Art 380 (3) - Medieval Art in America: Collectors of Medieval Art in the United States - topical description - This colloquium explores the reception of medieval art in the United States from the 19th century to the present. It investigates how and why medieval works of art entered United States' private and public collections. What kinds or works attracted our collectors? What periods or regional traditions do they represent? Are these works perceived differently from works in the same media belonging to other historical periods? How are they presented in U.S. museums? The seminar begins with an introduction to medieval art, the study of collecting, and the important public medieval collections in the U.S. Then, students pursue case studies of individual collectors or collections, concluding in a class presentation and a research paper. Assignments include a research paper and a final class presentation, as well as several short presentations and papers on topics throughout the term. Lively and informed class participation is expected. (GE4) Marina.

Biology 216 (6) - Tropical Ecology - Cancelled

Biology 241 (6) - Field Ornithology - Cancelled

Biology 255 (3)- Reproductive Physiology - Cancelled

Biology 295 (1) - Topics in Biology - Cancelled

Biology 396A (3) - Virology - topical description - Prerequisite: Biology 220. Focus on the structure, genetics and pathogenesis of eukaryotic viruses, with emphasis on viruses causing human disease. Simurda

Biology 396B (3) - Current Issues in Molecular Genetics - topical description - Prerequisite: Biology 215 or 220. Society is witnessing breathtaking progress in genetics today, raising important questions about the long-term implications of new biomedical technologies. This course focuses on scientific consequences of current genetics research, together with related ethical, legal and social ramifications. The aim is to equip students to make informed decisions about the appropriate development, oversight and use of these technologies. Topics include gene therapy, cloning and stem cell research. Evaluation of the primary literature and communication and presentation skills are emphasized. Noramly

Biology 397 (3) - Neuroendocrinology - topical description - Benefits and risks of hormone replacement therapy for aging men; the western diet crisis and obesity; ghrelin, a novel gut-brain hormone. I'Anson

Chemistry 195 (3) - Atomic Bomb: Origin, Use, Legacy - Cancelled

Chemistry 295 (1) - Metabolic Diseases - topical description - Prerequisite: Chemistry 341. Seminar format. Each student chooses a metabolic disease to research and present to the class in a PowerPoint presentation. The presentation and subsequent paper must include an extensive explanation of the problem, its physiological consequences, how the two are related (genetics, if known), and treatments (if available). The final grade is determined by the quality of the presentation and the paper, as well as by class attendance. Alty

Chemistry 295B (1) - Organic Synthesis - topical description - An introduction to the synthesis of complex organic molecules. France

Chemistry 297 (2) - Medicinal Chemistry - topical description - Prerequisite: Chemistry 242. Topics covered in this course include: forces in biological systems, drug-macromolecular interactions, enzymes as drug targets, receptors as drug targets, drug action at neurotransmitter junctions, DNA and RNA as targets for drug action, drug development and structure activity relationships, pharmacodynamics, biotransformation reactions, and drug design for pharmacokinetic problems. Several cases in rational drug design are covered, including the design of cimetidine, an anti-ulcer medication. Graded work consists of two problem sets, a paper, and a cumulative final exam. Alty

Computer Science 397A (3) - Seminar: Web and Database Application Programming - topical description - Prerequisite: Computer Science 112 or permission of instructor. A large percentage of Web-based applications employ a database on a server as a "back end" for storing the data with which the user interacts. The "front end" is the Web page itself and the middle tier is a program which converts user requests from the Web forms into database requests and then manipulates the results for display back to the user. This course makes use of modern technologies for developing such applications. Students who have not had experience with database systems are expected to learn the fundamentals of SQL, the standard query language for database systems, in the first week of the course. Whaley.

Computer Science 397B (3) - Seminar: Introduction to Robotics - topical description - Prerequisite: Computer Science 112 or permission of instructor. This course introduces students to basic concepts in robotics, including hardware and software issues. Each student is responsible for building a robot using the popular Lego Mindstorms Robotics Invention System, and programming the robot to do various tasks. Though no prior robotics experience is necessary, students are expected to have fundamental programming skills at the level of at least Computer Science 112. Levy.

Economics 274 (3) - China's Modern Economy - revised description - China's economy is now large enough to affect those of its neighbors, something unimaginable 20 years ago. Shanghai is now a showcase of modern architecture and transportation, with millions of middle-class consumers and China has become the world's third-largest producer of automobiles, and the second-largest importer of oil. Equally important, during the same period economic growth has lifted 300 million people out of poverty. What has enabled this growth miracle, how has it transformed the lives of individuals and society as a whole, and what does the future hold? We apply a range of economic tools to these issues, in a writing- and presentation-intensive seminar. Smitka

Economics 295A (3) - The Business and Economics of Competitive Sports - topical description - Prerequisite: Economics 101 or permission of instructor. The course takes an applied approach to a multi-billion dollar industry. Students use economic tools from labor economics, industrial organization, and public finance to analyze a variety of topical questions in sports. Topics include variable approaches to organizing leagues, the economic affect of Title IX, the benefit of publicly supported stadiums, and discrimination in sports. Mitchell

Economics 295B (3) - Introduction to Game Theory - topical description - Game theory is the study of strategic behavior. It aims to help us understand situations in which decision-makers interact. Game theory can be applied to the following situations: firms competing for business, political candidates competing for votes, jury members deciding on a verdict, bidders competing in an auction, the evolution of preferences and behaviors, and the role of threats and punishment in long-term relationships. In this course, we present the main ideas of game theory and show how they can be used to understand economic, social and political phenomena. Komai

Economics 295C (3) - Industrial Structures - topical description - Prerequisites: Economics 101  and Mathematics 101 or equivalent familiarity. This course examines the workings of markets and industries, particularly the way firms compete with each other. Topics include market structures, price and non-price strategies, entry and exit, and, time-permitting, government policies and their effects (antitrust and regulation). Real-world applications are made throughout the course. Parrett

Economics 310 (3) - History of Economic Thought - Cancelled

Economics 332 (3) - Comparative Labor Economics - Cancelled

Economics 342 (3) - The Corporation & Society - Cancelled

Economics 385 (3), 386 (3) - Supervised Study Abroad - Cancelled

Economics 397 (3) - Central Banking - topical description - Prerequisites. Economics 360 and permission of the instructor. Enrollment is limited to 16 students. This seminar explores the theory, institutions, and history of central banks, along with occasional guest lectures and enrichment activities. It is a reading- and research-intensive course designed to give the student a deep knowledge of one area, of the student's choice, within central banking. Readings include classic theoretical studies of central banks by economists such as Friedman and Schwartz, Leijonhufvud, and Goodhart. Each student chooses additional readings from the area of history, institutions, or people related to central banking. Grades are determined by participation and by a research project. Each student identifies and researches one question within the course's more broadly defined topic and including readings, a paper, and a presentation/discussion for the class. Hooks

Engineering 295 (3) - Introduction to Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics - Newly scheduled course - topical description - Prerequisites: Physics 111, 112. This course is a survey of the fundamentals of medical physics and an exploration of emerging topics in biomedical engineering intended for students interested in biophysics, bioengineering, or preparing for a career in the health profession. Students take an interdisciplinary approach to understanding both the physiology and the physics of commonly-used clinical devices and procedures. We also discuss technical, practical, and ethical aspects of biomedical research. Eason

Engineering/Physics 361 (3) - Polymer Science & Engineering - Cancelled

English 215 (3) - British Literature: Modern and Contemporary - Cancelled

English 227 (3) - American Literature - World War II to Present - Cancelled

English 233A (3) - Lights, Camera, Nation: The U.S. In and Through Film - topical description - This course is a survey of American film and an introduction to 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 from Chaplin's final work, Limelight, though such films as Citizen Kane, The Candidate, Bulworth, and Wag the Dog, we will 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. Class work consists of several assignments that will allow students to articulate a knowledge of the vocabularies of film and film studies, the stages of film production, and the genre of film criticism. Students are required to keep a film journal, in which they will produce 10 pages of response writing per week, using the vocabulary to articulate cinematic dynamics. 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, and also produce two formal papers -- one a film review and another a critical analysis. A final exam will cover the films and the readings -- both from the textbook and the representative critical articles. Kane

English 290 (3) - Seminar for Prospective Majors: Poetry and Performance - topical description - In this gateway course to the English major, students consider the relationship between printed text and performance in American poetry. We focus initially on Langston Hughes and Edna St. Vincent Millay, reading short poems, longer sequences, and a range of critical and theoretical selections. This course emphasizes the process of writing a research paper for an English class; short assignments culminate in a long essay on Millay and/or Hughes demonstrating mastery of these skills. Towards the end of the term, we also study contemporary Spoken Word poetry (slams, jams, etc.). Wheeler

English 290B (3) - Western American Literature - topical description - This gateway course to the English major is a study of selected fiction, poetry, drama, film, and non-fiction prose dealing with this beautiful and fascinating but troubled region. We analyze competing stories of who won the West and who ought to own and shape it now, focusing on such topics as identity, heritage, violence, community, change, nature, and the environment. Students write three short papers and take a final exam. Smout

English 380A (3) - Trials, Torture and the Truth: Women Writers in Early Modern England - topical description - In building an authority to speak, most early women writers exercised the prophetic prerogative. They claimed a personal knowledge of the divine that, in effect, circumvented normal routes of ecclesiastical control, including control over speech. This course examines how women writers from the late medieval period to the 17th century invoked prophetic authority and traces how the prophetic prerogative often led to an experience of trial and torture. We study biographies as well as writing by women, reading historical studies of Joan of Arc and her heresy trials alongside autobiographical accounts of heresy trial by Margery Kempe (fl. 1420), Protestant reformer Anne Askew (d. 1547), and Quakers Katherine Evans and Sarah Cheevers (fl. 1660). We also place women's trial narratives in context with other writing by early modern women (Mary Sidney's Psalm translations, visions of Catholic nuns, Aemilia Lanyer's Salve Deus, and the poems of Anne Bradstreet), thinking about how religious authority is negotiated in different genres and religious cultures. Throughout, we draw upon theoretical readings of women's literary authority, studying especially the ways contemporary culture reads prophetic knowledge (as mental disorder, as political strategy, as social resistance or as authentic religious expression). Gertz-Robinson

English 380B (3) - Adaptation and Its Discontents - topical description - This course explores the problem of adaptation in broad sense. We focus on the critical modern issue of adapting novels into films, but extend the sense of adaptation to include such issues as translation and translation theory, modernization of older forms and content for contemporary audiences, and the problem of reworking material from one culture for another, very different one. The course confronts these issues through three case studies. First, we follow the transformation of material from Homer's epic Odyssey to Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe and thence to Tennyson's various poetic treatments of both Homer and Defoe and, finally, the recent version of that material found in the film Castaway. Second, we trace the modernization and popularization of Virginia Woolf's modernist classic Mrs. Dalloway in Michael Cunningham's The Hours, and then look to the recent British film version of Mrs. Dalloway along with the American film version of The Hours. Third, we look to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and its contemporary adaptation in Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones's Diary, then turn to the 1995 BBC production of the Austen novel, and then to the film version of the Fielding novel. The course concludes with the intense theoretical, critical, an ethical debates surrounding J. G. Ballard's controversial novel Crash, which dramatizes the strange phenomenon of erotic fascination with car crash victims, and its 1996 film adaptation -- a movie that bombed in America, but was number one in France. Adams

English 380C (3) - Darwin and Thoreau/Thoreau and Darwin - topical description - Focusing on two great 19th-century texts -- Charles Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle and Henry David Thoreau's Walden -- we study and discuss the scientific and the literary mind at work when confronting nature through these two intellectual "secret sharers" at a critical moment in Western history. There are all sorts of profound similarities and differences between the young Darwin's five-year journey covering tens of thousands of miles to the ends of the earth from 1831-36 and Thoreau's two-year sojourn at Walden Pond from 1845-47. Of particular interest is the humble act of observation as it is practiced in science and in the arts and in how observations becomes knowledge and, at times, wisdom. The relationship between scientific knowledge and philosophical ideas is also critical. We also read letters, journals and essays from both men. Active participation, 20-page term essay, final exam. Camuto

English 380D (3) - Appalachian Literature - topical description - A focused engagement with the 20th-century literature tradition of the Southern Highlands, with some background on the culture of the area and the earlier oral tradition of storytelling. Topics include Stereotype and Beyond, Regionalism Redux, Religion of the Imagination, and Folk Arts/Fine Arts. Texts include Thomas Wolfe's Look Homeward Angel, Lee Smith's Saving Grace, and Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain. Additional reading comes from short fiction and poetry by Katharine Stripling Byer, Fred Chappell, Denise Giardina, Robert Secreast, Charles Wright, Heather Miller, Claudia Emerson, Ellen Bryant Voigt, David Huddle and others. Students write essays on both poetry and prose and take a final examination. Smith

English 386 (3) - Supervised Study Abroad - Cancelled

French 215 (3) - Atelier de Conversation - Cancelled

French 280 (3) - Civil et Culture Francophones - Cancelled

French 295 (3) - Atelier Avance Language, Literature, Culture - Cancelled

French 333 (3) - La Stylistique - Cancelled

French 342 (3) - La France Moderne - Cancelled

French 343 (3) - La France à travers les siècles: L'orientalisme français - topical description - Prerequisite: French 273 or equivalent or permission of the instructor. This course studies the fascination that the Arab world has held for French opinion, French artists, scientists, and political leaders through various periods of French history. Through individual research and virtual "tours", students explore how the "Orient" is defined and represented in literary works, paintings, films, scientific and political discourses, and how these images permeate French collective memory. The seminar format and an in-depth personal project help students hone their oral and written expository skills. (GE3) Frégnac-Clave.

French 344 (3) - Le roman francophone à la première personne - topical description - Taught in France. This course focuses on first- person narratives including autobiographical and semi-autobiographical, as well as fictional texts. We examine the way the narrating subject represents herself or himself in the context of or in apposition to a collective entity or experience. Issues such as narrative technique, point of view, space and identity, subjectivity and representation, receive special attention. Texts are African, Québécois, and Caribbean. Kamara

Geology 340 (3) - Hydrology - Cancelled

Geology 373 (3) - Advanced Field Study - Prerequisite or Corequisite: Geology 160 and/or permission of the instructor. This course studies the regional geology of the southwestern United States. Participants travel away from campus on a 23-day trip to the Grand Canyon, Zion Canyon, Colorado Plateau, Meteor Crater, the Painted Desert, the Rio Grand Rift, White Sands, Carlsbad Caverns, the Permian Basin, Big Bend volcanics, among many other very interesting localities. Most course activity involves outside field work and mapping for long periods of time. Course fee applies. Connors, Davis and Greer

Geology 376 (6) - Advanced Field Study - Cancelled

German 321 (3) - Introduction to German Short Fiction - Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. Among the authors treated are Storm, Hauptmann, Hesse, Kafka, Boell, and Duerrenmatt. All readings are in German. Follo

History 132 (3) - Case Studies Latin American Nationalism - Cancelled

History 150 (3) - Seminar: Antebellum President - topical description

History 152 (3) - Seminar in American History (Fr/So) - Cancelled

History 158 (3) - Seminar on Tropical Africa: The African Conundrum - topical description - 19th- and 20th-century quandaries for freshmen and sophomores. (GE4) Porter

History 195A (3) - European History, 1815 - 1914 - topical description - The long century. Topics include revolutions, challenging the existing order of the states through nationalism, empire building on the continent and overseas, social changes and the industrial revolution and the emergence of modern art. Class discussion of assigned reading. Brief oral presentations to start off discussions. Weekly essays. (GE4) Hartmut Pogge van Strandmann

History 195B (3) - Southern Lives in the 20th Century - topical description - Prerequisite: Freshman or sophomore standing. An examination of a diverse assortment of people and experiences of the 20th-century South through intensive readings of primary sources: memoirs, diaries, letter collections, and autobiographies. Koeniger

History 322 (3) - Seminar in Russian History - Cancelled

History 324 (3) - Seminar: Totalitarianism - Cancelled

History 329A (3) - Seminar: The Machiavellian Moment - topical description - Not open to students with credit for History 115. An examination of the republican vision of history and politics elaborated by Machiavelli in his Prince, Discourses on Livy, and Florentine Histories, in the contexts of preceding humanist thought and the political crises of the late Italian Renaissance. In addition to writing expository essays, students prepare book reviews and research papers. (GE4) Peterson.

History 329B (3) - Seminar: Catastrophe - topical description - This seminar focuses on continuity and cataclysm as it explores two important eras of change: the 12th century BC and the 6th century AD. Readings range from Homer and the Old Testament to medieval and modern studies of the Wasteland. This research seminar requires substantial writing. (GE4) Sanders

History 329C (3) - World Wars Compared:1914-1939 - topical description - From the "Clash of the Titans" in 1914 to the war against civilian populations in the Second World War. A comparison of World War I to World War II has not been undertaken so far. Topics include the origins and causes of each war, the difficulties of ending wars, the reasons for winning and losing wars, the number of casualties and the costs of wars. Class discussion of assigned reading. Brief oral presentations to start discussions. Weekly essays. Hartmut Pogge van Strandmann

History 332 (3) - Political Change in Latin America - Cancelled

History 353 (3) - Gay and Lesbian Life in 20th-Century U.S. - Newly scheduled course - This course deals with one aspect of American social history: gay and lesbian life throughout the 20th century, with some attention to bisexual and transgendered persons. Topics include: ways in which the sexologists' invention of homosexuality changed relations among people of the same sex from 19th-century romantic friendships; the effects of two world wars and the Great Depression; how sexual minorities built communities; repression and accomplishments of gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered people during the 1950s; the growth of activism in the 1960s; the importance of the Stonewall riot; the 1970s era of gay liberation; the effects of the 1980s AIDS crisis; the 1990s debate over assimilation or affirmation and advances and defeats; the 21st century, court decisions, and backlash. (GE4) McAhren

History 367 (3) - Sem: Violence in the South - topical description - This seminar surveys some of the major forms of violence distinctive to the South from 1800 through the first half of the twentieth century. Topics include honor-related violence (such as dueling among Southern gentry), slave resistance and rebellion, guerilla warfare during the Civil War, rioting, and lynching. Most classes are dedicated to discussion of readings, and class participation constitutes fifty percent of the final grade. Students also write a seminar paper on a single violent incident in the South. This paper, based on research in primary sources such as newspapers and magazines, makes up the other fifty percent of the final grade. Senechal

History 369 (3) - Southern Lives in the 20th Century - topical description - Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing. An examination of a diverse assortment of people and experiences of the 20th-century South through intensive readings of primary sources: memoirs, diaries, letter collections, and autobiographies. Koeniger

History 382 (3) - Occupied Japan - Newly scheduled course

Interdepartmental 395 (3) - Seminar in Environmental Ethics - topical description - The seminar seeks adventure in what it means to live as a responsible human being in the community of life on Earth. Environmental ethics is a systematic account of values carried by the natural world, coupled with an inquiry into duties toward animals, plants, species and ecosystems. Discussion uses readings mixed with actual examples of ethical decisions made in encounters with fauna and flora -- bighorn sheep, whales, ducks, butterflies, sequoias -- and with endangered species and threatened ecosystems. The connections of environmental ethics with ecological science and evolutionary biology is analyzed, with attention to the logic of moving from what is in nature to what ought to be. Some attention is given to religious perspectives on nature -- Judeo-Christian, Eastern, and native American -- and to classical philosophies of nature, particularly in romanticism in Emerson and in "hard science" as represented by John Stuart Mill. Seminar participants seek to develop a value theory for human encounters with the natural world, with both subjective and objective elements. Some attention is given to applying this ethical theory to social, public, and business policy. A concluding topic explores the historical experiences of personal residence in a surrounding natural environment. Rolston

Italian 403 (3) - Conversational Skills - Newly scheduled course

Journalism 295B (3) - The War Correspondents - topical description - Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. Appropriate for freshmen and non-majors. Enrollment limited to 20. Writers and reporters have been a presence during wartime throughout recorded history. This course examines the works of both print and broadcast correspondents. We cover the period from the Spanish Civil War through the most recent war in Iraq. Extensive writing is required. de Maria

Journalism 295C (3) - Enron, Martha Stewart and the Press: The News Media's Role in Uncovering and Covering Business Scandals - topical description - Appropriate for non-majors; open to upper-class students and, by permission of the teacher, to freshmen and sophomores. Enrollment limited to 15. High-profile corporate scandals dominate the headlines. They also raise important issues about the role and effectiveness of journalists in covering increasingly complex businesses. Using the collapse of Enron and the trial of Martha Stewart as starting points, students explore the intersection of the news media and the business world and research questions such as: Does the press' role as a watchdog of government extend to business? Has the business press helped to create the "imperial CEO?" Can journalists be reasonably expected to spot irregularities that accountants and regulators miss? Does the growing sophistication of corporate communications make it easier for companies to obscure the truth? The course features visiting lecturers from several disciplines and guest business journalists. Students conduct both individual and team research. Luecke

Journalism 295D (3) - The Journalism of Poverty - topical description - Enrollment limited to 15. Open to freshmen and non-majors with permission of the instructor. An intensive look at some of the past century's most distinguished reporting on the poor -- in books, newspapers, and magazines and on film. We try to identify journalism's strengths and frailties when it comes to understanding and communicating the realities of poverty, its causes and cures. Extensive reading. Wasserman

Literature in Translation 231 (3) - Seminar in Japanese Literature - Cancelled

Literature in Translation 255 (3) -Masterpieces of Peninsular Spanish Literature - Cancelled

Literature in Translation 295A (3) - Seminar: Brecht - topical description - Dramatic, narrative and poetic works of Bertolt Brecht in translation with particular emphasis on the dramas and the dramatic techniques known as "Brechtian." Readings include The Three Penny Opera, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, The Life of Galilei, and Mother Courage and her Children. (GE3) Crockett

Literature in Translation 295B (3) - Seminar in Contemporary Japanese Film - topical description - Viewing and discussion of major Japanese films from the past twenty years, emphasizing both the formal elements of the films considered and the social issues that those films examine, investigate, and romanticize. Films considered include those by Itami Jûzô, Kitano Takeshi, Koreeda Hirokazu, and Imamura Shôhei. Accompanying literary works will include pieces by authors such as Murakami Ryu, Tsushima Yuko, and Shimada Masahiko. All films are subtitled in English. (GE3) Britting

Literature in Translation 295C (3) - Masterpieces of Hispanic Literature in Translation - topical description - In this course, we read and discuss the literature considered by some to be of a high Modernist aesthetic in Hispanic letters; that is, the readings are 'classics' written by Spanish and Spanish American authors. From Spanish American, novels include One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez), The Lost Steps (Alejo Carpentier), and Pedro Páramo (Juan Rulfo), and poetry includes selections by Octavio Paz, Pablo Neruda and César Vallejo. From Spain, we read the essays of Ortega y Gassett, the poetry of Jorge Guillén, the poetry and drama of Federico García Lorca, and other works of the period. (GE3) West-Settle, Prinkey

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, 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

Literature in Translation 295E (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 363 - Russian Literature in Translation - Cancelled

Management 195B (3) - Selected Topics in Management: Art in Business - topical description - No prerequisite (preference given to freshmen and sophomores). An investigation of the multiple roles art and design play in the business world, with attention to aesthetic, theoretical and practical issues, both past and present. Among the topics to be explored are the art and design elements of advertising and packaging, the contributions of commercial illustrators, ranging from Winslow Homer to Charles Remington, the significance of the corporate logo and its evolution, and the implications for advertising and marketing to the World Wide Web and other (global) media. Macdonald.

Management 195C (3) - Selected Topics in Management: Personal Finance - topical description - No prerequisite (preference given to freshmen and sophomores; not open to declared majors in business administration, business administration and accounting, or economics). This course focuses on personal financial planning for various life situations including personal financial management, major purchases, insurance, and investments. Cline.

Management 330 (3) - Human Resource Management- Cancelled

Management 340 (3) - Entrepreneur and Small Business Management - Cancelled

Management 364 (3) - Cross Cultural Marketing Management - Cancelled

Mathematics 383 (3) - Seminar: Introduction to Set Theory - topical description - An introduction to the fundamentals of set theory illustrated with innumerable examples. This material is particularly applicable to those interested in pure mathematics and theoretical computer science, although the subject matter is at the foundations of all areas of mathematics. Humke

Music 374 (6) - Supervised Study in Europe - Cancelled

Music 375 (3) Sacred and Secular Music of Israel - Cancelled

Music 395 (3) - Seminar: Literature and Style Instrumental - Cancelled

Music 396 (3) - A Study of Selected Musicals by Rogers and Hammerstein - topical description

Music 397 (3) - Composition Seminar: Orchestration - topical description - Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. An introduction to the essentials of instrumentation, focusing on the techniques and resources of individual orchestral instruments and common ensembles. Vosbein

Philosophy 258 (3) - Philosophy of Law - Cancelled

Philosophy 395A (3) - Advanced Seminar: Western Thought: the Beginning, Middle, and End - topical description - Prerequisites: Six credits in philosophy and permission of the instructor. The pomposity of the title is relieved by the ambiguity of the word 'end.' Pemberton

Philosophy 395B (3) - Seminar: Bio-Medical Ethics - topical description - This course is taught in conjunction with a weekend Medical Ethics Institute on May 21st and 22nd, with Professor Jeff McMahan, Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University and Visiting Professor at the Center for Human Values at Princeton University. as the main speaker and participant. In this course we examine a variety of topics in medical ethics, including personal identity and the value of human life, abortion, euthanasia and animal experimentation, through a close reading of McMahan's "The Ethics of Killing: Problems at the Margins of Life." Students will present and discuss a selection of medical ethics cases with Professor McMahan and a number of medical professionals at the ethics institute during the fifth week of the term. (GE4) Mahon

Philosophy 395C (3) - The Churchlands & Neurophilosophy - topical description - Prerequisite: Significant prior philosophy, though advanced psychology or neuroscience students will be considered. Paul and Patricia Churchland, philosophers at the University of California, San Diego, apply neurocomputational theory to issues in the philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, and even moral theory, and they are developing a radical naturalistic approach to philosophy. A central tenet is that a genuine understanding of mind, science, and society requires understanding the brains of terrestrial creatures. He has argued for the plausibility of the thesis (eliminative materialism) that our common self-conception (our "folk psychology") is radically false, and will eventually be replaced by a new self-conception based in neuroscience. Readings from their works and their critics' address issues in perception, emotion, consciousness, and self-hood; personal, social, and scientific knowledge; artificial cognition, neural networks, perceptual and cognitive plasticity; and the nature of learning and conceptual change. (Note that Philosophy 313 (3), Philosophy of Mind, also appropriate for psychology and neuroscience students, is offered each fall.) (GE4) Gregory

Philosophy 395D (3) - Human Freedom in the Middle Ages - topical description - In this course we examine and discuss theories on human free will as espoused by various Medieval thinkers. We discuss each view in terms of its relationships to the historical and religious contexts in which these thinkers found themselves. We compare and contrast views and address the coherence and plausibility of each theory. The following questions will guide our examination: according to each thinker, do we have free will or are we determined to do what we do (or both?)? What role does each thinker give to reason? What role to desires and passions? How does each thinker envision the human will? Are there different sorts of freedom which human persons may or may not have? What is the relationship between the will, the appetites, reason, etc.? Do the answers to these questions have any bearing on how each thinker deals with other issues of importance-issues such as sin, virtue, God's foreknowledge, and the problem of evil? (GE4) Griffith

Physical Education 111 (0) - Aerobic Swimming - Cancelled

Physical Education 157M (0) - Lacrosse Men - Cancelled

Physical Education 157W (0) - Lacrosse Women- Cancelled

Physical Education - The following courses have an additional charge, billed to the student's account after registration: PE 170 - Horsemanship; PE 175 - Canoeing; PE 176 - Bicycling; PE 178 - Ballet; PE 179 - Modern Dance; PE 195 - Outdoor Activities: Fly Fishing; PE 304 (2) - First Aid and CPR; and PE 313 (2) - Water Safety Instructor's Course.

Physics 361 (3) - Polymer Science and Engineering - Cancelled

Politics 390B (3) Special Problems Seminar: Negotiation Analysis - topical description - No prerequisite. Open to majors and non-majors. Meets the comparative politics and international relations field requirement or elective credit for majors. Demonstrable conditions for self-enforcing and arbitrator-enforced negotiations. Cases cover the Harvard Graduate Business School Case Studies, Israel (BCE), Russia (1936-38), Germany (1942), free markets, and parliamentary states (2003). A research project assesses bargaining strength in sampled states. A course syllabus is available from mccaughrinc@wlu.edu . McCaughrin

Politics 392 (3) - Issues in Asian Politics - Cancelled

Politics 395 (3) - International Relations Seminar - Cancelled

Politics 396 (3) - Science, Technology, and Theology in the Renewal of Culture - topical description - Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. Corequisite: Politics 401.This course examines the intersection of science, technology, and theology in shaping culture. We aim at an understanding of "science" and its relation to "technology" through an exploration of Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound, Bacon's New Atlantis, Descartes' Discourse on Method, and Heidegger's The Question Concerning Technology, among others. We consider the origin of the "scientific view" over and against Christianity, and then explore Christianity's mutated reincarnation within an increasingly technocratic culture. In turning to culture, we consider films such as Blade Runner, Minority Report (along with the Philip Dick stories that inspired them), the Wachowski brothers' Matrix trilogy and Robert Zemeckis/Carl Sagan's Contact, novels such as Richard Power's Galatea 2.2, David Lodge's Thinks, and Neil Gaiman's American Gods, and plays by Tom Stoppard and David Auburn. Velásquez

Portuguese 100 (3) - Portuguese for Beginners - Newly scheduled course - Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor 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 2004 only

Psychology 230B (3) - Clinical Applications of Attachment Theory - topical description - This course explores the clinical applications of attachment theory. Following an in-depth discussion of the development of attachment theory, research regarding its application to a range of developmental periods, long-term outcomes, and clinical populations are discussed (e.g., attachment and depression). Sayre

Psychology 353 (3) - Research: Physiological Psychology - Cancelled

Psychology 395 (3) - Evolutionary Psychology - topical description - Examining the adaptability and perpetuation of human behaviors. Topics include aggression, mate selection, language, parenting, cognition, prosocial behavior, and others.

Religion 255 (3) - Contemporary Christian Theology and Ethics - Cancelled

Religion 295A (3) - Continental Philosophy, Theology and Religion - topical description - Readings in continental philosophy that address the relation between philosophical, theological and religious forms of thought, language, and practice. Students are introduced to key figures in continental philosophy and then consider, more particularly, these thinkers' attempts to address theology and the question of religion. Readings may include Derrida, Levinas, Heidegger, Marion, Hegel, Nietzsche, Pascal, Kierkegaard, Pseudo-Dionysius, Meister Eckhart, or others. (GE4) Kosky

Religion 295B (3) - Diversity and Dialogue in World Religions - topical description - Open to upper-class students without permission. Open to freshmen with permission. This course focuses upon contemporary developments within four of the world's religious traditions -- the Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, and Christian traditions. We focus on the writings of 20th-century adherents of each tradition, asking the following questions: How do people in each tradition think about their own faith in the light of the diversity of other religious traditions? Is religious diversity and difference a problem? What strengths and weaknesses develop from an interfaith perspective? In addition to providing an introduction to the challenges of religious diversity today, the course investigates some of the critical problems of interpretation in the academic study of religion. Fuller

Religion 340 (3) - Seminar in Asian Religion - Cancelled

Religion 350 (3) - Seminar in Biblical Studies: Life and Legacy of the Apostle Paul - topical description

Russian 363 (3-6) - Supervised Study Abroad - Cancelled

Spanish 295 (3) - Teatro Latinoamericano: Texto, representación y fronteras - topical description - This class focuses on the dramatic text as performance. We study theater as language, cultural expression, and performance. The last part of the course is dedicated to rehearsals in preparation for the final public performance of works chosen by the class. The thematic focus of the dramas to be studied are "borders" (la frontera). We explore the concept of "borders" as space, as social class, as identity, family and time. Chacon

Spanish 395 (3) - Seminar: Las escritoras del Siglo de Oro.- topical description - Prerequisites: Spanish 208 and 215. The prose and dramatic works of Spanish women authors of the Golden Age. Representative authors may include María de Zayas, Mariana de Carvajal, Leonor de Meneses and Ana Caro. Campbell

Theater 239 (3) - Total Theater - Cancelled

Theater 395 (3) - Dramaturgy & Production Seminar - Cancelled

Theater 397A (3) - Seminar: Stage Make-Up - topical description

Theater 397B (3) - Seminar: Scene Painting - topical description

Theater 397C (3) - Seminar: Theater Management - topical description

University Scholars 202 (3) - Introduction to Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics - Newly scheduled course - topical description - Prerequisites: Physics 111, 112. This course is a survey of the fundamentals of medical physics and an exploration of emerging topics in biomedical engineering intended for students interested in biophysics, bioengineering, or preparing for a career in the health profession. Students take an interdisciplinary approach to understanding both the physiology and the physics of commonly-used clinical devices and procedures. We also discuss technical, practical, and ethical aspects of biomedical research. (no general education designation) Eason