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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits Fall and Spring Semesters Students carry out an independent research project under the direction of a faculty member. The research may be part of an ongoing project being conducted by the faculty member, or the student and faculty member may develop an original project. Approval of the faculty member and the Department Chairperson needed.
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Three Credits Fall and Spring Semesters Students complete an independent scholarly work under the guidance of a faculty member, resulting in a substantial written work. Prerequisite: Senior standing in the department; approval of the faculty member and the Department Chairperson.
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Three Credits Alternate Years: Fall 2008, 2010 An examination of the Ten Commandments in their original context and the history of their interpretation as a code of ethics in Judaism and in Christianity. Issues to be considered include biblical authority, the relevance of ancient laws for modern societies, and ways they have been selectively observed and ignored. Prerequisite: GR 100 or GR 140.
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Three Credits Alternate Years: Fall 2009, 2011 Studies the Arabian environment, Muhammed (founder), Qur'an (sacred writings), and mysticism, sects, and legal and social institutions of Islam.
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Three Credits Alternate Years: Fall 2011, 2013 An introduction to Hinduism and Buddhism, with a focus on central texts, doctrines, and religious practices, especially meditation.
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Three Credits Alternate Years: Spring 2009, 2011 A survey of key texts, beliefs, and practices of Jewish culture and religious practice, including the Bible, classic texts, holidays and holy days, Zionism, modern American Jews, and Israel.
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Three Credits Alternate Years: Spring 2009, 2011 An exploration of Confucianism and Taoism in China, and Shinto and Buddhism in Japan.
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Three Credits Alternate Years: Spring 2009, 2011 An historical presentation of the numerous social issues, conflicts, and varied solutions in American Catholicism from the late 19th century forward with emphasis on how the many issues of society impacted Catholicism. The course demonstrates how the application of faith and various theological and philosophical theories were used in resolution of social conflict.
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Three Credits Alternate Years: Fall 2009, 2011 An examination of the possible moral responses resulting from the application of Catholic Social Teaching to a variety of contemporary conflicts - e.g. the death penalty, war, water, global warming, worker justice, corporate responsibility - by applying values and concepts found within the Catholic and Christian Tradition.
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Three Credits Alternate Years: Fall 2008, 2010 An examination of the "immigrant" dimensionof the American Catholic Church, past and present, exposing the injustices experienced by the marginalized outsider/newcomer, exploring the Catholic Church's responses to these injustices utilizing Catholic social thought, and focusing on Hispanic culture and presence in the Catholic Church and American society.
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