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  • LEAP 1100: Health Professions

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    In the first semester of Health Professions we focus on health disparities among communities in America, and how social factors, along with individual behaviors, significantly affect the health of a community.
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  • LEAP 1101: LEAP Sem in Soc Sci

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    The social science portion of the two-semester sequence that forms the core of the LEAP experience. (Some LEAP courses begin with 1100 and others with 1101.) The course focuses on construction of social identity and definitions of community from a social science perspective. In addition to acquiring library research skills, students work with the fundamental concepts, theories, and methods of analysis of the social sciences.
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  • LEAP 1110: Law and Communities

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This class focuses on the development and functioning of communities, those included and excluded from the communities, the relationship with and obligation to community, the practice of law within the community, and the support or challenge given by legal authority within the community. We will read three memoirs/biographies of American lawyers that offer a variety of racial, ethnic, class and gender perspectives on communities and the law. We will also read articles about Asian Americans and play an elaborate role-playing game about the Cherokee nation.
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  • LEAP 1120: Global LEAP Korea

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course inspires students to think as global citizens by learning about the economic development, history, and social norms of South Korea. In addition, there is discussion on the historical and current situation of Korean-Americans in the United States.
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  • LEAP 1140: Health Professions

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course examines ethical issues facing healthcare professionals. The objective of the course is to increase your understanding of the intricacies and ramifications of ethical issues in healthcare and to help you think critically about them.
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  • LEAP 1150: Role of Law in Society

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    The purpose of this course is to gain a basic understanding of how the American legal system works and its relationship to American society. The course will focus on the evolution of our modern legal system, current intellectual movements, the interplay between law and social changes, and the main concerns and issues in the profession and practice of law. Prerequisites: LEAP 1110
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  • LEAP 1160: Global LEAP Korea

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course inspires students to think as global citizens by learning about the country and people of Korea. The focus is on South Korea's rapid economic, social and political development during the last thirty years. Also, an important part of the course looks at the phenomenon and evolution of Korean pop culture (Hallyu), especially as it relates to Korea's power globally.
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  • LEAP 1200: Comm Engaged Learning

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Community Engaged Learning (CEL) LEAP is a first-year learning community that carefully considers large-scale problems in our society, and how individuals (like you!) and organizations (like the ones you choose to serve!) work to solve them. We will analyze social disparities, conflict, and the potential for societal change. To deeply explore these issues in a hands-on, dynamic way, you will spend time outside of class working with a non-profit organization. This integration of community service and social science provides a robust, meaningful understanding of a fair and just society. In this class, you WILL make a difference. We are surrounded by needs every day; after this class they will be visible to you in ways they may not have previously been, and you will be able to identify and implement solutions.
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  • LEAP 1205: Comm Engaged Learning

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Community Engaged Learning (CEL) LEAP carefully considers large-scale problems in our society, and how individuals (like you!) and organizations (like the ones you choose to serve!) work to solve them. We will analyze social disparities, conflict, and the potential for societal change. To deeply explore these issues in a hands-on, dynamic way, you will spend time outside of class working with a non-profit organization. In this class, you WILL make a difference through service. We will discuss the ways social disparities, conflict, and in/equity are explored imaginatively in literature, film, music, and art. Think about a movie you love... chances are, some injustice is the root of the conflict that drives the plot. This course also includes the opportunity for an alternate break to the U's own Bonderman Field Station at Rio Mesa over Labor Day. (riomesa.utah.edu).
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  • LEAP 1210: Soc and Behav Science

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course focuses on the intersection of technology and the lived human experience. From digital surveillance of your Insta and Snapchat habits to how Google chooses to autocomplete your search inquiries, our lives are saturated with technology. This course explores how different social science disciplines study our individual and collective lived experiences in a tech-saturated society, and will provide you tools for understanding what is Real in our highly manipulated, artificially individualized, technology enhanced lived experience.
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