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B.S. in Actuarial Science

Otterbein University Course Catalogs

2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS


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  • HIST 4630 - African Independence Movements: 1940s-1970s

    Hours: 3
    The strategies and choices made by African leaders and groups that led to the emergence of independent African nations. The intellectual, economic, religious, social and military strategies employed in the pursuit of freedom in North, East and West Africa.
  
  • HIST 4660 - African History: Era of New Nations

    Hours: 3
    The challenges and successes faced by post-independence African nations such as the creation of national identity, the restructuring of the economy, the outbreak of civil wars, and the creation of the African Union.
  
  • HIST 4800 - Research Seminar - Writing Intensive

    Hours: 3
    An opportunity for independent historical research. Exploring methodological approaches from history and related social sciences by directly applying these approaches to self-designed projects. Classic and current directions of inquiry in areas of concentration, and defining research questions and strategies. Develops skills of professional historical writing.
    Prerequisites: Senior standing or permission of instructor.
  
  • HIST 4900 - Internship

    Hours: 1-15
    Internships are available to majors upon submission of a written proposal. Arranged individually, usually with local organizations or agencies, such as the Ohio Historical Society.
    Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and department chairperson.
    This course is repeatable.

    Notes: The number of credit hours varies with the program agreed upon.
  
  • HIST 4910 - Experimental Course Topics

    Hours: 1-3
    Experimental course topics.

    This course is repeatable.

  
  • HLED 1400 - Individual and Community Health

    Hours: 3
    Personal health risk factors associated with nutrition, physical activity, substance use, sexuality, and mental health, and how they relate to chronic and communicable diseases. How personal, social, and environmental health issues affect community/public health. Roles of public health agencies and organizations, and the history of public health and health promotion efforts. Exposure to individual and population-based strategies for reducing prevalence of health risk factors and incidence of disease in various population groups and settings. Applied learning experiences develop health promotion and education skills and include hands-on assessment of personal and population needs, program planning, and evaluation of health initiatives.
    SP Sem.
  
  • HLED 1910 - Experimental Course Topics

    Hours: 1-3
    Experiemental course topics.
    Notes: This course is repeatable.
  
  • HLED 2100 - Fundamentals of Nutrition

    Hours: 3
    What do the Dietary Guidelines for Americans mean? Translate recommendations into real food and lifestyle choices for chronic disease prevention, weight management, performance and optimal health. Critique nutrition trends with solid nutrition principles that stand the test of time. Content includes a review of nutrients and their role in metabolism, function in the body and how needs change through life stages. Extensive nutrient analysis of students’ diets provides opportunities to apply nutrition knowledge for improved nutritional health.
    FA, SP Sems. 
    Notes: This course has an additional fee.
  
  • HLED 2525 - Medical Terminology

    Hours: 3
    Designed for future allied health professionals and medical-based degree seekers to help prepare for and meet the criteria needed to seek graduate school acceptance. Enhances the knowledge base of medically based terms that will in turn enable the understanding of a more diverse array of medical professions.
    FA, SP Sems. 
    Notes: This course has an additional fee.
  
  • HLED 2910 - Experimental Course Topics

    Hours: 1-3
    Experiemental course topics.
    Notes: This course is repeatable.
  
  • HLED 3200 - Applied Performance Nutrition

    Hours: 3
    expands upon nutrition knowledge gained in introductory nutrition course. Sports nutrition principles and concepts are discussed to maximize physical performance for all levels of fitness.  Current issues in sports nutrition will be discussed including an evaluation of common performance-based supplements, ergogenic aids and engineered foods.
    FA Sem. 
    Prerequisites: HLED 2100 or NURS 2400, and Nutrition minors only.
    Notes: This course has an additional fee.
  
  • HLED 3440 - Weight Management

    Hours: 3
    Weight management is simple…it’s just not easy. Explore why that’s true.  Evaluate healthy approaches to weight management by interpreting the physiological and psychological issues that affect weight status.  Non-lifestyle approaches including supplements, pharmacotherapy and surgery are explored as options to weight management.
    FA, SP Sems.
    Prerequisites: HLED 2100 or NURS 2400, and Nutrition minors only.
    Notes: This course has an additional fee.
  
  • HLED 3910 - Experimental Course Topics

    Hours: 1-16
    Experimental course topics.
    Notes: This course is repeatable.
  
  • HNRS 1500 - The Critical Spirit - Writing Intensive

    Hours: 3
    The first in the Honors program four-year course sequence. Builds a critical intellectual foundation and community for subsequent honors requirements. Consideration of the interplay of individual and social identities, and studying the self as a catalyst of voice, action, and purpose. Considering questions like: How can I identify and shape my core commitments, both as an individual responsible for my own life, and as a participant in the wider world? How can I participate in an intellectual community with a shared responsibility for the public good? How will I become a responsive and responsible member of a community of critical inquiry? Emphasizes critical inquiry, participation in the Honors Community of Scholars, and foundational expository writing skills.
  
  • HNRS 2000 - Power and Difference

    Hours: 3
    Using the approaches of the social sciences to explore social communities and identities. Inviting broad and complex questions about the relationship of the public good to the larger goals of social equity and justice. Considering the ways in which individuals and groups define themselves and relate to one another, and examine the social, economic, political, and cultural traditions and structures that make up our complex and diverse society. How the social sciences shape our understanding of the public good by deepening our understanding of social relationships and multiple layers of identity (e.g., race, ethnicity, class, gender, and sexual orientation). Emphasizes participation in the Honors Community of Scholars. Considering questions of interdisciplinarity, such as: How does my discipline relate to, intersect with, and/or challenge the work of other disciplines? What kinds of power do practitioners in my field have in relation to other fields? How does my individual major or field contribute to the public good?
  
  • HNRS 2200 - Reflection and Responsibility

    Hours: 3
    Drawing on the disciplines of philosophy and religious studies, reflecting meaningfully on our own values and exploring the ethical dimensions of human existence. Investigating and examining such important issues as individual and collective responsibility to the public good, the notion of a “good life,” and the nature and significance of personal and civic engagement. Emphasizes participation in the Honors Community of Scholars. Considering how knowledge production itself is a form of the public good. Reflecting on what it means to study in our particular disciplines, and how work in our majors relates to the public good. Considering questions like: What specific questions, methods, and research strategies are unique or particular to my field? In what ways is my field unique or crucial both within and outside the academy? Why does my field or major matter, both to the university community and to the wider public community? How does work in my field contribute to or engage with the public good?
  
  • HNRS 2400 - Natural Foundations

    Hours: 3
    Drawing on the disciplines of the natural sciences to explore our modern understanding of nature and the physical world and how we have arrived at this knowledge. Examining scientific developments, natural phenomena, and how science provides data that is crucial to addressing many issues facing society today. How the objective findings of science fuel the development of many advancements that are making the world a better place to live. Considering our role individually and collectively in using scientific advancements responsibly in the modern world. Emphasizes participation in the Honors Community of Scholars. The potential of scientific research and its significance for the public good, and considering how scientific research contends with the aims of the public good, asking questions like: What are the research or creative aims and responsibilities of work in the sciences, and how do those aims respond to and benefit the broader community? Developing a deeper understanding of the values of intellectual freedom and social responsibility in scientific research.
  
  • HNRS 2600 - Creativity and Culture

    Hours: 3
    How human beings find and create meaning in our world, particularly through creative inquiry in the arts. Encourages a deeper understanding and appreciation of the role of the arts across a diversity of human cultures, including how the arts engage questions of human meaning and purpose. Exploring how the arts contribute to the public good by suggesting and creating new possibilities for communities and cultures and also considering questions of responsibility (individual and collective) for maintaining and preserving cultural heritage from around the world. Emphasizes participation in the Honors Community of Scholars. Considering questions of public responsibility, both individual and collective, by studying the role of the arts in popular culture and/or the role of archives (museums, galleries, academies) in relation to the formation of a public art sphere. Attendance of an arts event on- or off-campus (e.g. Fisher or Miller galleries, CMA, Wexner Center for the Arts, OSU Cartoon Library, etc.) to reflect on the significance and reception of art and the public sphere. Considering art as a public good and understanding our own responsibility as creator, spectator, or consumer of art.
  
  • HNRS 2800 - Global Cultures

    Hours: 3
    Drawing primarily on the disciplines of history and modern languages to understand the world’s histories and cultures through an intercultural lens. There is great variation in how and why people have organized their societies. Developing a stronger understanding of these societies, past and present, on their own terms. How our modern world has come to take its current shape, including how competing notions of social and public responsibility interact on a transnational and global scale. Emphasizes participation in the Honors Community of Scholars. Considering questions such as: How do practitioners in my field relate in a global or international context to other fields? What are the cultural and/or disciplinary norms of my field? How is my field operative on a global or international scale?
  
  • HNRS 3000 - Honors Integrative Seminar

    Hours: 3
    Provides a topical capstone experience for Honors students not completing the Honors Thesis Project. Understanding our roles in the Honors Program as a member of a “community of scholars.” Possible topics may include: The Public Intellectual, Adaptation: Film v Literature, The Uses and Abuses of Psychology in Everyday Life, etc. Honors Advisory faculty members are active participants via guest lectures, co-curricular activities, scholarly talks, etc. Emphasizes participation in the Honors Community of Scholars by examining what it means to be a member of a “community of scholars.” What it means to be a member of a particular discipline, and how work in that discipline relates to the work of Honors peers from across the university.
    FA Sem.
    Prerequisites: four HNRS 2000-level courses, or three HNRS 2000-level courses and one INST 2000-level course.
  
  • HNRS 3500 - Junior Honors Project Seminar - Writing Intensive

    Hours: 3
    Launching the Honors Thesis Project and understanding our role in the Honors Program as a member of a “community of scholars.” Working on the Honors Thesis Proposal, producing several drafts over the course of the term, and submitting a final proposal for formal review by the Honors Advisory Committee. Instructors of HNRS 3500 work on a generalist level on proposals, including formulating clear questions, annotated bibliographies, and developing time management and presentation skills. Working individually with faculty advisors on proposal specifics. Receiving feedback from Honors Advisory faculty by the end of January, after which, work on the project/research continues primarily with advisors. Emphasizes participation in the Honors Community of Scholars by examining what it means to be a member of a “community of scholars.” What it means to be a member of a particular discipline, and how the specific research practices of each discipline (its questions, its methods, its research strategies) relates to the work of Honors peers from across the university.
    FA Sem.
    Prerequisites: two HNRS 2000-level courses.
    Notes: Graded Pass/Fail.
  
  • HNRS 3900 - Independent Study

    Hours: 1-4
    An opportunity to engage in independent study in an area not otherwise available.
    Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and Honors Program chair. 
    Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 12 hrs.
  
  • HNRS 4000 - Honors Thesis Project Practicum

    Hours: 3
    Completing the Honors Thesis Project. Demonstrating the ability to acquire, interpret, organize, and synthesize new knowledge. Integrating knowledge in our disciplines toward complex problems or contexts. Using appropriate strategies and tools to present and analyze information. Understanding and reflecting on the broader implications of scholarly work within our chosen fields. Demonstrating active engagement and reflection as members of the Honors Program. Completion of the Senior Year Experience goals: Action, Reflection and Transition. Participants will be eligible to apply for the Undergraduate Research and Creative Work card (one of the Five Cardinal Experiences).
    SP Sem. 
    Notes: This course is repeatable. Graded Pass/Fail.
  
  • IBM 3700 - Global Dimensions of Business

    Hours: 3
    A study of the dynamic political, economic and cultural factors shaping the international business environment, and their implications for managers charged with making decisions in today’s increasingly global firms. Topics addressed include an overview of trade and foreign direct investment theory, and the importance of foreign currency, intellectual property, basic global competitive strategies and foreign entry modes as firms engage in business across borders.
    Prerequisites: ECON 2200.
  
  • IBM 3850 - Cross-Cultural Management and Organization

    Hours: 3
    The role of culture in shaping the context and practice of management in today’s increasingly global businesses and organizations. Drawing on many fields: management, organizational behavior, human resource management, etc., focusing on the special challenges and opportunities created when people from different cultures interact in an organizational setting. Exploring the theory and practice of how organizations differ across countries, important frameworks for assessing these differences, and the importance of sociocultural and historical factors in shaping the evolution of organizations and management practice.
    SP Sem. 
    Prerequisites: Sr standing or IBM 3700.
  
  • IBM 3900 - Independent Study

    Hours: 1-3
    An opportunity to engage in intensive independent study on a business topic of choice within the field of international business & management. Study will be completed under the direction of a faculty member.
     
    Prerequisites: Completion of most core business courses and junior or senior standing, or permission of Instructor.
    Notes: This course is repeatable.
  
  • IBM 4900 - Internship

    Hours: 1-16
    Experience with an organization that offers an exposure to business practices relating to the field of international business & management.  Students may design their own internship experience within departmental guidelines. 
    Prerequisites: Junior, Senior status; Permission of instructor and department chairperson required.
    Notes: Open to juniors and seniors with better than average academic performance. Credit cannot count toward satisfying to minimum number of courses required for the concentration, major or minor.
  
  • INST 1501 - Self Discoveries - Writing Intensive

    Hours: 3
    Foregrounding the studies of literature and writing, considering how personal identities are created, transformed, or complicated. Topics may explore the formation, expression, or evolution of individual identity. Or they may center on dilemmas of identity, including questions of individual meaning, purpose, power, and justice. Subtopics may include “Revolution and Resistance” “Turning Points,” “Sacred Selves,” “Death Sentences,” or “Creative Lives.” Reading novels, plays, memoirs, essays, poems, or short stories. Expository writing skills are nurtured, as well as reflective, persuasive, imaginative, or autobiographical writing skills, including at least two thesis essays.
    Prerequisites: Not open to students with credit for INST 1502 or 1503.
  
  • INST 1502 - Situated Selves - Writing Intensive

    Hours: 3
    Foregrounding the studies of literature and writing, exploring identity in a rich range of local and global contexts. Topics may center on interpersonal identities, engaging the intricacies of love, family, or friendship. Or they may examine social categories of identity - gender, sexuality, race, class, ethnicity, age, nation, and more - or investigate cultural constructions of difference. Or they may examine political identities, studying identity in national and transnational frameworks. Subtopics may include “Identity and Intimacy,” “Criminal Identities,” “The Stranger,” “Disaster Narratives,” “Identity and Human Rights,” “Our Monsters, Our Selves,” or “Reading and Writing the Road.” Reading novels, plays, memoirs, essays, poems, or short stories. Expository writing skills are nutured, as well as reflective, persuasive, imaginative, or autobiographical writing skills, including at least two thesis essays.
    Prerequisites: Not open to students with credit for INST 1501 or 1503.
  
  • INST 1503 - Past Lives - Writing Intensive

    Hours: 3
    Foregrounding the studies of literature and writing, exploring historical expressions of identity, engaging a rich, fascinating and often alien past. Topics may trace the influence of earlier notions of identity on contemporary selfhood, recognizing some kinship between past and present. Or they may examine the particularity of identity as conceived by other historical periods. Subtopics may include “Epic Identities,” “Inventing Childhood,” “The Libertine,” “Flappers and Gangsters,” “Arthurian Subjects.” Reading novels, plays, memoirs, essays, poems, or short stories. Expository writing skills are nurtured, as well as reflective, persuasive, imaginative, or autobiographical writing skills, including at least two thesis essays.
    Prerequisites: Not open to students with credit for INST 1501 or 1502.
  
  • INST 2006 - Dimensions of Culture and Society - Writing Intensive

    Hours: 3
    Exploring the ways that social structures and cultural values and expectations shape, and are shaped by, individuals, groups, and the broader social institutions with which we interact on a daily basis. Using essential social, economic and political concepts and theories, exploring the ways that national and global unequal distributions of wealth and power are manifested in “public goods” such as healthcare, citizenship, education, work, housing, environment and food security, and technology. Through this exploration, a deep consideration of how this diverse social landscape variously shapes our own lives as well as the diverse experiences of racial, ethnic, class, gender, and sexual identity groups nationally and globally.
  
  • INST 2007 - The “Other” in Society

    Hours: 3
    The myriad connections that undergird society and those who lack such connections. An introduction to the study of those individuals, groups, and behaviors that fall outside the boundaries of society. Exploring how society decides who is “in” and who is “out,” and how other factors such as race, gender, and class, among others, influence these patterns. The process of defining behaviors as “acceptable” or “unacceptable,” theories about the genesis of such behaviors and definitions, and exploration of the identities and subcultures where those without connections to the broader society find and forge their own connections and communities.
  
  • INST 2009 - Privilege and Power in College Sport

    Hours: 3
    Provides a more expansive understanding of the social context of one of the pillars of American sport, intercollegiate athletics. Examines the place of intercollegiate athletics at American universities, and facilitates an investigation of the historical development of college athletics. Using a sociological approach, considering the different paths of men’s and women’s intercollegiate sport; how gender, race, and social class have been and still are reified and/or contested in college sport; and the ongoing efforts to “reform” college sport and the problems they continually face. Constructs an understanding of the historical development of intercollegiate athletics, an awareness of how it is situated within the larger development of American higher education, an appreciation of how college sport has been contoured by a host of social, cultural, economic, technological, and intellectual forces, and a comprehension of the place of race, social class, and gender in college sport and the diverse and overlapping meanings they have engendered.
  
  • INST 2010 - Diversity in Psychology

    Hours: 3
    A broad based introduction to contemporary and historical issues that have explicit and implicit psychological relevance and import for visible racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. Societal groups highlighted include: African Americans, Chinese Americans, Japanese Americans, Mexican Americans, Puerto Rican Americans, and American Indians. Increases cross cultural knowledge and enhances cross cultural awareness and appreciation. Psychology provides a foundation, while paradigms and literature reviewed merge with related disciplines.
    Prerequisites: Sophomore standing.
    Notes: Cross-listed with PSYC 2410.
  
  • INST 2011 - Equity Literacy in Education: Why Race and Culture Matter

    Hours: 3
    Exploration of the U.S. educational system, a familiar structure and system of the public sphere, as a way to examine the ideas of power and privilege in shaping one’s identity and opportunity. Thinking in critical ways about how schools and the broader society construct knowledge, whose knowledge or truth “counts,” and the ways in which multiple perspectives can and should inform critical thinking and decision-making. The development of change agents are encouraged, as what it means to be culturally competent and responsive is considered, as well as work towards social equity and justice.
  
  • INST 2012 - Intersections of Race, Justice, and Sport-Celebrity Culture in the OJ Simpson Murder Trial

    Hours: 3
    Using the OJ Simpson murder trial as a sociological case study, this course will examine the intersections of sports culture and celebrity, race, social class, and violence against women, in addition to providing an introduction to the criminal justice system. Students will be exposed to underpinnings of critical race theory and feminist theory, exploring the intersections of these with sports culture. Further, students will have a chance to examine how the criminal justice system is influenced by racism, sexism, and class inequality. This will be achieved through readings, activities, assignments, and discussion, as well as watching the Academy Award-winning documentary, OJ: Made in America.
  
  • INST 2013 - Democratic Theory and Citizenship

    Hours: 3
    The historical development of and contemporary debates regarding the meaning of democracy. Examining the ideas, possibilities, and limitations of democratic governance, as well as the conceptual, theoretical, and institutional understandings of democracy in relation to participatory democracy, republicanism, liberalism, and representation.
    Notes: Cross-listed with POLS 2400.
  
  • INST 2014 - Social Psychology

    Hours: 3
    The ways humans interact with other humans. The power of situations in shaping human behavior and thought, and the power of thought in creating our individual social realities. How to persuade others and resist persuasion, how to address stereotyping, racism, and sexism. What the important aspects of romantic relationships are, what the relationship between media influences and violence is, and how to promote altruistic behaviors. Understanding what social psychology is, including the issues that are studied and how they relate to our everyday lives. Appreciating the basic concepts underlying social psychology and becoming familiar with some of the better known theories and research findings. How to read social psychology literature and how to be a critical consumer of psychology research.
    Notes: Cross-listed with PSYC 2610.
  
  • INST 2015 - Introductory Sociology

    Hours: 3
    An introduction to sociology presenting basic concepts such as structure, culture and the organization of societies. The interaction of major social institutions such as family, education, politics, religion, economy and work, and health and medicine. The presence of inequality in class, race, gender, age and sexual orientation is considered. Sociological theories, research methods and critical analysis of domestic and global society are included.
    Notes: Cross-listed with SOCL 1000.
  
  • INST 2201 - Theology of Social Justice

    Hours: 3
    Identifying theological threads that are woven into the fabric of human responsibility toward the earth and its inhabitants. Thinking critically about the complexities of social justice through topical emphases such as peace and violence in the major religions of the world. While grounded in religious and theological underpinnings, many disciplines including ethics, history, cultural anthropology, music, environmental science, geography, political science, art, and literature will be included. Examining and critiquing our own theological understandings, beginning to include other religious insights, and realizing that no religious tradition is totally evil or totally good.
  
  • INST 2202 - The Responsible Self in Hinduism and Buddhism

    Hours: 3
    The intertwined issues of the nature of the self and the role of duty in human life from the standpoints of Hinduism and Buddhism. Attention directed first to Hinduism and its notions of the non-personal spiritual energy-essence that constitutes one’s core self and true identity, and of the importance of duty within the contexts of caste and karma, then shifting to Buddhism’s radical rethinking of the human being as an essentially empty “not-self” that is, despite its name, something very positive. Exploring the Buddhist concept of human responsibility with special attention to the crucial notions of compassion, loving-kindness, and giving. Thinking about our own views of self and responsibility in light of the Indian perspectives being explored, and encouraging adoption of any that may appear compatible and complementary.
  
  • INST 2203 - Ethics in a Global Context

    Hours: 3
    Different ways of thinking about cross-cultural ethical conflict. Specifically, looking at relativist and cosmopolitan alternatives to understanding the nature of cross-cultural, moral disagreements.  Discussion of ethical questions that arise due to increased global economic interdependence, and considering issues of environmental ethics within an international context, including questions related to population growth and global environmental degradation.
  
  • INST 2204 - Happiness and the Good Life

    Hours: 3
    Examining, from multiple philosophical perspectives, what it is to lead a happy life, how human beings can best achieve that life for themselves, and to what extent philosophy itself can help us be happy. Understanding what various thinkers have said about happiness, as well as figuring out how we can apply these lessons to live happier lives ourselves. Some of the themes the course may address include the connection between a happy life and a life that is meaningful, the relevance of recent scientific work on human happiness, the views of the Stoics and other ancient philosophers, the views of medieval and modern philosophers, Buddhist-inspired approaches to happiness, the importance of ethics in finding a good life. How pursuing the good life for ourselves may involve our commitment to helping other people live good and happy lives.
  
  • INST 2206 - Buddhist Ethics and Personal Responsibility

    Hours: 3
    As one of the world’s great religions, Buddhism has a rich and complex ethical structure. An introduction to the basic ideas that support this ethical structure, including karma, rebirth, compassion and emptiness. Reading a variety of Buddhist scriptures and commentaries, and seeking to understand these ideas as richly as possible. Gaining a deep understanding of these ethical norms, then turning to their practical ramifications, seeking to define where Buddhist ethical ideas directly influenced real world conduct in many contexts. Topics may include questions related to environmental destruction, various forms of social inequality, and economic globalization. Emphasizing the connections between Buddhist ethical norms and action in the world. Reflecting on our own internalized ethical norms and how those are reflected in our actions.
  
  • INST 2207 - Existentialism

    Hours: 3
    Existentialism is a philosophical worldview that asks all of us to confront deep and potentially troubling questions about the way we live our lives. Is freedom as valuable as many of us think it is? Are we in denial about our own mortality? Are we avoiding our responsibility for our lives when we blame our upbringing, our culture, our biology, or our psychology for the way we behave or the beliefs that we have? Are our relationships with other people poisoned by our competing value sets? If there is no transcendent set of values, how can we find meaning in our lives? These and other questions set the agenda for Existentialism, a philosophical worldview that flourished in Europe in the middle of the 20th Century, but which has roots in the 19th Century. We will read philosophical essays, but also novels, short stories, and plays. Themes to be addressed include: the rejection of human nature, existentialist approaches to God and religion, existentialist freedom, the nature of the self, the relationship between the self and others, as well as existentialist ethics.
    Notes: Cross-listed with PHIL 2200.
  
  • INST 2208 - Environmental Philosophy

    Hours: 3
    Investigates ethical, political, and metaphysical questions concerning the environment and human beings’ relationship to it. Issues in environmental ethics are becoming ever-more pressing as contemporary society confronts its environmental problems. Investigates philosophical views on the value of nature, the moral status of animals, our responsibilities to preserve species and natural objects (like trees), and our obligations to future generations. How our behavior with respect to the environment affects other human beings. Among other topics that may be discussed include population explosion, world hunger, pollution, economics and the environment, and energy and global justice.
    Notes: Cross-listed with PHIL 2400.
  
  • INST 2209 - Contemporary Moral Problems

    Hours: 3
    Uses the tools of philosophy to address contemporary moral problems. Though the particular problems might vary term to term, among the topics that are frequently discussed are: What are our obligations toward animals? Are practices like euthanasia and abortion morally acceptable? Are there such things as just wars? Do businesses have any ethical obligations, and, if so, what are they? Other topics to be discussed include poverty, racism, feminism, and the moral quandaries posed by emerging medical technologies.
    Notes: Cross-listed with PHIL 1300.
  
  • INST 2210 - Ethics

    Hours: 3
    General survey of the most influential works in the history of moral philosophy. Some of the works that we will consider are: Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, David Hume’s A Treatise of Human Nature, Immanuel Kant’s Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, and John Stuart Mill’s Utilitarianism. Among the questions discussed are: What is the standard by which we determine whether actions are morally acceptable or not? What character traits are distinctive of a flourishing human being and how can they be cultivated? What is the proper role of emotion in ethics? Is there a universal standard of morality?
    Notes: Cross-listed with PHIL 2950.
  
  • INST 2211 - Radiohead Philosophy and the Meaning of Life

    Hours: 3
    For generations, the arts and philosophy have been deeply connected to one another as artists and philosophers have used their respective skills to challenge the status quo, disrupt normative modes of thinking, and push people to think and feel deeply about human experience and our larger place in the universe. Exploring the lyrics and music videos of the band Radiohead and considering their art as a serious mode of philosophical inquiry. Placing these ideas in conversation with other key philosophers - Plato, Aristotle, Confucius, the Buddha, Sankara, and Lao-Tzu - to see what these conversations may tell us about the search for meaning and purpose in human life.
  
  • INST 2212 - Religions of the Americas

    Hours: 3
    Surveys religion in the Americas by examining both major and minor traditions, movements, persons, and ideas that have made significant impact on American spiritual landscapes from pre-Columbian times to the present. Key themes to be addressed include: Native American religions of North and South America; African-American spiritualties; Caribbean and Hawaiian spiritual traditions; the roots of American Judaism and Catholicism; the origins and dominance of Protestantism; the rise of pluralism and denominationalism; the sources and persistence of Liberalism; the impact of the American frontier on religious structures; the importance of rational religion (e.g., Deism) at the nation’s founding; the religious significance of the “Manifest Destiny” idea; the emergence and spread of revivalism; the rise and proliferation of America’s many and diverse indigenous Christian denominations; the Social Gospel; Fundamentalism; immigrant religions of the late 20th and early 21st centuries; and so-called “New Age spirituality.” In thinking of the many cultures and subcultures of the Americas, considering the notion of community and what constitutes the “public good” both locally and globally, specifically examining how religion plays a role in this understanding and reflecting upon how these ideas intersect with our own lives and experiences as well.
    Notes: Cross-listed with RELG 2200.
  
  • INST 2213 - Religions of India

    Hours: 3
    Introduction to the basic ideas, history and practices of the religions of India. Religions covered may include: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Zoroastrian (Parsi) traditions, Adivasi (tribal) traditions, and the unique features of Indian Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. We will explore these religions in the context of Indian history, as well as addressing the beliefs, rituals, ethics, philosophies, and cultures associated with each tradition we study. The many ways these traditions interact with one another in the vibrant Indian social landscape.
    Notes: Cross-listed with RELG 2600.
  
  • INST 2214 - Religions of China: Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism in Dialogue

    Hours: 3
    When Buddhism was introduced to China, sometime around the second century CE, it encountered a culture with strong Confucian and Daoist roots. Over time, Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism have continued to interact with and influence one another in Chinese cultural and spiritual landscapes. Examination of the history, beliefs, philosophies, rituals, and traditions associated with all three traditions. The significance of trade along the Silk Road and way that economic factors have driven change in these spiritual traditions over time. Emphasis will be on understanding the historical forces which shape religious traditions, be those theological influences from alternate traditions, competition for cultural and financial resources, or shifting political forces.
    Notes: Cross-listed with RELG 2750.
  
  • INST 2215 - Introduction to Judaism and the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament - Writing Intensive

    Hours: 3
    Introduction to two major components of the study of Judaism: the stories of the ancient Israelites that come to us in the form of the Hebrew Bible/Christian Old Testament, and the complex world of modern Judaism. The world of ancient Near Eastern literature will form the background of a discussion about the origins and development of early Jewish monotheism. The question of the “historicity” of Israel will also be considered as we study historical-critical methods for understanding ancient texts. Contemporary issues in the land of Israel-Palestine will be discussed and a visit to Temple Israel will be scheduled.
    Notes: Cross-listed with RELG 2300.
  
  • INST 2216 - Introduction to New Testament/Christian Origins - Writing Intensive

    Hours: 3
    An introductory study of the major theological insights of the twenty-seven writings of the canonical New Testament as well as other manuscripts from early Christian origins. The focus will be on the streams of apostolic tradition that influenced the writers of these works, the communities in which they lived, and the issues that were addressed. The relationship of the canon as an authoritative collection of sacred books will be compared to extra-canonical writings resulting in an awareness of the variety of methods used to interpret religious texts as well as the diversity reflected in early Christian literature.
    Notes: Cross-listed with RELG 2400.
  
  • INST 2217 - Paul and His Letters

    Hours: 3
    The letters of Paul and the several letters written in his name after his death, as well as one sermon mistakenly ascribed to Paul, constitute nearly half of the writings of the New Testament. Moreover, Paul is the hero of the Acts of the Apostles. Therefore, Paul, as a man and a theologian, dominates the New Testament and was a major force in the development of Christian thought as we know it. How to understand each letter in its original context and situation, and as gathered into a Pauline collection and then into the Bible. Study of the writings’ use of the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) and relationship to their times. What the letters and the Acts have to tell us about Paul himself, what they reveal about developing Christian churches in his time and how they present the theological ideas for which Paul is not only our earliest Christian representative, but also a most popular component of modern Christian thought and practice.
    Notes: Cross-listed with RELG 3100.
  
  • INST 2218 - Life and Teachings of Jesus

    Hours: 3
    A study of the ancient communities of faith that describe the earthly life of Jesus. Identifying the distinctive raw materials that the gospel writers used in their stories and to investigate both the social context and the political history that are reflected in each gospel. The Gospel of Thomas and other extra-canonical gospels such as the Gospel of Mary and Gospel of Judas will also be considered. A distinction between the historical Jesus and the Christ of faith will be central to discussion. Topics of study include biblical scholarship, historical concerns and theological interpretations surrounding the figure of Jesus, and modern challenges to traditional religious faith and practice.
    Notes: Cross-listed with RELG 3200.
  
  • INST 2219 - The Islamic Faith

    Hours: 3
    Examining Islam, the fastest growing religion in the world, and now the second largest religion in both the United States and the world. Reading and analyzing Islam’s key scripture, the Qur’an, with respect to recurring themes, and the beliefs, practices and history of Islam will be examined in light of its major expressions, Sunni and Shi’a, but with some attention paid the faith’s mystical minority, the Sufis. The many ways that Islam appears throughout the world according to cultural and geographic context. Examining the role that this faith has played in the politics of the United States and the world community, particularly in the wake of immigration policies, the World Trade Center attack on 9/11/01, and the subsequent U.S.-led military actions in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the refugee crisis following the rise of the so-called Islamic State.
    Notes: Cross-listed with RELG 2500.
  
  • INST 2401 - Life and Earth Systems

    Hours: 3
    The biological and geological systems and processes that form the foundations of life and our environment. How scientific data is collected, analyzed, and applied to pressing issues in today’s society. Topics may include: evolution, the human species, the science of the environment, a naturalist’s view of ecosystems, and medicine in the 21st century.
  
  • INST 2402 - The Matter of Chemistry

    Hours: 3
    Grounded in explorations of the nature of matter, how matter can be transformed, and the relationship of matter with energy, understanding the role that chemistry plays in our understanding of the world. Exploring topical chemistry issues from a variety of scientific, socioeconomic, and ethical perspectives. Examining and questioning how and why chemistry has advanced, and identifying needs for future progress.
  
  • INST 2403 - The Expanding Universe

    Hours: 3
    “The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible” - Albert Einstein. A bottom-up study of the universe. Starting on planet Earth, tracing our expanding understanding of the cosmos from its intellectual and methodological beginnings. Several observational and experimental activities are included.
  
  • INST 2405 - Fearless Investigators: How to Ask Questions About Energy

    Hours: 3
    A study of energy, the underlying unifying concept for the natural sciences (chemistry, physics, life sciences, geology, meteorology, etc.). Designing experiments and other investigations to develop and deepen our understanding of energy-related concepts. Centers on the first and second laws of thermodynamics, including: conservation of energy, transformation of energy from one form to another within a system, transfer of energy from system to system, and the concept of entropy. Recruiting these concepts in the analysis of complex problems such as sustainable energy sourcing and global climate change.
  
  • INST 2406 - The Nature of Light

    Hours: 3
    Much of what we experience on a daily basis comes from our interactions with light. The physics of light, and building a fundamental understanding of what light is and how it behaves. How light allows us to uncover the fundamental properties of the universe and investigating its applications in various contexts such as biology, art, climate change, and technology.
  
  • INST 2407 - Garbage and Other Wastes

    Hours: 3
    We all produce wastes but most of us never really consider what happens to them. Examining the world of wastes (garbage, human, hazardous, etc.) and the human connection to those wastes. Exploring environmental processes related to soil and water resources. Impacts from mismanagement of wastes are then connected to the soil and water resource processes, which are then related to impacts to the environment and humans. Field trips to local waste management/treatment facilities provide direct observations of local waste management operations.
  
  • INST 2408 - Chemistry in Art

    Hours: 3
    An art project is a chemistry experiment in disguise: the molecular interactions of a dye on fabric and paint on a canvas are what allow these familiar artistic media to be employed. The overlap between chemistry and art provides a fascinating area to explore.  Exploratory art projects (such as making pigments and mixing paints) are used as frameworks in which to view molecular behavior and chemical reactions. Guest speakers discuss related topics such as art conservation and forgery detection, while the underlying chemistry is explored.
  
  • INST 2409 - Gender and Biology

    Hours: 3
    Examination of gender from an evolutionary perspective in both human and non-human animals.  We will look to the natural world to critically analyze typical gender stereotypes, and discuss when and if it is appropriate to make connections between human and animal behavior.  A variety of hands-on lab activities will be incorporated into the course to actively engage students with the scientific method.
    Notes: Cross-listed with BIO 2700.
  
  • INST 2410 - Introduction to Environmental Science

    Hours: 4
    The interrelationships between people and their environment, including the atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, and biosphere. The scientific analysis of nature and the social and political issues of natural resource use will be examined in lecture and laboratory.  Individual and group projects will be used to illustrate the interdisciplinary nature of the practice of environmental science. Projects will culminate in the last few weeks of the course.
    FA Sem.
    Notes: Cross-listed with ESCI 1001.
  
  • INST 2411 - Chemistry, Drugs, and the Body

    Hours: 3
    The biochemical basis of disease and current pharmaceutical treatments for these disorders. Material covered includes organic functional groups and basic organic reactions relevant to biochemistry as well as metabolism, biomolecules, and the chemistry of biological processes. The impact of organic and biological chemistry in the medical community and society as a whole.
    SP Sem.
    Notes: Cross-listed with CHEM 1200.
  
  • INST 2412 - Coral Reefs: Their Geology, Biology, and Future

    Hours: 3
    Coral reefs are at the same time one of the most beautiful and one of the most endangered biomes on earth. They have historically provided food, shelter, and other resources for people, yet now they are facing worldwide decline. Exploring the science of coral reefs, including the physical (oceanography, mineralization) and biological (diversity, pretty fish, etc.) aspects, and then applying this in order to understand the values that reefs gives us, current challenges facing reefs, and potential actions that we can take to conserve reefs.
  
  • INST 2415 - Microbes and Society

    Hours: 3
    The history of microbiology, such as the discovery of microbes with the first microscopes, and continuing with some of the most important modern discoveries such as the on-going human microbiome project and the relationship of microbes to human health. Additional topics covered include the use of microbes in beer and wine, foods, detergents, synthesis of bioplastics, and the development of microbial fuel cells and biofuels. In addition to disease-causing microbes, understanding the vital role microbes play in human life, including the air we breathe, the importance to our immune system, and various biotechnological advances. Making informed decisions regarding vaccinations, antibiotic use, and the risk of engaging in certain behaviors.
  
  • INST 2416 - Water for Life

    Hours: 3
    Water is essential for life. In fact, since life is a process and every step of this process, from reproduction to growth and development requires water, all life is aquatic life. Life couldn’t happen without water. Examining the importance of water in our lives and understanding how water quality and water quantity impacts us, peoples from around the world, and the animals and plants who live in freshwater. Ventures to the lab and creek will examine organisms that live in water and how local water quality affects them and us.
  
  • INST 2417 - Plagues, Pestilence, and Pandemics

    Hours: 3
    Covers infectious diseases that are historic, current, as well as looming on the horizon. “Forgetting” the scientific perspective of the 21st century in order to understand theories which explained infectious diseases in the past. Following the step-wise key discoveries of science which have led to current understandings in order to learn about scientific inquiry. The general categories of pathogens as well as specific details for each disease are covered. As infectious diseases do not respect geographic and socioeconomic boundaries, a global perspective is needed. Although science is the primary focus, the topics covered are best understood with the aid of other disciplines: history, sociology, economics, geography, etc. Issues are examined from a variety of perspectives.
  
  • INST 2602 - Making Meaning, Making Art

    Hours: 3
    How do artists use the creative process to explore aspects of human meaning and purpose? Engaging our own creative potential through studio-based projects in order to examine the meaning and nature of human creativity. By working in a particular medium or media such as painting, drawing, photography and others, considering the role of art in contemporary culture and the ways it helps us understand ourselves and the world around us. Exploring the work of historical and contemporary artists in order to come to a deeper understanding of the ways in which visual arts are used to transform cultures and contribute to the public good.
  
  • INST 2603 - Art for Social Change

    Hours: 3
    As technology has allowed the mass production and rapid dissemination of images through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, art has been increasingly able to introduce new ideas and perceptions to larger and more diverse audiences. In this class, we will explore the role of visual culture in changing perceptions and values of society through the nineteenth century to the present day. Since the nineteenth century, certain artists have worked to enact social change through their creative projects. From Jacob Riis’s photojournalism and A. W. Longfellow’s model tenements in the nineteenth century, to Diego Rivera’s murals and the Guerrilla Girls’ posters in the twentieth, this class surveys the role of art in challenging, subverting, and changing social norms and values. As we consider how artists create work that often shock or upset their audiences, we also examine how our own values and beliefs are triggered to elicit those feelings of shock and upset. By considering those aspects of communities and cultures subject to change and critique by visual artists, this course helps prepare students to face the “challenges and complexity of a 21st century world.
  
  • INST 2604 - Literary Arts and Culture

    Hours: 3
    The function of the arts in society through reflection upon, helping to produce and maintain, or questioning how we make meaning from experience. Emphasizing various theories for interpreting art as well as methods of writing that will shape our own understandings of how art works to both foster self-awareness and critique social roles.
  
  • INST 2605 - Composing a Musical Life

    Hours: 3
    What does it mean to have a musical life? Do you have to play an instrument or sing? Examining the landscape of music in the 21st century and how to recapture an active musical life in an age of passive technology, when the acts of listening and creating are no longer dependent on live performance. Music is a field that is open to a wide range of participation levels, and there are benefits at all of those levels. Reflecting upon our own listening habits and tastes, and developing a vocabulary to describe what we are listening to across a variety of genres, particularly those whose existence is dependent upon electronically-reproduced sound. Considering the ramifications of consuming and distributing music in a global media culture. The basics of composing music using the computer and making our own pieces to share in an online community. By becoming engaged listeners and creators of music, becoming not only better patrons of the arts, but artists who have the confidence to solve problems creatively in other areas of their lives.
  
  • INST 2606 - Encountering World Music

    Hours: 3
    Ethnomusicology investigates more than the music of a culture. It calls for immersion into social history, politics, religion and philosophy, and aesthetics, as well as the theory, transmission, and performance practice of music. This course covers the music cultures of Native America, Africa, Black America, India, Indonesia, South America, and the Arabic world. Specifically, the topics of Navajo healing ceremonies, African ceremonial drumming and communal singing, African American spirituals and the blues, Indian music and dance, Indonesian dance and shadow puppetry, Andean folk and protest music, and Muslim and Arabic sacred and secular music are addressed. Students will be engaged through ethnomusicological fieldwork writings and recordings, documentaries, and direct experience with multicultural aesthetic events including live music performances, art exhibits, and dance. Students will be challenged to expand their social and aesthetic consciousness by learning about the human condition expressed in a culture’s music. Reading and writing assignments will promote reflection on these topics and help develop a perspective on the inherent universals within music and the value and importance of music for the public good.
  
  • INST 2607 - Encountering European Classical Music

    Hours: 3
    Focuses on music across different historical periods, primarily exploring music of the European classical tradition.  Asks students to ponder the relationship of these traditions to questions of human meaning and purpose and to explore the connections between music history and cultural history as a whole.  The course will include music of other cultures, especially those traditions contributing to American popular music.  It will also provide the vocabulary for discussing the basic elements of music and how to incorporate these elements to build their listening skills.  Students will attend live music events and reflect upon their experience in discussion and writing.
  
  • INST 2608 - Theatre: Performing/Reforming Society

    Hours: 3
    There is much to learn about a society through its theatre. An examination of plays from around the world, focusing on the human and social issues - both unique and universal - reflected in them. Exploring theatre’s inherent ability to “hold the mirror up to man” and challenging ourselves to look deeply into this mirror in order to better understand the human condition. Examining ways in which theatre has been used as a powerful vehicle for social change. Specific problems facing the Columbus-area community and considering ways in which theatre could be used to address these concerns.
  
  • INST 2609 - The Art of Film

    Hours: 3
    Film as an art form from a variety of cultural, historical, and national and global perspectives. An introduction to basic film terminology and techniques such as mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing, narrative, sound, and genre. Studying film from a range of styles and time periods. Possible topics could include: a focus on film genres (such as film noir, the western, the gangster film, or the woman’s picture) or film directors (such as Alfred Hitchcock, Todd Haynes, Akira Kurosawa, or Ousmane Sembene). Examines film in relation to culture and as a form of cultural history and preservation.
    Notes: Cross-listed with FMST 2609.
  
  • INST 2610 - Contemporary Thai Cinema

    Hours: 3
    In this course we will explore the works of Thai New Wave filmmakers and the dynamic ways in which they are addressing current local and global issues including social conflicts between urban and rural regions; gender and identity and transnationalism. We will reexamine the codes and symbols in familiar genres such as martial arts and horror films while also navigating non-mainstream experimental films that will challenge our understanding of art and its potential to see the world and ourselves in new ways.
  
  • INST 2611 - Japan and the Beauty of Ambiguity

    Hours: 3
    “Boiling water, serving tea.” - Sen no Rikyu. How is this an act of profound beauty? And, in turn, what is considered beautiful in the context of tea. Seeking an answer to this question by examining the artistic traditions of Japan, especially those influenced by Shinto and Zen Buddhism. How the arts of Japan have developed over time, exerting considerable influence on Western art and in turn being influenced by principles from the West. From the nature of gardens to the global reach of anime, engaging in the rich, diverse artistic visions of Japan.
  
  • INST 2612 - Special Topics: Art & Art History International Travel Course

    Hours: 3
    Traveling off campus to study art, architecture, and the cultural heritage of different cultures. Following a period of study at Otterbein’s campus, students and faculty will travel to a national or international location to deepen their knowledge by studying the region’s and culture’s art and architecture in person. No previous knowledge of art or art history is needed to take this course. Locations for travel may vary by year. Possible travel destinations include Spain, Italy, or Thailand, amongst others. Length of travel may vary, but will in general be short-term travel for 10 - 14 days.
    Prerequisites: Instructor permission.
    Notes: This course has an additional fee.
  
  • INST 2613 - Screening Sexuality

    Hours: 3
    On screen, sexuality can seduce, captivate, and unsettle the contemporary moviegoer. It can trouble the binaries between men and women, straight and gay. It can exceed what we know about the body, love, and pleasure. It can be inextricably situated in race, class, gender, family, religion, nation, age, ability, and more. An immersion in “cinema sexuality,” exploring its history and power. What narratives of personhood does the “sex pic” create? How do these movies depict bodies, relationships, cultures, and subcultures? What paradoxes of visibility and identity does the sex pic explore? How do these films reimagine desire and pleasure? How do they understand the relationship between private and public “goods,” between intimate experience and sociopolitical action, between sexual and social liberation? Engaging in relevant film criticism and encountering the work of groundbreaking directors, including Lisa Cholodenko, Todd Haynes, Ang Lee, and others. Substantive attention will be given to global cinema, including recent films from Uruguay, India, and Iran.
  
  • INST 2614 - Reading and Writing in African-American Literatures - Writing Intensive

    Hours: 3
    Through topical, thematic, written investigations of African-American literature, students will explore the ways racial identity in the United States both shapes and has been shaped by the literary arts. Discussions will situate literature in regional, national, transnational, colonial, postcolonial, diasporic, or global contexts; investigate its power as a catalyst for self-discovery, communal survival, and social justice; and explore the transformative power of creative expression. While developing close reading, analytical, and research skills, students will engage with knowledge that encourages deeper understanding and appreciation of the role of the arts across a diversity of human cultures and contexts, including how the arts engage questions of human meaning and purpose. Writing assignments are designed to help students sharpen their drafting, critiquing, and revision skills while writing autobiographically, reflectively, critically, or creatively.
    Prerequisites: ENGL 1155 or HNRS 1500 or INST 1501, 1502, or 1503.
    Notes: Cross-listed with ENGL 2230.
  
  • INST 2615 - Reading and Writing in Women’s Literatures - Writing Intensive

    Hours: 3
    Through topical, thematic, written investigations of women’s communities, cultures, or subcultures, exploring the ways identity both shapes and has been shaped by the literary arts. Discussions will situate literature in regional, national, transnational, colonial, postcolonial, diasporic, or global contexts; investigate its power as a catalyst for self-discovery, communal survival, and social justice; and explore the transformative power of creative expression. While developing close reading, analytical, and research skills, engaging with knowledge that encourages deeper understanding and appreciation of the role of the arts across a diversity of human cultures and contexts, including how the arts engage questions of human meaning and purpose. Writing assignments are designed to help sharpen drafting, critiquing, and revision skills while writing autobiographically, reflectively, critically, or creatively.
    Prerequisites: ENGL 1155 or HNRS 1500 or INST 1501, 1502, or 1503. 
    Notes: Cross-listed with ENGL 2231.
  
  • INST 2616 - Reading and Writing in Diverse Literary Cultures - Writing Intensive

    Hours: 43
    Through topical, thematic, written investigations of distinct communities, cultures, or subcultures (e.g. Appalachian Literature & Writing, Native American Literature & Writing, Asian American Literature & Writing, etc.), exploring the ways identity both shapes and has been shaped by the literary arts. Discussions will situate literature in regional, national, transnational, colonial, postcolonial, diasporic, or global contexts; investigate its power as a catalyst for self-discovery, communal survival, and social justice; and explore the transformative power of creative expression. While developing close reading, analytical, and research skills, engaging with knowledge that encourages deeper understanding and appreciation of the role of the arts across a diversity of human cultures and contexts, including how the arts engage questions of human meaning and purpose. Writing assignments are designed to sharpen drafting, critiquing, and revision skills while writing autobiographically, reflectively, critically, or creatively.
    Prerequisites: ENGL 1155 or HNRS 1500 or INST 1501, 1502, or 1503. 
    Notes: Cross-listed with ENGL 2232.
  
  • INST 2617 - Reading and Writing in World Literatures - Writing Intensive

    Hours: 3
    Through topical, thematic, written investigations of distinct communities, cultures, or subcultures, especially non-Western voices and texts, exploring the ways identity both shapes and has been shaped by the literary arts. Discussions will situate literature in regional, national, transnational, colonial, postcolonial, diasporic, or global contexts; investigate its power as a catalyst for self-discovery, communal survival, and social justice; and explore the transformative power of creative expression. While developing close reading, analytical, and research skills, engaging with knowledge that encourages deeper understanding and appreciation of the role of the arts across a diversity of human cultures and contexts, including how the arts engage questions of human meaning and purpose. Writing assignments are designed to sharpen drafting, critiquing, and revision skills while writing autobiographically, reflectively, critically, or creatively.
    Prerequisites: ENGL 1155 or HNRS 1500 or INST 1501, 1502, or 1503.
    Notes: Cross-listed with ENGL 2233.
  
  • INST 2618 - Reading and Writing in LGBTQ Literatures - Writing Intensive

    Hours: 3
    Through topical, thematic investigations of literature and writing in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer communities and cultures, exploring the ways identity both shapes and has been shaped by the literary arts. Discussions will situate literature in regional, national, transnational, colonial, postcolonial, diasporic, or global contexts; investigate its power as a catalyst for self-discovery, communal survival, and social justice; and explore the transformative power of creative expression. While developing close reading, analytical, and research skills, students will engage with knowledge that encourages deeper understanding and appreciation of the role of the arts across a diversity of human cultures and contexts, including how the arts engage questions of human meaning and purpose. Writing assignments are designed to sharpen drafting, critiquing, and revision skills while writing autobiographically, reflectively, critically, or creatively.
    Prerequisites: ENGL 1155 or HNRS 1500 or INST 1501, 1502, or 1503.
    Notes: Cross-listed with ENGL 2234.
  
  • INST 2619 - Women in Music

    Hours: 3
    Do you know who Hildegard was? How about Francesca Caccini, Clara Schumann, Ethel Smyth, Amy Beach, or Libby Larsen? What contributions did these women, and others like them, make to the advancement and growth of musical styles and characteristics. More importantly, how did those contributions and sacrifices pave the way for the success of contemporary artists like Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Pink, Adele, and Rihanna? A survey of the history of women’s contributions to the world of music. Investigating the origins and progression of feminism, exploring contemporary feminist philosophy and criticism, and considering the future of this ideal in regards to music and the arts.
    Notes: Cross-listed with MUSC 3042.
  
  • INST 2620 - Theatre History: Early Humanity to the 19th Century - Writing Intensive

    Hours: 3
    The historical evolution of dramatic forms, the physical theatre, staging and theatre personalities from the classical theatre of Greece to 1900. Provides a long-view historical perspective on the ways that human beings have utilized the art form of theatre to find and create meaning and to comment on issues as diverse as the purpose of existence, the role and responsibility of an individual in his/her community, the potential for change and transformation, and the ins-and-outs of interpersonal relationships. Understanding of the ways we understand, interpret, and preserve historical documents; the role of the art form in a range of world cultures; and the relationship of historical practices to those that are a part of contemporary world theatre. Exploring through discussion, in-class activities, and research, the ways that the art of theatre has contributed to the public good in many times and places.
    FA Sem
    Notes: Cross-listed with THR 3510.
  
  • INST 2621 - Theatre History: 20th Century to Present

    Hours: 3
    A study of the historical evolution of theatre from 1900 to the present. Emphasizes the evolution from realistic to anti-realistic forms. In the late 19th and throughout the 20th century, we see an explosion of approaches, styles, experiments, and agendas in Western theatre. Surveying this proliferation and to understand how these experiments have shaped and opened up what theatre can do and be today. Discovering the ways in which theatre has contributed to the public good by highlighting the potential for change and transformation, illuminating and exploring new ideas, examining the role of the individual in his/her community, and questioning problematic systems of power.
    SP Sem.
    Notes: Cross-listed with THR 3520.
  
  • INST 2622 - Get Up, Stand Up: Protest Music

    Hours: 3
    Investigating the role of music in major political and social protest movements in the United States and parallel movements in other countries. The music of the Vietnam War era, Woodstock, Civil Rights Movement, and the more recent Occupy and Women’s March protests. Making connections between the stories told in lyrics and various political ideologies. Focuses on lyrical analyses as they relate to specific social and political climates.
  
  • INST 2623 - American Popular Music

    Hours: 3
    Beginning with the early Delta Blues, exploring the music and artists that provided the context for life in America from 1900 to today. The development of core music genres, drawing connections between those genres, and the various populations that helped to develop them. Additional topics include the development of music journalism throughout the 20th century, influences from abroad, an introduction to major social or political contexts of specific genres, and a significant critical listening component.
    Notes: Cross-listed with MUSC 3046.
  
  • INST 2801 - Cru(i)s(ad)ing the Mediterranean

    Hours: 3
    Examines Christian and Muslim cross-cultural contact in the context of military engagements, commercial relations, and cultural interactions with the East before and after the crusades. On their pilgrimages to Jerusalem, Frankish kings, queens, princes, princesses, papal legates, knights, and merchants cru(i)s(ad)ed the Mediterranean (world), and came in contact with people from diverse places (Constantinople, Antioch, Tripoli, Caesarea), confessions (Greek Orthodox, Jewish, and Muslim), and ethnicities (Greeks, Turks, and Arabs). Accordingly, they exchanged knowledge, merchandise, and cultural artifacts, contributing to an increasingly interdependent scientific, economic, and cultural world. In following the footprints of such diverse personas, students in this course re-examine and address questions of political and cultural hegemony, religious in/tolerance, and economic interdependence that shaped medieval times and continue to shape our modern world.
  
  • INST 2802 - Power and Culture: West Africa and Colonialism

    Hours: 3
    West African culture and its interaction with Western culture in the context of colonization and missions, and in particular on three West African ethnic groups: The Igbo, the Mende and the Temne. Focused especially upon religion, and considering the relationship of religion to politics, art, and literature. The impact of colonization upon West Africa, and the distorted and racist perception of African culture held almost universally in the Western world at the time of colonization. The perspective of Western missionaries in the early twentieth century, including working with the diaries of Lloyd Mignerey, an Otterbein graduate of 1917, who worked as a missionary in Sierra Leone, 1922-24. The response of Africans to colonization and missions, especially as portrayed in Achebe’s classic Things Fall Apart. Examining the postcolonial situation in Sierra Leone.
  
  • INST 2803 - Making a Global World

    Hours: 3
    What does it mean to have a globalized world? How did it get this way? Are the peoples of the world drawing closer together or further apart? How does all of this affect us? An introduction to important developments in modern world history, particularly the processes of colonialism, decolonization, and globalization, through the specific lens of cross-cultural encounter. How to use the methods and concerns of the discipline of history to understand contemporary issues. Developing a sense of ourselves as global citizens who engage with important issues from around the world. Advancing our knowledge of basic research methods, including participating in scholarly debate and interpreting evidence critically. Honing the ability to write persuasive and fluent arguments.
  
  • INST 2804 - A History of International Law

    Hours: 3
    International law has become one of the most crucial arenas in which to create, expand, and enact a shared sense of social and public responsibility across national boundaries. The development of our modern system of international law and human rights. Exploring the historical conditions that have led to an expansion of theories and practices of justice and public responsibility. Encountering debates over the moral function of conscience and the political role of states in the formation of international law. The impact of modern warfare on our present-day concepts of international justice and our efforts to achieve it.
  
  • INST 2805 - The Global Cold War

    Hours: 3
    The Cold War was arguably the most important event of the second half of the twentieth century. An examination of the Cold War as a global conflict. Through readings, lectures, primary sources, and film, investigating how the Cold War started and why; how and why it was waged; and how and why it came to an end. Examining how and why the Cold War was waged in places such as Korea, the Middle East, Central and South America, the Caribbean, Vietnam, and Afghanistan. The history of the Cold War and how this history is relevant for understanding U.S. foreign policy today.
  
  • INST 2806 - Latin America: Orientations, Perspectives, Contexts

    Hours: 3
    An introduction to the main geopolitical regions that comprise Latin America: the Caribbean, Mexico and Central America, and South America (Andean region, Southern Cone, Amazon), and the historical, ethnic, social, and political contexts that have shaped these distinct regions into those that we know today. The independence movements that broke them away from the Spanish empire, the resulting rise of new political entities, and the exchanges and clashes of ideas, goods, and practices between existing and developing identities. Selected cultural and political topics that have particular social and historical relevance. The complex relationships between modernity and tradition, as well as the articulations between regional cultures and local practices, nation states and global actors, and high culture and popular culture.
  
  • INST 2807 - Deaf Culture

    Hours: 3
    Aspects of d/Deaf Culture, including the differences between deaf and Deaf identity, Deaf History in Europe and America, educational options for Deaf children, the cochlear implant controversy, and sub-groups of Deaf Culture, including GLBTQ and other communities. Developing a knowledge of d/Deaf Cultures, and how the hearing majority can take action for the public good.
 

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