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71 SEQ ENCE I V : Lim its to Gro w t h IS 24 1 Course I : T h e Technolo!,T ical Society and the Thrust for Growth Course 2: The Tech nologkal IS 24 2 Society a n d t h e L i m i ts to Growth SEMINAR: IS 25 I Se m i n ar R I·:GULATI O N S

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Sequence I is prerequisite t o all following sequences. A waiver of this sequence may be allowed for a stu dcn t whose previous work in l i beral stud ies is j u dged t o have been sufficiently broad and relevant to t h e principal ideas t o b e s t u d ied i n t h e re mainin g sequences. A com m i t tee o f t h e Program's facul ty w i l l eval u a te s u c h a waiver request. Sequences I I , I I I , or I V may be taken independ e n t l y of enrol l me n t in the Program as a whole, but will n o t satisfy any portion of t he General U niversity Requirem cllls. Cred i t will be given for such courses, however, and may cou n t as elec tive credi t or credit toward a m ajor if a course is specifically allowed by the appropriate dcpartmen t(s). If, for any reason, a s t u d e n t who enrolled i n the Program docs not complete it, a Transfer Co m m i t tee (com posed of t h e three Divisional Chairmen and t he Dean o f t h e Sc hool of F i n e A r t s ) w i / I evaluate h is work in t he light of its scope and in view o f t he General University Requirements a n d make a decision concerning w h a t area of study t he s t u d e n t must still take to satisfy t he normal General U niVersity Requirements. Enroll ment i n the conduding Seminar i s open o n ly to s t u de n ts who have completed Sequences I and any two of II·I V, or any two o f I I- I V with a waiver of Sequence I. Sequence I may be taken in t h e fresh man o r sophomore year, and any two of Sequences n·1 V may be taken in the sophomore, or sophomore and j u n ior years. Normally, t h c con d u d i n g Seminar will be taken i n the j u n ior or senior year.

S t u d e n ts enrolled i n the I n tegra ted S t u d ie s Program who f a i l to show proficiency i n w r i t i n g s k i l l s a s j u d ged by instructors i n t h e first sequence, will b e required t o e nroll in English 1 0 1 in a d d i t ion t o t h e courses comprising the Program in order to sa tisfy CO R E I I requirements. 7. S tuden t s succc�sfu l ly com pleting the components of this Program as o u tlined a bove will be regarded as h aving fulfilled all t h e General University Requirements except a course i n Physical Education and the I n terim requirement. 8. Since one of the e m p h ases of this Program is to develop t h e writing. critical and analy tical skills of students, participation i n t h e actual courSe work and discussion is essen tial. Therefore, com pon e n t courses in the Program may not be t a ken hy means of challenge examina tions, nor will CLEP credit, work·study or other acad e m ic experience be substitu table for course credit i n t h is Program.

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Pass-fail cwd i t may not be elected by t h e s t u d e n t enrolled i n this Program i n any sequence of cou rses after the first or in the Seminar. N o compone n t course may be offered by the instruc tional staff as an exclusive p ass·fail courses. J O. Since a seq uence of courses is especially designed as a consecu tive and interrelated whole, t h e first course i n each seq uence is prereq uisite t o the second. They may n o t , therefore, be i n terchanged.

THE I N TEGRATED STU DIES PROG R A M IS 2 1 1

NATURE A N D S UP E R N AT U R E

Study of the creative a n d real'lionary responses of t h e Renaissance, Reformation and c o u n ter·Reformation periods to the a u t h oritarian Medieval men tality. Lu ther, GaIiJeo, Kepler and Newton arc given special emphasis toge ther with developm e n ts from 1 5 00·1 700 in art and political h istory. Analysis of the e m e rging idea of progress. Prerequisite to 2 1 2 , From rin i te to I n fin i te .

LS 2 1 2

F R OM F I N I T I T O I N F I N IT E

Developm e n t s i n l i tera t u re, pol itics and indus trialization in the 1 8 th and 1 9t h cent uries. E m phasis is given t o t h e i n fluence of the E n l igh t e n m e n t on t h e develop ment of the idea of progress, and to t h e form ation of Darwinism, the Roman tic move ment and Marxism.

IS 2 2 1

DEVE LOPI N G M A N

IS 2 2 2

B U R D E N OF H U \lI A N R ES PONS I B J lHY

The developme n t o f moral vaiues and conscience are s t u d ied from a biological, p h ilosophical and sociological poi n t of view, in connection with con temporary moral issues. Particular atten tion is given to cri m inal behavior and gene m a n i p u l ation a n d the per t i n e n t JIl oral a n d social questions raised by these p henomena. Prerequisite to 2 2 2 , B u rden of Human Responsibility.

An exam ination of h u m a n responsibility on the social level in Europe d u r ing the first h a l f of t h e 2 0 t h century. The earlier explosion o f t e c h n o l ogy and t he deVelop ment of deterministic methods i n t h e social sciences arc explored, with e m p h asis on Social Darwi n ism and Marxism. The iconoclasm and moral despair of the age arc portrayed agai nst the background of the rise o f German N a t ional Socialism and the moral d ilemmas generated by World War I I.

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SYM B O L , LANG UAGE A N D M YTH

The phenomenon or language is examined t h rough a study o f its role in shaping knowledge, its h istory as a symbolic system, and its nature as a deposi tory of cult ural traits. The nature of symbolic systems general l y , includ ing n u merical systems, and t h e role of my t h as a genre for expressing "real ity" arc given emphasiS. Prereq uisite to 232, Metaphor and Mod e l : I n v e n t ing the World.


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