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Beauty


Facilitator: Timothy Lukes, Political Science

We value love, money, fun, faith, work, thought, inspiration, community, and friendship. Why? Is it enough to say that these things help us to survive in the world, or do we value these things for reasons that are much more difficult to explain? In this Pathway, we explore a more complex and controversial motivation for human energy, an interest in beauty. It is an interest we do not always embrace, often preferring the less risky concepts of “cute” or “cool.” But while Thomas Kinkade and Kenny G might fit right in, Beethoven sonatas and Michelangelo sculptures are difficult to characterize with such perfunctory terms. We encourage students setting off on this Pathway to consider whether there is a realm of the beautiful and, if there is, identify some of its characteristics and manifestations.

Associated Courses

Foundations Courses
(Please note that only the specific Foundation course topics qualify for the Pathway requirements,
and only one Foundations course may be applied to a Pathway)


ARTH     12A      Art, Politics & Propaganda
ARTH     12A      Art, Trade & Cultural Exchange
ENGL       2A      Media, Self & Society


Art History
* ARTH  144      18th & 19th Century American Art and Visual Culture
* ARTH  145      20th Century American Art and Visual Culture
ARTH     185      Post-Modern Art
* ARTH  186      History of Photography
* ARTH  188      Women in the Visual Arts (cross-listed with WGST 156)


English
ENGL       25      Reading Film
ENGL     121      Studies in American Film


Mathematics and Computer Science
MATH        4       The Nature of Mathematics


Philosophy
PHIL       4A        Ethics and Gender
PHIL     115        Feminism and Ethics (cross-listed with WGST 184)

The normal  prerequisite for all Philosophy upper division courses is  upper division standing.


Political Science
* POLI  107        American Political Thought (Fall 2011 only)
POLI     193        Seminar in Political Philosophy ("Aesthetics and Politics" topic only)


Theatre and Dance
THTR       30      Introduction to Design
* THTR  122      Acting Styles II:Acting for the Camera
* THTR  133      Scene Design
THTR     164      Women in Theatre



Women's and Gender Studies
WGST    58 - Ethics and Gender (cross-listed with PHIL 4A)
* WGST  156 - Women in the Visual Arts (cross-listed with ARTH 188)
WGST  184 - Feminism and Ethics (cross-listed with PHIL 115)


* Indicates Course Has Prerequisites

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