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adults and young adults and has become known as cross-over literature\b As such, this class will familiarize students with many YAL texts, and the readers who enjoy them, and also challenge them in the critical analysis of a genre that is read (for the most part) by people forming their identities\b This course is especially helpful for students looking to become secondary teachers", "prerequisites": [], "program_ids": [], "source_url": "https://www.swcciowa.edu/downloads/Academics/Catalog_Handbook_2025-26_web.pdf#LIT184", "canonical_url": "/southwesterniowa/courses/lit-184", "markdown_url": "/southwesterniowa/courses/lit-184.md" }, { "id": "southwesterniowa-000026", "code": "LIT 185", "title": "Contemporary Literature", "credits": 3, "hours": 3, "description": "This course focuses on works written since World War II\b The effects of culture, environment and mass media on literature and its four major genres (short fiction, poetry, novel and drama) are explored in detail through critical reading and writing", "prerequisites": [], "program_ids": [], "source_url": "https://www.swcciowa.edu/downloads/Academics/Catalog_Handbook_2025-26_web.pdf#LIT185", "canonical_url": "/southwesterniowa/courses/lit-185", "markdown_url": "/southwesterniowa/courses/lit-185.md" }, { "id": "southwesterniowa-000027", "code": "LIT 210", "title": "The Graphic Novel", "credits": 3, "hours": 3, "description": "This course explores an emerging new form of literature, what some have simply called in the past “comic books\b“ These texts are complex visual-textual artifacts, addressing issues on identity, gender, race, religion, politics, and history\b This course will study the evolution of the graphic novel, from the “funnies“ to a respected form of literature\b Literacy techniques and theories will be used to analyze the multiple genres of the graphic novel (adventure, fantasy, fiction and nonfiction, horror, mystery, sci-fi, and superhero)\b Special emphasis will be placed on image 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"title": "History of Rock and Roll", "credits": 3, "hours": 3, "description": "A study of Rock and Roll from the mid 1950s to the present\b Designed to create critical listeners of popular culture music through analysis of song forms, rock band instrumentation, and the political, cultural, and social significance of song lyrics\b", "prerequisites": [], "program_ids": [], "source_url": "https://www.swcciowa.edu/downloads/Academics/Catalog_Handbook_2025-26_web.pdf#MUS204", "canonical_url": "/southwesterniowa/courses/mus-204", "markdown_url": "/southwesterniowa/courses/mus-204.md" }, { "id": "southwesterniowa-000030", "code": "PHI 101", "title": "Introduction to Philosophy", "credits": 3, "hours": 3, "description": "Philosophy is the basis of all fields of study\b This course follows the development of Western philosophy from aboriginal shamans, prior to the Greek philosophers, to minorities and women of the 21st century\b", "prerequisites": [], "program_ids": [], "source_url": 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religious groups and movements, concentrating on how they developed and how they have contributed to the larger culture\b In an effort to give a historical and religious background to current events, guided discussions will be a part of the course\b", "prerequisites": [], "program_ids": [], "source_url": "https://www.swcciowa.edu/downloads/Academics/Catalog_Handbook_2025-26_web.pdf#REL140", "canonical_url": "/southwesterniowa/courses/rel-140", "markdown_url": "/southwesterniowa/courses/rel-140.md" }, { "id": "southwesterniowa-000034", "code": "BIO 105", "title": "Introductory Biology (w/lab)", "credits": 4, "hours": 4, "description": "This course is an introduction to basic biological principles with emphasis on topics and issues of current interest and applications of biology related to the medical, ethical, and social dilemmas of humans integrating with the biosphere\b The required laboratory will stress the process of science and exposure to living organisms\b Topics to be 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