- ENGL 105 - Topics in American Ethnic, Immigrant, or Regional Lit. (4)
An exploration of literature of the American ethnic, immigrant, or regional experience. The course may focus on one ethnicity, such as Jewish American or Arab American; explore the immigrant experience as it is articulated in works from several ethnicities including Italian American, Irish American, Eastern European, Asian American, South Asian American, or Latino/a; or it may focus on literature produced within specific geographical regions, regional schools, or regional traditions of the United States, including Southern literature, literature of the Great Plains, the Northwest, the Southwest, California, New York City, or New Jersey.
Course may be repeated.
Offered: in alternate fall semesters..
- ENGL 301 - Topics in Literature (4)
An advanced study of particular literary subjects (e.g. the literature of the Holocaust, immigrant literature), topics (Old English language and literature, myth and literature), problems (e.g., literacy and orality, modern constructions of older/ancient texts), and methodologies (e.g., psychoanalytic approaches, comparative literature.
Course may be repeated.
Offered: fall semester.
Prerequisite: ENGL+20A, 20B, 21A, 21B. Recommended: ENGL 105 as a prior course.
- HIST 258 - Modern Jewish History (4)
A study of the social and cultural experiences of Jews and Jewish communities from the Enlightenment to the present. Explores the diversity of Jewish experience in Western Europe, Russia, America, the Arab lands, and Israel, beginning with a survey of the major developments in European and American history that have shaped Jewish identities.
Offered: fall semester in odd-numbered years.
- INTC 200 - Internship project (2-4)
Requirements are 140 hours of satisfactory performance for an approved four-credit internship project and 70 hours for a two-credit internship projcet, a reflective journal, job supervisor evaluations, and an interpretive paper graded by a faculty evaluator. To qualify for internship credit, a student must have completed at least eight credits in a department or program to which the internship experience is being related. At most eight credits in internship may be counted toward the B.A. degree.
Signature of instructor required for registration.
Course may be repeated.
- JWST 233 - Perspectives on the Holocaust (4)
This course provides multiple perspectives on the Holocaust, the near extermination of European Jewry and the brutal persecution of an extended mosaic of victims. As a watershed event, the Holocaust has radically affected our conceptions of human nature, the dimensions of evil, the existence of God, the power of bearing literary witness, the moral and political outlook for the future. Readings span the disciplines of history, psychology, literature, theology, and political science, each providing its own distinctive illumination. Course requirements include exams, papers, journal entries, and a field trip to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.
Same as: HOST 233.
Offered: spring semester.
- PSYC 367 - Seminar in Social Issues of Psychology (2-4)
Psychology has an almost 60-year history of involvement with social issues and social reform. This seminar focuses on psychological research on specific social issues as well as psychology's role in developing social policy and social intervention related to that issue. Possible issues include poverty and homelessness; prejudice, racism, and genocide; and war and peace. The specific social issue to be studied is announced prior to registration.
Signature of instructor required for registration.
Course may be repeated.
Offered: Offering to be determined.
Prerequisite: PSYC 101.
- REL 222 - Introduction to the Hebrew Bible (4)
A study of religious developments in ancient Israel in their historical contexts. Emphasizes the understandings of Israel as covenant people of God, the relation of religious understandings to historical and social circumstances, the role of prophecy, and the religious restoration following the exile.
Offered: fall semester.
- REL 294 - Comparative Fundamentalism (4) (Same as: SOC 294.)
An examination of the rise of religious fundamentalism in comparative perspective. Topics to be covered include the historical development of fundamentalism, the nature and organization of contemporary fundamentalism, the relationship between fundamentalism and the family, state, and education, and the significance of fundamentalism in domestic and international politics. Specific attention is given to case studies of the history and religious culture of fundamentalism in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, and comparisons between Western and Eastern religions, traditions will be made. The perspective of the course is sociological and theological, but the ethical and political issues and dilemmas raised by these groups will also be considered.
Offered: fall semester.
