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The Conversation U.S.<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Engineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Engineering</a> students explore how to ethically design and locate nuclear facilities in this @umich.edu course: <a href="https://buff.ly/jEUFqkB" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://buff.ly/jEUFqkB</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/uncommoncourses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uncommoncourses</a>

The Conversation U.S.A college course uses Marvel movies to explore <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ethics</a>, from gender empowerment in Captain Marvel to racial oppression in Black Panther. Half the class concluded Thanos may have had a moral point. <a href="https://buff.ly/VAmwTcG" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://buff.ly/VAmwTcG</a> By James Calvin Davis, Middlebury <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/uncommoncourses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uncommoncourses</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/highered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#highered</a>

The Conversation U.S.<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> coding tools like GitHub Copilot are changing how programming is taught, letting non-computer science students focus on big-picture concepts instead of getting stuck on syntax. Here's what <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/computerscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#computerscience</a> professors have to say: <a href="https://theconversation.com/ai-gives-nonprogrammers-a-boost-in-writing-computer-code-242256" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/ai-gives-nonprogrammers-a-boost-in-writing-computer-code-242256</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/UncommonCourses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UncommonCourses</a>

The Conversation U.S.Students in the course “Engineering Systems for the Common Good” use systems thinking to tackle human rights issues, disease outbreaks, and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/homelessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homelessness</a>. An electrical and computer <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/engineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#engineering</a> professor explains how the course works: <a href="https://theconversation.com/engineering-the-social-students-in-this-course-use-systems-thinking-to-help-solve-human-rights-disease-and-homelessness-242893" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/engineering-the-social-students-in-this-course-use-systems-thinking-to-help-solve-human-rights-disease-and-homelessness-242893</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/UncommonCourses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UncommonCourses</a>

The Conversation U.S.@miamiuniversity.bsky.social’s “Investigating the Paranormal” course dives into how archaeology connects with <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/UFOs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UFOs</a>, conspiracy theories, and the unexplained. Learn more from the professor: <a href="https://theconversation.com/understanding-paranormal-beliefs-and-conspiracy-theories-isnt-just-about-misinformation-this-course-unpacks-the-history-242007" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/understanding-paranormal-beliefs-and-conspiracy-theories-isnt-just-about-misinformation-this-course-unpacks-the-history-242007</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/paranormal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paranormal</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#archaeology</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/UncommonCourses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UncommonCourses</a>

The Conversation U.S.A Macalester College professor explains how the course “<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> Literacy and Building Resilience to Misinformation” helps students understand artificial intelligence technologies. <a href="https://theconversation.com/navigating-deepfakes-and-synthetic-media-this-course-helps-students-demystify-artificial-intelligence-technologies-243689" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/navigating-deepfakes-and-synthetic-media-this-course-helps-students-demystify-artificial-intelligence-technologies-243689</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/highered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#highered</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/uncommoncourses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uncommoncourses</a>

The Conversation U.S.Can studying art make you a better lawyer? A professor shares how this University of Michigan <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> class uses museum visits to teach students about balancing evidence and emotion in legal arguments. <a href="https://buff.ly/4hgaqq9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://buff.ly/4hgaqq9</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#museums</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/advocacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#advocacy</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/UncommonCourses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UncommonCourses</a>

The Conversation U.S.Can studying art make you a better lawyer? A professor shares how this University of Michigan <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> class uses museum visits to teach students about balancing evidence and emotion in legal arguments. <a href="https://buff.ly/4hgQH9V" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://buff.ly/4hgQH9V</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#museums</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/advocacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#advocacy</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/UncommonCourses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UncommonCourses</a>

The Conversation U.S.From <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Buddhist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Buddhist</a> hungry ghosts to Haitian <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/zombies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zombies</a>, a unique class at Case Western Reserve University examines how different cultures imagine death, the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/afterlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#afterlife</a>, and the boundaries of humanity. <a href="https://buff.ly/42e68eO" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://buff.ly/42e68eO</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/UncommonCourses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UncommonCourses</a>

The Conversation U.S.A Hamilton College course explores the “way of the warrior” through <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/martialarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#martialarts</a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#philosophy</a>, challenging assumptions about violence and examining ethical codes across cultures. <a href="https://buff.ly/4inbrhG" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://buff.ly/4inbrhG</a> (Kenneth Andrew Andres Leonardo, Hamilton College) <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/UncommonCourses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UncommonCourses</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/philosophy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@philosophy</a>

The Conversation U.S.The “Road To Hell” course at University of Dayton explores 3,500 years of hell, spanning from ancient Egypt's “Book of the Dead” to contemporary evangelical "hell houses" designed to terrify people into seeking salvation. <a href="https://theconversation.com/students-go-to-hell-and-back-in-this-course-that-looks-at-depictions-of-the-damned-throughout-the-ages-241453" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/students-go-to-hell-and-back-in-this-course-that-looks-at-depictions-of-the-damned-throughout-the-ages-241453</a> (Robert Gordon Joseph) <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/uncommoncourses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uncommoncourses</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#religion</a>

The Conversation U.S."Americans live in a country where politicians’ platforms often focus on <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/God" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#God</a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#guns</a>…. this course will equip students to coherently answer the question of why American religious culture is so intertwined with gun culture" Our latest look at <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/UncommonCourses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UncommonCourses</a> in <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HigherEd</a> takes us to a Wesleyan religion course<a href="https://theconversation.com/god-and-guns-often-go-together-in-us-history-this-course-examines-why-194614" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/god-and-guns-often-go-together-in-us-history-this-course-examines-why-194614</a>

The Conversation U.S.Can you judge a book by its cover? This course teaches college students to do just that -- and to ponder what a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#book</a> means in this digital age (beyond their homework), and how that has changed.Students learn how to go "deeper into the concept of a book by analyzing books through four themes: object, content, technology and art."<a href="https://theconversation.com/this-course-teaches-how-to-judge-a-book-by-its-cover-and-its-pages-print-and-other-elements-of-its-design-190817" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/this-course-teaches-how-to-judge-a-book-by-its-cover-and-its-pages-print-and-other-elements-of-its-design-190817</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/UncommonCourses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UncommonCourses</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HigherEd</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libraries</a>

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