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4.00 Credits
Film is arguably the predominant artistic medium in the world today. How this has occurred will be our focus as we examine both the historic and the artistic contexts of the cinema, giving special attention to the cross-cultural implications of each. Representative landmark films of Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United States will be screened for study, evaluation, and criticism. Offered periodically.
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4.00 Credits
No course description available.
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4.00 Credits
The course is an examination of religion and the logic of religious discourse. It explores formal, philosophical, and mystical types of theologies; epistemological ethics of revelation, sin, guilt, faith, and salvation; the concept of and arguments for the existence of God; paradigms of experiential religion, such as the encounter of the human being with the divine in Judaism, the experience of love in Christianity, the surrender as de-alienation in the Islamic Sufi vision, and the dialects of dynamic interdependence expressed as yin-yang in Daoism. A consideration of psychological accounts of religion, challenges or naturalism, existential atheism, and philosophical analysis. Offered periodically.
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1.00 - 12.00 Credits
Internships are available (credit varies) for students in a range of public and private organizations. Recent sponsors have included a public television station, a social services agency, the United Nations, and a consulting firm. See Chair for requirements and details about current possibilities.
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4.00 Credits
The impact of European culture and imperialism on the peoples of India and Japan. Literary works of the period are used to highlight the changes reshaping Europe in the early nineteenth century, the encounters between Europeans and Asians to come to terms with these encounters. Readings include Dickens' Hard Times, stories by Rudyard Kipling and Rabindranath Tagore, Botchan by Natsume Soseki. Offered each Fall.
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4.00 Credits
The mutual impact of cultures throughout the world; the end of the nineteenth century colonialism; revolutions and wars; the emergence of the "third world." Study of the interrelationship of European with Asian and African cultures in the twentieth century. Readings include novels from several cultures. Offered each spring.
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to scientific reasoning, including elementary logic, theory testing and decision-making. A practical course designed to help students read and interpret scientific findings, especially reports that appear in popular magazines and newspapers. More specific topics include probability, casual and statistical hypothesis, correlations, causation and sampling techniques. Although the course offers special benefits to students in the sciences and social sciences, no technical background is assumed. Offered periodically.
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4.00 Credits
Students will examine a variety of approaches to the study and writing of history. The course challenges the popular conceptions of history as a simple record of the past and of historians as the keepers of that record. The aim is to reveal the active role of the historian in the making of history and to show the uses of the past in the present and for the future. Offered periodically.
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4.00 Credits
Through readings in the text, this course will introduce the student to the character and content of the Quran, in order to gain an appreciation of its role in Muslim worship and community. In addition to the basic themes of the Quran, the class will examine conceptions of revelation, prophethood, nature and miracles, hidden or "mystical" truth, and free will. In examining methods of interpretation, students will gain insight into the development of schools of Islamic law, as well as groups such as Shi'a, Ismaili and Sufi. The course serves as an excellent background for understanding the world of Islam. Offered periodically.
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4.00 Credits
Students will examine a variety of approaches to the study and writing of history. The course challenges the popular conceptions of history as a simple record of the past and of historians as the keepers of that record. The aim is to reveal the active role of the historian in the making of history and to show the uses of the past in the present and for the future. Offered periodically.
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