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3.00 Credits
This seminar will examine women’s work experience in both traditional and nontraditional occupations. It begins with the history of the working woman with emphasis on early female entrepreneurs. The impact of the women’s movement on the working woman, from suffragette to modern feminist, will be explored. Also discussed will be contemporary issues of the professional female including political, moral, legal and ethical issues, the global economy, and future trends. Discussion circles play a regular part in the seminar. Guest speakers will be scheduled. Students will be required to do research, produce topic papers, and present their findings to the seminar.
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3.00 Credits
The purpose of this seminar will be to allow students to learn and understand the economic, social, and political circumstances of how entrepreneurs and the process of entrepreneurship contributed to the creation and development of the United States of America. Through research and discussion they will also have the opportunity to grapple with the problems and complexities of modern entrepreneurship and create future scenarios for our society.
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3.00 Credits
America is a nation of immigrants, and each wave of immigration from around the globe brought new ideas and traditions to this country. How has this fact shaped the national character? The seminar will address the American immigrant experience as rendered by novelists, playwrights, biographers and filmmakers. We will begin with the Puritans and their practices, explore the experience of slavery and its legacy, the impact of immigration on Native Americans, then witness the 19th and 20th century immigrations from Europe and Asia. In the final section, we will look back to their countries of origin for guidance in understanding “Americans” of today.
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3.00 Credits
The events of history and the contributions of individuals ultimately result from the effects of leadership (direct and indirect) and followership (motivation, intent and actions). Leadership is understood as the ability to create action in a group of followers in order to achieve a goal or purpose. The personal styles, knowledge and situa32 tional domains of the leader vary across multiple leadership environments. There is no guarantee that every leadership relationship will result in success. This course will explore the cognitive and theoretical themes of leadership through studies of leadership drawn from profiles and case studies from history, literature and life experiences. Discussion will focus on the stories of, and by leaders, their styles, and the effects on civilization of leadership and leaders in the Arts, Humanities, Sciences and Business.
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3.00 Credits
The Confessions (397-400) of Saint Augustine (354-430) represent an occasional autobiography of unprecedented intimacy as well as compelling moral, intellectual, and spiritual odyssey through the cultural heritage of ancient Western civilization. The work retains all its uniqueness and relevance for those contemporary readers who peruse it. The English “confession” derives from the Latin “confiteri”, which mea“to acknowledge, to disclose, to reveal”. To mention only three basic levels of disclosure:On an emotional level, the Confessions recall Augustine’s radical conversion from a profligate life of serial concubinage to an ascetic regimen of continent chastity. On an epistemic level, the Confessions recount Augustine’s transition from the vain profession of sophistical rhetoric to a sincere vocation of genuine wisdom. On an existential level, the Confessions relate Augustine’s evolving relationship between himself, a finite, imperfect, temporal creature, and God, an infinite, perfect, eternal creator. But there are innumerable other aspects of interpretation to this opus, which is practically inexhaustible from a hermeneutical point of view. Hence this seminar, which will seek an answer to the question of how human values may originate from the dialectical relationship between civilization and barbarism, faith and reason, Judaeo-Christianity and paganism. This task is to be accomplished in an interdisciplinary fashion, bringing to bear the resources of hermeneutics, history, philology, philosophy, rhetoric, theology, et cetera.
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3.00 Credits
The media occupy a central place in contemporary life. This seminar will explore the role of media from various perspectives. We will grapple with several basic questions: What exactly are the media? Who uses the media? Who controls the media? To what extent do the media shape who we are and how we see ourselves? Do the media reflect our sociocultural reality or do they create it? In the process of considering these questions, we will become critical observers of the media and develop a better understanding of the role the media play in our daily lives.
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3.00 Credits
Pressing moral questions for today’s Catholics will be the focus of the seminar. Topics to be examined include abortion, reproductive technology, sexual ethics, social justice, euthanasia, war and capital punishment. Students will be expected to engage in one-on-one debates before the class based on the findings of their research papers. 33
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3.00 Credits
Explores the life and times of St. Augustine in the fourth and fifth century of late Roman antiquity. Provides an overview of his major writings and his contributions to basic theological questions. Traces the development of Augustine’s understanding of intentional Christian community, and monasticism as a religious and social movement. Reviews the mendicant movement of the thirteenth century, the founding of the Order of St. Augustine, and its role in the growth of the medieval universities. Finally, inquires into the relevance of Augustinian theology and spirituality for contemporary youth and young adults.
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3.00 Credits
Picture Mary, the Mother of Christ. Coming to understand her importance is offered through examination of art, music and theological writings. This seminar offers the opportunity to explore the anthropological Mary, the woman who bore and bears God into a hurting and lamenting world … then and now. Throughout history she is the woman most painted, the subject of multitudes of musical compositions, and the woman who has captured the minds of philosophers, theologians, novelists, poets, and ordinary folk. Each student will conduct serious research into an aspect of this woman who has taken on multi-cultural dimensions and importance, while “learning” with eye, ear, heart and mind the meaning of this woman, who accordingto Christian tradition, provided the critical juncture toward the healing of humanity.
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3.00 Credits
By exploring the physiological, intellectual, emotional, social and spiritual dimensions of human nature, this seminar invites students to reflect critically on their own development. The transition to higher education is seized as an opportune moment in the students’ educational experience to read about, research, chronicle and discuss the ways in which they learn and grow. Issues such as human sexuality, substance use, career choices, study skills, service learning, decision making and spiritual growth are considered in the light of contemporary scholarship and classical humanistic themes. The goal is to help students succeed as scholars and grow as responsible persons through sustained and methodological reflection on the opportunities afforded by higher education.
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