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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This interdisciplinary colloquium examines the development of Western civilization from its origins in the ancient Near East through the Renaissance and Reformation. It relates the arts, literature and philosophy of the Western world to their political, social and economic contexts.
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3.00 Credits
This interdisciplinary colloquium examines the development of Western civilization from the scientific revolution to the contemporary world. It relates the arts, literature and philosophy of the Western world to their political, social and economic contexts.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Courses offered in this colloquium series will consider multidisciplinary approaches to enduring questions or critical issues in language, literacy, and cultural expression. Creative fusions between studies of fine arts, foreign languages , aesthetics, and composition will privilege opportunities for experiential and applied learning. Courses in this series may involve collaborative work in peer and community contexts, and conversational, hands-on engagement with materials and techniques that help us to better understand cultural literacies and creative arts. Colloquium courses are writing and reading intensive, discussion-based, and interdisciplinary in nature.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Ethics is primarily concerned with questions about how humans ought to behave with respect to each other, non-human animals, and the environment. This colloquium will engage with enduring questions in ethics, drawing on a number of fields within the humanities and social sciences. When possible, topics will include contemporary, emerging issues. Colloquium courses are writing and reading intensive, discussion-based, and interdisciplinary in nature.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Courses in this colloquium series explore the visions, values, and practices by which people of the non-Western world have shaped their life experiences. By focusing on enduring questions or critical issues, students will engage in literature and perspectives from a diversity of disciplines to understand the worldviews and traditions that are practiced in non-Western societies such as China, Japan, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East, and sub-Saharan Africa. Students will explore the issues and themes central to the study of the non-Western world and its peoples. Colloquium courses are writing and reading intensive, discussion-based, and interdisciplinary in nature.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Science is deeply intertwined in both historical and philosophical thinking. Many of the greatest scientific minds throughout the centuries were also philosophers. In this colloquium series, students will explore enduring questions as to how time, place, and context all impact scientific research, and how the role of philosophy has developed over time to delineate the boundary between science and pseudo-science. Colloquium courses are writing and reading intensive, discussion-based, and interdisciplinary in nature.
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3.00 Credits
This lecture/discussion course is a study of the evolution of scientific ideas from the intuitive insights of early cultures through modern analytic and experimental investigation. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Courses in this colloquium series examine pressing 21st century problems related to the intersection of social, economic, and environmental systems. Given the complexity of 21st century problems, students will engage literature and perspectives from the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, public health, and other domains. Students will make sense of and offer possible creative solutions to interlinked issues such as environmental institutional sexism and racism, climate change, biodiversity loss, the tragedy of the commons, inequitable distribution of wealth, and queerphobia. Students will discuss creative problem solving, systems thinking, analytical reasoning, and interdisciplinary thinking and how these may equip students to advocate for resiliency and solutions to these problems. Colloquium courses are writing and reading intensive, discussion-based, and interdisciplinary in nature.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Courses offered in this colloquium series will each address enduring questions or critical issues related to the role of the individual in society. Drawing from diverse perspectives in the social sciences, humanities, and other disciplines, these courses address the range of factors - genetics, physiology, neurology, personality, cognition, emotion, experience, context - that distinguish human beings and contribute to the unique beliefs, values, and behaviors that characterize any given individual. Colloquium courses are writing and reading intensive, discussion-based, and interdisciplinary in nature.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Courses in this colloquium series will focus on the discovery of knowledge and its transformation into new insights and innovative ideas. The current worldview of nature and reality is the result of human curiosity, creativity, discovery and innovation. A human drive for understanding the universe underlies the knowledge-generating, transformational process that is constantly at work in our everyday lives. These courses will encourage students to develop an interdisciplinary perspective on enduring questions or critical issues in math and science, work towards finding answers and innovations that allow for a greater understanding of the universe. Colloquium courses are writing and reading intensive, discussion-based, and interdisciplinary in nature.
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