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4.00 Credits
"spirituality"- a balance of inward and outward awareness that is often associated with eastern religions. But what do these traditions really mean for people who practice them? This course provides an introduction to the major belief systems and practices of eastern and southern Asia: Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, and Shintoism. We will look at the evolution of each of these religions, considering the ways they have inspired individuals and shaped civilizations through cosmology, ritual, literature and art. We will also look at the ways that these traditions influence societies, including our own that are far from the religions¿ places of origin.
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4.00 Credits
This course will provide the students with a foundation for the study of cultures and current social issues from an anthropological perspective. Readings will include articles and, where appropriate, fiction, concerning such issues as gender, race, and class, as well as the tensions and opportunities facing traditional communications, such as tribal societies, in a changing world Offered annually.
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4.00 Credits
This course provides an introduction to the issues of leadership and ethics in the world today. Focusing on issues of political and corporate leadership, the course will revi- ew theories of leadership characteristics and styles, the obligations of leaders, and organizational behavior, and will present an integrated review of ethics as it relates to leadership in American society. Ethics discussions will focus on issues of interest to society,typically considering diametrically opposed viewpoints that will challenge students to consider their own values. These topics include political and economic social responsibility, coporate rela- tions with employees, consumer issues, environmental policy, and global obligations.
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4.00 Credits
Considers the nature and origin of religion, elements of religious practice and thought (symbol, myth, the sacred), ways of being religious, and religion as a basis of community. Methods of analysis include ethical, psychological, sociological, historical and theological. Offered periodically.
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4.00 Credits
A broad, introductory survey of the development of scientific ideas in the West from ancient times to the 20th century, with an emphasis on the major figures and ideas, and key turning points. The course will present selective social and intellectual contexts of science as well as the role of science in shaping Western thought. Offered annually.
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4.00 Credits
What does it mean to be human? What is our place in the scale of being? How have we confronted and how do we confront the issues of life and death, justice and law, knowledge and truth? This course will deal with these and other basic texts in the humanities, students will be introduced to some traditional and contemporary approaches to these questions and will have the opportunity to explore and express their own views on these issues. Offered annually.
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4.00 Credits
This course will introduce acting as an intellectual and emotional process, giving each its due while at the same time respecting Theatre as Show Biz. We start with the premise that the foundation of acting comes from the spontaneous interaction of the actor with him or herself, other actors, the audience, and the script. Therefore, we will work with improvisation, games, and then apply them to the script to enhance the script's thematic intentions. We will examine scenes to understand their structure and the meaning and then build layers of emotion in to them from the actor¿s experience and the rehearsal experience. This course will culminate in a performance. Offered annually.
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4.00 Credits
The first semester of a year long sequence in World History, this course surveys the history and culture of five regions of the world: the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa, China, India and Japan. Our goal is to gain an understanding of each country's/culture's place in worldhistory both in the past and in the present. To that end we will study maps and regional geographical features, survey crucial historical periods and events and study short selections from religion, philosophy and literature. In the last section of the course, student reports will focus our attention on each civilization's unique contributions to the history of our world. Offered annually.
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4.00 Credits
This course will explore the origins, dynamics and development of Western Civilization. Emphasis will be given to the shaping of political, economic, social, religious, intellectual as well as cultural aspects from the dawn of the West to the Renaissance. In particular, the course will examine the civilizations of the Near East, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Byzantium as well as the making of feudal society and the rise of modernity in the West. Students will understand the heritage of the West and its connection with modern times. Offered annually.
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4.00 Credits
A systematic survey of European political, social, economic, cultural and intellectual history since the Renaissance. The course provides the student with the story of the origins, the pre-conditions, and the continuity of the "making" of the new Europe up to the present.Topics include the age of discovery, nation building, despotism, romanticism, nationalism, science and technology, ideologies and revolutions. An excellent basis for the further study of European history in upper-division courses. Offered annually.
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