Salon Descriptions | Fall 2012

All Salons provide a welcoming experience in which students learn college success skills and reflect on their overall learning. In each Salon section, students will explore and reflect on their values and the role of values in decision making, their health and well-being, and being part of a scholarly community.

Salons for First-Year Students

SN 102A: Lessons from No-Impact Man: How Can I Live a More Eco-friendly Life?

Cynthia Appl

Have you ever wanted to adopt a more environmentally conscious lifestyle, but not known how or simply found it too difficult and inconvenient? If so, this is the class for you. Through common readings, we will find information and inspiration to help us adjust our daily routines to have less negative impact on our environment.

Salons for Transfer Students

SN 201A: Food and Well-Being in America

Eric Hays

Note: Students beginning their studies at Baker with fewer than 30 credit hours or less than two full college semesters should enroll in SN 201 transfer Salon.

Is organic food really better for you? Should you only eat locally grown produce? Are genetically modified vegetables safe? This course will address these questions by looking at the role food has played in American society from pre-Columbian times through the present. The goal of the course is to provide you with information that will help you make healthy choices when selecting what food to eat.

SN 231A: Social and Political Upheaval in History

Martha Harris

Note: Students beginning their studies at Baker with more than 30 credit hours, who do not have to take QS 111 and QS 112, and who have been full-time college students for at least two semesters should enroll in SN 231 Salon.

The theme for this course will be the Ken Follett work, Pillars of the Earth. It is a fictional work set in the 1100s in England. As it describes the building of a cathedral it weaves in narrative of the time’s social and political upheavals as well as the politics of the church, making this an interdisciplinary course with something for almost everyone.

SN 231B: TBA

Carrie Coward Bucher

Note: Students beginning their studies at Baker with more than 30 credit hours, who do not have to take QS 111 and QS 112, and who have been full-time college students for at least two semesters should enroll in SN 231 Salon.

Salon for Senior-Level Students

SN 401A: Summit Salon

 Sara Crump | Prerequisite: SN 231 or senior status (semester prior to graduation)

The summit salon, to be taken during the next-to-last semester, will focus on implementing the 29 abilities, understandings and experiences in the real world. Students will concentrate on future employment, graduate or professional school, individual ethical standards, and a grasp of the “real world.”