Spring 2008 Curricular Fields

Curricular Fields

American Studies

• America and China in Historical Perspective
• American Literature and the American Idea (Core)
• Americans at Work: Evolving Attitudes to Work in the United States
• Ethics, Intelligence, and National Security
• Path to the Future: The U.S. in the 21st Century (Core)
• Race, Class, Gender, and Religion (Human Values)
• The Court, The Constitution, and the Shaping of the American Nation (Core)
• The Defense Debate: U.S. Defense Policy (Human Values)
• The Founding Era: The Great Debate (Core)
• The History and Development of American Labor
• Understanding Terrorism and Terrorists (Human Values)
• Values Issues in Public Policy (Core)

Catholic Studies

• Christianity and World Religions (Human Values)
• Old Testament Literature: Society and Ethics (Core)
• Race, Class, Gender, and Religion (Human Values)
• The Book of Job: Poetry and Theology in the Face of Suffering (Human Values)

Classical Civilizations

• Why the Greeks Matter: Plato and the Greek Heritage (Human Values)

Ethics and the Professions

• Americans at Work: Evolving Attitudes to Work in the United States
• Bioethics: Current Debates in Science and Health Care (Human Values)
• Consumers, Marketers, and the Marketplace (Human Values)
• Ethics, Intelligence, and National Security (Human Values)
• Navigating Moral Choice: Responsibility, Resilience, and Moral Wisdom (Human Values)
• The Ethics of Aristotle and Kant(Core)
• Values Issues in Public Policy (Human Values)

Humanities

• American Literature and the American Idea (Human Values)
• *Arab-Christians in Modern History
• Art and Ethics: Current Controversies in the Liberal Arts (Human Values)
• *Christianity and Islam: Co-existence and Conflict in Medieval Art and Culture
• Christianity and World Religions (Human Values)
• Gandhi’s India (Human Values)
• Orientalism: Western Perceptions of Near Eastern Culture and Values
• Race, Class, Gender, and Religion (Human Values)
• The Concept of the State in Islam (Human Values)
• The Ethics of Aristotle and Kant (Core)
• The Founding Era: The Great Debate (Core)
• Venice: Prototype of the Knowledge Society
• Why the Greeks Matter: Plato and the Greek Heritage (Human Values)

International Affairs

• America and China in Historical Perspective
• *Arab-Christians in Modern History
• Challenges and Opportunities: China, Japan, and the Modern World
• Christianity and World Religions (Human Values)
• Gandhi’s India (Human Values)
• *History of Islam in Africa
• *Islam in Post-Soviet Central Asia
• Orientalism: Western Perceptions of Near Eastern Culture and Values
• Path to the Future: The U.S. in the 21st Century (Core)
• The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Implications for American Policies (Human Values)
• The Concept of the State in Islam (Human Values)
• *The Study of Islam and Muslim-Christian Relations (Core)
• Understanding Terrorism and Terrorists (Core)
• Values Issues in International Affairs (Core)

Islam and Muslim-Christian Relations

• *Arab-Christians in Modern History
• *Christianity and Islam: Co-Existence and Conflict in Medieval Art and Culture(Human Values)
• Christianity and World Religions (Human Values)
• *History of Islam in Africa
• *Islam in Post-Soviet Central Asia
• Orientalism: Western Perceptions of Near Eastern Culture and Values (Human Values)
• *Religion and International Affairs: The Case of Muslim Countries (Human Values)
• The Concept of the State in Islam (Human Values)
• *The Study of Islam and Muslim-Christian Relations (Core)

Literature and Society

• American Literature and the American Idea (Core)
• Old Testament Literature: Society and Ethics (Human Values)
• Orientalism: Western Perceptions of Near Eastern Culture and Values
• The Book of Job: Poetry and Theology in the Face of Suffering (Human Values)
• Why the Greeks Matter: Plato and the Greek Heritage (Human Values)

Medieval and Early Modern European Studies

• *Christianity and Islam: Co-Existence and Conflict in Medieval Art and Culture (Human Values)
• Consumers, Marketers, and the Marketplace (Human Values)
• *The Study of Islam and Muslim-Christian Relations (Human Values)
• Venice: Prototype of the Knowledge Society

Religious Studies

• *Arab-Christians in Modern History (Human Values)
• Christianity and World Religions (Human Values)
• Gandhi’s India (Human Values)
• Old Testament Literature: Society and Ethics (Core)
• Race, Class, Gender, and Religion (Human Values)
• The Book of Job: Poetry and Theology in the Face of Suffering (Human Values)
• *The Study of Islam and Muslim-Christian Relations (Human Values)

Social and Public Policy

• Americans at Work: Evolving Attitudes to Work in the United States
• Bioethics: Current Debates in Science and Health Care (Human Values)
• Consumers, Marketers, and the Marketplace (Human Values)
• Ethics, Intelligence, and National Security (Human Values)
• Navigating Moral Choice: Responsibility, Resilience, and Moral Wisdom (Human Values)
• Path to the Future: The U.S. in the 21st Century (Core)
• Race, Class, Gender, and Religion (Core)
• The Court, The Constitution, and the Shaping of the American Nation (Core)
• The Defense Debate: U.S. Defense Policy (Human Values)
• The Founding Era: The Great Debate (Core)
• The History and Development of American Labor
• Understanding Terrorism and Terrorists (Core)
• Values Issues in Public Policy (Core)
• Venice: Prototype of the Knowledge Society

Theory and Practice of American Democracy

• Americans at Work: Evolving Attitudes to Work in the United States
• Path to the Future: The U.S. in the 21st Century (Core)
• Race, Class, Gender, and Religion (Core)
• The Court, The Constitution, and the Shaping of the American Nation (Core)
• The Defense Debate: U.S. Defense Policy (Human Values)
• The Founding Era: The Great Debate (Core)
• The History and Development of American Labor
• Understanding Terrorism and Terrorists (Human Values)
• Values Issues in Public Policy (Core)

Visual Culture

• Art and Ethics: Current Controversies in the Liberal Arts (Core)
• *Christianity and Islam: Co-Existence and Conflict in Medieval Art and Culture (Human Values)
• Orientalism: Western Perceptions of Near Eastern Culture and Values