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 HWC 130 Myth, Legend, and Folk Belief in East Asia (3). NW
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A survey of the commonly held ideas about the beginning of the world, the role of the gods and spirits in daily life, and the celebrations and rituals proper to each season of the year. The purpose of the course is to present the worldview of the ordinary peoples of East Asia in contrast to their more sophisticated systems of philosophy which are better known to the Western world. (Same as ANTH 293, EALC 130, and REL 130.) Required online readings. Optional e-mail assignment submission. Two written assignments; final examination. View the HWC 130 course preview. Instructor: Jerry Schultz.
Tuition and Fees Undergraduate resident students pay: 804.50
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 804.50
Graduate resident students pay: 950.30
Graduate nonresident students pay: 950.30
Textbooks (separate purchase):
- Ch'eng-En. Monkey, trans. Waley, Grove Press, 1958.
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A program of study emphasizing the reading and discussion of some of the influential writings and ideas that have shaped the intellectual and cultural heritage of the Western world. Western Civilization I includes readings from the ancient, medieval, and early modern periods. Prerequisite: Not open to freshmen except members of the Honors Program. Optional e-mail assignment submission. Three written assignments; midcourse and final examinations. View the HWC 204 course preview. Instructor: Sarah Trulove.
Tuition and Fees Undergraduate resident students pay: 804.50
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 804.50
Graduate resident students pay: 950.30
Graduate nonresident students pay: 950.30
Textbooks (separate purchase):
- Trulove and Woelfel. Patterns in Western Civilization, Vol 1, 3rd ed., Pearson Custom Publishing, 2002.
- Homer. The Essential Iliad, Hackett, 2000.
- Sophocles. Antigone, in Three Theban Plays, Penguin, 1984.
- Plato. The Trial and Death of Socrates: Apology, Crito, Euthyphro, and death scene from Phaedo, 3rd ed., Hackett, 2000.
- Aristotle. The Politics, Penguin, 1981.
- Seneca. Letters from a Stoic, Penguin, 1988.
- Augustine. Confessions, Penguin, 1961.
- The Koran. Penguin, 1999.
- Aquinas. On Politics and Ethics, Norton, 1988.
- Chaucer. The Canterbury Tales, Bantam, 1990.
- Machiavelli. The Prince, Hackett, 1995.
- Galilei. Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo, Doubleday Anchor, 1957.
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A program of study emphasizing the reading and discussion of some of the influential writings and ideas that have shaped the intellectual and cultural heritage of the Western world. Western Civilization II includes readings from the modern period. Prerequisite: HWC 114 or HWC 204. Not open to freshmen except members of the Honors Program. Optional e-mail assignment submission. Three written assignments; midcourse and final examinations. View the HWC 205 course preview. Instructor: Sarah Trulove.
Tuition and Fees Undergraduate resident students pay: 804.50
Undergraduate nonresident students pay: 804.50
Graduate resident students pay: 950.30
Graduate nonresident students pay: 950.30
Textbooks (separate purchase):
- Trulove and Woelfel. Patterns in Western Civilization, Vol. 2, 3rd ed., Pearson Custom Publishing, 2003.
- Descartes. Discourse on Method, Hackett, 1998.
- Dostoevsky. Notes from Underground, Vintage Classics, 1994.
- Du Bois. The Souls of Black Folk, Dover, 1994.
- Freud. The Future of an Illusion, Norton, 1989.
- Klein. All But My Life, Hill and Wang, 1995.
- Locke. Second Treatise of Government (Crofts Classic), Harlan Davidson, 1982.
- Marx and Engels. The Communist Manifesto, Bedford, 1999.
- Mill. On Liberty, Hackett, 1978.
- Nietzsche.Twilight of the Idols/The Anti-Christ, Penguin, 1990.
- Shelley. Frankenstein, Dover, 1994.
- Voltaire. Candide, Bedford, 1999.
- Woolf. A Room of One's Own, Harcourt, 1981.
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HWC 130 Myth, Legend, and Folk Belief in East Asia (3).