Few technological innovations have more profoundly shaped the course of human civilization than the invention of writing. This course explores…
This course explores the role the Camino de Santiago (the Way of St. James) played in the construction of a…
A smart city is one where the needs of a populace meet the needs of environmental sustainability. The balance between…
This seminar will examine how historians have reconstructed the life, teachings and death of the historical Jesus. We will look…
In 1905 the sociologist Max Weber famously proclaimed that capitalism has a “spirit.” Beyond just determining how we make money…
Set in plague-stricken Florence of 1348, Boccaccio’s Decameron begins with a portrait of social unravelling and civic collapse that is…
Hallucinations, depression, hysteria, paranoia, anxiety, neurosis, body dysmorphic disorder, obsession, and pain are only some of the symptoms that will…
Introduction to sociology as a discipline through documentary film that includes study of differences and equality, social structure and institutions,…
President Bill Clinton ended “welfare as we know it” in 1996 when he signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity…
Today, fast food restaurants have become a model for everyday life. Some scholars have even talked about the “McDonaldization” of…