Gwynedd Mercy University
AY2020-2021 / Undergraduate Academic Catalog
populations affected . Students must obtain clearances at the start of the semester to be able to complete direct service hours with off-campus Community Partners ( PA criminal History , Child Abuse , and FBI ). Indirect service hours with on and off-campus Community Partners may also require students to have clearances . This course meets the University ' s definition of writing intensive . Prerequisites : ENG-101 ( Required , Previous ).
SEM-162 Rise of Atlantic World ( 3 ) Through a careful analysis of primary sources and interpretive essays , this course examines developments in the Atlantic World across four continents ( Europe , Africa , North America , and South America ) throughout the period from about 1450 to about 1830 . It takes a comparative cross-cultural and transnational approach that emphasizes ideas and institutions . Some of the topics covered are : the origins of the Atlantic world ; European colonial expansion ; the Columbian exchange ; migrations of peoples ; Atlantic economies ; religion , culture , and society ; imperial conflicts ; and independence movements . A colloquium approach is used rather than a lecture format . Students will actively read , reflect upon , and respond to course material . This course focuses on Racism , which is one of the five critical concerns of the Sisters of Mercy : Earth , nonviolence , women , racism , and immigration . This course meets the University ' s definition of writing intensive . Prerequisites : ENG-101 ( Required , Previous ).
SEM-163 Immigration & Ethnicity in Amer . History ( 3 ) Through a careful analysis of primary sources and interpretive essays , this course examines the history of the United States as an experience of immigration and ethnicity from the colonial period to modern times . It takes a comparative cross-cultural approach that emphasizes identity , ideas , and institutions . Some of the topics covered include : settlers , servants , and slaves ; citizenship and migration ; European migration and national expansion ; national citizenship and federal of immigration ; colonialism and migration ; immigrant incorporation , identity , and nativism ; and patterns of inclusion and exclusion . A colloquium approach is used rather than a lecture format . Students will actively read , reflect upon , and respond to course material , rather than merely receive information that is presented to them . This course focuses on immigration , which is one of the five Critical Concerns of the Sisters of Mercy : earth ; nonviolence , women , racism , and immigration . This course meets the University ' s definition of writing intensive . Prerequisites : ENG-101 ( Required , Previous ).
SEM-164 Capitalism & Socialism in Modern Britain ( 3 ) This course examines the tension in the search for economic freedom and for economic justice in the modern era through the complex rivalry between capitalism and socialism . It focuses on Great Britain , where capitalism became formalized in Adam Smith ' s Wealth of Nations and where various efforts to create socialist societies have been made . As a signature seminar course , it addresses the broader value of social justice , engaging the specific critical concern of immigration ( opportunity v . exploitation ). This course requires travel to Great Britain during the first week of January 2019 , with scheduled visits to sites related to Adam Smith in Edinburgh ; Robert Owen ' s utopian community at New Lanark , near Glasgow ; the Mercy Heritage Centre in Bermondsey , London ; and Karl Marx ' s grave in London . Prerequisites : ENG-101 ( Required , Previous ).
SEM-165 Peacemaking Past & Present ( 3 ) This course examines ideas and efforts from the ancient past to the present day aimed at promoting and maintaining peace within and among societies . It emphasizes the diversity of approaches to
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