CHSS Topics Courses
Communication, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Topics Courses for
Spring 2009
82483 HIST 2096 Native American History with Dr Benay Blend
After five months, the Longest Walk converges on Washington, DC., not as a piece of history, but in the present. This class will look deeper into an understanding of the processes that have created our present reality. In the process, people who are often thought to have not history, will find a voice.
82246 ARTH 2200 Women In Art with Danielle Miller
The class will explore the role of women as makers, patrons, collectors and critics of art, the social and cultural dynamics affecting perceptions of women's art, and the role of feminism in modern and contemporary art and art criticism.
82397 ENG 2096 —Tolkien and Film with Dr. Karen Sunde
This course explores J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and its movie translations, focusing specifically on Peter Jackson’s work. We will examine questions that lie at the heart of human life: How do you live a good life—How do you overcome akrásia (weakness of will) to chose the right road among honor, loyalty, friendship, ethical consciousness and the nature of good and evil? As we examine these issues, we will discover how speculative fiction such as fantasy, science fiction, or animé provides a mythic map of values, fusing the imagination and reality to forge connections between our past and future.
82420 Eng 2250 Analysis of Literature with Geri Rhodes
FABLES, PARABLES, TALES, and MODERN DRAMA! Learn to do critical analysis of great literature, including fiction, poetry and dramatic works.
CRN 82523 MUSIC 2096 Music Today with Daniel Davis
Study the many diverse music cultures that coexist in the US. Go to musical events! Celebrate Music in America! Learn interesting facts about music, musicians, & composers of the United States.Course Description:
CRN 82669 RLGN 2096 Religions in the U.S. with Kelly J Baker
Introduces the diversity of religious practice in the United States from European contact with Native Americans to the twenty-first century. This course examines the dominant Protestantism as well as religious diversity in America, including Native American religions, American Catholicism, Mormonism, New Religious Movements, Eastern religions in America, Judaism, Islam, popular devotion, and various religious movements in New Mexico.
