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Past Seminars
LBST D501: Arrendt and Zionism Barry
Hannah Arendt s 1963 work, Eichmann in Jerusalem, created a storm of controversy as a result of her support for the creation of a Jewish state combined with her growing criticism of Zionism. In the course, students will examine philosophy, history, and political thought to conduct a critical examination of the controversy surrounding Arrendt s work.
LBST D502: Meta-analysis in Human Development Wille
Meta-analysis is a statistical integration and analysis of research findings. In meta-analysis a large number of individual studies are pooled and analyzed. Students will select a topic in human development, conduct the literature search, and complete the meta-analysis. The result will be a publishable paper. Prior knowledge of statistics is not required.
LBST D503: Environmental Science Forinash
4:15-5:30pm MW CV103
The course will focus on environmental issues, with discussion to include population, its near exponential growth over the past 200 years and the effect of this growth on the environment; energy, how much we use, where it comes from, and the physical laws that limit how we use energy; climate and the physical principles beyond climate change.
LBST D501: Religion and Film Daly
This course will show how religious ideas, rituals and communities, which are represented or alluded to in countless films, are actually important and complex cultural constructs in American cinema. Films will be examined in a socio-politico religious context.
LBST D601: Graduate Project Proposal Seminar Finkel
Working as a group and independently, students will research and develop a thesis proposal. Students will complete the literature review, develop their methodology, identify their thesis committee, and develop knowledge of the relevant research ethics. At the end of the semester students will be prepared to submit their thesis proposal to their thesis committee.
LBST D-501: Rhetoric and Rhetorical Analysis Jackman
Rhetoric consists of at least two roles: the practical art of the speaker and writer, using rhetoric to effectively and ethically move an audience, and the ability to analyze texts in order to understand how they balance author, audience, and occasion.
LBST D-501: Culture and Politics in the Irish Short Story Daly
The fundamental goal of the course is to ask students to examine modern Irish literature from a cultural and political viewpoint. The Irish short story allows students to better understand the complex relationships between nationalism and culture by focusing on central questions about the relationship between politics and language.
LBST D-502: Science, Technology, and Society for a Changing World Hollenbeck
The goal of the course is to develop an informed appreciation of the problematic character of the relations among science, technology, and society (STS). The course will focus on the development of STS relationships and different approaches to analysis of STS relationships.
LBST-D 502: Community Research and Practice Chen
This seminar takes an interdisciplinary approach to the notion of community in relation to different kinds of research and practice. It will help students understand community in broadly humanistic and global terms and identifying underlying disciplinary interests in various undertakings. Topics include definitions and theory of community, history of community studies, community development in international perspective, and community research and practice. The course is designed as a hybrid course, combining on-line and in-person instruction.
LBST-D 503: Information Technology: An Interdisciplinary Approach Dey
The course is designed to prepare students to have an in-depth understanding of information systems in business, industry, and society. Added emphasis is placed on ethical reasoning and interdisciplinary aspects posed by the digital world. The course is designed as a hybrid course, combining on-line and in-person instruction.
