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Course Selection Guidebook – Fall 2011W&M undergraduate students are able to earn both a Bachelor’s degree and a Master of PublicPolicy in five years. Candidates interested in this accelerated degree path must apply to and gainacceptance in their junior year. See page 127 of the Graduate Program Catalog for full details.For information, contact the program’s office at (757) 221-2368.Introductory CoursesEconomics 101. Principles of Microeconomics - (GER 3) Fall and Spring (3) The study ofeconomic behavior at the level of individual households and firms. Topics include scarcity andchoice, supply and demand, production, cost and market organization.Economics 102. Principles of Macroeconomics - (GER 3) Fall and Spring (3) The study ofaggregate economic activity. Topics include national income and output, unemployment, moneyand inflation, and international trade.Government 201. Introduction to American Government and Politics - Fall or Spring (3) Anintroduction to the American political system, its institutions, and processes.Government 350. Introduction to Public Policy - Fall or Spring (3) An introductory examinationof the dynamics of policy making processes at the national level of government, focusing on theeffect of government institutions on policy making and implementation in the context of nationalpolicy issues.Public Policy 391. Survey of Public Policy – Fall (1) This course introduces students to theinterdisciplinary field of public policy. It provides opportunities for students to meet faculty whoteach public policy courses and to learn about opportunities for student research. Ideal for studentswho are considering majoring in Public Policy. Enrollment restricted to freshmen andsophomores.Religious StudiesFew new students will have undertaken the academic study of religion despite the fact that theymay have experienced some form of religious education. The academic study of religion is theexamination of the origins, histories, literatures, contexts, and expressed beliefs of the religions ofhumankind. Such study is by nature multi-disciplinary, drawing especially on the methods ofhistory, philosophy, the social sciences, and literary analysis. As religion is one of the mostsignificant aspects of human experience, its careful study is essential to the well-educated person.For more information, please contact the department at (757) 221-2175.Introductory Courses150. Freshmen Seminar - Fall and Spring (3 or 4) Four seminars are offered annually. Althoughtopics vary, the sections emphasize close reading of texts, discussion, and writing. See separatelisting of Freshmen Seminars for descriptions. (Note: Some Religious Studies Freshman Seminarsfulfill the writing requirement and some do not.)201. Introduction to Religion – (GER 4C) Spring (3) A cross-cultural study of religion, exploringvarious theories of religion, its origin, nature and interpretation, including an analysis ofcontrasting views of deity, cosmic and social order, the human problem, theodicy, moral normsand authority, and conceptions of liberation and salvation.72
Course Selection Guidebook – Fall 2011203. History and Religion of Ancient Israel - (GER 4B, 5) Fall and Spring (3) A study of thehistory and traditions of ancient Israel, with emphasis upon the setting, transmission, context, andtheological self-understanding reflected in biblical texts.204. Christian Origins - (GER 4A, 5) Fall and Spring (3) A study of the origin and development ofearliest Christianity. The course focuses on the New Testament and other ancient documents withattention to the Greco-Roman historical contexts of the emerging Christian faith.210. Introduction to the History of Christianity - (GER 4A) Fall and Spring (3) An introduction toWestern Christianity that focuses upon selected periods, critically important movements andevents, theological developments and institutional changes, with attention to the relationshipbetween Christianity and currents in the wider culture.211. Introduction to the History of Jewish Thought - (GER 4A, 5) Fall (3) A study of the biblicalorigins of Judaism followed by an examination of representative literature from critical periods inthe history of Jewish thought: rabbinic, medieval, and modern.212. Introduction to Islam - (GER 4B) Fall and Spring (3) A study of the origins, major ideas,practices, institutions, and development of Islam within the context of Muslim history.213. Introduction to Hinduism – (GER 4B) Fall and Spring (3) A study of major developmentsand principles of Hinduism, beginning with Vedic period. Topics include: The changingconceptions of sacrifice; the inquiries into the nature of the self; the nature of the Ultimate; the roleand development of devotion; mythology; ritual and its functions; the influence of Buddhism andIslam; and the character of Hinduism in modern India.214. Introduction to Buddhism – (GER 4B) Fall (3) A study of the history, doctrines, practices,and various manifestations of the Buddhist tradition. The course begins with the social andreligious context out of which the Buddha emerged, progresses to an exploration of Buddhism’sphilosophical basis, and traces the spread of Buddhism from India and its later developments inNepal and Tibet, Southeast Asia, and China and Japan.215. History of Religion in East Asia - (GER 4B) Spring (3) Introduction to the religious systemsof China and Japan, including the literatures, histories, thought patterns and practices of the majorschools of Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and Shintoism.221. Religion and Ethics - (GER 7) Fall and Spring (3) An introductory study of western religiousethics. The course closely examines the relationships between religious belief and ethics inbiblical, Jewish, Roman Catholic, Protestant, and humanistic writings. The course emphasizesanalytic and critical thinking skills.SociologyThe Sociology Department provides both preprofessional training in Sociology and a sound liberalarts background for careers in public services and administration, law, business, medicine,journalism, and the other professions. The Sociology curriculum covers a variety of topics andissues, but all of our courses deal with the nature and consequences of human social arrangements.73
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