An exploration of films refugees from Nazi Germany, primarily in the USA (both Hollywood and B-productions) but also in the USSR and Palestine. Works by directors including Wilder, Sirk, Ulmer, Lang, Lubitsch, Sternberg.

Beginning with an overview of the Civil Rights movement, this course examines the influences that came to shape the call for Black Power: remnants of the Garvey movement; the Cuban revolution; the Nation of Islam; the political decolonization of Africa; and reactions by African Americans to the violence engendered by non-violent protest for civil rights. Diverse interpretations of Black Power will be examined in detail, along with reasons for the movement's decline.

This course satisfies the Junior Year Writing requirement for students in RES-ECON. The emphasis is on developing students' skills in critical thinking, writing, and effective communication.

This course satisfies the Junior Year Writing requirement for students in RES-ECON. The emphasis is on developing students' skills in critical thinking, writing, and effective communication.

In this course, we will strike a balance between discussing a variety of philosophical topics, thinking about what philosophy is and how best to practice it, and putting our theoretical work to practice by doing philosophy with kids in a school together. We'll begin the course by focusing on metaphilosophical and pedagogical readings, putting together a picture of what it is we're doing when we do philosophy and how we can do that best with children. Then we'll take that picture and put it to work, going into an elementary school together to do philosophy with children.

An Honors introduction to ethics through issues of medicine and health care. Topics include abortion, treatment of impaired infants, euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, truth-telling, medical experimentation on human beings and on animals, and the allocation of scarce medical resources. (Gen.Ed. AT)

Contact department for description. (Gen.Ed. AT)