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Course Catalog 2010-2011 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Oberlin College Courses Offered in 2010-11 (and planned offerings in future years)

 
  

  • ATHL 600 - Independent Fitness


    Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module, Second Semester, First Module
    Credits (Range): 0.5 hours
    Attribute: 0.5EX
    Course Description for Catalog: This course is designed to allow a student to work in conjunction with an Athletic Department Faculty/Staff member on an individual workout program. Students interested in pursuing this option should have a specific goal in mind and develop a written plan before approaching staff members regarding sponsorship.



    Enrollment Limit: 50
    Instructor: I. Cavaco, A. Davis, A. Estep, K. Hayden, J. Hudson, E. Lahetta, J. Ramsey, D. Ranieri, A. Shoemaker, Staff
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Notes: CR/NE or P/NP grading. Maximum of two credit hours may apply toward graduation.
  

  • ATHL 995 - Private Reading


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 0.5-2 hours
    Attribute: 0.5-2EX
    Independent study of a subject arranged by student with a staff member in Athletics. Signed permission of the instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: C. Ananiadis, B. Bruce, T. Carver, I. Cavaco, M. Fino, K. Hayden, J. Hudson, K. Jacobs, J. Karlgaard, E. Lahetta, D. New, J. Ramsey, D. Ranieri, T. Reid, A. Shoemaker, Staff, E. Stewart, K. Walz
    Consent of the Instructor Required? A signed private reading card must be submitted to the Registrar’s Office
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Only subjects beyond the range of catalog course offerings permitted.
  

  • BIOL 031 - Health Careers Practicum


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 0-1 hours
    Attribute: 0-1EX
    This class provides an opportunity for engaged learning relevant to medical, dental, and veterinary careers. Students will volunteer at a local medical facility, social service agency or with a community outreach group. Readings and discussions with guest speakers will explore in depth topics relevant to health careers.
    Enrollment Limit: 10
    Instructor: Y. Cruz
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
  

  • BIOL 033 - The Science of Cooking and Nutrition


    Next Offered: Spring 2014
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 NS
    This course will examine the science behind food preparation and nutrition. It will cover the basic biochemistry and physiology of salts, acids and bitter alkaloids, carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and vitamins. We will cover both how these molecules affect the texture and taste of foods, and how they affect the health of the individual eating them. Students will discuss the methods used in nutritional research, the limits of these methods, and the politics behind fad diets and dietary guidelines.  In addition, students will research, orally present, and write a paper on a current nutritional controversy. Not intended for majors in the biological or chemical sciences.

    Enrollment Limit: 14
    Instructor: L. Romberg.
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
     

     
  

  • BIOL 090 - Human Biology


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS
    Stucture and function of the human body and the impact of humans on the biosphere. Topics such as health, genetics, evolution, infectious disease, and global warming along with relevant social, political and economic concerns will be considered. Students will normally be expected to maintain a personal program of aerobic exercise in conjunction with this course. Not intended for biology majors.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: R. Salter
  

  • BIOL 100 - Organismal Biology Lecture


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS
    This course provides prospective biology majors and others with an integrated introduction to the biology of organisms, from the subcellular level, through the cellular, tissue, organ, and whole organismal level.
    Enrollment Limit: 230
    Instructor: J. Bennett, Y. Cruz, M. Laskowski
  

  • BIOL 101 - Organismal Biology Laboratory


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 hour
    Attribute: 1NS
    Laboratory exercises will emphasize anatomical and physiological studies of higher vertebrate and flowering plant whole organisms. Preserved animals are dissected in some laboratories. Some exercises and discussions are designed to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills in data analysis and interpretation.
    Enrollment Limit: 24
    Instructor: J. Bennett, Y. Cruz, M. Laskowski
  

  • BIOL 102 - Genetics, Evolution, and Ecology


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4NS
    This course provides prospective biology majors and others with an integrated introduction to key biological principles of genetics, ecology, and evolution. The labs feature exercises and discussions designed to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills in data analysis and interpretation.
    Enrollment Limit: 24
    Instructor: J. Bennett, M. Garvin, R. Laushman, A. Roles
  

  • BIOL 201 - Invertebrate Biology


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4NS, WR
    Invertebrates represent over 97% of the animal kingdom. This course is a study of the anatomy, physiology, behavior, and ecology of representatives of the major invertebrate phyla and their evolutionary relationships. Lectures will emphasize functional adaptations of major organs systems. Classroom discussions and writing assignments will be based on readings from the primary literature. Laboratories will include observation, collection, and identification of invertebrates during overnight and afternoon field trips; dissection; and a project.
    Enrollment Limit: 14
    Instructor: M. Garvin
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Biol 102 or 120 (or the equivalent) and consent of the instructor. This course is offered in alternatve years.
  

  • BIOL 202 - Plant Ecology


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4NS, WR
    Ecological principles will be used to examine plant population and community processes. Special attention will be given to plant/animal interactions, e.g. pollination, dispersal, and herbivory. Lab will use local habitats to gain hands-on experience in field observations, study design, data collection, analytical methods, plus written and oral presentations of results.
    Enrollment Limit: 13
    Instructor: R. Laushman
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: BIOL 102 or120.
  

  • BIOL 203 - Vertebrate Structure and Evolution


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 6 hours
    Attribute: 6NS
    A study of vertebrate structure from evolutionary and functional perspectives. This topic is introduced by a discussion of the origin of vertebrates and their phylogeny and basic embryology. The morphological differences in each major organ system are studied primarily in terms of phylogenetic history and functional adaptation. All students must participate fully in the anatomical laboratory exercises.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: C. McCormick
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: : Any one of the following: BIOL 100 and 101, or BIOL 118 and 119 or consent of instructor. Note: BIOL 102 or 120 recommended.
  

  • BIOL 204 - Plant Biology


    Next Offered: First Semester 2011
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS
    This course investigates the wide variety of plant forms and the molecular mechanisms that generate them. Provides a conceptual framework for understanding plant development that includes an evolutionary perspective.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 16
    Instructor: M. Laskowski
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Biol 100, Biol 118, or equivalent.
  

  • BIOL 205 - Community Ecology


    Next Offered: First Semester 2011
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4NS, WR
    This course is a study of the natural patterns and processes that occur between and among species. Topics include competition, symbiosis, diversity and succession. Primary literature readings will be the focus of classroom discussions and writing assignments. Lab includes weekly field trips to familiarize students with local natural communities, field techniques, and the scientific process. Through both lecture and lab students will gain an understanding of experimental design, data collection, analysis and interpretation.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 14
    Instructor: M. Garvin
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Preqs: Bio 102 or 120 and consent of instructor.
  

  • BIOL 208 - Population Biology


    Next Offered: First Semester 2011
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4NS, QP-H
    Population biology deals with the biotic and abiotic factors that influence population size and stability. Variation in these factors leads to temporal and spatial differences among populations. Major topics include: population growth; demographic variation and stability; population genetics, competition, and predation.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 14
    Instructor: R. Laushman
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: BIOL 102 or 120 and consent of the instructor.
  

  • BIOL 213 - Cell and Molecular Biology (Lecture Only)


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS
    A detailed study of cell structure and function at the molecular level. Topics to be discussed include structure and function of membranes and cell organelles; gene structure, function and regulation; bioenergetics; cell cycle control, signal transduction and genetic engineering. The intent of the course is to integrate molecular biology, biochemistry, and cell biology in order to provide a firm foundation for many of the more specialized courses in the major.
    Enrollment Limit: 119
    Instructor: M. Peters, L. Romberg
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: : One introductory biology course with lab (Bio 100/101, Bio 102, Bio 118/119, Bio 120, or an AP score of 5 ), and the equivalent of a year of introductory chemistry (Chem 101 and 102, or Chem 103, or an AP equivalent). Note: Not recommended for first-year students
  

  • BIOL 214 - Cell and Molecular Biology (Laboratory Only)


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 hour
    Attribute: 1NS
    Laboratory exercises are designed to illustrate processes central to cell and molecular biology and to familiarize students with basic skills required at the laboratory bench.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: K. Cullen, M. Peters, L. Romberg
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Co-requisite: BIOL 213.
  

  • BIOL 215 - Ornithology


    Next Offered: Second Semester 2012
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS
    This course will present birds both as a unique group and as representative of vertebrates. The course will emphasize adaptation, ecology, and behavior of birds, and introduce students to methods used in modern ornithology. We also will consider current views of the systematic relationships among living birds, and the evolutionary history of birds, including the debate regarding their origin in relation to dinosaurs.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 24
    Instructor: K. Tarvin
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: Any one of the following: Bio 100, Bio 102, Bio 118, Bio 120, or an AP score of 5. 

  

  • BIOL 216 - Ornithology Laboratory


    Next Offered: Second Semester 2012
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 hour
    Attribute: 1NS
    Laboratory sessions will meet on alternate Saturday or alternate Sunday mornings (occasionally at night), and emphasize field identification, habitat relationships, migration, and behavior.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 12 per section.
    Instructor: K. Tarvin
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Corequisite: BIOL 215.

  

  • BIOL 217 - Wetlands Natural History Practicum


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 Hours
    Attribute: 4 NSCI
    New course added 10.20.10.

    This course will survey the regulation, natural history and ecology of wetlands, with a focus on Ohio wetlands and vernal pools in particular. Plant, invertebrate, and amphibian identification will be conducted. Much of the course will take place in the field, with visits (some of which may be physically rigorous) to a number of different wetland sites in the greater Oberlin area. Saturday all-day field trips.
    Enrollment Limit: 14
    Instructor: J. Katko
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Biol 102 or BIOL 120
  

  • BIOL 218 - Evolution


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Environmental Studies
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS
    Principles of microevolution (selection, gene flow, mutation, genetic drift, and factors that influence population genetic structure), evolutionary ecology (life history strategies, gene-environment interactions), and macroevolution (changes above the species level) will be studied, with emphasis on both the process and pattern of organic evolution.
    Enrollment Limit: 24
    Instructor: K. Tarvin
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: Two introductory biology courses (BIOL 100 or 118, plus BIOL 102 or 120), or an AP score of 5.
  

  • BIOL 227 - Plant Systematics


    Next Offered: Second Semester 2012
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4NS
    Systematics is the study of organismal diversity. This course provides an introduction to plant diversity and the principles and methods of systematics. Lectures introduce important concepts in systematics, including taxonomy, nomenclature, phylogenetics, speciation, and character evolution. Labs have two major goals: (1) to provide hands-on experience in the modern techniques used to infer evolutionary relationships among plants, including PCR, DNA sequencing, and phylogenetic analysis; and (2) to familiarize students with important groups of plants (particularly flowering plants) through a combination of lab activities and field trips. Two lectures and two labs per week.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 14
    Instructor: M. Moore
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: BIOL 100/101 or BIOL 118/119, and BIOL 102 or BIOL 120

  

  • BIOL 301 - Developmental Biology


    Next Offered: Second Semester 2012
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS, WR
    A survey of the developmental processes at the molecular, cellular and organismal levels in vertebrate and invertebrate animals, and also certain plants and protists. Two 50-minute lectures will explore cell differentiation, pattern formation, and morphogenesis in embryos, presented with an emphasis on evolution. A three-hour demonstration-discussion session per week will complement lecture material with specimens, models and student-led presentations.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: Y. Cruz
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: BIOL 100 or 118, and 213 or consent of instructor.
  

  • BIOL 302 - Developmental Biology Laboratory


    Next Offered: Second Semester 2012
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 hours
    Attribute: 2NS
    Experiments and laboratory exercises designed to familiarize students with approaches to the study of embryogenic and developmental processes at the cell, tissue, and organismal levels. Live and preserved animals will be used in class, which will meet for one-half to two hours per week in addition to regularly scheduled class times.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: Y. Cruz
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite or Co-requisite: BIOL 301.
  

  • BIOL 304 - Mechanisms of Plant Adaptation


    Next Offered: Second Semester 2012
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS
    This course focuses on cellular and molecular mechanisms that affect plants’ ability to succeed in natural and agricultural populations. Topics will include central issues of plant physiology such as control of flowering, and nitrogen use, which have implications for agriculture, as well other issues of ecological significance such as natural defenses against plant pathogens, response to stresses such as cold and salinity, and mechanisms of light perception. Creation of transgenic plants for use in agriculture and research will be discussed.
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: M. Laskowski
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: BIOL 213 or consent of the instructor.
  

  • BIOL 305 - Experiments in Plant Growth and Development


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 hours
    Attribute: 2NS
    In this laboratory course, students will learn some of the molecular and genetic techniques currently used in plant research and employ them in independent projects. Working together, we will choose a set of novel projects that can be carried out over the course of the semester. Because we will work with living organisms, and use experimental techniques that do not always fit into three-hour labs, students will be required to work independently for three to four hours per week outside of scheduled lab times to complete their projects.
    Enrollment Limit: 8
    Instructor: M. Laskowski
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Biol 204 or 213/214. Notes: Prior experience with plant biology encouraged but not required.
  

  • BIOL 306 - Microbiology (Lecture Only)


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS
    The study of microorganisms with an emphasis on prokaryotes. Major areas to be covered include microbial cell structure and function, physiology, metabolism, genetics, diversity, and ecology. Applied aspects of microbiology will also be discussed such as biotechnology, the role of microorganisms in environmental processes, and medical microbiology.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: K. Cullen
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: BIOL 213 and 214.
  

  • BIOL 307 - Microbiology (Laboratory Only)


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 hour
    Attribute: 1NS
    Laboratory exercises are designed to illustrate processes central to microbiology and to familiarize students with basic skills required for working with microorganisms. Topics will include asceptic technique, microscopy, and isolation and identification of unknown bacteria.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: K Cullen

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Co-requisite. BIOL 306.
  

  • BIOL 310 - Genetics


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4NS
    The study of heredity has evolved into a discipline whose limits are continually expanded by innovative molecular technologies. This course explores the experimental basis for our current understanding of the structures, functions and inheritance of genes. Eukaryotic and prokaryotic genetics with illustrative material from viruses, bacteria, plants, and humans is presented. The laboratory part of the course provides an experimental introduction to classical and modern genetic analysis.
    Enrollment Limit: 10
    Instructor: M. Peters
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: BIOL 102 or 120 and 213 and 214.
  

  • BIOL 311 - Epigenetics


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS
    This lecture-discussion course will review the mounting evidence for epigenetics, the study of extra-genetic (or non-DNA mediated) inheritance of biological characteristics. Topics to be discussed include chromatin modification, transcriptional silencing, dosage compensation, genomic imprinting, and nuclear reprogramming.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: Y. Cruz
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Biology 213 and 214. Note: Juniors and seniors only.
  

  • BIOL 312 - Animal Physiology


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4NS, WR
    This course explores the function of the body, from the molecular level (e.g., generation of electrical signals in the nervous system) to the organismal level (e.g., adaptations to pregnancy, exercise, or extreme environments). Classes and laboratories study the physiology of excitable cells (e.g., nerves and muscles), cardiovascular system, lungs and respiratory system, kidneys and renal system, and reproduction.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: T. Allen
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Chem 102 or 103 and BIOL 213 or NSCI 201 or NSCI 204 or consent of instructor.
  

  • BIOL 315 - Behavioral Ecology


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4NS, QP-H, WR
    Behavioral ecology is the study of how behavior (broadly defined) influences lifetime reproductive success of individuals. It is therefore deeply rooted in evolutionary theory, and considers the ways in which behavior may be adaptive. Topics will include life history strategies, optimal foraging and habitat selection, signaling and communication, sexual selection, and social organization and cooperation. Lectures, laboratories, and discussion sessions will primarily emphasize field studies and will illustrate observational, experimental, comparative, and modeling approaches. Laboratories occasionally meet at night.
    Enrollment Limit: 14
    Instructor: K. Tarvin
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: Bio 102 or Bio 120, or an AP score of 5, and either Bio 208, Bio 215, Bio 218, or NSCI 301
  

  • BIOL 317 - Lab in Epigenetics


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 hour
    Attribute: 1NS
    This course is the companion laboratory class for Biology 310 (Epigenetics). Students will conduct small-group research projects germane to lecture topics.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: Y. Cruz
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite & Notes: Co-requisite: Biol 310
  

  • BIOL 327 - Immunology


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS
    A comprehensive introduction to our current understanding of the immune system, including innate, humoral, and cell-mediated components. Emphasis is placed on the molecular and cellular events underlying immunity. Lectures, discussion, and problem sets present the important experimental techniques currently used by immunologists. Discussion of current applications (e.g. vaccination) and challenges (e.g. autoimmune disease) illustrate the link between basic research and clinical immunology and reveal social and political aspects of biomedical research.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: R. Salter
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Biol 213.
  

  • BIOL 329 - Virology


    Next Offered: First Semester 2011
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS
    An introduction to the basic principles of virology, including the biochemistry, molecular genetics, and genetics of viruses with emphasis on animal viruses. Lectures will examine viruses as important model systems for elucidating the basic principles of molecular biology and also as important agents of disease. Medical topics will include a discussion of the pathogenesis, immunology, and prevention/treatment of important human viral diseases.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 24
    Instructor: R. Salter
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: BIOL 213. Note: Priority to juniors and seniors.
  

  • BIOL 333 - Use of Mammalian Cell Culture in Research


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 hours
    Attribute: 2NS

    An introduction to the principles and techniques for culturing mammalian cells. The overall goal is to teach practical laboratory skills so that students can function independently in a research lab. Topics include lab safety; adherent and suspension cells; media preparation; contaminant detection; cryopreservation; proliferation assays; and apoptosis detection and use of antibodies to detect cellular molecules. Students are expected to work independently for three to four hours per week in addition to the scheduled group meetings.
    Enrollment Limit: 8
    Instructor: R. Salter
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: BIOL 213/214.
  

  • BIOL 403 - Seminar: Microbial Cell Biology


    Next Offered: Second Semester 2012
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS

    Covers bacterial cell organization, cell cycle, developmental pathways, response to the environment, motility, and membrane physiology, plus the influence of bacterial parasites on host cell biology. The course will be based on readings from the primary literature and will cover a variety of methods in biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology, genetics, and genomics. Lectures will alternate with student-led class discussions. Students will write several papers analyzing research from the primary literature.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: L. Romberg
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Pre-requisites: Biology 213 and 214.  Preference to juniors and seniors.
  

  • BIOL 404 - Seminar: Reading Primary Literature


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 hours
    Attribute: 2NS
    This course is canceled effective 09.07.10.

    This course is designed to increase skills used in critical analysis of primary scientific data. Papers making research headlines representing a wide range of topics will be selected. We will focus on articles that use modern molecular and genetic techniques. Students will lead discussions of primary literature and prepare written critiques.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: M. Laskowski
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: BIOL 213/214. Preference to juniors and seniors.
  

  • BIOL 405 - Seminar: Emerging Diseases: Global Challenges to Human Health


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS
    Because of the emergence and re-emergence of deadly diseases such as AIDS, malaria and drug-resistant tuberculosis, infectious diseases remain the leading cause of death worldwide and the third leading cause of death within the US. This course will explore emerging infectious disease from several perspectives (human demographics, human behavior, public health, agricultural and environmental change, pathogen characteristics). Lectures/tutorials will alternate with in-class discussions of journal articles. Students will give oral presentations and serve as discussion leaders.
    Enrollment Limit: 14
    Instructor: R. Salter
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite & Notes: Prerequisite: Biol 213.
  

  • BIOL 501 - Research


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 0-5 hours
    Attribute: 0-5NS

    Projects for original investigation are developed by students in consultation with a faculty member. Students in the Honors Program enroll for both semesters of their senior year. A maximum of three credit hours (four hours for Honors students completing two semesters of research) and one laboratory unit may be earned in this course toward the requirements for a biology major.
    Instructor: T. Allen, M. Braford Jr, Y. Cruz, M. Garvin, M. Laskowski, R. Laushman, C. McCormick, M. Moore, M. Peters, J. Petersen, A. Roles, L. Romberg, R. Salter, K. Tarvin, J. Thornton
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
  

  • BIOL 502 - Research


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 0-5 hours
    Attribute: 0-5NS
    Projects for original investigation are developed by students in consultation with a faculty member. Students in the Honors Program enroll for both semesters of their senior year. A maximum of three credit hours (four hours for Honors students completing two semesters of research) and one laboratory unit may be earned in this course toward the requirements for a biology major.
    Instructor: T. Allen, M. Braford Jr, Y. Cruz, M. Garvin, M. Laskowski, R. Laushman, C. McCormick, M. Moore, M. Peters, J. Petersen, A. Roles, L. Romberg, R. Salter, K. Tarvin, J. Thornton
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
  

  • BIOL 995 - Private Reading


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 0.5-3 hours
    Attribute: 0.5-3NS
    Independent study of a subject arranged by student with member of Biology teaching staff, who supervises the project. Only subjects beyond the range of catalog course offerings permitted. Special approvals required from: project supervisor, student’s academic advisor and department chair.
    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: T. Allen, J. Bennett, M. Braford Jr, Y. Cruz, K. Cullen, M. Garvin, M. Laskowski, R. Laushman, C. McCormick, M. Moore, M. Peters, J. Petersen, A. Roles, L. Romberg, R. Salter, K. Tarvin, J. Thornton
    Consent of the Instructor Required? A signed Private Reading Card must be submitted to the Registrar’s Office
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: A student is limited to one private reading course per semester.
  

  • CAST 100 - Introduction to Comparative American Studies


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies
    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 1HU, 1SS, CD, WR
    The course will introduce students to the complexity of American social and cultural formations, with particular emphases on sexuality, race, ethnicity, class, and gender, and to various methodologies of comparative analysis.
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: K. Thompson, M. Raimondo
  

  • CAST 117 - Immigrant and Second-Generation American Literature


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD
    New Course added 05.05.10.

    This survey course treats the experiences of immigrants of color and their American-born children as central to United States literatures of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. We will learn about literary close reading and oral history by using those methods to examine themes of language, identity, place, and culture. Our texts will include novels, autobiographies, and semi-autobiographical writing about immigrant families from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Middle East.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: A. Ofori-Mensa
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with AAST 117

  

  • CAST 201 - Latinas/os in Comparative Perspective


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Latin American Studies; Hispanic Studies; Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: CD, 3SS, WR
    This course analyzes the varied experiences of Latinas/os in the United States. Using ethnography, literature, film, and history, this course will explore questions of immigration/transnationalism; culture and political economy; racial, ethnic, gender, and sexual identities among Latinas/os; the struggle for place in American cities; as well as the intersections of gender, work and family.
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: G. Perez
  

  • CAST 202 - Visible Bodies and the Politics of Sexuality


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies
    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD, WR
    This course considers how visual culture produces and contests concepts of sexuality in American society.  We will analyze how mainstream culture universalizes certain experiences of gender and sexuality, as they are inflected by race, ethnicity, class and nationalism, as well as how marginalized groups have used visual representation to contest and subvert these hegemonic ideals.  Through case studies, we will explore concepts such as the gaze, spectacle, and agency. 
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: W. Kozol
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
  

  • CAST 205 - Race, Sexuality, Immigration


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 HU, CD, WR
    New course added 06.03.10.

    This course focuses on the intersections of race, sexuality, and immigration by historicizing the U.S. constructions of the “desirable immigrant.” Beginning with the Chinese Exclusion Acts, we will analyze the historical relationships among colonialism and constructions of race, sexuality, and dis/ability by investigating foundational immigration law in the U.S., including the 1924 Johnson-Reed and the 1952 Immigration and Naturalization Acts. We will conclude with an examination of contemporary immigration policy. This course will replace “Queer Mobilities.” Credit will not be given for CAST 205 taken as Queer Mobilities and CAST 205 taken as Race, Sexuality, Immigration.
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: K. Thompson
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
  

  • CAST 211 - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Identities


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    GSFS
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 1.5 HU. 1.5 SS, CD, WR
    New course added 06.03.10

    This course examines the production of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer identities in the United States as they intersect with important social markers such as race, class, gender, and nation. Situating specific case studies in historical, social, and comparative context, we explore issues such as the intersection of racial and sexual sciences, processes of community formation, the politics of embodiment, social justice movements and queer cultural productions.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: M. Raimondo
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
  

  • CAST 222 - Introduction to Native American Studies


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3SS
    New course added 05.26.10.

    This course will provide an introduction to the field of Native American studies. We will focus on histories of land rights; historical contact and conflict; tribal sovereignty; language; and contemporary Native American aesthetics. Through an intersectional and interdisciplinary approach, we will survey major legal cases such as the Dawes Act and the Marshall Trilogy; Native American literature; and activism of the 1960s and 1970s.
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: K. Thompson
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
  

  • CAST 235 - Cultural Citizenships


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD, WR
    Americans have long hailed innovations in media technologies as democratic spaces even as commentators criticize popular culture for sustaining normative ideals of citizenship. This interdisciplinary course explores popular media from the radio to the Internet as formative sites for contested ideals of citizenship, with particular attention to changing notions of gender, sexuality, race, ability, and class. We will examine the intersections of popular culture and legal discourse to address issues of belonging, visibility, and marginalization.
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: W. Kozol
  

  • CAST 240 - How to Win a Beauty Pageant: Race, Gender, Culture, and U.S. National Identity


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD
    This course examines US beauty pageants from the 1920s to the present. Our aim will be to analyze pageantry as a unique site for the interplay of race, gender, class, sexuality, and nation. We will learn about cultural studies methodology, including close reading, cultural history, critical discourse analysis, and ethnography, and use those methods to understand the changing identity of the US over time. This course includes a field visit to a pageant in Ohio.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: A. Ofori-Mensa
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with AAST 240
  

  • CAST 243 - Race, Gender, and American Social Movements


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies
    Next Offered: 2012-2013
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD
    We consider theories of social movements and take a comparative approach to the study of the black freedom struggle, the Asian American movement, and Latina/o movement, among others. We also discuss struggles that cross (and complicate) ethnic and racial identity such as feminism, gay rights and third world liberation.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: S. Lee
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with HIST 243.
  

  • CAST 251 - “Unstable” Bodies: An Introduction to Dis/ability Studies


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 HU, CD, WR
    New course added 06.03.10

    This course examines how constructions of ability and disability pertain to U.S. national and global identity formations. For example, we will examine how metaphors of nationhood depend on the articulation of able-bodied subjects. Beyond the normative, however, notions of “unstable bodies” also produce the illusion of a coherent subject. Using a comparative and interdisciplinary approach, this course will explore the transnational histories of eugenics, theories and critiques of space, and heteronormative constructions of disability.
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: K. Thompson
  

  • CAST 260 - Asian American History


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies
    Next Offered: 2012-2013
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD
    This course is an introduction to the history of peoples of Asian ancestry in the United States and the construction of an Asian American collectivity. Major themes will include the place of Asian Americans in the American imagination, migrations, labor, communities, and responses to social and legal discrimination. The categories of race, ethnicity, gender, class and sexuality will figure prominently as we explore similarities and differences among Asian American experiences.


     
    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: S. Lee
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with HIST 260.
  

  • CAST 272 - Disease, Democracy, and Difference


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, WR, CD
    From yellow fever to H1N1 flu, disease has been central to the construction of the nation, revealing important differences in race, class, gender, and sexuality. This interdisciplinary course investigates the politics of health and illness in the United States through several historical and contemporary case studies. We pay particular attention to the contestations and collaborations between policy makers, health professionals, and community activists seeking to define and promote wellness.
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: M. Raimondo
  

  • CAST 300 - Situated Research


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4SS, WR, CD
    This field-based methods course integrates seminar discussion of methodologies and theory with field research to explore issues of power and hierarchical cultural formations. Weekly fieldwork in an internship and texts pertaining to interpersonal relations in American culture will provide the foundation for projects and written assignments. Students will present, discuss, and engage with methodological, theoretical, and ethical questions arising from field research and work with the instructor in writing an analytical close-reading of cultural formations.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: G. Perez
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Must be taken with CAST 301
  

  • CAST 301 - Situated Research Practicum


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 1-2 hours
    Attribute: 1-2SS
    Students will choose a field site and use this work as the basis of weekly written assignments in the form of field journals.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: G. Perez
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Must be taken with CAST 300
  

  • CAST 305 - Feminist Research Methodologies


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies
    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4SS, WR, CD
    This course traces the historical and dialectical impact of feminist epistemologies on disciplines of the social sciences and humanities. We will explore feminist approaches to research practices including oral history, case studies, archival research, visual and literary criticism, survey/content analysis, and field work. Throughout the semester, each student works on an individual research proposal that incorporates interdisciplinary methods and includes a literature review.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: W. Kozol
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: CAST 100 or consent of instructor. Priority given to GSFS and CAST majors.
  

  • CAST 311 - Militarization of American Daily Life


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies; Latin American Studies
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4SS, WR, CD
    How have war and war preparation shaped daily life in the United States? What have been the repercussions of militarization beyond United States geopolitical boundaries? This course takes a broad view of ‘American’ daily life to consider how war, war preparation, and the underlying assumption that war is a natural fact of life shape the experiences of people throughout the Americas, as well as the globalizing reach of American military power throughout the 20th century.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: G. Perez
  

  • CAST 316 - Equal Rights to Human Rights: Feminist Perspectives on Social Justice


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 2HU, 2SS, WR, CD
    This course will study feminist activism from the passage of the 19th Amendment to the present. We will analyze mainstream and radical American feminist theories as well as challenges to the rights paradigm from Third World and indigenous feminists. The primary methodology will be in-depth intersectional discourse analyses of feminist theories but we will also examine the social and political impact of these theories on activist movements.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: W. Kozol
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Pre-requisite: CAST 100 or equivalent.
  

  • CAST 326 - Performing Sovereignty: Reservations, Militarism, and the Politics of Native America


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 HU, CD, WR
    New course added 06.03.10

    This course will investigate competing concepts of sovereignty through a study of the histories of U.S. federal incursion into American Indian tribal politics. Reservations are militarized sites of U.S. colonization that have provoked multiple strategies for tribal nations’ sovereignty claims. Central to this course is the concept of sovereignty as a perfomative act of empowerment and contestation. Questions include: Is sovereignty a “natural” or inherent right? What is the relationship between indigeneity and sovereignty?
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: K. Thompson
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
  

  • CAST 343 - Crisis of Confidence: American History and Culture in the 1970’s


    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4SS, WR, CD
    Explores the decade between the “groovy 60s” and “Age of Reagan” as a distinct era in American history and critical period whose legacies continue to inform our contemporary world. Through consideration of developments including Watergate, the oil crisis, white backlash, the “Battle of the Sexes,” and punk music, we interrogate how such moments shed light on contestations over national identity, inclusion, and power in an era regarded as a high point of American cynicism.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: S. Lee
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with HIST 343
  

  • CAST 347 - Queer Positions: A Seminar in Theory and Social Change


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4HU, CD, WR
    When queer is a verb, what does it mean? This course explores key issues in the field of queer theory, including the relationship of sex, gender, race, class, and ability; critiques of liberalism and multiculturalism; normativity and resistance; representation and cultural production; and the politics of time and space. We will pay particular attention to the relationship between theory and practice in order to explore different approaches to social change.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: M. Raimondo
  

  • CAST 400 - Research Seminar: Expanding the Archive


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: CD, 4SS, WR
    How do American Studies scholars use archives? Is this changing in the 21st century? Do new archives like the Internet require different methodological approaches? This seminar explores the distinctiveness of interdisciplinary research in Comparative American Studies as well as the range of traditional and contemporary sources of evidence available to scholars. In this class, students will work through the various steps of evidence gathering, analysis, and writing a research paper.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: W. Kozol
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: CAST 100.
  

  • CAST 407 - Seminar: Picturing War and Human Rights: Trauma, Violence and Spectatorship


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4HU, CD, WR
    This seminar examines how American visual culture has represented recent U.S. military actions. Ideals of gender, race, and nation often justify militarism, yet visual depictions also provoke anxieties about masculinity and femininity, home, and national, self and other. We will analyze visual media to consider such issues as the symbolic value of female bodies in narratives of national defense and how racial ideals secure or undermine the authority of the male body under attack.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: W. Kozol
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
  

  • CAST 500 - Honors


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3-4 hours
    Attribute: 3-4HU
    Students wishing to do Honors in Comparative American Studies in their senior year should consult with their major advisor and the program director. Consent of program director required.
    Instructor: P. Dhingra, W. Kozol, S. Lee, P. Mitchell, G. Perez, M. Raimondo
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Students should submit a proposal by April 15th of their junior year.
  

  • CAST 995 - Private Reading


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 0.5-3 hours
    Attribute: 0.5-3HU
    Independent study of a subject beyond the range of catalog course offerings. Consent of instructor required. Members of the Comparative American Studies Program Committee will sponsor private readings.
    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: P. Dhingra, E. Estes, W. Kozol, S. Lee, P. Mitchell, G. Perez, M. Raimondo
    Consent of the Instructor Required? A signed Private Reading Card must be submitted to the Registrar’s Office
  

  • CHEM 050 - Basic Chemistry


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS, QP-H
    The course is intended for students without a high-school chemistry background who want an introduction to chemistry. The course is appropriate for students who plan to take CHEM 101 and for students who intend no further study of chemistry. It consists of lectures and demonstrations surveying the fundamental ideas of chemistry.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: M. Mehta
  

  • CHEM 051 - Chemistry and the Environment


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Environmental Studies
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS
    A discussion of the natural and human origins of significant chemical species in the environment and the ultimate fate of these materials. Air and water quality will receive special attention. Chemical concepts will be developed as needed.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: D. Meyer
  

  • CHEM 101 - Structure and Reactivity in Chemistry


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Biology, Environmental Studies, Geology, Neuroscience
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4 NS, QPH
    Reactions, chemical periodicity, bonding, molecular structure.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 40 per section
    Instructor: W. Fuchsman, C. Hill, D. Meyer, J. Rowsell
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: High-school chemistry or consent of instructors; high-school mathematics up to, but not including, pre-calculus. Note: Students must register for both lecture and laboratory.
  

  • CHEM 102 - Principles of Chemistry


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Biology, Environmental Studies, Geology, Neuroscience
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4 NS, QP-F
    Equilibrium, thermodynamics, reaction rates and mechanisms, atomic and molecular orbitals.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 40 per section
    Instructor: J. Belitsky, C. Hill, J. Rowsell, R. Whelan
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: C- or better in CHEM 101. Note: Students must register for both lecture and laboratory.
  

  • CHEM 103 - Topics in General Chemistry


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Biology, Environmental Studies, Geology, Neuroscience
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4NS, QP-F
    For students with good pre-college preparation. Reactions, equilibrium, thermodynamics, reaction rates and mechanisms, and bonding.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: C. Oertel
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment or credit for MATH 133 or equivalent. Takes the place of CHEM 101, CHEM 102.  Students who earned a score of 3 or higher on the Chemistry Advanced Placement test automatically qualify for the course. Admission by examination during the orientation period. Students who have had chemistry in high school and who plan to take both chemistry and calculus should take the examination.  Further information about the course and exam are available on the departmental website:  http://new.oberlin.edu/chemistry.
  

  • CHEM 205 - Principles of Organic Chemistry


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Biology, Neuroscience
    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4NS
    A one-semester introduction to the basic principles, theories, and applications of the chemistry of carbon compounds. Representative reactions, preparation, and properties of carbon compounds will be covered. The laboratory will provide experience with purification, physical and spectroscopic characterization, and synthesis of organic substances.
    Enrollment Limit: 25 per section
    Instructor: A. Matlin, M. Nee
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: C- or better in CHEM 102 or 103. In the fall, the Thursday laboratory section will open only if the enrollment exceeds the capacity of the Tuesday and Wednesday laboratory sections.
  

  • CHEM 208 - Environmental Chemistry


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Environmental Studies
    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS
    An in-depth consideration of the environmental issues of stratospheric ozone depletion, air pollution, acid rain, climate change, fossil fuel-based, nuclear and renewable energy production, surface and ground water pollution, and water treatment. The detailed chemical aspects of the environmental problems and their potential remedies will be discussed at a significantly higher level than Chem 051 and various models will be constructed to elucidate the key concepts.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 24
    Instructor: M. Elrod
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
    Prerequisites & Notes
    C- or better in Chem 102 or 103. Not open to students with credit for Chem 051 or 151.
  

  • CHEM 211 - Analytical Chemistry


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Environmental Studies
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4NS, QP-F
    Principles of chemical measurements with a focus on instrumental analysis, including spectrophotometry, electrochemistry and separations. Laboratory develops quantitative skills and provides experience with chemical instrumentation. Spreadsheets are used to treat experimental data.
    Enrollment Limit: 16 per section
    Instructor: R. Whelan
    Prerequisites & Notes
    C- or better in MATH 133 and in CHEM 102 or CHEM 103.
  

  • CHEM 213 - Inorganic Chemistry


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4NS
    Development of the principles and theories of inorganic chemistry. Topics include atomic structure, structure and bonding in covalent and ionic compounds, periodic properties, acid-base concepts, coordination compounds, oxidation-reduction chemistry, and recent advances in inorganic nanotechnology. Laboratory involves synthesis and characterization of inorganic substances and activities illustrating principles covered in the lecture.
    Enrollment Limit: 12 per section
    Instructor: C. Oertel, J. Rowsell
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: C- or better in CHEM 102 or 103.
  

  • CHEM 254 - Bioorganic Chemistry


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4NS
    Organic chemistry of the major classes of biological substances. Emphases on structures and reaction mechanisms as they apply to biological transformations. Includes the chemistry of macromolecules and coordination chemistry.
    Enrollment Limit: 24 per section
    Instructor: W. Fuchsman
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: C- or better in CHEM 205.
  

  • CHEM 259 - Magnetic Resonance


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 hours
    Attribute: 2NS
    This course is canceled effective 10.01.2010.

    The course will focus on the conceptual basis of modern multidimensional nuclear magnetic resonance and its applications in chemistry and biochemistry. A theoretical treatment of NMR will be accompanied by the hands-on collection and analysis of experimental data. Emphasis will be on the elucidation of three-dimensional molecular structures. Contemporary developments will be covered, including solid-state NMR and determination of protein structures.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 8
    Instructor: M. Mehta
    Prerequisites & Notes
    C- or better in CHEM 205 and MATH 134
  

  • CHEM 323 - Materials Chemistry


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 hours
    Attribute: 2NS
    This seminar will provide an introduction to materials chemistry, with an emphasis on inorganic materials. Topics will include structures and electronic properties of solid materials, mechanical properties, defects in solid structures, and synthetic strategies. Methods of materials characterization including X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy will also be discussed. In covering these topics, we will explore current literature on materials such as polymers, nanoparticles, biomimetic materials, semiconductors, and superconductors.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: J. Rowsell
    Prerequisites & Notes
    C- or better in CHEM 205 or 213
  

  • CHEM 325 - Organic Mechanism and Synthesis


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS
    This second course in organic chemistry will systematically explore reactions of carbon-containing compounds and the mechanistic pathways involved in these processes. Reactions and topics that will be discussed include functional group transformations, oxidations, reductions, cycloadditions, stereospecific reactions and carbon-carbon bond formation. Strategies will be presented for the design of multi-step organic syntheses.
    Enrollment Limit: 24
    Instructor: A. Matlin
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: C- or better in CHEM 205.
  

  • CHEM 326 - Organic Mechanism and Synthesis Laboratory


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 hour
    Attribute: 1NS
    The laboratory complements the second course in organic chemistry. Experiments illustrate principles presented in the lecture course.
    Enrollment Limit: 10
    Instructor: A. Matlin
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Pre- or Corequisite: CHEM 325. Note: P/NP grading.
  

  • CHEM 327 - Synthesis Laboratory


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS
    Laboratory work involves the synthesis of organic and inorganic compounds by a variety of techniques (e.g. photochemical, electrochemical, inert atmosphere) and the use of spectroscopic methods (e.g. Fourier-transform NMR, infrared, and ultraviolet) for their characterization. The lectures develop the theory and unified application of spectroscopic analysis to solve structural problems in chemistry.
    Enrollment Limit: 8
    Instructor: M. Nee, C. Oertel
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: C- or better in CHEM 205 and CHEM 213.
  

  • CHEM 339 - Quantum Chemistry and Kinetics


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4NS, QP-F
    Kinetics of chemical reactions, quantum theory of atomic and molecular structure, and molecular spectroscopy.
    Enrollment Limit: 16
    Instructor: Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: C- or better in CHEM 102 or CHEM 103; PHYS 111 or PHYS 104 (may be taken concurrently); and in MATH 134. Note: Students must register for both lecture and laboratory.
  

  • CHEM 341 - Trace Analysis


    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS
    Principles of environmental chemical analysis with laboratory. Trace analytical techniques and sampling as applied to environmental samples, such as water, soil, and plant materials. Lecture/discussion format in the classroom with the current research literature in analytical chemistry as a focus.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 8
    Instructor: R. Thompson
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: C- or better in CHEM 211.
  

  • CHEM 349 - Chemical and Statistical Thermodynamics


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4NS, QP-F
    Thermodynamics, introduction to statistical thermodynamics, and kinetic theory. Application of mathematical methods and physical principles to chemistry.
    Enrollment Limit: 16
    Instructor: M. Mehta
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: C- or better in CHEM 102 or CHEM 103, PHYS 111 or PHYS 104 and in MATH 134. Note: Students must register for both lecture and laboratory.
  

  • CHEM 361 - Bioanalytical Chemistry


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 hours
    Attribute: 2NS
    Recent developments in bioanalytical chemistry will be examined. Readings will be drawn from the chemical literature. Topics include biosensors (and other methods using molecular recognition), proteomics, and in vivo analysis. Class time will be divided between lecture and discussion/student presentation.
    Enrollment Limit: 10
    Instructor: R. Whelan
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: C- or better in CHEM 211.
  

  • CHEM 374 - Biochemistry


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4NS
    Biochemistry has been described as both the ‘chemistry of life’ and ‘biology in atomic detail.’ This course focuses on biochemical fundamentals and experimental techniques through the rigorous study of proteins and other biomolecules, and their roles in enzymatic catalysis, signal transduction, metabolism, and other biochemical processes.
    Enrollment Limit: 18
    Instructor: J. Belitsky
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: C- or better in CHEM 254, BIOL 213 and BIOL 214.
  

  • CHEM 405 - Topics in Organic Chemistry


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 hours
    Attribute: 2NS
    This course will examine several areas of current research activity in organic chemistry. The course readings will be taken from the recent literature. Topics will include asymmetric synthesis, combinatorial chemistry, molecular recognition, biomimetic chemistry and reactive intermediates. Classes will be equally divided between lecture and discussion/student presentation.



    Enrollment Limit: 10
    Instructor: M. Nee
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: C- or better in CHEM 325, CHEM 339 or consent of instructor.
  

  • CHEM 407 - Chemical Biology


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 hours
    Attribute: 2NS
    Chemical biology describes research at the interface of chemistry and biology, with a focus on the interactions of synthetic molecules with biological systems. Topics may include drug discovery, solid-phase synthesis and combinatorial chemistry, molecular recognition, glycobiology, bio-imaging, expansion of the genetic code, and artificial regulation of gene expression.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: J. Belitsky
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: C- or better in CHEM 374, or CHEM 325 with BIOL 213, or consent of instructor.
  

  • CHEM 525 - Research in Chemistry and Biochemistry


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 1-5 hours
    Attribute: 1-5NS
    Projects for original investigation are assigned. Interested students are encouraged to speak with faculty members about possible projects.
    Instructor: M. Mehta
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Students in the Honors program are required to enroll. Consent of chair required.
  

  • CHEM 526 - Research in Chemistry and Biochemistry


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1-5 hours
    Attribute: 1-5NS
    Projects for original investigation are assigned. Interested students are encouraged to speak with faculty members about possible projects.
    Instructor: M. Mehta
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Students in the Honors program are required to enroll.  Consent of chair required.
  

  • CHEM 995 - Private Reading


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1-3 hours
    Attribute: 1-3NS
    Private readings can be undertaken on a wide range of topics in chemistry and biochemistry. Advanced courses not offered in the current academic year may be taken as private readings and count towards the advanced course requirements of chemistry major. Please consult with the chair about taking advanced courses as private readings.



    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: J. Belitsky, M. Elrod, W. Fuchsman, A. Matlin, M. Mehta, M. Nee, C. Oertel, R. Thompson, R. Whelan
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Signed approval of the instructor required. A signed private reading card must be submitted to the Registrar’s Office.
  

  • CHIN 101 - Elementary Chinese I


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 5 hours
    Attribute: 5HU, CD
    First-year Chinese. Pronunciation and grammar of modern standard Chinese and an introduction to the writing system. Within the first year of study, students will be introduced to approximately 500 characters and the reading of simple texts in the vernacular style.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: P. Chen, H. Deppman
  

  • CHIN 102 - Elementary Chinese II


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 5 hours
    Attribute: 5HU, CD
    First-year Chinese. Continuation of Chinese 101. Pronunciation and grammar of modern standard Chinese and an introduction to the writing system. Within the first year of study, students will be introduced to approximately 500 characters and the reading of simple texts in the vernacular style.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: P. Chen, H. Deppman
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: CHIN 101 or consent of instructor.
  

  • CHIN 201 - Intermediate Chinese I


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 5 hours
    Attribute: 5HU, CD
    Second-year Chinese. Development of skills in the vernacular language through oral recitation and reading of texts, with drills on special features of grammar and emphasis on vocabulary in the vernacular idiom. Students will be introduced to approximately 600 additional characters.
    Instructor: F. Liu, Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: CHIN 102 or consent of instructor.
  

  • CHIN 202 - Intermediate Chinese II


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 5 hours
    Attribute: 5HU, CD
    Second-year Chinese. Continuation of Chinese 201. Development of skills in the vernacular language through oral recitation and reading of texts, with drills on special features of grammar and emphasis on vocabulary in the vernacular idiom. Students will be introduced to approximately 600 additional characters.
    Instructor: F. Liu, Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: CHIN 201 or consent of instructor.
  

  • CHIN 301 - Advanced Chinese I


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD
    Third-year Chinese. This course aims to develop skills in reading, aural comprehension, speech, and writing. Vocabulary expansion and control of grammatical patterns are emphasized. Materials to be used include movies and screenplays, newspapers, and readings in expository prose. Conducted in Chinese.
    Instructor: F. Liu
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: CHIN 202 or consent of instructor.
  

  • CHIN 302 - Advanced Chinese II


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD
    Third-year Chinese. Continuation of Chinese 301. This course aims to develop skills in reading, aural comprehension, speech, and writing. Vocabulary expansion and control of grammatical patterns are emphasized. Materials to be used include movies and screenplays, newspapers, and readings in expository prose. Conducted in Chinese.
    Instructor: F. Liu
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: CHIN 301 or consent of instructor.
  

  • CHIN 401 - Readings in Chinese Literature


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD
    Fourth-year Chinese. Readings from contemporary Chinese literature, discussions, and writing assignments will further develop advanced skills in Chinese. Conducted in Chinese.
    Instructor: K. Li
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: CHIN 302 or consent of instructor.
  

  • CHIN 402 - Readings in Society, History and Contemporary Events


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD
    Fourth-year Chinese. Advanced skills in reading, writing, speaking and aural comprehension will be developed in this course through readings in expository prose, discussions and writing assignments. Conducted in Chinese.
    Instructor: K. Li
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: CHIN 401 or consent of instructor.
  

  • CHIN 453 - Advanced Topics in Chinese I


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD
    Fifth-year Chinese. This advanced language course is designed for students who have completed 4th-year Chinese or the equivalent. It focuses particularly on reading and writing proficiency. Course materials are selected from classical and contemporary literature or historical/political essays with emphasis on deepening students’ comprehension of Chinese language, culture and society. Conducted in Chinese.
    Instructor: K. Li
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: CHIN 402 or consent of instructor
 

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