1999-2000 - The University of Scranton

ECS 110 3 credits
Biography as Culture
(This course is required of all students in
the ECS program.) A chronological study
of men and women who contributed to and
helped shape Byzantine and early Christian
thought. Attention given to emperors and
empresses, holy men and women, philosophers,
iconographers, architects, musicians,
writers.
REES 140 3 credits
Russian and East European Culture
(Required of all students in REES program)
A topical study of Russia and East
Europe. Included among the lectures are
the following: cultural history, literature,
art, religious thought, music, and the role
of the Society of Jesus in Russia and East
Europe.
REES 225
Russian and East 3 credits
European Literature
This course will examine Polish, Czech,
Romanian, East German, and Russian literature
of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
with emphasis on the themes of the
alienation of human life and the search for
the transcendent. Among the authors to be
read and discussed are Reymont,
Sienkiewicz, Lem, Capek, Ionesco,
Tolstoy, Dostoyevski and Chekhov.
Tutorials are available to students who cannot fit courses into their schedules.
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
DR. JAMES P. BUCHANAN, Director
336
ECS/REES 335
Senior Seminar in REES 3 credits
(Required of all students in ECS/REES
program) A summing up of the ECS/REES
concentration in advanced-level discussions
on the part of the students. Students
will engage in the following: (a) identify
one problem related to ECS/REES, (b)
choose a methodology suited to the problem,
(c) after intense research and analysis,
choose a topic approved by the staff and
prepare a project or paper approved by the
staff. Some projects or papers might lend
themselves to publication. Course available
only to seniors in ECS/REES.
PHIL 219
Russian Philosophy 3 credits
This course will trace the evolution of
Russian philosophical thought. The offering
will concentrate on select nineteenthand
twentieth-century authors and will also
highlight several grand themes dear to
Russian philosophers, including integral
knowledge, the philosophy of history,
Godmanhood, and Sophia. Consideration
will be afforded both religious and nonreligious
thinkers.
ARTH 205
The Icon in Russian and 3 credits
East European Art
This course focuses on theology, image and
artistic style in the making of the icon in
Russia and East Europe. The icon will be
studied in its historical and cultural context
from medieval—through modem times.
This program offers all students, especially those majoring in the behavioral and social
sciences, the opportunity to develop a multidisciplinary focus in human development. The
academic aims of the concentration are to provide an understanding of: 1. Both normal and
exceptional development of humans as biological and psychological organisms; 2. The
relationship between individuals and family/social environment; and 3. The means to
enhance human development, including a field experience in a human-development agency.