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1.00 Credits
A seminar that reviews and critiques current psychological theory and research on the creative process in all fields and related questions about the assessment and interpretation of creative products. Students will reflect on their own creative process, comparing their experiences to specific scientists and artists.Topics include creative problem solving, origins of cognitive and behavioral traits of creative individuals, and social, historical, and physical contexts conducive to creativity. (Satisfies Disciplinary Foundations requirement in psychology or requirement in humanities.) Prerequisite: Honors Program.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
A two-term seminar that examines the plurality of the American culture by studying both the history and literature of the major non-Western culture in our country. Students should come away with an appreciation of the achievements and limitations of our Western heritage and a heightened sensitivity to the cultural diversity of the world-at-large.The first term focuses on Native-American and Chicano history and literature and on the European context of American society.The second term focuses on the Asian-American and African-American experience. (Satisfies Disciplinary Foundations requirement in history, literature, or requirement in humanities; an IC designated course.) Prerequisite: Honors Program.
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A seminar exploring common themes between mathematics, music and other liberal arts disciplines using the perspective of structure and expression.The composer and the mathematician must both confront the problem of devising or adjusting structures used as vehicles for their ideas.The seminar examines how these problems are solved by considering the nature, function, and purpose of structure in music, mathematics, and a third discipline, and compares these disciplines for differences and elements in common. (Satisfies Disciplinary Foundations requirement in fine and performing arts or requirement in a non-laboratory science.) Prerequisite: Honors Program.
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A seminar examining impressionism on a world-wide scale in the fields of painting, music, and literature from 1860-1920.The course explores the movement from the French roots to a much broader time and place frame, as a manifestation of the shift from formal style, and as a reflection of changes caused by the Industrial Revolution in societies around the world. (Satisfies Disciplinary Foundations requirement in fine and performing arts.) Prerequisite: Honors Program.
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A seminar examining the relationship between natural science and religion.The course explores historical relationships between the two fields of study and considers models and paradigms used in the study of both fields.The course seeks to develop an ongoing dialogue, which addresses how the fields of natural science and religion can be related to each other.Through use of a dialogue/debate format the course will emphasize areas of similarity and how the two fields are not fundamentally irreconcilable, but interact and serve to shape and nourish understanding of each other. (Satisfies Disciplinary Foundations requirement in a non-laboratory science.) Prerequisite: Honors Program and at least one year of college coursework.
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An investigation of three prominent strands of the Arthurian legend-the Grail quest, the adulterous love of Lancelot and Guinevere, and Arthur as the Once and Future King. Resources in literature, history, and visual art will be brought together to study how these Arthurian motifs have been used artistically and socially to promote cultural ideals from medieval England and France to contemporary America. (Satisfies Disciplinary Foundations requirements in literature or requirement in humanities.) Prerequisite: Honors Program.
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1.00 Credits
An introductory course focusing on critical approaches to literature. Using medieval literature in translation and texts from popular culture the course introduces students to the fundamentals of literary interpretation.Texts range from Arthurian romances to contemporary trade-market mysteries. Considerable attention is also given to technology in teaching and learning. (Satisfies Disciplinary Foundations requirement in literature or requirement in humanities). Prerequisite: Honors Program.
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1.00 Credits
A survey of various approaches to the relationships between verbal and visual arts from the Middle Ages to the present, including emerging relationships between literature and digital media. Study includes works in one medium inspired by those of another, works in visual and verbal media from the same period, and artists of multiple forms. (Satisfies Disciplinary Foundations requirement in literature or requirement in humanities.) Prerequisite: Honors Program.
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An examination of how literary theory provides ways to interpret not only literary texts, but also life and culture in general.This course introduces students to major theories-or "lenses"-and asks them to interpret French literary texts in translatioClass will be held in English. (Satisfies Disciplinary Foundations requirement in literature or requirement in humanities; an IC designated course.) Prerequisite: Honors Program.
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1.00 Credits
An investigation of the tools and methods economists use to analyze the causes and effects of poverty and discrimination.The course examines economic theories and relevant empirical findings, analyzes poverty-related data and measurements of poverty and discrimination, and examines the effectiveness of public policies aimed at reducing poverty. (Satisfies Disciplinary Foundations requirement in economics.) Prerequisites: Honors Program.
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