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Subject<br />

Catalog<br />

Number<br />

Title<br />

<strong>Semester</strong> <strong>General</strong> <strong>Education</strong> <strong>Courses</strong><br />

<strong>General</strong><br />

<strong>Education</strong><br />

Code<br />

Credit<br />

Hours<br />

Maximum<br />

Repeat<br />

Hours<br />

Course Description<br />

JS 1000 Introduction to Jewish Studies 2HL 3 0 Introduces Jewish culture, history and politics. We will examine how the<br />

Jewish people and their religion emerged in Biblical times, and how Jewish<br />

culture has evolved and flourished for 3,000 years. We will look at the many<br />

varieties of "Jewishness," as well as the impact the Jews have had on their<br />

non-Jewish neighbors. Students will learn about largely unrecognized aspects<br />

of Jewish culture. From Christianity to communism, from American humor and<br />

music, the Jews have bequeathed a rich and diverse heritage to humanity.<br />

JS 2100 History of Jewish Humor 2HL 3 0 Explores the rich universe of Jewish humor. We will trace its evolution from<br />

the Yiddish culture of the 19th- century shtetl all the way to 21st-century<br />

cinema and television, where Woody Allen, Jerry Seinfeld, Mel Brooks, and<br />

others have made American humor Jewish and Jewish humor American. We<br />

will probe the significance of the schlemiel, the schlimazel, and the schnorrer,<br />

and why these cultural archetypes which emerged centuries ago in Eastern<br />

Europe still have such resonance today.<br />

LAT 2110 Intermediate Latin I 2HL 3 0 Continues emphasis on reading skills developed in first year. Reading<br />

numerous prose excerpts from a variety of authors; content primarily concerns<br />

Roman history, as well as some poetry.<br />

LAT 2120 Intermediate Latin II 2HL 3 0 Continues emphasis on reading skills developed in Latin 2110. Reading<br />

excerpts from a variety of authors with an emphasis on Roman poetry.<br />

ML 2338 German Film and Culture 2HL 3 0 A survey of German film from the 20th- century to the present. Analysis of the<br />

content, formal strategies, and the historical context of major works. All films<br />

subtitled.<br />

PHIL 1010 Fundamentals of Philosophy 2HL 3 0 Survey of selected basic problems, concepts, and methods in philosophy.<br />

PHIL 1300 Introduction to Ethics 2HL 3 0 Discussion of classic and/or modern philosophical views of human values,<br />

ideals, and morality. Provides introductory survey of some main problems,<br />

concepts, and results of ethics including selected philosophers of past and<br />

present.<br />

PHIL 2160 Philosophy of Science Survey 2HL 3 0 Nontechnical survey of types, testing, and credibility of hypotheses; methods<br />

of experimental inquiry; measurement; laws, theories and their role in<br />

explanation, concept formation.<br />

PHIL 2320 Philosophy of Art 2HL 3 0 Conceptual analysis of common assumptions, attitudes, theories, and ideas<br />

about arts, their criticism, and appreciation.<br />

PHIL 2400 Social and Political Philosophy 2HL 3 0 Introduction to major philosophical theories concerning nature of social and<br />

political communities including those offered by Plato, Aquinas, Hobbes,<br />

Locke, Mill, and Rawls. Consideration of some significant specialized<br />

problems in social and political theory including distributive justice, civil<br />

disobedience, liberty, punishment, etc.<br />

Page 33 of 63<br />

November 17, 2011

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