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4.00 Credits
The seminar will examine musicals, biographical films, cartoons, "soundies," andshort musical films made for the theater and early television. Regular film viewings and related assignments will begin to unlock how Jazz musicians were viewed in regard to race, gender and the music they played. J. Clark
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4.00 Credits
Review and critique of sociobiology and evolutionary psychology which argue that "culture" has no analytical value in explaining human behavior,with emphasis on culture as the definitive attribute of human life. J. Burton
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4.00 Credits
This course will ask the following questions about the American workforce in historical perspective: Who works and why What are people paid and why What happens to people who don't or can't work The role of slavery, immigration, the household and unions will be considered for their impact on the shape of the American workforce. C. Howes
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4.00 Credits
What does it mean to remember Or to construct a memory for a character in a play or in a fictional narrative This course examines how literature mimics and even consti- tutes recollection and, by extension, human consciousness. Readings may include Virgil, Shakespeare, Tennessee Williams, Art Spiegelman, Isabel Allende, and Derek Walcott. For students declaring the English major, this Freshman Seminar will count as the equivalent of English 120. L. Wilder
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4.00 Credits
The course will explore a variety of artistic expressions, including hand arts, visual arts, and film, literature and poetry. Participants will look at ways art and artistic expression gives an entrée to understanding culture. Students will work in groups to study different forms of art from different sources using interactive technology. C. Highbaugh
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4.00 Credits
This course examines short stories, essays, autobiographies, and novels that narrate coming-of-age experiences. It considers how immigration, assimilation, segregation, and integration contribute to the protagonists' transitions into adulthood. We will focus on contemporary writing by African American, Asian American, white, and Latina women. L. Harrison-Kahan
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4.00 Credits
What concerns, interests, and questions do college students have about religion What roles does religion play, or not, in their lives What are the relations between religion and American higher education What roles does religion play on our own campus E. Gallagher
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4.00 Credits
An exploration of myth's role as expressions of social power, reading diverse myths to examine narrative terrain of ideologies that naturalize racial, ethnic, gender, and class violence and subjugation. We survey the arts to assess the sustaining power of myth and how mythic portrayals of the "Other" are affirmed, rejected, and subverted . S. Uddin
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4.00 Credits
An investigation of ways in which heroic sacrifice, especially death, reflects and informs constructions of perfection and personhood. Comparative treatment from gladiators and martyrs in Rome to hero deities in India to popular culture in the United States. L. Harlan
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4.00 Credits
We will examine, discuss, and write about perceptions of women's madness as depicted in literature, film, and art from various time periods. Is madness a medical, psychological, social, or cultural phenomenon Is it a result or a cause of disempowerment What effects do patriarchal and matriarchal power have on perceptions of madness A. Rossi-Reder
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