Biology 332 (4) - Plant Functional Ecology - revised course description (was Biology 232) - Prerequisites: Biology 111 and 112 and permission of the instructor. A study of plant physiology and biochemistry, primarily photosynthesis and respiration, with an ecological perspective. This course focuses on the effects of environmental stresses such as elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide and high temperatures (global climate change) as well as salinity and heavy metal stress. Field and laboratory exercises focus on testing hypotheses through experiments using a variety of species from local plant communities. A review of the pertinent primary literature is used to develop and conduct a team research project. Laboratory course. Hamilton. Spring

Computer Science 199 (3) - Special Topics in Computer Science for Non-Majors: The Meaning of the Web - topical description - The World Wide Web has given us the opportunity to rethink many of our presuppositions about ourselves and our world. In this seminar, we examine the way in which the Web reveals our most fundamental assumptions about space, time, personal identity, social interaction, knowledge, and morality. Readings are assigned from David Weinberger’s Small Pieces Loosely Joined and from other philosophical literature. Classroom work consists of discussions, presentations, and papers. (This course does not satisfy general education) Lambert

Computer Science 397 (3) - Neural Nets and Graphical Models - topical description - Prerequisites: Computer Science 211 and/or strong programming skills. This course covers the theory and practice of neural networks, from the early perception model through the Bayesian/belief networks that are a "hot topic" in artificial intelligence today. Philosophical discussion of the differences between network models and traditional approaches is complemented by in-depth laboratory exercises using Java and Matlab. (No familiarity with Matlab is assumed.) Topics covered include supervised and unsupervised learning algorithms, back- propagation, recurrent networks, language modeling, reasoning under uncertainty, and the junction-tree algorithm. Levy

Economics 295 (3) - Introduction to Game Theory - topical description - Prerequisite: Economics 101. This course provides an introduction to game theory. Game theory studies the theory of strategically decision-making. Applications of game theory to economics and other disciplines including biology, politics and business are examined. A substantial part of this course is conducted in the Williams School computer laboratory. Class meetings are divided into two parts: In the first part the instructor presents different games and the class explores applications of these games and examines their predictions for firms and individual behavior. In the second part students have the opportunity to "play the games" and discussion follows. Waters

Economics 297 (3) - Political Economics - topical description - Prerequisite: Economics 101. This course examines political behavior and outcomes using economic tools of analysis called Public Choice Economics. A number of topics are explored including: why governments exist; what motivates voting behavior and how such behavior affects political strategies; what motivates special interest group dynamics and how these dynamics influence political outcomes; how politics, special interest and bureaucrats' self-interest shapes bureaucracy; and how government institutions might be viewed as contracts with philosophical roots. Class meetings focus on a combination of lecture and discussion of assigned readings. Students are expected to think critically and analytically and to present and defend ideas clearly during discussion. Evaluation entails writing exercises, and exams. We use a Public Choice Economics text but largely as reference for our lectures and discussions. We also read James Buchanan and Gordon Tullock's pioneering work in this field, The Calculus of Consent. Other readings range from excerpts of work by economists such as Buchanan and Gary Becker to philosophers such as John Rawls. In addition, time permitting, we view films related to course topics. Kymn

Economics 297B (3) - Economics, Groups, and Leadership - topical description - Prerequisite: Economics 101. This course examines group and leadership behavior through the lens of economics. It applies economic concepts of incentives and of information asymmetry to group decision-making. For texts, the course uses Economics and Organizations (Milgrom and Roberts), articles from the Journal of Economic Perspectives, and articles from the Harvard Business Review. The course also features guest speakers from other social sciences. Coursework includes student journals reflecting on readings, regular class participation, quizzes, and a project that includes leading a group and writing an analysis of the group's behavior in light of the economic views explored. Hooks

Economics 298 (3) - Economic Growth: Theory and Evidence - topical description - Prerequisites: Economics 101 and 102. This course may be used only as an elective, not toward an area requirement in the major. The purpose of this course is to bring the entire scope of modern growth theory to the undergraduate classroom. The course examines some of the most important questions in macroeconomics: Why are some countries rich and others poor? Why do some countries grow faster than others? What explains the huge differences in standards of living across countries? What is the role of public policy in promoting economic growth? The course develops alternative theories that attempt to address theses questions: the Neoclassical Solow growth model and the more recent Endogenous Growth theory. Special emphasis is placed on the role of human capital and technological change in the growth process. Empirical evidence on the validity of these alternative growth models is also be addressed. Abdih

Economics 315 (3) - American Economic History - Newly scheduled course

Economics 395 (3) - Economic Values and the Environment in the Developing World - topical description - Prerequisites: Economics 203 and 255 or permission of instructor. In the first half of the course we introduce the theory of economic valuation , examine selected case studies in the developing world, and analyze critiques of the method in this context. The second half of the course involves development of a theoretical model for household willingness-to-accept (WTA) compensation for increased environmental risk of oil transport in the Amazon basin and the empirical estimation of this model with data from household level surveys in Amazonas Brazil. Casey

Economics 396 (3) - The Economics of Deep Integration: Borders and Barriers in the European Union - topical description - Prerequisites: Either Economics 370 or 371 and permission of the instructor. This course evaluates, theoretically and empirically, the depth of market integration in the European Union, and the problems which remain. The EU has made great strides toward unifying its market, including the recent introduction of the euro as its common currency. While there are few remaining official impediments toward integration, recent research indicates that significant market segmentation may remain. In international finance co-authors Feldstein and Horioka demonstrated that, despite perceptions to the contrary, international investment is surprisingly small. In international trade, John McCallum shows that seemingly benign international borders dramatically disrupt commerce. Students should plan on daily readings, regular class participation, a core-competency exam, and a term paper project. Anderson

English 233 (3) - Lights, Camera, Nation: The U.S. In and Through Film - topical description - This course is a survey of American film, focusing on the place and status of nationalist "sentiment" in the production and the reception of major films. (How do films facilitate or interrogate a feeling of national identity?) We look at the "birthing" of a national cinema in Griffith's famous and seminal work, Birth of a Nation, and proceed, for the most part, thematically and generically. As we look at films such as Citizen Kane, The Candidate, Bulworth, and Wag the Dog, we also examine the significance of actors-turned politicians and vice versa. Throughout, we attempt to surmise the gendered, racial, and class positions of the camera -- of the images we receive. Students are required to keep a film journal, in which they produce ten pages of response writing per week, using the vocabulary to articulate cinematic dynamics. In addition, in small groups, students create and articulate a "story board" sequence -- imagining a scene from either The Last Tycoon or Day of the Locusts and showing how its construction impacts the intent -- produce two formal papers -- one a film review and another a critical analysis -- and take a final exam covering the films and the readings. (GE3)Kane

English 290 (3) - Seminar for Prospective Majors: Native American Renaissance: Momaday, Welch, and Silko - topical description - A close study of three writers whose early works created new possibilities for Indian authors. Beginning with N. Scott Momaday's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel House Made of Dawn and mixed-genre work The Way to Rainy Mountain, we also read James Welch's novel Winter in the Blood and Leslie Marmon Silko's novel Ceremony to examine the roots of the movement. We then study other selected works by these authors (and by critics) to see how their careers have developed, how society has reacted, and how their visions have changed, including poetry, essays, short stories, interviews, and two more novels: The Ancient Child by Momaday, and Fools Crow by Welch. Our goal is to see how a new ethnic literature has developed and what it has achieved, based on detailed knowledge of these three authors. Students write a series of assignments, culminating in a major research essay to be shared with the class, and take a final exam. (GE3) Smout

English 380A (3) - Philip Pullman and C. S. Lewis: Rival Canons - topical description - This seminar explores some of the sources that lie behind C. S. Lewis' Christian allegory, The Chronicles of Narnia, and Philip Pullman's materialist trilogy, His Dark Materials. Lewis' debt to medieval and Renaissance romance and Pullman's debt to the Romantic re-reading of Milton are studied. No previous experience of Dante, Spenser, Milton, Blake, or Shelley is required, though familiarity with Paradise Lost would be helpful. Keen

English 380B (3) - African-American Poetry and Poetics - topical description - In this seminar, students read deeply in African-American poetry, starting with Wheatley and Dunbar but concentrating mainly on 20th-century writers. We pay particular attention to Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Lucille Clifton and close the term by reading three very recent volumes by contemporary poets. Readings also include poetic manifestoes and African-American literary theory. In addition to three hour-long tests, students write formal essays, frequent response papers, and a book review of a contemporary collection. (GE3) Wheeler

English 380C (3) - American Environmental Writing - topical description - Open to non-majors.This course examines representations of place and the relationship between culture and nature in 20th-century America. We read several works by Rick Bass, especially fiction and nonfiction related to the Yaak Valley in northwestern Montana. We also read several writers included in a new anthology edited by Bass called The Roadless Yaak. Other works may include Barry Lopez's Arctic Dreams, Janisse Ray's Ecology of a Cracker Childhood, Terry Tempest Williams' Refuge, and Christopher Camuto's Another Country. Rick Bass will be on campus and participate in our classes during the week of April 28 to May 2. Chris Camuto, an adjunct professor in our English Department, will be available when we are reading his work. In addition, we supplement our readings with essays on bioregionalism, ecocriticism, ecofeminism, and environmental history. Our aim is to develop a vocabulary for environmental studies in the humanities. The course fulfills the humanities requirement for the Program in Environmental Studies. (GE3) Warren

English 380D (3) - Staging Ireland: Rival Forms, Rival Communities Since The Troubles - topical description - Focusing largely on dramatic production within and about Ireland since the resurgence of political unrest in the late 1960s, this course considers the ways in which rival visions of community are shaped through a series of different artistic forms (whether generic, aesthetic, or rhetorical). Plays, screenplays, and verse drama by Seamus Heaney, Roddy Doyle, Martin McDonagh, Brian Friel, and Frank McGuinness are generically, historically framed by selected narrative fiction, critical non-fiction, and poetic narratives by Eavan Boland, Heaney and Doyle. Students are expected to participate in a course film series, and in the international conference, "Re-Imagining Ireland," held at the University of Virginia, May 8-9, 2003. Required readings are sold at Books and Co. (corner of Nelson and Jefferson). (GE3) Wilson

Geology 146 (3) - Geology of Natural Resources - Newly scheduled course

Geology 160 (3) - Field Geology - Cancelled

Geology 373 (3) - Advanced Field Study: Appalachians - Cancelled

Geology 376 (6) - Geology and Geomorphology of the Coastal Plain and Eastern Shore of Virginia - topical description - Prerequisite: Geology 100 or 101. Field-based study of the barrier-bay coast of the Virginia Eastern Shore and the depositional sequence in the Coastal Plain of eastern Virginia. Following introductory activities on campus, a week in the field at the barrier island coast examining barrier island dynamics, island biotic zonation, shoreface sediment transport and sedimentology, modern invertebrate ecology, Holocene stratigraphy, Eolian processes, tidal-flat sedimentation, and tidal creek processes. A research project is conducted by each student in the field. In the second half of the term, one or more trips are made to examine the sedimentology, stratigraphy, paleontology, Holocene estuarine sedimentation, and erosional geomorphology of the Coastal Plain. Harbor, Webber

Interdepartmental 132 (3) - Contemporary Global Issues - students must also register for INTR 131

History 152 (3) - Seminar: The Vietnam War - topical description - The causes, conduct and consequences of the Vietnam War are investigated. Primary emphases is on foreign policy-making in Washington and Hanoi, strategy and tactics on the battlefield, dissent on the home front, and international diplomacy/great power rivalry during the Cold War. (GE4) Machado

History 195A (3) - Seminar: Crises & the Crescent: Ottoman Empire - topical description - Prerequisite: Freshman or sophomore standing only. The Ottoman Empire and Successor States in the 19th and 20th centuries: The Middle East and the Balkans to the present (excluding Israel and the Maghreb States) . (GE4) Porter

History 195B (3) - Seminar: European History - Russia - topical description - Freshmen and Sophomores only. A study of society and politics in 19th-century Russia as represented in the literature of the time. (GE4) Cecil

History 195C (3) - Seminar: Robespierre to Chirac: Themes in French and European History, 1789-2003 - topical description - The French Revolution set a new agenda for Europe. The themes of democracy, the nation state, the emancipation of slaves and women, and the concept of mass war are explored from the perspective of Europeans in general and the French in particular. The formation of the European Union and its challenge to America is seen as the outcome of a long historical process. (GE4) Mitchell

History 320 (3) - Imperial Russia, 1689 to 1917- topical description

History 329A (3) - Seminar: European History and Literature-Russia - topical description - Juniors and Seniors only. A study of society and politics in 19th-century Russia as represented in the literature of the time. (GE4) Cecil

History 329B (3) - Seminar: England in the Age of Revolution 1688-1832 - topical description - This period, molded by experience of Revolution, saw the emergence of many of the characteristics of modern England. The Glorious Revolution of 1688 defined the constitution; the American Revolution fashioned attitudes towards empire, the French Revolution produced the challenge of democracy; and the Industrial Revolution changed working practices forever. So great were these changes that they led to a re-evaluation of gender roles, religion and attitudes to crime and poverty. All of these themes are explored. (GE4) Mitchell

History 367 (3) - Seminar: History of Terrorism - topical description - Terrorism is a form of collective violence famously illustrated in the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon near Washington on September 11, 2001. This course provides a selective survey of the origins and evolution of terrorist organizations and their violence. Since large-scale, lethal terrorist actions involving attacks on civilians are relatively recent historically, special emphasis is placed upon the phenomenon in the 20th and 21st centuries. Much of the course focuses on the social divisions and conflicts that lead to terrorism and its increasingly lethal nature over time. Topics include "old terrorism" (as seen in Northern Ireland and Algeria), "new terrorism" (such as that associated with Al Qaeda), and the nature of and spread of weapons of mass destruction. (GE4) Senechal

History 369A (3) - Seminar: Civil Rights Movement: Brown to Bakke - topical description

History 369B (3) - Seminar: History of Gay and Lesbian Life in 20th Century - topical description - Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of the instructor. The history of gay and lesbian life in 20th century America. Topics include 19th-century romantic friendships; the invention of homosexuality; World War I; building communities; the 1930s, a worried decade; World War II; the 1950s: repression and growth; the 1960s: toward Stonewall; Gay liberation; the Aids Crisis, the 1990s: assimilation or affirmation? McAhren

Interdepartmental 132- (3) Contemporary Global Issues - students must also register for INTR 131

Interdepartmental 395 (3) - Special Topics in Environmental Ethics: Values and Environmental Decision: Ethics, Economics and Ecology - topical description - This course explores the various values relevant to environmental decision making. Issues include environmental justice, responsibility to future generations, morality and nature, economic valuation, ecosystem health/integrity, the preservation of biodiversity, the nature of sustainability, and environmental aesthetics. Our goal, for each category of values, is to identify the nature of the value in question, determine why it is a value worth pursuing, and specify the practical implications of adopting this value as a policy goal. We also explore ways to navigate the inevitable tradeoffs that beset any pluralistic approach to environmental values. Cooper

Journalism 295 (3) - Sports Reporting and Writing - topical description - A survey of representative works of contemporary in-depth sports reporting and commentary in both print and broadcast. de Maria

Journalism 295B (3) - Commentary Writing - Newly scheduled course - topical description - Prerequisite: Completion of composition requirement (GE1). Open to freshmen and sophomores. Appropriate for non-majors. A seminar in the investigation and analysis of public problems, with emphasis on the development of articles of interpretation and comment. Weekly written assignments. Smith

Journalism 346 (3) - Issues in Ethics of Journalism - Newly scheduled course

Journalism 353 (3) - Contemporary Issues - Newly scheduled course

Literature in Translation 295A (3) - The Cuban Story - topical description - This course examines the unfolding of 20th- century Cuba as a "story" as seen through its translated prose, film, and non-fiction discourses. Beginning with writers, such as Martí, who memorialize Cuba's birth to more recent writers who question its future, our selected readings attempt to show the development of Cuban society as its own narrative. Major readings by José Martí, Alejo Carpentier, Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, Miguel Barnet, Cristina García, and Alejandro Hernández Díaz among others. Shorter anthologized works by Lezama Lima, Valdés, Novás Calvo, Cabrera Infante, Sarduy et al. Films by Desnoes, Arenas, Gutiérrez Alea, Hijuelos and Tabío. All works are in English. Students must contribute to class discussion, write several papers; one or more exams. See more information at http://home.wlu.edu/~barnettj/lit295/ . (GE3) Barnett

Literature in Translation 295B (3) - Images of Contemporary Africa - topical description - This course focuses on a wide range of texts published after 1961, by which time the majority of African countries had gained their independence. The main interest in this course is to study the various ways African writers represent the political, economic, cultural and psycho-social conditions of post-colonial Africa. Two films addressing contemporary concerns are incorporated into the program.(GE3) Kamara

Literature in Translation 295C (3) - Medieval German Literature in Translation - topical description - Knights, damsels, dragons, tournaments and love potions. Important German works of the High Middle Ages including courtly epic, heroic epic, courtly love poetry and mystical writings. (GE3) Crockett

Literature in Translation 295D (3) - Exile and Homeland in Five French Caribbean Novels - topical description - Open to all students, priority given to freshmen. Does not count as a core or related course for French or Romance Languages majors. A study of images and themes related to the central antithesis of exile and homeland omnipresent in the rich , sociologically and esthetically relevant literary production of post-colonial French West Indian authors. Of particular interest are five 200-page novels written by contemporaries or immediate precursors of Toni Morrison: Maryse Condé, who lectured recently at W&L, as well as Jacques Roumain, Joseph Zobel and Simone Schwarz-Bart. There are four essays, two film viewings and ultimate synthesis of the course in a final exam, either oral or written, depending on each student's preference. Spontaneous discussion and demonstrated sound preparation for each class are be extremely important. (GE3) Fralin

Management 195B (3) - International Business - topical description - Prerequisite: Accounting 201 (preference is given to sophomores). This course is a survey of the challenges encountered by managers in the context of a global business environment. A broad range of business issues are covered such economic, legal and political, and cultural. Pirkle.

Management 303A (3) - Sem: Consumer Psychology - topical description - Prerequisite: Management 211 and permission of instructor. This seminar focuses upon the mind of consumer. Heavy emphasis is placed upon interdisciplinary application of various theories in psychology and social psychology to understand how consumers understand, react to, and behave in the marketplace. Examples of these topics include attribution theory, expectation disconfirmation ("satisfaction"), regret theory, prospect theory, and affect. Bower.

Management 303B (3) - Sem: Marketing for Service Firms - topical description - Prerequisite: Management 211. With the service sector accounting for an increasingly large portion of both the domestic and global economies and with the traditional manufacturing and retailing sectors increasing their dependence on service as a point of differentiation, a sound understanding of services is growing in importance. This seminar focuses on the unique characteristics of service firms and the strategic and operational implications of those characteristics for effective marketing. Additional consideration is given to the role of customer service in non-service businesses. Cases and readings are used to explore best practices in the service sector and explore opportunities for improvement. Straughan.

Management 305 (3) - International Business - topical description - Prerequisite: Accounting 201 (preference is given to sophomores). This course is a survey of the challenges encountered by managers in the context of a global business environment. A broad range of business issues are covered such economic, legal and political, and cultural. Pirkle.

Management 306 (3) - Sem: E-Commerce Development - topical description - Prerequisite: Management/Computer Science 310 or permission of instructor. This course is an introduction to the benefits, capabilities, and related information technologies that comprise the current state of e-Commerce. It provides a greater understanding of how to design, develop, and implement e-commerce transaction processing applications, such as dynamic web page generation, interactive database updates, and virtual shopping carts. Students acquire the skills to design, create, test, and debug a fully functional, web-based transaction processing e-commerce application. The course is designed for students with some relational database experience. Ballenger.

Management 350 (3) - Negotiation and Dispute Resolution - Newly scheduled course

Management 355 (3) - Cases in Corporate Finance - Newly scheduled course

Management 389 (3) - Production-Operations Management - Newly scheduled course

Mathematics 195 (3) - The Mathematics of Games and Gambling - topical description - The course participants develop mathematical models for most of the traditional casino (blackjack, craps, keno, roulette) and social (backgammon, bridge, poker) games, as well as some other betting activities (lotteries, horse racing, etc.), along with some elementary game theory. In addition, we explore some of the history of games, gambling, probability and statistics. (GE5c) McRae

Mathematics 301 (3) - Fundamental Concepts - Newly scheduled course

Mathematics 383 (3) - Analytic Number Theory - topical description - A study of topics from number theory such as the Prime Number Theorem, the Riemann Zeta Function, and the Mobius inversion formula. Bernoulli numbers are covered if time permits. The focus of the course is on how topics from real analysis can help us to understand and prove statements about the integers.

Music 396 (3) - Seminar: Musical Settings of the Mass - topical description - An historical survey of musical settings of the Mass. The texts to the ordinary of the Mass -- Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus and Agnus Dei -- have remained constant for centuries. Composers of every historical era have set these words to music. Thus, a survey of Mass settings from the Renaissance to the present provide a clear picture of changing musical styles viewed in the framework of unchanging texts. (GE4) Spice

Philosophy 195 (3) - Seminar: The Concept of Honor - topical description - Prerequisite: Freshman or sophomore standing. Honor is at the heart of Washington and Lee's values, yet its hold on wider American society is tenuous, and its meaning may seem unclear. This course explores the concept of honor in historical and philosophical context, examining some key moments in its development from ancient Greece to modern America: Homer's Iliad, Sir Gawain And The Green Knight, Robert Edward Lee, ghetto street gangs, and Washington and Lee's "honor system." (GE4) Sessions

Philosophy 258 (3) - Philosophy of Law - Newly scheduled course

Philosophy 260 (3) - Philosophy of Nature - Cancelled

Philosophy 395A (3) - W.V. Quine: Meaning, Knowledge and Reality - topical description - Willard van Orman Quine is one of the twentieth century's most important, most systematic, most controversial, and most misunderstood philosophers. His seminal article "Two Dogmas of Empiricism" (1950-51) divides the century in half and is (rightly or wrongly) considered the most important article of the last century. With it, Quine slew the dragon of logical empiricism (or so rumor has it), and it has been reprinted, translated, and written about more than any other short piece ever. We focus on four main areas of Quine's philosophy. Meaning: his rejection of the analytic/synthetic distinction in favor of holism; his rejection of the very concept of meaning through his thesis of the indeterminacy of translation (i.e. between any two languages there are infinitely many equally adequate, but incompatible, translations). Knowledge: his rejection of the a priori / a posteriori distinction in favor of holism; his rejection of traditional rationalism and empiricism in favor of a radical naturalistic epistemology. Reality: his deflationary theory of truth; his ontological relativity (i.e. we cannot say absolutely what our words refer to); his view that only the structure of theory is important (but there can be infinitely many incompatible structures); his metaphysical realism. Naturalism: his key to understanding how all these apparently absurd and disparate elements fit together (or fall apart); some think it signals the death of philosophy. (GE4) Gregory

Philosophy 395B (3) - Derrida on the Margins of Philosophy - topical description - A reading of several of Derrida's essays and of interviews with him and an examination of his distinctive analyses of familiar philosophical texts, notably Plato and Kierkegaard. (GE4) Pemberton

IMPORTANT -- Sign up for PE class preferences through web registration. Read the instructions on the web! Please check the department's web site for detailed information. Students may express a preference for up to three skills courses as part of web registration. These preferences are examined only after the academic schedule has been set by the computer. If open and without conflict between or with academic courses, one and only one skills course may be placed in the schedule. Changes or additional sections may be made during the drop/add period. See registrar.wlu.edu/registration/regpe.htm for additional information.

Physical Education 120 - Self-defense - Women only

Physical Education 157M&W - Lacrosse (Men & Women) - Cancelled

Physical Education 170 - Horsemanship - $90 - 1st meeting - Mon. 4/21 - 5:00 pm, Doremus 516

Physical Education 175 - Canoeing - $90 - 1st meetings - 4/22,23,24 - 1:00 pm, Doremus 516

Physical Education 176 - Bicycling - no charge

Physical Education 178 - Ballet - $60 - 1st Meeting - Wed. 4/23, Doremus Dance Studio

Physical Education 179 - Modern Dance - $60 - Women only

Physical Education 304 (2) - First Aid and CPR - $16/$33 - 1st meeting mandatory

Physical Education 313 (2) - Water Safety Instructor's Course - $55

Physics/Engineering 260 (3) - Materials Science - Newly scheduled course

Physics 421A (1), 422A (2), 423A (3) - Laser Dynamics Research - Newly scheduled course

Politics 101 (3) - Comparative Government - Newly scheduled course

Politics 104 (3) - International Relations - Newly scheduled course

Politics 295 (3) - The European Union - topical description - This course examines the origins, institutionalization and future of European integration. Attention is given to the evolution of EU institutions, the drafting of an EU constitution, the forging of an EU foreign and defense policy, the EU's eastward enlargement, and the U.S. role and stake in a unified Europe. Thompson

Politics 350 (3) - Social Movements - Newly scheduled course

Politics 390 (3) - Ralph Ellison's Political Artistry - topical description - Prerequisites: Junior standing and either POL 100 or POL 111. (Qualified sophomores may inquire with the instructor about enrolling in the seminar.) This course examines Ralph Ellison's political thought as it is reflected in his fiction and non-fiction. Students read and discuss his novels (Invisible Man and Juneteenth), short stories, essays, interviews, and correspondence, as well as scholarly commentary, to discern the political implications of Ellison's writings. Some themes explored include the American dream, equality, individualism, invisibility, freedom, responsibility, diversity, patriotism, and history. Morel

Politics 396 (3) - Seminar: Politics and The Bible - topical description - No prerequisite. Political philosophy relies on unaided reason in its attempt to discover the human good and the political arrangements that support it. But another and competing source of political guidance is to be found in revealed religion. This course attempts, without presupposition, to discover a coherent political teaching in the Bible. The bulk of our attention is on the Old Testament, though some attention is given to the Gospel of Mark and to Paul's Letter to the Romans. Lloyd

Portuguese

Portuguese 100 (6) - Portuguese for Beginners - Newly scheduled course - Prerequisites: Enrollment in W&L's US-Brazilian exchange program or other relevant program and permission of the Head of the Romance Languages Department. Intensive study of the Portuguese language for beginners, with emphasis on basic communication skills. Staff. Spring 2003 only.

Religion 195B (3) - Perspectives on Death and Dying - Newly scheduled course - topical description - Prerequisite: Freshman or sophomore standing only. Students may not also receive credit for Religion 310. A comparison of ways in which various religious traditions, as well as modern secular writers, conceive of death, the afterlife, and the proper human response to death, along with readings on cultural and social issues, concluding with an independent research project. (GE4) Marks.

Religion 195C (3) - Seminar in Biblical Studies: Historical Jesus - topical description - Prerequisite: Religion 102 or permission of the instructor. Freshman or sophomore standing only. Students may not also receive credit for Religion 350. This course investigates the place of Jesus of Nazareth in history by providing: 1) a general orientation to the traditions about Jesus as represented in the four canonical gospels of the New Testament, in the letters of the Apostle Paul, and in some extra-canonical gospels (e.g., the gnostic Gospel of Thomas); 2) an introduction to and assessment of the critical methodology employed to determine the historical layers of that tradition; and 3) a study of the various theories about Jesus’ identity that have emerged through the centuries of Christianity with special emphasis on the various "quests for the historical Jesus" which have arisen since the Enlightenment. The driving questions of the course concern what can be known about Jesus as an historical person and how differing reconstructions of the historical Jesus have influenced and continue to influence both religious and secular thought. (GE4) Brown

Religion 310 (3) - Perspectives on Death and Dying - Newly scheduled course

Religion 340 (3) - Seminar in Asian Religion The Hindu Temple - topical description - An exploration of temples in Hinduism including the form and symbolism of the temple as sacred space; modes and occasions of worship; and the temple’s place in its town and region. Examples include major temple complexes (Puri, Chidambaram, Madurai) as well as smaller temples. (GE4) Lubin

Religion 350 (3) - Seminar in Biblical Studies: Historical Jesus - topical description - Prerequisite: Religion 102 or permission of the instructor. This course investigates the place of Jesus of Nazareth in history by providing: 1) a general orientation to the traditions about Jesus as represented in the four canonical gospels of the New Testament, in the letters of the Apostle Paul, and in some extra-canonical gospels (e.g., the gnostic Gospel of Thomas); 2) an introduction to and assessment of the critical methodology employed to determine the historical layers of that tradition; and 3) a study of the various theories about Jesus’ identity that have emerged through the centuries of Christianity with special emphasis on the various "quests for the historical Jesus" which have arisen since the Enlightenment. The driving questions of the course concern what can be known about Jesus as an historical person and how differing reconstructions of the historical Jesus have influenced and continue to influence both religious and secular thought. (GE4) Brown

Spanish 395 (3) - A Literature of Silence: the Franco Period - topical description - This course focuses on a variety of texts -- novel, short story, poetry, and film -- representative of Franco's Spain. Muffled by censorship and devoid of a language sufficient to express the gloom and deprivation of their world, the authors of this period often express their powerlessness through allusions to silence. As we read the novels of Rodoreda and Laforet and the poetry of José Angel Valente and view several films of the era, we study how metaphors of silence encode the repression typical of the period. (GE3) West-Settle

Spanish 396 (3) - Spanish-American Detective Fiction - topical description - This course examines some of the leading examples of Spanish-American detective fiction of the 20th century. It includes various types of crime fiction including the "Whodunnit," the noir thriller, the anti-conspiracy thriller and other more recent developments in this genre. (GE3)Williams

Theatre 397B (3) - Seminar in Theater Topics, Theater Management - topical description - A survey and analysis of the business of theatrical and performing arts management. The class examines the various management systems used for the presentation and production of the performing arts. Particular attention is given to the methods used by performing arts organizations and promoters to control, market and present performances. Gorman

Theatre 397C: (3) - Symposium on Theater History - topical description - Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. The class explores theater history resources available on the World Wide Web and focuses on theater architecture, scenery, costuming, music, and production conventions. Resources are evaluated and published on the Theater Department's "History Web Page." Experience in web authoring helpful but not necessary. Ziegler

University Scholars 202A (3) - Natural Science Seminar: Regular Polygons: Euclid and Gauss - topical description - No prerequisites. This course covers the story of Carl Gauss' astonishing achievement in the late 18th century, a discovery in geometry which had eluded Euclid and his successors for more than 2,000 years. The mystery unravels like a detective novel -- finding clues in unexpected areas of elementary mathematics, then following obscure leads to the development of a few new and more advanced concepts. Calculus is not involved, and we review in detail all of the necessary parts of arithmetic, geometry and trigonometry. By the end of the course we will not have covered some of the more subtle arguments produced by Gauss. But we will: a) learn some of the mathematics "time line"; b) understand the context of the problem; c) follow, in broad outline, the sweep of the solution; and d) construct each of the possible regular polygons of fewer than 20 sides. (GE5c) Sharp

University Scholars 202B (4) - Natural Science Seminar: Science in Art: A Technical Examination of 17th-Century Dutch Painting - topical description - Development of fundamental understanding of certain physical, chemical, biological and geological principles utilizing primarily 17th-century Dutch art as the basis for discussion. When possible, the course develops modern notions of science with those of the 17th century in order to see how 17th-century science influenced 17th-century art. The choice of Holland is logical from scientific and art conservation standpoints but also poses interesting artistic questions from political, religious, and economic perspectives. The emphasis is on key aspects of optics, light and chemical bonding needed to understand how a painting "works" and how art conservators analyze paintings in terms of conservation and authenticity. (GE5c) Uffelman