Subject: Amer Culture & Difference (AMCD)

CRN: 40218

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 246

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

Other Requirements Met:
     Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
     Writing to learn

Old Core (Pre-2020) Requirements Met:
     UG Core Human Diversity

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Kanishka Chowdhury

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: 41425

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 414

Online

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

Other Requirements Met:
     Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
     CommGood/Community-Engaged
     Writing to learn

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  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: 42096

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 414

Online

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

Other Requirements Met:
     Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
     CommGood/Community-Engaged
     Writing to learn

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  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: 41915

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 414

Core Requirements Met:
      Fine Arts
          OR
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
     Art History Museum Studies
     Writing to learn

Old Core (Pre-2020) Requirements Met:
     UG Core Fine Arts

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Amy Nygaard

This course provides an investigation of the critical issues facing museums in the 21st century. Museum missions, practices, and resources will be interwoven with a discussion of audience, communication, and collaboration. 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: 42853

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 414

Core Requirements Met:
      Fine Arts
          OR
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
     Art History Museum Studies
     Writing to learn

Old Core (Pre-2020) Requirements Met:
     UG Core Fine Arts

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Amy Nygaard

This course provides an investigation of the critical issues facing museums in the 21st century. Museum missions, practices, and resources will be interwoven with a discussion of audience, communication, and collaboration. 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: 42848

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 203

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

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

Old Core (Pre-2020) Requirements Met:
     UG Core Fine Arts
     UG Core Human Diversity

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  William Barnes

ARTH 265 Art and Archaeology of Ancient Mesoamerica: This course introduces students to the art, architecture, and archaeology of the Aztecs, Maya, Olmec, Zapotecs, and their contemporaries in Pre-Columbian America. Participants will explore the rich cultural history of this region (that includes parts of Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador), and investigate how the art, architecture, and archeological remains of Mesoamerican peoples can be used to expand our knowledge of their religious practices, ideology, and societal institutions

4 Credits

Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)

CRN: 41916

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 414

Online

Core Requirements Met:
      Fine Arts
          OR
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

Old Core (Pre-2020) Requirements Met:
     UG Core Fine Arts

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  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: 42855

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 414

Online

Core Requirements Met:
      Fine Arts
          OR
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

Old Core (Pre-2020) Requirements Met:
     UG Core Fine Arts

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  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: 42858

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 203

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

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

Old Core (Pre-2020) Requirements Met:
     UG Core Fine Arts

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Craig Eliason

Modernist artists strove to find a visual language of expression appropriate to their time; yet many contemporaries found their works incomprehensible, as do many people today. An open-minded and historically informed investigation of modern art helps to make sense of it. This course will explore the history of European painting and sculpture from 1880 to 1940. It will consider the many movements that characterized modernism, such as Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, Fauvism, Cubism, Futurism, Expressionism, Dada, Surrealism, and Constructivism. Issues to be addressed include the rejection of tradition, the development of abstraction, the impact of World War I and its aftermath, the influence of science and technology on art, and the fate of modernism under Hitler's and Stalin's regimes. Particular attention will be paid to the theoretical underpinnings of modern art.

4 Credits

Subject: Business Ethics (BETH)

CRN: 42597

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: McNeely Hall 230

Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Tim Ketcher

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: 41931

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 204

Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  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.

4 Credits

Subject: Catholic Studies (UG) (CATH)

CRN: 41091

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Sitzmann Hall 207

Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  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.

4 Credits

Subject: Catholic Studies (UG) (CATH)

CRN: 42380

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 209

Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Raymond MacKenzie

What makes a text a work of Catholic literature? How do Catholic writers struggle with the existential questions of meaning, purpose, or suffering in a unique fashion? How do the themes they engage—such as forgiveness, redemption, or the power of grace in the world—place them within the Catholic tradition? Is there a sacramental imagination or incarnational theology at the root of a work of Catholic literature? Such questions will be explored in a chronological framework through extensive readings of representative texts of Catholic literature in both English and translation from the medieval era through the present. This course satisfies an Integration in the Humanities requirement and a WAC Writing to Learn requirement; it also satisfies a Traditions 200-level course requirement for Catholic Studies majors and a Historical Perspectives requirement for English majors. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190. NOTE: This is a cross-listed class with English, with 10 seats available on the CATH 222 side and 10 seats available on the ENGL 222 side.

4 Credits

Subject: Classical Civilization (CLAS)

CRN: 40203

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 306

Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Class, Civilization Major Appr
     Class. Civilization Minor Appr
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing to learn

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Krista Osmundson

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: 41251

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 206

Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Class, Civilization Major Appr
     Class. Civilization Minor Appr
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing to learn
     WGSS Major Approved
     WGSS Minor Approved

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  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: 41756

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 209

Core Requirements Met:
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Sustainability (SUST)

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  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: 41130

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 305

Core Requirements Met:
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Narrative Medicine Minor Appr
     CommGood/Community-Engaged
     WGSS Major Approved
     WGSS Minor Approved

Old Core (Pre-2020) Requirements Met:
     UG Core Human Diversity

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  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: Communication Studies (COMM)

CRN: 42191

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Narrative Medicine Minor Appr
     WGSS Major Approved
     WGSS Minor Approved

Old Core (Pre-2020) Requirements Met:
     UG Core Human Diversity

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Audra Nuru

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: 42232

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Sustainability (SUST)
     Writing Intensive

Old Core (Pre-2020) Requirements Met:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Gordon Grice

Since the days of Leonardo da Vinci, writers of natural history have straddled science and literature in their attempts to understand the world. We'll read and analyze the works of great naturalists and incorporate some of their strategies--empirical observation, reporting, academic research, memoir--into our own writing. Authors may include Italian biologist Francesco Redi; French naturalist Jean-Henri Fabre; U.S. poet Robert Frost; and others. This course satisfies the WAC Writing Intensive requirement, an Integration in the Humanities requirement, and counts towards the Sustainability minor. Please note that ENGL 201 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 202, 203, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 42233

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Sustainability (SUST)
     Writing Intensive

Old Core (Pre-2020) Requirements Met:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Gordon Grice

Since the days of Leonardo da Vinci, writers of natural history have straddled science and literature in their attempts to understand the world. We'll read and analyze the works of great naturalists and incorporate some of their strategies--empirical observation, reporting, academic research, memoir--into our own writing. Authors may include Italian biologist Francesco Redi; French naturalist Jean-Henri Fabre; U.S. poet Robert Frost; and others. This course satisfies the WAC Writing Intensive requirement, an Integration in the Humanities requirement, and counts towards the Sustainability minor. Please note that ENGL 201 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 202, 203, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 42234

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 305J

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

Old Core (Pre-2020) Requirements Met:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Shannon Scott

This course explores films directed by Martin Scorsese as well as the literature that inspired his screenplays, from nonfiction by Nicholas Pileggi and David Gran to fiction by Edith Wharton to critical articles and interviews examining Scorsese’s oeuvre. As an auteur survey, we will look at Scorsese’s early short films and break out films like Mean Streets (1973) and Taxi Driver (1976) and then continue with Scorsese’s films in the late twentieth and early twenty-fist centuries. Thematically, these films frequently feature organized crime and systemic corruption in America, exploring how crime functions within and outside the law (Casino, 1995; The Departed, 2006). Stylistically, many have been groundbreaking in their use of first-person voice over narration, a narrative device used in many noir films of the 1940s but with new vitality in films like Good Fellas (1990) and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). In addition, historical dramas like Gangs of New York (2002) and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) explore crime in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries of America, illustrating a continuum of corruption into the present day. Scorsese’s films never shy away from the violence of American greed, whether it’s New York in the 1860s or the Gilded Age or the Great Depression, whether it’s in Oklahoma or on Wall Street or inside a boxing ring. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies the WAC Writing Intensive requirement, an Integration in the Humanities requirement, and a Film Studies major/minor requirement. Please note that ENGL 202 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 201, 203, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190. NOTE: This is a cross-listed course with ten seats available on the FILM 297-W01 side and ten seats available on the ENGL 202-W01 side.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 42381

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 206

Core Requirements Met:
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     IRST Minor Approved
     Writing to learn

Old Core (Pre-2020) Requirements Met:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  David Gardiner

A survey of Irish Studies – history, literature, politics, and culture – in translation and in English from pre-historical times to the present. Though emphasis will be on the last 100 years and Ireland’s place in Europe, the course will do so through the study and consideration of selected works from nearly 2500 years of Irish writing. Likely authors to be read include Swift, Edgeworth, Yeats, Joyce, Heaney, Boland, O'Brien, and Doyle. This course satisfies an Integration in the Humanities requirement, a Global Perspectives requirement, and a WAC Writing to Learn requirement. It also satisfies a requirement for the minor in Irish Studies. Prerequisite: None. NOTE: This is a cross-listed course with Irish Studies. There are 10 seats on the ENGL side and 10 seats on the IRST side.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 42235

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 222

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Narrative Medicine Minor Appr
     CommGood/Community-Engaged
     Writing Intensive

Old Core (Pre-2020) Requirements Met:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Amy Muse

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 read and write 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. This course satisfies an Integrations in the Humanities requirement, a requirement for the English minor in Narrative Medicine, and a WAC Writing Intensive requirement. Please note that ENGL 202 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 201, 203, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 42237

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 301

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

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

Old Core (Pre-2020) Requirements Met:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Lucy Saliger

The difficult contradictions in our criminal legal system – which purportedly aims to reduce violence, addictions, and crime, to keep us safe, and promote justice – hide in plain sight. Thus we simultaneously recognize and do not recognize these contradictory realities: the violence and injustices that often occur in our jails and prisons, profound disparities in legal representation and sentencing bound up with race, class, and nationality, and a host of tangled methods and aims often in conflict with one another. While "crime" news reports, movies, and series keep certain stories ever present in our societal imagination, they tend to obscure deeper stories. In this class, we'll attempt to enter into and understand those deeper stories using both media and texts; writers may include Michelle Alexander, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Brittany Barnett, Johann Hari, Martin Luther King, and Bryan Stevenson. This course satisfies the WAC Writing Intensive requirement, an Integration in the Humanities requirement, and the Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice requirement. Please note that ENGL 202 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 201, 203, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 42238

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 301

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

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

Old Core (Pre-2020) Requirements Met:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Lucy Saliger

The difficult contradictions in our criminal legal system – which purportedly aims to reduce violence, addictions, and crime, to keep us safe, and promote justice – hide in plain sight. Thus we simultaneously recognize and do not recognize these contradictory realities: the violence and injustices that often occur in our jails and prisons, profound disparities in legal representation and sentencing bound up with race, class, and nationality, and a host of tangled methods and aims often in conflict with one another. While "crime" news reports, movies, and series keep certain stories ever present in our societal imagination, they tend to obscure deeper stories. In this class, we'll attempt to enter into and understand those deeper stories using both media and texts; writers may include Michelle Alexander, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Brittany Barnett, Johann Hari, Martin Luther King, and Bryan Stevenson. This course satisfies the WAC Writing Intensive requirement, an Integration in the Humanities requirement, and the Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice requirement. Please note that ENGL 202 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 201, 203, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 42239

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 246

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Sustainability (SUST)
     Writing Intensive

Old Core (Pre-2020) Requirements Met:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Luke Morgan

The Midwest is a geographically sprawling region with astounding environmental diversity and a long history of continuous inhabitation and cataclysmic change - from indigenous societies to colonization, from an agricultural utopia to sprawling urban landscapes. It is home to environmental features essential to the American imagination – the Mississippi, the Great Plains, the Great Lakes. Stories and cultures of its inhabitants have celebrated its beauty and diversity and have born witness to, and often participated in, its transformation. This course will take an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the connection between environment and culture in the American Midwest. We’ll study literature, film, history, and works from social and environmental science to help us understand the complexity of Midwest environments and the ways humans have changed and been changed by them. We’ll explore basic principles of critical theory and apply these theories to better understand how race, class, gender, and ecological orientation shape the stories we tell about place. We’ll pay particular attention to patterns in stories and environmental knowledge about the Midwest that help us make sense of change and prepare for the environmental changes becoming a part of our everyday experience. This course satisfies the WAC Writing Intensive requirement, an Integration in the Humanities requirement, and counts towards the Sustainability minor. Please note that ENGL 202 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 201, 203, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 42240

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 301

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Writing Intensive

Old Core (Pre-2020) Requirements Met:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Jeannie Hofmeister

This course will explore the unique perspectives and literary achievements of Minnesota authors. By examining these diverse voices and their cultural and historical points of view, students will gain a deeper understanding of the great contributions these authors have made to the American literary canon. Possible texts include: The Sentence by Louise Erdrich, Somewhere in the Unknown World by Kao Kalia Yang, Until They Bring Back the Streetcars Back by Stanley Gordon West, and Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger. This course satisfies the WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities requirement. Please note that ENGL 203 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 201, 202, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 42204

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 301

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     English British Lit. Req.
     Writing to learn

Old Core (Pre-2020) Requirements Met:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Catherine Craft-Fairchild

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 121 or 190. 

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 42206

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 209

Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

Old Core (Pre-2020) Requirements Met:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Raymond MacKenzie

What makes a text a work of Catholic literature? How do Catholic writers struggle with the existential questions of meaning, purpose, or suffering in a unique fashion? How do the themes they engage—such as forgiveness, redemption, or the power of grace in the world—place them within the Catholic tradition? Is there a sacramental imagination or incarnational theology at the root of a work of Catholic literature? Such questions will be explored in a chronological framework through extensive readings of representative texts of Catholic literature in both English and translation from the medieval era through the present. This course satisfies an Integration in the Humanities requirement and a WAC Writing to Learn requirement; it also satisfies a Historical Perspectives requirement for English majors and a a Traditions 200-level course requirement for Catholic Studies majors. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190. NOTE: This is a cross-listed class with Catholic Studies, with 10 seats available on the ENGL 222 side and 10 seats available on the CATH 222 side.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 40968

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 312

Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     English-Theory and Practice
     Writing in the Discipline

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  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 the Theory and Practice requirement in the English major. Prerequisites: ENGL 121 or 190.  

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 42209

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 305H

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing Intensive

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Salvatore Pane

As video games have become increasingly complex, there’s a stronger need than ever for video game writers and narrative designers. But what is a narrative designer? In this course, students will study how professionals write video games and then attempt to do so themselves. Using a variety of simple-to-learn programs, students will collaborate in small development teams in addition to writing their own meaningful video games. Examples such as GONE HOME or UNDERTALE will be analyzed in class. Prerequisites: ENGL 121 or 190

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 40404

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 211

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

Other Requirements Met:
     English-Theory and Practice

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Juan Li

This course is an introduction to the systematic study of the English language, with an emphasis on connections between academic linguistics and relevant social and educational questions. Students will study the English sound system through phonetics and phonology, how words are formed through morphology, how words combine to create clauses and meaning through syntax and semantics. After learning the linguistic tools to describe the English language, students will examine the contexts of language production in real life through the study of U.S. dialects, historical and ongoing changes in English, and various social interactions in language. This course fulfills the Theory and Practice requirement in the English major. Prerequisites: ENGL 121 or 190.  

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 42210

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 301

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

Other Requirements Met:
     Context and Convergences
     Narrative Medicine Minor Appr
     English Diversity Req.
     Writing to learn

Old Core (Pre-2020) Requirements Met:
     UG Core Human Diversity
     UG Core Literature/Writing

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Kanishka Chowdhury, Amy Finnegan

This course traces the genealogies of abolition from the efforts to end slavery in this country through contemporary calls to abolish the prison industrial complex. Briefly, in its contemporary incarnation, Abolition is a political method and practice that calls into question existing punishment systems and political and economic formations that perpetuate violence. In this course, we will explore the work of those who practice this philosophy, extending their invitation to dream boldly and lead with care and accountability in how we respond to harm and violence. We will engage literature that helps us understand the essence of abolition and why people across generations have found it useful. We will also familiarize ourselves with contemporary abolitionist practices in the world and invite our learning community to interrogate collectively root causes of violence and imagine a world we long for. We will read essays by Gloria Anzaldúa, W.E.B. DuBois, Angela Davis, Nick Estes, Fred Moten, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Mariame Kaba, and David Walker, and fiction, poetry, and plays by Octavia Butler, Natalie Diaz, Audre Lorde, Toni Morrison, Colson Whitehead, and August Wilson, among others. This course satisfies an Integration in the Humanities requirement; the Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice requirement, a WAC Writing to Learn requirement, and major/minor requirements for English and Justice and Peace Studies students. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190. NOTE: This course is cross-listed with JPST 298-L01; there are 12 seats on the ENGL 337-L01 side and 8 seats on the JPST 298-L01 side.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 42211

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

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

Other Requirements Met:
     Context and Convergences
     Narrative Medicine Minor Appr
     English Diversity Req.
     Writing to learn
     WGSS Major Approved
     WGSS Minor Approved

Old Core (Pre-2020) Requirements Met:
     UG Core Human Diversity
     UG Core Literature/Writing

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Emily James

This course surveys literature by women across the long twentieth century—from early-century writers like Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Virginia Woolf to contemporary writers such as Tracy K. Smith, Sarah Howe, and Ada Limón. Along the way, we will discuss social, cultural, and historical context, including contemporary issues. We will also read, analyze, and emulate the recent work of essayists such as Leslie Jamison and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie—writers who have forged new conversations about women, feminism, and gender studies. The course requires community involvement (event attendance and excursions), regular reading and writing assignments, and enthusiastic participation in class discussion. This course satisfies both an Integrations in the Humanities and the Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice requirements, as well as a WAC Writing to Learn requirement. In addition, this course satisfies a major/minor requirement for Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies students; it also satisfies the Human Diversity and Context and Convergences requirements for English with Literature & Writing majors, a Human Diversity requirement for English with Professional Writing majors, and a literature requirement for English with Creative Writing majors. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 42055

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 306

Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Krista Osmundson

The subject matter of these courses will vary from year to year, but will not duplicate existing courses. Descriptions of these courses are available in the Searchable Class Schedule on Murphy Online, View Searchable Class Schedule

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 41911

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 305J

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Film Studies Major Approved
     Film Studies Minor Approved
     Writing Intensive

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Shannon Scott

This course explores films directed by Martin Scorsese as well as the literature that inspired his screenplays, from nonfiction by Nicholas Pileggi and David Gran to fiction by Edith Wharton to critical articles and interviews examining Scorsese’s oeuvre. As an auteur survey, we will look at Scorsese’s early short films and break out films like Mean Streets (1973) and Taxi Driver (1976) and then continue with Scorsese’s films in the late twentieth and early twenty-fist centuries. Thematically, these films frequently feature organized crime and systemic corruption in America, exploring how crime functions within and outside the law (Casino, 1995; The Departed, 2006). Stylistically, many have been groundbreaking in their use of first-person voice over narration, a narrative device used in many noir films of the 1940s but with new vitality in films like Good Fellas (1990) and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). In addition, historical dramas like Gangs of New York (2002) and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) explore crime in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries of America, illustrating a continuum of corruption into the present day. Scorsese’s films never shy away from the violence of American greed, whether it’s New York in the 1860s or the Gilded Age or the Great Depression, whether it’s in Oklahoma or on Wall Street or inside a boxing ring. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies the WAC Writing Intensive requirement, an Integration in the Humanities requirement, and a History/Theory requirement for Film Studies majors and minors. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190. NOTE: This is a cross-listed course with English; 10 seats are on the FILM 297-W01 side and 10 seats are on the ENGL 202-W01 side.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 41404

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 209

Core Requirements Met:
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

Old Core (Pre-2020) Requirements Met:
     UG Core Human Diversity

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  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 scrutinizes the ways in which institutionalized and structural power and privilege are reflected in the subject matter, creation, and audience reception of film.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 41405

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 311

Core Requirements Met:
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

Old Core (Pre-2020) Requirements Met:
     UG Core Human Diversity

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  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 scrutinizes the ways in which institutionalized and structural power and privilege are reflected in the subject matter, creation, and audience reception of film.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 41487

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

Old Core (Pre-2020) Requirements Met:
     UG Core Human Diversity

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  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 scrutinizes the ways in which institutionalized and structural power and privilege are reflected in the subject matter, creation, and audience reception of film.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 41902

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

Old Core (Pre-2020) Requirements Met:
     UG Core Human Diversity

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  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 scrutinizes the ways in which institutionalized and structural power and privilege are reflected in the subject matter, creation, and audience reception of film.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 41903

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     

Old Core (Pre-2020) Requirements Met:
     UG Core Human Diversity

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  James Snapko

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 scrutinizes the ways in which institutionalized and structural power and privilege are reflected in the subject matter, creation, and audience reception of film.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 42850

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing Intensive

Old Core (Pre-2020) Requirements Met:
     UG Core Human Diversity

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  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 fulfills the Human Diversity requirement of the core curriculum at UST by addressing issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and geopolitical status. It scrutinizes the ways in which institutionalized and structural power and privilege are reflected in the subject matter, creation, and audience reception of film.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 43215

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing Intensive

Old Core (Pre-2020) Requirements Met:
     UG Core Human Diversity

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  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 fulfills the Human Diversity requirement of the core curriculum at UST by addressing issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and geopolitical status. It scrutinizes the ways in which institutionalized and structural power and privilege are reflected in the subject matter, creation, and audience reception of film.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 43257

Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing Intensive

Old Core (Pre-2020) Requirements Met:
     UG Core Human Diversity

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  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 fulfills the Human Diversity requirement of the core curriculum at UST by addressing issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and geopolitical status. It scrutinizes the ways in which institutionalized and structural power and privilege are reflected in the subject matter, creation, and audience reception of film.

4 Credits

Subject: German (GERM)

CRN: 40431

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 318

Core Requirements Met:
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     CommGood/Community-Engaged
     Writing in the Discipline

Old Core (Pre-2020) Requirements Met:
     UG Core Language/Culture

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Susanne Wagner

Intended as an introduction to more advanced work in German, this course, which is required of all majors and minors, will offer an overview of the evolution of German culture and civilization (society, politics, the arts) within an historical context. The course will also contain a review of advanced grammar and offer students an opportunity to improve their reading, writing, and speaking skills. Oral and written skills will be assessed. Prerequisite: GERM 212 or equivalent completed with a C- or better

4 Credits

Subject: German (GERM)

CRN: 42395

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 318

Core Requirements Met:
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     School of Ed Transfer Course
     Writing to learn

Old Core (Pre-2020) Requirements Met:
     UG Core Language/Culture

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Susanne Wagner

Continuation of GERM 341 with emphasis on literary developments in the 20th century. The course will focus on the period preceding World War I, on literary developments during the Weimar Republic, and on the attempts by postwar German authors to deal with the legacy of the World War II. The course also will discuss more recent literature. Prerequisite: GERM 300

4 Credits

Subject: History (HIST)

CRN: 40103

In Person | Topics Lecture 1

St Paul: John Roach Center 227

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

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing Intensive

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  David Williard, David Lawrence

This course, team-taught by a historian and a literary scholar, focuses on the long struggle of African Americans for justice and equality in the U.S. Analyzing literary and historical texts, students in this course will learn about and engage in research on African American history and culture. Utilizing historical, literary, and cultural approaches, this interdisciplinary course will immerse students into an exploration of the African American experience from multiple perspectives using dual disciplinary frameworks. For example, students may study Richard Wright’s NATIVE SON, but would read the text within the historical and cultural framework of the Great Migration, connecting Wright’s text not just to other literary texts, but situating it within an historical and cultural context vital to the novel’s creation and essential for its interpretation. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies an Integrations in the Humanities requirement; a Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice requirement, and a WAC Writing Intensive requirement.

4 Credits

Subject: Honors (HONR)

CRN: 41428

In Person | Topics Lecture 4

St Paul: John Roach Center 246

Core Requirements Met:
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Jane Tar, Steven McMichael

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: 42286

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 206

Core Requirements Met:
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     IRST Minor Approved
     Writing to learn

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  David Gardiner

A survey of Irish Studies – history, literature, politics, and culture – in translation and in English from pre-historical times to the present. Though emphasis will be on the last 100 years and Ireland’s place in Europe, the course will do so through the study and consideration of selected works from nearly 2500 years of Irish writing. Likely authors to be read include Swift, Edgeworth, Yeats, Joyce, Heaney, Boland, O'Brien, and Doyle. This course satisfies an Integration in the Humanities requirement, a Global Perspectives requirement, and a WAC Writing to Learn requirement. It also satisfies a requirement for the minor in Irish Studies. Prerequisite: None. NOTE: This is a cross-listed course with English. There are 10 seats on the IRST side and 10 seats on the ENGL side.

4 Credits

Subject: Journalism/Mass Comm (JOUR)

CRN: 41895

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Schoenecker Center 238

Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Greg Song

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: 40447

Online: Sync Distributed | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     

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

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Ryan Virden

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: 41439

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 202

Core Requirements Met:
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     

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

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Paola Ehrmantraut

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: 40575

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Science Hall 313

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

Other Requirements Met:
     Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
     CommGood/Community-Engaged
     Writing Intensive

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  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: 41954

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 222

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

Other Requirements Met:
     Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
     CommGood/Community-Engaged
     Writing Intensive

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  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: 41955

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 308

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

Other Requirements Met:
     Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
     Writing Intensive

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Obasesam Okoi

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: 42044

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Library LL21

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

Other Requirements Met:
     Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
     FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
     Writing Intensive

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Ry Siggelkow

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: 43054

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 305

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

Other Requirements Met:
     CommGood/Community-Engaged

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  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, issues of art access and accessibility, social movement theory, aesthetic theory, and the Twin Cities as a unique space for social practice art. The class will collaborate with Nikki McComb who uses art to push for social change. In 2016, she launched her #Enough campaign — an artistic effort to end gun violence in Minneapolis and surrounding areas through #ArtIsMyWeapon exhibitions and projects.

2 Credits

Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)

CRN: 42548

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 305K

Core Requirements Met:
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Sustainability (SUST)

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Obasesam Okoi

This course provides an overview of the concepts, debates and theories of global social policy, the key actors and policy-making processes, and the different approaches to social policy within different global contexts. It examines the major trends and challenges facing social policy in today’s rapidly changing world and the values on which they are based as well as key critiques of those trends. Locating social policy within the context of globalization processes, this course explores a deeper understanding of the major challenges facing the global community, including poverty, inequality, education, health care, unemployment, population, migration, refugee resettlement, human trafficking, climate change, environmental governance, the growing influence of digital technologies, and the changing nature of work. The course also explores the roles of international organizations, such as the United Nations, the World Bank, the World Health Organization, transnational corporations, international non-governmental organizations, and transnational advocacy networks in shaping global social policy. This course will equip students with the knowledge and skills to analyze global social policy issues and to be policy leaders in this context.

4 Credits

Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)

CRN: 42847

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 301

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

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

Old Core (Pre-2020) Requirements Met:
     UG Core Human Diversity

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Amy Finnegan, Kanishka Chowdhury

This course traces the genealogies of abolition from the efforts to end slavery in this country through contemporary calls to abolish the prison industrial complex. Briefly, in its contemporary incarnation, Abolition is a political method and practice that calls into question existing punishment systems and political and economic formations that perpetuate violence. In this course, we will explore the work of those who practice this philosophy, extending their invitation to dream boldly and lead with care and accountability in how we respond to harm and violence. We will engage literature that helps us understand the essence of abolition and why people across generations have found it useful. We will also familiarize ourselves with contemporary abolitionist practices in the world and invite our learning community to interrogate collectively root causes of violence and imagine a world we long for. We will read essays by Gloria Anzaldúa, W.E.B. DuBois, Angela Davis, Nick Estes, Fred Moten, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Mariame Kaba, and David Walker, and fiction, poetry, and plays by Octavia Butler, Natalie Diaz, Audre Lorde, Toni Morrison, Colson Whitehead, and August Wilson, among others. This course satisfies an Integration in the Humanities requirement; the Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice requirement, a WAC Writing to Learn requirement, and major/minor requirements for English and Justice and Peace Studies students. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190. NOTE: This course is cross-listed with JENGL 337-L01; there are 8 seats on the JPST 298-L01 side and 12 seats on the ENGL 337-L01 side.

4 Credits

Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)

CRN: 40760

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 308

Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
     Sustainability (SUST)
     CommGood/Community-Engaged
     Signature Work
     Writing in the Discipline

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Mike Klein

Leadership for Social Justice examines the arc of leadership through the process of creating, sustaining, then institutionalizing positive social change. The course examines models and case studies of authoritative, positional, influential and situational leadership in diverse settings such as community organizing, social movements, social entrepreneurship and nonprofit management. The course also explores approaches to ethical leadership and provides opportunities for students to develop the skills and vision needed to become ethical leaders for social justice. Students will analyze the role of leadership in the tensions between preserving order and promoting transformation. They will develop a critical approach to the dynamics of power in order to effect systemic change. Prerequisites: 80 completed credits

4 Credits

Subject: Music Classes (UG) (MUSC)

CRN: 42379

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Brady Educational Center LL07

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

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

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Sarah Schmalenberger

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: Music Classes (UG) (MUSC)

CRN: 41797

In Person | Directed Study

St Paul: In Person

Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     School of Ed Transfer Course
     Writing in the Discipline

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Bruce Gleason

A survey of Western European music from 1750 to the present: the Classical and Romantic eras and the Twentieth century. Emphasis of study is on social context and issues of meaning and expression. Continuation of MUSC 411. Writing assignments are designed for teaching to the "Writing in the Discipline" objectives for the Writing Across the Curriculum initiative. This is a core course for students seeking a major degree in music. Offered in spring semester. Prerequisites: MUSC 113 and junior standing

4 Credits

Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)

CRN: 41799

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 222

Core Requirements Met:
      Phil/Theo
          OR
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Sports Management Minor
     Writing Intensive

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Stephen Laumakis

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 will integrate various disciplinary perspectives on the nature and practice of sport, especially perspectives from philosophical ethics, law, and sociology. Students cannot receive credit for both PHIL 218 and the less in-depth 2-credit version of the course, PHIL 219. Prerequisite: PHIL 110 or PHIL 115.

4 Credits

Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)

CRN: 42428

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 222

Core Requirements Met:
      Phil/Theo
          OR
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Sports Management Minor
     Writing Intensive

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Stephen Laumakis

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 will integrate various disciplinary perspectives on the nature and practice of sport, especially perspectives from philosophical ethics, law, and sociology. Students cannot receive credit for both PHIL 218 and the less in-depth 2-credit version of the course, PHIL 219. Prerequisite: PHIL 110 or PHIL 115.

4 Credits

Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)

CRN: 41800

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 454

Core Requirements Met:
      Phil/Theo
          OR
     Integ/Humanities

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Peter Distelzweig

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: 42429

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 305J

Core Requirements Met:
      Phil/Theo
          OR
     Integ/Humanities

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Peter Distelzweig

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: 42431

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

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

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  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 or PHIL 115.

4 Credits

Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)

CRN: 42434

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Core Requirements Met:
      Phil/Theo
          OR
     Integ/Humanities

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

(2021 Core Planning Guide)

  Catherine Deavel

This course examines the nature of human love, particularly within marriages and families. Possible topics include: romantic love, sex, dating, and marriage; true friends and friendships of selfish pleasure or advantage; love of family, strangers, and those one doesn’t like; the nature of love (is it a feeling? Is it an act of will?); reciprocity, permanence, and fidelity; love within families, especially spousal and parent/child bonds. Attention will be given to reflection on these topics from within both Catholic intellectual tradition and other traditions and perspectives. Prerequisite: PHIL 110 or PHIL 115.

4 Credits