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3.00 Credits
Social Science 3 aims at further understanding of the conceptual content of the social sciences and how such concepts have been applied in modern social and political life. The course features nineteenth and twentieth century works which suggest various ways of comprehending the social, psychological, economic, and political structure of the modern world. (Prerequisite: Social Sciences 1 and 2) ?Reading List Sigmund Freud, Civilization and its Discontents Jean-Paul Sartre, Dirty Hands Karl Marx, selections Hannah Arendt, The Human Condition Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex Alexis de Tocqueville, On Democracy in America Georg Willhelm Friedrich Hegel, Philosophy of Right
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3.00 Credits
This final course in the Social Sciences sequence examines the conceptual framework and methodology of the various disciplines of the social sciences. We turn from the examination of the structural and empirical makeup of social and political reality to the modes of inquiry that have been employed in the works read in the previous social sciences courses. All the questions from the earlier courses in the Social Sciences sequence are reexamined in light of what kinds of questions they are, and which answers to such questions can claim scientific validity. Reading List Max Weber, selections émile Durkheim, Rules of Sociological Method Peter Winch, The Idea of a Social Science and its Relation to Philosophy Clifford Geertz, The Interpretation of Cultures Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed Sandra Harding, ed., Feminism and Methodology Michel Foucault, Discipline and Punish Karl Mannheim, Ideology and Utopia
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3.00 Credits
Humanities 1 investigates the elements and forms of the musical and visual arts. This course is primarily about the tasks of active listening and viewing, and of developing the ability to articulate one's responses to works of art and music. The course is organized according to a layering principle, beginning with works that are "simple" in the sense that they underscore a particular element: melody, harmony, tonality in music; line, color, shape in the visual arts. As the course progresses, the works become more complex and the listening and viewing faculties are applied to works in which formal properties are paramount. The learning process is enhanced by trips to concerts and museums in Chicago, as well as by the study of works on aesthetics which explore the definition of art and the relationship of the artist to the work itself and to the audienceReading List Plato, "Ion"Honoré de Balzac, "The Unknown Masterpiece?ranz Kafka, "A Hunger Artist"Rudolf Arnheim, Art and Visual Perception Grosvenor W. Cooper, Learning to Listen Aaron Copland, What to Listen for in Music Joshua C. Taylor, Learning to Look Art by Paul Cézanne, Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, Rembrandt van Rijn, and others Music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig von Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and others
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3.00 Credits
Humanities 2 provides an introduction to literary forms: lyric, narrative, and epic poetry; drama; short story; and novel. Literature is a way of representing the human condition. It is provocative because of its universals and because of its formal and rhetorical properties. Students in Humanities 2 articulate their responses to literature and think about the works as catalysts of those responses. They are also expected to come to terms with the works as both respondents and actors in the human drama that literature imaginatively depicts. Students write frequent short analytical and interpretive essays which increase comprehension, broaden outlooks, and afford practice in writing clearly. Faculty members work intensively with students on their writing. (Prerequisite: Integrative Studies 1) Reading List The Norton Anthology of Poetry Homer, Odyssey Sophocles, Oedipus Rex, Antigone William Shakespeare, Hamlet Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov Flannery O'Connor, short stories Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot
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3.00 Credits
Humanities 3 serves as the student's formal introduction to philosophy and theology prior to the 18th century. Concentrating on a few highly important works in each discipline, the course endeavors to isolate the distinctive purposes, problems, and methods characteristic of each. It also seeks to develop analytical skills appropriate to the examination of value systems, including the student's. (Prerequisite: Humanities 1 and 2)Reading List Plato, "Apology", "Crito", "Phaedo", "Symposium" The Holy Bible St. Augustine, Confessions St. Anselm of Canterbury, Proslogion St. Teresa of ?ila, Autobiography/The Life of Saint Teresa of ávila René Descartes, Meditations Blaise Pascal, Pensées John Locke, Essay on Human Understanding
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3.00 Credits
In this course, signficant works from the 18th century onward are studied. This course serves to unify the previous Humanities courses by employing the disciplines they embody (art, music, literature, philosophy and theology). The course is also inteded to give the student an appreciation of the application of theory and methodology to the study of art, music, and literature. (Prerequisite: Humanities 3) Reading List Erich Auerbach, "Odysseus' Scar?usanne K. Langer, Feeling and Form Martin Buber, I and Thou Matthew Arnold, Culture and Anarchy Friedrich Schiller, On the Aesthetic Education of Man Immanuel Kant, Critique of Judgement ( selections), "What Is Enlightenment "Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil Leonard Bernstein, The Unanswered Question S ren Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling
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