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Course Catalog 2006-2007 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Oberlin College Courses
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FYSP 112 - Globalization Politics 4 SS, Wri
First Semester. This course will explore the issue of globalization through an examination of classical and contemporary debates about the nature of the international political economy. We will examine such topics as the historical development of the world market; competing theoretical explanations of its rise including liberal, state-centered and Marxist approaches; the impact of global forces on the nation-state; alternatives and sources of resistance to the globalization process such as nationalism and transnational social movements.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 14.
Mr. Crowley
Credits: 4 hours |
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FYSP 113 - Re-envisioning Russia: A Task of Mythic Proportions 4 HU, CD, WRi
First Semester. Faced with the daunting task of creating new myths and symbols for the “New Russia,” how do contemporary filmmakers contribute to ongoing ideological and spiritual debates? This course focuses on post-Soviet cinema as a projection of and reflection upon such controversial issues as the divide between the center and the periphery, the wars in Chechnya, the rise of the nouveau riche, and the legacy of the Soviet past.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 14.
Ms. Forman
Credits: 4 hours |
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FYSP 115 - Literature of Atlantic Slavery 4SS, WRi, CD
First Semester. This course examines explorations of Atlantic slavery by African and African Diasporic writers. Students will be exposed to several responses to the circumstances of Western chattel slavery through slave narratives, poetry, novels, essays and film, including those of people who lived as slaves and those who attempt to re-imagine enslavement for a 21st century audience. We will discuss issues of gender, nationality, race, sexuality, and the politics of abolition. Authors discussed will include Toni Morrison, Sherley Ann Williams, Fred D’Aguiar and Esteban Montejo.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 14.
Ms. Gadsby
Credits: 4 hours |
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FYSP 116 - Field-Based Writing: Ecology of the Vermilion River Watershed 2NS, 2HU, WRi
First Semester. This course will examine the natural processes of autumn using the methodologies of ecology, the study of interactions between organisms and their environment. We will focus on the changes that occur on the Vermilion River watershed through frequent field trips and research into its history and animal and plant life. Writing and sketching will be our means of recording our observations. Weekly writing assignments will be discussed in class and with the instructors during individual appointments.
Prerequisites & Notes Note: P/NP grading only.
Enrollment Limit: 14.
Ms. Cooper, Ms. Garvin
Credits: 4 hours |
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FYSP 117 - The Forms of Dialogue 4 HU, Wri
First Semester. An interdisciplinary study of dialogue in drama, poetry, fiction, film, philosophy, religion, political debates, interviews, and conversation—including our class discussions. Readings will be from scenes by Sophocles, Chekhov, and Pinter; fiction by Austen, Dickens, Hemingway, and Roth; films by Howard Hawks and Woody Allen; theories of dialogue by the philosophers Bakhtin and Ricoeur and the sociolinguists Goffman and Tannen.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 14.
Mr. Hobbs
Credits: 4 hours |
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FYSP 121 - Everyday Evolution 4 NS, Wri
First Semester. Dobzhansky’s famous quote, “Nothing in biology makes sense, except in the light of evolution,” suggests that organic evolution is widely appreciated and understood. However, many think evolution happened only long ago, and others think evolution is simply “survival of the fittest.” Using non-technical books, such as Why We Get Sick and The Botany of Desire, we will explore the complexities of evolution as central to everyday natural processes.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 14.
Mr. Laushman
Credits: 4 hours |
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FYSP 122 - Music Live 4 HU, Wri
First Semester. The course will center on live concerts of art music in Oberlin and Cleveland, involving various performance groups (orchestra, chamber, jazz, opera), and styles (ranging from early to contemporary). It will concentrate on the development of concert life and the place of art music in our time. Discussions will involve study of specific music: its form and techniques (on a level understandable to non-musicians), historical context, function, and aesthetic value to the community.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 14.
Ms. Macdonald
Credits: 4 hours |
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FYSP 124 - Seeing War and Peace through Religious Traditions 4HU, CD, WRi
First Semester. Explores current arguments for just war and pacifism, as well as the sources of these positions in the religious traditions of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. In addition to reading philosophical and theological works, we will also study several films (including “Apocalypse Now” and “Romero”) to bring to life the realities of war and the conditions that often lead to war. The course culminates in a sustained examination of the arguments used and religious beliefs employed by the major parties in the Gulf War of 1991. Special attention will be given to critique of positions that over-romanticize war as well as those that dismiss the lived reality of war and the factors that can make war seem inevitable.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 14.
Ms. Babyak
Credits: 4 hours |
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FYSP 126 - Tolstoy’s War and Peace 4HU, CD, WRi
First Semester. A simultaneously close and broad reading of one of the most perverse and radically innovative works of fiction ever written. Reading the work on a number of levels and through a variety of critical lenses, we will both situate it concretely in historical contexts and grapple head-on with the unabashedly “big” and universal questions about war, peace, life, death, art, gender, free will, history, and the human condition (among other things!) that lie at its heart.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 14.
Mr. Newlin
Credits: 4 hours |
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FYSP 129 - Coming of Age in African Literature 2HU, 2SS, CD, WRi
Second Semester. This course focuses on African writing, examining a non-western body of work from a non-western perspective. A major theme is the challenges facing youth in colonial and postcolonial Africa: the struggle to balance tradition and change; the quest for education; the development of political awareness. Several books offer an African approach to what in the west is called a “Bildungsroman,” or novel of youth’s coming of age. Texts include Laye’s L’Enfant Noir, Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions, and Achebe’s No Longer at Ease.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 14.
Mr. Podis, Mr. Saaka
Credits: 4 hours |
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FYSP 133 - Science and the Mind 4 NS, Wri
First Semester. The study of the brain and mind has become one of the most exciting frontiers of science. In this seminar we will discuss some fundamental aspects of science, including reasoning and experimental design. We will also review the basic principles of evolution and the basics of brain structure and function. We will then use these foundations to further explore some of the exciting areas of research in brain and mind. Among the broad topics we will explore: How does the brain work? How do we know what we know? What can brain damage tell us about the mind and how it works? How much of what we perceive is “real”? Is there a mind separate from brain?
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 14.
Ms. Thornton
Credits: 4 hours |
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FYSP 134 - Crossing Borders: The Mysteries of Identity 4 HU, WRi
First Semester. In Western cultures, identity has tended to be defined in binary terms: an individual is either black or white, male or female, straight or gay, and so on. This seminar will seek to explore the nature of identity by focusing on fiction, essays, and films in which categories of identity – specifically those of race, gender, and sexuality – are represented as fluid and ambiguous rather than as fixed and polarized.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 14.
Mr. Walker
Credits: 4 hours |
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FYSP 135 - North African Women and Islam 4 HU, CD, Wri
Second Semester. This seminar examines the condition of women in societies torn between tradition and modernity. We will explore literary as well as socio-cultural works particularly in terms of the distinction between the archaic Arab/Berber tradition and Islam as a religion, the evolution of the status of women in North African societies, and Western representations of Muslim cultures. Assignments include in-class reports, presentations, research exercises, and papers.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 14.
Mr. Yedes
Credits: 4 hours |
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FYSP 136 - Ways of Seeing, Ways of Knowing 4 HU, WRi
First Semester. Is seeing believing? Can you always believe your eyes? Why do hoaxes and frauds work? We’ll take up questions like these by exploring the literal and metaphoric perspectives we bring to narratives and other creative work and how such work projects or plays with perspective and “truth.” Our inquiry will be pursued through writing and the give-and-take of discussion as we examine prose narratives by O’Connor, Morrison, Kay, Fitzgerald and others, essays on identity and hoax, the graphic narrative Maus, The Wizard of Oz in its print and film forms, Orson Welles’s F for Fake, and selected works of visual art.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 14.
Ms. Zagarell
Credits: 4 hours |
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FYSP 137 - The Brain is Wider Than the Sky 4NS, WRi
First Semester. This seminar explores the human mind from the perspective of neurobiology. What are the evolutionary origins of the mind? How are our minds, our brains, and our behavior related? To what degree is the mind a product of genes or of culture? Topics such as sensory processing, language, memory, thinking, emotion, and consciousness will be explored in lecture, discussion, writing, coloring, library research, student oral presentations, and individual and group experiments.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment limit: 14.
Mr. Braford
Credits: 4 hours |
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FYSP 139 - Political Leadership 4 SS, WRi
First Semester. In the American democracy, political leadership requires a willingness to seek tentative answers to questions that may have no final, unambiguous answer. These include: Does political leadership require certain personal qualities? Can you lead without political power? Without increasing governmental authority of decreasing personal liberty? This seminar deals with these and related questions through reading and discussing various case studies and other analytical perspectives and through writing and rewriting many essays over the semester.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 14.
Mr. Dawson
Credits: 4 hours |
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FYSP 140 - Religion, Politics, and Ethnicity in South Asian History 4 SS, CD, WRi
First Semester. This seminar analyzes
the historical developments leading up to independence in South Asia,
when religious and ethnic identities became prime politically
mobilizing factors in many competing anti-colonial movements. The
violent 1947 partition of South Asia led to the creation of the Islamic
republics of Pakistan and Bangladesh; while officially secular, India
has also moved recently towards religiously defined nationalism.
Cross-cutting these religiously defined communities, however, are
powerful ethnic identities, including regional nationalisms and
“caste-based” parties.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 14.
Mr. Fisher
Credits: 4 hours |
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FYSP 142 - What’s in a Name? Understanding the World Through the Names of its Places 4 SS, CD, Wri
First Semester. The course provides an introduction to the study of place names and what they reveal about our histories, cultures and societies. Students will conduct original research about place names in two contexts, one in the United States and the other abroad. In the course of the semester we will discuss issues such as colonialism, multi-lingual settings, monuments, historical memory, the politics of cartography, PC (political correctness), and indigenous rights among others.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 14.
Mr. Pineda
Credits: 4 hours |
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FYSP 143 - Bodies in Play: Athletics, Identity and Culture in America 4 SS, CD, WRi
In this class, athletics becomes a lens for better understanding historical and contemporary debates about the meanings of race, class, gender and sexuality. While exploring the ways that physical bodies are interpreted socially and culturally, students will be challenged to engage different questions and arguments about identity, sports, and bodies, and to read and write critically about a wide range of written and visual texts related to athletics, identity formation, and culture.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 14.
Mr. Estes
Credits: 4 hours |
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FYSP 144 - Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. 4 HU, CD, Wri
Second Semester. An interpretation of the lives and thought of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. in the context of the civil rights movement. It will focus on the theological, political, cultural, and psycho-social views which informed their religio-moral thought and actions. The course will include films, autobiographies, biographies, collected writings and speeches, as well as interpretations of these two religious and political leaders.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 14.
Mr. Miller
Credits: 4 hours |
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FYSP 149 - War and Power: Analyzing Interventions and the Bush Administration: Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, North Korea. Syria 4 SS, Wri
First Semester. We will investigate foreign policy decision making within the context of the U.S. decisions to intervene or not intervene in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, North Korea, and Syria. Background literature will draw on political science international relations literature of decision making and intervention. A mid-term, research paper, and final exam are required. Student participation in class and with speakers are required.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit 14.
Ms. Sandberg
Credits: 4 hours |
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FYSP 152 - The Making of a Martyr: The Life, Work, and Afterlives of Federico García Lorca 4 HU, Wri
First Semester. This course studies the life and work of Federico García Lorca, Spain’s most widely read poet and playwright of all times. The course will analyze Lorca’s work in the context of Spanish intellectual life and politics in the turbulent 1920s and 1930s, and the international reception of Lorca’s work after his assassination at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War in 1936, which served to propel the poet into martyrdom.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 14.
Mr. Faber
Credits: 4 hours |
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FYSP 157 - The Sense of Time and Place 4HU, WRi
First Semester. We often treat time and place as background, focusing on characters and actions rather than their context. In this course we will read and view works that put time and place in the foreground to explore the relationship between our sense of self to time and place. We will also explore how artists characterize the relation between time and place. A second concern in this course is the nature of reading and viewing.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment limit: 14.
Mr. Day
Credits: 4 hours |
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FYSP 160 - Everyday Art: On the Uses of Beautiful Things 4HU, WRi
Second Semester. This seminar investigates some ordinary questions about art that seem banal until one stops to think about them. We ask, for example, What is art for? Why are some things “works of art,” but not others? In particular, we confront the fascinating social issues connoted by words like “artist” and “artisan,” “work of art” and “artifact.” Approximately half the class meetings occur in the Allen Memorial Art Museum.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment limit: 14.
Mr. Hood
Credits: 4 hours |
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FYSP 163 - She Works Hard for the Money: Women, Work and the Persistence of Inequality 4 SS, QPh, WR
First Semester. In the U.S., women earn less, on average, than men and are more likely to be part-time employees. Gender-based discrepancies impact the social positions of women and men in society. Further, racial/ethnic discrepancies within and between gender categories of labor persist as well. Students will learn about the U.S. labor market, the effects of globalization, theories that explain stratification and the causes and consequences of labor market inequalities. Topics will include occupational segregation, comparable worth, gender-based job queuing, and the association between paid and unpaid labor.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 14.
Ms. John
Credits: 4 hours |
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FYSP 164 - To Hell and Back: Religious Views of the Underworld 4 HU, CD, WRi
First Semester. In Dante’s Inferno, the portal to the underworld carries this inscription:
I am the way into eternal grief….
Abandon every hope, all you who enter.
This sentiment about the misery of hell is echoed in ancient polytheistic religions, monotheistic religions such as Christianity, and nontheistic religions such as Buddhism. In this course, we will descend into several hells in order to study how symbols of the underworld have been important factors in religious piety, art, psychological analysis, and theological debate.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 14.
Ms. Kamitsuka
Credits: 4 hours |
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FYSP 166 - The Crusade Against Evolution 4 HU, WRi
First Semester. The teaching of evolutionary theory is under attack in many secondary school districts in the US. This course will research the history, science, politics and legal maneuvering of this particular conflict between science and religion. We will explore the structure of scientific research and methods, what distinguishes science from pseudoscience, the history of the creationist and intelligent design movements, and how the two sides in this debate are often talking past each other, with little common ground.
Prerequisites & Notes P/NP only.
Enrollment Limit: 14.
Mr. McAdams
Credits: 4 hours |
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FYSP 169 - Coasts in Crisis 4 NS, WRi
First Semester. Rising sea level and severe storms continue to cause coastal erosion yet coastal areas are more populated than ever. In light of this, what is the future of the American beach and beaches worldwide? In this seminar we will investigate the evolution and function of coastal environments over geologic time. We will also consider the recent effects of development and engineering solutions on coastal environments. We will then examine the factors that have led to existing coastal management strategies and the tensions between coastal development and the desire to preserve natural coastal environments.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 14.
Ms. Moore
Credits: 4 hours |
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FYSP 170 - Fabulous Histories/Factual Fictions: How Literature and History Inform Each Other 4 HU, WRi
First semester. This seminar invites students to view literature and history not as mutually opposed, but as mutually informing disciplines. To this end, it will examine novels (like Salman Rushdie’s Shame and Toni Morrison’s Beloved) and historical analyses (like those by Hayden White and David Cohen) that deliberately cross boundaries presumed to define literature and history.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 14.
Ms. Needham
Credits: 4 hours |
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FYSP 175 - Human Rights and Human Wrongs: Historical Approaches to the Concept of Rights and Humanity 4SS, WRi
First Semester. This seminar
focuses on the historically determined boundaries of “human” and
“rights,” for while inviolable humanity is an ancient idea, who is
human has been contested for millennia. Indeed, the “rights-bearing
individual” emerges in Europe along with trans-Atlantic slavery. And
what are “rights” in a post-Holocaust world where 30,000 children
starve to death daily? We will examine historical approaches to human
rights and what the study of human rights tells us about historical
methodology.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 14
Mr. Volk
Credits: 4 hours |
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FYSP 177 - What is Mathematics and Why Won’t It Go Away? 4 NS, QPh, WR
First Semester. This seminar will provide opportunities to engage in various activities (problem-solving, conjecture, and proof) and to explore the nature of mathematical thinking and discourse. Works of both non-fiction and fiction will be discussed and issues such as problem-solving vs. theory-building, the nature of mathematical truth and proof, aesthetic qualities in mathematics, mathematics and madness, cognition and mathematics will be considered. Intended for students without extensive background beyond high school mathematics.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 14.
Ms. Colley
Credits: 4 hours |
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FYSP 178 - Religion and the Environment 4HU, WRI
First Semester. This seminar examines how religions (primarily Christianity and Judaism) have shaped Western attitudes and conduct towards the natural world – for better and for worse. Voices outside of and within these religious traditions have charged them with complicity in the devastating environmental effects of modern civilization. We will evaluate these charges and investigate how contemporary religious thinkers and institutions are developing more ecologically sustainable views of God and the created order.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 14.
Mr. Kamitsuka.
Credits: 4 hours |
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FYSP 182 - Traditions of Health and Disease in Folk and Conventional Medicine 4 NS, Wri This course is canceled effective 11/13/2006
Second Semester. This seminar explores scientific and cultural dimensions of diseases, as well as approaches to their treatment taken by a number of societies, ancient and modern. Topics will include: definitions of health and disease; merits of folk remedies, ranging from botanicals and mineral baths to maggots and leeches; challenges of modern drug discovery; and self-medication efforts of animals.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 14.
Mr. Allen
Credits: 4 hours |
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FYSP 183 - From Page to Stage 4 HU, WRi
First Semester. This course employs theories and methods for studying drama through examining relationships between verbal scripts and staged productions. By attending five to seven plays performed locally and in Cleveland, and by viewing video productions of related works, students will study six to eight significant plays representing a variety of periods and styles, with attention to intersections of history, gender, race, and sexuality. Assignments will stress performing scenes, writing critical essays, and critiquing productions.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 14.
Ms. Gorfain
Credits: 4 hours |
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FYSP 185 - Riffing on a Formula: African American Detective Fiction 4HU, CD, WRi
First Semester. Many writers have found the detective story to be a great genre in which to explore crime and moral ambiguity. This course examines theories about the genre and the African American cultural practice of riffing or “signifying” on known formulas. Reading various works, we will discuss why black writers might have turned to a genre considered mere entertainment, features of the social world they represent, and effects on readers of their riffing on established conventions.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 14.
Ms. Johns
Credits: 4 hours |
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FYSP 191 - Social Justice in the United States 4SS, CD, WRi
First Semester. This course introduces students to theories and sites of social injustice, including education, racial segregation, the growth of low-wage work, and more. Students will analyze these topics from many angles and will find scholarly material that challenges assigned texts, which in turn encourages critical thinking and debate. Students will write regularly on course themes and other topics. They also will have the opportunity to take part in service learning within social justice organizations.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 14.
Mr. Dhingra
Credits: 4 hours |
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FREN 101 - Français élémentaire I 5 HU, CD
First Semester. This first semester of a year-long sequence is to
build proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing, with
special emphasis on meaning and the functional use of language and on
understanding French-speaking cultures. The interactive multi-media
approach requires extensive work in the language lab and two hours of
small group work beyond the five hours of regular class time.
Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites: No previous French is expected for FREN 101. FREN 101 or
the equivalent is prerequisite for FREN 102. Students with previous
study of French must present an SAT II score or take the departmental
placement test.
Enrollment Limit: 22.
Mr. de Jesus, Mr. Thommeret
Credits: 5 hours |
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FREN 102 - Français élémentaire II 5 HU, CD
Second Semester. This is the second semester of a year-long
sequence is to build proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and
writing, with special emphasis on meaning and the functional use of
language and on understanding French-speaking cultures. The interactive
multi-media approach requires extensive work in the language lab and
two hours of small group work beyond the five hours of regular class
time.
Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites: FREN 101 or
the equivalent is prerequisite for FREN 102. Students with previous
study of French must present an SAT II score or take the departmental
placement test.
Enrollment Limit: 22.
Ms. Zinser, Mr. Thommeret
Credits: 5 hours |
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FREN 103 - Français élémentaire accéléré 4 HU, CD
First Semester. Designed for students with previous work in French not yet qualified for FREN 203 or FREN 205, this intensive course covers all basic grammatical concepts and vocabulary while building skills in listening comprehension, speaking, writing, and reading. To reinforce both class and individual work, students will participate in two hours per week of small group oral practice. Successful completion of FREN 103 qualifies students for FREN 203 and FREN 205.
Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: Some previous French with an SAT II score under 550 or appropriate score on placement test.
Enrollment Limit: 18.
Ms. Lucia
Credits: 4 hours |
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FREN 203 - Français intermédiaire accéléré 4 HU, CD
Second Semester. This is a one-semester intensive course equivalent to FREN 205, 206. Review of the essentials of French grammar. Continued development of reading using a variety of texts, practice in composition, and speaking. In addition to the three hours per week of class, students are required to attend two hours in small group practice.
Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites: Appropriate SAT II score (550-625), appropriate score on placement test, FREN 102 or 103 or the equivalent.
Enrollment Limit: 18.
Mr. Yedes, Ms. Beroud
Credits: 4 hours |
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FREN 205 - Français intermédiaire 3 HU, CD
First Semester. This first semester of a year-long sequence includes review of the essentials of grammar, continued development of reading skills using both literary and cultural texts, and practice in composition and speaking. In addition to the three hours per week of class, students are required to attend one hour of small group practice.
Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites: Appropriate SAT II score (550-625), appropriate score on placement test, FREN 102 or 103 or the equivalent. FREN 205 is prerequisite for FREN 206.
Enrollment Limit: 22.
Ms. An, Ms. Lucia
Credits: 3 hours |
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FREN 206 - Français intermédiaire II 3 HU, CD
Second Semester. This second semester of a year-long sequence includes review of the essentials of grammar, continued development of reading skills using both literary and cultural texts, and practice in composition and speaking. In addition to the three hours per week of class, students are required to attend one hour in small group practice.
Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites: FREN 205 is prerequisite for FREN 206.
Enrollment Limit: 22.
Ms. An, Ms. Lucia
Credits: 3 hours |
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FREN 250 - French Cinematic Experiences 3HU, CD, WR
First Semester. This course will provide a historical survey of French cinema, starting with Méliès and the Lumière Brothers, and working through 1930s Poetic Realism, the Occupation, the New Wave, the 1990s, and the beginning of the digital age. Historical contextualization will be balanced with close film analysis and studies of cinematic technique and structure. We will also discuss cinema’s relationship to the other arts (literature, photography, theatre, and painting). Taught in English. Identical to CINE 250.
Prerequisites & Notes No prerequisite, but CINE 101 or another course in French is strongly recommended.
Enrollment Limit: 30.
Ms. An
Credits: 3 hours |
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FREN 301 - Expression orale et écrite 4 HU, CD
First Semester. Through activities in class and outside of class, students expand their vocabulary, increase their knowledge of the Francophone world, and develop their speaking ability. Through weekly compositions and literary readings, students strengthen their critical reading and writing skills. Grammar review integrates practice of spoken and written French. One hour of weekly discussion/lab work also required.
Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites: Appropriate SAT II score (625-675), appropriate score on placement test, FREN 203 or FREN 206 or the equivalent.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
Ms. Zinser, Ms. Murphy
Credits: 4 hours |
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FREN 309 - Plaisir de lire 3 HU, CD
Second Semester. This course is designed for students who wish to gain extensive experience in reading French texts and to discover the pleasure of reading comfortably in French. We will read from five to six interesting contemporary books, written for the general French public. These texts will be relatively short, accessible, and varied in nature. Since reading and writing are intimately linked, students will have the option of writing notes on their reading as they read, or after having read each work.
Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: FREN 301 or the equivalent.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
Ms. Murphy
Credits: 3 hours |
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FREN 321 - Pratiques de l’écrit 3-4 HU, CD
First Semester. This course focuses on the relationship between writing and reading, and on ways to improve one through the other. Topics include: analysis of stylistic models; comparison of French and American text building; techniques of contraction and expansion; recognition and correction of mistakes; differences between English and French modes of expression. Taught in French.
Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: Appropriate SAT II score (675-800), appropriate score on placement test, FREN 301 or the equivalent. FREN 321 is prerequisite for FREN 441. Note: Fourth credit available only for remedial work.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
Ms. Zinser
Credits: 3 to 4 hours |
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FREN 350 - The French New Wave 3HU, CD, WR
Second Semester. An in-depth study of one of the most inventive and
pioneering movements in French and international cinema. We will
consider its founding film theories and practices, its representative
directors, its post-WWII historical context, and its lasting legacies
in cinema today. Conducted in English.
Identical to CINE 350.
Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: FREN 250 or CINE 101.
Enrollment Limit: 25.
Ms. An
Credits: 3 hours |
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FREN 360 - Freshman/Sophomore Colloquium: Littérature et moralité 3 HU, CD
First Semester. Many literary works have been labeled “immoral” because their representation of religion, gender, sexuality, and other matters, was at odds with the standards of their time. Over time, some of those texts have made it into the canon while others were conveniently forgotten. This course will examine some literary texts that received such a treatment in the seventeenth and eighteenth-century, and their relevance to modern issues. This colloquium is designed for freshmen and sophomores with strong preparation in French (SAT II score above 675, AP credit in French, FREN 301, or the equivalent).
Credits: 3 hours |
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FREN 361 - Colloquium: Les Voix Amoureuses 3 HU, CD
Second Semester. Love has provided inspiration for poetry and song since the beginning of time. Medieval poets begin the French tradition, crafting a model of love to which later authors are called to respond. In this colloquium, we will explore the development of the love tradition in the middle ages. We will then consider how literary works through the modern period honor, refine, or undermine that tradition and others. We will consider the interplay of gender and tradition, and the way that authors recall and rework established genres. Readings will include works by Guillaume de Lorris, Ronsard, Labé, Racine, Marivaux, Baudelaire, and Duras, among others.
Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: FREN 301 or the equivalent.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
Instructor: Ms. Lucia
Credits: 3 hours |
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FREN 371 - Littérature Française I: Du Moyen Age à la Révolution 3 HU, CD
First Semester. This course studies transformations and continuities in French literature from the Middles Ages to the Revolution, while exploring what constitutes “literary history.” We will combine close reading of significant texts with contextual readings to broaden the conception of literary study to allow for diverse interdisciplinary perspectives.
Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: FREN 301 or the equivalent.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
Mr. DeJesus
Credits: 3 hours |
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FREN 372 - Littérature Française II: De la Révolution à nos Jours 3 HU, CD
Second Semester. Perspectives on various authors, literary works, and movements shaping the character of French literature from the French Revolution to the present. Special attention will be given to different critical approaches to reading. Each year, the focus of the course may change.
Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: FREN 301 or the equivalent.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
Ms. Murphy
Credits: 3 hours |
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FREN 373 - Intro à la littérature francophone 3HU, CD
Second Semester. Entirely devoted to literary works by Francophone writers from North Africa, the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Vietnam, this course will also study the socio-historical context that gave rise to such literature. Readings will include poetry, fiction and drama from writers that express varied cultural backgrounds as well as the impact of French culture on them. Approaches to these literatures will be linguistic, thematic, and cultural.
Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: FREN 301 or the equivalent.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
Mr. Yedes
Credits: 3 hours |
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FREN 412 - Topics in Early Modern French Literature: Ecrire la ville 3HU, CD
Second Semester. In this course, we will consider literary representations of the city from the Renaissance through the twentieth century. We will begin with Du Bellay’s Rome, which loomed large in the poet’s imagination as a cultural and literary model until a visit forced him to acknowledge the complexities of the modern city. His poems juxtapose the imagined city and the real, the ancient and modern, the permanent and ephemeral, the personal and political. Later texts will offer us representations of Paris, the authors’ own capital city, as it takes shape and undergoes dramatic physical transformations, constantly reworking the definition of the city and its limits. Significant attention will be paid to choices of genre. Readings will include works by Du Bellay, Molière, Montesquieu, Balzac, Zola, Baudelaire, and Larbaud, among others.
Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: Two 300-level courses beyond 301, or the equivalent.
Enrollment limit: 12.
Instructor: Ms. Lucia
Credits: 3 hours |
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FREN 441 - Atelier de traduction 3HU, CD
Second Semester. An introduction to the basic principles of translation through intensive practice in translation of texts from French into English. We will work on short literary texts, considering relevant issues of vocabulary, syntax, register, and style. Students will develop, through individual practice and collaboration, strategies for effective translation. Theoretical issues will be addressed as they arise and in various readings. The course will be conducted as a practicum or workshop.
Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites: FREN 321 and one other 300-level course beyond 301, or the equivalent.
Enrollment Limit: 12.
Ms. Zinser
Credits: 3 hours |
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FREN 450 - Sujets contemporains: Théâtres révolutionnaires (1896-1968) 3 HU, CD
First Semester. This course is a study of the changing role(s) of theater in the modern age. To guide our reflections on theater’s place in society and to provide a sense of cultural and historical relativity, we will study the major moments, movements, and masterminds behind modern French theater as both an art form and an institution. Readings will include historical documents, theoretical works, and a selection of plays from the 1890s through May ‘68 by artists such as Jarry, Rachilde, Artaud, Camus, Genet, Beckett, Duras, and Mnouchkine.
Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites: Two 300-level courses beyond 301.
Enrollment Limit: 12.
Ms. Murphy
Credits: 3 hours |
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FREN 505 - Honors 2-6 HU
Consent of instructor required. Honors sponsored by Ms. An, Mr. Yedes, and Ms. Zinser.
Credits: 2 to 6 hours |
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FREN 995 - Private Reading .5-3 HU, CD
Consent of instructor required. Projects sponsored by Ms. An, Ms. Murphy, Mr. Thommeret, Mr. Yedes, and Ms. Zinser.
Credits: .5 to 3 hours |
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GAWS 100 - Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies 1.5 HU, 1.5 SS, CD, WR
First and Second Semester. This interdisciplinary course examines basic analytical constructs and key issues in feminist knowledge using transnational lenses. It introduces feminist theories, and discusses the variety of human experiences with respect to gender and sexuality. Gender is examined in combination with race, class, sexuality and other differences. Classroom discussion is central to the feminist pedagogy of this course.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 25
Ms. Brandzel, Ms. Kozol
Credits: 3 hours |
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GAWS 239 - Sex, Race and Citizenship 1.5 HU, 1.5 SS, WR, CD New Course added 04/10/2006
Second Semester. At a time when “terrorism” looms within and beyond the U.S. nation-state’s borders, maintaining and policing the racial, gender, and sexual configuration of the U.S. citizenry become central. Using feminist, queer, critical race, postcolonial and other scholarship, this course will ask: How has the U.S. nation-state configured citizenship through productions of racial, gender, sexual, and national differences? What is at stake in debates over immigration, civil rights, sexual and familial practices, reproductive rights, and
militarization? How can we queer citizenship and U.S. empire, disrupting normative citizenships and the naturalization U.S. neo-liberal democracy? All students will be required to complete a research paper based on analysis of primary sources. This course fulfills the feminist theory requirement for GAWS majors.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 30
Ms. Brandzel
Credits: 3 Hours |
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GAWS 241 - Living with the Bomb 3 SS, CD, WR
First Semester. This team-taught course will examine the moral, ideological and historical complexity of the explosion of the atomic bomb during World War II, and subsequent responses in both the United States and Japan. Feminist theories, studies of nationalism, and critical race theory will shape our comparative analyses of political, military, and scientific decisions, as well as cultural texts in Japan and the United States. Course materials include literature, film, visual arts, government documents, survivor narratives, and recent historical analyses. Identical to EAST 241.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 45
Ms. Kozol and Ms. Sherif
Credits: 3 hours |
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GAWS 300 - Feminist Research Methodologies 4SS, CD, WRi
First Semester. This course traces the historical and dialectical impact of feminist epistemologies on disciplines of the social sciences and humanities. We will explore feminist approaches to research practices including oral history, case studies, archival research, visual and literary criticism, survey/content analysis, and field work. Throughout the semester, each student works on an individual research proposal that incorporates interdisciplinary methods and includes a literature review.
Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: GAWS 100 or consent of instructor.
Priority given to Gender and Women’s Studies majors.
Enrollment Limit: 25
Ms. Kozol
Credits: 4 Hours |
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GAWS 301 - Practicum in Gender and Women’s Studies 3-4 SS, CD
Second Semester. Students will volunteer for 4 to 8 hours weekly in a local feminist or social service agency. Readings and discussions will include activist strategies for accomplishing social change, grassroots principles of community organization, and the structure and division of labor in nonprofit organizations. We will discuss the intersections between feminist theory and organizational practices in order to examine how feminist ideals of participatory process and consensus can be utilized.
Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 16.
Ms. Kahn
Credits: 3 to 4 hours |
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GAWS 410 - Critical Intersectional Legal Theory
4 SS, WRi, CD New Course as of 04/10/2006
First Semester. This course explores the intersections of feminist, critical race, postcolonial and queer legal theories. While each of these approaches often prioritizes one social category above others, we will reconfigure them so that they address the intersectionality of identities and locations. We will begin the course with a general overview of these critical legal theories and then read theory against specific case law. Each student will be required to undertake an original research project that analyzes both primary (case law) and secondary (legal theory) sources.
Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instrutor required.
Ms. Brandzel
Credits: 4 Hours |
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GAWS 500 - Honors 4 EX
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Credits: 4 hours |
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GAWS 995 - Private Reading .5-3 SS
To be arranged.
Prerequisites & Notes Ms. Kahn, Ms Kozol
Credits: .5 to 3 hours |
Geology |
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GEOL 111 - Glaciology, Ice Ages, and Climate Change 3 NS, QPh
Second Semester. Changing climate causes glaciers to grow or shrink. Advancing ice sculpts Earth’s surface, whereas retreating ice deposits rock debris. Moreover, the ice in glaciers contains a detailed record of climate changes. This course uses glacier dynamics and glacial geology to examine the factors that control climate change, to determine how climate changed in the past, and to analyze natural and anthropogenic causes of climate change. To earn quantitative proficiency, students must complete six problems sets.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 60.
Mr. Wojtal
Credits: 3 hours |
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GEOL 115 - Coral Reefs: Biology, Geology and Politics 3 NS
Second Semester. Coral reefs are dynamic systems that boast the greatest diversity on Earth. Paradoxically, they are among the most efficient but fragile marine systems. This course considers the development of modern and fossil reefs over length scales from millimeters to miles and time frames of minutes to millennia. It examines recent reef decline against the backdrop of long term natural processes in order to understand human stresses on reefs and ways we might mitigate those stresses.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment limit: 25 per section. Section 01: First and second year students; Section 02: Third year students and above.
Mr. Hubbard
Credits: 3 hours |
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GEOL 117 - Meteorite Impacts in Space and Time 1 NS
Prerequisites & Notes Next offiered in 2007-2008.
Credits: 1 hour |
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GEOL 120 - Earth’s Environments 4 NS
First and Second Semester. A survey of Earth’s internal and external features, emphasizing the unifying theory of plate tectonics as well as the study of geologic hazards and Earth resources. Labs and field trips explore Earth materials. local field sites, landforms, and interactions between humans and Earth’s surface. The course is intended for both non-majors and prospective geology majors. All students must enroll in the lecture section plus one lab section in the same semester.
Prerequisites & Notes No prerequisites, but high-school chemistry recommended.
Note: May not be taken for credit in addition to either GEOL 160 or GEOL 162.
Enrollment Limit: 56.
Ms. Frey, Ms. Moore, and Ms. Parsons-Hubbard
Credits: 4 hours |
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GEOL 128 - Headlines from the History of Life 1 NS
Second Semester. First Module. The history of life is punctuated by
major changes and governed by diverse processes, and these are
reflected in the fossil record. Topics include: the life and demise of
the dinosaurs, evolutionary patterns in the fossil record, causes and
consequences of mass extinction, and the evolution of mammals,
including humans. Did dinosaurs have feathers? How do major adaptations
such as flight evolve? Why do human beings have big brains?
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 100.
Ms. Parsons-Hubbard
Credits: 1 hour |
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GEOL 161 - Marine Science 3 NS
First Semester. An investigation of geological, physical, chemical and biological processes operating in the oceans and ocean basins, emphasizing interactions among them. We examine marine geology, plate tectonics, ocean circulation, sea water chemistry, waves, tides and coastal processes in the modern oceans. We also explore the geologic history of ocean basins. The final third of the course covers marine life, including plankton, coral reefs, deep sea life, and marine mammals, and explores human interactions with the oceans.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 60.
Ms. Parsons-Hubbard, Mr. Wojtal
Credits: 3 hours |
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GEOL 182 - Field Practicum 2 NS New Course Added 11/01/2006
Second Semester. First module. This course uses readings and field observations to examine the tectonic evolution of the Appalachian Mountains and modern sedimentary environments of the Carolina coastline. In weekly meetings during the first module, we survey primary literature on the region. Students and faculty will present and discuss papers in a seminar format. The course culminates with a required week-long field trip run during spring break to visit localities covered in the seminar.
Prerequisites & Notes Requirements: Geol 120 and permission of intsructor.
Mr. Hubbard, Ms. Parsons-Hubbard, Ms. Frey
Credits: 2 Credits |
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GEOL 188 - Modern Field Techniques 2NS
Second Semester. Second Module. This course will examine techniques
for measuring and representing Earth’s surface and consider how those
techniques can be applied to practical problems in earth and
environmental sciences. Students will learn elementary cartography, the
theory behind traditional surveying and mapping techniques, and the
theory behind modern surveying techniques that utilize laser telemetry
and global positioning systems (GPS). Students will, in exercises, make
maps using both traditional and modern surveying techniques and GPS.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 20.
Mr. Wojtal
Credits: 2 hours |
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GEOL 199 - Independent Study in Geology 1-2 NS
First and Second Semester. An opportunity for interested students
to pursue a geological interest not covered by formal courses. Students
must consult with a member of the department before registering.
Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required. Sponsored by Ms. Frey, Mr. Hubbard, Ms. Parsons-Hubbard, Ms. Moore, and Mr. Wojtal.
Credits: 1 to 2 hours |
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GEOL 201 - Mineralogy and Optical Crystallography 4 NS, QPf
First Semester. Lectures cover the principles of crystallography
and crystal chemistry, the composition and structure of rock forming
minerals, and the mode of occurrence and associations of minerals.
Laboratories include crystal symmetry, identification of minerals in
hand specimens, theory and use of the petrographic microscope for the
identification of minerals, and theory and use of x-ray diffraction and
scanning electron microscopy for the identification of minerals.
Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites: GEOL 120 and CHEM 101 or CHEM 103, or consent of instructor.
Ms. Frey
Credits: 4 hours |
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GEOL 204 - Evolution of the Earth 4 NS
First Semester. This course examines major events and processes of
Earth history, including the growth of continents, mountain belts and
ocean basins, terrane accretion, sea level changes, and climatic
changes in the context of plate tectonics. We also explore the
evolution of life as an integral part of the history of Earth. Lectures
and labs emphasize principles and techniques used to reconstruct Earth
history. Two field trips required.
Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: GEOL 120 or consent of instructor.
Enrollment Limit: 28.
Ms. Parsons-Hubbard
Credits: 4 hours |
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GEOL 212 - Earth Surface Processes 4 NS
First Semester. An examination of the evolution of Earth’s surface
focusing on the processes that shape the landscape we see today. We
will discuss the tectonic, erosional, and climatic forces that give
rise to mountains, river valleys, glacial landscapes, and coastlines as
well as the surficial processes that continually shape Earth including
weathering, dissolution, sediment transport, mass wasting, glaciation,
and wave action. Lectures, laboratories and field trips emphasize
integration of descriptive, quantitative, and interpretive aspects of
geomorphology.
Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: GEOL 120 or consent of the instructor. Enrollment Limit: 18.
Ms. Moore
Credits: 4 hours |
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GEOL 242 - Groundwater Hydrogeology 4 NS
Prerequisites & Notes Next offered in 2007-2008.
Credits: 4 hours |
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GEOL 320 - Paleontology 4 NS
Second Semester. A comprehensive examination of the history of
life, presented within the context of evolutionary theory and with an
emphasis on invertebrate organisms. Topics include evolutionary
patterns and process, taphonomy, functional morphology, paleoecology,
biostratigraphy, biogeography, and extinction. Laboratory exercises
explore the morphology and systematics of the major invertebrate fossil
groups and the use of paleontological data in solving paleoecologic and
geologic problems. Weekend field trip and term paper required.
Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: Any 200-level geology course or consent of instructor.
Enrollment Limit: 18.
Ms. Parsons-Hubbard
Credits: 4 hours |
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GEOL 330 - Sedimentary Geology 4 NS
First Semester. This course examines the processes responsible for
the nature of sediments, modern sedimentary environments, and their
ancient counterparts. Sedimentary systems from glaciers to the
deep seas are examined. Loose sediments and sedimentary rocks are
examined at a scale from microscopic to road cut using hands on lab
exercises, field trips, and a weekend field trip. We also consider the
relevance of sedimentary systems to present day environmental problems.
Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: Any 200-level geology course or consent of instructor.
Enrollment Limit: 14.
Mr. Hubbard
Credits: 4 hours |
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GEOL 340 - Structural Geology 4 NS, QPf
First Semester. The measurable deformation that occurs within
Earth produces a variety of rock structures. Lectures examine
rock structures, analyze the factors that control how rocks deform,
discuss the role of rock deformation in tectonics, and discuss
interpretations of the deformation patterns in the context of plate
tectonics. Labs and problem sets emphasize techniques for observing,
analyzing, and interpreting map patterns, outcrops, hand samples, and
thin sections of deformed rocks.
Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: Any 200-level geology course or consent of instructor.
Mr. Wojtal
Credits: 4 hours |
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GEOL 361 - Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology 4 NS
Second Semester. This course will emphasize the concepts and
methods of igneous and metamorphic petrology, including the use of the
petrographic microscope for the determination of minerals and the
interpretation of rock textures. Topics to be covered include:
interpretation of phase diagrams; thermodynamics; classification of
igneous and metamorphic rocks; origins and differentiation of magmas;
rock associations in the geotectonic cycle, especially the spatial and
temporal development of igneous and metamorphic terrains.
Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: GEOL 201.
Ms Frey
Credits: 4 hours |
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GEOL 440 - Advanced Structural Geology 3 NS
Second Semester. An analysis of the development of geologic structures using recent advances in theoretical and experimental rock mechanics. Topics will be chosen by class preference, but might include: material properties and analysis of deformation mechanisms, finite strain analysis, mechanics of rock deformation, or mechanics of plate movement.
Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: GEOL 340.
Mr. Wojtal
Credits: 3 hours |
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GEOL 501 - Research in Geology 2-3 NS
First and Second Semester. Independent or faculty-sponsored
research. Students should select a topic and make other necessary
arrangements in consultation with an individual faculty member.
Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required. Sponsored by Ms. Frey, Mr. Hubbard, Ms. Parsons-Hubbard, Ms. Moore, and Mr. Wojtal.
Credits: 2 to 3 hours |
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GEOL 503 - Honors 2-5 NS
First and Second Semester.
Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required. Sponsored by Ms. Frey, Mr. Hubbard, Ms. Parsons-Hubbard, Ms. Moore, and Mr. Wojtal.
Credits: 2 to 5 hours |
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GEOL 995 - Private Reading .5-3 NS
First and Second Semester.
Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required. Sponsored by Ms. Frey, Mr. Hubbard, Ms. Parsons-Hubbard, Ms. Moore, and Mr. Wojtal.
Credits: .5 to 3 hours |
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GERM 101 - Elementary German 5 HU, CD
First (101) and Second (102) Semester. Acquisition of the fundamentals of grammar along with practice in speaking and writing. Grammar coverage will extend over both semesters. Early introduction of spoken German, with reading and discussion of graded literary texts in GERM 101 and GERM 102. Second semester classes taught chiefly in German. Use of language laboratory encouraged.
Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 22.
Ms. Hamilton, Mr. Huff, Staff
Credits: 5 hours |
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GERM 203 - Intermediate German 3 HU, CD
First (203) and Second (204) Semester. Increasing mastery of the basic skills (listening, reading, speaking, and writing). Selective grammar review in 203. Readings of narrative prose, drama, and poetry by mainly contemporary authors, along with cultural/historical texts from the 19th and 20th centuries. Completion of Intermediate German will enable students to read a broad range of literary and non-literary texts and to conduct research in their major fields.
Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: GERM 102 or qualification by placement test.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
Mr. Huff, Ms. Tewarson
Credits: 3 hours |
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