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A multimedia exploration of Western attitudes about the "orient." By reading scholarlyand fictional texts and carefully viewing the visual arts, this class analyzes the development of Western attitudes toward the "east," beginning with importantmedieval explorers and concluding with our present concern with the Japanese. (Satisfies Disciplinary Foundations requirement in history or requirement in humanities; an IC designated course.) Prerequisite: Honors Program.
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A seminar on how World War II in Asia and the Pacific is remembered in several countries, including China, Japan, Korea, and the United States. Using a variety of literary (novels, poetry, and memoirs), artistic (film and painting), and architectural (monuments, memorials, and museums) evidence, we explore the legacy and memories of World War II in these various countries, consider some of the many issues related to self-representation and historical memory, and examine how different cultures with widely divergent pasts and traditions come to shape memory and guilt. (Satisfies Disciplinary Foundations requirement in history or requirement in humanities; an IC designated course.) Prerequisite: Honors Program.
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A seminar on how World War II in Europe and the Holocaust are remembered in several countries. Using a variety of literary (novels, poetry and memoirs), artistic (film and painting), and architectural (monuments, memorials, and museums) evidence, we explore the legacy and memories of World War II in these various countries, consider some of the many issues related to self-representation and historical memory, and examine how different cultures with widely divergent pasts and traditions come to shape memory and guilt. Countries to be studied are chosen from among the following: Germany, France, Poland, Russia/Soviet Union, and the United States. (Satisfies Disciplinary Foundations requirement in history or requirement in humanities; an IC designated course.) Prerequisite: Honors Program.
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An investigation of the ways that Jesus Christ has influenced and shaped culture for twenty centuries.This seminar takes the view that the person of Jesus not only influences culture but that culture continually interprets him to meet and to satisfy culture's understanding of itself.The class begins with a review of scriptural understandings of Jesus, moves to a survey of his place in the history of culture, and concludes with an examination of a variety of ways of interpreting Jesus' cultural identity. (Satisfies Disciplinary Foundations requirement in philosophy or religion.) Prerequisite: Honors Program.
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An in-depth examination of slavery in the American south and the debate around its abolition, explored through the role of religion in the American Civil War.This seminar will explore how the Bible and Christian theology were used to defend divergent and diametrically opposed positions.Throughout this discussion, the class will work to make connections between that historical period and theological debates surrounding controversial issues in twenty-first century American culture. (Satisfies Disciplinary Foundations requirement in philosophy or religion.) Prerequisite: Honors Program.
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An examination of topics related to the content of public policy and the conduct of public officials in the United States from the perspective of applied ethics. (Satisfies Disciplinary Foundations requirement in political science.) Prerequisite: Honors Program.
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Introduces students to the historical development of issues in feminist thought through texts by selected influential feminist thinkers in the United States and Europe, particularly France. Readings will consider ways in which women's access to culture is mediated by gender, class, and symbolic structures, as well as how gender inequalities shape the lives of women and men.Topics to be considered will include sexuality, sexual identity, work, gender relations, and images of women and men in the media. Questions under discussion will include "What is a woman?" "What is man?" "What is feminist knowledge, and how is it related to social change?" (SatisfieDisciplinary Foundations requirement in humanities.) Prerequisite: Honors Program.
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An investigation into the relationship between poetry and music, specifically as demonstrated in the works of the French art song composers. Designed for the nonmusic major, this course, taught in English, will bring together textual analyses of poetry and interpretations of the language of music. (Satisfies Disciplinary Foundations requirement in literature or requirement in humanities.) Prerequisite: Honors Program.
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An in-depth review of the literature on Southern politics as well as an opportunity for students to complete original research. Primary emphasis is placed on contemporary Southern political behavior, including parties and elections, voting behavior, and the politics of race. (Satisfies Disciplinary Foundations requirement in political science.) Prerequisite: Honors Program.
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An investigation of medieval modes of reading texts and images. Beginning with working definitions of such words as reading, narrative, and intertextuality, this seminar will explore such through interdisciplinary case studies and will address topics like the relations of images and texts, reception, and compositional structure and meaning. (Satisfies Disciplinary Foundations requirements in art history or requirement in humanities. Satisfies a pre-1800 period course requirement for art history majors.) Prerequisite: Honors Program.
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