Courses of Study
Sections
An interdepartmental program in International and Global Studies
Last updated: November 25, 2009 at 3:52 p.m.
Bernard Yack, Chair
(Politics)
David Engerman
(History)
Richard Gaskins
(American Studies)
Susan Lanser
(Comparative Literature; English and American Literature; Women's and Gender Studies)
Robin Feuer Miller
(German, Russian, and Asian Languages and Literature)
David Powelstock
(German, Russian, and Asian Languages and Literature)
Michael Randall, Undergraduate Advising Head
(Romance Studies)
Eugene Sheppard
(Near Eastern and Judaic Studies)
The minor has three requirements:
A. Two history of ideas seminars. Two such seminars will be offered each term. Topics and faculty for the seminars will change each year. The following seminars will be offered in the spring 2010 semester:
NEJS 154a (World without God: Theories of Secularization), Mr. Sheppard (Near Eastern and Judaic Studies)
PHIL 122a (The History of Ethics), Ms. Moran (Philosophy)
B. Three courses selected in consultation with the HOID undergraduate adviser, at least two of which will be taken in departments or programs beyond the student’s major(s). When joining the program, students will write a brief statement explaining the intellectual relationships that connect the subject matter of these three courses. Only one course from a student’s major—or one from each major, in the case of double majors—may be counted toward the total of five courses required for the minor.
C. Students will present a substantial research paper or project to HOID faculty and students at a spring colloquium. This paper or project may develop out of work done in a history of ideas seminar, but it can also be drawn from independent research, such as a senior thesis or independent study, or from other work that students have done since coming to Brandeis. The colloquium is designed to give students the opportunity to engage with each other about their creative work at Brandeis.
Courses of Instruction
(1-99) Primarily for Undergraduate Students
HOID
98a
Independent Study
Usually offered every year.
Staff
HOID
98b
Independent Study
Usually offered every year.
Staff
History of Ideas Seminars
PHIL
122a
History of Ethics
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Explores several major ethical traditions in the history of modern philosophy/ Examines the natural law theories of Hobbes and Grotius; moral sense theory; Kantianism; utilitarianism; and Nietzsche's response to these traditional moral theories. Usually offered every third year.
Ms. Moran