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Course Catalog 2012-2013 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Oberlin College Courses Offered in 2012-13 (and planned offerings in future years)

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  • 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 will include health, exercise physiology, genetics, human evolution, infectious disease, and global warming along with relevant social, political and economic concerns. 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: K. Cullen
  

  • 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. Moore
  

  • BIOL 101 - Organismal Biology Laboratory


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 hours
    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, M. Moore, Staff
  

  • 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: 22
    Instructor: J. Bennett, R. Laushman, Staff
  

  • BIOL 201 - Invertebrate Biology


    Next Offered: Fall 2014
    Semester Offered: First Semester 2013-2014
    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 alternate 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: 14
    Instructor: R. Laushman
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    BIOL 102 or BIOL 605.
  

  • 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
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Any one of the following: BIOL 100/101, BIOL 118/119 or consent of instructor. Note: BIOL 102 recommended.
  

  • BIOL 204 - Plant Biology


    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
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Biol 100 or equivalent.
  

  • BIOL 206 - Disease Ecology


    Next Offered: Fall 2013
    Semester Offered: First Semester 2013-2014
    Credits (Range): 2 hours
    Attribute: 2NS
    Major concepts of community ecology, such as species richness, diversity, stability, and predator-prey interactions, will provide a framework for understanding pathogen transmission and disease dynamics in natural populations. Primary literature readings that illustrate the relationship between community structure and disease dynamics, as well as modern field and laboratory techniques, will be the focus of discussions and small writing assignments. This course provides foundation for co-requisite BIOL 207.
    Enrollment Limit: 14
    Instructor: M. Garvin
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: BIOL 102, BIOL 120, or BIOL 605 and Co-requisite: BIOL 207

    This course provides foundation for co-requisite BIOL 207.
  

  • BIOL 207 - Disease Ecology Lab


    Next Offered: Fall 2013
    Semester Offered: First Semester 2013-2014
    Credits (Range): 2 hours
    Attribute: 2NS, WR
    In consultation with the instructor, students will choose a research topic, propose and design a study, collect data, perform statistical analysis, and convey their results through written reports and oral presentations. A weekly 3-hour afternoon laboratory meeting time will be scheduled for field and lab work and small group meetings with instructor.
    Enrollment Limit: 14
    Instructor: M. Garvin
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: BIOL 102, or BIOL 120, or BIOL 605 and Co-requisite: BIOL 206.
    BIOL 206 is a co-requisite and provides a foundation for this course.
  

  • 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: 140
    Instructor: Nick Ruppel and Adam Haberman
    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 hours
    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, N. Ruppel
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: BIOL 213.
  

  • BIOL 215 - Ornithology


    Next Offered: Spring 2014
    Semester Offered: Second Semester 2013-2014
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4NS
    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. Prerequisites Any one of the following: Bio 100, Bio 102, Bio 118, Bio 120, or an AP score of 5.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • BIOL 218 - Evolution


    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: O. Eldakar
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: Two introductory biology courses (BIOL 100 or 118, plus BIOL 102 or 120), or an AP score of 5.
  

  • BIOL 220 - Freshwater Invertebrate Biology


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 Hours
    Attribute: 4 NS
    This course explores the evolutionary ecology of freshwater invertebrates in lakes, rivers and wetlands. Lectures will focus on the phylogeny, life histories, behavior, trophic importance, and conservation significance of freshwater invertebrates. Classroom discussions and writing assignments will be based on readings from the primary literature. Laboratory will involve collecting invertebrates in the field (including at times outside of class hours and in wet conditions), identification, and a project.
    Enrollment Limit: 10
    Instructor: C. Anderson
    Consent of the Instructor Required: No
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Biol 102 or Biol 605
  

  • BIOL 227 - Vascular Plant Systematics


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4NS
    How did Earth’s biodiversity attain its current form and distribution? Systematists strive to answer this question by reconstructing the history of organismal diversity using diverse lines of evidence, ranging from anatomy to biogeography to genomics. Lectures introduce important principles and concepts in systematics, including taxonomy, phylogenetics, speciation, and character evolution. Labs provide a hands-on introduction to modern molecular systematics techniques and to plant diversity, through a combination of lab activities and field trips.
    Enrollment Limit: 14
    Instructor: M. Moore
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite & Notes: Prerequisites: BIOL 102 or BIOL 120 or BIOL 605.
  

  • BIOL 304 - Mechanisms of Plant Adaptation


    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
    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 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: 16
    Instructor: N. Ruppel
    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
    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: 14
    Instructor: T. Allen
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: 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
    New course added 11.02.12.

    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.
    Enrollment Limit: 14
    Instructor: O. Eldakar
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes

    Prerequisites: Bio 102, 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, Second Module
    Credits (Range): 1 hours
    Attribute: 1NS
    This course is the companion laboratory class for Biology 311 (Epigenetics). Students will conduct small-group research projects germane to lecture topics.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: Y. Cruz
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Y
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite & Notes: Co-requisite: Biol 311
  

  • BIOL 322 - Genetics of Populations


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 Hours
    Attribute: 4 NS, QP-F
    The evolution of phenotypic traits results from the action of selective and non-selective forces on the distribution of genetic variation within and among populations. We will use mathematical and computational models to study adaptation and the genetic architecture of complex traits in the context of natural populations. These evolutionary approaches have critical applications in the study of disease, conservation biology, agriculture, and the response to climate change. Labs may involve field work or be computer-based.
    Enrollment Limit: 14
    Instructor: A. Roles
    Prerequisites & Notes
    BIOL 218 OR BIOL 202
  

  • 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: 25
    Instructor: R. Salter
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Biol 213.
  

  • BIOL 329 - Virology


    Next Offered: Fall 2013
    Semester Offered: First Semester 2013-2014
    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 336 - Genomics


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 Hours
    Attribute: 4 NS
    New course added 11.02.12.

    Knowing the sequence of an organism’s the DNA, its genome, should tell you everything you need to know about that organism. Having sequenced hundreds of genomes, scientists now realize that the genome sequence is just the beginning. We will learn how genomes are sequenced and how genomic data is used in many fields, including developmental biology, evolution, and medicine. In a computer-based lab, we will do original research to complete and annotate a genome.
    Enrollment Limit: 8
    Instructor: A. Haberman
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Biology 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. Consent of instructor required.
    Instructor: T. Allen, M. Braford Jr, Y. Cruz, M. Garvin, A. Haberman, M. Laskowski, R. Laushman, C. McCormick, M. Moore, M. Peters, J. Petersen, A. Roles, L. Romberg, N. Ruppel, 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. Consent of instructor required.
    Instructor: T. Allen, M. Braford Jr, Y. Cruz, O. Eldakar, M. Garvin, A. Haberman, M. Laskowski, R. Laushman, C. McCormick, M. Moore, M. Peters, J. Petersen, A. Roles, L. Romberg, N. Ruppel, 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, A. Haberman, M. Laskowski, R. Laushman, C. McCormick, M. Moore, M. Peters, J. Petersen, A. Roles, L. Romberg, N. Ruppel, R. Salter, K. Tarvin, J. Thornton
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Consent is required on a Private Reading card
    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: 1.5HU,1.5SS, 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: M. Raimondo, P. Mitchell
  

  • 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: 3SS, CD,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
    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
  

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


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies
    Next Offered: Spring 2014
    Semester Offered: Second Semester 2013-2014
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 1.5 HU. 1.5 SS, CD, WR
    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 223 - Surviving America: Introduction to Native Studies


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 HU, CD, WR
    New course added 05.15.12.

    This comparative course examines the emergence of Native Studies as an academic field. We will put “the native” at the center of analysis to see Native peoples as producers of theory and not simply as objects of analysis. This course explores critical issues facing Native communities today–blood quantum, diaspora, gender and sexuality, and sovereignty. Students will take away a greater understanding of the treatment of Natives in North America and across the Pacific.
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: S. Teves
    Consent of the Instructor Required: No
  

  • CAST 235 - Debating Citizenship: Identity and Belonging in US Cultures


    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: 3HU, CD, WR
    New course added 01.14.13.

    This course examines how Americans have historically negotiated the inclusions and exclusions of citizenship through an interdisciplinary study of political debates, legal developments, and cultural contestations. Theoretical debates on citizenship and nationalism will serve as the basis for a comparative study of how marginalized communities within the United States have contested and reconfigured normative concepts of belonging and identity, with particular attention to changing notions of gender, sexuality, race, ability, and class.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: K. Schreck
  

  • 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: 13
    Instructor: A. Ofori-Mensa
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with AAST 240
  

  • CAST 256 - Im/migration in U.S. History


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4SS, CD, WR
    History of immigration and migration in the United States, from nineteenth to early twenty-first centuries. Includes international context of migration, migrant’s encounters with American society, policy responses, and significance of immigration in American culture. Also covers internal migrations such as the ‘Great Migration’ of blacks from the South. Aim is to provide introduction to major developments in history of U.S. im/migration, historicize contemporary debates, and develop comparative understanding of experiences among Asians, Blacks, Europeans, Latinos.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: S. Lee
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with HIST 256
  

  • CAST 263 - Power and Performance in American Popular Culture


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 HU, CD
    New course added 05.15.12.

    This course considers contemporary issues in popular culture and its impact on shifting assumptions about race, class, gender, power, authenticity, and national belonging. Utilizing a Performance Studies approach, we will examine how popular representations are normalized and contested through mainstream popular culture and resistant subcultures. We will also look at the emergence of subcultures: hip-hop, punk, drag culture, and the Occupy movement to analyze the ways that marginalized groups can also unwittingly reinscribe dominant hegemony. 

    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: S. Teves
    Consent of the Instructor Required: No
  

  • 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, CD,WR
    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, CD, WR
    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: 14
    Instructor: G. Perez
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prior Coursework in CAST or a related field strongly recommended.
    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: 14
    Instructor: G. Perez
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prior Coursework in CAST or a related field strongly recommended.
    Note: Must be taken with CAST 300
  

  • CAST 318 - Seminar: American Orientalism


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4SS, CD, WR
    Through readings and work on original research projects, students will study how ideas about ‘Orientals’ have shaped historical understandings of American identity, from the late eighteenth century onward. Topics of examination include: Chinese ‘coolies’ during Reconstruction; constructions of gender and sexual deviance; wartime representations of Asian enemies; Cold War origins of the Model Minority; revival of ‘Yellow Perilism’ in contemporary life.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: S. Lee
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites & Notes:  Prior coursework in CAST or a related field strongly recommended.
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with HIST 318
  

  • CAST 321 - Seminar: Transnational Sexualities: National Borders, Global Desires


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Gender, Sexuality, and Feminst Studies
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 2HU, 2SS, CD, WR
    How does the globalization of sexuality shape the study of sex in national contexts? This interdisciplinary seminar uses the United States as a starting point to consider sexual identities and practices in a transnational perspective, addressing topics such as reproduction, migration, AIDS, sex work, tourism, and militarization. We will examine the production of gendered, raced, and classed bodies and explore the significance of transnational analysis of sexuality to social justice work.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: M. Raimondo
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite & Notes: Prior coursework in CAST or a related field strongly recommended
  

  • CAST 337 - Global Health Emergencies


    Next Offered: Fall 2013
    Semester Offered: First Semester 2013-2014
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4SS, CD
    Health emergencies represent some of the most challenging transnational crises of the twenty-first century. This course situates biomedical approaches in social, political, and economic context in order to consider the role of health in the production of and the challenge to deeply entrenched global inequalities. It explores the relationship between states, international health organizations, non-governmental organizations, human rights advocates, community health practitioners and activists, and those affected by a range of health conditions.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: M. Raimondo
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Priod coursework in CAS or a related field is strongly recommended.
  

  • CAST 345 - Narratives of Passing


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD, WR
    Is passing about pretending to be someone you are not, or is it about becoming someone different than you were before? This course uses passing as a paradigm to destabilize normative understandings of race, ethnicity, gender, class, and sexuality. Through literature and film about various forms of passing from the early 20th century through the present, we will analyze relationships between privilege and oppression, representation and performance, normativity and difference, and visible and invisible identities.
    Enrollment Limit: 16
    Instructor: A. Ofori-Mensa
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prior Coursework in CAST or a related field strongly recommended.
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with AST 345.
  

  • 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: 4SS, CD, 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
    Prior Coursework in CAST or a related field strongly recommended.
    Prerequisite: CAST 100.
  

  • CAST 402 - Capstone Seminar: Rethinking Barrios and Ghettos


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4SS, CD, WR
    Academics, policy makers, and social reformers have long concerned themselves with understanding the urban poor. This course takes a critical look at the structural forces creating urban spaces popularly regarded as ‘barrios’ and ‘ghettos.’ Course readings will draw from anthropology, sociology, literature and history to examine various approaches to and representations of marginalized urban communities in the past and present.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: G. Perez
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prior Coursework in CAST or a related field strongly recommended.
     
  

  • CAST 430 - From Savage Queens to Pacific Warriors: Native Pacific Gender and Sexualities


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 HU, CD
    New course added 05.15.12.

    This course examines how Pacific Islanders have historically been represented and how Islanders have responded. We will focus explicitly on gender and sexuality to illuminate the intersections of colonialism, militarism, and tourism in the Pacific. In addition, this course will analyze how American identity was forged in the Pacific and how the varied histories of Pacific Islanders have shaped and have been shaped by particular gender relationships in the Pacific Islands.  

    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: S. Teves
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • CAST 447 - Queer Positions


    Next Offered: Spring 2014
    Semester Offered: Second Semester 2013-2014
    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: 12
    Instructor: M. Raimondo
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prior Coursework in CAST or a related field strongly recommended.
     
  

  • 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 on a Private Reading Card is 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: Yes
  

  • CHEM 045 - Chemistry and Crime


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Law and Society
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS
    Principles of evidence collection, physical and chemical forensic tests, and instrumental techniques as applied to criminal investigations. Important criminal cases and societal issues, such as drunk driving and drug testing, with a focus on the science involved. Chemical concepts will be developed as needed.
    Instructor: R. Thompson
  

  • 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: 4NS, QP-H
    Reactions, chemical periodicity, bonding, molecular structure.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: J. Belitsky, M. Elrod, C. Hill, M. Nee, J. Rowsell, R. Whelan
    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, QPF
    Equilibrium, thermodynamics, reaction rates and mechanisms, atomic and molecular orbitals.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: P. Chivers, C. Hill, M. Mehta, R. Thompson, 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: R. Whelan
    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 AP. Preference will be given to first year students.
  

  • 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: 22
    Instructor: C. Martinez, 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
    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
    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
    Instructor: R. Thompson
    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: 16
    Instructor: 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
    Instructor: J. Belitsky, P. Chivers
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: C- or better in CHEM 205.
  

  • 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: Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: C- or better in CHEM 205.
  

  • 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
    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: 12
    Instructor: M. Elrod
    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 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: 14
    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: P. Chivers
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: C- or better in CHEM 254, BIOL 213 and BIOL 214.
  

  • 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


    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. Consent of chair required.
    Instructor: M. Mehta
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Students in the Honors program are required to enroll.
  

  • 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. Signed approval of the instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: J. Belitsky, M. Elrod, A. Matlin, M. Mehta, D. Meyer, M. Nee, C. Oertel, J. Rowsell, R. Thompson, R. Whelan
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • 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: H. Deppman, F. Liu
    Prerequisites & Notes
    No auditors. Letter grades only. The P/NP option is not available.
  

  • 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: Q. Ma, C. Mi
    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, C. Mi
    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: K. Li, F. Liu
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: CHIN 201 or consent of instructor.
  

  • CHIN 301 - Advanced Chinese I


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4HU, 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: K. Li
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: CHIN 202 or consent of instructor.
  

  • CHIN 302 - Advanced Chinese II


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4HU, 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: Q. Ma
    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
  

  • CHIN 456 - Reading Chinese Short Stories


    Semester Offered: Second 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. We will study some of the best short stories in modern Chinese literature. Writers may include Lu Xun, Eileen Chang, Shen Congwen, Ding Ling, and Bai Xianyong. Conducted in Chinese.
    Instructor: H. Deppman
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: CHIN 453, 454 or consent of instructor.
  

  • CHIN 500 - Capstone Project


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 0 hours
    Attribute: 0HU
    Normally completed in the senior year, the capstone project may be done in one of three ways: 1) as a research project in an upper-level seminar taught by an EAS faculty member, 2) as a project in a 400-level Chinese or Japanese language course, or 3) as a Winter Term project overseen by an EAS faculty member. Students must consult with their mentor before the start of the term.
    Instructor: H. Deppman, K. Li, F. Liu, Q. Ma
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    P/NP grading only.
  

  • CHIN 995 - Private Reading


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 0.5-3 hours
    Attribute: 0.5-3HU, CD
    Independent study of a Chinese subject beyond the range of catalog course offerings.
    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: H. Deppman, K. Li, F. Liu, Q. Ma
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • CINE 111 - What is Media? Recording. Transmission. Spectacle.


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4HU
    This course interrogates the origins, transformation, and effects of media on both individual and social levels. Exploring a wide range of technological means for recording, transmission, and visual display from the written word to IMAX, we will survey various approaches to the study of technology and mass communication. We will primarily focus on media theories and cultural studies scholarship, as well as on works of contemporary critics who question the possible futures of communication media.
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: D. Galili
  

  • CINE 244 - Masters Of World Cinema: Focus On Fellini


    Semester Offered: Second Semester, First Module
    Credits (Range): 2 hours
    Attribute: 2HU
    A critical analysis and discussion of Federico Fellini’s most celebrated films from his earlier films associated with post-war Italian neorealism to his internationally acclaimed baroque film fantasies of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Special emphasis will be placed on Fellini’s ambiguous relationship to Italy’s political left and neorealism and to the critical controversies surrounding his later films. The evolution of his distinctive and influential film style will be traced out in La Strada, Nights of Cabiria, La Dolce Vita, 8 1/2, Juliet of the Spirits, Amarcord, and Intervista.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: D. Goulding
  

  • CINE 245 - Masters Of World Cinema: Focus On Kieslowski


    Semester Offered: Second Semester, Second Module
    Credits (Range): 2 hours
    Attribute: 2HU
    One of the leading figures in East European cinema of the 1970s and 1980s, Krzysztof Kieslowski was closely associated with Poland?s Cinema of Moral Concern which helped give birth to the Solidarity movement and the collapse of Poland’s Communist regime. He later gained international critical acclaim for his 1990s French/Polish co-produced film trilogy White, Blue, and Red. Kieslowski’s films receiving close critical attention include Blind Chance, the monumental Decalogue, and the tricolor trilogy, White, Blue, and Red.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: D. Goulding
  

  • CINE 250 - French Cinema: National Traditions, Global Horizons


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD, WR
    This historical survey will expose students to the directors, movements, and periods that have represented French filmmaking since its beginning (ie. Lumiere, Melies, Surrealism, 1930s Poetic Realism, Occupation, New Wave, contemporary film). A study of the history of industrialization, cultural policy, and state regulation will also help show the conceptualization of French cinema as a “national cinema,” despite its international artistic heritage and audiences, and as a particular kind of interface representing Frenchness within and beyond France. Taught in English.
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: G. An
    Prerequisites & Notes
    No prerequisite, but CINE 110 or another course in French is strongly recommended.
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with FREN 250.
  

  • CINE 267 - Narrating and Documenting the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4HU, CD, WR
    This class examines cinematic narratives and documentations of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Drawing on critical, historical, and sociological writings, we will consider how Israeli and Palestinian filmmakers have reflected, perpetuated, and criticized national ideologies in films from 1967 until today. We will focus on themes of individual and collective identity, traumatic memories, and representations of space and time. Among the course screenings are films by Ari Folman, Michel Khleifi, Elia Suleiman, and Amos Gitai.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: D. Galili
  

  • CINE 290 - Introduction to the Study of Cinema


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4HU, WR
    This course teaches students to engage critically with cinema. They examine elements of film form, style, and technique and explore how these produce meaning. Through theoretical and critical readings they consider cinema as art, industry, technology, and politics. They study approaches to watching and assessing movies, concepts and contexts in cinema studies as a discipline, and film in relation to other media. And they pay special attention to writing about cinema.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: D. Galili, W.P. Day
  

  • CINE 298 - Video Production Workshop I


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4HU
    This course introduces students to the practical relationships among form, style and meaning in cinema through hands-on experience with the medium’s technical elements. Students will not only read about cinema but design, compose, and edit their own sequences using sound and image.

    NB: Production courses are selective and enroll during the first week of classes; interested students should consult with advisors and/or course instructors prior to applying for admission.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 10
    Instructor: C. Carter, R. Brown-Orso
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    CINE 290 or CINE 299. Consent of instructor required by application.
  

  • CINE 304 - Apprenticeship


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    This OASIS course is a hands-on video production and editing experience. Students will work under the direction of a Cinema Studies faculty member on a new original film. Students will assist in various stages of research, production and execution of a faculty-directed film project, and will gain further experience in stop-motion animation, sound recording, and studio lighting.
    Enrollment Limit: 8
    Instructor: R. Brown-Orso
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Not required for OASIS program but strongly recommended for students with appropriate backgrounds. Restricted to OASIS program. Placement by audition on the first day of classes or when auditions are announced.
  

  • CINE 320 - Video Production Workshop II: Documentary Production


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4HU, WR
    This course explores documentary work in both critical and creative ways. The class introduces students to various ways to think about and understand documentaries (in terms of structure, purpose, audience, etc.) and then gives them the opportunity to practice basic documentary production (camera, lighting, sound, non-linear editing). After engaging in various individual and small group exercises, students spend the balance of the semester working together to produce a short festival-quality documentary film. Consent of instructor required by application.

    NB: Production courses are selective and enroll during the first week of classes; interested students should consult with advisors and/or course instructors prior to applying for admission.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: G. Pingree
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    CINE 290, CINE 298, and consent of instructor.
  

  • CINE 322 - Video Production Workshop II: Experimental Short Film


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    The course aims to activate and amplify students’ creativity, and to stir passion for time-based media that transcend mainstream conventions. Students will be introduced to specialized production methods and techniques and post-production strategies; produce short experiments and exercises; and complete an individual studio project. Students will be exposed to a wide range of contemporary screen practices and hybrid forms, including the essay-film, auto-ethnography, abstract cinema, audiovisual collage, installation, speculative biography, animation, and experimental documentary.

    NB: Production courses are selective and enroll during the first week of classes; interested students should consult with advisors and/or course instructors prior to applying for admission.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: R. Brown-Orso
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    CINE 290, CINE 298, and consent of instructor.
  

  • CINE 328 - Media Networks: Interconnections of History and Theory


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4HU
    This course explores historical and theoretical concepts of networks – as both material constructions and cultural metaphors – in order to inform the study of new media technologies and practices. We will examine historical media from telegraphy to the Internet, networks of social relations, and texts, films, and web-based art that take the form of networks. Course materials draw on scholarship in film and literature, sociology, and technology, as well as on films, novels, and plays.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: D. Galili
    Prerequisites & Notes
    CINE 110 or CINE 111 and a Cinematic Traditions Course, OR CINE 290 or CINE 299, or consent of instructor.
  

  • CINE 335 - Screenwriting Workshop


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4HU, WR
    Students will explore the screenwriting process through critical examination of existing films and scripts and through the creation of their own screenplays.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: G. Pingree
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    CINE 290 or CINE 299, instructor consent, a completed application and writing sample.
  

  • CINE 352 - The Cinema and Culture of Stardom in France


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4HU, CD, WR
    Stars are recognized for exceptional performance in their fields while personifying the values and contradictions of their times for publics who imagine themselves through them. This course primarily addresses French cinema, but also popular music, public intellectualism, and politics. Issues include the public reception and consumption of these diversified careers of the self, the star-making process specific to each category, qualities of performance over time, and narratives that stars and celebrities tell of themselves. Conducted in English.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: G. An
    Prerequisites & Notes
    CINE 290 or 299, FREN/CINE 250, or the equivalent. 300-level course for CINE will be counted towards the French major if written work is completed in French.
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with FREN 352.
  

  • CINE 373 - American Literature, Movies, and Culture in the 1930s: Art and Social Value


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Comparative Literature
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4HU, WR
    This course focuses on American culture in the 1930s with particular reference to the relation between the novel and cinema, though other arts and media such as photography, painting, and music will also be addressed. We will consider not only the relation of these arts to each other but to the social crisis of the Great Depression.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: W. P. Day
    Prerequisites & Notes
    CINE 110 or CINE 111 and a Cinematic Traditions Course, OR CINE 290 or CINE 299. Also acceptable: prerequisites as presented in the English Program section titled ‘Advanced Courses.’
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with ENGL 373.
  

  • CINE 381 - Hopeful Monsters: (Mixed-)Media Studies


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Comparative Literature
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4HU, WR
    This course looks at hybrid media forms across historical, national and aesthetic boundaries. What happens when generally distinct aesthetic forms and practices are merged? What do they reveal about the nature of the original media they are constructed from? How is interpretive activity challenged by such works? Our objects of study will include visual art, experimental poetry, innovative memoir, essay-films, narrative and documentary cinema, graphic and experimental fiction and more. 
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: J. Pence
    Prerequisites & Notes
    CINE 110 or CINE 111 and a Cinematic Traditions Course, OR CINE 290 or CINE 299. Also acceptable: prerequisites as presented in the English Program section titled ‘Advanced Courses.’
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with ENGL 381.
  

  • CINE 392 - Selected Directors: Almodovar, Egoyan, von Trier


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Comparative Literature
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4HU, WR
    This course will explore cinematic authorship by focusing on directors who have defined a distinctive style despite emerging from vastly different cultural contexts. While their films reward examination in relation to these contexts and to the body of work of each director, their films also share a common domain, the contemporary international cinema of quality. In all these registers, we will examine the value and limitation of a concept of cinematic authorship.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: J. Pence
    Prerequisites & Notes
    CINE 110 or CINE 111 and a Cinematic Traditions Course, OR CINE 290 or CINE 299, or consent of instructor.
  

  • CINE 393 - Collaboratons: Dance, Music, Media, Performance


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    This OASIS course is a workshop format that focuses on the integration of dance, music, and media. Students will experiment with different creative processes and models for collaborative composition and create studies in response to artistic challenges and technical problems. To better understand the medium of their collaborators, students will also investigate those disciplines in which they are less accomplished. Student created collaborative work will be integrated into a performance project at Cleveland Public Theater during Winter Term 2013.
    Enrollment Limit: 18
    Instructor: E. Brown-Orso, T. Lopez, N. Martynuk
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Required for OASIS program. Restricted to OASIS program.
    Cross List Information This course is cross listed with TECH 393 and DANC 393.
  

  • CINE 394 - Practicum in Media Literacy and Pedagogy I: Theory


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    Surrounded by computers, video games, and cell phones, children often have little chance to use media to express themselves or connect with their communities. Today’s kids are tomorrow’s storytellers, and to become responsible citizens in a digital age they need tools to communicate through text, image, and sound. We’ll explore community outreach models and media education projects, lead a video poetry residency at Langston Middle School, and prepare the Apollo Outreach Initiative’s Summer Media Workshop.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: C. Carter
 

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