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Kohl (Anthropology) Students travel to Tbilisi, Georgia, for Wintersession. They attend lectures in English at Tbilisi State University on Georgian history, lan-guage and culture and on contemporary political developments there and visit sites of historical interest in and around Tbilisi. They live with Georgian families and spend three weeks completing a self-designed internship with a local organization. Students may register for either RAST 211 or ANTH 211 and credit will be granted accordingly. Not offered every year. Subject to Dean's Office approval. Prerequisite: One course in Russian Area Studies or Anthropology. Application required. Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis or Historical Studies Semester: Wintersession Unit: 0.5
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Moore (Biological Sciences) and Bishop (Russian) NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. OFFERED IN 2010-11. The ecological and cultural values of Lake Baikal-the oldest, deepest, and most biotically rich lake on the planet-are examined. Lectures and discussion in spring prepare students for the three-week field laboratory taught at Lake Baikal in eastern Siberia in August. Lectures address the fundamentals of aquatic ecology and the role of Lake Baikal in Russian literature, history, art, music, and the country's environmental movement. Laboratory work is conducted primarily out-of-doors and includes introductions to the flora and fauna, field tests of student-generated hypotheses, meetings with the lake's stakeholders, and tours of ecological and cultural sites surrounding the la ke. Students may register for eitheRAST 212 or ES 212 and credit will be granted ac-cordingly. Not offered every year. Subject to Dean's office approval. Prerequisite: ES 101 or BISC 111, RUSS 101, and permission of the instructors. Preference will be given to students who have also taken HIST 211. Application re-quired. Distribution: Natural and Physical Science Semester: N/O. Offered In 2010-11. Unit: 1.25
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Prerequisite: Open by permission to juniors and seniors. Distribution: None Semester: Fall, Spring Unit: 1.0
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Prerequisite: By permission of director. See Academic Distinctions. Distribution: None Semester: Fall, Spring Unit: 1.0
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Prerequisite: 360 and permission of department. Distribution: None Semester: Fall, Spring Unit: 1.0
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Silver Critical introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, studying its role in the history and culture of ancient Israel and its relationship to ancient Near Eastern cultures. Special focus on the fundamental techniques of literary, historical, and source criticism in modern scholar-ship, with emphasis on the Bible's literary structure and compositional evolution. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Historical Studies or Religion, Ethics, and Moral Philosophy Semester: Fall Unit: 1.0
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Hobbs The writings of the New Testament as diverse expressions of early Christianity. Close reading of the texts, with particular emphasis upon the Gospels and the letters of Paul. Treatment of the literary, theological, and historical dimensions of the Christian scriptures, as well as of methods of interpretation. The beginnings of the break between the Jesus movement and Judaism will be specially considered. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Historical Studies or Religion, Ethics, and Moral Philosophy Semester: Fall, Spring Unit: 1.0
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Kodera NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. An introduction to the major religions of India, Tibet, China, and Japan with particular attention to universal questions such as how to overcome the human predicament, how to perceive ultimate reality, and what is the meaning of death and the end of the world. Materials taken from Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, and Shinto. Comparisons made, when appro-priate, with Hebrew and Christian Scriptures. Normally alternates with REL 109. Prerequisite: None. Not open to students who have taken REL 109. Distribution: Religion, Ethics, and Moral Philosophy Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Marlow An introduction to the major religious communities and traditions of East, South and West Asia, with particular attention to their contacts and interactions as facilitated by trade, travel and pilgrimage from antiquity until roughly the fifteenth century. The framework for our study of these religious cultures will be the ?Silk Road,? which stretched from Eastern China to the Mediterranean Sea and linked together the many communities that thrived across Eurasia throughout the preindustrial era. In addition to Buddhism and Islam, the course will cover Confucianism, Daoism, Jainism, Hinduism and Zoroastrianism, as well as Manichaeanism and Nestorian Christianity. Readings are drawn from foundational sacred texts, and the accounts of merchants, travelers and pilgrims. Additional attention to the material cultures and artistic works produced by the religious communities of the Silk Road . Normally alternates with REL 108. Prerequisite: None. Not open to students who have taken REL 108. Distribution: Religion, Ethics, and Moral Philosophy Semester: Spring Unit: 1.0
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Marini NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. An exploration of theoretical models and methods employed in the study of religions. Particular attention to approaches drawn from anthropology, sociology, and psychology. Readings taken from writers of continuing influence in the field: William James and Sigmund Freud, Max Weber and Emile Durkheim, Clifford Geertz and Victor Turner, Carl Jung and Mircea Eliade, Karl Marx and Paul Ricoeur. Normally alternates with REL 230. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Religion, Ethics, and Moral Philosophy or Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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