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3.00 Credits
3 credits A continuation of Great Ideas I, the introductory Freshman Baccalaureate Honors Seminar. Great ideas are studied in their cultural and historical contexts and from an interdisciplinary perspective, tracing the impact of these ideas on society, politics, economics, science, and the arts. This writing- intensive course substitutes for CMP-125 Research Writing. Student is guided in writing an effective research paper. Freshmen only. Spring.
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3 credits Studies the cultural history of Elizabethan and Jacobean England and of its visual and literary arts. More specifically, the course will investigate the peculiarly English synthesis of the old and new, Medieval and Renaissance, Continental and English in the arts and ideas of the Age of Shakespeare.
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3 credits Investigates the relationships between political life and literary form. Students will analyze literary texts in the context of selected political periods and ideologies, going beyond literary content to understand how language, genre, and structure mirror, otherwise represent, or criticize the political order within which the author writes.
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3 credits Fosters analysis of controversial art images from a range of genres (e.g., films, paintings, photographs, music, literature, and sculpture) and asks students to consider connections between the art and political/social/legal issues. Topics will include censorship, propaganda, and intellectual property.
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3 credits Examines some of the 'perennial' theories ofjustice, both classical and modern, that have left their mark on the evolution of Western concepts of justice. Among these will be the conservative tradition, the 'natural rights'tradition, Utilitarianism, and the philosophy of distributive justice (John Rawls). The practical implications of such theories and the two-way traffic between them and social realities will be explored through their application by the American courts. In addition to actual cases, students will participate in the adjudication of theoretical cases, both fictional and taken from contemporary realities.
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3 credits Studies the major themes of a period of cultural change as they are expressed in important social, scientific, literary, and artistic works. Students will immerse themselves in a single major literary work and will interpret it in light of a number of coordinate texts and works from the social sciences, from contemporary comment, and from the arts.
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3 credits Explores the literature of the fantastic in England and the Americas, with an emphasis on ghost stories, horror fiction, and dark fantasy from the Gothic period to the present. Specifically, the course will address the distinctive atmosphere, cultural influences, and narrative strategies of spectral fiction as practiced by English, American, and Latin American authors.
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3 credits Investigates the intellectual and aesthetic processes of painting and poetry. Major themes include Horace's famous simile "Ut PicturaPoesis"-as is painting, so is poetry-anAristotle's contention (in The Poetics) that human nature in action, the movements of the body that express the affection and passion of the soul, are the spirit and life of painting and poetry.
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3 credits Explores social, political, and cultural transformations associated with the radical extension of cybernetic and reproductive technologies in modern society. In particular the course will focus on the impact of new so-called high technologies such as computer- based communications, robotics, and biotechnology on such areas as the structure of the world economy, the organization of work, patterns of consumption, styles of popular culture, the design of private and public space, and the liberal-democratic political process.
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3 credits Examines the linkages between environmental history, biology, and ecology. Human attitudes toward the natural environment are complex and have changed overtime, ranging from terror to exaltation from exploitation to preservation. Focus will be on the impact of changes in human land use and technology on natural ecosystems, exploring feedbacks between the two. Hands-on experiences will supplement readings from the primary literature both in science and history as well as literary explorations of nature. This course is designed for students fascinated by the landscape of the U.S. and the environmental impact of human actions.
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