WRTG 27001 - Honors Intermediate Seminar: 2012: The End of Time?

Institution:

Ithaca College

Subject:

Writing

Description:

This seminar investigates the origins and currency of the belief that a new Maya calendar cycle, beginning in Dec. 2012, marks the end of the current creation and beginning of a new one, with particular focus on the significance that the terminus of the Mayan Long Count has come to take on in popular culture. The course will address scholarly disputes about the meaning of the date, its place in the context of millenarian movements and apocalyptic thinking in Western culture, and the various responses in American culture as the date approaches. Limited to students in the IC Honors program. 3 credits. (F,IRR)

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Seminar

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Institution Website:

www.ithaca.edu

Phone Number:

(607) 274-3011

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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