2012 Summer School Bulletin - Emory College - Emory University

119-00A. CALCULUS WITH BUSINESS APPLICATIONS
11:30 a .m .–12:50 p .m . Daily . 1st session . Credit, 4 hrs . Conceicao
Major topics include derivatives, logarithmic and exponential functions, integrals.
Applications and techniques emphasized. (Note: This course is designed primarily for
students who plan to enter the Goizueta Business School at Emory. It should not be taken
by students who have either taken or plan to take Mathematics 111 or 112.)
Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies
160-00A. INTRODUCTION TO SACRED TEXTS
10:00–11:20 a .m . Daily . 1st session . Credit, 4 hrs . Stewart
Cross-listed as Religion 150. This course is a comparative examination of the figures
of Abraham, Moses, and Jesus in the Bible and the Qur’an. Satisfies general education
requirement HAP.
Music
200-00A. MUSIC, CULTURE, AND SOCIETY
9:00–11:15 a .m . or 1:00–3:15 p .m . TWTh . 1st session . Credit, 4 hrs . Bertrand
This course introduces the study of music as historical and cultural practice. It considers
essential repertoires of vernacular and art music in both Western and non-Western
traditions and teaches foundational skills needed to research and write critically about
musical cultures, repertoires, and practices.
Course Number Key and Dates
00A: First session May 21 – June 29 00F: Miscellaneous Varies
00B: Entire summer May 21 – August 10 0PA, 0PB, 0PC Permission required
00C: Second Session July 2 – August 10
MAY: Maymester May 15–June 1
Philosophy
100-00A. BASIC PROBLEMS IN PHILOSOPHY
10:00–11:20 a .m . Daily . 1st session . Credit, 4 hrs . Homan
This course will focus on the question of the self. Philosophy encourages us to “know
thyself,” yet it remains unclear how to understand what a self is. What does it mean
to have a self? How do we know what a self is? Is it possible to know one’s self? What
is the relationship between the self and life? What is the relationship between the self and
identity? What is the relationship between the self and others? Do only humans have a self?
In the first half of the course, we will address these questions by reading texts in the history of
philosophy, including writings from Plato, René Descartes, David Hume, Friedrich Nietzsche,
and Jean-Paul Sartre. In the second half of the course, we will turn to more contemporary
texts that challenge traditional considerations of the self. Such texts will come from the areas
of feminism, race theory, disability studies, and philosophy of animals.
110-00A. INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC
11:30 a .m .–12:50 p .m . Daily . 1st session . Credit, 4 hrs . Longtin
In everyday conversations we speak and think using logical principles and forms. Logic is
implicit in the way we understand and communicate. Accordingly, studying logic gives us the
ability to make these implicit rules and structures explicit, so that we can evaluate arguments
and develop our own valid reasoning. In this course, we will spend time on both informal
and formal logic. Informal logic is important for understanding how to read critically and
develop valid arguments. Formal logic builds on informal logic by allowing us to understand
the nature of argumentation in terms of rules and formal structures. Students will learn how
to identify different types of logical arguments and fallacies, translate everyday language into
logic, and work with propositional and predicate logic.
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