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4.00 Credits
Selected topics of interest, with emphasis on experiential learning. Prereq: PSY/SOC 220 or ANTH/HIST/POLS/ PSY/SOC 221 and ANTH/HIST/POLS/PSY/SOC 222, or c/i. (fall)
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3.00 Credits
Selected topics under faculty supervision, with emphasis on experiential learning. Prereq: c/i. (on demand)
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4.00 Credits
An in-depth analysis of 19th and 20th century European Intellectual history. Students do primary readings of Max Weber, Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche, Theodor Adorno, Louis Althusser, Roland Barthes, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Juergen Habermas, Martin Heidegger, Max Horkheimer, Georg Lukacs, Jean-Paul Sartre, Claude Levi-Strauss, and Hayden White. Critical discussions will center on the Enlightenment, Positivism, Marxism, and Post-modernism. This class is conducted in a seminar format. Students will demonstrate understanding via the course's heavy emphasis on reading, analysis, discussion, and writing (based upon library and archival research). Prereq: POLS 250, and either PSY/SOC 220 or ANTH/HIST/POLS/PSY/SOC 221 and ANTH/HIST/POLS/PSY/SOC 222, or c/i. (fall/even-numbered years)
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4.00 Credits
An historical investigation of the roles played by art, literature, religion, and philosophy in shaping ideas about American society and identity from the Puritans to Elvis Presley and beyond. Students will participate in class discussions and prepare a research project based on original library and/or archival research. Seminar. Prereq: HIST 111 or 112, and either PSY/SOC 220 or ANTH/HIST/POLS/PSY/SOC 221 and ANTH/HIST/POLS/PSY/SOC 222, or c/i. (fall/odd-numbered years)
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3.00 Credits
Directed research or study on an individual basis, with emphasis on experiential learning. Topic and terms of evaluation to be determined by agreement between student and instructor, but likely to include a written research project and creation of a topical bibliography. Prereq: c/i. (fall/spring)
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3.00 Credits
This course is intended as a culminating experience for the social science degree. Working with a faculty advisor, the student will generate a product that demonstrates a competent, independent application of basic historical research skills. Prereq: c/i. (fall/spring) Honors Seminars may substitute for required courses for a degree or General Education. These substitutions are detailed in the seminar proposals. For precise information, see instructors of the seminars. Students must apply and be accepted to the Honors Program in order to enroll in Honors Seminars (see page 24).
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4.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the basic quantitative research methods used in the Social Sciences and History. The emphasis in this course is not on the mathematics underlying quantitative design and statistics, but on understanding and using quantitative methods for research and for reasoning, thinking, and problem-solving. Areas to be covered include the relationship between theory and research methods, design, sampling, measurement, data collection, analysis, and reporting. Evaluation is based on writing assignments and class participation, as well as individual and group projects. Prereq: Gen Ed Behavioral & Social Science requirements (7-8 credits) and MATH 131, or c/i. Coreq: ANTH/HIST/POLS/PSY/SOC 222 in same semester. (spring/Block 5)
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4.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the qualitative methods and tools used by social and behavioral sciences to investigate individual, cultural, and social behavior. Emphasis in this course is on understanding how to select and design appropriate qualitative studies, with special attention given to research ethics-particularly when working with human subjects. Methodologies emphasized include single and comparative case studies, naturalistic observation, surveys, and discourse analysis. Evaluation is based on writing assignments and class participation, as well as individual and group projects. Prereq: Gen Ed Behavioral & Sciences requirements (7-8 credits) and MATH 131, or c/i. Coreq: ANTH/HIST/POLS/PSY/SOC 221 in same semester. (spring/Block 6)
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4.00 Credits
Title, content, and sequence vary. Class will include significant components associated with experiential education.
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4.00 Credits
Title, content, and sequence vary. Class will include significant components associated with experiential education.
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