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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
See HIS 3535 in the History section (School of Humanities) for description.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. An exploration of American life since World War II, using books, documentaries, and films. Topics include: the rise of America as a world power and the Cold War; McCarthyism and anti-communism; consumerism, environmentalism, and the transformation of values, taste, style and manners; uprisings of the 1960s; the conservative agenda of the Reagan/Bush era; and the contemporary distrust of politicians and concerns about the future.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. A comprehensive introduction to American Sign Language (ASL), beginning with a focus on the linguistic aspects of ASL, including syntax, facial expression, vocabulary, and the manual alphabet. Students progress to conversational signing and finger spelling and develop an ability to communicate on a beginning level.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. This course explores the various cultures in the Middle East, especially Turkey, Iran, Egypt, and Israel, with some time devoted to minorities within a larger context. The selected texts and films raise awareness of human rights issues and the threat of radical religious fanaticism. Both fiction and nonfiction works are used.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. An examination of the social, political, and economic effects of the fur, fabric, and leather industries on American society. Topics include: the potential riches that drew fur trappers to America; the indigo trade; the rise and fall of cotton from the Colonial period through World War II; the impact of mass-produced clothing on the urbanization of America; and the rise of the fashion industry. Also offered as CSS 3080.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Several questions are explored through the works of selected authors. What does the American landscape mean to its inhabitants How does American literature reflect this landscape How does it shape public perception Does a person’s relationship to American history affect his or her perceptions of the environment What political weight does the American people’s interpretations of land have
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. An exploration of Native American, Central Asian, and aboriginal Australian testimonies and techniques of shamanic experience and their relationship to other native cultures of the world. The contemporary global contribution of these cultures to ecology and spirituality, together with the challenges faced by native cultures today, are also explored.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. Although both ancient Asian and modern Western traditions define an enlightened person as one who is liberated from the bondage of ignorance, they differ in their definitions of the highest human values and of the discipline necessary to attain those values. Special attention is given to the contribution each tradition can make to the search for clarified values.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. The modern fragmentation of nature, science, and religion is addressed in this exploration of various world religions, their historical discourses on nature and/or science, and the religious response to the ecological crisis. A new understanding of nature, brought by scientific cosmology and quantum theories, is incorporated in the discussion of the nature of creation.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits. An exploration of the sociological and psychological foundations of the “religious impulse.” By engaging both classicaland contemporary thinkers and theories in these fields, students develop a set of theoretical lenses through which various religious phenomena are considered.
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