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4.00 Credits
An exploration of portrayals of the West and its diverse populations in painting and sculpture of the 19th and 20th Centuries and in Westerns of the 20th, which will challenge students to grapple with visual images as complex cultural documents that both reflect and shape American society. B. Zabel
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4.00 Credits
The course's purpose is to introduce the student to the basic concepts of two- and three-dimensional design. The course's structure will include visual exercises, projects and related readings. The course will include the Dayton Visiting Artists Program, "Light and Image, from Camera Obscura to Digital Capture." M. McCabe
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4.00 Credits
A brief history of cooking will be explored. The use of science in the kitchen and in assessing the nutritional components of packaged foods will be emphasized. M. Ronau
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4.00 Credits
Religious, intellectual and social conflict, A.D. 1100-1500. An exploration of belief and behavior in an Age of Faith. What determined the boundaries of the acceptable in medieval Christendom What happened to those who failed to conform How did such things shape the world we live in today F. Paxton
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4.00 Credits
This first year seminar examines the history and contributions of black athletes to American professional and collegiate sports. The course investigates the anthropological discussion on race and athletics, the "superior black athlete" myth and its impact on American society. Students willexplore the relationship between race, ethnicity, class, and athletic opportunity. D. Canton
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4.00 Credits
This course will examine many of the major tropes and narrative themes that have characterized American identity from the colonial period to the present. In particular, we will explore the following subjects, "rags to riches," slave narratives, the American dream, the image of the cowboy, the immigrant story, rebels, and the American celebrity. J. Downs
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4.00 Credits
The role of the professional and amateur arts, with emphasis on music, in education, activism, and community building. Readings in community definitions, artist-audience interaction, performance studies, and cultural democracy. Students will participate in community projects; two to four hours of service-learning required per week. M. Thomas and R. Richter
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4.00 Credits
How America became a suburban nation and what that means. Exploration of public policy and market forces; metropolitan landscapes and the built environment; residential life and home own- ership; social divisions and local politics; farms, towns, cities and suburbs in American dreams and American nightmares. N. Fainstein
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4.00 Credits
This course focuses on representing women through creative writing. While analyzing constructions of gender in a range of genres written by women, by select men, and transgender writers from the 20th century to the present, students will create a portfolio of their own creative writing in which notions of gender and "womanhood" play a central role . R. Walker-Canton
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4.00 Credits
This course will use ancient and modern accounts of Alexander the Great to study the man and his world. Topics will include Greek history, concepts of the barbarian, Greek and non- Greek imperialism, ancient warfare, gender roles in antiquity, the clash and synergy of ancient cultures, and religious pluralism in antiquity. R. Moorton
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