Take an IDEAS Course
IDEAS offers a unique, innovative and flexible classroom experience. By taking an IDEAS course, you take a fun and creative journey with dedicated student-instructors.
IDEAS courses classes are designed and taught by Stonehill students! The maximum class size is eight, an ideal size for collaborative teaching and learning approaches including discussions, projects, team research and more.
Sample Courses
In this course, students will learn the benefits that sports provide in the development of children, young adults and adults in regards to breaking racial barriers and developing relationships. Students will learn about equality and solidarity through sports.
In this class, we will study sitcoms starting in the ’60s and ending in the 2000s to see how they connect to real life. We will watch an episode of a show, examine the societal norm of the time when that episode aired, and discuss the connections between real life and in front of a studio audience. We will look at how – when the world changed – the storylines of these sitcoms changed with it.
In this course, students will explore the meaning of a “classic” and the fairy tales often granted that title, such as “Snow White,” “Bluebeard” and “Hansel and Gretel.” By analyzing the ways gender, disabilities, race, and other topics and experiences are portrayed, students will develop a critical eye that enables them to determine why some tales remain popular and whom or what topics are omitted and underrepresented.
How to Register
- You can find IDEAS courses listed on MyHill under Applied Learning (APL)
- Registration opens during Add/Drop: Monday November 29, 2021-Thursday January, 27 2022
- Registration is first come, first served.
- All Courses have an initial class size of 8, but some facilitators may choose to accept up to 10 total students.
- IDEAS course waitlists are processed by the registrar using the policy for elective courses: Students are taken off the waitlist by the Registrar’s Office in class year order on a first-come, first-served basis.