Rice Course Schedule, Spring 2002
Humanities (HUMA)
Rice Course Schedule as of 03/20/2002.
This schedule is maintained by the Office of the Registrar
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HUMA 102 INTRODUCTION TO HUMANITIES IN THE WESTER Credits 3.00 Spring 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Continued study, in discussion and occasional lectures, of representative works
in the Western tradition, from Michelangelo to Martin Luther King.
001 SH 460 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Casas, Fernando Enr: 9 Max: 0
002 HUM 328 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Harter, Deborah A. Enr: 22 Max: NA
003 HUM 227 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Aresu, Bernard Enr: 12 Max: NA
004 GRB 212W - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Kauffmann, Robert L. Enr: 20 Max: NA
005 HUM 328 - MWF 02:00PM - 02:50PM Carroll, Beverlee Jill Enr: 24 Max: NA
006 KH 101 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM Casas, Fernando Enr: 21 Max: NA
007 RH 305 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM Casas, Fernando Enr: 16 Max: NA
HUMA 103 INTRO TO MEDIEVAL CIVILIZATION THE HIGH Credits 3.00 Spring 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
The Middle Ages witnessed the rise and spread of Christianity, Islam, and
Rabbinic Judaism, as well as the formation of the modern European languages and
of a political geography that persists to the present day. They were a period
of great artistic, philosophical, literary, and technological innovation. In
this inter-disciplinary introduction to the period we will study topics such as
the Crusades, economic growth and religious change, cathedral building,
chivalry, the Black Death, and European expansion. We will use pictorial and
architectural sources, as well as literary and historical ones.
Also offered as HIST 203
001 SH 309 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM Stahl, Alan Enr: 9 Max: NA
HUMA 107 BIBLE IN WESTERN TRADITION Credits 3.00 Spring 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Explores multiple roles the Bible has played in Western culture. Emphasis will
be on the Bible as catalyst in media history, as generator of the artistic
imagination, and as catalyst of ideas, and as shaper of religious and political
history. also offered as Reli 200.
001 HUM 119 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM Kelber, Werner H. Enr: 7 Max: 0
HUMA 109 GREEK CIVILIZATION: AN INTRODUCTION Credits 3.00 Spring 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
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. Includes historical background and readings in primary sources. Also
offered as CLAS 207 and HIST 207.
Approval of instructor required.
001 GRB 211W - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM George, Coulter Enr: 7 Max: 7
HUMA 113 GOD, TIME AND HISTORY Credits 3.00 Spring 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
How is the passage of time given meaning, and what role--if any--is assigned to
divinity in shaping the direction of events? Course explores various forms of
recording and interpreting events, drawing from ancient Mesopotamia, Israel,
and the Greco-Roman world. Also offered as RELI 123.
001 HUM 117 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM Henze, Matthias Enr: 9 Max: 25
Maas, Michael R.
HUMA 115 PHILOSOPHERS LOOK AT RELIGION Credits 3.00 Spring 02
* 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: 10 Max: 0
HUMA 201 PUBLIC SPEAKING Credits 3.00 Spring 02
An introduction to the process of public speaking through the presentation of
four or more in-class speeches.
Prereq- Permission of instructor.
001 RH 123 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM West, Dan Enr: 16 Max: 0
002 GRB 211W - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM Grace, Jeremy Enr: 16 Max: NA
003 HUM 120 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Hescht, Billy Enr: 5 Max: NA
004 RH 121 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Grace, Jeremy Enr: 12 Max: NA
HUMA 295 CURRENT ISSUES IN THE WORKPLACE Credits 3.00 Spring 02
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 118 - M 07:00PM - 10:00PM Matherly, Cheryl A. Enr: 8 Max: 0
HUMA 308 BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL SPEAKING Credits 3.00 Spring 02
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 RH 304 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM West, Dan Enr: 17 Max: 0
HUMA 318 CONSULTING W/STUDENT WRITERS Credits 1.00 Spring 02
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 Tobin, Mary L. Enr: 0 Max: 0
HUMA 372 SPECIAL TOPIC: GERMAN FAIRY TALE - OLD Credits 3.00 Spring 02
Discussion of several prototypes from the fairy-tale collection of the Brothers
Grimm and the subsequent development of the "literary" fairy tale from Goethe
and the Romantics to the 20th century. Taught in German. Also offered as GMAN
392 and GERM 392.
001 HUM 118 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM Weissenberger, Klaus H. Enr: 3 Max: 0
HUMA 381 DOSTOEVSKY Credits 3.00 Spring 02
* 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 Dean House; Notes from the Underground.
Also offered as RUSS 352.
001 RH 204 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM Thompson, Ewa M. Enr: 5 Max: 0
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