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Summer | IDH 3034 – 3035

The Japanese Sense of Beauty

Masako Kubota

Online (Summer B)

During the semester, we will begin with the Anthology of Japanese Literature searching " The Japanese Sense of Beauty" from the earliest era to the mid-nineteenth century.

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A Thematic Exploration of Horror, Race, and Desire in 'Candy Man'

Trina Sanders

Online (Summer B)

This course will use the folklore horror, and urban legends, in the film “Candyman” to uncover the impact of Black history and Black horror. Going beyond trauma to embrace the resiliency and the power of Black culture.

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The Paradox-Savvy Mind

Matthew Kutz

Online (Summer A)

This course is an interactive virtual class that introduces the student to the nuance of how a binary paradigm makes us uncomfortable with paradox and limits our thinking, creativity, and innovation. Attention is given to how cognitive diversity and contextual intelligence are prerequisites for successful leadership in a rapidly changing and dynamic workforce.

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African Sexualities

Saheed Aderinto

Online (Summer B)

This course places sexuality at the center of the African experience. From films about African LGBTQ and documentaries about global African sex work to music videos and comedy skits, the course promises to equip students with the skills to articulate complex ideas about the African experience of sexualities from the precolonial era to the third decade of the 21st century.

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Exploring Culture Through Music and Dance

Wendy Guess

Online (Summer A)

This course explores the transformative power to create, connect and master the understanding of our world through the lens of movement and music.

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Visions of Utopia

Ruben Garrote

Online (Summer A)

The course is an examination of some of the ""big questions"" students explore in a liberal arts program about ""life, the universe, and everything."" In particular, we deal with questions of faith and reason, with pain and suffering, and of various ways of expressing deep truths (myth, e.g.). We do this through reading classic passages in religious, philosophical, and literary works.

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Save our Parks: Environmental Law, Policy and Politics

Anthony Rionda

Tues., 2:00P-5:20P, (Online LIVE -Summer B)

Our National Parks are America’s Crown Jewels. They are worshipped by avid adventurers, campers, road-trippers and the former students of FIU Honor’s Everglades course. The aim of this course (Save our Parks) is to focus on how politics, policy, and law have shaped, saved, and at threatened our most beautiful natural legacy.

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Breaking Bread: Finding Peace and Justice Through Food

Erica del Riego

Tues., Thurs.,10:00A -1:20P (Summer B)

This course focuses on human's relationship to food and the rise in food insecurity in the United States due to the Covid 19 Pandemic.

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Power of Play

Maikel Right

Tues., 11:00A-1:30P

This course analyzes the anthropological, biological, and business implications and significance of play throughout the human experience.

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Player One

Maikel Right

Tuesday, 11:00A-1:30P

Inspired by courses taught by Emily Wood and neuroscience research conducted by Stuart Brown, this course challenges students to think differently about play and its relevance to human social and biological development.

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The Intern’s Interdisciplinary Journey to a Legal Career

Andrej Milic

Wed., 11:00A-1:30P (Summer A)

The course will teach students how to gain valuable experience in obtaining an internship, participating in pro bono legal events as volunteers and learning to network in the legal community.

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Art as Persuasion

Pioneer Winter

Online (Summer A)

Art as Persuasion fully online course focuses on the cultural and political appropriation of visual and performance art for the purposes of public conformity, propaganda, and dissent (1935-present day).

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Global Environmental Health and You

Brenda Luna

Tues., Thurs., 9:30A-10:50A (Hybrid - Summer B)

This course examines the relationships between human health and the environment. Students will explore the role of the natural and built environment and their impact on their health, as well as their local and global community’s health.

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The History of Evil

Erika Kern

Mon., 10:00A – 1:20P (HYBRID - SUMMER A)

In this course, we will explore the history of evil through history, art, religion, and politics with focus on the development of the Devil as concept in Christianity. The purpose is to understand how the belief in the Devil, and its two aspects Satan and Lucifer, affect how we view the world and how we relate to those who, throughout history, have been deemed as Other.

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One Health: Of the People, By the People, For the People

Alok Deoraj

Online (Summer B)

The course, "One Health: Of the People, By the People, For the People" enables students to examine the historical influence of demographic, epidemiological and socio-cultural transitions at the intersection of environment, health, and wellbeing.

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