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3.00 Credits
Around the sixteenth century, a time of tremendous optimism and anxiety over scientific advancements, the need for civilization to forcibly detain and rationally understand madness offered compelling insights into problematic assumptions of modern humanistic tradition. What is madness How can it simultaneously be thought as a condition for creativity and a threat to a healthy society Students will examine literary, philosophical, artistic, and medical representations of madness to gain a richer understanding of the meaning(s) of human identity, subjectivity, imagination, illness, and the body. Meets LAC outcomes: AIC1, HCC1. 3 crs.
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Whether Auschwitz, Hiroshima, Columbine, or 9/11, recent history is littered with extreme and diverse expressions of violence. This course considers the relation between violence and representation from a historical and philosophical perspective. Students will investigate such concepts as law, sovereignty, unproductive expenditure, discipline, punishment, and biopolitics. Specifically, the course will be more focused on the tracing of a particular question and problem: namely, the relation or gap existing between a disaster or violent event and the way it is narrated and historicized. Meets LAC outcomes: AIC1, HCC1. 3 crs.
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Love is often thought a timeless and universal emotion that is capable of transcending humanity's more base and biologically determined relation to sexuality. But what if the sexual act was freed of biological reductionism, or if love was thought to be an idea contingent on historical and cultural factors This course examines these and other questions by tracing how love and sexuality are represented in both philosophical and literary texts from Ancient Greece to contemporary society. Students will discuss works from Plato, Goethe, Freud, Foucault, Irigaray, Duras. Meets LAC outcomes: AIB4, HCC1. 3 crs.
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This course introduces students to the fundamental methods of statistics in the collection, organization, presentation, and analysis of numerical data. It demonstrates the application of statistics to many problems such as designing experiments, making decisions, and the significance of trends. The intent is to underscore the importance of statistics in a variety of contexts and in a manner that is both stimulating and comfortable. Prerequisite: MTH 111 Intermediate Algebra or equivalent or permission of the instructor. Meets LAC outcome: LLD4. 3 crs.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides students with an introduction to inquiry in the Social Sciences. "Inquiry" has to do withthe entire systematic process through which Social scientists pose and explore and attempt to answer their questions about human phenomena. Students will consider the issues and problems scientists working within each discipline are interested in, and the ways they describe, define, and study the subject of their inquiry. This course will also provide the student with a collaborative environment in which to explore more systematically what it means for them to be a Psychology, Sociology, or Anthropology major, and, perhaps, a future Social Scientist. Required for all Sociology, Anthropology, and Psychology majors. Can be taken as IFC course. Meets LAC outcome: LLE2. 4 crs.
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys the ways in which social scientists go about systematically answering their questions. Stated simply, "research methods" are the tools that researchersuse to collect and analyze data (information). This course is designed for the undergraduate social scientist-in-training, but anyone who encounters research findings in their daily lives (all of us!) and wishes to know how to judge the validity of the conclusions will benefit from this course. Topics will include research ethics, conceptual definitions, the basic elements of designing a research project, sampling techniques, and qualitative and quantitative research. Meets the Research Methods outcome in Psychology, Sociology, and Anthropology majors. Meets LAC outcome: NWA2. 3 crs.
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3.00 Credits
The Internship program gives students an opportunity to earn credit for new learning achieved through experience. Students apply knowledge and skills learned in their major through appropriately supervised experiences in the community. Interns have the chance to explore career options, network, demonstrate, and solidify classroom learning in the real world. Opportunities are available in business, government, schools, and nonprofit organizations. Orientation and completion of an Arranged Class form are required for registration. Check Schedule of Courses for orientation dates and additional information about internships. Graded Pass/No Pass only. Meets the Action requirement for the Psychology, Sociology, and Anthropology majors. Variable credit.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
The student selects the topic (for example, history of a major world religion, theology of a major world religion, Christology, ecclesiology, sacramentology, or a specific theologian or religious leader.) Readings on and conference about the literature relevant to this area of study are arranged with the instructor. Fieldwork is possible as part of the study. 1-3 crs.
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3.00 Credits
In this course, the student will study the values, teachings, and histories of the religions of antiquity, primal religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and the religions of east Asia from a comparativist perspective, with the objective of growing in a personal and cultural understanding and acceptance of religious pluralism. Special attention will be given to the worldview offered by each tradition, and its unique expression of reality's unity, worth and mystery. Meets LAC outcome: AIC3. This course meets WID (Writing in the Discipline) outcome. 3 crs.
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3.00 Credits
Buddhism is one of the most ancient and widespread religious practices in the world. Through readings and discussion, this course allows students to explore the history of Buddhism, the basics of Buddhist philosophy and practice, the ways Buddhism is practiced in different corners of the world, as well as Buddhism in the United States. The fieldwork for this course will allow students to experience their own taste of Buddhism by creating an ongoing Buddhist meditation practice, and reporting on their experiences of it for the duration of the class. Meets LAC outcome: AIC4. 3 crs.
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