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3.00 Credits
Through selected readings in classical literature on ethics and through more contemporary readings and films, examines critical ethical issues relating to the competition of ambitions and the alternative styles of choosing between courses of action in a dangerous world. Uses biographies of those whose lives illustrate both the complexities of the struggles and the profundity of possibilities. Considers the unconscious metaphors of national visions and ambitions, the competing ethics of ends and means, the conflicting ambitions in a pluralistic society, and the transcendent ambitions of visionaries. Same as FARR 2660. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: ideals and values.
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3.00 Credits
Studies the major works, figures, and genres of the Bible and attempts to understand what they meant to their own time and why they became so important to Western civilization and contemporary America. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: historical content.
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3.00 Credits
Variety of new courses at the 2000 level. See honors program announcements for specific contents. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prereq., GPA 3.30 or higher.
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1.00 Credits
Required for students who are selected as flock leaders for the Kittredge honors residence program. Teaches skills and techniques to enable them to lead a small group in the unique environment of a residential honors program. May be repeated up to 2 total credit hours. Prereq., consent of Kittredge honors program director.
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3.00 Credits
Investigates why Socrates intrigued great writers like Aristophanes, Plato, Xenophon, and Aristotle and why, through his life and execution by the Athenian democracy, he still influences Western ethics, politics, and education and is central to cultural literacy. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts.
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1.00 Credits
Honors coseminars are designed to combine an honors seminar experience with the shared experience of an organized lecture course. Designed typically for 10--15 students, coseminars are taken either for an additional 1 credit hour or in place of a recitation. Coseminars are designed to provide honors students with an opportunity to extend their common experience in the course lecture into an enriched interactive, critical thinking opportunity.
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3.00 Credits
Honors women in education and their legacy. Introduces women educators, beginning in the late 19th century, whose significant theories of education and work in teaching have had an impact on all of our lives, in history, and in society. Explores the educational theories and methods of several representative women educators and analyzes them through an investigation of their professional and personal lives. Same as WMST 3004. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: cultural and gender diversity.
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3.00 Credits
Intensive practice of expository writing skills, particularly argumentation in longer forms. Course includes extensive practice in researching secondary sources, synthesizing large bodies of information, structuring cogent arguments for diverse sources, etc. Restricted for juniors/seniors or instructor consent required. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: written communication.
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3.00 Credits
Investigates the application of the theme of the journey to developmental narratives by analyzing modern British and American writings by women. Applies methods from psychology, feminist studies, gay studies, cultural studies to concepts of development, regression, progress, escape. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: critical thinking.
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3.00 Credits
Has modern science proven or validated the mystical religious experience? Or does a basic conflict remain between these diverse human endeavors? The similarities and differences between science and mysticism will be investigated through readings, discussions and practical, experiential exercises. Discussions and exercises will be designed to encourage both an intellectual and a non-intellectual understanding of the course material.
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