Depression, Drug Abuse, HIV, and Violence: Prevention/Intervention
SECOND SUMMER MINIMESTER
EPS 595  Section 85 3 credits Undergraduate/Graduate
June 23-27  
Monday through Friday, 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.  AH 109

Robert McMahon  305-284-5064

Prerequisite: junior, senior, or graduate standing.
Note: Cumulative paper/project will be due a few weeks after the end of MiniMester.
Understand and experience preventive interventions designed to reduce risk of depression, drug abuse, HIV/STD infection, and violent and destructive behavior. Examine risk and protective factors linked to initiation and maintenance of problems in these areas. Develop a conceptual framework for understanding risk for a variety of psychosocial problems. Learn how to prevent and cure psychosocial problems. Explore key factors associated with effective prevention and community interventions. Evaluate model interventions for use in their communities.

The Community College
SECOND SUMMER MINIMESTER
EPS 543  Section 80  3 credits  Undergraduate/Graduate
June 23-27, June 30-July 3
Monday through Friday, Monday through Thursday, 5 to 9:30 p.m. TBA
Carol-Anne Phekoo   305-284-5013
Get an overview of a critical twentieth century innovation—the American community college. Discover its historical evolution, purposes and functions, and the characteristics of students and faculty, organization and administration, curricula, current issues, and trends. Appreciate the positive benefits of community colleges to society. Get the professional preparation needed to be a successful administrator at a community college

Introduction to Statistics
SECOND SUMMER MINIMESTER
EPS 553  Section 89 3 credits Undergraduate/Graduate
August 4-8, 11-15
Monday through Friday, 5 to 9 p.m.  MB220

Randall Penfield  305-284-8340
This course provides an introduction to the statistical concepts involved in conducting quantitative research in the social and behavioral sciences.

Left Brain/Right Brain
SECOND SUMMER SESSION
EPS 593  Section 80 3 credits Undergraduate/Graduate
August 4-8
Monday through Friday, 3 to 9 p.m.
August 9
Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. LC 120

Robert Gropper   305-284-6504

Note: This course may be used for general recertification. Cumulative paper will be due at the end of the semester. Additional class meetings may be required.
Tap into your resources to become more creative and retain information more efficiently. Make use of the recent literature on right/left brain function, as well as exercises to cultivate the use of the right brain during this workshop. Topics include the implications of current brain hemisphere research to classroom learning, tools for measurement of left and right brain function, and uses of nontraditional materials to stimulate classroom instruction. Gain a basic understanding of brain function and learning theory. Use multiple intelligence theory to increase teaching and learning skills.