ISS 320RCritical Encounter with Human Nature
- Faculty
- Arts
- Offered
- Fall
- Credit
- 0.5
- Last listed
- 1994–95
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1975–76 to 1994–95; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
Man An attempt to increase students’ understanding of human nature and deepen their awareness of some fundamental issues in the life of 20th century man. The approach is interdisciplinary with emphasis on such themes as the meaning of self-knowledge, loneliness and anxiety, freedom and purpose in human life, and the nature of human happiness.
As printed in the 1982–83 to 1994–95 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original. Later calendars (1995–96 on) aren’t on uwloo.
Requirements, as last listed
Prereq: Courses in at least one of the Social Sciences or Philosophy, or consent of instructor.
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- Undergraduate Calendar, 1995–96If it ran past 1994–95, on ucalendar
- Course outlinesSyllabi from past terms (UW login)
- UW FlowStudent ratings and reviews
- WClassesPast sections back to 2004, and who taught them
In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1975–76 to 1994–95, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1982–83 to 1994–95 11 calendars
Man An attempt to increase students’ understanding of human nature and deepen their awareness of some fundamental issues in the life of 20th century man. The approach is interdisciplinary with emphasis on such themes as the meaning of self-knowledge, loneliness and anxiety, freedom and purpose in human life, and the nature of human happiness.
Prereq: Courses in at least one of the Social Sciences or Philosophy, or consent of instructor.
Offered Fall · 3 class hours a week · 0.5 credit
1975–76 to 1981–82 7 calendars
Titled Critical Encounter with the Study of Man.
An attempt to develop a critical sense of the relevance of the social science disciplines to man. Special attention to men, theories and methodologies at the “cutting edge” of the social sciences, with emphasis on those taking an interdisciplinary approach.
Prereq: Courses in at least two of the social sciences or consent of instructor
Offered Fall · 3 class hours a week · 0.5 credit