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ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL ERAS
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Classic and Modern Literature
56:606:501:B6
Cross-listed: 56:350:594:B6
May 26 to June 30
T/Th 6:00 - 9:40 pm
Professor Joseph Barbarese
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What is a "classic
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contemporary text? The course will examine these questions by constant
comparisons of the literature of the ancient and pre-Modern eras to
contemporary adaptations that in some way were influenced by or emerged
from the past. Readings, in whole or excerpted, will include
Homer's Odyssey, Dante's Inferno, Chretien's Perceval (the earliest mention of the Holy Grail), a play of Shakespeare, Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises, Christopher Logue's War Music, Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad, and Sandor and Birk's recent graphic-novel adaptation of The Divine Comedy.
Two short papers and a culminating exercise. Look for a downloadable
syllabus at
http://crab.rutgers.edu/~barbares/index.html early in the spring.
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STUDIES OF IDEAS
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Topics in Psychology: Cognitive Development
56:606:601:D6
Cross-listed: 56:830:674:D6
June 22 to July 16
M,T,Th 6:00-9:40 pm
Professor Sean Duffy
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This
course will explore the development of intellectual abilities from
infancy to adulthood. Through the lens of various theories of cognitive
development, we will examine topics such as how children acquire
language, categorize objects, develop mathematical skills, reason about
the spatial orientation of objects, learn to use symbolic systems like
maps, and develop a theory of mind. |
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ARTS AND LITERATURE
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American Literature: Child, Family, Nation
56:606:611:A6
Cross-listed: 56:352:593, 56:163:698, 50:050:201 and 50:352:492
May 26 to June 18
M,Tu,Th 6:00pm-9:40pm
Professor Carol Singley
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We explore major
themes in American literature (for example, “closeness,”
individualism, opportunity) with attention to how kinship, childhood,
and ethnic and racial minority status help to shape American identity.
How do ideas about American values form, and how do families, children,
and minorities figure in these constructions? Readings range from
Puritan poet Ann Bradstreet to romantic Walt Whitman and realist Edith
Wharton to modern and contemporary writers Robert Frost, William
Faulkner, Zora Neale Hurston, and Gish Jen.
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POLITICS AND SOCIETY
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Criminology
56:606:621:A6
Cross-listed: 56:202:513:A6
May 26 to June 18
M,T,Th 6:00 - 9:40pm
Professor Gail Caputo
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Explanation
of crime and delinquency in American society. Topics include deterrence
theory, biological explanations for crime, sociological theories, and
conflict-based theories. Emphasis on social causes of crime.
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PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION
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Topics in Religion: Sex in the Bible
Advanced Undergraduate Course
56:606:641:A3
Cross-listed: 50:840:393:A3
May 26 to June 18
M,Tu,W,Th 1:40-4:20pm
Professor Aron Dunlap
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From the nakedness
of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden to the Whore of Babylon in the
Book of Revelation, the topic of sex is central to many of the episodes
in the Bible. In this class we will read passages from the Hebrew Bible
and the Christian New Testament that deal directly with sex and
sexuality. The class is discussion based and the students are
encouraged to offer their own interpretations and arguments. Though
most of the readings will come from the Biblical texts we will also
look at select commentaries.
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RESEARCH IN LIBERAL STUDIES
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56:606:689:01
Professor John Wall
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Independent study of a
special interest to the student, under supervision of an advisor chosen
in consultation with the program director. |
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56:606:690:01
Professor John Wall
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