Dimensions of Culture
Courses
For course descriptions not found in the 2005-2006 General
Catalog, please contact the department for more information.
Lower-Division
1. Dimensions of Culture: Diversity (4) This
course focuses on sociocultural diversity in examining class, ethnicity,
race, gender, and sexuality as significant markers of differences
among persons. Emphasizing American society, it explores the cultural
understandings of diversity and its economic, moral, and political
consequences. Three hours of lecture, one hour of discussion. Open
to Marshall College students only. (Letter grade only.) (F)
2. Dimensions of Culture: Justice (6) This
course considers the nature of justice in philosophical, historical,
and legal terms. Topics include racial justice, political representation,
economic justice, gender and justice, the rights of cultural minorities,
and crime and punishment. The course offers intensive instruction
in writing university-level expository prose. Three hours of lecture,
two hours of discussion and writing instruction. Open to Marshall
College students only. (Letter grade only.) Prerequisite: completion
of UC Entry Level Writing requirement. (W)
3. Dimensions of Culture: Imagination (6) Using
the arts, this course examines the evolution of pluralistic culture
to the modern period. There is a special emphasis on the interdisciplinary
study of twentieth-century American culture, including music,
literature,
art, film, and photography. The course offers intensive instruction
in writing university-level expository prose. Three hours of lecture,
two hours of discussion and writing instruction. Open to Marshall
College students only. (Letter grade only.) Prerequisite: completion
of UC Entry Level Writing requirement. (S)
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