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A seminar on major ideas and themes that have helped shape American life, this course makes a conscious effort to demonstrate the interaction between intellectual, social, and cultural dynamics in the formation of America.Three credits.
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During senior year, each American studies major writes a research paper under the supervision of several participating faculty members.Students integrate different intellectual disciplines in the design and execution of their projects.Three credits.
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Using a historical perspective, this interdisciplinary course examines how the Irish experience has been depicted in American film.The intention of this course is to heighten an appreciation for the myth-making power of film in developing a historical consciousness and creating racial/cultural stereotypes.Topics include the Irish diaspora, the Irish independence movement, Anglo-Irish relations, the IRA, the Irish assimilation into mainstream America, Irish legends in film, and the myth of the Old Country.Three credits.
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This course exposes students to an interdisciplinary method of learning.While using standard historical texts to establish the facts regarding the American Civil War, this course explores the sometimes confusing and contradictory versions of the Civil War as depicted in literature, photography, feature films, documentary films, music, painting, and other modes of expression.Three credits.
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The Great Depression represents the catalytic agent in America's extraordinary transformation in the 1930s, a decade during which the changes in the economic and political sectors provided the matter for American cultural life.This course acquaints students with the complexities of this pivotal period in American life through feature films and documentaries, popular and serious fiction, the American theatre of the time, popular music, public and private art, and mass circulation and little magazines, while introducing them to an interdisciplinary methodology.Three credits. of 1959), generously established a continuing fund to spend on invited speakers, course materials, and scheduled activities on topics of international affairs, global ethics, and public policy.The first major disbursement established the Resource Center for Global Studies, located in the central office of the Program on Applied Ethics and open to the University community during working hours.
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys the relationship of literature to religion in the history of American letters.Beginning with the moral didacticism of early Puritan literature, American writers have manifested a persistent concern with religio-ethical matters as well as with the impact of religious institutions in shaping our social and cultural environment.Using literary texts by major American writers, the course evaluates the critical perspective and relevance of the imaginative writer's treatment of religious questions.Three credits.
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Descriptive Astronomy With Lab Prerequisite: None A non-mathematical introduction to the fundamentals of astronomy, and the means by which information is obtained and hypotheses formed and tested. Emphasis is on: (1), the scientific principles that underlie current knowledge of the nature and evolution of the universe and objects in it; and (2), the historical evolution of astronomical ideas and their roles in science and society through the ages. Laboratory involves hands-on gathering, treatment and interpretation of data and modeling of astronomical phemomena. Three hours lecture; one hour laboratory. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 OR 3.000 Lecture hours 0.000 OR 1.000 Lab hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Laboratory, Lecture, Lecture and Lab School of Arts and Sciences College Physical Science Department Course Attributes: GER IIIB-Natural Sciences, Lab, LAC tins-Natural Science
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Stars And Galaxies Prerequisite: None The properties, life cycles, and unusual forms of stars are discussed, as well as their grouping into clusters. The structure and origin of the Milky Way galaxy is discussed, leading to models for other galaxies. Groupings of galaxies lead to considering the large-scale structure, origin and fate of the Universe as a whole. 3.000 Credit Hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture School of Arts and Sciences College Physical Science Department Course Attributes: GER IIIB-Natural Sciences
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Introduction To The Solar System Prerequisite: LAC student with tins course or GER student Introduction to the structure of the solar system, and to the methods and ideas used to study its history and components. The latest discoveries are incorporated into descriptions of the objects in the Solar System and into models for their evolution. 3.000 Credit Hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture School of Arts and Sciences College Physical Science Department Course Attributes: GER IIIB-Natural Sciences, LAC T2NS-Natural Science AST 2XX - Astronomy Elective Astronomy Elective Prerequisite: Transfer Credit Evaluation Only 0.500 TO 6.000 Credit Hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture School of Arts and Sciences College
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3.00 Credits
Topics In Astronomy Prerequisite: None Variable credits and topics in astronomy as interest warrants. May be repeated for credit. 1.000 TO 6.000 Credit Hours 1.000 TO 6.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture School of Arts and Sciences College Physical Science Department
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