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Course Criteria
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
This opportunity for an independent study experience offers students the occasion to pursue specialized study or research under faculty supervision. Proposals must be presented to the department chair (or designee) for approval. Students may not earn more than one semester of credit for this course.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
This opportunity for an internship experience is available in such areas of sport medicine, fitness and sport management. The internship is designed as a student-arranged study that is comprised of a structured experience with an organization or institution and involves intensive work on a particular project.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
The seminar offers students the opportunity for advanced study on topics and issues evident in contemporary sport and exercise science. Permission required. Available to SSES minors only.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
The course offers seniors who minor in sports studies and exercise science the opportunity to pursue advanced study or research under the guidance of a faculty sponsor. Permission required.
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4.00 Credits
An introductory exploration of the indigenous religious life of India, both past and present. The baseline is historical, beginning with the prehistoric evidence and concluding with the modern scene of Mahatma Gandhi, international meditation movements and politicized religion. Building on this baseline, the concern throughout is to discern what the tradition has meant personally to the individuals involved. Frequent use is made of artistic and video material to appreciate Indian appraisals of the human condition. Also offered through Asian Studies.
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4.00 Credits
An introductory exploration of the various classical and contemporary forms of Buddhism. The initial task is to understand the Buddha in the context of India in the sixth to fifth centuries BCE, then to examine the emergence of a sophisticated philosophical and psychological literature, the meditational techniques of Tantra and Zen, the sociopolitical role of the monastery, and more. The examination enables students to follow the historical spread of Buddhism into Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Tibet, China, Japan and, more recently, the West. Also offered through Asian Studies.
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to China's unique religious heritage through a selective survey of major thinkers, texts and cultural expressions. The primary emphasis is on the historical development and mutual influence of the "three teachings"- Confucianism, Taoism anBuddhism - with special attention given to the relationship between philosophy and popular practice, and to the interaction among political and religious institutions. Topics include gods and the sacred, ritual, ethics, human nature, meditation, mysticism and salvation. Also offered through Asian Studies.
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4.00 Credits
An introductory examination of that religious tradition which, originating in seventh century Arabia under the inspiration of the Prophet Muhammad, has come to include one-sixth of humankind, and predominates throughout the Middle East, North and East Africa, Pakistan, portions of India and Indonesia. The course considers the career of the Prophet and the growth of the central institutions of Islamic civilization and endeavors to identify the varied aspirations and concerns of Muslims in the contemporary world. Also offered through Global Studies.
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4.00 Credits
An introductory examination of the religious traditions of Judaism from the biblical period through the 21st century. Just as Christianity is no longer the religion of the Hebrew Bible, neither is Judaism. Emphasis is placed on the development of Rabbinic (modern) Judaism and its evolution in the modern world. Recent movements and events (the emergence of new forms of Judaism, Zionism, the Holocaust and the birth of Israel) are also discussed.
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4.00 Credits
A historical and topical introduction to the complex mingling of indigenous and foreign traditions, exemplified by the relationship between Shinto and Buddhism, that has informed Japan's unique religious heritage. Major topics include attitudes toward nature, the interpenetration of religion and the arts (haiku poetry, landscape painting, swordsmanship, the tea ceremony, etc.), monasticism and meditation practices, modern Zen philosophy and the influence of the West. Course materials consist of canonical and secondary texts and autobiographical accounts, works of fiction and film. Also offered through Asian Studies.
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