Introduction to World Arts Core Courses

Recipient: Willinger, David P (New York, NY 10025 USA) in affiliation with CUNY Research Foundation, City College (New York, NY 10031 USA)

Goal: To support the development of two interdisciplinary courses in art, music, theater, and dance. Course materials and syllabi will be planned by 12 facultymembers meeting in weekly seminars during the first year of the project.

Grant: 142780 / EK-20203-87,   Category: Arts History & Criticism,   Division: Education Programs,   Year Awarded: 1987

Core Texts in History and Literature

Recipient: McClymer, John F (Worcester, MA 01609-1296 USA) in affiliation with Assumption College (Worcester, MA 01609 USA)

Goal: To support the development of new required courses in history and literature.

Grant: 142779 / EK-20202-87,   Category: Humanities,   Division: Education Programs,   Year Awarded: 1987

A Summer Institute for Faculty Preparing to Teach a Required Western Civilization Course

Recipient: Christiansen, Kenneth E (Defiance, OH 43512-0000 USA) in affiliation with Defiance College (Defiance, OH 43512 USA)

Goal: To support a faculty development institute and the planning of a two-course core interdisciplinary sequence in Western civilization.

Grant: 142781 / EK-20205-87,   Category: Humanities,   Division: Education Programs,   Year Awarded: 1987

Creating and Preparing to Teach an American Studies Course, "The Making of a Democratic Culture"

Recipient: Williams, J. Gary (Moscow, ID 83843-0000 USA) in affiliation with University of Idaho (Moscow, ID 83843 USA)

Goal: To support the development of an interdisciplinary humanities course in Ameri- can studies and the training of faculty from various departments to teach it.

Grant: 142783 / EK-20208-87,   Category: American Studies,   Division: Education Programs,   Year Awarded: 1987

Introduction to the Humanities: Human Liberty

Recipient: O'Neil, Katherine B (Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-0000 USA) in affiliation with Harcum College (Byrn Mawr, PA 19010 USA)

Goal: To support the preparation of a new required course, "Introduction to the Humanities: Human Liberty," and the accompanying materials.

Grant: 142782 / EK-20207-87,   Category: Humanities,   Division: Education Programs,   Year Awarded: 1987

Planning for the Humanities Requirement in General Education

Recipient: Baughman, Kenneth E (Cedar Falls, IA 50613 USA) in affiliation with University of Northern Iowa (Cedar Falls, IA 50614 USA)

Goal: To support the redesigning of two interdisciplinary humanities courses that areexpected to become required courses in the general education core.

Grant: 142784 / EK-20210-87,   Category: Humanities,   Division: Education Programs,   Year Awarded: 1987

Introductory Core Courses in the Humanities Program at the University of New Hampshire

Recipient: Brown, Warren R (Durham, NH 03824 USA) in affiliation with University of New Hampshire, Durham

Goal: To support an introductory sequence of four interdisciplinary Western culture courses to be taught by a team of four faculty members who will divide their time between the Humanities Program and their 'home' department--Arts, English,History, or Philosophy. The grant covers their work in the Humanities Program.

Grant: 142775 / EK-20183-86,   Category: Humanities,   Division: Education Programs,   Year Awarded: 1986

The Freshman Humanities Program

Recipient: Harris, Peter B (Waterville, MA 04901-0000 USA) in affiliation with Colby College (Waterville, ME 04901 USA)

Goal: To support the development of a Freshman Humanities Program organized in thematic clusters. Forty faculty members will develop seminars and consultantsand lecturers will advise the staff on its curricular restructuring program.

Grant: 142770 / EK-20169-86,   Category: Humanities,   Division: Education Programs,   Year Awarded: 1986

Foundations: Humanistic General Education for Freshmen and Sophomores

Recipient: Winship, James A (Rock Island, IL 61201 USA) in affiliation with Augustana College, Rock Island

Goal: To support the development of a sequence of six courses on original texts and master works of art and music. These courses will be taught by a team of seniorfaculty over six consecutive quarters and fulfill graduation requirements in writing, literature, religion, fine arts, and social and natural science.

Grant: 142768 / EK-20165-86,   Category: Humanities,   Division: Education Programs,   Year Awarded: 1986

Proj. Narrative for Seminal Doc. in W. Civilization in the Civil. Course & Lib. Arts Essential Prgm. at Muskingum Coll.

Recipient: Hanson, Craig (New Concord, OH 43762 USA) in affiliation with Muskingum College

Goal: To support two seminars led by outside scholars to engage faculty in the reading of seminal documents in the history of Western civilization in order tostrengthen the core courses in the Civilization sequence.

Grant: 142773 / EK-20179-86,   Category: Western Civilization,   Division: Education Programs,   Year Awarded: 1986

Improvement of Two Introductory Courses in Great Works of Literature

Recipient: Berggren, Paula S (New York, NY 10011 USA) in affiliation with CUNY Research Foundation, Bernard Baruch College (New York, NY 10159 USA)

Goal: To support the improvement of a required two-term course which introduces students to great works in world literature. Faculty release time and consul- tant assistance will be provided.

Grant: 142769 / EK-20166-86,   Category: Humanities,   Division: Education Programs,   Year Awarded: 1986

Enhancing Common Studies

Recipient: Rotenberg, Robert L (Chicago, IL 60614 USA) in affiliation with DePaul University (Chicago, IL 60604 USA)

Goal: To support faculty workshops to improve the teaching of a required freshman program that integrates the teaching of writing with the teaching of a world civilization course and a European civilization course.

Grant: 124530 / EK-20151-86,   Category: Interdisciplinary,   Division: Education Programs,   Year Awarded: 1986

Faculty Development Summer Seminar: Teaching Masterpieces of World Literature

Recipient: Hudgins, Christopher C (Las Vegas, NV 89154-0000 USA) in affiliation with University of Nevada, Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NV 89154 USA)

Goal: To support a six-week summer seminar for 14 faculty members who teach an intro-ductory course, "Masterpieces of World Literature." Three visiting scholars will conduct the seminar to help the faculty gain expertise in Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance materials.

Grant: 142774 / EK-20182-86,   Category: Comparative Literature,   Division: Education Programs,   Year Awarded: 1986

A Synthesizing Approach to the Humanities

Recipient: Olson, Karen (Dundalk, MD 21222 USA) in affiliation with Dundalk Community College (Baltimore, MD 21222 USA)

Goal: To support development of a multidisciplinary course that will be required for graduation in Arts and Sciences. Literature, history, and philosophy will be brought together in this course which culminates the two-year Associate Degree program.

Grant: 142771 / EK-20174-86,   Category: Interdisciplinary,   Division: Education Programs,   Year Awarded: 1986

East-West Workshops

Recipient: Carnes, Mark C (New York, NY 10027 USA) in affiliation with Barnard College

Goal: To support a series of faculty development workshops that will lead to the development of new freshman seminars that integrate the study of Western and non-Western cultures.

Grant: 142767 / EK-20147-86,   Category: Humanities,   Division: Education Programs,   Year Awarded: 1986

A New Team-Taught Interdisciplinary Course on the Civilizations of Ancient Greece and Rome

Recipient: Praetorius, Michael (Whittier, CA 90608-0000 USA) in affiliation with Whittier College (Whittier, CA 90608 USA)

Goal: To support development of a new year-long freshman course on the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome by providing released time for summer stipends and for library and audio-visual acquisitions.

Grant: 142777 / EK-20196-86,   Category: Western Civilization,   Division: Education Programs,   Year Awarded: 1986

Whittier College Introductory Courses in Religion

Recipient: Price, Joseph L (Whittier, CA 90608 USA) in affiliation with Whittier College

Goal: To support the reorientation of the college's approach to the teaching of religion through the development of three new introductory courses which address comparative, cultural, and humanistic questions.

Grant: 142778 / EK-20197-86,   Category: Religion,   Division: Education Programs,   Year Awarded: 1986

Improving Introductory Courses through Comparative Studies in Human Nature

Recipient: Johnson, R. Francis (New London, CT 06320 USA) in affiliation with Connecticut College

Goal: To support planning to enable professors from the humanities and the social sciences to develop courses based on an interdisciplinary approach to the study of human nature.

Grant: 124533 / EK-20173-86,   Category: Interdisciplinary,   Division: Education Programs,   Year Awarded: 1986

Improving General Education in the Humanities

Recipient: Gottcent, John H (Evansville, IN 47712 USA) in affiliation with University of Southern Indiana

Goal: To support development of a new humanities sequence to be required of all students. Four humanities faculty members will be given released time to pre- pare faculty to teach in the sequence and to develop a comprehensive plan for general education.

Grant: 142776 / EK-20192-86,   Category: Humanities,   Division: Education Programs,   Year Awarded: 1986

Understanding Ourselves: Character and Community in America

Recipient: Kolmerten, Carol A (Frederick, MD 21701 USA) in affiliation with Hood College

Goal: To support planning for an interdisciplinary honors course in which students explore the tension between the two American ideals, individualism and community.

Grant: 142772 / EK-20175-86,   Category: American Studies,   Division: Education Programs,   Year Awarded: 1986