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CRN: 26654

Directed Study

St Paul: No Room

ARHS: Art History (Grad)

  Gretchen Burau

3 Credits

CRN: 26655

Directed Study

St Paul: No Room

ARHS: Art History (Grad)

  Mark Stansbury-O'Donnell

3 Credits

CRN: 25492

Online: Some Synchronous | Lecture

Online

ARTH: Art History (UG):
     Art History Museum Studies
     Writing to learn

Old Core:
     UG Core Fine Arts

2020 Core:
      Fine Arts
          OR
     Integ/Humanities
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Vanessa Rousseau

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

CRN: 25491

Online: Some Synchronous | Lecture

Online

ARTH: Art History (UG):
     Sustainability Initiatives

Old Core:
     UG Core Fine Arts
     UG Core Human Diversity

2020 Core:
      Fine Arts
          OR
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Gretchen Burau

This course covers traditional as well as contemporary sculpture, painting, architecture, and body arts of Melanesia, Island Southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. 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 . They will also study more egalitarian societies in which cultures maintained a balanced relationship with their environment through beliefs and social practices. Examples of such societies include the Asmat, Komoro, and culture groups that inhabit the Geelvink Bay region. Students will have the opportunity to work with objects from the American Museum of Asmat Art at the University of St. Thomas (AMAA@UST).

4 Credits

CRN: 25493

Online: Sync Distributed | Lecture

Online

ARTH: Art History (UG):
     Writing Intensive

Old Core:
     UG Core Fine Arts

2020 Core:
      Fine Arts
          OR
     Diversity/Soc Just AND Integ/Humanities
     
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Heather Shirey

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 Online Printable Schedule, View Searchable Class Schedule

4 Credits

CRN: 24404

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 207
     (Common Good capacity: 18 participants)

CATH: Catholic Studies (UG)

2020 Core:
     Integ/Humanities
(2020 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

CRN: 23002

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Sitzman Hall 207
     (Common Good capacity: 16 participants)

CATH: Catholic Studies (UG):
     Writing in the Discipline

2020 Core:
     Integ/Humanities
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Billy Junker

At the center of the Catholic vision are the two great works of divine love: creation and redemption. This course considers the implications of these divine works for a radical reconsideration of the world and the human person. Students will examine characteristic Catholic approaches to and emphases concerning creation, redemption and ecclesiology, and discuss how Catholic understandings of creation and redemption inform, respond to, and critique Catholic practices in various cultural settings. In addition, the course will compare and contrast contemporary Catholic cultural monuments with that produced in earlier eras, and compare and contrast Catholic Christianity with other forms of Christian and non-Christian belief and practices. In illustrating its themes, the course draws upon sources in art, literature, history, philosophy, and theology with special attention given to the intellectual, spiritual, and cultural consequences of Catholic doctrine. Prerequisites: CATH 101

4 Credits

CRN: 25392

Online: Some Synchronous | Online: Synchronous

Online

CATH: Catholic Studies (UG)

Old Core:
     UG Core Human Diversity

2020 Core:
     Integ/Humanities
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Erika Kidd

This course examines the definition of "woman" and "man" from both the historical and the philosophical perspective. Readings and discussion center on the question of (1) whether there are important philosophical differences between women and men and (2) whether such differences are natural or socially constructed. The implications of various answers to those questions are then examined, with special attention given to the Catholic tradition's reflections on the nature and ends of marriage, the character of priestly ordination, friendship between women and men, and human sexuality. The purpose of this course is to examine the ways in which thinkers from a wide spectrum have construed male/female relationships. A major component of this course consists in the study of power and the way it operates both in history and in contemporary culture.

4 Credits

CRN: 25421

Online: Some Synchronous | Online: Synchronous

Online

CATH: Catholic Studies (UG)

Old Core:
     UG Core Human Diversity

2020 Core:
     Integ/Humanities
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Erika Kidd

This course examines the definition of "woman" and "man" from both the historical and the philosophical perspective. Readings and discussion center on the question of (1) whether there are important philosophical differences between women and men and (2) whether such differences are natural or socially constructed. The implications of various answers to those questions are then examined, with special attention given to the Catholic tradition's reflections on the nature and ends of marriage, the character of priestly ordination, friendship between women and men, and human sexuality. The purpose of this course is to examine the ways in which thinkers from a wide spectrum have construed male/female relationships. A major component of this course consists in the study of power and the way it operates both in history and in contemporary culture.

4 Credits

CRN: 25091

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 205
     (Common Good capacity: 25 participants)

CATH: Catholic Studies (UG)

Old Core:
     UG Core Faith/Catholic Trad

2020 Core:
     Integ/Humanities
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Robert Kennedy

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. This course will satisfy the third level Faith and Catholic Tradition core requirement. Prerequisite: CATH 101

4 Credits

CRN: 26561

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Sitzman Hall 207
     (Common Good capacity: 12 participants)

CATH: Catholic Studies (UG)

Old Core:
     UG Core Faith/Catholic Trad

2020 Core:
     Integ/Humanities
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Robert Kennedy

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. This course will satisfy the third level Faith and Catholic Tradition core requirement. Prerequisite: CATH 101

4 Credits

CRN: 24701

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 201
     (Common Good capacity: 25 participants)

CATH: Catholic Studies (UG)

2020 Core:
     Integ/Humanities
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  David Deavel

John Henry Newman has been called, somewhat misleadingly, the father of the Second Vatican Council. According to Jarsoslav Pelikan, "(n)ot only to his latter day disciples, ...but to many of those who have drawn other conclusions from his insights, John Henry Newman has become the most important theological thinker of modern times." T.S. Eliot had insisted that he is one of the two most eloquent sermon writers in the English language. Pope Benedict XVI stressed his importance as the theologian of conscience when he presided at his beatification in England. In this course we will examine not only Cardinal Newman's most important theological works focusing on the development of doctrine and the role of conscience in relation to Church authority, but also his philosophical works addressing the relations of faith and reason, his work on university education and selected poetry, meditations and devotions, and sermons.

4 Credits

CRN: 26562

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 201
     (Common Good capacity: 25 participants)

CATH: Catholic Studies (UG)

2020 Core:
     Integ/Humanities
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  David Deavel

John Henry Newman has been called, somewhat misleadingly, the father of the Second Vatican Council. According to Jarsoslav Pelikan, "(n)ot only to his latter day disciples, ...but to many of those who have drawn other conclusions from his insights, John Henry Newman has become the most important theological thinker of modern times." T.S. Eliot had insisted that he is one of the two most eloquent sermon writers in the English language. Pope Benedict XVI stressed his importance as the theologian of conscience when he presided at his beatification in England. In this course we will examine not only Cardinal Newman's most important theological works focusing on the development of doctrine and the role of conscience in relation to Church authority, but also his philosophical works addressing the relations of faith and reason, his work on university education and selected poetry, meditations and devotions, and sermons.

4 Credits

CRN: 24740

Online: Some Synchronous | Lecture

Online

CLAS: Classical Civilization:
     Class, Civilization Major Appr
     Class. Civilization Minor Appr
     CommGood/Changemaking
     FYE Changemaking
     FYE Cultural, Social Transf
     Writing Intensive
     Women's Studies Major Approved
     Women's Studies Minor Approved

Old Core:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

2020 Core:
     Integ/Humanities
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Liz Hepner

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

CRN: 25409

Online: Sync Distributed | Lecture

Online

COMM: Communication Studies:
     Women's Studies Major Approved

Old Core:
     UG Core Human Diversity

2020 Core:
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Xiaowen Guan

Study of the influence of cultural values on social behavior; examination of theories of intercultural communication; emphasis on effective intercultural interaction.

4 Credits

CRN: 25071

Online: Some Synchronous | Lecture

Online

ENGL: English (UG):
     Writing Intensive

Old Core:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

2020 Core:
     Integ/Humanities
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Laurie Lindeen

Writers at Work will examine fiction, nonfiction, drama, and poetry from the point of view of both writer and audience, artist and critic. We will read contemporary literature in each genre, as well as some secondary materials written whenever possible by those same authors. For example, we might read David Mamet's play GLENGARRY, GLEN ROSS and then his craft book ON DIRECTING FILM; Charles Baxter's novel THE FEAST OF LOVE and then his craft book THE ART OF SUBTEXT; Richard Hugo's poetry as well as his craft book THE TRIGGERING TOWN; Annie Dillard and Jo Anne Beard's essays paired with Sven Birkerts' THE ART OF TIME IN MEMOIR; and then various readings paired with THE WRITERS' NOTEBOOK: CRAFT ESSAYS FROM TIN HOUSE. Everyone will both write in and about each genre. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies a WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities requirement. 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

CRN: 25072

Online: Some Synchronous | Lecture

Online

ENGL: English (UG):
     Writing Intensive

Old Core:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

2020 Core:
     Integ/Humanities
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Matthew Batt

Writers at Work will examine fiction, nonfiction, drama, and poetry from the point of view of both writer and audience, artist and critic. We will read contemporary literature in each genre, as well as some secondary materials written whenever possible by those same authors. For example, we might read David Mamet's play GLENGARRY, GLEN ROSS and then his craft book ON DIRECTING FILM; Charles Baxter's novel THE FEAST OF LOVE and then his craft book THE ART OF SUBTEXT; Richard Hugo's poetry as well as his craft book THE TRIGGERING TOWN; Annie Dillard and Jo Anne Beard's essays paired with Sven Birkerts' THE ART OF TIME IN MEMOIR; and then various readings paired with THE WRITERS' NOTEBOOK: CRAFT ESSAYS FROM TIN HOUSE. Everyone will both write in and about each genre. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies a WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities requirement. 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

CRN: 25073

Online: Some Synchronous | Lecture

Online

ENGL: English (UG):
     Writing Intensive

Old Core:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

2020 Core:
     Integ/Humanities
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Kelli Larson

Even in the land of Super Targets and Big Mac hamburgers, bigger is not always better--at least not in terms of literature. Short stories, because of their compression and intensity, offer lively plots and constant surprises. To the delight of readers everywhere, American authors provide a wellspring of tales that uncover our past, define our present, and peep into our future. As we study the artistic development of the American short story, our process of discovery will be progressive, beginning with some of this country's earliest and most influential short story writers like Irving and Poe and closing with such masters of contemporary fiction as Alice Walker and Jill McCorkle. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies a WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities requirement. 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

CRN: 25074

Online: Some Synchronous | Lecture

Online

ENGL: English (UG):
     Writing Intensive

Old Core:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

2020 Core:
     Integ/Humanities
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Kelli Larson

Even in the land of Super Targets and Big Mac hamburgers, bigger is not always better--at least not in terms of literature. Short stories, because of their compression and intensity, offer lively plots and constant surprises. To the delight of readers everywhere, American authors provide a wellspring of tales that uncover our past, define our present, and peep into our future. As we study the artistic development of the American short story, our process of discovery will be progressive, beginning with some of this country's earliest and most influential short story writers like Irving and Poe and closing with such masters of contemporary fiction as Alice Walker and Jill McCorkle. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies a WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities requirement. 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

CRN: 25076

Online: Some Synchronous | Lecture

Online

ENGL: English (UG):
     FYE Human Well-Being
     Writing Intensive

Old Core:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

2020 Core:
     Integ/Humanities
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Catherine Craft-Fairchild

Everyone begins as part of a family. But what counts as "family"--only those connected to us through biology or also those connected to us by choice? What kinds of challenges do adopted children face? What kinds of challenges do biological children face when they look at their difficult, aging parents and realize, yes, this could be my future? There are certainly many ways for families to be dysfunctional; what kinds of steps and work are necessary for family to be functional? This course will examine literature devoted to the topic of family in all of its forms. Texts include Henrik Ibsen's A DOLL HOUSE, Heather Raffo's NOURA, Jane Jong Trenka's THE LANGUAGE OF BLOOD, Alison Bechdel's FUN HOME, Natasha Trethewey's MONUMENT, August Wilson's FENCES, and Dominique Morisseau's PIPELINE. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies a WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities 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

CRN: 25083

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: McNeely Hall 114
     (Common Good capacity: 16 participants)

Online

ENGL: English (UG):
     Writing Intensive

Old Core:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

2020 Core:
     Integ/Humanities
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Liz Wilkinson

What is any sports event but a story--multiple stories--playing out before our eyes? Sports by definition involve drama: conflicts in decision making, in relationships, with nature, and, if we believe it possible, conflicts with the supernatural. It's not an accident that some of our greatest metaphors come from the arena of athletics. Through sports we have a way to look at human values--at the best we have to offer and sometimes the worst. We’ll use sports literature to investigate what is just… and what is unjust… and how we discern which is which. In this class, we will read fiction, non-fiction, drama, and poetry. Books may include GIRL RUNNER, BIG SMOKE, TAKE ME OUT, and BEST AMERICAN SPORTS WRITING 2020. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies a WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities 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

CRN: 25482

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: McNeely Hall 111
     (Common Good capacity: 20 participants)

ENGL: English (UG):
     Writing Intensive

Old Core:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

2020 Core:
     Integ/Humanities
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  David Gardiner

This course examines a body of Irish texts within the framework of the discipline of Irish Studies – a multi-disciplinary field of studies which includes literature, music, visual arts and film that stands adjacent to, but apart from, English studies. Texts will include major authors, musicians and film-makers over the past century to the present. Also, throughout the term, students will have opportunities to be involved with the activities and publications of the UST Center for Irish Studies. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies a WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities 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

CRN: 25079

Online: Some Synchronous | Lecture

Online

ENGL: English (UG):
     FYE Human Well-Being
     Writing Intensive

Old Core:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

2020 Core:
     Integ/Humanities
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Alison Underthun-Meilahn

In medical schools you’ll now find doctors- and nurses-in-training reading literature and engaging in role-play to learn how to care. This course explores dramatic literature as a tool for healing; in it, we’ll read and write about drama as literary genre, blueprint for performance, and means of understanding ourselves and others. The plays we will encounter illuminate questions about intimacy and care in relationships and the physical and mental traumas of racism, addiction, anxiety, depression, grief, and suicide. Students will have the opportunity to work with local theater artists and to research the effects of our current pandemics on mental health. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies a WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities 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

CRN: 25080

Online: Some Synchronous | Lecture

Online

ENGL: English (UG):
     FYE Human Well-Being
     Writing Intensive

Old Core:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

2020 Core:
     Integ/Humanities
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Amy Muse

In medical schools you’ll now find doctors- and nurses-in-training reading literature and engaging in role-play to learn how to care. This course explores dramatic literature as a tool for healing; in it, we’ll read and write about drama as literary genre, blueprint for performance, and means of understanding ourselves and others. The plays we will encounter illuminate questions about intimacy and care in relationships and the physical and mental traumas of racism, addiction, anxiety, depression, grief, and suicide. Students will have the opportunity to work with local theater artists and to research the effects of our current pandemics on mental health. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies a WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities 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

CRN: 25382

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: McNeely Hall 114
     (Common Good capacity: 16 participants)

Online

ENGL: English (UG):
     Writing Intensive

Old Core:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

2020 Core:
     Integ/Humanities
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Liz Wilkinson

What is any sports event but a story--multiple stories--playing out before our eyes? Sports by definition involve drama: conflicts in decision making, in relationships, with nature, and, if we believe it possible, conflicts with the supernatural. It's not an accident that some of our greatest metaphors come from the arena of athletics. Through sports we have a way to look at human values--at the best we have to offer and sometimes the worst. We’ll use sports literature to investigate what is just… and what is unjust… and how we discern which is which. In this class, we will read fiction, non-fiction, drama, and poetry. Books may include GIRL RUNNER, BIG SMOKE, TAKE ME OUT, and BEST AMERICAN SPORTS WRITING 2020. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies a WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities 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.

4 Credits

CRN: 25084

Online: Sync Distributed | Lecture

Online

ENGL: English (UG):
     FYE Cultural, Social Transf
     Writing Intensive

Old Core:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

2020 Core:
     Integ/Humanities
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Heather Bouwman

In this course we'll study a small collection of fairy and folk tales closely, both in their early written sources and later literary re-imaginings. As we read different versions of the stories, we'll ask ourselves how these tales are structured, what audiences they're aimed at, what they might be telling us about the culture of the time, and what they might have to say to us today. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies a WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities 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

CRN: 25085

Online: Sync Distributed | Lecture

Online

ENGL: English (UG):
     FYE Cultural, Social Transf
     Writing Intensive

Old Core:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

2020 Core:
     Integ/Humanities
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Heather Bouwman

In this course we'll study a small collection of fairy and folk tales closely, both in their early written sources and later literary re-imaginings. As we read different versions of the stories, we'll ask ourselves how these tales are structured, what audiences they're aimed at, what they might be telling us about the culture of the time, and what they might have to say to us today. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies a WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities 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

CRN: 25070

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: McNeely Hall 115
     (Common Good capacity: 20 participants)

ENGL: English (UG):
     Writing to learn

Old Core:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

2020 Core:
     Integ/Humanities
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Raymond MacKenzie

How have heroic ideals changed from Beowulf to the 18th century? How did marriage evolve from an arrangement between tribes and families to love between two people? Such questions will be explored in a chronological framework through extensive readings in the British literary tradition in the period from approximately 900-1780. Threaded throughout the literature are themes such as war and conflict, the history of love, humor and satire, social reform, religious reform and the rights of the individual. This course fulfills the Historical Perspectives and Early British Literature distribution requirements in the English major and a WAC Writing to Learn requirement. It also counts as a core literature/writing course for students in the old core who started that core with an ENGL 201-204 class. Permission is also being sought to count this as an Integration in the Humanities course as well. Prerequisite: ENGL 121, 190, 201, 202, 203, or 204.

4 Credits

CRN: 25069

Online: Sync Distributed | Lecture

Online

ENGL: English (UG):
     English American Lit. Req.
     Writing to learn

Old Core:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

2020 Core:
     Integ/Humanities
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Andrew Scheiber

This course provides an in-depth exploration of a select group of texts or authors from 19th-Century American Literature, a time of national expansion, civil war and restoration. Selected texts and authors (such as Hawthorne, Brown, Sedgewick, Chesnutt, Douglass, Freeman, James) will be studied in terms of a particular historical, cultural, or other context, or in terms of a convergence with authors or texts from other literary traditions or intellectual disciplines. This course fulfills both the Contexts and Convergences and Early American Literature distribution requirements in the English major, the core literature/writing requirement for students under the old core who started with an ENGL 201-204 class, an Integration in the Humanities requirement in the new core, and a WAC Writing to Learn requirement. Prerequisite: ENGL 121, 190, 201, 202, 203, or 204.

4 Credits

CRN: 23766

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

FILM: Film Studies:
     Film Studies History&Analysis
     Writing to learn

Old Core:
     UG Core Human Diversity

2020 Core:
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     
(2020 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 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

CRN: 26677

Online: Asynchronous | Online: Asynchronous

Online

FILM: Film Studies:
     Film Studies History&Analysis
     Writing to learn

Old Core:
     UG Core Human Diversity

2020 Core:
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     
(2020 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 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

CRN: 25882

Online: Some Synchronous | Lecture

Online

HIST: History

2020 Core:
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  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

CRN: 25875

Online: Sync Distributed | Lecture

Online

HIST: History:
     Sustainability Initiatives

2020 Core:
     Integ/Humanities
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  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

CRN: 25876

Online: Sync Distributed | Lecture

Online

HIST: History:
     Sustainability Initiatives

2020 Core:
     Integ/Humanities
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  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

CRN: 24064

In Person | Topics Lecture 2

St Paul: Binz Refectory 119
     (Common Good capacity: 42 participants)

HONR: Honors

2020 Core:
     Integ/Humanities
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Christopher Kachian, Bernard Armada

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

CRN: 25555

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 206
     (Common Good capacity: 20 participants)

JOUR: Journalism/Mass Comm:
     Sustainability Initiatives
     CommGood/Community-Engaged
     Writing Intensive

2020 Core:
     Integ/Humanities
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Mark Neuzil

This course focuses on the communication of mediated information about the environment. Students will examine what makes (and what has made) the environmental stories we tell about ourselves, from writing about agriculture, nature and spirituality to green advertising, the rhetoric of the environmental movement, and environmental movies and music.

4 Credits

CRN: 23174

Online: Sync Distributed | Lecture

Online

PHIL: Philosophy

2020 Core:
     Integ/Humanities
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Sandra Menssen

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, and 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, 115 or 197.

4 Credits

CRN: 23175

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: McNeely Hall 234
     (Common Good capacity: 20 participants)

PHIL: Philosophy

2020 Core:
     Integ/Humanities
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Michael Winter

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, and 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, 115 or 197.

4 Credits

CRN: 24546

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: McNeely Hall 234
     (Common Good capacity: 20 participants)

PHIL: Philosophy

2020 Core:
     Integ/Humanities
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Michael Winter

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, and 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, 115 or 197.

4 Credits

CRN: 25461

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 101B
     (Common Good capacity: 64 participants)

PHIL: Philosophy

2020 Core:
      Phil/Theo
          OR
     Integ/Humanities
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Chris Toner

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, 115 or 197.

4 Credits

CRN: 25462

Hyflex: Flexible Learning | Lecture

St Paul: McNeely Hall 111
     (Common Good capacity: 20 participants)

Online

PHIL: Philosophy

2020 Core:
     Integ/Humanities
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Peter Distelzweig

Develop a critical and creative perspective on medicine and health care through philosophical exploration of their history, foundations, and purposes. Study important episodes and developments in the history of the theory and practice of medicine and explore philosophical analyses of and arguments about the nature of medical knowledge, health, disease and health care. Prerequisite: PHIL 110, 115 or 197.

4 Credits

CRN: 24548

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Koch Commons 113

PHIL: Philosophy:
     Sustainability Initiatives

2020 Core:
      Phil/Theo
          OR
     Integ/Humanities
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Faith Pawl

This course will consider the ethical dimensions of human interaction with the environment. We will begin by considering what various philosophical perspectives have to say about the scope of and justification for our obligations concerning the environment. This will require that we think about who all (or what all) count as the proper objects of moral consideration. We will explore issues such as animal welfare, conservation, species preservation, climate change, population pressure, and sustainability, all with an eye toward deciding how individuals and communities should respond to the various environmental challenges we face today. To achieve these goals, the course will deal with both ethical theory and practical case studies. Prerequisite: PHIL 110, 115 or 197 or 214 or 215.

4 Credits

CRN: 25457

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center LL62
     (Common Good capacity: 14 participants)

PHIL: Philosophy

2020 Core:
      Phil/Theo
          OR
     Integ/Humanities
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Michael Rota

A careful examination of a number of philosophical arguments concerning the existence and attributes of God. We’ll start with a section on God’s nature, focusing on debates about the attributes of divine simplicity, immutability, and eternity and on God’s knowledge of the future. In the second section, we’ll consider reasons in favor of belief in God, beginning with a brief examination of Reformed Epistemology (the idea that belief in God can be rational even in the absence of good arguments for the existence of God), and then proceed to more detailed examinations of Pascal’s Wager, Cosmological arguments, Design arguments (especially the fine-tuning argument), and Moral arguments for the existence of God. Finally, in the third section, we’ll examine objections to the rationality of belief in God. We will briefly explore the problem of contingency for religious belief (if you were born elsewhere, elsewhen, your religious beliefs would probably have been very different) and the argument from divine hiddenness (if God existed, He would have made Himself obvious to all), and then turn to an in-depth examination of the problem of evil. Prerequisite: PHIL 220 and PHIL 365.

4 Credits

CRN: 25458

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center LL62
     (Common Good capacity: 14 participants)

PHIL: Philosophy

2020 Core:
      Phil/Theo
          OR
     Integ/Humanities
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Mark Spencer

The highest branch of philosophy, and the branch of philosophy that most helps us reach our natural end as human persons, is natural theology or philosophy of God. In this course, we will consider some central issues in philosophy of God. The class will begin by considering arguments for the existence of God and other ways in which we can naturally know God, especially perceiving God by perceiving beauty. Next, we will turn to arguments regarding attributes of God that can be known by human reason, such as divine goodness, simplicity, and freedom. Finally, we will consider issues having to do with the relation between creatures and God, such as creation, conservation, providence, and predestination. We will read from Thomas Aquinas’ Summa theologiae and from authors in the non-Thomistic Catholic, analytic, Reformed, Byzantine, Hindu, and polytheistic traditions, as well as from those who object in various ways to theism. Writing a major paper and preparing for a public presentation will be a central focus of the course. Prerequisite: PHIL 220 and PHIL 365.

4 Credits

CRN: 23802

Online: Sync Distributed | Lecture

Online

SPAN: Spanish:
     School of Ed Transfer Course
     Writing to learn

Old Core:
     UG Core Language/Culture

2020 Core:
     Integ/Humanities
(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Dan Tight

An introduction to both contemporary and historical Hispanic linguistics. Descriptive Spanish phonetics and phonology. History of the Spanish language with emphasis on historical sound-change phenomena. Systematic study of dialectal variation in both Spain and Spanish America. Offered in fall semester. Prerequisites: Successful completion of SPAN 301 and 305 or their equivalents with a C- or better in each course, (may be taken simultaneously with SPAN 305).

4 Credits