Sustainability Courses

This course will not only introduce students to global religious traditions, but will also introduce students to the skills necessary for religious studies as a discipline. For each tradition included in the course, students will learn about sacred texts, hermeneutical traditions, history, ethics, culture, ritual, and demography. We will employ academic disciplines such as historical-critical methodologies, literary criticism, sociological and anthropological methodologies, and cultural criticis...

Read more about THRS-3301 : Comparative Religion

This course introduces students to two related bodies of scholarship, namely the study of gender in Islam and the study of sexuality in Islam. While some scholars sharply distinguish between these two fields of study, this course will encourage students to view both gender and sexuality as related dimensions of human embodiment. The course will provide students the opportunity to understand how different disciplinary locations yield multiple perspectives on embodiment in Islam. For example, clas...

Read more about THRS-3430 : Gender and Sexuality in Islam

A seminar-format course designed to develop English college-level academic writing skills in all students to prepare them for both academic and other forms of writing they will encounter in later classes (argumentative writing, reflective writing, etc.). Emphasis on: 1) fundamental writing mechanics, 2) argument construction and use of evidence and 3) rhetorical thinking/flexibility to address various situations, audiences, and genres. Each faculty member selects a theme for their section(s) to ...

Read more about UCOR-1100 : Art for Social Change

A seminar-format course designed to develop English college-level academic writing skills in all students to prepare them for both academic and other forms of writing they will encounter in later classes (argumentative writing, reflective writing, etc.). Emphasis on: 1) fundamental writing mechanics, 2) argument construction and use of evidence and 3) rhetorical thinking/flexibility to address various situations, audiences, and genres. Each faculty member selects a theme for their section(s) to ...

Read more about UCOR-1100 : Composing the Future

A seminar-format course designed to develop English college-level academic writing skills in all students to prepare them for both academic and other forms of writing they will encounter in later classes (argumentative writing, reflective writing, etc.). Emphasis on: 1) fundamental writing mechanics, 2) argument construction and use of evidence and 3) rhetorical thinking/flexibility to address various situations, audiences, and genres. Each faculty member selects a theme for their section(s) to ...

Read more about UCOR-1100 : Ecocriticism and Sustainability

A seminar-format course designed to develop English college-level academic writing skills in all students to prepare them for both academic and other forms of writing they will encounter in later classes (argumentative writing, reflective writing, etc.). Emphasis on: 1) fundamental writing mechanics, 2) argument construction and use of evidence and 3) rhetorical thinking/flexibility to address various situations, audiences, and genres. Each faculty member selects a theme for their section(s) to ...

Read more about UCOR-1100 : Ethics and the Anthropocene

A seminar-format course designed to develop English college-level academic writing skills in all students to prepare them for both academic and other forms of writing they will encounter in later classes (argumentative writing, reflective writing, etc.). Emphasis on: 1) fundamental writing mechanics, 2) argument construction and use of evidence and 3) rhetorical thinking/flexibility to address various situations, audiences, and genres. Each faculty member selects a theme for their section(s) to ...

Read more about UCOR-1100 : Online Media: Echoing Inequity

A seminar-format course designed to develop English college-level academic writing skills in all students to prepare them for both academic and other forms of writing they will encounter in later classes (argumentative writing, reflective writing, etc.). Emphasis on: 1) fundamental writing mechanics, 2) argument construction and use of evidence and 3) rhetorical thinking/flexibility to address various situations, audiences, and genres. Each faculty member selects a theme for their section(s) to ...

Read more about UCOR-1100 : Prison Abolition in the US

A seminar-format course designed to develop English college-level academic writing skills in all students to prepare them for both academic and other forms of writing they will encounter in later classes (argumentative writing, reflective writing, etc.). Emphasis on: 1) fundamental writing mechanics, 2) argument construction and use of evidence and 3) rhetorical thinking/flexibility to address various situations, audiences, and genres. Each faculty member selects a theme for their section(s) to ...

Read more about UCOR-1100 : Race, Politics, and Media

A seminar-format course designed to develop English college-level academic writing skills in all students to prepare them for both academic and other forms of writing they will encounter in later classes (argumentative writing, reflective writing, etc.). Emphasis on: 1) fundamental writing mechanics, 2) argument construction and use of evidence and 3) rhetorical thinking/flexibility to address various situations, audiences, and genres. Each faculty member selects a theme for their section(s) to ...

Read more about UCOR-1100 : Rhetoric for Sustainable Food