Course Descriptions
Winter Quarter (W24)
Dept/Description | Course No., Title | Instructor |
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HISTORY (W24) | 132D ARMENIANS ANC/EARLY | BERBERIAN, H. |
History 132D explores the history of Armenia and Armenians from ethnogenesis to the early modern period at the end of the 1700s within a regional and global context, which takes into account interactions and encounters with the empires and peoples that encompassed their orbit. It focuses on a number of key moments in the Armenian past that are crucial to understanding contemporary Armenian culture, identity, and memory: the politics of national identity and “ethnogenesis,” conversion to Christianity, invention of the Armenian script, the battle of Vardanank, the development of the global Armenian diaspora, print culture, national revival, early liberation movements, as well as relations between Armenians and their neighbors: Persians, Romans, Muslims, and others. |
Courses Offered by the Religious Studies Major & Minor or other Schools at UCI
Winter Quarter (W24)
Dept | Course No., Title | Instructor |
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REL STD (W24) | 5A WORLD RELIGIONS I | MCKENNA, J. |
World Religions I : Judaism, Christianity, Islam | ||
REL STD (W24) | 60 GLOBAL SIKH STUDIES | HUNDLE, A. |
Emphasis/Category: World Religious Traditions (Category 1) | ||
REL STD (W24) | 110W THNKNG ABT RELIGION | STAFF |
A survey and investigation of the major thinkers, theories, and methodologies in the study of religions. Designed to develop the student's ability to analyze and articulate theoretical arguments in writing; includes a paper on relevant Religious Studies topics. | ||
REL STD (W24) | 120 ZEN BUDDHIS THOUGHT | STAFF |
No description is currently available. | ||
REL STD (W24) | 130 MODERN JEWISH HIST | FARAH, D. |
Emphasis/Category: Thematic Approaches to Religion (Category 2) | ||
REL STD (W24) | 140 7 DEADLY SINS | MCLOUGHLIN, N. |
Emphasis/Category: World Religious Traditions (Category 1) Although the concept of the seven deadly sins emerged in Alexandria, Egypt during the fourth century (300s CE), the sins retain a powerful hold on the modern imagination and many people can still name them: Pride, Envy, Anger, Sloth, Greed, Gluttony, and Lust. This course explores how the sins evolved and how they shaped medieval European understandings of religion, the individual, and politics. In medieval Europe, the deadly sins played a central role in how individuals imagined their own psychological makeup, confessed their sins, and criticized the religious and political elite. In this class we will explore how the deadly sins came to serve as an important way of understanding the world for medieval Europeans, how the use of the concept in different social, religious, and political contexts caused it to evolve, and what this evolution tells us about the relationship between ideas and the historical contexts that foster them. We will also discuss how medieval understandings of the deadly sins haunt the present and how we might respond to that haunting. Instruction will combine lecture with active learning activities (Poll Everywhere and Group Work) and the major assignments will include 2 in-class essay exams and a group presentation. Days: TU TH 12:30-01:50 PM | ||
POL SCI (W24) | 158D MIDEAST POLITICS | PETROVIC, B. |
This course offers students an overview of modern Middle Eastern politics. It provides a detailed historical analysis of the conditions that shaped and consolidated different forms of governance in modern Middle Eastern states. Specifically, the course focuses on the development of national identities, political institutions, and leadership forms in individual states of the region. It then turns to the political economy and the region-wide political processes. The primary objective of this course is to give students a nuanced understanding of the Middle East, its states, peoples, religions, and politics. The course is multidisciplinary, and integrates history, geography, religion and politics of the Middle East. | ||
POL SCI (W24) | 159 ANTISEMITISM | KOPSTEIN, J. |
No description is currently available. |