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  • NWC 110: Vietnamese Culture

    3.00 Credits
    Western Connecticut State University

    This course takes a multidisciplinary approach by examining the geography, language, history, religion, culture and social life of Vietnam. Topics to be analyzed include the land and people of Vietnam, Confucianism, Buddhism, Daoism, women's role in traditional and modern Vietnamese societies, traditional world views and healing methods, the resistance and wars against China, France, and the United States and their effects in shaping the socio-economic life and cultural patterns of the Vietnamese people. Every semester.
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  • NWC 112: Korean Culture

    3.00 Credits
    Western Connecticut State University

    This course adopts a historical-cultural approach to the study of Korea, illustrating how the new concepts of the various social sciences enable us to better understand an unfamiliar culture in the world-historical context, and thus to reexamine the received views of Asia in general as "irrational," "stagnant," and unable to develop modern science and economic system. The course focuses on Korean society, culture, politics, national security, economy, and history, and places Korea in East-Asian and world history, to get a more balanced picture of the locality and the world. This course adopts an historical-cultural approach to the study of Korea, illustrating how the new concepts of the various social sciences enable us to better understand an unfamiliar culture in the world-historical context, and thus to reexamine the received views of Asia in general as "irrational," "stagnant," and unable to develop modern science and economic system. The course focuses on Korean society, culture, politics, national security, economy, and history, and places Korea in East-Asian and world history, to get a more balanced picture of the locality and the world.
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  • NWC 113: Southern African Cultures

    3.00 Credits
    Western Connecticut State University

    Multidisciplinary approach to the study of the Republic of South Africa and its neighbors. Includes ethnography, history, economic development, the growth of Apartheid, the spreading of the South African problem to its contiguous countries and current political and foreign policy implications. Fall Semester.
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  • NWC 115: Latin Amrcn & Carrbbn Cvlzatn

    3.00 Credits
    Western Connecticut State University

    This course examines the development of Latin America and the Caribbean as overlapping, though distinct regions, from before the Spanish Conquest of America to the present day. Many of the units consider a specific historical episode or era, while also posing a broader question concerning how these regions are understood in the United States. Major themes include the Conquest, Afro-Brazilian culture, popular politics in the 20th Century, revolutions and revoulutionary iconography, art and literature. Classroom discussion centers on the political, social and cultural elements that characterize Latin America and the Caribbean.
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  • NWC 115FY: Latin Amrcn & Carrbbn Cvlzatn

    3.00 Credits
    Western Connecticut State University

    This course examines the development of Latin America and the Caribbean as overlapping, though distinct regions, from before the Spanish Conquest of America to the present day. Many of the units consider a broader question concerning how these regions are understood in the United States. Major themes include the Conquest, Afro-Brazilian culture, popular politics in the 20th Century, revolutions and revolutionary iconography, art, and literature. Classroom discussion centers on the political, social, and culutural elements that characterize Latin America and the Caribbean.
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  • PHI 101: Introduction to Ethical Theory

    3.00 Credits
    Western Connecticut State University

    A study of prominent ethical theories as they are defined and expressed in the writings of the great philosophers and in the representative schools.
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  • PHI 102: Introduction to Logic

    3.00 Credits
    Western Connecticut State University

    An introduction to the principles and techniques of deductive and inductive logic; the student will learn how to construct, analyze and criticize arguments.
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  • PHI 110: Ethical Issues in Business

    3.00 Credits
    Western Connecticut State University

    Explores current ethical issues and value conflicts from the standpoint of the organization, the employee, the marketplace and public policy. Case studies of actual situations will be analyzed.
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  • PHI 111: Ethical Issues in Health Care

    3.00 Credits
    Western Connecticut State University

    Explores current ethical issues and value conflicts in health care from the standpoint of the health care professional, the patient and public policy.
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  • PHI 112: Ethics and the Nonhuman

    3.00 Credits
    Western Connecticut State University

    The course involves the application of ethical thinking to issues raised by the animal rights and environmental movements. Topics include: a historical overview of our conception of the nonhuman and our attitudes towards it, especially those found in the Judeo-Christian religious traditions; the significance of new data from molecular biology and communication studies with primates and other animals; the use of nonhuman animals in bio-medical research, product testing and dissection; the use of nonhuman animals in agrobusiness; the moral basis of vegetarianism; issues concerning the environment and land use (hunting, trapping, endangered species and zoos). The course includes videotapes and at least one guest speaker. The course involves the application of ethical thinking to issues raised by the animal rights and environmental movements. Topics include: a historical overview of our conception of the nonhuman and our attitudes towards it, especially those found in the Judeo-Christian religious traditions; the significance of new data from molecular biology and communication studies with primates and other animals; the use of nonhuman animals in bio-medical research, product testing and dissection; the use of nonhuman animals in agrobusiness; the moral basis of vegetarianism; issues concerning the environment and land use (hunting, trapping, endangered species and zoos). l
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