This course will explore the Norwegian friluftsliv tradition of outdoor life and experience as an historical, cultural, relational, and personal phenomenon evident in Norwegian poetry, fairy tales, national heroes, education, national policy and lifestyle.
JANUARY 2011
THE AMERICAS (NORTH, CENTRAL AND SOUTH)
T3717 SPANISH LANGUAGE THROUGH CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT IN MEXICO OPEN
Daniel Tight, University of St. Thomas Immerse yourself in the culture and history of Mérida, Mexico, as you build your language skills and increase your cultural understanding in a way that cannot be achieved in a college academic semester.
T3720 TEMPLES, TRUMPETS, AND TAMALES OPEN
Elizabeth Herman and Christopher Stanichar, Augustana College This course will serve as a hands-on introduction to the cultural legacy of the Aztec Empire and other Pre-Columbian societies manifested in modern Mexican culture.
UNITED KINGDOM
T3721 UNDERSTANDING CHRISTIAN CELTIC SPIRITUALITY: IRELAND OPEN
Anne King and Fintan Moore, University of St. Thomas This course explores the theological richness of Irish Celtic Christianity and its relationship to Irish Christianity past and present.
EUROPE (WESTERN, CENTRAL, EASTERN, NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN)
T3701 ARAB & JEWISH INFLUENCE IN SPAIN AND MOROCCO OPEN
Sam Ogdie, Augustana College and Cathie Ogdie Spain has been a melting pot of people and cultures throughout its history, but no two groups have influenced Spain more than the Arabs and the Jews.
T3702 ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY IN ROME OPEN
Ivancica Schrunk, University of St. Thomas and Thomas Schrunk Rome is a prime historical and archaeological center where we shall explore history, art, architecture and historical figures whose genius shaped Roman culture and politics.
T3703 COMPARATIVE POLITICS OF THE NEW EUROPE OPEN
Kenneth Kemp and Steve Hoffman, University of St. Thomas This course will be a comparative study of politics in Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, and Lithuania, with particular attention to issues associated with European integration.
T3707 GREEK AND ROMAN SPORTS AND GAMES OPEN
Barbara Thompson and Sherri Kreuser, St. Catherine University This course is a study of the origins of sports and athletics through the lens of the ancient and modern Olympic Games.
T3708 THE GREEK CONNECTION OPEN
Muriel Larson, Augustana College Study the contributions ancient and modern Greece have made to increase our understanding of the history of health and healing.
T3710 THE MODERNIST MOMENT OPEN
Cecilia Konchar Farr and Cynthia Norton, St. Catherine University This interdisciplinary, intermediate-level liberal arts course explores the major ideas of modernism in the cafes, museums, bars and bookstores where the moderns worked and played in London, Paris and Madrid, key cultural centers of the early twentieth century.
