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CORE 481 - Dogs, Dogs, Dogs


Prerequisites: Prerequisites: Completion of all skills and the five-course Interdisciplinary CORE requirements; at least sixth semester standing.
Requirement Fulfillment: N/A
Delivery: Other
FROM ARGOS TO ASTRO: DOGS THEN, NOW & NEXT
From Odysseus’ dog Argos who waited 20 years for Odysseus’ return before dying on the front porch, to Snoopy who philosophized, wrote novels and fought the Red Baron from the roof of his doghouse, to the Jetsons’ Astro, from wolves to best friends, dogs figure prominently in human history and culture. This course starts at the beginning with wolves and domestication and moves through to the future-robot dogs?!-while considering ethical, scientific, psychological, sociological, political, philosophical, and aesthetic questions through issues such as breeding, shelters, training, service dogs/sport dogs/show dogs/household companions, cultural representations, social media, the dog industry, etc. The course will be all dogs, all the time.
 

3 credits



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