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3.00 Credits
This seminar seeks an ethical framework for developing health policies with significant population and individual impacts. Which perspective should be taken - that of the population or the individual When and how might the interests of each balance, trump, or constrain the interests of the other Students explore substantive and procedural approaches to "fairness" when population interests compete with or compromise individuals' pursuit of the good as they see it, and consider the challenges of a severe, 1918-type influenza pandemic.
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3.00 Credits
How has American film both reflected and shaped American lives This seminar explores classic and contemporary Hollywood in its artistic, cultural, technological and economic contexts. Students study a range of films, from silent movie classics, screwball comedy, film noir and the Hollywood musical through the work of Scorsese, Coppola, and Spielberg. In addition to assigned reading and writing, students are required to watch two films per week, one at a formal screening in the evening.
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3.00 Credits
This seminar explores social change both academically and practically. Through historical analysis, case studies, ethical reflection, and practical applications, students investigate local and global social programs contextually and assess a range of approaches to effect change, including community organizing, service projects, public policy, entrepreneurial ventures, and social movements. The seminar integrates a hands-on approach, encouraging students to hone the analytical tools and practical skills needed to cultivate change and engage fully as citizens.
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3.00 Credits
This seminar explores how the sciences have changed our perception and construction of the world - and humans within the world - and how theatre and theatrical performance both engage in and challenge those perceptions and constructions. Students will examine how plays, performance, and the sciences interact and emerge in Western culture; how theatre, and a critical engagement with text and performance, participate in the methodology of science; and how "science" is performed on stage.
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3.00 Credits
Senior Project I
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3.00 Credits
Senior Project II
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the fundamental transformation in our conception of the physical world since the sixteenth century. The classical view suggests our universe is a grand machine determined by universal laws and causal regularities. The quantum revolution of the early twentieth century, and its extensions into our own time, have emphasized indeterminacy, entanglement, complexity, and emergent novelty. This revolution in thought will be investigated from scientific, philosophical, and theological perspectives. Team taught. Offered Fall semester.
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25.00 Credits
Oral communication is an essential part of science and mathematics. Students work closely with a faculty member to learn and practice important aspects of communicating technical information to both expert and non-expert audiences. Enrollment by permission of instructor only. Prerequisite: Previous participation in summer communication series. P/N only. Offered both semesters.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an examination and application of the key content, skills, and perspectives of human geography. The lens of the geographer focuses on the spatial distribution of phenomena over the surface of the earth, asking the questions "where" and "why there." The practices and skills of geography are used to investigate a variety of issues in the Middle East, including environmental problems, the culture and management of sacred places, and the reasons for war and the need for peace.
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3.00 Credits
This course familiarizes students with research strategies in their respective disciplines and prepares them to successfully complete their faculty-led research projects through the TRiO McNair program. Students read research articles written by their faculty mentor, complete a literature search, and design a poster for a research symposium.
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