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3.00 Credits
Explores seven eras of global history. Students are invited to encounter the cultures, traditions, politics, ideas, values, and beliefs of various people groups from pre-history to 1500. A comparison of different societies and their cross-cultural interactions offers students an opportunity to consider their own place in the global human family.
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3.00 Credits
Explores three eras of global history between 1500 and the present. Students in this course are invited to encounter the cultures, traditions, politics, ideas, values, and beliefs of various people groups in these three eras. A comparison of different societies and their cross-cultural interactions offer an opportunity for students to consider their own place within the global human family.
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1.00 Credits
Explores a variety of arts including music, literature, and poetry in terms of how these artistic expressions relate to the idea of community.
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3.00 Credits
Designed as a holistic and multidimensional approach to understanding the fine arts. Encompasses music and visual arts, with additional components related to drama, dance, and literature as they relate to the classical western world and related global influences.
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3.00 Credits
Looks to art and architecture of various periods and cultures as an expression of human life, understandings, beliefs, and values. A vocabulary to describe visual art will be developed throughout the course and will be complemented with occasional "hands on" projects. Art as it reflects the human condition will be used to gain an appreciation of a wide variety of art.
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3.00 Credits
Emphasizes the personnel involved and the process of theater production as well as an overview of theater history. Designed to give students a working knowledge of theater, engage them in critical thought about the themes of productions, and develop an appreciation of theater as an art form. Class sessions include traveling to attend nine theater events as a group on Thursday evenings throughout the semester. A ticket fee will be charged to the students' accounts to cover these events. The class will meet for lectures and discussion twice a week. Each student will complete one creative project and one research project related to a play.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces all musical styles of Western music through listening, analysis, and a study of the various periods and styles of music history including Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionistic, and Contemporary. Designed to give students a working knowledge of the constituent elements of music so that they can actively and carefully listen to a wide variety of music.
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3.00 Credits
Integrates spiritual, emotional, physical, and intellectual understanding as they relate to the search for meaning. Draws upon the disciplines of history, religion, philosophy, and ethics. Prerequisite: sophomore standing.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces film as an art form, as a medium or means of communication, and as a commodity produced for mass consumption. Aims to enhance students' appreciation of and their critical engagement with film. Students will learn to analyze and understand how a given film's meaning is cinematically constructed. Topics covered include basic film concepts and terminology, film history, and film criticism. Sessions include evening meetings for screening of films.
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3.00 Credits
Studies architecture, music, and visual arts in addition to examining the roots of Anabaptists/Mennonites. Emphasis will be on Romanesque, Gothic, and Baroque church architecture, composers, and painters native to areas visited in Europe, and Anabaptist thought and practice in relation to Protestantism and Catholicism. Course includes class sessions and research prior to departure as well as written evaluations upon return. Offered alternate summers. Open only to members of Chorale and Bel Canto Singers.
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