Courses

This course studies the major ancient empires that formed the Western Tradition. Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, the Ancient Hebrews, Ancient Greece, and Ancient Rome.

Study of modern films as they relate to ancient literary texts that inspired them or with which they share common themes; relationship between Greek epic, tragedy, and comedy and their cinematic adaptations; treatment of Rome as an idea or ideal in the work of both ancient Romans and modern filmmakers.

Study of modern films as they relate to ancient literary texts that inspired them or with which they share common themes; relationship between Greek epic, tragedy, and comedy and their cinematic adaptations; treatment of Rome as an idea or ideal in the work of both ancient Romans and modern filmmakers.

South from post-revolutionary era through 1860, emphasizing social and cultural developments and myths.

Exploration of the diversity of African people and culture through an interdisciplinary lens. It provides a specific anthropological and ethnographic lens on the hundreds of societies and cultures that exist in Africa. The course will focus on the basic elements/building blocks/pillars of African social and cultural systems, including subsistence practices and economic systems, marriage and family, religion, and politics. May be cross listed with ANTH 211.

In this course students use anthropological approaches to investigate past and present Native American belief systems in order to determine the temporal range and evolving complexity of Native American religious and ritual expression.

In this course students use anthropological approaches to investigate past and present Native American belief systems in order to determine the temporal range and evolving complexity of Native American religious and ritual expression.

A study of the basic principles involved in the ecology of the aquatic community including contamination to include the effects of the contamination upon the changes in water BIOL and 2 semesters of CHEM or approval by the department head.

A study of the basic principles involved in the ecology of the aquatic community including contamination to include the effects of the contamination upon the changes in water biology and 2 semesters of chemistry courses or approval by the department head.

This course introduces students to the Arabian Nights (One Thousand and One Nights) in translation. The Arabian Nights are a collection of stories framed in one story narrated by Shahrazad. The narratives are a mixed potion of magic, love, fear, and death. This course will discuss the history of the tales as well as the different translations, in addition to the socio-cultural concepts of antagonists and protagonist forces, such as magic spells and the Jinni.