JINS 400 - Fringe Thought

This course explores fringe thought within the context of Conspiracy Theory, Paranormal Belief and Urban Legend. The class will seek to understand these various modes of fringe thought within the context of their communities while exploring mainstream academic and theoretical approaches to these subjects from a variety of disciplines. Exploration in this course will focus on the function of fringe thinking, identifying constituency and looking at the intersections of fringe thought and the media.

Prerequisite: Junior Status.
Credits: 3
NOTE:
* This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program.
** This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
*** This course is writing-enhanced.