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6.00 Credits
Recommended for students interested in Environmental Studies and everyone else, this introduction to Environmental Studies addresses the breadth of environmental issues and represents a novel classroom model. While professors Freeman and McCollum will provide the day to day continuity to the course, a number of faculty from other departments will visit to lead discussions and bring out the _ner points of issues from their disciplinary perspective. The course will be organized around one or a few themes. One such theme is salmon _sheries. Most of us eat _sh, which is still mostly harvested from the wild by _shermen. But what are the environmental issues associated with our patterns of harvest and consumption of these natural resources? Faculty from geology, biology, chemistry, philosophy, sociology, politics and economics can all provide perspectives on _sheries of the Paci_c Northwest. The course is not a _sheries course; we will explore environmental issues such as food and agriculture, pollution, climate change, population growth, waste, energy and loss of biodiversity from the perspectives of science, politics, ethics, arts and literature, economics and social justice. Our goal is to introduce students to the diverse connections that many disciplines have to environmental issues and the contributions that each can bring to complex environmental issues. G. FREEMAN/McCOLLUM
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9.00 Credits
This course will focus on the role of Islam in post-colonial politics and culture in Northern Africa. Students will visit religious and historical sites, meet scholars and students, and study literary and religious textual sources. The course will take place in Fez, Morocco and will require additional costs. This course may be counted as a
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3.00 Credits
In both the 1920s and 1960s youth rebelled against the prevailing culture with the creation of a subculture that challenges the values of the dominant culture. The stress and tensions of each period will be examined in this course with an interest in similarities and di_erences. The elements of what is called \youth or counter culture" will be evaluated in terms of any lasting contributions to American life in the twenty-_rst century. Each decade will be studied in the historical context and the new original contributions of the new music, language, interpersonal relations and politics. The role of popular _lm, recording technologies and college life are subjects for investigation. Special attention will center on what prompted the rise of and what curtailed this burst of preoccupation on the young and the future of American life. The course is intended to introduce new students to the range of issues addressed by the study of American history and the various themes and resources that contribute to our understanding of the past. Elements of popular Cornell College | 2008-09 Academic Catalogue Topics Courses 127 culture are mixed with the use of traditional sources for writing history. Class participation, a mid-term exam, and research paper are required. (Humanities) R. THOMAS
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3.00 Credits
Exploration of the historical development of women's sports experience from primitive cultures to contemporary American society. Special focus on growth of sports in the U.S. and signi_cant inuential events. WHALE
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5.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to Latin American cinema through the studies of its _lm production and _lm theory, emphasizing themes such as conquest, poverty, political turmoil, identity, migration, and gender. A survey of _lms from Cuba, Brazil, the U.S., Mexico, Argentina, and Chile will provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the cinematic depictions about Latin America (from Latin American and American directors). Prerequisite: sophomore standing. (Humanities) OCHOA-SHIVAPOUR
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6.00 Credits
This course will examine the broad concept of musical composition based on pre-existing material. We will consider the many di_erent borrowing techniques that composers have used (such as parody, quotation, sampling, etc.), the many di_erent reasons composers have had for using borrowed material, and the many di_erent cultural and historical attitudes towards borrowing ranging from veneration and admiration to accusations of unoriginality, plagiarism, and even immorality. (Humanities) STILWELL
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7.00 Credits
Advanced study of the philosophical movement of idealism and its critics. Examination of such _gures as Plato, Berkeley, Kant and Hegel and the inuence of such views on later philosophy. Prerequisites: PHI 111 and sophomore standing. (Humanities) MIGELY
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3.00 Credits
Non-calculus treatment of elementary physics covering the topics of mechanics, relativity, and waves. Emphasis on problem-solving. Prerequisite: two years of high school algebra including trigonometry. Students who have taken neither physics nor chemistry in high school should consider taking PHY 120 before PHY 101. (Science)
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the three major sub_elds in the study of politics: political thought, politics among nations, and American politics. (Social Science)
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4.00 Credits
The course explores the nature of poverty in the developing world. What causes it? What behaviors does it induce? Emphasis is on discussing various institutional factors that lead to poverty. The course will explore strategies and programs designed to alleviate poverty at the international, national and local levels, and analyze the role of the World Bank, national governments and non-governmental organizations in eliminating poverty. Can poverty be eradicated and if so, can the solution be found in capitalism itself? If not, is there a viable alternative? Prerequisite: POL 242 or 243. (Social Science) A. THOMAS
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