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Examination of problems and issues in selected areas of religious studies. Title in Schedule of Classes will change according to content. Course may be repeated for credit when specific topics differ. Junior standing required. 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Seminar CASL - Administration Department Course Attributes: Upper Division
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The purpose of this course is to provide people in contemporary multi-religious America foundational information about beliefs and practices of several of the world's religions sufficient to engage in inter-religious dialogue. Special emphasis will be given to changes the American religious landscape after 1965 with the passage of new immigration laws. The course will combine lectures and visits to a variety of Metropolitan Detroit religious centers including Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, Sikh, Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and Native American. (S). 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture CASL - Administration Department Course Attributes: Upper Division
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A study of the genre of mystical writing as it was developed and practiced throughout the Middle Ages and in 14th century England particularly. Attention will be given to the historical, religious, and cultural contexts that enabled and were created by mystical texts. In addition, the course will explore how traditional and contemporary trends in the fields of religious and literary studies can be brought to bear on the genre of mystical writing. (OC) 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture CASL - Administration Department Course Attributes: Upper Division
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An introduction to the comparative study of religious systems. Explores religious beliefs and practices in non-Western cultures; surveys theoretical approaches to the study of religion; and discusses how religions grow, develop, and change. ANTH 101 recommended. (YR). 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture CASL - Administration Department Course Attributes: Upper Division
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Religion as a social institution; its purposes, methods, structure, and beliefs, and its relation to other institutions. 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture CASL - Administration Department Course Attributes: Upper Division
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Independent Study This course provides an opportunity for qualified students interested in Religious Studies to pursue independent research under the direction of a qualified faculty member. The project must be defined in advance, in writing, and must be a topic not currently offered in the regular curriculum. 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Other hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study CASL - Administration Department Course Attributes: Upper Division
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An introduction to the study of human groups with special attention devoted to an analysis of contemporary American society. (F,W). 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Behavioral Sciences Department Course Attributes: Lower Division
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The study of major social problems with particular reference to American society. Problems such as crime, mental disorders, addiction, drug abuse, suicide, racial conflict, urban decay, pollution, population, and family disorganization are studied both from a descriptive and theoretical point of view and analyzed collectively as a manifestation of a complex, industrial society. (YR). 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Behavioral Sciences Department Course Attributes: Lower Division
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The third of four courses on Western Culture required of all honors students. Covers the period from 17th to 19th centuries. Focus in on the emergence of scientific thought, Enlightenment political theory, Romantic individualism, and the great 19th century intellectual revolutions of Darwinism, Marxism, and feminism. Materials will be drawn from literature, philosophy, political, and scientific writings of the period. (YR). 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Behavioral Sciences Department Course Attributes: Lower Division
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3.00 Credits
Fourth of four courses in Western Culture required of all Honors students. Course covers period from 19th century to present. Focus will be on selected major issues of Western Civilization in the modern era: science and human values, bureaucratic and totalitarian societies, psychoanalytical thought, feminism, nihilism, existentialism. (YR). 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Behavioral Sciences Department Course Attributes: Honors Program, Lower Division
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