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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
An examination of European/Asian views of the citizen, the state, law, justice, and the nature and use of power, plus an analysis of modern global doctrines on communism, democracy, fascism, internationalism, liberalism and Nazism.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on contemporary issues that relate to the dynamics of race, class and gender. Specific problems are examined to demonstrate that these categories must be studied in detail in order to understand our contemporary lives and the social, political and economic institutions that affect them.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the politics and philosophies of gender relationships. It examines the dynamic of power and the political forces that shape the relationships between men and women, women and women, and men and men. Of particular interest are the social institutions and activities that shape and express power relationships in everyday life.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the relationships between our natural and human environments. How do our socio-economic concerns affect our ethical relationships within this total environment? How is our ethical understanding of ourselves related to our connection with nature? The class will consider a variety of issues and problems that seek to understand ecological limits and the moral obligations that need to be confronted. Meets Part III of the GECC.
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3.00 Credits
Vermont Politics examines the electoral and political party structures, partisan activities, interest groups, the role of the media, and other timely issues. (Fall semesters, odd years) (Shared course in VSC)
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3.00 Credits
This course will offer a rapid background in the histories and theologies of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism – the four religions in the territories of which terrorism seems to be endemic and which regions (primarily the Middle East and India) have been divided into a myriad of artificial states. The instructor will explain the effect of reactions to the encroaching storm of modernity with its accompanying tidal waves of democracy and capitalism, and also give a brief explanation of the histories of the various nation states in the regions above. Different interpretations of "terrorism" will also be discussed. Is terrorism a tool and a weapon of war on par with guns and fighter-bombers? Is it anarchism? Nihilism? Cold-blooded murder? Is it a romantic throwback to some romantic notion of what some peoples' ancestors used to do? What exactly? The students and professor will debate together the effect of reactions to the encroaching storm of modernity with the accompanying tidal waves of capitalism, democracy, innumerable new religions sects and the loosening-up of the authoritarian patriarchal and moral systems. Meets Part III of the GECC.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the history, theory, and application of the role of religion in forming and maintaining social values and governmental structure. The course focuses primarily on the American model of separation of church and state as the primary device that has both maintained a high sense of ethical values in public life and a high respect for divergent religious beliefs and practices. The study focuses on the growth and interrelationship among religious beliefs, ethical ideals, and governmental structure as seen in western history and political philosophy leading to the creating and later interpretation of the First Amendment to the American Constitution. Student work from both primary and secondary sources including Plato, Sophocles, Aristotle, Moses, Jesus Christ, Augustine, Mohammad, Thomas Aquinas, Emanuel Kant, Friedrich Nietzsche, John Stuart Mill, John Rawls, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Teillard de Chardin, among others. Students will examine and test theories relative to the separation of church and state.
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3.00 Credits
Students examine activities of critical importance to elected officials and gain an understanding of the choices that face such officials in their dealings with the electorate. The way voters choose among candidates, factors which influence voter turnout, and campaign strategy and tactics are among topics discussed. Polls and surveys and the raising and spending of campaign funds also receive attention. Students are encouraged to work for the candidate of their choice.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an intensive reading of world literature dealing with systems of government, ideologies and the vicissitudes of political power. Each student prepares an interpretation of a political situation or problem based on a literary text (read by the entire class) and on individual research. Topics vary with each offering.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines Supreme Court decisions, constitutional law in the United States, and the rights of state governments and of the individual. (Shared course in VSC)
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