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Oberlin College Courses Offered in 2016-17 (and planned offerings in future years)

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  • DANC 350 - Contemporary Global Dance


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD, WADV

    What happens to hip hop when it travels from the streets of New York City to the Parisian-Arab suburbs, or to disaffected youth in the ex-soviet bloc? What is the role of belly-dancing in Yoruba ritual in Brazil? What does contemporary African dance look like? These are some of the questions we will ask as we trace a variety of contemporary dance forms from their place of origin across the globe.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: V. Fortuna
  

  • DANC 363 - Capoeira Angola III


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU

    Students will refine previous skills and focus on developing individual creativity and confidence while continuing to build balance, rhythm, and strength. Students will be expected to achieve and demonstrate a high level of proficiency in all aspects of Capoeira Angola including singing songs, creating unique combinations, and playing all instruments with special attention given to the Berimbau. Students will engage in readings that explore contemporary issues and struggles within Capoeira Angola. Throughout the semester students will engage in special events and performances that present Capoeira Angola to the campus community.
    Enrollment Limit: 16
    Instructor: J. Emeka
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with AAST 363
  

  • DANC 375 - Feminist Ethnography and Performance


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT

    This course explores transnational feminist epistemologies alongside performance studies research methods, investigating the impact of a feminist approach to ethnography in performance studies, and the opportunities afforded by performance analysis to a feminist ethnographic practice. Texts exemplifying feminist ethnographic methods in dance and performance studies explore intercontinental connections and themes based on media, geography, and collective aesthetic and political impulses. Case studies cover topics addressed by feminist artists in their work (ritual, motherhood, gaze theory, sexual violence, lesbian identity, war, among others).
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: M. De la Cruz
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • DANC 390F - Essence Dance Class - Full


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    This course is designed to promote and develop creativity in dance performance through the Black experience. A variety of dance forms will be used such as: modern, Afro-forms, and Black urban vernacular dances. Students are expected to purchase costumes.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: M. Sharpley
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: AAST 101, AAST 190, or AAST/DANC 191. P/NP grading. Note: This class may be repeated for a maximum of four accumulated hours.
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with AAST 390F.
  

  • DANC 390H - Essence Dance Class - Half


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2HU, CD

    This course is designed to promote and develop creativity in dance performance through the Black experience. A variety of dance forms will be used such as: modern, Afro-forms, and Black urban vernacular dances. Students are expected to purchase costumes.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: M. Sharpley
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: AAST 101, AAST 190, or AAST/DANC 191. P/NP grading. Note: This class may be repeated for a maximum of four accumulated hours.
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with AAST 390H.
  

  • DANC 391F - Dance Diaspora - Full


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    Faculty directed performance project. Auditions are held during each semester before enrollment.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: M. Sharpley
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    : Notes: May be repeated for a maximum of four accumulated hours. Africana Studies majors and Dance majors will have first priority.
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with AAST 391F.
  

  • DANC 391H - Dance Diaspora - Half


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2HU, CD

    Faculty directed performance project. Auditions are held during each semester before enrollment.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: M. Sharpley
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    : Notes: May be repeated for a maximum of four accumulated hours. Africana Studies majors and Dance majors will have first priority.
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with AAST 391H.
  

  • DANC 394 - Collaborations: Dance, Music and Media


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU

    This upper-level workshop will focus on the intergration of dance, music, and media. Of specific interest will the `dance for the camera,` which we will examine through viewings, lectures, and discussion. Class projects will be realized by collaborative teams and will draw on both fixed-media and real-time techniques in combining electroacoustic music, movement, and digital media.
    Enrollment Limit: 16
    Instructor: C. McAdams, P. Swendsen
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Cross List Information Cross Listed withTECH 350
  

  • DANC 395 - Special Topics in Choreography


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU

    This is an upper-level composition course for the student interested in creating dances with text, site-specific work, or other student-initiated projects. This semester the course will focus on the use of music and on student independent work. 
     
    Enrollment Limit: 10
    Instructor: N. Martynuk
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    : Notes: May be repeated for credit.
  

  • DANC 400 - Senior Project


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2HU

    Independent individual projects that represent culminating work in the dance major. Projects are an outgrowth of work done in the area of Focused Study as defined by the student when declaring the major. Students determine project details in conjunction with their faculty sponsor.
    Instructor: A. Albright, H. Handman-Lopez, N. Martynuk, C. McAdams, A. Ramos, M. Sharpley, D. Vogel
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • DANC 420F - Honors Project - Full


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, HONR

    Intensive independent work in dance on a research thesis or creative project to be decided upon in consultation with an advisor. Note: Admission to the Honors Program
    Instructor: A. Albright, N. Martynuk, C. McAdams, A. Ramos
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • DANC 420H - Honors Project - Half


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2HU, HONR

    Intensive independent work in dance on a research thesis or creative project to be decided upon in consultation with an advisor. Note: Admission to the Honors Program
    Instructor: A. Albright, N. Martynuk, C. McAdams, A. Ramos
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • DANC 995F - Private Reading - Full


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU

    Private readings are offered as either a half or full academic course and require the faculty member’s approval. Students who wish to pursue a topic not covered in the regular curriculum may register for a private reading. This one-to-one tutorial is normally at the advanced level in a specific field and is arranged with a member of the faculty who has agreed to supervise the student. Unlike other courses, a student cannot register for a private reading via PRESTO. To register for a private reading, obtain a card from the Registrar’s Office, complete the required information, obtain the faculty member’s approval for the reading, and return the card to the Registrar’s Office.
    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: A. Albright, H. Handman-Lopez, N. Martynuk, C. McAdams, A. Ramos, D. Vogel
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Submit Private Reading Card to Registrar’s Office
  

  • DANC 995H - Private Reading - Half


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2HU

    Private readings are offered as either a half or full academic course and require the faculty member’s approval. Students who wish to pursue a topic not covered in the regular curriculum may register for a private reading. This one-to-one tutorial is normally at the advanced level in a specific field and is arranged with a member of the faculty who has agreed to supervise the student. Unlike other courses, a student cannot register for a private reading via PRESTO. To register for a private reading, obtain a card from the Registrar’s Office, complete the required information, obtain the faculty member’s approval for the reading, and return the card to the Registrar’s Office.
    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: A. Albright, H. Handman-Lopez, N. Martynuk, C. McAdams, A. Ramos, D. Vogel
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Submit Private Reading Card to Registrar’s Office
  

  • EAST 109 - Topics in Chinese Film: Introduction to Modern Chinese Cinema


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Cinema Studies, Comparative Literature
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    A study of the booming cinema scene in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Topics include the history of popular Chinese cinema and the relationship between style and politics. Directors include Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Wong Kar-wai, Stanley Kwan, Ang Lee, and Tsai Ming-liang. Taught in English.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: H. Deppman
  

  • EAST 116 - Traditional Japanese Literature in Translation


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Comparative Literature
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    This course explores literary texts, theatrical styles, and visual cultures from Japan’s rich premodern cultural history. We consider the literary arts that arose out of the aristocratic, samurai, townspeople cultures, and the contemplative poetry and prose of monks and nuns from the 7th-19th century. Themes include creativity, gender, aesthetic and poetics, as we read texts and view Kabuki and Noh plays emerging from the vibrant cultures of Kyoto, Kamakura, and Edo, and the archipelago’s landscapes. Field trip(s) required.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: A. Sherif
  

  • EAST 121 - Chinese Civilization


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD

    An introduction to the history of China from the archaeological origins of Chinese civilization to the period of the mature imperial state in the 17th century. The diverse origins of China’s civilization are stressed as topics in political, social, and economic history are explored, as well as developments in religion and thought, language and literature, and art. This course is the normal introduction to further study of Chinese history and culture and, in particular, provides a valuable context for themes treated in Modern China.
    Enrollment Limit: 50
    Instructor: D. Kelley
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with HIST 105.
  

  • EAST 122 - Modern China


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD

    This history of China from the founding of the Manchu Qing (Ch’ing) dynasty in 1644 takes a China-centered perspective. Along with political and institutional developments, long-term changes in the society and economy of China are stressed, and the indigenous bases for those changes are explored so that China’s 20th century revolutionary upheaval will be seen to be more than a ‘response to the Western impact’ or an ‘emergence into modernity.’
    Enrollment Limit: 50
    Instructor: D. Kelley
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with HIST 106.
  

  • EAST 132 - Modern Japan


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD

    This course surveys Japan’s modern transformation from the Meiji Restoration of 1868 to the present. It examines how political, social, and economic modernization were simultaneous projects while considering their impact on the lives of citizens at home and imperial subjects abroad. We focus on how economic volatility, popular struggles for representative democracy, war, and colonization represent aspects of Japan’s twentieth century experience as well as widely shared dilemmas of modernity.
    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: E. O’Dwyer
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with HIST 160.
  

  • EAST 143 - Approaches to Chinese and Japanese Art


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    This combined introduction to the Arts of China and Japan will follow a rough chronology from ancient to modern. We will focus on smaller contexts, including temples, tombs, and artistic circles and examine a range of media (e.g. painting, sculpture, prints). Primary themes will include how socio-political circumstances inform artistic production, the spatial or social networks of art, cultural exchange, and tensions between court-sponsored traditions and other artistic practices.
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: Young Ji Lee
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with ARTS 152.
  

  • EAST 151 - Chinese Thought and Religion


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    A historical survey of the three major religious and philosophical traditions of China: Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism. Attention is given to how each comprehends the universe and translates its ideal into philosophical thought, religious practice, and social and moral imperative. Interaction and mutual borrowing among the three will be examined to show how each was changed or inspired by the others and evolved under their influence.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: M. Dibeltulo
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with RELG 235.
  

  • EAST 152 - Japanese Thought and Religion


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    A historical survey of the development of Shinto and Buddhism in Japan and the roles they have played in Japanese culture and society. Among the topics to be discussed are the ancient myths of Shinto, the transmission of Buddhism to Japan, the emergence of new forms of Buddhism (i.e., Zen, Pure Land, and Nichiren), and the use of Shinto as a nationalistic ideology.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: J. Dobbins
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with RELG 236.
  

  • EAST 163 - Korea: Past, Present and Future


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD

    This course is designed to introduce students to a broad survey of Korea’s history, both ancient and modern. It will examine various interpretive approaches to the political, social, cultural, and diplomatic history of Korea. We will also investigate contemporary nationalist theories of Korean development, including Japanese imperial legacies of colonial conquest, and how they have informed Koreans’ view of their ancient past as well as influenced current debates about the two Koreas’ reunified future. Prerequisites & notes:
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: S. Jager
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with HIST 181.
  

  • EAST 206 - Modern Chinese Literature and Film: The Art of Adaptation


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies; Cinema Studies
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT

    This course studies Chinese film-fiction adaptation from 1984-2012 both as an aesthetic interaction between the literary and the cinematic and as a political negotiation between artists and the state. Authors and directors to include are Eileen Chang, Su Tong, Mo Yan, Stanley Kwan, Zhang Yimou, Hou Xiaoxian and others.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: H. Deppman
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with CMPL 206.
  

  • EAST 215 - Literary and Visual Cultures of Protest in Japan


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    An introduction to art and protest in Japan from mid-19th century to now, this course historicizes the engagements of literary and visual artists with civil society and social movements. What role did writers and filmmakers play in environmental movements centering on Minamata and Fukushima, antinuclear protest grounded in Hiroshima, and nationwide anti-Vietnam War, labor, and US military base protest? Theories of art and social change, feminism, and eco-criticism are lenses that inform our studies.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: A. Sherif
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with CMPL 215.
  

  • EAST 221 - The Learning of East Asian Languages and Cultures


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    This course presents the process of learning an East Asian language as a performance of culture. Readings will draw from diverse disciplinary sources including linguistics, cognitive science, developmental psychology, and language pedagogy.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: X. Zhang
  

  • EAST 239 - Tibetan Buddhism


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    A survey of the history of Buddhism in Tibet from its origins to the modern day. Attention is given to its interactions with Bon, another major religious tradition of Tibet. Readings include works of classical and contemporary Tibetan thinkers who see doctrine as interwoven with practice. Emphasis is on the central ideas of reincarnation, compassion, wisdom, and liberation, as well as on the Indian origins of Buddhist cosmology, ritual, philosophy, and ethics.
    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: M. Dibeltulo
    Cross List Information Cross Listed with RELG 239
  

  • EAST 245 - Avant Garde: Japan Film, Literature


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits: 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 HU, CD, WR

    This course explores the notion of the avant-garde in Japan’s literary and visual cultures (19th century to the present). What was considered aesthetic and ideological innovation in cultural production in times of radical change and of relative stability? We will also examine the role of avant-garde art and political activism in elite and mass culture, and in nation building. Taught in English.
    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: A. Sherif
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Previous coursework in literature, film, East Asian history, art history is strongly encouraged.
  

  • EAST 262 - Asia’s Modern Wars


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Anthropology
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits: 3 hours
    Attribute: 3 SS, CD, WR

    This course will examine the relationship between war and nation-building in East Asia, focusing particularly on the question of how war-and the discourse about war-has shaped modern Chinese, Korean and Japanese identities. The aim of this course is to provide students with a comprehensive background of Chinese, Korean and Japanese modern national and diplomatic history through the study of Asia’s modern wars.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: S. Jager
  

  • EAST 265 - The Politics of Memory


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: 4SS

    The aim of this course is to explore the complexities of war and memory from a comparative, regional perspective, with particular emphasis on East Asia. By comparing different histories and memories of war, this course will explore how public memory of wars are formed, produced, commemorated and transformed. It will also explore the political relevance of war memories on contemporary East Asian politics.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: S. Jager
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Any 100-level East Asian history course.
  

  • EAST 276 - Modern Korean History


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD

    This course will examine the major events, issues and personalities in Korea’s modern history from the late nineteenth century to 1953. Combining the methods and approaches associated with the discipline of history and historical anthropology, the aim of this course is to provide students with a broad knowledge of Korea’s modern history in the context of East Asian development and modernization.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: S. Jager
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with HIST 273.
  

  • EAST 280 - Brothers at War: Conflict in Korea


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD

    This course is designed to explore the cultural, social and political history of the Korean War in the context of Cold War ideology and US-Soviet- Chinese-Korean relationship as well as specific battles and key players.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: S. Jager
    Cross List Information Cross Listed with HIST 280
  

  • EAST 367 - Seminar: The Opening of Korea, 1876-1905


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD, WADV

    The Korean peninsula was at the center of the most dramatic upheavals of late nineteenth and early twentieth century East Asia. This seminar focuses on the diplomatic history of these years, including the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-5 and the Russo-Japanese War 1904-5, as well as the repercussions of these international developments on Korean society, politics and culture.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: S. Jager
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite :One East Asian history course.
  

  • EAST 383 - The Japanese Spatial Imagination: Architecture, Design and Planning for the Future


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT

    Despite a widespread narrative of decline, Japan’s visionaries endure as creative as ever. This seminar will explore the phenomenon of future-oriented projects and plans for living, some mundane and some fantastical, some already realized and some confined to cyberspace. The relevance of popular cultural forms like manga, anime, and games will be examined, as well as earlier architectural and urban planning influences. Content will be derived from published works, media, and the virtual universe. Prerequisite & Notes: one basic non-language course on Japan or consent of instructor
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: S. Gay
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • EAST 401 - Honors Program


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, HONR

    Consent of program director required.
    Instructor: Staff
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Registration limited to seniors. Admission to the Honors Program is subject to the approval of the East Asian Studies faculty during the student’s junior year.
  

  • EAST 500 - Capstone Project


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits: 0 credits
    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. P/NP grading only.
    Instructor: M. Blecher, B. Cheng, H. Deppman, J. Dobbins, S. Gay, S. Jager, D. Kelley, Q. Ma, E. O’Dwyer, A. Sherif
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: P/NP grading only.
  

  • EAST 995F - Private Reading - Full


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU

    Private readings are offered as either a half or full academic course and require the faculty member’s approval. Students who wish to pursue a topic not covered in the regular curriculum may register for a private reading. This one-to-one tutorial is normally at the advanced level in a specific field and is arranged with a member of the faculty who has agreed to supervise the student. Unlike other courses, a student cannot register for a private reading via PRESTO. To register for a private reading, obtain a card from the Registrar’s Office, complete the required information, obtain the faculty member’s approval for the reading, and return the card to the Registrar’s Office.
    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: M. Blecher, B. Cheng, H. Deppman, J. Dobbins, S. Gay, S. Jager, D. Kelley, Q. Ma, E. O’Dwyer, A. Sherif
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Submit Private Reading Card to Registrar’s Office
  

  • EAST 995H - Private Reading - Half


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2HU

    Private readings are offered as either a half or full academic course and require the faculty member’s approval. Students who wish to pursue a topic not covered in the regular curriculum may register for a private reading. This one-to-one tutorial is normally at the advanced level in a specific field and is arranged with a member of the faculty who has agreed to supervise the student. Unlike other courses, a student cannot register for a private reading via PRESTO. To register for a private reading, obtain a card from the Registrar’s Office, complete the required information, obtain the faculty member’s approval for the reading, and return the card to the Registrar’s Office.
    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: M. Blecher, B. Cheng, H. Deppman, J. Dobbins, S. Gay, S. Jager, D. Kelley, Q. Ma, E. O’Dwyer, A. Sherif
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Submit Private Reading Card to Registrar’s Office
  

  • ECON 099 - Principles of Accounting


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, QFR

    Accounting is the creation, reporting, and interpretation of financial information. The course will show how accounting data can be used by people outside an organization,for example, investors and regulators,to evaluate its financial performance. It will also show how accounting data can be used within an organization as a planning and management tool. The course will be particularly useful to those interested in careers in business, economics, arts and non-profit management, law, and government.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: P. Pahoresky
    Prerequisites & Notes
    : Students cannot earn credit for 099 if they have taken Econ 109. This course counts as general SS credits but does not count toward the 8 full economics credits required for the economics major.
  

  • ECON 101 - Principles of Economics


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, QFR

    This course introduces the student to the economic problems of unemployment, inflation, the distribution of income and wealth, and the allocation of resources. The basic tools of analysis for studying these problems are developed and the role of public policy in securing economic objectives is explored. The course is designed to serve as a foundation for further work in economics and as a desirable complement to study in history, politics and sociology.
    Enrollment Limit: 50
    Instructor: C. Cotter, H. Kasper, E. Kresch, M. Saavedra, K. Liao, R. Cheung
  

  • ECON 206 - Principles of Finance


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, QFR

    This course provides a thorough foundation in financial economics with applications to investment decisions and the management of business enterprises. Topics include capital budgeting, financial statement analysis, interest and risk calculations, principles of market valuation, the capital asset pricing model, financial funding decisions, dividend and cash flow analysis, and taxation.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: C. Cotter
    Prerequisites & Notes
    : ECON 101 and STAT 113 or its equivalent
  

  • ECON 207 - Urban Economics


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, QFR

    How and why do cities form? How do economic forces shape the city’s formation, location, size and function? We begin by looking at the economies and diseconomies of urban scale and the urban hierarchical network, as well as theories of land markets. We move to an economic and policy-centered analysis of the challenges of urban life, such as zoning, housing, transportation, suburbanization and the provision of public services.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: R. Cheung
    Prerequisites & Notes
    : ECON 101 or its equivalent.
  

  • ECON 209 - Economic Development


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, QFR

    This course offers a survey of the different theories and the empirical evidence on the factors that determine economic performance in low and middle income countries. The first part broadly covers the meaning and measurement of development, such as indicators of poverty, inequality and demographic variables. The second part will introduce the student to the major theories that try to explain economic development. The final section will focus on policy issues, especially the dismal record of foreign aid.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: E. Plous
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Econ 101 or its equivalent.
  

  • ECON 211 - Money, the Financial System and the Economy


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, QFR

    The course deals with the linkages between financial markets, financial institutions, monetary policy and the economy. Topics will include the function of money in the economy, the determination of interest rates and exchange rates, the origin and evolution of financial intermediation, and the role of the financial system in the transmission of monetary policy.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: E. McKelvey
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: ECON 101 or its equivalent.
  

  • ECON 219 - Labor-Management Relations


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Law and Society, Comparative American Studies
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, QFR

    An introduction to the problems of labor economics and industrial relations, primarily in the United States. Emphasis is placed on the growth of the labor force, wages, the increased importance of white-collar employment, the goals of labor and management, collective bargaining and major issues of public policy.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: H. Kasper
    Prerequisites & Notes
    ECON 101 or its equivalent.
  

  • ECON 227 - International Trade and Finance


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Latin American Studies, Russian and East European Studies
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, QFR

    An introduction to international economics with an emphasis on the economic analysis of international transactions, financial interdependence, and current trade conflicts, as well as discussions of the historical development and contemporary role of international institutions.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: B. Craig
    Prerequisites & Notes
    ECON 101 or equivalent.
  

  • ECON 231 - Environmental Economics


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Environmental Studies, Law and Society
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, QFR

    The course is an introduction to the theory and practice of environmental economics. Emphasis is placed on understanding how the basic tools of economic analysis are used to identify sources of environmental problems, value environmental resources, and design environmental policy within the framework of a market based economic system.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
    : ECON 101 or its equivalent.
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with ENVS 231.
  

  • ECON 245 - Health Economics


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, QFR

    Health care economics is the study of how resources are allocated to the production of health care and the distribution of that care. The course will look at the conflict between the provision of high-quality, universal health care and health care cost containment; the pros and cons of using markets to distribute health care; and the institutional features of the markets for health insurance, medical education, hospitals, ethical drugs, and medical innovation and technology.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: M. Saavedra
    Prerequisites & Notes
    : ECON 101.
  

  • ECON 251 - Intermediate Macroeconomics


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, QFR

    This course provides a detailed overview of the basic macroeconomic theories used to analyze aggregate spending and production, economic growth and business cycles. Theories covered in the class will be applied to examples drawn from current events and contemporary policy debates.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: E. McKelvey
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: ECON 101 and sophomore standing or a 200-level course in economics.
  

  • ECON 253 - Intermediate Microeconomics


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Law and Society
    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, QFR

    An introduction to the art of building mathematical models of the behavior of individual economic agents. Topics include models of consumers, producers, their interaction with each other in different market forms and strategic situations, and the welfare implications of economic outcomes in the presence and absence of markets.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: V. Saini
    Prerequisites & Notes
    ECON 101 and sophomore standing or a 200-level course in economics and MATH 133. Proficiency in calculus at the level of Math 133 is essential.
  

  • ECON 255 - Introduction to Econometrics


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, QFR

    This is an introduction to the application of statistical methods to the estimation of economic models and the testing of economic hypotheses using non-experimental data. The central statistical tool is multivariate regression analysis. Topics covered include: the Gauss-Markov theorem, testing hypotheses, and correcting for heteroskedasticity, autocorrelation and simultaneous equation bias. In the weekly computer lab sessions econometric software is used to analyze real-world data.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: B. Craig, M. Saavedra
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: STAT 113, MATH 133, both ECON 251 and ECON 253, or consent of instructor.
  

  • ECON 313 - Games and Strategy in Economics


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Law and Society
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits: 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, QP-H

    This course is an introduction to the use of non-cooperative game theory in economic analysis. The course will cover both static and dynamic games with both complete and incomplete information. Applications will be drawn from many fields of economics, including: industrial organization, labor economics, corporate finance, macroeconomics, international trade, and public choice.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: Staff
    Consent of the Instructor Required: No
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: ECON 253 and MATH 133, or consent of instructor.
  

  • ECON 317 - Industrial Organization


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Law and Society
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, QFR

    Analysis of the modern theory and empirical evidence about the organization of firms and industries, why firms and industries take on particular forms, and what is the impact of that organization on market outcomes for consumers and producers. Specific topics include monopoly behavior, strategic firm behavior in markets with ‘few firms,’ mergers, antitrust, governmental regulation, and consumer welfare.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: V. Saini
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites & Note ECON 253 and MATH 133.
  

  • ECON 320 - Labor Economics


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, QFR

    The labor market and its relation to the economy as a whole. Emphasis on wage theory, the economic impact of trade unionism, unemployment, education, discrimination and major issues of public policy.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: H. Kasper
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: ECON 253 or consent of instructor.
  

  • ECON 322 - Public Economics


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, QFR

    We use tools of economic analysis to study the public sector, which plays a dominant role in our lives. We examine the foundation of welfare economics, developing rationales for the existence of government. We introduce major concepts of public finance: externalities, public goods, voting and redistribution. We supplement the theory with discussions on relevant policy issues (public education, health care reform, social security, etc.) and with examples of empirical research related to taxation and expenditure.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: R. Cheung
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    : Econ 253 or consent of the instructor.
  

  • ECON 331 - Natural Resource Economics


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Enviromental Studies, Law and Society
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 hours
    Attribute: 4SS, QFR

    This course applies microeconomic analysis to the allocation and management of natural resources and the environment. Economic modeling is used to analyze the optimal use of resources such as land, water, fisheries, forests, and fossil fuels. In addition, the economic aspects of policies related to climate change, urban sprawl, water conservation, biodiversity, and renewable energy will be explored.​
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: K. Liao
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: ECON 253 and MATH 133. ENVS 231 recommended.
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with ENVS 331.
  

  • ECON 340 - Financial Derivatives


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, QFR

    This course provides a thorough review of financial derivative contracts and their extraordinary growth in recent decades, from forwards and futures, to options, swaps, and credit derivatives. While we pay some attention to the role of derivatives in the panic of 2008, the emphasis is on how these instruments work, how they can be used to redistribute risk, and on principles and models of valuation. Prerequisite & Notes ECON 253 and STAT 113 or consent of instructor.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: E. McKelvey
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • ECON 341 - Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full
    Credits: 4 hours
    Attribute: 4SS

    The course examines the primary role of financial institutions in the implementation and transmission of monetary policy. Central bank actions – providing liquidity to financial markets and performing their monetary policy functions – are analyzed using theories of monetary policy and of the role of money, credit and banking in market economies.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: E. Tallman
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite & Notes: Prerequisite: ECON 251, ECON 211, or consent of instructor. Recommended: ECON 255
  

  • ECON 343 - Financial Intermediation and Monetary Policy


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits: 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3SS

    The course begins by examining the primary role of commercial banks in financial intermediation and investigates the increasing importance of other markets and institutions in the intermediation process. The course also describes the key roles of central banks – providing liquidity to financial markets and performing their monetary policy functions. The course builds upon the institutional material to allow a concentrated analysis of the financial crisis of 2008.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: E. Tallman
    Consent of the Instructor Required: No
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: ECON 251
  

  • ECON 353 - Microeconomic Theory


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, QFR

    Analysis of selected topics in microeconomic theory at a level consistent with a first-year graduate course. Topics include optimization, risk and uncertainty, economics of information, game theory, market design (auctions and contract theory), welfare economics, and general equilibrium.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: V. Saini
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: ECON 253 and MATH 231 are required.
  

  • ECON 355 - Advanced Econometrics


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, QFR

    The course covers advanced topics in econometrics as a sequel to ECON 255. Topics covered include basic time series analysis, reduced form econometric estimation techniques in the presence of endogeneity, first difference estimators, fixed and random effects, instrumental variables, simultaneous equations, the estimation of treatment effects in experimental and quasi-experimental settings, and limited dependent variable models (Logit, Probit, and Tobit). Practical exercises will be conducted in Stata.
    Enrollment Limit: 24
    Instructor: B. Craig
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    : ECON 255, MATH 133, and ECON 253.
  

  • ECON 357 - Time Series Econometrics


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full
    Credits: 4 hours
    Attribute: 4SS

    This course investigates how to estimate econometric models from time series data. Topics include stationary and non-stationary time series models, vector auto-regression models, and other advanced topics. Students will develop the tools to derive and test model specifications and an appreciation of the problems associated with modeling time series data.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: E. Tallman
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite & Notes: ECON 251, ECON 255.
  

  • ECON 409 - Seminar: Institutions and Development


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, WADV

    The seminar will review the most important literature in economic development from a micro perspective with an emphasis on the role that institutions, state capacity, and property rights have on development. Students will have to present the assigned papers and present a small research project.
    Enrollment Limit: 10
    Instructor: E. Kresch
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    : ECON 253 and ECON 255.
  

  • ECON 417 - Seminar: Research in Industrial Organization


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits: 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, WR, QP-H

    Students read, discuss, produce, and present research on contemporary topics in industrial organization including but not limited to the economics of electronic marketplaces, consumer and firm behavior in online auctions, markets for goods with network effects, and the dynamics of competition in high-tech industries.
    Enrollment Limit: 10
    Instructor: V. Saini
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite & Notes: Econ 253 and Econ 255 are required. Econ 317 is recommended.
  

  • ECON 420 - Seminar: Philanthropy & Nonprofit Orgaizations


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, WADV

    Nonprofits organizations often rely on selfless individual behavior: many people give donations or volunteer time and effort for different charitable causes. Such altruistic behavior provides a challenge to traditional economic theory. Additionally, many nonprofit organizations are partially funded from public sources. This seminar is geared towards a better understanding of the behavior of the different agents , donors, nonprofit organization, and foundations , and their interaction with each other as well as with for-profit firms and governments.
    Enrollment Limit: 10
    Instructor: Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: ECON 253 and 255.
  

  • ECON 440 - Seminar: US Monetary Policy


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, WADV

    What does monetary policy do? What should it do? This seminar addresses these questions in the context of the extraordinary measures undertaken by the Federal Reserve in response to the financial crisis of 2007-09. Topics will include the formulation, implementation, and transmission of policy, with an emphasis on using empirical methods to evaluate its impact on the economy and financial markets.
    Enrollment Limit: 10
    Instructor: E. McKelvey
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: ECON 251 and ECON 255 or consent of instructor
  

  • ECON 448 - Seminar: Economics of Housing and Real Estate


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, QFR, WADV

    This seminar explores various aspects of real estate and the housing market through reading of micreconomic literature. Students will be expected to conduct and present an original piece of research. Topics may include: location choice; residential development; hedonic pricing and the valuation of housing; land use regulations and local government; the subprime mortgage crisis and its aftermath.
    Enrollment Limit: 10
    Instructor: R. Cheung
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Econ 253 and 255
  

  • ECON 452 - Seminar on Financial Crises in the United States


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, WADV

    Banking crises in the United States triggered legislative responses that shaped the regulatory structure of the financial system. This course will examine the major financial crises focusing on the underlying causes, the apparent mechanisms, and the regulatory remedies. The lessons from historical crises will be applied to recent financial events like the Panic of 2007 and the regulatory response to them.
    Enrollment Limit: 10
    Instructor: C. Cotter
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    : ECON 101, ECON 211. Recommended: ECON 251 and ECON 253.
  

  • ECON 491F - Honors Program–Full


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, HONR, WADV

    This program is open by departmental invitation to major students whose general and departmental records indicate their ability to carry the program and the likelihood that they will profit from it. The program is two semesters and involves the independent preparation of a thesis, defense of the thesis, active participation with other Honors students and the department staff in a weekly seminar as well as written and oral examinations by an outside examiner. Prerequisite & Notes: Consent of instructor required.
    Instructor: M. Saavedra
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • ECON 491H - Honors Program–Half


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2SS, HONR

    This program is open by departmental invitation to major students whose general and departmental records indicate their ability to carry the program and the likelihood that they will profit from it. The program is two semesters and involves the independent preparation of a thesis, defense of the thesis, active participation with other Honors students and the department staff in a weekly seminar as well as written and oral examinations by an outside examiner.
    Instructor: M. Saavedra
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • ECON 995F - Private Reading - Full


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS

    Private readings are offered as either a half or full academic course and require the faculty member’s approval. Students who wish to pursue a topic not covered in the regular curriculum may register for a private reading. This one-to-one tutorial is normally at the advanced level in a specific field and is arranged with a member of the faculty who has agreed to supervise the student. Unlike other courses, a student cannot register for a private reading via PRESTO. To register for a private reading, obtain a card from the Registrar’s Office, complete the required information, obtain the faculty member’s approval for the reading, and return the card to the Registrar’s Office.
    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: R. Cheung, C. Cotter, B. Craig, H. Kasper, E. McKelvey, E. Kresch, M. Saavedra, V. Saini, Staff
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Submit Private Reading Card to Registrar’s Office
  

  • ECON 995H - Private Reading - Half


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2SS

    Private readings are offered as either a half or full academic course and require the faculty member’s approval. Students who wish to pursue a topic not covered in the regular curriculum may register for a private reading. This one-to-one tutorial is normally at the advanced level in a specific field and is arranged with a member of the faculty who has agreed to supervise the student. Unlike other courses, a student cannot register for a private reading via PRESTO. To register for a private reading, obtain a card from the Registrar’s Office, complete the required information, obtain the faculty member’s approval for the reading, and return the card to the Registrar’s Office.
    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: R. Cheung, C. Cotter, B. Craig, H. Kasper, E. McKelvey, E. Kresch, M. Saavedra, V. Saini, Staff
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Submit Private Reading Card to Registrar’s Office
  

  • EDPR 102 - SITES Spanish In The Elementary Schools Language Teaching Practicum


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits: 1-2 Credits
    Attribute: 1-2CC

    This co-curricular Spanish teaching practicum is offered for variable credits (1-2) to students who have successfully completed EDUA 101 and are approved to continue teaching in the SITES program. Every credit represents a weekly time commitment of approximately 3 hours (including 1 hour of teaching).
     
    Enrollment Limit: 80
    Instructor: K. Faber
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: EDUA 101. P/NP Grading only. May be repeated for credit, up to 5 credits total.
  

  • EDUA 101 - Language Pedagogy


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 Credits
    Attribute: 4HU

    What does it mean to know a language? And how do you teach languages effectively? Encouraging students to look at language in new and revealing ways, this course provides an introduction to the field of applied linguistics and language pedagogy. The course includes a practicum in which students work as teachers or tutors in the language(s) of their competency, including English. Spanish-speaking students who are selected will work in SITES. Open to all students, regardless of linguistic background. Application and interview required prior to admission.
    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: K. Tungseth-Faber
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • EDUA 312 - Alternative Pedagogies: Theory and Application


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU

    What are alternative pedagogies? What do they look like? How are they different from and similar to ‘traditional’ ways of teaching and learning? Through readings, discussions, field trips, structured observations and student-facilitated classes, we will explore the theory and application of alternative pedagogies and what supports and constrains their use. Prerequisite & Notes: Sophomore standing or above and work with children in an educational setting
    Enrollment Limit: 18
    Instructor: D. Roose
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • EDUA 320 - Children and Society: Is There Still a Childhood?


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU

    Through the lenses of children’s literature, developmental psychology and sociological and historical research we will explore the historical role of children and childhood and then examine some of the social, educational and economic issues affecting children and childhood in U.S. society today. Individual and group research will include interviews and library work. The last third of the course will be seminar-based with students sharing research. Field trip(s) required. Prerequisite & Notes: Sophomore level or higher.
    Enrollment Limit: 18
    Instructor: D. Roose
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • EDUA 995F - Private Reading - Full


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU

    Full Private Reading
    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: D. Roose, K. Tungseth-Faber
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Submit Private Reading Card to Registrar’s Office
  

  • EDUA 995H - Private Reading - Half


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2HU

    Half Private Reading
    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: D. Roose, K. Tungseth-Faber
    Consent of the Instructor Required: Submit Private Reading Card to Registrar’s Office
  

  • ENGL 112 - One Hundred Poems


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU

    An introduction to poetry in English, from Late Middle English to the present, giving particular attention to the ways in which lyric distinguishes itself from other genres, manifests both thought and feeling, relates to historical and cultural context, and rewards close, often excruciatingly close, reading. Students will be expected to demonstrate an intimate familiarity with the texts.
    Enrollment Limit: 50
    Instructor: D. Harrison
  

  • ENGL 123 - Introduction to Shakespeare


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU

    An interactive lecture course surveying Shakespeare’s sonnets and plays, intended for non-English majors and anyone with more curiosity than experience. Likely plays: Midsummer Night’s Dream, Merchant of Venice, Henry IV part 1, Henry V, Hamlet, Othello, and Macbeth. Occasional screenings.
    Enrollment Limit: 50
    Instructor: W. Hyman
  

  • ENGL 209 - Ovid in the Middle Ages


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU

    We will read several of the central works of Ovid (in translation) in conjunction with medieval literature that imitates, invokes, or develops Ovid’s literary corpus. We will emphasize reading and imitation as modes of interpretation, and consider how scholars of the medieval period saw themselves as inheriting and continuing a distinct literary tradition. Texts include Ovid’s Amores, Heroides, and Metamorphoses, various Chaucerian works, the Roman de la Rose, and the letters of Abelard and Heloise. Pre-1700.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: J. Bryan, K. Ormand
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with Classics 222 and with Comparative Literature 222.
  

  • ENGL 223 - Meaning and Being: Nature in 19th-Century American Narrative


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Enviromental Studies
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, WINT

    A survey of prominent literary works of the 1800s, emphasizing close reading and giving special attention to the concept of “Nature.” The reading list will be centered around Moby-Dick, which appeared in the middle of the century and features tangled relations between meaning and being, self and other. American, 1700-1900.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: T.S. McMillin
    Prerequisites & Notes
    For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled “200-level Courses.”
  

  • ENGL 227 - Romantic Revolutions


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, WINT

    This course focuses on Romantics’ responses to the most pressing issues of their day: the French Revolution, massive social and gender inequality, the abolition of the slave trade, the industrial revolution and its ecological disasters, to name a few. Such engagements allowed Romantic authors to explore their own anxieties of authorship as they strove to gauge the rewards and perils of full participation in the “Republic of Letters.” As we ponder these and similar issues, we will pay close attention to the formal and generic attributes of a broad range of literary texts, from poetry to fiction to critical prose. British, 1700-1900.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: N. Tessone
    Prerequisites & Notes
    For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled “200-Level Courses.”
  

  • ENGL 228 - Modern British and Irish Fiction


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, WINT

    Novels and short fiction by such major 20th-century writers as Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford, D. H. Lawrence, Katherine Mansfield, E. M. Forster, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and Graham Greene. British, Post-1900.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: D. Walker
    Prerequisites & Notes
    For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled “200-Level Courses.”
  

  • ENGL 229 - The Poets’ Bible


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, WINT

    In what ways can we consider the English Bible to be a poetic text? How has the English Bible influenced poetry in English? With these primary questions in mind, we’ll read biblical texts (e.g. Genesis, Isaiah, Ecclesiastes, Job, Ruth, Esther, Luke, John, Pauline Epistles, Revelation) and the works of such poets as Donne, Herbert, Milton, Traherne, Crashaw, Watts, Wordsworth, Whitman, Tennyson, Rossetti, Eliot, Stevens, and Hill. American OR British (not both), 1700-1900.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: D. Harrison
    Prerequisites & Notes
    For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled “200-Level Courses.”
  

  • ENGL 238 - Contemporary American Fiction


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, WINT

    This course selectively surveys contemporary American fiction. Thematic connections include the role of memory and the past in defining current literary practice. We’ll also focus on the nature of interpretation and its role in consolidating its object of study. The reading list is diverse in a number of ways – stylistic, generic and cultural – but always includes some very recently published work. Past authors have included Bechdel, Canin, Erdrich, Diaz, Lahiri, McCarthy, Pollack, Whitehead. American, Post-1900.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: J. Pence
    Prerequisites & Notes
    For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled “200-Level Courses.”
  

  • ENGL 242 - Asian American Literature at the Crossroads


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Comparative American Studies; Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT

    A critical mass of Asian American literature has arrived; that presence, while valuable, also comes with many responsibilities. How does Asian American literature represent its increasingly global constituencies? What narrative forms and literary devices do writers and artists use to give figure to culture? This course explores the aesthetics, theories, and politics of Asian American literature and culture. It will focus especially on questions of diaspora, gender and sexuality, and cultural critique. American, Diversity, Post-1900.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: H. Suarez
    Prerequisites & Notes
    For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled “200-Level Courses.”
  

  • ENGL 243 - Promise and Peril: Race and Multicultural America


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT

    This course investigates the intellectual history of race in American literature and culture. It asks students to consider the stakes in constructing racial difference, that is, the political, ideological, economic, and cultural contexts within which discourses of race circulate. It will look at a variety of textual forms, including short and long fiction, poetry and verse, memoir, natural history, and legal documents. The course requires us to take a long view on race – how its lifespan precedes and exceeds any one of us – a discussion that is crucial, if indirect, for addressing the issues we face today. American, Diversity, Post-1900.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: H. Suarez
    Prerequisites & Notes
    For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled, “200-Level Courses.”
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with CAST 243
  

  • ENGL 251 - Coquettes & Confidence Men in Early America


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, WINT

    How, in a socially and geographically mobile society, do you know someone is who or what they say they are? From the view of early American authors, North America appears to be a place almost exclusively populated by tricksters, con men, and painted ladies. This course explores representations of confidence men and coquettes in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century literature as they develop alongside fundamental social, political, and economic changes that threaten traditional values, hierarchies, and ways of knowing. Authors may include: Benjamin Franklin, Charles Brockden Brown, Susanna Rowson, Hannah Webster Foster, Stephen Burroughs, Herman Melville, and William Wells Brown. American, 1700-1900.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: D. Skeehan
    Prerequisites & Notes
    For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled “200-Level Courses.”
  

  • ENGL 254 - 19th Century New York: Writing the Modern City


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Comparative American Studies
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, WINT

    When and more importantly where did we become what we might call “modern”? This seminar takes New York City as its focal point, exploring how authors wrote about profound changes taking place in the nineteenth century. Global immigration, industrialization, changes in domestic ideology, urbanization, the rise of consumer culture, and re-definitions of political subjecthood had a critical impact on how people inhabited their various subject positions as well as their city. Authors may include: Washington Irving, Edith Wharton, Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, Henry James, Catharine Maria Sedgwick, Harriet Jacobs, Israel Zangwill, Fanny Fern, William Apess, and Abraham Cahan. American, 1700-1900.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: D. Skeehan
    Prerequisites & Notes
    For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section, “200-level Courses.”
  

  • ENGL 255 - In Search of America: The Concept of Nature in Early American Literature


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Environmental Studies
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, WINT

    An exploration of different perspectives on the natural world in early American literature, this course also introduces students to research skills and information technology. Texts will include sermons, promotional tracts, descriptions of the land and its inhabitants, captivity narratives, American Indian responses to European encounters, poetry, autobiography, philosophical and political treatises, and fiction. By connecting today’s “information landscape” with the writings of early America, we will investigate the meaning of “nature” in the New World. American, 1700-1900.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: T.S. McMillin
    Prerequisites & Notes
    For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled “200-Level Courses.”
  

  • ENGL 258 - August Wilson: The Century Cycle


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    African American Studies, Comparative American Studies, Comparative Literature, Theater
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT

    August Wilson’s cycle of plays set in each decade of the 20th century is the most ambitious dramatic project depicting the African American experience, and this course surveys the cycle with a critically “syncretic” approach. We will supplement readings of the plays with (self-identified) primary influences on Wilson’s work – Baraka, Blues, Borges, Bearden – in order to describe the unique sense of form and ritual he brings to the collective project of representing the black experience. American, Diversity, Post-1900. Field trips required.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: G. Johns
    Prerequisites & Notes
    For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled “200-Level Courses.”
  

  • ENGL 260 - Black Humor and Irony: Modern Literary Experiments


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Africana Studies, Comparative American Studies, Comparative Literature
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT

    African American humor has until recently received little academic study. But the many anthologies of folk humor and the visibility of stand-up comedy invite us to examine the presence and rhetorical role of humor, comedy, and irony in African American literature. This course thus centers on a representative group of modern black humorists and explores various approaches (functional, structural, and cultural) for interpreting their works. Authors will include Chesnutt, Hurston, Hughes, Ellison, and Kelley. American, Diversity, Post-1900.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: G. Johns
    Prerequisites & Notes
    For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled “200-Level courses.”
  

  • ENGL 265 - Anglophone Postcolonial Literatures


    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
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT

    An introduction to Anglophone literatures of Africa, South Asia and their diasporas, this course addresses (and historicizes) the politics of their production and reception, focusing particularly on their engagement with the politics of (i) gender and sexuality; (ii) regional and national socio-cultural formations and their ideologies; (iii) resistance and/or conformity with western canons of taste, styles/genres. Postcolonial and feminist theories regarding “marginality”/”location,” “identity”/”experience,” and “alterity”/”difference” constitute important analytic lenses for examining these literatures. Diversity, Post-1900.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: A. Needham
    Prerequisites & Notes
    For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled “200-Level courses.”
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with CMPL 265.
  

  • ENGL 275 - Introduction to Comparative Literature


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT

    Comparative Literature is the study of literature, theory, and criticism across the boundaries of language, nation, culture, artistic medium and historical period. This course examines the nature and scope of the discipline, focusing both on its theoretical assumptions and its practical applications. Texts and topics reflect curricular strengths of the College and include literary theory, literature & the other arts, East-West studies, European languages and literatures, and translation. Diversity.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: J. Assaad
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: An introductory literature course in any language. Note: Comparative Literature majors should take this course by the sophomore year.
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with CMPL 200.
  

  • ENGL 277 - American Drama


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Comparative American Studies
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT

    Selected works of major American playwrights. Emphasis will be placed on close reading, as well as on the significance of each play in regard to political and social movements of the time and the evolution of the American theater. Among the playwrights to be considered: Odets, O’Neill, Williams, Hellman, Albee, Shepard, Baraka, Bullins, Fornes, Kushner, Suzan-Lori Parks, and August Wilson. American, Diversity, Post-1900.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: C. Tufts
    Prerequisites & Notes
    For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled “200-Level Courses.” Please note: Not open to students who have taken ENGL 365.
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with THEA 277.
  

  • ENGL 282 - Shifting Scenes: Drama Survey


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Comparative Literature
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT

    This course will study the development of drama from the ancient Greeks to the present with the aim of promoting understanding and analysis of dramatic texts. By studying the major forms of drama – tragedy, comedy, tragicomedy – within their historical and cultural contexts, we will explore the elements common to all dramatic works, as well as the way in which those elements vary and evolve from one time and place to another. Diversity. 1700-1900 OR Post-1900 (not both).
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: C. Tufts
    Prerequisites & Notes
    For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled “200-Level Courses.”
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with THEA 282.
  

  • ENGL 290 - Shakespearean Comedy


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies; Theater
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, WINT

    A study of many of Shakespeare’s comedies, from the cross-dressed and festive to the darkly ironic. Themes include love, sex, gender, friendship, marriage, family, magic, transformation, transgression, ingenuity, cruelty, forgiveness, coming of age, and a good dose of wit. Likely plays: Love’s Labors Lost, Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, Measure for Measure, Pericles, The Winter’s Tale. British, Pre-1700.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: W. Hyman
    Prerequisites & Notes
    For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled “200-Level Courses.” 
  

  • ENGL 299 - Introduction to the Advanced Study of Literature


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, WINT

    This course will introduce students to fundamental issues, approaches, and methods in the study of literature. We will consider the issues of form and aesthetics, literary history, and literature as a social activity and part of a larger cultural context. Throughout we will return to the basic questions: What do we study? How do we study it? Why do we study it?
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: J. Bryan, A. Needham, W.P. Day, N. Tessone
    Prerequisites & Notes
    For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled “200-Level Courses.” First Years will only be allowed in via consent of Instructor. This course is required for English majors, is intended to prepare students for the English major and advanced work in literary study. Students who are interested in majoring in English should take this course by the end of their sophomore year and before they declare the English major.
  

  • ENGL 301 - Chaucer


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, WINT

    The Canterbury Tales is not only a great compilation of medieval genres, from knightly romance to bawdy farce to beast fable. It is also a sustained investigation into the theory and practice of storytelling, and the role fictions play in a larger cultural context. No previous experience with Middle English is required. British, Pre-1700.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: J. Bryan
    Prerequisites & Notes
    For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled “Advanced Courses.”
 

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