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HYBRID COURSE.HIS-240-01=BLS-270-04 This course considers the overlapping lives and legacies of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., and Nelson Mandela, three revolutionary figures whose influence on the fight for civil rights in America and Africa was profound and far reaching. Though the American public rarely imagined them as political bedfellows in their time, a closer inspection of their lives reveals striking autobiographical similarities and pan-African connections. Students will closely examine the convergences and confluences of their biographies, political ideologies, and activism while exploring broader issues including colonialism, civil disobedience, cultural resistance, social justice, and freedom. We will consider how their lives intersected in the transnational struggle for racial equality and how their legacies continue to shape contemporary debates about black identity and the continued crisis of American race relations?

FACE TO FACE COURSE. CLA-112-01=HIS-220-01 Pompeii's gritty streets, humble shacks in the Greek countryside, over-the-top villas of Rome's emperors - inhabitants of the ancient Mediterranean dwelled in all manner of different places and fashions. How did these "houses" reflect Greek and Roman life? Who lived in them? How were they organized and decorated? And how did the built environment shape interaction among inhabitants as well as between them and "outsiders?" This class will entertain these questions by blending readings from primary sources with analysis of archaeological remains. A chief goal is to introduce students to the basics of social history as we consider social structure, cultural values, domestic space, and the relationships among them. Key themes include gender, status, childhood, slavery, religion, and law. In addition, non-ancient houses and households - such as a Frank Lloyd Wright house in West Lafayette as well as Wabash dorms and fraternity houses - will offer comparative material and provide the opportunity for further exploration of modern conceptions of house and family.

FACE TO FACE COURSE. CLA-112-01=CLA-112-01F=HIS-220-01=HIS220-01F Pompeii's gritty streets, humble shacks in the Greek countryside, over-the-top villas of Rome's emperors - inhabitants of the ancient Mediterranean dwelled in all manner of different places and fashions. How did these "houses" reflect Greek and Roman life? Who lived in them? How were they organized and decorated? And how did the built environment shape interaction among inhabitants as well as between them and "outsiders?" This class will entertain these questions by blending readings from primary sources with analysis of archaeological remains. A chief goal is to introduce students to the basics of social history as we consider social structure, cultural values, domestic space, and the relationships among them. Key themes include gender, status, childhood, slavery, religion, and law. In addition, non-ancient houses and households - such as a Frank Lloyd Wright house in West Lafayette as well as Wabash dorms and fraternity houses - will offer comparative material and provide the opportunity for further exploration of modern conceptions of house and family.

FACE TO FACE COURSE CLA-211-01=ENG-270-01 This class will be an intensive literary and historical study of Virgil's epic the Aeneid, which after the Bible has been the most consistently influential book in the western canon. The poem will be read in translation, but the class is also intended for students of Latin who have not been able to read extensively in the original text. We will examine the literary traditions in which the Aeneid stands, Virgil's very particular aesthetic orientation, and the historical and cultural developments in Rome that influenced the composition of the poem. Explication of the text itself will be the main focus of the course, but there will also be readings from modern scholars representing different interpretative approaches. Finally, we will take up the question of the Aeneid's influence in later European literature, and will read the Inferno of Dante's Divina Commedia entire.

HYBRID COURSE. Once upon a time, fairies made public beheadings a noble sport while dragons terrorized the humans of Middle Earth. Although we tend to look down on the Middle Ages from our modern perspectives, contemporary audiences continue to enjoy medieval narratives retold through books and films such as Harry Potter, television adaptations such as Game of Thrones, and video games such as The Legend of Zelda. We will travel back and forth through time, analyzing both medieval texts and modern representations of the Middle Ages, including riddles, poetry, graphic novels, and short films. ENG-180-01 cross list with GEN-270-03

HYBRID COURSE. Once upon a time, fairies made public beheadings a noble sport while dragons terrorized the humans of Middle Earth. Although we tend to look down on the Middle Ages from our modern perspectives, contemporary audiences continue to enjoy medieval narratives retold through books and films such as Harry Potter,television adaptations such as Game of Thrones, and video gamessuch as The Legend of Zelda. We will travel back and forth time, analyzing both medieval texts and modernrepresentations of the Middle Ages, including riddles, poetry, graphic novels, and short films. ENG-180-01 cross list with GEN-270-03

FACE TO FACE COURSE CLA211-01=ENG270-01 This class will be an intensive literary and historical study of Virgil's epic the Aeneid, which after the Bible has been the most consistently influential book in the western canon. The poem will be read in translation, but the class is also intended for students of Latin who have not been able to read extensively in the original text. We will examine the literary traditions in which the Aeneid stands, Virgil's very particular aesthetic orientation, and the historical and cultural developments in Rome that influenced the composition of the poem. Explication of the text itself will be the main focus of the course, but there will also be readings from modern scholars representing different interpretative approaches. Finally, we will take up the question of the Aeneid's influence in later European literature, and will read the Inferno of Dante's Divina Commedia entire.

FACE TO FACE COURSE THE-215-01=ENG-310-01 This course will focus on the theater history and dramatic literature between the golden age of classical Greek drama and the revolutionary theater of Romantic period: 2,000 years of theater in one semester. We will study representative plays of various periods and genres-the "old" comedies of the Greeks, the morality plays of medieval Europe, the tragedies of Shakespeare and his contemporaries-while also considering how the plays reflect the moral, social, and political issues of their time. This course is appropriate for all students, regardless of artistic background.

FACE TO FACE COURSE ENG-370-01=GEN-270-02 What happens when stories and theories represent bodies that aren't "normal"? In this class, we will read narratives by disabled people as well as study theories of disability to try to understand how physical difference challenges traditional viewsF of gender, culture, writing, space, and time.

FACE TO FACE COURSE ENG370-01=GEN270-02 What happens when stories and theories represent bodies that aren't "normal"? In this class, we will read narratives by disabled people as well as study theories of disability to try to understand how physical difference challenges traditional views of gender, culture, writing, space, and time.

HYBRID COURSE Once upon a time, fairies made public beheadings a noble sport while dragons terrorized the humans of Middle Earth. Although we tend to look down on the Middle Ages from our modern perspectives, contemporary audiences continue to enjoy medieval narratives retold through books and films such as Harry Potter, television adaptations such as Game of Thrones, and video games such as The Legend of Zelda. We will travel back and forth through time, analyzing both medieval texts and modern representations of the Middle Ages, including riddles, poetry, graphic novels, and short films. GEN-270-03 cross list with ENG-180-01

HYBRID COURSE PSC232-01=PPE232-01=GHL232-01 People with disabilities have been excluded in practice-from buildings, transportation, education, etc.-and also in (political) theory: This class will explore the exclusion of people with disabilities in the history of political thought, from Hobbes and Locke to Rawls, as well as more inclusive political theories, such as those of Martha Nussbaum and Alasdair MacIntyre. It will also explore social movements that work to include people with disabilities, including the Disability Rights movement and the Independent Living Movement, centuries-old foster family care in Geel, Belgium, and L'Arche, where people with disabilities and without disabilities live together in community. This class will include a service learning component-we will be in the community, interacting with people with disabilities.

HYBRID COURSE How will the world end? When will the world end? Will the world end at all? While many recall the May 21, 2011 "deadline" of Harold Camping's Family Radio caravans and the "ending" of the Mayan calendar in December 2012, these questions have provoked the human imagination for millennia. This course will study the history of how these questions have been posed and answered from Jewish and Christian communities in the ancient Mediterranean world to Christians in medieval Europe to contemporary America.Using the lenses of social, cultural and political history, we will examine how these apocalyptic ideas have been shaped by historical events and how subgroups have interacted with, and often changed, society.

FACE TO FACE COURSE. CLA-112-01=HIS-220-01=CLA-112-01F=HIS220-01F Pompeii's gritty streets, humble shacks in the Greek countryside, over-the-top villas of Rome's emperors - inhabitants of the ancient Mediterranean dwelled in all manner of different places and fashions. How did these "houses" reflect Greek and Roman life? Who lived in them? How were they organized and decorated? And how did the built environment shape interaction among inhabitants as well as between them and "outsiders?" This class will entertain these questions by blending readings from primary sources with analysis of archaeological remains. A chief goal is to introduce students to the basics of social history as we consider social structure, cultural values, domestic space, and the relationships among them. Key themes include gender, status, childhood, slavery, religion, and law. In addition, non-ancient houses and households - such as a Frank Lloyd Wright house in West Lafayette as well as Wabash dorms and fraternity houses - will offer comparative material and provide the opportunity for further exploration of modern conceptions of house and family.

FACE TO FACE COURSE. CLA-112-01=CLA-112-01F=HIS-220-01=HIS220-01F Pompeii's gritty streets, humble shacks in the Greek countryside, over-the-top villas of Rome's emperors - inhabitants of the ancient Mediterranean dwelled in all manner of different places and fashions. How did these "houses" reflect Greek and Roman life? Who lived in them? How were they organized and decorated? And how did the built environment shape interaction among inhabitants as well as between them and "outsiders?" This class will entertain these questions by blending readings from primary sources with analysis of archaeological remains. A chief goal is to introduce students to the basics of social history as we consider social structure, cultural values, domestic space, and the relationships among them. Key themes include gender, status, childhood, slavery, religion, and law. In addition, non-ancient houses and households - such as a Frank Lloyd Wright house in West Lafayette as well as Wabash dorms and fraternity houses - will offer comparative material and provide the opportunity for further exploration of modern conceptions of house and family.

HYBRID COURSE. HIS-240-01=BLS-270-04 This course considers the overlapping lives and legacies of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., and Nelson Mandela, three revolutionary figures whose influence on the fight for civil rights in America and Africa was profound and far reaching. Though the American public rarely imagined them as political bedfellows in their time, a closer inspection of their lives reveals striking autobiographical similarities and pan-African connections. Students will closely examine the convergences and confluences of their biographies, political ideologies, and activism while exploring broader issues including colonialism, civil disobedience, cultural resistance, social justice, and freedom. We will consider how their lives intersected in the transnational struggle for racial equality and how their legacies continue to shape contemporary debates about black identity and the continued crisis of American race relations?

FACE TO FACE COURSE. An introduction to the mathematical theory of two-player games with no chance involved. We will cover basic strategies for these games, game trees, sums of games, impartial games, and determining when games are equivalent to numbers. Examples of some games we will see include Domineering, Nim, Dots & Boxes, and Subtraction Games. This course will count for distribution in Quantitative Literacy, but not toward a major or minor in Mathematics.

HYBRID COURSE Music has long informed or reflected social conflict, often acting as an agent of change or used in mobilizing movements. In this class, we'll examine the music that accompanied and inspired political and social revolutions from the 18th century through today. This will include case studies of classical, pop, folk, and religious music. No prerequisites or experience in music required.

VIRTUAL COURSE. 1st half semester: August 12 - September 29. We will study a broad spectrum of popular music performed and heard in the United States and probe its relationship to small- and large-scale changes in American culture. This course is divided into two halves. In the first portion, we will learn principal methods in music research (musicology and ethnomusicology), basic ethnography, and genres and styles from until the mid-20th-century. The second half will cover from the rock revolution of the 1960s to the present. In both halves, we will ask questions about the centrality of America's vernacular genres to its musical heritage. We will learn about the origins of African American, Latin American, and Anglo-American traditions, discuss notable characteristics in folk and popular idioms, and venture to explain how and why vernacular and popular genres provide compelling means to communicate with others and express social values. Music 204 will be taught as a virtual course this semester. Students on campus as well as students who will not be in residency are encouraged to enroll.

VIRTUAL COURSE. 2nd half semester: September 30 - November 17. We will study a broad spectrum of popular music performed and heard in the United States and probe its relationship to small- and large-scale changes in American culture. This course is divided into two halves. In the first portion, we will learn principal methods in music research (musicology and ethnomusicology), basic ethnography, and genres and styles from until the mid-20th-century. The second half will cover from the rock revolution of the 1960s to the present. In both halves, we will ask questions about the centrality of America's vernacular genres to its musical heritage. We will learn about the origins of African American, Latin American, and Anglo-American traditions, discuss notable characteristics in folk and popular idioms, and venture to explain how and why vernacular and popular genres provide compelling means to communicate with others and express social values. Music 204 will be taught as a virtual course this semester. Students on campus as well as students who will not be in residency are encouraged to enroll.

HYBRID COURSE PSC-232-01=PPE-232-01=GHL-232-01 People with disabilities have been excluded in practice-from buildings, transportation, education, etc.-and also in (political) theory: This class will explore the exclusion of people with disabilities in the history of political thought, from Hobbes and Locke to Rawls, as well as more inclusive political theories, such as those of Martha Nussbaum and Alasdair MacIntyre. It will also explore social movements that work to include people with disabilities, including the Disability Rights movement and the Independent Living Movement, centuries-old foster family care in Geel, Belgium, and L'Arche, where people with disabilities and without disabilities live together in community. This class will include a service learning component-we will be in the community, interacting with people with disabilities.

HYBRID COURSE PSC-232-01=PPE-232-01=GHL-232-01 People with disabilities have been excluded in practice-from buildings, transportation, education, etc.-and also in (political) theory: This class will explore the exclusion of people with disabilities in the history of political thought, from Hobbes and Locke to Rawls, as well as more inclusive political theories, such as those of Martha Nussbaum and Alasdair MacIntyre. It will also explore social movements that work to include people with disabilities, including the Disability Rights movement and the Independent Living Movement, centuries-old foster family care in Geel, Belgium, and L'Arche, where people with disabilities and without disabilities live together in community. This class will include a service learning component-we will be in the community, interacting with people with disabilities. Meets the Diversity Requirement for the PPE major.

FACE TO FACE COURSE. REL-260-01 This seminar invites an immersive reading of The Gospel of John, widely deemed the most philosophical gospel and the gospel of love. We will closely examine this biblical book chapter by chapter and also consider its impact in the subsequent history of Christianity, where John has been influential in shaping theology, art, and film, among other genres. Part of this legacy with which we will have to deal includes the Gospel's ambiguous portrayal of Jews and its role in the emergence of Antisemitism.

FACE TO FACE COURSE. REL-280-01 This seminar examines the relationship between religion and sports in American history and the contemporary United States. The world of American sports overflows with religious elements: players praying after games and speaking openly about their faith; the elevation of superstar athletes to modern gods; sports as a means of acculturation and character formation; the creation of sacred space, time, and rituals; the devotion which some fans give to their teams; the cultural worship of youth, health, and fitness; the historic connections between religious ceremonies and athletics; and much more. Drawing upon a range of disciplinary methods, we will investigate the ways religion and sports uphold similar ideals as well as the ways they are in competition with one another for the hearts, minds, bodies, and resources of their devotees.

FACE TO FACE COURSE.REL-290-01 This seminar explores personal stories of finding, losing, and living religion in Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam. We will discuss both memoirs and graphic novels that present stories of self-discovery, encounters with truth, conversion, disenchantment, and deconversion. We will compare the variety of rituals, doctrines, philosophies, myths, ethical stances, institutional involvements, etc. that characterize their religious experiences and discoveries of self and God. The course will conclude with students "impersonating" the figures we have read as they conduct round-table discussions and debates (in character) about the salient issues surrounding these religious lives.

HYBRID COURSE What sorts of rhetoric occurs during political campaigns? What rhetorical strategies do candidates use to build support, connect with diverse audiences, address concerns, recover from gaffes (or not), and attack their opponents? How do political campaigns adapt to new rhetorical opportunities in social media use while maintaining campaign traditions, like advertising and debates? How do we evaluate success, effects, and ethics in the rhetoric of elections? In this course we'll study these questions and more, drawing on the discourse of elections past and present across speeches, debates, advertisements, websites, and social media.

HYBRID COURSE What sorts of rhetoric occurs during political campaigns? What rhetorical strategies do candidates use to build support, connect with diverse audiences, address concerns, recover from gaffes (or not), and attack their opponents? How do political campaigns adapt to new rhetorical opportunities in social media use while maintaining campaign traditions, like advertising and debates? How do we evaluate success, effects, and ethics in the rhetoric of elections? In this course we'll study these questions and more, drawing on the discourse of elections past and present across speeches, debates, advertisements, websites, and social media.

FACE TO FACE COURSE This course explores many aspects of the theater: the audience, the actor, the visual elements, the role of the director, theater history, and selected dramatic literature. The goal is to heighten the student's appreciation and understanding of the art of the theater. The plays we will encounter will range from the Greek tragedies of 2,500 years ago to new works by contemporary playwrights: from Sophocles' Antigone to Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton. Students will see and write reviews of theater productions, both on- and off-campus. This course is appropriate for all students, at all levels.

HYBRID COURSE This course introduces students to the fundamentals of acting through physical and vocal exercises, improvisation, preparation of scenes, and text and character analysis. Students will prepare scenes for classroom and public presentation. Students will also collaborate with the directing class in producing an evening of original one-act plays for the community. This course is appropriate for all students, regardless of artistic background.

HYBRID COURSE This course introduces students to the fundamentals of acting through physical and vocal exercises, improvisation, preparation of scenes, and text and character analysis. Students will prepare scenes for classroom and public presentation. Students will also collaborate with the directing class in producing an evening of original one-act plays for the community. This course is appropriate for all students, regardless of artistic background.

FACE TO FACE COURSE THE-215-01=ENG-310-01 This course will focus on the theater history and dramatic literature between the golden age of classical Greek drama and the revolutionary theater of Romantic period: 2,000 years of theater in one semester. We will study representative plays of various periods and genres-the "old" comedies of the Greeks, the morality plays of medieval Europe, the tragedies of Shakespeare and his contemporaries-while also considering how the plays reflect the moral, social, and political issues of their time. This course is appropriate for all students, regardless of artistic background.