FYS 1161 - Rites of Passage: Global Perspectives

Credits: 4
This course examines the American college experience as a rite of passage into adulthood. We will analyze the values and beliefs tied to the college experience in relation to rites of passage in other cultures; for instance, Latino Quinceaeras, Navajo Kinaalda, Samoan tattooing, Senegalese female genital cutting, the adulthood ritual of the Amis (Taiwan), Pelazon (Peru), Massai circumcision, Aboriginal Dreamtime (Australia) and the Jewish Bar/Bat Mitzvah.
McDaniel Plan: First-Year Seminar, International Western