Fall 2007 Course Guide

UnitSubjectCourseSecIndexCourse TitleInstructorDayTime
          ANCIENT & MEDIEV ERA      
56 606 501 01 32194 The Bible as Literature(Special MALS class) WALL Tues 6:00 – 8:40 pm
          This course explores the rich histories, stories, and religious, moral, and cultural worlds of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) and New Testament. These often controversial texts have profoundly influenced worldwide culture and thought for thousands of years, and they continue to present unique challenges for today. We discuss who wrote the Bible, the historical context in which it was written and made into a single book, different ways to approach reading it, and core Biblical themes like God, creation, covenant, prophesy, love, and salvation. Students will leave the course with an enriched understanding of what one theologian has called “the strange world of the Bible” and critical tools for reading and interpreting it in relation to their own lives and society.
          EARLY MODERN ERA      
56 606 511 01 24890 Shakespeare(cross-listed with grad English ) MARCHITELLO Wed 6:00-8:40pm
          Close readings of selected major plays.
          AGE OF REVOLUTIONS      
56 606 521 01 34925 Modernity and Its Critics in the Nineteenth Century
(cross-listed with grad History) 		 LEES Mon 5:00-7:40pm
         

This course focuses on cultural and intellectual history between about 1800 and 1914, when there was a series of great debates in connection with industrialization, urbanization, and other aspects of the modernization of European and American society.  Much of the reading consists of primary writings by social thinkers, political philosophers, novelists, and other authors (among them, Charles Dickens, Karl Marx, and Jane Addams) about themes such as coping with urban poverty and other urban ills, the relations between individual and group rights, and the proper roles of women and artists. Such topics also appear in books by historians, which complement the primary writings.  Most of the primary texts originated in Europe, but some of  them and several of the secondary sources pertain to the American scene, and a comparative perspective will be maintained throughout the semester.
          STUDIES OF 20TH CENTURY      
56 606 531 01 27793 French Crime Fiction and Film(Special MALS class) HIPPOLYTE Wed 6:00-8:40pm
          The course will look at the evolution of French crime fiction and film on the Twentieth Century, from the early detective novels of the modern period to today’s postmodern neo-polars. We will focus on historical and cultural background of these works, and pay special attention to the relation between chaos and order, as well as how crime and punishment find themselves bound in the same narrative continuity.
          STUDIES OF 20TH CENTURY      
56 606 531 02 34926

Colloquium on Technology and Society (cross-listed with grad History) 

 SCRANTON Wed 5:00-7:40pm
          Description coming soon.
          STUDIES OF 20TH CENTURY      
56 606 532 01 32232 Modern Art 1940-1980 (cross-listed with undergrad Art History) TARBELL Tues, Thur 9:30-10:50am
          Art in America and Europe 1940 to 1980. Includes discussion of surrealist, abstract expressionist, minimalist, pop, op, and conceptual art, happenings, and site specific and direct metal sculpture. Students will develop a writing portfolio.
          STUDIES OF 20TH CENTURY      
56 606 532 02 34742 20th Century American Fiction(cross-listed with grad English ) SINGLEY Thurs 6:00-8:40pm
          Description coming soon.
          CULTURAL DIVERSITY      
56 606 541 01 27870 Women and Art(cross-listed with undergrad Art History) JONES Tues, Thu 1:30-2:50pm
          “Women and Art” is a feminist art history course which deals with all aspects of women’s contributions to art and visual culture within specific cultural and historical contexts.  We consider both how issues of gender affect our views of art, and how art shapes our views of gender. 
          CULTURAL DIVERSITY      
56 606 542 01 30720 African-American Religion ( cross-listed with undergrad Religion) IBN-ZIYAD Mon,Wed 4:20-5:40pm
          The effects of American enslavement on the religious and social institutions of the African people and the development of religious beliefs and institutions within the African-American community. The relationship between  black and white religious institutions and the role of religion in the development of black political consciousness.
          STUDIES OF IDEAS      
56 606 602 01 32195 Nature and Culture (cross-listed with grad English ) FITTER Mon 6:00-8:40pm
          This course will examine representations of the natural world in their historical contexts from the beginning of civilization (with Egypt and Sumeria) to the present day. “Contextual” reading will thus involve some grappling with traditions of philosophy, theology, and art history to illuminate sometimes-cryptic descriptive traditions. Requirements: One 15-20 page term paper.
          ARTS & LITERATURE      
56 606 611 01 29936 Anglo-Irish Literature (cross-listed with grad English ) MARTIN Tues 6:00-8:40pm
          A survey of Irish fiction, drama and poetry of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Emphasis on the problem of representing Irish culture in the English language, on the values attached to urban and rural life, on the question of class in a colonial and post-colonial society, and on the English spoken by the Irish. Writers will include George Moore, W. B. Yeats, James Joyce, John Synge, Sean O’Casey, Liam O’Flaherty, and Seamus Heaney, among others. Several brief, informal papers, followed by an individual research project.
56 606 612 01 34867 Major Filmmakers(cross-listed with grad English ) STAFF Tues 6:00-8:40pm
              Thurs 6:00-7:20pm
          Description coming soon.      
          POLITICS AND SOCIETY      
56 606 621 01 34743 Issues & Trends in Criminal Justice (cross-listed with grad Criminal Justice) HUMPHREYS Mon 6:00-8:40pm
          Description coming soon.
56 606 621 02 34943 Theories of Crime & Delinquency(cross-listed with undergrad Sociology) MEYERS Tues, Thurs 3:00-4:20pm
          In this course, we will explore criminology (the science of explaining crime), definitions and measurement of crime, important factors in crime, and of course, the major theories of crime. By the end of this course, you will have a working knowledge of criminological theory and be able to apply it to acts labeled as deviant.
          STUDIES IN PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION      
56 606 641 01 33001 Philosophy of Love (cross-listed with undergrad Philosophy) MAGYAR Tues, Thurs 1:30-2:50 pm
          Philosophy of Love will critically entertain a selective historical survey of Ancient and Modern Western philosophies, as well as popular media depictions of love, friendship, and sexuality. Philosophical issues regarding identity, gender roles, the nature of divine love, the status of love as an emotion, and other contemporary concerns in ethics and aesthetics will be addressed in the course. There are no prerequisites for this course.      
56 606 689 01 24818 RESEARCH LIB STUDIES CHARME    
56 606 690 01 25233 RESEARCH LIB STUDIES CHARME    
56 606 800 01 25140 MATRICULATION CONTD CHARME