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3.00 Credits
The course continues to develop the skills introduced in Academic Writing I. Students develop a portfolio of their work. In addition, some of the writing assignments are in response to readings, and the final paper involves the use of outside sources. The goal is to prepare students for ENG 101. Credits are not applicable toward the degree. Satisfies the Writing Designated core requirement. (Cr: 3)
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3.00 Credits
Each section of this course will provide students with an introduction to a different foreign language, from Italian and Portuguese to Arabic and German. Course may be taken for credit more than once as long as the course content is new. Satisfies the Arts and Humanities core requirement. (Cr: 3)
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3.00 Credits
Introduces students to interdisciplinary perspectives and methodologies used in the study of social and cultural issues, phenomena, and problems. Organized around a set of broad topics, the course will enable students to combine approaches used in a range of humanities, social science, and science disciplines. Satisfies the Arts and Humanities core requirement. (Cr: 3)
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the history and theory of film from the birth of the industry through the contemporary period. Themes include: the nexus of art and industry, film language and plot development, film as a product and reflection of culture and technology. Exemplars of western (American and European) and non-western (Asian and Latin American) cinema will be screened as the basis of classroom discussion. Taught in English. (Cr: 3)
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3.00 Credits
An in-depth exploration of humanities-based research methods, this course prepares humanities majors for Senior Thesis I and II. The course addresses contemporary modes of inquiry, including the role that race, class, gender, and nation play in interpretation and analysis. Other methods examined include: textual analysis, phenomenology, archival historical research, oral history, and ethnography. The process of discovering a senior thesis topic, writing a literature review, and selecting methodologies are integral to the class. Satisfies the Arts and Humanities and Writing Designated core requirements. Prerequisites & Notes Junior class standing in English, History, Liberal Studies, Spanish Language and Culture, or International Studies majors or permission of instructor. (Cr: 3)
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3.00 Credits
An investigation of the ways in which women are seen in the world today, this course draws its content from literature, Speeches, advertising, and other forms of mass communication. Study of traditional images of women in both eastern and western cultures contributes to an understanding of the origin and basis of gender roles. Self-imaging and self empowerment are significant components of this course. Satisfies the Arts and Humanities core requirement. Prerequisites & Notes One core humanities or social science course. (Cr: 3)
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3.00 Credits
Examination and analysis of the critical issues and events of our contemporary world. The issues are approached through lecture, readings in current literature, the news media and classroom discussion. Course may be taken for credit more than once as long as the course content is new. Prerequisites & Notes One core social science course. (Cr: 3)
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3.00 Credits
This course will explore the relationship between gender and science through four foci. The first is the history of women as scientists, including women in the medical and nontraditional sciences. The second focus is on the current and historical scientific images of women through the studies of gender, of the two sexes, and of women as reproductive beings. The third focus is on the society of the scientific community and its effect on the membership, the image, and the teaching of science. The final focus is on science as a philosophy, or manner of thinking. Satisfies the Arts and Humanities and Writing Designated core requirements. (Cr: 3)
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3.00 Credits
From Zen temple gardens to Versailles to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the way we design our external environments has revealed who we are as societies and nations. Changing ideals of landscape and building design from one tradition to another, from one period to another, form part of the history of ideas. But workaday landscapes, too, (our hometowns, malls, college campuses, office towers, highways and big box stores) have cultural meanings and the course encourages students to study closely this more familiar world as well. Satisfies the Arts and Humanities core requirement. (Cr: 3)
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3.00 Credits
In exploring images of the male in film and story, this course will study: the dynamics giving rise to these images, the truths and stereotypes underlying them, and the social, economic, political, and global interests and issues emanating from them. Satisfies the Arts and Humanities core requirement. (Cr: 3)
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