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2.00 Credits
How does the exploitation of the environment relate to the oppression of women? Why do traditional views of women tie them together with animals and land? What can indigenous knowledges offer to contemporary pushes for sustainability? How can advocating for women's rights around the globe promote environmentalism as well? In this class, we will explore these questions and many nothers as we read about historic and contemporary environmental movements led by women and examine theories about how developmental movements became gendered. This class will be interdisciplinary, considering historical, political, and sociological issues alongside philosophical theories. It will also be rooted in the concept of intersectionality, looking at how the concerns about gender and the environment can never be separated from concepts of race and class.
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2.00 Credits
Using both fictional and documentary films as our primary subject matter, we explore the ethical and economic aspects of the phenomenon of making money by investing money in the stock market. We will look at the history of the stock market as a prelude to engaging in close analysis of the motives of investors, the ethical and economic consequences of investing, the political dimensions of the market and the social significance of market capitalism.
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2.00 Credits
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." Henry David Thoreau. In these linked courses we will examine what it means to live deliberately. We will read works by authors who went to the woods, the desert, or the mountains to examine their lives and the world around them more carefully. And we will write of our own experiences in the natural world and in a small community living together. This is a field course co-listed with ENVI 301: Field Study-Write Deliberately. Students Need to enroll in both courses, unless they have permission of the instructor. We will be traveling to the Field Camp at Cat Ranch for two weeks of intensive reading, writing, and conversation.
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2.00 Credits
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." Henry David Thoreau. In these linked courses we will examine what it means to live deliberately. We will read works by authors who went to the woods, the desert, or the mountains to examine their lives and the world around them more carefully. And we will write of our own experiences in the natural world and in a small community living together. This is a field course co-listed with ENVI 301: Field Study-Write Deliberately. Students Need to enroll in both courses, unless they have permission of the instructor. We will be traveling to the Field Camp at Cat Ranch for two weeks of intensive reading, writing, and conversation.
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4.00 Credits
Developments in technology have framed how we understand the mind and brain, just as advances in psychology and neuroscience have guided those developments in technology. This interdisciplinary seminar will explore the boundary between human and "artificial" intelligence in the present day as well as in the future. How can we tell the difference between human and robot? Will artificial minds become deserving of ethical rights (and responsibilities)? Will humans become cyborgs in the future? We will examine and discuss these and other questions posed from the perspectives of psychology and computer science, as well as from philosophy, literature, and film, including science fiction.
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4.00 Credits
This course will focus on the diversity of contemporary issues of U.S. immigration. The emphasis will be on contemporary issues, such as the origins and destination of (past and present) immigrants, conditions under which immigration takes place, politics of admission and immigration law, undocumented immigration, the labor force participation of immigrants, gender, family, and the children of immigrants. This course will be dealing with the topic of justice set against intensified global mobility and greater economic, political, cultural and technological interaction. Students will examine different perspectives on global migration and justice, contemplate our ethical and political responsibilities to migrants, as well as engage ongoing debates regarding the permanency and importance of political borders in an era of intense globalization.
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4.00 Credits
This course begins with an examination of the historically influential Biblical tradition of demanding social or economic justice for all people. We then turn to a close comparative study of influential secular theories of economic justice proposed by John Locke, Karl Marx, John Stuart Mill, John Rawls, Robert Nozick, and Amartya Sen. Finally, we evaluate the success (or not) of socialism, free market capitalism, and the comprehensive welfare state in providing economic justice for people in the contemporary world, as demanded by both the Biblical tradition and western secular economic justice theorists.
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4.00 Credits
This course explores the development and operation of Humanitarian Law, which is the body of public international law that regulates conduct during armed conflict. Humanitarian law aims to protect human dignity during armed conflict and to prevent or reduce the suffering and destruction that results from war. Through Humanitarian Law, students build critical analytical skills as they explore different perspectives on the rules of conflict, the effects war has on human life, and their personal connections to it. A solid understanding of humanitarian law empowers students to explore, question, and understand the complicated issues related to war and the human rights and protections of people affected by it. Participants will discuss victim protection and assistance, as well as the application of humanitarian law in civil wars. A review of various means of implementation concludes the course's substantive component.
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2.00 Credits
This course is focused on digital ethnography as a means to study how culture shapes and is shaped by social media. We will focus on the symbolic and cultural elements of technology in the roles it plays in fashion, social protests, revolutions and building community amongst marginalized groups. While it is arguable that social media has had positive effects, such as the democratization of the Internet, this course will also study negative effects of social media, such as cyber bullying, sexual predators and isolation. The focus of this course is on the collection of information that social media produces and/or encourages and the impact it has on a particular group or movement regardless of geographic limits. We will pay special attention to how people are motivated or, as some would argue, manipulated to feel empathy for marginalized groups, get involved in politics and partake in events around the globe from the safety of their homes. You will be required to participate in social networks such as Tumblr, Twitter, Vine, YouTube and Snapchat. There are no traditional essays for this course. Instead your final will result in a Tumblr page that serves as an archive that draws on the "feelings" produced by social media.
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4.00 Credits
The focus of this course will be understanding the educational, health and developmental needs of rural Thai citizens as well as indigenous populations through cultural immersion and active participation in service projects. Students will participate in deep cultural immersion activities and service-learning projects in two distinct rural Thai villages, one in the mountains surrounding Chiang Mai, Thailand, and one in the rural Northeast near Khon Kaen, Thailand, that will help alleviate some of the health, educational and developmental issues present while staying with local families within the villages. Other activities will include a visit to a groundbreaking new concept school in the Northeast, tours of historically significant sites in Thailand, visiting an HIV/AIDS hospice, sightseeing in Bangkok and a relaxing few days on a tropical island to end the trip. Students will meet during Spring Semester for preparatory sessions that will ready them for the experience. Course assignments will include reflective journaling, active discussions during the trip, and a reflective multimedia project at the end of the trip.
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