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FYS 137: Unity of the Sciences and Ethical Consequences
3.00 Credits
Lafayette College
This course studies the conceptual unity of the physical sciences, giving an overall sketch from the physics of atoms and molecules to biochemistry and into the more speculative realm of the mind. Is there really any underlying unity across this wide spectrum of knowledge And if so, what would be the consequences for the humanistic aspects of knowledge involving our culture and ethics This seminar will compare different approaches to this conceptual unity and discuss their strengths and weaknesses. Haug
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FYS 138: Politics and Performance:Theatre and Social Change
3.00 Credits
Lafayette College
For thousands of years, the theatre has both entertained and provided a forum in which social issues can be explored. This seminar will investigate, through readings and performances, how theatre provides an immediate and strong voice to debate social and political problems. Students will have opportunities, through writing, discussion, and theatrical performance, to explore social and political issues and the ways in which dramatic works can inspire social change. Lodge
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FYS 139: Race,Gender,and Social Issues in Public Policy
3.00 Credits
Lafayette College
This course explores how issues of race, gender, and social class permeate everyday life and how they are addressed in American law and public policy. Using sources from many disciplines including economics, law, and sociology, students explore issues of racial and ethnic identification, the role of race and gender in determining social class, and changes in the racial and ethnic mix of the U.S. population. Particular attention is given to how race, gender, and ethnicity determine social class and how public policy both shapes social class differences and works to mitigate them. Averett
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FYS 140: The Right to Privacy
3.00 Credits
Lafayette College
The Supreme Court has affirmed a fundamental right to privacy that protects citizens not only from governmental intrusions into their possessions and homes but also from governmental interference with personal decisions on matters such as the gender of sexual partners and whether to terminate a pregnancy. This seminar addresses fundamental questions regarding this right including what privacy is, why privacy is valuable, and whether and to what extent privacy ought to be legally protected. Panichas
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FYS 141: Social Justice through Quantitative Literacy
3.00 Credits
Lafayette College
Alexander Hamilton said, "The first duty of society is justice." Today there is vociferous argument about the prevalence of justice. To what degree is society just Are there practical ways to make it more just This course considers the importance of understanding data and applying mathematics to ask these questions and to explore meaningful answers. Using mathematics that everybody is taught, we'll try to make sense out of conflicting opinions, so as to discover the importance of quantitative literacy for all citizens in a democracy. Root
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FYS 142: Taking It to the Streets:The Theory and Practice of Community Arts in Urban America
2.00 Credits
Lafayette College
What role does community arts play in helping people articulate their identity Whose voices inspire artistic expression Students investigate social movements, specifically how community arts began and evolved in urban America. Student teams design a project for children and youth that will be implemented through the Kids in Community (KIC) after-school program. No artistic experience necessary. Corequisite: Two hours a week of local community service. Winfield
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FYS 144: Science:A Human Endeavor
3.00 Credits
Lafayette College
How do scientists approach problems Do social, cultural, and political factors influence their work How has science changed the cultural norms of society This seminar explores the world of science and medicine through the biographies and writings of Peter Medawar, James Watson, Rosalind Franklin, Trofim Lysenko, Lewis Thomas, and others. Miles
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FYS 145: Quilts:Fabric that Communicates
3.00 Credits
Lafayette College
Beginning with the history of quilting and its impact on American folk art, this course covers how quilts have been used as a means of expression and communication. The multimedia class offers hands-on quilting education, guest speakers, and films. The class explores color theory and fabric patterns, styles of quilts, quilts in different cultures, and quilts in lieterature. This class will test your artistic ability while simultaneously challenging your intellectual senses. Piergiovanni
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FYS 146: Paradoxes
3.00 Credits
Lafayette College
Paradoxical statements are heard every day. Some are logically unsound; others are surprisingly true. How can the two be distinguished In this seminar, students examine some paradoxes that are important rhetorical devices (yet lack significance) and others that have proved formative in the development of certain bodies of knowledge (Arrows theorem, the paradoxes of Galileo, Simpson, and Zeno, and the cause/effect paradoxes of quantum mechanics, for instance). Oral presentations are fundamental to the student-centered class structure. Traldi
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FYS 147: A War within a War:The American Bombing Campaigns against Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan
3.00 Credits
Lafayette College
What is the impact of warfare on the human condition Students engage this question through works of history, fiction, and film about the massive American bomber campaign against Germany and Japan in World War II. They examine the military impact of strategic bombing, its morality, and the appalling costs, both mental and physical, inflicted on its victims-both the non-combatants who were bombed and the young air crews who did the bombing. Miller
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