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This course will study the origins and development of civil and
military traditions in South America. After setting this background,
the course will exam in detail “national security” regimes from the
1970s. Countries studied include Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and
Uruguay. Prerequisite: LAS/HIS-141. (Humanities)
Prof. Casal completed his undergraduate work at the Universidad de la
Republica de Uruguay in the early 1980s, and earned the M.A. and Ph.D.
in History at The University of Iowa. He has written a number of books,
articles, and chapters on a variety of topics related to Latin American
history.
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This course investigates the history of Islam in Africa and the
Americas, with an emphasis on the latter. Introduced by merchant
activity in the eighth century CE, Islam by the fifteenth century had
become the religion of ruling elites throughout much of the western
Sudan, and was the foundation for significant urban development in East
Africa. A sustained period of Islamic reform ensued in the western
Sudan from the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries,
coterminous with the transatlantic slave trade, and the course examines
the influence and legacy of African Muslims exported to the Americas
via that trade. Specifically, the African Muslim experience and legacy
in North America will be featured, which includes a consideration of
the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X, and the impact of Islam on hip-hop
culture. Islam in Latin America and the Caribbean will also be
discussed. Prerequisite: sophomore standing. (Humanities)
Prof. Gomez earned the B.A. in U.S. History and the M.A. and PhD in
African History from the University of Chicago. His fields of
specialization include West Africa, African Diaspora, and the
Antebellum American South. He has written several important works on
the African Diaspora and the growth of Islam among African Americans in
the U.S. The proposed course will examine the modern history of
Muslims and Islam’s interaction with Western thought, culture, and
society.
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This course will take an interdisciplinary approach to the question of
what constitutes sexual orientation. Usually we think of sexual
orientation as simply describing whether someone is attracted to men,
women, or both. But is attraction to male bodies the same for a man as
it is for a woman? Does the identity of “lesbian” indicate more than
with whom one likes to have sex? Could pedophilia and sexual masochism
and even asexuality be thought of as sexual orientations in and of
themselves? And what do we make of the fact that foot fetishism seems
to show up in many difficult cultures, but is mostly a sexual interest
of men, regardless of culture?
What do we make of the fact that the
rate of various forms of transgenderism seems to vary from culture to
culture? Can you choose to be queer? Can a doctor or a priest “cure”
homosexuality? Should parents be allowed to try to engineer their
children’s sexual orientations? Why are scientists interested in the
evolution of sexual orientation, and should scientific findings shape
legislation which denies or protects the rights of sexual minorities?
These are some of the topics we’ll cover in this course as we explore
the nature, history, and politics of human sexual orientation. This
course will draw on work in women’s and gender studies, history,
philosophy, genetics, developmental biology, evolutionary biology,
medicine, anthropology, and more. We will engage in open, respectful,
and frank discussions of many different kinds of human sexuality. (If
you are very squeamish learning and talking about sex, this would not
be the course for you.) Students should prepare to leave this course
far more educated but with many more questions about human sexuality.
Dr. Dreger earned the B.A. in Comparative Humanities at the State
University of New York, and the M.A. and Ph.D. in History and
Philosophy of Science at Indiana University. She has authored two
books, many journal articles and book chapters, encyclopedia entries,
and editorials and essays. A distinguished public scholar, her vitae
includes many keynote, endowed lectureships, plenary addresses, and
other college/university lectures.
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This course explores the marketing management decisions, techniques and strategies needed to apply the marketing concept to global and international markets. Understanding a country’s cultural and environmental impact on the marketing plan is emphasized, as well as competing in markets of various cultures. Consumerism, developing countries, business ethics and current economic and marketing issues are examined. New product, branding and marketing communication decisions are especially highlighted.
Dr. Anderson earned the B.S. in nursing at the University of Minnesota, the M.N. in Community Health at the University of Washington, and the Ph.D. in Marketing (with Social Psychology and Quantitative Business Analysis minor) at Arizona State University. She has more than 25 years of teaching experience and has an impressive record of scholarly research and writing. Dr. Anderson has done consulting and training with managers in major companies (American Express, Intel, McDonnell Douglas, Honeywell, Motorola) in the areas of culture (cross-cultural and organization); consumer behavior; and design, creativity and innovation/entrepreneurship.
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