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3.00 Credits
A survey of composition theory, grammar, and approaches to the teaching of writing, along with extensive practice in expository writing. Required for English majors pursuing secondary education certification, prior to student teaching. Open to English majors interested in teaching writing and elementary education majors with a language arts concentration (with the instructor's approval). Prerequisites: completion of general education writing requirement and junior status.
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3.00 Credits
Selected subjects or genres in writing, studied with a view to critical and professional concerns and the integration of faith and learning in issues of writing. Open only to writing concentration students.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Writing Projects
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3.00 Credits
English Department approval. Graded pass/fail.
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3.00 Credits
In this course, specific attention is paid to organizational crime's origins, history, culture, structure and goals. Various types of criminal organizations and offenders will be considered, including the Cosa Nostra, the Yakuza, the crimes of business corporations, international and domestic terrorism, organized political crime, motorcycle gangs and street gangs. (A. Javier Trevino)
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3.00 Credits
We will explore the vocal traditions represented by particular individuals whose creativity and expressiveness have moved millions: vocalists who have become cultural representatives to localized regions and beyond. As we listen to these voices (Carmen Miranda of Brazil, Umm Kulthum of Egypt, Lata Mangeshkar of India, and Madonna, for starters) we will have the opportunity to study the sociopolitical and cultural contexts from which they have emerged to understand better the traditional music systems and theoretical strategies which have been fused (to varying degrees) with transnational musical trends in search of an irresistible, popular sound. (Julie Searles)
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3.00 Credits
Festivity can bring people together in cooperation, provoke conflict, preserve tradition, and inspire innovation, often simultaneously. Festivals are commonly filled with extraordinary behavior that is traditional, while providing socially sanctioned spaces in which what is otherwise forbidden is often encouraged. This seminar will examine the enormous variety of festive behavior in which people participate around the world, including famous massive religious celebrations in South America, such as Carnival, and less well known festivities, such as the Burning Man Arts festival in the dessert of Nevada and Providence's Waterfire. We will explore what these extraordinary occasions tell us about what it is to be human in the places in which they are celebrated, and what they have in common despite their tremendous diversity. Students will conduct field research on festivals in which they can participate, as well as others through ethnographies, literature, the professor's research and film. (Bruce Owens)
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3.00 Credits
Which racial or ethnic group do you most identify with Does being a North American have any meaning for you How do we teach our children about the cultural history of the United States Whose history is the cultural history of the United States What are the core values of United States culture Who are the heroes, heroines and ancestors of the United States culture How have the history lessons you learned in elementary and secondary school shaped your identity development Cultural identity development is the process of identity formation that involves identification with a larger cultural group and aspects of that group's culture. There are several socializing agents that contribute to the cultural identity development process of all (i.e., black, brown, yellow, red, and white) individuals living in the United States and they include family, peers, societal norms, and formal education. Along with examining the process of cultural identity development, we will also consider how formal education shapes cultural identity development in the United States. In particular, we will examine history lessons taught in elementary and secondary public schools and consider how these history lessons shape cultural identity across the life-span. Class discussions will draw heavily from your own schooling experience. (Peony Fhagen-Smith)
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3.00 Credits
Central to Dan Brown's ubiquitous book, The Da Vinci Code, is a controversial reading of Leonardo Da Vinci's extraordinary work The Last Supper. Taking as his point of departure one of the most famous paintings in the history of art, Brown asks the reader to examine this image anew. But is Brown's intent to place the work in context or spin a tale that is without basis How does this controversy affect our perception of the original painting This course will examine moments in history when art has engendered controversy; its goal is to increase your awareness of the complexity of images, the broad range of interpretations, and the political, psychological and sociological impact of works of art. From The Da Vinci Code, we will turn to the tragic life of a 16th century female artist, Artemisia Gentileschi, the subject of another book and movie. Other controversies central to this course will be the puzzling circumstances surrounding the greatest of all tomb finds-the remains of an Egyptian boy-king, Tutankhamen, and the artistic treasures that accompanied him into death. Forgeries, thefts and censorship will also be subjects of investigation as we seek to crack the codes embedded in each image while acknowledging the multiple messages that works of art can convey. (Evelyn Staudinger Lane)
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3.00 Credits
This seminar will explore many well known "movements"from 1900 to the present. Six to eight studio projects will be supplemented and supported with readings from art critic John Russell and others. (Tim Cunard)
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