Subject: Amer Culture & Difference (AMCD)

CRN: 20703

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 227

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
     Writing to learn

  Olga Herrera

In AMCD 200, students learn about the historical and theoretical foundations of Cultural Studies as an academic discipline and use cultural theory to analyze a variety of cultural products and representations. In this course, students look specifically at dominant and subversive constructions of gender, race, ethnicity, national and sexual identities, and how these constructions are deployed through cultural practices and productions such as sports, film and television, folklore and popular culture, youth subcultures, music, and so on. For example, the course may contain units on "nation" and the creation of American mythologies; the process of hero-making in American history; stereotypes and the representation of race and ethnicity in television and film; representations of gender and sexuality in advertising; as well as a section on American music from jazz, blues, folk and roots music, to rock and roll, punk, and hip-hop.

4 Credits

Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)

CRN: 20729

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
     Writing to learn

  Heather Shirey

Street art—including graffiti, murals, and other installations in public space—provides expressive avenues for marginalized voices, shapes urban space, and promotes competing visions of community development. In contrast to art that is created for museums or the commercial art market, street art is uniquely positioned to engage with social issues from a critical perspective. This class will involve an analysis of street art projects from the United States, situated in comparison with projects from around the world. Topics to explored include the history of street art over time (from its origins in graffiti to contemporary mural festivals); the impetus for street art in communities in the USA and globally; models for creating, preserving, and presenting street art; the institutionalization of street art; street art as it relates to diversity and inclusion; and, ultimately, the potential for street art to play a role in social change.

4 Credits

Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)

CRN: 20730

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
     Writing to learn

  Heather Shirey

Street art—including graffiti, murals, and other installations in public space—provides expressive avenues for marginalized voices, shapes urban space, and promotes competing visions of community development. In contrast to art that is created for museums or the commercial art market, street art is uniquely positioned to engage with social issues from a critical perspective. This class will involve an analysis of street art projects from the United States, situated in comparison with projects from around the world. Topics to explored include the history of street art over time (from its origins in graffiti to contemporary mural festivals); the impetus for street art in communities in the USA and globally; models for creating, preserving, and presenting street art; the institutionalization of street art; street art as it relates to diversity and inclusion; and, ultimately, the potential for street art to play a role in social change.

4 Credits

Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)

CRN: 20731

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Art History Museum Studies
     Writing to learn

  Amy Nygaard

In this course, museum successes and failures will be examined in relation to the broad topics of exhibition design, collecting, politics, tourism, museum organizational structures, architecture, and education. The course combines thematic and theoretical classroom discussions with practical and experiential museum components. This course will provide an opportunity for discussions with museum professionals. Partnerships with regional museums will provide hands-on project opportunities during the semester.

4 Credits

Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)

CRN: 20732

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Sustainability (SUST)
     Writing to learn

  Gretchen Burau

This course surveys historical and contemporary art forms of Oceania, a region that includes Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Sculpture, painting, architecture, and body arts will be explored in relation to gender roles, identity, repatriation, and Western influence. Students will learn how material culture, along with the concepts of mana and tapu, sustained highly stratified cultures in places such as Hawaii and New Zealand. We will also study egalitarian societies in which a balanced relationship is maintained with natural environments through daily practices and spiritual beliefs. Students will work with objects from the American Museum of Asmat Art at the University of St. Thomas (AMAA@UST). Films and other digital resources will be used to illustrate how Pacific cultures have changed over time.

4 Credits

Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)

CRN: 20733

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

  Victoria Young

A survey of high style and vernacular architecture in the United States from the Native Americans to the present day. Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to: identify the major themes and styles in American architecture; recognize major monuments and their designers; and understand how an American identity was projected in architecture. This includes understanding American architecture and its relationship to corresponding developments in art, landscape, and the urban fabric. Emphasis will be placed on structures in Minnesota and the upper Midwest.

4 Credits

Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)

CRN: 20734

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Honors Course
     Writing to learn

  Victoria Young

A survey of high style and vernacular architecture in the United States from the Native Americans to the present day. Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to: identify the major themes and styles in American architecture; recognize major monuments and their designers; and understand how an American identity was projected in architecture. This includes understanding American architecture and its relationship to corresponding developments in art, landscape, and the urban fabric. Emphasis will be placed on structures in Minnesota and the upper Midwest.

4 Credits

Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)

CRN: 20735

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Class, Civilization Major Appr
     Class. Civilization Minor Appr
     Writing to learn

  Vanessa Rousseau

A survey of the art of the Roman Republic and Empire to the emperor Constantine in the early fourth century C.E. Issues include the use of art and architecture as an expression of imperial political programs, the creation of urban architecture and the everyday environment of the Romans, and Rome's relationship to Greece and the Near East.

4 Credits

Subject: Business Ethics (BETH)

CRN: 21705

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

  Christopher Michaelson

College is often a time for students to both learn skills to earn a livelihood and ask big questions about one’s purposeful vocation in life. This seminar will explore alignment and conflict between these two important goals. On one hand, participants will examine personal fit within a market economy. On the other hand, they will examine the work they may feel called by their heart, faith, and/or society to do. In doing so, participants will read about, watch, and meet  professionals who are grappling with similar tensions between money, which they need to live, and meaning, which they need to flourish. The seminar provides students with the opportunity to examine “common good” endeavors in the for-profit and/or non-profit sectors. In the process, students will inquire about the possibility of developing themselves as principled leaders and finding meaningful work that also sustains them, their families, and the common good. While much of the course content involves philosophical reflection, much of the course outcomes are practically oriented toward personal and professional development. Prerequisites: Junior standing. 

2 Credits

Subject: Business Ethics (BETH)

CRN: 21706

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

  Mahak Nagpal

This course explores whether or not traditional concepts associated with the human person, business, and law are capable of addressing changes introduced by technology and its rapid evolution.  In particular, students will be asked to consider whether concepts associated with property, privacy, rights, justice, and the good can accommodate technological innovations such as automation, decision-making by algorithms, big data, and the "de-skilling" of work.  What might this mean for "meaningful work" in the future?  What might it mean for education and culture?  Will technology create an electronic Panopticon, substituting a world governed by big data and a lack of privacy for Weber’s “iron cage?"  In the process, students should ask whether or not technological innovation is outpacing the ability of traditional concepts in business, the law, and philosophy to properly address deeper questions associated with promoting the human good.

4 Credits

Subject: Catholic Studies (UG) (CATH)

CRN: 20843

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

  Robert Kennedy

This course explores from an interdisciplinary perspective the history of the Catholic Church as it interacts with the secular world and is shaped by its dominant personalities and events. No other institution in history has survived, and flourished, for so long and in the face of so many challenges. This course will critically reflect upon the history of the Church, from its origins in the Apostolic Age to the modern period, as a series of cycles with a common pattern of creativity, achievement, and retreat. Students may expect to complete the course with an awareness and understanding of the major personalities and events, secular and ecclesial, that have shaped the life of the Church. Prerequisite: CATH 101

4 Credits

Subject: Catholic Studies (UG) (CATH)

CRN: 20848

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Sitzmann Hall 207

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     [Core] Signature Work

  Michael Naughton

This course provides an investigation into the ways in which Catholicism is inherently social and ecclesial. Its specific focus is on the Christian engagement with the world. The course's framework will be taken from the analysis of society into three spheres of action (culture, politics, and economics) as described in Centesimus annus. We will examine the ways that Revelation, the sacramental life, and the teachings of the Church call Catholics to seek holiness and to witness to their faith in the world. Specific topics may include social and economic justice, politics and public policy, lay and religious apostolates, education, and marriage and family. Course materials may include resources from philosophy, theology, history, economics, and political science.

4 Credits

Subject: Classical Civilization (CLAS)

CRN: 20944

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Class, Civilization Major Appr
     Class. Civilization Minor Appr
     Writing to learn

  Liz Hepner

This Course focuses on analyzing and understanding Classical epic poetry, the ancient presentation of heroic figures and heroic exploits, and recognizing the influence of epic/heroic literature on the modern storytelling device of film. While the genre of epic is central to the course, other genres (both literary and cinematic) which present he-roic figures, e.g., tragedy, history, comedy, action, fantasy, will also be explored. Analyzing the works read or viewed via writing and class discussion will constitute the primary course activities; students will engage in reading, viewing and writing outside of class, while class time will include some writing, viewing and discussion. In order to allow am-ple time for discussion and analysis, the majority of films in their entirety will be viewed outside of class. The course grade will be based substantially on written analysis (i.e., essays, papers) of the texts and films studied. ENGL 203 may also be substituted for this course.

4 Credits

Subject: Classical Civilization (CLAS)

CRN: 20945

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Class, Civilization Major Appr
     Class. Civilization Minor Appr
     Writing to learn
     WGSS Major Approved
     WGSS Minor Approved

  Jordan Mitchell

Mythology is the embodiment and encoding of the beliefs, principles, and aspirations of ancient cultures. This course provides an interdisciplinary introduction to mythology as an introduction and foundation to Classical civilization. Both Greek and Roman myths will be examined from a variety of theoretical perspectives, including aetioligical, structuralist, and psychological theories. Consideration will also be given to the study of literature in translation, art history, religion, and history. The course grade will be principally based on writing assignments and class discussions. ENGL 203 may also be substituted for this course.

4 Credits

Subject: Classical Civilization (CLAS)

CRN: 20946

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Sustainability (SUST)

  Jordan Mitchell

Through lenses both ancient and modern, this course will examine how the ancient Greeks and Romans imagined, sought to understand, appreciated and utilized the earth and its natural resources. Focal points will include ancient concepts of and attitudes toward the environment, the interconnection and interdependency between natural elements as well as between humans and the earth, appreciation for the landscape, and awareness of environmental issues and sustainability.  Material remains will include representations of the earth, animals and nature in myth, art, literature & currency.  Every module and assignment will include both ancient and modern sources to examine. Prerequisites: Senior, Junior or Sophomore Standing.

4 Credits

Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)

CRN: 20958

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

  Bernard Armada

This course focuses on building a range of communication skills through improvisation activities. Students explore theatrical techniques that teach listening, collaboration, spontaneity, team building, emotional intelligence, storytelling, and confident public speaking with connections to academic, professional, and personal situations. In addition to participating in improvisation activities, students will read the works of expert theorists and practitioners of applied improvisation in corporate and professional settings. No previous improvisation experience necessary.

2 Credits

Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)

CRN: 20959

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

  Bernard Armada

Building Communication Skills through Improvisation II is the second of the two-course sequence that introduces you to the world of applied improvisation. It is a cutting-edge course designed to help you continue building on the communication skills acquired and developed in COMM 246: Building Communication Skills through Improvisation. Unlike its predecessor, COMM 248:Building Communication Skills through Improvisation II is tailored more specifically for the professional world, training students to use improvisation as a tool for human communication, business, and organizational development. It uses different readings, higher-level assignments, and more complex improvisational techniques while maintaining its core focus on teamwork, creative problem-solving, oral communication, nonverbal communication, audience analysis, clarity, and adaptability.

2 Credits

Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)

CRN: 20960

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Comm Studies Major Approved
     Comm Studies Minor Approved

  Bernard Armada

This is a course for anyone wishing to thrive in public and professional life. Business, science, engineering, and health professionals have always used stories to improve their communication with a variety of audiences such as employees, patients, investors, clients, consumers, and other key stakeholders. However, in recent years, the role of storytelling in professional settings has become even more critical. Today it is one of the most important tools at the disposal of people working in business, science, engineering, and health professions. This course invites students to explore, illustrate, and apply narrative theory to inform practice. Students will learn how stories can enhance clarity and optimize persuasion, how they can foster synergy and motivation, and how they may build healthy organizational cultures. Students also will explore, illustrate, and apply how stories can design brand identity, attract investors, allay concerns, and help resolve crises. Equipped with the practical power of storytelling, students will develop skills that will help their careers and enable them to effectively advance the common good.

2 Credits

Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)

CRN: 20968

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
     WGSS Major Approved

  Anna Kudak

This course examines the influence of culture on our own and others’ communication. Students will be introduced to different aspects and levels of culture, including basic principles and theories that explain cultural differences on the group level, and challenges in intercultural communication, such as stereotypes, ethnocentrism, conflicting ethical standards, and racial disparities. Through lectures, discussions and first-hand practice, students are expected to form global perspectives and become more competent in intercultural communication. Students are advised to take the course either during or after the sophomore year.

4 Credits

Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)

CRN: 20969

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
     WGSS Major Approved

  Kristina Wenzel Egan

This course examines the influence of culture on our own and others’ communication. Students will be introduced to different aspects and levels of culture, including basic principles and theories that explain cultural differences on the group level, and challenges in intercultural communication, such as stereotypes, ethnocentrism, conflicting ethical standards, and racial disparities. Through lectures, discussions and first-hand practice, students are expected to form global perspectives and become more competent in intercultural communication. Students are advised to take the course either during or after the sophomore year.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 21085

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

  Joshua Brorby

This interdisciplinary course offers a broad introduction to the study of Irish literature, history and culture. This course focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of Ireland and the Irish Diaspora, from the early Christian period to the present. This course is cross-listed with IRST 200-L01, with 5 seats available on the ENGL 202 side and 15 seats on the IRST side. This course satisfies a WAC Writing to Learn requirement, an Integrations in the Humanities requirement, and the Global Perspectives core requirements. Prerequisite: None.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 21087

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

  Kaushik Tekur Venkata

How has the category of “English literature” expanded as a result of global changes over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries? How have authors responded to fundamental upheavals in the individual, religion, the British Empire, the role of women, and the value of poetry and art? Such questions will be explored in a chronological framework through extensive readings in the British literary tradition from approximately 1789 to the present. Threaded throughout the literature are themes such as revolution and reform, authorship, war, nationality and race, and the relationships between literature and other arts. This course fulfills the Historical Perspectives requirement in the English major. Prerequisites: ENGL 120, ENGL 121, or ENGL 190

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 21088

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 301

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
     Early American Literature
     Writing to learn

  Laura Zebuhr

Where does the popular perception of America as the “New World” come from? How could slavery flourish in a land idealizing freedom? Why were immigrants so feared and reviled? Why did expansionism push out some and make millionaires of others? Such questions will be explored in a chronological framework through extensive readings from the beginnings of the American literary tradition to the turn of the twentieth century. Threaded throughout the literature are themes such as religious identity, political reform, race, slavery, war, gender, and industrialization. This course fulfills the Historical Perspectives requirement in the English major. Prerequisites: ENGL 120, ENGL 121, or ENGL 190

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 21089

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 301

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

  Catherine Craft-Fairchild

Increasingly, education for nurses, physicians, and other healthcare professionals includes the practices of reading literature, writing reflectively, and engaging in role-play to learn how to care for patients (and for themselves). This is sometimes called narrative medicine. By focusing on stories (of the patient, the healthcare professional, and the cultures and systems in which both live) and therefore humanizing the often-impersonal world of the healthcare system, it improves the quality of care for patients and reduces burnout among healthcare professionals. In this course we will engage in practices of narrative medicine, reading and writing about literature as a means of understanding ourselves and others. The texts we'll read illuminate questions about pain and illness, empathy and the training of healthcare professionals, the health implications of racial and economic injustice, and the need for reformation of the healthcare system. Prerequisites: ENGL 120, ENGL 121, or ENGL 190

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 22185

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

  Joshua Brorby

This course is focused on intersections and tensions between literature and the law. By analyzing literary and cinematic texts, students will explore the experiences of individuals living within imperfect systems of the law, especially the often-ambiguous relationship between innocence and guilt, right and wrong, justice and injustice. Reading and writing assignments will sharpen students’ understanding of rhetoric and audience and will raise questions related to racial, gender, and economic justice particular to the practice of law within the United States and beyond. Texts may include Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence, Henry David Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience, Susan Glaspell’s A Jury of Her Peers, Harriet Jacobs’s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, or Suzan-Lori Parks’ Sally & Tom. The goal is to help students understand the ethical dimensions of law and prepare them to engage compassionately in professional practice. Prerequisites: ENGL 120, ENGL 121, or ENGL 190

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 21093

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing in the Discipline

  Katlynne Davis

This course introduces students to principles and skills necessary for writing in professional settings. It includes study of rhetoric, ethics, and information design in workplace writing; examination of the roles of professional writers; close readings of texts and documents that model professional techniques; and practice composing in a variety of professional genres. The course will include instruction in ethical communication, rhetorical context, document design, communication technologies, precision, concision, and tone. This course fulfills an Integration in the Humanities core requirement and a WAC Writing in the Discipline requirement. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 21094

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing in the Discipline

  Katlynne Davis

This course introduces students to principles and skills necessary for writing in professional settings. It includes study of rhetoric, ethics, and information design in workplace writing; examination of the roles of professional writers; close readings of texts and documents that model professional techniques; and practice composing in a variety of professional genres. The course will include instruction in ethical communication, rhetorical context, document design, communication technologies, precision, concision, and tone. This course fulfills an Integration in the Humanities core requirement and a WAC Writing in the Discipline requirement. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 21096

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing in the Discipline

  Asmita Ghimire

This course provides intensive study and practice in a particular area of professional writing. All sections concentrate on learning professional terminology and conventions and on writing for specific audiences and purposes. The focus of genre and study will vary for each section offered; credit may be earned more-than once under this number for different emphases. This course fulfills the Theory and Practice requirement in the English major. Prerequisite: ENGL 120, 121, or 190

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 21099

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 227

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
     Writing to learn

  Olga Herrera

Science fiction, romance, political treatises, poetry, autobiography, historical fiction—these are all genres through which Latino, Latina, and Latinx writers have created literary worlds and expressed their hopes and desires for themselves and their communities. This course examines literature as a powerful means of expression and representation for one of the fastest growing populations in the US, and considers the impact of Latinx literature, art, film, and culture on US society. We will read authors from diverse Latinx backgrounds, including Julia Alvarez, Sandra Cisneros, Victor LaValle, Erika Sanchez, Angie Cruz, Daisy Hernandez, Elizabeth Acevedo, Kali Fajardo-Anstine, as well as film and television by Gregory Nava, Robert Rodriguez, Tanya Saracho, and others. This course satisfies an Integrations in the Humanities core requirement; the Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice core requirement, and a WAC Writing to Learn requirement. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 21115

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

  Matthew Treon

FILM 200 introduces students to film analysis, providing the basic tools to understand, appreciate, and analyze the technical and aesthetic dimensions of film and to understand how these elements come together to create meaning. The course will focus on specific filmmaking techniques, provide a brief overview of film history, and introduce students to the concepts of genre, ideology and style. In addition to attending class sessions, students will be required to dedicate approximately two hours per week to viewing films in lab or outside of class.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 21116

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

  Matthew Treon

FILM 200 introduces students to film analysis, providing the basic tools to understand, appreciate, and analyze the technical and aesthetic dimensions of film and to understand how these elements come together to create meaning. The course will focus on specific filmmaking techniques, provide a brief overview of film history, and introduce students to the concepts of genre, ideology and style. In addition to attending class sessions, students will be required to dedicate approximately two hours per week to viewing films in lab or outside of class.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 21120

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

  Ora Itkin

FILM 200 introduces students to film analysis, providing the basic tools to understand, appreciate, and analyze the technical and aesthetic dimensions of film and to understand how these elements come together to create meaning. The course will focus on specific filmmaking techniques, provide a brief overview of film history, and introduce students to the concepts of genre, ideology and style. In addition to attending class sessions, students will be required to dedicate approximately two hours per week to viewing films in lab or outside of class.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 21117

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

  Sam Hoolihan

FILM 200 introduces students to film analysis, providing the basic tools to understand, appreciate, and analyze the technical and aesthetic dimensions of film and to understand how these elements come together to create meaning. The course will focus on specific filmmaking techniques, provide a brief overview of film history, and introduce students to the concepts of genre, ideology and style. In addition to attending class sessions, students will be required to dedicate approximately two hours per week to viewing films in lab or outside of class.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 21118

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

  Sam Hoolihan

FILM 200 introduces students to film analysis, providing the basic tools to understand, appreciate, and analyze the technical and aesthetic dimensions of film and to understand how these elements come together to create meaning. The course will focus on specific filmmaking techniques, provide a brief overview of film history, and introduce students to the concepts of genre, ideology and style. In addition to attending class sessions, students will be required to dedicate approximately two hours per week to viewing films in lab or outside of class.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 21121

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing Intensive

  James Snapko

FILM 200 introduces students to film analysis, providing the basic tools to understand, appreciate, and analyze the technical and aesthetic dimensions of film and to understand how these elements come together to create meaning. The course will focus on specific filmmaking techniques, provide a brief overview of film history, and introduce students to the concepts of genre, ideology and style. In addition to attending class sessions, students will be required to dedicate approximately two hours per week to viewing films in lab or outside of class.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 21119

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

  Gregory Winter

FILM 200 introduces students to film analysis, providing the basic tools to understand, appreciate, and analyze the technical and aesthetic dimensions of film and to understand how these elements come together to create meaning. The course will focus on specific filmmaking techniques, provide a brief overview of film history, and introduce students to the concepts of genre, ideology and style. In addition to attending class sessions, students will be required to dedicate approximately two hours per week to viewing films in lab or outside of class.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 21125

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Virtues - Fortitude
     Virtues - Justice
     Virtues - Prudence
     Virtues - Temperance
     Writing in the Discipline

  Juli Kroll

In this course, students will view, discuss, and read and write about feature-length films from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and possibly India and/or the Middle East. Following critical viewing of films both in and outside of class, students will engage in critical reflection, discussion, and analytical writing as a way of practicing the art of film analysis. This course asks students to think critically about the ways in which cinema engages the world as a form of entertainment, as art, as historical document, and as an instrument of social change. The course addresses issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and geopolitical status.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 21126

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Virtues - Fortitude
     Virtues - Justice
     Virtues - Prudence
     Virtues - Temperance
     Writing in the Discipline

  Juli Kroll

In this course, students will view, discuss, and read and write about feature-length films from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and possibly India and/or the Middle East. Following critical viewing of films both in and outside of class, students will engage in critical reflection, discussion, and analytical writing as a way of practicing the art of film analysis. This course asks students to think critically about the ways in which cinema engages the world as a form of entertainment, as art, as historical document, and as an instrument of social change. The course addresses issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and geopolitical status.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 21127

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

  Ora Itkin

In this course, students will view, discuss, and read and write about feature-length films from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and possibly India and/or the Middle East. Following critical viewing of films both in and outside of class, students will engage in critical reflection, discussion, and analytical writing as a way of practicing the art of film analysis. This course asks students to think critically about the ways in which cinema engages the world as a form of entertainment, as art, as historical document, and as an instrument of social change. The course addresses issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and geopolitical status.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 21128

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

  Ora Itkin

In this course, students will view, discuss, and read and write about feature-length films from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and possibly India and/or the Middle East. Following critical viewing of films both in and outside of class, students will engage in critical reflection, discussion, and analytical writing as a way of practicing the art of film analysis. This course asks students to think critically about the ways in which cinema engages the world as a form of entertainment, as art, as historical document, and as an instrument of social change. The course addresses issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and geopolitical status.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 21133

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing Intensive

  Christopher Kachian

In this course, students will view, discuss, and read and write about feature-length films from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and possibly India and/or the Middle East. Following critical viewing of films both in and outside of class, students will engage in critical reflection, discussion, and analytical writing as a way of practicing the art of film analysis. This course asks students to think critically about the ways in which cinema engages the world as a form of entertainment, as art, as historical document, and as an instrument of social change. The course addresses issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and geopolitical status.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 21129

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

  Valentin Solachau-Chamutouski

In this course, students will view, discuss, and read and write about feature-length films from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and possibly India and/or the Middle East. Following critical viewing of films both in and outside of class, students will engage in critical reflection, discussion, and analytical writing as a way of practicing the art of film analysis. This course asks students to think critically about the ways in which cinema engages the world as a form of entertainment, as art, as historical document, and as an instrument of social change. The course addresses issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and geopolitical status.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 21130

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

  Matthew Treon

In this course, students will view, discuss, and read and write about feature-length films from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and possibly India and/or the Middle East. Following critical viewing of films both in and outside of class, students will engage in critical reflection, discussion, and analytical writing as a way of practicing the art of film analysis. This course asks students to think critically about the ways in which cinema engages the world as a form of entertainment, as art, as historical document, and as an instrument of social change. The course addresses issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and geopolitical status.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 21131

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

  Thomas Schultz

In this course, students will view, discuss, and read and write about feature-length films from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and possibly India and/or the Middle East. Following critical viewing of films both in and outside of class, students will engage in critical reflection, discussion, and analytical writing as a way of practicing the art of film analysis. This course asks students to think critically about the ways in which cinema engages the world as a form of entertainment, as art, as historical document, and as an instrument of social change. The course addresses issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and geopolitical status.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 21132

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

  Thomas Schultz

In this course, students will view, discuss, and read and write about feature-length films from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and possibly India and/or the Middle East. Following critical viewing of films both in and outside of class, students will engage in critical reflection, discussion, and analytical writing as a way of practicing the art of film analysis. This course asks students to think critically about the ways in which cinema engages the world as a form of entertainment, as art, as historical document, and as an instrument of social change. The course addresses issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and geopolitical status.

4 Credits

Subject: German (GERM)

CRN: 21179

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 318

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE Cultural, Social Transf
     Writing to learn

Instructor: TBD

Continuation of GERM 211. Prerequisite: GERM 211 or equivalent completed with a C- or better

4 Credits

Subject: German (GERM)

CRN: 21180

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 318

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     CommGood/Community-Engaged
     Writing to learn

  Susanne Wagner

The course offers an innovative and immersive approach to language and culture acquisition through service learning and community engagement. Designed to foster linguistic proficiency, intercultural competence, and a sense of civic responsibility, this course empowers students to apply their German language skills in real-world settings while making a meaningful impact on the local community. The course may be taken twice for a total of 4 credits. Prerequisites: GERM 212 or equivalent, and instructor permission

2 Credits

Subject: German (GERM)

CRN: 21181

Online: Some Synchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

  Susanne Wagner

This course is designed for students planning to study abroad during the next semester/academic year, but any student interested in intercultural communication or in using German for professional purposes is welcome.  The course prepares learners for studying and working in German-speaking countries (including advanced language study at a university and/or internships) as well as working at German-speaking companies operating in the USA.  It will advance students intercultural communication: they will learn about cultural differences and discuss practical issues of coping with the experience of (living in) a foreign culture/country.  Culturally relevant class content is supplemented with grammar and vocabulary review. Prerequisites: GERM 212 or equivalent

2 Credits

Subject: History (HIST)

CRN: 21269

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

  Zsolt Nagy

The course surveys some of the most heinous mass murders that took place during the twentieth century: 1) The Herero and Nama in German South Africa 2) Armenian Genocide 3) Stalin’s Genocides 4) The Holocaust 5) Mass Killing in Cambodia 6) Rwandan Genocide 7) Ethnic Cleansing in Yugoslavia. The class will critically examine the concepts and terms associated with mass murder. Through careful reading of primary and secondary literature students will investigate why, under what circumstances and by whom these acts were carried out. Students will also seek to understand the responsibilities and responses of local, national, and international communities regarding mass killing. Finally, the course will depict the different ways that we remember these events and commemorate their victims. Prerequisite: One 100-level History course or permission of instructor.

4 Credits

Subject: History (HIST)

CRN: 21270

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert

  Will Cavert

Humans are part of nature, and yet they have always changed and manipulated it. This course examines the entangled story of human/nature interactions, from the early history of our species up into the twenty-first century. Doing this draws on a range of methods, tools, and skills, including archaeology and anthropology, physical sciences like geology and biology, and the close reading of texts and objects as developed in humanistic disciplines like English, philosophy, and history. Key topics may include the co-evolution of people and other species; the ways that world religions have understood nature; the global mingling of people, plants, animals, and microbes after 1492; responses to pollution and toxicity in the modern world; and the development and politicization of climate science in the 20th-21st centuries.

4 Credits

Subject: History (HIST)

CRN: 21272

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

  Shaz Ahmadi

As the Ottoman and Qajar empires showed signs of collapse in the late nineteenth century, Middle Eastern and North African intellectuals eagerly adopted western systems of finance, education, and governance. In fact, some burgeoning nation-states even copied, word-for-word, European constitutions. By the mid-twentieth century, however, despots ruled the Middle East and North Africa. The two questions that animate this course are: (1) Why do we see autocracies, and destructive non-state actors, dominating the Islamic world? (2) What role do non-state actors play in producing volatility or maintaining stability? Students address these complex questions for an understanding of the region’s conflicts and the role of the international community in resolving (or exacerbating) humanitarian crises. Prerequisites: One 100-level history course.

4 Credits

Subject: Honors (HONR)

CRN: 21963

In Person | Topics Lecture 1

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

  Ginny Contreras, Fernando Contreras Flamand

Between Worlds: Narratives of Home and Belonging - This interdisciplinary seminar examines the deep and inextricable ties between place of origin, identity, and belonging through the study of literature, film, and personal narrative. It explores how our sense of home and identity is shaped—and reshaped—by movement across cities, states, or nations, whether by choice or circumstance, and considers what is gained, lost, or transformed in the process. Co-taught by a professor of English and a professor of Spanish, the course places texts and stories in dialogue across languages and cultures, highlighting how writers and artists navigate themes of displacement, home, and cultural encounter. These interdisciplinary seminars are intended to develop integrating insights through an analysis of topics chosen from different disciplines. Often they are taught by two faculty members or by a visiting lecturer who holds one of the endowed chairs at the university. Students will engage with works by authors such as Javier Zamora, Valeria Luiselli, Michelle Zauner, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and watch films such as The Hate U Give and Home is Somewhere Else, along with other works exploring migration and identity, to deepen understanding through visual storytelling. Alongside literary and cinematic analysis, students will experiment with bilingual storytelling, reflective writing, and creative projects that invite them to consider the politics of language, codeswitching, and what it means to examine a lived experience—our own or another’s—through a different cultural or moral framework.

2 Credits

Subject: Honors (HONR)

CRN: 21964

In Person | Topics Lecture 2

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

  Kathya Dawe

This introductory course pairs core concepts in international human rights with hands-on storytelling. We will examine rights such as education, health, freedom from torture, freedom of expression, and due process through current examples and class discussion. In parallel, students will learn the basics of making short documentaries—planning and scripting, ethical interviewing and consent, on-camera presence, and practical approaches to framing and sound—always with real-world constraints like time limits and audience needs in mind. No editing software is required; we will focus on capturing clear, compelling stories with the tools you already have. No prior experience in law, human rights, or video is required. A smartphone with a camera is sufficient. By the end of the semester, students will have: (1) created a concise, evidence-informed short documentary on a human-rights topic of their choice; (2) conducted and recorded at least one interview with a guest practitioner invited to class (with consent and ethics protocols); and (3) delivered a filmed presentation explaining one international human-rights convention and its real-world relevance. The course emphasizes clear communication, practical skills, and constructive peer feedback to help translate ideas into responsible, compelling media. These interdisciplinary seminars are intended to develop integrating insights through an analysis of topics chosen from different disciplines. Often they are taught by two faculty members or by a visiting lecturer who holds one of the endowed chairs at the university.

2 Credits

Subject: Honors (HONR)

CRN: 21973

In Person | Topics Lecture 3

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

  David Williard, Gregory Robinson-Riegler

Memory: Cognition, Representation, and Social Function - This course examines memory in two related disciplinary contexts. While history and psychology as disciplines both situate questions of how events are remembered, what gets remembered, the fallibility and reliability of memory, and the relationship between power and remembrance as foundational questions, the disciplines have differing approaches to where the study of memory should originate and what it can reveal. In psychology, memory as cognition emerges from how the brain processes events and engages questions of what processes determine how the mind selects, stores, and retains information by attaching meaning. For historians, memory has deep importance to examining both the veracity of evidence and the processes by which societies and groups develop identity consciousness through selecting what moments merit significance in commemorative or cautionary memorialization. We will place the cognitive psychological processes of individual memory and the social implications of collective memory in dialog to ask: what makes human experience? These interdisciplinary seminars are intended to develop integrating insights through an analysis of topics chosen from different disciplines. Often they are taught by two faculty members or by a visiting lecturer who holds one of the endowed chairs at the university.

2 Credits

Subject: Irish Studies (IRST)

CRN: 21275

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     IRST Minor Approved
     Writing to learn

  Joshua Brorby

This interdisciplinary course offers a broad introduction to the study of Irish literature, history and culture. This course focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of Ireland and the Irish Diaspora, from the early Christian period to the present.

4 Credits

Subject: Journalism/Mass Comm (JOUR)

CRN: 21285

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Schoenecker Center 238

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

  Wendy Wyatt

This course empowers and supports students’ engagement with traditional and emerging forms of media. Students will not only understand how media contents shape people’s beliefs about different social groups, and how media exposure and usage influence identity development and cultural norms, but also become mindful in their own creation of media content. Students will be able to use media wisely and critically for individual purposes and in broader civic participation. Students will work collaboratively and collectively to build their knowledge structures in media literacy, and to understand how media contents are created, used, interpreted, and re-used by themselves and others. As a result of this course, students will have a firm grasp on not only the relationships of literacy and media, but also concrete experiences in responsible creation and use of media texts including social media posts, wiki entries, short videos, photo essays, etc.

4 Credits

Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)

CRN: 21288

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

  Mike Klein

Students will explore the intersections of art and social justice with a focus on visual arts and social movements in the Twin Cities. Topics of study will include public art, protest art, expression and censorship, social movement theory, aesthetic theory, and the Twin Cities as a unique space for social practice art. Readings, videos, and art exploration will be accompanied by making art as an approach to learning, but students will not be graded on the quality of art, only the meaning they make. In other words, no art experience necessary! The class will collaborate with a local artist or arts collective who uses art to address social justice and conclude with an art installation, exhibition, or virtual display of student artwork

2 Credits

Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)

CRN: 21289

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
     Sustainability (SUST)
     Writing to learn

  Obasesam Okoi

Major aspects of world and local conflict, theories of social science relating to conflict and violence, and various proposals for solutions. Among the aspects of conflict studied are cultural differences, scarcity of resources, economic and social structures, international trade, the arms race, corruption, oppression and war. Proposed solutions assessed include development, structural changes, world governance, multinational agencies, military power, civilian-based defense, active nonviolence for social change, conflict resolution, disarmament, cultural exchange, religious revival and prayer. These topics are considered in the light of theory, history, and literature. Students apply these concepts by investigating one country or geographic area in depth through a semester long research project. Usually offered every semester.

4 Credits

Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)

CRN: 21290

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
     Sustainability (SUST)
     Writing to learn

  Obasesam Okoi

Major aspects of world and local conflict, theories of social science relating to conflict and violence, and various proposals for solutions. Among the aspects of conflict studied are cultural differences, scarcity of resources, economic and social structures, international trade, the arms race, corruption, oppression and war. Proposed solutions assessed include development, structural changes, world governance, multinational agencies, military power, civilian-based defense, active nonviolence for social change, conflict resolution, disarmament, cultural exchange, religious revival and prayer. These topics are considered in the light of theory, history, and literature. Students apply these concepts by investigating one country or geographic area in depth through a semester long research project. Usually offered every semester.

4 Credits

Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)

CRN: 21291

Online: Sync Distributed | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
     Sustainability (SUST)
     Writing to learn

Instructor: TBD

Major aspects of world and local conflict, theories of social science relating to conflict and violence, and various proposals for solutions. Among the aspects of conflict studied are cultural differences, scarcity of resources, economic and social structures, international trade, the arms race, corruption, oppression and war. Proposed solutions assessed include development, structural changes, world governance, multinational agencies, military power, civilian-based defense, active nonviolence for social change, conflict resolution, disarmament, cultural exchange, religious revival and prayer. These topics are considered in the light of theory, history, and literature. Students apply these concepts by investigating one country or geographic area in depth through a semester long research project. Usually offered every semester.

4 Credits

Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)

CRN: 21292

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
     Writing Intensive

  Mike Klein

Active nonviolence as a means for societal defense and social transformation analyzed through case studies of actual nonviolent movements, examining their political philosophy and how this philosophy is reflected in their methods and strategies. Examples of possible case studies include: Mahatma Gandhi's movement for a free India, Danish resistance to Nazi occupation, the struggle for interracial justice in the United State, an integrated Canada-to-Cuba peace-and-freedom walk, the campaign to close the U.S. Army School of the Americas (WHINSEC), fair trade movements, and the Honeywell Project. The course emphasizes the theory and active practice of nonviolence as well as oral histories of successful nonviolent movements. Usually offered every semester.

4 Credits

Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)

CRN: 21293

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
     Writing Intensive

  Mike Klein

Active nonviolence as a means for societal defense and social transformation analyzed through case studies of actual nonviolent movements, examining their political philosophy and how this philosophy is reflected in their methods and strategies. Examples of possible case studies include: Mahatma Gandhi's movement for a free India, Danish resistance to Nazi occupation, the struggle for interracial justice in the United State, an integrated Canada-to-Cuba peace-and-freedom walk, the campaign to close the U.S. Army School of the Americas (WHINSEC), fair trade movements, and the Honeywell Project. The course emphasizes the theory and active practice of nonviolence as well as oral histories of successful nonviolent movements. Usually offered every semester.

4 Credits

Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)

CRN: 21294

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
     Writing Intensive

  Amy Finnegan

Active nonviolence as a means for societal defense and social transformation analyzed through case studies of actual nonviolent movements, examining their political philosophy and how this philosophy is reflected in their methods and strategies. Examples of possible case studies include: Mahatma Gandhi's movement for a free India, Danish resistance to Nazi occupation, the struggle for interracial justice in the United State, an integrated Canada-to-Cuba peace-and-freedom walk, the campaign to close the U.S. Army School of the Americas (WHINSEC), fair trade movements, and the Honeywell Project. The course emphasizes the theory and active practice of nonviolence as well as oral histories of successful nonviolent movements. Usually offered every semester.

4 Credits

Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)

CRN: 21295

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
     Writing Intensive

Instructor: TBD

Active nonviolence as a means for societal defense and social transformation analyzed through case studies of actual nonviolent movements, examining their political philosophy and how this philosophy is reflected in their methods and strategies. Examples of possible case studies include: Mahatma Gandhi's movement for a free India, Danish resistance to Nazi occupation, the struggle for interracial justice in the United State, an integrated Canada-to-Cuba peace-and-freedom walk, the campaign to close the U.S. Army School of the Americas (WHINSEC), fair trade movements, and the Honeywell Project. The course emphasizes the theory and active practice of nonviolence as well as oral histories of successful nonviolent movements. Usually offered every semester.

4 Credits

Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)

CRN: 21298

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
     Writing in the Discipline

  Amy Finnegan

This course is an introduction to the issues surrounding social conflict. It centers on equipping students with the theory and skills of conflict analysis and processes of engaging in conflict on the global, local and interpersonal levels. It contrasts a traditional conflict resolution model with conflict transformation, a paradigm that appreciates how conflict and violence are connected to underlying issues of justice. The course introduces students to a wide range of conflict transformation processes such as negotiation, mediation, dialogue, facilitation, restorative justice and conflict advocacy. It provides students with the opportunities to participate in these processes and explore potential vocational paths in the field of conflict transformation. As a component of the practice of the skills taught in this course, students organize and lead the annual World Cafe, a university-wide interdisciplinary dialogue. Throughout, the course engages students in a process of rigorous reflection of the ethics involved in engaging conflict. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing

4 Credits

Subject: Languages (LNGS)

CRN: 21306

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     [Core] Signature Work
     Writing to learn

  Stephanie Lohse

This course examines the importance of languages and cultural knowledge in a globalized world. Drawing on examples from students’ experiences and incorporating scholarly sources and information from different disciplines, students will learn about the intersection of languages and cultures from around the world. Topics will include issues of identity, power, social justice, dignity, diversity, global citizenship, and vocation. Prerequisite: Students must have at least 80 credits in order to register for this course.

2 Credits

Subject: Music Classes (UG) (MUSC)

CRN: 22147

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Brady Educational Center

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Fine Arts
          OR
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

  Tricia Morgan

This course focuses on the study of music in the United States within its historical, cultural, and sociological contexts. The course will develop skills in critical listening analysis using appropriate musical terminology, to describe both aural and written traditions of music. Repertoire to be explored include homeland traditions of cultures and population groups brought over through migration/immigration, blends of popular and concert traditions, and new and emerging styles unique to the United States. Historical, cultural, and social contexts will facilitate and understanding of how music reflects particular identities, ideas, values, and issues among population groups in the United States.

4 Credits

Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)

CRN: 21974

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Phil/Theo
          OR
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

  John Kronen

An examination of foundational philosophical problems discussed in classical Indian schools of thought. Metaphysical, epistemological, and ethical themes will be considered. Though the primary aim of this course is to study Indian philosophy in its own terms, a secondary aim is to examine some ways in which Western thinkers have viewed Indian philosophy through lenses that have distorted its nature and value. Prerequisite: PHIL 110

4 Credits

Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)

CRN: 21421

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Phil/Theo
          OR
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

  Heidi Giebel

A comparison of Eastern and Western moral theories with an emphasis on their application to contemporary moral issues.  Eastern theories may include Confucian, Hindu, Buddhist, or Taoist accounts of ethics.  Western theories will include significant attention to accounts important to Catholic intellectual tradition.  Contemporary moral issues to be considered will vary from semester to semester, but may include …sexual morality, abortion, suicide and euthanasia, family morality, race, sex, gender, war, capital punishment, technology, media ethics, business ethics, environmental ethics, and questions about Hawaiian sovereignty. Prerequisite: PHIL 110 or PHIL 115.

4 Credits

Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)

CRN: 21423

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Phil/Theo
          OR
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Sports Management Minor
     Sports Studies Minor

Instructor: TBD

An in-depth philosophical examination of conceptual, moral, cultural, and legal issues surrounding regulating, watching, and participating in sports. Possible topics include: the definition of sport; the nature of competition; sportsmanship; being a fan; performance-enhancing drugs; gender; race; and the relationships among athletics, moral education, the law, and social responsibility in high school, collegiate, and professional sports. The course integrates various disciplinary perspectives on the nature and practice of sport, and special attention is given to reflection on these topics from within Catholic intellectual tradition. Students cannot receive credit for both PHIL 218 and the less in-depth 2-credit version of the course, PHIL 219. Prerequisites: PHIL 110 or PHIL 115

4 Credits

Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)

CRN: 21424

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Phil/Theo
          OR
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Sports Management Minor
     Sports Studies Minor
     Writing Intensive

  Eric Berg

An in-depth philosophical examination of conceptual, moral, cultural, and legal issues surrounding regulating, watching, and participating in sports. Possible topics include: the definition of sport; the nature of competition; sportsmanship; being a fan; performance-enhancing drugs; gender; race; and the relationships among athletics, moral education, the law, and social responsibility in high school, collegiate, and professional sports. The course integrates various disciplinary perspectives on the nature and practice of sport, and special attention is given to reflection on these topics from within Catholic intellectual tradition. Students cannot receive credit for both PHIL 218 and the less in-depth 2-credit version of the course, PHIL 219. Prerequisites: PHIL 110 or PHIL 115

4 Credits

Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)

CRN: 21427

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Phil/Theo
          OR
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

  Jonathan Stoltz

This course provides students with skills for identifying, analyzing, and evaluating the sorts of reasoning encountered in natural language. Emphasis will be placed on attaining facility with different formal systems for representing and evaluating arguments - including propositional logic, Aristotelian syllogistic, first-order predicate calculus, - as well as on acquiring the ability to apply these systems in the analysis and evaluation of arguments in ordinary and philosophical discourse. Prerequisite: PHIL 110 or PHIL 115.

4 Credits

Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)

CRN: 21428

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Phil/Theo
          OR
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Instructor: TBD

This course provides students with skills for identifying, analyzing, and evaluating the sorts of reasoning encountered in natural language. Emphasis will be placed on attaining facility with different formal systems for representing and evaluating arguments - including propositional logic, Aristotelian syllogistic, first-order predicate calculus, - as well as on acquiring the ability to apply these systems in the analysis and evaluation of arguments in ordinary and philosophical discourse. Prerequisite: PHIL 110 or PHIL 115.

4 Credits

Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)

CRN: 21429

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Phil/Theo
          OR
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

  Peter Distelzweig

This course is a comprehensive introduction to the most pressing issues and questions concerning disability.  Students will encounter and critically evaluate longstanding stereotypes and biases about the disadvantages of disability.  This course examines disability primarily from a philosophical perspective, yet readings from other disciplines will also be used throughout the course.   Some of the central questions examined in the course include:  What is disability?  Is disability merely a medical condition?  In what ways do societal barriers disable? How does economic class impact access to educational, medical and social resources?  Does disability itself make a person worse off or is it only social stigmatization and lack of accommodation that makes the lives of those with disabilities worse?  How have those with disabilities been disadvantaged in the US?  What is the basis for human dignity?  What conceptual frameworks allow us to uphold the dignity of those with severe disabilities?  Which behaviors and assumptions threaten the equality and dignity of those with disabilities? Prerequisite: PHIL 110

4 Credits

Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)

CRN: 21430

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Phil/Theo
          OR
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

  Peter Distelzweig

This course is a comprehensive introduction to the most pressing issues and questions concerning disability.  Students will encounter and critically evaluate longstanding stereotypes and biases about the disadvantages of disability.  This course examines disability primarily from a philosophical perspective, yet readings from other disciplines will also be used throughout the course.   Some of the central questions examined in the course include:  What is disability?  Is disability merely a medical condition?  In what ways do societal barriers disable? How does economic class impact access to educational, medical and social resources?  Does disability itself make a person worse off or is it only social stigmatization and lack of accommodation that makes the lives of those with disabilities worse?  How have those with disabilities been disadvantaged in the US?  What is the basis for human dignity?  What conceptual frameworks allow us to uphold the dignity of those with severe disabilities?  Which behaviors and assumptions threaten the equality and dignity of those with disabilities? Prerequisite: PHIL 110

4 Credits

Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)

CRN: 21431

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Phil/Theo
          OR
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

  Gloria Frost

This course is a comprehensive introduction to the most pressing issues and questions concerning disability.  Students will encounter and critically evaluate longstanding stereotypes and biases about the disadvantages of disability.  This course examines disability primarily from a philosophical perspective, yet readings from other disciplines will also be used throughout the course.   Some of the central questions examined in the course include:  What is disability?  Is disability merely a medical condition?  In what ways do societal barriers disable? How does economic class impact access to educational, medical and social resources?  Does disability itself make a person worse off or is it only social stigmatization and lack of accommodation that makes the lives of those with disabilities worse?  How have those with disabilities been disadvantaged in the US?  What is the basis for human dignity?  What conceptual frameworks allow us to uphold the dignity of those with severe disabilities?  Which behaviors and assumptions threaten the equality and dignity of those with disabilities? Prerequisite: PHIL 110

4 Credits

Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)

CRN: 21432

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Phil/Theo
          OR
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing Intensive

  Thomas Feeney

Action to achieve social justice depends, ultimately, on an understanding of what social justice is.  What makes a society just?  How is a just society ordered?  What does social justice look like up close?  If our society is not currently just, how may we justly make it so?  This course considers competing (though sometimes overlapping) accounts of social justice that are of continuing relevance today, such as those found in the traditions of classical liberalism, socialism, Catholicism, and critical theory.  One goal is to understand where such accounts agree, where they disagree, and why.  Another goal is to appreciate how such traditions have animated and continue to animate the pursuit of justice, especially for marginalized persons in the United States. Prerequisite: PHIL 110

4 Credits

Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)

CRN: 21433

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Phil/Theo
          OR
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing Intensive

  Thomas Feeney

Action to achieve social justice depends, ultimately, on an understanding of what social justice is.  What makes a society just?  How is a just society ordered?  What does social justice look like up close?  If our society is not currently just, how may we justly make it so?  This course considers competing (though sometimes overlapping) accounts of social justice that are of continuing relevance today, such as those found in the traditions of classical liberalism, socialism, Catholicism, and critical theory.  One goal is to understand where such accounts agree, where they disagree, and why.  Another goal is to appreciate how such traditions have animated and continue to animate the pursuit of justice, especially for marginalized persons in the United States. Prerequisite: PHIL 110

4 Credits

Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)

CRN: 21434

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Phil/Theo
          OR
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

  Joshua Stuchlik

A philosophical examination into the origin, nature, purpose, and legitimacy of government and law, especially as these relate to the good of individuals and the common good. Possible questions include: Are human beings by nature political animals? What justifies political and legal authority? What sorts of political regimes can be just and legitimate? Is there a best type of government? Are there universal human rights and, if so, where do they come from? What are the respective roles of legislator, executive, and judge? Can civil disobedience ever be justified? Can violent revolution? Should government and law take stands on questions of morality, religion, and the meaning of life or try to remain neutral in these matters? The course will consider both classical and contemporary reflection on such topics, including from authors within Catholic intellectual tradition in conversation with other traditions and perspectives. Prerequisite: PHIL 110 or PHIL 115.

4 Credits

Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)

CRN: 21435

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Phil/Theo
          OR
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Honors Course

  Joshua Stuchlik

A philosophical examination into the origin, nature, purpose, and legitimacy of government and law, especially as these relate to the good of individuals and the common good. Possible questions include: Are human beings by nature political animals? What justifies political and legal authority? What sorts of political regimes can be just and legitimate? Is there a best type of government? Are there universal human rights and, if so, where do they come from? What are the respective roles of legislator, executive, and judge? Can civil disobedience ever be justified? Can violent revolution? Should government and law take stands on questions of morality, religion, and the meaning of life or try to remain neutral in these matters? The course will consider both classical and contemporary reflection on such topics, including from authors within Catholic intellectual tradition in conversation with other traditions and perspectives. Prerequisite: PHIL 110 or PHIL 115.

4 Credits

Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)

CRN: 21436

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Phil/Theo
          OR
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

  Mathew Lu

An enquiry into philosophical questions having to do with art, beauty, and other aesthetic qualities. Possible topics include: the nature of beauty, the nature and purpose of art, the role of beauty and art in a well-lived life, the relationship of art to insight and emotion, aesthetic qualities other than beauty, the role of art in the formation of culture and social consciousness, the role of beauty and other aesthetic qualities in nature, and the connection of art and beauty to God. The course pays special attention to reflection on these issues within Catholic intellectual tradition in dialogue with other traditions and perspectives. Case studies of artworks and other aesthetic objects are considered throughout the course. Prerequisite: PHIL 110 or PHIL 115.

4 Credits

Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)

CRN: 21437

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Phil/Theo
          OR
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Sci, Med, Soc (SMDS) Minor

  Thomas Feeney

This course is a philosophical examination of the ethical challenges posed by artificial intelligence, including among other issues the introduction of bias into AI models. The course explores perspectives on AI ethics, such as consequentialist approaches that emphasize long-term impacts and virtue ethics approaches that emphasize AI's influence on human character and flourishing. Goals include analyzing these ethical frameworks as both arguments and cultural movements, drawing connections to the Catholic intellectual tradition, and applying them to real-world issues. Prerequisites: PHIL 110 or PHIL 115

4 Credits

Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)

CRN: 21438

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Phil/Theo
          OR
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert

  Emma Jerndal

A consideration of the ethical dimensions of human interaction with the environment, including inquiry into the scope and justification of our obligations concerning the environment. Possible topics include: the question of who all (or what all) count as the proper objects of moral consideration, animal welfare, species preservation, conservation, climate change, environmental racism, population pressure, sustainability, and what it means to say that human beings are charged with the care of Creation. Special attention will be given to reflection on these topics from within Catholic intellectual tradition, in dialogue with other traditions and perspectives. Prerequisite: PHIL 110 or PHIL 115.

4 Credits

Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)

CRN: 21439

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Phil/Theo
          OR
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert

  Emma Jerndal

A consideration of the ethical dimensions of human interaction with the environment, including inquiry into the scope and justification of our obligations concerning the environment. Possible topics include: the question of who all (or what all) count as the proper objects of moral consideration, animal welfare, species preservation, conservation, climate change, environmental racism, population pressure, sustainability, and what it means to say that human beings are charged with the care of Creation. Special attention will be given to reflection on these topics from within Catholic intellectual tradition, in dialogue with other traditions and perspectives. Prerequisite: PHIL 110 or PHIL 115.

4 Credits

Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)

CRN: 21440

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Phil/Theo
          OR
     [Core] Integ/Humanities

Instructor: TBD

A philosophical examination of the mind from both classical and contemporary perspectives. Topics that may be covered include: the relation between the mind and the body/brain, theories of the soul and how it relates to mind and brain, theories of personal identity over time, free will, mental causation, functionalist theories of intelligence, computer/artificial intelligence, and the nature of consciousness. The course considers reflection on these topics from within both Catholic intellectual tradition and other traditions and perspectives, and engages contemporary philosophical work informed by brain and computer science. Prerequisite: PHIL 110 or PHIL 115.

4 Credits

Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)

CRN: 21441

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Phil/Theo
          OR
     [Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     [Core] Signature Work

  Heidi Giebel

PHIL 301 is a signature work course in philosophy, open to all students.  Topics vary from section to section, but all sections focus on issues relevant to our university’s mission.  Various sections will, therefore, focus on questions concerning such things as the nature and dignity of human beings, what makes for a meaningful human life, the compatibility of faith and reason, what makes for a just society, or the application of ethical principles, to a variety of settings and professions, for the sake of the common good.  The course provides students the opportunity to reflect on and integrate knowledge acquired throughout their academic career, and to approach problems through multiple disciplinary lenses.  Prerequisites: PHIL 110 and at least 80 credits completed by the start of the course. Prerequisites: PHIL 110 and 80 credits completed

4 Credits

Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)

CRN: 21442

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Phil/Theo
          OR
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     [Core] Signature Work

  Peter Distelzweig

PHIL 301 is a signature work course in philosophy, open to all students.  Topics vary from section to section, but all sections focus on issues relevant to our university’s mission.  Various sections will, therefore, focus on questions concerning such things as the nature and dignity of human beings, what makes for a meaningful human life, the compatibility of faith and reason, what makes for a just society, or the application of ethical principles, to a variety of settings and professions, for the sake of the common good.  The course provides students the opportunity to reflect on and integrate knowledge acquired throughout their academic career, and to approach problems through multiple disciplinary lenses.  Prerequisites: PHIL 110 and at least 80 credits completed by the start of the course. Prerequisites: PHIL 110 and 80 credits completed

4 Credits

Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)

CRN: 21445

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Phil/Theo
          OR
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     [Core] Signature Work
     Writing Intensive

  Thomas Feeney

PHIL 301 is a signature work course in philosophy, open to all students.  Topics vary from section to section, but all sections focus on issues relevant to our university’s mission.  Various sections will, therefore, focus on questions concerning such things as the nature and dignity of human beings, what makes for a meaningful human life, the compatibility of faith and reason, what makes for a just society, or the application of ethical principles, to a variety of settings and professions, for the sake of the common good.  The course provides students the opportunity to reflect on and integrate knowledge acquired throughout their academic career, and to approach problems through multiple disciplinary lenses.  Prerequisites: PHIL 110 and at least 80 credits completed by the start of the course. Prerequisites: PHIL 110 and 80 credits completed

4 Credits

Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)

CRN: 21446

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     [Core] Phil/Theo
          OR
     [Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities