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General Education courses
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Course Descriptions
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Humanities |
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AAAS 142 African/African-American Literature |
Survey of Black
authors from diverse cultures and an analysis
of their relationship to Black thought.
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AANT 175 Anthropology and Folklore |
Introduction to the study of folklore as an
aspect of culture, symbolically expressing
people’s identity, beliefs and values. The
focus is on oral text traditions—myths,
folktales, and legends. Topics in folk custom
and ritual, folk music and folk art are also
included. Includes folklore from Western and
non-Western cultures.
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AARH 208 Greek Archaeology |
Survey of the prehistoric and historical
cultures of ancient Greece, as revealed by
archaeology, from the Neolithic to the
Hellenistic era, with emphasis on the
evolution of pottery style, painting,
sculpture and architecture.
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ACAS 202 Understanding the Arts |
Interdisciplinary course designed to foster an
awareness and understanding of the
significance of great works of Western art,
music and literature. Students will study how
to perceive and analyze works of art drawn
from various periods. Categories include:
architecture, sculpture, painting, music,
drama, poetry and fiction.
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ACLA 208 Greek Archaeology |
Survey of the prehistoric and historical
cultures of ancient Greece, as revealed by
archaeology, from the Neolithic to the
Hellenistic era, with emphasis on the
evolution of pottery style, painting,
sculpture and architecture.
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ACLC 105 Myths of the Greek World |
Survey of the
origin and development of the major myths of
ancient Greece.
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ACLC 110 Great Ideas of Greece and Rome |
Greek and Roman literature in translation.
Considers such topics as human dignity and
values, power and pride, the hero,
intelligence impaired by appetite, and justice
of the gods in such authors as Homer,
Aeschylus, Sophocles, Plato, Aristotle, Vergil
and selected historians.
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AEAS 103 Sources of East Asian
Civilization I |
A basic introduction to the primary texts that
have contributed to the formative cultural
foundations of Chinese and Korean
civilizations. Readings will include the
Analects of Confucius, the Tao te ching,
and the Journey to the West.
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AEAS 270 Women in East Asian Literature |
Female persona in East Asian literature will
be examined in relation to their cultural
background as well as the genres in which they
appear. Women as rulers and lovers; as
goddesses and prostitutes; exemplars and
shrews. Conducted in English; no knowledge of
the East Asian languages or cultures is
required.
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AENG 121 Reading Literature |
Introduction to
reading literature, with emphasis on
developing critical skills and reading
strategies through the study of a variety of
genres, themes, historical periods, and
national literatures.
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AENG 144 Reading Shakespeare |
Introduction to
Shakespeare, with emphasis on developing
critical skills and reading strategies through
detailed study of the plays, from early
comedies to later tragedies and romances.
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AENG 221The Bible as Literature |
Literary genres of the Hebrew Bible (Old
Testament) and the cultures from which they
emerged. Attention to parallel developments in
other literatures and to the influence of the
Hebrew Bible on Western life and letters.
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AENG 222 World Literature |
Introduction to
classics of world literature exploring
national, historical and linguistic
boundaries. Texts chosen will introduce
students to literary traditions and provide a
foundation for English literary studies.
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AENG 226 American Cultural Heritage |
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AENG 226
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AENG 226
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AENG 226
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AENG 226
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AENG 261 American Literary Traditions |
Introduction to
representative works in the American literary
tradition, emphasizing major developments in
American literature.
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AENG 291 British Literary Traditions |
Introduction to
representative works of British literary
tradition, emphasizing major developments in
British literature.
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AENG 295
Ancient Epics and Modern Drama |
Introduction to
classics of western literature, emphasizing
foundational works for literary study by
tracing the evolution of Anglophone modern
literary genres from Homeric epics. May be
repeated once for credit when content varies.
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AJST
242 The Bible as Literature |
Literary genres of the Hebrew Bible (Old
Testament) and the cultures from which they
emerged. Attention to parallel developments in
other literatures and to the influence of the
Hebrew Bible on Western life and letters.
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ALCS 216 Music and Society in Latin America:
Past and Present |
This course will deal with two basic issues:
the evolution of musical thought throughout
Latin America from pre-Hispanic times to the
present, and the relationship between musical
manifestations and the prevailing social order
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AMUS 216 Music and Society in Latin America:
Past and Present |
This course will deal with two basic issues:
the evolution of musical thought throughout
Latin America from pre-Hispanic times to the
present, and the relationship between musical
manifestations and the prevailing social order
in which those activities took place. |
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APHI 110 Intro Philosophical Problems |
Survey of
representative problems in some of the major
areas of philosophy; topics such as free will,
morality, justice and social order, knowledge
and truth, God and religion, art, and beauty.
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APHI 111 The Mind and the World |
A critical
examination of contemporary topics concerning
the relation between the human mind and
natural world. The topics vary with semesters,
but typically include the state of knowledge
about the mind and its relationship to the
brain, the possibility of a science of the
mind, skepticism about knowledge, free will
and determinism, and the limits of scientific
knowledge.
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APHI 112 Critical Thinking |
This is a course
in informal logic. It centers on the meaning
of claims, and whether a claim, should be
accepted or rejected, or whether suspension of
judgment is appropriate. This course is
intended to help students think clearly and
effectively.
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APHI 114 Morals and Society |
Philosophical
study of the conflict between personal values
and the needs of society. Topics include
personal and social values, the nature of
moral reasoning, and ways to resolve conflicts
between values. Readings from philosophers
such as Plato, Aristotle, Locke and Mill.
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APHI 115 Moral Choices |
Critical
examination of contemporary moral problems in
the light of the most influential moral
theories. The problems discussed vary with
semesters, but they typically include such
topics as abortion, affirmative action,
animals and the environment, capital
punishment, euthanasia, free speech and
censorship, liberty and paternalism, sex and
love, terrorism, and world hunger.
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APHI 116 World Views |
Examination of
some of the major systems of assumptions and
values humans have used in attempting to
understand reality, the meaning of life, and
their dealings with others. World views
studied may vary from semester to semester.
Examples are Greek, Judeo-Christian, Marxist
and libertarian.
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APHI 210 Introduction to Logic |
Introduction to
classical and modern logic with an emphasis on
the theory and application of truth functions.
Introduction to quantification; discussion of
the structure and properties of formal systems
of logic. Students should be prepared to do
daily homework assignments.
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APHI 212 Introduction to Ethical Theory |
Introduction to the dimensions of ethical
experience, the factors in value judgments,
and alternative theories and methods of
reasoning about such notions as right and
wrong, obligations, moral codes, moral
conflicts and responsibility. |
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AREL 100 Introduction to the Study of Religion |
Exploration of the religious dimension of
life, with an introduction to the theory and
practice of religion, including such topics as
myth, ritual, belief, reason, revelation,
mysticism, religious organization, etc., and
their relation to other personal, social and
cultural aspects of human experience, past and
present.
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AREL 221 The Bible as Literature |
Literary genres of the Hebrew Bible (Old
Testament) and the cultures from which they
emerged. Attention to parallel developments in
other literatures and to the influence of the
Hebrew Bible on Western life and letters.
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ARUS 251 Masterpieces of 19th Century Russian Literature |
Survey of the development of Russian
literature. particularly prose fiction. from
the age of Pushkin to 1900. Readings will be
chosen from short stories and novels by the
following writers: Pushkin, Gogol, Lermontov,
Turgenev, Goncharov, Tolstoy and Dostoevsky.
Conducted in English.
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ATHR 221 Development of Theatre and Drama I |
A survey of dramatic literature and theatrical
art in ancient Greece and Rome, Asia and
Medieval Europe. This course includes
introductory material to provide a foundation
for further study in dramatic literature and
theatre history.
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ATHR 222 Development of Theatre and Drama II |
A survey of dramatic literature and theatrical
art from the Renaissance to the late 19th
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AWSS 270 Women in East Asian Literature |
Female persona in East Asian literature will
be examined in relation to their cultural
background as well as the genres in which they
appear. Women as rulers and lovers; as
goddesses and prostitutes; exemplars and
shrews. Conducted in English; no knowledge of
the East Asian languages or cultures is
required.
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RPOS 103 Political Theory |
An introductory
course in the history of political theory with
an emphasis on understanding political ideas
and concepts and applying them to perennial
issues of political life.
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UUNI 101H Foundations of Great Ideas I (*open
to Presidential/College Scholars only) |
This interdisciplinary course deals with key
ideas and primary texts–from both Western and
other cultures–in the arts and sciences. Based
on a selected set of issues in intellectual
history, the general organizational scheme
focuses upon the universal distinction between
order and chaos in these areas: cosmic and
divine order, physical order, the order of
life and nature, and the order of mind and
society. |
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