The first part of the pilot is the Grand Challenge Experience Course which offers small classrooms taught by top faculty and covering one or more Gen Ed requirements.  Each of these courses emphasizes experiential learning of some compelling kind.  If you’d like to learn about anatomy in a dance studio, shoot your own videos about inequality, work with community organizations, research the history of marriage or AIDS, or learn about sustainable design, these courses may be just right for you.

To watch a short video about the Grand Challenge Learning pilot click, on this link:  https://uofi.app.box.com/s/vobihokb6oo10hpdcbla5msxkrnqje6g. 

To join a Facebook page for Grand Challenge Experience Courses, you can click here:  https://www.facebook.com/Grand-Challenge-Experience-University-of-Illinois-1495638897421338/?fref=ts.  The below links will take you right to Course Explorer, where you'll find complete information for each unique section. 

GCL 125b IALS: IT’S TOXIC! (Life Science), Samantha Frost, MW 1-2:20PM 

GCL 125c IALS: THE MOLECULAR ME (Life Science), Jeff Moore, TR 2-3:20PM

GCL 125d IALS: EXPERIENTIAL ANATOMY (Life Science), Rebecca Nettl-Fiol, MW 3-4:20PM

https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/2016/spring/GCL/125

GCL 188a IAHSL: DOCTORS AND PATIENTS (Literature), Stephanie Hilger, TR 3:30-4:50PM

GCL 188b IAHSL: GLOBAL NARRATIVES OF HIV/AIDS (Literature), Ramon Soto-Crespo, TR: 4:00-5:20PM

https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/2016/spring/GCL/188

GCL 186a IAHSS: STRESS AND HEALTH IN URBAN COMMUNITIES (Social Science), Ruby Mendenhall, TR 3:30-4:50PM

GCL 186b IAHSS: FROM DEAF TO CENTER (Social Science), Laura Davies Brenier, MW 2-3:20PM

GCL 186c IAHSS: SEX ED PANIC! (Social Science), Chantal Nadeau TR 4-5:20PM

https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/2016/spring/GCL/186

GCL 137a DOCUMENTING INEQUALITY (Art), Terri Weissman, TR 2-3:20PM

GCL 137b DOCUMENTING INEQUALITY (Art), Ryan Griffis, TR 2-3:20PM

https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/2016/spring/GCL/137

GCL 145 IASJA: BLACK MUSIC AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (Art/US Minority Cultures), John Paul Meyers, MW 2-3:20PM

https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/2016/spring/GCL/145

GCL 147a IASJS: CULTURES OF DEBT  (Social Science), Lauren Goodlad, MW 3:30-4:50PM

GCL 147b IASJS: RACE AND THE CITY (Social Science/US Minority Cultures), Ken Salo, TR 3:30-4:50PM

GCL 147c IASJS: POLICING, CULTURE & INEQUALITY (Social Science/US Minority Cultures), Jeff Martin, MW 2-3:20PM

GCL 147d IASJS: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND THE MEDIA (Social Science/US Minority Cultures) Isabel Molina-Guzmán, MW 10-11:20PM

https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/2016/spring/GCL/147

GCL 148 IASJH: THE GLOBAL DIVIDE (Historical Perspectives), Emanuel Rota, TR 3:30-4:50PM

https://courses.illinois.edu/search/schedule/2016/spring/GCL/148?sess=

GCL 195a Fictions of Equality: MARRIAGE EQUALITY (Literature), Julia Saville, TR 2-3:20PM

GCL 195b Fictions of Equality: WHERE IS THE GOOD LIFE?  (Literature), Elena Delgado, TR 11-12:20PM

https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/2016/spring/GCL/195

GCL 126a IPESS: HUMANS AND ANIMALS (Social Science), Jane Desmond, TR 2-3:20PM

GCL 126b IPESS: URBAN SUSTAINABILITY (Social Science), Dustin Allred, MW 2-3:20PM

GCL 126c IPESS: THINKING GLOBALLY, ACTING LOCALLY (Social Science), Yimin Wang, TR 3:30-4:50PM

GCL 126d IPESS: FROM FARM TO TABLE (Social Science), Ming Kuo TR 2-3:20PM *

*Pending approval as of 11/2

https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/2016/spring/GCL/126

GCL 127 SUSTAINABLE DESIGN ACROSS THE DISCIPLINES (Historical & Philosophical Perspectives), Jennifer Burns, MW 2-3:20PM

https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/2016/spring/GCL/127

GCL 129 SDADA: SUSTAINABLE DESIGN PRACTICES IN THE PUBLIC REALM (Art/Non-Western Cultures), Amita Sinha, TR 2-3:20PM

https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/2016/spring/GCL/129

GCL 128a Fictions of Sustainability: FOOD, WATER, ENERGY (Literature), Jamie Jones, TR 2-3:20PM

GCL 128b Fictions of Sustainability: FOOD, WATER, ENERGY (Literature), Gillen D’Arcy Wood, TR 1-2:20PM

https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/2016/spring/GCL/128

The Spring 2016 Grand Challenge Experience courses and the Grand Challenge Learning pilot are initiatives of the Campus Conversation on Undergraduate Education.  To learn more,  or to join the conversation by sharing your thoughts, you can visit the new website.

Thanks to Provost Fellow Lauren Goodlad for this information item.

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