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ECS 100-Level Courses

A service-learning course for designated leadership and service programs at Emory. Individual offerings vary but give attention to student development theory and research and practices in higher education.


Credit Hours
1 - 2
GER
None
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

All first-year students enroll in a one-credit hour course called ECS 101: The Emory Edge in their first semester. The course provides an introduction to the liberal arts at Emory, university policies, campus resources and opportunities. During class sessions and out of class experiences, students are asked to reflect, explore and create 4-year plans.


Credit Hours
1
GER
None
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

This course provides a framework for students to articulate how to leverage a liberal arts education as they launch their post-graduation pursuits. Through assignments focused on self-assessment and exploration, students will identify and translate skills that transfer from college to career.


Credit Hours
1
GER
None
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

This is a 1-credit course taught in conjunction with a residence hall community. Topics vary by semester and introduce students to academic research related to the living & learning theme and its connection to Emory, Atlanta, and the world.


Credit Hours
1
GER
None
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

Limited to first-year students, the topics vary based on the instructor.


Credit Hours
3
GER
FS
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

ECS 200-Level Courses

First-year students will be introduced to the diversity of events available on campus and in the Atlanta area, and to learn how to find similar events in the future. The class will attend an event each week, and engage in group discussion afterward.


Credit Hours
1
GER
None
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

This course provides a framework for students to articulate how to leverage a liberal arts education as they launch their post-graduation pursuits. Through assignments focused on self-assessment and exploration, students will identify and translate skills that transfer from college to career.


Credit Hours
1
GER
None
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

ECS 300-Level Courses

This is a 2-credit course intended for new student members of the Emory College Honor Council. It introduces students to academic integrity as a field of research and inquiry, the historical context of college honor systems, and new research and trends concerning academic dishonesty.


Credit Hours
2
GER
None
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

ECS 400-Level Courses

This is a 2-credit course intended for continuing student members of the Emory College Honor Council. Members are required to develop a project related to academic integrity and to help facilitate the general practicum, which covers new research and trends concerning academic dishonesty.


Credit Hours
2
GER
None
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

The seminar provides a forum for honors students to explore the nature of interdisciplinarity and to test the boundaries of their respective disciplines, in the context of the Fox Center, Emory's interdisciplinary institute for advanced study in the Humanities.


Credit Hours
1
GER
None
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

This seminar helps students understand their project in multi- and interdisciplinary frameworks different from that in a traditional academic discipline. The class uses as workshop approach to understand collectively methods, research design, data analysis, and public presentation.


Credit Hours
2
GER
None
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None

This course provides students with the opportunity to develop projects to work with institutions and organizations and experience real time issues surrounding Leadership, Ethics and Organizational impact in their respective fields.


Credit Hours
3
GER
HAP
Requisites
None
Cross-Listed
None