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4.00 Credits
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4.00 Credits
The study of African slavery from pre-European contact until the present. Topics that will be covered are slavery as indigenous concepts, the Afro-Arab slave trade, the Trans-Atlantic slave trade and modern 20th Century slavery. All will be viewed from social, economic and political perspectives. Offered annually.
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4.00 Credits
A selective, historical treatment of the relations between science and religion, touching on classical and medieval themes but with an emphasis on the modern period. Topics include Creationsim, cosmogony, the reception of Darwinian evolution, the trial of Galileo, and puritanism and the rise of science. Offered periodically.
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4.00 Credits
From the Big Bang to your latest life-cycle change. Our connection to all that is: cosmic ( history of the heavens), natural (history of life earth), social (from paleolithic to city-state cultures), and psychological (archetypal mythology and the stages of life). Offered periodically.
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4.00 Credits
No course description available.
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4.00 - 8.00 Credits
Offered in conjunction with the faculty and staff at Wuyi University, Jiangmen City, a modern university located in southern China, 60 miles from Hong Kong. Through lectures, trips, an deveryday living experiences, this four week summer course will introduce students to all aspects of life in modern China-from its culture to its business community, from its political philosophy to the ideas of the men and women on its streets. Students will attend lecturers nad live at Wuyi University and work with Wuyi faculty and students. Day trips will allow students to explore cultural spots and cities in Guangdong Province and a special four day trip will take students to nearby Hong Kong and Macao. Offered every four weeks in May-June.
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4.00 Credits
An exploration of expressive culture in Subsaharan Africa, focusing upon creative personalities and the relationship of forms and processes of artistic creativity to spiritual, political and economic spheres of African life. Offered once every two years.
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4.00 Credits
A survey of Chinese history, culture and society from the days of Confusious to those of Mao Zedong. Chinese food, family life, literature, folk tales, cultural beliefs and practices, religion and philosophical traditions will be explored as they developed throughout China's long history.
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4.00 Credits
Reading and viewing, critically and analytically, plays dealing with important themes, issues, and questions of the 20th Century. Acquaints students with the theatre as a social institution, a form of communication, and a means of consciousness raising. Plays may include works by Brecht, Shaw, O'Neill, Ionesco, writers from the Black Theatre and the Latin American stage, as well as contemporary women playwrights. Offered peiodically.
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4.00 Credits
Exploratory seminar/workshop in which students study the style, dialogue, characterization, structure and mood of a variety of contemporary short stories and try to apply what they learn to writing and revising at least one short story of their own. Offered Periodically.
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