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Course Catalog 2010-2011 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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

 
  

  • RELG 300 - Selected Topics in Approaches to the Study of Religion


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, WR
    This seminar (1) examines the paradigms of scholarship represented by the major approaches to the academic study of religion and (2) aims further to hone your research, writing, and oral presentation skills essential for independent research. Students work independently and within the group peer review process to develop a prospectus for, and begin the writing of, the their capstone project (completed in RELG 400). Students are strongly encouraged to have completed a 300-level seminar before taking RELG 300.

     

     
    Instructor: C. Barnes, D. Kamitsuka, M. Kamitsuka
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
  

  • RELG 305 - Biblical Biographies Told and Retold


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, WR
    Topic for 2010-11: Biblical Biographies Told and Retold. This course traces the inter-textual development of the biographies of six biblical men and women as their stories are expanded through translation and retelling. The textual traditions examined include the Masoretic Hebrew text, the Greek Septuagint, the Aramaic targums, and the Pseudepigrapha. The biblical figures covered include: the primordial couple, Adam and Eve; the unloved wife Leah and her unchosen son Levi; and King David and his foreign grandmother, Ruth.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: C. Chapman
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
  

  • RELG 317 - Selected Topics in Medieval Christianity: Augustine of Hippo


    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    Augustine is one of the most influential and controversial figures in the history of Christianity. This seminar will require close reading of primary sources from various stages of Augustine’s career and secondary sources illuminating the context in which Augustine lived and wrote. Attention will be given to the major themes of Augustine’s writings, the polemical contests through which these themes emerged, and the ever-contentious Augustinian legacy.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: C. Barnes
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
  

  • RELG 321 - Buddhism & Orientalism


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    East Asian Studies
    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD, WR
    An examination of Buddhism’s 19th and 20th century image as refracted through Western fascination with it and Asian reinterpretation of it in the context of colonialism, modernization, and Asia’s encounter with the West. The course will survey Westerners’ discovery and perception of Buddhism in various parts of Asia, but will quickly focus on Japan as a primary setting in which Buddhism’s modern reinterpretation occurred.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: J. Dobbins
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
  

  • RELG 323 - The Lotus Sutra in East Asia


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    East Asian Studies
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 HU, CD, WR
    Perhaps no other text has had as deep and pervasive an impact on the East Asian religious imagination as the Lotus. In this seminar, we will examine that impact in the doctrine, practice, art, and narrative of Chinese and Japanese Buddhism. In the process, we will consider how traditions evolve over time and how a single text can serve as the basis for many different interpretations and imaginings.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: J Ritzinger
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
  

  • RELG 329 - Hindu Epic Narrative in Indian Theater


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, WR, CD
    An overview of Hinduism’s two preeminent epics–Ramayana and Mahabharata–as recited, retold, mimed, danced, and acted in Indian classical theater and regional folk forms. Looks at puppet productions, ensemble dance-dramas such as Kathakali and Yakshagana, and open-air spectacles such as the Ramlila. Readings include Sanskrit dramas and ethnographic studies of folk theater, supplemented by electronic recordings of actual performances.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: P. Richman
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite & Notes: RELG 231 or 233 and instructor’s consent.
  

  • RELG 336 - Christian Mysticism


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, WR
    The seminar will examine the complex realities of medieval Christian mysticism and its goal of contemplative or ecstatic union. Particular attention will be given to the various methods of pursuing this goal, including contemplative prayer, ascetic practices, and eucharistic reception. The seminar will cover the difficulties of conceiving and expressing the inconceivable and inexpressible, the notion of bodily knowing, and suspicions regarding mystics and mystical visions.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: C. Barnes
  

  • RELG 341 - Issues in Religious Ethics


    Next Offered: 2011-2012

    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, WR
    Topic for 2009-10: Psychiatric Ethics
    This course investigates moral problems raised by psychiatric practices with specific attention to discrete topics within the field including privacy, therapeutic relationships, the ethics of belief formation, issues related to informed consent, drug substitution, involuntary commitments, mandating treatment for inmates, and the ethical implications of reality of mental illness.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: J. Swan Tuite
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
  

  • RELG 343 - Selected Topics in Modern and Contemporary Religious Thought: God


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, WR
    A critical analysis of a significant problem in modern and contemporary religious thought, examined through the writings of selected philosophers of religion and theologians. Topic for 10-11: The Being and Nature of God. This seminar focuses on questions about the being and nature of God in light of: current scientific theories about the origins of the universe and evolution; debates regarding an adequate ecological theology, the problem of evil (theodicy), and the challenge of global interreligious dialogue among theist and nontheist philosophers and religious thinkers.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: D. Kamitsuka
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
  

  • RELG 365 - Religion and the Body


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies
    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 HU, CD, WR
    This seminar uses current theories about gender, sexuality, and religious experience as a lens for investigating how religion represents and regulates women’s and men’s bodies.  Issues to be addressed include the body in pain, medieval Christian ascetisim, men’s spirituality and the masculinity of God, and views of the body in goddess religion and queer theology. Consent of the instructor required. 

     
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: M. Kamitsuka
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
  

  • RELG 386 - History, Collective Memory and Religious Life


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3
    Attribute: 3 HU, WR
    This seminar explores the use of collective memory in religious thought and practice by communities to recollect or resist oppression and subaltern status. Employing critical theory and methods for studying religion, we examine the construction, social function, and ethics of collective memory, and its relation to historical-critical scholarship. Readings pair primary sources and secondary critical texts drawing from the work of American Indian, African American, Latin American, and feminist scholars and activists.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: T. Swan Tuite
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
  

  • RELG 387 - Religion and U.S. Social Welfare Policy and Social Work Practice: A Historical Perspective


    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3-4 hours
    Attribute: 3-4HU, WR
    This course will focus on the religious origin of social welfare institutions within the USA, including Protestant, Catholic and Jewish traditions (Jewish sects, African American congregations, and conservative Protestant movements, to name a few), which provided material, financial, and spiritual supports. Given the constitutional clause of the separation between church and state, religious institutions established voluntary institutions that provided social supports. This course will also have a service-learning component.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: A.G. Miller
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
  

  • RELG 390 - Forgiveness in the Islamic and Christian Traditions


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD, WR
    This course examines forgiveness within the Christian and Islamic traditions. Our aim is to attend to each tradition in detail before engaging in comparison. Topics discussed from the Christian tradition include biblical literature, theological interpretations, and spiritual practices linked to forgiveness (Rosary of the Holy Wounds, penance). Topics discussed from the Islamic tradition include the Quranic and Hadith literatures, Islamic theology and ethics, and texts of supplication used in the Muslim piety rituals.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: M. Mahallati, J. Swan Tuite
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
  

  • RELG 400 - Senior Capstone Colloquium


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 2-4 hours
    Attribute: 2-4HU
    This colloquium is a team-taught advanced course where students work on a substantive independent research project while also participating in a colloquium setting to discuss the research process and engage in peer review and interdisciplinary exchange with department faculty. Required for majors declaring in or after the academic year, 2008-09.
    Instructor: C. Barnes, C. Chapman, D. Kamitsuka, M. Kamitsuka, M. Mahallati, J. Swan Tuite, P. Richman
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
  

  • RELG 995 - Private Reading


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 0.5-3 hours
    Attribute: 0.5-3HU
    Independent study of a subject beyond the range of catalog course offerings. Signed permission of the instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: J. Babyak, C. Barnes, C. Chapman, J. Dobbins, D. Kamitsuka, M. Kamitsuka, M. Mahallati, A.G. Miller, P. Richman, A. Socher, Staff
    Consent of the Instructor Required? A signed Private reading Card must be submitted to the Registrar’s Office
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Completion of basic coursework in the selected topic area. Note: Available to junior and senior majors.
  

  • RHET 101 - Entering Discourse Communities: Writing for College and Beyond


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, WR
    This course aims to form a writer’s community that will explore the various discourses in which class members participate. We will approach writing as real communication among group members rather than artificial practicing of skills. The course will include readings on writing processes as well as essays on varied topics. There will be weekly writing assignments and regular conferences with the instructor to review drafts and revisions. Most classes will be peer response workshops.
    Enrollment Limit: 14
    Instructor: L. Podis
  

  • RHET 103 - College Writing: Motives and Methods


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, WR
    In this course students explore their writing processes, learn how to read more critically, write in a variety of forms and develop research skills. The class serves as a writing community in which to discuss essays and writing strategies and share written work. Assignments are designed to challenge students and involve them in the kinds of reading, writing, and research that will serve them well at Oberlin and in their lives outside the college.
    Enrollment Limit: 14
    Instructor: N. Boutilier, A. Trubek
  

  • RHET 104 - Queering the Reel


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Cinema Studies
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD, WR
    A course for first or second-year students interested in developing their skills in college writing by examining issues of sexual orientation and gender in film. Films addressing representation of sexual identifications, homophobia and heterosexism, and community building will provide topics for reading and writing. Students will explore these topics and their relation to race, class, and historical context through writing both personal and academic essays.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: J. Cooper
  

  • RHET 105 - Writing to Learn and Participate


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, WR
    This course is about writing to accomplish something. Class activities emphasize strategies used in college papers and how non-academic writing requires similar skills in research, argument, and composition. Students write weekly drafts of several short papers, which are workshopped in class meetings and discussed in individual appointments with the instructor.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: J. Cooper
    Prerequisites & Notes
    P/NP Grading
  

  • RHET 106 - Journalism Basics


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Creative Writing
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, WR
    This course will cover basic reporting, news and features writing, and ethics in journalism. In addition to course writing assignments, students will be encouraged to produce articles for student and local publications.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: F. Protzman
    Prerequisites & Notes
    8 places reserved for first-year students.
  

  • RHET 107 - Practicum in Journalism


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Creative Writing
    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1-2 hours
    Attribute: 1-2HU
    Through this course students earn academic credit working for an approved journalistic publication on campus. The course does not meet as a class, but students are expected to attend all required staff meetings and fulfill the assignments made by their editors. Students can earn a maximum of four hours credit toward graduation (a maximum of six hours credit for editors).
    Enrollment Limit: 95
    Instructor: J. Cooper
    Prerequisites & Notes
    P/NP Grading. 8 places reserved for first year students.
  

  • RHET 201 - Writing in the Sciences


    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, WR
    A course designed for students interested in developing their composing/revising skills for writing in natural science and mathematics disciplines or interpreting science topics for readers of general science issues.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: N. Petzak
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
    Prerequisites & Notes
    This course is not open to first-year students except by consent of the instructor.  P/NP grading.
  

  • RHET 301 - Engaging Academic and Scholarly Writing


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, WR
    Intended as a capstone experience in the liberal arts, this course will enable seniors and second-semester juniors pursuing diverse majors to work in a common atmosphere. Through presentations and workshops focused on the drafts and revisions of their papers, students will learn from and teach each other about the rhetorical aspects of writing in their scholarly areas.We will explore–and attempt to consider critically–the history, epistemology, ethics, and rhetorical conventions of pertinent disciplinary discourses.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: L. Podis
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Senior or second-semester junior standing and considerable experience writing papers in at least one discipline.
  

  • RHET 305 - Grant and Fellowship Proposal Writing


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, WR
    Sooner or later many professionals need to apply for grants. This course covers the basics of writing grant proposals or fellowship application and researching funding sources. Students will learn to use the Cleveland Foundation Center’s database and work on a proposal to fund a community-based project or fellowship proposal in their area of interest. Instruction includes individual attention to fundamental college-level writing skills. Especially useful for artists, scientists, and community activists.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: J. Cooper
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    P/NP grading.
  

  • RHET 306 - Writing about the Arts


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, WR
    An advanced writing seminar intended for juniors and seniors with strong writing skills. We will study and experiment with various genres of writing about the arts, including reviews, essays, features and profiles. We will look all around campus for topics to write about, from theatrical performances to Conservatory recitals to Creative Writing readings to the Allen Memorial Art Museum. As we do so, we will study examples of arts writing from the Ancient era to the present.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: A. Trubek
  

  • RHET 401 - Teaching and Tutoring Writing Across the Disciplines


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, WR
    A course in which students will tutor at the writing center or assist one of the writing-intensive courses offered in various disciplines while studying composition theory and pedagogy. In the process of helping to educate others, students work toward a fuller understanding of their own educational experiences, particularly in writing. Juniors or seniors who write well, regardless of major, are encouraged to apply.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: L. Podis, L. McMillin
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Juniors or seniors who write well, regardless of major, are encouraged to apply. Identical to ENGL 399. Consent of instructor required. Note: Students enrolling in RHET 401 or ENGL 399 should also enroll in RHET 402, Tutoring Lab.
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with ENGL 399.
  

  • RHET 402 - Tutoring Lab


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 0-1 hours
    Attribute: 0-1HU
    Students working in the Writing Associates Program will meet monthly to discuss tutoring experiences and logistical issues and to participate in the larger community of Writing Associates. Required for all Writing Associates, including those currently enrolled in RHET 401 or ENGL 399. The one-credit hour option is for tutors who wish to pursue a project to support, maintain, or improve the Writing Associates Program.
    Instructor: L. Podis
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment in, or prior completion of, RHET 401 or ENGL 399. Notes: Tutors may repeat this course for a maximum of four hours toward graduation. P/NP grading.
  

  • RHET 405 - Application Writing


    Semester Offered: Second Semester, Second Module
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    Attribute: 1 HU, WR
    New Course Added 02.01.11.

    This course is for students interested in writing application materials for fellowship committees or potential employers. Sessions will combine lectures on topics such as writing resumes, mastering cover letter protocols, writing lively prose and researching effectively with discussions of sample successful applications and in-class tutorials. Students will attend a 30 minute tutorial on a piece in progress. To receive credit, students will submit one application to a potential employer or fellowship committee.
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: A. Trubek
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
  

  • RHET 900 - OCEAN: College Writing


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1-3 hours
    An introduction to college level writing, focusing on (1) writing processes, (2) critical reading and thinking, (3) rhetorical forms, (4) effective prose, (5) research methods, (6) style, tone, and grammar. This course requires students to write frequently in a variety of prose forms. Students will also read extensively in a variety of genres including academic essays, literary journalism, and personal narratives. Students will be introduced to elements of research and issues of citation and documentation.
    Instructor: Staff
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Notes: Off Campus Concurrent enrollment equivalent to Rhetoric and Composition 102.
  

  • RHET 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: J. Cooper, L. McMillin, L. Podis, Staff, A. Trubek
    Consent of the Instructor Required? A signed Private Reading Card must be submitted to the Registrar’s Office
  

  • RUSS 101 - Elementary Russian


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 5 hours
    Attribute: 5HU, CD
    An introduction to contemporary Russian, providing students with basic cultural literacy and an active command of the fundamentals of the language: speaking, understanding, reading, and writing. We employ a wide variety of authentic materials (literary and web-based texts, videos, movies, cartoons, music) as a window onto the vibrant reality of modern Russia. Regular language lab work.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: A. Forman, T. Newlin
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Students who cannot begin Elementary Russian in the fall may place into RUSS 102 by successfully completing Winter Term Intensive Russian.
  

  • RUSS 102 - Elementary Russian


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 5 hours
    Attribute: 5HU, CD
    An introduction to contemporary Russian, providing students with the basic cultural literacy and an active command of the fundamentals of the language: speaking, understanding, reading, and writing. We employ a wide variety of authentic materials (literary and web-based texts, videos, movies, cartoons, music) as a window onto the vibrant reality of modern Russia. Regular language lab work.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: A. Forman, T. Newlin
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: RUSS 101 or equivalent is prerequisite for RUSS 102. Note: Students who cannot begin Elementary Russian in the fall may place into RUSS 102 by successfully completing Winter Term Intensive Russian.
  

  • RUSS 134 - Contraband Canvases: How Modern Soviet Art Found a Home in the Desert


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Russian and East European Studies
    Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    Attribute: 1 HU
    New Course Added 08.18.10.

    Mini-course explores achievements of Igor Savitsky (1915-1984), who rescued 44,000 works of unsanctioned Soviet art. Nukus Art Museum in Uzbekistan holds the second largest collection of Soviet avant-garde art in the world, offering fresh perspectives on the art and history of the USSR. Course features lectures on the history, politics and culture of the area, and screening of the 2010 award-winning documentary Desert of Forbidden Art and discussion with directors Amanda Pope and Tchavdar Georgiev.
    Instructor: A. Foreman
  

  • RUSS 203 - Intermediate Russian


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4HU, CD
    Review and refinement of the essentials of grammar and vocabulary, and continued development of reading, aural/oral skills, and writing through a variety of texts that further expand cultural competence.
    Instructor: T. Scholl
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: RUSS 102 or equivalent.
  

  • RUSS 204 - Intermediate Russian


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4HU, CD
    Review and refinement of the essentials of grammar and vocabulary, and continued development of reading, aural/oral skills, and writing through a variety of texts that further expand cultural competence.
    Instructor: T. Scholl
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: RUSS 102 or equivalent.
  

  • RUSS 211 - KINO: Introduction to Russian Cinema


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Cinemas Studies
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD, WR
    This course explores major periods, genres, and themes of Russia’s “most important art,” including Soviet montage of the 1920s, `easterns,’ musicals, and historical epics of the 1930s and 40s, the post-Stalinist `New Wave,’ the expository cinema of glasnost and the post-Soviet search for new aesthetics, themes and heroes. We will examine the theory and aesthetics of Soviet and Russian filmmakers, the development of the Russian and Soviet film industry, issues of production and film distribution.
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: A. Forman
  

  • RUSS 215 - The Meaning of Life: Dispatches from Nineteenth-Century Russia


    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD, WR
    Life was grim in nineteenth-century Russia! Faced with an oppressive political system, overwhelming evidence of suffering, poverty and appalling ignorance, the imperfectability of human nature and the messiness of personal relationships, and, finally, the specter of death, Russian writers had ample opportunity to ponder the meaning - and meaningless - of existence. Their attempts to grapple with the ‘cursed questions’ of life gave rise to an extraordinarily rich existentialist tradition. Drawing on classic works by Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Chekhov and others, the course will take a sane, upbeat and irreverent approach to some timeless and very serious issues. In English, no Russian required.
    Instructor: T. Newlin
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
  

  • RUSS 217 - Sinner or Satan?: Writing Stalin in Russian Literature


    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 HU, CD, WR
    The image of Joseph Stalin has permeated Soviet and post-Soviet culture from the nineteen-thirties to the present day. In this course we will compare the official state-created image to a host of unorthodox depictions of the man and his legacy. Featured are satiric works by Mikhail Bulgakov, Vladimir Voinovich, Fazil Iskander, Vassily Aksyonov, Sergei Dovlatov, Viktor Pelevin, as well as subversive works by Anna Akhmatova, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Andrei Siniavsky and other writers from the underground. Lecture discussion format.

     
    Instructor: A. Forman
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
    Prerequisites & Notes
    No knowledge of Russian required. 

     
  

  • RUSS 220 - Russian Visual Culture


    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 will explore Russia’s long and rich tradition of visual experimentation and innovation. While much of our focus will be on painting (from fourteenth-century icons to late twentieth-century Sotsart kitsch), we will look at a range of other visual forms (maps, domestic albums, shop signs, objects, photographs, etc.) as we attempt to determine what makes the Russian way of seeing distinct. No Russian required. Discussion format with short lectures.
    Instructor: T. Newlin
  

  • RUSS 221 - Love in a Cold Climate: Literature and Desire in Nineteenth-Century Russia


    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
    Newly westernized and neuroticized, educated Russians in the nineteenth century agonized in unusually creative ways over the nature of love and desire, gender roles and the position of women in society, marriage, sex, family life, adultery, etc. This course examines how these concerns were played out in rich and sometimes steamy detail in nineteenth-century Russian literature. Readings include poetry, novels (notably Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina), novellas, stories, memoirs, and letters by both women and men. Discussion format, short lectures.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: T. Newlin
  

  • RUSS 305 - Cross-cultural Communication


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD
    First (305) and Second (306) Semester. Refining writing, reading and aural comprehension skills to facilitate interactions with Russians today. Focus on the cultural and linguistic implications of everyday communication.
    Instructor: M. Solovieva
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: RUSS 204 or equivalent or consent of the instructor.
  

  • RUSS 306 - Cross-cultural Communicaton


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD
    First (305) and Second (306) Semester. Refining writing, reading and aural comprehension skills to facilitate interactions with Russians today. Focus on the cultural and linguistic implications of everyday communication.
    Instructor: M. Solovieva
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: RUSS 204 or equivalent.
  

  • RUSS 309 - Advanced Conversational Russian


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 hour
    Attribute: 1HU, CD
    First (309) and Second (310) Semester. Developing a foundation for effective cross-cultural communication. Culturally distinctive conversational patterns will be acquired through observation, analysis, exchange of observations, and systematic opprtunity to speak Russian. One meeting per week.
    Instructor: M. Solovieva
    Prerequisites & Notes
    RUSS 204 or RUSS 206 or consent of instructor. Notes: Required for majors enrolled in RUSS 305/306. Course may be repeated for major credit.
  

  • RUSS 310 - Advanced Conversational Russian


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1 hour
    Attribute: 1HU, CD
    Regular systematic opportunity for third-year students to speak Russian. Cultural and everyday topics. One meeting per week.
    Instructor: M. Solovieva
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: RUSS 204 and RUSS 206 or consent of instructor. Notes: Required for majors enrolled in RUSS 305/306. May be repeated for credit. P/NP grading only. Recommended for all third-year students.
  

  • RUSS 322 - Russian Decadence in its Western Context


    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD, WR
    The literature of decadence flourished in Russia in the waning decades of the 19th century. We will examine the works of Russia’s decadent writers and the Western European authors that influenced them, focusing on the movement’s debts to 19th century Russian literature, the complex relationship of decadence to symbolism, critical response to the movement, and the influence of decadence on other modernist movements-including other art forms.
    Instructor: T. Scholl
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
  

  • RUSS 332 - Northern Naturalism: Chekhov, Ibsen, Strindberg


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Comparative Literature
    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD, WR
    Three writers from northern Europe dominated and revitalized drama in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. We will read major and lesser-known works by Anton Chekhov, Henrik Ibsen, and August Strindberg to examine the particularly northern mode of theatrical naturalism they developed. We will consider adaptations of their works and reactions to their writings, including the symbolist dramas that functioned as both revolt and response to these authors’ plays. Lecture and discussion format.
    Instructor: T. Scholl
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
  

  • RUSS 411 - Special Topics: Re-Envisioning Russia


    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
    This course explores how Soviet myths were transformed for the post-Soviet screen. Since many directors drew inspiration from classic Russian literature, we will read texts by Gogol, Tolstoy, Chekhov and others, to see how their views on political, social, spiritual, and economic issues would inform recent Russian cinema, as well as its reception by contemporary audiences.
    Instructor: A. Forman
    Prerequisites & Notes
    RUSS 305 and 306 (or concurrent enrollment) or the equivalent.
  

  • RUSS 446 - Senior Seminar


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU, CD
    Designed as a capstone course for Russian majors and advanced students of Russian, the course will consider the history and structure of the Russian language and the development of Russian literary criticism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Students will design independent research projects leading to a substantial final paper.
    Instructor: T. Scholl
  

  • RUSS 505 - Honors in Russian


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1-6 hours
    Attribute: 1-6HU
    Consent of instructor required.
    Instructor: A. Forman, T. Newlin, T. Scholl
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
  

  • RUSS 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.
    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: A. Forman, T. Newlin, T. Scholl
    Consent of the Instructor Required? A signed Private Reading Card must be submitted to the Registrar’s Office
  

  • SOCI 112 - Introduction to Sociology: You’re Not the Boss of You


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS
    Learn the methods and theories that sociologists use to understand our mass society that emerged out of 19th -century industrial and political revolutions. This young science’s insights will help us understand contemporary controversies around inequality, social change, gender, race and power. This course will familiarize you with the relationship between sociology and other disciplines, techniques for reading original research articles, basic sociological writing skills, and mostly importantly, the social origin of individual thought and action.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: G. Mattson
  

  • SOCI 122 - Introduction to Sociology: Principles of Sociological Thinking


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS
    This course is an introduction to the discipline that will acquaint students with sociological concepts and methodology. Emphasis is placed on analyzing the components of society: from institutions to individuals, in keeping with Mills’ ‘sociological imagination’. Important issues addressed include the relationship between economy and institutions, stratification, and gender/racial-ethnic/class divisions. Current sociological literature is used to both introduce concepts and help students interpret scholarly writing. Emphasis will be placed on understanding social inequality and the link between the individual and social structure.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: D. John
  

  • SOCI 125 - Introduction to Sociology: An Analysis of Society


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS
    A survey course to introduce students to the sociological way of looking at our world. This examination requires an exploration of the concepts, theories and research findings related to the social organization of our world. Areas to be examined: concepts, culture, socialization, deviance and social control, social stratification, intergroup relations, the family, religion, politics, economics and social movements.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: C. White
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Limited to first and second-year students.
  

  • SOCI 127 - Introduction to Sociology: Individuals, Inequalities, and Institutions


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

    This course is canceled effective 10.11.10.

    The goal of sociology is to offer insights into our social environment, which we often take for granted, to explain the social processes that shape our lives. Sociologists address such questions as why are there inequalities; what role does religion play in our society; how is technology changing our lives; etc. This course introduces students to these and other topics as well as to the dominant theories and methods of the discipline.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: P. Dhingra
  

  • SOCI 130 - Introduction to Sociology: Social Problems


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3SS
    This course is an introduction to the basic concepts, theoretical perspectives, and social themes in contemporary sociology. Topics of discussion and research include stratification, ascriptive processes and the social construction of public problems. We will consider what is distinctive about a sociological perspective on the world and discuss the nature of sociological description and explanation.
    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: R. Baldoz
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
  

  • SOCI 203 - Desire to be Modern: Sociology of Sexuality


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD
    Sociologists study the social origins of sexuality; how shared beliefs shape what we desire, what is taboo or what shames us. Historical and cross-cultural research illuminates the emergence of modern sexuality and the ways it transformed systems of dating, marriage, homosexuality, government and racial classification. Learn why sociologists are skeptical of essentialist explanations that rely on biology and favor theories that recognize sexuality as a diverse, ever-changing function of cultural institutions.
    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: G. Mattson
  

  • SOCI 210 - Social Research Methods Lab


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 2 hours
    Attribute: 2SS
    This course must be taken concurrently with SOCI 211: Social Research Methods. The focus of this lab is on skill development related to information literacy, ethnographic interviewing techniques, qualitative data coding practices and applied statistical analysis and interpretation.
    Enrollment Limit: 24
    Instructor: D. John
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Co-enrollment in SOCI 211 is required.
  

  • SOCI 211 - Social Research Methods


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4SS, QP-H, WR
    This course introduces students to the analytical logic and skills required for research in sociology. Emphasis is placed on teaching and executing the research process. Information literacy goals are addressed, such as evaluating the appropriateness, reliability and accuracy of different types of information; developing familiarity with sources of available data; generating new data; and interpreting empirical information within a theoretical framework. As groups, students work on research projects throughout the semester.
    Enrollment Limit: 24
    Instructor: D. John
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: One introductory course in sociology. Students must sign up for SOCI 210.
  

  • SOCI 215 - Sociology of Immigration and Race: Asian American Experience


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD
    This course examines the sociological approach to immigration and race relations, through a focus on Asian Americans. Immigration and race are topics that both overlap and contradict one another. The course stresses the light that studying Asian Americans sheds on other groups and for the country as a whole, including immigration, identity, religion, family, gender, race relations, and other topics. We will read from a variety of disciplines, with stress on sociology.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: R. Baldoz
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: One course in sociology.
  

  • SOCI 222 - Social Psychology: A Sociological Approach


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS
    This is a course which examines the nature of social behavior stemming from an individuals participation in social groups, interaction with others, and the effects of the culture and social structure on the individual. Primarily a sociological focus, topics include perspectives and theories in social psychology, socialization, self and identity, attitudes and attitude change, social perception, language, social communication and group processes.
    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: C. White
    Prerequisites & Notes
    One introductory course in Sociology.
  

  • SOCI 227 - Sociology of Gender


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

    This course is canceled effective 10.11.10.

    This course will offer an introductory survey of the sociology of gender. The central themes of the course will be changes and continuities in gender roles, the social processes that shape gender politics, and the connections between gender, power, and inequality. As we explore these themes, we will study how culture, the economy, and the family have been pivotal sites for the maintenance, reproduction, and change in gender roles in the U.S.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: R. Baldoz
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
  

  • SOCI 230 - Social Change and Political Transformation in Eastern Europe


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Russian and East European Studies
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD
    This course focuses on Eastern Europe as the first relatively backward region in the world capitalist system. We will begin with some major theories of social change and a historical introduction to the region. Next, we will turn to communist revolutions, Stalinism, reform communism, the rise of dissent and the revolutions of 1989. Much of the course will be devoted to the post-communist era, attempts to build democracy and capitalism, and the rise of nationalism. Identical to POLT 214.
    Enrollment Limit: 45
    Instructor: S. Crowley, V. Vujacic
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with POLT 214
  

  • SOCI 241 - American Urbanism


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Environmental Studies
    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD
    Explore a century of American hopes and fears about cities through the archetypes of Chicago and Los Angeles. Learn to see cities as built environments, ways of life, sources of community, and political economies. These paradigms ground our discussions of forces that shape cities and define American culture, including: race and residential segregation, technology, suburbanization, immigration, and gentrification. Central to this course are documentary films, field trips and curiosity about the cities you know.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: G. Mattson
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: One course in Sociology or ENVS.
  

  • SOCI 250 - Sociology of Popular Culture


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 SS
    This course focuses on the relationship between popular culture, media, and society, and provides an overview of social structure, content, audiences and effects. Culture is discussed in relation to its institutional, economic, and social contexts. The course examines a variety of popular cultural forms (e.g., music, film, and sports) and looks closely at media production and consumption as cultural practices. We will also explore recent debates about the relationship between culture and society.
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: R. Baldoz
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
  

  • SOCI 254 - Political Sociology


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS
    This course is intended as an introduction the sociology of politics. We will touch on such problems as the social origins of democracy, the rise of political citizenship and the modern nation-state, class and elite conflict, lower-class social movements and the political-cultural foundations of democratic politics. In the second part of the course we will concentrate on one of the major anti-liberal movements and regimes in the 20th century-Nazism.
    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: V. Vujacic
  

  • SOCI 264 - American Families: Comfort, Conflict, and Criticism


    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD
    This course forcuses on the diversity of families in the United States and incorporates an intersectional framework for understanding class, race, ethnicity, gender and sexuality within the context of family. The work family nexus is investigated in order to understand how these institutions are reciprocally related. The conflict that surrounds many family forms is examined through public policy debates as well as ethnographic accounts of families and experiences.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: D. John
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
    Prerequisites & Notes
    One course in sociology or consent of the instructor
  

  • SOCI 275 - Enacting the Law


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Law and Society
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS
    The sociology of law studies how our everyday understandings both underpin and conflict with legal professionals and institutions. You need no previous legal knowledge; we use the legal knowledge you already possess to examine why claims of justice and equality often fail in practice and how legal reforms frequently have unintended consequences. Assignments include reading legal documents, conducting interviews, and observing legal proceedings - the formal and informal ways law gets enacted every day.
    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: G. Mattson
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Introduction to Sociology recommended.
  

  • SOCI 277 - Race and Ethnic Relations


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD
    This course introduces and reviews the nature of relations between racial and ethnic groups. We examine concepts, perspectives, and research on these relations, including the role of racism, prejudice and discrimination. Furthermore, we explore the nature and the impact of immigration and the experiences of selected racial and ethnic groups in the United States.
    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: C. White
  

  • SOCI 282 - Classical and Contemporary Sociological Theory


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 hours
    Attribute: 4SS, WR
    Classical sociology arose in response to social problems opened up by the advent of industrial society, from the disintegration of community and the decline of religion to class conflict and the rationalization of social life. The founding fathers of modern sociology-Durkheim, Marx, and Weber-formulated their theories in response to these problems and established three distinct traditions in sociological theory. This course explores continuities between classical and contemporary sociology in each of these three traditions.
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: V. Vujacic
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Priority given to Sociology majors.
  

  • SOCI 314 - Unequal Educations


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS
    This course focuses on education as a social institution and the inequalities structured within it. Using theory and empirical evidence, education in the United States will be examined from pre-school through post-secondary levels. The intersections of education and other institutions, (e.g. political, economic and familial) are analyzed and include discussions of race/ethnicity, class, gender and sexuality. Further, the role of education in social reproduction and social control will be examined.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: D. John
  

  • SOCI 335 - Sociology of Globalization


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 4 Hours
    Attribute: 4SS
    This course examines the historical, theoretical and ideological processes associated with ‘Globalization’. A growing number of scholars in the social sciences and humanities have invoked the term to describe a variety of changing economic, political, and cultural processes that have been transformed since the 1970s. We will explore a number of aspects of globalization, such as the dynamics of a global political economy, transnational migration flows, and the emergence of new social movements.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: R. Baldoz
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: One Sociology course or one Comparative American Studies Course.
  

  • SOCI 338 - Prostitution and Social Control: Governing Loose Women


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies, Law and Society
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD, WR
    Prostitution is a site of easy truths and inevitable conflict because of cultural ambiguities about sexuality, gender, ethnicity and citizenship. We probe these intersecting meanings by reviewing the wide range of empirical meanings attributed to prostitution and the ways modern forces have transformed them, especially the state. Taking cues from Michel Foucault, we analyze why recent legal solutions cannot fulfill expectations and discuss how the social control of prostitution might actually cause it.

     
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: G. Mattson
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Restrictions: Closed to first year students. Fulfills requirements for Law & Society, GSFS, and Sociology majors.  Pre-reqs: related intermediate course in these departments.
  

  • SOCI 340 - Nationalism, Culture & Politics Under & After Dictatorship: Spain and Yugoslavia in the 20th Century


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Russian and East European Studies
    Next Offered: 2011-2012
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 1HU, 1SS, CD
    The 20th century histories of Spain and Yugoslavia run surprisingly parallel, but have resulted in widely different outcomes. Why? This course analyzes the interaction among nationalism, culture, and politics in both countries through sociological, historical, literary, and visual materials. Special attention is paid to 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
    Consent of the Instructor Required? No
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with HISP 340
  

  • SOCI 348 - Constructing Immigrant Communities


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS
    Why do people migrate? What kinds of jobs do they attain, and with what impact on other groups? Why and when do they maintain transnational communities or choose to assimilate? How does the second generation make sense of its experiences? Taking a comparative ethnic approach, we will examine immigrants’ adaptation to better understand the nation and global processes generally. We will examine how race, ethnicity, gender, class, trans-nationalism, and sexuality shape these processes.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: P. Dhingra
  

  • SOCI 378 - Sociology of African-American Community


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD
    This course shifts through many of the perspectives and empirical research relating to the condition of the African-American community. This will be aided by our exploration into various cultural, religious, historical, educational, economic, and political indicators of these conditions. We will also critically examine the nature and applicability of various sociological and “alternative” theoretical paradigms and discuss the implications of our finding for social policy.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: C. White
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: One course in Sociology or African-American Studies or consent of the instructor.
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with AAST 378
  

  • SOCI 391 - Practicum in Sociology


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 2-3 hours
    Attribute: 2-3SS
    This course combines individual internships and private readings on a subject matter related to the internship-for example, an internship in a social service agency and readings and discussion on poverty and welfare issues.



    Instructor: P. Dhingra, D. John, G. Mattson, V. Vujacic, C. White
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    See individual faculty. Note: At the discretion of the instructor, grading for this course may be P/NP only Prerequisites: Two courses in Sociology
  

  • SOCI 392 - Internships in Teaching


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1-2 hours
    Attribute: 1-2SS
    This course offers students the opportunity to work with a Sociology faculty member as a teaching assistant for one of the faculty member’s courses. Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, leading discussion groups, maintaining course websites, conducting library research and providing review of materials.

     
    Instructor: P. Dhingra, D. John, G. Mattson, V. Vujacic, C. White
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    : See individual faculty. Note: At the discretion of the instructor, grading for this course may be P/NP only. Prerequisites: Two courses in Sociology.
  

  • SOCI 403 - Seminar in Social Psychology: African-American Personality


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD
    This seminar critically examines the theoretical and research literature on the study of African American in psychology. Specific attention is given to; the various theoretical debates on African American psychology; discussions on African American self-concept; the impact of family and education on African American psychology; and issues of minority personality assessment.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: C. White
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: Three courses in sociology or African American Studies or consent of instructor. Preference is given to senior sociology and AAST majors.
  

  • SOCI 420 - Social Inequalities: Class, Race, and Gender


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 SS, CD, WR
    This course will explore contemporary sociological approaches in the study of social inequality. The enduring structure and reproduction of inequalities along axes of class, race and gender are core problems of sociology. This seminar will examine these issues by first considering various theoretical issues utilized by scholars in the field. We will then examine how different thinkers have implemented of these theories and concepts in a variety of innovative case studies.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: R. Baldoz
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
  

  • SOCI 426 - Alcohol and Culture: Social Control Under the Influence


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Law and Society
    Next Offered: 2012-2013
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, WR, CD
    Alcohol lubricates memorable celebrations yet also causes disease, tragedy and the loss of self-control. This course explores how the meanings of alcohol are as powerful as its chemistry. We examine communities where alcoholism is rare to those where is rampant and the social movements that have shifted norms and legislation. At bottom, the sociology of alcohol highlights our assumptions about free will, social control, and rewarding social relations. Participants will produce original empirical research.


     
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: G. Mattson
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Restrictions: Closed to first and second year students, instructor consent required. Pre-reqs: Social research methods or equivalent
  

  • SOCI 431 - The Making and Unmaking of Communist Ideals


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Russian and East European Studies
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS
    This seminar explores the development of communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe through historiography, literature and film. The main part of the course is devoted to early revolutionary dilemmas, the relationship of intellectuals to the revolution in Soviet Russia and the West, and the rise of Stalinism. With novels by Gladkov, Silone, Koestler, Solzhenitsyn and Milosz, and films by Beaty, Bertolucci, Mikhalkov and Makavejev.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: V. Vujacic
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: Two courses in Sociology or consent of instructor.
  

  • SOCI 450 - Beyond Us vs. Them: How We Manage Contradictory Categories


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies
    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3SS, CD
    This course is canceled effective 10.11.10.

    We frame people as divided into competing groups (e.g. poor vs. rich, immigrant vs. American). But this is too simplistic, for we frequently inhabit contradictory categories (e.g. mothers in high-status careers, mixed races, gay Christians). This course advances current theories of group hierarchies and individual agency by examining how people manage conflicting statuses. We incorporate multiple disciplines, not only sociology. Students will research whichever groups interest them for a final project.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: P. Dhingra
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
  

  • SOCI 490 - Junior Year Honors


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1-3 hours
    Attribute: 1-3SS
    Consent of instructor required.
    Instructor: P. Dhingra, D. John, G. Mattson, V. Vujacic, C. White
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
  

  • SOCI 491 - Senior Year Honors


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 1-6 hours
    Attribute: 1-6SS
    Consent of instructor required.
    Instructor: P. Dhingra, D. John, G. Mattson, V. Vujacic, C. White
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
  

  • SOCI 995 - Private Reading


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 0.5-3 hours
    Attribute: 0.5-3SS
    Signed permission of the instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: P. Dhingra, D. John, G. Mattson, V. Vujacic, C. White
    Consent of the Instructor Required? A signed private reading card must be submitted to the Registrar’s Office.
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: At the discretion of the instructor, grading for this course may be P/NP only.
  

  • TECH 067 - Problems In: Margin Release: The Oberlin New Media Lectures


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Studio Art
    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 HU
    Margin Release is a course divided into three sections, each exploring a different sub-genre within the over-arching enigmatic world of “new media.” Each section culminates in a public lecture and class visit from a prominent new media artist, who will discuss how their work relates to the genre. For the month leading up to each visit, students will study seminal videos, sound pieces, and texts relating to the upcoming lecture. Consent of the instructor is required. Enrollment Limit: 12.
    Instructor: J. Christensen
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with ARTS 067
  

  • TECH 068 - (E)CAMP: (Experimental) Collaborations in Art/Music/Performance


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Attribute: 3 DDHU
    This course focuses on the collaborative development and realization of cross-disciplinary, interactive installations. This is an upper level class for advanced students in TIMARA and in the Department of Art who are interested in using media-rich installation to its full expressive potential. We will engage in critical exploration of recent trends in the field and will hone skills and tools for contemporary installation practice. Students will work with partners/teams from outside their home department. Enrollment Limit: 14.
    Instructor: J. Christensen
    Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with ARTS 068
  

  • TECH 101 - Sonic Arts Workshop


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    N/A
    Semester Offered: Summer
    Credits (Range): 1 Hour
    Attribute: CNDP
    This workshop focuses on the composition of electroacoustic music and is geared toward high school students interested in expanding their technical and creative resources.  Topics will include digital audio editing and manipulation, real-time computer music performance techniques, and discussion of pieces from the field’s growing repertoire.  The program will cover issues of interest to young composers heading towards conservatory studies and also non-musicians who are interested in experimenting with electronic and computer music.
    Enrollment Limit: 18
    Instructor: T. Lopez & P. Swendsen
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Pass/No Pass

    21 Hours for 1 week
  

  • TECH 170 - Electroacoustic Interpretation and Performance Practice


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3
    This course will serve as a performer-focused introduction to the interpretation of electroacoustic music. We will examine compositions scored for instrument(s) with CD playback, instrument(s) with live electronics, and instrument(s) with other media. In addition to adding such pieces to your repertoire, you will learn the necessary technology to bring them to life in performance. We will cover the relevant uses of microphones, mixers, speakers, and computer software, while also attending to important theoretical and conceptual approaches to electroacoustic performance practice. The course will be particularly relevant to those interested in preparing electroacoustic works for their junior or senior recital.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: P. Swendsen
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
  

  • TECH 201 - Electro-acoustic Studio Techniques


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    An introduction to the studio environment. Practical work includes analog sound models, MIDI, digital audio, DAT and ADAT, synthesis techniques, sequencing and sound editing on the computer. Introduction to working with additional media in the studio and on the Internet. Survey of historical and contemporary practice in the field, exploration of analytical and critical techniques. Preference given to students for whom this course is required.
    Instructor: T. Lopez
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 15.
  

  • TECH 202 - Real-time Techniques


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Creation and transcription of music for performance under computer control. Introduction to MAX, an object-oriented, interactive musical programming language. Concept and design of computer instruments. Introduction to theories of digital sound generation, sampling, and editing. Investigation of timbre synthesis by means of frequency modulation. Practical work with computers. Projects emphasizing individual creative goals.
    Instructor: P. Bloland
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: TECH 201.

    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 15.
  

  • TECH 203 - Advanced Electro-acoustic Music


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Investigation of theoretical aspects of digital synthesis (sampling theory, signal processing, and program design). Concepts in elementary mathematics will be introduced. Discussion and application of algorithms for computer-assisted composition. Investigation of real-time techniques using the Macintosh computer, MIDI, and digital sound synthesizers. Individual creative projects stressing the unique capabilities of digital music systems.
    Instructor: P. Swendsen
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: TECH 202.
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 15.
  

  • TECH 204 - Performance Technology Workshop


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Concentration on realtime technologies and performance issues. Emphasis on creative work outside the studio with a requirement for at least two public performances. Topics include performance issues in the field, performance technologies not already covered in previous courses, realtime sonic and visual systems, realtime motion sensing, performative gesture, and ensemble and collaboration issues. Students will engage frequently in self-critique and class critique.
    Instructor: P. Blasser
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: TECH 203.

    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 15.
  

  • TECH 300 - Analog and Digital Circuit Design


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Introduction to Electronics in Audio

     

    An introduction to the electronics used in simple Audio circuits.  Circuit components such as resistors, capacitors, inductors, diodes, transistors, opamps and audio IC chips will be covered.  Audio circuits using these components will be analyzed using Ohm’s Law and simple algebra.   In weekly labs students will learn to use circuit tools such as the multimeter, protoboard, oscilloscope, soldering, spec sheets, and circuit simulation software.  No prerequisite.



    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: J. Talbert
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.


  

  • TECH 330 - Studio Recording


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Theory and application of studio equipment to the recording of acoustic and electronic musical instruments. Use of recording equipment including multi-track tape recorders, analog and digital tape recorders, mixing consoles, signal processing devices, and microphones. Projects will include multi-track recordings, direct to stereo recordings, and advanced tape editing.
    Instructor: T. Wiggins
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Junior standing in the TIMARA major.

    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 10.
  

  • TECH 350 - Workshop in Music and Media Technologies


    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Comparative Literature
    Semester Offered: First and Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 Hours
    Advanced workshops in the use of technological media in composition, performance, interactive media, and interdisciplinary contexts. Emphasis on creation of original works and solution of performance problems of analog, digital, and hybrid music systems, and the use of technological media in a variety of contexts.  Contact each instructor for specific details.
    Instructor: P. Bloland, P. Swendsen, T. Lopez, P. Blasser
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: May be repeated for credit.

    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 15.
  

  • THEA 100 - Acting 1: Fundamentals


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    The focus of this class is on developing specific techniques basic to American acting traditions (conversational reality; executing activities;playing intentions) and applying these skills in contemporary scene work. Admission by audition ONLY. Candidates for the course must prepare a contemporary monologue no longer than two minutes. Auditions for fall section (open to 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year students ONLY) will take place during week preceding registration for fall semester. Auditions for spring semester sections (open to 1st year students ONLY) will take place during the week preceding registration for spring semester.



    Enrollment Limit: 16
    Instructor: J. Emeka, P. Moser
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite & notes: Consent of the instructor is required.
  

  • THEA 101 - Introduction to Theater Arts


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    This course traces the process by which a work of dramatic literature moves from page to stage. This is a team taught class including the entire Theater and Dance faculty. We will focus on all major aspects in which a theatrical production is actualized, with special attention on how comprehensive text analysis leads to a concept defining artistic choices. The course will cover design collaboration, an overview of both production implementation (sets, costumes and lights) and the rehearsal process (staging, coaching, and stage management), as well as how these elements are finally synthesized in performance.



    Enrollment Limit: 60
    Instructor: M. Wright
    Prerequisites & Notes
    This course is highly recommended for first and second year students planning to take THEA 100: Acting 1, offered second semester.
  

  • THEA 172 - Production: Scenery


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    Beginning work in the techniques and principles used in technical production for theater, dance and opera. Lecture topics include: production management, stage rigging, orthographic projection, elements of the physical plant as well as construction methods used in building scenic units. Students participate in fabricating scenery for the semester’s productions as scheduled.



    Enrollment Limit: 14
    Instructor: J. Natt
  

  • THEA 173 - Production: Costumes


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Credits (Range): 3 hours
    Attribute: 3HU
    This course is an introduction to costume production. Some of the topics covered are: shop safety, tools and equipment, costume design, understructures, fabrics, pattern making and construction techniques.



    Enrollment Limit: 8
    Instructor: J. Cuthbertson
    Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
 

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