Course Catalog - 2011-2012

     

SWGS 368 - MYTHOLOGIES

Long Title: MYTHOLOGIES
Department: Stdy of Women, Gender, & Sxlty
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Credit Hours: 3
Description: An interdisciplinary course that introduces students to a world of mythologies, mythmakers and their cultures from the beginnings to the modern period. Included mythologies: Babylonian, Sumerian, Hindu, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Irish, Old Norse, Anglo-Saxon, Finnish, Mayan, Hopi, and modern (Glass, Borges, Whale Rider). Cross-list: ENGL 309, MDST 368.
Course URL: http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~jchance/myth.htm