SHAMANISM

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Civics & Perspectives Ethnic St - Ethnic Studies Breadth - Humanities or Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2022 Learning Outcomes: 1. Articulate the general characteristics of the wide array of religious traditions around the world that scholars refer to as "shamanism." Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Analyze the key roles of shamans within their communities as healers, leaders, and visionaries. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Articulate the ways that historical US policies toward Native American communities, shaped consciously or unconsciously by Christian European cultural and religious assumptions, sought to suppress and replace Indigenous religious practices in a process that scholars refer to as "colonization." Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Examine the ways in which US medical, legal, educational, and other institutional frameworks have been or can be modified to help facilitate shamanic revitalization and a process that scholars refer to as "decolonization." Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Practice the research, writing, and presentation skills associated with professional scholarship in the fields of Religious Studies and Folklore Studies. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Articulate the general characteristics of the wide array of religious traditions around the world that scholars refer to as "shamanism." Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Analyze the key roles of shamans within their communities as healers, leaders, and visionaries. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Articulate the ways that historical US policies toward Native American communities, shaped consciously or unconsciously by Christian European cultural and religious assumptions, sought to suppress and replace Indigenous religious practices in a process that scholars refer to as "colonization." Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Examine the ways in which US medical, legal, educational, and other institutional frameworks have been or can be modified to help facilitate shamanic revitalization and a process that scholars refer to as "decolonization." Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Practice the research, writing, and presentation skills associated with professional scholarship in the fields of Religious Studies and Folklore Studies. Audience: Graduate