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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Through 21-day wilderness expedition, course incorporates Wilderness Education Association's 18-point curriculum, which includes topics such as judgment, decision making, problem solving, group dynamics, nutrition, health and sanitation, risk management, wilderness emergency procedures, natural and cultural history, processing skills and transference of learning.
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4.00 Credits
Addresses important sociological topics such as race, gender, urbanization and poverty, which shape our response to pertinent issues in society. Special attention given to how outdoor education impacts spiritual development of participants and broader mission of Church.
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2.00 - 4.00 Credits
Supervised fi eld assignment in outdoor education setting combined with related academic study. Must be prearranged and approved by instructor and Registrar's Offi ce. Prerequisite: minimum 2.50 cumulative GPA.
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2.00 Credits
Introductory Italian language instruction providing sound grammatical base for conversational participation in daily local life. If student has taken Italian previously, special arrangements need to be made. Note: Gordon does not offer Italian II. For core language credit students must plan ahead to locate second-semester Italian course here or abroad.
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4.00 Credits
Arts-intensive interdisciplinary study of cultural history of Italian Renaissance focusing on interplay between arts of painting, sculpture, architecture and literature; moral philosophy of humanist scholars; and social conditions of civic, political and religious life. Includes excursions to centers of Renaissance culture such as Rome, Assisi, Siena, Arezzo, Padova and Venice.
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4.00 Credits
Protestant-Catholic split of 16th century, development of Catholicism in the modern era and more recent ecumenical relations between Protestants and Catholics considered. Particular emphasis placed on contemporary developments such as Second Vatican Council and historic papacy of John Paul II. History of theological "problem areas" between Catholics and Protestants papal authority, teachingson Mary, Eucharistic theology, role of art/images in worship, and nature of the Church receive careful attention.
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4.00 Credits
Painting methods, materials, color theory and oil techniques. Projects vary. Lab fee.
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4.00 Credits
Introduces methods of carving in relationship to Italy's long tradition of working in stone, from prehistoric dolmens to Etruscan sarcophagi to Renaissance masterworks. Elements of sculptural form discussed and applied include mass and space relationships, volume, surface planes, transitional forms, textural variety and narrative contexts. Lab fee.
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4.00 Credits
Refl ects on relation of literature (essay, poetry, etc.) and pictorial arts, both artists creating visual representations of verbal works and writers responding to visual art.
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4.00 Credits
Selected studio art courses in areas of expertise of visiting instructors; history and theory components included. Lab fee.
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