Interdisciplinary Studies

2009 - 2010
Undergraduate Catalogue

Interdisciplinary Studies

MINOR IN AMERICAN STUDIES

Contacts: Jean Lee Cole, Associate Professor of English; Douglas Harris, Assistant Professor of Political Science
Office: Humanities Building, Room 230; Beatty Hall, Room 306h
Telephone: 410-617-5440; 410-617-2227
Website: www.loyola.edu/americanstudies

American Studies is an interdisciplinary field of study that examines the American experience--past and present--through the literature, art, history, politics, and society of the United States. Requirements for the minor are as follows:

EN203 Major Writers: American Literature or
EN366 American Literature to the First World War
HS340 American through Reconstruction or
HS341 The United States Since the Civil War
Capstone Project in American Studies (EN405 or HS490 or PS490)
Three Electives (9 credits; listed below)

No more than two courses from the same department may count toward the minor. At least three of courses counted toward the major must be taken at the 300- or 400-level.

Electives

AMS Committee Approval Required:

AH402 Special Topics in Art History
DR362 Special Topics in Dramatic History/Literature
EN365 Seminar in Literature and Catholicism (Post-1800)
EN368 Critical Methodologies (Post-1800): Special Topics
EN371 Post-Modern British and American Fiction
EN377 Topics in Twentieth-Century Literature
EN382 Topics in Literature and Film Studies
EN383 Seminar in Modern Literature
EN386 Seminar in Literature and Film (Post-1800)
EN387 Seminar in Post-Modern Literature
EN389 Seminar in Literature and Gender
EN399 Seminar in Literary Topics After 1800
EN409 Senior Honors Seminar
MU306 World Music: Common Ground, Separate Ground
WR320 Art of the Argument
WR352 Biography and Autobiography
WR353 The Contemporary Essay
WR358 Literary Reviewing
WR385 Special Topics in Writing
WR400 Senior Seminar: New Writers

MINOR IN ASIAN STUDIES

Contact: R. Keith Schoppa, Professor of History, Doehler Chair in Asian History
Office: Humanities Building, Room 315
Telephone: 410-617-2893

This joint program with the College of Notre Dame of Maryland allows students in any major to declare a minor devoted to Asian Studies. In the Asian Studies minor, students learn how different disciplines bring their methodologies to bear on the study of Asia. One by-product is a better understanding of the West itself.

Requirements for the minor (18 credits) consist of five electives plus a final seminar (HS482, HS483, or HS484) or an independent study. The following restrictions apply:

no more than two courses may be counted from one discipline (e.g., history, political science);
no more than two courses may be counted in language;
no more than three courses from any department containing more than one discipline may be counted toward the minor;
no more than three courses from a study abroad program may be counted toward the minor.

In their final semester, students research, write, and present papers designed to integrate their work on Asia. The seminar alternates between Notre Dame and Loyola, and the content varies according to the interests of the instructor and the participants. In order to accommodate individual interests or scheduling needs, a student may be allowed to choose an independent study instead of the seminar. Please confer with the coordinator for additional information.

The following courses at Loyola and Notre Dame, as well as Japanese and Chinese language courses at Johns Hopkins University count toward the minor:

Loyola Electives

AH203 The Arts of East Asia
AH204 Islamic Art
AH324 From Tamerlane to the Taj Mahal: Timurid and Mughal Art
CI101 Chinese I
CI102 Chinese II
CI103 Chinese III
CI104 Chinese IV
CI201 Chinese Composition and Conversation
CI202 Advanced Chinese Composition and Conversation
HS370 The Jesuits in Asia Since 1542
HS371 East Asia in the Modern World
HS372 The Vietnam War through Film and Literature
HS374 East Asia on Film
HS375 Indian History, Culture, and Religion through Film
HS377 History of Modern China
HS378 History of Modern Japan
HS380 History of South Asia in the Twentieth-Century
HS381 Search for the Divine: Hindu, Christian, Muslim, and Buddhist Ways in India
HS391 History of the Jesuits
HS444 War and Revolution: East Asia, 1937-1954
HS482 Asian Studies Seminar
HS483 Seminar: Soseki and Mishima: Mirrors of Modern Japan
HS484 Seminar: The Chinese Revolution
IB282 International Business
JP101 Japanese I
JP102 Japanese II
JP103 Japanese III
JP104 Japanese IV
ML285 The Passions of Ancient China: Love, War, and Rectitude in the Classical Literary Era
ML310 Introduction to Traditional Chinese Culture
ML358 Japanese Thought and Culture
PL216 Philosophical Perspectives: Asian Thought
PL321 Cross-Cultural Philosophy
PL325 Philosophy of Asian Thought
PL354 East Asian Philosophy
PS302 Chinese Politics
PS351 Third World Politics
TH266 Christian Theology and World Religions

College of Notre Dame Electives

DHIS 211 Introduction to East Asian Civilization
DHIS 331 Modern China
DHIS 335 Modern Japan
DHIS 482 Asian Studies Seminar
DLJA 358 Japanese Thought and Culture
DENG 227 Japanese Literature (in translation)
DART 122 Survey of Asian Art
DART 413 Topics in Asian Art

MINOR IN CATHOLIC STUDIES

Contact: Angela Russell Christman, Professor of Theology
Office: Humanities Building, Room 042j
Telephone: 410-617-2359
E-mail: achristman@loyola.edu
Website: www.loyola.edu/academics/alldepartments/catholic

The Minor in Catholic Studies consists of courses which are devoted to the examination of topics, themes, or questions pertinent to Roman Catholic doctrine and faith in its various aspects. Illustrations of the principles and teachings of Roman Catholicism are found in literature, art, philosophy, the natural and social sciences, historical study, business disciplines, and theology. The minor consists of 18 credits, as follows:

TH203 Catholic Church: Life and Thought or
TH220 The Catholic Church in the United States
TH399 Contemporary Catholic Intellectual Life (capstone course)
Four Electives (12 credits; listed below)

TH203 or TH220 satisfies the second core requirement in theology, but it is not a prerequisite that must be satisfied before undertaking the other elective courses. Electives must be chosen from approved Catholic Studies minor courses in such prescribed subject areas as theology, philosophy, history, English, biblical studies, fine arts, business studies, and the natural or social sciences. However, to insure the interdisciplinary character of the Catholic Studies minor, students may take no more than two of these elective courses from the same subject area. Theology majors pursuing the Catholic Studies minor should take all four of their elective courses from academic disciplines other than theology.

Electives

MINOR IN FILM STUDIES

Contacts: Mark Osteen, Professor of English; Brian Murray, Associate Professor of Communication
Office: Humanities Building, Room 226; Humanities Building, Room 280
Telephone: 410-617-2363; 410-617-2949
Website: www.loyola.edu/academics/filmstudies

Allows students to pursue an interdisciplinary curriculum focusing on the history and techniques of film--the dominant art form of the twentieth century. Requirements for the minor are as follows:

Fundamentals of Film Studies (WR344) or
History of Film (DR278/PT278)
Film Studies Capstone Seminar
Four Electives (12 credits; listed below)

No more than one of the electives may be at the 100- or 200-level. A student may receive credit for no more than one course taken prior to CM346. No more than two electives may come from the same department.

Electives

CL270 Greece and Rome on Film
CL341 Hollywood in Rome
CM204 Sight Sound Motion
CM224 Video Production
CM347 The Documentary Tradition
DR279 Silent Cinema
DR280 Classic Hollywood Film
DR281 Films of Alfred Hitchcock
DR282 Films of William Wyler
EN180 Introduction to Film and Literature
EN336 Seminar in Literature and Film (Pre-1800)
EN380 The History of Narrative Cinema
EN382 Topics in Literature and Film Studies
EN386 Seminar in Literature and Film (Post-1800)
FR340 The Text and the Screen
GR309 The Classic German Cinema
GR341 Contemporary German Cinema
HS325 Europe Since 1945 through Film
HS372 The Vietnam War through Film and Literature
HS374 East Asia on Film
HS375 Indian History, Culture, and Religion through Film
ML341 New German Film
PL398 Philosophy and Film
PT279 Silent Cinema
PT280 Classic Hollywood Film
PT281 Films of Alfred Hitchcock
PT282 Films of William Wyler
PT386 Video Art
TH381 Faith and Film: The Apostle's Creed in the American Cinema
TH385 The 'Theological' and the 'Religious' in International Cinema
WR345 Screen Writing for Film and Television
WR357 Writing about Film

MINOR IN GENDER STUDIES

Contact: Dale Snow, Associate Professor of Philosophy
Office: Humanities Building, Room 050g
Telephone: 410-617-2026

The term "gender" refers to the creation and imposition of sex roles in cultures and societies. Gender overlies the neurobiological data of sex and embodiment. For this reason, courses in Gender Studies analyze gender as an element of social relationships and human experiences including, among others, those of race, ethnicity, and class. Gender Studies courses use the resources, theories, and methodologies of a variety of academic fields, leading to a more sophisticated understanding of the sex/gender systems themselves.

The Gender Studies minor prepares students to enter the growing number of graduate programs in women's and cultural studies, not to mention affording focus for students in prelaw, political science, psychology, sociology, and theology. Most important, the Gender Studies minor allows students majoring in various disciplines to come together and express different viewpoints and ways of thinking on a common subject. The requirements for the Minor in Gender Studies are the successful completion of the following:

Introduction to Gender Studies (SC210)
Gender Studies Capstone Seminar
Four Electives (12 credits; see below)

No more than two of the four electives may come from the same department. Also, no more than two of the electives may be at the 100- or 200-level.

Electives

AH200 Women in Art
AH202 African Art
AH316 Realism and Impressionism
CL211 Classical Mythology
CL301 The Church and the Roman Empire
CL329 Women in Greece and Rome
CL334 Roman Private Life
EN211 Major Writers: Classical Mythology
EN302 Medieval Love
EN379 Gender in American Literature
EN389 Seminar in Literature and Gender
FR351 French Women Writers of the Renaissance
FR375 Women's Voices in the Francophone World
GR358 Sexual Politics in German Drama (in German)
HS301 The Church and the Roman Empire
HS329 Women in Greece and Rome
HS334 Roman Private Life
HS344 American Women's History
HS367 Black Women in the Atlantic World
HS389 Women and Social Change in Modern Africa
HS414 Women in Europe
ML375 Women and Men in Twentieth-Century Hispanic Fiction
PL232 Philosophical Perspectives: Gender and Nature
PL337 Philosophy and Feminism
PL339 Twentieth-Century Women Philosophers
PL342 Feminism and Psychoanalysis
PS364 International Relations through Non-Western Lenses
PS392 Sexual Politics
PY254 Psychology of Women
PY351 Interpersonal Behavior
PY353 Contemporary Issues in Psychology
SC104 Cultural Anthropology
SC204 The Family
SC207 Protest: Legacy of the Sixties
SC220 Sociology of Sexuality
SC221 Sociology of Race, Class, and Gender
SC341 Independent Study in Gender Studies
SC361 Social Inequality
SC421 Seminar: Race, Class, Gender, Sexuality
SC434 Seminar: Women and Deviance
SC448 Seminar: Analyzing Race, Class, and Gender
SN335 Contemporary Spanish Literature: 1975 to the Present
SN370 Nineteenth-Century Latin American Novel
SN375 Women and Men in Twentieth-Century Hispanic Fiction
TH211 Women in the Christian Tradition
TH329 Medieval Women Authors
TH354 Male and Female in the Kingdom of God: Contemporary Gender Perspectives on the Bible
WR322 Gendered Rhetoric
WR351 Art of the Essay: Women Writers

MINOR IN ITALIAN STUDIES

Contacts: Leslie Zarker Morgan, Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures (French and Italian); Steven C. Hughes, Professor of History
Office: Maryland Hall 461; Humanities Center 301
Telephone: 410-617-2926; 410-617-2229
Website: evergreen.loyola.edu/www/italian/italianindex.html

The interdisciplinary Minor in Italian Studies improves student understanding of the complexities in contemporary Italy, while also engaging students in an unusually rich intellectual experience. It offers students a unique opportunity to experience first-hand the confluence of cultural and religious forces in the Italian peninsula. It not only speaks to the Jesuit mission to impart knowledge in the classroom, but also allows students who desire to pursue a better understanding of their faith to do so by living in the center of the Catholic tradition in Rome. While inspiring students to understand traditional Italian culture, this program also requires them to understand the cultural and political traditions that consistently extend beyond the peninsula, and even the Mediterranean, to effect cultural and economic exchanges between the Italian peninsula and the rest of the globe.

This program serves undergraduates majoring in a broad range of fields: liberal arts, science, social science and business. The program follows a curriculum that utilizes current theory and practice, exposes students to cultural diversity, and strongly supports study abroad in the Italian environment to hone those skills. The minor contributes to the specific Loyola learning aims of intellectual excellence, critical understanding, eloquentia perfecta, diversity, aesthetics, and faith and mission. The minor consists of 18 credits, as follows:

Three courses in Italian above the 100-level, one of which must be taken at the 300-level (9 credits)
Two electives in other fields related to Italian Studies (6 credits; listed below)
Capstone course, Italy and Italians in Today’s World (ML380; 3 credits)

Courses must be distributed minimally across three disciplines (e.g., EN, HS, IT, ML). Two courses may be cross-counted between the Italian Studies minor and another major or minor, as long as the department chair in the other major or minor is in agreement.

A service-learning or study abroad/international experience is strongly recommended. The international experience must be in Italy, and up to three study abroad courses can count toward the Italian Studies minor. The service-learning option is integral to an approved Italian Studies course and entails working with a group of Italophones in the greater Baltimore area.

The program advisor will work with each student to develop a coherent program of study, guide the student, and meet informally at least once a semester to assist the student in course selection and planning.

Electives

AH309 Art of Ancient Rome
AH312 The Renaissance in Italy
AH314 Art of Baroque Europe
AH322 Michelangelo
CL211 Classical Mythology
CL218 The Golden Age of Rome
CL300 Death of the Roman Republic
CL301 The Church and the Roman Empire
CL302 The City of Rome
CL309 Art of Ancient Rome
CL314 History of Roman Empire
CL334 Roman Private Life
CL337 The Multicultural Roman Empire
CL350 Introduction to European Culture
CL421 Caesar and Augustus
EN211 Classical Mythology
EN218 The Golden Age of Rome
HS300 Death of the Roman Republic
HS301 The Church and the Roman Empire
HS314 History of Roman Empire
HS317 The Making of Modern Italy
HS321 Topics in Italian History
HS334 Roman Private Life
HS337 The Multicultural Roman Empire
HS418 Mussolini and Fascist Italy
HS421 Caesar and Augustus
IT201 Italian Conversation and Composition
IT202 The Living Language
IT205 Italian for Business
IT212 Italian Language and Culture II: Rome
IT213 Italian Language and Culture III: Rome
IT214 Oral Proficiency in Rome
IT301 Italian Literature and Civilization I: Origins to Reformation
IT302 Italian Literature and Civilization II: Romanticism
IT303 Italian Literature and Civilization III: Realism
IT304 Italian Literature and Civilization IV: Contemporary Italy
IT321 Italy Today
IT333 Lyric, Epic and Scientific: Survey of Italian Renaissance Literature
IT352 Dante’s Divine Comedy
LT308 Vergil’s Aeneid
LT311 Cicero
LT315 Tacitus and Suetonius
LT320 Livy
LT330 Roman Historians
LT333 Sallust
LT334 Roman Lyric
LT340 Roman Comedy
LT344 Horace
LT355 Petronius and Apuleius
LT356 Apuleius
LT374 Roman Satire
LT380 Ovid
LT386 Ovid’s Metamorphoses
ML251 Introduction to Medieval Italian Literature
ML302 Italian Romanticism and Western Literary Tradition
ML325 Topics in Italian Literature in English Translation
ML332 Dante’s Divine Comedy (in translation)
ML333 Witches, Giants, and Tyrants, Oh My!
TH204 The History and Theology of the Papacy
TH205 Christian Rome: Understanding Jesus Christ in Rome

Approval Required: The electives listed below may be counted toward the minor if, in a given semester, the course meets one of the following requirements:

It is taught in Italian about Italian materials.
The student completes a final project involving Italy (its culture, literature, and/or history/social situation).
At least one-half of the course material involves Italian or Italian tradition as measured through written work and topics covered through lecture, reading, and testing.

EC440 International Financial Economics
EC446 International Trade
EN312 Seminar in Shakespeare
EN313 Renaissance Literature
EN317 Seminar in Renaissance Literature
IB282 International Business
IB415 International Management
IB482 Global Strategy
IB499 International Business Internship
LW410 International Business Law
MK348 International Marketing: European Study Tour (includes a trip to Rome)
MU309 Opera and Theater
PS350 Introduction to Comparative Politics
PS365 International Politics
PS366 International Political Economy
PY201 Social Psychology
PY253 Multicultural Issues in Psychology
WR355 Travel Writing

Students are encouraged to perfect their knowledge of the Italian language. Upper-level courses are also offered at the Johns Hopkins University and Towson University. Students may take electives through the Baltimore Student Exchange Program at other area colleges and universities; however, these courses must be preapproved by the minor advisor or program director. Students may arrange for a language proficiency test through the American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) for a fee.

MINOR IN LATIN AMERICAN AND LATINO STUDIES

Contacts: Bill Donovan, Associate Professor of History (Program Advisor); Thomas Ward, Professor of Spanish (Program Director)
Office: Humanities Building, Room 309; Maryland Hall, Room 351i
Telephone: 410-617-2891; 410-617-2370
Website: www.loyola.edu/latinoamerica

The interdisciplinary Minor in Latin American and Latino Studies (LALS) is built on a historical, cultural, literary, sociological, and political understanding of the Spanish, Portuguese, and French-speaking regions of the Americas. Students come to appreciate the diversity of Latin American and U.S. Latino experiences by studying Latin Americans from all countries, including the United States. The minor consists of 18 credits, as follows:

Introduction to Latin American and Latino Studies (HS392 or ML392)
Five Electives (15 credits; listed below)

Courses must be distributed minimally across three disciplines (e.g., HS, ML, SC, SN). Four electives must be taken at the 300-level or above; one may be taken at the 200-level or above. No more than four courses can be taken from a department that contains more than one discipline. Two courses may be cross-counted between LALS and another major or minor with the approval of the department chair(s).

A service-learning or study abroad experience is required. The international experience must be in Latin America, and up to three study-abroad courses can count toward the LALS minor. The service-learning option would be integral to an approved LALS elective course and entails working with any group of Franco-Luso-Hispanic peoples in the Baltimore area. To allow for greater curricular flexibility, it is recommended that students declare the minor in their sophomore year, especially if they will be studying abroad during their junior year.

The program advisor will work with each student to develop a coherent program of study, guide the student, and meet informally at least once a semester to converse and look for connections between courses. Students are required to complete and submit a final portfolio of their work.

Electives

FR205 Living and Working in the French Caribbean Today
FR305 Living and Working in the French Caribbean Today
HS379 Latin America and the United States Since Independence
HS383 The Cross and the Sword: Christianity and the Making of Colonial Latin America
HS384 Modern Latin America
HS386 Soldiers and Guerillas in Modern Latin America
HS440 Special Topics in Latin American and Latino Studies
HS446 Modern Latin American Cities
HS485 Seminar: Comparative Slavery in the Americas
HS487 Seminar: Comparative Revolutions in Latin America
HS488 Seminar: Political Violence and Terrorism in the Modern World
ML205 Living and Working in the French Caribbean Today
ML320 Liberation Theology from Its Origins
ML362 The Early Latino Experience in the United States
ML363 Voices across America: A Symphony of Thought
ML375 Women and Men in Twentieth-Century Latin American Fiction
ML440 Special Topics in Latin American and Latino Studies
PS303 Latin American Politics
SN302 The Culture and Civilization of Latin America
SN304 Contemporary Central America
SN346 Violence and Culture: Columbia in the Twentieth Century
SN351 Literature and Identity Politics in Peru
SN354 Contemporary Latin American Literature
SN360 Latin American Short Story
SN365 Latin American Essay
SN366 Latin American Testimony
SN370 Nineteenth-Century Latin American Novel
SN375 Women and Men in Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature
SN380 Modernismo
SN381 Latin American Avant-Garde
SN390 Chronicles of Conquest, Resistance and Transculturation

Approval Required: The following electives may be counted toward the minor if a final paper or project is geared toward Latin America or U.S. Latinos (paper will become part of portfolio). "Latin America" includes any historically Spanish, Portuguese, or French speaking area, as well as the Caribbean. The minor advisor or program director must approve these courses, and it is the student’s responsibility to work with the course instructor to ensure that the final project is on Latin America.

EC348 Development Economics
EC440 International Financial Economics
FR304 Culture and Civilization IV: Introduction to Francophone Cultures
HS382 Jesuits and Empire from the Society’s Beginnings to Its Suppression
IB282 International Business
IB470 Special Topics in International Business
PS351 Third World Politics
PS370 Theories of International Relations
SC210 Introduction to Gender Studies
SC310 Sociology of Migration in the United States
SN205 Spanish for Business
SN303 Hispanic Film
SN350 Short Hispanic Fiction

Students are encouraged to study and perfect their knowledge of Spanish, Portuguese, or French. Portuguese courses are offered at Johns Hopkins University. Students may take electives offered through the Baltimore Student Exchange Program at other area colleges and universities; however, these courses must be preapproved by the minor advisor or program director.

MINOR IN MEDIEVAL STUDIES

Contact: Leslie Zarker Morgan, Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures (French and Italian)
Office: Maryland Hall, Room 461
Telephone: 410-617-2926
Website: evergreen.loyola.edu/lmorgan/www/medieval

This program enables students to pursue an interdisciplinary program organized around the medieval time period, broadly defined. Students concentrating in a related area such as art, history, languages, music, philosophy, political science, or theology are encouraged to minor in medieval studies in order to broaden their comprehension of the cultural structures influencing their area of interest.

Requirements for the minor (19 credits) consist of six electives and a one-credit, interdisciplinary independent study (ML400) done in connection with the sixth course. Students pursuing honors degrees in departments with honors programs may substitute their honors project for the final course and independent study (18 credits). The following restrictions apply:

no more than two courses can be taken in any one discipline (e.g., EN, HS, ML);
no more than two courses can be taken on one study abroad program;
two courses should be taken at the 300-level.

Students are encouraged to study and perfect their knowledge of Latin, especially if they are planning on going to graduate school in the field.

Electives

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

Electives course descriptions and prerequisites can be found by following the links on this page or by visiting the sponsoring department's chapter of this catalogue