as pertinent as it was at the country’s founding. Consequently, this course is designed to facilitate students’ understanding of these rights and protections. Please check with your participating institution to determine whether this course is offered on your campus and when it will be offered. | Title: American Government (12th Edition) | 3 | Syllabus |
| RPSY300 | Adulthood and Aging | A developmental psychology class that explores the lives of adults from 21 until death. It takes a Biopsychosocial approach to development and investigates the interaction of physical maturation and aging with cognitive growth and decline and social interactions and expectations. The course will be delivered entirely online, including exams, assignments and communication. | Title: Journey of Adulthood (7th Edition) | 3 | Syllabus |
| RPSY301 | Abnormal Psychology | This course is designed as an upper-level, online psychology course and assumes that students possess basic knowledge about the field of psychology and that they have completed an Introduction to Psychology course. The course is set up to provide students with a more in-depth look at the study of abnormal behavior and the types of psychological disorders which are identified, diagnosed, and treated with the field of clinical psychology. | Title: Abnormal Psychology in a Changing World, 11th Edition | 3 | Syllabus |
| RPSY302 | Adolescent Development | Examines theory and research relative to physical growth, intellectual development, relationships with parents and peers, and growth in self-direction. Special attention given to the quest of identity and self-concept. | Title: Adolescence (17th Edition) | 3 | Syllabus |
| RPSY303 | Parenting | Examines the family systems theory and a systemic family development model to describe intergenerational family scenarios and lifespan challenges, with a focus on the ecological, social, and cultural contexts in which parent-child relations occur. Some major parenting strategies are anchored by focusing on nurture and structure, and important discussions of ethnic diversity and family structures in the United States are explored. | Title: Parent-Child Relations (9th Edition) | 3 | Syllabus |
| RPSY304 | Paranormal Psychology | By combining ideas from the social and natural sciences, as well as religion and philosophy, this course focuses on the importance of skepticism, scientific analysis, and valid logic when evaluating fringe science/paranormal claims concerning topics such as ESP, telepathy, remote viewing (clairvoyance), precognition, psychokinesis, PSI dreaming, afterlife channeling, near-death experiences, ghosts, UFOs, alien abductions, astrology, paraphysics, healing art sources and other paranormal topics. | There are no textbooks required for this course. | 3 | Syllabus |
| Course ID | Course Name | Course Description | Required Course Materials | Credit Hours | Syllabus |