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MU 231 - Steel Pan Ensemble I (1.50 cr.)
Repertoire from Trinidad and Tobago. Panorama, transcription, calypso, soca, latin, jazz, ragtime, classical, and island favorites are performed with a full steel pan orchestra. An audition with the instructor. May be repeated for credit.
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MU 301 - Passion and Grace: Music of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (3.00 cr.)
In 1600, the musical baroque was born. This new genre featured music of unprecedented emotion and passion. As it grew, new forms were added; it eventually evolved into the classical style which emphasized grace, poise, and balance. This remarkable development is traced with a focus on Monteverdi, Bach, Haydn, and Beethoven.
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MU 302 - Structure of Music: Theory I (3.00 cr.)
Recommended Prerequisite: MU 201 or written permission of the instructor. Music theory encompasses the study of melodic and harmonic practices common in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Focuses on comprehension through the development of skills including exercises, drills, ear-training, sight-singing, and analysis as well as lecture.
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MU 303 - American Jazz (3.00 cr.)
Traces the origin and development of a truly American musical phenomenon: jazz. Topics include prejazz, ragtime, New Orleans and Chicago jazz, big band, bop, and contemporary styles. Discusses the effect of jazz on the popular music of the time.
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MU 304 - Music and Medicine (3.00 cr.)
The intersection of music and medical history is examined. Topics include: Why was music considered a medicine against plague? Why were opera composers fascinated by tuberculosis? How did Barney the Dinosaur and Bruce Springsteen become instruments of torture? Open to all students. Music majors and minors have additional technical readings and assignments. Same course as HN 304 .
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MU 305 - Music in the Twentieth Century (3.00 cr.)
The most significant musical revolution in 300 years took place at the beginning of the twentieth century. What was the revolution? How and why do we need to listen to new music in a different way? These questions are addressed as the course investigates the music of Debussy, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Copland, Glass, and others.
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MU 306 - World Music: Common Ground, Separate Sound (3.00 cr.)
Music is a worldwide phenomenon; however, there is no common musical language. Each culture develops its own instruments and musical traditions which reflect that culture's needs and resources. Indeed, the very function of music changes from culture to culture. This course focuses on the music of non-Western cultures, principally India, Pakistan, Bali, West Africa, and the altiplano region of Peru/Ecuador.
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MU 307 - Music of the Romantic Period (3.00 cr.)
A comprehensive survey of nineteenth century Western art music, including social, political, and philosophical issues of the period which impacted the composers and their lives. Grading based on a series of listening/written exams as well as class participation.
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MU 309 - Opera and Theatre (3.00 cr.)
Many operas are based on great literary and dramatic sources. Details the transformation of these works from spoken drama to musical setting. Traces the works' origins citing direct parallels, dissimilarities, omissions, condensations, and the musical conventions of opera. Addresses the association of librettist and composer. Compares various performances, both historic and current, and discusses the benefits and drawbacks of opera on film. Same course as DR 309 .
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MU 310 - Structure of Music: Theory II (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: MU 302 . Third music theory course in the curriculum. Students begin working with advanced techniques of analysis and composing short works. Topics include modulation, melodic development, and chromatic harmony.
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MU 311 - Jazz Ensemble II (1.50 cr.)
Prerequisite: Two semesters of MU 211 . A continuation of MU 211 . An audition with the instructor. May be repeated for credit.
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MU 312 - Jazz Improvisation I (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: MU 201 or MU 302 or MU 310 or written permission of the instructor. Helps the student become a more musical improviser principally in the jazz idiom through a four-pronged approach which involves listening, theory, practice, and performance. Students study, play, and transcribe great jazz solos and invent new melodies. Covers the development of a basic vocabulary for improvising. Examines rhythm in jazz and improvisation in the Major, Dorian, Mixoljdian modes and the Blues scale.
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MU 313 - Music Performance Workshop (3.00 cr.)
Explores effective programming, preparation, and performance. Topics include choosing repertoire, arranging, rehearsal techniques, and program annotation. The course culminates in an on-campus performance. Written or electronic permission of the instructor. Counts once toward the music major or minor; may be repeated for free elective credit. (Spring only)
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MU 315 - Conducting (3.00 cr.)
Students study the art of conducting. Topics include score preparation, conducting, and rehearsal techniques. Students work with choral and/or instrumental ensembles in preparation for performance.
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MU 320 - Chamber Ensemble II (1.50 cr.)
Prerequisite: Two semesters of MU 220 . A continuation of MU 220 . An audition with the instructor. May be repeated for credit.
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MU 321 - Loyola Singers II (1.50 cr.)
Prerequisite: Two semesters of MU 221 . A continuation of MU 221 . An audition with the instructor. May be repeated for credit.
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MU 322 - Jazz Improvisation II (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: MU 312 . A continuation of the development of the student as a more musical improvisor. Examines II, V, I progressions; basic jazz forms and rhythm changes; the Locrian and Aeolian modes; and the minor, diminished, and whole tone scales.
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MU 323 - Jazz Combo (1.50 cr.)
Corequisite: MU 211 or MU 311 . An instrumental jazz group of four to eight players, representing the top jazz musicians on campus. The combo performs repertoire from lead sheets, requiring performers to create arrangements collectively and to develop a musically mature improvisational language. Members must be active in the jazz ensemble. An audition with the instructor. May be repeated for credit.
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MU 324 - Composition (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: MU 302 . Student study the process of musical composition by examining masterworks and by completing a series of composition assignments and original works. Assignments progress from basic melody writing, through two- and three-part writing, to multivoiced works for piano or small ensemble.
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MU 325 - Counterpoint (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: MU 302 . Students study the art of imitative and nonimitative counterpoint by studying examples of polyphonic music from the baroque to the present. Exercises focus on specific aspects of contrapuntal writing and the creation of original contrapuntal works.
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MU 326 - Songwriting and Arranging (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: MU 201 or MU 302 or MU 310 . Students study the popular idiom of songwriting. Topics include melody writing, lyric setting, the melody/harmony connection, the production of a lead sheet, copyright procedures, and basic arranging. The works of such popular songwriters as Gershwin and Porter are considered.
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MU 327 - Repertory Choir (1.50 cr.)
Corequisite: MU 221 or MU 321 . The Repertory Choir is a smaller ensemble that specializes in a repertoire of specific genres, periods, and composers selected each semester. The choir frequently performs ensemble from musical theatre. Participants must also be active members of the Loyola Singers. An audition with the instructor. May be repeated for credit.
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MU 330 - Classical Guitar Ensemble II (1.50 cr.)
Prerequisite: Two semesters of MU 230 or an audition with the instructor. Designed for classical guitarists to perform in small groups of two to eight players. Participants are grouped according to level of ability, and music from the classical repertoire is rehearsed and studied. There are performance opportunities each semester. Open to students, faculty, and staff by audition. May be repeated for credit.
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MU 331 - Steel Pan Ensemble II (1.50 cr.)
Prerequisite: MU 231 . A continuation of MU 231 . May be repeated for credit.
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MU 350 - Electronic Music Studio I (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: MU 201 or MU 302 or MU 310 or written permission of the instructor. In this hands-on course, students learn to use equipment and techniques in the areas of multi-track recording and software instruments. Students are assigned a number of projects to gain an understanding of fundamental principles and attain facility with the specific software applications used in the course, the procedures involved in MIDI drum sequencing, and digital audio multi-track recording. The primary goal is to enable each student to create articulate and expressive musical works through the digital process.
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MU 351 - Electronic Music Studio II: Digital Recording from Tracking to Mastering (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: MU 350 . Focuses on the application of advanced techniques in digital recording. Students complete musical assignments in live stereo recording, studio tracking, mixing, equalization, the use of effects, and mastering. A fully mixed and mastered CD is assigned as a culminating project.
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MU 370 - Applied Music (1/2 hour) (1.00 cr.)
Private instruction in musical instruments and voice. Each lesson is one-half hour per week with independent practice as prescribed by the teacher. All applied music courses are set up through, and require the permission of, the music director. Formerly MU 218. A fee is charged for private instruction and is payable directly to the instructor. May be repeated for credit.
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MU 375 - Applied Music (1 hour) (2.00 cr.)
Private instruction in musical instruments and voice. Each lesson is one hour per week with independent practice as prescribed by the teacher. All applied music courses are set up through, and require the permission of, the music director. Formerly MU 219. A fee is charged for private instruction and is payable directly to the instructor. May be repeated for credit.
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MU 380 - Applied Music (1/2 hour) (1.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: Two semesters of MU 370 or MU 375 and a passed jury. A continuation of MU 370 or MU 375 . Formerly MU 318. A fee is charged for private instruction and is payable directly to the instructor. May be repeated for credit.
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MU 385 - Applied Music (1 hour) (2.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: Two semesters of MU 370 or MU 375 and a passed jury. A continuation of MU 370 or MU 375 . Formerly MU 319. A fee is charged for private instruction and is payable directly to the instructor. May be repeated for credit.
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MU 412 - Senior Project in Music (3.00 cr.)
Restricted to Seniors. Students develop an advanced project under the direction of a faculty member. Work on the project continues throughout both semesters of the student's senior year. Written or electronic permission of the department. Proposals for senior projects must be approved by the fine arts faculty during the spring semester of the student's junior year.
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PL 201 - Foundations of Philosophy (3.00 cr.)
The first half of a yearlong, two semester introduction to philosophical questioning. Special attention is paid to the origins of philosophy, both with respect to its historical beginnings and its central themes, in the ancient world. Four focal points are: the emergence and development of the distinction between reality and appearance [metaphysics]; questions concerning the grounds for distinguishing between knowledge and opinion [epistemology]; the nature and status of values (ethical, aesthetic, religious, etc.) within the larger framework of human understanding [axiology]; and reflections on the nature of the human as such, or on the human condition [philosophical anthropology].
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PL 202 - Philosophical Perspectives: The Project of Modernity (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 . Examines distinctive aspects of the modern philosophical project as it relates to questions of science, politics, society, history, or morals. Philosophical theories ranging from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries are treated in their historical development and/or their opposition to ancient teachings.
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PL 210 - Philosophical Perspectives: Politics and Society (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 . Addresses the basis and goals of human society, including issues concerning the structure of the good community as balanced against the interests of the individual.
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PL 212 - Philosophical Perspectives: The Natural and the Human (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 . The complex relationship between human existence and nature is explored. First, the course surveys the changing views of this relationship throughout history, then it focuses on the relationship with nature today. It asks what constitutes nature and how this relates to civilization and human creativity, how nature gives meaning to human existence, and questions the place and role of humans within the natural world. The consequences of living in an increasingly de-natured environment are explored.
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PL 214 - Philosophical Perspectives: The Utopian Imagination (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 . A survey of utopian thinkers from the ancient world to the present. Central focus is on the concept of human nature and the meaning and possibility of the good life.
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PL 216 - Philosophical Perspectives: Asian Thought (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 . An introduction to the philosophical and spiritual traditions of Asia, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Daoism. Comparisons with Western thought are explored. IA
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PL 218 - Philosophical Perspectives: Philosophies of Love (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 . Considers various interpretations of the nature and destiny of love.
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PL 220 - Philosophical Perspectives: Art and Imagination (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 . An exploration of the parallel development of philosophy and art as truth-disclosing activities.
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PL 222 - Philosophical Perspectives: Education and Enlightenment (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 . Examines philosophical assumptions about the ends and means of education.
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PL 224 - Philosophical Perspectives: Soul and Psyche (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 . An examination of the philosophical foundations of psychology from Plato to Freud.
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PL 228 - Philosophical Perspectives: Philosophy and Genocide (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 . Examines the challenges that genocide poses for philosophy and what philosophy and philosophers might do to confront and even prevent genocide. GT
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PL 230 - Philosophical Perspectives: Humanity and Divinity (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 . A philosophical investigation of the nature and meaning of the religious life.
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PL 232 - Philosophical Perspectives: Gender and Nature (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 . Examines the history of Western concepts of nature and science with particular attention to how ideas about hierarchy, gender, and violence have affected our relationship to the natural world. Introductory course for the Gender Studies minor. IES/IG
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PL 234 - Philosophical Perspectives: Philosophy of Culture (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 . What defines culture and in what sorts of ways can we think about cultural difference? The American Dream is the major paradigm for cultural self-definition in the United States, but is it a dream or rather, an illusion? Some thinkers see it merely as an interpretation of capitalist economic theory. This course challenges the solidity, utility, and morality of the American Dream by setting it against competing paradigms. Students take a critical look at American culture through the eyes of some modern and contemporary critics, such as Marx, Chomsky, Fussell, and Schlosser.
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PL 235 - Philosophical Perspectives: Philosophy and Science (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 . A philosophical examination of science. Explores topics such as confirmation of the scientific method, the possibility of scientific progress, and the value of scientific inquiry.
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PL 236 - Philosophical Perspectives: Environmental Philosophy (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 . Explores the place of human beings within the much larger natural world and the fundamental conceptions of nature. Is nature savage, a resource for our use, or a mindless machine? Special topics may include animal consciousness, sustainability, indigenous cultures, global climate change and other ecological crises, and the effects of contemporary technologies. IES
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PL 238 - Philosophical Perspectives: Forgiveness and Revenge (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 . How and when is forgiveness possible and when, if ever, might the spectre of revenge legitimately raise its head? This is arguably the core philosophical question that underlies any political or sociological pursuit of peace negotiations or conflict resolution, of retributive justice and the prison system. There are a wide variety of approaches to this question and many potentially illuminative texts; a pathway is chosen that sets theoretical texts against the contemporary world situation. This course thus examines forgiveness and revenge through analysis of philosophical writing, primarily but not exclusively in the Western tradition. Texts might include works of Plato, Aeschylus, Tolstoy, and Nietzsche, as well as the Bhagavad Gita, Koranic verses, and the Biblical gospel of John. Contemporary documents emerging from organizations such as the Truth and Reconciliation Committee in South Africa or Punto Final in Argentina may also be included.
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PL 240 - Philosophical Perspectives: The Psychology of War and Peace (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 . Taking its bearings from the psychoanalytic theory of the unconscious, this course explores key features of war and peace. Topics include the frequently excessive character of violence, the blind obedience to authority, the demonization of enemies, the roles of gender and national identity in warfare, and the special psychological challenges of making peace.
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PL 302 - Ethics (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. Explores, both historically and topically, the basic questions about values and obligation, the social and individual influences on moral judgement, the application of general guidelines to particular situations, and the search for a personal moral life. May be offered in Rome.
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PL 310 - Business Ethics (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. A study of the relevance of ethics to business, with special emphasis on the similarities and differences between business and personal life. Case studies and special readings cover such topics as the social responsibilities of business and the notion of the economic common good.
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PL 311 - Bioethics (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. A study of the moral problems and uncertainties connected with biomedical research. Theoretical questions on the nature of morality and methodological foundations of science lead to a discussion of current topics, such as recombinant DNA, cloning, organ transplants, definitions of death, and death therapy. IES
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PL 312 - Ethical Issues in Engineering and Computer Science (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. An ethics course that focuses on social issues, as well as the ethical impact of engineering and information technologies in today's world. Students examine the policy issues that relate to the uses of engineering and information technology in areas such as engineering failures, privacy, computer network security, transborder information flow, and confidentiality.
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PL 313 - Business Ethics and the Church (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. Papal encyclicals and other important texts are used in the Catholic philosophical tradition to analyze and critique the philosophical foundations of a global market economy and contemporary business practices. IC
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PL 314 - Environmental Ethics (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. An investigation of the relationship between human beings and the natural world, with attention to the ethical dimensions of our life-style and environmental policies. Students explore their obligations to the nonhuman world and to future generations. Fulfills ethics core requirement. GT/IES
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PL 316 - Media Ethics (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. An introduction to the social and ethical issues relevant to the practice of journalism and other communications professions, as well as the consumption and understanding of the media's role in our lives. Issues for discussion include privacy, plagiarism, fairness and bias, freedom of the press, and serving the public interest. Fulfills ethics core requirement.
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PL 317 - The Experience of Evil (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. What is the nature of evil? What are its causes? In what forms or guises has it appeared in human history? How is our understanding of evil influenced and informed by concepts like fate, guilt, freedom, responsibility, providence, God, and human nature itself? This course explores such questions by drawing upon a variety of philosophical, religious, and literary sources in an attempt to better understand the all too common experience of evil. Fulfills ethics core requirement.
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PL 318 - Communication Ethics (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. This interdisciplinary course provides a solid grounding in the moral theory of communication ethics applied to journalism and other forms of global media. Key issues involve truth, objectivity, deception, discernment, and the rights and responsibilities of both producers and consumers of the media. Fulfills ethics core requirement. (Fall only)
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PL 319 - Ethics of Sport (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. Ethics pervades all aspects of life, no less in sport. Sport seeks excellence of body within the bounds of fairness. This course introduces the student athlete, or anyone interested in a sports related endeavor, to the ethical considerations that should accompany the pursuit of physical excellence.
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PL 320 - Logic (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. A study of the basic principles and types of reasoning as they function in such fields as business, politics, law, and the natural and social sciences. Attention to the various ways in which language, argument, and persuasion can be used/misused.
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PL 321 - Cross-Cultural Philosophy (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. In today's multicultural societies, with increasingly frequent cross-cultural interaction taking place on a global scale, there is greater need than ever for philosophical reflection on how cultures have interacted and should interact. This course examines major theories and debates regarding the ethics and politics of cross-cultural relations and the hermeneutics of cross-cultural dialogue. IA
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PL 322 - Nature: Mundane and Sacred (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. Materialism and science have, historically, prospered together since the Enlightenment, but science in itself neither denies nor endorses a materialistic ontology. One danger of modernity is to accept materialism uncritically while at the same time allowing it to coexist with religious faith, unexamined. Students explore the issues that surround investing nature with a spiritual and sacred aspect yet not abandoning a scientific worldview. This course explores how these two outlooks are rooted in the history of Western thought, and how the two worldviews might be seen to form a coherent understanding of the world. IC/IES
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PL 323 - Survey of Metaphysics (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. An examination of the 'big questions' of philosophy through an historical survey of thinkers in the Western tradition. Topics include whether time and space have a beginning, the relationship of being to God, the problem of finitude and eternity, death and nothingness, the human search for meaning, and the foundations of truth.
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PL 324 - Philosophy of Service (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. What does it mean to be of service to another? This course explores the issues of social justice, community, the personal search for meaning, and the recognition of difference and mutuality which all come into play when we seek to serve.
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PL 325 - Philosophy of Asian Thought (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. An upper-level exploration of Asian philosophical and spiritual traditions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Daoism. One or more may be the focus of a given course. IA
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PL 326 - Philosophy of Religion (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. An examination of phenomenological descriptions of religion, and a discussion of the possibility of metaphysical statements about God. Topics include contemporary problems of God-talk, secularization, the relationship between philosophy and theology.
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PL 327 - Philosophy of Language (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. What is language? How have different philosophers answered questions about the nature of language and its relation to thought, experience, and reality itself? Theories of language from antiquity to the present are examined. Readings include works from classical sources in the history of philosophy, as well as contemporary writings in both the continental and analytic traditions.
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PL 328 - Philosophy of the Body (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. Investigates the human body as a philosophical theme. Contrasts Descartes' vision of the mechanical body with contemporary alternative views. Discusses how bodily experience is shaped by culture, for example, in the context of medicine, sports, labor, punishment, and sexuality.
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PL 329 - Philosophical Foundations of Catholic Social Thought (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. A survey of the philosophical foundations and development of Catholic social thought. The survey begins with a study of ancient and medieval sources which is followed by an analysis of important nineteenth- and twentieth-century Catholic statements on questions of economics, politics, society, and culture in conjunction with significant traditions of the period-Catholic and non-Catholic-such as Marxism, phenomenology, existentialism, neoscholasticism, and contemporary views of the nature of person and community. IC
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PL 330 - Social and Political Philosophy (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. An historical and topical inquiry into the foundations and purposes of society and the state. Contemporary problems regarding the relationship of capitalism and socialism as sociopolitical models are discussed.
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PL 331 - Natural Law and Natural Right (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. An examination of the foundation and arguments for rights doctrines as developed from the natural law or natural rights traditions. The difference between the two traditions is illustrated through a study of the political philosophies of Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Locke. Close attention is given to the writings of Saint Thomas Aquinas and their pragmatic influence on numerous papal encyclicals. IC
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PL 332 - Security Ethics (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. It is estimated that about twenty percent of the world economy is generated by criminal enterprise. Increasingly, legitimate business is competing in markets where mafia, pirates, terrorists, and crime gangs are active participants. Security ethics is an emerging subfield of business ethics which aims to understand these criminal risks (e.g., espionage, kidnapping, extortion, piracy) and calibrate ethical responses to them. On the basis of broad reading, this course suggests that an adaptation of Just War theory is an ethical model. IFS
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PL 333 - Philosophy of Law (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. An examination of some basic systems of law, including legal positivism, common law, and natural law. Places where these systems come into conflict-for example, the tort law of wrongful birth-are a special focus of this course. By way of a central theme, students are introduced to the kinds and scope of laws governing homicide and how these apply domestically and internationally. The course is historical-covering authors such as Bentham, Blackstone, and de Vitoria-as well as topical. IFS
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PL 334 - Contemporary Political Philosophy (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. A study of the central themes in contemporary political philosophy, including the nature of politics; the political; sovereignty; legitimacy; power; political practice; the nature and normative foundations of democracy in its liberal form; and the challenge of difference. Authors may include Arendt, Foucault, Schmitt, Rawls, Habermas, Mouffe, Laclau, and Agamben.
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PL 336 - Comparative Philosophy: East-West Dialogues (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. Places in dialogue Western philosophical topics or figures with those drawn from Asian traditions. One or more specific themes are chosen as the focus of the course; for example, Eastern and Western conceptions of being and nothingness; human nature; the problem of evil; or mind and body. IA
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PL 337 - Philosophy and Feminism (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. Treats analyses of oppression, conceptions of agency and autonomy, and accounts of the relationship between politics and social reality developed from several feminist philosophical perspectives. Taken together, the course texts challenge students to approach issues in moral and political theory in light of an understanding of how power dynamics involving gender function across cultural-historical contexts. IG
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PL 338 - Psychoanalysis and Philosophy (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. Examines recent interpretations of psychoanalysis, informed by existential philosophy and new conceptions of the nature of language. These perspectives restore the fertility and sophistication of Freud's thought and present new opportunities/challenges for philosophical questioning.
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PL 339 - Twentieth-Century Women Philosophers (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. Calls attention to and explores the contribution of female and feminist philosophers of the twentieth century. Examines the themes of gender, sex roles, patriarchy, and the development of woman's consciousness in the history of philosophy in our century. IG
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PL 340 - Chance, Determinism, and Agency (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. Many interpretations of quantum mechanics suggest that, at bottom, the universe behaves at random. If true, how do we make sense of the intentional actions of agents or divine providence in a seemingly chaotic world? Alternative interpretations of quantum mechanics suggest that, at bottom, our universe is deterministic. If correct, then how is it possible for agents (either human or divine) to act freely? This course explores such questions surrounding the intersection of agency and physical theory.
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PL 341 - Philosophy of Education (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. The history and problems of education are approached from a philosophical perspective. What is teaching? What is learning? What is the purpose of education? These are central questions in this course. This historical context (Plato, Aristotle, Rousseau, Dewey) help to illuminate contemporary controversies.
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PL 342 - Law, Society, and God (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. Centered around political writings of Aquinas and Hobbes, this course introduces students to the basic concepts of the philosophy of law and political philosophy's transition from the medieval to the modern period. Main topics of investigation include law, jurisprudence, property, war, civil disobedience, and the role of religion in society.
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PL 343 - Philosophy of Human Rights (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. Addresses basic questions about the nature, content, and philosophical foundations of human rights, with a specific emphasis on the philosophical-historical development of the idea of human rights. Various contemporary human rights problems are explored, including ethnic cleansing and genocide, poverty, and humanitarian intervention.
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PL 344 - The Political Unconscious (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. Seeks to illuminate the unthought assumptions and attitudes that shape contemporary political judgments and perceptions. The result calls into question the practical reality of enlightenment rationality but also offers more general lessons about the nature and function of the mind. Readings from Plato, Marx, Freud, Lakoff, Agambon, and others. Enrollment limited to 15 students.
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PL 346 - Philosophy of Peace (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. A study of the nature, aims, and possibility of peace. Students read what philosophers have had to say about peace and war from ancient to contemporary times. Some of the issues examined include just war theory, conscientious objection, nonviolent protest, and the current Iraq war. In general, the course asks the question of whether humans are condemned to eternal war or can hope-as Kant did-for perpetual peace.
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PL 347 - The Morals and Mechanics of Modern Philosophy (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. Modernity is held to begin with the discovery of the natural sciences, that nature is an object to be mastered or controlled. Here are examined the moral and mechanical doctrines of Niccolò Machiavelli and Francis Bacon which serve as the foundations for the modern philosophic program.
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PL 348 - Exoteric/Esoteric Distinction in Philosophy (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. Examines the philosophical practice of esotericism, or the habit of secret teaching, in ancient and modern forms. Pertinent themes include noble lying, accommodation, protection from harm and social responsibility, philosophical communication of 'dangerous' truths, and exoteric/esoteric literature. Figures considered include Plato, Aristotle, Maimonides, Galileo, Machiavelli, Bacon, Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Locke, Toland, and others.
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PL 350 - Faith and Reason (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. Examines the perennial tension between reason and faith in the history of philosophy. Can the claims of faith be trusted? What is their value? And, what is the connection between these claims and the claims of scientific reason? Readings from Augustine, Saadia, Anselm, Maimonides, Aquinas, Calvin, Pascal, Kant, and Kierkegaard.
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PL 353 - Philosophy of Experience (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. Examines the major Western articulations of holism with emphasis on the experience of unity and the unity of experience, including the Neoplatonic philosophy of Plotinus; the Christian mystical tradition inspired by Pseudo-Dionysius; the early modern philosophies of Spinoza and Leibniz; the philosophical idealism of Hegel and Bradley; and the phenomenology of Merleau-Ponty.
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PL 354 - Chinese Philosophy (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. Students are introduced to some of the major themes and figures of philosophical thought in China. Major attention is given to the classical schools of Chinese philosophy, especially Daoism and Confucianism. Recent works on Chinese philosophy in comparison with Western philosophy may also be examined. IA
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PL 355 - Philosophy of History (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. History is a central theme of philosophical inquiry. The study of the philosophy of history raises the question as to whether there is meaning in events over time and space, granting regularity and human freedom. Some key authors are Cicero, Augustine, Vico, Kent, Herder, Hegel, Marx, Dilthey, Ricoeur, and Danto, each of whom contributed to shaping the understanding of history. IC
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PL 356 - Philosophical Aesthetics (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. Some have considered philosophical aesthetics one of the most exalted keystones of the philosophical enterprise, representing an examination of the mind and emotions in relation to a sense of beauty. Are truth and knowledge relevant categories when it comes to evaluating a beautiful object? Reflections on the passions within the framework of philosophical discourse. Among the viewpoints typically considered are those of Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Goethe, Hegel, Heidegger, Nietzsche.
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PL 357 - Philosophy and Literature (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. Literature gives concrete expression to our sense of reality and in its history "re-presents" the status of man and human events as each age presupposes it. Herein resides the intimate relationship which has always existed between literature and philosophy. The history of this relationship explains both the continuity and the discontinuity which is present in Western literature. Focuses on one (or more) special topics, such as tragedy, modernism, aesthetic theories of literature, and existentialism.
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PL 358 - Ancient Philosophy (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. From the early inquiries of the Milesians to the elaborately structured reflections of Aristotle, the ancient Greek philosophers inaugurated questions about knowledge, virtue, being, and human nature that we continue to ask today. The course focuses on metaphysical, epistemological, and ethical topics in Thales, Pythagoras, Parmenides, Heraclitus, the Atomists, the Sophists, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Same course as CL 358 .
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PL 359 - The Presocratics (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. An investigation of the writings of the pre-Socratic philosophers, from Thales to the Sophists. The course looks at their work both in terms of its own intrinsic interest and its influence on later philosophers, chiefly Plato and Aristotle. Same course as CL 359 .
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PL 360 - Epistemology (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. A study of theories concerning the nature of knowledge. Examination of the distinction between knowledge and belief, the role of justification in establishing truth, propositional versus existential truth. Studies classical, modern, and contemporary views.
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PL 361 - Hegel and His Modern Interpreters (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. Hegel is famous for his teleological philosophy of world-spirit that interprets history as a progress of an ever more universal, reflexive self-knowledge. The first part of the course focuses on Hegel's Phenomenology. The second on how and why contemporary philosophers like Slavoj Zizek and Alain Badiou rediscover in Hegel a political theorist of antagonism and political violence.
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PL 362 - Hellenistic Philosophy (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. A survey of the main systematic philosophies practiced in the Hellenistic empire from 323 until 30 B.C.-Skepticism, Cynicism, Epicureanism, and Stoicism.
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PL 363 - Kant's Revolutions (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. An introduction to the revolutionary contributions made by the great German thinker Immanuel Kant to the fields of metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics. Kant shifts the focus of inquiry from reality in itself to the role of the mind in constructing experience; from moral emotions to rational moral principles; and from the artist's poetic making to judgments of beauty. Same course as CL 363 .
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PL 364 - Renaissance Philosophy (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. Discussion of the foundations of modern thought: the turn towards human interest and to language, the reassessment of the classical heritage, and the crisis of Christianity. Renaissance philosophy shows current issues of philosophy in the making. IC/II
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PL 365 - Japanese Philosophy (3.00 cr.)
Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. Students are introduced to some of the major themes and figures of philosophical thought in Japan. The focus is on traditional thought, such as that of the Zen Buddhist philosopher Dogen, and/or on modern thought, such as that of the Kyoto School. IA
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