2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]
Course Descriptions
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HIST 1350 - Europe from the Renaissance to the Nuclear Age Hours: 3
Historical changes in Europe from the humanist movement of the Renaissance to the global awareness of the nuclear era. Traces fundamental transformations in religious life, the development of scientific thought and method, and the origins of modern industrial and technological society. Examines movements for citizen and human rights, the formation of nation-states, the expansion and decline of European empires, and the nature and consequences of war in the recent past.
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HIST 1400 - The Early Asian World Hours: 3
Survey of the history of East Asia (China, Japan, Korea) from the sixth century B.C.E. through the end of the eighteenth century. The histories of each of these countries and some of the shared historical elements, such as political philosophies, religions, government structures and writing systems that have shaped the region over time. A broad understanding of Asian history and a foundation for subsequent upper-division study in the field.
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HIST 2100 - Historical Methods and Theory - Writing Intensive Hours: 3
Basic viewpoints, processes, materials and research tools used by historians. The development of history as a discipline.
Notes: Students are expected to take HIST 2100 before the end of their sophomore year, or if declaring a history major in their junior year, as soon as possible.
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HIST 2200 - Ancient Greece and Rome Hours: 3
The political and cultural history of ancient Greece and Rome. Topics include the emergence of the Greek city-state and the evolution of Greek democracy, the rise and fall of the Roman republic and imperial state, the role of education and philosophy in political culture, and the evolution of the mythic, dramatic, and historical worldviews. Examines the development of the discipline of ancient studies and the legacy of ancient history in modern politics and culture.
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HIST 2350 - Politics and Society in Modern Britain Hours: 3
The political and social history of Britain from the Industrial Revolution to the European Union. Explores the development of parliamentary democracy, the emergence of industrial class society, the expansion and decline of the British Empire, and the nature and impact of Britain’s experience of two world wars. Topics include Irish independence and the conflict in Northern Ireland, social reform after the Second World War, the fate of the union with Europe, and the evolution of conservative, liberal, and radical political traditions in the post-industrial era.
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HIST 2400 - The Making of Modern America Hours: 3
Surveying the Reconstruction Era (1865-1877), the Gilded Age (1877-1890s), the Progressive Era (1890s-1920), the Roaring ‘20s (aka the Jazz Age), and the era of the Great Depression and the New Deal (1930s). During these decades, the United States transitioned from a primarily rural, traditional, and Anglo-Saxon Protestant nation with a small federal government to an urban, industrial, and multicultural nation with a large federal bureaucracy and a welfare state. This transition heralded the emergence of the modern United States. Modernization changed fundamentally the relationships between urban dwellers and rural folk, workers and their employers, citizens and their government, and the state and society. It also raised troubling questions about whether democracy could survive the transition to modernity. Investigating the major events of this period including the Second Industrial Revolution, the Great Migration, the Spanish-American-Filipino and First World Wars, the Great Depression, and the New Deal to understand how and why this transition took place and how it changed the political, social, economic, and cultural fabric of the country. The years 1865 to 1941 are bookended by the two bloodiest wars the United States has fought, but violence, the use of military force, and war were also chief characteristics of this period. Investigating why modernization produced so much violence in the United States.
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HIST 2500 - Modern China Hours: 3
A history of China from the Qing dynasty (established in 1644) to the present. Examines major Chinese political and cultural transformations over time, from the establishment and expansion of Manchu-led Qing rule to the creation of the Republic of China, the 1949 the Chinese Communist Revolution and beyond. How Chinese domestic policies, priorities and culture have changed over time, as well as China’s evolving role in global politics.
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HIST 3100 - Medieval History Hours: 3
The formation of Latin Christendom and the Western tradition between the fourth and fifteenth centuries. Explores the transition between late antiquity and the early medieval era, the development of political, religious and social institutions during the early Middle Ages (500- 900), flowering of Medieval society and culture during the High Middle Ages (1100-1350), and the political, social, and economic developments of the Late Middle Ages (1350-1500). The intersection between classical, Christian and Germanic traditions, the geographic, social and economic development in Europe, the relation between the Church and political institutions, and the flowering of chivalry and knighthood and of the arts.
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HIST 3150 - Renaissance and Reformation Hours: 3
The origins of the Renaissance and Reformation in Europe and the impact of these movements on European society and Western Culture. The origins and history of the Italian Renaissance and the impact of this movement on European culture, society and politics. Examining the religious, social, political, and cultural background of the Reformation and the linkages between humanism and leading reformers. The social and political context in which the Reformation developed and consequences of the Protestant and the Catholic Reformations for European politics and society and their global impacts.
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HIST 3200 - Global Capitalism Hours: 3
Today it is taken for granted that we live in a global economy: jobs and the standard of living in America are directly affected by economic developments elsewhere in the world and the benefits of global trade are disputed. Exploring the history of the development of the modern global economy in the 19th and 20th centuries. Topics include how and why global trade networks grow, how industrial economies develop, and the differential processes and impacts of globalization, including in the United States. The history and political economy of economic integration and disintegration in the long-20th century; including rise of a global economy before WWI, the collapse of the global economy in the 1920s and 1930s, the development of communism and capitalism following WWII, and the reshaping of global capitalism between the 1970s and the present. Explores the different policies and viewpoints of developed and developing nations regarding capitalism and the domestic and international impacts of capitalism, including on the environment and culture.
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HIST 3350 - Modern Japan Hours: 3
The formation and rise of Japan as a nation-state, covering the period from 1600 to the present. Emphasizes the last 150 years of Japanese history, in particular why the Tokugawa government fell and how Japan reinvented itself as a modern power with overseas colonies in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The path to World War II, the U.S. occupation, and the political, cultural, and social history of post-war and post-occupation Japan, culminating in the present day.
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HIST 3400 - War and Revolution Hours: 3
The relationship between war and revolution in modern European history, focusing on the eras of the French Revolution and Russian Revolution. Rural rebellion, urban revolt, and revolutionary movements that accompanied wars both within Europe and within European empires. The emergence of anti-revolutionary tendencies in the 20th century and traces the development of new revolutionary directions during the era of the Cold War.
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HIST 3450 - Nationalism and Internationalism in Europe Hours: 3
The conflict between nationalism and internationalism in the creation of modern European republics. Exploring the concept of the nation as it emerged in the late 19th century and examining the rise of extreme nationalist movements following the First World War, including the emergence and spread of fascism. The evolution of international law after the Second World War, analysis of the post-Cold War revival of nationalist movements, and tracing the history of the European Union.
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HIST 3503 - The History of Sexuality in the United States Hours: 3
The history of sexuality examines how Americans have imagined, represented, embodied, used, and resisted different ways of understanding sexuality. Focusing on U.S. history from the nineteenth century through the 1990s, an examination of the history of sexual ideology and regulation; changing sexual practices; the emergence of distinct sexual identities and communities; the politics of sexuality; sexual representation and censorship; sexual violence; the politics of reproduction; gay and lesbian sexualities; sexually transmitted diseases; and the relationship between sexuality and gender, race, class, and power in the United States.
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HIST 3560 - Modern Korea Hours: 3
Modern Korea, covering the period from late 1800s to the present. The features of Korea’s long-lived and stable Choson dynasty, as well as the internal and external pressures that led to its collapse. The impact of subsequent colonization, how the Korean War divided Korea into the two very different nation-states we see today, and exploring how both North and South Korea have evolved since the division.
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HIST 3580 - Environmental History Hours: 3
The interaction between human beings and their natural surroundings through time. Explores environmental history on a global scale, focusing on the ways in which people adapted to, thought about, and shaped the natural world around them. By examining history in an environmental context, not simply a humanistic one, new perspectives of both history and contemporary environmental issues may be discovered.
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HIST 3610 - Colonizing America Hours: 3
Explores the complexities of cultural contact that occurred between Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans in the early days of North American colonization, the kinds of communities that emerged from these contacts, and the major challenges facing these colonial communities as they matured in the eighteenth century. Focuses attention on the tensions that underlay the colonization of America related to key issues such as land, race relations, economic systems, class structures, and political ideologies.
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HIST 3710 - Special Topics in History Hours: 3
Special topics in history.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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HIST 3800 - U.S. Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity Hours: 3
Most of us either came to these shores ourselves or have ancestors who came to the New World at some point in the not-too-distant past. It is often the case, however, that we might know something (and often not that much) about the experience of our own families and ancestors, but little about why other racial, ethnic, and national groups came to the United States, what they encountered when they arrived, and how they adapted—or did not adapt–to life in the United States. This blind spot helps create the conflicted feelings that so many Americans have about immigrants and immigration even as they celebrate the country as a “nation of immigrants.” Exploring this blind spot by examining the experiences of a wide array of immigrant groups. Focusing on Irish, Asian, African, southern and eastern European, and Latin American immigrants and migrants to the United States, and touching on many issues: the factors that have driven immigration, immigrant work, family, and community life, racial identity and discrimination, ethnicity and assimilation, and the history of immigration restriction and exclusion.
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HIST 3850 - Public History Hours: 3
The practice and theory of public history. Insight into the operation and mission of cultural and historic institutions, including museums and historical societies, which present history to the public. Includes public history methodologies, educational programming, and practical knowledge in public history.
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HIST 3900 - Independent Study Hours: 1-3
Independent Study.
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and department chair.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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HIST 4050 - European Intellectual History Hours: 3
Exploring topics in the history of modern European thought, including the lives and works of theorists and writers, the development of ideological movements, and the formation of intellectual systems, including Marxism, psychoanalysis, and existentialism. Analyzing intellectual currents within the humanities, social sciences, and visual culture, including political theory and criticism, psychological science, philosophy, journalism, drama, and film and photography. Interpreting the meaning of ideas within their historical contexts, focusing on periods of crisis and recovery.
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HIST 4100 - The Holocaust in Contemporary History Hours: 3
The history of the Holocaust and how that history has compelled a re-examination of society, behavior, and values since 1945. Analyzing the rise of Nazism, the nature of political anti-Semitism, the phenomenon of wartime occupation, and the meanings of collaboration and resistance. Exploring contemporary Jewish history and examining the significance of Holocaust memory in post-1945 collective culture, including its role in movements to protect stateless persons and confront crimes against humanity.
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HIST 4180 - The Japanese Empire and World War II Hours: 3
Situates the creation, rapid rise and dramatic collapse of the Japanese empire within the broader history of expansion and domination in East Asia. Informed by theoretical scholarship on imperialism and colonialism, the course examines the diversity, complexity and evolution of Japan’s overseas colonies and areas of influence both prior to and during World War II, as well as how the legacies of war, defeat and occupation have shaped postwar East Asia. Students conclude the course by producing a final original research project related the Japanese empire.
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HIST 4210 - The Industrial Revolution in a Global Perspective Hours: 3
The British Industrial Revolution and how the British economy was transformed from a preindustrial economy into an industrial economy, including the related social and political changes. The technological and institutional settings in which industrialization occurred and its social and political consequences, including the standard of living. The spread and dynamics of industrialization across the globe, including in Western Europe, The United States, the Soviet Union, China and India.
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HIST 4250 - Revolutions in the Early Modern Era: 1500-1815 Hours: 3
The early modern era was filled with political revolutions that transformed societies and states leading to the development of the modern nation state, including in Great Britain, France and the United States. Examining the ideological, political, economic, and cultural origins and consequences of Europe’s early modern revolutions. Analysis of a set of significant revolutions, including the Glorious Revolution in Britain and the French Revolution.
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HIST 4310 - American Indian History Hours: 3
The history of native people living within the present–day boundaries of the United States, from the origins of their habitation to the present day. The nature of Indian cultures prior to the advent of European colonization, and the historical development of the colonial encounter as it unfolded over several centuries, looking for evidence of both continuity and change among native peoples. How the United States became a powerful influence on American Indian life, and dissecting that relationship. How the history of American Indians paralleled, intersected, diverged, and generally became increasingly intertwined with the history of the United States during the twentieth century. The familiar story of native loss, but also native survival, revitalization, and transformation.
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HIST 4350 - The Era of the American Revolution Hours: 3
The American Revolution is much more than just a war of independence. It has come to symbolize the birth of a new political order, and it remains the foundation of American identity, but the real Revolution is shrouded by myth, making it difficult for most Americans to truly understand this important historical event. Just how revolutionary was the Revolution? And for whom? How do we separate the myth from the reality? And what do the myths tell us about ourselves? Recapturing what it meant to make the difficult decision of choosing sides in an uncertain rebellion. Evaluating the Revolution from political, social, and cultural standpoints, and analyzing what the Revolution meant to Americans in the past and continues to signify today.
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HIST 4400 - Riots, Reds, and Riffraff: A History of the American Working Class Hours: 3
Today, the richest 10% of Americans control more wealth than at any other time in U.S. history, and the wealthiest 400 Americans hold more wealth than the bottom 50% of income earners. At the same time, the wages of working-class Americans have not increased in real dollars since the 1970s. Today’s widening gap between the rich and the rest of us, and the yawning chasm that separates the rich from the poor, looks much like the class structure that emerged in the last four decades of the nineteenth century, when a few Gilded Age robber barons came to control enormous wealth while working-class Americans toiled for meager wages. Examining how and why this class structure developed, how working-class Americans understood and experienced work and their class status, and how the working class managed to organize themselves and their communities around the mission of democratizing the American workplace while also creating the idea of the American Dream. How and why, since the 1970s, the American working class has, in many ways, gone back to experiencing the massive inequities of the Gilded Age.
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HIST 4450 - The African American Civil Rights Movement Hours: 3
This course examines what historians call the “long civil rights movement.” We will explore the origins of the movement in the early 20th century, especially in relation to the Great Migration, the World Wars, the New Deal, and anti-colonialism. We won’t ignore the best-known events of the 1950s and 1960s - these are incredibly important for understanding the movement - and along the way, we will examine how and why people became engaged in the movement and why other people fought so hard against it. We will also explore the relationship between the state and the civil rights movement to assess how state action both helped and hindered the movement. Finally, we will pay close attention to how issues of race, class, gender, and sexuality shaped the movement and the opposition to it.
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HIST 4510 - East Asian History and Film Hours: 3
East Asian history through the lens of film, emphasizing questions of nationalism and identity. How China, Japan, Korea and Hong Kong have evolved in the modern era, providing a basis with which to explore Asian cinema. Examining concepts of “national” and “trans-national” cinema by studying the history of the film industry in Asia and focusing on film directors who are seen as representative of their respective national cinematic traditions. Through popular Asian film genres, such as martial arts films, animation and monster movies, analyzing genre as a cinematic mode of representing ideas about nationalism and identity.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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, andevaluation of health initiatives.
SP Sem.
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HLED 1800 - Professional Perspectives/Technology in Exercise Science and Health Promotion Hours: 4
This course is designed to acquaint students with basic information, history, ethics, current issues, and professional organizations, journals, and resources in the general area of Health Promotion and Fitness. There is an additional skill-oriented component designed to introduce students to presentation skills and technologies utilized in the field of Health Promotion and Fitness.
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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.
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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.
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HLED 2900 - Practicum in Exercise Science and Health Promotion Hours: 4
This course will provide students majoring in Health Promotion & Fitness with practical experience under the supervision of a qualified individual in a clinical, commercial, corporate, community, or college/university field setting(s) of the student’s choice. Students are expected to analyze critically and evaluate their practical experiences in light of their coursework and interest area in Health Promotion and Fitness. Students will be evaluated by their field supervisor as well as the course instructor. 60 hours of field experience is expected.
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing and instructor permission.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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HLED 3050 - Exercise Programming for Selected Populations Hours: 4
This course builds on the foundations established in previous course (HLED 2300)work when the focus was on exercise for the general population. This course content focuses on specific characteristics and health challenges for children, older adults and women as well as recommendations for safe, effective physical activity for persons having major health problems such as coronary artery disease, diabetes, asthma, obesity, etc. Delivery of information will be followed by practical application of such information in developing an effective leadership style that translates into positive growth of the fitness participant. Training clients outside of class time is expected as part of this learning experience.
Prerequisites: HLED 2300 and junior or senior HPF major; or instructor permission.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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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 performancebased 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.
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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.
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HLED 4900 - Internship in Exercise Science and Health Promotion Hours: 1-16
This practical experience is the culminating experience in the students major curriculum. Students are required to secure a 10 credit hour internship experience that translates into 4 hours per credit hour over the 14 weeks of on-site experience. Internships are supervised by someone on-site as well as the academic advisor. Sites are usually in a community, commercial, clinical, corporate, or college/university setting.
Prerequisites: Students must apply one term in advance of the internship and must be senior status.
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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.
Prerequisites: Not open to students with credit for INST 1501, 1502, or 1503.
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HNRS 2000 - Power and Difference Hours: 3
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?
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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?
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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.
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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 offcampus (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.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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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?
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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.
Prerequisites: Two HNRS 2000-level courses.
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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.
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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 hours.
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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.
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IBM 3700 - Global Dimensions of Business Hours: 3
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.
FA, SP Sems.
Prerequisites: ECON 2200.
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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: Senior standing or IBM 3700.
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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 instructor permission.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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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. Internship experiences are designed by students within departmental guidelines.
Prerequisites: Junior standing or above; Permission of instructor and department chairperson required.
Notes: Credit cannot count toward satisfying to minimum number of courses required for the concentration, major or minor.
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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.
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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 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 1503.
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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.
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INST 2006 - Dimensions of Culture and Society 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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INST 2016 - Politics in America Hours: 3
Explores the nature and importance of democracy, social and political participation in American society (local, state, national and levels). While voting is often seen as the primary way to become involved in politics, this course will investigate what it means to be a citizen in many contexts, the responsibilities associated with citizenship, the rights of American citizens, and the critical role they play in shaping policies and the world in which we all live.
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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.
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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.
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INST 2203 - Justice, Human Rights, and the Law Hours: 3
Human rights are said to be substantive moral protections that all persons have simply in virtue of being human. That these protections are identified as rights indicates that they are of the utmost moral priority. It also indicates that they belong to particular individuals who, in light of their rights claims, can make certain demands of others, especially governments, and are essential for promoting justice. This course examines the existence, content, nature, universality, and justification of human rights (both in general and in their particularity). Additional applied human rights and global justice issues we might consider are environmental rights, cultural rights, and interventionism.
Notes: Cross-listed with PHRE 2220.
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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.
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INST 2206 - Buddhism 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.
Notes: Cross-listed with PHRE 2250.
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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 PHRE 2200.
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INST 2208 - Sustainability and the Environment 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 PHRE 2400.
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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 PHRE 1300.
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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 PHRE 2950.
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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 PHRE 2500.
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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 PHRE 2100.
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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 PHRE 2300.
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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 PHRE 2700.
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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 PHRE 2900.
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INST 2219 - Islam and Muslim Cultures 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 PHRE 2800.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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INST 2418 - Mind the Gap: Anthrozoology Across the Pond
Includes travel to London and several other sites within England. Provides interdisciplinary study of human (anthro) and animal (zoo) interactions. Students will visit museums, art galleries, and locations of cultural importance to focus on the history of humananimal interactions and conservation efforts. Students will examine current and historical interactions and uses of companion animals, working animals, sporting animals, food animals, research animals, zoo animals, and wildlife species.
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INST 2419 - Living with Nature: The Environmental and Socioeconomic Dimensions of Society in a Changing Climate Hours: 3
Examines the inter-relationship between humans and nature from the perspectives of energy-use, food production, and urban development. Explores the sustainability of past and present anthropogenic development, how these behaviors are changing the climate and the consequences of these changes on human prosperity, and what we must do moving forward to adapt to a changing world. Themes that will be explored include: the impact of urban development on wildlife and the environment; the possibility of cities’ adaptation to changing environmental conditions; our capability of living sustainably with nature; the social inequalities and ethical issues related to environmental degradation; a historical perspective on lessons learned, to inform our future paths and consider whether we are condemned to repeating our past mistakes.
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