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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to make students aware of the cultural richness and depth to be found in the detective novel. It will focus on the question of what can be learned about our culture and other cultures from the reading of these novels. The works to be studied and compared deal with broader issues than the traditional "whodunits." Some of those larger considerations are gender issues, historical situations, social commentary, ethnic differences, and religious customs. Prerequisites: ENG 101 and sophomore standing.
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3.00 Credits
The course will explore both the attitudes and the practices of Americans regarding the use of intoxicating drugs. This phenomenon will be considered from a variety of perspectives; historical, biological, psychosocial and philosophical. Such study will provide perspective on many current drug-related issues. Prerequisites: ENG 101 and sophomore standing.
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3.00 Credits
This class will combine the disciplines of anthropology and music to expose students to a broad understanding of people in various societies and cultures. Prerequisite: ENG101 and sophomore standing.
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine the representation and misrepresentation of legal issues as presented in film and literature. Through the study of legal and moral theory, students will critically evaluate movie and literary portrayals of criminal and civil law. Students will explore the impact such films and books have on the knowledge, attitudes and moral reasoning of audiences and society as a whole. Prerequisite: ENG101 and sophomore standing.
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This course adjudicates selected contemporary issues in bioethics. Issues addressed in the course include cloning, stem cell research, contraception, abortion, Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART), and genetic engineering from the natural law, personal perspective that grounds the Catholic moral tradition. The procedural method of the course models for the student the integration of theory and practice that is essential to sound moral decision-making. Pre-requisite: ENG 101 and sophomore standing.
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3.00 Credits
In this course students will become acquainted with the way in which people respond to voice quality and tone, thus providing them with creative options for asserting themselves or otherwise participating in all areas of verbal interaction. Students will explore voice physically, psychologically and socially and will study voice in the contexts of the dramatic arts, literature, psychology, and anthropology. Through written papers, monologues and interviews, students will learn the intricacies of vocal exchange, learning that the way a statement is made is just as important as the words that comprise it.
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3.00 Credits
This course will utilize the vehicles of imagination and scholarship to engage in a sort of time travel. The disciplines of history and anthropology will be combined to provide the information and insights necessary to understand the lives of human beings in other times and places. Three questions will be central to the course: What was it like to be alive? How did the people of that time and place make their lives meaningful? How does an understanding of people in another time and place affect the views of our own lives? Prerequisites: ENG 101 and sophomore standing. (Junior standing recommended.)
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3.00 Credits
This course is a survey of the American film industry as an art form, as an industry, and as a system of representation and communication. This course explores how Hollywood films work technically, aesthetically, and culturally to reinforce and challenge America's national self-image. Formal analysis will be linked with historical research and cultural studies. Prerequisites: ENG 101 and sophomore standing.
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3.00 Credits
The study of women in Canada, the United States, and Latin America. Issues of hierarchy and liberation, poverty and opportunity, gender and protest, and exploitation and justice in various ethnic groups will be discussed. Prerequisites: ENG 101 and sophomore standing. (Junior standing recommended.)
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3.00 Credits
This class will link the study of communication with the study of culture. It will seek to develop skills leading to more understanding of other cultures and how to effectively communicate. Prerequisite: ENG101 and sophomore standing. (Also listed as CAC 306 and Graduate Level CAC/ELA 506.)
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