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3.00 Credits
This seminar explores the social manifestations of poetry and people's appetite for it in such phenomena as poetry slams, subway posters, poetry of witness in extremity, videos, rap and oral performance, as well as in more academic forms. Students test definitions of poetry against their individual reading, listening, speaking, and writing experiences, studying how written and oral expressions both complement and contend with each other. Seetch
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3.00 Credits
Each day people make decisions that are based on an assessment of the costs, benefits, and consequences associated with a choice of action. In this seminar, case studies from medicine, the environment, and technology are used to apply relevant historical perspectives, statistical analysis, and the consideration of issues of personal choice and values in the critical evaluation of patterns of risk-taking behavior, assessment, and management. Husic
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3.00 Credits
What does it mean to be a man, manly, masculine Do gender and race condition the way people view masculinity In journals, essays, and group presentations, students analyze a variety of texts-from ads, cartoons, and essays in popular magazines to scholarly studies by sociologists and biologists. Byrd, Martin, Washington
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3.00 Credits
Why is baseball the "American pastime" What is it about baseball that fascinates millions around the world This seminar explores the game by examining the role of statistics on decision making, in-game managerial strategy and economics as well as investigating the historical significance of baseball. Students examine baseball through various writings, films, game attendance, and game simulations in which they manage their own teams. Critical thinking skills are emphasized in the context of baseball. Nataro
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3.00 Credits
This seminar studies general theoretical models for human aggression including those that suggest instinctual or genetic bases for aggression and those that propose learning and observation. Students analyze specific forms of human aggression-athletics, sexual aggression, television, wars, and social upheavals-and suggest solutions. The course uses original sources as well as novels, short stories, essays, films, news magazines, and newspapers. Childs
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3.00 Credits
This seminar examines the nature of the college student in America, in conjunction with the U.S. system of higher education. It includes a historical overview of higher education in America; the impact of college on students; students' psychosocial, cognitive, ethical, and career development; and an examination of student cultures and subcultures. Special attention is given to research on college student characteristics, attitudes, and values. Krivoski, Worthen
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3.00 Credits
At the core of the abortion controversy reside two fundamental and related issues. The first concerns the moral and legal status of the fetus-that is, whether human fetuses are persons possessing legal and moral rights. The second concerns the relationship between the moral and legal rights of pregnant women and the permissibility of abortion. This seminar provides a critical examination of these and related issues. Panichas
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3.00 Credits
Controversies surrounding political and moral issues continue to dominate contemporary public debate and influence the development of policy. In this seminar, students explore and evaluate the many sides of current battles over issues relating to life, liberty, and equality, in particular, debates involving such issues as abortion, euthanasia, the death penalty, pornography, drug testing, affirmative action, and sexual preference. Silverstein
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on the visual arts, music, and theater as vehicles of perception and knowledge. Performances and gallery exhibitions at the Williams Center for the Arts provide much of the framework for the course syllabus, and visiting artists are available for classes, workshops, and discussions with students. Typical performances are by the Juilliard String Quartet, the dance company Urban Bush Women, Charlie Haden's jazz group Liberation Music Orchestra, and actors from the London stage. Finger
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3.00 Credits
Have you ever experienced a flash of insight when all of a sudden something that was confusing becomes blindingly clear Some call this the Eureka Phenomenon; some conversion. These flashes liberate people from previous assumptions and lead to revolutionary discoveries. This seminar discusses how shifting paradigms-assumptions about how the world works-create new concepts, views, and ideas (often viewed initially as dangerous or heretical). Readings focus on patterns of inquiry in science, history, literature, psychology, and gender. Donahue, Westfall
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