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381. Independent Research in Asian Studies. (1h, 2h, 3h) Supervised independent research
project on a topic related to Asia. Requires the approval of both the instructor and the coordinator
of East Asian studies. May be repeated for credit, but no more than three hours may count
toward East Asian studies.
382. Italian Cinema and Society. (3h) Survey of some of Italy’s greatest postwar films, with
special attention to issues and problems in Italian society as treated by major directors such as
Fellini, DeSica, Rossellini, Antonioni, and Olmi.
383. Italian Fascism in Novels and Films. (3h) Exploration of theories of fascism, with emphasis
on Italy between 1919 and 1944 as understood through novels and films.
385. Legends of Troy. (3h) Interdisciplinary investigation of translations and transformations of
the Trojan legend from the Greeks through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to the present.
Texts, studied in English translation, are by such authors as Homer, Virgil, Ovid, Chaucer,
Racine, and Giraudoux.
390. Interdisciplinary Seminar on Aging. (1.5h or 3h) Study of aging in an interdisciplinary context,
including the biological, psychological, neurobiological, cognitive, health status, and social
structural and demographic aspects of aging. P—POI.
396. Individual Study. (1h, 2h, 3h) Individual projects in the humanities which continue study
begun in regular courses. By prearrangement.
Interdisciplinary Honors (HON)
Coordinator Professor of English Barry Maine
A series of seminar courses of an interdisciplinary nature is open to qualified undergraduates.
Students interested in admission to any one of these seminars should consult the coordinator.
Students who choose to participate in as many as four interdisciplinary seminars and who
have a superior record may elect HON 281, directed study culminating in an honors paper
and an oral examination. Those whose work has been superior in this course and who have
achieved an overall grade point average of at least 3.0 in all college work may be graduated
with the distinction “Honors in the Arts and Sciences.” Students who choose to be candidates
for departmental honors may not also be candidates for “Honors in the Arts and Sciences.”
Able students are normally encouraged to choose a departmental honors program rather
than “Honors in the Arts and Sciences.” As a result, most students elect to participate in only
one or two interdisciplinary seminars in which they are particularly interested. The faculty
participants for these seminars represent diverse academic disciplines.
131, 132. Approaches to Human Experience I. (3h, 3h) Inquiry into the nature and interrelationships
of several approaches to man’s experience, represented by the work of three such minds
as Leonardo da Vinci, Dante, Klee, Lorenz, Confucius, Dostoevsky, Descartes, Goya, Mozart,
Jefferson, and Bohr. Seminar discussion based on primary and secondary sources, including
musical works and paintings. Written reports and a term paper required. Offered in alternate years.
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