Biology - Major in Biology Program

This course provides hands on practice in forming and operating an academic accounting firm. Students will gain experience interfacing with "business" clients by seeking accounting engagements with the business teams in BUS 485. Students will operate the firm by filling roles at various levels within the firm, performing conflict checks, providing accounting guidance, and holding firm meetings. Students will reflect on past experiences within Constellation LVC and how that coursework provided skills necessary for success in the accounting profession, leading to the creation of an intellectual autobiography and interdisciplinary course projects. Fulfills requirement: Integrative Experience. Prerequisite: ACT 251, ACT 252, ACT 263 or by permission of the instructor. 3 credits.

This course is designed to provide preservice teachers an opportunity to demonstrate their integration competency learned through Constellation LVC courses and education courses in the major via a written paper and/or interdisciplinary research project. The overall project will require students to demonstrate problem solving and critical reading skills around a topic/issue/concern/interest related to teaching and/or education. Students will be asked to interrogate this topic/issue/concern/interest from an interdisciplinary perspective. Students will be required to present, defend, and reflect on the project to faculty and/or peers and/or cooperating teachers and select school personnel. Fulfills requirement: Integrative Experience. Pre or co-requisite: The Connective Experience (COE) and, in particular, the integrative component of the COE must be taken prior to or concurrently with this course. Prerequisite: ECE 340 and ECE 440 or ECE 441/SPE 441. This course is for ECE and ECE/SPE majors only. 3 credits.

This course helps students to meaningfully synthesize into an independent studies project their interdisciplinary major/minor coursework and their overall academic trajectory over several paths of inquiry pertaining to an area of social justice or U.N. sustainable developmental goals (e.g. peace and justice, gender equality, climate, quality education). This project, whether a research paper or a social activist project, will apply Constellation skills (critical reading, interdisciplinary research methods, information literacy, intercultural competencies, problem solving), entail a significant paper, and a general-public component. Meaningful completion of Portfolio Review and Intellectual Autobiography will be part of this process. Fulfills requirement: Integrative Experience. Prerequisite: Successful completion of Connective Experience. This course satisfies requirements of the College Honors program. Enrollment is open to all students. 3 credits.

This course serves to introduce students to the philosophical mind and the biochemical brain. Using consciousness and its states as our basis, we will delve into questions about the mind/brain distinction and about the nature of human consciousness. This course will advance the student's critical thinking, ethical reasoning, and communications skills. An Intellectual Autobiography reflecting on the student's learning and growth at LVC will be integrated into the course. Fulfills requirement: Integrative Experience,Social Scientific Inquiry,Oral Communication. Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing. Complete PSY 110 and BIO 111/L. Restricted to NEU majors. 3 credits.

The Capstone and Leadership course offers students the opportunity to integrate and apply their nursing knowledge within an acute care setting, under the guidance of a designated preceptor. Through this immersive experience, students complete a professional nursing leadership portfolio project that reflects their ability to synthesize learning from across the curriculum and critically evaluate their preceptor experience. The course includes 120 hours of experiential learning within a selected healthcare unit, complemented by 15 hours in the lab and simulation environment to reinforce clinical decision-making and leadership competencies. Fulfills requirement: Integrative Experience. Prerequisite: NUR 411, 421, 431, 441 and 451 with a grade of C+ or better. 6 credits.