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2006-2008 College of Liberal Arts Bulletin [Archived Bulletin]
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PSY 3800 - Social Psychology
Goals: To introduce the prominent social psychological theories and research relating to social behavior.
Content: A survey of classic and contemporary theories in impression formation, person perception, prejudice and stereotyping, interpersonal attraction and relationships, altruism and aggression, conformity and persuasion, and group processes.
Prerequisites: PSY 1330 or equivalent; PSY 1340 recommended.
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PSY 3950 - History of Psychology
Goals: To provide information that will allow the student to place modern psychology in historical perspective and thus to see it as a dynamic, evolving body of information that is subject to emotional and societal factors and is often characterized by fads and fashions.
Content: Early Greek philosophy; after Aristotle: a search for the good life; beginnings of modern psychology; empiricism, associationism, materialism, and positivism; rationalism, romanticism, and existentialism, early developments in physiology and the rise of experimental psychology; structuralism: psychology’s first school; the Darwinian influence; functionalism; behaviorism, neobehaviorism; Gestalt psychology; early treatment of the mentally ill and the events leading to the development of psychoanalysis; psychoanalysis; third force psychology; and psychology today.
Prerequisite: PSY 1330 or equivalent.
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PSY 5600 - Seminar: Advanced Topics in Social Psychology
Goals: To examine a specific topic in the area of social psychology such as an in-depth analysis of aggressive behavior as addressed by social psychological research.
Content: Variable from year to year.
Prerequisites: PSY 1330 or equivalent, PSY 1340, with 28 semester credits in psychology or senior standing.
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PSY 5700 - Seminar: Clinical Psychology
Goals: To introduce students to the field of clinical psychology as a science and a profession; to review theoretical models of psychopathology and intervention; to explore professional issues related to mental health services; to integrate, evaluate, and reflect on previous coursework within the framework of an advanced seminar in psychology.
Content: Contemporary approaches to clinical psychology; theoretical and practical issues in clinical education, ethics, and intervention; individual topics selected by students.
Prerequisites: PSY 1460 or 1480, PSY 3640, with 28 semester credits or senior standing.
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PSY 5750 - Seminar: Positive Psychology
Goals: To critically examine the topic of positive psychology. To incorporate and expand on areas of research and applications related to human health and adaption.
Content: Variable from year to year.
Prerequisites: 28 semester credits in psychology or senior standing.
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PSY 5760 - Seminar: Advanced Topics in Cognitive Psychology
Goals: To examine a specific topic in the area of cognitive psychology, such as scientific inquiry into the nature of the unconscious mind.
Content: The course focuses on class discussion and includes an individual research project.
Prerequisites: 28 semester credits in psychology or senior standing.
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PSY 5770 - Seminar: Human Judgment and Decision Making
Goals: To acquaint the student with the psychological factors involved in decision making and gambling, to introduce the student to the use of mathematical models in psychology, and to help the student gain fluency in application of models to real data.
Content: Psychological decision theory, subjective probability, game theory, measurement, gambling, complexity theory, and experimental aesthetics.
Prerequisites: PSY 1330, 1340, 1350, with 28 semester credits in psychology or senior standing.
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PSY 5880 - Honors Research Seminar I
Goals: To begin research for departmental honors.
Content: Principles of experimental design, statistical analysis of data, completion of a literature review and research proposal in area of student’s interest, analysis of theory.
Prerequisites: PSY 1340, 1350, and admission by application and approval of department sponsor.
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PSY 5890 - Honors Research Seminar II
Goals: To complete research for departmental honors, to produce a paper in publishable APA format, and to orally present research results.
Prerequisite: PSY 5880.
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REL 1100 - Introduction to Religion
Goals: To examine both general theories about religion and autobiographical accounts of individual religious lives in an effort to define “religion,” to understand what it might mean to lead a religious life, to appreciate the various ways of being religious, and to explore the role of religion in society.
Content: A variety of religious traditions will be explored through various literary genres, autobiography in particular, as well as through films, field trips, and guest lecturers.
Taught: Every semester.
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REL 1140 - Women and Religion
Goals: To introduce religious expressions of women and their role in religion; to analyze the roles religion plays in women’s lives; to explore ways women influence as well as rethink religious traditions and shape them.
Content: Cross-cultural examination of how religions function in women’s lives and the leadership roles women take in religion; analysis of gender structures in religion; and examination of such concepts as spirituality, community, authority, relationship, and images of the divine. The specific religious traditions and the cultural contexts of the women may vary in different years.
Taught: Alternate years.
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REL 1150 - Spirituality and the Arts
Goals: To identify and explore religious and spiritual themes, symbolism, and ideas in selected works from the visual, literary and performing arts. To introduce methods of interpretation from different disciplines for interpreting the works of art.
Content: The works of art selected (such as poetry, stories, film, visual art, drama music) and the emphasis on particular topics and themes vary from semester to semester. When possible, the class will consider one or more current works of art in the Twin Cities. The course emphasizes how these works of art (whether they are overtly religious or not) express ideas about spirituality, religion, and social issues. The course is designed to give class participants an opportunity to explore how art and spirituality impact their own lives.
Taught: Alternate years or triennially.
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REL 1200 - Survey of the Old Testament/ Hebrew Bible
Goals: To survey the Jewish Scriptures/Christian Old Testament in historical context, exploring both the material’s literary characteristics—such as narrative plot and theme, poetic form and rhetoric—and its key theological emphases—such as the concept of God and the mission and destiny of Israel.
Content: Samples from the three main portions of the Old Testament: Pentateuch, Prophets, and Writings (Psalms and wisdom literature).
Taught: Annually.
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REL 1220 - The New Testament
Goals: To develop an acquaintance with the literary and theological characteristics of the New Testament, and to understand the process of its formation. A student should develop skill as an interpreter (exegete) of the biblical text.
Content: The literature of the New Testament, using the methods of historical-critical analysis, answering questions such as: By whom written? To whom written? When written? Meaning to authors and to the Christian community to whom they were/are addressed? Taught: Annually.
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REL 1300 - Introduction to Theology
Goals: To introduce the student to theological language and argument through critical examination of historical and contemporary thinkers as well as schools of thought.
Content: Close reading and discussion of primary and secondary theological texts that explore central doctrinal claims as to the nature of God, Jesus Christ, creation, humanity, the church, sin, suffering, evil, and salvation. The literature surveyed will include both dominant and marginal (such as feminist and liberationist trajectories) of the Christian tradition.
Taught: Annually.
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REL 1400 - Christian Ethics
Goals: To provoke reflection on, and understanding of, the basis, nature, content, and consequences of Christian moral thinking. To appreciate the variety of viewpoints of moral issues within the Christian tradition and their relation to the larger society.
Content: Close reading and discussion of various approaches to Christian ethics followed by analysis of selected moral issues such as war, euthanasia, abortion, homosexuality, and racism.
Taught: Annually.
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REL 1500 - Introduction to Judaism
Goals: To introduce students to the Jewish world by putting them in touch with authentic Jewish texts, experiences, values, and insights, and by enabling them to compare Judaism with their own ways of living and believing.
Content: Analysis of the uniqueness and tragedy of Jewish history, issues of Jewish identity, the role of Jewish law in the life of the community.
Taught: Annually.
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REL 1510 - Jewish Ethics
Goals: To study the nature of the good in Judaism; to analyze such contemporary issues as war and peace, individual responsibility, sexuality, women’s issues, and related topics.
Content: Historical context and authority, including Bible, Talmud, Responsa, and Codes; classic and modern religious literature; contemporary Jewish bioethics texts.
Taught: Alternate years.
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REL 1520 - The World of Jesus
Goals: To understand the social, cultural and political realities that comprised the world of Jesus, and to see him as an embodiment of that milieu.
Content: Movements in contemporary Judaism—Sadducees, Pharisees, Zealots, Essenes—as well as institutions like Temple, Torah, and Synagogue will be studied, along with the opportunities they presented to Jesus. Special emphasis will be placed on Jewish responses to Greek and Roman imperialism and culture, and to the ways in which these responses shaped Jesus’ environment.
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REL 1560 - Islam
Goals: To gain an understanding of the history, texts, beliefs and practices of Islam. To explore the ways the commitment to the tradition is understood and expressed in the lives of Muslims from a variety of places and backgrounds. To gain an appreciation for both diversity and unity within the tradition.
Content: Close reading of portions of the Qur’an and other sacred writings, such as the Hadith; survey of the history of Islam; exploration of Islamic philosophy, law, art and literature. Special topics will include an examination of Sufism, the mystical tradition, and an analysis of contemporary issues relating to Islamic politics, the tension between tradition and modernization, and the growth of Islam in America. Teaching Methods: Lecture, small and large group discussion, videos; possible field trips and guest lectures.
Taught: Annually.
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REL 1620 - Religions of East Asia
Goals: To provide an introduction to the religious traditions of China, Korea and Japan. To examine continuity and diversity within each tradition and among the various traditions. To explore how religious themes and values are expressed in texts, rituals, symbols, art and architecture.
Content: We will look at both the indigenous religions of each culture (e.g. Chinese Daoism, Korean Shamanism, Japanese Shinto) as well as those traditions that all share in common (Confucianism and Buddhism). We will discuss beliefs and practices, major thinkers and texts, historical contexts, institutional developments and popular religious movements. Topics include Chinese cosmology, Zen meditation, Korean Christianity, religion and Communism, and Confucian capitalism in contemporary East Asia.
Taught: Annually.
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REL 1630 - Religions of South Asia
Goals: To provide an introduction the religious traditions of South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh). To examine continuity and diversity within each tradition and among the various traditions. To explore how religious themes and values are expressed in texts, rituals, symbols, music, art and architecture.
Content: We will look at the Brahmanical, Jain, Buddhist, Hindu, Islamic and Sikh traditions. Topics will include yoga, renunciation, Hindu deities, caste and social structure, and women in Hinduism. The last part of the course will explore trends in the 19th and 20th century, during which the religious traditions of South Asia were connected with nationalism and the birth of modern India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. We will conclude by looking at the role that Hindu traditions, teachers and practices have played in modern America.
Taught: Annually.
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REL 3150 - Religion and Literature
Goals: To show both how imaginative secular literature can be religious – e.g., communicate a religious vision, help shape one’s character and inform one’s deepest self-understanding, legitimate or de-legitimate social forms and practices – and how the study of such literature has become a key element in the field of religious studies.
Content: The specific topic and genre will vary from year to year. The focus may be plays, novels, short stories, poetry, or auto/biography. It may range in scope from an exhaustive study of a single literary work (e.g., Melville’s Moby Dick), to the works of a single author (e.g., Margaret Atwood, Jon Hassler, Flannery O’Connor), to a comparison of different authors (e.g., C.S. Lewis and G.K. Chesterton, Dorothy Sayers and P. D. James). Or it may be thematically arranged: e.g., Jewish Stories of Wonder; The Poetry of Prayer (Donne, Herbert, Hopkins, Dickinson, Berryman); Love and the Novel: A Critique of Power; How We Die; Modern Apocalyptic Literature; or Living With the Land: An Ecology of Fiction.
Taught: Annually.
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REL 3200 - Biblical Narrative: Old Testament/Hebrew Bible
Goals: To study in depth some portion of the narrative literature of the Jewish Scriptures/Christian Old Testament, with special attention to the issue of relevance posed by the antiquity of the texts, and to the issues posed by a sacred “literature-in-translation.” Emphasis will be given to developing close reading skills, a working acquaintance with critical methods of biblical studies, and intercultural competence.
Content: Course content may shift from year to year. It may focus on a large block of narrative, the Deuteronomic History (Joshua-2 Kings), for example, or on an individual book (e.g., Genesis), or on a piece of a book (e.g., the Jacob cycle). Alternatively, the course may adopt a thematic approach: e.g., “family, friend, and stranger,” “holy war and peace,” or yet other topics.
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisites: REL 1200 or 1220, or permission of the instructor.
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REL 3210 - Biblical Poetry: Old Testament/Hebrew Bible
Goals: To study in depth some portion of the narrative literature of the Jewish Scriptures/Christian Old Testament, with special attention to the issue of relevance posed by the antiquity of the texts, and to the issues posed by a sacred “literature-in-translation.” Emphasis will be given to developing close reading skills, a working acquaintance with critical methods of biblical studies, and intercultural competence.
Content: Course content may shift from year to year. It may focus on a large block of narrative, the Deuteronomic history (Joshua-2 Kings), for example, or on an individual book (e.g., Genesis), or on a piece of a book (e.g., the Jacob cycle). Alternatively, the course may adopt a thematic approach: e.g., “family, friend, and stranger,” “holy war and peace,” or yet other topics.
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisite: One of the following: REL 1200, 1220, or permission of the instructor.
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REL 3220 - The Gospels
Goals: To understand the process by which the Gospels were formed, the intentions of the Gospel writers in recording the tradition from their perspectives, and the appropriate interpretation of these texts for today.
Content: The four Gospels of the New Testament using a “parallel” of the texts by which the student can see the “variations on the theme” of the message and ministry of Jesus presented through the Gospels.
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisite: One of the following: Religion 1200 or 1220, or permission of instructor.
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REL 3230 - The Letters of Paul
Goals: To explore the mind, method, and impact of the first Christian writer. To develop students’ abilities to read and interpret religious literature with critical appreciation.
Content: The Pauline Epistles, both those of Paul’s direct authorship and those of associates and later followers in the Pauline tradition. The letters will be analyzed and interpreted in their historical, social, and theological contexts. Secondary readings assessing Paul’s impact on the shape of Christianity and his contribution to the intellectual and social development of Western civilization will be included.
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisite: One of the following: Religion 1200 or 1220; or permission of the instructor.
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REL 3240 - The Problem of Evil
Goals: To chart the variety of biblical responses to the experience of suffering. To study in depth one of the key voices in that response. To reflect critically on the place of suffering in one’s own value system.
Content: Selected Old and New Testament texts, with special attention to the Book of Job. Views of suffering as demonic vengeance, just punishment, divine instruction, or occasion for communion with God will be inspected in their biblical contexts and evaluated in the light of contemporary experience.
Taught: Alternate years.
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REL 3250 - Death and Dying
Goals: This course will examine death and dying from a range of perspectives and multiple methodologies.
Content: The texts we will read include a) philosophical and theological reflections on the meanings(s) of death, how we should live in the face of death, and the possibility and desirability of immortality; b) psychological analyses of death anxiety, grief, and mourning; c) anthropological and sociological examinations of death rituals, suicide, and institutions surrounding death; d) accounts from Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist, and Christian traditions about the nature of death and the after-life; and e) debates on controversial issues including euthanasia, war and pacifism, capital punishment and factory farming. We will also read literary treatments (short stories, poems, excerpts from novels) on many of these issues, and view films that focus on these topics.
Taught: Alternate years
Prerequisites: Any religion course
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REL 3300 - Reformers and Revolutionaries in the Ancient and Medieval World
Goals: To explore the development primarily of Christian thought and practice in its relationship to culture from the first century B.C.E. Through the medieval period.
Content: Persecution of the early church, formation of doctrine, Augustine and Constantinian Christianity, Monasticism, Thomas Aquinas and the medieval church, Martin Luther and the Reformation.
Taught: Alternate years.
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REL 3310 - Reformers and Revolutionaries in the Modern World
Goals: To understand the persons and movements within Christianity that contribute to an ever-evolving and reforming understanding of faith, faith-based organizations, and social change movements, through biography to get in-depth glimpses of the challenges and opportunities that religious leaders face, and to think broadly about the concepts of reform and revolution within a religious context.
Content: Luther, Calvin, Wesley, 19th-century United States religious movements with special emphasis on African-American and women’s contributions, Martin Luther King, feminist/womanist theology, the challenges to and within Christianity in the last 500 years that have led to both reform and revolution.
Taught: Alternate years.
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REL 3320 - Philosophy of Religion
Crosslisted
(Listed under Philosophy, PHIL 3320.)
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REL 3340 - Religion of North America
Goals: To trace the changing landscape of religion in North America, uncovering patterns and beliefs from the past in order to better understand current issues and trends.
Content: The value and ethics of indigenous peoples, colonization and mission, the development of Protestantism and its particular role in the shaping of the United States, African American religious expression, and recent diversity in faith expression.
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REL 3350 - Contemporary African-American Religious Thought
Goals: To understand how race in America—particularly the Black/White relationship—impacts religious thought in America; to encourage greater sensitivity to the ways in which religion is inextricably bound to culture, to politics, to economics, to American society as a whole.
Content: Pre-World War II to the present—from the non-violent, prophetic voices of Howard Thurman and Martin Luther King, Jr., through the turbulent late 1960s with Malcolm X and the rise of Black Power—the influence of the protest movements on the creation of Black Theology and subsequently, of womanist theology; and the more recent critiques of capitalism by Cornel West and others.
Taught: Annually.
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REL 3380 - Soren Kierkegaard: On Becoming a Person
Goals: To explore the thought of the founder of modern existentialism, with particular attention to his understanding of Christianity and what it means to have a self. To develop closereading skills along with an appreciation of the literary, imaginative scope of Kierkegaard’s authorship.
Content: Selections from the following works will be studied in the context of Kierkegaard’s biography, 19th century Danish Lutheranism, and the task of becoming an individual in a mass society: Fear and Trembling, Philosophical Fragments, Concluding Unscientific Postscript, Sickness Unto Death, Training in Christianity, and Works of Love. Note: When the course is taught in winter term, it will focus on only one of Kierkegaard’s works.
Taught: Alternate years.
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REL 3400 - Contemporary Issues in Christian Ethics
Goals: To achieve a greater appreciation of the major approaches and sources utilized by contemporary Christian ethicists, and to apply that knowledge to in-depth research into one current ethical dilemma.
Content: The influence of scripture, philosophy, social, and natural science on the shape of Christian ethics in relationship to specific ethical issues such as sexuality, health care, politics, environment, economics.
Taught: Alternate years.
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REL 3410 - Feminist/Womanist Approaches to Christian Ethics
Goals: To explore the meaning and process of Christian ethical deliberation through the lens of feminist and womanist scholars; to examine the critiques of the dominant moral tradition within Christianity; and to understand how feminist and womanist thinkers attempt to rethink the religious traditions that shape them.
Content: Overview of traditional approaches to Christian ethics; feminist/womanist critiques of basic Christian assertions about God, Christ, power, love, morality; and feminist/womanist revisioning of Christian moral deliberation in later 20th century.
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisite: Any 1000-level religion course.
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REL 3570 - Religion, Culture, and the State
Crosslisted
(Listed under Anthropology, ANTH 3570.)
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REL 3620 - Seminar in Classical Chinese Religious Thought
Goals: To study in depth the most significant thinkers and texts of the classical period in China (6th-2nd century BCE), one of the liveliest and most important periods of philosophical debate in Chinese history. The schools of thought that emerged during this period had a profound effect on Chinese philosophy, religion, culture and politics that continues to the present day.
Content: We will focus primarily on the Confucian and Daoist traditions, although we will also look at the Mohist and Legalist traditions. While we will be thinking about these texts and philosophers, we will also be thinking along with them about the topics that concerned them. These are some of the most important topics that we as human beings must grapple with—What is human nature? What is a good person and how does an individual become one? How do we gain knowledge and how do we know when we have it (and what kind of knowledge is worth gaining)? What is a good death? We will see how the classical Chinese thinkers answered these questions and then look at how modern philosophers in the West have tried to understand, analyze and evaluate their positions. We will alternate between reading primary texts and reading secondary texts that interpret and critique the primary texts.
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisite: Previous religion course recommended.
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REL 3630 - Seminar in Buddhism
Goals: To engage in an in-depth study of the Buddhist tradition, focusing on its origin in India, its development in Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Tibet, and the spread of Buddhism to America. We will look at both continuity and diversity within Buddhism, examining the different forms the tradition takes in various cultures and at the threads that run through all of them.
Content: We will examine various facets of Buddhism – e.g. Meditation, ritual, ethics, devotion—and different types of Buddhist lives—e.g. Monastic and lay, contemplative and activist. We will read both primary texts (e.g. Sutras) and modern secondary literature, and will examine Buddhist thought and practice at the “elite” level as well as the popular level. A number of sub-themes and questions will run through the course: How has each culture been shaped by Buddhism, and how has Buddhism been shaped by the various cultures? What has been the interaction of Buddhism with other aspects of culture, and with the sociopolitical sphere, in each country? Special topics include women in Buddhism, conceptions of Nirvana, the ethics of Karma, Buddhist-Christian Dialogue, and Buddhism in contemporary America.
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisite: Previous religion course recommended.
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REL 3900 - Junior Colloquium
Goals: The course will meet monthly to examine significant topics and developments pertinent to the formation, history, expression, and study of religion. It is designed to stimulate ideas for honors projects among junior majors in the class and to support the work of seniors who are undertaking honors projects.
Content: The idea of “service” as a religious concept will provide a unifying theme for the course, but monthly topics will depend on the interests of the student (or occasionally faculty person) who is presenting for the day.
Taught: Annually.
Required of majors: Two semesters of the junior and/or senior year, although more would be permitted.
Credits: (1 credit per term)
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REL 5750 - Senior Seminar
Goals: To examine the concept of religious vocation in the contemporary context.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisites: Two 3000-level religion courses.
Credits: (2 credits)
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REL 5900 - Senior Colloquium
Goals: The course will meet monthly to examine significant topics and developments pertinent to the formation, history, expression, and study of religion. It is designed to stimulate ideas for honors projects among junior majors in the class and to support the work of seniors who are undertaking honors projects.
Content: The idea of “service” as a religious concept will provide a unifying theme for the course, but monthly topics will depend on the interests of the student (or occasionally faculty person) who is presenting for the day.
Taught: Annually.
Required of majors: Two semesters of the junior and/or senior year, although more would be permitted.
Credits: (1 credit per term)
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SOC 1110 - Introduction to Sociological Thinking
Goals: To introduce students to the basic sociological concepts. To show how these concepts are used to analyze society. To increase our knowledge of how society is organized and operates. To encourage creative and critical thinking.
Content: Study of culture, socialization, social institutions such as the family, religion, and government, race, gender, social class, and social change.
Taught: Annually, fall and spring terms.
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SOC 1120 - Social Problems
Goals: To understand why we have social problems and what we can do about them. To learn about selected social problems.
Content: Poverty, racism, sexism, urban issues, alcohol, and drug abuse. The social problems selected will vary with the instructor.
Taught: Annually.
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SOC 1330 - Women, Men, and Society
Goals: To introduce students to gender as an area of sociological inquiry.
Content: The course will cover a variety of topics including crosscultural issues, socialization, education, communication, intimate relationships, employment, crime, politics, spirituality, and health.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisite: SOC 1110.
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SOC 3000 - Society, Images and Perception
Goals: To deepen our sensitivities about the way in which people’s “perceptions” are constructed through the works of art, photography, and advertising. To show that images are not neutral objects, but social constructs which shape our attitude about ourselves and others.
Content: Various theoretical and historical works on photography, vision and art by John Berger, Roland Barthes, Malek Alloula, Stuart Ewen, Susan Sontag, and others.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisite: SOC 1110.
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SOC 3250 - Juvenile Delinquency/Juvenile Justice
Goals: To understand the etiology of delinquency. To gain an overview of the juvenile justice system—the legal process and correctional systems. To evaluate intervention strategies.
Content: Brief history of juvenile justice; social deviance and psychopathology; crimogenic factors; principles of risk, need and responsibility; continuum of interventions, effective interventions, future trends; careers in juvenile justice.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisite: One of the following: SOC 1110, PSY 1330, CJFS 1120, or LGST 1110.
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SOC 3330 - Sociology of Gender
Goals: To understand and evaluate gender as a form of social structure and the consequences that structure holds for individuals and society. To understand gender as a social, rather than purely biological, construct.
Content: Covers a variety of topics including social constructionism, biological explanations of gender difference, feminist theory, and sexuality, as well as a selection of contemporary issues in gender studies.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisite: SOC 1330.
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SOC 3350 - Sociology of Racial and Cultural Minorities
Goals: To develop a critical understanding of the different racial, ethnic, and culturally distinct groups in society. To explore a range of theories which seek to explain the nature of minority relations.
Content: May include people of color, Jewish Americans, the Holocaust, the oppression of minority groups, liberation movements, key social institutions that impact the life of minority people, and indepth consideration of the scientific rationalizations for continued discrimination. Topical focus will vary with the instructor.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisite: SOC 1110.
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SOC 3370 - Families in Crisis
Goals: To learn about the different types of family forms and changing functions of the family as a basic social institution. A social problems focus.
Contents: Dating, family violence, divorce, and alternatives to marriage.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisite: SOC 1110 or WSTD 1010.
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SOC 3390 - Social Psychology
Goals: To provide an overview of sociological social psychology, specifically the perspective of symbolic interaction. To understand how we become social beings and how, through our everyday interactions with one another, we create and re-create both ourselves and the social world in which we live.
Content: The course will begin with a comparison of sociological and psychological theories of social psychology. We will then turn to symbolic interaction with topics that include meaning and symbols as human creations, language and cognition, impression management, the self, and the social construction of reality.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisite: SOC 1110 or PSY 1330.
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SOC 3440 - Urban Sociology
Goals: To explore the advent and growth of cities, the key organizations and concerns of everyday urban life, and the movement of people into and out of cities as well as regional shifts in the distribution of America’s population.
Content: Urban and suburban domination of American life, the way in which the distribution of power has influenced the shape of cities, gentrification, the rise and fall of the “Southern Rim,” the factors that make cities desirable places to live, the various political and social problems which affect all cities and the possible remedies for these problems.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisite: SOC 1110.
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SOC 3500 - Culture in Transition
Goals: To become familiar with changing patterns of organization in society. This would include changes in the normative order, the organization of cities, and especially globalization.
Content: The course examines different forms of social organization, ranging from the micro to the macro. We also look at the political and cultural systems of society.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisite: SOC 1110.
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SOC 3530 - Political Sociology
Goals: To analyze the distribution of power in society. To explore the role of the state and the ways the key institutions of society affect the potential stability of a social system.
Content: An overview of the field of political sociology and an examination of the reigning political ideologies in American society. The variety of available political ideologies, their dissemination, acceptance or rejection, significance of work, and movements for social change.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisite: SOC 1110.
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SOC 3750 - Criminology
Goals: This class addresses these basic questions: What is a crime? Why do people commit crime? Who commits crime? The goals are to acquire a theoreticallyand empirically-based understanding of crime in American society.
Content: Crime statistics, theories about crime, specific forms of crime such as, murder, sexual assault, and consensual crime.
Taught: Annually, fall and spring terms.
Prerequisite: One of the following: SOC 1110, PSY 1330, CJFS 1120, or LGST 1110.
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SOC 3930 - Social Research Methods
Goals: To learn how to design and implement a research project. To become familiar with limits and appropriateness of various qualitative and quantitative research methods.
Content: Various types of research methods such as field research, content analysis, and survey.
Taught: Annually, fall and spring terms.
Prerequisite: SOC 1110.
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SOC 3950 - Critical Social Theory
Goals: To introduce student to sociological theories and to develop a scholarly sensitivity that is guided and shaped by critical concepts, ideas, and theories. Students will learn that understanding social reality is controversial and complicated.
Content: In order to teach student a sociological way of “thinking” and a critical examination of social issues, the course draws on the works of past and present sociologists.
Taught: Annually, fall and spring terms.
Prerequisite: SOC 1110.
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SOC 5330 - Sex and Sexuality: An American Perspective
Goals: To understand and evaluate sexuality as a form of social structure and the consequences that structure holds for individuals and society. To understand sexuality as a social, rather than purely biological, construct.
Content: The course will cover a variety of topics, providing a structural analysis of sexuality. Topics include social construction of sexuality, the history of sexuality in America, sexuality and religion, medicine, law, family, commerce, and education. Students have the option to complete the Leadership, Education, and Development (LEAD) component of the Hamline Plan.
Taught: Annually, spring term.
Prerequisite: SOC 3330.
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SOC 5950 - World System Theory
Goals: To examine the notion of “social change” from a multidisciplinary viewpoint. The emphasis is on theoretical and historical understanding of the macrostructures that are changed from feudalism to capitalism. The major focus is on a world system. The purpose of the course is to equip students with a much broader understanding of the way society and its institutions function in a global perspective.
Content: Works by Wallerstein, Harvey, and others.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisites: SOC 3950 or GLOB 1910 and 1920.
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SOC 5960 - Senior Seminar
Goals: To synthesize the diverse sociology courses taken during the course of the major. To discuss the discipline of sociology—its major issues and debates, its applications, and its occupational relevance. To design and implement a research project.
Content: Ethical problems in sociology, conceptualization, methodology, and analysis of research project.
Taught: Annually, fall and spring terms.
Prerequisites: SOC 1110, 3930, and 3950. Intended for seniors but juniors may enroll with permission.
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SOCJ 1100 - Introduction to Issues in Social Justice
Goals: This course will introduce students to major streams of social justice thought, including historical social justice movements, theoretical problems having to do with social equality, personal freedom, access to social resources, marginalization, and stigmatization, and the ways in which communities respond to these issues.
Note: Alternative to foundations course: Philosophy 1140: Ethics.
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SOCJ 1150 - Living on the Edge: The Asian American Experience
In this course students examine the role of cultural heritage in how one views oneself, one’s own ethnic group and the dominant culture. We will learn about Asian immigrants and refugees, read Asian American literature, experience Asian American art and meet members of the local Asian American community. Among the topics we will discuss are stereotype (such as the model minority), the role of women in the Asian American community, racism (including the American concentration camps) and assimilation. Class meetings will be largely devoted to discussion. Films by and about Asian Americans will be shown.
Prerequisites: None.
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SOCJ 3200 - Sexuality and the Law
Goals: To provide students with an overview of the way U.S. Federal and state law regulates sexuality and related aspects of social behavior. In particular, to examine the way that the law provides different rights, privileges, and responsibilities dependent upon one’s sexual orientation. To further one’s understanding of the relationship between the law, as part of the public sphere, and sexuality, which is generally perceived to be a part of the private sphere.
Content: Topical areas include, but are not limited to, the conceptualization of sexual orientation, historical trends, Constitutional law, employment, marriage, military policy, and hate crime legislation.
Prerequisites: None SOCJ 5900: Social Justice Capstone Goals: This course will permit major students to integrate theory, knowledge, and practical experience gained in their major using a series of readings, fieldwork experiences, and a major project.
Note: Students may request permission to substitute Philosophy 5750: Senior Seminar with the permission of the faculty adviser and the course instructor.
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SOCJ 5900 - Social Justice Capstone
Goals: This course will permit major students to integrate theory, knowledge, and practical experience gained in their major using a series of readings, fieldwork experiences, and a major project.
Note: Students may request permission to substitute Philosophy 5750: Senior Seminar with the permission of the faculty adviser and the course instructor.
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SPAN 1110 - Beginning Spanish I
Goals: To introduce students with little or no previous training in the language to the basic grammar and vocabulary necessary for a variety of common activities.
Content: Practical communication in such areas as greetings, descriptions, social and family life, food and restaurant needs, daily routines, the weather and the seasons, cultural values and leisure activities, machismo and feminism; occasional lectures concerning relevant aspects of Hispanic and Latino lives.
Taught: Annually.
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SPAN 1120 - Beginning Spanish II
Goals: To introduce students with little or no previous training in the language to the basic grammar and vocabulary necessary for a variety of common activities.
Content: Practical communication in such areas as greetings, descriptions, social and family life, food and restaurant needs, daily routines, the weather and the seasons, cultural values and leisure activities, machismo and feminism; occasional lectures concerning relevant aspects of Hispanic and Latino lives.
Taught: Annually.
Recommended prerequisite: SPAN 1110 or equivalent.
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SPAN 3210 - Intermediate Spanish I
Goals: To review and strengthen fundamental concepts. To increase writing and speaking skills. To develop an active vocabulary and improve pronunciation. To foster awareness and knowledge of Hispanic cultures and civilizations.
Content: Intensive review of the indicative mood, including the perfect and progressive tenses, and an introduction to the forms and uses of the subjunctive. Vocabulary building, including idiomatic phrases and readings to illustrate grammatical usage and introduce Hispanic topics. Classroom conversation and small group discussion.
Taught: Annually.
Recommended prerequisite: SPAN 1120 or equivalent.
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SPAN 3220 - Intermediate Spanish II
Goals: To develop skills in using compound tenses and the subjunctive in conversation and in writing. To increase vocabulary and fluency through extensive reading, writing, and conversation. Emphasis is given to self-correction and to paragraph-length speech.
Content: A comprehensive refinement of the use of all tenses, with emphasis on the subjunctive. Reading and discussion of short stories and articles to build vocabulary and facilitate oral communication, and explore different aspects of Latino culture. Compositions and some translation.
Taught: Annually.
Recommended prerequisite: SPAN 3210 or equivalent.
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SPAN 3350 - Advanced Communication in Spanish
Goals: To refine skills and attain near-native proficiency in pronunciation and in understanding native speakers.
Content: Concentrated practice with word and sound variations used by native speakers; an analysis of idiomatic material vital to understanding normal conversation; an awareness of the importance of gestures, speech patterns, personal space and body language; and sensitivity to the interplay of language and society as well as the impact of Spanish on English.
Taught: Periodically.
Recommended prerequisite: SPAN 1120 or equivalent.
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SPAN 5000 - Latin American Studies
(See listing in Latin American Studies, LSTD 5000.)
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SPAN 5100 - Contemporary Issues in the Americas
(See listing in Latin American Studies, LSTD 5100.)
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SPAN 5300 - La cultura popular en America Latina
Goals: To engage in the collaborative and interdisciplinary study of various forms of popular culture in Latin America (festivals, music, foods, television, sports, etc.). To appreciate how both the Humanities and the Social Sciences can help us understand the social, historical, political, economic, and aesthetic dimensions of cultural practices. To improve one’s spoken Spanish through class discussion and formal presentations on a research topic.
Content: In the first half of the semester we learn how popular culture is defined and studied, and through readings, lectures, and class discussion we examine a range of popular Latin American cultural figures and practices. By mid-semester students will have formed working groups and chosen study topics, which they will research individually and collaboratively for several weeks. Finally, in a graduated series of oral presentations, students will teach classes on the popular culture genre they researched (e.g., comic books), and will lead us in interpreting a specific example of that genre (e.g., the Chilean comic book Condorito). Although some course readings are in English, all lectures, writing assignments, exams and presentations will be in Spanish.
Taught: Alternate years.
Recommended prerequisite: SPAN 5900 or 5910.
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SPAN 5400 - Borderlands
Goals: To explore and interpret cross-cultural Borderlands experiences as they relate to the Latino world, with a special focus on female iconography and folklore in Mexico and in the United States. This course is designed to help the student understand the role that icons play in forming models of behavior for women (and men) and how those models are perpetuated, challenged, or reinterpreted in our time. The objective is to explore, in theory and in practice, communication across cultural boundaries.
Content: Three female figures, La Llorona, la Malinche, and la Virgen de Guadalupe, are well known Mexican icons that are increasingly important in the U.S. Due to the continuing borderlands immigration experience. Emphasis is placed on the origin of stories related to these female figures and to the evolution of the attitudes surrounding them. These icons are redefined according to the wants and needs of successive generations and play an important role in various aspects of social, political, and religious life. Concepts related to these icons are found and discussed in such disparate female figures as Frida Kahlo, Delores del Rio, Selena (Lilith, Adam’s first wife, is not Selena, the slain Latina singer), Medea and Madonna. Readings include works by Rudolfo Anaya, Sandra Cisneros, and Gloria Anzaldua. Films include the Life of Frida Kahlo, Lone Star, and the Forbidden Goddess.
Taught: Alternate years.
Recommended prerequisite: SPAN 1120 or equivalent.
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SPAN 5580 - Golden Age of Spanish Literature
Goals: To acquaint the student with Imperial Spain and its most productive and creative literary period. Major contributions are made to western culture: Cervantes writes the first European novel (El Quixote), Tirso writes the first Don Juan drama, Santa Teresa confronts the Catholic Church with quiet mysticism, and social protest comes from street urchins like Lazarillo de Tormes as the picaresque tradition begins. The major focus is on Golden Age plays by Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina, and Calderon de la Barca. Films of some plays are shown.
Content: Plays from the Golden Age which deal with honor, free will, cloak-and-dagger intrigue and history; establishment of a national theatre; mystical prose and poetry; picaresque novels.
Taught: Periodically.
Recommended prerequisite: SPAN 5900 or 5910, or equivalent.
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SPAN 5600 - Student/Faculty Collaborative Research
Goals: To help interested students develop research skills through individualized independent study activities with one of the Spanish professors. Topics will be of mutual interest and research could potentially lead to student presentations at the yearly National Council for Undergraduate Research (NCUR) meetings. In the past several undergraduate research projects have also been given by students at professional conferences and later submitted for publication.
Content: Primary research on various topics, literary or nonliterary in nature, in collaboration with a faculty member interested in the area chosen by the student. Topics could include literature, culture, political and economic issues, films, or any other aspect of Hispanic or Latino culture.
Taught: Annually.
Recommended prerequisite: SPAN 5900 or 5910, or equivalent.
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SPAN 5610 - The Generation of 1898
Goals: To understand the impact of Spain’s defeat by the United States in 1898, and how that defeat caused a generation of Spanish authors to re-examine traditional values and beliefs and initiate a renewal and change in Spanish letters and philosophy.
Content: A selection of texts including novels, short stories, essays, drama, and poetry by authors such as Azorin, Unamuno, ValleInclan, Machado, Baroja, and Ortega y Gassett. Excerpts from scholarly works on political and literary history. This intellectually vibrant literary movement led to innovation and enrichment, to a reassessment of Spain’s past and present, and it molded Spain into the country that it is today.
Taught: Periodically.
Recommended prerequisite: SPAN 5900 or 5910, or equivalent.
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SPAN 5680 - Spanish Culture and Civilization
Goals: To expose the student to an overview of Spain through an account of its history, art, music, architecture, and customs; to increase the student’s awareness of cultural differences and the role Spain has had in the arts, literature, and international events.
Content: An account of Spain from Roman times to the present, including Islamic, French, and American influences on its culture and national identity. Characteristics of Imperial Spain during the Golden Age. The main literary, artistic, and historical issues of the 19th and 20th centuries prior to the Spanish Civil War.
Taught: Periodically.
Recommended prerequisite: SPAN 5900 or 5910, or equivalent.
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SPAN 5800 - Latin American Novel and Short Story
Goals: To expose the student to the development from realism to magical realism in Latin American novels and short stories, to analyze the importance of the historical reality of the Mexican Revolution in literature, and to examine machismo and hembrismo in the culture and how they are reflected in literature.
Content: Through literature, students move north with the troops of Pancho Villa (Los de abajo), experience life in a machodominated pueblo where the dead speak (Pedro Paramo), examine choices that made a revolutionary into a politically powerful cacique in our modern world (La muerte de Artemio Cruz), observe the gender specific “painted woman” and “suffering mother” in relation to the macho male, and understand the impact that Mexican attitudes and customs have had on the United States.
Taught: Alternate years.
Recommended prerequisite: SPAN 5900 or 5910, or equivalent.
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SPAN 5810 - Modern Latin American Fiction
Goals: To explore different literary movements in the 20th century such as indigenismo, regionalismo, la novela psicologica, la vanguardia, lo real maravilloso, and feminismo; to seek connections between literary aesthetics and sociopolitical forces in Latin America; to develop through practice our ability to analyze, discuss, and write about art.
Content: Primary texts: original works of Latin American fiction. Secondary texts: historical, biographical, and analytical readings. Authors vary from year to year. Course may occasionally focus on one or more themes, such as women writers, the regional novel, exile literature, or others.
Taught: Alternate years.
Recommended prerequisite: SPAN 5900 or 5910, or equivalent.
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SPAN 5900 - Advanced Conversation and Composition
Goals: To teach students advanced aspects of oral and written expression in Spanish.
Content: Oral expression, expository and creative writing, syntax, stylistics and idiomatic usage. Some introduction to advanced translation into Spanish.
Taught: Annually.
Recommended prerequisite: SPAN 3220 or equivalent.
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SPAN 5910 - Spanish for the Professional
Goals: To provide the student with a working knowledge of the Spanish language and Latino culture as related to the bilingual workplace of the United States and its counterpart abroad.
Content: Work in such technical fields as health care and medicine, education and communication, law enforcement, social services and, in particular, business. Social and cultural issues are also emphasized. Pursuit of individual interests in specific career areas is encouraged. Strong emphasis is placed on relevant cultural issues.
Taught: Annually.
Recommended prerequisite: SPAN 3220 or equivalent.
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THTR 1120 - Introduction to Theatre Arts: Stage and Screen
Goals: To introduce students to the appreciation of theatre, film, and television as unique forms of dramatic art. To gain an understanding of the production process by participating in limited crew work for the Hamline University Theatre. To develop critical skills in analysis of dramatic text and performance review.
Content: Examination of the work of each artist in the creative process (writer, actor, director, designer). Exploration of dramatic aesthetics and theory applicable to theatre, film, and television. An overview of theatre arts which includes historical survey of audience relationships to stage and screen. Intended for the general student and required of all majors and minors.
Taught: Annually.
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THTR 1130 - Dance I
Goals: To demonstrate an understanding of basic modern dance techniques through proper warm-up, the performance of across-thefloor combinations, a sensibility to music and/or rhythmic structures, and proper use and alignment of the body in terms of mechanical functioning. To acquire an awareness of movement relative to the use of space, time, and weight. To participate in structured improvisation as a vehicle for individual movement expression. To develop an understanding and awareness of modern dance as a performance art. To acquire an understanding of modern dance relative to its historical, social, and cultural contexts.
Content: An introduction to modern dance technique. Performance of fundamental elements which comprise modern dance techniques: warm-ups, center floor sequences and combinations, and acrossthe-floor combinations. Basic elements of dance composition and improvisation.
Taught: Annually.
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THTR 1140 - Dance II
Goals: To provide an introduction to the principles and processes involved in making dances. Explore concepts fundamental to creativity and the choreographic process. To develop a deeper understanding of the various motivations for movement in relationship to the elements of space, time, weight, and breath.
Content: This course is a continuation of Dance I. Participants will gain greater self-awareness of the body, explore with greater depth the rhythms and dynamics underlaying movement, and explore the orientation of the body moving through space. More emphasis will be placed on longer movement phrases and more in-depth improvisations and creative choreography.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisite: THTR 1130 or permission of instructor.
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THTR 1150 - Yoga
Goals: To improve body mechanics; develop mental focus and control; reinforce positive body image and language; and introduce yoga philosophy.
Content: Work with structural alignment, flexibility and injury prevention through yoga poses; examination of how yoga philosophy relates to day-to-day living through written material and written reflections.
Credits: (2 credits)
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THTR 1230 - Acting I
Goals: To introduce the student to the basic principles of the actor’s craft: physical discipline, vocal control, individual expression, and intellectual/emotional exploration of the role.
Content: Beginning with theatre games and improvisations, the course moves beyond exercises to the exploration of intention, action, and characterization in extensive scene and monologue work, including significant time spent in preparing students for a range of audition situations.
Taught: Each semester.
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THTR 1420 - Stagecraft
Goals: To introduce the theories and practical skills of technical production in theatre. To develop a basis for further work in theatrical design and to qualify the student for theatrical production work.
Content: Materials, methods, and planning skills used in scenery, lighting, costumes, and properties. Projects in basic drafting, computer-aided design, construction, electricity, and electronics.
Taught: Annually.
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THTR 1700 - Creative Dramatics in the Elementary Classroom
Goals: To introduce students to the idea of using creative dramatics and theatre in the elementary classroom, using it to teach a variety of subject areas and how it can be a vehicle through which children can enhance their creativity, problem-solving skills, communication skills, literacy, cross-cultural understanding, as well as develop selfesteem. This theoretical understanding will be supported by practical, experiential learning.
Content: Reading and theoretical discussion of why use theatre with children. A great deal of the work is experiential learning and trying out various exercises, games, and programs. These will initially be presented by the professor, then each student will practice leading games and exercises in our college classroom. The last part of the month will include five days of practice teaching in a local elementary classroom.
Taught: Periodically in winter term.
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THTR 3120 - Analyzing the Dramatic Text
Goals: To develop a strong foundation in script analysis with an emphasis on practical application through assignments geared to exercise the student’s ability to engage the dramatic text from a performance, a design, and a historiographic perspective.
Content: Seven plays covering major historical periods and genres—including a focus on Aristotelian and non-Aristotelian dramaturgical approaches—will be analyzed through close reading and experiential activities.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisite: THTR 1120 or permission of the instructor.
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THTR 3140 - Theatre and Culture: Ancient to Renaissance
Goals: To become familiar with the broad and diverse history and literature of the theatre; the practical theories of acting, design and directing; the latest research in dramatic criticism, performance theory and cultural studies; and the ways in which the study of theatre encourages cross-disciplinary thinking. To develop strong critical thinking, creative problem-solving and writing skills.
Content: Representative texts from ancient Egypt, India, Greece and Rome; medieval Europe, China and Japan; and the European Renaissance will be studied.
Taught: Annually, fall term.
Prerequisites: THTR 1120 recommended. Theatre majors and minors should take THTR 3140 and 3160 in sequence.
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THTR 3160 - Theatre and Culture: Modern to Postmodern
Goals: To become familiar with the broad and diverse history and literature of the theatre; the practical theories of acting, design and directing; the latest research in dramatic criticism, performance theory and cultural studies; and the ways in which the study of theatre encourages cross-disciplinary thinking. To develop strong critical thinking, creative problem-solving and writing skills.
Content: Representative texts from the 17th century through the contemporary age, including Japanese Kabuki, Beijing Opera, and post-colonial theatre artists working in Africa, Southeast Asia, South America, Canada, Ireland, and Australia.
Taught: Annually, spring term.
Prerequisites: THTR 1120 and 3140 recommended. Theatre majors and minors should take THTR 3140 and 3160 in sequence.
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THTR 3180 - Film Studies
Goals: To study prominent film artists and theorists through a close examination of their work.
Content: Landmark films and major film theories will be discussed along with significant trends in technology, aesthetics, and production.
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisite: COMM 3320 or THTR 1120, or permission of instructor.
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THTR 3230 - Acting II
Goals: Building on Acting I, this class is designed to further deepen understanding and mastery of the techniques of acting and to help prepare students for working in the field.
Content: The class focuses on the following areas: auditions, improvisation, character development, resumes, and commercial work. The final project will be the development of a one-person show for yourself. This class includes lab components of voice and speech and make up.
Taught: Annually.
Prerequisite: THTR 1230.
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THTR 3410 - Stage Makeup
Goals: To learn the techniques, theory, and application of theatrical makeup. To develop a working knowledge of materials and methods essential to use of principal types of theatrical makeup.
Content: Makeup design and application in relation to character development and the overall production concept. The course focuses on advanced paint techniques and prosthetics.
Taught: Periodically.
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THTR 3440 - Scenic Design
Goals: To develop an awareness of the principles and techniques of the scene designer’s art. To qualify the student as a beginning scenic designer.
Content: Script analysis, concept development, visual research, and the use of design elements in the service of coherent and unified production. An exploration of the variety of design styles and the development of rendering, drafting, collage, and model making skills.
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisite: THTR 1420 or consent of instructor.
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THTR 3450 - Costume Design
Goals: To introduce principles and practices in the design and execution of costumes for the stage. To prepare the beginning costume designer.
Content: Script and visual research and use of design principles to create costumes appropriate to both individual character and the production as a whole. Summary of development of western dress, figure drawing, rendering skills, and research methods together with the nature and decoration of materials, pattern development, draping, assembly, and finishing methods.
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisite: THTR 1420 or consent of instructor.
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THTR 3460 - Lighting Design
Goals: To introduce the student to the basics in design of lighting for theatre and television. To prepare students to attain minimum competencies as lighting technicians and designers.
Content: Basic electricity, wiring and optics, study of current and historic equipment and methods, the nature of color, graphic analysis, and drafting. Script and ground-plan analysis and selection of design elements to reinforce the intentions of specific productions.
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisite: THTR 1420 or consent of instructor.
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THTR 3700 - Children’s Theatre
Goals: To provide a combined study of the theories and practical processes involved in creating and presenting theatre for children.
Content: Participants for the course are selected by audition to prepare and tour a participation theatre play for children. In addition to the rehearsal and performance components of the course, there are units of study in script analysis, the development of theatre for children, types of theatre for children, performing for and with children, and an introduction to the roles that theatre can play in an educational setting.
Taught: Annually, winter term.
Prerequisite: Course participants must be cast in the touring children’s play.
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THTR 3800 - Dance Ensemble
Goal: To provide performance experience in contemporary concert dance. To learn modern and jazz technique and repertoire work from professional choreographers in the Twin Cities area and explore the choreographic process. Students will perform two concerts during the academic year.
Content: Intermediate and advanced modern and jazz technique will be taught which will be comprised of warm ups; strength training; yoga; center floor sequences; across floor combinations; and partnering techniques. Emphasis will be placed on rehearsals for development of professional and student dance works.
Taught: Annually. This is a two-semester credit class that may be repeated.
Prerequisite: Fall audition.
Credits: (2 credits)
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