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April 20, 2005 The University News
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New electives provide choices
by Rachel Stein
Contributing Writer
Students trying to decide what
electives to take in the fall of2005
may wish to consider selecting the
following courses—Renaissance
World, Catholic Social Doctrine
and the Market Economy, and
Tolkien.
Renaissance World will be
taught by Dr. Louise Cowan,
English professor; it was previously
taught by Dr. Steve Maddux,
associate modern languages
professor.
The general structure of the
course will remain the same,
although some of the texts may be
presented in a different light.
Purpose of this course is to
"investigate significant aspects of
culture and the relation of human
achievement to the ongoing of
history as well as providing a
general understanding of the bases
of modernity," Cowan said.
This course is offered to
humanities majors. Lecturers
will occasionally come to give
presentations; and afterwards,
Cowan will lead the class in
seminars discussing issues arising
from the presentation. This fall,
for some of the sessions, the
class will be broken into small
seminar groups led by IPS doctoral
students.
The course will cover such
material as Chaucer's Franklin's
Tale, Petrarch's sonnet sequence,
and Shakespeare's Tempest as well
as studies in Renaissance painting,
music, and science.
Catholic Social Doctrine and
the Market Economy, which will
be taught by Dr. Samuel Bostaph,
economics department chair, is a
new course. It is open to anyone
who has taken Fundamentals of
Economics.
The course has been added
because of much misunderstanding
about Catholic social doctrine and
what it means with respect to
economic questions.
Purpose of this class is to come
to an understanding of what Pope
John Paul II meant by a "free
market economy" and why he
argued so strongly for it, as well as
to place the present understanding
of the Church's view of the market
economy in its historical context.
The class will cover different
writings, starting with those of St.
Thomas Aquinas, to Pope John
Paul II's Solicitudo Socialis, and
ending with a recent controversial
book by Thomas Woods, Jr. on
the relations of Church teachings
and economic theory.
Tolkien, which will be taught
by Maddux, is a course that will
be studying the writings of the
famous author of the Lord of the
Rings trilogy, JRR Tolkien.
The course is being offered
because Tolkien is not only a
major Catholic writer of the last
century but also because his work
is inspired by, and in continuity
with, European literary tradition,
both of which are areas that the
UD core curriculum focuses on.
The course also gives students
the opportunity to experience
some aspects of the European
literary tradition that Tolkien was
influenced by but that are usually
neglected in other UD literary
tradition courses, such as Norse
literature, and Celtic and Norse
mythology.
UD senior wins economics award
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Senior Anton Hartmann won
the Arthur A. Smith Memorial
award last week. The award was
presented by the Dallas Economists
Club last week.
UD's economics department
nominated Hartmann to be
considered for the award.
The organization considered
the academic achievement, extra-
curricular contributions, character,
and professional objectives of the
applicants.
The award is a significant honor
for the university, Dr. William
Doyle, associate economics
professor, said.
Hartmann had to submit a
600-word memo on prospects
for a renewable energy policy in
Texas.
''I argued for free market
Solutions [to the problem], that the
government should not artificially
force the process along.
"The market will begin to
switch to renewable sources of
energy as the increasing scarcity
of fossil fuels causes their price to
increase," he said.
Doyle said UD students have
won the award in the past.
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is currently conducting a
patron satisfaction survey,
Cherie Hohertz, library
access services head, said.
Students, faculty
members, and other patrons
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suggestions about the
library. Suggestions can
include ideas for enhancing
current services and starting
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opportunity to evaluate the
library collections, staff, and
online resources," Hohertz
said.
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Faculty, student
to speak at local
conference
UD faculty members and
a student are participating
in the North Texas
Philosophical Association's
spring 2005 conference,
Marie Azcona, philosophy
department administrative
assistant, said.
The conference begins
9 a.m., Saturday, April 23,
in Hyer Hall rooms 200
and 204 on the campus
of Southern Methodist
University.
At 3 p.m., Dr. Robert
Wood, philosophy professor,
will give a talk titled Hegel
on Freedom and Rights. Dr.
Dennis Sepper, philosophy
professor, will comment on
the speech.
At 4 p.m., Glen Chicoine,
Institute for Philosophical
Studies student, will give
a speech titled Bring Home
Saint Anselm. Dr. Sarah
Byers, assistant philosophy
professor, will then comment
on it.
Former provost
receives honor
A former UD provost is
one of nine new members of
the national U.S. Council on
the Humanities. President
George W Bush nominated
Dr. Thomas Lindsay to
serve on the committee.
Lindsay served as a
professor, provost, academic
affairs vice president,
graduate school dean, and
Institute of Philosophical
Studies director at UD.
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Dickens, Jodi. The University News (Irving, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 22, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 20, 2005, newspaper, April 20, 2005; Irving, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth201407/m1/2/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Dallas.