This course examines the United States-Mexico borderlands. The borderlands are the political, economic, and cultural space where empires, nations, and cultures have collided and come together from the 16th century to the present. The course discusses the emergence of the borderlands as well as the experience of living between empires, nations, and cultures. […]
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Courses offered by Christ College, the honors college of Valparaiso University
CC 300 HX: Studies in Theology, Health & Healing (Upper Level Theology Requirement)
This course examines the United States-Mexico borderlands. The borderlands are the political, economic, and cultural space where empires, nations, and cultures have collided and come together from the 16th century to the present. The course discusses the emergence of the borderlands as well as the experience of living between empires, nations, and cultures. […]
CC 325 A: Museum History and Culture
This course examines the United States-Mexico borderlands. The borderlands are the political, economic, and cultural space where empires, nations, and cultures have collided and come together from the 16th century to the present. The course discusses the emergence of the borderlands as well as the experience of living between empires, nations, and cultures. […]
CC 205: Word and Image (Humanities: Fine Arts Requirement)
This course introduces students to certain problems in the history of visual and literary representation from Plato to the present. Among the variety of questions that will be considered this semester are: What is representation and how do words and images operate? Can words claim legitimacy that images may not and vice-versa? What do makers of representations owe their viewers/readers? […]
CC 201A: Christ College Symposium
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CC 300 GX: History and Systems of Psychology
This course examines the relationship between nature and society in American history. We will consider topics such as the decimation of bison, the rise of Chicago, the history of natural disasters, and the environmental consequences of urbanization and industrialization. Our central premise will be that much of the familiar terrain of American history looks very different when seen in environmental context, and that one can learn a great deal about history, geography, and the environment by studying them together. […]