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by department:
Accounting (ACCT)
Accounting 210 (3) - Financial Disclosure in a Global Environment - Cancelled
Accounting 310 (3) - Accounting Information Systems - Newly scheduled
course
Anthropology (ANTH)
Anthropology 260 (3) - Anthropology of Eurasia - Newly scheduled course Anthropology 493 (3) - Honors Thesis - Cancelled
Art
(ART)
Art 122 (3) - Drawing II - Cancelled Art 160 (3) - Photography I - Newly scheduled course - Prerequisite:
Permission of the instructor. Introduction to the technical and aesthetic
principles of photography, with an emphasis on composition, exposure, and light.
Lab fee required. (not for GE) Hinely Art 161 (3) - Photography II - Newly scheduled course - Prerequisite:
Art 160 or permission of the instructor. Continuation of Art 160, with
emphasis on theory and technique. Lab fee required. (not for GE) Hinely Art/Classics 200 (3) - Classical Art - Newly scheduled course -
revised course description - Prerequisite: Art 101, or proof of
comparable preparation (e.g. History 101 or 102). This course surveys 1200
years of Greek and Roman art, beginning with the works produced by the Greeks
from c. 900 BCE and concluding with the artistic production of the Roman empire,
ending with Emperor Constantine’s transfer of the imperial capital from Rome
to Constantinople in the 4th century CE. At the end of the course, students are
able to recognize the major monuments of ancient Greece and Rome and to
understand how they were intended to function within their respective societies.
Marina
Art
205 (3) - Medieval Art in Southern Europe
- Newly offered course Art 206 (3) - Medieval Art - Cancelled Art 218 (3) - Painting II - Newly scheduled course Art 252 (3) - Baroque & Rococo - Newly scheduled course Art 295 (3) - Digital Imaging & Printing - Newly scheduled course
- Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. Digital imaging is a studio
printmaking course. Students work with digital cameras, film cameras, scanners,
digital drawing pads, and inkjet printers to produce fine art prints, using
Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter imaging software. (GE4) Stene Art 308 (3 ) - Sem: Art of the 1960's - Cancelled Art 317 (3) - Painting III - Newly scheduled course Art 318 (3) - Painting IV - Newly scheduled course Art 321 (3) - Painting VI - Newly scheduled course Art 380 (3) - Seminar in Art History: The Gothic Cathedral - Cancelled
Biology (BIOL)
Biology 295A (1) - Medicinal Botany - topical description -
Prerequisites: Biology 111, 112, 182, junior standing or departmental
permission. From Taxol to Vitamin C, plants provide important medicinal
products for physicians as well as for shamans. We discuss the utilization of
plants by humans for medicinal purposes. Hamilton Biology 295B (1) - The Biology of Aging - topical description -
Prerequisites: Biology 111, 112, 182, junior standing or departmental
permission. Why do people get old? Why do some species live only days while
others live for decades? What are the implications of recent advances in aging
research for human life spans? We look at aging and senescence from a
physiological, comparative, and evolutionary perspective by examining the latest
research in this rapidly changing field. Marsh. Biology 295C (1) - The Cancer Problem - topical description -
An exploration of the epidemiological, biological and psychological aspects of
the diseases called cancer, and society's efforts to mitigate their effects.
Weekly presentations and discussions of current literature. Wielgus Biology 320 (3) - Modern Genetic Analysis - Newly scheduled course
- Prerequisite: Biology 220. This course explores gene regulation in the
context of evolutionary developmental biology, one of the most exciting areas of
contemporary biology. The fundamental principle of evolutionary developmental
biology ("evo-devo") is that evolution occurs through inherited
changes in the genes that regulate embryonic development. We address questions
such as how genes regulate body pattern, and how changes in gene regulation lead
to differences in organism structure and function, i.e., biodiversity at the
level of molecular genetics. Noramly.
Chemistry 195 (3) - The Atomic Bomb: Origins, Production, Use and Legacy - Newly scheduled course
Chinese beginning and intermediate courses are no longer linked. Students may complete one term without having to complete another.
Classics/Art 200 (3) - Classical Art - Newly scheduled
course - revised course
description - Prerequisite: Art 101, or proof of comparable
preparation (e.g. History 101 or 102). This course surveys 1200 years of
Greek and Roman art, beginning with the works produced by the Greeks from c. 900
BCE and concluding with the artistic production of the Roman empire, ending with
Emperor Constantine’s transfer of the imperial capital from Rome to
Constantinople in the 4th century CE. At the end of the course, students are
able to recognize the major monuments of ancient Greece and Rome and to
understand how they were intended to function within their respective societies.
Marina
Classics 295A (Law) (3) - Law, Litigation & Democracy in
Ancient Athens - topical description - Prerequisite: Permission
of the instructor. A study of the rise and evolution of law in ancient
Greece, and the role that social formations (specifically, the city-state) and
political arrangements (specifically, democracy) had in motoring the rise of
law. We study ancient legal codes but consider, as well, several philosophical
and literary texts showing the complex movements in thinking about law. We also
study several forensic speeches from the 4th century. We explore constitutional
and criminal law, as well as legal procedure and forms of advocacy. In ancient
Greece. The course looks at several parallel developments in 20th-century
American jurisprudence in order to show the continuing pertinence of the ancient
materials. (May be used as GE4 for credits toward the requirement but does not
meet one of the two required areas.) Crotty, Cavanaugh Classics 295B (3) - Greek Drama in Translation - topical
description - Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. A study
of the works of the great Athenian dramatists: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides,
and Aristophanes. We focus on understanding the plays in their historical
context, charting the paired fortunes of Athenian drama and the Athenian empire.
The relationship between tragedy and comedy is also explored in both literary
and historical terms. (GE3) Hawkins.
Computer Science (CSCI)
Computer Science 317 (3) - Database Management - Newly scheduled course Computer Science 332 (3) - Compiler Construction - Newly scheduled
course Computer Science 341 (3) - Digital Image Processing - Cancelled Computer Science 493 (3) - Honors Thesis - Cancelled
Economics (ECON)
Economics 205 (3) - Economics of Social Issues - Newly scheduled course
- new prerequisite - Economics 101 or permission of the
instructor Economics 272 (3) - Japan's Modern Economy - Newly scheduled course Economics 274 (3) - China's Modern Economy - Cancelled Economics 280 (3) - Development Economics - Cancelled Economics 297 (3) - American Economic History - Newly scheduled course Economics 320 (3) - Mathematical Economics - Cancelled Economics 330 (3) - Labor Economics - Cancelled Economics 332 (3) - Comparative Labor Economics - Cancelled Economics 341 (3) - Regulation of Industries in the American Economy - Cancelled Economics 350 (3) - Public Finance - Cancelled
Education 401 (1), 402 (2), 403 (3) - Directed Individual Study - Newly scheduled course - Prerequisite: Senior class standing and permission of the Director of Teacher Education. Individual or class study of particular issues in primary or secondary education. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different. Partlett.
Engineering (ENGN)
Engineering 361 (3) - Polymer Science & Engineering - Newly offered
course Engineering 421A (3) - Polymer Science - topical description -
Students operate state-or-the-art scientific instruments to analyze and
characterize polymeric materials in a research setting.
English (ENGL)
English 101 (3) - Expository Writing: Noir in Print and Film - topical
description - An exploration of the 20th century's fascination with
crime fiction through a study of short stories and novels by three of its finest
American practitioners -- Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Patricia
Highsmith -- along with several classic film versions of their novels by such
major directors as John Huston, Billy Wilder, and Alfred Hitchcock. The course
allows the students to hone their writing skills through practice in several
types of essays: film and book reviewing, close critical analyses of texts,
forays into cultural opinion pieces, and more speculative theorizing on the
psychological appeal of crime fiction. Adams English 105A (3) - Composition & Literature: On the Outside
Looking In - topical description - Have you ever felt like you
were not part of the "in" crowd? For hundreds of years individuals
have stood apart from the group, sometimes on purpose, sometimes unwittingly.
From rash promises to unrequited love, from madness to racial profiling, this
course examines ways in which men and women, both literary characters and
authors, isolate themselves or are set apart by others because of their actions,
qualities, or background. Keeping in mind how we position ourselves through our
own academic writing, we explore how social groupings inform and are informed by
acts of isolation. Readings, drawn from the middle ages to the present day, may
include poems by Chaucer, the Gawain-poet, Donne, Herbert, Milton, Hopkins,
Hughes, Stevens, Bishop, Hayden, Heaney and others; novels by Abbott, Rhys, and
Kaysen; short stories by Dooling and Borges; plays by Shakespeare and Beckett;
and a cartoon book starring a mouse (not Mickey). Cervone English 105B (3) - Composition & Literature: Literature of
Faith and Doubt - topical description - An introductory course on
literary interpretation and argumentative writing, studied through the topic of
faith and doubt in western literature. Reading focuses on supernatural
experience as well as the conflict between secularization and religious
upbringing. Texts studied include a biography of Joan of Arc, Victorian poets on
the loss of faith, and a contemporary memoir by the Muslim writer Lelia Ahmed,
about growing up in Cairo and becoming a professor of women's studies in the
States. Gertz-Robinson English 105C (3) - Composition & Literature: Contemporary
Voices/Contemporary Lives - Cancelled English 105D (3) - Composition & Literature: The 1960s in
the U.S. - topical description - This course examines the
turbulence of the 1960s as it was expressed and explored in literature. Through
an examination of diverse texts, we look at the seeds of revolt, the political
faces of art and literature, and the complex responses to the social upheavals.
Our objective is to re-inhabit the debates by reading these texts critically for
what they say, and what they fail to say. The utopian impulses of the decade,
expressed forcefully in music, literature, and some art, operate within their
historical and cultural context, even as they attempt to transcend or work
against those contexts. In reading these works closely, we attend to the
contexts they both work within and against so as to come to a more finely
focused sense of the decade. Kane English 105E (3) - Composition & Literature: Wicked Women -
topical description - This section begins with Chaucer's Wife
of Bath and ends with recent essays on Hillary Clinton. We look at
witchcraft, femme fatales and prostitutes as a way of considering
literary approaches towards women and men's power and sexuality. The course is
not for women only -- for instance, our discussion of witchcraft and wizardry
runs from Miller's The Crucible through excerpts from Harry Potter. Brodie English 105F (3) - Composition & Literature: Mountains
& Rivers Without End - topical description - Borrowing its
title from the book by Gary Snyder, this course explores the uses of mountains
and rivers as a central metaphor in the literature of diverse cultures and in
several genres, including fiction, poetry, film, and literary non-fiction.
Authors include Snyder, Norman Maclean, Gao Xinjian, Andrea Barrett, and others.
McClure English 105G (3) - Composition & Literature: Justice &
Character - topical description - A study of literary texts which
explore justice as a virtue of character, as the means by which the state
apportions goods and punishments, and as the way people seek a good life for
themselves and their communities. Some topics: courtroom drama (Shakespeare,
modern authors), utopia (Sir Thomas More), detective fiction (P. D. James),
anti-police state novel (Nadine Gordimer), poems on events in American history. Craun English 105H (3) - Composition & Literature: Misfits,
Rebels, and Outcasts - topical description - The title of the
course leaves out a lot (for the sake of brevity). If extended, it might include
strangers, visionaries, fanatics, prophets, artists, lovers, criminals,
transients, deviants, freaks, monsters, etc. We read stories, poems, and plays
about individuals challenging the status quo, either directly or indirectly,
consciously or unconsciously. We consider, among other things, what happens to
the individual in the process, and what happens to the status quo. Oliver English 204 (3) - Creative Writing - advanced permission for
registration - Before registering, students interested in attending this
class should send five typed pages of their best fiction OR poetry (not both) to
R. T. (Rod) Smith at Shenandoah/Mattingly House via campus mail. Staple
all sheets together, and don't forget to put your name and e-mail address on the
front page. The sooner you do this, the sooner I can confirm the membership of
the class. Smith English 206 (3) - Poetry - Cancelled English 208 (3) - Fantasy - topical description - A study of
major types of narrative in which the imagination modifies the
"natural" world and human society: the marvelous in epic and romance,
the fantastic in romantic and modern narrative, and the futuristic in science
fiction. Several weeks on Islamic fantasy (The Arabian Nights). Craun English 226 (3) - American Literature: Civil War to World War II - topical
description - This section of the American Literature Survey takes a
close and extensive look at the poetry of Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson. We
then study Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn as an important lynchpin of
American literature and survey the fiction of Ambrose Bierce, Charlotte Perkins
Gilman, Henry James, Stephen Crane, Edith Wharton, Jack London, and William
Faulkner. We also read the poetry of T. S. Eliot, Marianne Moore and Langston
Hughes and selections from the autobiographies of Booker T. Washington and Henry
Adams. Two eight-page essays, midterm, final. Camuto English 233 (3) - Seminar: Visionary Literature: Medieval Christian Mysticism
- topical description - How could you describe a direct encounter
with God? We examine some of the innovative ways in which men and women -- both
lettered and illiterate, clerical and lay, orthodox and heterodox -- have
struggled to make their understanding of God known to a wider audience. Although
most works are read in translation, we examine brief passages in the original,
where appropriate, paying particular attention to the language and literary
forms within which visionary experiences are inscribed. Readings may include
selections from Anselm, Bernard of Clairvaux, Bonaventure, Hildegard von Bingen,
Marguerite Porete, Meister Eckhart, and Heinrich Suso, as well as the
Anglo-Saxon "Dream of the Rood" and the primary focus of our
attention, the late-medieval English writers Julian of Norwich, Walter Hilton,
the author of The Cloud of Unknowing, Richard Rolle, and, perhaps,
Margery Kempe. In the process, we question the usefulness of both the
anachronistic term "mysticism" and the common scholarly practice of
grouping the last five writers under the rubric of "English Mystics." Cervone English 290 (3) - Seminar for Prospective Majors: The Brontës - topical
description - A close study of the works of Anne, Charlotte, and Emily
Brontë, with attention to their influence by the Arabian Nights, the English
Romantic poets, fairy tales, and gothic fiction. Elizabeth Gaskell's Life of
Charlotte Brontë will provide a Victorian view of the most well-known of
the three Brontë sisters. The course emphasizes the process of writing a
research paper in stages; a sequence of writing assignments culminates in a
3500-4000 word seminar paper. Keen English 307 (3) - Advanced Creative Writing: Poetry - advanced
permission for registration - Students must submit a short sample of
poetry to the professor. Please indicate if you have previously taken English
203, 204, or 308. Wheeler English 308 (3) - Advanced Creative Writing: Fiction/Nonfiction - Newly
scheduled course - topical description - An advanced
workshop in fiction and nonfiction narrative. We explore the resources of the
short story and the novella and a variety of nonfiction narrative essay forms
(memoir, the nature essay, the travel essay). Students commit themselves in
advance to a project in one genre and explore the complex relations of fact and
fiction, voice and point of view, memory and expectation, and other features of
the written narrative act. Active participation and a 30-page term project.
Writing sample and permission of instructor required. Departmental
prerequisites. See Professor Camuto well in advance of registration if you are
interested in participating. Camuto English 313 (3) - Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales - topical
description - The entire Canterbury Tales is read alongside
Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron and Christine de Pizan's Book of the
City of Ladies. Emphasis on tales exploring the status of women, male and
female honor, and Islamic culture. Craun English 380A (3) - Advanced Seminar: Heroism & Violence:
Liberal Epic - topical description - A study of the tension
between the high ideals of modern liberal humanism and the persistent allure of
heroic ideology and its attendant narratives of violent conflict through
readings of some of the greatest epic narratives of the modern era. The course
emphasizes epic poems by such poets as Milton, Pope, Shelley, Byron, Tennyson,
Morris, and Hardy but devotes significant attention to important examples of
epic history, epic novel, and epic film from Gibbon, Scott, and Flaubert to
Kurosawa, Lucas, and Kubrik. In addition, the course frames these primary texts
with important aesthetic, philosophical, psychological, and military treatises
that attempt to explain (or explain away) the apparent pleasure we take over
accounts of violent killing and death. Adams English 380B (3) - Advanced Seminar: Poverty & Justice in
Late Medieval England - topical description - The ubiquity of
poverty suggests that a population in need must necessarily exist; as the
gospels put it, "For the poor you have always with you" (Matt. 26:11).
In late medieval England, deadly real-world indigence existed side-by-side with
the spiritual ideal of voluntary poverty espoused, but not always practiced, by
mendicant friars and others. When considering the moral obligations of a
Christian people, medieval writers posed questions that still resonate today:
should one distinguish between the deserving poor and those able-bodied enough
to provide for themselves? And if so, how? What responsibilities do individuals
bear for their neighbors' well-being? In this course, we consider evidence from
literary models, historical documents, and modern critical analysis to examine
how social, political and religious systems and beliefs may promote poverty as
an ideal or a necessity despite the obvious hardships and suffering poverty
imposes. Under what parameters can diametrically opposed views of poverty
coexist? To what specifically literary uses can these conflicting constructions
of poverty be put? Readings include writings by early Franciscans; Piers
Plowman; selected portions of The Canterbury Tales (Man of Law's Prologue
and Tale; Clerk's Prologue and Tale; Wife of Bath's Tale); the romance Havelok
the Dane; and the story of Sir Gareth from Malory's Arthurian cycle. Cervone English 380C (3) - Advanced Seminar: Skeptics & Mystics - topical
description - This seminar in 20th-century British and Irish poetry
explores the religious doubt and spiritual experiments that characterize this
period. We begin with the intensely skeptical poetries of Thomas Hardy, Stevie
Smith, and Philip Larkin. The course changes direction in considering T.S.
Eliot's famous conversion to the Anglican faith. Finally, we examine writers who
invent their own spiritual systems, study non- and pre-Christian faiths, and/or
investigate the occult: W. B. Yeats, H.D., Ted Hughes, and Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill.
The course concludes with student book reviews of contemporary British and Irish
poetry. Wheeler English 380D (3) - Advanced Seminar: Postmodernisms: Theories,
Literature and Other Postmodern Cultural Production (Visual, Performative, and
Technological) - topical description - Hip... Cool...
Fragmented... Pastiche... In this seminar, we work through the major theorists
and practitioners of postmodernism including Barthes, Jameson, Derrida, Lyotard,
Baudrillard, Gates, Hutcheon, Butler, Bhabha, and Zizek. As we do this, we
examine examples drawn primarily from literature but also from other artistic
realms -- visual arts, film, and music -- in order to see how the philosophical
issues can be represented through aesthetic means. Some of these examples may be
literature by Max Frisch, Donald Barthelme, Octavia Butler, Kathy Acker, and
Gloria Anzaldua; visual work by Andy Warhol, Jean Michelle Basquiat, Jeff Koons,
Nan Goldin, Cindy Sherman, and Glen Ligon; films by Todd Haynes, Ridely Scott,
and Julie Dash; and music by John Cage, The Mekons, De La Soul, Laurie Anderson.
We conclude the course by exploring the relation between postmodernism and
globalization -- to what extent can "postmodernism" be mapped? Or, to
frame it with Anthony Appiah's question, "Is the `post' in postmodernism
the same as the `post' in postcolonialism?" Or, to what extent can
subaltern and identitarian claims be postmodern? (If that last question makes no
sense, it will by the end of the course!) Kane
French beginning and intermediate courses are no longer linked. Students may complete one
term without having to complete another.
French 280 (3) - Civilisation et Culture Francophones - Cancelled French 281 (3) - Civilisation et culture françaises: Traditions et
changements - is being offered French 332 (3) - Etudes de genre: Le conte et la nouvelle - revised
description - Prerequisite: French 273 or equivalent or permission of
the instructor. A study of selected French and francophone short stories
from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. Through readings that acquaint
students with some of the better-known French authors (Marie de France, Perrault,
Balzac, Mérimée, Flaubert, Maupassant, Le Clézio, Tournier, Yourcenar,
etc...), this course explores the themes and techniques of the short narrative,
and its relation to the cultural and historical context. (GE3) Frégnac-Clave French 343 (3) - La France à travers les siècles - Pagnol par rapport à
Molière - revised description - Prerequisite: French 273 or
equivalent or permission of the instructor. Three of Molière's plays to be
read in preparation for the study of Molieresque elements in plays and novels of
a favorite 20th-century French author and cineast, Marcel Pagnol. Emphasis is on
the five principal sources of the comical in Molière's and in Pagnol's works,
satirical parody and Pagnol's distinctive blending of the sublime and the
grotesque. Films based on the authors' works and only plays by Molière not
previously read for other French courses are studied. (GE3) Fralin French 397 (3) - Séminaire avancé: "Beurs" - topical
description - Prerequisite: three courses in French at the 300 level.
'Beur' is a slang word in contemporary French that designates people of
North African origin. One increasingly hears and reads references to "la
musique beure," "la littérature beure," "la culture beure,"
and "la communauté beure." Although many of the people included in
such designations are Moslem and share a common set of cultural values
reinforced by their marginal socioeconomic status within the larger French
community, they are not a homogeneous group, and ever less so as the generation
of those born in France gradually becomes more integrated. Through memoirs,
interviews, novels, and films, we try to understand the rise of this ethnic
community in post-colonial France and how the 'Beurs' see themselves within
contemporary French society. (GE3) Lambeth
Geology (GEOL)
Geology 101 (4) - General Geology - Newly offered course Geology 195 (1) - Selected Topics - Cancelled Geology 330 (4) - Sedimentation & Stratigraphy - Newly offered course
German beginning and intermediate courses are no longer linked. Students may complete one term without having to complete another.
German 395 (3) - Seminar: The Fantastic In German Literature - topical description - A thematic investigation of German fiction writers since the 17th century who have dealt with the fantastic or supernatural. Among the writers studied are Johann von Grimmelshausen, Gottfried August Bürger, Ludwig Tieck, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Franz Kafka and Michael Ende. Dickens.
German 493 (3) - Honors Thesis - Cancelled
Greek 303 (3) - Old & Middle Comedy - Cancelled
History (HIST)
History 131 (3) - Latin America 1750 - Present - Cancelled History 302 (3) - Europe in Late Middle Ages - Cancelled History 304 (3) - Europe, 1918 - 1940 - Newly offered course History 305 (3) - Sem:Rel,Church,Politics Med &Ren - Cancelled History 321 (3) - Soviet Russia 1917 - 1991 - Cancelled History 323 (3) - Ethical Issues & World War I - Cancelled History 331 (3) - Latin American nations - Cancelled History 342 (3) - United States, 1787 - 1800 - Cancelled History 343 (3) - United States, 1801 - 1840 - Newly offered course History 349 (3) - The US Since 1945 - Newly offered course History 352 (3) - US Social and Intellectual History From the 19th Century - Newly
offered course
Interdepartmental (INTR)
Interdepartmental 131 (3) - Geography of Human Culture - Newly offered
course Interdepartmental 132 (3) - Contemporary Global Issues - Newly offered
course Interdepartmental 210 (3) - Intro to Nonlinear Dynamics - Newly offered
course Interdepartmental 240 (3) - Global Environmental Governance - Cancelled Interdepartmental 295-01 (3) - Economic Activities of Riberinho Communities -
topical description - This course looks at the economic activities
of riverine communities in the Amazon Region and uses survey data that has
already been collected to assess the well-being of the communities. Different
measures of well-being are utilized, with a particular focus on the United
Nation's Human Development Index. Kahn Interdepartmental 295-02 (3) - Ecological Footprints and Environmental Policy
- topical description - This course examines the use and
usefulness of the "ecological footprint" for measuring environmental
impact and for determining appropriate environmental policy. Alternative methods
for measurement are examined, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of each
method. The role of these measures in modeling is examined, such as their use in
estimating the environmental Kuznet's Curve. Kahn Interdepartmental 342 (3) - Legal Ethics - Cancelled Interdepartmental 397 (3) - Senior Seminar in Environmental Studies: Oceans -
topical description - This capstone seminar focuses on the
environmental degradation of the oceans and how the interaction of human
activities and natural processes has lead to a decline in the quality of the
oceans and the ecological services provided by the oceans. Policy solutions to
these problems are examined. Students write individual and group research papers
on aspects of environmental degradation. Kahn
Italian beginning and intermediate courses are no longer linked. Students may complete one term without having to complete another.
Japanese beginning and intermediate courses are no longer linked. Students may complete one term without having to complete another.
Journalism (JOUR)
Journalism 243 (3) - Ethics in Democratic State - Cancelled Journalism 295A (3) - Media, Government and the Public - topical
description - Prerequisite: Junior standing. Appropriate for
non-majors. A seminar examining the legal, social, political, constitutional
and other issues impinging upon or created by the mass media of the United
States. The course examines the sometimes-supportive, sometimes-adversarial
relationship between the media and government, especially on the federal level. Jennings Journalism 295B (3) - Political Economy of the Media - topical
description - Prerequisite: Junior standing. Appropriate for non-majors,
especially those in business and the social sciences. An examination of current
issues in ownership, regulation and media performance. The course focuses on
tensions between two forces: on one side, concentration of private control and
commercialization of content and, on the other, preserving a robust public
marketplace of ideas with journalism as an instrument of social and political
accountability. Wasserman Journalism 318 (3) - The Literature of Journalism - Newly offered
course Journalism 351 (3) - Editing for the Print Media - Cancelled Journalism 353 (3) - Contemporary Issues - Newly offered course Journalism 295B (3) - Political Economy of the Media - topical
description - Prerequisite: Junior standing. Appropriate
for non-majors, especially those in business and the social sciences. An
examination of current issues in ownership, regulation and media performance.
The course focuses on tensions between two forces: on one side, concentration of
private control and commercialization of content and, on the other, preserving a
robust public marketplace of ideas with journalism as an instrument of social
and political accountability. Wasserman
Latin 323 (3) - History: Tacitus - Cancelled
Latin 395A (3) - Ovid, Virgil, Lucretius. - Newly
scheduled course - A reading of three poetic works of the Augustan era
and the late Republic: Ovid's Art of Love (Ars Amatoria), Virgil's
Georgics, and Lucretius' On the Nature of Things (De Rerum
Natura). In each of these works, the poet claims to be a teacher who shows
the road to happiness. The course explores the poets' different recipes for
happiness, and their different poetic strategies for conveying wisdom in as
compelling a way as possible. We are also interested in exploring different
styles in literature, from passionate urgency to sumptuous entertainment. (GE3).
Crotty. Latin 395B (3) - Latin Prose Style and Composition - topical
description - An intensive study of the artistry and variety of Latin
prose style from the Republic into the early and middle Empire. Selections from
several Latin authors are studied. A considerable portion of the work in the
course is devoted to composing passages in Latin . (GE3) Carlisle
Literature in Translation (LIT)
Literature in Translation 221 (3) - Japanese Literature in Translation: What Can (Japanese) Literature Do? - An investigation of trends in Japanese literature and Japanese literary thought from the late-19th century to the present, with a mind toward what literature is and what literature can do. Class participants discuss the introduction of translated European and American novels into Japan in the late-19th and early-20th centuries and the effect that the idea of the western novel had upon Japanese writers and thinkers of the time. We then consider the incorporation into modern Japanese literature of "indigenous" forms such as the monogatari and the idea of contemporary Japanese literature as inherently postmodern. Writers include Natsume SÇseki, Tanizaki JunichirÇ, Arishima Takeo, Miyamoto Yuriko, Kawabata Yasunari, Nakagami Kenji, Murakami Haruki, Yu Miri, and Yoshimoto Banana. (GE3) Britting
Literature in Translation 262 (3) - German Literature in
Translation before 1900 in Trans - Cancelled
Literature in Translation 295A (3) - Africa Under Colonialism -
topical description - Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
General focus in this course is on the personal (but also official)
relationships between Africans and Europeans during the colonial period. We
interrogate issues of perception and action, in other words, how did the
colonizer perceive of and treat Africans, and how did Africans think of and
react to the colonizer? Of specific interest is the status of African traditions
and cultures during this period. Reading requirements include works of fiction,
drama and short stories. (GE3) Kamara
Management 303 (3) - Seminar in Marketing: Integrated
Marketing Communications - topical description - Prerequisites:
Permission of the instructor. Nature and contributions of the elements of
marketing communications (e.g., advertising, sales promotions, the Web, etc.) in
creating brand equity and generating demand stimulation. A project-oriented
course with an emphasis on the strategic application of concepts related to
integration and organization of promotional effort to facilitate communication
programs for products and/or services. Bower
Management 320 (3) - E - Commerce Management - Cancelled Management 330 (3) - Human Resource Management - Cancelled Management 350 (3) - Negot & Dispute Resol in Business - Cancelled Management 355 (3) - Cases in Corporate Finance - Newly offered course Management 364 (3) - Cross-Cultural Issues in Marketing - Newly offered
course
Mathematics (MATH)
Mathematics 122 (3) - Discrete Mathematics I - Cancelled Mathematics 333 (3) - Partial Differential Equations - Newly offered
course Mathematics 383 (3) - Seminar: Introduction to Several Complex Variables - topical
description - An introduction to the analysis of functions of several
complex variables, with an emphasis on connections to real analysis. Familiarity
with some techniques of real analysis is assumed, but no prior exposure to
complex numbers is required. Weickert Mathematics 401 (1) - Introduction to Actuarial Science - topical
description - Prerequisites: Mathematics 221 and 222 and permission
of the instructor. This course introduces students to actuarial science and
prepares them for the first actuarial examination. Dymà…ek
Mathematics 403 (3) - Topics in the Philosophy of Non-Euclidean Geometry - topical description - Prerequisites: Mathematics 311 and 322, at least two 300-level philosophy courses, and permission of the instructor. This course explores the mathematical development of non-Euclidean geometry and the ramifications of non-Euclidean geometry in European thought. McRae
Military Science: Any W&L student may enroll in Army ROTC courses for degree credit at VMI. You should sign up for the "ghost" course MS 100, 200, 300 or 400 during W&L registration, depending on which course sequence you will be taking at VMI. No specific REGISTRATION permission is required. These W&L registrations are not graded and do not count toward your term course load. You will receive transfer credit from VMI upon completion of each course with a grade of C or better. Check the VMI ROTC web page, phone 464.7351 (Ms. Kathy Ruffin) at VMI, or see the W&L University Registrar.
Medieval and Renaissance Studies (MRST)
Music: Applied music courses (lessons) numbered in the 140s, 240s, 340s, and 440s, incur an additional fee charged after registration. No request for refunds will be accepted after drop/add period.
See the Psychology 395 offerings
Philosophy (PHIL)
Philosophy 102 (3) - Problems of Philosophy - Newly offered course Philosophy 255 (3) - Philosophy of Science - Cancelled Philosophy 256 (3) - Philosophy & Literature - Cancelled Philosophy 260 (3) - Philosophy of Nature - Newly offered course Philosophy 265 (3) - Nietzsche - Cancelled
Philosophy 310 (3) - Contemporary Ethics - topical description - In this course, we examine contemporary metaethical and normative ethical theories. We consider such questions as: What makes something a virtue (i.e. is there a definitive list of virtues)? What sorts of things are intrinsically good and bad? Is there objective truth in ethics and, if so, how do we know what it is? Are ethical statements merely statements about or expressions of emotions? Should we assess the rightness and wrongness of actions on the basis of consequences? How should we analyze ethical concepts and methods? Authors include G.E. Moore, W.D. Ross, A.J. Ayer, J.L. Mackie, R.M. Hare and others. (GE4) Griffith
Physical Education (PE)
Physical Education - IMPORTANT -- Read the instructions for PE
registration at
Students may express a preference for up to three skills courses as part of web registration. These preferences will be examined after the academic schedule is set and, if open and not in conflict with the academic courses, one may be placed in the schedule. Changes or additional sections may still be handled during the drop/add period.
Physical Education - The following courses have an additional charge, billed to the student's account after registration:
PE 149-Bowling, PE 167-Snow Skiing/Boarding, PE 168-Ice Skating, PE 178-Ballet, PE 179-Modern Dance, PE 304-First Aid/CPR, PE 312-Lifeguard Training
Physical Education (0) - Outdoor Activities - Cancelled
Physics (PHYS)
Physics 215 (3) - Optics - Cancelled Physics 260 (3) - Materials Science - Cancelled Physics 361 (3) - Polymer Science & Engineering - Newly offered
course
Politics (POL)
Politics 223 (3) - Commonwealth of Indep States - Cancelled Politics 230 (3) - Public Administration - Newly offered course Politics 250 (3) - Black American Politics - Cancelled Politics 265 (3) - Ancient Political Philosophy - Newly offered course Politics 266 (3) - Modern Political Philosophy - Cancelled Politics 327 (3) - Japanese Political System - Cancelled Politics 375 (3) - Methods of Social Inquiry - Cancelled Politics/Sociology 376A (3) - Survey Data Analysis: Local -
This course is designed as a group research project in questionnaire
construction and survey data analysis. Students select a topic, prepare a list
of hypotheses, select indicators, construct a questionnaire, collect and analyze
data, and write research reports. Jasiewicz Politics/Sociology 376B (3) - Survey Data Analysis: Secondary -
This course is devoted to secondary analysis of survey data. Students learn how
to use SPSS for Windows to perform uni-, bi- and multi-variate analyses of
already existing data sets and how to write research reports. Jasiewicz Politics 380 (3) - Comparative Politics Seminar: Developing Nations - topical
description - This course examines the political processes and
governmental distribution of goods and services in the under-developed and
developing nations of the world. Particular attention is paid to how the fates
of these nations have been and could be shaped by the developed world. Leigh Politics 390 (3) - Special Problems in Contemporary Political Science: The
People Left Behind: Poverty in Rural America - topical description
- This course examines the political, social, and economic sources of poverty
and underemployment in rural regions of the United States. Students evaluate the
unique challenges facing the rural poor as well as government and community
responses to chronic poverty. Special attention is paid to the Southern
Appalachians, the Mississippi Delta, and Native American reservation lands. Carroll Politics 395 (3) - International Relations Seminar: Strategic Analysis - topical
description - No prerequisites. Open to majors and non-majors. Meets
international relations field requirement or elective credit for politics
majors. Recommended for students interested in diplomacy, international
political economy, political risk analysis, policy planning and forecasting.
Conditions for choosing the strategy of war and escalating that strategy from
limited (regional, conventional, counter-force, attritional) to unlimited
(global, nuclear, counter-value, annihilating) war. Cases cover World Wars I and
II, Vietnam, the Cold War, Iran Hostage Crisis, and simulated nuclear war. A
research project assesses/forecasts bilateral war (de-)escalation in four
theaters of conflict. A course syllabus is available from mccaughrinc@wlu.edu
. McCaughrin Politics 397 (Law) (3) - Law and the Electoral Process - topical description
- Prerequisite: Permission of the instructors. This course
brings together undergraduate and law students to address contemporary issues
and controversies in the American electoral system including redistricting, the
2000 presidential election, the 2003 California recall election, campaign
finance reform, direct democracy and voting technology. The context in which we
analyze these issues entails a study of the means by which law is used to shape
the way the political process functions: Who may participate? How may they
participate? In what capacity? As well, we address the nature and implications
of key political rights such as those of speech, voting and association.
Finally, we study the impact of various institutional arrangements (electoral
systems and electoral reform) and legislative initiatives (campaign finance
reform, the Voting Rights Act, etc.) on the fortunes of both individual and
group players in the political process. Rush, LaRue
Psychology (PSYC)
Psychology 150 (3) - Psychoactive Drugs & Behavior - Cancelled Psychology 240 (3) - Adult development & Aging - Newly offered
course Psychology 254 (3) - Exp Psyc:Language & Thought - Cancelled Psychology 351 (3) - Directed Research:Cognition - Cancelled Psychology 395A (3) - The Art & Science of Perfume - topical
description - An exploration of the neurobiological, social, religious,
economic, and creative aspects of the human use of scents. The course begins
with a historical perspective of perfume use as a means of promoting health and
proceed through how humans smell and ends with an examination of the modern
perfume industry. Lorig Psychology 395B (3) - Neural Plasticity - topical
description - This course examines plasticity in both the developing and
adult nervous systems. The first half of the course looks at developmental
factors that influence the organization and function of the nervous system,
while the second half focuses on nerve regeneration and functional recovery
after neural injury. Plasticity is discussed at the anatomical, physiological
and cellular levels. Guagliardo
Religion (REL)
Religion 100 (3) - Introduction to Religion - revised course
description - This course explores the nature, function, and meaning of
religion in individual and collective experience. Through consideration of texts
in a diversity of humanistic and social scientific disciplines, students study
the meaning of myth, symbol, ritual, ethics and other categories integral to
understanding religion. They also explore texts, practices, and symbols from a
variety of world religions.(GE4) Kosky Religion 110 (3) - Introduction to American Religions - revised course
description - This course introduces students to the rich fabric of
America's religions. Among the questions the class lectures, readings, and
student discussions address are: How did the United States become the home of so
many religions? What are the essential beliefs and practices of these religions?
What religious dilemmas have emigrants encountered and continue to face in
attempting to adjust to American society? How successful has the nation’s
experiment with religious freedom been? What implications do proposed government
subsidies to religiously-operated social programs and schools have for the
separation of church and state? Finally, is it possible to speak of an American
religion? (GE4) Markowitz Religion 132 (3) - God & Goddess in Hinduism - Cancelled Religion 151 (3) - History of Christian Theol & Ethics - Cancelled Religion 195 (3) - Visionary Traditions in Christianity - topical
description - A study of the visionary, mystical and apocalyptic
traditions in Christianity and of the creative tension between the visionary and
activist impulses within the tradition. Key figures studied include mystics,
monastics and apocalyptic figures from antiquity to the present, but special
attention is given to modern religious movements and the ways in which they
negotiate the tension embedded in Christian scripture and tradition with respect
to withdrawal from or engagement with the world. Can serve as an introduction to
the Christian tradition. (GE4) Brown Religion 295A (3) - Religion and Film - topical
description - This seminar acquaints students with specific theoretical
and conceptual tools that scholars of religion have found useful in the analyses
of modern religious phenomena. We use the medium of film in order to help us
make sense of categories and concerns which are central to the academic study of
religion. We investigate such themes as "Cosmization and Sacred World
Building," "Pilgrimage," "Modernity and Secularization"
"the Numinous," "Chaos and Order," "Reform and
Tradition," etc. so that we can come to a better understanding of the ways
in which religion continues to both shape (and be shaped by) human values and
interests in the modern era. Students read the reflections of thinkers, such as
Eliade, Berger, Freud, Otto, James, Buber, Turner, Van Gennep and Nietzsche, who
have written extensively about these themes. Films are used to provide examples
of the themes that academic religionists have long considered paramount in the
understanding of religion as a vital force in human cultures and societies. By
making connections between academic literature and filmic illustrations,
students learn how to more fully appreciate the relevance of the study of
religion to contemporary problems and concerns. (GE4) Fuller Religion 295B (3) - American Indian Religions, Landscapes, and
Identities - topical description - Employing a combination of
scholarly essays, Native accounts, videos, guest lectures, and student
presentations, this seminar examines the religious assumptions and practices
that bond American Indian communities to their traditional homelands. The first
part of the seminar seeks to elucidate and illustrate those principles
concerning human-environmental interactions common to most Indian tribes. The
second part focuses on Lakota or Teton Sioux beliefs and practices that reflect
and reinforce their understanding of the relationship they seek to maintain with
the land and its creatures. The seminar concludes with an examination of the
moral and legal disputes rising out of the very different presuppositions
Indians and non-Indians hold regarding the environment. (GE4) Markowitz Religion 295C (3) - Critique and Christianity - topical
description - This course considers, first, the critique of religion
that emerged in 19th-century culture and, second, how Christianity answered,
appropriated, or ignored the challenges that this critique posed to religious
thought and practice. (GE4) Kosky
Russian beginning and intermediate courses are no longer linked. Students may complete one term without having to complete another.
Sociology (SOC)
Sociology 102 (3) - General Sociology - Newly offered course Sociology/Religion 200 (3) - Religion & Amer Social Inst - Cancelled Sociology 290 (3) - Muslim Movements in the Middle East Before and After
September 11 - topical description - Open to all students.
However, freshmen are advised to speak with the instructor before registering.
This course surveys different Muslim movements currently active in the
countries of Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Algeria, Lebanon, Palestine,
Egypt and Lebanon. Muslim movements are often portrayed as monolithic in the
Western press, but this course also investigates the differences between
movements that are currently active throughout the Middle East. Two women's
Muslim groups are investigated, with particular attention paid to the
Revolutionary Association of Women in Afghanistan (RAWA). Throughout the
semester we also survey Muslim responses to the September 11 terrorist attacks
and to the American interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq. Poulson Sociology 375 (3) - Methods of Social Inquiry - Cancelled Sociology/Politics 376A (3) - Survey Data Analysis: Local -
This course is designed as a group research project in questionnaire
construction and survey data analysis. Students select a topic, prepare a list
of hypotheses, select indicators, construct a questionnaire, collect and analyze
data, and write research reports. Jasiewicz Sociology/Politics 376B (3) - Survey Data Analysis: Secondary -
This course is devoted to secondary analysis of survey data. Students learn how
to use SPSS for Windows to perform uni-, bi- and multi-variate analyses of
already existing data sets and how to write research reports. Jasiewicz
Spanish (SPAN)
Spanish beginning and intermediate courses are no longer linked. Students may
complete one term without having to complete another. Spanish 208 (3) - Intro a La Literature in Translation Espanola - Newly
offered course Spanish 316 (3) - Modern Hispanic Poetry - revised course description
- Prerequisites: Spanish 208 and 215. This course examine the alternating
currents that shape 20th-century Spanish poetry: poetry's need to remain vitally
connected to the world and its contrasting impulse to escape the
"ugly" realities of society. We contrast the apolitical texts of Juan
Ramón with the more socially engaged texts of Machado; read, within the context
of these competing interests, Lorca's Romancero Gitano and the surrealistic
Poeta en Nueva York. Next, we turn our attention to how poetry written during
the Spanish Civil War (the war poetry of Neruda and Alberti) and the Franco
regime (the texts of Angel González and Gloria Fuertes) engages with the
society of its day. West-Settle Spanish 395 (3) - Peninsular Seminar - Cancelled Spanish 396 (3) - 20th-Century Cuban Literature - topical description
- This course examines the unfolding of 20th- century Cuba as seen through
various genres, including prose, poetry, film, and non-fiction discourses.
Beginning with writers who memorialized 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 and others. Films by
Desnoes, Arenas, Gutiérrez Alea, Hijuelos and Tabío. Discussions in Spanish.
Students must contribute to class discussion, write several papers and take one
or more exams. Barnett
Theater (THTR)
Theater 220 (3) - Playwriting - Cancelled Theater 237 (3) - Scenic Design - Newly offered course Theater 241 (3) - Acting I - Newly offered course Theater 397 (3) - Screenwriting Seminar - topical description -
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. Development of a narrative
screenplay through extensive writing, reading, screenplay analysis and scene
viewing. Topics include visual literacy, character development, dialogue, story
structure, dramatic conflict, and script formatting. Ziegler
University
Scholars (UNIV)
University Scholars 202 (3) - Avoiding Armageddon: The Politics and Science
of Non-proliferation - topical description - This seminar
addresses the political issues, as well as the science and technology associated
with the proliferation of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons of mass
destruction (WMDs). Participants study scientific/ technical aspects of the
production, acquisition, and use of these weapons. They discuss the external and
internal effects of a nation state's acquisition of WMDs including case studies
of Iran, North Korea, India, and Pakistan. The history of nonproliferation
treaties and their effectiveness is reviewed. The potential impact of WMDs in
the hands of non-nation state (terrorist) organizations is presented. Finally,
participants examine measures for reducing proliferation of WMDs. Writing
intensive course. (not for GE) Settle, Strong University Scholars 203 (3) - Avoiding Armageddon: The Politics and Science
of Non-proliferation - topical description - This seminar
addresses the political issues, as well as the science and technology associated
with the proliferation of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons of mass
destruction (WMDs). Participants study scientific/ technical aspects of the
production, acquisition, and use of these weapons. They discuss the external and
internal effects of a nation state's acquisition of WMDs including case studies
of Iran, North Korea, India, and Pakistan. The history of nonproliferation
treaties and their effectiveness is reviewed. The potential impact of WMDs in
the hands of non-nation state (terrorist) organizations is presented. Finally,
participants examine measures for reducing proliferation of WMDs. Writing
intensive course. (not for GE) Settle, Strong
Women's Studies: Students interested in Women's Studies should plan to take Interdepartmental 120 (3), Introduction to Women's Studies and Feminist Theory, in the spring. This course now meets the requirement for credits (but not for one of the two areas) under GE 4. A list of winter term courses from other departments that qualify for Women's Studies credits will appear on the program website: http://womensstudies.wlu.edu/ .