Courses

    Intensive look at specific security issues. This course focuses on the specifics of policy development related to functional issues (political, military, and non-traditional ) as well as threats within specific regions. In addition to class, each student will focus on an issue of their choosing. Recommended prereq., GSAP 2010. Restricted to G-RAP students.

    Continuation of INDO 2010. Aims to increase the students' proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in modern Indonesian. Students will use only Indonesian in class. Evaluation based on classroom performance, homework, tests, and final project. Students will be provided with opportunities to participate in local Southeast Asian cultural events. Students with previous experience with Indonesian or Malay should contact the instructor for placement. Prereq., INDO 2010 (min. grade C) or instructor consent.

    Introduces students to the literature, history, culture and art of Europe and the Mediterranean basin from late antiquity through the renaissance. The course is interdisciplinary and focuces on topics which reveal the dynamism and diversity of pre-modern culture. Formerly MEDV 2020.

    Three demonstration lect., one two-hour lab/rec. per week, plus three evening exams in the semester. Covers electricity and magnetism, light, and modern physics. Natural science majors with a knowledge of calculus and others taking calculus are urged to take the calculus-based courses PHYS 1110, 1120, 1140, and 2130, rather than PHYS 2010 and PHYS 2020. This course is designed for premed students and students in the biological sciences. Prereq., PHYS 2010. Approved for GT-SC1. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: natural science.

    Continuation of RUSS 2010. Prereq., RUSS 2010 (min grade of C-).

    Explores the concept of citizenship through readings, discussion, and service-learning. Working with Sewall faculty mentors, students discuss citizenship and related topics and learn concretely about aspects of the larger community by choosing a local community organization, becoming actively involved in its programs, and presenting their work at a culminating symposium. May be repeated up to 4 total credit hours.

    Develops intermediate reading, writing, speaking, and verbal comprehension skills. Uses the Directed Independent Language Study (DILS) model that combines in-class exercises and lectures with independent study. Reviews and continues content of SWED 2010. Directed independent language study course requires work outside of class. Department enforced prereq., SWED 2010 (min. grade C-).

    Aims at increasing students' proficiency in colloquial forms of Tibetan. This course expands knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar of colloquial Tibetan and also continues to develop knowledge of reading and writing modern Tibetan. Prereq., TBTN 2010 (minimum grade C) or instructor consent required.

    Examines the construction of gender and sexual identities in the modern world. Focuses on the role of social attitudes and material circumstances in shaping how individuals understand themselves and are understood by others, as well as the actions they take to accept, negotiate, and resist these pressures. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity.

    Explores from both the reader's and writer's perspectives the forms of creative nonfiction, including personal essay and memoir. Students will read and write extensively within this genre, develop skill in revision and peer critique, and learn how to submit work for publication. Does not fulfill core requirements. Prereq., WRTG 1150 or equivalent (completion of lower-division writing requirement).

    Designed for Dance majors. Enrollment by audition only. May be repeated up to 16 total credit hours.

    Introductory course in poetry writing. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of ENGL 1191 (minimum grade B-). Not open to graduate students.

    Examines nonviolence as a strategy of social action. Focuses on ethics and dynamics of nonviolent action; racial and economic justice movements; civil disobedience; and conscientious objection to war.

    Examines the interaction of dramatic literature and performance in European theatre from 1800 to present, with attention to innovators like Ibsen, Strindberg, Stanislavsky, Meyerhold, Pirandello, Brecht, Beckett, and Churchill.

    Provides basic skills for the English major, enhanced with a language arts lab. Emphasizes critical writing and the acquisition of the techniques and vocabulary of criticism through close attention to literary language. Required for students who declared the major summer 1999 and thereafter. Credit not granted for this course and English 2000. Formerly ENGL 2020. Prerequisites: Restricted to English (ENGL) majors only.

    Offers subjects not covered by existing courses. Offered when department approves a special topic. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours for different topics.

    Lab in human osteology and musculoskeletal system emphasizing comparative primate morphology, adaptation, and the fossil record documenting the natural history of primates. Coreq., ANTH 2010. Approved for GT-SC1. Meets MAPS requirement for natural science: lab, when taken with ANTH 2010. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: natural science.

    Black holes are one of the most bizarre phenomena of nature. Students are introduced to the predicted properties of black holes, astronomical evidence for their existence and formation, and modern ideas about space, time, and gravity. Approved for the arts and sciences core curriculum: natural science.

    Covers the same material as GRMN 2010 and GRMN 2020 in one semester. Offers review and continuation of basic skills begun in the first year: reading, writing, speaking and oral comprehensive. Prereq., GRMN 1020 or GRMN 1030 (min grade C-), or instructor consent. Credit not granted for this course and GRMN 2010 and GRMN 2020. Meets MAPS requirement for foreign language. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: foreign language.

    Same as LGBT 2000. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity.

    Examines U.S. society from a normative perspective emphasizing theories of social change. Considers such problems as distribution of power, unemployment, poverty, racism and sexism, the changing role of the family, and drugs. Approved for GT-SS3. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: ideals and values.

    Explores choreographic foundational tools focusing on the creation of solo and duet work. Students develop a critical eye and language for discussing choreography. Prereqs., DNCE 1013 and DNCE 2021, 3041, or 4061. Prerequisites: Restricted to Dance (DNCE or DBFA, excludes DNCE-MIN) majors only.

    Examines the relationship between drugs and social contexts. Lends insight into why people find consciousness alteration meaningful, what kinds of experiences and problems arise, and what types of social policies emerge to control drug use.

    Introduces principles and techniques relevant to the expression of dramatic mood and idea through visual elements of the theatre, giving practice in conceptdevelopment, style selection, and rendering techniques in scenery and costume design.

    Serves as an introduction to media studies, including theories and methodologies for undertaking media scholarship within the humanities. Topics may include the history of the book, text messaging, blogging, and gaming, as well as digital fiction and poetry. Same as ATLS 2036. Formerly ENGL 2030.

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