Course Development Grants Recipients

The following are the 2004-2005 Course Development Grant recipients, with descriptions of their courses taken from their proposals.

Dan Groody, CSC
Department of Theology and Latino Studies Institute
Course: Walking Humbly, Living Justly: Being Christian in a World of Poverty

“In response to the rapidly changing situation of Christian theology in its new global context, this course will present both the core of the historical Christian tradition of faith and justice and important contemporary developments in articulating and living that tradition. It will highlight particularly the Catholic tradition and bring it into conversation with ecumenical, inter-religious, and cross cultural dialogue…Central to the structure of the course [is]…two hours of volunteer work a week within the South Bend community.”

Michael Wiescher
Department of Physics
Course: Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Warfare

“Physics 205 will cover a broad range of topics and aspects of nuclear weapons and warfare in the 20th century…To demonstrate the implication of nuclear technology development and in particular the development of nuclear weapons industry a set of research projects will be offered to the student to explore how these developments are visible in the South Bend Mishawaka community.”

Mary Wong
Department of Political Science
Course: New Urbanism: Diversity & Community in South Bend (cross listed with Architecture)

“This course will apply principles of new urbanism…to introduce students to the social problems connected with the death of city centers in the U.S. by examining the city of South Bend and the recent efforts by its mayor and city council to restore the city... the class will break into teams to evaluate South Bend’s million dollar Commercial Corridor Initiative. Students will study each of the city’s designated five development projects…Students will assess development proposals according to the city plan’s objectives of transportation , jobs, housing, and access to culture...They will meet on a weekly basis with local neighborhood associations and the Notre Dame School of Architecture’s South Bend Downtown Design Center in order to share their findings and to solicit input for future development initiatives.”