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This first-year seminar examines personal and social responsibility in domestic and global contexts. In developing your own view o

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If the South lost the Civil War, why are there hundreds of Confederate monuments still standing over city squares, college campuses, and public parks? What can co This course seeks to understand the recent violence in Charlottesville as part of an ongoing conflict over the meaning of the Civil War. By examining a wide range

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Discover the intricate connections between time, purpose, and what makes life meaningful in this Core Capstone course. Designed for students from all disciplines, this course integrates philosophical, psychological, so Powered by SmartCatalog IQ 5-2026 Student Handbook 2026-2027 Academic Catalog 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog 2026-2027 Student Handbook ciological, theological, and practical perspectives to explore fundamental questions about human existence. Through engaging discussions, reflective activities, collaborative projects, and interdisciplinary research, yo u will gain a deeper understanding of what makes life fulfilling. This course will also help you develop valuable skills in critical thinking, communication, ethical reasoning, and problem-solving-skills that are essential as you graduate and navigate life beyond college. No matter your major, this course is accessible and enriching for everyone. This course is writing intensive. Open to students in the third or fourth year of study.

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This course explores how large-scale social forces have shaped what it means to become adult in modern society, as well as the cultural consequences of contemporary patterns in the tr

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All readings, movies, and discussions will be in English. This course is writing intensive. Powered by SmartCatalog IQ cause of that?), it has also given civilization one other thing: the Mafia. The Mafia is a very complicated thing. It is cultural, economic, financial, historical, sociological, geographical, linguistic, national, international, and VERY political phenomenon. It has to do with issues concerning class, gender, the family. This course will look at the Ma fia through the prism of Italian and Italian-American films, trying to discern the differences, especially the difference between myth and reality. We will accompany, so to speak, our movies with some literary, political, historical, and critical readings in order to read these movies in a comparative fashion and in their historical context. Films will include Rossellini's spectacular version of Tommasi di Lampedusa's The Leopard , Alberto Lattuada's Il Mafioso , Francesco Rosi's Hands over the City and Salvatore Giuliano, Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather I and II , Martin Scorsese's Casino , Matteo Garrone's Gomorrah , Marco Turco's Excellent Cadavers , as well as one episode of The Sopranos .

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Italy has given human civilization among its most precious works of art (The Sistine Chapel, The Mona Lisa); literature (Dante, Calvino); political science (Machiavelli, Gramsci); music (Verdi, Puccini); science (Galileo, Volta); cars and design (Ferrari, Lamborghini); films (Rossellini, Fellini); and, of course, pizza. Unfortunately (or maybe it's be

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This course examines the evolution of rock music and the subcultures centered upon that mu

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This course examines cinema along the distinct but inextricably bound tracks of art, society, and industry. Drawing upon history,

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In this seminar we will study the ritual and philosophy of Zen and the relationship scho

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This course provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary examination of intercollegiate athletics in higher education. Although intercollegiate athletics has played an integral and undeniably significant role in the American system of higher education since the mid-nineteenth century, the debate about its purpose and how to govern college athleti

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What does the future hold for humankind? This course explores the social, economic and political implications of the future now being projected by experts in

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2025-2026

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This course will focus on how strategic health care marketing management can be used to solve health care problems. The course examines

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This course is a look at creative futures - an exploration of what might actually be possible for our society and world, right now, without anything fancy technologically but with a lot more ima

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Students will be expected to participate in class discussion, work in small groups, and assist with peer review. Additionally, students will be required to complete a designated number Powered by SmartCatalog IQ assment Policy and Procedures 2025-2026 Student Handbook 2026-2027 Academic Catalog 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog 2026-2027 Student Handbook ndition reporting, caring for the collection, and an exploration of ethical and philosophical concerns with museum collections. Once students have been familiarized with collections poli of hours assisting either in the inventory of the Elon Art Collection or at an outside facility. This course is writing intensive. cy and practice, they will examine how, through the presentation of objects, museums can (and do) create meaning. Course readings will include sources specific to the care, presentation, and management of museum collections as well as material culture theory, art criticism, reflections on the power of interpretation, and the process of exhibiting “culture” and history.

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This seminar will introduce students to the practice of managing objects within a museum context including: collections development, accepted museum registration methods, cataloging, co

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This course is writing intensive. Open to students in the third or fourth year of study. Powered by SmartCatalog IQ assment Policy and Procedures 2025-2026 Student Handbook 2026-2027 Academic Catalog 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog 2026-2027 Student Handbook of hip-hop music in the United States, giving voice to an underrepresented community. We will critically examine concepts such as representation, appropriation, genre, and authenticity i n order to understand how hip-hop originated as a music form and became a highly developed youth culture both in the United States and across the globe. This course will incorporate concepts from economics, art history, cultural studies, education, and linguistics, as well as a variety of multimedia to explore, challenge, and explain the global spread of hip-hop music.

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2025-2026

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This course will examine the power of language as a voice for communities and a force for change. Through both popular and academic texts we will look at, first, the origins and spread

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“How does health insurance work?” “What is a 401(k) and how do I use it?” “How will finances impact my ability to reach personal goals?” Many people, and especially college students, struggle to answer these questions. In this c

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Students will explore how different societies, and different academic disciplines, have made sense of competing views about law, faith, and tolerance.

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This course will explore the diversity of plants and their relationships with people. The primary focus will pertain to the inter

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It is normal for people to attempt to influence the behavior of others. This course will ex

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This course will engage students in understanding cognitive, motor, social and emotional developme

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This course is writing intensive. Open to students in the third or fourth year of study. Powered by SmartCatalog IQ y and Procedures 2025-2026 Student Handbook 2026-2027 Academic Catalog 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog 2026-2027 Student Handbook with daily life, knowing the sky hasn’t fallen, but with the persistent sense that something is out of place. That vague notion is Kafka’s landscape. His works are not violent or shocking; they’re weird but recognizable, like a bizarre dream. Through focused study of Kafka’s The Trial and other works (film, graphic novels), students and the instructor will try to define this frequently-used but poorly-defined term, applying it to academic questions and to life beyond the classroom, investigating what the Kafkaesque can teach us about modern existence and the individual’s role in society.

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We live in a time when individual control is illusory. Unseen forces take the upper hand. Vague threats-terrorism, climate change, that other political party-haunt the back of our minds. We continue

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According to research conducted by the National Coffee Association, USA, coffee is the most commonly consumed beverage in the U.S.; 79% of U.S. Americans over the age of 18 have consumed coffee within the past year. [1] From the farmer who [1] National Coffee Association, USA. “National Coffee Drinking Trends 2018.” March, 2018. Page 22.

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Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window and Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blow Up inspired numerous filmgoers to pick up cameras and become professional photographers in the 1950s and 1960s. Holding a central position in both the history of cinema and photography, these films explore many impo

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This course will examine cross-cultural exchanges that occurred in the Atlantic World (Europe, Africa, and the Americas) between the years of 1492 to 1821. We will explor

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2025-2026

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Musicians, artists, writers and other artistic people face special challenges creating and operating ventures focused on their artistic endeavors. This co

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2025-2026

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In this course, we will explore the changing nature of work from a socio-historical perspective in which particular emphasis will be placed on current trends and the resulting societal im

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2025-2026

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This course provides an interdisciplinary overview of factors influencing alcohol and other drug use including facets of per

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2025-2026

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Origami bridges centuries of genius in art and science. The spread of origami can be thought of as a measure of globalization. This writing-intensive course is an interdisciplinary e

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2025-2026

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This course provides the comprehensive study of biological, cultural and psychosocial sexualit

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2025-2026

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This course primarily investigates the economic status of women in the labor market, how that role has changed over time and the differences between labor market outcomes for both men a

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2025-2026

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The course will investigate various aspects of the modern summer Olympic Games. Beginning in Athens in 1896, the political, moral, ethical, eco

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2025-2026

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Is it possible to develop a method for determining election results that is always fair? Answering this simple question is anything but a simple task. In fact, fairness is a complex idea, and it applies to numerous areas of our life.

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2025-2026

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This interdisciplinary course will provide a unique leadership development opportunity that prepares students to address the chal

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2025-2026

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This course is writing intensive and has a mandatory study abroad component, except during the summer term which is an online course. Open to students in the third or fourth year of study. Powered by SmartCatalog IQ y and Procedures 2025-2026 Student Handbook 2026-2027 Academic Catalog 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog 2026-2027 Student Handbook ches. A broad spectrum of theory, research, and current applications for wilderness and adventure therapy will be discussed and investigated, including how outdoor experiences can reduce stress, re store attention, enhance self-concept, and promote personal meaning. The course will focus on the use of these therapies to restore, remediate, and/or rehabilitate individuals with various illnesses and/or disabilities. Students will be assigned a fictional case study, and will develop throughout the course a corresponding therapy plan incorporating studied techniques as the capstone project.

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This course will introduce students to the skills needed to successfully facilitate therapeutic wilderness and adventure experiences by exploring the concepts and practices underpinning these approa

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My primary aim in Utopias & Dystopias is to motivate you (the student) to deeply think about what YOU want the world to be like, and hopefully motivate you to strive towards making it that w Exploring representations found in novels, films, and other formats, this course emphasizes integration across disciplines and frameworks of thought, requiring students to think critically a

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This course explores the symbiosis of religious thought and expression in the pan-Asian sph

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2025-2026

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Students will learn how to express themselves articulately, intellectually and persuasively about social and cultural issues in public forums using perspectives, theories, concepts and research from their studies in the liberal arts. This capstone semin

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In this interdisciplinary seminar, we will examine family relationships in the context of psychological research and literature. In

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The students in this course will develop and imagine a pathway to lead to sustainable use of the oceans by the growing human population. Earth’s oceans represent the greatest unexplored region of our planet, a major component of the climate system, and a v

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2025-2026

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This interdisciplinary seminar explores the male and female experience of coming of age in

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Title: Count Me In - Our World by the Numbers Description: This course considers both the controversy and potential surrounding mathematics and access to mathematics learning. Numeracy is a critical life skill that benefits the individual and collective good. We will unpack social justice issues

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2025-2026

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When we think of slavery, the 400 years of chattel bondage of Africans and their descendants in the New World usually comes to mind. Yet various forms of coerced labor have been referred to as slavery. Moreover, chattel slavery is not the only type of slavery to have ever existed. In order to appreciate the diversity of slave experiences, and drive our discussions about for

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Since the Coleman Report of 1966, the “academic achievement gap” has been as the heart of education policy. Drawing on research and evidence from the fields of economics, education, sociology, psychology and public p

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2025-2026

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What is it about money or the love of money that makes people do unsavory things? Many disciplines, including psychology, sociology, law, philosophy, criminal justice, religion, and business have views about the love of money and human

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2025-2026

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Imagine your government has committed an immoral or unethical act: murder, unjustified war, violation of human rights. To what degree does that act define you, as a member of your country? What is (or should have been) your responsibility

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2025-2026

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Increased access to education is frequently touted as the key to gender equity, economic development, and political empowerment. We will investigate these claims by exploring approaches to gender equity in the international arena, learning

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This course is writing intensive. Counts toward Public Health Studies and the Women's/Gender Studies minor. Powered by SmartCatalog IQ Academic Catalog 2025-2026 Graduate Catalog Sexual Harassment Policy and Procedures 2025-2026 Student Handbook 20 ents will explore their own birth stories and investigate how gender roles, current and historical, affect our und 26-2027 Academic Catalog 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog 2026-2027 Student Handbook erstanding of childbirth. Students will also become familiar with the anatomy and mechanics of human reproduction, gestation, and parturition. Other topics include assisted reproductive technology, genetic counseling, and post-partum depression.

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This course explores the topic of childbirth from a personal, biomedical, psychosocial, cultural, and historical perspective. Stud

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2025-2026

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What makes us laugh? In this course we will use insights drawn from many disciplines, including philosophy, sociology, anthropology, and psychology, to find a range of different ideas for w

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2025-2026

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This course helps students identify the “life stories” they are living. It draws on literary, psychological, religious, and philo

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No credit toward the Biology major or minor. Counts toward the Criminal Justice Studies minor. This course is writing intensive. Powered by SmartCatalog IQ ures 2025-2026 Student Handbook 2026-2027 Academic Catalog 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog 2026-2027 Student Handbook basic biological applications used in forensic investigations. Students will explore how decomposing tissues give valuable advice in forensic studies and reports. In addition, a comparison of terrestrial and aq uatic forensic techniques will be discussed and evaluated. Students will use biology to complete written reports related to Mock Investigative Projects (MIP). This course also includes readings and documentaries of various Forensic Studies cases. Professionals within the area of Forensic Science will give students an opportunity to learn how biology has significantly contributed to the success of investigative reports.

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This course studies the impact of basic biology in forensic studies. Students will learn forensic history, methodology and techniques, investigative and media reports. Students will evaluate and discuss various

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How do comics communicate? In this course, we will explore the vast ways comics have been used to communicate cultural, · how comics engage multiple disciplines-global/cultural histories, visual/aesthetics studies, gender/sexuality, econom · how comics have been used to creatively represent reality and make arguments about the various realities people exper · how the comics form (panels, gutter, layout, etc.) impacts the foundations of comics theory; and finally, · how you can wield comics to creatively engage your field-for example, how can biology students use visual sequences t No drawing skills required -this course is open to curious students across all disciplines at Elon.

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This seminar will use a series of case studies to examine how, why, and with what consequen

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2025-2026

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Gods and mortals, monsters and heroes, rites and rituals: each of these groups (and others) played a part in what collectively has come to be called Classical Mythology. I

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During the cold war era, international relations theorists and political leaders discussed security issues primarily within a framework that placed principal emphasis on military strength, strategic alliances and balance of power relationships. There was little discus

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What makes a good society? To answer the question, you must bring in ideas from religion, the fine arts, history, and science. In other words, you must put together what you learned during the Elon Core experience and use it to add your own arg

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How has the Internet altered our understanding of the First Amendment rights to free speech, dissent, political organization, and security? What does the future hold for constitutional rights in a Globalizing World? Are Christmas and the Constitution compatible? Has the balance between the Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial and the right to a free press shifted as a result of 24 hour news cycle

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2025-2026

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Throughout history, we have relied on the natural world to meet our basic needs for food and medicine. However, this history often feels more and more removed from the way we currently live. Legacies of colonialism and genocide of native populations, mar Powered by SmartCatalog IQ ademic Catalog 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog 2026-2027 Student Handbook ginalization of knowledge along gendered and racial lines, the spread of industrial agriculture, and the commodification of medicine and medical care are just a few of the cultural forces that have isolated us from foraging wild food and medicine. In this class, we’ll develop our individual relationships with the wild food and medicine all around us via mindful and sensory experiences, reading, journaling, discussion, and reflection on your experience of natural spaces and the non-human world. We’ll also learn to safely and ethically forage and prepare a few common plants and fungi for different purposes, and consider the cultural and ethical context for that knowledge. Open to students in the third or fourth year of study. This course is writing intensive.

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Course topics vary by semester. See descriptions for specific terms in the corresponding

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A city of contrasts, Rome is both legend and history, past and present, real and imaginary. As the “Eternal City” where “all roads lead”, Rome also offers an excellent case study for the enduring questions that define a liberal arts education. In this course we will explore the power

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American crime fiction represents radical changes in the genre. We will use crime fiction as a means to explore how literary works help our understanding of ethical reasoning and personal and social responsibility, which are fundamental principles of

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This course examines the ways in which the Middle East is covered and portrayed in both Western and non-Western media. It aims to broaden students' perspectives on a critical part of the world and to deep

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2025-2026

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Against traditional philosophical, political, and social Western assumptions that paint physical labor as a form of injustice, misfortune, and the province of those who are caught in the lower realm of existence, this course seeks to understand the redemptive nature of physical labor that is contained in the intimate relationship with the earth. This course will look at th

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Audiencing is a shared experience with rules, written and unwritten, that define the values of the community. Being part of an audience is anyt Powered by SmartCatalog IQ alog 2025-2026 Graduate Catalog Sexual Harassment Policy and Procedures 2025-2026 Student Handbook 2026-2027 Academic Catalog 2026-2027 Graduat hing but a passive experience. This Integrative Core Capstone course examines the concept of audiences through multiple lenses, potentially inc e Catalog 2026-2027 Student Handbook luding your major or previous areas of study, including anthropology, art, marketing, music, performing arts, psychology, religious studies, and sports management. This course is open to all majors. This course is writing intensive. Open to students in the third or fourth year of study.

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Humans interact with other humans all the time. At work, these interactions take place with colleagues, peers, managers, and customers; while within geographical living communities these interactions encompass friends, neighbors, and community residents who hail from myriad backgrounds with repertoires of eclectic experiences. These

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Iraq is the land of Mesopotamia, the cultural center of the Islamic world, an oil rich land, and the country once ruled by a dictator - Saddam Hussain. Many Americans know very little about this country and wh

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This course will examine the role of invention and technology in society. Synthesizing elements of engineering, computer science, economics, history, business, and sociology, this course investigates technolo

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2025-2026

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This course will explore the diversity of French culture and the richness and complexity of French -American relations, both current and historical, through the lenses of colonization and immigr

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2025-2026

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These revolutionary makers of the modern mind - Marx, Darwin and Freud - have had enduring influence on subsequent th

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2025-2026

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This course explores the role of music in current American culture. An interdisciplinary focus on the mann

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2025-2026

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The purpose of this course will be to explore ways that knowledge of nutrition will help you be a better global citizen. Topics inclu

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2025-2026

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We are currently experiencing a documentary explosion. For many years you could only see documentaries on PBS, some cable outl This course explores a broad range of documentary works that have affected change even if that was not the filmmaker's intenti Powered by SmartCatalog IQ 2026 Academic Catalog 2025-2026 Graduate Catalog Sexual Harassment Policy and Procedures 2025-2026 Student ets, and a few theaters. With the proliferation of streaming services, and the spread of broadband, documen on. We will look at each film’s topic before and after the documentary’s release and examine how the film c Handbook 2026-2027 Academic Catalog 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog 2026-2027 Student Handbook taries have moved from niche to mainstream. Documentaries can entertain, inform, and enlighten viewers. Facts expressed cinematically can be very persuasive. Some documentaries utilize this power to change hearts and minds. reated change. Building on this foundation, you will choose a social issue where you would like to see change for the common good, research that issue, and pitch a documentary idea that could affect the change you would like to see.

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2025-2026

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning, a British poet who lived in Italy as an expatriate, wrote that “Florence holds us with a glittering eye; there’s a charm cast round us, and we can’t get away.“ Drawing on literary studies, history, and art history, this interdiscipl Powered by SmartCatalog IQ Catalog 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog 2026-2027 Student Handbook inary course examines why Italy, and especially Florence, captivated the British and American imagination in the 19 th and 20 th centuries. From the prominent role Italy played in the European Grand Tour to its popularity during the age of mass tourism, we will examine the representation of Italy in literature and travel writing and study the places, art objects, and cultural landmarks that drew travelers to Florence specifically. As we explore intersections between Italian, British, and American cultures we will also reflect on our own experiences as travelers and tourists and complete a capstone project that curates a modern “Grand Tour” of Florence for contemporary U.S. travelers. This course is writing intensive. Open to students in their third or fourth year of study

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2025-2026

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400 years ago, Galileo became a symbol of scientific heroism when he fought against entrenched belief and an anti-sc We will then turn our attention to contemporary issues in the public uptake of science. Drawing on current events, w In class, through experiences in Florence, and in a capstone project, students will grapple with truth, untruth, inf . Powered by SmartCatalog IQ book 2025-2026 Academic Catalog 2025-2026 Graduate Catalog Sexual Harassment Policy a ientific culture. He lost. Galileo's story isn’t black and white and this course will e'll study how and why very different perspectives can emerge around seemingly clear- ormation, disinformation, and the public understanding of science. nd Procedures 2025-2026 Student Handbook 2026-2027 Academic Catalog 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog 2026-2027 Student Handbook explore some good and bad reasons why people doubted that the Earth goes around the Sun. We'll learn the basics of astronomy and explore many of the places where Galileo and his peers lived and worked. cut facts. And we will explore how skepticism, cognitive bias, and technology can add to or lessen these divides.

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2025-2026

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This course will explore the details of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the

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2025-2026

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Stories have long been used to document and communicate understandings about the world. The oral tradition of storytelling, once commonplace, seems less relevant in contemporary society. This course will consider stories as narratives of experie

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COR

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2025-2026

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Storytelling is one of the most universal forms of communication. We use story to make sense of our world and to construct it in every discipline and in every part of our lives. Thi

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

What does it really mean to be proud? There is an inherent aversion to the arrogance of a Donald Trump or the conceit and willful ignorance of King Lear, but what about the brave confidence of someone like Harriet Tubman as depicted by Aaron Douglas? And what does it really mean to be humble? We may admire modesty and an unassuming nature, but we also

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

The sport of baseball is fertile ground for sophisticated statistical analysis. Baseball executives, general managers and mana

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

This course is about physical and metaphorical journeys and pilgrimages, and finding our meaning and purpose on those journeys, via a travel-embedded, experiential learning-based course. Spain’s “The Way of St. James”/Camino de Santiago is a pilgrimage route that d Powered by SmartCatalog IQ log 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog 2026-2027 Student Handbook ates back centuries; people walked it for religious, political, spiritual, physical, social, as well as a multitude of other reasons. It was, and still is, a journey requiring physical and mental fortitude to battle one’s limitations, as well as nature’s, but as th e adage goes, “the Camino provides.” Everyone’s Camino is individual, yet supported by centuries of pilgrims searching for transformation. Akin to the “hero’s journey” (Campbell, 1949), we will read, travel, be transformed, and return home with newfound learning. If that transformation occurs and what it might look like will be uniquely individual; we will open ourselves to the possibility of transformation by fully immersing ourselves in the physical, mental, cultural, social, and spiritual journey while walking the Camino.

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COR

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

This course examines sport movies as a distinct category of film that communicates identities, cultural ideologies, values, and stereot

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

Amidst the recent scandals among political and corporate leaders, a call has been made by academicians and practicioners alike to examine the authenticity of leaders. Authentic leadership considers the values, morals, and ethics by w

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

Focusing on biographies and autobiographies of organizers and participants in labor movements we will examine the social, economic, and political conditions that led to the movements and

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

Students will investigate the interaction between economic and social forces and policies in college and professional athletics. Coverage will include the major sports of baseball,

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

Mask has been used in ritual, performance and protest in a multitude of times and places throughout human history. This class will explore ways of asking and exploring questions about masks from many cultures including Trans

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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In the 1860s, Italians and Americans were each in the business of making nations. A complex coalition of Italians from the North and South pushed occupying armies out of their peninsula, peeled back the temporal authority of the Pope, and created the m

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

This course compares the health care systems of the United States and the United Kingdom, specifically England. The course is integrative and interdisciplinary pulling from sociology, psychology, history, public health, and economics, and will be of int

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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This course focuses on the environmental issues facing the island nations and the mainland countries of Southeast Asia. The major environmental problems in this region of the world include deforestation, soil erosion, habitat destruction, habitat fragmentation, water p

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

This course examines the origins, causes, and consequences of inequality within and between countries and among individuals across the world, emphasizing political, economic, and sociological dimensions of inequality in historical context. Recent cross-dis

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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This course uses contemporary literature and writing to examine identity and representation. Through the use of book study, seminar, and writing, we will engage the following skills in each class: read, write, discuss, research,

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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Enrollment is by application and there are additional costs for housing. This course is writing intensive. Open to students in the third or fourth year of study. Powered by SmartCatalog IQ p to understand global problems that are vexing startup companies, large companies, non-profits and society as a whole. The powerful combination of the liberal arts capstone (COR course) and professional capstone (internship) seeks to achieve the overall goal of being a university capstone that facilitates the transition from college to professional life. Throughout the summer, students will be engaged in a deep understanding of the intersection of problem solving, critical thinking, social good, and how innovation ecosystems foster the creation of solutions to problems. In addition to reading and writing about innovators, students will personally engage innovators who reside in Silicon Valley.

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

Though San Francisco is home to some of the largest companies in the world including Google, Facebook, and Apple, it also contains the second largest homeless population in the country. This course uses San Francisco and an internshi

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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What does it mean to inhabit a female body? This course begins with a look at the history of being a woman and weaves together diverse sources from the scholarship of c Powered by SmartCatalog IQ atalog Sexual Harassment Policy and Procedures 2025-2026 Student Handbook 2026-2027 Academic Catalog 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog 2026-2027 Student Handbook ulture, art, religion, politics, medicine, and bioethics to focus on the cultural representation of women in the modern era. We will use a feminist lens to critique wor ks by male- and female-identified authors. Engaging with the lived experiences of transwomen and intersex folks will make our analysis richer. You don’t have to be a historian-or identify as a woman--to join us as we engage with the works of badass women from Sappho to Lizzo and learn more about the female body as symbol and as agent.

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

This course explores Africans and African development opportunities and challenges to thriving modern African economies. Potential course topics include: approaches to unlearning misconceptions about the continent and its people that are perpetuated in the mass media; ways to better understand

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COR

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course

Edition

2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

In a land that claims to be the greatest advocate of democracy and civil rights in the world, why are more prisons than schools being built? Why does America lead Western nations in the number of persons incarcerated? What factors account for the disproportionate number of minorities and the

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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This course will identify a broad range of health issues that are either unique to women or of special importance to women. The roles that women play as both providers and consumer

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

This course will be an opportunity to investigate issues related to solving the health disparity problems within our country and around the world. We will discuss genetic

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

This course uses graphic non-fictions as a medium to explore issues on identity, memory and history. It explores how our families and past experiences shape our identities, how we remember the same events in different ways, how our personal history intertwines with natio Powered by SmartCatalog IQ 26-2027 Graduate Catalog 2026-2027 Student Handbook nal and global history, and ultimately, how we tell our identity, memory, and history through visual media. Students in this class will use graphic non-fictions to learn about world history, a medium that is often more succinct, easier to understand, and more appealing to visual learners. Graphic non-fiction is non-fiction in the comics medium, which expresses ideas with images, often combined with text and other visual information. Themes of the readings include war and trauma, migration and dislocation, social movement and revolution. Students will engage with multiple disciplines - global history, visual studies, gender/sexuality, psychology, and sociology. No drawing skills required, and this course is open to students across all disciplines who are interested in learning about themselves and the world.

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

Comedian Steve Allen created a television show titled “Meeting of Minds” where guests to a dinner party included some of the most famous, or infamous, people in world history. Imagine possible conversations between Mark Twain and Nelson Mandela on the treatment of minorities. How did the Cat

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

What is prophecy? How did the ancient Maya conceptualize time, and what place do prophecies have in their view of the universe? Why is the date December 21, 2012, so significant in Maya culture? What phenomena have the ancient Maya predic

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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This course will examine the global rise of competitive gaming as a billion-dollar industry and a mass spectator sport over the last 10 years. While it has increasingly consumed the time and energies of parti In examining the domestic, international and intercollegiate eSports eco-system, students will touch on economics, organizational management, finance, media, psychology, sociology and technology issues. It wi

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COR

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

There is little debate about the fact that anticommunism was a crucial force in twentieth-century American society, fueling a Cold War against the Sovi

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

Who controls what we read and view in the United States? How does the First Amendment of the Constitution protect our rights for accessing books and films? Where does it fall short? Under what context(s) has censorship been necessary and/or misused? This interdis

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

This course will focus on the profound disparity between people who live in wealth and people who live in poverty at th

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

What is literacy? How does literacy relate to access and power? In this class, students will consider how people develop literacy, what it means to be literate across academic and non-academic contexts, and why people struggle wit

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

This course is writing intensive. Open to students in the third or fourth year of study. Powered by SmartCatalog IQ 26-2027 Academic Catalog 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog 2026-2027 Student Handbook e global community, as well. Rising income inequality, immigration, complex public health issues, and vulnerability in the face of climate change complicate New York City’s future. Understanding New York City, then, helps us understand out worl d. This course uses New York City as a microcosm to model and understand the diversity and complexity of global humanity, as this humanity attempts to live in a global culture. We will explore the diversity of values that New Yorkers hold and examine important social, political and religious issues at play throughout the city, in order to analyze how these ideas can help us better understand our global community. Enrollment is by application and there are additional costs for housing.

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COR

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

To call New York City a microcosm of the global community is no exaggeration. The city is home to an estimated 800 languages, diplomatic missions from 193 nations, and 2.9 million foreign-born residents. New York’s challenges mirror those of th

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

Has Alexa suggested you check out the online sale for those new Nikes you talked about with your friends? Did you know that the smartphone in your pocket is also tracking your physical activity? Are your parents walking more since they bought th

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

This course will integrate knowledge from the social and physical sciences to show how the interaction, especially of the mind, body and spirit, is important to obt

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COR

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course

Edition

2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

This course is designed to disrupt what Richard Louv has called nature deficit disorder. Although it is not a medically recognized diagnosis, he uses this phrase to describe the decreasing amount time people spend outside and the accompanying ne

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

Identity is commonly understood as how we categorically present ourselves and know other people. However, through personal experiences, we know that who we are extends beyond mer

Subject

COR

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course

Edition

2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

It is projected that our world will face increasing pressures on its capacity to maintain itself and ourselves as well. Central to this discussion is man's need for food, fiber, energy and shelter. This question is not only physical, but

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

This seminar will study the environmental, social, and global dimensions of modern food production, focusing on major issues of American food culture, including industrial vs

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COR

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course

Edition

2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

This course investigates crime, law, and socio-economic status through the genre of crime fiction. Students will study the elements of basic criminal law, investigation and evidentiary analy

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COR

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course

Edition

2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

What do tree-huggers and rocket boys have in common? Space exploration and environmentalism are both sustainability quests dedicated to protecting or seeki

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

This course encourages and facilitates the in-depth reflection on and analysis of the experience of spending time abroad and then re-entering one's home culture. Students will be asked to contribute to this seminar by presenting appropriate

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

This class will address the topic of gender in the ancient world from an interdisciplinary perspective, with a special focus on archaeology. We will explore the topic of engendering archaeology from theoretical, methodological, and data driven perspectives.

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COR

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course

Edition

2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

This course provides an introduction to the connections between mathematics and visual arts. Topics may include the golden ratio, geometry,

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COR

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course

Edition

2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

Latinos are the fastest growing immigrant community in the United States. They not only help keep the U.S. economy afloat but, as we have witnessed in past elections, they also help determine the outcome of the

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

This course will explore current scientific topics as they are presented in the media. As the media, in its various forms, has substantial influence over what the general public learns and understands about scientific issues, the importance of analyzing information that can be obtained from the media will be investigated. D

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

This course will examine recent discoveries in the scientific study of happiness, and place the idea of happiness within historical and cultural context. The course will integrate findings from sociology, psychology, anthropology and the natural sciences (neurosc

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

What do an American Nazi, a pornographer and a homophobic Baptist minister have in common? A racist, anti-Semitic publisher? A flag-burning anarchist? A Communist Labor Party organizer? They are among society's misfits and hated targets

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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This course is designed to investigate the core historical concepts, and the changes those concepts have undergone, to a Liberal Arts education. We will also examine and reflect upon the nature and importance of a liber

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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This interdisciplinary seminar will explore ways in which humans have manipulated the world around them through chemistry, and will examine, specifically, the historical and societal impacts

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COR

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course

Edition

2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

Food is good to eat, but as anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss has said, it is also “good to think!” The focus of this interdisciplinary capstone course is the cross-cultural study of food and health. The course is organized around one big question: Why do humans eat what we eat?

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

As an interdisciplinary capstone seminar for the Elon Core Curriculum, this course is designed to examine the topics of poverty and social justice from a variety of disciplinary perspectives while prompting students to consider their own relationship to the causes and solutions to poverty both domestically and internationally. This course also serves

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COR

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2025-2026

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This course serves as a capstone experience for Scholars in the Periclean Scholars program. In this course, Scholars will continue to learn about the politics, culture, history, language, social issues, and international relations of the countr

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

Application and acceptance required. Additional travel fee is required. This course is writing intensive. Powered by SmartCatalog IQ Handbook 2026-2027 Academic Catalog 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog 2026-2027 Student Handbook ve defined the past two centuries. In their own time they were pop music idols, and they were affected by societal, political, and religious influences just as popular musicians still are today. The great composers’ enduring musical legacy is still incredibly popular today across the globe, often in subtle and unrecognized ways. This course will explore the past and present impact of the great “classical music” composers as they lived it: through an interdisciplinary focus. Students will travel to Vienna, Salzburg, Munich, Budapest, and other renowned musical meccas that influenced the contemporary arts and sciences in integral ways. Open to students in the third of fourth year of study.

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

The great composers of Western Art Music significantly impacted and were impacted by contemporary global culture. Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, and other musical geniuses helped to shape political, religious, and societal ideals that ha

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

Jazz musician, composer, innovator, and trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991) is arguably the most significant jazz musician who ever lived. He personally changed the course of jazz five times. Not only are his innovations still being followed and performed by musicians everywhere, but h

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COR

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

This course uses the films, television programs, and other work by writer Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing, The Newsroom, The Social Network) to accomplish several interdisciplinary goals. Among the topics to be considered: the economic implicat

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COR

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course

Edition

2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

This course explores how recent developments in technology will influence the customization of healthcare into what is termed personalized medicine and what impact that will

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COR

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course

Edition

2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

Plato argued that virtuous humans can resist appetitive desires, understanding that what appeals to our senses and desires as “good” may be quite the opposite. However, Plato never had to face a late night Papa John’s commercial, a media blitz for

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

Lust, Greed, Gluttony, Pride, Envy, Anger, Sloth-are they “deadly sins” that rob humans of power and happiness or are they the very spice of life? Temperance,

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COR

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

This course is writing intensive. Open to students in the third or fourth year of study. Powered by SmartCatalog IQ icy and Procedures 2025-2026 Student Handbook 2026-2027 Academic Catalog 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog 2026-2027 Student Handbook was one of the foundational concepts, and how do the two fields consider the therapeutic value of this term? If the mind was often represented as a theatrical space by psychoanalytic theorists and clinicians, how have dramatists and contemporary theater practitioners attempted to use the stage as a metaphorical representation of psychic events? In this course, students will examine foundational texts by Freud and Aristotle, contemporary psychoanalytic theories by Joyce MacDougall, Françoise Davoine and Jean-Max Gaudillère, and plays spanning from the late nineteenth century to today.

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

This course will examine the relationship between psychoanalytic theories of the mind and theatrical theories of the psyche. What is the relationship between these two fields for which “catharsis”

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COR

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course

Edition

2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

Reclaiming Democracy draws on multiple academic disciplines to examine and model democracy. The course brings together students from Bennett College, Elon University, Greensboro College, Guilford College, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, the University of

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COR

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

Through exploring central issues in diversity and social justice, this course aims to present the importance of critical self-reflection, cultural competency and personal responsibility in h

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COR

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

This course explores the challenges and opportunities ahead in creating an environmentally safe and socially just space for humanity, which fosters inclusive and sustainable economic development. The course focuses on the development and management of sustainable enterp

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COR

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

In this course we use simulation games, debates, and other classroom activities to take on the biggest environmental issues ever faced by humanity. We examine the benefits and costs of indu

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

This course is writing intensive. Open to students in the third or fourth year of study. Powered by SmartCatalog IQ 5-2026 Graduate Catalog Sexual Harassment Policy and Procedures 2025-2026 Student Handbook 2026-2027 Academic Catalog 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog good global citizen, how does that responsibility look in practice? How does a global citizen identify the best investments of time and money and 2026-2027 Student Handbook help guide societies to good choices when it comes to creating a socially just world? Through a combination of readings, discussions and hands-on work with both the creators and recipients of charity, we will answer these questions and help each student to become that responsible global citizen.

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COR

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2025-2026

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This capstone course investigates both U.S. and global perspectives on charity. If the benefit of going to college comes with a responsibility to be a

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

This course is writing intensive. Open to students in the third or fourth year of study. This is a physically demanding travel experience. Application and acceptance required. Additional travel fee is requir Powered by SmartCatalog IQ cedures 2025-2026 Student Handbook 2026-2027 Academic Catalog 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog 2026-2027 Student Handbook ng as well as agricultural, nutritional, and ecological factors. After carefully studying these aspects in the classroom, we will travel to Northern Peru to engage in field based learning. This will allow us ed. to learn from those we work with at least as much as we share. In conjunction with the Arbor Day foundation, we will engage Peruvian coffee farmers and provide assistance through microfinance to develop sustainable coffee production as well as provide food sovereignty, nutrition and sustainable food production. This will be a multi-year project and each class will have a direct role in helping achieve this goal.

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

This class takes a holistic approach to understanding the ways to support the standard of living in developing countries, by focusing equally on cultural, economic, and financial factors that affect well-bei

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COR

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course

Edition

2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

This course is writing intensive. Open to students in the third or fourth year of study. Powered by SmartCatalog IQ olicy and Procedures 2025-2026 Student Handbook 2026-2027 Academic Catalog 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog 2026-2027 Student Handbook in the films you watch together? This course is designed to provide a broad overview of the salience of race in American politics and film, and to examine how film reflects and influences White, Black, Latino, Asian-American, American Indian realities and attitudes on a number of cultural, political, and policy dimensions. Students will view, discuss, and engage in critical analysis of various films in order to develop a stronger understanding of the evolution of cultural, economic, political, and ideological contexts concerning racial and ethnic politics in the United States.

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COR

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

Have you ever wondered why people make such a big deal out of the issue of race in both movies and politics? Have you wondered why people just do not see the problematic, negative ethnic themes

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

This course is writing intensive. Open to students in the third or fourth year of study. Powered by SmartCatalog IQ edures 2025-2026 Student Handbook 2026-2027 Academic Catalog 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog 2026-2027 Student Handbook course will confront, examine, and share their own perceptions of death; listen deeply to alternate perspectives; plan for their own good deaths; and consult research in ways cultures make death meaningful a nd good. Significantly, students will create a capstone project for a real audience that frames their learning in this course and their liberal arts engagement. Morbidity is banished! We expect to grasp the reality of death and thus appreciate the meaning of life. (This is not a course for those who have experienced recent and close losses and are actively grieving. Your work is of a different kind and character.)

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COR

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

Death is a reality that we often avoid. But is there another way? This course will examine beliefs and attitudes toward death, the process of dying, and practices of disposition and mourning. Students in this

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

This course is writing intensive. Open to students in the third or fourth year of study. Powered by SmartCatalog IQ Student Handbook 2026-2027 Academic Catalog 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog 2026-2027 Student Handbook ), to ethics (is that right?), to economics (should I take a loan to fund my education?), to politics (with whom should I associate?). While it has long been argued that judgment is the purview of reason alone, it is now clea r that emotion is integral to our ability to judge at all. The problem this insight poses is that it may mean that none of our judgments are actually justifiable; instead, they be merely driven by our passions. This is an interdisciplinary capstone course designed to explore the interconnections of reason and emotion in judgment through the lens of philosophy, history, political science, ethics, aesthetics, neuroscience, and behavioral economics.

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

Human beings are, if nothing else, judging beings. We are constantly called on to make judgments ranging from those of personal worth (who should be my friend?), to aesthetics (what type of music and art should I appreciate?

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COR

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course

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2025-2026

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elon.smartcatalogiq.com

This course is writing intensive. Open to students in the third or fourth year of study. Powered by SmartCatalog IQ alog 2026-2027 Student Handbook iae of embryology to the architecture of the universe, Dante treats the meaning of life. He challenges readers to think about and explain - with unsurpassed eloquence, intellect, and clarity - problems from the local to the universal context. The videogame Dante’s Inferno reflects many facet s from the literary work. The course will challenge students to compare and contrast the sacred journey of a medieval pilgrim with the profane quest of a scythe-wielding soul slayer of the digital age. Student research will investigate: medieval Italian literature and history; traditional literature versus video game narratives; the role of video games in education. For the Elon Core Curriculum Capstone Project, students will create a detailed proposal for an original video game in which they reflect on the course findings, their respective disciplines, and the Elon experience.

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COR

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2025-2026

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In Inferno, Dante Alighieri constructs the afterlife and confronts complex local, regional, and “global” issues. From Florentine government to Italian unification, Dante treats politics. From corruption in the Papacy to doctrinal consideration of Islam, Dante treats religion. From the minut

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COR

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2025-2026

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Human trafficking is the fastest growing and second largest criminal industry in the world, generating $150 billion in annual profits. Despite being recognized as crime by nearly 200 countries and territories, human trafficking occurs in every region of Powered by SmartCatalog IQ cademic Catalog 2026-2027 Graduate Catalog 2026-2027 Student Handbook the globe, including every U.S. state. Although human trafficking and its gross violations of human rights exist everywhere, the demographics of who is exploited and how they are exploited differs depending on a multitude of economic factors, political climates, historical precedents, cultural norms, and discriminatory biases. Though no prior economics knowledge is required, we will use a basic economic framework to examine the crime. You will learn how to analyze the crime throughout the globe and apply this knowledge to critique government-proposed solutions and Hollywood’s portrayal of crime in movies such as Taken . You will also contribute to fighting the crime by developing trafficking awareness training modules using 1Huddle gaming software.

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This course will look at the lives and music of women musicians, composers and performers and the social structure within which they lived. The

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2025-2026

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