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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 - 4.000
Median Grade - 4.0
11 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 - 3.456
Median Grade - 3.5
286 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 - 3.500
Median Grade - 3.5
27 total students

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IAH 207 - Literatures, Cultures, Identities (I)

Explorations in how literature reflects, creates, and challenges cultural and individual identities. Approaches and materials from literature, philosophy, the arts, religion, and history. Selected themes and issues, variable by term.

Average Grade - 3.325
Median Grade - 3.5
3402 total students

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IAH 211C - Area Studies and Multicultural Civilizations: The Americas (D)

Arts and humanities of the Americas: literature, visual arts, music, religion and philosophy presented in historical context. Selected regions, cultures, and themes. Variable by term.

Average Grade - 3.464
Median Grade - 4.0
84 total students

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IAH 231A - Themes and Issues: Human Values and the Arts and Humanities (D)

Values of individualism, responsibility, love, community, and rationality. Students are introduced to diverse methods and materials from the arts and humanities.

Average Grade - 3.754
Median Grade - 4.0
733 total students

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IAH 231B - Themes and Issues: Moral Issues and the Arts and Humanities (D)

Human conflict and moral dilemmas, addressed through diverse methods and materials from the arts and humanities.

Average Grade - 3.564
Median Grade - 4.0
788 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 - 3.562
Median Grade - 4.0
1283 total students

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REL 185 - Introduction to Religion and Nonprofits

History, themes and issues in the intersection of religion, philanthropy, and nonprofit organizations in U.S. and global contexts.

Average Grade - 3.688
Median Grade - 4.0
16 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 - 3.523
Median Grade - 4.0
129 total students

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REL 206 - Spirituality, Belonging, and the Quest for Purpose

Secular spirituality. Spiritual but not Religious. Spiritual practices, wellness, and mindfulness. Spirituality, meaning-making, and the cultivation of belonging. Spirituality and the Environment.

Average Grade - 3.702
Median Grade - 4.0
48 total students

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REL 291 - Special Topics in Religious Studies

Special topics supplementing regular course offerings, proposed by faculty on a group basis.

Average Grade - 3.726
Median Grade - 4.0
101 total students

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REL 301 - Methods and Theories in the Study of Religion

Introduction to prominent methods and theories through which religions and religious phenomena can be understood.

Average Grade - 3.609
Median Grade - 4.0
149 total students

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REL 310 - Judaism

Jewish life, thought, and institutions. Jewish calendar. Second Temple and Rabbinic periods. Talmud and Midrash. Jewish life in Europe and America. Hasidic, Reform, Orthodox, and Conservative movements. Anti-Semitism, Zionism, and the Holocaust. Current issues.

Average Grade - 3.712
Median Grade - 4.0
75 total students

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REL 375 - Religion and U.S. Literature

Religion in works of American literature seen in historical context.

Average Grade - 3.652
Median Grade - 4.0
33 total students

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REL 380 - New Religions

New religious movements, groups and individuals seen historically. Major controversies.

Average Grade - 3.644
Median Grade - 4.0
165 total students

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REL 412 - Jewish Mysticism (W)

Introduction to the doctrines, ritual practices, and history of Jewish mysticism.

Average Grade - 3.733
Median Grade - 4.0
76 total students

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REL 480 - Comparative Studies in Religion (W)

Multidisciplinary approaches to topics such as patterns in comparative religion, comparative mysticism, or comparative mythology.

Average Grade - 3.542
Median Grade - 4.0
12 total students

Latest grades from Spring 2014

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