The following courses were open to Rutgers students for the fall 2005 term:
Undergraduate
Graduate
Undergraduate Courses
New Brunswick/Piscataway
01:098:322. Interdisciplinary Topics in East Asia:
The Response of East Asia to the West
Instructor: Dr. Helen Asquine Fazio
W 11:30 a.m.–12:50 p.m. / F 1:10–2:30 p.m. in FH A1, College Avenue Campus
The class will focus on the development of human rights consciousness,
the practice of environmental ethics, and the dialogue between
spirituality and nationhood in Tibet, China, and Japan. The
class will feature a documentary film series. Students will
be asked to develop an area of specialization and present
their findings in a roundtable format.
01:195:243:01. Introduction to the Literatures of
India: Zephyrs of Peace in the Zeitgeist of War
Instructor: Prof. Shreerekha Subramanian
T/Th 6:10–7:30 p.m. in HH B-1, College Avenue Campus
In light of the Dalai Lama’s presence on campus this semester, texts will lead
into analysis of questions of agency, autonomy, resistance, ideology, and spirituality
with the goal not only of a heightened sense of criticism and reflection, but
a renewed sense of self-awareness.
01:988:480. Ethics and Leadership: Global Human Rights
Instructor: Dr. V.G. Julie Rajan
W 5:35–8:35 p.m. in CDL-102, Cook/Douglass Campus
This course looks at human rights in the context of global
identity politics. Guest lectures and readings will address
topics including: female suicide bombers, reproductive rights,
primary fundamentalist propaganda, Abu Ghraib, 9/11 detention,
Guantanamo Bay, and representations of the Tsunami disaster
and the Chechnyan conflict.
12:090:260:01. The Buddhist Path: Meditation, Transformation, and Enlightenment
Instructors:
Dr. Harriet Davidson, Dr. Martin Gliserman, Dr. John McClure, Dr.
Kurt Spellmeyer
T/F 9:50–11:10 a.m. (9/27/05 to 11/11/05) in HH B-5, College Avenue Campus
Buddhism is often studied as a philosophy or a religion. Instead, this course will explore it as a “path”—a unique way of life that draws its creativity from the practice of meditation. Course materials include classical Asian texts, modern life narratives, psychoanalytic theory, poems, musical compositions, and paintings.
14:125:491:D2. Science and Spirit: The Western and
Eastern Intellectual Traditions
Open to all Rutgers students.
Instructor: Dr. Stanley Dunn
T/F 8:40–10:00 a.m. in SEC 206, Busch Campus
This course will explore the relationship of science to the
world’s religions;
definitions of truth, meaning, and belief; and belief systems and structures
of knowledge. Texts: The Marriage of Sense and Soul: Integrating Science and
Religion (Ken Wilber); How the World Can Be the Way It Is (Steve Hagen); Choosing
Reality: A Buddhist View of Physics of the Mind (B. Alan Wallace); and The
Web of Life: A New Understanding of Living Systems (Fritijof Capra).
Camden
50:830:415:01. Theory and Practice of Negotiations
Instructor: Dr. Katherine Bezrukova
M/W 2:50–4:10 p.m. in ARM 123, Camden Campus
Prerequisites: 50:830:100, 101, or 235
This course combines study of theories of negotiation and extensive practice with evolving techniques in negotiation. The study of conflict reveals psychological phenomena of clear theoretical interest, and students will gain insight into conflict resolution as well as acquire skills for achieving it.
Graduate Courses
New Brunswick/Piscataway
16:470:671. Conflict Resolution in the Viking Age
Instructor: Dr. Marlene Ciklamini
W 4:30–7:10 p.m. in GH 204, College Avenue Campus
In English. Though strife characterizes the Viking Age, its
culture fostered the rule of law, thus allowing for and sanctioning
conflict resolution. The principal sources on the pagan past,
other than law books, are Historical Sagas and Family Sagas,
dramatic and realistic narrative settings for the debate
of legal and ethical questions. Their writers were Christian,
sensitive to the pervasiveness and ambiguity of opposing
cultural values, values that promoted conflict and those
that inspired peace.