Summer 2020
Please Note: Summer 2020 Course Registration Opens Online on Monday, May 11th at 8AM Leonardo continues to fascinate and provoke, his myriad activities still studied by experts in a wide variety of fields. New discoveries are continually being made about his engineering ideas, his drawings and manuscripts, the provenance of his paintings, and his life […]
Please Note: Summer 2020 Course Registration Opens Online on Monday, May 11th at 8AM This class deals with the climax of Dante’s Divine Comedy. While Inferno depicts sin and evil, and Purgatorio portrays redemption, Paradiso illustrates the possibility of transcendence. Not only does a blessed soul understand the transcendent universe, but that person also transcends […]
Please Note: Summer 2020 Course Registration Opens Online on Monday, May 11th at 8AM This seminar will study the text of Joyce’s Ulysses, one of the most technically accomplished novels. Style will therefore be an important focus. Each chapter alludes to a character or event from the Odyssey and distinguishes itself by its own style, […]
Please Note: Summer 2020 Course Registration Opens Online on Monday, May 11th at 8AM Never before has the nature of news changed so quickly and dramatically than now, driven by a crumbling economic model, “#FakeNews” attacks from government leaders, and declining credibility and public support. This seminar examines the history of news, key principles of […]
Please Note: Summer 2020 Course Registration Opens Online on Monday, May 11th at 8AM Aristotle described the human species as a “social animal,” and that designation is perhaps more relevant than ever today. As people face “stay-at-home” orders due to COVID-19, they experience deeply the craving for human connection and interaction. People are turning to […]
Please Note: Summer 2020 Course Registration Opens Online on Monday, May 11th at 8AM The Christian religion is inextricably bound up with contemporary culture not only in America but also around the globe. Yet, even after centuries of scholarly inquiry, numerous questions regarding its historical origins remain contested and unanswered. This course probes several: How […]
Please Note: Summer 2020 Course Registration Opens Online on Monday, May 11th at 8AM This course explores the relationship between language and identity–how individual and group identities interact with language use. Language can show belonging/not belonging to a community, a “self vs. other” distinction both produced by speakers and interpreted by listeners. How do specific […]
Please Note: Summer 2020 Course Registration Opens Online on Monday, May 11th at 8AM Forests represent the predominant ecosystems of the Earth’s land area. They are a critical element in many processes that affect the environment, human society, and our global economy. Forest structure, composition, and function are being altered by human activity, most critically […]
Please Note: Summer 2020 Course Registration Opens Online on Monday, May 11th at 8AM Rhythm and blues music emerged as a genre in the late 1940s, coinciding with the rise of multiple civil rights movements in the United States. This course explores culture and politics by examining the intertwined histories of rhythm and blues music, […]