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THE PULSE CORE COURSE: PL088-089/TH088-089
Person and Social Responsibility
This two-semester, twelve-credit course fulfills the entire Philosophy and Theology core requirement. Enrollment requires class work in conjunction with ongoing involvement in a PULSE field placement. The field placements put students directly in contact with people experiencing the consequences of one or another form of social injustice- delinquency, poverty, prejudice, alienation, and requires a 10-12 hour per week commitment. Drawing on traditional and contemporary works of Philosophy and Theology, the classes engage the students in the challenge of self-discovery and growth as related to questions of what it means to assume responsibility for overcoming these injustices.
PL 216 Boston: An Urban Analysis
Instructor: David Manzo
This course is intended for PULSE students who are willing to investigate,
analyze, and understand the history, problems, and prospects of Boston's
neighborhoods. Community service at a PULSE placement is required for participation
in this course. Assignments will require spending time observing, researching,
and writing about the neighborhood in which the PULSE placement is located.
PL 233 Values in Social Services and Health Care
Instructor: David Manzo
This course is designed to communicate an understanding of the health
care and social services delivery system; to explore ethical problems of
the allocations of limited resources, regulations, experimentation, the
press, the homeless, the provider-patient relationship, the responsibility
for the dependent person; and to consider the possibilities for positive
changes in the social service and health care system. Community service
at a PULSE placement or an extensive research project are required for
participation in this course.
PL 221 Self and the City: An exploration in Writing
Instructor: Kathleen Hirsch
Prerequisite: Philosophy Core Fulfilled
This PULSE elective, which requires a PULSE placement, will aim at a deepened understanding of "the Self" as it evolves in the major life experiences of contemplation, relationship, education, and our encounters in the world. Readings (e.g., Weil, Merton, Eliade, Dillard, the New Testament) will prompt discussion of such questions as how do we become self-aware; how do we "do" self awareness in the world; how do we best witness to Self and others? Emphasis will be on exploring the rich potential in submitting our experiences to a variety of literary forms: essays, creative non-fiction, fiction, journal writing and prose poetry.
PL 291/292 Philosophy of Community I & II
PL 293/294 Culture and Social Structure I & II
(Restricted to PULSE Council)
A four semester-long sequence of courses studying community: its structure, power and change. The dynamics of community, the interrelatedness and interdependence of its various sectors, will be examined by sharing impressions and insights. Specific theoretical models of analysis will be studied and critiqued. The purpose of the course is to begin developing new approaches for learning about social change and for building new visions for the direction that a PULSE students' responsibility to social change might take.
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