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Cross Campus Connection (CCC)

The Cross-Campus Connection (CCC) requirement allows students to be intentional about the courses they are taking and the experiential learning they are doing to complete their Connections requirements. CCC links three courses together from three different departments around a particular focus area or theme. Each CCC will also provide a list of suggested experiential learning opportunities that are connected to the theme—an experiential learning opportunity is not required, but such activities do count as an LO1 and can complement your CCC. Interdisciplinary minors already connect courses from different departments together, so they would satisfy the CCC requirement: Women's Studies, Environmental Science, Entrepreneurship, Health Science, Justice, Law, & Public Policy, Marine Science, International Studies, and African and Diaspora Studies.

Have an idea for a theme that isn’t an established CCC? Don’t worry, you can design your own! Note that any self-designed CCC must be discussed with and have approval from your advisor. Please meet with your advisor to discuss your ideas, and you will then be asked for your advisor's name and email on the application.

The Advocacy CCC theme includes courses that require students to think critically about privilege, power, and marginalization across populations and throughout history. Courses examine multiple theories and perspectives related to race, gender, wealth, poverty, and representation. Students will explore connections between these characteristics and understand relationships between populations and how they are privileged or marginalized.

Course offerings (choose three from three different departments)

CMDM 206: Reasoning and Communication
EDUC 103: Sociological Perspectives in Education
EDUC 372: Critical Pedagogy and Social Change
SOCI 280: Animals and Society
SOCI 290: Global Change
SOCI 330: Wealth, Power, and Poverty
SOCI 355: Juvenile Delinquency

Suggested experiential learning opportunities

CCUE 100 sites including Project Women, Springfield Foundation, or Springfield Promise Neighborhood
Hagen Center internship

Digital media includes the study of forms of communication (e.g., video, audio, software, content) that are created, edited, stored, or accessed in machine-readable formats. Digital media can refer to the technical features including storage and transmission of information, or to the end product including media such as digital video and audio, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, social media, and digital art.

Course offerings (choose three from three different departments)

ART 145 – Intro to computer imaging
ART 242 – Intro to digital photography
Art 245 – Digital imaging
ART 271 – Graphic design
ART 280 TA ST – Graphic design
ART 280 TB ST – Web design
BUSN 343 – Digital Marketing
CMDM 205 – Media literacy
CMDM 320 TA ST –Relationships & technology
CMDM 355 – Social Mediaand its effects
MUSI 214 – Electronic music production
RELI 116 – Fake news, forgeries, & frauds

Suggested experiential learning opportunities

Internships/projects with Athletics Communications and University Communications.

The engineering CCC includes course that provide foundational knowledge necessary as you prepare for a career in engineering. Additionally, these courses serve as pre-requisite courses for Wittenberg’s 3-2 programs in engineering at Case Western Reserve University or Columbia University.

Course offerings (choose three from three different departments)

CHEM 162: Models of Chemical Systems II
PHYS 203: Calculus-Based Physics II
MATH 212: Multivariable calculus
MATH 215: Differential equations
COMP 150: Computer Programming
ECON 200: Principles of Economics
ENGL 180: Variable

Suggested experiential learning opportunities

Mentored research
Internships

The Film Studies CCC will introduce students to cinema as an art form and focus on its history and development and the expressive elements of film, including mise-en-scène, cinematography, editing, dialogue, and music.

Course offerings (choose three from three different departments)

ART 241 Introduction to Photography
ART 242 Introduction to Digital Photography
ART 280TE History of Photography
AFDS 270TB Black Diaspora in Film
CHIN 130 Literature and Film of Chinese Homosexuality
CHIN 151 Film and Fiction in Modern China
CMDM 350 Feminist Film Theory
ENGL 180TG Film Noir
ENGL 180TI Jane Goes to the Movies
ENGL 180TM Screening the 19th Century
ENGL 180TN Vampires in Fiction and Film
ENGL 190TB Native American Literature and Film
ENGL 343 Advanced Screenwriting
GERM 140TA Germany and the Cinematic Imagination
HIST 129 American Film
RELI 120 Demons, Angels, and Ghosts
RUSS 151 Russian War in Film
RUSS 230TB Russian Movie Classics
RUSS 230TC Russian Movies Today
SOCI 201 Japanese Cinema: Art, Culture, Self
SPAN 263 Cine y cambio social
SPAN 427 The Silver Screen

Maintaining both physical and psychological health is an ultimate goal and ongoing struggle both from the individual and societal perspective. The Health and Well-Being theme will provide opportunities to learn about basic physical and psychological health from a variety of perspectives.

Course offerings (choose three from three different departments)

BIOL 104: Born to Run
BIOL 129/229: Science Behind Addiction
BIOL 220: Neurobiology
CMDM 327: Health Communication
ENGL 355: Narrative Medicine
HONR 300: Psychology of Happiness
HONR 300: Chronic Illness and the Healthcare System
HSS 170: Intro to Exercise Science
HSS 250: Nutrition
PHIL 207: Science in a Social Context
POLI 209: Comparative Health Care Policy
PSYC 212: Health Psychology
RELI 213: Religion and Medicine

Suggested experiential learning opportunities

Civic Engagement/Internship in hospital, clinic, or private practice
Public health department
YMCA or Boys and Girls club
Community garden
Community Health Foundation
United Senior Services (help with health clinics, etc.)
HSS research

Intercultural Studies -- The intercultural studies theme brings together courses that focus on global perspectives and international cultural understanding. These courses assist in preparing students to become engaged global citizens and offer the opportunity for comparative studies of diverse cultures from around the world.

Course offerings (choose from 3 different departments):

CHIN 100 Introduction to Chinese Culture
CHIN 111 Beginning Chinese I
CHIN 112 Beginning Chinese II
CHIN 130 Chinese topics
CHIN 151 Modern Chinese Film and Fiction
CHIN 211 Intermediate Chinese I
CMDM 328 – Intercultural Communication
ENGL 180TB: Making Romance
ENGL 180TI: Jane Goes to the Movies
ENGL 180TM: Screening the 19th Century
ENGL 180TN: Vampires in Fiction and Film
ENGL 190: Topics in World Anglophone Literature
ENGL 190TA: Native American Literature
ENGL 190TB: Native American Literature and Film
ENGL 280: British Literary Genealogies
GERM 111 Beginning German I
GERM 112 Beginning German II
GERM 140 Traditions in German Literature
GERM 200-level courses (various topics)
HIST 105 Premodern World
HIST 106 Modern World
HIST 111 Medieval Europe
HIST 170 Topics in African History
HIST 172 Africa Since 1500
HIST 173 History of S. Africa
HIST 175 Genocide Class
HIST 176 Lesotho and Apartheid
HIST 205 Topics in World History
HIST 206 Global Hist of Vietnam War
HIST 207 Latin America
HIST 240 Topics PreM Europe
HIST 241 Topics Mod Europe
HIST 251 Medieval Russia
HIST 252 Imperial Russia
HIST 253 Soviet Russia
HSS-240 Sport in Culture
MUSI 216 - Musics of the World
RELI 110 – Judaism, Christianity, & Islam
RELI 114 – World Religion and Pilgrimage
RELI 134 – Chinese & Japanese Religious Traditions
SOCI 201: Japanese Cinema: Art, Culture, Self
SOCI 220: Culture in the classroom
SOCI 110 Cultural Anthropology
SOCI 210 Sociology of Family
SOCI 245 Gender and Society
SOCI 271 Anime and Japanese Youth Culture
SOCI 315 Cultural Travel Writing
SPAN 111 Beginning Spanish I
SPAN 112 Beginning Spanish II
SPAN 130 Hispanic Literature
SPAN 200-level courses (various topics)

Suggested experiential learning opportunities:

Study abroad:

Wittenberg faculty-led semester programs: Wittenberg in Wittenberg, Wittenberg in Costa Rica, Witt in Cape Town
Wittenberg faculty-led summer programs: Poland, Wittenberg, Lesotho, Bahamas
Additional study abroad opportunities through direct exchange, consortium, and other programs

Mass media includes the study of forms of communication that are created to be distributed to large and diverse audiences across multiple channels. Mass communication channels include, for example, magazines, newspapers, film, radio, television, and the Internet. Mass media are the primary means of communication used to reach the general public.

Course offerings (choose three from three different departments)

BIOL 146 – Biology on the big screen
CMDM 205 – Media literacy
CMDM 120 – Media effects
CMDM 151 – Television history
CMDM 351 – Media law
HIST 301 --Rock & Roll Auto/Biograph
MUSI 214 – Electronic Music Production
POLI 236 – Media and politics
RELI 116 – Fake News, Forgeries, Frauds
SOCI 201 – Japanese cinema: Art, Culture, Self
SOCI 215 – Crime and the media
SOCI 213 – Serial murder
SOCI 271 – Anime and Japanese youth culture
SOCI 314 – Women and crime

This theme will focus on issues related to family preservation and support, parents’ and children’s well-being, and the history and interrelationships of institutions like child care, schools, family services, social security, foster care, adoption, juvenile detention and prisons as they function within broader political and socioeconomic systems.

Course offerings (choose three from three different departments)

EDUC 103: Sociological Perspectives in Education
EDUC 104: Philosophical Perspectives in Education
HONR 300: Orphans! Adoption & Foster care
POLI 202: Comparative Political Economy [w/Comparative Welfare State component]
EDUC 372: Critical Pedagogy and Social Change
ECON-340: Public Finance
SOCI 214: Penology and Social Control
SOCI 285: Food Justice
SOCI 355: Juvenile Delinquency

Suggested experiential learning opportunities

CCUE 100 sites including Project Women, Springfield Foundation, or Springfield Promise Neighborhood

The most common definition of sustainability is the ability to meet the needs of the present generation without compromising future generations. Environmental sustainability asks students to consider their connection with and responsibilities toward the natural world, and to engage in ecological thinking about environmental systems and the interconnectedness of all life. Courses that count toward a Sustainability CCC may be sustainability-focused—have sustainability as their primary subject— or be sustainability-inclusive— integrate aspects of sustainability throughout or as part of a course.

Course offerings (choose three from three different departments)

BIOL145: Intro. Wildlife Management
BIOL 148: Biology in a Changing World
BIOL 247: Marine Ecology
BIOL 346: Ecology
CMDM 363: Environmental Communication
ECON 350: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
ESCI 100: Global Climate Change
ESCI 101: Intro to Environmental Science
ESCI 280: Voices of Women in the Climate Crisis
GEOL 160: Environmental Geology
GERM 261: Umwelt: Natur und Kultur
GERM 362: Naturwissenschaften und Mythos: die Nachtseite der Naturwissenschaften
POLI 101: American National Government
POLI 251: International Relations
POLI 259: Global Environmental Politics
RELI 310: Religion, Nature, & the Environment
SOCI 280: Animals and Society
SOCI 285: Food Justice
SPAN 261: El Mundo Físico

Suggested experiential learning opportunities

Study Abroad Experiences: Students participating in the Witt in Costa Rica Program or in the Duke Marine Lab Program may also be able to count some courses in those programs toward a Sustainability CCC.