WFU VIRTUAL STUDY ABROAD FAIR
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Elective Courses
HST 120 Formation of Europe: Habsburg Empire and its Successor States (3h) (D or HST major/minor credit)
The development of Central and East-Central Europe as a multiethnic unity under the Habsburgs, 1526-1918, and its dissolution into successor states and subsequent interactions, 1918-1989.
MUS 219 Music in Vienna (3h) (D)
Study of music and musical institutions of Vienna and Central Europe
ECN 271 International Economics (3h) (D)
This course is offered contingent on minimum enrollment
HMN 190 Contemporary Viennese Experience (1.5h) (p/f) (Required)
Social, cultural, and environmental factors of life in contemporary Vienna. Includes site visits, guest lectures, and interviews with Viennes
Required German Course
The following German levels are taught at the Flow House:
HST 120 Formation of Europe: Habsburg Empire and its Successor States (3h) (D or HST major/minor credit)
The development of Central and East-Central Europe as a multiethnic unity under the Habsburgs, 1526-1918, and its dissolution into successor states and subsequent interactions, 1918-1989.
MUS 219 Music in Vienna (3h) (D)
Study of music and musical institutions of Vienna and Central Europe
ECN 271 International Economics (3h) (D)
This course is offered contingent on minimum enrollment
HMN 190 Contemporary Viennese Experience (1.5h) (p/f) (Required)
Social, cultural, and environmental factors of life in contemporary Vienna. Includes site visits, guest lectures, and interviews with Viennes
Required German Course
The following German levels are taught at the Flow House:
- GER 110 (4h)
- GER 150 (4h)
- GER 214 (3h)
Spring 2022 with Will Fleeson, Psychology ([email protected])
PSY 255: Personality Psychology (3h) (D)
Survey of theory and research on the structure and function of human personality, with attention to the relationship to cognition, emotion, motivation, and behavior.
PSY 315: Special Topics in Personality Psychology: Courage, Character and Immigration (3h) (D)
Theoretical and empirical examination of specialized areas within personality psychology. May be repeated for credit if topic varies.
PSY 255: Personality Psychology (3h) (D)
Survey of theory and research on the structure and function of human personality, with attention to the relationship to cognition, emotion, motivation, and behavior.
PSY 315: Special Topics in Personality Psychology: Courage, Character and Immigration (3h) (D)
Theoretical and empirical examination of specialized areas within personality psychology. May be repeated for credit if topic varies.
Hear from Spring 2022 Flow House Resident Professor, Dr. William Fleeson
Fall 2022 with Timo Thonhauser, Physics ([email protected])
PHY 113: General Physics I (3h) (D)
This is an introductory physics class, required for all pre-health students, dealing with fundamental concepts of motion and mechanics. Although the class is calculus based, we will only use a minimum of calculus. The course will be lecture-based and focus on conceptual understanding with hands-on and virtual demonstrations. Austria and Vienna were the cultural and scientific center of Europe for many years before the Second World War and many famous scientists lived and/or spent significant time in Austria (e.g. Kaplan, Tesla, Freud, Doppler, Ehrenfest, Gödel, Kohn, Mach, Pauli, Schrödinger, and many more). Because of this, we have many famous sites to visit that offer a scientific twist on the normal cultural activities. For example, we will visit the Vienna coffee houses. There was a special atmosphere in the Vienna coffee houses and a certain freedom in thinking that led to the development of a number of scientists and amazing advances in science in general and physics in particular. Some of the scientists mentioned above were instrumental in the development of quantum mechanics, which brought about a fundamentally new understanding of our universe and the mechanics that will be learned in this class. While Austria and Vienna are well known for a culture and mindset that led to a rich scene in music, art, and literature, the same mindset also fostered those fundamental developments in physics—something that is often forgotten and that will be emphasized in this program.
PHY 114: General Physics II (3h) (D)
This introductory physics class (also required for pre-health students) is the logical extension of PHY 113 and deals with the concepts of electricity and magnetism. While some more calculus is needed in this class, all concepts needed will be discussed during class. The course will be lecture-based and focus on conceptual understanding with hands-on and virtual demonstrations. We will continue the scientific and cultural activities in this class that we started in PHY 113. For example, as part of this class we will visit the science museum in Vienna (Technisches Museum, https://www.technischesmuseum.at), which has a great exhibit on electricity and magnetism.
This program is an excellent opportunity for all students, including pre-health students! This program offers both introductory physics classes (required for pre-health students) in one semester in Vienna/Austria. This is the only WFU program that offers physics classes abroad and it is typically only offered once every 5 years. Note that you do not have to take both PHY 113 and PHY 114 in Vienna, but you have to take at least one. If you are not a pre-health student or you only want to take one science class-—no problem, just take PHY 113. Or, maybe you already took PHY 113 on campus—no problem, just take PHY 114 in Vienna. You can take other classes that fulfill divisional requirements in Vienna if you opt to only take one physics class.
PHY 113: General Physics I (3h) (D)
This is an introductory physics class, required for all pre-health students, dealing with fundamental concepts of motion and mechanics. Although the class is calculus based, we will only use a minimum of calculus. The course will be lecture-based and focus on conceptual understanding with hands-on and virtual demonstrations. Austria and Vienna were the cultural and scientific center of Europe for many years before the Second World War and many famous scientists lived and/or spent significant time in Austria (e.g. Kaplan, Tesla, Freud, Doppler, Ehrenfest, Gödel, Kohn, Mach, Pauli, Schrödinger, and many more). Because of this, we have many famous sites to visit that offer a scientific twist on the normal cultural activities. For example, we will visit the Vienna coffee houses. There was a special atmosphere in the Vienna coffee houses and a certain freedom in thinking that led to the development of a number of scientists and amazing advances in science in general and physics in particular. Some of the scientists mentioned above were instrumental in the development of quantum mechanics, which brought about a fundamentally new understanding of our universe and the mechanics that will be learned in this class. While Austria and Vienna are well known for a culture and mindset that led to a rich scene in music, art, and literature, the same mindset also fostered those fundamental developments in physics—something that is often forgotten and that will be emphasized in this program.
PHY 114: General Physics II (3h) (D)
This introductory physics class (also required for pre-health students) is the logical extension of PHY 113 and deals with the concepts of electricity and magnetism. While some more calculus is needed in this class, all concepts needed will be discussed during class. The course will be lecture-based and focus on conceptual understanding with hands-on and virtual demonstrations. We will continue the scientific and cultural activities in this class that we started in PHY 113. For example, as part of this class we will visit the science museum in Vienna (Technisches Museum, https://www.technischesmuseum.at), which has a great exhibit on electricity and magnetism.
This program is an excellent opportunity for all students, including pre-health students! This program offers both introductory physics classes (required for pre-health students) in one semester in Vienna/Austria. This is the only WFU program that offers physics classes abroad and it is typically only offered once every 5 years. Note that you do not have to take both PHY 113 and PHY 114 in Vienna, but you have to take at least one. If you are not a pre-health student or you only want to take one science class-—no problem, just take PHY 113. Or, maybe you already took PHY 113 on campus—no problem, just take PHY 114 in Vienna. You can take other classes that fulfill divisional requirements in Vienna if you opt to only take one physics class.
Spring 2023 with Brian Warren, Classics ([email protected])
HMN 213: Studies in European Literature (D)
Texts studied are by such authors as Dante, Montaigne, Cervantes, Goethe, Dostoevsky, and Camus
CLA 261. Greek Myth. (D)
Consideration, principally through close study of selected literary works, of Greek myth from the Classical, Archaic, and Hellenistic periods, and in Roman literature; the course also will consider Greek myth's afterlife in the modern period. A knowledge of the Greek language is not required.
HMN 213: Studies in European Literature (D)
Texts studied are by such authors as Dante, Montaigne, Cervantes, Goethe, Dostoevsky, and Camus
CLA 261. Greek Myth. (D)
Consideration, principally through close study of selected literary works, of Greek myth from the Classical, Archaic, and Hellenistic periods, and in Roman literature; the course also will consider Greek myth's afterlife in the modern period. A knowledge of the Greek language is not required.
Learn more about the Flow House from Program Director, Dr. Rebecca Thomas and the Resident Director in Vienna, Güenter Haika
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