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3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
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Subject: Amer Culture & Difference (AMCD)
CRN: 20703
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: John Roach Center 227
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
Writing to learn
In AMCD 200, students learn about the historical and theoretical foundations of Cultural Studies as an academic discipline and use cultural theory to analyze a variety of cultural products and representations. In this course, students look specifically at dominant and subversive constructions of gender, race, ethnicity, national and sexual identities, and how these constructions are deployed through cultural practices and productions such as sports, film and television, folklore and popular culture, youth subcultures, music, and so on. For example, the course may contain units on "nation" and the creation of American mythologies; the process of hero-making in American history; stereotypes and the representation of race and ethnicity in television and film; representations of gender and sexuality in advertising; as well as a section on American music from jazz, blues, folk and roots music, to rock and roll, punk, and hip-hop.
4 Credits
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| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
8:00 am |
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Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)
CRN: 20729
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Fine Arts
OR
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
Writing to learn
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
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| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:55 am |
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Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)
CRN: 20730
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Fine Arts
OR
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
Writing to learn
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
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| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:35 pm |
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| + asynchronous coursework | ||||||
Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)
CRN: 20733
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Fine Arts
OR
[Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
Writing to learn
A survey of high style and vernacular architecture in the United States from the Native Americans to the present day. Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to: identify the major themes and styles in American architecture; recognize major monuments and their designers; and understand how an American identity was projected in architecture. This includes understanding American architecture and its relationship to corresponding developments in art, landscape, and the urban fabric. Emphasis will be placed on structures in Minnesota and the upper Midwest.
4 Credits
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| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:25 pm |
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| + asynchronous coursework | ||||||
Subject: Art History (UG) (ARTH)
CRN: 20734
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Fine Arts
OR
[Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
Honors Course
Writing to learn
A survey of high style and vernacular architecture in the United States from the Native Americans to the present day. Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to: identify the major themes and styles in American architecture; recognize major monuments and their designers; and understand how an American identity was projected in architecture. This includes understanding American architecture and its relationship to corresponding developments in art, landscape, and the urban fabric. Emphasis will be placed on structures in Minnesota and the upper Midwest.
4 Credits
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| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:55 am |
9:55 am |
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Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)
CRN: 20964
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
This course focuses on the creation and use of rhetoric in public persuasion settings, including social movements and political campaigns. The diversity of rhetorical acts examined may include campaign ads, speeches, films, advertisements, music, memorials, architecture and other nonverbal strategies. Topics of study may include: The rhetoric of domination and resistance, national identity formation, and the rhetoric of public memory.
4 Credits
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1:35 pm |
1:35 pm |
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Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)
CRN: 20965
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
Narrative Medicine Minor Appr
WGSS Major Approved
WGSS Minor Approved
This course focuses on theories and research of the historical and contemporary correlation between gender, race, class, and communicative practices, including rhetorical practice and mass communication content. It includes the influence of gender and racial stereotypes on public speech and debate, political campaigns and communication, organizational leadership, news coverage and advertising. Topics include: gendered perceptions of credibility; who is allowed to communicate and who is silenced due to class and racial privilege; and the impact of gender, race and class stereotypes about human nature, expertise, and abilities on individuals and groups that want to participate in public culture and communication. Students analyze and evaluate their own communicative styles in light of course readings and activities.
4 Credits
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Subject: Communication Studies (COMM)
CRN: 20966
Online: Asynchronous | Lecture
Online
Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
This course provides an overview of documentary television and film as part of American culture. Class sessions will focus on how to analyze and interpret claims particular documentaries make, while providing a foundation for understanding aesthetic, rhetorical, and political economic conventions that help shape the meaning of each documentary. To this end, this course will center on current theoretical dilemmas and debates in documentary filmmaking, including questions of how to define documentary, what constitutes the ethical treatment of documentary subjects and subject matter, and how documentaries construct and position audiences. We will explore the concepts of reality, truth and authority, through a variety of readings and viewings.
4 Credits
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Subject: Digital Media Arts (DIMA)
CRN: 21012
Online: Asynchronous | Lecture
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
Writing in the Discipline
Media, Culture and Society examines the role media play in social and cultural formations. This course looks beyond the media as transmitters of information to their broadest social and cultural effects. Students study media as agents of enlightened social modernism, as political and economic institutions, as purveyors of popular culture, and as aspects of cultural and sub-cultural rituals. History, political economy, critical studies, cultural anthropology, semiotics and sociology are among the areas from which approaches for studying the media are considered in the course. Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of instructor
4 Credits
| 02/01 - 05/21 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
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Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 21088
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: John Roach Center 301
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
Early American Literature
Writing to learn
Where does the popular perception of America as the “New World” come from? How could slavery flourish in a land idealizing freedom? Why were immigrants so feared and reviled? Why did expansionism push out some and make millionaires of others? Such questions will be explored in a chronological framework through extensive readings from the beginnings of the American literary tradition to the turn of the twentieth century. Threaded throughout the literature are themes such as religious identity, political reform, race, slavery, war, gender, and industrialization. This course fulfills the Historical Perspectives requirement in the English major. Prerequisites: ENGL 120, ENGL 121, or ENGL 190
4 Credits
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| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:55 am |
9:55 am |
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Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 21099
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: John Roach Center 227
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
Context and Convergences
Narrative Medicine Minor Appr
Writing to learn
Science fiction, romance, political treatises, poetry, autobiography, historical fiction—these are all genres through which Latino, Latina, and Latinx writers have created literary worlds and expressed their hopes and desires for themselves and their communities. This course examines literature as a powerful means of expression and representation for one of the fastest growing populations in the US, and considers the impact of Latinx literature, art, film, and culture on US society. We will read authors from diverse Latinx backgrounds, including Julia Alvarez, Sandra Cisneros, Victor LaValle, Erika Sanchez, Angie Cruz, Daisy Hernandez, Elizabeth Acevedo, Kali Fajardo-Anstine, as well as film and television by Gregory Nava, Robert Rodriguez, Tanya Saracho, and others. This course satisfies an Integrations in the Humanities core requirement; the Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice core requirement, and a WAC Writing to Learn requirement. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190.
4 Credits
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1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
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Subject: Film Studies (FILM)
CRN: 21122
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: John Roach Center 227
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
Writing to learn
FILM 230: In this course, we will consider the complex constructions of “race” in US film, paying special attention to the following questions: How has the category of “race” been historically constructed and represented? Whose interests have these constructions served? Why are these dominant representations often so far removed from the “real” way in which people live their lives? How are these representations connected to the ways in which we continue to think about race? How do underrepresented filmmakers resist dominant representations of race in the present, creating complex and liberating ways to rethink race? Special attention will be given to the language of filmmaking, examining how this language evolves differentially across mainstream Hollywood cinema and in films created by minority filmmakers.
4 Credits
| 02/01 - 05/21 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
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| + asynchronous coursework | ||||||
Subject: History (HIST)
CRN: 21245
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Historic Analysis
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
School of Ed Transfer Course
Writing to learn
Introduces students to historical reasoning. Students learn to analyze evidence from the past in context in order to explain how the past produced the ever-changing present. This course surveys the social, political, cultural, and economic history of North America in global context, from the European-American encounter through the aftermath of the U.S. Civil War. It examines relations among Native Americans, Africans, Europeans, and their descendants. Major themes include: empires and colonization, race and slavery, the American Revolution, nation building, territorial expansion, the origins of American capitalism and democracy, sectionalism, and the Civil War.
4 Credits
| 02/01 - 05/21 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
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| + asynchronous coursework | ||||||
Subject: History (HIST)
CRN: 21246
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Historic Analysis
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
School of Ed Transfer Course
Writing to learn
Introduces students to historical reasoning. Students learn to analyze evidence from the past in context in order to explain how the past produced the ever-changing present. This course surveys the social, political, cultural, and economic history of North America in global context, from the European-American encounter through the aftermath of the U.S. Civil War. It examines relations among Native Americans, Africans, Europeans, and their descendants. Major themes include: empires and colonization, race and slavery, the American Revolution, nation building, territorial expansion, the origins of American capitalism and democracy, sectionalism, and the Civil War.
4 Credits
| 02/01 - 05/21 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
8:15 am |
8:15 am |
8:15 am |
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Subject: History (HIST)
CRN: 21247
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Historic Analysis
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
School of Ed Transfer Course
Writing to learn
Introduces students to historical reasoning. Students learn to analyze evidence from the past in context in order to explain how the past produced the ever-changing present. This course surveys the social, political, cultural, and economic history of North America in global context, from the European-American encounter through the aftermath of the U.S. Civil War. It examines relations among Native Americans, Africans, Europeans, and their descendants. Major themes include: empires and colonization, race and slavery, the American Revolution, nation building, territorial expansion, the origins of American capitalism and democracy, sectionalism, and the Civil War.
4 Credits
| 02/01 - 05/21 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
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Subject: History (HIST)
CRN: 21248
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Historic Analysis
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
School of Ed Transfer Course
Writing to learn
Introduces students to historical reasoning. Students learn to analyze evidence from the past in context in order to explain how the past produced the ever-changing present. This course surveys the social, political, cultural, and economic history of North America in global context, from the European-American encounter through the aftermath of the U.S. Civil War. It examines relations among Native Americans, Africans, Europeans, and their descendants. Major themes include: empires and colonization, race and slavery, the American Revolution, nation building, territorial expansion, the origins of American capitalism and democracy, sectionalism, and the Civil War.
4 Credits
| 02/01 - 05/21 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
12:15 pm |
12:15 pm |
12:15 pm |
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Subject: History (HIST)
CRN: 21249
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Historic Analysis
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
School of Ed Transfer Course
Writing to learn
Introduces students to historical reasoning. Students learn to analyze evidence from the past in context in order to explain how the past produced the ever-changing present. This course surveys the social, political, cultural, and economic history of North America in global context, from the European-American encounter through the aftermath of the U.S. Civil War. It examines relations among Native Americans, Africans, Europeans, and their descendants. Major themes include: empires and colonization, race and slavery, the American Revolution, nation building, territorial expansion, the origins of American capitalism and democracy, sectionalism, and the Civil War.
4 Credits
| 02/01 - 05/21 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
8:15 am |
8:15 am |
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| + asynchronous coursework | ||||||
Subject: History (HIST)
CRN: 21250
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Historic Analysis
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
Writing to learn
Introduces students to historical reasoning. Students learn to analyze evidence from the past in context in order to explain how the past produced the ever-changing present. The course introduces students to social, political, cultural, and economic developments from the American Civil War to the present day. It not only traces how ideas and lived experiences within each of those categories of historical analysis changed over time, but also shows how developments in each realm of American life shaped the others. It pays special attention to how American politics, institutions, and cultural norms emerged from—and produced—a changing role for the United States in its global context. It also interrogates how efforts to define American identity have both provided the terrain for inclusion and been used to justify the exclusion of various people, including racial, ethnic, and immigrant groups, people of different genders and sexual identities, and people of diverse religious and political beliefs.
4 Credits
| 02/01 - 05/21 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
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| + asynchronous coursework | ||||||
Subject: History (HIST)
CRN: 21251
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Historic Analysis
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
Writing to learn
Introduces students to historical reasoning. Students learn to analyze evidence from the past in context in order to explain how the past produced the ever-changing present. The course introduces students to social, political, cultural, and economic developments from the American Civil War to the present day. It not only traces how ideas and lived experiences within each of those categories of historical analysis changed over time, but also shows how developments in each realm of American life shaped the others. It pays special attention to how American politics, institutions, and cultural norms emerged from—and produced—a changing role for the United States in its global context. It also interrogates how efforts to define American identity have both provided the terrain for inclusion and been used to justify the exclusion of various people, including racial, ethnic, and immigrant groups, people of different genders and sexual identities, and people of diverse religious and political beliefs.
4 Credits
| 02/01 - 05/21 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
| + asynchronous coursework | ||||||
Subject: History (HIST)
CRN: 21252
Online: Asynchronous | Lecture
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Historic Analysis
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
Writing to learn
Introduces students to historical reasoning. Students learn to analyze evidence from the past in context in order to explain how the past produced the ever-changing present. The course introduces students to social, political, cultural, and economic developments from the American Civil War to the present day. It not only traces how ideas and lived experiences within each of those categories of historical analysis changed over time, but also shows how developments in each realm of American life shaped the others. It pays special attention to how American politics, institutions, and cultural norms emerged from—and produced—a changing role for the United States in its global context. It also interrogates how efforts to define American identity have both provided the terrain for inclusion and been used to justify the exclusion of various people, including racial, ethnic, and immigrant groups, people of different genders and sexual identities, and people of diverse religious and political beliefs.
4 Credits
| 02/01 - 05/21 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
| + asynchronous coursework | ||||||
Subject: History (HIST)
CRN: 21253
Online: Asynchronous | Lecture
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Historic Analysis
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
Writing to learn
Introduces students to historical reasoning. Students learn to analyze evidence from the past in context in order to explain how the past produced the ever-changing present. The course introduces students to social, political, cultural, and economic developments from the American Civil War to the present day. It not only traces how ideas and lived experiences within each of those categories of historical analysis changed over time, but also shows how developments in each realm of American life shaped the others. It pays special attention to how American politics, institutions, and cultural norms emerged from—and produced—a changing role for the United States in its global context. It also interrogates how efforts to define American identity have both provided the terrain for inclusion and been used to justify the exclusion of various people, including racial, ethnic, and immigrant groups, people of different genders and sexual identities, and people of diverse religious and political beliefs.
4 Credits
| 02/01 - 05/21 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:55 am |
9:55 am |
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Subject: History (HIST)
CRN: 21254
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Historic Analysis
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
Writing to learn
Introduces students to historical reasoning. Students learn to analyze evidence from the past in context in order to explain how the past produced the ever-changing present. The course introduces students to social, political, cultural, and economic developments from the American Civil War to the present day. It not only traces how ideas and lived experiences within each of those categories of historical analysis changed over time, but also shows how developments in each realm of American life shaped the others. It pays special attention to how American politics, institutions, and cultural norms emerged from—and produced—a changing role for the United States in its global context. It also interrogates how efforts to define American identity have both provided the terrain for inclusion and been used to justify the exclusion of various people, including racial, ethnic, and immigrant groups, people of different genders and sexual identities, and people of diverse religious and political beliefs.
4 Credits
| 02/01 - 05/21 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
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Subject: History (HIST)
CRN: 21255
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Historic Analysis
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
Writing to learn
Introduces students to historical reasoning. Students learn to analyze evidence from the past in context in order to explain how the past produced the ever-changing present. The course introduces students to social, political, cultural, and economic developments from the American Civil War to the present day. It not only traces how ideas and lived experiences within each of those categories of historical analysis changed over time, but also shows how developments in each realm of American life shaped the others. It pays special attention to how American politics, institutions, and cultural norms emerged from—and produced—a changing role for the United States in its global context. It also interrogates how efforts to define American identity have both provided the terrain for inclusion and been used to justify the exclusion of various people, including racial, ethnic, and immigrant groups, people of different genders and sexual identities, and people of diverse religious and political beliefs.
4 Credits
| 02/01 - 05/21 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
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Subject: History (HIST)
CRN: 21256
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Historic Analysis
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
Writing to learn
Introduces students to historical reasoning. Students learn to analyze evidence from the past in context in order to explain how the past produced the ever-changing present. The course introduces students to social, political, cultural, and economic developments from the American Civil War to the present day. It not only traces how ideas and lived experiences within each of those categories of historical analysis changed over time, but also shows how developments in each realm of American life shaped the others. It pays special attention to how American politics, institutions, and cultural norms emerged from—and produced—a changing role for the United States in its global context. It also interrogates how efforts to define American identity have both provided the terrain for inclusion and been used to justify the exclusion of various people, including racial, ethnic, and immigrant groups, people of different genders and sexual identities, and people of diverse religious and political beliefs.
4 Credits
| 02/01 - 05/21 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:55 am |
9:55 am |
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Subject: History (HIST)
CRN: 21262
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Historic Analysis
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
LatAm/Caribb Minor
Writing to learn
WGSS Major Approved
WGSS Minor Approved
Introduces students to historical reasoning. Students learn to analyze evidence from the past in context in order to explain how the past produced the ever-changing present. This course surveys the social, political, and economic history of Latin America in global context from the Independence movements to the present. Major topics include: democracy and dictatorship, economic development and dependence, slavery and race relations, political revolution, urban and rural societies, migration, militarism, the Church and the struggle for social justice.
4 Credits
| 02/01 - 05/21 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:35 pm |
1:35 pm |
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Subject: History (HIST)
CRN: 21268
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
Holocaust/Genocide Minor Appr
This course examines the historical experiences of North America’s Indigenous peoples with respect to their cultures. It focuses upon Native Americans as active agents in producing their history both before and after European contact, not just victims of white oppression and/or abstract social forces. Topics include: Native cultural diversity on the eve of European contact; the dynamics of early Indian-European encounters; the political, spiritual, and gendered dimensions of Native accommodation and resistance; the construction and reconstruction of Indian identities in the era of the American Revolution; forced Indian Removal; the nineteenth-century struggles for the Great Plains; and the systematic placement of Native children in boarding schools and foster care during the twentieth century. Prerequisites: One 100-level History course
4 Credits
| 02/01 - 05/21 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
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Subject: History (HIST)
CRN: 21271
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
The subject matter of this course will vary from year to year and will focus on a specific historical period or event and/or particular methodological approach(es) to doing history. It will not duplicate existing courses in U.S. history. Students will be asked not only to employ evidence in support of historical interpretations but also to think critically about the relationship between varying types of evidence, to engage in prevalent debates within fields of historical scholarship, and to evaluate historical questions themselves for their utility and manageability.
4 Credits
| 02/01 - 05/21 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
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Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)
CRN: 21292
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
Writing Intensive
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
| 02/01 - 05/21 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
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Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)
CRN: 21293
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
Writing Intensive
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
| 02/01 - 05/21 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:55 am |
9:55 am |
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Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)
CRN: 21294
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
Writing Intensive
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
| 02/01 - 05/21 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
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Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)
CRN: 21295
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
Writing Intensive
Instructor: TBD
Active nonviolence as a means for societal defense and social transformation analyzed through case studies of actual nonviolent movements, examining their political philosophy and how this philosophy is reflected in their methods and strategies. Examples of possible case studies include: Mahatma Gandhi's movement for a free India, Danish resistance to Nazi occupation, the struggle for interracial justice in the United State, an integrated Canada-to-Cuba peace-and-freedom walk, the campaign to close the U.S. Army School of the Americas (WHINSEC), fair trade movements, and the Honeywell Project. The course emphasizes the theory and active practice of nonviolence as well as oral histories of successful nonviolent movements. Usually offered every semester.
4 Credits
| 02/01 - 05/21 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
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Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)
CRN: 21297
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
Writing in the Discipline
In this class students will investigate how and why particular policies are developed, proposed, adopted, and implemented; will explore how social values shape and impact public policies; and will learn how to frame issues in ways that allow for more effective advocacy. The class will examine the relative power of diverse corporate and non-profit sectors in influencing policy debates and outcomes, including the role of think tanks. Students will analyze the limitations and strengths of diverse approaches to advocacy ranging from third-party appeals and solidarity efforts to elite decision makers, as well as the prospects for a politics of agency rooted in citizen-centered politics in which people mobilize to meet the needs of their communities. The course will integrate basic theory, interaction with public policy analysts and advocates, personal experience in persuasive advocacy, and case studies focused on issues such as climate change, economic inequality, land-food-hunger, and approaches to health care. Assignments will introduce students to various tools for persuasive advocacy and allow them to develop skill sets for using them.
4 Credits
| 02/01 - 05/21 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
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Subject: Justice & Peace Studies (JPST)
CRN: 21298
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
Writing in the Discipline
This course is an introduction to the issues surrounding social conflict. It centers on equipping students with the theory and skills of conflict analysis and processes of engaging in conflict on the global, local and interpersonal levels. It contrasts a traditional conflict resolution model with conflict transformation, a paradigm that appreciates how conflict and violence are connected to underlying issues of justice. The course introduces students to a wide range of conflict transformation processes such as negotiation, mediation, dialogue, facilitation, restorative justice and conflict advocacy. It provides students with the opportunities to participate in these processes and explore potential vocational paths in the field of conflict transformation. As a component of the practice of the skills taught in this course, students organize and lead the annual World Cafe, a university-wide interdisciplinary dialogue. Throughout, the course engages students in a process of rigorous reflection of the ethics involved in engaging conflict. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
4 Credits
| 02/01 - 05/21 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:55 am |
9:55 am |
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Subject: Lat America&Carib Studies (LACS)
CRN: 21300
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
Writing to learn
Introduces students to the interdisciplinary field of Latin American Studies as well as the individuals, cultures, histories, politics, economics, and geographies that distinguish the region and its nations. Students learn different disciplinary approaches to analyzing Latin America (e.g. art history, political science, literature, sociology, and history) through course content, readings, and instruction as the course is rotated among affiliated faculty each semester offered. The interdisciplinary framework provides a number of different ways to think about Latin American society and challenges us to recognize the linkages and tensions that define the region, explored through topics such as social and economic variations, democracy and dictatorship, slavery and race relations, urban and rural societies, (im)migrations, gender and sexuality, citizenship and resistance, popular culture, and the Church and social justice. Exploring the major themes and disciplinary studies of Latin America help us integrate ideas about the region and its communities.
4 Credits
| 02/01 - 05/21 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
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Subject: Music Classes (UG) (MUSC)
CRN: 22186
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: Brady Educational Center 110
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Fine Arts
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
Writing Intensive
This course traces the development of American popular music from its roots through multiple genres such as minstrelsy, jazz, big band, swing, crooning, jump blues, gospel, rhythm and blues, country, western, folk/protest, and rock 'n' roll, concluding with the British Invasion. Popular music development is critically examined through four interrelated driving forces: identity (ethnicity, gender, culture, generation), centers vs. peripheries (the established vs. the innovative ), technology (impact on musical performance and listening), and business/law (commercial competition and development). Multimedia presentations include extensive audio and video support. Designed for the Popular Music minor.
4 Credits
| 02/01 - 05/21 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
| + asynchronous coursework | ||||||
Subject: Music Classes (UG) (MUSC)
CRN: 21370
Online: Asynchronous | Lecture
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Fine Arts
OR
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
CommGood/Changemaking
Writing Intensive
WGSS Major Approved
The origins and history of jazz in the United States. Various phases in the development of jazz style are discussed. Blues, ragtime, Dixieland, swing, bop, cool jazz, fusion, as well as other recent developments in jazz performances are investigated. An essential part of the course is the analysis and evaluation of recorded performances by outstanding jazz musicians. Designed for non-majors as well as an elective for music majors interested in jazz. Offered fall semester.
4 Credits
| 02/01 - 05/21 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
Subject: Music Classes (UG) (MUSC)
CRN: 22147
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: Brady Educational Center
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Fine Arts
OR
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
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
| 02/01 - 05/21 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
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Subject: Political Science (POLS)
CRN: 21483
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
School of Ed Transfer Course
Writing to learn
This course focuses on public policymaking within the United States, with an emphasis on what governments do, why they do it, and what difference it makes. It examines aspects of the policy process, such as agenda-setting and issue attention cycles, before covering substantive public policy issues such as education, civil rights, health care, energy and the environment, defense, and immigration. The ways in which people influence the public policy process through elections, interest groups, and measures of public opinion will also be considered. Prerequisite: POLS 104 or permission of instructor.
4 Credits
| 02/01 - 05/21 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:55 am |
9:55 am |
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Subject: Political Science (POLS)
CRN: 21486
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
School of Ed Transfer Course
WGSS Major Approved
WGSS Minor Approved
An intersectional examination of the impact of gender within American politics, with a focus on representation. Campaign strategies and styles of candidates, election to local, state, and national office, and the impact that women make in public office will be emphasized. Differences between political lives across the gender spectrum will also be explored. Potential explanations for the political underrepresentation of women will be evaluated. Prerequisite: POLS 205 or permission of the instructor.
4 Credits
| 02/01 - 05/21 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
9:35 am |
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Subject: Sociology (SOCI)
CRN: 21539
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
WGSS Major Approved
WGSS Minor Approved
While discussions of gender and its social construction have become common in our culture, there is less discussion of whether there are actually binary “biological sexes” that impact those conversations. In addition, while we have made many inclusive efforts in understanding the LGBTQIA+ community, our larger society correlates sexual orientation to biology leaving us to ask: are queer folks born that way and does it stay fixed throughout our lives? This course explores the convergence of sociology and biology in how we define gender, sex, sexual orientation, and sexual behavior as continua instead of binaries as once previously believed. Topics are examined in developmental order from conception to adulthood and include current issues relevant to the LGBTQIA+ community and society at-large. The course also considers these topics in non-human animals to ask ‘what is normal?’ in nature. This will be a BIOL - SOCI crosslisted course.
4 Credits
| 02/01 - 05/21 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
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Subject: Sociology (SOCI)
CRN: 22163
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
WGSS Major Approved
WGSS Minor Approved
Although hate crimes have long existed in the United States, the term "hate crime" is a relatively new addition to the social, political, and legal domains. This course examines the institutionalization of hate crime law within our legal system and explores the complexities surrounding the development and enforcement of hate crime laws. This course also examines the causes, manifestations, and consequences of hate crimes, and the effectiveness of formal and informal social controls in combating these crimes.
4 Credits
| 02/01 - 05/21 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
10:55 am |
10:55 am |
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| + asynchronous coursework | ||||||
Subject: Sociology (SOCI)
CRN: 21542
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
Instructor: TBD
This course identifies and investigates the following topics: general principles of stratification, theoretical explanations by which inequality emerges and is maintained, the relationship between social class and other forms of inequality in the United States including gender, race, and changes in social hierarchy over time. The course will explore issues such as poverty, welfare, occupational prestige, meritocracy, and class prestige. Although primary focus is on the United States, the course also examines global inequality. Prerequisites: SOCI 100 or SOCI 110 and must be Junior or Senior Standing.
4 Credits
| 02/01 - 05/21 | ||||||
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:35 pm |
1:35 pm |
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Subject: Sociology (SOCI)
CRN: 21543
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
Faith and Praxis Minor or Cert
School of Ed Transfer Course
Writing Intensive
WGSS Major Approved
WGSS Minor Approved
Sexuality as a social construction is explored with a specific focus on cultural and institutional influences including the family, economy, religion, government, and the media. Current research findings are discussed within the context of historical change in American sexual behavior, attitudes and research methodologies. This course meets a requirement in Family Studies. Prerequisite: SOCI 100 or 110
4 Credits