COGNATE COURSES
ENGL 337 - Introduction to African-American
Literature
A survey of writing by African-Americans from the 18th to 20th
centuries, covering early texts, poetry and speeches, narratives
of slavery and escape, abolition, the Reconstruction era, the Harlen
Renaissance, the Black Arts movement and contemporary black writers.
Prerequisite: ENGL 251 or 252. Offered alternate years. Three hours.
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ENGL 365 - Post-1950 Canadian and Australian
Literature
An intensive survey of the modern English literature written
outside of the United Kingdom and the United States. The first semester
of this course focuses on Canada and Australia. Among the writers
studied are Margaret Laurence, Margaret Atwood, Robertson Davies,
Miles Franklin, Thomas Keneally, and Patrick White. Offered alternate
years. Three hours. Mr. Sheckels. Back to top
ENGL 366 - Post-1950 African and Caribbean
Literature
An intensive survey of the modern English literature written
outside of the United Kingdom and the United States. The second
semester of this course focuses on Caribbean nations such as Jamaica
and Trinidad and African nations such as Nigeria, South Africa,
and Kenya. Among the writers studied are V.S. Naipaul, Derek Walcott,
Jean Rhys, Wole Soyinka, Nadine Gordimer, and Ngrugi ws Thiong'o.
Offered alternate years. Three hours. Mr. Sheckels. Back
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ENGL 385 - The Late Middle Ages
A variety of literature from the 12th through the 15th centuries,
including manuals, romances, visionary works, letters, tale collections,
and mystical treatises. the course will explore how literary works
are transmitted from one culture to another and how they change
to accomodate different traditions, values, and audiences. Works
studied include Yvain, the Inferno, the Decameron and the Canterbury
Tales. Offered alternate years. Three hours. Ms. Goodwin. Back
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FLET 227 - The New German Cinema
This course is designed for both German majors and general FLET
students. We will study content and form/techniques of ca. 12 films
of the period between 1966 and 1990; the major directors, who are
known for thier exploration of and experimentation with the film
medium, include Alexander Kluge, Rainer Weiner Fassibinder, voker
SChondorff, Margarethe von Trotta, Helma Sanders-Brahms, Wim Wenders,
Werner Heroz, Helke Sander. The study of and discussion of these
films will introduce students to the basics of film analysis and
give them an overview of an important phase in history of modern
German film, exposing them to cultural and political issues that
faced Germany in the Cold War era. Offered every third year. Four
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PHIL 280 - Philosophy of Science
This course examines science as a distinctive way of approaching
the world with a unique methodology associated with truth. How is
this view of science to be justified? What are its historical orginis?
Particular attention to the characterization of scientific objectivity
and the views of knowledge and reality this entails. Topics include:
logic and probability; rationality and irrationality, science and
gender, relativism, objectivity and truth. Readings are primarily
contemporary. Offered every third or fourth year. Three hours. Ms.
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PHIL 305 � Philosophy of Emotion
Traditional conceptions of objectivity devalue the influence
of emotion in rationality. This course examines a variety of approaches
to thinking that insist on the importance of feeling. Topics include:
emotion as a kind of judgment, self-deception and the problem of
self-knowledge, mind-body dualism, and the politics of emotion.
Readings from cognitive psychology, ethics and moral psychology,
cultural anthropology and feminist theories of knowledge. Prerequisite:
One course in philosophy or consent of instructor. Speaking-intensive.
Offered every third or fourth year. Three hours. Ms. Turney.
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PHIL 412 - The Good Society: 20th Century
Social and Political Theory
This course focuses on the work of several important 20th-century
philosophers in different traditions: Existential Phenomenology
(Sartre, Heidegger, or de Beauvoir), Logical Positivism (Ayer or
Carnap), the Philosophy of Language (Wittgenstein), Structionalism
and Post-Structualism (Piaget, Foucault, and the New French Feminists).
Prerequisite: Two courses in philosophy or consent of instructor.
Once every second or third year. Three hours. Ms. Turney. Back
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PSYC 180 - Prejudice, Privilege, and Social Transformations in South
Africa
Co-taught by a professor of psychology and a professor of sociology,
this course studies race issues, prejudice, and discrimination,
especially in the South African context. Special emphasis will be
placed on learning about the privileges or advantages that come
with being white in both American and South African society. South
Africa provides an ideal learning environment for students interested
in studying race issues because the last decade has marked truly
miraculous change in the “rainbow nation.” It has gone
from being a nation steeped in struggle, revolt, and oppression
be learned about the nature of oppression in historical, political,
legal, economic, social and psychological context by studying in
and about South Africa during this remarkable period of transition.
This is an exclusive, travel course. Students will spend approximately
two weeks in Johannesburg, South Africa and surrounding areas. Offered alternate years.
Three hours. Ms. Klaaren. Back
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RELS 375 - Religion and Sexuality
Religion and Sexuality � An exploration of the theological dimension
of human sexuality and how differing faith perspectives understand
issues in sexuality. Concerns that face individuals and how these
are framed through religious experience will be examined. Issues
include the role of women in the church, AIDS, pornography, family
life education, homosexuality, and abortion. Area Three: Religion
and Culture. Three hours. Staff.
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SOCI 212 - Sociology of the Family
This course analyzes the structure and functions of the family,
with emphasis on the changing nature of the family in our society.
Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of family
structures and to analyze values underlying family dynamics and
change. Not open to students who have passes SOCI 412. Offered alternate years.
Three hours. Mr. London.
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SOCI 241 - Racial and Ethnic Relations
This course presents the major concepts and methods developed for
gaining insight into dominant-minority relations. It considers the
past and present positions of ethnic and racial minorities in historical
and cross-cultural perspective. Offered every year. Three hours. Ms. Chesser.
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SOCI 260 - Health, Healing and Gender
in Ghana
This travel course provides an introduction to non-Western medical
systems and how these articulate with Western systems in an attempt
to develop an understanding of alternative beliefs and practices
about health, illness and healing in Ghana, as well as to the role
played by gender in each system and their articulation. Representative
topics covered include: the role of traditional medicine in health
care delivery; the roles of international organizations in health
and their activities in global and Ghanaian health development;
the health impact of regional and global economics. The role played
by gender in each of these areas will be examined, as well as maternal
and child health and the impact of gender on health, human rights.
Offered alternate years. Three hours. Ms. Gill.
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