CAS 587

Spring 2011 All Classes

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Advanced Study: Special Topics

Credit: 4 hours.

Course is an upper-level graduate course in multi-disciplinary studies with topic material that will vary term to term. Interested graduate students should contact the instructors.

May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

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CAS 587 class schedule data for spring 2011
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	31695	Lecture-Discussion	C	2:00PM -3:50PM	T	ARR 912 W Illinois	Desmond, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/18/11-05/04/11 Section Info: Topic: Knowing Animals: Histories, Strategies and Frontiers in Human/Animal Relations. This seminar will introduce students to the emergent and exploding interdisciplinary scholarly formation of "animal studies." We will explore how animals are central to human understandings and experiences of the world and to the development of concepts and beliefs about what it means to be human. Readings will be drawn primarily from the humanities and social sciences, including anthropology, cultural studies, literary studies, sociology, economics, visual studies, environmental and agricultural studies, and law and ethics. Although most readings will focus on U.S. studies, discussions will include transnational foci, and student research can focus on issues in any part of the world. Special guest lectures and events sponsored by the Center for Advanced Study campus-wide initiative "Knowing Animals" will enhance our work. Students from all disciplines and colleges are welcome. There are no pre-requisites.