THEO1226 · Theology
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
The course requirements and evaluations are based on the following: daily journal and reflection pieces; class participation; and a final paper. For the duration of the program, the class will meet from 9:00 am to approximately 1:00 pm in the arranged classroom followed by lunch and an afternoon excursion. We will begin the course in Cape Town and then move to Pretoria for the remainder of the course. We will cover the following topics: key points in the history of South Africa; religious perspectives on apartheid; intellectual and armed conflict; fifty years of American foreign policy toward South Africa; Desmond Tutu and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission; reparations, forgiveness, trauma and healing; economic empowerment, gender. justice and religion; refugees, migrants, and xenophobia; HIV/AIDS; Christians-Jews-Muslims in South Africa; community organizing and economic justice
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
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How well the course was organized
Challenge
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How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
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How necessary attendance was
Assignments
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How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
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hours per week
Estimated from the original workload response buckets. Individual sections may differ.
Instructor options
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Across time
Section-level results available in the recovered archive.
Summer 2023
1 section