Mid Semester Courses
Environment and Religion COURSE: IPE 3913.402 DESCRIPTION: The central theme of the course will be the relationship between environments and religions. The symbolic meaning and practical requirements of eco-systems and landscapes play a defining role in diverse religious and spiritual traditions. We will investigate this interrelatedness in several ethnographic examples, e.g. Hopi ceremonial cycles and agricultural practice. Another focus will be the current, self-reflective engagement of major religions in the environmental discourse. The emerging ecological mindset provides a common framework in which environmentalists and religious leaders and practitioners carry on a creative and productive discourse on the future of humanity and life on this planet. PREREQUISITE: Junior standing or permission of Instructor WHERE/WHEN: D2L Online Course/March 24—April 18, 2008 TO ENROLL: Call CCE Registration at 325-1022 or register online at enroll.ou.edu “Outreach-Flex Schedule Courses” INSTRUCTOR: Reinhild Meissler, Ph.D. QUESTIONS: Call College of Arts and Sciences 325-7714 or email reinhild.e.meissler-1@ou.edu TEXTS: Worldviews and Ecology: Religion, Philosophy and the Environment; TUITION AND FEES: Exact tuition/fees will be determined on Bursar account Nature and Culture COURSE: IPE 3913.404 DESCRIPTION: “Nature” and “culture” are two interrelated dimensions of the same living system. Human ecology examines how humans are active participants in their environments, affecting it and also being affected by it. Cultural traditions are not random, but rather emerge out of people’s interaction with their environments. We will compare different societies, both industrial and non-industrial, and their sustenance practices in various ecological settings, e.g. U.S. Southwest Desert, New Guinea highlands, central England etc. The comparison will help us understand and evaluate practices that are adaptive or maladaptive to their respective regions. Several examples will show how global processes re-define cultural traditions. PREREQUISITE: Junior standing or permission of Instructor WHERE/WHEN: D2L Online Course/February 18—March 14, 2008 TO ENROLL: Call CCE Registration at 325-1022 or register online at enroll.ou.edu “Outreach-Flex Schedule Courses” INSTRUCTOR: Reinhild Meissler, Ph.D. QUESTIONS: Call College of Arts and Sciences 325-7714 or email reinhild.e.meissler-1@ou.edu TUITION AND FEES: Exact tuition/fees will be determined on Bursar account
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