June 19, 2020
In the World

New Course on COVID-19 Starts July 13

Nine Wittenberg faculty to examine pandemic through multiple lenses

The 2019-2020 academic year will certainly be remembered as the time when the “world was in quarantine” as the highly contagious COVID-19 virus took hold. To date there have been approximately 8.24 million cases worldwide, more than two million alone in the United States, with over 446,000 deaths across the globe.

To assist in understanding the full impact of this coronavirus, Wittenberg University is offering a special free two-credit course for deposited students this summer, which examines the current health pandemic from a variety of disciplines, including biology, political science, philosophy, psychology, history, and nursing.

Students will learn what caused this coronavirus, review the models that aid in understanding its spread, consider the political conversations and worldview that surround it, examine the social implications and the ethics that accompany it, and discuss the precautions necessary to keep safe from it. 

Preference for course participation is being given to deposited students so as to jumpstart academic credits before arriving this fall.

This pass/fail course will be offered from July 13 to August 3. Deposited students can sign up through their admission portal here. To deposit, visit https://deposit.wittenberg.edu. Questions? Email admission@wittenberg.edu.

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Wittenberg's curriculum has centered on the liberal arts as an education that develops the individual's capacity to think, read, and communicate with precision, understanding, and imagination. We are dedicated to active, engaged learning in the core disciplines of the arts and sciences and in pre-professional education grounded in the liberal arts. Known for the quality of our faculty and their teaching, Wittenberg has more Ohio Professors of the Year than any four-year institution in the state. The university has also been recognized nationally for excellence in community service, sustainability, and intercollegiate athletics. Located among the beautiful rolling hills and hollows of Springfield, Ohio, Wittenberg offers more than 100 majors, minors and special programs, enviable student-faculty research opportunities, a unique student success center, service and study options close to home and abroad, a stellar athletics tradition, and successful career preparation.

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