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3.00 Credits
This course will examine the scientific and ethical issues surrounding the use of stem cells removed from human embryos or adults and the related issues of cloning. The potential to "grow" a variety of different cell types from stem cells in order to replace diseased cells has been heralded as a major advancement in medical research. Producing genetically identical individuals by cloning is postulated as a way to provide transplantable cells for diseased individuals. These technologies, however, elicit numerous ethical and philosophical questions, with which our society is currently grappling. For example, is it ethical to destroy an embryo in order to acquire stem cells Is it ethical to produce genetic "twins" in a lab What if the cloned individual has genetic defects that lead to illness or death Students will work in small groups to understand the scientific information required to consider the ethical concerns. Class discussion, writing assignments, and student presentations are used to explore the ramifications of stem cell research and cloning.
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3.00 Credits
This course will discuss all aspects of the life and music of Duke Ellington, one of America 's greatest composers, jazz band leaders and pianist. We will study the major members of his orchestra as well as the figures, social climate and events that affected his music. We will be concerned with social, artistic, and racial issues that define his life and music and the different eras in which his music was written. Students will develop critical listening skills and an understanding of music analysis through the pieces studied.
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2.00 Credits
There is a $175 field trip fee for this course (2 days in Washington , D.C. ). Friendship or fratricide: these are the alternatives that recent centuries have set before religions, and they have rarely been more stark. Since the end of World War II, however, Christians and Jews have begun to ask questions about one another's traditions, to break down age-old barriers of prejudice, and to explore not only differences, but similarities of faith as well. In this course, students will walk through some rich but very controversial terrain - the Bible, anti-Semitism or anti-Judaism, the Holocaust, the State of Israel, and challenges for the future. A trip to the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. is planned.
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3.00 Credits
This course will center upon storytelling performance. Storytelling takes many forms in our culture. It is an essential element in defining who we are as a culture, a nation, as groups, and as individuals. This course will explore storytelling as a large group activity, working in small groups, and solo performance. Individual sessions will be scheduled for the afternoon, usually 30-45 minutes. Some evening performances at the end of the term.
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3.00 Credits
A course offering a close reading of Kant's Critique of Judgment in the morning and considerable walking in the hills and pastures of central Kentucky in the afternoon. The first half of Kant's Critique (1790) describes the behavior and range of judgments about beauty in nature and in art. The second half describes the behavior and range of judgments about the purpose of natural organisms and of nature itself. In this context, walking serves two purposes. First, it is the means for exploring the validity of Kant's aesthetic and scientific descriptions of the environment. Second, it the best way to preserve nature and ourselves for the purpose of this exploration. The course includes daily afternoon walks (typically 1-4 pm).
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2.00 Credits
There is a $50 field trip fee for this course (2 days in New Harmony, IN). Using the 1826 version of Edward Hicks' famous folk painting, The Peaceable Kingdom, as a starting point, the course will first consider various strains of the utopian impulse in 19th-Century America, including neighboring Shakertown and Gethsemene Abbey. Students will then investigate intentional communities of the past 100 years based on Hicks' vision of humans living in absolute harmony with nature and other animals.
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3.00 Credits
This course will acquaint the student with the literature associated with leadership studies. The student will be exposed to a variety of authors, and have the opportunity to study and report on a 20th-Century leader of his or her choice. The class will feature several guest speakers (leaders in practice) from a variety of fields, and will include at least one field trip to explore the work of a leader in his or her workplace.
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3.00 Credits
A class devoted to the writing of poetry and to relevant readings designed to guide and inspire the beginning writer. A workshop class where students will write 2-3 poems a week, responding to assignments given, which we will then workshop in class.
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3.00 Credits
Students examine media representations of teachers and schools including television and film. We will read excerpts from a variety of books (both fiction and nonfiction) as well as view and analyze visual depictions of schoolteachers and students in school.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the relationship among public memory, popular culture, and history, using film representations of American involvement in Vietnam and its aftermath as a case study.
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