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Course Catalog 2010-2011 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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

 
  

  • CSCI 317 - Computer Architecture


    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 NS, QP-F
    An in-depth study of the advanced techniques used in modern processors to achieve high performance. Topics covered will include Amdahl’s law, superscalar and pipelined processors, pipeline hazards, instruction-level parallelism, cache memory design, and multiprocessor design. Enrollment Limit: 48.
    Instructor: B. Kuperman
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: CSCI 210 or consent of the instructor.

    Taught in alternate years only.
  

  • CSCI 331 - Compilers


    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS, QP-F
    A laboratory course on translating programs to machine language. Emphasis will be given to the five main steps of compilation: lexical analysis, parsing, semantic analysis, code generation, and code optimization. Alternative strategies will be considered for each of these steps. Each student will write a compiler for a language developed for this course.
    Instructor: J. Donaldson
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
    Prerequisites & Notes
    CSCI 151 and CSCI 210 or consent of the instructor. Note: Taught in alternate years only.

     
  

  • CSCI 333 - Natural Language Processing


    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS
    An introduction to computational models of natural (human) language at the lexical, syntactic, and semantic levels. The course covers algorithms for sentence parsing and analysis. Applications include language generation and machine translation.
    Instructor: J. Donaldson
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Pre-requisite: CSCI 151.
  

  • CSCI 341 - Operating Systems


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS
    The theory of operating system design and implementation. Concepts and techniques of concurrent programming are covered, relevant to the design of operating system kernels. Such functions as process control, memory management, file management, and device management are included.

     
    Instructor: J. Donaldson
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: CSCI 210 and CSCI 241 or consent of instructor.
  

  • CSCI 342 - Computer Networks


    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS, QP-F
    Networks are a central part of any modern computing system. This course will first consider the design of contemporary local and wide-area networks in terms of their abstract layers (i.e. the TCP/IP and OSI reference models) and then focus on actual implementations of those layers. The course will include a study of the protocols used in the Internet.
    Instructor: J. Donaldson
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: CSCI 210 and CSCI 280, or consent of instructor. Taught in alternate years.

     
  

  • CSCI 343 - Computer and Information Security


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS
    This class will introduce students to fundamental concepts in computer and information security. Topics that may be covered include: threats and vulnerabilities, malicious software, defensive programming techniques, basic cryptography, models of security, auditing, intrusion detection, basic database security, digital rights management,  and issues of laws and ethics related to information security. This course is designed to present a broad survey of the field rather  than an in depth study of a particular portion.                

     
    Instructor: B. Kuperman
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite:CSCI 151 is required; CSCI 241 is strongly recommended  Note: Taught in alternate years only.
  

  • CSCI 357 - Computer Graphics


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS
    An introduction to the theory and practice of computer graphics. Topics include graphics hardware, 2D and 3D transformations, perspective displays and clipping, hidden surfaces, color and shading, lighting models, splines, and fractals. Programming projects will make use of the OpenGL library. This course emphasizes algorithms and techniques for 3D image synthesis.
    Instructor: R. Geitz
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: MATH 232, CSCI 241, CSCI 280 or consent of instructor. Notes: Taught in alternate years.
  

  • CSCI 364 - Artificial Intelligence


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS
    A study of the techniques currently being used in programs that mimic intelligent or human behavior. Topics include machine learning, search strategies, and knowledge representation
    Instructor: R. Salter
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: CSCI 151 and CSCI 275 or consent of instructor. Taught in alternate years only.
  

  • CSCI 365 - Advanced Algorithms


    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS
    This course introduces a number of advanced algorithmic techniques, and explores a variety of applications and current research areas. Topics include approximation algorithms, randomized algorithms, online algorithms, and algorithmic game theory.
    Instructor: A. Sharp
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: CSCI 280 or consent of the instructor.

    Notes: This course is offered every four years.
  

  • CSCI 383 - Theory of Computer Science


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3NS, QP-F
    This is a course on models of computation and the limits of computability. The first part of the course discusses mathematical models of computation and the problems that can be solved by each model. The second part of the course discusses problems that cannot be solved by any algorithmic process.
    Instructor: T. Wexler
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Pre-requisites: CSCI 280 and Math 220.
  

  • CSCI 401 - Honors


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 2-4 hours
    Attribute: 4NS
    Consent of instructor required.
    Instructor: A. Borroni, J. Donaldson, R. Geitz, B. Kuperman, R. Salter, A. Sharp, T. Wexler
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
  

  • CSCI 995 - Private Reading


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 0.5-3 hours
    Attribute: 0.5-3NS
    Signed permission of the instructor is required.
    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: A. Borroni, J. Donaldson, R. Geitz, B. Kuperman, R. Salter, A. Sharp, T. Wexler
    Consent of the Instructor Required? A signed Private Reading Card must be submitted to the Registrar’s Office
  

  • DANC 100 - Modern Dance I-Beginning


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 hours
    Attribute: 2HU
    Introduction to basic physical/intellectual principles of modern dance technique with an emphasis on the development of the body as an instrument of expression.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: E. Rosasco, C. McAdams
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Notes: May be repeated for credit. Students on the wait list must attend the first class meeting in order to be considered for any openings. During the initial registration period, limited numbers of class seats are reserved for each class: first thru fifth year students. During the add/drop period, consent of instructor is required.
  

  • DANC 105 - Introduction to Somatic Studies: Exploration through Movement


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    A vibrant state of well-being is an essential foundation to health. This hands-on course explores different movement modalities, using movement and analysis to gain a better understanding of our physical potential, while increasing our awareness of each person’s unique muscular usage in combination with his/her thinking patterns.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: D. Vogel
    Prerequisites & Notes
    No previous dance experience is necessary, only an honest desire to explore movement and a commitment to health and wellness in your own life. Students on the wait list must attend the first class meeting in order to be considered for any openings.

     
  

  • DANC 113 - Ballet I


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 hours
    Attribute: 2HU
    Introduction to classical ballet with an emphasis on alignment, injury prevention, and expression.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: E. Rosasco
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Notes: Students on the waitlist must attend the first class meeting in order to be considered for any openings. May be repeated for credit.
  

  • DANC 132 - Contact Improvisation


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    The points of contact-visual, physical, rhythmic, emotional-set up the physical meeting ground for dancing. In this class we will acquire the physical skills (such as rolling, learning when and when not to give weight, how to receive weight, and how to fall softly) in order to facilitate a conscious, engaged dancing with one other. Consent of instructor required.



    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: A. Albright
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: May be repeated for credit.
  

  • DANC 161 - Introduction to Capoeira Angola


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD
    Capoeira Angola is the African-Brazilian martial art that combines dance, music, and combat to create a game of strategy, style and wit. This course will introduce students to the aspects of Capoeira Angola including the movement, music, philosophy and history traced through great masters of the past to its African beginnings in the Bantu’s dance of N’golo. Each class will involve daily physical training and music lessons. Students will also engage in readings and discussions aimed at providing a historic context for contemporary styles and traditions.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: J. Emeka
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with AAST 161.
  

  • DANC 190 - West African Dance Forms in the Diaspora I: Survey


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD
    This course will survey dance movement forms and technique from West Africa to the New World through dance performance. A survey of dance performance using academic discourse as well as a movement vocabulary will be used. The influence of West African movements on the New World will include forms from Brazil, Cuba, and Haiti. This class will be taught from a traditional West African perspective and Pan-African world view.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: M. Sharpley
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Cross List Information This course is cross listed with AAST 190.
  

  • DANC 191 - West African Dance Forms in the Diaspora II: Cuba


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD
    This course will expand and build upon the dance movements, forms, and techniques explored in DANC/AAST 190. It will focus on extensive dance performance within Matanzas, Cuba, which has a strong historical link to West Africa. The class will explore the dances and rhythms of the following traditions: Yambu, Rumba Columbia, Guaguanco and the Orisha dances. These dances will be examined in their total context with costumes and music.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: M. Sharpley
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: DANC/AAST 190 or previous dance experience.

     
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with AAST 191.
  

  • DANC 192 - West African Dance Forms in the Diaspora III: Haiti


    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 hours
    Attribute: 2 HU, CD
    This course will expand the dance movements, forms and techniques from the 190 and 191 classes. Extensive dance performance in rituals of Haiti will be examined. The student will explore the dance and rhythms of the RADA and Petro traditions within Haiti, including costumes and music.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: M. Sharpley
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: DANC/AAST 190 or previous dance experience.

     
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with AAST 192
  

  • DANC 200 - Modern Dance II - Intermediate


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 hours
    Attribute: 2HU
    A continuation of dance technique for those who have successfully completed DANC 100 or the equivalent.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: H. Handman - Lopez, Y. Xiao
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Y
    Prerequisites & Notes
    A placement (audition) class to determine eligibility for this course will be held during the first class meeting. Consented students will add the course during the add/drop registration period. Note: May be repeated for credit.
  

  • DANC 203 - Somatic Landscapes


    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 HU, WR
    “Somatic Landscapes” begins with the premise that we live in the world through our bodies. Thus, if we want to become conscious of our relationship to the earth and the various natural and man-made environments we have created, we must first become mindful of our relationship to our physical selves. In order to develop our responsibility to ecological well-being, we must first develop an ability to respond to the most local of our living environments – our bodies. This course combines intellectual inquiry (reading and writing) with somatic exercises (doing) to create an integrated approach to living in the world.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: A. Cooper Albright
  

  • DANC 204 - Physical Mindfulness


    Semester Offered: Second Semester, Second Module
    Credits (Range): 1-2 Hours
    Attribute: 1-2 HU
    New course added 02.25.2011.

    In this course we will explore a number of body/mind practices (including yoga, authentic movement, Body-Mind Centering and improvisational dance) in order to become more aware of how we live in the world through our bodies. Recognizing that how we move both reflects and affects how we think about the world, we will bring attention and intention to our experiences of embodiment, as well as our relations with other people and with our environment.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: A. Cooper Albright
  

  • DANC 207 - Improvisation I


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 hours
    Attribute: 2HU
    Improvisation is the process of making choices within a given structure while moving and discovering the collective ‘choice’ as it evolves. The class will go from highly defined structures to more open improvisations over the course of the semester. Solo and group structures will be used. Elements such as time, space, motion, shape, weight, focus and range will be emphasized as key choices in this exploration.



    Enrollment Limit: 16
    Instructor: E. Rosasco
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: DANC 100 or DANC 200 or equivalent dance experience.
  

  • DANC 211 - Production Project


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1-2 hours
    Attribute: 1-2HU
    Independent individual or collaborative work based in performance. Open to dancers, musicians, poets, designers, etc. Project leader must determine details of project in conjunction with a faculty sponsor.



    Instructor: A. Albright, H. Handman - Lopez, N. Martynuk, C. McAdams, E. Rosasco
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: May be repeated for a total of six credits. Please note certain sections are for letter grade, others are P/NP.
  

  • DANC 212 - Ballet II


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 hours
    Attribute: 2HU
    In this continuation of ballet technique, an intermediate vocabulary is explored with particular attention given to phrasing.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: E. Rosasco
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Attendance at three to five dance performances is required.
  

  • DANC 214 - Moving into Community


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    What does it mean to engage one’s citizenship as a dancer? This course will introduce students to a variety of movement projects within the Oberlin community. We will look at both historical precedents and contemporary examples of choreographers such as David Dorfman, Liz Lerman, and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar of Urban Bush Women in order to explore the issues of social power and cultural work involved in community-based teaching and performance.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 10
    Instructor: A. Albright
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
  

  • DANC 221 - Body Re-education


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    This course focuses on the relationship of mind and body in affecting physical change to re-educate and align the body. Students will explore functional anatomy through readings and movement sessions as well as analyzing personal alignment and movement patterns. A body-based language describing and analyzing movement, anatomy, and imagery is used in the movement sessions. Readings are assigned.



    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: D. Vogel
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Students on the wait list must attend the first class meeting in order to be considered for any openings. Prerequisite: DANC 100 or DANC 113.
  

  • DANC 222 - Choreography I


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    This class focuses on methods of generating material and shaping movement phrases toward the creation of solos and small group dances. Weekly studies are assigned, exploring the use of space, gesture, dynamics, rhythm, shape and texture. Methods of composition include use of improvisation as well as an introduction to the basic forms of theme and variation, canon and repetition. Readings, discussions and performances are required.



    Enrollment Limit: 10
    Instructor: N. Martynuk
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    : Prerequisites: DANC 100 required and one semester of DANC 250, DANC 273 or DANC 350 recommended.
  

  • DANC 230 - Autobiography and Performance


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4HU, CD, WP
    Autobiography and Performance is a course which integrates performance practices with intellectual theories in order to investigate the various ways individuals choose to construct a representation of their self/selves. We will consider how one’s history, gender, race or ethnic identification, sexuality and ability shape the creation of an autobiographical performance. How does the presence of the performer’s body affect our reception of the autobiographical voice?

     
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: A. Albright
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with THEA 230
  

  • DANC 250 - Dance History: Dance in the 20th Century


    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD, WR
    This course investigates the role of dance in 20th century America. We will explore the way a variety of social and theatrical dances both shaped and were shaped by discourses of feminism, nationalism, African American cultural identity, and modernism.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: A. Albright
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
  

  • DANC 262 - Capoeira Angola II


    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD
    This is a continuation in the study of Capoeira Angola. Students will continue to build strength, coordination, rhythm, and balance as well as learn to play rhythms on all the instruments of Capoeira Angola with special attention given to the berimbau. Readings and discussions will further explore the history and emergence of Capoeira Angola as a tool for African spirituality, liberation and cultural revolution within the new world. Throughout the semester students will engage in special events and performances that present our work to the campus community.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: J. Emeka
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: DANC/AAST 161 or consent of instructor.

     
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with AAST 262
  

  • DANC 273 - Western Dance History and Aesthetics


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    This course will trace the historical revolution of Western theatrical dance from its origins in the courts of aristocratic Europe through present-day America and Europe. Along the way, a number of theoretical questions will receive special consideration: the definition of dance, the differences between social and theatrical dance, the varied ways in which movement conveys meaning, the relationship of dance to the other arts, and the manner in which genres of dance (“ballet,” “modern,” “post-modern”) are defined.



    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: R. Copeland
  

  • DANC 295 - Dance Conditioning


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 hours
    Attribute: 2HU
    This course focuses on creating optimal physical conditioning for the intermediate and advanced dancer. Among other modalities, resistance training using Pilates-based exercises and physioball training will be explored. Focus will be on correcting inefficient alignment, balancing muscle usage, and improving range of motion.



    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: D. Vogel
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: DANC 200 or DANC 212 Consent of instructor required Students on the wait list must attend the first class meeting in order to be considered for any openings.
  

  • DANC 300 - Modern Dance III- Advanced


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 hours
    Attribute: 2HU
    A continuation of dance technique for those who have successfully completed DANC 200 or the equivalent.  A placement (audition) class to determine eligibility for this course will be held during the first class meeting.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: H. Handman - Lopez, Y. Xiao
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: May be repeated for credit.  Consented students will add the course during the add/drop registration period.
  

  • DANC 303 - Oberlin Dance Company


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1-4 hours
    Attribute: 1-4HU
    Students will learn a faculty-choreographed dance for performance in Hall Auditorium. The course will emphasize rehearsal and performance techniques such as learning and retaining movement quickly and taking responsibility for expressively developing one’s own role. Placement by audition the first day of classes.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: A. Cooper Albright, H. Handman - Lopez, N. Martynuk
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: May be repeated for credit .
  

  • DANC 305 - Collaborative Investigations in Choreography and Composition


    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    The goal of this course is to initiate and support contact among students who have a strong interest in developing collaborative work with each other. We will investigate and experiment with various models of collaboration; participants will create studies in response to artistic challenges and problems. As a means to better understand the medium of their collaborators, students will also investigate those disciplines in which they are less accomplished. Artists we may study include: Adams/Sellars, Cage/Cunningham, Glass/Wilson, The Rachel’s/Bogart.
    Enrollment Limit: 16
    Instructor: T. Lopez, N. Martynuk
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: Experience with choreography for Dance 305, or with musical composition for Tech 305. P/NP grading only.
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with TECH 305
  

  • DANC 311 - Practicum in Dance


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Module, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1-2 hours
    Attribute: 1-2HU
    Independent individual projects that are not performance-based, such as teaching or community service work. Students determine project details in conjunction with faculty sponsor.



    Instructor: A. Albright, H. Handman - Lopez, N. Martynuk, C. McAdams, E. Rosasco, D. Vogel
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: May be repeated for credit Note: Certain sections are for letter grade; others are graded P/NP.
  

  • DANC 332 - Varsity Contact


    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, WR
    This course will build on the foundational skills acquired in DANC 132. We will both deepen and expand our work in performance, creative and critical writing, and working with various communities. Students interested in this course must be able to attend Sunday jams and various weekend events.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: A. Albright
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Contact Improvisation (DANC 132)
  

  • DANC 350 - Contemporary Global Dance


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD, WR
    What happens to hip hop when it travels from the streets of New York City to the Parisian-Arab suburbs, or to disaffected youth in the ex-soviet bloc? What is the role of belly-dancing in Yoruba ritual in Brazil? What does contemporary African dance look like? These are some of the questions we will ask as we trace a variety of contemporary dance forms from their place of origin across the globe.



    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: A. Albright
  

  • DANC 363 - Capoeira Angola III


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD
    Students will refine previous skills and focus on developing individual creativity and confidence while continuing to build balance, rhythm, and strength. Students will be expected to achieve and demonstrate a high level of proficiency in all aspects of Capoeira Angola including singing songs, creating unique combinations, and playing all instruments with special attention given to the Berimbau. Students will engage in readings that explore contemporary issues and struggles within Capoeira Angola. Throughout the semester students will engage in special events and performances that present Capoeira Angola to the campus community.



    Enrollment Limit: 16
    Instructor: J. Emeka
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with AAST 363
  

  • DANC 390 - Essence Dance Class


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1-3 hours
    Attribute: 1-3HU, CD
    This course is designed to promote and develop creativity in dance performance through the Black experience. A variety of dance forms will be used such as: modern, Afro-forms, and black urban vernacular dances. Students are expected to purchase costumes.



    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: M. Sharpley
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Y
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: AAST 101, DANC/AAST 190, or DANC/AAST 191 preferred . Notes: May be repeated for a maximum of four accumulated hours. P/NP grading.
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with AAST 390.
  

  • DANC 391 - Dance Diaspora


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 2-3 hours
    Attribute: 2-3HU, CD
    Faculty directed performance project.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: M. Sharpley
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Notes: May be repeated for a maximum of four accumulated hours. Auditions are held in spring semester for fall enrollment. African American Studies majors and Dance majors will have first priority.



    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with AAST 391.
  

  • DANC 394 - Collaborations: Dance, Music, and Media


    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU

    This upper-level workshop will focus on the integration of dance, music, and media.  Of specific interest will be the “dance for the camera,” which we will examine through viewings, lectures, and discussion.  Class projects will be realized by collaborative teams and will draw on both fixed-media and real-time techniques in combining electroacoustic music, movement, and digital media.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 16
    Instructor: C. McAdams, P. Swendsen
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Notes: May be repeated for a maximum of four accumulated hours. 

    Prerequisites: DANC 222 or DANC 207; Timara Prerequisite: TECH 204.
  

  • DANC 395 - Special Topics in Choreography


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    This course is canceled effective 10.20.10.

    This is an upper-level composition course for the student interested in creating dances with text, site-specific work, or other student-initiated projects. This semester the course will focus on the use of music and on student independent work.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: N. Martynuk
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Notes: May be repeated for credit. Consent of instructor required.
  

  • DANC 400 - Senior Project


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 hours
    Attribute: 2HU
    Independent individual projects that represent culminating work in the dance major. Projects are an outgrowth of work done in the area of Focused Study as defined by the student when declaring the major. Students determine project details in conjunction with their faculty sponsor.



    Instructor: A. Albright, N. Martynuk, C. McAdams, E. Rosasco, D. Vogel
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
  

  • DANC 420 - Honors Project


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3-6 hours
    Attribute: 3-6HU
    Intensive independent work in dance on a research thesis or creative project to be decided upon in consultation with an advisor.
    Instructor: A. Albright, N. Martynuk, C. McAdams, E. Rosasco
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Honors Program
  

  • DANC 995 - Private Reading


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 0.5-3 hours
    Attribute: 0.5-3HU
    Signed permission of the instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: A. Albright, N. Martynuk, C. McAdams, E. Rosasco, D. Vogel
    Consent of the Instructor Required? A signed private reading card must be submitted to the Office of the Registrar.
  

  • EAST 109 - Topics in Chinese Film


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Cinema Studies
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD, WR
    A study of the booming cinema scene in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Topics include the history of popular Chinese cinema and the relationship between style and politics. Directors include Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Wong Kar-wai, Stanley Kwan, Ang Lee, and Tsai Ming-liang. Taught in English.
    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: H. Deppman
  

  • EAST 118 - Modern Japanese Literature and Film


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Comparative Literature, Cinema Studies
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD, WR
    This course is an introduction to influential literary and cinematic currents in Japan from the 19th century to the present, We may read literary works by Murakami, Ichiyo, Tanizaki, Soseki, Oe, and view films of Kurosawa, Mizoguchi, and Ozu. We will explore issues of style, influence, and national literature/film against the backdrop of cultural and social history, and investigate the reception of these works in relation to gender, aesthetics, and nationalism.
    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: A. Sherif
  

  • EAST 120 - Chinese Calligraphy


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 hours
    Attribute: 2HU, CD
    This course is an introduction to Chinese calligraphy, focusing on the mastery of the standard script kaishu. It will also cover the historical development and aesthetics of Chinese calligraphy.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: K. Li
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Some knowledge of Chinese characters.

     
  

  • EAST 121 - 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. The course is the normal introduction to further study of Chinese history and culture and, in particular, provides a valuable context for themes treated in Modern China.
    Enrollment Limit: 50
    Instructor: D. Kelley
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with HIST 105.
  

  • EAST 122 - Modern China


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    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 HIST 106.
  

  • EAST 125 - Desire and Ambition in the Classic Chinese Novel


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Comparative Literature
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD, WR
    This course examines two Ming-Qing masterworks, Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Dream of the Red Chamber. While Three Kingdoms limns a male world of military conquest, Red Chamber depicts the struggles for love and power within the female ‘Inner Quarters’ of an aristocratic family. By exploring characters’ motivations, and success and failure in achieving their goals, this course considers the construction of gender and qualities deemed necessary for survival in a morally complex world.
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: P. Chen
  

  • EAST 131 - Japan from 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: 40
    Instructor: R. Adal
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with HIST 159.
  

  • EAST 132 - 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: 40
    Instructor: R. Adal
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with HIST 160.
  

  • EAST 141 - Approaches to Chinese Art


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD
    This introduction to the arts of China focuses on artistic production from three perspectives: the artisan, artist, and the art market. We will explore art and architecture across a broad geographic and temporal frame (Neolithic-20th century), but focus on smaller contexts and themes within the larger framework, e.g. tombs, cave-temples, imperial courts, literati and avant-garde circles, and the religious or socio-political networks that informed these contexts. An underlying aim is to develop visually literacy in speech and writing using the terminology of the discipline.
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: B. Cheng
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with ARTS 250.
  

  • EAST 142 - Approaches to Japanese Art


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD
    This survey of Japan will highlight a range of artistic media from ancient times to the modern day. We will examine the art and architecture of religious and secular traditions, with an emphasis on painted traditions (narrative handscrolls, prints, and screens). Primary themes will include the contexts of artistic production (as informed by gender or socio-political circumstances), the spatial or social networks of their use, cultural exchange with China, and tensions between court-sponsored traditions and other artistic practices.
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: B. Cheng
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with ARTS 251.
  

  • EAST 151 - Chinese Thought and Religion


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD
    A historical survey of Chinese thought and religion from the mists of prehistory to the encounter with modernity. The course will focus on the “three teachings”—Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism—as well as popular religiosity and sectarian movements, with a special focus on their interaction and mutual influence. The course will examine Chinese conceptions of the universe and humanity’s place in it, situating them politically and socially through readings in a variety of genres.
    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: J. Ritzinger
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with RELG 235.
  

  • EAST 152 - Japanese Thought and Religion


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD
    A historical survey of Japanese thought and religion from the dawn of literate culture to the ferment of the postwar period. The course will focus on the indigenous kami-based religiosity known as Shinto and imported religious thought and practice of Buddhism. The course will explore Japanese conceptions of the universe and humanity’s place in it, situating them politically and socially through readings in a variety of genres from both elite and popular traditions.
     
    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: J. Ritzinger
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with RELG 236.
  

  • EAST 163 - Korea: Past, Present and Future


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD, WR
    This course is designed to introduce students to a broad survey of Korea’s history, both ancient and modern. It will examine various interpretive approaches to the political, social, cultural, and diplomatic history of Korea. We will also investigate contemporary nationalist theories of Korean development, including Japanese imperial legacies of colonial conquest, and how they have informed Koreans’ view of their ancient past as well as influenced current debates about the two Koreas’ reunified future.
    Instructor: S. Jager
  

  • EAST 206 - Topics in Chinese Literature: Sex and the Country


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Comparative Literature
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD, WR
    This course examines a striking paradox in modern Chinese literature: the love-hate relationship with the rural sector. Oftentimes, the “countryside” is a place to be both exalted as a model for national moral purity and excoriated for its conservative backwardness. Studying a wide selection of short stories, novels, and films, we will pay special attention to the ways love and passion are used to negotiate the larger political and cultural issues of modern China. Taught in English.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: H. Deppman
  

  • EAST 212 - Masculinity in Japanese Film & Fiction


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD
    Through close examination of Japanese film and fiction, we will highlight representations of masculine genders and sexualities across Japan’s modern era. We will consider imagined norms by looking at works that reflect taboo and marginal desires and by tracing how social expectations have produced reactions of pride and shame. We will also explore how works representing homosocial bonds reveal sites of pleasure and play but also of violence and repression. No Japanese knowledge required.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: J. Herlands
  

  • EAST 237 - Women and Material Culture in Japanese Buddhism: Rags into Buddhas


    Semester Offered: Second Semester, First Module
    Credits (Range): 1.5 Hours
    Attribute: 1.5 HU
    New course added 11.12.10.

    This course investigates how women actively shaped Japanese Buddhism as patrons, nuns, and wives, and their use of material culture in expressing their religious commitment. We will use written sources and evidence from material culture, including the practice of making Buddhist robes from discarded cloth. Participants will gain a fresh perspective on Japanese religious history and practice and develop new paradigms for understanding how women approach religious practice.  This course will meet on Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30, for 5 weeks (2/9, 2/16, 2/23, 3/2, 3/9).
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: D. Riggs
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with RELG 237
  

  • EAST 245 - Avant Garde: Japan Film, Literature


    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 HU, CD, WR
    This course explores the notion of the avant-garde in Japan’s literary and visual cultures (19th century to the present). What was considered aesthetic and ideological innovation in cultural production in times of radical change and of relative stability? We will also examine the role of avant-garde art and political activism in elite and mass culture, and in nation building. Taught in English.
    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: A. Sherif
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Previous coursework in literature, film, East Asian history, art history is strongly encouraged.
  

  • EAST 262 - Asia’s Modern Wars


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Anthropology
    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3 SS, CD, WR
    This course will examine the relationship between war and nation-building in East Asia, focusing particularly on the question of how war—and the discourse about war—has shaped modern Chinese, Korean and Japanese identities. The aim of this course is to provide students with a comprehensive background of Chinese, Korean and Japanese modern national and diplomatic history through the study of Asia’s modern wars.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: S. Jager
  

  • EAST 264 - Contemporary South Korean Politics, Culture and Society


    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3 SS, CD, WR
    This course will examine contemporary South Korean culture and society in the context of changing national, regional and global politics, including democratization, the “rise” of civil society, the “rise” of China, the North Korean nuclear proliferation crisis, historical revisionism and anti-Americanism. Detailed analysis of contemporary Korean films and other popular media of the past decade will inform our discussions.
    Instructor: S. Jager
  

  • EAST 265 - The Politics of Memory


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD, WR
    The aim of this course is to explore the complexities of war and memory from a comparative, regional perspective, with particular emphasis on East Asia. By comparing different histories and memories of war, this course will explore how public memory of wars are formed, produced, commemorated and transformed. It will also explore the political relevance of war memories on contemporary East Asian politics.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: S. Jager
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Any 100-level East Asian history course.
  

  • EAST 330 - NGO’s and Civil Society in East Asia


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    History
    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD
    This seminar examines the development of the nonprofit sector and civil society in East Asian countries in the context of globalization and the global associational revolution since the 1970’s. It introduces the theoretical discourse on civil society, and contrasts modernization efforts and state-civil society relationships in China, Korea and Japan, with an emphasis on China.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: Q. Ma
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Coursework in East Asian history or politics.
  

  • EAST 362 - The Korean War


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD, WR
    This seminar is designed to explore the cultural, social and political history of the Korean War in the context of the recent debate about the ‘origins’ of the Cold War, Cold War ideology, American-Korean relationship in the context of the war, memory of the Korean War in South Korea and the United States, as well as specific battles, key players and contested memories about the war, among other issues.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: S. Jager
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: at least two courses in East Asian history.
  

  • EAST 401 - Honors Program


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    Admission to the Honors Program is subject to the approval of the East Asian Studies faculty during the student’s junior year.  Consent of program director required.
    Instructor: Staff
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Registration limited to seniors.

     
  

  • EAST 500 - Capstone Project


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 0 hours
    Attribute: 0HU
    Normally completed in the senior year, the capstone project may be done in one of three ways: 1) as a research project in an upper-level seminar taught by an EAS faculty member, 2) as a project in a 400-level Chinese or Japanese language course, or 3) as a Winter Term project overseen by an EAS faculty member. Students must consult with their mentor before the start of the term.
    Instructor: M. Blecher, B. Cheng, S. Jager, D. Kelley, J. Lee, Staff
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: P/NP or CR/NE grading only.
  

  • EAST 995 - Private Reading


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 0.5-3 hours
    Attribute: 0.5-3HU, CD
    Independent study of an East Asian Studies subject beyond the range of catalog course offerings. Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: M. Blecher, B. Cheng, S. Jager, D. Kelley, J. Lee, Staff
    Consent of the Instructor Required? A signed Private Reading Card must be submitted to the Registrar’s Office
  

  • ECON 101 - Principles of Economics


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, QP-H
    This course introduces the student to the economic problems of unemployment, inflation, the distribution of income and wealth, and the allocation of resources. The basic tools of analysis for studying these problems are developed and the role of public policy in securing economic objectives is explored. The course is designed to serve as a foundation for further work in economics and as a desirable complement to study in history, politics and sociology.
    Enrollment Limit: 50
    Instructor: R. Cheung, H. Kasper, E. Morris
  

  • ECON 102 - Principles of Economics


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, QP-F
    This course is equivalent to ECON 101. It covers the same substantive material but introduces students to the application of mathematical tools in economics.
    Enrollment Limit: 50
    Instructor: T. Pfutze
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: MATH 133.
  

  • ECON 109 - Principles of Accounting


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS
    Accounting is the creation, reporting, and interpretation of financial information. The course will show how accounting data can be used by people outside an organization–for example, investors and regulators–to evaluate its financial performance. It will also show how accounting data can be used within an organization as a planning and management tool. The course will be particularly useful to those interested in careers in business, economics, arts and non-profit management, law, and government.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: P. Pahoresky
  

  • ECON 204 - Game Theory for the Social Sciences


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, QP-H
    Game theory is a mathematical tool that has been developed for the purpose of understanding social phenomena. This course introduces game theory with an emphasis on applications, in economics, politics, business, military science, history, biology, theology and recreation. The required mathematical background is high school level algebra.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: V. Saini
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: ECON 101 and high school algebra.
  

  • ECON 208 - Issues in Economic Development: Labor Markets in Asia


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    East Asian Studies
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 SS
    This course examines labor markets in Asia within the context of economic development. Topics include employment, unemployment and underemployment, wages and earnings, human capital, working poor, internal migration and transmigration schemes, cross-border migration and migrant remittances, informal economy and vulnerable labor, child labor, gender differences, active labor market policies, employers’ organizations and trade unions, social protection and safety nets, and labor standards.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: E. Morris
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Econ 101
  

  • ECON 209 - Economic Development


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD, QP-H
    A survey of the factors that are thought to determine the economic performance of poor and middle income countries. Topics covered include the meaning and measurement of development, inquality, labor markets, heatlh outcomes, population growth, the role of institutions, foreign aid, theories of economic growth, trade, and the role of international institutions. Where appropriate the course will also look at historic parellels in today’s high income countries.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: T. Pfutze
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Econ 101 or 102.
  

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


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, QP-H
    The course deals with the linkages between financial markets, financial institutions, monetary policy and the economy. Topics will include the function of money in the economy, the determination of interest rates and exchange rates, the origin and evolution of financial intermediation, and the role of the financial system in the transmission of monetary policy.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: E. Tallman
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: ECON 101.
  

  • ECON 216 - Business Cycles in the United States


    Semester Offered: Second Semester, Second Module
    Credits (Range): 2 Hours
    Attribute: 2 SS
    The US business cycle endures despite repeated pronouncements of its death. In this course, we will study how these cycles and economists’ understanding of them have evolved over the past century, focusing on the roles of monetary and fiscal policies, the financial system, and structural changes in the economy.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: E. McKelvey
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Econ 101
  

  • ECON 219 - Labor-Management Relations


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Law and Society
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, QP-H, WR
    An introduction to the problems of labor economics and industrial relations, primarily in the United States. Emphasis is placed on the growth of the labor force, wages, the increased importance of white-collar employment, the goals of labor and management, collective bargaining and major issues of public policy.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: H. Kasper
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: ECON 101.
  

  • ECON 227 - International Trade and Finance


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Latin American Studies, Russian and East European Studies
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, QP-H
    An introduction to international economics with an emphasis on the economic analysis of international transactions, financial interdependence, and current trade conflicts, as well as discussions of the historical development and contemporary role of international institutions.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: B. Craig
    Prerequisites & Notes
    ECON 101 or equivalent.
  

  • ECON 231 - Environmental Economics


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Environmental Studies, Law and Society
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, QP-H
    This course is canceled effective 11.02.10.

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

  • ECON 241 - Derivatives and Their Role in the Panic of 2008


    Semester Offered: Second Semester, Second Module
    Credits (Range): 2 Hours
    Attribute: 2 SS
    This course is an introduction to financial derivative contracts – what they are, how they work, their role in redistributing risk, and basic principles of valuation. The ultimate aim is to gain an understanding of the more complex instruments that helped push the US financial system to the brink of collapse in 2008.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: E. McKelvey
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Econ 253 and Math 133 or consent of the instructor.
  

  • ECON 242 - Panics, Crashes & Wars: Financial Evolution in US Economic History


    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS
    This course examines United States economic history from the colonial period to the present, focusing on the evolution of the financial and monetary system in response to bank panics, stock market crashes, and wars. The course will show how economic analysis can provide a deeper understanding of these events. We will also study general economic trends and the key developments that are important for understanding contemporary economic issues, such as the recent sub-prime credit crisis.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: E. Tallman
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: ECON 101
  

  • ECON 251 - Intermediate Macroeconomics


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, QP-H
    This course provides a detailed overview of the basic macroeconomic theories used to analyze aggregate spending and production, economic growth and business cycles. Theories covered in the class will be applied to examples drawn from current events and contemporary policy debates.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: E. Tallman
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: ECON 101 and sophomore standing or a 200-level course in economics.
  

  • ECON 253 - Intermediate Microeconomics


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Law and Society
    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, QP-H
    Intermediate price, distribution and welfare theory, with special attention to the relation of theory to decision making by households and by business firms in markets characterized by varying degrees of competition and concentration.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: V. Saini
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: ECON 101 and sophomore standing or a 200-level course in economics, MATH 133
  

  • ECON 255 - Introduction to Econometrics


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4SS, QP-F
    This is an introduction to the application of statistical methods to the estimation of economic models and the testing of economic hypotheses using non-experimental data. The central statistical tool is multivariate regression analysis. Topics covered include: the Gauss-Markov theorem, testing hypotheses, and correcting for heteroskedasticity, autocorrelation and simultaneous equation bias. In the weekly computer lab sessions econometric software is used to analyze real-world data.
    Enrollment Limit: 24
    Instructor: B. Craig, T. Pfutze
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: MATH 113, MATH 133, both ECON 251 and ECON 253, or consent of instructor.
  

  • ECON 258 - Mathematical Methods for Economic Theory


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4SS, QP-F
    This course covers the basic mathematical tools used in economic theory. Topics include multivariate calculus, concavity and convexity, optimization theory, differential equations, and difference equations. The course will put emphasis on techniques and applications.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: A. Ortiz Bolanos
    Prerequisites & Notes
    ECON 101 and MATH 133.
  

  • ECON 309 - Advanced Development


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, QP-H
    This course explores the factors determining economic development from a microeconomic and macroeconomic perspective. In the first half of the course, topics covered include population growth and fertility, poverty traps and multiple equilibria, migration and remittances, foreign aid, the role of institutional factors and the institutions vs. geography debate . The second half of the course explores the theory and evidence of economic development from a macroeconomic perspective. Topics include economic growth macroeconomic policies, and international trade and finance. This is a team-taught course.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: A. Ortiz Bolanos, T. Pfutze
    Prerequisites & Notes
    ECON 251; ECON 253; and MATH 133.
  

  • ECON 317 - Industrial Organization


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Law and Society
    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, QP-H
    Analysis of the modern theory and empirical evidence about the organization of firms and industries, why firms and industries take on particular forms, and what is the impact of that organization on performance. Specific topics include mergers and acquisitions, strategic pricing policies, advertising, joint ventures, research and development, and antitrust and governmental regulation.

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

  • ECON 320 - Labor Economics


    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, QP-H, WR
    The labor market and its relation to the economy as a whole. Emphasis on wage theory, the economic impact of trade unionism, unemployment, education, discrimination and major issues of public policy.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: H. Kasper
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: ECON 253 or consent of instructor.
  

  • ECON 321 - Poverty and Affluence


    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS
    This course describes alternative theories of the functional distribution of income and examines the empirical evidence. It emphasizes the determinants of the personal distributioof income, and presents measures of income inequality to understand the causes and consequences of inequality. Factors of inequality such as schooling, labor force behavior, and discrimination are considered separately. It presents a thorough discussion and analysis of the roles of state-federal income maintenance programs to assist the poor, including the effects of the 1996 United States. welfare reforms. The distribution of personal wealth is also examined. Includes limited discussion of income equalities across countries.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: H. Kasper
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: ECON 253 and MATH 133.
  

  • ECON 322 - Public Economics


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, QP-F
    We use tools of economic analysis to study the public sector, which plays a dominant role in our lives. We examine the foundation of welfare economics, developing rationales for the existence of government. We introduce major concepts of public finance: externalities, public goods, voting and redistribution. We supplement the theory with discussions on relevant policy issues (public education, health care reform, social security, etc.) and with examples of empirical research related to taxation and expenditure.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: R. Cheung
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: Econ 253 or consent of the instructor.
  

  • ECON 323 - Education and Welfare


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, QP-H
    This course focuses on two distinct, but related issues: the reasons for and consequences of welfare assistance in the U.S.; and the determinants of school achievement and its economic rate of return. The relation between employment, individual aspirations, and family structure is examined, especially as they relate to poverty and fertility
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: H. Kasper
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Econ 253.
  

  • ECON 326 - International Trade


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Latin American Studies, Russian and East European Studies
    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, QP-H
    This course offers the advanced theory of international trade, focusing on the factors which determine trade patterns, the gains from trade, and the domestic and international distribution of the gains from trade. Trade restrictions in the form of tariffs and quotas will be analyzed as well to understand how government policies can alter both trade flows and the distribution of gains from trade.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: Staff
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: ECON 253 and MATH 133 or equivalent.
  

  • ECON 327 - International Finance


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, QP-H
    The objective of this course is to provide an overview of the theory and evidence of international finance. Topics include the pattern of globa capital flows, the benefits of financial integration, the determinants of equilibrium real exchange rates, the choice of exchange rate regimes, the origins of currecy crises, inflation stabilization policies, and sovereign debt and defaults. In addition, the course will offer an introduction to dynamic theories of international borrowing, lending,and direct investment.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: A. Ortiz Bolanos
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: ECON 251 and 253 and MATH 133. Note: Taught in alternate years.
  

  • ECON 331 - Natural Resource Economics


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Enviromental Studies, Law and Society
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, QP-H
    This course is canceled effective 06.14.2010.

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

  • ECON 343 - Financial Intermediation and Monetary Policy


    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3SS
    The course begins by examining the primary role of commercial banks in financial intermediation and investigates the increasing importance of other markets and institutions in the intermediation process. The course also describes the key roles of central banks – providing liquidity to financial markets and performing their monetary policy functions. The course builds upon the institutional material to allow a concentrated analysis of the financial crisis of 2008.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: E. Tallman
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: ECON 251
 

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