Rice Course Schedule, Spring 2001
Humanities (HUMA)
Rice Course Schedule as of 05/08/2001.
This schedule is maintained by the Office of the Registrar
(reg@rice.edu).
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HUMA 102 INTRODUCTION TO HUMANITIES IN THE WESTER Credits 3.00 Spring 01
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
* RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Continued study, in discussion and occasional lectures, of representative works
in the Western tradition, from Michelangelo to Martin Luther King. A
FOUNDATION COURSE.
Section 2: Freshman Only.
001 FL 525 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Morris, Wesley A. Enr: 23 Max: NA
002 FL 412 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Grob, Alan Enr: 11 Max: NA
003 FL 525 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Harter, Deborah A. Enr: 20 Max: NA
004 HB 423 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Kauffmann, Robert L. Enr: 13 Max: NA
005 SH 207B - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM Hildebrand, David Enr: 19 Max: NA
006 GRB 211W - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM Carroll, Beverlee Jill Enr: 25 Max: NA
HUMA 109 GREEK CIVILIZATION: AN INTRODUCTION Credits 3.00 Spring 01
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
This class will present an introduction to and overview of the great literary,
artistic, and intellectual monuments of classical Greek civilization from Homer
and the Bronze Age through the golden age of Classical Athens to the spread of
Greek culture in the Hellenistic world. The historical background will be
covered. Readings will consist mainly of primary sources. Two lectures and
one discussion per week. Also offered as CLAS 207, HIST 207.
Approval of instructor required.
001 KH 101 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Jenkins, Thomas Enr: 4 Max: NA
HUMA 115 PHILOSOPHERS LOOK AT RELIGION Credits 3.00 Spring 01
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Inquiry into the ways which selected Western and Asian philosophers have
interpreted God, reality, the moral life and religious experience. Plato,
Augustine, Hume and Kant will be compared with thinkers of the Vedic, Jain,
Saukhya, and Buddhist traditions.
Also offered as RELI 293.
001 HUM 226 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Wyschogrod, Edith Enr: 9 Max: NA
HUMA 201 PUBLIC SPEAKING Credits 3.00 Spring 01
No description
Prereq- Permission of instructor.
001 HB 227 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM West, Daniel A. Enr: 25 Max: NA
002 KH 105 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM West, Daniel A. Enr: 19 Max: NA
003 HB 22 - T 02:30PM - 05:30PM Huston, Dennis Enr: 15 Max: NA
HUMA 220 INTRODUCTION TO THE NOVEL WRITTEN IN FRE Credits 3.00 Spring 01
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Taught in translation. Study of the novel from the 17th century to the present
in France, Africa and the Caribbean. Includes explorations of personhood,
sexuality, modern capitalism and imperialism. Texts by Mme de Lafayette,
Marquis de Sade, Balzac, Flaubert, Proust, Colette, Sartre, Conde', Cheihk
Hamidou Kane, Robbe'-Grillet. Taught in English. Also offered as Fren 220.
001 HUM 120 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:45PM Wood, Philip R. Enr: 1 Max: 20
HUMA 295 CURRENT ISSUES IN THE WORKPLACE Credits 3.00 Spring 01
This class is the companion course for the Joint Venture Liberal Arts
Internship Program. It is intended to provide liberal arts majors an overview
to the various career options available to them and introduce issues that are
shaping the world of work. Each week, guest speakers will discuss different
career alternatives, including banking, law, writing and journalism, non-profit
management, and education. Additionally, students read current business
articles to examine trends that are redefining how work is performed. All
students enrolled in HUMA 295 must complete an approved internship. For more
information, read about the Joint Venture Liberal Arts Internship Program.
This class is taught during both the fall and spring semester; Joint Venture
Internships are available during fall, spring and summer.
Prereq- prior acceptance to Joint Venture Internship program or permission of
instructor.
001 HUM 120 - M 07:00PM - 10:00PM Hing, Jacqueline Enr: 17 Max: NA
Matherly, Cheryl A.
HUMA 308 BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL SPEAKG Credits 3.00 Spring 01
Practical application of communication theory with emphasis on oral
presentations, interviewing and small group dynamics.
Prereq- Huma 201, junior students, or consent of instructor.
001 HZ 119 - T 02:30PM - 05:30PM Hescht, William Enr: 14 Max: 12
HUMA 318 CONSULTING W/STUDENT WRITERS Credits 1.00 Spring 01
Excellent student writers prepare for working with other student writers by
studying writing processes, writing problems, texts, and exercises and by
role-playing.
001 TBA - TBA Driskill, Linda P. Enr: 11 Max: NA
HUMA 370 DISCOURSE IN ALIENATION: FROM KAFKA TO T Credits 3.00 Spring 01
The socio-political and economic upheaval on the one hand and the religious and
intelectual one on the other, which
mark this period, manifest themselves in
literature between the poles of artistic experimentation (expressionism, Kafka,
Musil) and a forced ideological
stabilization (fascism); Holocaust literature
reflects the
ultimate cash between these principles. This course is open to
all and will be taught in English. Also offered as GMAN 321 and GERM 381.
001 HZ 119 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM Weissenberger, Klaus H. Enr: 0 Max: NA
HUMA 371 HITLER AND THE GERMANS Credits 3.00 Spring 01
The course analyzes life in Germany during the Third Reich
(1933-1945),
discussing how Germans lived with, under,
against, and for Hitler. Special
topics: techniques of
Nazi propaganda; Hitler in art, literature, and the
media;
organization of public life under the Fuhrer-principle and
the role of
traditional/new elites; complicity in legal crimes and the Final Soution;
Hitler, national socialism,
"ordinary Germans," and traditions of
historiography.
Also offered as GMAN 392 and GERM 392.
001 HUM 118 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Winkler, Michael Enr: 9 Max: NA
HUMA 376 SPECIAL TOPIC: IMMIGRANTS IN GERMANY - T Credits 3.00 Spring 01
The course discusses the immigration history after WWII from phase of as "guest
workers" to asylum seekers. It concentrates on the problems of integration of
the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd generation and their influence on the socio-economy
development of present-day Germany. Also offered as GMAN 351 and offered in
conjuction with LSAC 351.
001 GRB 212W - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Kocer, Yusuf Enr: 1 Max: NA
HUMA 381 DOSTOEVSKY Credits 3.00 Spring 01
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Study of the major works of Dostoevsky. No knowledge of
Russian required.
Novels discussed include The Brothers Karamazov; Crime and Punishment; The
Idiot; The Possessed; Notes from the Dead House; Notes from the Underground.
Also offered as RUSS 352.
001 SH 303 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM Thompson, Ewa M. Enr: 9 Max: NA
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