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Lecture/discussion—4 hours; laboratory—1 hour. Speaking, listening, comprehension, reading and writing fundamentals of modern Hebrew. (Students who have successfully completed, with a C- or better, Hebrew 2 or 3 in the 10th or higher grade in high school may receive unit credit for this course on a P/NP grading basis only. Although a passing grade will be charged to the student’s P/NP option, no petition is required. All other students will receive a letter grade unless a P/NP petition is filed.)—I. (I.)
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Lecture/discussion—4 hours; laboratory—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 1 or the equivalent. Speaking, listening, comprehension, reading and writing fundamentals of modern Hebrew.—II. (II.)
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Lecture/discussion—4 hours; laboratory—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2 or the equivalent. Speaking, listening comprehension, reading and writing fundamentals of modern Hebrew.—III. (III.)
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Lecture/discussion—5 hours. Prerequisite: course 3 or consent of instructor. Development and refinement of grammar, composition, and language skills required for reading literary texts and conversing about contemporary topics at an advanced level. History of the Hebrew language. Not open to students who have taken courses 100 or 100A.—I. (I.)
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Lecture/discussion—5 hours. Prerequisite: course 21 or consent of instructor. Continued development and refinement of grammar, composition, and language skills required for reading literary texts and conversing about contemporary topics at an advanced level. History of the Hebrew language. Not open to students who have taken course 101 or 100B.—II. (II.)
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Lecture/discussion—5 hours. Prerequisite: course 22 or consent of instructor. Continued development and refinement of grammar, composition, and language skills required for reading literary texts and conversing about contemporary topics at an advanced level. History of the Hebrew language. Further development of writing and translating skills. Not open to students who have taken course 100C or 102.—III. (III.)
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Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 23 or consent of instructor. Students who have taken course 100A as 2nd year Hebrew may take course 100AN. Third year Hebrew. Advanced grammar and composition. Focus on reading of literary texts, oral skills and accuracy in writing.—I. (I.)
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Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 100AN or consent of instructor. Students who have taken course 100B as 2nd year Hebrew may take course 100BN. Third year Hebrew. Advanced grammar and composition. Focus on reading of literary texts, oral skills and accuracy in writing.—II. (II.)
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Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 100BN. Students who have taken course 100C as 2nd year Hebrew may take course 100CN. Third year Hebrew. Advanced grammar and composition. Focus on reading of literary texts, oral skills and accuracy in writing.—III. (III.)
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Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Basic concepts introduced through readings of the primary religious literature. Discussion of central ideas (creation, history, law, prophecy, suffering, mysticism, asceticism, karma, reincarnation, moksha, etc.); readings from the Bible, Bhagavad Gita, the Koran, selections from Plato and early Buddhist writings. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—II. (II.)
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Lecture—3 hours, discussion—1 hour. Myths, rituals and religious symbols found in a variety of religious traditions including examples from ancient and contemporary religious life. Variety of religious phenomena; validity of different approaches to the study of religion. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—I, III. (I, III.) Lai, Janowitz
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Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Introduction to the methods used in comparative religion, focusing on a particular theme in a number of religious traditions: (A) The Experiential Dimension: Pilgrimage; (B) The Mythic Dimension: Death and the After-life; (C) The Ritual Dimension: Sacrifice; (D) The Existential Dimension: Conversion; (E) Fundamentalism. May be repeated for credit in a different subject area. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—I. (I.)
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Lecture—2 hours. This course presents challenging, contemporary perspective. Rotating topics will include Ethical Eating, Capital Punishment, Animal Rights. May be repeated for credit. GE Credit: Wrt.—II. (II.) Coudert, Janowitz
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Discussion—1 hour; extensive writing. Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in course 10 required. Restricted to students enrolled in course 10. GE topical breadth and diversity credit only with concurrent enrollment in course 10. Discussion of the readings assigned for course 10 and completion of a major research paper. May be repeated for credit. GE Credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—II. (II.) Coudert, Janowitz
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Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Selected texts from the Hebrew Scriptures (Genesis—II Chronicles) and review of modern scholarship on the texts from a variety of perspectives (historical, literary, sociological, psychological). Course work is based on an English translation and no knowledge of Hebrew is required. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—I. (I.)
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Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Introduction to the study of religion using examples from the rituals, art and holy texts of Judaism. No prior knowledge of either Judaism or the study of religion is necessary. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—II. (II.)
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Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. New Testament literature from critical, historical, and theological perspectives. GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt.—I. (I.) Hurst
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Lecture/discussion—3 hours; extensive writing. Introduction to topics central to the Islamic tradition. Muhammad, the Qur’an, Islamic law, theology, philosophy, cosmology, worship, and mysticism. Race and gender in Islam, Islamic revival, and varying experiences of Islam in different historical and cultural settings. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum, SocSci, Div, Wrt.—(I.) Tezcan
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Lecture/discussion—3 hours; extensive writing. The Qur’an, its history, its various functions in the lives of Muslims, and its different interpretations. Quranic themes such as God and humankind, nature and revelation, eschatology and Satan. Islam and other religions; women, gender, and sexuality. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—(III.) Tezcan
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Lecture—3 hours; writing. Hindu tradition from ancient to modern times. Multiplicity of religious forms within Hinduism with mention of Jainism, Buddhism, and Sikhism and their relation to the mainstream of Hindu religion. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—I.
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Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Provides students with a basic toolkit for studying religious discourse in a variety of traditions. Concentrates on the sacred and profane, the wondrous and ordinary, the mystical and reasonable.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.) Miller
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Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Introduction to Chinese philosophy from classical pre-modern times; emphasis on basic concepts and their impact on social conduct; the Age of Philosophers, the Han synthesis, the medieval Buddhist contribution. Not offered every year.—Lai
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Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Introduction to the interdisciplinary study of the origins, evolution, denial and protection of Human Rights. GE Credit: ArtHum, Div.—I, II. (I, II.) Watenpaugh
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Prerequisite: consent of instructor; primarily for lower division students. (P/NP grading only.)
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(P/NP grading only.)
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