# Group A

1. ANTH 420R--Magic, Witchcraft and Religion
Nature and functions of religion in various societies, the development of theoretical concepts in the anthropological study of religious and magical phenomena. (Diversity course.) (Formerly ANTH 491, 691; implemented Fall 2004.)

Prereq(s): ANTH 101.

2. ENG 484A--The Bible as Literature
Readings from the Old and New Testaments studied in literary, historical, and cultural contexts. (General capstone course.) (Formerly ENG 337; implemented Fall 2005.)

Prereq(s): ENG 303 or junior standing.

3. HIST 439--Religion and Society in Latin America
Historical roots and practices of Native American and African folk religions. Political role of Catholic Church and Protestantism. (General capstone and diversity course.) (Formerly HIST 441/641; implemented Spring 2003.)

4. PHIL 210--World Religions
Main moral and religious doctrines of Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Islam, Judaism and Christianity. (Diversity course.)

5. PHIL 323--Problems in the Philosophy of Religion
Problems concerning the existence of God, religious knowledge, religious language, evil, immortality and the relation between religion and science.

Prereq(s): 3 credits in philosophy.

6. PHIL 470--Religion and Science
Problems where religious and scientific concerns overlap: the origin of the universe, creation vs. evolution, naturalism vs. a purposive universe, natural law, immorality, etc. (General capstone course.)

Prereq(s): CH 201; CH 202; CH 203.

7. RST 101--Introduction to Religious Studies
Varieties of religious expression: belief, ritual, scripture, art. Religious issues: God, death, evil, salvation. Methods of studying religion.

8. SOC 333--Religion and Society
Sociological and historical examination of institutionalized and non-institutionalized religion with emphasis on religions in America. (General capstone course.)

Prereq(s): SOC 101.

# Group B

1. ANTH 345--American Indian Art
The nature, function and history of American Indian art; formal and aesthetic approaches; traditional and contemporary perspectives. (Diversity course.)

2. ART 260R-261--Survey of Art History I, II
Art of the western world from prehistoric times through the Gothic period. (Formerly ART 116; implemented Fall 2003.)

3. ART 464R--High Renaissance and Mannerist Art
History of Italian art in the 15th and 16th centuries. (Formerly ART 315; implemented Fall 2003.)

Prereq(s): ART 261.

4. ART 465--History of Northern Renaissance Art
History of Northern European art in the 15th and 16th centuries. (Formerly ART 317; implemented Fall 2003.)

Prereq(s): ART 261.

5. ART 467--History of Baroque Art I
History of Northern European art from 1600 to 1750. (Formerly ART 318; implemented Fall 2003.)

Prereq(s): ART 261.

6. ART 468R--History of Baroque Art II
History of Italian and Spanish art from 1600 to 1750. (Formerly ART 316; implemented Fall 2003.)

Prereq(s): ART 261.

7. ENG 340--Myth and Archetype
Modes of relationship between mythic patterns and literary expression. (General capstone course.)

8. ENG 494A--Native American Literature (same as ANTH 400E)
Contemporary and traditional Native American literature. Emphasis on relationships between oral and written traditions. Different regional focus each semester. (Diversity course.) (Formerly ENG 494/694; implemented Fall 2005.)

Same as ANTH 400E.
Prereq(s): ENG 303 or junior standing.

9. ENG 482A--Literature of the Middle Ages
Medieval writers and works from the continent, read in translation, e.g., The Song of Roland, The Nibelungenlied, Dante, Boccaccio. (Formerly ENG 482/682; implemented Fall 2005.)

Prereq(s): ENG 303 or junior standing.

10. ENG 435A--Milton
Intensive study of Milton’s poetry and selected prose. (Formerly ENG 439/639; implemented Fall 2005.)

Prereq(s): ENG 303 or junior standing.

11. HIST 371 & HIST 372--Ancient Civilization I and II
HIST 371 - Political, economic, cultural and technological contributions of ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Palestine and Greece from the dawn of civilization to the Hellenistic world.

HIST 372 - Political, economic, cultural and technological developments and contributions of ancient Rome, with special emphasis on the rise and collapse of the Roman empire.

12. HIST 373--Medieval Civilization
Europe from the disintegration of the Roman Empire to the age of the Renaissance.

13. ITAL 462--Dante's Divine Comedy
Selected readings in the Divine Comedy with some reference to Dante's minor works. Taught in English.

14. PHIL 203--Introduction to Existentialism
Readings from Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Jaspers, Sartre, Heidegger. An examination of the existentialist concepts: "being" and "nonbeing," "estrangement," "dread," "anxiety" and "freedom."

15. PHIL 211--Introduction to Ancient Philosophy
Major thinkers from the sixth through the second century B.C.E., e.g., the pre-Socrates, Socrates, the sophists, Plato, Aristotle, the atomists, cynics, skeptics, stoics and Epicureans.

16. PHIL 212--Introduction to Medieval Philosophy
Major thinkers from the fourth through the 14th century, e.g., Augustine, Erigena, Anselm, Al-Farabi, Maimonides, Aquinas, Duns Scotus and William of Ockham.

17. PHIL 450--Ethical Theory
Branch of ethics that concerns morality. Topics include: maximizing good, constraints on the pursuit of good, self versus society, rules versus judgment, moral conflict, beyond morality. (Formerly PHIL 401/601; implemented Spring 2004.)

Prereq(s): 6 credits in philosophy.

18. DAN 265--History of Dance I: Ancient Civilizations-18th Century
Dance in primal cultures through the Renaissance. (Diversity course.)