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Subject: Art History (Grad) (ARHS)
CRN: 46088
Directed Study
St Paul: No Room
Instructor: TBD
3 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)
CRN: 46643
Online: Some Synchronous | Lecture
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Fine Arts
UG Core Human Diversity
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Fine Arts
OR
Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing to learn
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
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:35 pm |
1:35 pm |
Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)
CRN: 46644
Online: Some Synchronous | Lecture
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Fine Arts
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Fine Arts
OR
Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing to learn
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
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
Subject: Catholic Studies (UG) (CATH)
CRN: 45976
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: Koch Commons 113
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Integ/Humanities
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
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
12:15 pm |
12:15 pm |
12:15 pm |
Subject: Catholic Studies (UG) (CATH)
CRN: 44586
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 201
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Integ/Humanities
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
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
Subject: Catholic Studies (UG) (CATH)
CRN: 44378
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: John Roach Center 126
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Human Diversity
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing to learn
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
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:55 am |
9:55 am |
Subject: Catholic Studies (UG) (CATH)
CRN: 46504
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: Sitzmann Hall 207
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Faith/Catholic Trad
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Integ/Humanities
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
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
Subject: Catholic Studies (UG) (CATH)
CRN: 47296
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 201
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Faith/Catholic Trad
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Integ/Humanities
Michael Naughton, Michael Sarafolean
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
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:35 pm |
1:35 pm |
Subject: Comm. & Journalism (COJO)
CRN: 44297
Online: Sync Distributed | Lecture
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Human Diversity
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
WGSS Major Approved
Study of the influence of cultural values on social behavior; examination of theories of intercultural communication; emphasis on effective intercultural interaction. This course fulfills the Human Diversity requirement in the old core curriculum and both the Global Perspectives requirement and an Integration in the Humanities requirement in the new core program.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:55 am |
9:55 am |
Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 46416
Online: Some Synchronous | Lecture
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Literature/Writing
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
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 the WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities requirement.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 46417
Online: Some Synchronous | Lecture
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Literature/Writing
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
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 the WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities requirement.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 46419
CoFlex:In Person&Online Sync | Lecture
St Paul: Summit Classroom Building 104
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Literature/Writing
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
FYE Enviro Sustainability
Sustainability (SUST)
Writing Intensive
This course will combine fiction and non-fiction texts that approach the idea of environment and environmental sustainability from a variety of Native American and Indigenous world views, with an emphasis on Minnesota Native nations. In addition to reading and writing about Native literature, this course will strive to connect students to Native American food and farming and the social-ecological systems in which the stories are embedded. If all goes as planned, we’ll be cooking some indigenous recipes and visiting Dream of Wild Health indigenous farming co-op. Texts that will likely make the reading list include Heid Erdrich’s cookbook ORIGINAL LOCAL: INDIGENOUS FOOD, STORIES, AND RECIPES FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST (and we may organize a visit and a cooking class by the author); BRAIDING SWEETGRASS, a non-fiction text by Robin Wall Kimmerer, a Potawatomi woman who is also a biology professor; and the novel SOLAR STORMS by Linda Hogan, a story about four generations of women working to save ancestral land from dam development. Other possible texts include poetry from Leslie Marmon Silko, Joy Harjo, and others; William Apess’s 1835 essay on the “…Unconstitutional Laws of Massachusetts Relative to the Mashpee Tribe”; and selections from Winona LaDuke’s ALL MY RELATIONS, David Treuer’s REZ LIFE, and Vine Deloria, Jr.’s GOD IS RED. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies the WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities requirement.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 48064
CoFlex:In Person&Online Sync | Lecture
St Paul: Summit Classroom Building 104
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Literature/Writing
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
FYE Enviro Sustainability
Writing Intensive
This course will combine fiction and non-fiction texts that approach the idea of environment and environmental sustainability from a variety of Native American and Indigenous world views, with an emphasis on Minnesota Native nations. In addition to reading and writing about Native literature, this course will strive to connect students to Native American food and farming and the social-ecological systems in which the stories are embedded. If all goes as planned, we’ll be cooking some indigenous recipes and visiting Dream of Wild Health indigenous farming co-op. Texts that will likely make the reading list include Heid Erdrich’s cookbook ORIGINAL LOCAL: INDIGENOUS FOOD, STORIES, AND RECIPES FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST (and we may organize a visit and a cooking class by the author); BRAIDING SWEETGRASS, a non-fiction text by Robin Wall Kimmerer, a Potawatomi woman who is also a biology professor; and the novel SOLAR STORMS by Linda Hogan, a story about four generations of women working to save ancestral land from dam development. Other possible texts include poetry from Leslie Marmon Silko, Joy Harjo, and others; William Apess’s 1835 essay on the “…Unconstitutional Laws of Massachusetts Relative to the Mashpee Tribe”; and selections from Winona LaDuke’s ALL MY RELATIONS, David Treuer’s REZ LIFE, and Vine Deloria, Jr.’s GOD IS RED. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies the WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities requirement.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 46420
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 216
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Literature/Writing
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
David Lawrence, David Williard
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 the WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities requirement. This course is cross-listed with HIST 292-W01; 20 seats are available in ENGL 202 and five seats are available in HIST 292.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 46418
CoFlex:In Person&Online Sync | Lecture
St Paul: Summit Classroom Building 104
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Literature/Writing
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
FYE Enviro Sustainability
Sustainability (SUST)
Writing Intensive
This course will combine fiction and non-fiction texts that approach the idea of environment and environmental sustainability from a variety of Native American and Indigenous world views, with an emphasis on Minnesota Native nations. In addition to reading and writing about Native literature, this course will strive to connect students to Native American food and farming and the social-ecological systems in which the stories are embedded. If all goes as planned, we’ll be cooking some indigenous recipes and visiting Dream of Wild Health indigenous farming co-op. Texts that will likely make the reading list include Heid Erdrich’s cookbook ORIGINAL LOCAL: INDIGENOUS FOOD, STORIES, AND RECIPES FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST (and we may organize a visit and a cooking class by the author); BRAIDING SWEETGRASS, a non-fiction text by Robin Wall Kimmerer, a Potawatomi woman who is also a biology professor; and the novel SOLAR STORMS by Linda Hogan, a story about four generations of women working to save ancestral land from dam development. Other possible texts include poetry from Leslie Marmon Silko, Joy Harjo, and others; William Apess’s 1835 essay on the “…Unconstitutional Laws of Massachusetts Relative to the Mashpee Tribe”; and selections from Winona LaDuke’s ALL MY RELATIONS, David Treuer’s REZ LIFE, and Vine Deloria, Jr.’s GOD IS RED. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies the WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities requirement.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 47823
CoFlex:In Person&Online Sync | Lecture
St Paul: Summit Classroom Building 104
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Literature/Writing
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
FYE Enviro Sustainability
Writing Intensive
This course will combine fiction and non-fiction texts that approach the idea of environment and environmental sustainability from a variety of Native American and Indigenous world views, with an emphasis on Minnesota Native nations. In addition to reading and writing about Native literature, this course will strive to connect students to Native American food and farming and the social-ecological systems in which the stories are embedded. If all goes as planned, we’ll be cooking some indigenous recipes and visiting Dream of Wild Health indigenous farming co-op. Texts that will likely make the reading list include Heid Erdrich’s cookbook ORIGINAL LOCAL: INDIGENOUS FOOD, STORIES, AND RECIPES FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST (and we may organize a visit and a cooking class by the author); BRAIDING SWEETGRASS, a non-fiction text by Robin Wall Kimmerer, a Potawatomi woman who is also a biology professor; and the novel SOLAR STORMS by Linda Hogan, a story about four generations of women working to save ancestral land from dam development. Other possible texts include poetry from Leslie Marmon Silko, Joy Harjo, and others; William Apess’s 1835 essay on the “…Unconstitutional Laws of Massachusetts Relative to the Mashpee Tribe”; and selections from Winona LaDuke’s ALL MY RELATIONS, David Treuer’s REZ LIFE, and Vine Deloria, Jr.’s GOD IS RED. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies the WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities requirement.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
+ asynchronous coursework |
Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 46677
Online: Asynchronous | Lecture
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Literature/Writing
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Sustainability (SUST)
Writing Intensive
Literature takes a walk on the wild side when men and women clash with deadly carnivores. We’ll read vintage tales by fiction writers, hunters, and naturalists for the surprising light they throw on race, gender, religion, and especially ecology. Authors may include Erckmann-Chatrian, Ambrose Bierce, and Arthur Conan Doyle. This course integrates basic concepts from biology with our methods. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This fully online course satisfies the WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities requirement.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
+ asynchronous coursework |
Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 46676
Online: Asynchronous | Lecture
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Literature/Writing
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Sustainability (SUST)
Writing Intensive
Literature takes a walk on the wild side when men and women clash with deadly carnivores. We’ll read vintage tales by fiction writers, hunters, and naturalists for the surprising light they throw on race, gender, religion, and especially ecology. Authors may include Erckmann-Chatrian, Ambrose Bierce, and Arthur Conan Doyle. This course integrates basic concepts from biology with our methods. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This fully online course satisfies the WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities requirement.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 46421
Online: Some Synchronous | Lecture
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Literature/Writing
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
FYE Human Well-Being
Writing Intensive
This course looks at physicians as writers, thinkers, practitioners, and subjects; we will study texts that offer reflections from a prominent surgeon on his craft in the work of Atul Gawande. We will also explore historical, economic, political, and ethical questions related to medical care by examining how illness and caregiving are depicted in literary texts from several genres: fiction (NEVER LET ME GO), poetry (THE RESURRECTION TRADE), and drama (WIT and THE CLEAN HOUSE). What kinds of emotional and social costs does illness have? How do writers grapple with the moral dimensions of medicine? We will address these and other questions through close textual analysis and discussion; in addition, our course will draw upon the expertise of practitioners within the Minneapolis medical community. This course satisfies the WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities requirement.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
12:15 pm |
12:15 pm |
12:15 pm |
Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 46675
Online: Some Synchronous | Lecture
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Literature/Writing
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Film Studies History&Analysis
FYE Social Justice
Writing Intensive
This course explores the genre of noir in both film and literature. We will look at “hard-boiled” fiction of the 1930s, German Expressionist film in pre-war Berlin, America during World War II, and blacklisting in Hollywood during the Cold War. Because this course also surveys “neo-noir” literary texts and films, we will at times pull the discussion back into the present, noting how the genre has shifted over time, particularly how female authors such as Megan Abbott, Ruth Ware, Gillian Flynn, and Paula Hawkins currently dominate the noir literary scene. Since this is an interdisciplinary course, we will also examine films and texts in conversation with each other, which means investigating how work transitions or adapts from the page to the screen. Through close reading/viewing, annotating, writing, discussing, and immersing ourselves in the genre of noir we will discover what makes a film or piece of literature irresistibly engaging and resonant. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies the WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities requirement.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:35 pm |
1:35 pm |
Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 46423
Online: Some Synchronous | Lecture
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Literature/Writing
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
FYE Human Well-Being
Writing Intensive
Writers have long looked to the sciences for fresh metaphors, innovative structures, and conceptual models. In this course we will read fiction, poetry, and drama inspired by the sciences and explore how writers build on scientific models and methods to bring new vision to ideas about space, time, matter, and being. Texts may include THE ECOPOETRY ANTHOLOGY, Andrea Barrett’s ARCHANGEL, BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE AND NATURE WRITING, Hope Jahren’s LAB GIRL, Tracy K. Smith’s LIFE ON MARS, Mary Shelley’s FRANKENSTEIN, and Anne Patchett’s STATE OF WONDER. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies the WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities requirement.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:55 am |
9:55 am |
Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 46678
Online: Some Synchronous | Lecture
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Literature/Writing
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
What does it mean to be a man in America today? According to Ron Swanson’s “Pyramid of Greatness,” live simply, fend for yourself and eat meat. Lots of meat. For generations, men were promised an equally straightforward road map to navigate adolescence through adulthood: college + job + home + family = happily ever after. But that social contract was a fraud. When these basic expectations failed to materialize, many young men responded in predictable ways. Faced with what they perceived as an attempt to usurp their inherent power and authority, they lashed out in anger, sexual violence and self-medication. And now even these destructive behaviors have been exposed for what they are - desperate attempts to control a world that offers no clear path to manhood. So, as we enter a new decade, what defines American Manhood? For an overview of American manhood we’ll read from Jack Donovan’s THE WAY OF MAN. Primary reading sources include Chuck Palahniuk’s look at the apathetic and violent existence of the American male in FIGHT CLUB. We’ll read nonfiction selections BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME by Ta-Nehisi Coates and the recently released memoir KNOW MY NAME by Chanel Miller. And we’ll examine the role of husband, father and survivor in Cormac McCarthy’s post-apocalyptic world of THE ROAD. Supporting material will include plays, short stories and films - such as BOYHOOD, MOONLIGHT and I LOVE YOU, MAN. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal, revised writing. This course satisfies the WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities requirement.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
+ asynchronous coursework |
Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 46674
Online: Asynchronous | Lecture
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Literature/Writing
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
This fully online course will examine literary texts which feature the connection between the world of business and American culture. Work has always been an integral part of American society, and individuals often identify themselves with the work that they do. Students will closely read a handful of texts--Willa Cather's A LOST LADY, Solomon Northup’s 12 YEARS A SLAVE, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s THE GREAT GATSBY, Mario Puzo’s THE GODFATHER, Arthur Miller’s DEATH OF A SALESMAN, and Colson Whitehead’s APEX HIDES THE HURT--to explore how the dominant cultural narratives behind common perceptions of American business (such as the American Dream and the self-made person) shift from the pre-Civil War era through the early twenty-first century. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies the WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities requirement.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 46425
Online: Sync Distributed | Lecture
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Literature/Writing
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
This course explores literature’s relationship to the brain, the mind, and cognition. We will consider how writers and artists have registered, challenged, and even shaped developments in neuroscience and cognitive science across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Topics may include sensation and perception, neurodiversity and neuroatypicality, affect theory, machine learning, neural networks, language acquisition, theory of mind, metaphor, and memory. Writers may include Virginia Woolf, Marcel Proust, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Oliver Sacks, Jorge Luis Borges, Ian McEwan, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, David Mitchell, Teju Cole, Ali Smith, Michael Davidson, and Naoki Higashida. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies the WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities requirement.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
+ asynchronous coursework |
Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 46679
Online: Asynchronous | Lecture
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Literature/Writing
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
FYE Human Well-Being
Writing Intensive
When writing about war, authors who have served in the military have a few literary options: a memoir, poetry, essays, or a work of fiction. This course will focus on exemplary literature written by those who have been in war mainly through fiction, but we will also read poetry and essays as well. We specifically will investigate how veterans have differing perspectives on warfare and the return back to civilian life, while at the same time how many of them share similar perspectives and grapple with the recalibration into civilian life. Through literature we will come to understand how the psyche of veterans is altered via warfare and the impact it has on their lives and families, as well as society at large. We will also look at how contemporary culture, and historically, veterans have been received or perceived as they return home and how their voice has been implicit/explicit in cultural movements (specifically the counter cultural movement of the 1960’s). How society interacts and supports veterans will be linked to our discussions, and highlighted through a service learning component. Veterans will be invited into our classroom to foster and promote dialogue and understanding on how veteran's voices are heard, what they think we hear, and how we, civilians can better be aware or shift our perspective to best support them in society. Guest speakers may include veterans from the Vietnam War, Iraq War(s), Afghanistan War, and perhaps those currently enlisted. We may also have speakers from professionals who work with veterans. Literature we will focus on in this course includes: Kurt Vonnegut's SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE, Tim O'Brien's THE THINGS THEY CARRIED, Jim Northrup's THE REZ ROAD, Joseph Heller's CATCH-22, and Ernest Hemingway's A FAREWELL TO ARMS. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This fully online course satisfies the WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities requirement.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 46426
Online: Some Synchronous | Lecture
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Literature/Writing
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
We will explore stories that engage in explicit acts of worldbuilding, a term first used to describe science fiction and fantasy writers' invention of languages, geographies, cultures, histories, and mythologies. We will focus on worldbuilding as it applies to writers of multiple genres, including both "literary" fiction and "genre" fiction. Along the way, we will begin to address questions raised by authors who engage in worldbuilding, such as: why diverge from the "real world" in the first place? Is there an ethical price that must be paid in order to imagine a new society? Should worldbuilding be seen as a useful tool for social critique, or is it at heart a practice of escapist entertainment? The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies the WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integrating the Humanities requirement.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 46427
Online: Some Synchronous | Lecture
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Literature/Writing
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
We will explore stories that engage in explicit acts of worldbuilding, a term first used to describe science fiction and fantasy writers' invention of languages, geographies, cultures, histories, and mythologies. We will focus on worldbuilding as it applies to writers of multiple genres, including both "literary" fiction and "genre" fiction. Along the way, we will begin to address questions raised by authors who engage in worldbuilding, such as: why diverge from the "real world" in the first place? Is there an ethical price that must be paid in order to imagine a new society? Should worldbuilding be seen as a useful tool for social critique, or is it at heart a practice of escapist entertainment? The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. We will explore stories that engage in explicit acts of worldbuilding, a term first used to describe science fiction and fantasy writers' invention of languages, geographies, cultures, histories, and mythologies. We will focus on worldbuilding as it applies to writers of multiple genres, including both "literary" fiction and "genre" fiction. Along the way, we will begin to address questions raised by authors who engage in worldbuilding, such as: why diverge from the "real world" in the first place? Is there an ethical price that must be paid in order to imagine a new society? Should worldbuilding be seen as a useful tool for social critique, or is it at heart a practice of escapist entertainment? The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies the WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integrating the Humanities requirement.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:35 pm |
1:35 pm |
1:35 pm |
Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 46680
Online: Some Synchronous | Lecture
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Literature/Writing
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Integ/Humanities
Both fictional and real life utopian efforts often emerge under dystopian conditions. Contrary to some notions of utopia as an impossible, perfect "nowhere," these utopias are grounded in a specific 'somewhere' - a time and place that call for better possibilities than the dystopian realities. We will consider examples of these efforts, beginning with Thomas More's foundational text, UTOPIA, and continuing through a mix of texts, film, music, and local organizations (St. Thomas community partners). Noting commonalities and differences as well as our own complicated responses to these necessarily imperfect utopias will help us understand their limitations and contributions. The roles of writing, reading, storytelling, and education will be a crucial part of our examination. Book authors will likely include Sandra Cisneros, David Todd Lawrence, Walter Mosley, and Indra Sinha. As a blended course, work for one of our course meetings is online with flexible timing, while the other is in person. This flexibility will help in scheduling your required community engagement work; you will choose between one of two or three community partners and work with them on-site once a week, giving you the opportunity to establish a relationship, gain new experience, and link that work to our study of utopias. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies the WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integrating the Humanities requirement.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 46429
Online: Some Synchronous | Lecture
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Literature/Writing
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
What does it mean to close read a video game? What is the interplay between text, digital media, and rhetoric? Where do games fit in academia? In the Critical Discourse of Video Games, students will interrogate these questions while being introduced to game studies, platform studies, and the digital humanities. Students will learn by weaving together theories of play, reading, writing, and digital creation. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies the WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integrating the Humanities requirement.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 46430
Online: Sync Distributed | Lecture
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Literature/Writing
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing to learn
Where does the popular perception of America as the “New World” come from? How could slavery flourish in a land idealizing freedom? Why were immigrants so feared and reviled? Why did expansionism push out some and make millionaires of others? Such questions will be explored in a chronological framework through extensive readings from the beginnings of the American literary tradition to the turn of the twentieth century. Threaded throughout the literature are themes such as religious identity, political reform, race, slavery, war, gender, and industrialization. This course fulfills the Historical Perspectives requirement in the English major, a WAC Writing to Learn requirement, and an Integrations in the Humanities requirement for students in the new core program. Prerequisites: ENGL 121 or ENGL 201, 202, 203 or 204. NOTE: For students under the current degree program who started the core literature/writing requirement with ENGL 121, you will need to complete an ENGL 201-204 class in order to fulfill that core requirement--this course will not fulfill that requirement. However, students under the current degree program who started the core literature/writing requirement with an ENGL 201-204 or 206 class may take this course to complete their core literature/writing requirement.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:35 pm |
1:35 pm |
Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 46407
CoFlex:In Person&Online Sync | Lecture
St Paul: Summit Classroom Building 104
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Human Diversity
UG Core Literature/Writing
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Diversity/Soc Just AND Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing to learn
What does it mean to be labeled an African American dramatist? A Latino/a poet? A transgender novelist? An Asian American essayist? A Native American environmental writer? How do the varied experiences and backgrounds of authors writing from diverse subject positions inform, mark, and/or transform their writing? How do the works of these writers fit into, conflict with, actively resist, or even redefine the American Literary canon as it has been traditionally understood? These questions and more will be explored in a chronological framework through extensive reading of literature from: a) American communities of color; b) postcolonial peoples; c) immigrant and/or diasporic peoples; or d) LGBTQ communities. This course will focus on the literary and cultural texts of one or more of these groups with an emphasis on the cultural, political, and historical contexts that surround them. This course fulfills the Historical Perspectives requirement in the English major, and the Human Diversity Requirement in the Core Curriculum. It is pending approval to satisfy the Integration in the Humanities and the Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice requirements in the new core program. Prerequisites: ENGL 121 or ENGL 201, 202, 203 or 204. NOTE: For students under the current degree program who started the core literature/writing requirement with ENGL 121, you will need to complete an ENGL 201-204 class in order to fulfill that core requirement--this course will not fulfill that requirement. However, students under the current degree program who started the core literature/writing requirement with an ENGL 201-204 or 206 class may take this course to complete their core literature/writing requirement.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:35 pm |
1:35 pm |
Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 47809
CoFlex:In Person&Online Sync | Lecture
St Paul: Summit Classroom Building 104
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Human Diversity
UG Core Literature/Writing
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Diversity/Soc Just AND Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing to learn
What does it mean to be labeled an African American dramatist? A Latino/a poet? A transgender novelist? An Asian American essayist? A Native American environmental writer? How do the varied experiences and backgrounds of authors writing from diverse subject positions inform, mark, and/or transform their writing? How do the works of these writers fit into, conflict with, actively resist, or even redefine the American Literary canon as it has been traditionally understood? These questions and more will be explored in a chronological framework through extensive reading of literature from: a) American communities of color; b) postcolonial peoples; c) immigrant and/or diasporic peoples; or d) LGBTQ communities. This course will focus on the literary and cultural texts of one or more of these groups with an emphasis on the cultural, political, and historical contexts that surround them. This course fulfills the Historical Perspectives requirement in the English major, and the Human Diversity Requirement in the Core Curriculum. It is pending approval to satisfy the Integration in the Humanities and the Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice requirements in the new core program. Prerequisites: ENGL 121 or ENGL 201, 202, 203 or 204. NOTE: For students under the current degree program who started the core literature/writing requirement with ENGL 121, you will need to complete an ENGL 201-204 class in order to fulfill that core requirement--this course will not fulfill that requirement. However, students under the current degree program who started the core literature/writing requirement with an ENGL 201-204 or 206 class may take this course to complete their core literature/writing requirement.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
12:15 pm |
12:15 pm |
12:15 pm |
Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 46588
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 203
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Literature/Writing
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing to learn
Through our study of European literature and some of its most memorable characters— Voltaire’s Candide, Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, Dostoevsky’s Underground Man, Tolstoy's Ivan Ilyich, etc.—we will dig deep into life’s most pressing questions, not least of which is what makes for a good life. Our study will also give us the chance to better understand who we are today in light of the cultural shifts and philosophical drifts that have come before us. In the words of the writer Zadie Smith, we're going to read a lot of good books in this class (all in translation), “concentrating on whatever is most particular to them, in the hope that this might help us understand whatever is most particular to us.” This course satisfies both the Historical Perspectives distribution requirement for English majors and the Writing Across the Curriculum Writing to Learn requirement. This course is pending approval to satisfy the Integration in the Humanities requirement for students in the new core program. Prerequisites: ENGL 121 or ENGL 201, 202, 203 or 204. NOTE: For students under the current degree program who started the core literature/writing requirement with ENGL 121, you will need to complete an ENGL 201-204 class in order to fulfill that core requirement--this course will not fulfill that requirement. However, students under the current degree program who started the core literature/writing requirement with an ENGL 201-204 or 206 class may take this course to complete their core literature/writing requirement.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 46461
Online: Some Synchronous | Lecture
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Literature/Writing
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Film Studies History&Analysis
Writing Intensive
What is Italian cinema, and what do diverse directors like Fellini, Wertmüller, and Antonioni have to say about topics like fascism, love, and existential despair? Covering everything from neorealism to spaghetti westerns, this course will introduce students to film theory and demonstrate how to close-read movies and analyze them through writing. Potential films include LA DOLCE VITA, ROME OPEN CITY, and ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST. This course counts as an ENGL 200-level elective for English majors/minors, an ENGL 211+ allied course for select business majors, a History/Criticism/Theory course for Film Studies majors and minors, and a WAC Writing Intensive requirement. For students under the new core, this course satisfies both the Integration in the Humanities and the Global Studies requirements. Prerequisites: None. NOTE: Please note that this course DOES NOT count towards the core literature and writing requirement for students who entered St. Thomas prior to Fall 2020 and who started that requirement with an ENGL 201, 202, 203, 204, or 206 class. Finally, this course is cross-listed with FILM 298: there are 12 seats on the ENGL 298 side and 8 seats available on the FILM 298 side.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 46434
CoFlex:In Person&Online Async | Lecture
St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 209
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Literature/Writing
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
CommGood/Changemaking
Writing to learn
Dramatic literature is our genre. Empathy, intimacy, and caregiving our subjects. Questions we’ll be asking include: how does the genre of drama lend itself to the development of empathy, of intimacy, of care? How is meaning negotiated in health, illness, and dramatic literature? Our reading will include theatre theory (e.g., Aristotle, Maria Irene Fornes, Sarah Ruhl), sociological theory on empathy and emotional labor (e.g., Arlie Hochschild, Allison Pugh), and a variety of plays (by Sophocles, Shakespeare, Ruhl, Quiara Alegría Hudes, Jackie Sibblies Drury, Amy Herzog, Caryl Churchill). We will examine case studies of organizations using drama and theater for healing, such as Theater of War and the uses of drama and theatre in medical school and social work training; and students will examine where their English major or minor education can be used in arts, healthcare, and social work settings. This course satisfies the Genre Studies requirement for English with a Creative Writing Emphasis majors and an ENGL 211+ allied requirement for select business majors. It also satisfies the core literature/writing requirement for students who started the current core with an ENGL 201, 202, 203, 204, or 206 class. For students under the new core program, this course is pending approval to count as an Integration in the Humanities course. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or ENGL 201, 202, 203, 204 or 206.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 47774
CoFlex:In Person&Online Async | Lecture
St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 209
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Literature/Writing
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
CommGood/Changemaking
Writing to learn
This course will study literature in terms of form, with explicit attention given to the concept and practice of genre—whether one or more, traditional or emerging, from various canonical or non-canonical traditions, print or emerging digital literacies, etc. Credit may be earned more than once under this number for different emphases. This course fulfills the Genre Study requirement in the English major. Prerequisites: ENGL 121 or 190.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
Subject: Film Studies (FILM)
CRN: 46506
Online: Some Synchronous | Lecture
Online
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Film Studies History&Analysis
Writing Intensive
What is Italian cinema, and what do diverse directors like Fellini, Wertmüller, and Antonioni have to say about topics like fascism, love, and existential despair? Covering everything from neorealism to spaghetti westerns, this course will introduce students to film theory and demonstrate how to close-read movies and analyze them through writing. Potential films include LA DOLCE VITA, ROME OPEN CITY, and ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST. This course counts as an ENGL 200-level elective for English majors/minors, an ENGL 211+ allied course for select business majors, a History/Criticism/Theory course for Film Studies majors and minors, and a WAC Writing Intensive requirement. For students under the new core, this course satisfies both the Integration in the Humanities and the Global Studies requirements. Prerequisites: None. NOTE: Please note that this course DOES NOT count towards the core literature and writing requirement for students who entered St. Thomas prior to Fall 2020 and who started that requirement with an ENGL 201, 202, 203, 204, or 206 class. Finally, this course is cross-listed with FILM 298: there are 12 seats on the ENGL 298 side and 8 seats available on the FILM 298 side.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
Subject: History (HIST)
CRN: 46478
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 216
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
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 the Writing Across the Curriculum Writing Intensive requirement.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:35 pm |
1:35 pm |
1:35 pm |
Subject: History (HIST)
CRN: 46482
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: McNeely Hall 231
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Integ/Humanities
As the Ottoman and Qajar empires showed signs of collapse in the late nineteenth century, Middle Eastern and North African intellectuals eagerly adopted western systems of finance, education, and governance. In fact, some burgeoning nation-states even copied, word-for-word, European constitutions. By the mid-twentieth century, however, despots ruled the Middle East and North Africa. The two questions that animate this course are: (1) Why do we see autocracies, and destructive non-state actors, dominating the Islamic world? (2) What role do non-state actors play in producing volatility or maintaining stability? Students address these complex questions for an understanding of the region’s conflicts and the role of the international community in resolving (or exacerbating) humanitarian crises. Prerequisites: One 100-level history course.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:55 am |
Subject: Honors (HONR)
CRN: 45401
In Person | Topics Lecture 1
St Paul: Brady Educational Center 111
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing to learn
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
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
8:00 am |
8:00 am |
Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 44044
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 209
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Integ/Humanities
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. This course satisfies one of the core curriculum requirements in “Integrations in the Humanities.” Prerequisite: PHIL 110, 115 or 197.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 46755
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 207
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Phil/Theo
OR
Integ/Humanities
This course will be a semester-long introduction to a number of issues relating to faith, doubt, and religious belief. We will focus on the following four questions: Are there good arguments for the existence of God? Are there good arguments against the existence of God? What is faith, and is it rational? And, is there good reason to believe that the faith of the Catholic Church is divinely revealed? In the course of thinking about these questions, we will discuss most or all of the following topics: (a) evidentialist approaches to religious belief, (b) Reformed Epistemology and Alvin Plantinga’s account of the rationality of religious belief, (c) the cosmological argument, (d) the fine-tuning argument, (e) Pascal’s Wager, (f) the argument from evil, (g) the problem of divine hiddenness, (h) the doctrine of Hell, and (i) arguments for the veracity of Catholicism. Heavy emphasis will be placed on the analysis and assessment of arguments. Prerequisite: PHIL 110, 115, or 197.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:55 am |
9:55 am |
Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)
CRN: 47304
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 209
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Phil/Theo
OR
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
CommGood/Changemaking
This course will focus on fascinating and difficult questions in three main areas of medical ethics: doctor-patient relationships, life issues, and social dimensions of medicine. In the doctor-patient section, we will look at issues such as confidentiality of medical records and whether a doctor can withhold information from a patient for his/her own good. In the life issues section, we will touch on the controversies surrounding stem-cell research and human cloning, as well as the more “traditional” issues of abortion and euthanasia. In the social dimensions section of the course, we will evaluate the current state of health care in the U.S. and consider whether or not other nations’ systems are an improvement over ours. Prerequisite: PHIL 110, 115, 197, 214 or 215.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
Subject: Spanish (SPAN)
CRN: 45571
Online: Sync Distributed | Lecture
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Language/Culture
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
School of Ed Transfer Course
Writing in the Discipline
An introduction to Spanish and Spanish American narrative, drama and poetry. Strongly recommended for students who minor in Spanish. The course is designed to teach students the skills of critical reading and literary analysis. Prerequisites: Successful completion of SPAN 300, 301, 305 or their equivalent with a C- or better in each course.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
12:15 pm |
N/A |
12:15 pm |
||||
+ asynchronous coursework |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 44094
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: McNeely Hall 234
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Faith/Catholic Trad
This course introduces systematic theology, a discipline that tries to understand how Christian doctrines are interrelated with each other and with other beliefs about the world. It explores both traditional and contemporary interpretations of the most significant doctrines in Catholic and Protestant traditions, emphasizing the relationship of scripture, tradition, experience, and reason as sources for Christian theology. The course is structured on the classical "system" of the Nicene Creed, and will focus on the ongoing formation of the doctrines of God, Christ, the Spirit, creation, sin, salvation, and Church. Special emphasis will be given to the role of grace in history and human experience. Prerequisite: THEO 101
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
12:15 pm |
12:15 pm |
|||||
+ asynchronous coursework |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 48305
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: McNeely Hall 234
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Faith/Catholic Trad
This course introduces systematic theology, a discipline that tries to understand how Christian doctrines are interrelated with each other and with other beliefs about the world. It explores both traditional and contemporary interpretations of the most significant doctrines in Catholic and Protestant traditions, emphasizing the relationship of scripture, tradition, experience, and reason as sources for Christian theology. The course is structured on the classical "system" of the Nicene Creed, and will focus on the ongoing formation of the doctrines of God, Christ, the Spirit, creation, sin, salvation, and Church. Special emphasis will be given to the role of grace in history and human experience. Prerequisite: THEO 101
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
12:15 pm |
12:15 pm |
|||||
+ asynchronous coursework |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 46887
Blended Online & In-Person | Topics Lecture 1
St Paul: McNeely Hall 234
Online
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Phil/Theo
OR
Integ/Humanities
Theology courses numbered 221-229 are reserved for students on the new core curriculum. If this section of the class appears to have very few seats, it is because the rest of the seats in the classroom will be occupied by students on the “old core.” This section journeys through the whole Christian story, from creation through the drama of sin and salvation to the hope for the age to come. It explores how Christian belief sheds light on contemporary issues such as food sustainability, racial justice, or human cloning.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 44156
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: Koch Commons 113
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Faith/Catholic Trad
Other Requirements Met:
Writing to learn
This course introduces systematic theology, a discipline that tries to understand how Christian doctrines are interrelated with each other and with other beliefs about the world. It explores both traditional and contemporary interpretations of the most significant doctrines in Catholic and Protestant traditions, emphasizing the relationship of scripture, tradition, experience, and reason as sources for Christian theology. The course is structured on the classical "system" of the Nicene Creed, and will focus on the ongoing formation of the doctrines of God, Christ, the Spirit, creation, sin, salvation, and Church. Special emphasis will be given to the role of grace in history and human experience. Prerequisite: THEO 101
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 46890
In Person | Topics Lecture 1
St Paul: Koch Commons 113
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Phil/Theo
OR
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing to learn
Theology courses numbered 221-229 are reserved for students on the new core curriculum. If this section of the class appears to have very few seats, it is because the rest of the seats in the classroom will be occupied by students on the “old core.” This section introduces systematic theology, a discipline that tries to understand how Christian doctrines are interrelated with each other and with other beliefs about the world. It explores both traditional and contemporary interpretations of the most significant doctrines in Catholic and Protestant traditions, emphasizing the relationship of scripture, tradition, experience, and reason as sources for Christian theology. The course is structured on the classical "system" of the Nicene Creed, and will focus on the ongoing formation of the doctrines of God, Christ, the Spirit, creation, sin, salvation, and Church. Special emphasis will be given to the role of grace in history and human experience.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
+ asynchronous coursework |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 46869
Online: Asynchronous | Lecture
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Faith/Catholic Trad
This section involves the student in an intensive reading and discussion of the Old Testament, also known as the Hebrew scriptures. The course investigates methods of biblical interpretation and the literature and theologies of the Israelite people in their ancient Near Eastern context. In addition, this course explores the Old Testament as a foundational document for the Jewish and Christian traditions (both ancient and modern) in the development of doctrine, in the expressions of worship, and in the articulation of moral principles.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
+ asynchronous coursework |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 46868
Online: Asynchronous | Topics Lecture 1
Online
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Phil/Theo
OR
Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
Theology courses numbered 221-229 are reserved for students on the new core curriculum. If this section of the class appears to have very few seats, it is because the rest of the seats in the classroom will be occupied by students on the “old core.” This section involves the student in an intensive reading and discussion of the Old Testament, also known as the Hebrew scriptures. The course investigates methods of biblical interpretation and the literature and theologies of the Israelite people in their ancient Near Eastern context. In addition, this course explores the Old Testament as a foundational document for the Jewish and Christian traditions (both ancient and modern) in the development of doctrine, in the expressions of worship, and in the articulation of moral principles.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 44097
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 201
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Faith/Catholic Trad
Other Requirements Met:
Writing to learn
An intensive reading and discussion of the Old Testament, also known as the Hebrew scriptures. The course investigates methods of biblical interpretation and the literature and theologies of the Israelite people in their ancient Near Eastern context. In addition, this course explores the Old Testament as a foundational document for the Jewish and Christian traditions (both ancient and modern) in the development of doctrine, in the expressions of worship and in the articulation of moral principles. Prerequisite: THEO 101
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 46876
In Person | Topics Lecture 1
St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 201
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Phil/Theo
OR
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing to learn
Theology courses numbered 221-229 are reserved for students on the new core curriculum. If this section of the class appears to have very few seats, it is because the rest of the seats in the classroom will be occupied by students on the “old core.”This section involves the student in an intensive reading and discussion of the Old Testament, also known as the Hebrew scriptures. The course investigates methods of biblical interpretation and the literature and theologies of the Israelite people in their ancient Near Eastern context. In addition, this course explores the Old Testament as a foundational document for the Jewish and Christian traditions (both ancient and modern) in the development of doctrine, in the expressions of worship, and in the articulation of moral principles.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:35 pm |
1:35 pm |
1:35 pm |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 46871
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 206
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Faith/Catholic Trad
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
An intensive reading and discussion of the Old Testament, also known as the Hebrew scriptures. The course investigates methods of biblical interpretation and the literature and theologies of the Israelite people in their ancient Near Eastern context. In addition, this course explores the Old Testament as a foundational document for the Jewish and Christian traditions (both ancient and modern) in the development of doctrine, in the expressions of worship and in the articulation of moral principles. Prerequisite: THEO 101
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:35 pm |
1:35 pm |
1:35 pm |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 46878
In Person | Topics Lecture 1
St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 206
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Phil/Theo
OR
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
Theology courses numbered 221-229 are reserved for students on the new core curriculum. If this section of the class appears to have very few seats, it is because the rest of the seats in the classroom will be occupied by students on the “old core.”This section involves the student in an intensive reading and discussion of the Old Testament, also known as the Hebrew scriptures. The course investigates methods of biblical interpretation and the literature and theologies of the Israelite people in their ancient Near Eastern context. In addition, this course explores the Old Testament as a foundational document for the Jewish and Christian traditions (both ancient and modern) in the development of doctrine, in the expressions of worship, and in the articulation of moral principles.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:35 pm |
1:35 pm |
1:35 pm |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 44099
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: Koch Commons 113
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Faith/Catholic Trad
Other Requirements Met:
Writing to learn
This course involves the student in an intensive historical, literary and theological reading of major portions of the New Testament in the Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts and from the perspective of modern methods of biblical interpretation. In addition, the course explores the New Testament as a foundational document for modern Christian traditions in the development of doctrine, in the expressions of worship and in the articulation of moral principles. Prerequisite: THEO 101
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:35 pm |
1:35 pm |
1:35 pm |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 46879
In Person | Topics Lecture 2
St Paul: Koch Commons 113
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Phil/Theo
OR
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing to learn
Theology courses numbered 221-229 are reserved for students on the new core curriculum. If this section of the class appears to have very few seats, it is because the rest of the seats in the classroom will be occupied by students on the “old core.” This section involves the student in an intensive historical, literary, and theological reading of major portions of the New Testament in the Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts and from the perspective of modern methods of biblical interpretation. In addition, the course explores the New Testament as a foundational document for modern Christian traditions in the development of doctrine, in the expressions of worship, and in the articulation of moral principles.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
8:15 am |
N/A |
N/A |
||||
+ asynchronous coursework |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 44100
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: John Roach Center LL62
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Faith/Catholic Trad
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
This course involves the student in an intensive historical, literary and theological reading of major portions of the New Testament in the Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts and from the perspective of modern methods of biblical interpretation. In addition, the course explores the New Testament as a foundational document for modern Christian traditions in the development of doctrine, in the expressions of worship and in the articulation of moral principles. Prerequisite: THEO 101
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
N/A |
8:15 am |
N/A |
||||
+ asynchronous coursework |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 48488
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: John Roach Center LL62
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Faith/Catholic Trad
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
This course involves the student in an intensive historical, literary and theological reading of major portions of the New Testament in the Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts and from the perspective of modern methods of biblical interpretation. In addition, the course explores the New Testament as a foundational document for modern Christian traditions in the development of doctrine, in the expressions of worship and in the articulation of moral principles. Prerequisite: THEO 101
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
8:15 am |
N/A |
N/A |
||||
+ asynchronous coursework |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 46880
Blended Online & In-Person | Topics Lecture 2
St Paul: John Roach Center LL62
Online
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Phil/Theo
OR
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
Theology courses numbered 221-229 are reserved for students on the new core curriculum. If this section of the class appears to have very few seats, it is because the rest of the seats in the classroom will be occupied by students on the “old core.” This section involves the student in an intensive historical, literary, and theological reading of major portions of the New Testament in the Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts and from the perspective of modern methods of biblical interpretation. In addition, the course explores the New Testament as a foundational document for modern Christian traditions in the development of doctrine, in the expressions of worship, and in the articulation of moral principles.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:55 am |
9:55 am |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 45986
Online: Some Synchronous | Lecture
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Faith/Catholic Trad
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
This course involves the student in an intensive historical, literary and theological reading of major portions of the New Testament in the Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts and from the perspective of modern methods of biblical interpretation. In addition, the course explores the New Testament as a foundational document for modern Christian traditions in the development of doctrine, in the expressions of worship and in the articulation of moral principles. Prerequisite: THEO 101
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:55 am |
9:55 am |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 48518
Online: Some Synchronous | Lecture
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Faith/Catholic Trad
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
This course involves the student in an intensive historical, literary and theological reading of major portions of the New Testament in the Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts and from the perspective of modern methods of biblical interpretation. In addition, the course explores the New Testament as a foundational document for modern Christian traditions in the development of doctrine, in the expressions of worship and in the articulation of moral principles. Prerequisite: THEO 101
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:55 am |
9:55 am |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 46881
Online: Some Synchronous | Topics Lecture 2
Online
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Phil/Theo
OR
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
Theology courses numbered 221-229 are reserved for students on the new core curriculum. If this section of the class appears to have very few seats, it is because the rest of the seats in the classroom will be occupied by students on the “old core.” This section involves the student in an intensive historical, literary, and theological reading of major portions of the New Testament in the Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts and from the perspective of modern methods of biblical interpretation. In addition, the course explores the New Testament as a foundational document for modern Christian traditions in the development of doctrine, in the expressions of worship, and in the articulation of moral principles.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 46072
Online: Some Synchronous | Lecture
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Faith/Catholic Trad
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
This course involves the student in an intensive historical, literary and theological reading of major portions of the New Testament in the Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts and from the perspective of modern methods of biblical interpretation. In addition, the course explores the New Testament as a foundational document for modern Christian traditions in the development of doctrine, in the expressions of worship and in the articulation of moral principles. Prerequisite: THEO 101
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 48298
Online: Some Synchronous | Lecture
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Faith/Catholic Trad
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
This course involves the student in an intensive historical, literary and theological reading of major portions of the New Testament in the Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts and from the perspective of modern methods of biblical interpretation. In addition, the course explores the New Testament as a foundational document for modern Christian traditions in the development of doctrine, in the expressions of worship and in the articulation of moral principles. Prerequisite: THEO 101
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 46883
Online: Some Synchronous | Topics Lecture 2
Online
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Phil/Theo
OR
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
Theology courses numbered 221-229 are reserved for students on the new core curriculum. If this section of the class appears to have very few seats, it is because the rest of the seats in the classroom will be occupied by students on the “old core.” This section involves the student in an intensive historical, literary, and theological reading of major portions of the New Testament in the Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts and from the perspective of modern methods of biblical interpretation. In addition, the course explores the New Testament as a foundational document for modern Christian traditions in the development of doctrine, in the expressions of worship, and in the articulation of moral principles.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
8:00 am |
8:00 am |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 45987
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 205
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Faith/Catholic Trad
Other Requirements Met:
Writing to learn
This course is an introduction to the principles, methods and topics of Christian theological ethics. The following themes will be addressed: the relation of Christian faith to moral reflection and decision making (both individual and social); the contribution of the Christian tradition to the understanding of the human person (including freedom, sin, conscience, character and grace); the role of the believing community in its relation to culture; and the connection of worship and spirituality to the Christian moral life. Some application will be made to selected issues in personal, professional and social ethics. Prerequisite: THEO 101
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
8:00 am |
8:00 am |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 46899
Blended Online & In-Person | Topics Lecture 1
St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 205
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Phil/Theo
OR
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing to learn
Theology courses numbered 221-229 are reserved for students on the new core curriculum. If this section of the class appears to have very few seats, it is because the rest of the seats in the classroom will be occupied by students on the “old core.”
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
5:30 pm |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 45595
Online: Some Synchronous | Lecture
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Faith/Catholic Trad
Other Requirements Met:
Sustainability (SUST)
CommGood/Community-Engaged
This course is an introduction to the principles, methods and topics of Christian theological ethics. The following themes will be addressed: the relation of Christian faith to moral reflection and decision making (both individual and social); the contribution of the Christian tradition to the understanding of the human person (including freedom, sin, conscience, character and grace); the role of the believing community in its relation to culture; and the connection of worship and spirituality to the Christian moral life. Some application will be made to selected issues in personal, professional and social ethics. Prerequisite: THEO 101
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
5:30 pm |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 46901
Online: Some Synchronous | Topics Lecture 1
Online
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Phil/Theo
OR
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Sustainability (SUST)
CommGood/Community-Engaged
Theology courses numbered 221-229 are reserved for students on the new core curriculum. If this section of the class appears to have very few seats, it is because the rest of the seats in the classroom will be occupied by students on the “old core.” This section examines the contributions of Christian faith to reflecting upon, understanding, and resolving issues and ethical questions raised by revolutionary developments in the life sciences, e.g. innovation birth technologies, genetic manipulation and control, human experimentation, the prolonging of life and allocation of scarce medical resources.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
12:15 pm |
12:15 pm |
12:15 pm |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 46914
Online: Sync Distributed | Topics Lecture 5
Online
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Phil/Theo
OR
Integ/Humanities
Theology courses numbered 221-229 are reserved for students on the new core curriculum. If this section of the class appears to have very few seats, it is because the rest of the seats in the classroom will be occupied by students on the “old core.”This section emphasizes the impact of cultures on one another in the growth of the Catholic community in today's United States. These world and theological views and their practical applications in the piety, politics, and everyday life of Catholics will be the primary focus. By summarizing significant events and characters in the history of the Catholic experience, the student will develop an understanding both of the different ethnic experiences and the theological concerns which created a pluralism among American Catholics that makes the Church of the United States truly catholic.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
12:15 pm |
12:15 pm |
12:15 pm |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 46912
Online: Sync Distributed | Lecture
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Faith/Catholic Trad
This course emphasizes the impact of cultures on one another in the growth of the Catholic community in today's United States. These world and theological views and their practical applications in the piety, politics, and everyday life of Catholics will be the primary focus. By summarizing significant events and characters in the history of the Catholic experience, the student will develop an understanding both of the different ethnic experiences and the theological concerns which created a pluralism among American Catholics that makes the Church of the United States truly catholic. Prerequisite: THEO 101
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
N/A |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 46884
Blended Online & In-Person | Topics Lecture 2
St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 205
Online
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Phil/Theo
OR
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing to learn
Theology courses numbered 221-229 are reserved for students on the new core curriculum. If this section of the class appears to have very few seats, it is because the rest of the seats in the classroom will be occupied by students on the “old core.” This section involves the study of the development of Christian theology from the fall of the Roman Empire until the Renaissance. Special attention will be given to the main themes of the classical Christian views of faith/reason, grace/nature, God/creation in the theologies of such theologians as St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Bonaventure. Other themes that may be treated: the role of monasticism and mendicant life; medieval saints such as St. Francis of Assisi and Catherine of Siena, women's spirituality, mysticism, liturgical developments, religious art and architecture, and the interaction of Christians with Jews and Muslims.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 45325
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 205
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Faith/Catholic Trad
Other Requirements Met:
Writing to learn
A study of the development of Christian Theology from the fall of the Roman Empire until the Renaissance. Special attention will be given to the main themes of the classical Christian views of faith/reason, grace/nature, God/creation in the theologies of such theologians as St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Bonaventure. Other themes that may be treated: the role of monasticism and mendicant life; medieval saints such as St. Francis of Assisi and Catherine of Siena, women's spirituality, mysticism, liturgical developments, religious art and architecture, and the interaction of Christians with Jews and Muslims. Prerequisite: THEO 101
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
N/A |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 48644
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 205
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Faith/Catholic Trad
A study of the development of Christian Theology from the fall of the Roman Empire until the Renaissance. Special attention will be given to the main themes of the classical Christian views of faith/reason, grace/nature, God/creation in the theologies of such theologians as St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Bonaventure. Other themes that may be treated: the role of monasticism and mendicant life; medieval saints such as St. Francis of Assisi and Catherine of Siena, women's spirituality, mysticism, liturgical developments, religious art and architecture, and the interaction of Christians with Jews and Muslims. Prerequisite: THEO 101
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
N/A |
1:30 pm |
|||||
+ asynchronous coursework |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 46889
Blended Online & In-Person | Topics Lecture 8
St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 204
Online
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Phil/Theo
OR
Integ/Humanities
Theology courses numbered 221-229 are reserved for students on the new core curriculum. If this section of the class appears to have very few seats, it is because the rest of the seats in the classroom will be occupied by students on the “old core.” This section examines Thomas Aquinas's theological contributions to the Catholic understanding of who God is and how God is related to the universe of human existence. With Aquinas, some of the questions we raise may include: What do we mean when we say "God"? How can human beings know God? Why is there evil and suffering in our universe? Why did God become human and die on a cross? Special attention will be given to Aquinas's life as a Dominican preacher and teacher in the Middle Ages, as well as select contemporary retrievals of Aquinas's systematic theology for responding to the problems and needs of today.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
||||||
+ asynchronous coursework |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 46916
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 204
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Faith/Catholic Trad
An introduction to the theology of St. Thomas Aquinas, his influence and his contemporary significance. Prerequisite: THEO 101
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
||||||
+ asynchronous coursework |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 48292
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 204
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Faith/Catholic Trad
An introduction to the theology of St. Thomas Aquinas, his influence and his contemporary significance. Prerequisite: THEO 101
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 47286
In Person | Topics Lecture 9
St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 206
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Phil/Theo
OR
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Honors Course
Writing Intensive
Theology courses numbered 221-229 are reserved for students on the new core curriculum. If this section of the class appears to have very few seats, it is because the rest of the seats in the classroom will be occupied by students on the “old core.” This section addresses the perennial problem of suffering and evil in light of contemporary research on human flourishing and happiness. The central question of the course is whether suffering can play a constructive role in the good life. While some forms of suffering are destructive, other forms of suffering, given the right attitude, can be conducive to the building of character and leading a life that has a richer meaning. The course brings a theological viewpoint to bear on these issues; it also draws on the resources of philosophy, psychology, literature, and history. The written assignments will encourage the students to integrate course material, articulate their own assumptions about suffering and human flourishing, and apply general principles to real-life situations.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 46920
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 206
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Faith/Catholic Trad
Other Requirements Met:
Honors Course
Writing Intensive
This seminar addresses the perennial problem of suffering and evil in light of contemporary research on human flourishing and happiness. The central question of the course is whether suffering can play a constructive role in the good life. While some forms of suffering are destructive, other forms of suffering, given the right attitude, can be conducive to the building of character and leading a life that has a richer meaning. The course brings a theological viewpoint to bear on these issues; it also draws on the resources of philosophy, psychology, literature, and history. The written assignments will encourage the students to integrate course material, articulate their own assumptions about suffering and human flourishing, and apply general principles to real-life situations. Prerequisites: Theo 101, and one THEO course numbered 200-399, plus PHIL 115
4 Credits
09/21 - 12/14 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
09/14 - 12/14: |
||||||
+ asynchronous coursework |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 46892
Blended Online & In-Person | Topics Lecture 13
St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 204
Online
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Phil/Theo
OR
Integ/Humanities
Theology courses numbered 221-229 are reserved for students on the new core curriculum. If this section of the class appears to have very few seats, it is because the rest of the seats in the classroom will be occupied by students on the “old core.” This section introduces systematic theology, a discipline that tries to understand how Christian doctrines are interrelated with each other and with other beliefs about the world. It explores both traditional and contemporary interpretations of the most significant doctrines in Catholic and Protestant traditions, emphasizing the relationship of scripture, tradition, experience, and reason as sources for Christian theology. The course is structured on the classical "system" of the Nicene Creed, and will focus on the ongoing formation of the doctrines of God, Christ, the Spirit, creation, sin, salvation, and Church. Special emphasis will be given to the role of grace in history and human experience.
4 Credits
09/14 - 12/14 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
5:30 pm |
||||||
+ asynchronous coursework |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 46921
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 204
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Faith/Catholic Trad
This section examines how technology shapes our identities and our relationships with nature, other people, and the transcendent. Does technology bring us closer to the natural world or make it harder to experience it? Does it help or hinder our relationships with other people and with God? We’ll look at historical examples, such as the impact of electric lights, and current technologies, like virtual reality and prosthetic enhancements of the body. The course readings will include a range of voices from Christian theology, from ancient to modern times, that offer insight on sharing a meaningful human life with others and discerning the presence of the divine in work, leisure, silence, and the natural world.
4 Credits
09/14 - 12/14 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
7:30 pm |
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+ asynchronous coursework |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 48491
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 204
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Faith/Catholic Trad
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
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 46910
Blended Online & In-Person | Topics Lecture 4
St Paul: McNeely Hall 235
Online
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Phil/Theo
OR
Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
Theology courses numbered 221-229 are reserved for students on the new core curriculum. If this section of the class appears to have very few seats, it is because the rest of the seats in the classroom will be occupied by students on the “old core.” This section is an introduction to the beliefs, practices, and diverse expressions of the religion and traditions of Islam. We will closely study the foundational sources of the Islamic tradition, the Qur’an and the life and legacy of the Prophet Muhammad, and trace the development of Islamic law, theology, spirituality, literature, and art. We will situate Islam as an Abrahamic religion and examine its commonalities, differences, and historical interactions with Christianity and Judaism. Finally, we will analyze contemporary topics such as Muslim responses to the challenges of modernity, Islam in America, and Islam in geopolitics.
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 45991
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: McNeely Hall 235
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Faith/Catholic Trad
UG Core Human Diversity
This course is designed to familiarize students with the basic beliefs and practices of Islam in its diverse cultural expressions worldwide, including worship, family life, and intellectual and artistic traditions. Through a close reading of Qur'anic and biblical texts, students will consider how Islam is both similar to and different from the other two major monotheistic faiths, Judaism and Christianity. Finally, the course will examine how both Islam and Christianity are meeting the challenges of modern culture. This course fulfills the Human Diversity requirement in the core curriculum. Prerequisite: THEO 101 and one 200-level or 300-level THEO course, and PHIL 115
4 Credits
09/09 - 12/22 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)
CRN: 48556
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: McNeely Hall 235
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Faith/Catholic Trad
UG Core Human Diversity
This course is designed to familiarize students with the basic beliefs and practices of Islam in its diverse cultural expressions worldwide, including worship, family life, and intellectual and artistic traditions. Through a close reading of Qur'anic and biblical texts, students will consider how Islam is both similar to and different from the other two major monotheistic faiths, Judaism and Christianity. Finally, the course will examine how both Islam and Christianity are meeting the challenges of modern culture. This course fulfills the Human Diversity requirement in the core curriculum. Prerequisite: THEO 101 and one 200-level or 300-level THEO course, and PHIL 115
4 Credits