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3.00 Credits
Directed readings and research in history. Topics to be determined by the student and instructor.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Internship in a cultural institution, business, or non-profit organization. Emphasis on linking academic content and methodologies of the liberal arts with the practicalities of the workplace. Students will select internship site and determine objectives, with approval by the History faculty. (For History majors of at least junior standing).
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine three specific historical moments that played a key role in the development of modern political systems. Students will conduct their examination by participating in a series of games designed to take them into each historical moment. The games combine research of primary texts with role playing in the classroom, so that students experience how ideological stances are translated into human actions and political structures within the context of historical circumstances. We will play three games from the Reacting to the Past? series: The Threshold of Democracy Athens in 403 B.C.; Confucianism an the Succession Crisis of the Wanli Emperor; and Rousseau, Burke and Revolution in France.
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3.00 Credits
This course investigates ways that victims of societal oppression are reinterpreting Jesus and his message in our time. The perspectives of blacks, women, and the Latin American poor are used to explore the revolutionary potential of the biblical story. These perspectives call for a critical analysis of the Christian tradition to test its ability to address needs of oppressed people in their daily struggles for survival and human dignity. The course examines Christianity as a possible inspiration and impetus to create radically new kinds of relationsips between races, sexes and classes of people at the societal level. Prerequisites: At least junior class standing at least a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.00.
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine the Holocaust and its impact on the history of the twentieth century. The approach will be interdisciplinary using historical, literary, cinematic, philosophical and popular sources. To create a context for the specific study of this major event of the twentieth century, the course will include discussions about the phenomenon of Anti-Semitism in Western Culture, the specific events leading up to the Holocaust, the nature of the bureaucratic mass murder, the religious crisis caused by this event, and the continuing and profound effect of this tragedy.
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3.00 Credits
Is humor an intrinsic part of being human? What is funny to us? Why is it funny? This course introduces students to the philosophy, history, culture, and anatomy of humor, as well as laughter. Our time will be spent reviewing pertinent literature, observing humorous archetypes, and actually creating our own examples. The objective is to enable the student to achieve wisdom about mirth and self. Primarily the major content areas of the course are philosophy and psychology. However, considerable use of poetry, literature, and printed material from the performing arts will be used.
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3.00 Credits
Within a historical context, this course addresses the role and function of spatial design and the built environment in shaping our lives, defining social class boundaries, and reinforcing economic, political and religious power bases in society. By critically examining various schools of modern architecture and urban planning and their rise and fall in conjunction with various stages of capitalist development, the role of commissioned artists, architects and planners in serving specific interests as well as alternative approaches to designing the built environment will be discussed. The course format is a combination of intensive class discussions of assigned readings, guest speakers, hands-on experience with architectural design using CAD software and conventional techniques, films/videos, and field trips to various local/regional sites of architectural significance.
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3.00 Credits
Are humans unique? Are we truly superior to other primates? Are humans the only species that produce and understand language? This course is designed to examine evidence of intelligence in non-human primates. Species studied will include chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and humans. Major topics will include language acquisition, cooperation, tool use, mathematical reasoning, and other forms of intelligence including the evolution of consciousness. The course includes a three-day field trip to the primate center in Madison, Wisconsin and the Milwaukee Zoo.
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3.00 Credits
This course will seek to understand the life and thought, and the work and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. To do this we will study the historical background of the civil rights movement, subsequent events and their consequences for race relations today. We will begin with an overview of race relations in the United States starting with the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, through the Progressive Era and the influence of Booker T. Washington and William Dubois, the Harlem Renaissance, World War II and then on to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950's and the 1960's. We will examine thelife of Martin Luther King Jr., with an emphasis on his own spiritual journey and the influence of this religious background and beliefs on his civil rights activities. We also will consider the overall religious ties of the movement including the origins, practice and goals of passive resistance and nonviolent confrontation. Finally, we will consider the effects of these things on past and present race relations within our country. This course may be petitioned to count toward the History or Religious Studies major.
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3.00 Credits
There are many pre-conceived ideas and stereotypes regarding gender roles. This course asks the questions: What are the origins of our traditions about femininity and masculinity? What are the realities of being men, of being women? To find the answers we will be studying historical, social/ philosophical writings about men and women. This course is about issues that affect our lives, e.g. marriage and its alternatives, a society without definite sex roles. This course is designed for men and women who wish to go beyond both "revolutionary feminist rhetoric" and sex role stereotypes tostudy their own gender identity and that of the other half of the human race.
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