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3.00 Credits
This course provides an overview of renewable energy concepts. The course content is grounded in theory and applied to the real-world. This course explores the main factors associated to the energy systems, and the technologies and policies that could be adopted to create more sustainable energy systems.
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3.00 Credits
AUC Designation: Ss
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3.00 Credits
This survey course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive approach to Andalusian culture in its Mediterranean context. the origins of civilization in the Mediterranean are given paramount importance as well as the study of cultural traditions which have contributed to the making up of the Spanish and Andalusian cultures.
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3.00 Credits
This course will provide a global view of the sociopolitical systems of Muslim majority countries, paying special attenton to those Middle East and North Africa countries (MENA) placed in the Mediterranean Rim. AUC Designation: Ss
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4.00 Credits
In matters both spiritual and profane, this class examines how Greek Orthodoxy is practiced and lived by 97% of the population of contemporary Greece. It also pays close attention to the other 3% of the citizenry, the approximately 700,000 foreign immigrants who have arrived in Greece over the past decade and will examine the history, experiences, and beliefs of Greece's religious minorities -- Catholics, Jews, Muslims, Jehovah's Witnesses, Pagans, Evangelicals, and others. Students can expect to gain a basic understanding of Greek Orthodoxy from the practices and beliefs of its followers as we read ethnographic accounts of pilgrimages, spiritual beliefs, rituals, and folk beliefs that mix with official theologies. They can also expect an examination of the relationship of the Greek Orthodox church with the State and with other religions, through our historical readings that go back to the birth of the Republic of Greece and continue to the front pages of the newspapers that circulate in Athens today. What distinguishes Greek Orthodox beliefs from those of other Christian traditions? Why is there no mosque in Athens? How do you ward off the evil eye? Spirituality, kinship, ethnic identity, gender, the realm of the supernatural, politics, prayer, superstition, morals -- all of these will be woven together in our exploration of religious life in Greece. In addition to completing the readings for each class, students will participate in all class outings. (Athens, Greece, http://www.arcadiacenter.edu.gr/)
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4.00 Credits
This intensive program explores the life and times of Alexander the Great through classroom-based seminars and a full schedule of field-study excursions that incorporates visits to the Greek island of Samos, as well as to the Turkish cities of Ephesos, Priene and Miletus. The program will begin in Athens, then on to Makedonia, Alexander's birthplace and base of power, as well as Chaironeia and Pydna. On the Greek island of Samos, famous for its Sanctuary to Hera, students will learn about Hellenistic civilization. The course concludes with an exploration of the Great Temple of Artemis at Ephesos-one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Other highlights will include visits to the cities of Priene and Miletus, which maintain well-preserved civic and sacred monuments. (Athens, Greece, http://www.arcadiacenter.edu.gr/)
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4.00 Credits
In this class we will examine some of the archaeological remains of ancient Greece from the geometric to the Roman period. Our goal is to come to an understanding of the culture that produced the Parthenon, that was concerned with the place of humans in the cosmos and that invented democracy. Because we are situated in Athens, and because ancient studies tend toward the Athenocentric, we will concentrating on Athens and Athenian monuments but we will have the opportunity to examine greater Greece during the four-day trip to the Peloponnesos. In class you will be expected to contribute your learned opinions, opinions developed as much from your readings as from the accumulated experience of what you have seen. The required readings of ancient and modern authors will help you acquire some contextual information of the sort necessary to interpret the politics, religion, drama and philosophy of the ancient Greeks. By the end of the semester, you will have acquired both a broadly based knowledge of ancient Greek culture and the ability to look critically at its physical expression. Even art history can, at times, erupt in controversy. Walter Benjamin wrote "There is no document of civilization that is not simultaneously a document of barbarism, "and there is significant discussion now revolving around the question of whether the great museums which house many of the objects we examine in this class are to be seen as storehouses for cultural appreciation or as depositories for plunder. We will conclude our examination of ancient Greek art and archaeology with a look at the ethics and politics of the curation of cultural property.
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4.00 Credits
Figural sculpture decorated the pediments, metopes, and friezes of buildings in ancient Greece, while intricately carved moldings ornamented wall borders, roofs, and doorways. The subjects shown on the buildings could have political and religious messages, promoting ideals of citizenship, Greekness, heroism, and piety. Architectural sculpture could be understood by a large audience, transcending the limits of literacy, and acted as billboards for the religious values and civic responsibilities of cities and sanctuaries in Ancient Greece. This course will offer a careful examination of ancient Greek architectural sculpture, from the Archaic through Hellenistic periods. We will discuss the rise of monumental architecture, the origins of architectural sculpture, painted decoration, and the iconography and meaning of the subjects selected for depiction. We will visit several of the sites and museums most vital to the study of Greek architectural sculpture, including the Acropolis, Agora, and National Museum in Athens, as well as a longer excursion to the sanctuary at Delphi. Each student will master a variety of skills during this course, through a various assignment types and classroom approaches. Learning the material of the course's subject is only the first step. Through a combination of lecture and discussion in the classroom, which be based on required readings, a plurality of perspectives will emerge. (Athens, Greece, http://www.arcadiacenter.edu.gr/)
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4.00 Credits
Through lectures, power point presentations, discussions and student presentations, the course focuses on the relationship between Byzantine thought and art. Primarily it is examination of the Byzantine iconography and the student focus on discovering the interaction between political thought, religion and art. Secondly students through presentations will try to interpret the iconographical features which illustrate the political and religious ideology. More specifically, topics will include: State and the Church in Byzantium; The Emperor as God and God as Emperor; The influence of the Iconoclastic Controversy in Art; The Ecumenical Councils and Byzantine Art; The cycle of images in the Byzantine church and the viewer; The Holy Liturgy and the liturgical imagery; The Art in Constantinople and Mistras (14th - 15th cent.); and Donors and Patrons. (Athens, Greece, http://www.arcadiacenter.edu.gr/)
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4.00 Credits
This interdisciplinary course examines architecture and urban development in the city of Athens since the beginning of the 19th century. How has the city of Athens acquired its present character? What were the main architectural movements which influenced its urban planning? What impact has urban design and civic architecture had on Athenian lifestyles and the national aspirations of the modern Greek state? Students will be led to approach these questions through a systematic study of architecture from a variety of sources observed through the perspectives of urban studies, art, cultural history and sociology. The course is structured around lectures, specific readings and visits to different parts of the city. Assessment is based on class presentations and one research project which is based on fieldwork. (Athens, Greece, http://www.arcadiacenter.edu.gr/)
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