Integrations 300 Course Descriptions Spring 2025

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INTG 300 Course proposal information – SUBJECT TO CHANGE 

INTG-300-01A              Lynch, Julie

INTG-300-01A              Lynch, Julie

This class examines the beauty and fun of prioritizing friendships in personal and professional life. Students will study the science of looking at authentic connection amidst a chaotic world of social media and pandemic confusion. The courage to be real in relationship developments is catalyst to ignite support in personal and professional lives. Further, students learn to give and receive to create rich friendships and as they learn to do the work of commitment. Finally, students learn to build friendships with diverse individuals who experience backgrounds with differing levels of acceptance and belonging. The class celebrates healthy relationships and robust conversations.

INTG-300-02A              Kendall, John

When a musical artist makes an album, what music is included? What binds all the tracks together to make that album unique? By looking for individual and unique threads from their Integrated Portfolio (aka “Their Record”), students will create their own album of academic success from the work they have collected during their time at CSB and SJU. During this time of “album creation,” students will 1) explore how their time here is connected to their time before they got here and the time after they leave; and 2) how they will incorporate their work here into a future responsible and good life.

INTG-300-03A              Lynch, Julie

This class examines the beauty and fun of prioritizing friendships in personal and professional life. Students will study the science of looking at authentic connection amidst a chaotic world of social media and pandemic confusion. The courage to be real in relationship developments is catalyst to ignite support in personal and professional lives. Further, students learn to give and receive to create rich friendships and as they learn to do the work of commitment. Finally, students learn to build friendships with diverse individuals who experience backgrounds with differing levels of acceptance and belonging. The class celebrates healthy relationships and robust conversations.

INTG-300-04A              Beach, Dennis

This section of Learning Integrations will engage students in reflection on their college learning through the lens of thoughtful compassion as an important skill for living together with others, whether these others are familiar and chosen companions, or simply fellow citizens in our communities or our world. Along the way, we will consider emotions as a kind of intelligence—a register or a way of understanding ourselves and others that often moves us beyond strict objectivity, but still does so thoughtfully. We will explore how examining our beliefs through the lens of thoughtful compassion equips us to live well with others, to treat them justly, and to enhance the common good.

INTG-300-05A              Kraemer, Kelly

INTG-300-06A              dos Santos, Pedro

In this section of INTG 300, we will explore the connection between a responsible life, the common good, and your college experience in the context of vocation, education, and the labor market.

INTG-300-07A              Crumley, James

INTG-300-09A              Kachelski, Robert

In this course, we will examine a recent framework describing “cyber-wisdom”, including how it can be developed individually and in the service of the common good. Through class discussions and writing assignments, we will critically evaluate this proposed framework and the authors’ suggestions for the cultivation of cyber-wisdom. Students will reflect on their own experiences with digital technologies, the challenges inherent in their ubiquitous use in the modern world, and the risks they may pose to the well-being of individuals, communities, and societies. We will also discuss the potential for using digital technologies in ways that promote the common good.

INTG-300-10A              Droske, Kathryn

Consider big questions of the common good in the more immediate and intimate context of the communities to which you belong and the ones you long to build. Class readings and discussions on theories and experiments in the common good, self-reflections on your own experiences, values, and strengths, and class visits from committed members of diverse intentional communities will help you imagine and articulate the guiding principles and practices of the life you want to lead beyond CSB and SJU.

INTG-300-11A              South, Yvette

What happens when you put your life on the page? This class explores how our stories intersect with the stories of others and can bring us together on the path toward the common good. We will develop our ability to tell stories in personal essays and give a TED-style talk based on one of these essays. Expect to read great personal essays, a novel or some short stories, and watch a rom com or two.

INTG-300-12A              South, Yvette

What happens when you put your life on the page? This class explores how our stories intersect with the stories of others and can bring us together on the path toward the common good. We will develop our ability to tell stories in personal essays and give a TED-style talk based on one of these essays. Expect to read great personal essays, a novel or some short stories, and watch a rom com or two.

INTG-300-13A              Merritt Nash, Jonathan

Are you wondering how your liberal arts education will help you in your future career and personal life? In this class, you’ll reflect on how your liberal arts experiences have prepared you for your professional career and personal life and learn how to explain the value of your education to others. You’ll hear from successful alumni/ae and experts from our campus community about how they’ve used their liberal arts skills in the real world. Plus, you’ll have the chance to envision your own future, so you’ll leave CSB and SJU feeling confident and excited about the possibilities that await you.

INTG-300-14A              Larkin, Brian

This course will examine the causes and consequences of contemporary Central American Immigration into the US. Students will examine the historical and current factors that have caused Central Americans to move from their homelands to the US. They will also examine the truth of popular accounts of immigration and its impact on the US. Last, they will consider just responses to Central American Immigration.

INTG-300-15A              Tourino, Christina

This course considers various versions of the Common Good as they are brought to life through works in the literary and performing arts. Students will also undertake an advanced study of writing and speaking, which will culminate in a substantive paper in which they describe their own views about what constitutes a responsible life.

INTG-300-16A              Miller, Shane

You, the student, will be the subject and object of the course. In this class we will draw and reflect upon your experiences during your time here to help you better understand what you have learned, why it matters, how it has changed you., and where it might take you.

INTG-300-17A              Wright, Charles

Institutions of higher education in the United States have always been meant to serve the common good. But what “is” the common good? How “are” colleges and universities meant to support it? Closer to home, how does the Integrations Curriculum at CSB and SJU fit within this broad purpose for higher education? Students in this class will explore how their experience at CSB and SJU has been shaped by the conceptions of the common good that the institutions hope to serve and by the conception of a liberally educated person that is embedded in the Integrations Curriculum.

INTG-300-18A              Berg, Kelly

Transitioning to a life outside of CSB and SJU can be anxiety-producing, but it also can be empowering. This section of INTG 300 will reflect on your learning and experiences while at CSB and SJU and help you set a plan as you embark on the next part of your life journey.

INTG-300-19A              Paup, Emily

In this section of INTG 300, we will explore the connection between a responsible life, the common good, and your college experience in the context of leadership traits, skills, and goals.

INTG-300-20A              Lemke, Steven

To paraphrase Frederick Beuchner, “vocation is the place where our deep gladness meets the world’s deep need.” Increasingly, the needs of our world are met through radical advancements in design innovation. In this course, students will engage in conversations at the intersection of creativity and vocation in relationship to the common good, with an emphasis on issues of technology and morality. Through discussions, activities, and films, students will reflect on their time at CSB and SJU and utilize creative problem-solving and design thinking techniques to hone their writing and public speaking abilities. As a result, students will develop critical thinking, job application and interview preparedness skills to stand out in an ever-changing world regardless of major.