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Title: Americans in Paris: Through the Looking Glass, Tutorial, Fall 2002
Description: This semester we will journey to Paris through the eyes of Americans. From the founding fathers of the United States to the most recent winner of the Tour de France, from jazz musicians and painters to the most prominent writers of the century, Americans have influenced and been influenced by their encounters with Paris.
Date Created: 2002
PID: grinnell:3429

Title: Beast and Beauties: Monstrosity and Romance in Literature and Film, Connections a hypertext resource for literature: Syllabus
Description: The first year tutorial, taken in the fall semester, is Grinnell College's only general academic course requirement. The college intends the tutorial to assist students in further developing their critical thinking skills and in improving their written and oral communication skills. Each of the tutorials offered in a given fall semester is based around a particular subject matter, which provides the vehicle by which the above goals are accomplished. Explores literary analysis through fairy tales and Gothic fiction
Date Created: 2004
PID: grinnell:3430

Title: Campus Culture Wars -- Then and Now, Tutorial, Fall 1997
Description: In recent years there has been much debate about what constitutes an appropriate undergraduate education. Discussions of multiculturalism, race and gender equality, political correctness, and much else have helped fuel sometimes stormy debates about what college students ought to learn and how. But these debates are not new, especially in American education. In this tutorial we shall examine both recent controversies and their predecessors in an effort to establish our own criteria for the proper definition of liberal education in late twentieth-century America. These discussions will conclude with each student creating his or her own four-year course of study, together with an essay justifying it on the principles of liberal education.
Date Created: 1997
PID: grinnell:3431

Title: Color Culture and Class, Tutorial: Color, Culture and Class
Description: Race thinking dominates ways in which people in the United States differentiate groups of people from each other. This tutorial focuses on associations between color and culture in order to examine how racial meanings are constructed and made comprehensible as well as how they are routed through representations of class. Using a combination of texts -- academic articles, films, newspapers and advertisements -- we will explore representations of
Date Created: 2002
PID: grinnell:3432

Title: Darwin's Legacy in the 20th Century and Beyond, Tutorial, Fall 2000
Description: The goals of this course are: 1) to develop your skills in the areas of critical thinking, writing, and oral communication. 2) to integrate you fully into the college environment by providing you with advice regarding your course of study and other necessary assistance. Although the subject matter is expansive and interesting in its own right, we should remember that the readings are not an end to themselves, but are intended to be a springboard to facilitate the development of your skills. We will consider the impact of Darwin's thought in four areas: 1) the relationship between science and religion, 2) the question of design in nature, 3) current scientific understanding of the origin of life on earth (and related questions regarding extra-terrestrial life), and 4) application of Darwin's ideas to questions regarding human nature.
Date Created: 2000
PID: grinnell:3434

Title: Decline and Renewal in the Heartland, Fall 2004, Tutorial Final Papers : Decline and Renewal in the Heartland, Fall 2004
Description: Student papers for Fall 2004 tutorial, Decline and Renewal in the Heartland, taught by Jonahthan G. Andelson.
Date Created: 2004
PID: grinnell:4252

Title: Detectives and Their Fictions, Tutorial : Detectives and Their Fictions
Description: This tutorial focuses on the literary and film representations of detectives and the generic conventions within which those characters operate. First, we will examine the conventions of detective fiction established by E.A. Poe and refined by the English tradition. Then we will examine the American hardboiled conventions in literature and film. Finally, we will concentrate on works that challenge, reshape, or parody such conventions.
Date Created: 2002
PID: grinnell:3436

Title: Emotion and Cognition, Tut. 100.28 Emotion and Cognition
Description: The first year tutorial, taken in the fall semester, is Grinnell College's only general academic course requirement. The college intends the tutorial to assist students in further developing their critical thinking skills and in improving their written and oral communication skills. Each of the tutorials offered in a given fall semester is based around a particular subject matter, which provides the vehicle by which the above goals are accomplished. Explores how cognition informs emotion and how emotion affects cognition.
Date Created: 2004
PID: grinnell:3440

Title: Farm-Fresh Delivery, Trendsetters : Grinnell College
Description: Out in the heartland of the Midwest, Grinnell College’s dining services is making a commitment to sourcing local products.
Date Created: 2007
PID: grinnell:4712

Title: Frankenstein's Monsters: the Creation of Horror & the Horror of Creation
Description: The first year tutorial, taken in the fall semester, is Grinnell College's only general academic course requirement. The college intends the tutorial to assist students in further developing their critical thinking skills and in improving their written and oral communication skills. Each of the tutorials offered in a given fall semester is based around a particular subject matter, which provides the vehicle by which the above goals are accomplished. Fairy tales and horror stories are used to learn about literary analysis.
Date Created: 2002
PID: grinnell:3441