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ENG 211
Art and Cultural Revolution: Mexico
Catalog Overview: "A study of one non-Western culture with emphasis on how its beliefs and customs are represented in the arts, including literature and visual arts, during periods of rapid technological and cultural change. Comparison to parallel Western worlds will be made to clarify cultural difference." 4 credits. This course can be used to fulfill the Other World Civilizations OR the Humanities General Education requirement.
In this course: "We will explore the literature, music, visual arts, and communications technologies of twentieth- and twenty-first century Mexico to find answers to these questions."
HIS 370
Course Overview: "A historical analysis of Western and other world civilizations. Explores the broad outlines of world history by comparing, contrasting, and relating the distinctive features of Western civilization to other world civilizations. Topics covered include the origins and varieties of civilizations, the divergent traditions in world civilizations, European hegemony and the end of European dominance, and globalization. This is a reading-intensive course in which lectures and discussions supplement the assigned reading." 4 credits. This course can be used to fulfill the Other World Civilizations AND/OR the Humanities General Education requirement.
HIS 340
Course Overview: "To understand and relate to Latin America's existing nation-states, societies and cultures – which is increasingly in demand in US business, education, health, government and other professions – one must look well back from the immediate present. In this class we will examine Latin America's colonial legacy – the results of the confrontation of Spanish, Portuguese and other European colonizers with millennia-old indigenous populations, forced migrations of Africans, and other immigrant populations, not to mention the new, racially and culturally mixed populations that came into being. Contemporary political alliances, economic phenomena, race relations, gender relations, and intellectual and spiritual movements in Latin America have deep roots in the precolumbian and colonial past." 4 credits.HIS 330
Course Overview: "This course provides the opportunity for an examination of the history of women in the United States from European colonization (ca. 1600) to the present, plus the opportunity to compare American women's experiences with those of their peers throughout the Western Hemisphere. We will address many different themes and observe the changes and similarities over time and space in women's lives, including: race and ethnicity in colonization and coexistence, labor (paid and unpaid) and class issues, health and sexuality, religion and spirituality, and legal and political struggles." 4 credits.HIS 308
Course Overview: "A review and analysis of the major historical developments explaining the presence of the United States' largest emergent minority group, the Hispanics, or Latinos. Major themes include the colonial activities of the Spanish and Portuguese; subsequent historical developments involving Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and other areas of Central and South America; the experience of Latinos in the U.S. in the past 200 years; and the current status and culture of Latino groups in American society." 4 credits.HIS 102
Course Overview: "A description and analysis of the principal forces involved in the growth of the U.S. from a society on the eve of massive industrialization into a technological consumer society. Features stressed will include the rise of the corporation, the development of an urban labor force, the changing role of government, and the integration of the United States into a global political and economic system. This course will examine the different populations and conditions that have shaped U.S. society from the end of its Civil War up to the present, as the events of the past 135 years or so help explain much about contemporary U.S. society. The examination of economic and political forces will be balanced with in-depth incursions into racial, gender, educational, and other social questions." 4 credits.GEN 304
Course Overview: "Examines human nature from a wide variety of disciplinary perspectives including philosophy, religion, psychology, sociology, biology, and literature. It also includes an examination of the implications of the relationships between humans and technology for our understanding of human nature." Meets humanities requirement. 4 credits.FRC 103
Course Overview: "In this course we will examine the science (from the Latin scientia, past participle of the verb to know), technology (from the Greek tekne, skill, and logia, discourse or expression of, the word about), and human values (or culture, the totality of socially-transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and other products of human work and thought) of a subject that is of universal concern: health, the definition of good versus bad health (illness), and concepts, methods, and analyses of healing. [...] Scientific and technological changes occur in the context of a full psychosocial, political, cultural, and physical environment. This course will examine some of the major changes that have transpired for health and healing practices." 4 credits.
FRC 104
Course Overview: "This course will provide incoming freshmen a unique opportunity to combine academic exploration with community building exercises. The theme for Fall 2003 is: “A Century of Flight: The Past, Present and Future of Aviation.” While academic in format and content, this one-hour class will allow students to link the theme and ideas presented in the seminars to campus and community events as well as to their other courses." 1 credit.Rubrics for FRC 104 assignments: