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SPAN 004 - Continuing Intermediate Spanish
Lower Division
Prerequisites
SPAN 003 or the equivalent.
For students with three or four years of secondary study of Spanish (or the equivalent). This course offers an abbreviated review of primary structures and concentrates heavily on developing communicative ability through readings, music and visual resources. For students who have completed an overview of basic grammar and are ready to combine and apply their language skills in most settings.
Course credits: 1
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SPAN 006 - Beginning/Intermediate Conversation
Lower Division
Conversational practice for students enrolled in first- or second-year Spanish.
Lecture and/or Lab Hours
Meets once a week.
Repeatable
May be repeated for credit.
Course credits: 0.25
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SPAN 009 - Spanish for Spanish Speakers
Lower Division
A course designed specifically for Latino students who wish to improve their written language. Differences between written and spoken Spanish are emphasized. Reading and discussion of essays and short stories by Latino and Latin American writers; regular written assignments.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
AD - American Diversity
Course credits: 1
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SPAN 010 - Conversation & Composition
Lower Division
This high intermediate level course prepares students for upper-division work by developing increased fluency in speaking and writing. The course uses a variety of texts, media, and film to focus on expansion of vocabulary and to explore the richness and diversity of the Spanish language and culture of which the U.S. is a part. A sound knowledge of Spanish grammar is expected, and the course targets grammatical items as needed. Required for Spanish majors and open to students from other disciplines who wish to improve their mastery of the language.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
GP - Global Perspectives
Course credits: 1
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SPAN 011 - Introduction to Literature
Lower Division
Prerequisites
SPAN 009 or SPAN 010 , or the equivalent.
Introduction to literary analysis. This course requires close reading of texts and emphasizes extensive writing about literature. Examination of the notion of genre, narrative devices, structure, etc. Required of majors and minors.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
AA - Artistic Understanding (Analysis); GP - Global Perspectives
Course credits: 1
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SPAN 021 - Intensive Elementary Spanish
Lower Division
An accelerated review of first-year college Spanish for students with some prior study of the language. Satisfactory completion of this course (minimum grade C-) gives credit for Spanish 2.
Course credits: 1
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SPAN 060 - Spanish Civilization for Travel Courses
Lower Division
In preparation for study in Spain, students read about major periods in history and analyze the principal currents in art. In addition this course examines cultural traits of everyday life.
Course credits: 0.25
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SPAN 081 - Elementary Spanish Praxis
Lower Division
Concurrently
Must be enrolled concurrently in SPAN 001 .
Required praxis to accompany SPAN 001 .
Lecture and/or Lab Hours
One hour per week.
Course credits: 0.25
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SPAN 082 - Continuing Elementary Spanish Praxis
Lower Division
Concurrently
Must be enrolled concurrently in SPAN 002 .
Required praxis to accompany SPAN 002 .
Lecture and/or Lab Hours
One hour per week.
Course credits: 0.25
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SPAN 083 - Intermediate Spanish Praxis
Lower Division
Concurrently
Must be enrolled concurrently in SPAN 003 .
Required praxis to accompany SPAN 003 .
Lecture and/or Lab Hours
One hour per week.
Course credits: 0.25
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SPAN 084 - Continuing Intermediate Spanish Praxis
Lower Division
Concurrently
Must be enrolled concurrently in SPAN 004 .
Required praxis to accompany SPAN 004 . One hour per week.
Course credits: 0.25
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SPAN 089 - Spanish for Spanish Speakers Praxis
Lower Division
Concurrently
Must be enrolled concurrently in SPAN 009 .
Required praxis to accompany SPAN 009 .
Lecture and/or Lab Hours
One hour per week.
Course credits: 0.25
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SPAN 090 - Conversation-Composition Praxis
Lower Division
Concurrently
Must be enrolled concurrently in SPAN 010 .
Required praxis to accompany SPAN 010 .
Lecture and/or Lab Hours
One hour per week.
Course credits: 0.25
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SPAN 091 - Introduction to Literature Praxis
Lower Division
Concurrently
Must be enrolled concurrently in SPAN 011 .
Required praxis to accompany SPAN 011 .
Lecture and/or Lab Hours
One hour per week.
Course credits: 0.25
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Spanish - Upper Division |
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SPAN 100 - Spanish Phonetics and Dialectology
Upper Division
Students will study the sounds, intonation and rhythm of spoken Spanish as they explore general principles of phonetics and phonology, phonetic transcription, historical development of the Spanish sound system and differences between modern peninsular and Latin American dialects. The course also addresses the Spanish/English contrastive analysis and typical phonetic interference present in bilingual speech communities.
Course credits: 1
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SPAN 101 - Advanced Spanish Syntax and Composition I
Upper Division
This course is a systematic review of essential aspects of Spanish syntax with a variety of writing exercises using texts as a point of departure. Students will analyze samples of mass media communication for content and style, including newspaper and magazine articles, essays and editorials, book reviews, film scripts, publicity and film and theater reviews. In the second half of the term, some emphasis is placed on creative writing.
Course credits: 1
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SPAN 102 - Advanced Writing and Research
Upper Division
In this course, students will further develop their Spanish skills in literary analysis and academic writing, with the opportunity to research and investigate themes related to literature using the library and other research tools. Students will be able to articulate clear theses and support them through primary and secondary research. Topics to be taught include bibliographies, footnotes and formatting a project using the standard MLA style guide for foreign languages and literatures.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
WID - Writing in the Disciplines
Course credits: 1
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SPAN 103 - Spanish Linguistics
Upper Division
This course familiarizes students with the scientific study of the Spanish language. Areas covered include phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, sociolinguistics, bilingualism and the history of the Spanish language from its roots in Vulgar Latin to its modern dialectal variations.
Course credits: 1
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SPAN 104 - Workshop in Translation
Upper Division
Introduction to the linguistic and aesthetic problems of translation, with emphasis on learning through practice. Focus on various kinds of texts, both literary and technical. Equal emphasis given to translating from Spanish to English and from English to Spanish.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
CE - Community Engagement
Course credits: 1
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SPAN 106 - Advanced Conversation
Upper Division
Conversation on contemporary issues. Source materials include newspaper articles, television and radio programs.
Lecture and/or Lab Hours
Meets once a week.
Repeatable
May be repeated for credit.
Course credits: 0.25
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SPAN 120 - Spanish Literature: Middle Ages to Eighteenth Century
Upper Division
Introduction and study of the major genres and writers from the Middle Ages to the 18th century, including Cantar de mío Cid, medieval ballads, early lyric and didactic poetry and readings in medieval prose and drama; selections from lyric and mystic Renaissance poetry; the picaresque novel. Golden Age prose and poetry, including Cervantes, Góngora, Lope de Vega and Calderón.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
AA - Artistic Understanding (Analysis)
Term Offered
Offered in alternate years.
Course credits: 1
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SPAN 121 - Spanish Literature: Eighteenth Century to the Mid-Twentieth Century
Upper Division
Readings from the major writers and literary movements in Spain from 1700 to 1940. An overview of 18th-century ideological renewal as manifested in essays, the neoclassic theater and social satire. This course includes nineteenth-century Romanticism in poetry and drama, Realism and Naturalism in the 19th-century novel, the generation of 1898, and 20th-century modernism in prose, poetry and drama.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
AA - Artistic Understanding (Analysis)
Term Offered
Offered in alternate years.
Course credits: 1
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SPAN 122 - Literature of the Golden Age
Upper Division
Topics covered include the theater of 17th-century dramatists: Lope de Vega, Calderón, Tirso de Molina and others; the poetry of Garcilaso, Herrera, Lope de Vega, Quevedo, Góngora, Fray Luis de León, San Juan de la Cruz, Santa Teresa; prose masterpieces such as Cervantes’ Don Quijoteand representative selections from hisNovelas ejemplares.
Course credits: 1
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SPAN 127 - Contemporary Peninsular Literature
Upper Division
Study of major literary trends in poetry, prose and drama of the 20th century.
Repeatable
May be repeated as content varies.
Course credits: 1
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SPAN 130 - Special Topics in Literary Studies
Upper Division
Prerequisites
SPAN 011 or equivalent.
This course is an intensive study and analysis of a single salient feature or movement in Spanish/Latin American literature.
Repeatable
May be repeated as content varies.
Cross-Listing
WLC 130
Course credits: 1
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SPAN 131 - Special Topics in Hispanic Linguistics
Upper Division
Prerequisites
SPAN 011 or equivalent.
This course is an intensive study and analysis of a particular topic of the Spanish language, including such areas as historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, morphology, second language acquisition, bilingualism, and methodologies of teaching language.
Repeatable
May be repeated as content varies.
Cross-Listing
WLC 131
Course credits: 1
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SPAN 132 - Special Topics in Hispanic Cultural Studies
Upper Division
Prerequisites
SPAN 011 or equivalent.
Courses taught under this designation seek to provide students with an understanding of the history, cultures, and contemporary issues of Latin America, including the presence of Latinos in the United States.
Repeatable
May be repeated as content varies.
Cross-Listing
WLC 132
Course credits: 1
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SPAN 140 - Latin American Literature I
Upper Division
A study of the foundations of literature of Latin America, from the colonial period through neoclassicism; Mexico’s picaresque novel; the literature of the struggle for independence; romanticism in prose and poetry.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
AA - Artistic Understanding (Analysis); GP - Global Perspectives
Course credits: 1
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SPAN 141 - Latin American Literature II
Upper Division
An upper-division survey literature course designed to give students a wide scope of readings from the beginning of 20th century to more recent texts that have shaped Latin America’s social, cultural, and literary history. Students read representative authors; analyze texts using appropriate literary terminology; and engage with questions of regional and individual national identities.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
AA - Artistic Understanding (Analysis); GP - Global Perspectives
Term Offered
Offered in alternate years.
Course credits: 1
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SPAN 143 - Contemporary Latin American Literature
Upper Division
Study of major literary trends in poetry, prose and drama of the 20th century.
Repeatable
May be repeated as content varies.
Course credits: 1
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SPAN 145 - Twentieth-Century Mexican Literature
Upper Division
Major literary currents and primary works of the most prominent writers of the 20th century within the framework of the economic and social changes of the period: the Mexican Revolution and its aftermath; the feminist revolution; political developments.
Additional Notes
Available for variable credit.
Course credits: Credit may vary
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SPAN 150 - Chicano / Chicana Literature
Upper Division
An exploration and analysis of representative works by Chicano/Chicana writers and the vision they present of themselves. Samples of poetry, drama and prose are considered. May be repeated for credit as content varies.
Additional Notes
Available for variable credit.
Course credits: Credit may vary
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SPAN 160 - Culture and Civilization of Spain
Upper Division
Highlights of Spain’s culture against the backdrop of Spanish civilization. Masterpieces of Spanish artistic expression are studied as are the roles of social, religious and political values in the development of Spain’s culture and civilization up to contemporary times.
Term Offered
Offered in alternate years.
Course credits: 1
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SPAN 161 - Culture and Civilization of Latin America
Upper Division
A literature-based course focusing on the origin and heritage of Latinos. An examination of the social, religious and political values of the culture, and the similarities and differences between Latin American nations.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
GP - Global Perspectives
Term Offered
Offered in alternate years.
Course credits: 1
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SPAN 162 - Culture and Civilization of Mexico
Upper Division
A study of the major historical periods, from pre-Columbian times to the present. Emphasis given to cultural traits particular to Mexico. An overview of art history: Mesoamerican art, the mural movement and contemporary currents.
Course credits: 1
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SPAN 170 - Business Spanish
Upper Division
Composition and translation of Spanish/Hispanic business correspondence to develop familiarity with the Spanish commercial idiom. Reading and oral practice in Spanish using as source material current topics in world trade, economics, banking and industry, with focus on Latin America and Spain.
Course credits: 1
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SPAN 195 - Internship
Upper Division
Work-study program conducted in an internship position under the supervision of a faculty member.
Lecture and/or Lab Hours
Permission of instructor and department chair required.
Course credits: Credit may vary
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SPAN 196 - Capstone
Upper Division
Required of all Spanish majors in the spring of their senior year. This course is designed to help seniors assess and integrate the knowledge they have acquired through their major courses, and consider what they have learned in the context of their overall undergraduate experience.
Course credits: 0.25
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SPAN 197 - Independent Study
Upper Division
An independent study or research course for students whose special needs are not met by the regular course offerings of the department.
Lecture and/or Lab Hours
Permission of the instructor and department chair required.
Course credits: Credit may vary
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SPAN 198 - Honors Essay
Upper Division
An independent research project for senior Spanish majors completing Option B: the Honors program.
Course credits: 0.25
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SPAN 199 - Honors Independent Study
Upper Division
An independent study or research course for senior Spanish majors with a 3.5 average in Spanish.
Lecture and/or Lab Hours
Permission of the instructor and department chair required.
Course credits: Credit may vary
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Theology & Religious Studies - Lower Division |
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TRS 011 - Meditation and Prayer Techniques
Lower Division
Course credits: 0.25
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TRS 017 - Listening to Life: Living Lasallian I
Lower Division
Term Offered
Fall
Course credits: 0.25
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TRS 018 - Listening to Life: Living Lasallian II
Lower Division
Term Offered
Spring
Course credits: 0.25
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TRS 097 - The Bible and Its Interpretation
Lower Division
As this course’s title implies, the objective of this class is twofold. First and foremost, its goal is to facilitate a direct engagement with the Bible, the sacred scriptures for the Jewish and Christian faiths. Through its stories, teachings, practices, and rituals, the Bible plays a critical role in the formation of Jewish and Christian senses of identity and vision while also supplying the normative challenge for how they should live. Second, while introducing students to the most important events, themes, and characters in the Bible, this course aims to give students the opportunity to practice using scholarly tools, methods, and lenses for reading and interpretation. Since the text is inevitably interpreted, even by those who say they are simply letting the text speak for itself, this course will help students learn to identify the interpretive assumptions used by various communities throughout the centuries and today, skills that will serve students well in many areas of study and thought.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
CF - Christian Foundations
Course credits: 1
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Theology & Religious Studies - Upper Division “Intensive Inquiry” courses (classes numbered 180 -187, below) are regularly offered in the various areas of study that make up the course offerings of the department. These courses give students the opportunity to engage in the kind of in-depth thinking and research that will best prepare them for graduate work in the field.
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TRS 189 - The Bible and Its Interpretation: Great Themes
Upper Division
Prerequisites
None.
Intended for junior transfers (16.0+ entering credits), this course focuses on the Bible, the sacred scriptures of the Jewish and Christian peoples, texts that have had a profound influence on religion, art, politics, and culture for over two thousand years. This course will introduce students to the most important biblical texts and themes, focusing especially on the Torah and the Gospels, and will teach students to employ critical, scholarly tools for reading and interpretation. In addition, each section of this course will focus on a special issue, theme, or question that arises in a diversity of biblical texts. (Here are some recent examples of great themes: Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Use of the Bible; Women and the Bible; The Bible and Art; and Reading the Bible Through the Ages.)
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
CF - Christian Foundations
Additional Notes
May not be taken by students who have completed TRS 097 . This course is reserved for transfer students with 16.0 credits or more at time of entrance.
Course credits: 1
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TRS 195 - Internship
Upper Division
Prerequisites
Permission of instructor and department chair required.
Work-study program conducted in an internship position under the supervision of a faculty member.
Course credits: 1
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TRS 197 - Special Study
Upper Division
Prerequisites
Permission of the department Chair and instructor required.
An independent study or research course for students whose needs are not met by the regular course offerings of the department.
Course credits: Credit may vary
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TRS 199 - Special Study - Honors
Upper Division
Prerequisites
Permission of the department Chair and instructor required.
An independent study or research course for upper-division majors with at least a B average in theology & religious studies.
Course credits: 1
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TRS 100 - Topics in Christian History
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
An investigation of a topic in Christian history not covered by the regular offerings of the department. Topics are announced prior to registration each semester.
Repeatable
May be repeated as content varies.
Course credits: 1
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TRS 101 - Origins of Christianity
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
The Christian religion begins its story with only a few dozen followers of a crucified man in the first century-backwater, uneducated, and unlikely to survive very long in a Mediterranean world dominated by much more powerful religious systems. Yet, within less than three centuries, Christianity would overwhelm the Roman Empire and beyond, building an elaborate theological and ecclesiastical system that would last until the present day. The course examines the rise of this Christian movement, focusing on such topics as Gnosticism, martyrdom, and the development of Christian ideas about Jesus.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations
Course credits: 1
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TRS 102 - Medieval Christianity
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
The European Middle Ages was a world dominated by monks, popes, and mystics. Life was an uninterrupted struggle between heaven and hell, life and death, priests and kings. This course is an introduction to the major figures, events, and movements of this period from the fall of Rome to the dawn of modernity. Students will have the opportunity to explore the great pillars of medieval religion-monasticism, papalism, theology, and mysticism.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations
Course credits: 1
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TRS 103 - Reformations
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
Every age of Christian history has been marked by the call for religious reform-renewing both the personal lives of each believer and the institutional structures that endure through the centuries. However, such a universal passion for reform took on special importance in the 15th and 16th centuries, a period that has come to be known as The Reformation. This course explores the variety of reforming voices-Protestant and Catholic-that shaped the future of Christianity, giving special attention to the major theological and political issues that dominated the time.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations
Course credits: 1
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TRS 110 - Topics in the Study of Scripture
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
An investigation of a topic in scripture not covered by the regular offerings of the department. Topics are announced prior to registration each semester.
Repeatable
May be repeated as content varies.
Course credits: 1
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TRS 111 - The Pentateuch
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
A study of the first five books of the Bible, the history of their composition, and their theological contributions to Judaism and Christianity.
Course credits: 1
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TRS 114 - The Gospel of Mark
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
This class features a close study of the Gospel of Mark with attention to its socio-historical context, its literary structure, its distinctive themes, its theological outlook, and its implications for discipleship and ethics.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations
Course credits: 1
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TRS 115 - Jesus and His Teaching
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
An exploration of the teaching attributed to Jesus in the Synoptic Gospels (e.g., the Sermon on the Mount, parables, and other memorable statements), emphasizing the ways in which Jesus’ statements have been interpreted and appropriated.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations
Course credits: 1
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TRS 116 - Paul’s Letters and Legacy
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
An in-depth examination of the letters of Paul, focusing on the mission and message of the apostle in his Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts. Students develop a broad understanding of the apostle’s work and thought, as well as an appreciation for the historic and continuing impact of these documents.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations
Course credits: 1
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TRS 117 - Wealth and Poverty in the Bible
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
This course explores biblical and theological perspectives and values on wealth, poverty, and economic justice, paying particular attention to potential implications those issues may have for the contemporary Christian community and wider society.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations; AD - American Diversity; TCG - The Common Good
Cross-Listing
ES 117
Course credits: 1
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TRS 118 - Women and the Bible
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
This course explores the current status of feminist biblical interpretation focusing on the major female characters of the Bible and on the ways modern women of diverse backgrounds interpret them. We will use the tools of academic criticism (historical, literary, rhetorical, et al.) in an attempt to understand the places, roles, and agency of women in the biblical text, in the ancient world that lies behind the text, and in the worlds formed on the belief that these biblical texts are sacred scripture.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations; TCG - The Common Good
Course credits: 1
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TRS 119 - Apocalypse and Eschatology
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
This course explores the life and afterlife of the Book of Revelation: its origins in contemporary Jewish and Christian literature and world-views, its meaning for a first-century Christian readership, and the long and fascinating history of its interpretation, from the early church to modern fascination with the Antichrist, the Millennium, and the Rapture.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations
Course credits: 1
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TRS 120 - Topics in Systematic Theology
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
An investigation of an area of Christian thought not covered by the regular offerings of the department.
Repeatable
May be repeated as content varies.
Course credits: 1
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TRS 121 - Belief and Unbelief
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
An investigation, theoretical and existential, of the challenge of faith today with special attention to the “new atheists” and Christian responses to them.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations
Course credits: 1
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TRS 122 - Jesus: Human and Divine
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
This course examines the traditional sources of the Christian community’s understanding of Jesus of Nazareth in the light of contemporary concerns and critiques.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations
Course credits: 1
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TRS 123 - Sex and the Spirit
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
An exploration of a contested area in Christian thought today, setting traditional understandings in dialogue with contemporary concerns and critiques. How does our experience of ourselves as sexual beings open us to the experience of the holy; and, conversely, how might our desire for God be intimately related to our sexual desire and longings? These are the questions that will be the focus of our work. Not a course on sexual ethics, this course is an exploration of the complex interrelationship of sexual and spiritual desire as both are reflected upon in the Christian spiritual tradition and others.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations
Course credits: 1
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TRS 125 - Theologies of Liberation
Upper Division
This course introduces students to the intersection of theology and social justice by way of various theologies of liberation, resistance, and decolonization. A particular focus of this class is how these politically and socially conscious theologies emerged in Latin America during the 1960s and 1970s, insisting that the Word of God is mediated through the cries of the poor and oppressed, and asserting that through our participation in the struggles of the poor we can begin to understand the implications of the gospel message and its call for the liberation of oppressed people from unjust political, economic, and social subjection. By focusing the lens of theology on the injustices faced by those on the margins of modernity, this course is concerned with the ways in which Christian theology inspires compassion, critical reflection, and resistance to social injustice and ecological damage.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations; TCG - The Common Good
Course credits: 1
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TRS 126 - Theology of Creation: The Incarnate Word in an Evolving Universe
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
This course explores a theology of creation that understands creation to be the outpouring of the love of the Trinitarian God, examining the emerging new scientific story of the universe, and harvesting insights from various sources in the Jewish and Christian traditions.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations
Course credits: 1
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TRS 127 - In the Face of Mystery: Using Faith and Reason in the Search for God
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
For the Catholic intellectual, faith and reason are integrally related as two sources for coming to know about God. As St. John Paul II writes in his encyclical Fides et Ratio, “Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth; and God has placed in the human heart a desire to know the truth-in a word, to know Godself-so that, by knowing and loving God, men and women may also come to the fullness of truth about themselves.” The journey of understanding God is also intrinsically related to the search for truth, the search to understand the mystery of the human person, and, ultimately, the search for self-understanding.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations
Course credits: 1
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TRS 128 - The Trinity
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
The heart of Christianity, its strangest and most fascinating set of beliefs, rests in the Trinity. This course explores the Christian doctrine of God through its most significant controversies, both ancient and modern. Students will acquire a more thorough context for the Christian understanding of God, as well as a more robust sense of this understanding as it continues in the present.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations
Course credits: 1
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TRS 129 - Foundations of Theology
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
Theology is the human attempt to speak (logos) about God (theos). It starts from the presupposition that divine reality exists and is, at least in some sense, knowable to human beings - hence the classic description of theology as “faith seeking understanding.” But what can the human mind grasp and the human tongue say about a reality that is so much larger than either? Does one rely on revealed texts, on philosophical reasoning, on community sentiment, on individual experience? These questions, and many more, lead not to one theology but to many theologies. This course seeks to introduce students to the questions, methods, sources, and history of Christian theology with a special emphasis on introducing students to the types of theology practiced in the modern academy.
Additional Notes
Instructor’s permission required. (If you are interested, please ask!) This is a required course for TRS majors and it is one of two options, along with TRS 179 , for TRS minors.
Course credits: 1
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TRS 131 - Christian Spirituality
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
This course explores the experience, understanding, and living out of the Christian faith. It studies classical and contemporary texts of some of its most important figures of Christian spirituality. It examines various expressions of spirituality in architecture, poetry, painting, and music. It considers the question of religion versus spirituality as well as the question of relating to God within a universe of galaxies that seems to dwarf all human experience.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations
Course credits: 1
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TRS 133 - Life Stories and Theology
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
This course uses the “Stages of Formative Spirituality” as a lens for exploring the lives of some significant nineteenth and twentieth-century persons whose spiritual and philosophical commitments profoundly influenced their life choices. It looks at women and men of various ethnicities and faith traditions in order to come to a deeper understanding of how one’s spiritual and religious worldview shapes the kind of life that one leads.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations
Course credits: 1
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TRS 134 - The Catholic Imagination
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
The thesis of this course is that there is a unique way of looking at the world: “the Catholic Imagination.” This imagination can be discerned, not only in church teaching, but also in art and architecture, music, painting, fiction, poetry, and film, in the church’s concern for social justice, and in the stories of individual women and men of faith, many of whom have shown incredible vision and heroism.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations
Course credits: 1
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TRS 135 - Christian Liturgy and Sacrament
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
This course explores the practice of Christian worship from its ancient roots in Judaism to the present age by examining the theological explanations given for the nature of that worship over time. Controversies in Early Church, Medieval, Reformation, Modern, and Post-modern Christianity will help frame a discussion of the role of the liturgy and sacraments in the life of faith.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations
Course credits: 1
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TRS 136 - Saints Yesterday and Today
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
We often think of Saints as exceptionally holy people, but they were first of all flesh-and-blood human beings like each of us. Every religious tradition has them-men and women who, beyond the ordinariness of life’s circumstances, lived extraordinary lives or did extraordinary things. And so we venerate them because they have become heroes, models, examples, and mediators between ourselves and God whom they now see face to face. In this course we will encounter Saints and saints-ancient, modern, hidden, popular, unknown, heroic-and explore their lives in history, in devotion, in literature, in art, and in the tradition of the Church.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations
Course credits: 1
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TRS 137 - The Virgin Mary
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
This course examines the roots and rise of Christian, especially Catholic, devotion to the Virgin Mary. Thought concerning Mary as expressed in the writings of the Church Fathers as well as the growth of traditional popular Marian piety will be addressed. Doctrine (official teaching) as well as devotional practices (rosary, scapular, etc.) and phenomena (such as the apparitions at Guadalupe and Lourdes) will all be examined. Contemporary fiction and autobiography are also included as evidence of the continuing relevance of the Virgin Mary to modern life and living.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations
Course credits: 1
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TRS 140 - Topics in Christian Ethics
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
An investigation of a topic in ethics not covered by the regular offerings of the department. Topics are announced prior to registration each semester.
Repeatable
May be repeated as content varies.
Course credits: 1
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TRS 141 - Christian Ethics
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
This course introduces students to the disciplined study of ethics in the Roman Catholic tradition and the reformulation of Catholic ethics taking place in the spirit of Vatican II. The primary focus is on the fundamental topics of moral theology: what difference Jesus makes to moral theology, the role of scripture, virtue, the conscience, sin and conversion, the fundamental option, proportionalism, the teaching authority of the church on moral matters, and the relation of morality to civil law. This course also integrates the insights of Christian ethics through a discussion of film and drama.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations; TCG - The Common Good; CE - Community Engagement
Course credits: 1
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TRS 142 - Medical Ethics
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
Ethics-how we should live-is at the core of medical practice. With the dramatic changes in medical practice in recent decades, from new technologies, to changes in financing, to a changed conception of patient rights, medical ethics has rapidly moved from obscurity to become one of the most important areas of applied ethics. This course explores the relation between religious and moral values and the choices we as individuals and as a society make about health care. Basic principles and methods of contemporary medical ethics will be introduced, along with a focus on virtue ethics and competing models of the patient-physician relationship. A wide range of issues will be analyzed: informed consent, confidentiality, research on human subjects, reproductive technology, appropriate care for seriously ill newborns, abortion, gene therapy, quality-of-life assessments, terminal sedation, withdrawal of nutrition and hydration, physician-assisted suicide, and proposals for health-care reform.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations; TCG - The Common Good
Course credits: 1
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TRS 143 - Catholic Social Teaching
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
What is a Catholic vision of social justice, and is there an essential connection between the Christian faith and an existential commitment to the common good, solidarity, and a preferential option for our poorest sisters and brothers? This course explores the developing tradition of Catholic social thought, probing its foundations and questioning its implications for the Christian faith in both its theoretical and lived forms. As we will see, Catholic social teaching is more than just a set of “issue stances” and theological arguments; instead, it is a dynamic component of the Catholic Church that seeks to create a theologically informed understanding of critical issues while nurturing an understanding of the individual and community the leads to the creation of a more just world.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations; TCG - The Common Good; CE - Community Engagement
Course credits: 1
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TRS 150 - Topics in World Religions
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
An investigation of a topic in world religions not covered by the regular offerings of the department. Topics are announced prior to registration each semester. May be repeated for credit when content changes.
Course credits: 1
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TRS 151 - Judaism
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
Modern Jewish life is the product of more than 3000 years of evolving thought, worship, traditions, theology, history, and civilization. This course examines these interweaving strands of Jewish civilization as it investigates the dynamic role Judaism plays for its adherents then and now.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations
Course credits: 1
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TRS 152 - Islam: Beliefs and Practices
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
This course introduces students to the ideas that shaped Islamic history, from the early pre-Islamic period and the conditions prevalent at Islam’s inception all the way to the present. The basic belief system, rituals, mystical traditions, and Islamic societal interaction will be studied with ample references from the Qur’an and prophetic statements. The Prophet Muhammad will be explored in depth and various sources of historical record will be examined.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations; GP - Global Perspectives
Course credits: 1
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TRS 153 - Eastern Religions
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
This course is an introduction to the study of religion by way of four of the world’s major traditions: Hinduism, Buddhism, and/or the Chinese religious field (Confucianism and Taoism). The emphasis will be on each tradition’s views of the nature of ultimate reality, human nature, the highest good that life can attain, and the conduct that leads to that attainment. Attention will also be given to the difficulties of trying to cross conceptual boundaries.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations; GP - Global Perspectives
Course credits: 1
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TRS 154 - Hinduism
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
This course examines the cultural/religious phenomenon of “Hinduism” in a number of its ancient and modern forms by examining how it has developed in the context of historical forces and responded to the modern world as it adapts to a global setting. It examines dimensions of Hindu theology and philosophy; the role of deities, temples, and cultural practices; investigates central myths, much-loved stories, global gurus, and Bollywood films.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations; GP - Global Perspectives
Course credits: 1
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TRS 155 - Buddhism
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
This course examines the history, thought, and practice of Buddhism by studying the enduring themes and cultural adaptations of its main schools through primary and secondary texts, art, video/audio, and field trips. We trace a number of Buddhism’s developments from its founding in India to its present forms around the globe by examining each of the Three Jewels, that is, Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations; GP - Global Perspectives
Course credits: 1
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TRS 156 - Religions of India
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
India’s long and rich history of religious diversity is both well-known and highly complex. We focus our study on a number of religious traditions (Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism, and/or Parsi) within a wide variety of their historical and cultural settings. Our study will examine both individual traditions and the complex history of their interaction. We’ll also examine how religions interact with political, social, and economic systems as well as look at examples of religious pluralism together with its promises and problems in historic and contemporary settings within India and beyond.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations; GP - Global Perspectives
Course credits: 1
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TRS 157 - Christianity, Religious Pluralism, and Interreligious Dialogue
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
In light of our increasingly diverse nation and our ever more global world, this course will critically assess current Christian theological thinking about other major religious traditions and offer possibilities for interreligious understanding. Offered from the Christian perspective as part of an examination of contemporary discourses on the issues of religious identity, religious diversity, and religious pluralism, this course addresses the philosophical and theological issues and conflicts that arise in a religiously pluralistic environment. This includes an historical examination of the Christian disposition towards other religions, the problem of conflicting truth claims, the nature of salvation, the role of religious language, and the process of interreligious dialogue.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations
Course credits: 1
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Theology & Religious Studies - Theology, Religion, and the Arts |
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TRS 160 - Topics in Religion and the Arts
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
An investigation of a topic of religion and culture not covered by the regular offerings of the department. Topics are announced prior to each semester.
Repeatable
May be repeated as content varies.
Course credits: 1
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TRS 162 - Biblical Themes in Literature
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
Religious and biblical themes are woven into important works of literature. In this course, a series of literary pieces, both ancient and modern, will be studied from the point of view of the theological horizon of their authors and the faith that is being imaged in them. (This course often features a critical reading of biblical texts like Genesis, Exodus, and Maccabees followed by a reading of plays and novels like Inherit the Wind, A Different Drummer, and The Chosen.)
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations
Course credits: 1
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TRS 164 - Dante and The Divine Comedy
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
This course offers an in-depth spiritual and literary exploration of one of the greatest works of world literature: Dante’s Divine Comedy. The theme of pilgrimage engages both Dante and the students in a journey to redemption by a deep acquaintance with sin (Inferno), an experience of repentance and forgiveness (Purgatorio), and a vision of eternal re-union (Paradiso). The course explores the pro- found and eternal consequences of choice and free will as God’s greatest gift, and how our understanding and experience of love grows in clarity through the greater union of ourselves with the divine. Dante and his readers-all pilgrims-struggle toward maturity while wrestling with the disguises and even the glamor of evil, the necessity of personal honesty and introspection, and the unexpected breadth of God’s mercy.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations
Course credits: 1
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TRS 167 - Visual Theology: Christian Art and Architecture
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
This course examines the art and architecture that artists over the centuries have created in their attempts to give visible embodiment to their religious experiences. The course focuses on what their creations reveal of how they understood the gospel, what they saw as essential to that message, how well they gave expression to the deepest longings of the human heart, and the influence of their creations on our understanding of the Christian faith. A particular focus of the class will be on changing images of the crucifixion and how those changes both reflect and create changing theological understandings of the meaning of the cross. This course also examines such things as the role and power of visual communication, mining art both Christian and secular for its theological insight.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations
Course credits: 1
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TRS 168 - Encountering Christian Art: Rome
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
This quarter-credit course is an on-site introduction and exploration of the theological dimensions of the works of Christian art and architecture in the city of Rome, focusing on the churches of Rome where much of this art is housed, but also featuring study of the catacombs and the Vatican Museums, including the Sistine Chapel.
Course credits: 0.25
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Theology & Religious Studies - Religion and Culture |
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TRS 170 - Topics in Religion and Culture
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
An investigation of a topic in the field of Religious Studies not covered by the regular offerings of the department. Topics are announced prior to each semester.
Repeatable
May be repeated as content varies.
Course credits: 1
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TRS 171 - Gender and Religion in American Culture
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
This course focuses on the relationship between gender and religion in North American history and culture. We will explore gender as a category of analysis for the study of religion and the ways that religions construct and deconstruct gender norms. Religion is lived and practiced, and therefore it cannot be separated from the gendered bodies that people inhabit. We will use historical and contemporary case studies to examine the way that notions of femininity and masculinity have played a role in the religious lives of Americans.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations; AD - American Diversity
Cross-Listing
The course is cross-listed with Women’s and Gender Studies.
Course credits: 1
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TRS 172 - Religion, Media, and Culture
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
This course explores the relationship between religion, media, and culture, with an emphasis on the contemporary North American context. We will analyze the way that religion is experienced and practiced in everyday life and the impact of various forms of media (material, visual, digital) and cultural products/practices on religion in the modern era. Students will have the opportunity to think critically about the relationship between contemporary religious forms and capitalism, and the way that the study of religion, media, and culture challenges assumptions about the nature of “authentic” religion and spirituality.
Course credits: 1
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TRS 173 - Colonialism, Race & Religion
Upper Division
Prerequisites
Prerequisite(s) and/or corequisite(s): TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
Ways of classifying the human person, including race, developed within the histories of European colonialism. These forms of social classification profoundly shaped the idea of “America,” and continue to shape the present historical situation in the United States. To understand better our immediate historical situations, it is crucial to have a deeper understanding of how colonialism, constructions of race, and religion worked together in the formation of the North Atlantic context out of which the United States emerged. In this course, we will specifically locate the reality of the United States and sets of relationship within the North Atlantic World within the history of European colonialism.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations; AD - American Diversity; TCG - The Common Good
Course credits: 1
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TRS 174 - Sustainability, Religion, Spirituality
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
Since Lynn White’s groundbreaking article in 1967, debate has raged among scholars, activists, and members of religious communities about the role(s) of religion and of specific religions in fostering unsustainability and in achieving sustainability. As part of this debate, some have proposed the existence and importance of a spirituality unconnected with historical or new religions as a key component of moving toward sustainability. This course provides an interdisciplinary introduction to these questions both in their historical and contemporary forms.
Course credits: 1
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TRS 175 - Spiritual, Not Religious: Emerson to the New Age
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
The American tradition of individual seeking in religion is as old as the Republic, but it may be said to have its serious origin in the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson. This course seeks to situate the contemporary phrase “spiritual, not religious,” in a larger historical context and to compare contemporary American understandings of spirituality without institutional borders to more traditional understandings of spirituality.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations
Course credits: 1
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TRS 176 - Spirituality in Practice
Upper Division
Prerequisites
TRS 097 or TRS 189 .
This course takes a cultural and theoretical approach and focuses on religion as it is experienced and practiced, both in everyday life and in special ritual contexts. We will explore religion through concepts such as space, time, power, material culture, ritual, and the body, and use these concepts to understand more deeply the logic and practices of spirituality and transformative experiences in a variety of religious contexts and traditions. Students will have the opportunity to use theoretical ideas developed in the class to analyze practices such as pilgrimage, altar-building, music, dance, meditation, mysticism, monasticism, body modification and pain, and the role of material culture and the body in religious experience.
Core Curriculum Designation(s)
TE - Theological Explorations; AD - American Diversity
Cross-Listing
The course is cross-listed with Ethnic Studies.
Course credits: 1
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