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Otto Aschenborn -- He has pinkish-fair skin and gray eyes. His hair was brown in his youth, but is now receding and starting to go gray. He wears glasses. His heritage includes primarily American and German with a little Czech and Polish. He speaks English and German. He is 53 years old in 2016.
Otto lives in Omaha, Nebraska where he teaches art at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. He's terrible at it, though. He feels jealous of talented students and likes to pick on people in class. Because he's good at academic politicking, Otto has held onto his job tenaciously. It helps that he likes serving on committees, especially as the head, which most artists hate. He even has a knack for illustrating the agenda points in a way that makes them easy to understand. Otto favors denim and khaki, but has a few nicer clothes for work. As a hobby, he enjoys solving jigsaw puzzles.
Qualities: Good (+2) Academic Politicking, Good (+2) Committees, Good (+2) Dexterity, Good (+2) Jigsaw Puzzles, Good (+2) Visual-Spatial Intelligence
Poor (-2) Art Teacher
See a map of European countries.
Nada Faraguna -- She has light olive skin, brown eyes, and light brown hair to her shoulders. She is short and curvy. Her heritage is primarily Croatian with a little Greek and Italian. She grew up speaking Croatian and Italian, and in recent years she has learned English with a slight accent. She was born in 1998 and is 18 years old in 2016.
Nada spent her childhood in Croatia, which had a fractious history marked by a financial crisis in 2008 and anti-government protests in 2011. Coastal fires in 2007 destroyed the family home near Poreč in Istria County. The political unrest finally drove her family to flee the country in late February of 2011. They went first to Italy, then later made their way to America.
Due to these upheavals in her youth, Nada feels bereft of identity and thinks she will never fit in anywhere or have a safe home. She suffers from deep insecurity and fears people in a position of authority, especially anyone who is loud or aggressive. This leaves her struggling to succeed in school. Although Nada made it into the University of Nebraska-Omaha, she worries about the future and whether she can handle college. When anxious, she nibbles on her lips or fingernails. However, she also appreciates the little things in life, seizes the moment, and never takes anything for granted. Her experiences have made her compassionate about other people's problems, and she's a good listener.
Nada will be starting at the University of Nebraska-Omaha in fall of 2016. She has already scheduled most of her courses. She plans to major in Global Studies with a region in Europe and themes in Identity, Culture, and Society and in Human Rights. She also intends a double minor in Art and in English-Creative Writing. She wants an education that will help her serve refugees and express her own experiences as one. For clubs, Nada has signed up for Amnesty International, Art League, Big Red Readers, Body Mind and Spirit, and Creative Writing Club. She prefers practical women's wear. Her base colors are black, gray, and khaki, accented with denim, dusty rose, and olive.
Qualities: Good (+2) Ambidextrous, Good (+2) Appreciative, Good (+2) Artist, Good (+2) Listener, Good (+2) Visual-Spatial Intelligence
Poor (-2) Being Forced to Leave One's Homeland
The Emotional Wound Thesaurus, pp. 148-149.
Croatia had a financial crisis in 2008 and anti-government protests in 2011. Fires ravaged the coast in 2007.
See a map of European countries.
Bachelor of Arts in Global Studies
at the University of Nebraska-Omaha
Major Requirements
Forty-four (44) hours, with no more than 9 hours in one department, excluding Core Courses, Global Awareness, and Language. At least 15 hours at the 300 or 400 level. No course may apply in more than one area.
Taken (T)
Currently taking (C)
Planned (P)
Freshman Fall
ART 1400 Nebraska en Plein Air (1-6 credits) (T-American) (C)
DRAW 101 Beginning Drawing (3 credits) (C)
ENGL 170 Beginning Creative Writing (3 credits) (C)
ENGL 1600 Worldbuilding I (1-6 credits) (T-American) (C)
ESPR 101 Beginning Esperanto I (3 credits) (T-American) (C)
GIST 111 Academic Success and Decision Making in a Globalized World (1 credit) (C)
HRHA 101 / GLST 101 Human Rights in a Global Context (3 credits) (C)
Core Requirements
Code Title Credit Hours
GIST 111
Academic Success and Decision Making in a Globalized World (C) 1
GLST 160 / POLS 160 International Relations (P) 3
GLST 201 Introduction to Global Studies (P) 3
COMM 311 Intercultural and Intergroup Communication (P) 3
GIST 311 Seminar in Launching Academic and Professional Careers (P) 1
GLST 484 Global Studies Capstone (P) 3
Total Credit Hours 14
Course List
Specific Major Requirements
Code Title Credit Hours
Language 6
Students are required to continue their study of a second modern language by completing 6 hours beyond second year taught exclusively in the target language. Language credit can also be earned through other institutions, both domestic and international.
Course List
Credit Hours Subtotal: 6
ESPR 101 Beginning Esperanto I (3 credits) (T-American) (C)
ESPR 102 Beginning Esperanto II (3 credits) (T-American) (P)
ESPR 201 Intermediate Grammar and Conversation (3 credits) (T-American) (P)
ESPR 202 Intermediate Grammar and Composition (3 credits) (T-American) (P)
ESPR 310 Peace and Conflict Writings in Esperanto (3 credits) (T-American) (P)
ESPR 311 Esperanto for International Relations (3 credits) (T-American) (P)
ESPR 415 Aspects of Esperanto Culture (3 credits) (T-American) (P)
ESPR 517 Music, Art, and Ideas in Esperanto (3 credits) (T-American) (P)
(Nada plans to do her internship with Refugee Services.)
Global Awareness
Select at least 3 hours from one of the following: 3
GLST 395 Internship (P)
Credit Hours Subtotal: 3
Total Credit Hours 9
Region
Choose one region, and select three courses associated with that region. 9
Europe
CROA 310 Croatian Cultural Studies (P) 3
CZEC 387 / GERM 387 / JUDS 387 / WMNS 387 Women Totalitarian Experience: Culture, Identity and Memory (P) 3
HIST 338 War and Peace in Europe: 1914 to the Present (P) 3
Credit Hours Subtotal: 9
Total Credit Hours 9
Themes
Choose two themes, and select two courses in each of those themes. 12
Identity, Culture, and Society
GLST 214 / ANTH 214 / MODL 214 Food and Culture (P) 3
GLST 242 / ENGL 242 Global Literatures since 1850 (P) 3
Human Rights
HRHA 101 / GLST 101 Human Rights in a Global Context (C) 3
HRHA 350 / GLST 350 Refugees, Displaced Persons, and (Im)migrants in a Globalized World (P) 3
Credit Hours Subtotal: 12
Total Credit Hours 12
Global Studies Courses
ANTH 214 Food and Culture
Description: Fosters understanding of the relationship between food and culture. Uses food as a lens to explore general topic areas such as identity, gender, language, family, nutrition, and health.
Credit Hours: 3
Max credits per semester: 3
Max credits per degree: 3
Grading Option: Graded with Option
ACE: ACE 9 Global/Diversity
Groups: CAS Diversity in the US
CROA 310 Croatian Cultural Studies (T-American)
Description: Examination of major topics of contemporary Croatian culture, literature and film, including the role of the avant-garde, human rights and dissidence, and its relationship to the cultural production of other European cultures.
Credit Hours: 3
Max credits per semester: 3
Max credits per degree: 3
Grading Option: Graded with Option
GLST 242 Global Literatures since 1850
Description: A survey of literatures written since 1850 from around the globe in historical and cultural contexts.
Credit Hours: 3
Max credits per semester: 3
Max credits per degree: 3
Grading Option: Graded with Option
ACE: ACE 5 Humanities ACE 9 Global/Diversity
HIST 338 War and Peace in Europe: 1914 to the Present
Prerequisites: Sophomore, junior, or senior standing.
Description: Survey of the diplomatic and military history of Europe from World War I to the present. Includes the strategy, tactics, and diplomacy of the two world wars; international relations in the years between the wars; the emergence of a new postwar Europe; and Europe's involvement in the rivalry between the superpowers since 1945.
Credit Hours: 3
Max credits per semester: 3
Max credits per degree: 3
Grading Option: Graded with Option
HRHA 101 Human Rights in a Global Context
Description: Introduction to the concept of contemporary global human rights using historical, philosophical, cultural and political perspectives.
Credit Hours: 3
Max credits per semester: 3
Max credits per degree: 3
Grading Option: Graded with Option
Offered: FALL
HRHA 350 Refugees, Displaced Persons, and (Im)migrants in a Globalized World
Notes: Graded with Option (OPT)
Description: Current and historical perspectives on forced migration with special attention to refugees, displaced persons, immigrants, and migrants.
Credit Hours: 3
Max credits per semester: 3
Max credits per degree: 3
Grading Option: Graded with Option
Groups: CAS Diversity in the US
WMNS 387 Women Totalitarian Experience: Culture, Identity and Memory
Notes: Taught in English.
Description: Examination of complexities of women's experience under Nazism and Communism of Central and Eastern Europe.
Credit Hours: 3
Max credits per semester: 3
Max credits per degree: 3
Grading Option: Graded
Offered: FALL
ACE: ACE 5 Humanities
Art Minor
at the University of Nebraska-Omaha
Code Title Credit Hours
Art History
Select any art history course 3
AHIS 198 Special Topics in Art History: Famous Women Artists (P) 1
AHIS 298 Special Topics in Art History: The Dye Wars (P) 1
AHIS 392 Independent Research in Art History: Refugee Art (P) 1
Credit Hours Subtotal: 3
Studio-Based Electives
Select courses from the following areas: ceramics, drawing, painting (including watercolor), photography, printmaking, sculpture 9
DRAW 101 Beginning Drawing (C) 3
CERM 131 Ceramics for Non-majors: Wheelthrowing (P) 3
PANT 151 Beginning Painting for Non-Majors (P) 3
Credit Hours Subtotal: 9
Additional Electives
Select any art history or studio art courses, including lecture-based and special topics; limit of one art history course 6
ART 1400 Nebraska en Plein Air (1-6 credits) (T-American) (C) 1
ARTP 160 Street Art: Visual Voice in the Urban Environment (P) 3
ART 2400 Nebraska en Plein Air (1-6 credits) (T-American) (P) 1
ART 3400 Nebraska en Plein Air (1-6 credits) (T-American) (P) 1
ART 4400 Nebraska en Plein Air (1-6 credits) (T-American) (P) 1
Credit Hours Subtotal: 6
Total Credit Hours 18
Art Courses
AHIS 198 Special Topics in Art History: Famous Women Artists
Prerequisites: Permission.
Credit Hours: 1-3
Max credits per semester: 3
Max credits per degree: 24
Grading Option: Graded with Option
Course and Laboratory Fee: $15
Course details
AHIS 298 Special Topics in Art History: The Dye Wars
Prerequisites: Permission.
Credit Hours: 1-3
Max credits per semester: 3
Max credits per degree: 24
Grading Option: Graded with Option
Course and Laboratory Fee: $15
Course details
AHIS 392 Independent Research in Art History: Refugee Art
Prerequisites: Junior standing and permission of department chair.
Credit Hours: 1-9
Max credits per semester: 9
Max credits per degree: 24
Grading Option: Graded with Option
Course details
ARTP 160 Street Art: Visual Voice in the Urban Environment
Explore how street art practices highlight the unique relationships that develop between artists, communities and society-at-large within the urban environment. Study this public form of expression from early graffiti writing and birth of hip hop, to its current use as the voice of resistance and protest.
Credit Hours: 3
Max credits per semester: 3
Max credits per degree: 3
Grading Option: Graded
Offered: FALL/SPR
ACE Outcomes: ACE 2 Communication Competence
Course details
DRAW 101 Beginning Drawing
Fundamental principles of drawing and perspective based on observation and imagination.
This course is a prerequisite for: DRAW 202
Credit Hours: 3
Max credits per semester: 3
Max credits per degree: 3
Grading Option: Graded
Course and Laboratory Fee: $45
ACE Outcomes: ACE 7 Arts
Course details
CERM 131 Ceramics for Non-majors: Wheelthrowing
This course is a prerequisite for CERM 331
Introduction to the materials, techniques, processes, and aesthetics involved in making ceramic art using the potter's wheel and focusing on high temperature glazes and firing.
Credit Hours: 3
Max credits per semester: 3
Max credits per degree: 3
Grading Option: Graded with Option
Offered: FALL/SPR
Course and Laboratory Fee: $135
ACE Outcomes: ACE 7 Arts
Course details
PANT 151 Beginning Painting for Non-Majors
Introduction to oil painting stressing the creative use of form, light, color, and space as bases for expression of observed facts.
Credit Hours: 3
Max credits per semester: 3
Max credits per degree: 3
Grading Option: Graded
Course and Laboratory Fee: $45
Course details
Minor in English - Creative Writing
at the University of Nebraska-Omaha
Plan A Minor
Eighteen (18) credit hours of English at the 200 level and above, including at least nine (9) credit hours at the 300 level or above and three (3) credit hours at the 400 level.
ENGL 170 Beginning Creative Writing (3 credits) (C)
ENGL 251 Introduction to Creative Nonfiction Writing (3 credits) (P)
ENGL 253 Introduction to Poetry Writing (3 credits) (P)
ENGL 1600 Worldbuilding I (1-6 credits) (T-American) (C) (1)
ENGL 1601 Worldbuilding II (1-6 credits) (T-American) (P) (1)
ENGL 2600 Worldbuilding III (1-6 credits) (T-American) (P) (1)
ENGL 2601 Worldbuilding IV (1-6 credits) (T-American) (P) (2)
ENGL 3160 Worldbuilding V (1-6 credits) (T-American) (P) (3)
ENGL 3161 Worldbuilding VI (1-6 credits) (T-American) (P) (3)
ENGL 4500 Worldbuilding VII (1-6 credits) (T-American) (P) (2)
ENGL 4501 Worldbuilding VIII (1-6 credits) (T-American) (P) (1)
English Courses
ENGL 170 Beginning Creative Writing
Introduction to the writing of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Writing, the development of the craft and technique, and analytical reading skills.
Credit Hours: 3
Max credits per semester: 3
Max credits per degree: 3
Grading Option: Graded with Option
ACE Outcomes: ACE 7 Arts
Course details
ENGL 251 Introduction to Creative Nonfiction Writing
Reading and analysis of published creative nonfiction writing and practice researching and writing creative nonfiction.
This course is a prerequisite for: ENGL 451; ENGL 454
Credit Hours: 3
Max credits per semester: 3
Max credits per degree: 3
Grading Option: Graded with Option
ACE Outcomes: ACE 7 Arts
Course details
ENGL 253 Introduction to Poetry Writing
Introduction to the writing of poetry. Emphasis on student writing within a context of theory and criticism.
This course is a prerequisite for: ENGL 353; ENGL 454
Credit Hours: 3
Max credits per semester: 3
Max credits per degree: 3
Grading Option: Graded with Option
ACE Outcomes: ACE 7 Arts
Course details
Clubs
Amnesty International
We work for human rights and justice around the globe. Students can learn about concerning situations, join protests, and volunteer to make the world a better place.
Big Red Readers
We'll meet once a month to discuss a group-selected book, exploring our overall thoughts and opinions of it over snacks.
Body, Mind, and Spirit (T-American)
We take care of the whole self. This club offers a wide variety of meditation techniques, exercise such as tai chi and yoga, discussion of self-help books, presentations on self-improvement, interfaith activities, and more.
UNO Art Club
Type: Student Organizations, Art, Music, Crafts, and Performance, RSO: Tier 3 • 12 Members
Art Club is an organization that creates opportunities for students of varying art forms by expanding their knowledge and creating long-lasting connections. As a group, we strive to participate and facilitate community outreach, studio activities, and professional practices. Our goal is to provide diverse experience and network for student artists that will prepare them for their future careers.
UNO Writing Club
Type: Student Organizations, College of Communication, Fine Arts, and Media Related, Art, Music, Crafts, and Performance, Common Interest, RSO: Tier 3 • 5 Members
Everyone is welcome at the UNO Writing Club! We meet the last Saturday of every month to support each other, share our work, receive and provide feedback, and learn and experiment with ideas, prompts, and workshops.
Barbra Armstead -- She has fair skin, brown eyes, and wavy brown hair to her shoulders. She is petite with shallow curves. Her heritage is American; she speaks English. She is 28 years old in 2016.
Barbra lives in Omaha, Nebraska with her husband and their three children. Her youngest son Keith just turned 6 months old and started sleeping through the night. So now Barbra wants to get out of the house and do things for herself with other adults. She's good at making friends with other women. As a hobby, she enjoys arts and crafts. Barbra likes comfortable women's wear. Her base colors are camel, white, and denim. She buys mom-themed T-shirts in bundles so it's easy to swap out when one gets messy.
Qualities: Good (+2) Crafty, Good (+2) Graceful, Good (+2) Stay-at-Home Mom, Good (+2) Visual-Spatial Intelligence, Good (+2) Women Friends
Poor (-2) Needs More Grownup Time
Most babies sleep through the night around 6 months.
Nikos Stefanidis -- He has pinkish-fair skin and brown eyes. His hair was dark in his youth but is now almost white on top, although his mustache is just starting to show gray. He wears glasses with thick black frames. His heritage is Greek-American. He speaks English and Greek. He is 67 years old in 2016.
Nikos ran a corner store before he retired. He handed down the store to his oldest daughter Daphne. His oldest son Nick is a modern artist with little interest in commerce. After retiring, Nikos decided to learn art to see what the fuss was about and so he could try sketching en plein air around Omaha. He likes outdoorsy menswear, mostly in dull colors, with plaids for interest.
Qualities: Good (+2) Constitution, Good (+2) Grandfather, Good (+2) Logical-Mathematical Intelligence, Good (+2) Outdoor Activities, Good (+2) Retired Shopkeeper
Poor (-2) Needs Glasses
Danilo Cardenas -- He has tinted skin, black eyes, and short black hair. He has graffiti tattoos on both upper arms, dripping rainbow paint toward his elbows. His heritage is Hispanic-American. He speaks English and Spanish. He is 17 years old in 2016. Danilo just scraped by his junior year of high school, which displeased his parents. Hoping to motivate better performance, his father offered to buy him a used car if he would take summer classes. However, Danilo is more interested in graffiti and skateboarding than in fine art and history. He wants that car, so he's making a credible effort. He wears casual boy clothes mostly in light shades of gray, khaki, white, and denim.
Qualities: Good (+2) Dexterity, Good (+2) Friends on the Street, Good (+2) Kinesthetic Intelligence, Good (+2) Teen Activities
Poor (-2) High School Student
Otto Aschenborn -- He has pinkish-fair skin and gray eyes. His hair was brown in his youth, but is now receding and starting to go gray. He wears glasses. His heritage includes primarily American and German with a little Czech and Polish. He speaks English and German. He is 53 years old in 2016.
Otto lives in Omaha, Nebraska where he teaches art at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. He's terrible at it, though. He feels jealous of talented students and likes to pick on people in class. Because he's good at academic politicking, Otto has held onto his job tenaciously. It helps that he likes serving on committees, especially as the head, which most artists hate. He even has a knack for illustrating the agenda points in a way that makes them easy to understand. Otto favors denim and khaki, but has a few nicer clothes for work. As a hobby, he enjoys solving jigsaw puzzles.
Qualities: Good (+2) Academic Politicking, Good (+2) Committees, Good (+2) Dexterity, Good (+2) Jigsaw Puzzles, Good (+2) Visual-Spatial Intelligence
Poor (-2) Art Teacher
See a map of European countries.
Nada Faraguna -- She has light olive skin, brown eyes, and light brown hair to her shoulders. She is short and curvy. Her heritage is primarily Croatian with a little Greek and Italian. She grew up speaking Croatian and Italian, and in recent years she has learned English with a slight accent. She was born in 1998 and is 18 years old in 2016.
Nada spent her childhood in Croatia, which had a fractious history marked by a financial crisis in 2008 and anti-government protests in 2011. Coastal fires in 2007 destroyed the family home near Poreč in Istria County. The political unrest finally drove her family to flee the country in late February of 2011. They went first to Italy, then later made their way to America.
Due to these upheavals in her youth, Nada feels bereft of identity and thinks she will never fit in anywhere or have a safe home. She suffers from deep insecurity and fears people in a position of authority, especially anyone who is loud or aggressive. This leaves her struggling to succeed in school. Although Nada made it into the University of Nebraska-Omaha, she worries about the future and whether she can handle college. When anxious, she nibbles on her lips or fingernails. However, she also appreciates the little things in life, seizes the moment, and never takes anything for granted. Her experiences have made her compassionate about other people's problems, and she's a good listener.
Nada will be starting at the University of Nebraska-Omaha in fall of 2016. She has already scheduled most of her courses. She plans to major in Global Studies with a region in Europe and themes in Identity, Culture, and Society and in Human Rights. She also intends a double minor in Art and in English-Creative Writing. She wants an education that will help her serve refugees and express her own experiences as one. For clubs, Nada has signed up for Amnesty International, Art League, Big Red Readers, Body Mind and Spirit, and Creative Writing Club. She prefers practical women's wear. Her base colors are black, gray, and khaki, accented with denim, dusty rose, and olive.
Qualities: Good (+2) Ambidextrous, Good (+2) Appreciative, Good (+2) Artist, Good (+2) Listener, Good (+2) Visual-Spatial Intelligence
Poor (-2) Being Forced to Leave One's Homeland
The Emotional Wound Thesaurus, pp. 148-149.
Croatia had a financial crisis in 2008 and anti-government protests in 2011. Fires ravaged the coast in 2007.
See a map of European countries.
Bachelor of Arts in Global Studies
at the University of Nebraska-Omaha
Major Requirements
Forty-four (44) hours, with no more than 9 hours in one department, excluding Core Courses, Global Awareness, and Language. At least 15 hours at the 300 or 400 level. No course may apply in more than one area.
Taken (T)
Currently taking (C)
Planned (P)
Freshman Fall
ART 1400 Nebraska en Plein Air (1-6 credits) (T-American) (C)
DRAW 101 Beginning Drawing (3 credits) (C)
ENGL 170 Beginning Creative Writing (3 credits) (C)
ENGL 1600 Worldbuilding I (1-6 credits) (T-American) (C)
ESPR 101 Beginning Esperanto I (3 credits) (T-American) (C)
GIST 111 Academic Success and Decision Making in a Globalized World (1 credit) (C)
HRHA 101 / GLST 101 Human Rights in a Global Context (3 credits) (C)
Core Requirements
Code Title Credit Hours
GIST 111
Academic Success and Decision Making in a Globalized World (C) 1
GLST 160 / POLS 160 International Relations (P) 3
GLST 201 Introduction to Global Studies (P) 3
COMM 311 Intercultural and Intergroup Communication (P) 3
GIST 311 Seminar in Launching Academic and Professional Careers (P) 1
GLST 484 Global Studies Capstone (P) 3
Total Credit Hours 14
Course List
Specific Major Requirements
Code Title Credit Hours
Language 6
Students are required to continue their study of a second modern language by completing 6 hours beyond second year taught exclusively in the target language. Language credit can also be earned through other institutions, both domestic and international.
Course List
Credit Hours Subtotal: 6
ESPR 101 Beginning Esperanto I (3 credits) (T-American) (C)
ESPR 102 Beginning Esperanto II (3 credits) (T-American) (P)
ESPR 201 Intermediate Grammar and Conversation (3 credits) (T-American) (P)
ESPR 202 Intermediate Grammar and Composition (3 credits) (T-American) (P)
ESPR 310 Peace and Conflict Writings in Esperanto (3 credits) (T-American) (P)
ESPR 311 Esperanto for International Relations (3 credits) (T-American) (P)
ESPR 415 Aspects of Esperanto Culture (3 credits) (T-American) (P)
ESPR 517 Music, Art, and Ideas in Esperanto (3 credits) (T-American) (P)
(Nada plans to do her internship with Refugee Services.)
Global Awareness
Select at least 3 hours from one of the following: 3
GLST 395 Internship (P)
Credit Hours Subtotal: 3
Total Credit Hours 9
Region
Choose one region, and select three courses associated with that region. 9
Europe
CROA 310 Croatian Cultural Studies (P) 3
CZEC 387 / GERM 387 / JUDS 387 / WMNS 387 Women Totalitarian Experience: Culture, Identity and Memory (P) 3
HIST 338 War and Peace in Europe: 1914 to the Present (P) 3
Credit Hours Subtotal: 9
Total Credit Hours 9
Themes
Choose two themes, and select two courses in each of those themes. 12
Identity, Culture, and Society
GLST 214 / ANTH 214 / MODL 214 Food and Culture (P) 3
GLST 242 / ENGL 242 Global Literatures since 1850 (P) 3
Human Rights
HRHA 101 / GLST 101 Human Rights in a Global Context (C) 3
HRHA 350 / GLST 350 Refugees, Displaced Persons, and (Im)migrants in a Globalized World (P) 3
Credit Hours Subtotal: 12
Total Credit Hours 12
Global Studies Courses
ANTH 214 Food and Culture
Description: Fosters understanding of the relationship between food and culture. Uses food as a lens to explore general topic areas such as identity, gender, language, family, nutrition, and health.
Credit Hours: 3
Max credits per semester: 3
Max credits per degree: 3
Grading Option: Graded with Option
ACE: ACE 9 Global/Diversity
Groups: CAS Diversity in the US
CROA 310 Croatian Cultural Studies (T-American)
Description: Examination of major topics of contemporary Croatian culture, literature and film, including the role of the avant-garde, human rights and dissidence, and its relationship to the cultural production of other European cultures.
Credit Hours: 3
Max credits per semester: 3
Max credits per degree: 3
Grading Option: Graded with Option
GLST 242 Global Literatures since 1850
Description: A survey of literatures written since 1850 from around the globe in historical and cultural contexts.
Credit Hours: 3
Max credits per semester: 3
Max credits per degree: 3
Grading Option: Graded with Option
ACE: ACE 5 Humanities ACE 9 Global/Diversity
HIST 338 War and Peace in Europe: 1914 to the Present
Prerequisites: Sophomore, junior, or senior standing.
Description: Survey of the diplomatic and military history of Europe from World War I to the present. Includes the strategy, tactics, and diplomacy of the two world wars; international relations in the years between the wars; the emergence of a new postwar Europe; and Europe's involvement in the rivalry between the superpowers since 1945.
Credit Hours: 3
Max credits per semester: 3
Max credits per degree: 3
Grading Option: Graded with Option
HRHA 101 Human Rights in a Global Context
Description: Introduction to the concept of contemporary global human rights using historical, philosophical, cultural and political perspectives.
Credit Hours: 3
Max credits per semester: 3
Max credits per degree: 3
Grading Option: Graded with Option
Offered: FALL
HRHA 350 Refugees, Displaced Persons, and (Im)migrants in a Globalized World
Notes: Graded with Option (OPT)
Description: Current and historical perspectives on forced migration with special attention to refugees, displaced persons, immigrants, and migrants.
Credit Hours: 3
Max credits per semester: 3
Max credits per degree: 3
Grading Option: Graded with Option
Groups: CAS Diversity in the US
WMNS 387 Women Totalitarian Experience: Culture, Identity and Memory
Notes: Taught in English.
Description: Examination of complexities of women's experience under Nazism and Communism of Central and Eastern Europe.
Credit Hours: 3
Max credits per semester: 3
Max credits per degree: 3
Grading Option: Graded
Offered: FALL
ACE: ACE 5 Humanities
Art Minor
at the University of Nebraska-Omaha
Code Title Credit Hours
Art History
Select any art history course 3
AHIS 198 Special Topics in Art History: Famous Women Artists (P) 1
AHIS 298 Special Topics in Art History: The Dye Wars (P) 1
AHIS 392 Independent Research in Art History: Refugee Art (P) 1
Credit Hours Subtotal: 3
Studio-Based Electives
Select courses from the following areas: ceramics, drawing, painting (including watercolor), photography, printmaking, sculpture 9
DRAW 101 Beginning Drawing (C) 3
CERM 131 Ceramics for Non-majors: Wheelthrowing (P) 3
PANT 151 Beginning Painting for Non-Majors (P) 3
Credit Hours Subtotal: 9
Additional Electives
Select any art history or studio art courses, including lecture-based and special topics; limit of one art history course 6
ART 1400 Nebraska en Plein Air (1-6 credits) (T-American) (C) 1
ARTP 160 Street Art: Visual Voice in the Urban Environment (P) 3
ART 2400 Nebraska en Plein Air (1-6 credits) (T-American) (P) 1
ART 3400 Nebraska en Plein Air (1-6 credits) (T-American) (P) 1
ART 4400 Nebraska en Plein Air (1-6 credits) (T-American) (P) 1
Credit Hours Subtotal: 6
Total Credit Hours 18
Art Courses
AHIS 198 Special Topics in Art History: Famous Women Artists
Prerequisites: Permission.
Credit Hours: 1-3
Max credits per semester: 3
Max credits per degree: 24
Grading Option: Graded with Option
Course and Laboratory Fee: $15
Course details
AHIS 298 Special Topics in Art History: The Dye Wars
Prerequisites: Permission.
Credit Hours: 1-3
Max credits per semester: 3
Max credits per degree: 24
Grading Option: Graded with Option
Course and Laboratory Fee: $15
Course details
AHIS 392 Independent Research in Art History: Refugee Art
Prerequisites: Junior standing and permission of department chair.
Credit Hours: 1-9
Max credits per semester: 9
Max credits per degree: 24
Grading Option: Graded with Option
Course details
ARTP 160 Street Art: Visual Voice in the Urban Environment
Explore how street art practices highlight the unique relationships that develop between artists, communities and society-at-large within the urban environment. Study this public form of expression from early graffiti writing and birth of hip hop, to its current use as the voice of resistance and protest.
Credit Hours: 3
Max credits per semester: 3
Max credits per degree: 3
Grading Option: Graded
Offered: FALL/SPR
ACE Outcomes: ACE 2 Communication Competence
Course details
DRAW 101 Beginning Drawing
Fundamental principles of drawing and perspective based on observation and imagination.
This course is a prerequisite for: DRAW 202
Credit Hours: 3
Max credits per semester: 3
Max credits per degree: 3
Grading Option: Graded
Course and Laboratory Fee: $45
ACE Outcomes: ACE 7 Arts
Course details
CERM 131 Ceramics for Non-majors: Wheelthrowing
This course is a prerequisite for CERM 331
Introduction to the materials, techniques, processes, and aesthetics involved in making ceramic art using the potter's wheel and focusing on high temperature glazes and firing.
Credit Hours: 3
Max credits per semester: 3
Max credits per degree: 3
Grading Option: Graded with Option
Offered: FALL/SPR
Course and Laboratory Fee: $135
ACE Outcomes: ACE 7 Arts
Course details
PANT 151 Beginning Painting for Non-Majors
Introduction to oil painting stressing the creative use of form, light, color, and space as bases for expression of observed facts.
Credit Hours: 3
Max credits per semester: 3
Max credits per degree: 3
Grading Option: Graded
Course and Laboratory Fee: $45
Course details
Minor in English - Creative Writing
at the University of Nebraska-Omaha
Plan A Minor
Eighteen (18) credit hours of English at the 200 level and above, including at least nine (9) credit hours at the 300 level or above and three (3) credit hours at the 400 level.
ENGL 170 Beginning Creative Writing (3 credits) (C)
ENGL 251 Introduction to Creative Nonfiction Writing (3 credits) (P)
ENGL 253 Introduction to Poetry Writing (3 credits) (P)
ENGL 1600 Worldbuilding I (1-6 credits) (T-American) (C) (1)
ENGL 1601 Worldbuilding II (1-6 credits) (T-American) (P) (1)
ENGL 2600 Worldbuilding III (1-6 credits) (T-American) (P) (1)
ENGL 2601 Worldbuilding IV (1-6 credits) (T-American) (P) (2)
ENGL 3160 Worldbuilding V (1-6 credits) (T-American) (P) (3)
ENGL 3161 Worldbuilding VI (1-6 credits) (T-American) (P) (3)
ENGL 4500 Worldbuilding VII (1-6 credits) (T-American) (P) (2)
ENGL 4501 Worldbuilding VIII (1-6 credits) (T-American) (P) (1)
English Courses
ENGL 170 Beginning Creative Writing
Introduction to the writing of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Writing, the development of the craft and technique, and analytical reading skills.
Credit Hours: 3
Max credits per semester: 3
Max credits per degree: 3
Grading Option: Graded with Option
ACE Outcomes: ACE 7 Arts
Course details
ENGL 251 Introduction to Creative Nonfiction Writing
Reading and analysis of published creative nonfiction writing and practice researching and writing creative nonfiction.
This course is a prerequisite for: ENGL 451; ENGL 454
Credit Hours: 3
Max credits per semester: 3
Max credits per degree: 3
Grading Option: Graded with Option
ACE Outcomes: ACE 7 Arts
Course details
ENGL 253 Introduction to Poetry Writing
Introduction to the writing of poetry. Emphasis on student writing within a context of theory and criticism.
This course is a prerequisite for: ENGL 353; ENGL 454
Credit Hours: 3
Max credits per semester: 3
Max credits per degree: 3
Grading Option: Graded with Option
ACE Outcomes: ACE 7 Arts
Course details
Clubs
Amnesty International
We work for human rights and justice around the globe. Students can learn about concerning situations, join protests, and volunteer to make the world a better place.
Big Red Readers
We'll meet once a month to discuss a group-selected book, exploring our overall thoughts and opinions of it over snacks.
Body, Mind, and Spirit (T-American)
We take care of the whole self. This club offers a wide variety of meditation techniques, exercise such as tai chi and yoga, discussion of self-help books, presentations on self-improvement, interfaith activities, and more.
UNO Art Club
Type: Student Organizations, Art, Music, Crafts, and Performance, RSO: Tier 3 • 12 Members
Art Club is an organization that creates opportunities for students of varying art forms by expanding their knowledge and creating long-lasting connections. As a group, we strive to participate and facilitate community outreach, studio activities, and professional practices. Our goal is to provide diverse experience and network for student artists that will prepare them for their future careers.
UNO Writing Club
Type: Student Organizations, College of Communication, Fine Arts, and Media Related, Art, Music, Crafts, and Performance, Common Interest, RSO: Tier 3 • 5 Members
Everyone is welcome at the UNO Writing Club! We meet the last Saturday of every month to support each other, share our work, receive and provide feedback, and learn and experiment with ideas, prompts, and workshops.
Barbra Armstead -- She has fair skin, brown eyes, and wavy brown hair to her shoulders. She is petite with shallow curves. Her heritage is American; she speaks English. She is 28 years old in 2016.
Barbra lives in Omaha, Nebraska with her husband and their three children. Her youngest son Keith just turned 6 months old and started sleeping through the night. So now Barbra wants to get out of the house and do things for herself with other adults. She's good at making friends with other women. As a hobby, she enjoys arts and crafts. Barbra likes comfortable women's wear. Her base colors are camel, white, and denim. She buys mom-themed T-shirts in bundles so it's easy to swap out when one gets messy.
Qualities: Good (+2) Crafty, Good (+2) Graceful, Good (+2) Stay-at-Home Mom, Good (+2) Visual-Spatial Intelligence, Good (+2) Women Friends
Poor (-2) Needs More Grownup Time
Most babies sleep through the night around 6 months.
Nikos Stefanidis -- He has pinkish-fair skin and brown eyes. His hair was dark in his youth but is now almost white on top, although his mustache is just starting to show gray. He wears glasses with thick black frames. His heritage is Greek-American. He speaks English and Greek. He is 67 years old in 2016.
Nikos ran a corner store before he retired. He handed down the store to his oldest daughter Daphne. His oldest son Nick is a modern artist with little interest in commerce. After retiring, Nikos decided to learn art to see what the fuss was about and so he could try sketching en plein air around Omaha. He likes outdoorsy menswear, mostly in dull colors, with plaids for interest.
Qualities: Good (+2) Constitution, Good (+2) Grandfather, Good (+2) Logical-Mathematical Intelligence, Good (+2) Outdoor Activities, Good (+2) Retired Shopkeeper
Poor (-2) Needs Glasses
Danilo Cardenas -- He has tinted skin, black eyes, and short black hair. He has graffiti tattoos on both upper arms, dripping rainbow paint toward his elbows. His heritage is Hispanic-American. He speaks English and Spanish. He is 17 years old in 2016. Danilo just scraped by his junior year of high school, which displeased his parents. Hoping to motivate better performance, his father offered to buy him a used car if he would take summer classes. However, Danilo is more interested in graffiti and skateboarding than in fine art and history. He wants that car, so he's making a credible effort. He wears casual boy clothes mostly in light shades of gray, khaki, white, and denim.
Qualities: Good (+2) Dexterity, Good (+2) Friends on the Street, Good (+2) Kinesthetic Intelligence, Good (+2) Teen Activities
Poor (-2) High School Student
