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TIBCUS 251 Cultural Studies (5, max. 10)
Selected themes in American and occasionally other modern and contemporary cultures. Themes and readings may include: advertising and consumer culture; class and culture, gender and sexuality, identity, and post-9/11 culture.
Instructor Course Description:
Robert Crawford
TIBCUS 260 American Political Theory (5) I&S
Considers major issues and traditions in American thinking about democracy, citizenship, membership, and justice. Focuses on works by important thinkers from the Founding to the twentieth century. Includes conflicting visions and tensions associated with the demands of newly rising social groups, and American identities.
TIBCUS 355 American Modes of Thought and Experience (5) I&S
Explores the roots of the American experience in its European intellectual and cultural background. Focuses on the peculiarly American angle of vision and value in the development of its cultural heritage. Examines the contribution of tradition and change to that experience and to subsequent philosophical reflection upon it.
TIBCUS 356 Themes in American Philosophy (5, max. 10) I&S
Examines the origins, development, and present status of movements in American philosophical. Includes thinkers such as James, Dewey, Pierce, Royce, Whitehead, Santayana, Rorty, and others. May be repeated for credit with instructor's approval.
TIBCUS 365 North American Indian Traditions (5) I&S
Explores major traditional practices developed in Native North America. Focuses on world view, religious expression, the problems of change, and the contemporary viability of core elements associated with these traditions.
TIBCUS 369 Diversity in Adulthood (5) I&S
Assesses the diversity of personal styles within the class (emotional patterns, personality, learning, and behavior) using various psychological instruments that identify patterns or styles. Utilizes individual differences illustrate problems of communication and conflict resolution between persons of different styles, backgrounds, and worldviews.
TIBCUS 430 Introduction to Public History (5)
Introduces students to the major issues and questions addressed by historians who work in the public sphere. Includes the interpretation of history, the role of history in popular culture, issues and aims in exhibiting history, the politics of public history, and historic preservation.
Instructor Course Description:
Julie A. Nicoletta
TIBCUS 459 African-American Culture and Consciousness (5) I&S
Examines African-American culture and consciousness from slavery to present. Readings focus on the construction of African-American culture, racial identity, social consciousness, political thought, oppression and resistance, and the confluence of race, class and gender in shaping cultural expressions such as Blues, Jazz, Hip-Hop and aesthetics.
TIBCUS 460 African-American Religious History (5) I&S
Examines African-American religious practices from slavery to present. Focuses on the role of religion in African-American culture, racial identify, social consciousness, political thought, oppression and resistance, and the confluence of race, class, and gender in shaping Christianity, Islam, and traditional forms of African worship.
TIBCUS 461 History of Religion in America (5) I&S
Examines the significance of religion in American society from European colonization to the twentieth century. Topics include Puritanism, revivalism, women, slavery, ethnicity and immigration, and pluralism.
TIBCUS 464 Native American Cultural Areas (5, max. 15) I&S
Explores the religious traditions of a specified North American cultural area. A particular course of study is offered a rotating basis from the following: Arctic-Subarctic, Eastern Woodlands-Southeast, Plains-Basin, Southwest-California, and Northwest Coast-Plateau. Mythological themes, metaphysical beliefs, values, and ritual practices are explored for each cultural area.
TIBCUS 466 Life and Thought: Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, and Angela Davis (5) I&S
Explores the experiences and thinking of three well-known leaders of African-American protest in the 1960s. Interprets black radicalism in that era and the relationship of these three analysts and activists to their times and to the present.
TIBCUS 469 Topics in Ideas, Beliefs, and Cultural Patterns (5, max. 15)
Advanced course offerings in Ideas, Beliefs, and Cultural Patterns designed to respond to faculty and student interests and needs
