Seminar, three hours. Exploration of intimate and changing relationship between human and non-human animals. Examination of how we conceptualize animals: as companions, food, workers, representatives of self, and more; rights--or lack thereof--of animals; our animal industries: factory farming, shelters and rescues, animal workers, entertainment, fighting, races, hunting, medical research, and more; boundaries between human and non-human animals; violence against animals, both individualized and institutionalized; animals as concept; and social construction the difference between human and non-human animals. Letter grading.