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Course Catalog 2008-2009 
    
Course Catalog 2008-2009 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Oberlin College Courses


 
  
  • GEOL 188 - Modern Mapping Technologies


    Next Offered: 2009-2010
    Semester Offered: Second Semester, Second Module
    Credits (Range): 2 Hours
    Attribute: 2 NS, QP-H

    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. Enrollment Limit: 20.
    Instructor: S. Wojtal
  
  • GEOL 199 - Independent Study in Geology


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1-2 hours
    Attribute: 1-2NS

    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. Consent of instructor required.
    Instructor: D. Hubbard, K. Hubbard, F. Page, Staff, S. Wojtal
  
  • GEOL 201 - Mineralogy & Optical Crystal


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4NS, QP-F

    Most of our planet is made of minerals, the physical properties of which play important roles in geologic processes from the plate-tectonic to the nano- scales. This course examines the relationships between the structure, chemistry, physical and optical properties of minerals, their occurrence, and their relevance to the various branches of earth science. We will explore these concepts through laboratory exercises on crystal morphology and symmetry, optical mineralogy, x-ray diffraction, and electron microscopy.
    Instructor: F. Page
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: GEOL 120 and CHEM 101 or CHEM 103, or consent of instructor.
  
  • GEOL 204 - Evolution of the Earth


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4NS

    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. One field trip required. Enrollment Limit: 28.
    Instructor: K. Hubbard
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GEOL 120 or consent of instructor.
  
  • GEOL 212 - Earth Surface Processes


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    ENVS
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4NS

    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. Enrollment Limit: 18.
    Instructor: Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GEOL 120 or consent of the instructor.
  
  • GEOL 235 - Applied Geographic Information Systems


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 Hours
    Attribute: 4 NS

    Geographic information systems or GIS is used widely by a number of scientific, business, and other disciplines to examine data that has spatial distribution. This course will introduce students to the basics of GIS and will focus on hands-on use of the industry standard ESRI ArcGIS software. Through lecture and laboratory, students will learn to create, manage, visualize, and analyze geographic data. Students will create their own GIS based research project. Enrollment Limit: 15.
    Instructor: K. LaBlanc
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Geol 120 or consent of instructor.
  
  • GEOL 242 - Groundwater Hydrogeology


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    ENVS
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4NS

    An introduction to groundwater movement and quality emphasizing its use and abuse by humans. Topics covered include predicting groundwater flow patterns, interactions with surface water, well drilling and pumping, groundwater contamination and remediation, and distribution of groundwater resources throughout the United States. Lab activities include a pump test on water wells at the Jones farm and a weekend field trip to Niagara Falls. Enrollment Limit: 24.
    Instructor: B. Simonson
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: Knowledge of algebra and either GEOL 120, 160, or 162, or consent of instructor. Note: Intro CHEM recommended.
  
  • GEOL 310 - Sedimentary Rocks in Thin Section


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 Hours
    Attribute: 2 NS

    Sedimentary deposits provide most of the energy, water, and mineral resources used by humans and are the principal archive of Earth and life history. This course is a hands-on introduction to the wealth of information one can extract from sandstones, limestones, etc. about these subjects by making simple observations with a polarizing microscope. Enrollment Limit: 10.
    Instructor: B. Simonson
  
  • GEOL 320 - Paleontology


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4NS

    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. Enrollment Limit: 18.
    Instructor: K. Hubbard
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Any 200-level geology course or consent of instructor.
  
  • GEOL 330 - Sedimentary Geology


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    ENVS
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4NS

    This course examines the processes responsible for the nature of sediments, modern sedimentary environments, and their ancient counterparts.  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. Strong emphasis is placed on practical, hands-on approaches. Enrollment Limit: 14.
    Instructor: D. Hubbard
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Any 200-level geology course or consent of instructor.
  
  • GEOL 340 - Structural Geology


    Next Offered: 2009-2010
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 Hours
    Attribute: 4 NS, QP-F

    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.
    Instructor: S. Wojtal
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Any 200-level geology course or consent of instructor.
  
  • GEOL 361 - Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4NS

    Petrology is the study of the origins of rocks. Emphasis will be placed on the relationships between lithology, geochemistry, and tectonic setting. Topics will include: classification of igneous and metamorphic rocks, thermodynamics and phase equilibria, the origins and differentiation of magmas, and spatial and temporal development of igneous and metamorphic terranes. Laboratory projects will focus on the use of the petrographic microscope for the determination of minerals and the interpretation of rock textures.
    Instructor: F. Page
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GEOL 201.
  
  • GEOL 440 - Advanced Structural Geology


    Next Offered: 2009-2010
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 NS

    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.
    Instructor: S. Wojtal
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GEOL 340.
  
  • GEOL 501 - Research in Geology


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1-3 hours
    Attribute: 1-3NS

    Independent or faculty-sponsored research. Students should select a topic and make other necessary arrangements in consultation with an individual faculty member. Consent of instructor required.
    Instructor: D. Hubbard, K. Hubbard, F. Page, B. Simonson, Staff, S. Wojtal
  
  • GEOL 503 - Honors


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 2-5 hours
    Attribute: 2-5NS

    Consent of instructor required.
    Instructor: D. Hubbard, K. Hubbard, F. Page, B. Simonson, Staff, S. Wojtal
  
  • GEOL 995 - Private Reading


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 0.5-3 hours
    Attribute: 0.5-3NS

    Signed consent of the instructor required.
    Instructor: D. Hubbard, K. Hubbard, F. Page, B. Simonson, Staff, S. Wojtal
  
  • GERM 101 - Elementary German


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 5 hours
    Attribute: 5HU, CD

    101 comprises the first half of a two-semester Elementary German course of study. Acquisition of the fundamentals of grammar along with practice in speaking and writing.  Early introduction of spoken German, with reading and discussion of graded literary texts.  Use of language laboratory encouraged. Enrollment Limit: 22.
    Instructor: S. Boos, E. Hamilton, S. Huff, L. Wyschka
  
  • GERM 102 - Elementary German


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 5 hours
    Attribute: 5HU, CD

    102 comprises the second half of a two-semester Elementary German course of study. Acquisition of the fundamentals of grammar along with practice in speaking and writing.  Early introduction of spoken German, with reading and discussion of graded literary texts.  Second semester classes taught chiefly in German. Use of language laboratory encouraged. Enrollment Limit: 22.
    Instructor: E. Hamilton, L. Wyschka
  
  • GERM 203 - Intermediate German


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD

    203 comprises the first half of a two-semester Intermediate German course.  Increasing mastery of the basic skills (listening, reading, speaking, and writing) and a selective grammar review. 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. Enrollment Limit: 15.
    Instructor: E. Hamilton, H. Tewarson
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GERM 102 or qualification by placement test.
  
  • GERM 204 - Intermediate German


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD

    204 comprises the second half of a two-semester Intermediate German course. Increasing mastery of the basic skills (listening, reading, speaking, and writing) and a 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. Enrollment Limit: 12.
    Instructor: S. Boos, S. Huff
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GERM 102 or qualification by placement test.
  
  • GERM 304 - Max Kade German Writer-in-Residence


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 hours
    Attribute: 1HU, CD

    Reading and discussion of selected writings of the 2008 Max Kade German Writer-in-Residence. Enrollment Limit: 20.
    Instructor: E. Dischereit
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: One 300-level course or equivalent knowledge of German. Notes: May be repeated for major credit. CR/NE or P/NP grading.
  
  • GERM 305 - Conversation and Composition


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD

    Expansion and refinement of speaking, writing, and listening skills through a variety of in-class activities (including films and writing). Readings and discussions will cover topics of current social, political, and cultural interest in the German-language countries as reflected in the media and in essays and articles by creative writers. Enrollment Limit: 20.
    Instructor: L. Wyschka
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GERM 204 or equivalent.
  
  • GERM 311 - Introduction to German Literature I


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

    A study of major movements, problems, and oeuvres in the literature from the 18th to the mid-19th century (Enlightenment through Romanticism). Prose, drama, and poetry by Lessing, Goethe, Schiller, Kleist, and others. This course is intended for students who have not yet done 400-level work in German literature. Enrollment Limit: 20.
    Instructor: S. Huff
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GERM 204 or equivalent.
  
  • GERM 312 - Introduction to German Literature II


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    THEA
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD

    Masterpieces of drama, narrative prose, and poetry from the mid-19th century to the modern period, including works by Büchner, Grillparzer, Thomas Mann, Kafka, and Brecht. This course is intended for students who have not yet done 400-level work in German literature. Enrollment Limit: 20.
    Instructor: E. Hamilton
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GERM 204 or equivalent.
  
  • GERM 320 - The German Opera: A History of the Libretto


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 HU

    Masterpieces of the German operatic repertoire in historical overview. The course will explore the nature of the genre as well as the dynamic relationship between text and music. Works examined will include The Magic Flute, Die Meistersinger von Nuremberg, Wozzeck and Der Rosenkavalier. Taught in English.
    Instructor: S. Huff
  
  • GERM 321 - Unspeakable–Representing the Holocaust


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3 HU, CD, WR

    This course investigates a broad range of testimonial, literary, visual, philosophical and historiographical materials pertaining to the question of how postwar Germany deals, and ought to deal, with the Nazi past. Situated at the intersection of ethics and aesthetics, memory and history, the Holocaust has emerged as a critical paradigm of postmodernity because it raises complex ethical and representational issues concerning the limits of art and writing in the face of the alleged unspeakability and incommensurability of Auschwitz. Topics include: theories of violence, authority, obedience, conformity, testimony, trauma, memory, survival, guilt, shame, the history of antisemitism, assimilation and exclusion, and the uniqueness of the Holocaust.
    Instructor: S. Boos
    Cross List Information
    This course is cross-listed with JWST 321.
  
  • GERM 415 - Twentieth-Century German Poetry


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD

    Analysis of continuities and disruptions in lyrical forms during a century of political and social upheaval. Poets include Hofmannfthal, Rilke, George, Trakl, Lasker-Schüler, Brecht, Benn, Celan and a variety of post-war lyricists.Prerequisite: Two 300-level courses in German.
    Instructor: S. Huff
  
  • GERM 428 - Thomas Mann, Franz Kafka, Else Lasker-Schüler


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD

    This course will focus on the writings of three great authors of the early twentieth century. In addition to the literary works (novellas, short stories, novels, and poetry), we shall draw on letters and diaries to further explore the beginnings of modernism.
    Instructor: H. Tewarson
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: Two 300-level courses.
  
  • GERM 505 - Honors in German


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1-6 hours
    Attribute: 1-6HU, CD

    Consent of instructor required.
    Instructor: E. Hamilton, S. Huff, H. Tewarson
  
  • GERM 995 - Private Reading


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 0.5-3 hours
    Attribute: 0.5-3HU, CD

    Signed permissionof the instructor required.
    Instructor: E. Hamilton, S. Huff, H. Tewarson
  
  • GREK 101 - Elementary Greek


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    The essentials of the classical Greek language, with emphasis on reading. Enrollment Limit: 25.
    Instructor: A. Wilburn
  
  • GREK 102 - Elementary Greek II


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    Continuation of Elementary Greek, completing the study of basic Greek grammar and syntax. We will read selections from Plato?s Apology in the second half of the semester.
    Instructor: A. Wilburn
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GREK 101 or equivalent.
  
  • GREK 201 - Homer’s Iliad


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD

    Reading and translation of selections from Homer’s Iliad, with discussion of relevant critical issues and historical background. Enrollment Limit: 25.
    Instructor: T. Van Nortwick
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GREK 102 or equivalent.
  
  • GREK 202 - Herodotus


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD

    Readings and discussion of selections from Herodotus’ Histories in Greek, supplemented by readings from the critical literature.
    Instructor: K. Ormand
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GREK 201 or equivalent.
  
  • GREK 303 - Thucydides


    Next Offered: 2009-2010
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 HU, CD

    A careful reading of a portion of the history, with attention to ancient historiography and the intellectual history of Fifth Century Greece. 
    Instructor: D. Wilburn
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: GREK 202 or equivalent. 

     

  
  • GREK 305 - Sophocles


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD

    Readings, discussion, and papers on the tragedy of Sophocles. Close analysis of Oedipus Tyrannus and a survey of the criticism and scholarship dealing with Sophocles.
    Instructor: T. Van Nortwick
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GREK 202 or the equivalent.
  
  • GREK 311 - Euripidean Tragedy


    Next Offered: 2009-2010
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 HU, CD

    Study of the tragedies of Euripides in their social and political context. We will read one play in Greek, and several others in English translation. We will also read articles and book chapters in order to grapple with key issues in Euripidean criticism: the genre of tragedy, Euripides’ depiction of women, the role of rhetoric in late fifth century Athens. Enrollment Limit: 25.
    Instructor: Staff
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GREK 201 or equivalent.
  
  • GREK 312 - Plato’s Symposium


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU

    This course will study the Symposium, one of Plato’s dialogues on love and literature. We will read significant portions of the text in Greek with close attention to philosophical, rhetorical, and linguistic aspects of the work. We will contextualize Plato by studying some of his precursors and contemporaries in translation, as well as reading secondary literature concerning the dialogue. We will close with a survey of the dialogue’s afterlife, from Petronius’s Satyricon to the ‘re-birth’ of Platonism in Renasissance Italy.
    Instructor: B. Lee
  
  • GREK 501 - Senior Project


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3-6 hours
    Attribute: 3-6HU

    Intensive work on a topic selected in consultation with a member of the department, culminating in a presentation of a paper or other project. Consent of instructor required.
    Instructor: T. Van Nortwick
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: Senior major standing and invitation of the department.
  
  • GREK 502 - Senior Honors


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3-6 hours
    Attribute: 3-6HU

    Intensive work on a topic selected in consultation with a member of the department, culminating in a presentation of a paper or other project. Consent of instructor required.
    Instructor: T. Van Nortwick
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: Senior major standing and invitation of the department.
  
  • GREK 995 - Private Reading


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 0.5-3 hours
    Attribute: 0.5-3HU

    Consent of instructor required.
    Instructor: B. Lee, K. Ormand, T. Van Nortwick, A. Wilburn
  
  • GSFS 400 - Advanced Seminar


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 0 Hours
    This non-credit course represents the advanced seminar requirement for the major in Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies. It can be fulfilled by enrolling in and passing an appropriate course in another department as articulated in the description of the major.
    Instructor: A. Needham
  
  • GSFS 500 - Honors


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 Hours
    Attribute: 4 EX

    Honors open to selected majors.
    Instructor: A. Needham
  
  • GSFS 995 - Private Reading


    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): .5 - 3 Hr
    Attribute: Please consult with the faculty member assigned to the crn for the private reading; the assigned attribute may vary

    Private reading with a faculty member; written permission of the instructor is required on a private reading card.
    Instructor: W. Kozol (ARHU)
  
  • HISP 101 - Elementary Spanish I


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 5 hours
    Attribute: 5HU, CD

    Taught in Spanish. Strong emphasis on communicative tasks to show students how Spanish is used across the Spanish-speaking world in real-life situations. Culture is an important thread that is tightly woven throughout the course. Basic grammar and vocabulary will be introduced and practiced through intensive oral and written practice. Weekly compositions and meetings with language tutors. Enrollment Limit: 20.
    Instructor: K. Tungseth-Faber
  
  • HISP 102 - Elementary Spanish II


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 5 hours
    Attribute: 5HU, CD

    Taught in Spanish, this course is a continuation of HISP 101, complemented by additional readings to enhance written and oral skills. Grammar will continue to be introduced through more intensive oral and written practice. Enrollment Limit: 20.
    Instructor: E. Martínez-Tapia
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Students with any previous knowledge of Spanish other than from Oberlin College must first take the placement exam before enrolling in this course.
  
  • HISP 202 - Intermediate Spanish I


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    Taught in Spanish. This course is a continuation of HISP 102. It adopts a format integrating grammar, oral and written practice in exercises, conversation and readings which evolve within a cultural context. Students have to attend one mandatory conversation class on Tuesdays or Thursdays for one hour, time TBA. Enrollment Limit: 20.
    Instructor: O. Markof-Belaeff, P. O’Connor
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: HISP 102 or consent of instructor.
  
  • HISP 203 - Intermediate Spanish II


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    This course is a continuation of HISP 202. It adopts a format integrating grammar, oral and written practice in exercises, conversation and readings which evolve within a cultural context. Students have to attend one mandatory conversation class on Tuesdays or Thursdays for one hour, time TBA. Enrollment Limit: 20.
    Instructor: O. Markof-Belaeff, A. Martínez Marco
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: HISP 202 or consent of instructor.
  
  • HISP 205 - Conversation and Communication in Spanish-Speaking Worlds


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD

    The goal of this course is to prepare non-native speakers for the rigors and the rewards of conversing and communicating in a Spanish-speaking environment. Using a variety of technologies (blogs, voice-over-IP telephony, Spanish language social networking sites) as well as some of the immersive language environments available through virtual realities or gaming (e.g. Second Life, World of Warcraft) students will connect with Spanish speakers outside of Oberlin and develop their reading, writing and listening skills, as well as developing effective strategies for communication in a variety of contexts. In addition to class periods there will be a 90 minute weekly evening session for technology support and practice, time and day TBA. Enrollment limit: 18
    Instructor: B. Sawhill
    Prerequisites & Notes
    HISP 203, 204, or equivalent and consent of the instructor.
  
  • HISP 293 - Dirty Wars LxC


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    Attribute: 1 HU

    New Course Added 08.18.08

    This is an optional one-credit course allowing students enrolled in Prof. Volk’s HIST 293, Dirty Wars and Democracy, to earn an extra credit by attending a one-hour discussion section in Spanish and doing part of their coursework in Spanish. Only open to students enrolled in HIST 293 whose Spanish is at the Intermediate or higher level (having passed, or being concurrently enrolled, in HISP 203 or equivalent.)
    Instructor: P. O’Connor
    Prerequisites & Notes
    HISP 202

  
  • HISP 304 - Advanced Grammar and Composition


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD

    It is required that students complete HISP 203 or equivalent before taking this course, which offers an in-depth review of Spanish grammar and the opportunity to study closely the different steps involved in the writing process. Students will develop and improve their writing skills by practicing descriptive, narrative, argumentative and expository writing in Spanish. Enrollment Limit: 18.
    Instructor: A. Martínez Marco
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: This course fulfills prerequisites for upper-division literature courses and may be counted for the major or minor.
  
  • HISP 306 - Primer Encuentro: Hispanic Studies Colloqium on Literature and Film


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    LATS
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD

    A first encounter with the main ideas and literary currents that have contributed to create the field of Hispanic Studies. Students will analyze poems, short stories, essays, plays, and films from Spain and Latin America in light of current literary theory. Authors and directors studied include Almodóvar, Neruda, Borges, Cervantes, etc. The course will also allow students to develop research and academic writing skills. Designed particularly for freshmen and sophomores, this colloquium serves as a bridge to the Spanish-taught upper level courses. Offered every year; taught in Spanish. Enrollment Limit: 15.
    Instructor: V. Pérez de León
  
  • HISP 309 - Survey of Spanish Literature I: Imperial Spectacles


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD

    The Spanish literary canon has been traditionally shaped by the desire to influence and manipulate its audience into dogmatic religious, political and social ideas. This course will analyze the intentions and effects of particularly literary works from before 1800—both canonic and less well-known—in their historical and political context. Texts studied include narrative, poetry, essay and Spanish and Latin American chronicles by Cervantes, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Lope de Vega, María de Zayas, and others. Taught in Spanish. Enrollment Limit: 20.
    Instructor: V. Pérez de León
  
  • HISP 310 - Survey of Spanish Literature II: The Struggle for Modernity


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD

    Progressive Spanish writers and intellectuals have consistently felt out of place in Spain, whose traditional power structures for centuries resisted the advent of modernity. Still, Spaniards managed to produce texts, images, and films of astounding quality and innovation. This course studies a selection of outstanding Spanish plays, novels, poems, and short stories from the late 18th century to the present. Authors studied include García Lorca, Sender, Bécquer, Moratín, Pérez Galdós, Rosalía de Castro, Gómez de Avellaneda, Unamuno, Larra, García Morales, and others. Taught in Spanish. Enrollment Limit: 20.
    Instructor: S. Faber
  
  • HISP 311 - Linguistics for Language Students


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

    This course addresses the questions of what human language is and what it means to know a language. Of central concern is how the scientific study of language helps to reveal the unconscious knowledge that enables speakers to understand their language and use it creatively. The class will touch briefly on each of the primary linguistic fields while covering in detail the theory and practice of Second Language Acquisition (SLA). Taught in English. Enrollment Limit: 25.
    Instructor: K. Tungseth-Faber
  
  • HISP 312 - Latino/a and Latin American Folklore


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD

    Taught in English. This course examines the traditional, expressive dimensions of culture in the Hispanic world: Latin America, the Caribbean and Latino/a U.S. Folklore methods and theories are employed in the study of folk music, dance, drama, foodways, carnival, belief systems, art, dress, etc. Slides, sound and film recordings, material culture and printed matter support the readings. Knowledge of Spanish is desirable but not required. Enrollment Limit: 25.
    Instructor: A. Cara
    Cross List Information
    This course is cross-listed with ANTH 312.
  
  • HISP 317 - Survey of Latin American Literature I: Defining Latin America


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    LATS
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD

    After Columbus’s discovery of America a “new world” emerged.  This course looks at the early writings by Spaniards and “Americans” in the Spanish colonies and traces the development of regional and national literatures in the centuries that follow.  Although broad in scope, the course focuses on three questions:  How did Latin  America differentiate itself culturally from Europe?  What characterizes the New World criollo tradition?  How are national literary canons constructed during the periods of independence?  Taught in Spanish. Enrollment Limit: 20.
    Instructor: A. Cara
  
  • HISP 318 - Survey of Latin American Literature II: Aesthetic and Political Revolutions


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

    Huge and sudden changes sweep through Latin American literature as well as its politics, whether the Mexican Revolution of the 1910s, the Cuban Revolution of 1959, and the Sandinista Revolution in 1980s Nicaragua, or the modernismo of 1880s Rubén Darío, the poets of the avant-garde 1930s such as Neruda, and the “Boom” of the new narrative of the ‘50s and ‘60s. Our survey will focus on such turning points in Latin American history through its literature and cinema.  Taught in Spanish.  Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: P. O’Connor
  
  • HISP 320 - Reading Borges


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    LATS
    Next Offered: 2010-2011
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 HU, CD

    Borges wrote, “Let others boast of pages they have written, I take pride in those I’ve read.” Using Borges’s notion that reading is one more form of writing or re-writing, this course embarks on an in-depth reading of this literary master’s work in the context of his precursors and followers. Selections include poetry, short stories, essays and critical studies. Taught in Spanish. Enrollment Limit: 20.
    Instructor: A. Cara
  
  • HISP 322 - Visions of Mexican Women


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    LATS
    Next Offered: 2010-2011
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 HU, CD

    Mexico’s colorful twentieth century of Revolution, murals, mass media, and magical realism includes the works of great women writers, artists, and directors. After a backward glance to icons of the Conquest and the Colony, we jump to: tales of women of the Mexican Revolution; women painters of the ‘30s and ‘40s; indigenism, feminism, and anthropological theory of the ‘60s-‘80s; and contemporary ironic realism and magical realism in fiction and film.  Conducted in Spanish. Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: P. O’Connor
  
  • HISP 334 - Spanish for Heritage Speakers


    Next Offered: 2010-2011
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 HU, CD

    Were you raised speaking Spanish but never studied it formally? This class is designed for you. The course addresses all four skills of language mastery: understanding, speaking, reading and writing but aims especially to expand vocabulary, correct common grammatical mistakes, and give students writing proficiency. Taught in Spanish. Enrollment Limit: 12.
    Instructor: A, Cara
    Prerequisites & Notes
    No instructor consent required but you must be a “heritage” speaker.
    Note: This course fulfills prerequisites for upper-division literature courses and may be counted for the major or minor.
  
  • HISP 337 - Topics in Latin American Literature: Fantasy and Violence in Argentine Literature


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    LATS
    Next Offered: 2010-2011
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 HU, CD

    Mid-century Argentina endured political tumult but saw a flowering of its literature. Genres as disparate as women’s autobiography and existentialist theater are drawn to extreme configurations of fantasy and violence. The new metropolis of Buenos Aires in poetry, chronicles, and tango lyrics; paintings by Solar and Berni; the early writings of Borges and the early neo-fantastic fictions of Cortázar. We end with texts associated with that Argentine magnet of fantasy and violence, Eva Perón. Conducted in Spanish. Enrollment Limit: 20.
    Instructor: P. O’Connor
    Prerequisites & Notes
    HISP 304 or equivalent
  
  • HISP 338 - Tango: A Cultural History


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Dance
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD

    This course examines the social, political, and aesthetic dimensions of tango. By looking at dance, music, lyrics and other tango manifestations, students will explore how communities encode their traditional values in expressive forms, how these forms operate subversively in popular culture, and how they officially represent the nation. Films, recordings, and printed documents complement the readings in this course, as will guest speakers. Includes the option of a dance or music practicum. Taught in Spanish.  Enrollment Limit:  20. 
    Instructor: A. Cara
    Cross List Information
    This course is cross-listed with CMPL 338
  
  • HISP 340 - Nationalism, Culture and Politics Under and After Dictatorship: Spain and Yugoslavia in the Twentieth Century


    Next Offered: 2010-2011
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 1.5 SS, 1.5 HU, CD

    The 20th century histories of Spain and Yugoslavia run surprisingly parallel, but have resulted in widely different outcomes. Why? This course explores these and other questions by analyzing the interaction among nationalism, culture, and politics in both countries through sociological, historical, literary and visual materials, including novels and films. Special attention is paid to the politics of late state-building, the rise of competing nationalisms, civil wars and their legacies, dictatorship, collective memories, democratic transition (Spain), and state collapse (Yugoslavia). Taught in English. Enrollment limit: 35.
    Instructor: S. Faber, V. Vujacic
    Cross List Information
    This course is cross-listed with SOCI 340.
  
  • HISP 342 - The “Boom” of Latin America’s Nueva Narrativa


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD

    Spurred on by Borges’s enigmatic ficciones of the ‘40s and the Cuban Revolution of 1959, Latin American narrative exploded in the mid-century. Close readings of works by Borges, Rulfo, Carpentier, Cortázar, Vargas Llosa, Fuentes, and García Márquez, with a focus on the writer as mediator between European forms and American realities, a storyteller weaving together history and myth to present Latin America as a New World. Taught in Spanish.  Enrollment Limit:  20.
    Instructor: P. O’Connor
    Prerequisites & Notes
    HISP 304 or equivalent
  
  • HISP 343 - Honor and Drama Codes: Spanish Renaissance and Baroque Spectacles in Their Context


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

    This course is canceled effective 02.03.2009.

    This course will explore Early Modern Hispanic spectacles in their theoretical and sociopolitical context, focusing on the role and meaning of the honor code in their plots. With the help of twentieth-century theorists such as Artaud, Brecht, Ionesco, Fo, Lorca, and Marinetti, we will read plays by Lope de Rueda, María de Zayas, Tirso de Molina, Ana Caro, Lope de Vega, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Calderón de la Barca, and Miguel de Cervantes, among others. Taught in Spanish.  Enrollment Limit:  20.
    Instructor: V. Pérez de León
    Prerequisites & Notes
    HISP 304 or equivalent

  
  • HISP 346 - Literature and Exile in Spain and Latin America


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    LATS
    Next Offered: 2010-2011
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD

    Since the history of 20th century Spain and Latin America is studded with dictatorships, for many writers leaving their country was the only way to regain their intellectual freedom. This course will analyze the effects of political exile on narrative, poetry, plays, and essays written in Spanish on both sides of the Atlantic, with a particular focus on issues of national identity, loyalty, and representation. Reading list includes Aub, Cernuda, Chacel, Cortázar, Dorfman, Goytisolo, Molloy, Neruda, Peri Rossi, Piglia, Reyes, Semprún, Sender, and Valenzuela. Taught in Spanish. Enrollment Limit: 15.
    Instructor: S. Faber
  
  • HISP 353 - Narrating the Past: History and Fiction in 19th- and 20th-century Spain


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD

    Much to historians’ chagrin, most people prefer novels over history books. In fact, historical fiction has long played a crucial nation-building role. What is it about historical fiction that makes it so fascinating and popular? What is its precise relation to historiography? How does it reflect and help shape collective images of the past? These are among the questions we will address in the context of 19th- and 20th-century Spain, taking advantage of Oberlin’s own unique collection of Romantic historical novels. Taught in Spanish.  Enrollment Limit:  20.
    Instructor: S. Faber
    Prerequisites & Notes
    HISP 304 or equivalent
  
  • HISP 354 - Representations of the Spanish Civil War


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD

    From the moment of its outbreak, the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) sparked an intense struggle among competing narrative frameworks. Was it a “tragedy,” an epic “crusade,” or a “revolution”? Were the valiant Spanish people fighting against Communism, or against Fascism? All representational weapons were deployed in this relentless struggle for narrative hegemony—photos, text, and film; fiction, poetry, and music; posters, montage, and propaganda. This course will analyze key moments in this struggle, which continues unabated today in Spain and abroad. Taught in Spanish.  Enrollment Limit:  20.
    Instructor: S. Faber
    Prerequisites & Notes
    HISP 304 or equivalent
  
  • HISP 356 - Hispanic America in Verse


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD

    An exploration of poetry from Latin America, the Caribbean and Latino/a U.S. Special attention will be paid to Nobel Poets from this area (Gabriela Mistral, Pablo Neruda, Octavio Paz) but also to regional and popular poets. The course will begin with Rubén Darío and Modernismo and then will focus on the twentieth century, with references to earlier traditions. Taught in Spanish.  Enrollment Limit:  20.
    Instructor: A. Cara
    Prerequisites & Notes
    HISP 304 or equivalent
  
  • HISP 425 - Acausal Cervantes


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD

    This course explores Cervantes’s narrative with a focus on acausal accounts, including synchronicities and acausal encounters in space-time, as a way to reflect on the metaphysical dimensions of Cervantes’s work, particularly the way in which it straddles science and religion. We will read Cervantes through early modern theories of magic and religion, but also through more recent approaches, including quantum theory, psychoanalysis, and the theory of relativity. Theorists used include Ficino, Bruno, Camillo, Culianu, Jung, Freud, Einstein and Sheldrake. Taught in Spanish.  Enrollment Limit:  15.
    Instructor: V. Pérez de León
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Two Spanish-taught 300-level courses
  
  • HISP 436 - The Literature of the Dirty Wars


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD

    How do you write when your world has fallen apart?  Dictatorships swept the Southern Cone in the 1970s, permanently changing Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay.  Prison and post-prison writings; the literature by and about Argentina’s Madres de la Plaza de Mayo; writing from exile; fiction and theater under dictatorship; and post-dictatorship attempts to come to grips with this era by filmmakers, popular theater, and novelists.  Taught in Spanish.  Students may consider taking HIST 293, “Dirty Wars and Democracy,” in the first semester.  Taught in Spanish. Enrollment Limit: 15.
    Instructor: P. O’Connor
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites:  Two Spanish-taught 300-level courses
  
  • HISP 445 - Crime, Sex and Ghosts of the Past: Contemporary Spanish Fiction and Film


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    LATS
    Next Offered: 2010-2011
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 HU, CD

    Spain’s transition to democracy following Franco’s death in 1975 was characterized by two contradictory phenomena: a sudden moral, sexual, and political liberation, and a collective “pact of oblivion” that indefinitely postponed any reckoning with the dictatorial past. This course studies the film and fiction of post-Franco Spain, rife with sex and crime but also haunted by the ghosts of history. Includes works by Martín Gaite, Vázquez Montalbán, Llamazares, Almodóvar, Medem, and Saura. Taught in Spanish. Enrollment Limit: 15.
    Instructor: S. Faber
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites:  Two Spanish-taught 300-level courses
  
  • HISP 452 - After Boom and Bust: Latin American Fiction Since 1986


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    LATS
    Next Offered: 2010-2011
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 HU, CD

    What is the role of the writer after magical realism and the dictatorships, in an age of  “neoliberalism”? The course covers the twilight of the Boom novelists (García Márquez, Vargas Llosa) and reactions against the Boom (Fuguet), the new feminism in México (Mastretta), and new approaches to the fantastic (Aira, Piglia, Bellatin) and the detective novel (Bolaño, Padura). Throughout we will interrogate what globalization means for Latin America, and for the art of fiction. Taught in Spanish. Enrollment Limit: 15.
    Instructor: P. O’Connor
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites:  Two Spanish-taught 300-level courses
  
  • HISP 457 - Caribbean Cultures and Literatures


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD

    Taught in English. This course examines the relationship between literature and folklore in the Francophone, Anglophone, Spanish-speaking and Dutch Caribbean. Central issues include: the creolization of cultures and presence of a creole aesthetic in literature and the traditional arts (music, dance, theater, painting, etc.), the relationship of colonialism and tourism to cultural productions, the re-writing of “master texts” from the Western canon, the dialogue between oral and written literatures, and the literary re-writings of history. Enrollment Limit: 15.
    Instructor: A. Cara
    Cross List Information
    Cross-listed with CMPL 457.
  
  • HISP 459 - Writers, Journalists, Public Intellectuals: Literature and Politics in Spain and Latin America


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD

    Given the nature of the literary market and public life in Spain and Latin America, authors have long been forced or tempted to combine literary production with journalism and political advocacy. We will consider the conflicts, tensions, and advantages—at the level of form (genre, style, voice), politics, and ethics—for authors doing triple duty in the wake of the Cuban Revolution and the protests of 1968. Writers studied may include Poniatowska, Vargas Llosa, Goytisolo, Monsiváis, Dorfman, Peri Rossi, Valenzuela, Cortázar, Sarlo, Falcón, Gelman, Castellanos, and Ferré. Taught in Spanish.  Enrollment Limit:  15.
    Instructor: S. Faber
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites:  Two Spanish-taught 300-level courses
  
  • HISP 505 - Honors


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 2-6 hours
    Attribute: 2-6HU

    Consent of instructor required.
    Instructor: A. Cara, S. Faber, P. O’Connor, V. Pérez de León
  
  • HISP 995 - Private Reading


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 0.5-3 hours
    Attribute: 0.5-3HU, CD

    Signed permission of the instructor required.
    Instructor: A. Cara, S. Faber, O. Markof-Belaeff, A. Martínez Marco, E. Martínez-Tapia, P. O’Connor, V. Pérez de León, B. Sawhill, K. Tungseth-Faber
  
  • HIST 101 - Medieval and Early Modern European History


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS

    This introductory course surveys the formation of Europe from the end of imperial Rome to the rise of territorial states in the early modern period, using both primary sources and modern historical texts.  Topics include:  early medieval Christianization, feudalism, conflicts between Church and Empire, the Crusades, the growth of cities and states, commerce and trade, colonialism, late-medieval cultural renaissances and popular piety, the Hundred Years’  War, Protestant and Catholic Reformations and the Scientific Revolution.  Enrollment Limit: 60.
    Instructor: E. Wurtzel
  
  • HIST 102 - Modern European History


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS

    This introductory course surveys the histories of the peoples of Europe from the Old Regime to the present. Students are introduced to the methods of studying history as well as the subject matter proper. Particular topics include: the decline of the society of orders, the French Revolution and its aftershocks through the 19th century, liberalism, socialism, imperialism, fascism and the rise and fall of the Cold War. Enrollment Limit: 60.
    Instructor: A. Sammartino
  
  • HIST 103 - American History to 1877


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD

    Central issues in the development of American society, culture, and politics from the eve of European colonization through the close of Reconstruction. Emphasis on modes of historical analysis and important scholarly controversies. Topics include: 17th century cultural encounters; origins of American slavery and racism; dynamics of nation-building; the growth of capitalism and democracy in the early republic; race, class, and gender in the antebellum North and South; causes and consequences of the Civil War. Lecture/discussion format. Enrollment Limit: 35.
    Instructor: G. Kornblith
  
  • HIST 104 - American History, 1877 to the Present: Major Problems of Interpretation


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD, WR

    This course will explore American politics, society, and culture from the post-Civil War era to the present. We will focus on changes in power relations in American society produced by social and political movements. We will also examine the construction and contestation of gender, race, ethnic, and class. This course will emphasize the use of primary sources, different modes of historical analysis and interpretation, and scholarly controversies. Enrollment Limit: 45.
    Instructor: C. Koppes, S. Lee, P. Mitchell
  
  • HIST 105 - Chinese Civilization


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, 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: C. Jacobson
    Cross List Information
    This course is cross-listed with East 121
  
  • HIST 106 - Modern China


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, 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 East 122
  
  • HIST 107 - Russian History I


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

    An introductory survey of Russian history from earliest times to the mid-19th c. Beginning with an overview of the Kievan Rus and the Mongol overlordship, we will explore the diverse influences of the steppe, Orthodox Christianity, and `the west´on the nature of the Muscovite and Imperial Russian state, the relationship between state and society, the formation of national and imperial identities, and dominant cultural values. Enrollment Limit: 50.
    Instructor: H. Hogan
  
  • HIST 108 - Russian History II


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

    Beginning with the reform era in mid-19th century, this course examines the processes that led to the revolutions of 1917 and the consolidation of Soviet power; the formation and nature of the Stalinist system; the Soviet experience of World War II and the origins of the Cold War; post-Stalin efforts at reform and factors which led to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991; the course ends with a brief consideration of the Yeltsin and Putin regimes. Enrollment Limit: 40.
    Instructor: H. Hogan
  
  • HIST 109 - Latin American History: Conquest and Colony


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    LATS
    Next Offered: 2009-2010
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: CD, 3 SS

    An introductory survey of Latin American history centering on the imposition, maintenance, and decline of Spanish and Portuguese colonial rule in Latin America. Emphasis is placed on understanding pre-conquest native societies, the material and cultural basis of colonialism, the complex human mosaic fashioned in colonial Latin America after 1492, issues of gender in preconquest and colonial Latin America, and the nature and development of resistance within the colonial world. Enrollment Limit: 60.
    Instructor: S. Volk
  
  • HIST 110 - Latin American History: State and Nation Since Independence


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    LATS
    Next Offered: 2009-2010
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 SS, CD

    This course provides an introductory survey of Latin American history from the wars of independence in the early 19th century to the independent nations’ struggle to cope with the monumental issues of political legitimacy, economic growth, and social order throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Particular emphasis will be placed on understanding the material, political, class, racial, cultural, and gender struggles which have shaped Latin America’s independent states. Enrollment Limit: 50.
    Instructor: S. Volk
  
  • HIST 114 - Fascism


    Next Offered: 2009-10
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 SS

    This class examines the development of fascism in Europe.  We will look at the ideology and practices of the fascist state as developed in Italy and Germany. We will also consider histories and testimonies about life under fascist regimes. This course will then explore the policies of occupation and extermination practiced during the Second World War, including the creation of fascist regimes in France and elsewhere. Finally, we will discuss neo-fascist movements in contemporary Europe. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 12.
    Instructor: A. Sammartino
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Designed as a small class for second-year students.
  
  • HIST 121 - History of the Middle East and North Africa, from the Rise of Islam to 1800


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD

    This introductory course surveys the history of Islamic states, societies and cultures from the formation of Islam to the beginnings of the Ottoman Empire. The course moves between primary texts and secondary readings to cover topics including: the life of Prophet Muhammad; Qur‛an, Hadith and Shari`a; religious and political sectarianism and rebellion; Sunni and Shi`i governments; Islamic philosophy, sciences, and literature; Muslim women; religious minorities; and encounters between Muslims and the West. Enrollment limit: 35.
    Instructor: Z. Abul-Magd
  
  • HIST 122 - Modern History of the Middle East and North Africa, 1800 to Present


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD

    This introductory course follows the intellectual, political, economic and social transformations in the region from 1800 to the present. It examines themes including the relation between the British and French colonizers and their colonized societies, the formation of modern ‘nation-states,’ national identities and wars of liberation, Arab nationalism and socialism, ethnic and sectarian conflicts, the Arab Israeli conflict; Gulf politics and economy, feminist thought and activism, and the emergence of political Islam. Enrollment limit: 35.
    Instructor: Z. Abul-Magd
  
  • HIST 131 - Jewish History From Biblical Antiquity to 1492


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD, WR

    Survey of Jewish history from biblical antiquity through the medieval period in the Middle East, Christian and Islamic realms. Topics include: biblical society, ideas, and literature; Jewish society under Hellenistic and Roman rule in Judea; Jewish sects of the Second Temple period, including early Christianity; emergence and development of rabbinic Judaism; Jewish attitudes toward non-Jews and State authorities and toward loss of sovereignty and exile; Christianity and Islam and the Jews; community and family; theological and popular Jew-hatred and Jewish responses during the Crusades and expulsions. Enrollment Limit: 40.
    Instructor: S. Magnus
    Cross List Information
    This course is cross-listed with JWST 131
  
  • HIST 132 - Jewish History from the Spanish Expulsion to the Present


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD, WR

    Survey of Jewish history, 1492-present, studying Jewish modernity in Europe, the United States, and Middle East. Topics include the demise of traditional society and emerging modernity in the experience of Marranos, mystics, messiahs, secular Jews; the struggle for legal equality, economic betterment and social acceptance; family and community; acculturation, assimilation and cultural revival; modern Jew-hatred and Jewish responses; Zionism; Jewish socialism; the Shoah; founding of Israel. Enrollment Limit: 40.
    Instructor: S. Magnus
    Cross List Information
    This course is cross-listed with JWST 132
  
  • HIST 159 - Japan Earliest Times to 1868


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD

    This course examines the origins of Japanese civilization and surveys the classical, medieval, and early modern periods. From the emergence of a court-centered state through the rise and fall of a warrior-dominated society, Japan’s pre-modern history is explored by focusing on political, social, cultural and intellectual developments. Early interactions with Asia and the West will be considered as a means of questioning the ‘opening’ of Japan in the mid-nineteenth century. Enrollment Limit: 50.
    Instructor: E. O’Dwyer
    Cross List Information
    This course is cross-listed with EAST 131.
  
  • HIST 160 - Modern Japan


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, 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: 50.
    Instructor: E. O’Dwyer
    Cross List Information
    This course is cross-listed with EAST 132
  
  • HIST 162 - Cultures and Peoples of Ancient India


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD

    Surveys the development of South Asian civilization from its origins to the beginnings of the European conquest (c. 2500 BCE-1700 CE). This course has as its fundamental concerns the several competing social, religious, and political institutions within Indian civilization including those of the aboriginal, Vedic-Hindu, Buddhist and Islamic traditions. We explore the interactions among linguistic, gender, ethnic, religious, ‘caste,’ and class identities. Enrollment Limit: 50.
    Instructor: M. Fisher
  
  • HIST 163 - Modern South Asia: From British Imperialism to the Present


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3-4 hours
    Attribute: 3-4SS, CD

    Introduction to South Asian civilization from the European conquest through the colonial period to post-colonial nationhood. Discusses developments within Indian and British-Indian society concerning religion, gender, ‘caste,’ and class. Using largely indigenous (primary) sources, we explore issues of British imperialism, nationalism, and anti-colonial political mobilization. We conclude with an assessment of the current conditions in South Asia. Enrollment Limit: 50.
    Instructor: M. Fisher
  
  • HIST 180 - Global Environmental History


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    ENVS
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS

    This course explores the ways that humans have shaped the environment and that the environment has shaped human history from ancient times to the present. Each week will focus on one question with relevance to contemporary environmental issues. including: religion and ecology, the environmental impact of imperialism, the origins of environmentalism, and population pressure, among others. Enrollment Limit: 40.

     
    Instructor: S. White

  
  • HIST 181 - Animals in History


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    ENVS
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 SS

    This course looks at the role of animals in human society from prehistory to the present, including both environmental and cultural issues. We cover topics such as how animals were domesticated, the ecological impact of keeping large animals, animal breeding, and vegetarianism.  Enrollment limit: 40.
    Instructor: S. White
  
  • HIST 190 - The British Empire: Colony and Metropole


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 SS

    This course provides an introduction to the British Empire from its beginnings through the present day. It approaches the British Empire through several main themes: the way the empire both shaped and, in turn was shaped by, society and culture in Britain itself; formal and informal imperialism; collaboration and resistance; justifications for empire; and decolonization and the legacies of empire. Enrollment limit: 35.
    Instructor: D. Shull
 

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