This course focuses on five of Shakespeare's plays as literature of immense cultural importance and also as popular entertainment, both in Shakespeare's day and in our own. It is designed to give students a better understanding and appreciation of Shakespearean language and literary forms and a critical awareness of the continuing use, reinterpretation, and reinvention of Shakespeare's plots and characters. This Sociology course considers the influence of social phenomena on human behavior using comparative multicultural and cross-cultural approaches and drawing on current, relevant examples. Topics include social ranking and mobility, crime and deviance, poverty, racial and ethnic minority status, gender discrimination, aging as a social process, the family, economic systems, political systems, religion, health care, education, and types and theories of social change. The courses encompass several lessons covering concepts typically taught in basic high school Algebra I and Algebra II courses.
Faculty can assemble lessons in any order to suit the instructional needs of their students.
These courses require an on-site teacher.