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AMST 115.00 Introduction to American Studies: Immigration and American Culture 6 credits
Closed: Size: 24, Registered: 24, Waitlist: 0
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9:50am11:00am | 9:50am11:00am | 9:40am10:40am |
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Sophomore Priority.
Waitlist for Juniors and Seniors: AMST 115.WL0 (Synonym 44794)
AMST 225.00 Beauty and Race in America 6 credits
Closed: Size: 25, Registered: 30, Waitlist: 0
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12:30pm1:40pm | 12:30pm1:40pm | 1:10pm2:10pm |
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AMST 230.00 The American Sublime: Landscape, Character & National Destiny in Nineteenth Century America 6 credits
Open: Size: 25, Registered: 18, Waitlist: 0
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3:10pm4:55pm | 3:10pm4:55pm |
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AMST 396.00 "Invisible Domain": Religion and American Studies 6 credits
Open: Size: 15, Registered: 10, Waitlist: 0
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1:15pm3:00pm | 1:15pm3:00pm |
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Though evidently a crucial organizer of “American” experience and identities, religion remains paradoxical within US culture and, for some recent scholars, an undertheorized “invisible domain” in American Studies. Shoving off from familiar religious narratives of US origins, meaning, and destiny, we will consider alternatives grounded in three themes recurrent in historical experience and popular culture: captivity, violence, and prophetic authority. Early attention to major trends of American Studies scholarship will lead in the course’s second half to students’ production and public sharing of an extended research essay. Required for juniors in the American Studies major.
Prerequisite: American Studies major or instructor permission
BIOL 374.00 Seminar: Grassland Ecology 6 credits
Closed: Size: 0, Registered: 14, Waitlist: 0
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10:10am11:55am | 10:10am11:55am |
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Prerequisite: Biology 125 and 126, and one of Biology 210, 238, 248, 250, 308, 321 or 352 and instructor permission
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CAMS 110.00 Introduction to Cinema and Media Studies 6 credits
Closed: Size: 25, Registered: 27, Waitlist: 0
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9:50am11:00am | 9:50am11:00am | 9:40am10:40am |
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Sophomore Priority. Extra Time required for screenings
Waitlist for Juniors and Seniors: CAMS 110.WL0 (Synonym 45064)
CAMS 186.00 Film Genres 6 credits
Closed: Size: 30, Registered: 30, Waitlist: 0
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1:15pm3:00pm | 1:15pm3:00pm |
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In this course we survey four or more Hollywood film genres, including but not limited to the Western, musical, horror film, comedy, and science-fiction film. What criteria are used to place a film in a particular genre? What role do audiences and studios play in the creation and definition of film genres? Where do genres come from? How do genres change over time? What roles do genres play in the viewing experience? What are hybrid genres and subgenres? What can genres teach us about society? Assignments aim to develop skills in critical analysis, research and writing.
Sophomore Priority, Extra Time Required
Waitlist for Juniors and Seniors: CAMS 186.WL0 (Synonym 45066)
CLAS 223.00 Ancient Science 6 credits
Open: Size: 25, Registered: 14, Waitlist: 0
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Did the Greeks invent “science” as we know it, or has modern science blossomed into something wholly different from its ancient roots? How distinct are scientific and religious patterns of thinking? Who controls knowledge about nature, the cosmos, and the body, and what's the proper way to communicate it? Why should we trust “the experts,” ancient or modern, anyway? Pursuing these and other questions, this course introduces students to the strange and dynamic world of ancient science, from the earliest Presocratics to Roman-era authorities like Claudius Ptolemy. Students will not only learn about theories that dominated Western thinking for millennia, but also gain first-hand experience with ancient scientific methods.
CLAS 227.00 Greek History: The Greek Polis 6 credits
Open: Size: 30, Registered: 18, Waitlist: 0
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12:30pm1:40pm | 12:30pm1:40pm | 1:10pm2:10pm |
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The Classical Greek world, with its system of independent city-states, saw the development of unprecedented political structures and a flowering of art, literature, and philosophy, all in the midst of almost constant military conflict. The Greeks are credited with inventing tragedy, democracy, science, and rhetoric (among other things), but their history is both complex and contested. This course examines the period from 750 to 399 B.C.E. and addresses fundamental questions about the development of Greek political, military, and social systems; the conflict between common Greek and local identities; and how we can use limited sources to reconstruct the past.
ECON 259.00 Economics of Higher Education 6 credits
Open: Size: 25, Registered: 14, Waitlist: 0
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1:50pm3:00pm | 1:50pm3:00pm | 2:20pm3:20pm |
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This course examines current issues in higher education through the lens of both theoretical and empirical economics. Students will be exposed to both signaling models of higher education and empirical analyses of its returns. We will also discuss admissions as a matching process, rising tuition as a form of price discrimination, and the globalization of higher education, among other topics.
Prerequisite: Economics 110 and 111
EDUC 110.00 Introduction to Educational Studies 6 credits
Closed: Size: 25, Registered: 23, Waitlist: 0
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10:10am11:55am | 10:10am11:55am |
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Waitlist for Juniors and Seniors: EDUC 110.WL0 (Synonym 45860)
ENGL 109.00 Introduction to Rhetoric 6 credits
Open: Size: 15, Registered: 12, Waitlist: 0
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1:15pm3:00pm | 1:15pm3:00pm |
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ENGL 115.00 The Art of Storytelling 6 credits
Closed: Size: 25, Registered: 21, Waitlist: 0
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9:50am11:00am | 9:50am11:00am | 9:40am10:40am |
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ENGL 160.00 Introduction to Creative Writing 6 credits
Closed: Size: 15, Registered: 13, Waitlist: 0
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1:15pm3:00pm | 1:15pm3:00pm |
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Waitlist for Juniors and Seniors: ENGL 160.WL0 (Synonym 45590)
ENGL 202.00 The Bible as Literature 6 credits
Closed: Size: 25, Registered: 25, Waitlist: 0
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10:10am11:55am | 10:10am11:55am |
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ENGL 204.00 History of the English Language 6 credits
Open: Size: 25, Registered: 21, Waitlist: 0
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11:10am12:20pm | 11:10am12:20pm | 12:00pm1:00pm |
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This class teaches the history of the English language through the prism of sociolinguistics. Along with teaching phonology, the basics of Old and Middle English, and changes in morphology, pronunciation and vocabulary over time, the course will explore how language both shapes and is shaped by society. We will use the history of English as a vehicle for exploring issues of imperialism, class, and politics that arose throughout the language’s development. Along the way, students see how language plays an active role in both perpetuating and resolving communities’ thorniest social problems, in the past and in the present day.
ENGL 205.00 The Medieval Outlaw 6 credits
Open: Size: 10, Registered: 4, Waitlist: 0
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1:50pm3:00pm | 1:50pm3:00pm | 2:20pm3:20pm |
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Some of the most enduring figures of the Middle Ages are Robin Hood and his Merry Men. However, the Robin Hood we know only appeared in English literature in the Late Middle Ages and his story was not established until the Renaissance. This course traces the development of the outlaw figure from Anglo-Saxon poetry through Irish and Icelandic traditions to the rebels that arose in the Middle English period. We examine the outlaw from several theoretical standpoints, including the postcolonial, anthropological, ecocritical, and gender studies perspectives. All readings are either in Middle English or in Modern English translation.
ENGL 225.00 'Public Offenders': Pre-Raphaelites and Bloomsbury Group 6 credits
Open: Size: 25, Registered: 20, Waitlist: 0
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11:10am12:20pm | 11:10am12:20pm | 12:00pm1:00pm |
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Two exceptional groups of artists changed aesthetic and cultural history through their writings, art, politics, and lives. The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood began in 1847 when art students united to create “direct and serious and heartfelt” work; the Bloomsbury group began with Cambridge friends sharing their insistence on aesthetic lives. Critics said the PRB “extolled fleshliness as the supreme end of poetic and pictorial art,” and the Bloomsbury Group “painted in circles, lived in squares and loved in triangles.” We will study Dante Rossetti, Holman Hunt, John Millais, William Morris, Virginia Woolf, E.M. Forster, Roger Fry, Vanessa and Clive Bell.
ENGL 258.00 Contemporary American Playwrights of Color 6 credits
Closed: Size: 25, Registered: 15, Waitlist: 0
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1:15pm3:00pm | 1:15pm3:00pm |
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ENGL 261.00 Telling Your American Story 6 credits
Closed: Size: 15, Registered: 27, Waitlist: 0
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This is a creative nonfiction course focused around students writing their American stories. The goal of the course is the generation of new narratives to enrich and add complexity to the popular stories of what constitutes America(n). Each assignment will build on the next, culminating in a final portfolio of student writing about their lives and its place in American history and context.
Prerequisite: Any one English course
ENGL 263.00 Crafts of Writing: Creative Non-Fiction 6 credits, S/CR/NC only
Closed: Size: 15, Registered: 15, Waitlist: 0
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10:10am11:55am | 10:10am11:55am |
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This course explores the translation from event to effective writing through a variety of creative non-fiction forms, including memoir, journalism, and personal essay. Discussion of each participant's writing is the central mode of instruction, supplemented by examples from published writers, current magazines and newspapers, and essays on the creative process. Each student will create a portfolio of their work.
Prerequisite: One previous English course
Sophomore Priority
Waitlist for Juniors and Seniors: ENGL 263.WL0 (Synonym 47658)
ENGL 281.07 Postcolonial London 6 credits
Open: Size: 25, Registered: 14, Waitlist: 0
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There has been a rich history of immigration to England from its colonies from the very beginning of the colonial period. And in the twentieth century writers from England's (ex) colonial possessions have reshaped our understanding of English identity and literature. Beginning in the 1950s and progressing to the present, this class will study a number of these writers and in particular their representation of the city of London. Readings include Sam Selvon, V.S. Naipaul, Salman Rushdie, Monica Ali, Zadie Smith and Hanif Kureishi. There will also be film and television screenings as well as other visual and musical materials.
Participation in Carleton OCS London Program
ENGL 282.07 London Program: London Theater 6 credits
Open: Size: 25, Registered: 14, Waitlist: 0
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Students will attend productions (at least two per week) of classic and contemporary plays in a range of London venues both on and off the West End, and will do related reading. We will also travel to Stratford-upon-Avon for a 3-day theater trip. Class discussions will focus on dramatic genres and themes, dramaturgy, acting styles, and design. Guest speakers may include actors, critics, and directors. Students will keep a theater journal and write several full reviews of plays.
Requires participation in OCS Program: Living London
ENGL 302.00 The Medieval Outlaw 6 credits
Open: Size: 10, Registered: 5, Waitlist: 0
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1:50pm3:00pm | 1:50pm3:00pm | 2:20pm3:20pm |
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Some of the most enduring figures of the Middle Ages are Robin Hood and his Merry Men. However, the Robin Hood we know only appeared in English literature in the Late Middle Ages and his story was not established until the Renaissance. This course traces the development of the outlaw figure from Anglo-Saxon poetry through Irish and Icelandic traditions to the rebels that arose in the Middle English period. We examine the outlaw from several theoretical standpoints, including the postcolonial, anthropological, ecocritical, and gender studies perspectives. All readings are either in Middle English or in Modern English translation.
Prerequisite: One English foundations course and one other 6 credit English course
ENGL 323.00 English Romantic Poetry 6 credits
Open: Size: 20, Registered: 14, Waitlist: 0
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9:50am11:00am | 9:50am11:00am | 9:40am10:20am |
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Prerequisite: One English foundations course and one other 6 credit English course
ENGL 329.00 The City in American Literature 6 credits
Open: Size: 20, Registered: 13, Waitlist: 0
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10:10am11:55am | 10:10am11:55am |
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Prerequisite: One English foundations course or one other 6 credit English course, or instructor permission
ENGL 370.00 Advanced Fiction Workshop 6 credits, S/CR/NC only
Closed: Size: 0, Registered: 13, Waitlist: 0
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1:50pm4:50pm |
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Prerequisite: Permission of instructor based on portfolio submission
ENGL 371.00 Advanced Poetry Workshop 6 credits
Closed: Size: 0, Registered: 8, Waitlist: 0
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2:30pm5:30pm |
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Prerequisite: Submit three poems to instructor for consideration
GEOL 230.00 Paleobiology 6 credits
Open: Size: 36, Registered: 27, Waitlist: 0
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9:50am11:00am | 9:50am11:00am | 9:40am10:40am |
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Prerequisite: 100-level Geology course or an introductory Biology course, or instructor permission
GERM 150.00 The Sound of Germany: German Cultural History From Mozart to Rammstein 6 credits
Open: Size: 30, Registered: 12, Waitlist: 0
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10:10am11:55am | 10:10am11:55am |
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In this course, we survey significant developments in German-language culture, broadly defined, from the Enlightenment to the twentieth century. Students of all disciplines and majors are invited to receive an overview of the culture of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, starting in the 1750s and tracing its impact into the present time. The course is based on literature, film, music, language, history, habits, news, etc., and surveys major figures, movements, and their influence on the world’s civilization. The course encourages critical engagement with the material at hand and provides the opportunity to compare it with the students’ own cultural background. In translation.
In Translation
HIST 126.00 African American History II 6 credits
Closed: Size: 30, Registered: 26, Waitlist: 0
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9:50am11:00am | 9:50am11:00am | 9:40am10:40am |
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HIST 216.00 History Beyond the Walls 6 credits
Open: Size: 25, Registered: 8, Waitlist: 0
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11:10am12:20pm | 11:10am12:20pm | 12:00pm1:00pm |
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This course will examine the world of history outside the walls of academia. Looking at secondary-school education, museums, and public policy, we will explore the ways in which both general and specialized publics learn and think about history. A central component of the course will be a civic engagement project.
Prerequisite: One History course, first year students require instructor permission
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HIST 255.00 Rumors, Gossip, and News in East Asia 6 credits
Open: Size: 25, Registered: 6, Waitlist: 0
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HIST 283.00 Christian Encounter, Conversion, and Conflict in Modern Africa 6 credits
Open: Size: 25, Registered: 6, Waitlist: 0
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12:30pm1:40pm | 12:30pm1:40pm | 1:10pm2:10pm |
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This course explores the nature of Christian mission in West, Central, and East Africa and its complex encounters with practitioners of Islam, other Christian sects, and indigenous religious traditions in modern Africa. Using scholarship and primary sources such as oral traditions, missionary writings, vernacular publications, newspapers, and ethnographic fieldnotes, we will focus on understanding religious encounter in a variety of case studies: the Akan in the Gold Coast (Ghana), the Hausa in Nigeria, the Bantu in Zambia, and the Maasai in Tanzania as well as Atlantic-Creoles in Angola and the Kongo.
HIST 287.00 From Alchemy to the Atom Bomb: The Scientific Revolution and the Making of the Modern World 6 credits
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1:50pm3:00pm | 1:50pm3:00pm | 2:20pm3:20pm |
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This course examines the growth of modern science since the Renaissance with an emphasis on the Scientific Revolution, the development of scientific methodology, and the emergence of new scientific disciplines. How might a history of science focused on scientific networks operating within society, rather than on individual scientists, change our understanding of “genius,” “progress,” and “scientific impartiality?” We will consider a range of scientific developments, treating science both as a body of knowledge and as a set of practices, and will gauge the extent to which our knowledge of the natural world is tied to who, when, and where such knowledge has been produced and circulated.
MUSC 132.00 Golden Age of R and B 6 credits
Closed: Size: 25, Registered: 23, Waitlist: 0
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PHIL 118.00 God, Mind, and the Human Condition 6 credits
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In this course we explore the interrelations between questions concerning God’s existence, the nature of the mind, and the human condition. We begin by evaluating arguments for and against God’s existence. This will give us a basis upon which to consider Descartes’ arguments in the Meditations. We then turn to contemporary objections to Descartes’ claim that the mind is an immaterial thing. If the mind is a material thing, what does that tell us about the human condition? Do humans have free wills and moral responsibilities? Are our lives meaningful? Is death a bad thing and if so, for whom?
PHIL 211.00 Being, Time and Identity 6 credits
Open: Size: 25, Registered: 10, Waitlist: 0
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10:10am11:55am | 10:10am11:55am |
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Prerequisite: 100-level Philosophy course or instructor permission
PHIL 232.00 Social and Political Philosophy 6 credits
Closed: Size: 25, Registered: 24, Waitlist: 0
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3:10pm4:55pm | 3:10pm4:55pm |
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PHIL 272.00 Early Modern Philosophy 6 credits
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PHIL 311.00 When Art is Not ‘For Art’s Sake’ 6 credits
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1:15pm3:00pm | 1:15pm3:00pm |
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A central idea in modernist thinking about the arts is that an artwork is meant to be appreciated ‘for its own sake.’ In this course, we shall challenge this idea and consider art that is not primarily ‘for art’s sake’ in order to explore more general questions about the nature of artworks and of artistic appreciation. We ask, under what conditions are such works artworks? Much of the course will address material in a new monograph upon which Professor Davies is working. This course is co-taught by Daniel Groll and Cowling Visiting Professor David Davies.
Prerequisite: One previous Philosophy course
POSC 120.00 Democracy and Dictatorship 6 credits
Open: Size: 30, Registered: 26, Waitlist: 0
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Waitlist for Juniors and Seniors: POSC 120.WL0 (Synonym 46055)
POSC 160.02 Political Philosophy 6 credits
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POSC 230.00 Methods of Political Research 6 credits
Open: Size: 18, Registered: 16, Waitlist: 0
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8:15am10:00am | 8:15am10:00am |
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Prerequisite: Mathematics 115, 215, 245, or AP Statistics (score of 4 or 5)
POSC 333.00 Global Social Changes and Sustainability* 6 credits
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- ENTS Topical Seminar
- ENTS2 Sci, Cul, Pol
- Global Dev & Sustainability 2
- ENTS Wtr Res Soc,Cul,Pol
- ENTS Consv Dev Soc,Cul,Pol
- Polisci/Ir Adv Seminar
- ENTS Food AG Soc,Cul,Pol
- Polisci Advanced Seminar
- POEC Wrld Trade&dev Upper Lvl
- Sustainability
- Polisci/Ir Elective
- ENTS Topical
- Pub Pol Env Pol & Sustainablty
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RELG 110.00 Understanding Religion 6 credits
Closed: Size: 30, Registered: 24, Waitlist: 0
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12:30pm1:40pm | 12:30pm1:40pm | 1:10pm2:10pm |
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How can we best understand the role of religion in the world today, and how should we interpret the meaning of religious traditions -- their texts and practices -- in history and culture? This class takes an exciting tour through selected themes and puzzles related to the fascinating and diverse expressions of religion throughout the world. From politics and pop culture, to religious philosophies and spiritual practices, to rituals, scriptures, gender, religious authority, and more, students will explore how these issues emerge in a variety of religions, places, and historical moments in the U.S. and across the globe.
RELG 140.00 Religion and American Culture 6 credits
Closed: Size: 30, Registered: 22, Waitlist: 0
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9:50am11:00am | 9:50am11:00am | 9:40am10:40am |
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RELG 153.00 Introduction to Buddhism 6 credits
Closed: Size: 30, Registered: 30, Waitlist: 0
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1:50pm3:00pm | 1:50pm3:00pm | 2:20pm3:20pm |
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RELG 161.00 Making Meaning of the Hebrew Bible 6 credits
Open: Size: 30, Registered: 9, Waitlist: 0
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9:50am11:00am | 9:50am11:00am | 9:40am10:40am |
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Since antiquity, the Hebrew Bible has been read through various lenses and made meaningful to communities of readers through a range of interpretive methodologies and techniques. In this introductory class, we will survey different genres of literature found in the Hebrew Bible and consider how interpreters, classical and modern, have read the text and found it relevant in their lives. We will also examine how the Bible as a bounded text came to be, and how it has inspired devotion, critiques, political and social movements. Requires no previous knowledge and will use sources in translation.
RELG 237.00 Yoga: Religion, History, Practice 6 credits
Open: Size: 25, Registered: 21, Waitlist: 0
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10:10am11:55am | 10:10am11:55am |
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This class will immerse students in the study of yoga from its first textual representations to its current practice around the world. Transnationally, yoga has been unyoked from religion. But the Sanskrit root yuj means to “add,” “join,” or “unite”—and in Indian philosophy and practice it was: a method of devotion; a way to “yoke” the body/mind; a means to unite with Ultimate Reality; a form of concentration and meditation. We will concentrate on texts dating back thousands of years, from Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras to the Bhagavad Gita—and popular texts of today. Come prepared to wear loose clothing.
RELG 265.00 Religion and Violence: Hindus, Muslims, Jews 6 credits
Closed: Size: 25, Registered: 22, Waitlist: 0
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1:15pm3:00pm | 1:15pm3:00pm |
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- Leadership, Peace, Security 2
- Social Thought
- Studies in Ethics
- RELG Theme Thght & Phil
- RELG Religion & Social Power
- RELG Lived Relg & Culture
- RELG Theme Ethics, Law & Pol
- Polisci/Ir Elective
- SAST Supprtng Humanities
- Asian Studies Humanities
- Asian Studies South Asia
- Asian Studies Pertinent
- GWSS Additional Credits
- Middle East Supporting Group 1
- GWSS Elective
Whether seen on TV screens or in history books, the horror of war, genocide, terrorism, communal violence, and land disputes often prompts the question: is religion the problem? Conversely, one may point to the peaceful aspirations and non-violent social movements that have been led by religious leaders, and motivated by religious philosophies and impulses and ask: can religion be the solution? This course will explore the complex, and sometimes paradoxical roles religious ideas, practices, communities, and leaders play in both the perpetuation and cessation of violence. Case studies will be drawn from Hindu, Muslim, and Jewish conflicts in recent history.
RELG 362.00 Spirit Possession 6 credits
Open: Size: 15, Registered: 14, Waitlist: 0
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3:10pm4:55pm | 3:10pm4:55pm |
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SOAN 226.00 Anthropology of Gender 6 credits
Open: Size: 25, Registered: 22, Waitlist: 0
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1:15pm3:00pm | 1:15pm3:00pm |
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Prerequisite: The department strongly recommends that 110 or 111 be taken prior to enrolling in courses numbered 200 or above.
SOAN 240.00 Methods of Social Research 6 credits
Open: Size: 30, Registered: 15, Waitlist: 0
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9:50am11:00am | 9:50am11:00am | 9:40am10:40am |
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Prerequisite: Sociology/Anthropology 110 or 111; Sociology/Anthropology 239 or Mathematics 115 or 215
SOAN 256.00 Africa: Representation and Conflict 6 credits
Open: Size: 25, Registered: 11, Waitlist: 0
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10:10am11:55am | 10:10am11:55am |
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Prerequisite: The department strongly recommends that Sociology/Anthropology 110 or 111 be taken prior to enrolling in courses numbered 200 or above
SPAN 225.00 Exile in Literature and History 6 credits
Open: Size: 25, Registered: 19, Waitlist: 0
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9:50am11:00am | 9:50am11:00am | 9:40am10:40am |
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“Exiles" —claims Palestinian exile Edward Said— "are always eccentrics who feel their difference as some sort of orphanhood while defending zealously their refusal to belong.” This course examines four different moments in the history of Spanish exile: the mass expulsion of Jews in 1492, that of moriscos (Moors converted to Christianity) in 1609, the Liberal exile in 1823, and the Republican exile at the end of the Spanish Civil War in 1939.
Prerequisite: Spanish 204 or equivalent
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