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Apr 26, 2024
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CARS 3260 - Myth, Ritual, and Symbolism
This course aims to explore the overlapping categories of myth, ritual and symbol and understand their role in creating systems of meaning, both local and cross-cultural. We ask questions about the ways these categories function to integrate or disintegrate individual personalities, authorize and undermine social hierarchies, and shape the way we think and act in ways that are often hidden. Above all, we seek to comprehend the ways in which myth, ritual and symbol do not belong solely to ancient or non-industrial cultures but are present and active in almost every aspect of our world today.
Requisites: Soph or Jr or Sr
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes: - Students will be able to identify a variety of myths, symbols and rituals from the students’ own and others’ cultures.
- Students will be able to analyze unfamiliar myths, symbols, and rituals in their unique contexts.
- Students will be able to analyze the ways myths and symbols function to communicate and instill the values of a society.
- Students will be able to critically evaluate theories about the role of myth, rituals, and symbols in culture.
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