完成所有一级和二级核心课程的低年级学生 课程 requirements will take the 综合顶点研讨会.
为 2024年春季 学期,学生可自行选择 综合顶点研讨会 主题包括:
康塔塔和咖啡: 这门课是关于交流的,用音乐和挑战来传达我们的想法, 思想和信仰更有效. 这门课 will look at the cantatas as a model 对于18世纪音乐艺术的完美,以及音乐如何表达平衡, rhythmic patterns, emphasis of motives, unity, and variety, as well as principals of morality, 道德, spirituality, and meditation. 这些杰作是值得的 学习,不仅仅是为了一个音乐系的学生,更是为了一个文科生 who is interested in what is at the center of the power of music. 本课程将 还要考虑咖啡的历史和社会化,包括品种,混合, 咖啡的酿造技术、自由贸易的使用以及对日常消费的影响.
女权主义与戏剧: Presents a detailed study of theatrical works written by women within the context 女权主义理论. Examines how feminism has shaped theatre and investigates connections 献给过去和现在. Our explorations will lead to discussions highlighting identity and the situated nature of knowledge creation. 讨论将涵盖以下关键议题 就像失去的女性戏剧传统,表现的挑战,情结 definitions of various types of feminisms, and lessons of intersectionality. 通过 对于分析、解释和研究方面的高级工作,本课程具有挑战性 面对主流戏剧中的女性,并提出了拆除父权的可能性 institutions and misogyny through feminist interventions in the field.
练习正义: 本课程促进学生对社会科学的理论和经验探索 正义既是过程也是结果. Drawing on literature from multiple academic 学科(包括但不限于社会工作、社会学和社会正义) 教育),学生将整合压迫、解放和正义的概念 融入他们对自己感兴趣的学术和专业领域的理解. 学生将对他们选择的领域进行批判性分析,独立从事 对司法从业人员在这些领域的研究,并参与集体和 个人反思自己的社会身份如何影响他们的实践 of social justice both now and in the future.
荣誉:性与暴力 本课程是一个跨学科的核心顶点荣誉研讨会,邀请学生 找出一个与性和暴力主题相关的话题,并参与其中 extensive process of re搜索 and writing about your topic of choice. 我们会参与 在阅读一般领域的精神分析,女权主义,酷儿理论,和批评 种族理论来帮助我们的调查. We will be dedicating a great deal of time 支持彼此的研究过程,包括评论和编辑 彼此的笔迹. 注意: 与所有荣誉课程一样,非荣誉学生和荣誉学生都可以注册这门课程 课程.
Capstone topics offered in other recent semesters include:
医疗保健中的道德问题: 本课程旨在作为生物伦理学领域的广泛介绍. 这门课 examines the moral traditions and ethical principles relevant to life, and their application in present-day clinical care and biomedical re搜索. 这门课 向学生介绍医学的历史、理论和主题维度 道德. 这门课 focuses on main ethical terms and concepts, as well as decision-making procedures that students can use to discern and defend moral 课程s of action in 医疗保健.
代表对方: 视觉分析与读写能力(艺术史主题):文化与帝国主义,爱德华 赛义德认为,尽管直接殖民主义在很大程度上已经结束,但帝国主义仍然存在 在文化领域以及在特定的政治、意识形态、经济和 社会实践. He further contends that literature from the West makes constant 称自己在某种程度上参与了欧洲的海外扩张 因此创造了“感觉的结构”来支持、阐述和巩固 帝国的实践. Said’s argument sharply resonates with many other writers who consider art as a site that reflects, articulates, and reproduces power. 引人入胜的 这里有卡罗尔·邓肯、格里塞尔达·波洛克、周蕾和西蒙娜等作家的作品 布朗,这门课程考察了他者被描绘和表现的方式 in modern and contemporary art and visual culture in the US. 种族政治, gender, and class visually unfold in art? How can we study artworks while avoiding 殖民时期目光的再现? How does one navigate the politics of formulating 并在有意识地承认自己作为局内人/局外人的地位的同时,渲染历史? In short, how can we ethically and responsibly study the Other?
美国本土: 本课程提供了对美洲原住民历史的广泛介绍 from before European contact to the present day. 在其中,我们将探索多样性 以及在欧洲人到来之前居住在北美的复杂土著社会 as well as how contact and colonization impacted those societies. 透过镜头 奴隶制、外交、经济、暴力、种族和性别,学生们将进行评估 土著定居者之间的动态关系如何帮助美国成为一个 现代国家. Furthermore, students will interrogate the processes of dispossession 和抵抗不仅包含了美国原住民的历史经历, but continue to shape the most pressing issues among Native communities today. By the end of the 课程 students should be able to think critically and communicate 关于殖民主义、主权、土著和文化的问题 representation and cultural appropriation.
跨文化交流: 在我们这个全球化的世界里,成功沟通信息的能力是一种能力 invaluable skill in the business, medical, education, and other fields. 这门课 旨在帮助学生学习,发展,完善和实践人际关系和 intercultural communication skills across differences between—and among—cultures.
贫穷与歧视经济学: 运用经济和社会推理来调查歧视的原因 and poverty in the United States and to a lesser extent elsewhere in the world. 尝试 to answer questions such as: How is poverty defined? 贫穷有哪些方面? 为什么有些人穷而其他人不穷? Course material on discrimination focuses 对歧视的根源进行了分析,并对歧视的数量和程度进行了评估 在劳动力市场和房地产市场.
不断变化的北美景观: The technological conveniences and material prosperity that we enjoy in the 21st 世纪的美国在很大程度上是人们利用丰富自然资源的产物 这片大陆的资源. Examine one central question - how do people influence the environment and how does the environment influence people?
服务领导: 当学生们探索领导力、公民参与、 通过积极地选择、协调和促进一项服务,实现有效的团队合作 他们选择的项目. In this hands-on community-based learning 课程, students 将研究和体验领导力和公民参与之间的交集, including in the context of the college experience. 本课程将探讨这个学期 leadership and identify the many ways we impact others and our community. 至关重要的 课程内容将包括积极参与服务项目 in and out of class, discussion, and reflection. 学生将获得技能和 knowledge that are transferable and can be applied to all aspects of their lives. MCLA食品储藏室、校园壁画、社区服务项目等成功 MCLA events and initiatives were designed and created from this 课程.
指定为顶点课程的课程将满足所有整体的综合核心课程 Student Learning Outcome Goals as noted in all specified ways enumerated below.
目标: MCLA的毕业生是使用多种表达形式的有效沟通者 参与我们的全球社区.
目标: MCLA’S graduates engage in analytical inquiry to address complex problems.
目标: MCLA’s graduates are active, engaged, and ethical individuals.