Stories We Tell Course Pairing
Computer Science Through Programming (CS 151)
Introduces students to problem solving with the fundamentals of programming, enabling them to decompose complex problems into elementary steps for effective implementation in a modern programming language. Students work with numeric and textual data, procedural programming with conditionals and loops, basic linear data structures, and on testing their solutions. Problems may draw on topics in computer security, data encoding, graphics, games, financial analysis, physical models, and others. Provides a general survey of some of the major areas of computer science, such as digital logic, software engineering, computer graphics, artificial intelligence, theory of computation, object-oriented programming, and ethical and societal issues in computing.
Faculty biography
Dr. John Nweke - bio coming soon!
Encountering the Past: A People's History of the Medieval Church (HS 100)
This course sets out to introduce students to some of the methods used by historians, while bearing in mind that historical knowledge is provisional and complex. Along the way, students will develop the skills necessary for understanding and producing histories, which include the critical evaluation of sources and the ability to write cogently and persuasively about events in the past. Finally, this course also asks students to think about why the study of history is important to our lives today. Indeed, our introduction to the discipline of history takes aim at answering a deceptively simple question: why does history matter? Common misconceptions about the European Middle Ages include stereotypes like “the Church controlled everything” or “Medieval people were ignorant and superstitious.” While “the Church” exercised significant political, cultural, economic, intellectual, and social influences during the Middle Ages, it was far from a unified, all-powerful institution. The people who comprised the Church brought a range of different ideas, beliefs, practices, and agendas to the table. This course will explore the ways in which the beliefs, practices, and institutions of the medieval Church shaped and were shaped by society. And we’ll examine some of the ways in which historians have challenged assumptions or misconceptions about this vital aspect of medieval history.
Faculty biography
Dr. Brandon Parlopiano grew up in a small town outside of Scranton, Pennsylvania. He received his B.S. from the University of Scranton, and then traveled down to Washington, D.C. to receive a Ph.D. in Medieval Studies from the Catholic University of America. He currently lives in Silver Spring, Maryland and has been teaching at Loyola since 2013. His main scholarly interests include disability, marginality, and medieval law. His free-time is spent bowling, building Lego sets, and playing various Super Mario games with his eight-year-old.
Mentor biography
Bio coming soon!
Virtual Advisor
This course pairing is recommended for students who are considering a major in Computer Science or Data Science. HS 100 satisfies the History core requirement for all students.
