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TOPICS IN MIDDLE EAST STUDIES (ME3091)

Topics vary by semester

INTERNSHIP (ME3098)

Internships may be taken for 1 or 4 credits. Students may do more than one internship, but internship credit cannot cumulatively total more than 4 credits.

MEDIA, CULTURES AND SOCIETY IN THE ARAB WORLD (ME4073)

Provides broad cultural background to the diverse geopolitical region referred to as 'the Arab World'. Looks at the interplay between the forces and processes involved in the expansion of mass media in this context with a particular focus on state/society development and the role of the media through themes like press freedoms, satellite broadcasting, discursive analysis of media text.

TOPICS IN MIDDLE EAST STUDIES (ME4091)

Topics vary by semester

SENIOR PROJECT (ME4095)

A Senior Project is an independent study representing a Major Capstone Project that needs to be registered using the Senior Project registration form.
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ETHICAL INQUIRY: PROBLEMS AND PARADIGMS (PL1021)

How should I live? How can I determine whether an action is right or just? These are perennial questions that philosophers have long considered and attempted to answer. Explores the ethical writings of several philosophers, including Plato, Hobbes, and Mill, in order to help us clarify and articulate our own values as well as discover the nature of philosophy.

FIRSTBRIDGE IN PHILOSOPHY (PL1099)

Firstbridge courses are offered to degree seeking freshmen and registration is done via webform in pre-arrival checklist.

HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY I: FROM ANCIENT TO MEDIEVAL (PL1100)

This course offers an overview of ancient and medieval philosophy. Beginning with the earliest Greek philosophers and ending with the late medieval founding fathers of modern scientific thought, we will read and discuss various answers these thinkers gave to questions such as: 'What is a good life?' or 'How can I reconcile my faith with what reason tells me?' Readings include Parmenides, Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Seneca, Plotinus, Anselm, Avicenna, Abelard, Maimonides, Thomas Aquinas and Nicolaus of Autrecourt.