Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)

CRN: 21913

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 311

Online

2020 Core Requirements Met:
      Fine Arts
          OR
     Diversity/Soc Just AND Integ/Humanities
     

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

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Heather Shirey

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

4 Credits

Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)

CRN: 22445

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 203

2020 Core Requirements Met:
      Fine Arts
          OR
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Craig Eliason

An investigation of the history of typography and type design from the earliest developments of movable type to the global digital typography of the present day. We will look at what needs typography served in the broader culture, and how the forms of letters and their arrangements reflected those needs. We will learn about the changing technologies of type-founding and printing, and how they shaped the designs of letterforms and pages. Throughout the course we will contextualize typeforms within their contemporary visual culture, drawing relationships to fine arts, popular arts, and the broader design world.

4 Credits

Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)

CRN: 21240

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 414

Old Core Requirements Met:
     UG Core Fine Arts

2020 Core Requirements Met:
      Fine Arts
          OR
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Art History Museum Studies
     CommGood/Community-Engaged
     Writing to learn

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Amy Nygaard

This course provides an investigation of the critical issues facing museums in the 21st century. Museum missions, practices, and resources will be interwoven with a discussion of audience, communication, and collaboration. This course will provide an opportunity for discussions with museum professionals. Partnerships with regional museums will provide hands-on project opportunities during the semester.

4 Credits

Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)

CRN: 22444

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 414

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:
     LatAm/Caribb Minor
     Writing to learn

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  William Barnes

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

4 Credits

Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)

CRN: 22446

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 414

Old Core Requirements Met:
     UG Core Fine Arts

2020 Core Requirements Met:
      Fine Arts
          OR
     Integ/Humanities

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

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Vanessa Rousseau

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

4 Credits

Subject: Catholic Studies (UG) (CATH)

CRN: 20905

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Sitzmann Hall 207

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Robert Kennedy

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

4 Credits

Subject: Catholic Studies (UG) (CATH)

CRN: 22292

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Sitzmann Hall 207

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Raymond MacKenzie

What makes a text a work of Catholic literature? How do Catholic writers struggle with the existential questions of meaning, purpose, or suffering in a unique fashion? How do the themes they engage—such as forgiveness, redemption, or the power of grace in the world—place them within the Catholic tradition? Is there a sacramental imagination or incarnational theology at the root of a work of Catholic literature? Such questions will be explored in a chronological framework through extensive readings of representative texts of Catholic literature in both English and translation from the medieval era through the present. In addition to satisfying a WAC Writing to Learn requirement and an Integrations in the Humanities requirement, this course also satisfies the Historical Perspectives requirement for English with Literature Emphasis and English with Creative Writing Emphasis majors, and a literature requirement for English with Professional Writing Emphasis majors. Finally, It also satisfies a 2XX Traditions requirement for Catholic Studies majors. This is a cross-listed course, with 10 seats on the ENGL side and 10 seats on the CATH side. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.  

4 Credits

Subject: Catholic Studies (UG) (CATH)

CRN: 20011

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Sitzmann Hall 207

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Austin Dominic Litke

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

Subject: Catholic Studies (UG) (CATH)

CRN: 21953

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Sitzmann Hall 207

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Signature Work

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Austin Dominic Litke

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

Subject: Catholic Studies (UG) (CATH)

CRN: 21166

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Sitzmann Hall 207

Old Core Requirements Met:
     UG Core Faith/Catholic Trad

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Robert Kennedy

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

4 Credits

Subject: Classical Civilization (CLAS)

CRN: 20997

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 306

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

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

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Liz Hepner

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

4 Credits

Subject: Classical Civilization (CLAS)

CRN: 22651

Online: Some Synchronous | Topics Lecture 1

Online

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Class, Civilization Major Appr
     Class. Civilization Minor Appr
     Sustainability (SUST)

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Rina Quartarone

Through lenses both ancient and modern, this course examines how the ancient Greeks and Romans imagined, sought to understand, appreciated and utilized the earth and its natural resources. Focal points include ancient concepts of and attitudes toward the environment, the interconnection and interdependency between natural elements as well as between humans and the earth, appreciation for the landscape, and awareness of environmental issues and sustainability. Explorations include representations of the earth, animals and nature in myth, art, literature, architecture and currency. Ancient literary excerpts will be highly specific and focused; modern sources will provide context & background information on important figures & works.

4 Credits

Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)

CRN: 21180

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 302

Old Core Requirements Met:
     UG Core Human Diversity

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     

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

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Xiaowen Guan

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

4 Credits

Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)

CRN: 23046

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 302

Old Core Requirements Met:
     UG Core Human Diversity

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     

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

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Xiaowen Guan

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

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 22495

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 204

Online

Old Core Requirements Met:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE Cultural, Social Transf
     Film Studies Major Approved
     Film Studies Minor Approved
     Film Studies History&Analysis
     FYE Soci Just&Cultural Transf
     FYE Social Justice
     Writing Intensive

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Shannon Scott

Many fans, critics, and creators agree that we are living in a Golden Age of Horror. From new fiction by Carmen Maria Machado, Stephen Graham Jones, and Tiphanie Yanique, to new films such as GET OUT (Jordan Peele 2017) and HEREDITARY (Aster 2018), the genre is proving to be finely crafted, highly literary and character driven. In other words, horror in the twenty-first century is much more than slasher films, body gore, splatterpunk, and jump scares. The horror genre explores the human condition through the emotion of fear—fear of pain, disease, isolation, of being lost, consumed, or prey to supernatural forces. However, horror also teaches us how to handle those fears. According to writer Ruthanna Emrys, “Horror as a genre is built around one truth: that the world is full of fearful things. But the best horror tells us more. It tells us how to live with being afraid.” This course explores horror from early tales like Bluebeard, to Gothic classics by Poe, Stoker, and Stevenson in the nineteenth century, to American cinema’s Universal Studios monster films, to contemporary works by Paul Tremblay, Gwendolyn Kiste and others. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies the WAC Writing Intensive requirement, an Integrations in the Humanities requirement, and a Film Studies major and minor History and Analysis requirement. Please note that ENGL 201 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 202, 203, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 21964

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 209

Online

Old Core Requirements Met:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Diversity/Soc Just AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
     FYE Cultural, Social Transf
     FYE Soci Just&Cultural Transf
     FYE Social Justice
     Writing Intensive

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Kelli Larson

Even in the land of Super Targets and Big Mac hamburgers, bigger is not always better--at least not in terms of literature. Short stories, because of their compression and intensity, offer lively plots and constant surprises. To the delight of readers everywhere, American authors provide a wellspring of tales that uncover our past, define our present, and speak to our future. In keeping with our diverse American heritage, stories have been chosen from a broad cross-section of literary and cultural traditions. Alongside canonical authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne and Ernest Hemingway, we read the works of Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Louise Erdrich, Kate Chopin, and others, examining how these diverse voices diverge from, resist, and transform the traditional American short story canon. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies a WAC Writing Intensive requirement; an Integrations in the Humanities requirement; and the Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice requirement. Please note that ENGL 201 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 202, 203, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 21965

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 209

Online

Old Core Requirements Met:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Diversity/Soc Just AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
     FYE Cultural, Social Transf
     FYE Soci Just&Cultural Transf
     FYE Social Justice
     Writing Intensive

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Kelli Larson

Even in the land of Super Targets and Big Mac hamburgers, bigger is not always better--at least not in terms of literature. Short stories, because of their compression and intensity, offer lively plots and constant surprises. To the delight of readers everywhere, American authors provide a wellspring of tales that uncover our past, define our present, and speak to our future. In keeping with our diverse American heritage, stories have been chosen from a broad cross-section of literary and cultural traditions. Alongside canonical authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne and Ernest Hemingway, we read the works of Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Louise Erdrich, Kate Chopin, and others, examining how these diverse voices diverge from, resist, and transform the traditional American short story canon. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies a WAC Writing Intensive requirement; an Integrations in the Humanities requirement; and the Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice requirement. Please note that ENGL 201 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 202, 203, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 21967

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 212

Online

Old Core Requirements Met:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     CommGood/Changemaking
     Narrative Medicine Minor Appr
     FYE Human Well-Being
     Writing Intensive

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Amy Muse

Increasingly, education for nurses, physicians, and other healthcare professionals includes the practices of reading literature, writing reflectively, and engaging in role-play to learn how to care for patients (and for themselves). This is sometimes called narrative medicine. By focusing on stories (of the patient, the healthcare professional, and the cultures and systems in which both live) and therefore humanizing the often-impersonal world of the healthcare system, it improves the quality of care for patients and reduces burnout among healthcare professionals. In this course we will read and write about literature as a means of understanding ourselves and others. The texts we’ll read illuminate questions about pain and illness, empathy and the training of healthcare professionals, the health implications of racial and economic injustice, and the need for reformation of the healthcare system. This course can be used as a first step to an English minor in Narrative Medicine. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies a WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integrations in the Humanities requirement. Please note that ENGL 202 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 201, 203, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 22521

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 227

Old Core Requirements Met:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Diversity/Soc Just AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE Cultural, Social Transf
     FYE Soci Just&Cultural Transf
     FYE Social Justice
     Writing Intensive

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Dan Jones

This 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 Writing Across the Curriculum Writing Intensive requirement; an Integrations in the Humanities requirement; and the Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice requirement. Please note that ENGL 202 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 201, 203, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 21971

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 212

Old Core Requirements Met:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Diversity/Soc Just AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE Human Well-Being
     Writing Intensive

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Liz Wilkinson

What is any sports event but a story--multiple stories--playing out before our eyes? Sports by definition involve drama: conflicts in decision making, in relationships, with nature, and, if we believe it possible, conflicts with the supernatural. It's not an accident that some of our greatest metaphors come from the arena of athletics. Through sports we have a way to look at human values--at the best we have to offer and sometimes the worst. We’ll use sports literature to investigate what is just… and what is unjust… and how we discern which is which. In this class, we will read fiction, non-fiction, drama, and poetry. Books may include GIRL RUNNER, BIG SMOKE, TAKE ME OUT, and a BEST AMERICAN SPORTS WRITING anthology. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies a WAC Writing Intensive requirement; an Integrations in the Humanities requirement; and the Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice requirement. Please note that ENGL 202 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 201, 203, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 21972

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 210

Old Core Requirements Met:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Diversity/Soc Just AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE Human Well-Being
     Writing Intensive

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Liz Wilkinson

What is any sports event but a story--multiple stories--playing out before our eyes? Sports by definition involve drama: conflicts in decision making, in relationships, with nature, and, if we believe it possible, conflicts with the supernatural. It's not an accident that some of our greatest metaphors come from the arena of athletics. Through sports we have a way to look at human values--at the best we have to offer and sometimes the worst. We’ll use sports literature to investigate what is just… and what is unjust… and how we discern which is which. In this class, we will read fiction, non-fiction, drama, and poetry. Books may include GIRL RUNNER, BIG SMOKE, TAKE ME OUT, and a BEST AMERICAN SPORTS WRITING anthology. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies a WAC Writing Intensive requirement; an Integrations in the Humanities requirement; and the Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice requirement. Please note that ENGL 202 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 201, 203, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 21973

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 313

Old Core Requirements Met:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing Intensive

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Emily James

This course examines intersections between image and text across the twentieth century. Working from theoretical and critical sources on visual culture, we will apply certain key terms and concepts—from ekphrasis to punctum—to photo-essays, graphic novels, and fiction about visual artists. Writers may include Roland Barthes, Susan Sontag, W. G. Sebald, John Berger, Claudia Rankine, Teju Cole, and Solmaz Sharif. This course may involve visits to local museums, galleries, and exhibits. 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 Integrations in the Humanities requirement. Please note that ENGL 202 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 201, 203, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 22496

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

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

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Gordon Grice

Since the days of Leonardo da Vinci, writers of natural history have straddled science and literature in their attempts to understand the world. We'll read and analyze the works of great naturalists and incorporate some of their strategies--empirical observation, reporting, academic research, memoir--into our own writing. Authors may include Italian biologist Francesco Redi, French naturalist Jean-Henri Fabre, U.S. poet Robert Frost, and others. The writing load for this fully online asynchronous course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies both a WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integrations in the Humanities requirement. Please note that ENGL 202 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 201, 203, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 21976

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 311

Online

Old Core Requirements Met:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE Human Well-Being
     Writing Intensive

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Catherine Craft-Fairchild

British poet William Wordsworth wrote, "the Child is father of the Man"; what he meant, and explored thoughtfully in his writing, was that the experiences of childhood and adolescence serve as the foundation for the adult self a person will become. Wordsworth was clear: both joyful and painful adolescent experiences shape our characters. We will read both young adult and classic literature that focuses on the process of "surviving adolescence"--books in which writers reflect on how they or their characters navigate that challenging transition between childhood and adulthood. Possible texts may include William Shakespeare's AS YOU LIKE IT, Louisa May Alcott's LITTLE WOMEN, Roald Dahl's MATILDA, Corinne Duyvis's ON THE EDGE OF GONE, and one Harry Potter text by J.K. Rowling. 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 Integrations in the Humanities requirement. Please note that ENGL 203 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 201, 202, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 22497

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 313

Online

Old Core Requirements Met:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Sustainability (SUST)
     Writing Intensive

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

Matthew Harrison

When a disaster happens, it can overwhelm our sense of reason and justice, test our capacity for empathy, and force into debate our assumptions regarding social order. Writing about disaster is an acrobatic act of reflection, mourning, coping, and investigation, but to what end? To establish blame? To preach or to rebuild character? To prepare better for the next disaster? Whatever the case, tales about disasters tend to blend strategies of personal narrative, myth, and history to bring the tragedies of titanic events back to the scale of human understanding. This course explores novels and films that depict various catastrophic “storms” in an effort to document, heal, warn, and find meaning in the apparently meaningless. Possible readings will include Daniel Defoe’s A JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE YEAR, Jesmyn Ward’s SALVAGE THE BONES; Paolo Bacigalupi’s THE WATER KNIFE Dimitry Elias Léger’s GOD LOVES HAITI; and Joshua Mehigan’s book of poetry, ACCEPTING THE DISASTER. Possible films will include CONTAGION (Soderbergh, 2011), BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD (Zeitlin, 2012), clips from THE DUST BOWL (Burns, 2012), and THE IMPOSSIBLE (Bayona, 2013). Students will write weekly short papers on guided topics, a final research essay, and also work in groups throughout the semester to develop a disaster prevention or survival guide. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies both a Writing Across the Curriculum Writing Intensive requirement and an Integrations in the Humanities requirement. Please note that ENGL 203 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 201, 202, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 21984

Online: Sync Distributed | Lecture

Online

Old Core Requirements Met:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

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

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Andrew Scheiber

How did the modern warfare of World War I change those who fought and those who stayed at home? Why did so many of the best American artists flee to Paris? How did the traditionalism and stability of the 1950s lead to the radicalism and rebellion of the 60s? How has technology, from the typewriter to the internet, reshaped literature? Such questions will be explored in a chronological framework though extensive readings in American literature from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present. Threaded throughout the literature are themes such as progress and innovation, war, the “lost generation,” the New Woman, race, and conformity and individuality. In addition to satisfying a core Integrations in the Humanities requirement and a WAC Writing to Learn requirement, this course also fulfills the Historical Perspectives requirement for English with Literature Emphasis and English with Creative Writing Emphasis majors, a literature requirement for English with Professional Writing Emphasis majors, and is one of two options for English with Secondary Education Emphasis majors. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190. 

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 21968

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 210

Old Core Requirements Met:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Douglas Phillips

What might it mean to speak of “the modern tradition”? What does that include and exclude? And how does it matter to us today? How does the modern tradition help us understand about concepts such as authorship, originality, literacy, and literary excellence? Such questions will be explored in a chronological framework through extensive readings of representative texts of Western literature in translation from the seventeenth century through the present, including some interactions of the European traditions with modern African, Latin American, or Asian literatures. Authors may include Racine, Goethe, Flaubert, Dostoevsky, Rilke, Solzhenitsyn, Duras, Lispector, and Achebe. This course satisfies both the Integrations in the Humanities and the Global Perspectives core requirements as well as a WAC Writing to Learn requirement, This course also fulfills the Historical Perspectives requirement for English with a Literature Emphasis and English with a Creative Writing Emphasis majors, a literature requirement for English with Professional Writing Emphasis majors, and one of two options for English with Secondary Education Emphasis majors.. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190. 

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 21969

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Sitzmann Hall B10

Old Core Requirements Met:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Raymond MacKenzie

What makes a text a work of Catholic literature? How do Catholic writers struggle with the existential questions of meaning, purpose, or suffering in a unique fashion? How do the themes they engage—such as forgiveness, redemption, or the power of grace in the world—place them within the Catholic tradition? Is there a sacramental imagination or incarnational theology at the root of a work of Catholic literature? Such questions will be explored in a chronological framework through extensive readings of representative texts of Catholic literature in both English and translation from the medieval era through the present. In addition to satisfying a WAC Writing to Learn requirement and an Integrations in the Humanities requirement, this course also satisfies the Historical Perspectives requirement for English with Literature Emphasis and English with Creative Writing Emphasis majors, and a literature requirement for English with Professional Writing Emphasis majors. Finally, It also satisfies a 2XX Traditions requirement for Catholic Studies majors. This is a cross-listed course, with 10 seats on the ENGL side and 10 seats on the CATH side. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 22321

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 305

Online

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Comm Studies Major Approved
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
     Writing in the Discipline

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Katlynne Davis

In this blended course (meets on in-person on Monday/Wednesday from 10:55am-12:00pm; remainder of class is online asynchronous), students will engage with effective business writing practices and the research that supports them. Topics center on how to communicate ideas succinctly in writing, make persuasive arguments for stakeholders, and/or narrativize and synthesize data. Student work may include researching solutions to local problems, creating documents necessary to make decisions and take action, and drafting white papers for presenting and disseminating findings. This course satisfies a requirement for English with a Professional Writing Emphasis majors, an allied requirement for select Business majors, an elective course for Communication Studies majors, and a WAC Writing in the Discipline requirement. This course satisfies the Integrations in the Humanities core requirement as well. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 22322

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 305

Online

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Comm Studies Major Approved
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
     Writing in the Discipline

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Katlynne Davis

In this blended course (meets in-person on Monday/Wednesday from 12:15-1:20pm; remainder of class is online asynchronous), students will engage with effective business writing practices and the research that supports them. Topics center on how to communicate ideas succinctly in writing, make persuasive arguments for stakeholders, and/or narrativize and synthesize data. Student work may include researching solutions to local problems, creating documents necessary to make decisions and take action, and drafting white papers for presenting and disseminating findings. This course satisfies a requirement for English with a Professional Writing Emphasis majors, an allied requirement for select Business majors, an elective course for Communication Studies majors, and a WAC Writing in the Discipline requirement. This course satisfies the Integrations in the Humanities core requirement as well. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 21962

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 201

Online

Old Core Requirements Met:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Diversity/Soc Just AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     English Diversity Req.
     Writing to learn

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Catherine Craft-Fairchild

Penumbra Theatre Company has as its mission to present "artistically excellent productions that depict emotional, relevant, and valuable experiences from an African-American perspective." Despite social restrictions that created major barriers to its development, black theater companies like Penumbra fostered award-winning playwrights, actors, directors, choreographers, and designers. This course aims to explore some of those writers and productions, particularly those staged at Penumbra, and with some form of educational collaboration with Penumbra. Works may include a selection of the following: Lorraine Hansberry's A RAISIN IN THE SUN; Ntozake Shange's FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF; Charles Fuller's A SOLDIER'S PLAY; and one or more of August Wilson's plays, including GEM OF THE OCEAN, FENCES, and/or RADIO GOLF. This course satisfies BOTH an Integrations in the Humanities core requirement and the Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice requirement In addition, this course satisfies an English Genre Studies requirement for both English with Literature Emphasis and English with Creative Writing Emphasis majors and a literature requirement for English with Professional Writing Emphasis majors. It also satisfies a WAC Writing to Learn Requirement. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 22297

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 317

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:
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
     LatAm/Caribb Minor
     English Diversity Req.
     CommGood/Community-Engaged
     Writing to learn

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Olga Herrera

Science fiction, romance, political treatises, poetry, autobiography, historical fiction—these are all genres through which Latino, Latina, and Latinx writers have created literary worlds and expressed their hopes and desires for themselves and their communities. This course examines literature as a powerful means of expression and representation for one of the fastest growing populations in the US, and considers the impact of Latinx literature, art, film, and culture on US society. We will read authors from diverse Latinx backgrounds, including Julia Alvarez, Sandra Cisneros, Victor LaValle, Erika Sanchez, Angie Cruz, Daisy Hernandez, Elizabeth Acevedo, Kali Fajardo-Anstine, as well as film and television by Gregory Nava, Robert Rodriguez, Tanya Saracho, and others. This course satisfies the following requirements: English with Literature Emphasis and English with Professional Writing Emphasis majors Human Diversity requirement; a Contexts and Convergences requirement for English with Literature majors; a 300-level elective course for English with Creative Writing Emphasis majors; an Integrations in the Humanities core requirement; a Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice core requirement, and a WAC Writing to Learn requirement. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 21970

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 227

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:
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
     English Diversity Req.
     Writing to learn
     WGSS Major Approved
     WGSS Minor Approved

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Liz Wilkinson

This course uses literature to investigate how female athletes use their sport and their bodies to fight for women's rights and to change our world. In 1894-1895, Annie Londonderry biked around the world and spoke out for equality. Frances Willard advocated for the eight-hour workday, equal pay for women, and suffrage, then learned to ride a bike at age 53, and wrote about the freedom biking gave to women. In the winter of 1912 in New York, women walked 170 miles in Suffrage Hikes advocating for their right to vote. These women paved the way for athlete-authors such as Lynne Cox (who held the world record for swimming the English Channel) and Maxine Kumin (who, along with being U.S. Poet Laureate and a Pulitzer Prize winner, was a collegiate swimmer and rower). These and other great women writers explore their sports and their bodies in ways that both reflect and contest societal restrictions and expectations. This course will use their texts and other essays, articles, short stories, novels, and poetry from the late 1800s to today to explore the intersections of women, sport, and the body in literature. This course is ideal for students studying literature, gender, and various facets of physical education, sport, health, and human development. Texts may include: A WHOLE OTHER BALL GAME: WOMEN'S LITERATURE ON WOMEN'S SPORT, AROUND THE WORLD ON TWO WHEELS, WHEEL WITHIN A WHEEL, SWIMMING TO ANTARCTICA, CARRIE SOTO IS BACK, and GIRL RUNNER. Additionally, we will venture out of the classroom for some women's sports...maybe even play a little ourselves... and invite pro and semi-pro athletes in as guest speakers. This course satisfies the WAC Writing to Learn requirement as well as an Integrations in the Humanities requirement; the Diversity, Inclusion, & Social Justice requirement; and a Women, Gender, & Society major and minor requirement. This course also satisfies the Diversity Literature requirement for English with Literature Emphasis and English with Professional Writing Emphasis majors as well as a 300-level elective for English with Creative Writing Emphasis majors. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)

CRN: 21960

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 212

Online

Old Core Requirements Met:
     UG Core Literature/Writing

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     English Early Literature Req.
     Writing to learn

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Amy Muse

In his life Shakespeare most likely never left the shores of England. In his work, however, his imagination roamed widely, exploring the theological and monarchical conflicts around Europe, the multicultural city of Venice, and fears and fantasies of Africa, the Mediterranean, and the New World. In the centuries since his death, Shakespeare’s plays have ventured from London’s Globe Theatre to circumnavigate the globe in dramatic, literary, and cinematic adaptations from nearly every nation. We will read several of the plays, discussing them within the global context of Shakespeare’s day, will watch contemporary global retellings of the plays, and will create our own Shakespearean adaptations. Application has been made to have this course satisfy an Integrations in the Humanities requirement and the Global Perspectives requirement (approval likely, but not guaranteed). This course also satisfies the Early British Literature and Context and Convergences distribution requirements for English with Literature Emphasis majors, a literature requirement for English with Creative Writing Emphasis and English with Professional Writing Emphasis majors, a requirement for English with Secondary Education majors, and a WAC Writing to Learn requirement. In addition it also satisfies both an Integrations in the Humanities and a Global Perspectives requirement. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 20562

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 207

Old Core Requirements Met:
     UG Core Human Diversity

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Valentin Solachau-Chamutouski

In this course, students will view, discuss, and read and write about feature-length films from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and possibly India and/or the Middle East. Following critical viewing of films both in and outside of class, students will engage in critical reflection, discussion, and analytical writing as a way of practicing the art of film analysis. This course asks students to think critically about the ways in which cinema engages the world as a form of entertainment, as art, as historical document, and as an instrument of social change. The course fulfills the Human Diversity requirement of the core curriculum at UST by addressing issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and geopolitical status. It scrutinizes the ways in which institutionalized and structural power and privilege are reflected in the subject matter, creation, and audience reception of film.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 21676

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 207

Old Core Requirements Met:
     UG Core Human Diversity

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Valentin Solachau-Chamutouski

In this course, students will view, discuss, and read and write about feature-length films from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and possibly India and/or the Middle East. Following critical viewing of films both in and outside of class, students will engage in critical reflection, discussion, and analytical writing as a way of practicing the art of film analysis. This course asks students to think critically about the ways in which cinema engages the world as a form of entertainment, as art, as historical document, and as an instrument of social change. The course fulfills the Human Diversity requirement of the core curriculum at UST by addressing issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and geopolitical status. It scrutinizes the ways in which institutionalized and structural power and privilege are reflected in the subject matter, creation, and audience reception of film.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 22602

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Brady Educational Center LL19

Old Core Requirements Met:
     UG Core Human Diversity

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  James Snapko

In this course, students will view, discuss, and read and write about feature-length films from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and possibly India and/or the Middle East. Following critical viewing of films both in and outside of class, students will engage in critical reflection, discussion, and analytical writing as a way of practicing the art of film analysis. This course asks students to think critically about the ways in which cinema engages the world as a form of entertainment, as art, as historical document, and as an instrument of social change. The course fulfills the Human Diversity requirement of the core curriculum at UST by addressing issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and geopolitical status. It scrutinizes the ways in which institutionalized and structural power and privilege are reflected in the subject matter, creation, and audience reception of film.

4 Credits

Subject: Film Studies (FILM)

CRN: 22603

Online: Asynchronous | Lecture

Online

Old Core Requirements Met:
     UG Core Human Diversity

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing Intensive

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Valentin Solachau-Chamutouski

In this course, students will view, discuss, and read and write about feature-length films from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and possibly India and/or the Middle East. Following critical viewing of films both in and outside of class, students will engage in critical reflection, discussion, and analytical writing as a way of practicing the art of film analysis. This course asks students to think critically about the ways in which cinema engages the world as a form of entertainment, as art, as historical document, and as an instrument of social change. The course fulfills the Human Diversity requirement of the core curriculum at UST by addressing issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and geopolitical status. It scrutinizes the ways in which institutionalized and structural power and privilege are reflected in the subject matter, creation, and audience reception of film.

4 Credits

Subject: German (GERM)

CRN: 20081

In Person | Directed Course

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 318

Old Core Requirements Met:
     UG Core Language/Culture

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE Cultural, Social Transf
     FYE Soci Just&Cultural Transf
     FYE Social Justice
     Writing to learn

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Susanne Wagner

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

4 Credits

Subject: German (GERM)

CRN: 22452

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 318

Old Core Requirements Met:
     UG Core Language/Culture

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Sustainability (SUST)
     CommGood/Community-Engaged
     Writing Intensive

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Susanne Wagner

An introduction to the vocabulary of business and economics in German. A survey of German business structure, economic principles, business-government-union interrelationships and international trade status. Readings, discussions and tests are primarily in the German language. Prerequisite: GERM 300

4 Credits

Subject: History (HIST)

CRN: 22647

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 481

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     School of Ed Transfer Course

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Zsolt Nagy

This course is a close examination of twentieth century European history or, as some historians refer to it, the "short twentieth century" of the "dark continent." It follows the cultural, social, economic, and political development of Europe through wars and reconstruction. Topics include, but are not limited to, imperial and national rivalry, WW I and its aftermath, Russian Revolution, Fascism and Nazism, WW II and its aftermath, Cold War and the division of Europe, 1989, and the emergence of the European Union.

4 Credits

Subject: History (HIST)

CRN: 22648

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 247

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Diversity/Soc Just AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
     Sustainability (SUST)

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Steve Hausmann

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

4 Credits

Subject: History (HIST)

CRN: 22712

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 305J

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Shaz Ahmadi

Iran and Iraq, two neighboring countries in the Middle East, have shared much, culturally and demographically, through the centuries. Both experienced British intervention, oppressive regimes, and the mixed consequences of oil-rich economies. By following the course of nineteenth- and twentieth-century histories, we chart the tensions that led to the political resurrection of Shiism, a sect within Islam, and the causes of the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88), which cost hundreds of thousands of lives. This is an interdisciplinary course that especially draws from film studies, comparative literature, political science, and anthropology.

4 Credits

Subject: Honors (HONR)

CRN: 22366

In Person | Topics Lecture 1

St Paul: McNeely Hall 118

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Renee Buhr, Ashley Shams

These interdisciplinary seminars are intended to develop integrating insights through an analysis of topics chosen from different disciplines. Often they are taught by two faculty members or by a visiting lecturer who holds one of the endowed chairs at the university.

2 Credits

Subject: Honors (HONR)

CRN: 22367

In Person | Topics Lecture 2

St Paul: Brady Educational Center LL03

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Ora Itkin, Stephen Laumakis

These interdisciplinary seminars are intended to develop integrating insights through an analysis of topics chosen from different disciplines. Often they are taught by two faculty members or by a visiting lecturer who holds one of the endowed chairs at the university.

2 Credits

Subject: Honors (HONR)

CRN: 22368

In Person | Topics Lecture 3

St Paul: Anderson Student Center

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Diversity/Soc Just AND Integ/Humanities
     

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Mike Klein, Damon Shoholm

These interdisciplinary seminars are intended to develop integrating insights through an analysis of topics chosen from different disciplines. Often they are taught by two faculty members or by a visiting lecturer who holds one of the endowed chairs at the university.

2 Credits

Subject: Journalism/Mass Comm (JOUR)

CRN: 22426

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 305

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     CommGood/Changemaking
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
     Sustainability (SUST)
     Writing Intensive

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Mark Neuzil

This course focuses on mediated information about the environment, the environmental movement and its issues. Students will examine what makes (and what has made) the environmental journalism of today, beginning with early journalistic influences such as found in ancient texts to more current writing about agriculture, nature, science, outdoor adventures, and journalism from points of view.

4 Credits

Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)

CRN: 20245

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 209

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Diversity/Soc Just AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE Changemaking
     FYE Cultural, Social Transf
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
     FYE Soci Just&Cultural Transf
     FYE Social Justice
     Writing Intensive

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Obasesam Okoi

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

4 Credits

Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)

CRN: 22678

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 305K

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Diversity/Soc Just AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE Changemaking
     FYE Cultural, Social Transf
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
     FYE Soci Just&Cultural Transf
     FYE Social Justice
     Writing Intensive

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Mike Klein

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

4 Credits

Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)

CRN: 22869

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 308

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Diversity/Soc Just AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE Cultural, Social Transf
     FYE Soci Just&Cultural Transf
     FYE Social Justice
     Sustainability (SUST)
     Writing to learn

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Amy Finnegan, Irene Domingo Sancho

In this course we seek to explore the connections between the climate crisis and social justice. We not only cultivate an analysis of the ecological crisis, its causes and consequences, but also present students an opportunity to explore the myriad of ways in which people are already working together in Minnesota and beyond to build a livable present and future.

2 Credits

Subject: Music Classes (UG) (MUSC)

CRN: 21477

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Brady Educational Center LL03

Old Core Requirements Met:
     UG Core Fine Arts

2020 Core Requirements Met:
      Fine Arts
          OR
     Diversity/Soc Just AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE Cultural, Social Transf
     FYE Human Well-Being
     FYE Social Justice
     Writing Intensive

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Sarah Schmalenberger

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

4 Credits

Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)

CRN: 20166

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center 201

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Sandra Menssen

This course provides students with skills for identifying, analyzing, and evaluating the sorts of reasoning encountered in natural language. Emphasis will be placed on attaining facility with different formal systems for representing and evaluating arguments - including propositional logic, Aristotelian syllogistic, and first-order predicate calculus - as well as on acquiring the ability to apply these systems in the analysis and evaluation of arguments in ordinary and philosophical discourse. Prerequisite: PHIL 110 or PHIL 115 or PHIL 197.

4 Credits

Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)

CRN: 21991

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: McNeely Hall 108

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Jonathan Stoltz

Drawing on insights from philosophy as well as research from cognitive science, psychology, and behavioral economics, this course aims to help students learn to reason better. Emphasis is on inductive and probabilistic reasoning rather than on deductive logic (which is the focus in PHIL 220). Possible topics covered include cognitive biases to which humans are naturally subject, intellectual virtues that promote the attainment of truth, the nature of evidence, the assessment of the quality of an information source, inference to the best explanation, probabilistic reasoning, and decision-making under uncertainty and risk. Prerequisite: PHIL 110 PHIL 115 or PHIL 197.

4 Credits

Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)

CRN: 21220

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 207

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Busn Healthcare Minor Approved

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Peter Distelzweig

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

4 Credits

Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)

CRN: 21503

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: John Roach Center LL62

2020 Core Requirements Met:
      Phil/Theo
          OR
     Integ/Humanities

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Mark Spencer

What does it mean for something to be beautiful? Is beauty an objective property of things or is it entirely in the eye of the beholder? Are perceiving beauty, making beautiful things, and being beautiful essential to a flourishing human life? Should beauty be any more important to us than other aesthetic qualities like elegance, ugliness, horror, or being cool? What does it take for something to be a work of art? Do the answers to any of these questions have anything to do with God? In this class, we’ll talk about these questions and about some ways that philosophers have answered them. We’ll spend time discussing views from the ancient and medieval Catholic philosophical tradition. But we’ll spend most of the class discussing modern views, including some views on beauty and art from Indian and Japanese philosophy. Along the way, we’ll listen to some musical pieces, watch some films, and view some paintings that will help us better think about beauty and art. Our goal will be to come to a deeper appreciation of beauty and of its central role in a happy human life. Prerequisite: PHIL 110 or PHIL 115 or PHIL 197.

4 Credits

Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)

CRN: 21995

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 206

2020 Core Requirements Met:
      Phil/Theo
          OR
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Honors Course

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Michael Winter

An application of concepts and principles in philosophical ethics to issues raised by modern technology. Technologies whose ethical use may be considered include: Information Technologies, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, Synthetic Genomics and Artificial Life, Reproductive Technologies, Biomedical and Therapeutic Technologies, Human Enhancement Technologies, Agricultural Technologies, and Environmental Technologies. Special attention will be paid to the application of moral concepts and principles from Catholic intellectual tradition in dialogue with other traditions and perspectives. Prerequisite: PHIL 110 or PHIL 115 or PHIL 197, and Honors.

4 Credits

Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)

CRN: 21986

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 205

2020 Core Requirements Met:
      Phil/Theo
          OR
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing in the Discipline

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Mark Spencer

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

4 Credits

Subject: Philosophy (PHIL)

CRN: 21987

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 201

2020 Core Requirements Met:
      Phil/Theo
          OR
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing in the Discipline

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Michael Rota

Natural theology is the project of arguing for the existence of God, and uncovering as much as possible about God’s nature, without relying on any putative supernatural revelation – instead relying on natural reason alone. In this course we will take a deep dive into the natural theology of St. Thomas Aquinas, by engaging in a close reading of Book 1 of his Summa contra Gentiles. We will also briefly explore work from contemporary analytic philosophers on the fine-tuning argument, reformed epistemology, the problem of evil, and Pascal’s Wager. The mode of instruction will alternate between seminar-style discussion (on Tuesdays) and Socratic lecture (on Thursdays). Prerequisite: PHIL 365.

4 Credits

Subject: Spanish (SPAN)

CRN: 20332

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 210

Old Core Requirements Met:
     UG Core Language/Culture

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE Cultural, Social Transf
     FYE Enviro Sustainability
     FYE Soci Just&Cultural Transf
     FYE Social Justice
     School of Ed Transfer Course
     Sustainability (SUST)
     Writing to learn

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Irene Domingo Sancho

The aim of this course is to develop aural and oral skills through the analysis and interpretation of representative cultural expressions of the Spanish-speaking world. This course is intended to stimulate creative, critical thinking in Spanish through activities that require students to argue, persuade, analyze, and interpret other points of view. Oral skills will be assessed. Prerequisite: Successful completion of SPAN 300 or its equivalent with a C- or better. May be taken simultaneously with SPAN 301 or 315.

4 Credits

Subject: Spanish (SPAN)

CRN: 20485

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 210

Old Core Requirements Met:
     UG Core Language/Culture

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     FYE Cultural, Social Transf
     FYE Enviro Sustainability
     FYE Soci Just&Cultural Transf
     FYE Social Justice
     School of Ed Transfer Course
     Sustainability (SUST)
     Writing to learn

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Irene Domingo Sancho

The aim of this course is to develop aural and oral skills through the analysis and interpretation of representative cultural expressions of the Spanish-speaking world. This course is intended to stimulate creative, critical thinking in Spanish through activities that require students to argue, persuade, analyze, and interpret other points of view. Oral skills will be assessed. Prerequisite: Successful completion of SPAN 300 or its equivalent with a C- or better. May be taken simultaneously with SPAN 301 or 315.

4 Credits

Subject: Spanish (SPAN)

CRN: 20585

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 203

Old Core Requirements Met:
     UG Core Language/Culture

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     

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

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Dan Tight

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

4 Credits

Subject: Strategic Communication (STCM)

CRN: 22427

In Person | Lecture

St Paul: Summit Classroom Building 120

2020 Core Requirements Met:
     Diversity/Soc Just AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  April Eichmeier

This course will introduce students to foundational concepts in science and its social impacts through discussion of the scientific method, boundaries of science, media construction of science, and the contribution of science in trust building and decision-making in various contexts. The course is designed to help students gain understanding and knowledge of contextual factors that shaped science and the uneven impacts on traditionally marginalized groups. Coursework will help students develop diverse and critical perspectives of communication about science concerning marginalized communities. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing 

4 Credits

Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)

CRN: 22401

In Person | Topics Lecture 6

St Paul: McNeely Hall 232

2020 Core Requirements Met:
      Phil/Theo
          OR
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
     Justice and Peace Approved

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Daniel Pioske

Theology courses numbered 221-229+300 are reserved for students on the new core curriculum. This course examines the prophetic writings in the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible by situating them in the historical settings in which they were written, being attentive to how these texts addressed issues of the common good in antiquity. This course then applies these insights to contemporary concerns of the common good today, asking where instances of prophetic activity, as understood in our course, may be currently present in our world, or where, perhaps, it is needed.

4 Credits

Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)

CRN: 21385

In Person | Topics Lecture 1

St Paul: John Roach Center LL01

2020 Core Requirements Met:
      Phil/Theo
          OR
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Paul Niskanen

Theology courses numbered 221-229+300 are reserved for students on the new core curriculum. 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

Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)

CRN: 21386

In Person | Topics Lecture 11

St Paul: McNeely Hall 111

2020 Core Requirements Met:
      Phil/Theo
          OR
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing Intensive

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Ryan Dulkin

Theology courses numbered 221-229+300 are reserved for students on the new core curriculum. Genesis and Human Nature investigates the foundational narrative —the biblical story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden — as well as its “afterlife” in ancient Judaism, early Christianity, classical Islam, the European Renaissance and modernity. From these texts emerge key issues that frame the human experience: questions of human origins, humanity's place in the cosmos, constructions of gender, and perspectives on sin and punishment. Through engagement with these texts and concepts, students will wrestle with some of the core texts in the western tradition

4 Credits

Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)

CRN: 21373

In Person | Topics Lecture 2

St Paul: John Roach Center LL01

2020 Core Requirements Met:
      Phil/Theo
          OR
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  David Landry

Theology courses numbered 221-229+300 are reserved for students on the new core curriculum. 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

Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)

CRN: 22402

In Person | Topics Lecture 6

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 209

2020 Core Requirements Met:
      Phil/Theo
          OR
     Integ/Humanities

Other Requirements Met:
     Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
     Justice and Peace Approved

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Daniel Pioske

Theology courses numbered 221-229+300 are reserved for students on the new core curriculum. This course examines the prophetic writings in the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible by situating them in the historical settings in which they were written, being attentive to how these texts addressed issues of the common good in antiquity. This course then applies these insights to contemporary concerns of the common good today, asking where instances of prophetic activity, as understood in our course, may be currently present in our world, or where, perhaps, it is needed.

4 Credits

Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)

CRN: 21391

In Person | Topics Lecture 3

St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 205

2020 Core Requirements Met:
      Phil/Theo
          OR
     Global Perspective AND Integ/Humanities
     

Other Requirements Met:
     Writing to learn

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Steven McMichael

Theology courses numbered 221-229+300 are reserved for students on the new core curriculum. 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.

4 Credits

Subject: Theology (UG) (THEO)

CRN: 21399

In Person | Topics Lecture 1

St Paul: John Roach Center 247

2020 Core Requirements Met:
      Phil/Theo
          OR
     Integ/Humanities

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

(2020 Core Planning Guide)

  Deborah Organ

Theology courses numbered 221-229+300 are reserved for students on the new core curriculum. This course either introduces systematic theology, a discipline that tries to understand how Christian teachings relate to each other and to other beliefs about the world, or it focuses on a particular teaching of the Church, such as Christ, salvation, or death and the afterlife. It explores both traditional and contemporary interpretations of the most significant teachings in Catholic and Protestant traditions, emphasizing the relationship of scripture, tradition, experience, and reason as sources for Christian theology. Special emphasis is given to the role of grace in history and human experience. All sections explore the ways in which Christian doctrine has influenced and been influenced by the culture in which it is lived, and the role that Christian teachings play in responding to social need.

4 Credits