Fall 2020 Offerings

ART

ART 260 ART HISTORY 1400-1850 ( FA, AE)
Dr. Carol Brash, TR, 9:35, SJU
This course is an introduction to art history from ca. 1400-1850. Although the course content focuses on art from Asia, Europe and North America, it is examined through the lens of global connections and how these connections transformed art around the world in this period. This course considers the movement of objects, ideas and technologies across space and through time. Each class period will focus on a number of issues, which will be introduced through specific examples of art. Any object may be examined from several points of view; as an independent work of art, as an example of a particular style developed within a chronological framework, or as a type which illustrates features associated with a certain locale, country, religious, political or social context.

ART 344 CONTEMP CRITICAL THEORY (FA)  
Fee $30.  Prereq ART 300
Dr. Carol Brash, TR, 2:20, SJU
This course examines in depth the major themes within modern and contemporary art theory and practice. Students will learn and analyze the works of seminal artists, art critics and theorists of the mid-20th century onward through reading, writing, and discussion.  

CHINESE

CHIN 111 ELEMENTARYCHINESE I 
Limei Danzeisen, MWF, 1:50, SJU
Introduction to the basic elements of the Chinese language. Practice in listening, speaking, reading, and writing, including work with grammar, pronunciation, and culture.

CHIN 211 INTERMEDIATE CHINESE I 
Limei Danzeisen, MWF, 3:00, SJU
Review and continued study of grammar together with additional training in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. 211 and 212 emphasize Chinese culture and civilization. Satisfactory completion of CHIN 211 fulfills the global language proficiency requirement.

CHIN 311 CHINESE CONVERSATION & COMP I
Limei Danzeisen, TR, 2:20, SJU
Designed to help students solidify and further their communicative and writing ability in Chinese through contact with various written styles of modern Chinese language. Advanced Chinese also provides an introduction to contemporary Chinese literature. 311 and 312 may be taken in either order.

CHIN 321A CHINESE WOMEN IN LITERATURE(HM)
Staff, TR, 2:40, CSB
This course aims to engage students with literature by and about Chinese women and the gender, class, and cultural issues that are intertwined with this intriguing topic. We will read ancient and contemporary Chinese women’s writings, including poems, short novels, and autobiographies. Notable female authors include Ban Zhao and Qingzhao Li from ancient China and Bingxin and Huiyin Lin from modern China. We will also discuss who the female writers were and the reasons they took up the pen, a practice often discouraged by the traditional patriarchal society. Furthermore, we will read portrayals of women’s lives that were confined to the inner quarters of the household and the expectations imposed upon them by the society and customs of their times. Readings include tomb inscriptions for honorable ladies, biographies of deceased concubines, essays on the proper conduct of women, chapters of novels focusing on the domestic life, and diaries of foreign missionaries. Taught in English.

COMMUNICATION

COMM 350A INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION  
Fee $25.  Reserved for COMM majors or permission from instructor 
Dr. Jennifer Kramer, MWF, 11:30
Examines the relationship between communication and culture. Communication theory is used to identify and explore barriers and opportunities in communicating with individuals from different cultures and co-cultures. Skills necessary for communication across cultures are identified and developed. Special attention is placed on communicating cross culturally within the U.S.A., including across race, socio-economic class, etc. In addition, the course also explores communicating internationally. Note: Most semesters of this course have a required experiential learning component and a course fee. See registration booklet for details.

ETHICS

ETHS 390 ETHICS (ES)
Dr. Christi Siver, 12:45, SJU
If General Sherman was right that "war is hell," the concept of ethics seems completely irrelevant. However, as human society has evolved, numerous politicians, philosophers, and religious figures have agreed on the need for an ethics in war, even if they have not agreed on the content of those ethics. Students will be introduced to formal ethical frameworks and discover the dilemmas they encounter when applying these frameworks to real world situations. Students will compare how these ethical frameworks overlap and diverge from political values. We will debate particular dilemmas in warfare, including which authorities can declare war and when they are justified in doing so, what methods can be used in war, and what obligations both combatants and non-combatants have. Students will work with a basic ethics text supplemented by contemporary articles outlining modern dilemmas related to ethics of war.

GENDER

GEND 360Q CHINESE WOMEN IN LITERATURE(HM) 
Cross-listed with CHIN 321A
Staff, TR, 2:40, CSB
This course aims to engage students with literature by and about Chinese women and the gender, class, and cultural issues that are intertwined with this intriguing topic. We will read ancient and contemporary Chinese women’s writings, including poems, short novels, and autobiographies. Notable female authors include Ban Zhao and Qingzhao Li from ancient China and Bingxin and Huiyin Lin from modern China. We will also discuss who the female writers were and the reasons they took up the pen, a practice often discouraged by the traditional patriarchal society. Furthermore, we will read portrayals of women’s lives that were confined to the inner quarters of the household and the expectations imposed upon them by the society and customs of their times. Readings include tomb inscriptions for honorable ladies, biographies of deceased concubines, essays on the proper conduct of women, chapters of novels focusing on the domestic life, and diaries of foreign missionaries. Taught in English.

GLOBAL BUSINESS

GBUS 321 GLOBAL MARKETING
Prereq GBUS 210, 220, 230 & 240 or permission of instructor
Dr. Tony Yan, MWF , 10:20 & 3:00, SJU
An introduction to the activities, sets of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large. This course will focus on global implications and strategies resulting from the examination of the marketing environment, marketing practices, and ethical issues in the marketing field. Prerequisite: GBUS 210, 220, 230 & 240 or permission of instructor.

GBUS 330 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZAITONAL BEHAVIOR
Limited to JN & SR standing
Dr. Deborah Pembleton, CD-TR, 12:45, SJU
This course combines classroom learning at CSB/SJU during CD mod and ends with an experiential component abroad. This course is an inter-disciplinary examination of the international dimensions of organizational behavior. Course content includes topics such as cross-cultural management, cross-cultural communication, and global aspects of leadership, motivation, team management, and decision-making. The focus on this course will be on Bahamian culture, incorporating an international field experience to the Bahamas. There are no prerequisites for this course, although the course is limited to juniors and seniors. This course has an IC designation.

HISTORY

HIST 314 MISSIONARY POSITIONS: CHRISTIANITY IN EAST ASIA (TU, HM, IC)  
Dr. Elisheva Perelman, MWF, 9:30, CSB
East Asia’s unique application of Christian belief and ideology to its indigenous cultures and beliefs offer a fascinating complement and contrast to Christianity in other parts of the world and in various doctrine. This course will explore the theological and historical underpinnings of Christian practice and faith in China, Japan and the Korean peninsula in the modern period (1600 to present).

HONORS

HONR 250V CONFUSINGLY CONFUCIAN: CREATING EAST ASIA TO 1600 (HM)
Dr. Elisheva Perelman, MWF, 11:50, CSB
British philosopher Bertrand Russell often sneezed at Confucius' ideas, but he could never discount them. How is it that a long dead Chinese sage caused such allergies in an analytic philosopher in the 20th century? Why did Confucius, his contemporaries, his Asian detractors, and his disciples have such import in East Asian cosmology? And just what is this cosmology and how did it help to shape actions throughout the area? This course offers a glimpse into East Asian civilization--namely, the political, cultural, and social history of China, Japan, and Korea from the paleolithic era to the 17th century.

JAPANESE

JAPN 111 ELEMENTARY JAPANESE I
Masami Limpert, MWF, 1:00 & 2:10, CSB
Introduction to the basic structure of the Japanese language. Practice in speaking, listening, reading and writing, with a focus on an accurate command of grammar and culturally appropriate communication skills.

JAPN 211 INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE I
Masami Limpert, MWF,  9:30, CSB
Review and continued study of grammar together with additional training in speaking, listening, reading and writing. Satisfactory completion of JAPN 211 fulfills the global language proficiency requirement.

JAPN 311 ADVANCED JAPANESE LANGUAGE I
Prereq JAPN 212 or 216 or permission of instructor
Masami Limpert, MWF, 10:40, CSB
Review and continued development of grammar together with development of skills in speaking, listening, reading and writing.

JAPN 330A TRANSNATIONAL JAPAN (HM, HE)
Staff, TR, 2:40, CSB
This course surveys a broad range of themes related to Japan's cultural history through analysis of literary and visual media from ancient to modern times. However, rather than seeking to discover an essence or key to understanding Japan, this course aims to complicate the picture of a unitary, internally consistent, and monolithic Japan. We take as premise that Japan is and has always been hybrid, fractured, and transnational. Hence, we interrogate how understanding of what is "Japan" often has much to do with transnational exchange, migration, negotiation, and acknowledge that this "Japan" is in constant flux. For example, we explore not only how Japanese thinkers represented Japan to people within Japan, but how thinkers attempted to project a certain image of Japan onto an international stage. We will work with both primary sources in translation and secondary sources, considering perspectives of the people of Japan--including ethnic minorities--and outsiders looking in. Taught in English.

PEACE STUDIES

PCST 123 ISLAM USA: GENDER RACE AND ETHNICITY (CI, GE, IC)
Dr. Jon Armajani, TR, 8:20, CSB
After introducing Islam, this course examines gender, race, and ethnicity, among Muslims in the United States. It analyzes American Muslims’ conceptions of gender, and those conceptions’ relationships with historical ideas about gender in Islam while examining the relationships between ethnicity and religiosity among the largest ethnic groups of Muslims in the United States which include Arabs and non-Arab Middle Easterners, South Asians, and African Americans. The course will examine the role of race among persons in those and other groups in the United States. The course will give attention to Somalis in Minnesota, virtually all of whom are Muslims, their religiosity, and the similar and dissimilar sociological patterns with respect to them and other Muslims in the United States with respect to gender, race, and ethnicity. This course has no prerequisites because it is a CSD1 course.

PCST 368Q MODERN ISLAM POLITICAL MOVEMENTS
Prereq THEO 111 or HONR 240A.  Cross-listed with THEO 369B
Dr. Jon Armajani, TR, 2:40, CSB
After providing an introduction to the beliefs, practices, and history of Islam, this course will analyze some of the relationships between Islam and politics in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries among Islamist (or “fundamentalist Islamic groups”) in the Middle East, South Asia, and other parts of the world. Specifically, the course will examine the histories, ideologies, and structures of groups. This course will examine the religious, theological, and political, foundations of these groups while analyzing their work in education, literacy, social service to people in many sectors of societies (including the underprivileged), religious and political instruction, and community-building. The course will also explore the various perspectives of members of these groups and movements toward peace and violence as well as their religiously- and politically-based reasons for attacking various targets. Finally, the course will compare and contrast those Islamist trends with those represented by some liberal Muslims. Prerequisite THEO 111 or HONR 240A 

PCST 368R ISLAM (TU)
Prereq THEO 111 or HONR 240A. Cross-listed with THEO 365-01A
Dr. Jon Armajani, TR, 1:05, SJU
This course explores the history of Islam and its interpretations, as well as doctrines and practices among Muslims in various parts of the world. It examines the Quran and Hadith, and topics related to women and gender, Islamic law, and Islam and politics, and it examines the relationship between Islam and the Judeo-Christian tradition. Prerequisite: THEO 111 or HONR 240A

PHILOSOPHY

PHIL 156 ASIAN PHILOSOPHY (HM,HE)
Dr. Charles Wright, TR, 9:35, SJU
An introduction to the foundational texts of the South Asian and Chinese philosophical traditions. Texts originating in South Asia (i.e., the Indian subcontinent) will include selections from the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, and early sutras from the Theravada Buddhist tradition. The Chinese traditions of Confucianism and Taoism will be approached through study of the Lao Tzu (a.k.a. the Tao Te Ching) and the Analects of Confucius.

POLITICAL SCIENCE

POLS 121 INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (SS,SW)
Dr. Christi Siver, MWF, 10:20, SJU
Students learn about global issues through different theoretical lenses, including realism and liberalism. Using these lenses, students investigate international security, civil conflict, economic interactions, and the influence of globalization. They also examine the influence of important actors in the international arena, including states, intergovernmental organizations, and non-governmental organizations. Students examine their understandings of culture and how it shapes understanding of concepts like human rights. This broad overview helps students have a better understanding of the world around them and how their worldview shapes their perceptions of international events.

POLS 358B ETHICS IN WAR  (ES)
Cross-listed with ETHS 390
Dr. Christi Siver,  TR, 12:45. SJU
If General Sherman was right that "war is hell," the concept of ethics seems completely irrelevant. However, as human society has evolved, numerous politicians, philosophers, and religious figures have agreed on the need for an ethics in war, even if they have not agreed on the content of those ethics. Students will be introduced to formal ethical frameworks and discover the dilemmas they encounter when applying these frameworks to real world situations. Students will compare how these ethical frameworks overlap and diverge from political values. We will debate particular dilemmas in warfare, including which authorities can declare war and when they are justified in doing so, what methods can be used in war, and what obligations both combatants and non-combatants have. Students will work with a basic ethics text supplemented by contemporary articles outlining modern dilemmas related to ethics of war.

THEOLOGY

THEO 339F SONGS OF LOVE AND FREEDOM
Dr. Chris Conway, MWF, 11:50, CSB
Songs of Love and Freedom will survey the spiritual practices and devotional traditions of Christianity and Hinduism as well as their transformative impact upon individuals and communities. Practices like yoga, meditation, lectio divina, and the Spiritual Exercises will be examined in both practice and theory. Devotional traditions embodied in the poems and songs of these traditions' mystics will be explored to see how experiences beyond words are nevertheless communicated. Finally, the class will highlight the transformative impact of these spiritual and devotional traditions as they are made manifest in the lives and communities of modern figures who strove and strive to live lives of love and freedom. Prerequisite THEO 111 or HONR 240A.

THEO 365 ISLAM  (TU)
Prereq THEO 111 or HONR 240A. Cross-listed with PCST 368R
Dr. Jon Armajani, TR, 1:05, CSB
This course explores the history of Islam and its interpretations, as well as doctrines and practices among Muslims in various parts of the world. It examines the Quran and Hadith, and topics related to women and gender, Islamic law, and Islam and politics, and it examines the relationship between Islam and the Judeo-Christian tradition. Prerequisite: THEO 111 or HONR 240A

THEO 369B MODERN ISLAM POLITICAL MOVEMENT(TU)
Prereq THEO 111 or HONR 240A. Cross-listed with PCST 368Q
Dr. Jon Armajani, TR, 2:40, CSB
After providing an introduction to the beliefs, practices, and history of Islam, this course will analyze some of the relationships between Islam and politics in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries among Islamist (or “fundamentalist Islamic groups”) in the Middle East, South Asia, and other parts of the world. Specifically, the course will examine the histories, ideologies, and structures of groups. This course will examine the religious, theological, and political, foundations of these groups while analyzing their work in education, literacy, social service to people in many sectors of societies (including the underprivileged), religious and political instruction, and community-building. The course will also explore the various perspectives of members of these groups and movements toward peace and violence as well as their religiously- and politically-based reasons for attacking various targets. Finally, the course will compare and contrast those Islamist trends with those represented by some liberal Muslims. Prerequisite THEO 111 or HONR 240A