Professor Roth present students with the following challenge: Defend your stance on an ethical issue that was discussed during the semester. In defending your stance, introduce at least one personal connection; this should be an honest reflection on what has led you to the belief that you have. Connect at least one ethical theory to this issue; explain what stance the ethical theory would take on this issue and evaluate the ethical theory in order to strengthen the defense of your claim.
Matthew Eck's "Alleviating Drug Addiction"
Hailey Rosenberger's untitled paper on capital punishment
Professor Natale-Boianelli's students selected a culture they'd like to explore through three of the major assignments in the course:
a paper exploring a similarities across a series of creation myths, including one from their selected culture and two from the course readings,
a paper comparing a mythological hero from their culture to a contemporary hero using Joseph Campbell's hero's journey as a tool of analysis,
and a project tracing the influence of a facet of one of their culture's myths to modern day media.
Check out some student explorations below!
Maranda Pisano's Exploration of Korean Mythology
Project: Dragons as Protectors