Courses

    Provides foundation for study of Chicano literature, music, the plastic arts, theatre, and film. Also introduces aesthetic and critical concepts and their applications in Chicana and Chicano studies. Formerly ETHN 1036. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity.

    Study the work of Jewish writers in English and English translation. Looks at a broad spectrum of texts which show the various ways Jewish authors and poets across time and space have understood the world. Themes will include questions of secularity and tradition, diaspora, exile and citizenship, and the changes of modernity (social and political emancipation, world-wide wars, cultural transformation, new homelands). HEBR 2551 and JWST 2551 are identical courses. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts.

    Study the work of Jewish writers in English and English translation. Looks at a broad spectrum of texts which show the various ways Jewish authors and poets across time and space have understood the world. Themes will include questions of secularity and tradition, diaspora, exile and citizenship, and the changes of modernity (social and political emancipation, world-wide wars, cultural transformation, new homelands). HEBR 2551 and JWST 2551 are identical courses. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts.

    Introduces practical research skills and provides orientation to computational tools commonly used in research by astrophysicists and planetary scientists.

    Provides a communicatively based definition of formal organization and deals with individual-organizational relationships. Addresses topics such as organizational theory, organizational culture, power, technology, decision making, teamwork, leadership, diversity, gender, socialization, and ethics. Recommended prereqs., COMM 1210 and COMM 1600. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) only.

    Introduces literature, beliefs, practices, and institutions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, in historical perspective. Same as RLST 2600. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: ideals and values.

    Introduces literature, beliefs, practices, and institutions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, in historical perspective. Same as JWST 2600. Approved for GT-AH3. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: ideals and values.

    Examines the positionality of women in terms of gender, race, ethnicity, class, and power relations in a global context. Approved for GT-SS3. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: contemporary societies.

    Exposes the students to a wide selection of Kafka's literary output and aims to define the meaning of the Kafkaesque, by looking not only for traces of Kafka's influence in the verbal and visual arts, but also for traces left in Kafka's own work by his precursors in the literary tradition. Taught in English. Same as HUMN 2601. Approved for GT-AH2. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts.

    Exposes the students to a wide selection of Kafka's literary output and aims to define the meaning of the Kafkaesque by looking not only for traces of Kafka's influence in the verbal and visual arts, but also for traces left in Kafka's own work by his precursors in the literary tradition. Same as GRMN 2601. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts.

    Examines the moral dilemmas that arise when opportunities afforded by basic freedoms or advances in technology clash with the ethical imperatives that issue from the Enlightenment and the social contract. Guiding questions include: When does the quest for knowledge legitimate transgression of prevailing morality? By what standard do we adjudicate the ambitions of the individual when they compete with the interests of the state? Taught in English. Approved for art and sciences core curriculum: ideals and values.

    Covers general psychological principles underlying social behavior. Analyzes major social psychological theories, methods, and topics, including attitudes, conformity, aggression, attraction, social perception, helping behavior, and group relations. Prereq., PSYC 1001. Approved for GT-SS3. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: contemporary societies.

    Offers a cultural history of Greek and Roman religion. Students read ancient texts in translation and use evidence from archaeology to reconstruct the shift from paganism to Christianity in antiquity. No Greek or Latin required. Same as PHIL 2610. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: ideals and values.

    Includes analysis of independent and experimental animation and an introduction to various animation techniques (object, line, collage, sand or paint on glass, Xerox, cameraless, pixellation, etc.). Students produce exercise films and a final film exploring these techniques. Prereq., FILM 2000 or 2300. Recommended prereq., FILM 2500.

    Required for students who are selected as flock leaders for the Kittredge honors residence program. Teaches skills and techniques to enable them to lead a small group in the unique environment of a residential honors program. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prereq., consent of Kittredge honors program associate director.

    Offers a cultural history of Greek and Roman religion. Students read ancient text in translation and use evidence from archaeology to reconstruct the shift from paganism to Christianity in antiquity. Same as CLAS 2610. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: ideals and values.

    Introduces the literature, beliefs, practices, and institutions of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, in historical perspective. Approved for GT-AH2. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: ideals and values.

    Eighteen films depict our capacities for good and evil. Topics addressed include the following: the Holocaust, Jung's concept of "The Shadow," the Seven Deadly Sins, altruistic and sociopathic personalities, capital punishment, the redemptive narrative, and the satanic in film. Same as FARR 2510. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: ideals and values.

    Examines the history of women in United States culture and society over time. Particular emphasis on the roles of women in family, economy, society, and politics. Specific course focus may vary. Approved for GT-HI1. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity. Prerequisites: History (HIST) majors are restricted from taking this course.

    Close study of literary classics of Western civilization: the Odyssey or Iliad, Greek drama, and several books of the Bible. Formerly ENGL 2602.

    Introduces literature, beliefs, practices, and institutions of Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Shintoism in historical perspective. Approved for GT-AH3. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: ideals and values.

    Examines the multiple connections between Chinese history and other parts of the world over the course of China's long history. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: historical context. Prerequisites: History (HIST) majors are restricted from taking this course.

    Close study of literary classics of Western civilization: major Roman and medieval texts. Formerly ENGL 2612.

    Lect., lab, and rec. Introduces principles of ecology, emphasizing patterns and processes at various levelsof biological organization. Scope global, but examples often from local environment. Lab emphasizes techniques of field biology. Uses animals and/or animal tissues. Prereqs., EBIO 1210, 1220, 1230,and 1240; or 1030, 1040, and 1050. Credit not granted for this course and EPOB 2050 or 2650 or 3020 or EBIO 2040.

    Surveys major psychological processes of childhood and adolescence. Prereq., PSYC 1001.

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