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4.00 Credits
This course will afford students an opportunity to explore and reflect on their personal histories, through writing and remembering, and to shape their experiences into compelling narratives. We will also discuss aspects of craft and technique using published memoirs from a diverse menu of contemporary writers. Through experiential writing exercises, reading discussions, and peer feedback, students will produce and refine their own memoirs. Small group work, individual presentations, and keeping a reading and writing notebook will also be part of the class. The course will culminate with a group reading, in which students share aloud something they have written during the quarter. Pre-'99 Competencies: AL-2, AL-3, AL-C. BA'99 Competencies: A-2-A, A-1-C, A-1-D. Faculty: Mary Cross
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4.00 Credits
This course examines the connections between Eros and mysticism in Spanish literature beginning with the medieval mystics of Spain. We include readings from such mystics as Archpriest of Hita, Saint Teresa of Avila, Saint John of God; and we will compare their writings with modern representations of these mystics. Students with the ability to read and speak Spanish will be given the option to read and discuss the selections in Spanish (or Latin), while those who speak English will read and discuss the selections in English. References to other art forms will enrich the discussions. Included in this course will be field trips to the Art Institute and the National Museum of Mexico. Can be taken for up to 3 competences: Competences: aid, A1E, A3A, A3B, H1G, A5. Faculty: Polly Hoover (SNL) & Elia Lopez (Truman) Truman Bridge course
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4.00 Credits
Mysticism has become an obscure term in our modern society. It is often misunderstood as astrological knowledge or some supernatural ability. In reality, mysticism is the quality that differentiates spiritual teachers like Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King and the Dalai Lama from the rest of us. This course will introduce both the Eastern and Western traditions of mystic teachings and the cultivation of the mystical experience. We will explore the idea of the mystical experience as a basis for dialogue among world religions. We will try to understand how the mystical experience provides meaning to personal actions and examine the role of religion in developing an everyday mysticism for the working man and woman.
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4.00 Credits
This experiential class in will introduce students to concepts of art therapy and other expressive arts. It will address the therapeutic use of art making by people who experience illness, trauma, or challenges in living, as well as by people who seek personal development and general well being. By participating in expressive arts activities and reflecting on the products and processes, students will learn how art therapy can help people increase awareness of self and others, cope with symptoms, stress, and traumatic experiences; enhance cognitive abilities; and enjoy the life-affirming pleasures of making art. Competencies: A-2-A, A-5, H-3-X, S-3-B. Faculty: Joan Cantwell
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4.00 Credits
This course will look at the American landscape, a popular subject matter among painters in all media and study works by such noted artists as Albert Bierstadt, Frederick Church, Joseph Stella, Andrew Wyeth, Grant Wood, Georgia O'Keefe and William Beckman. The art history component of the course will be coupled with an opportunity for students to create three landscape paintings using the media of acrylic paints. An introduction to the basic techniques of acrylic painting and color mixing will be included as part of the class. Students will explore the interpretation of both the rural and urban landscape and produce a portfolio of no less than three paintings during the class. A field trip to the Art Institute of Chicago is required. No previous painting experience is required. Competences: A-1-A, A-2-A, A-1-D, A-5. Faculty: Phyllis Kozlowski
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4.00 Credits
What is Docudrama In addition to reading and analyzing plays, in this course students will have the opportunity to write a dramatic play based on upon their own experience, a historical event, a biography, or a contemporary social issue. Students will create new versions of their realities, using the dramatic process to transform and re-invent their lived experiences in a new form. Students will learn how to use a variety of documents and media in the creative process, including photographs, interviews, transcripts, tape recordings, and objects. Competences: A2X, as, H1X, H3B. Faculty: Ezzat Goushegir
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4.00 Credits
This course explores a variety of perspectives on what it means to be an American in the modern world, looking through polarities such as: urban and suburban life, localism and globalism, high culture and mass culture, corporate society and populism. Considerations of various media such as television, movies, and newspapers, as well as study of artifacts.
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4.00 Credits
This course will provide an overview of American History designed to provide a one-quarter overview of American history and culture. It will provide an overview of the central themes of American History from the colonial period to the present with a focus on social, popular, and cultural history.
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4.00 Credits
The first of two paired courses that form the American Studies Program core. The course combines "how you do American Studies" with clusters of readings and projects centered on the era. Courses use multiple methodologies, primary sources, a range of texts, material and visual culture to look at competing themes and diverse voices that form the American experience. PREREQUISTE(S): AMS 200 or one U.S. History course from the HST 280/281/282 sequence or AP US History credit or SAT II US History scores (submitted to DePaul) of 650 or higher.
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4.00 Credits
The second of two paired courses that form the American Studies Program core. Continues goals and approaches of AMS 201, for the era following 1860. AMS 201 & 202 are taught by pairs of faculty from the American Studies Program Committee. The courses should be taken in sequence in the same academic year, if at all possible. PREREQUISTE(S): AMS 200 or at least one U.S. History course from the HST 280/281/282 sequence or AP US History credit or SAT II US History scores (submitted to DePaul) of 650 or higher.
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