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AL 210 - Democratic Discourse and Critique in the Arts and Humanities

Arts and humanities contributions to identifying and solving social, cultural, and political problems. Various modes of participation and engagement by diverse groups in democratic discourse broadly understood. Political debate, public discourse, critique, protest, dissent, and artistic expression.

Average Grade - 2.571
Median Grade - 3.5
15 total students

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ENG 130 - Film and Society

Ways of viewing film in its cultural, social, and historical context. Basic critical approaches to film or film genres, focused on a particular topic.

Average Grade - 3.800
Median Grade - 4.0
15 total students

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ENG 142 - Introduction to Popular Literary Genres

Popular literary genres such as science fiction, romance, detective novels, gothic, horror, and spy thrillers, including film and other non-print media. Topics vary.

Average Grade - 3.844
Median Grade - 4.0
16 total students

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ENG 210 - Introduction to Literary Studies

Writing-intensive course in close reading, with substantial attention to poetry, drama, and narrative prose, drawing broadly on texts taken from more than one century and more than one national literature.

Average Grade - 3.265
Median Grade - 3.5
206 total students

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ENG 223 - Introduction to Creative Non-Fiction Writing

Directed practice in the writing of creative non-fiction. Types and structures available to the creative non-fiction writer.

Average Grade - 3.885
Median Grade - 4.0
14 total students

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ENG 228 - Introduction to Fiction Writing

Directed practice in the writing of fiction. Types and structures available to the fiction writer.

Average Grade - 3.932
Median Grade - 4.0
23 total students

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ENG 318 - Readings in Shakespeare

Extensive readings in Shakespeare’s works across genres, considered in relation to historical, cultural, and performance contexts.

Average Grade - 3.184
Median Grade - 4.0
19 total students

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ENG 340 - Theory and Methods of Popular Culture Studies

Examination of the theories and methods of studies in popular culture.

Average Grade - 3.773
Median Grade - 4.0
15 total students

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ENG 342 - Readings in Popular Literary Genres

Extensive reading within a particular genre of popular literature such as science fiction, crime fiction or Gothic, with possible attention to media other than print.

Average Grade - 3.300
Median Grade - 3.5
20 total students

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ENG 428 - Advanced Fiction Writing

Advanced workshop in writing short stories and longer forms of fiction. Reading and analysis of published fiction.

Average Grade - 4.000
Median Grade - 4.0
12 total students

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FLM 255 - Stars and Directors

Survey of individual film directors and/or stars.

Average Grade - 3.068
Median Grade - 3.5
22 total students

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IAH 201 - United States and the World (D)

Major issues in development of U.S. society and culture, presented in international and comparative context. Influences from native Americans, Europeans, Africans, and Asians. Organized historically, with thematic emphasis on literature and the arts.

Average Grade - 3.384
Median Grade - 3.5
2630 total students

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REL 101 - Exploring Religion

Religion and religions as historical phenomena. Non-textual and textual religions. Theories of the origins and functions of religion. Exemplary voices from various traditions examined in their historical and doctrinal settings.

Average Grade - 3.450
Median Grade - 4.0
402 total students

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REL 175 - Religion in Film

Film representation of religions and spiritual traditions through their representations in film.

Average Grade - 3.435
Median Grade - 3.5
390 total students

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REL 205 - Myth, Self, and Religion

The mythic quest for meaning, identity, value, and transcendence as seen through religious biography and literary narrative. Myth in relation to religious symbols and life-cycle rituals. Cross-cultural perspective on religious world views and the interpretation of myth as sacred narrative.

Average Grade - 3.261
Median Grade - 3.5
46 total students

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REL 215 - Music and Religion

Introduction to the lived experience of world religions through investigation of their sacred songs.

Average Grade - 3.262
Median Grade - 3.5
187 total students

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REL 250 - Religion and the Arts

Exploration of the ancient but ongoing interaction of art and religion across time and religious traditions, with particular attention to artworks that have played a role in social movements for equality and freedom.

Average Grade - 2.895
Median Grade - 3.5
20 total students

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