Applications to research in economic or sociological problems of agriculture and Human Environmental Sciences. Focus is on understanding the special needs of rural society and how best to approach planned social change of the development efforts. Course is operated as a seminar, and covers a wide variety of community development applications. Different approaches to the essential problems of modern existence, leading to a description of contemporary values and the tensions and conflicts among them. The emphasis is on direct experience with works of art.
Emphasis is on direct experience with the works of art.
An interdisciplinary, value-oriented discussion course. An interdisciplinary course taught by faculty and guests from diverse disciplines. Political, anthropological, military, historical, technological, sociological, psychological, literary and religious perspectives on the origins of armed conflict and the quest for world peace. Drawing on fiction, poetry, autobiography, and drama from works written originally in French, Polish, German, Dutch, English, and Yiddish, this course introduces students to the Holocaust through literature. Deals with the adequacy of imaginative literature in the face of atrocity, the comparative effectiveness of fiction versus autobiography, and the dangers of exploitation and trivialization.