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Prereq: HON 101 and 102 or sophomore standing in the Honors Program. Examines political events in several Latin American countries as well as intellectual and literary reactions to these events. Topics include the Mexican Revolution, the Cuban Revolution and its aftermath, the Dominican Republic under Fulgencio Batista, the dictatorships in the Cono Sur (Argentina, Chile and Uruguay) and the Sandinista revolt in Nicaragua. Halty.
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Prereq: HON 101 and 102 or sophomore standing in the Honors Program. Seeks to sheds 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 difficul- ties that beset Middle Eastern governments. Beattie.
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Explores the relationship between France as an aging metropole and its former French colonies through 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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Explores the rise of revolutionary groups in Latin America during the 1950?s -1970?s, the violence of state terror, and the ways in which nations are addressing their conflicted histories. Emphasis on Nicaragua, Argentina, and Chile. Treacy.
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Examines the philosophical and cultural frameworks by which we understand sexuality. Using both classic and contemporary texts, it critically interrogates what is considered 'natural' with respect to sex and sexuality, and investigates the conceptual and social power dynamics that structure both the meaning and practices of sexuality.
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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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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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One of the major jobs of news media is to keep the public informed about the nation's political institutions and the actions of its military. However, war coverage is difficult because, on the most basic level, journalists must balance the people's right to know against information that might risk security. This course explores the role of the journalist during war, as well as evaluates how well the media do in maintaining that balance.
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4.00 Credits
This course explores the topic of global warming and climate change, using conceptual and quantitative modeling techniques. We will review the evidence for global warming and evaluate the importance of human factors using a variety of conceptual back of the envelope calculations, simple box models and more sophisticated computer modeling- all of which are used to forecast climate change.
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