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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Prereq: Membership in the honors program. Seeks to shed light on the nature of the gulf that divides the western and Muslim worlds. Examines the reasons why and how Islam is utilized by actors in the region to advance their own causes. Considers political, economic, and social difficulties that beset Middle Eastern governments. Beattie.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Prereq: Membership in the honors program. Explores the relationship between France as an aging "metropole" and its former French coloniesthrough a study of literature and cultures of Cameroon, Senegal, Guadeloupe, and the minorities in France today. Focuses on questions of gender, race, and cultural identity framed by colonization, slavery, and decolonization. Febles.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Prereq: Membership in the honors program. Explores the nationalisms, genocides, and ethnic/religious conflicts that resurged in the post-Cold War era. Through three case studies (the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, and the Ukraine), students will integrate historical, economic, political, and social perspectives to understand why genocides are so hard to stop in today's globalized and interlinked world. Park.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: Membership in the honors program. Examines the philosophical and cultural frameworks by which we understand sexuality. Using both classic and contemporary texts, it critically interrogates what is considered "natural" withrespect to sex and sexuality, and investigates the conceptual and social power dynamics that structure both the meaning and practices of sexuality. Trigilio.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: Membership in the honors program. Considers the AIDS pandemic from biomedical, public health, and human rights perspectives. Students gain an appreciation of the fundamentals of infectious diseases, epidemiology, immunology, and virology. Human and societal factors that impact the transmission, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of HIV/AIDS and vice versa will be interwoven throughout the course to provide a realistic and multidimensional view of the pandemic and its solutions. Rocklein-Canfield.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Prereq.: Membership in the honors program. Explores the way in which science is advanced, argued about, and celebrated in two Victorian novels. Elizabeth Gaskell'sWives and Daughters looks at the idea of the scientific gentleman and the way in which scientific endeavor is linked to political advancement and romantic attachment. In Charles Dickens's Bleak House we see the beginnings of a concern for public health. Students will carry out field- and laboratory-based experiments. Hager and Lopilato.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Prereq: Membership in the honors program. One of the major jobs of the news media is to keep the public informed about the nation's political institutions and the actions of its military. This course explores the role of the journalist during war. War coverage is difficult because journalists must balance the people's right to know against information that might risk security. The goal of this course is to evaluate how well the media do in maintaining this balance. Corcoran.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Prereqs: Membership in the honors program. Explores the topic of global warming and climate change, using conceptual and quantitative modeling techniques. Students will review evidence for global warming and evaluate the importance of human factors using a variety of conceptual "back of the envelope" calculations, simple "boxmodels," and more sophisticated computer modeling, all of which ae used to forecast climate change. Berger.
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1.00 Credits
1 sem. hr. Prereq.: Membership in the honors program. A one-credit seminar for seniors. Develops skills needed for applying to graduate school, and the professions. Topics include how to find the best graduate school for you, prepare a personal statement, take an interview, and craft a successful cover letter. Treacy.
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4.00 Credits
4 sem. hrs. Reflects the interests and experiences of the current Warburg Professor of International Relations. Hull.
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