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4.00 Credits
This course is designed to enable the student to use the insights of modern biblical scholarship to read the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) in an informed manner. The student is introduced to the entire array of methods used for understanding biblical texts, although historical, sociological and literary analyses are emphasized. Attention is also given to the ways modern Judaism and Christianity understand specific biblical passages.
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4.00 Credits
The goals of this course are identical to those of Religious Studies 205, although that course is not a prerequisite. The same forms of analysis that were used to understand the Hebrew Bible are used to understand the New Testament. The course emphasizes the different ways Christian communities understood the Christian message and how these different understandings came to be embodied in a single collection of documents. Also offered through European Studies.
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4.00 Credits
This course studies one or more of the gospels using any or all of the techniques of modern biblical scholarship. It examines how the author(s) understood the ministry of Jesus and how they communicated that understanding to the reader. The format of the course is a combination of lecture and seminar. Religious Studies 206 or permission of the instructor required.
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4.00 Credits
Topics may include American political history, political economy, democracy and its discontents, the politics of labor and political action in modern America. Also offered through Native American Studies.
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4.00 Credits
Topics may include the politics of race and ethnicity, Central American politics, African politics, Asian politics, Latin American politics and changing values in developing societies. Also offered through Native American Studies.
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4.00 Credits
Topics may include democratic theory, politics of culture, women and politics, politics and psychology, Utopian and anti-Utopian political thought.
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4.00 Credits
Topics may include comparative foreign policy, the new economic order, political economy, disarmament and detente, imperialism, world federalism and European integration.
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4.00 Credits
The topics of these seminars vary depending on the interests of faculty and students. Recent topics have included international environmental law, state formation and development in Africa, the world military order, the political sociology of American workers, politics and the media, democracy and its discontents, conflict resolution, working class politics, East and Southeast Asia, public opinion and political socialization, law, values and the environment, and Latin American politics. The seminars are intended to acquaint students with research problems, strategies and techniques relevant to the subject matter at hand. Government 290 is required for all government majors and is taught each semester. Enrollment is limited to 15 students per section.
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8.00 Credits
Kwame Nkrumah once said, "Thought without practice is empty; practice without thought is blind." This course brings the two together. Students are required to spend at least eight hours per week in an internship at a local community service agency, dealing with such problems as poverty, crime, illiteracy, environmental degradation, domestic violence and so on. Students reflect on the field experience by writing a research paper related to the internship, keeping a journal that reflects on the field experience in a scholarly way and attending a series of workshops designed to help them conceptualize their experiences. Prerequisites: Government 103 and 290, an overall GPA of 2.8 or better and permission of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Individual study of a topic approved by the department under the direction of a faculty member. Prerequisites: Government 103, 290, an upper-level course on a topic related to the project and an overall GPA of 2.8.
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