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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Addresses the development, status, and understanding of humanity within a larger context: e.g., how writers in various disciplines have defined humanity, nature, and the relationship between the two; or the interaction between humans and our environment.
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3.00 Credits
A gateway experience for incoming MALS students. Students learn the conventions and expectations of graduate-level reading, writing, research, and critical analysis and explore the concept of interdisciplinarity. Topics include documentation of sources, formulation and development of independent research projects, research methods, use of online databases. The content will be interdisciplinary and/or intercultural, and the course methodology will include Lecture, discussion, independent research, and varied forms of academic writing. RESTRICTIONS: Open to majors and those with permission of program director.
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1.00 Credits
Part of a three-credit gateway experience. Students will explore a liberal-studies topic typical of those taught in other MALS courses. The content will be interdisciplinary and/or intercultural, and the course methodology will include discussion, independent research, and varied forms of academic writing.
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3.00 Credits
From antiquity to the present, the use of force and the resolution of conflict have been among humanity's enduring preoccupations. Examines ideas about these issues, and associated questions such as the meaning of "heroism" and "just war."
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3.00 Credits
Explores the ways in which the arts -- e.g., music, dance, art, architecture, performance, and/or decorative arts -- both reflect and help to shape their social and historical backgrounds.
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3.00 Credits
Science and technology permeate almost every aspect of our modern lives. They are entwined with our culture, our Intellectual lives, our physical beings, our philosophy, and our economic and political systems. This course explores Selected aspects of the intersection of science and our society and the reciprocal nature of the relationship. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
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3.00 Credits
Applies a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives, e.g., archaeology, anthropology, history, literature, philosophy, and religion to explain how and what we learn about the past.
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3.00 Credits
Provides instruction and practice in the various kinds of writing students may wish to do in the course of the MALS program and beyond. Focuses on one or more specific genres, such as the writing of poetry, fiction, memoirs, or research papers.
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3.00 Credits
Addresses contemporary problems and movements from a multidisciplinary perspective. Examples include artistic, literary, or sociological movements; religious or ethical questions; and political or global issues. RESTRICTIONS: May be taken twice when topics vary.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the use and development of artifacts and their impact on culture and society. Examples include the history and importance of such objects as cuisine and textiles; and the use of artifacts to understand the past, the belief systems of different cultures, and social evolution.
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