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ARTS 070 - Problems in: Painting, Narrative and the Contemporary Figure Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3HU Students must have completed one course in drawing and painting, and have had some experience working with oil paint and from a live model before this course. You will work from live models and from your imaginations. We will look at the way the human figure is used by a number of contemporary artists and study the form and content that drive contemporary figure painting.
Enrollment Limit: 12 Instructor: T. Callaghan Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: One course in drawing and one course in painting.
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ARTS 078 - Problems in Photography: Color Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3HU This is an advanced class dealing with color photography and the staged narrative. It is assumed that students who are registered for the class are already familiar with black and white darkroom practices. During the course of the semester students will be introduced to a variety of contemporary topics via projects, lectures, reading and writing assignments. Enrollment Limit: 12 Instructor: P. Nguyen-Duy Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
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ARTS 081 - Problems In: Artist Portfolio Website Design Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3HU This course is designed to help senior students produce a comprehensive project including an online portfolio website, collection of project documentation, a resume, a cover letter, a letterhead and a business card in a unified packaged presentation. The course will cover Adobe InDesign, Adobe Dreamweaver. Enrollment Limit: 8 Instructor: A. Ozkal-Telhan Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
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ARTS 083 - Problems In: Design as Social Process Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3HU In this class students will develop skills in working with text and images, as well as various modes of inquiry such as problem-posing, conceptualizing, and critical thinking. By working with type, image, color, found images and materials, and computer-generated and hand-drawn images, students will develop an understanding of the design process and learn design fundamentals. Topics will focus on the cultural, social, technological aspects of design and the role of the designer in raising awareness and stimulating thought. Enrollment Limit: 10 Instructor: A. Ozkal-Telhan Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
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ARTS 085 - Problems in Sculpture-With the Grain Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3HU This course seeks to provide students with an intensive workshop in which to develop facility with woodworking skills. The course immerses participants in sequential processes of articulating ideas through drawing, constructing models, and assembly. Three structures are explored: a bench, a chest, and a table. Each project is presented in the context of function, style, and culture. Students will build one structure at full scale from his or her own designs. Enrollment Limit: 13 Instructor: J. Coleman Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
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ARTS 089 - Advanced Individual Projects Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3HU Students will present their ideas on art and demonstrate them through media of choice. Individual attention is emphasized and assignments given to assist students in clarifying their ideas effectively. Meets weekly to present work for group discussion. At least 12 hours of work outside of class. Similar to Sr Studio but no individual studio space is guaranteed. Enrollment Limit: 10 Instructor: J. Pearson, J. Coleman Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes Prerequisites & Notes Open only to upper division students who have: a) established their maturity in studio art and b) minimum of 2 ‘Vis/Pro’ & at least 1 ‘Problems’ courses required.
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ARTS 091 - Painting in the Digital Age Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3HU Painting in the Digital Age is an advanced level painting course designed to explore various ways in which digital media can be used as a tools in the painting studio. Photoshop and Sketch-Up will be the primary programs used in this exploration; painting media may include oils, watercolor and gouache. Assignments will be given to direct the explorations of the class as a whole, but with broad potential application to facilitate each student?s individual expression.
Enrollment Limit: 12 Instructor: D. Harvey Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes Prerequisites & Notes Must have taken a course in drawing and painting on the college level, or with consent of the instructor
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ARTS 095 - Senior Studio and Thesis Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester Credits (Range): 6 hours Attribute: 6HU A year-long team-taught studio course for highly self-motivated students. Taught by two different faculty each semester. Participants will work toward a critical articulation of their work and process, through the development of a visual thesis that may include painting, digital media, installation, sculpture, photography, performance or silkscreen or any combination thereof. Students will produce a thesis exhibition, artist’s statement and a professional portfolio by the end of the second semester. Entrance into the course is determined by faculty portfolio review. The review is held in the spring.
Enrollment Limit: 12 Instructor: J. Coleman, S. Schuster, S. Umbenhour, N. Yannuzzi-Macias Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes Prerequisites & Notes Note: Admission by portfolio review. It is strongly suggested that students complete all winter terms prior to their senior year, since students will be required to continue working toward their final exhibition during this time. Students must participate for the entire year. Students may not audit this course.
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ARTS 200 - Approaches to Western Art Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3HU, WR (see Notes Below) This course introduces students to the materials and methods of art history. Though arranged chronologically, the class is not a survey. Instead, we address central art historical topics such as technique, style, iconography, the status of the artist and art’s relationship with its original context. Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: S. Hamill, C. Neilson, J. Kingsley
Prerequisites & Notes NOTE: Not all offerings carry writing proficiency. Must confirm the designation of writing proficiency with the instructor.
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ARTS 205 - Approaches to Western Architectural History Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3HU This course serves as a topical introduction to the history of architecture. The course will introduce students to different ways of seeing buildings and thinking about architecture. Emphasis will be placed on buildings as complex cultural artifacts, rather than as products of a purely stylistic history. Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: J. Harwood
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ARTS 250 - 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 EAST 141. |
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ARTS 251 - 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 hand scrolls, 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 EAST 142. |
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ARTS 279 - Approaches to Islamic Art and Architecture Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Attribute: 3HU, CD New course added 10.29.2010.
Examination of Muslim arts and architecture in relationship to the cultural, religious, and sociopolitical values and practices from Europe to South Asia in the period between the seventh and early-nineteenth centuries. Through visual analyses (including AMAM and Library visits), analysis of primary texts, and discussions of modern theories of aesthetics, students will develop an understanding of the theoretical foundations of Muslim art and an appreciation of art’s role in the everyday lives of Muslims. Enrollment Limit: 35 Instructor: E. Askin Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with RELG 279 |
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ARTS 309 - The Ancient Near East Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3HU This course is canceled effective 09.01.10.
An introduction to ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern (primarily Mesopotamia, Anatolia, and Persia) civilizations from the perspective of their visual arts and architecture. Topics to be discussed include the basic tenets of their religious beliefs, their social forms and organizations, the conventions and achievements of their art, and the forms of their major buildings and monuments. The course will also assess how scholars have used textual and archaeological remains to reconstruct these cultures.
Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: S. Kane Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: A 200 level art history class.
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ARTS 315 - Leaves of Gold: The Medieval History of Books Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Attribute: 3 HU New course added 08.02.10.
From 500 to 1500, the hand-written codex operated at the heart of medieval culture. Texts, copied and recopied over hundreds of years, were important conveyors of many types of knowledge – about history, religion, science and proper behavior to name but a few – for which pictures served as amplification, commentary and/or explanation. This course traces the history of medieval manuscripts and will include visits to Special Collections to view actual manuscripts. Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: J. Kingsley Consent of the Instructor Required? No Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: One 200-numbered course in Art History
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ARTS 328 - Modern Chinese Art 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: 3HU, CD An examination of artistic trends from the fall of dynastic China in 1911 to the 1990s, this course will highlight artists’ attempts to ‘modernize’ against the backdrop of Civil War, the rise of the Communist Party, and following the death of Mao. Topics will include: early art societies, academies and curriculum, woodcuts, Socialist Realist painting, propaganda posters, and such post-Mao movements as Scar art, the Stars, and ‘90s experimental art. Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: B. Cheng
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ARTS 338 - Topics in Architecture, Modern and Postmodern Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3HU This course will provide a broad overview of the history of 20th-century architecture, relating key buildings and images of buildings to the historical, scientific, technical, economic, ideological, and aesthetic concepts that they are shaped by, and that they in turn help to construct. Particular emphasis will be given to the contentious and fractured character of modernist architectural theory and practice. In addition to the work of canonical figures (Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, etc.), we will examine examples of the complex modernisms of non-Western or non-Northern cultures (e.g. Japan, Brazil), of collective modes of architectural production, and the numerous challenges put to modernism from the 1950s to today. Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: J. Harwood Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
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ARTS 339 - Contemporary Architecture and Design Theory Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3HU This course is canceled effective 09.01.10.
This lecture and discussion course will survey many of the most important architectural projects since 1968, from the revolutionary projects of the late 1960s, through various ‘postmodernisms,’ all the way up to very recent projects in the developing world (e.g. Nigeria, Brazil, the UAE and China). Discussion meetings will be opportunities to read closely the main lines of theoretical debate in architecture over the past forty years.
Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: J. Harwood Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite & Notes: 200-level art history class.
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ARTS 340 - Greek Art and Archaeology This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) : Classics, Latin, and Greek Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3HU, WR Greek democracy, Greek architecture, Greek sculpture-these achievements are an integral part of our western culture and society. This course will examine Greek art and architecture from its Bronze Age beginnings, through the high Classical period, to the Hellenistic time of Alexander the Great (3000 B.C. - 300 B.C.). It will also consider how archaeological discoveries have shaped and continue to reshape our interpretation of ancient Greek culture over time. Instructor: S. Kane Consent of the Instructor Required? N
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ARTS 348 - Art of the Italian Renaissance Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3HU This class will explore a range of alternative approaches to Italian Renaissance art and examine works by some of the most famous artists of the Western tradition, including Giotto, Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo and Titian. Topics to be explored include: the significance of naturalism; the revival of antiquity; the rise of the cultivated patron; miraculous images and civic life; art and politics; portraiture and gender. Enrollment Limit: 40 Instructor: C. Neilson Prerequisites & Notes An introductory art history course.
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ARTS 356 - Courtly Arts Renaisance Europe Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3HU This course is canceled effective 10.27.2009.
When we think of the Renaissance, we commonly think of Italy, especially Florence, but there were many other centers of artistic flowering all over Europe. This class will focus on the courtly arts of Europe, territories governed by princes or dukes, such as the papal court in Avignon; Prague and the art of Bohemia; Tudor England; and Ferrara, Mantua, Milan, and Urbino in Italy. Topics we will address include: the art of intrigue; courtly love; visual puns; the garden of love; and the artist as courtier.
Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: C. Neilson Consent of the Instructor Required? No Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: A 200 level art history class.
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ARTS 364 - Art and Architecture of Byzantium Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Attribute: 3HU The course surveys the art and architecture of Byzantium from the formation of a distinctly Christian culture to the fall of the Byzantine Empire in 1453. We will consider equally the arts of the center (Rome, Constantinople), and the periphery (Kievan Rus, Norman Sicily), and pay particular attention to: theories and functions of images; relationships between art and ritual; courtly arts; and the culture of objects shared across the Mediterranean’s religious and political boundaries. Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: J. Kingsley Prerequisites & Notes 200 level course
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ARTS 373 - History of Photography Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Attribute: 3HU This course traces the history of photography by focusing on its definition as art. We will consider how artists and photographers have used the medium, in its many guises, to frame notions of modernism, postmodernism, gender, race, self and other, center and periphery. Intersections between photography and other media will be explored, as will photographic displays. Students will become versed in the key terms used in analyzing photographs, both in class and through museum visits.
Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: S. Hamill
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ARTS 401 - Research Methods and Resources in the Visual Arts Semester Offered: Second Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 1 hour Attribute: 1HU, CD Examination of visual arts research and bibliography. Analysis of specific titles, categories of publications, electronic resources will be done within context of actual research practices and specific information needs. Basic steps of research process, database structure and searching, search engines, critical analysis of information, researching artists and artworks will be discussed.
Enrollment Limit: 15 Instructor: B. Prior Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
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ARTS 403 - Readings on the Techniques of Archaeological Excavation Semester Offered: Second Semester, Second Module Credits (Range): 1 hour Attribute: 1SS This module is intended as a preparatory course for the students who are enrolled in ACHS 200/ARTS 413 – the Archaeological Field School. Schedule to be arranged. Enrollment Limit: 9 Instructor: S. Kane Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes Prerequisites & Notes Registration is restricted to students registering for the summer Archaeological Field School.
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ARTS 407 - Practicum in Museum Education Semester Offered: Second Semester, Second Module Credits (Range): 2 Hours Attribute: 2 HU This class will provide students with a solid foundation in the theories and practices of museum education and gallery learning, the extensive collection of the AMAM, and will hone public speaking skills. Upon completion, students will be able to volunteer as docents and program assistants for the museum. The docent program has been in existence for over twenty years, and gives students the foundation and experience necessary to begin a career in the museum field. Enrollment Limit: 12 Instructor: J. Trimmer Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
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ARTS 409 - Photography and Politics Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 2 Hours Attribute: 2 HU New course added 05.05.10.
From its invention in 1839, photography was co-opted to serve various ideological and political purposes. This course surveys thematically the relationship between photography and politics, emphasizing the medium’s uses in revolutionary and war contexts, for political propaganda, social protest, and museum institutional critique. The class includes weekly meetings, several mandatory lectures by prominent practitioners and photography scholars, and a screening or two. Students will examine first-hand, research, and write about photographs in the Allen’s collection Enrollment Limit: 15 Instructor: L. Milkova Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
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ARTS 413 - Archeological Field Course Semester Offered: Summer Credits (Range): 4 Hours Attribute: 4 SS A four week summer course in field archaeology offered in conjunction with the Sangro Valley Project, a joint archaeological project of Oberlin College and Oxford University (www.sangro.org) at the Samnite/Roman site of Monte Pallano in the Abruzzo, Italy. Participants will learn theoretical and practical aspects of excavation. There will also be field trips, lectures on the history of the region, and discussions of the current problems facing professionals in the field of heritage resource management. Enrollment Limit: 6 Instructor: S. Kane Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes Cross List Information This course is cross-isted with ACHS 200. |
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ARTS 421 - Restless Bones, Heavenly Bodies: Reliquaries in the Middle Ages Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Attribute: 3HU New course added 07.01.10
Designed to coincide with the first major exhibition of medieval reliquaries in the United States, which opens at the Cleveland Museum of Art in the Fall, this seminar examines the most important objects all Christians sought to encounter in the Middle Ages: containers for the bones of saints. These included reliquaries of all shapes and sizes, made of the most precious materials as well as shrines, amulets, and by the end of the Middle Ages, paintings. Enrollment Limit: 15 Instructor: J. Kingsley Consent of the Instructor Required? Y
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ARTS 423 - Advanced Archeological Field Course Semester Offered: Summer Credits (Range): 5 Hours Attribute: 5 SS A four week summer course for students with previous fieldwork experience who wish to further their training in archaeological field methods and research. Offered in conjunction with the Sangro Valley Project in the Abruzzo, Italy (www.sangro.org). The seven week course will include pre-season training; four weeks of excavation; and post-excavation analysis. Students taking this course will serve as trench supervisors and/or laboratory/technical assistants under the supervision of the senior personnel; they will also collaborate with professional staff in their ongoing research projects. Enrollment Limit: 6 Instructor: S. Kane Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with ACHS 250. |
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ARTS 425 - Space and Environment Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3HU The twin concepts of ‘space’ and ‘environment’ have never been more charged with political meaning, nor more ubiquitous in the discourses of science, art and architecture. This seminar will investigate the roots–etymological, conceptual, and instrumental–of these two intertwining concepts, and help students to identify their manifold contradictions. Readings will range widely in philosophy, history and theory of science, the theory of perspective, ecology, noology and economics. Enrollment Limit: 15 Instructor: J. Harwood Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes Prerequisites & Notes At least one course in Intermediate-level Art History.
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ARTS 429 - Greek Sanctuaries Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3HU This course will investigate the religious sanctuaries of ancient Greece (such as Athens, Delphi, Delos, and Olympia) with attention given to each sanctuary’s deity or deities, its particular architectural components, types of dedications offered, and main festivals and religious activities conducted. Enrollment Limit: 12 Instructor: S. Kane
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ARTS 451 - Death and Dying in East Asian Art 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: 3HU, CD The concept of death and one’s post-mortem fate has traditionally elicited an array of human responses, often an amalgam of fear and fascination. This seminar considers art and practices inspired by these concerns: preparations for graves, ritual treatment/transformation of the body, representations of otherworldly realms, and modern modes of commemoration. We consider themes of the soul, Buddhist judgment and rebirth, ritual sacrifice, and suicide to understand how preparations for or representations of death assuage fears of death. Enrollment Limit: 15 Instructor: B. Cheng Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
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ARTS 464 - Clarence Ward Seminar Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Attribute: 3HU In this seminar, students will work with architects, architectural historians and theorists invited to Oberlin under the auspices of the Clarence Ward Fund for Architectural History. Students will attend a series of public lectures and private seminars with the invited speakers. Each year the seminar is organized around a specific theme, on which the students will produce research paper at the end of the term. Enrollment Limit: 15 Instructor: J. Harwood Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
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ARTS 598 - Honors in Studio Art Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 1-3 Hours Attribute: 1-3 ARHU Open to selected students only by invitation from the department. Instructor: J. Coleman, N. Yannuzzi-Macias
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ARTS 599 - Honors Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester Credits (Range): 3-4 hours Attribute: 3-4HU For Honors candidates only under the supervision of one or more members of the staff. Instructor: S. Kane Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor and of the co-chair for Art History required.
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ARTS 995 - Private Reading Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester Credits (Range): 0.5-3 hours Attribute: 0.5-3HU Signature of the instructor is required. Enrollment Limit: 9 Instructor: B. Cheng, J. Coleman, A. Derstine, J. Harwood, E. Inglis, S. Kane, C. Neilson, P. Nguyen-Duy, A. Ozkal-Telhan, J. Pearson, B. Prior, S. Schuster, Staff, S. Umbenhour, S. Wiles, N. Yannuzzi-Macias Consent of the Instructor Required? A signed Private Reading card must be submitted to the Registrar’s Office
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ASTR 100 - Introductory Astronomy Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Attribute: 3 NS, QP-H This course, designed primarily for students with little scientific background, is an introduction to what we know about astronomy and how we know it. We will study light, the tools of astronomy, stars, galaxies and cosmology. We will also cover sky basics such as seasons, moon phases, eclipses, and constellations. There will be required participation in six planetarium sessions (half an hour per biweekly session) and four observatory sessions during the semester. Enrollment Limit: 110 Instructor: D. Stinebring
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ASTR 117 - Meteorite Impacts in Space and Time Next Offered: 2011-2012 Semester Offered: Second Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 1 Hour Attribute: 1 NS This course examines where and why impacts take place and what happens when they do. Enormous amounts of energy are released when meteorites, asteroids, comets and planets collide at “cosmic velocities.” Serious collisions create impact craters, which occur in abundance throughout the solar system. Topics will include: Did an asteroid kill all the dinosaurs? Do meteorites from Mars contain evidence of extraterrestrial life? Could a large impact end human civilization? Enrollment Limit: 50 Instructor: B. Simonson Consent of the Instructor Required? No Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with GEOL 117. |
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ASTR 301 - Astrophysics I: Stars and Planets Next Offered:
Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Attribute: 3 NS Astrophysics is physical analysis applied to astronomical problems. We will develop some of the basic tools of astrophysics in this course. Radiation theory including thermal and non-thermal radiation will be studied as well as the transfer of radiation through typical astrophysical media. Other topics will include star formation, degenerate matter, atomic physics in an interstellar setting, and the detection of electromagnetic radiation over a broad range of wavelength regimes. Enrollment Limit: 20 Instructor: D. Stinebring
Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: PHYS 212.
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ASTR 302 - Astrophysics II: Galaxies and Cosmology Next Offered: 2011-2012 Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Attribute: 3 NS This course will explore basic astrophysical topics beyond the local stellar neighborhood. We will consider the “ecology” of the Milky Way galaxy and use it to understand galaxies in isolation and in clusters. Cosmological topics will include the dynamics of an expanding universe including an acceleration term. Results from anisotropy studies of the cosmic background radiation will be studied in some detail. Evidence for dark matter and dark energy will be thoroughly reviewed. Enrollment Limit: 20 Instructor: D. Stinebring Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: PHYS 212
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ATHL 100 - Fitness For Life Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester Credits (Range): 1 hour Attribute: 1EX This class has daily lecture and activity components and combines aerobic and anaerobic exercises with resistance training into a high energy, total body workout. By the end of the class students will be able to develop their own work out plans and a healthy diet and understand what it means to be fit for life. Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: J. Hudson Prerequisites & Notes Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading.
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ATHL 110 - Waterfront Lifeguarding Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3EX Includes American Red Cross Lifeguard Training, Waterfront Lifeguard and CPR for the Professional Rescuer/AED. Successful completion of course certifies student for pool and waterfront but not surf or water park life-guarding. Additional fee to ARC chapter for materials (~$50) Enrollment Limit: 16 Instructor: B. Bruce, A. de la Pena
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ATHL 111 - Water Safety Instructor Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Attribute: 3EX Fundamentals of Instructor Training course included. Coursework: multiple planning and teaching experiences with peers, adult non-swimmers and school-aged children. Successful completion certifies student to teach American Red Cross courses: Infant and Preschool Aquatic Program (IPAP), six level Learn to Swim program, Community Water Safety and Water Safety Aide. Additional fee to local ARC chapter for materials (~$55)
Enrollment Limit: 12 Instructor: B. Bruce
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ATHL 117 - Hatha Yoga This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) : Dance Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module, Second Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 1 hour Attribute: 1EX Hatha Yoga is a mindful physical practice which develops strength, flexibility, and balance, and cultivates attention and concentration. The class will focus on the practice of yoga postures. The history and philosophy of yoga will also be given.
Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: E. Stewart Prerequisites & Notes Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading. Participants will be required to bring a sticky mat, strap, and two firm yoga blankets. These will be available from the instructor at the first class.
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ATHL 119 - Power Vinyasa Yoga Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Module, Second Semester, Second Module Credits (Range): 1 hour Attribute: 1EX Power vinyasa yoga is a physically active and challenging form of vinyasa-style yoga. The practice fosters an emphasis on strength and flexibility. Students new to this form of yoga can feel intimidated, but the beauty of power yoga is that the practice can be adapted to meet the students right where they are and will grow with them as their strength, flexibility and balance of body and mind increase. Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: J. Tamarkin
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ATHL 120 - Aerobics I Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module, Second Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 0.5 hours Attribute: 0.5EX Blending aerobics, muscle toning, yoga and Pilates movements into fun routines set to fresh music, lessons consist of an energizing cardio component to increase cardio vascular fitness, resistance training to improve muscle tone and stretching to improve flexibility. All fitness levels welcome. Enrollment Limit: 25 Instructor: K. Verda
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ATHL 122 - Pickleball Semester Offered: Second Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 0.5 hours Attribute: 0.5EX Pickleball is a net court game that is played by either two or four people. Pickleball is played on a badminton court, is fast paced, fun, and anyone can play! Enrollment Limit: 12 Instructor: D. New
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ATHL 123 - Women’s Strength Training Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Module, Second Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 0.5 hours Attribute: 0.5EX This class is an introductory resistance training class for women, emphasizing basic principles of strength training, proper body alignment, and health benefits. Students will learn how to safely exercise using Hammer Strength and Cybex equipment, free weights, plyometrics, and core strength training on a mat and a stability ball.
Enrollment Limit: 20 Instructor: K. Hayden Prerequisites & Notes Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading.
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ATHL 124 - Women’s Fitness Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module, Second Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 0.5 hours Attribute: 0.5EX This class is an introductory general fitness class for women. Students will be taught a variety of different methods of cardio and strength training in a different setting each week. Principles and benefits of cross training will be addressed through participation in a wide variety of activities in the gym, outside, in the pool and on the climbing wall.
Enrollment Limit: 20 Instructor: A. Davis Prerequisites & Notes Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading.
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ATHL 126 - Strength Training I Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module, Second Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 0.5 hours Attribute: 0.5EX This class is an introductory resistance training class, emphasizing basic principles of strength training, proper body alignment, and health benefitsStudents will learn how to safely exercise using Hammer Strength and Cybex equipment, free weights, plyometrics and core strength training on a mat and a stability ball. Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: I. Cavaco, C. Grossman, L. Suggs Prerequisites & Notes Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading.
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ATHL 127 - Running Conditioning Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Module, Second Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 0.5 hours Attribute: 0.5EX A modular course designed for the beginning to the advanced runner in which students will learn proper running form, stretching techniques, injury prevention and workout routines and routes in and around Oberlin. The goal of the course is to improve general fitness. Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: R. Appenheimer, J. Hudson Prerequisites & Notes Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading.
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ATHL 129 - Strength Training II Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Module, Second Semester, Second Module Credits (Range): 0.5 hours Attribute: 0.5EX This class focuses on advanced concepts of strength training while maintaining safe lifting techniques. Students will use a variety of methods including the use of resistance machines, free weights, plyometrics and core strength training on a mat or ball. Students will develop their own regimen demonstrating their understanding of the different principles of strength training.
Enrollment Limit: 25 Instructor: A. Estep, L. Suggs Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: One introductory weight training class and adherence to a 6-week strength training program immediately prior to the first class. Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading.
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ATHL 131 - Cycling Conditioning Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 0.5 hours Attribute: 0.5EX This class will improve your general fitness through bicycling. Students will learn bicycling laws and safety, proper gear operation and general maintenance. Riding will be done on bike paths and roads throughout and around Oberlin. Bicycle and helmet are required.
Enrollment Limit: 12 Instructor: J. Hudson Prerequisites & Notes Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading.
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ATHL 132 - Badminton Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Module, Second Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 0.5 hours Attribute: 0.5EX Upon completion of this class, students will be able to perform the basic strokes, including serves, clears, drop shots, drives and smashes. Other objectives are developing an understanding of the rules and positional strategy necessary to participate and score both singles and doubles play.
Enrollment Limit: 20 Instructor: C. Ananiadis, J. Ramsey Prerequisites & Notes Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading.
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ATHL 133 - Cardio Kickboxing Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module, Second Semester, Second Module Credits (Range): 0.5 hours Attribute: 0.5EX This class will provide for a total body workout, with energizing cardio exercise to increase cardio vascular fitness, flexibility through stretching, core strength all while reducing stress. Enrollment Limit: 25 Instructor: B. Osborne
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ATHL 138 - Power Hour Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Module Credits (Range): 0.5 hours Attribute: 0.5EX This class will combine various modes of movement (yoga, Pilates, plyometrics, cardio, etc.) to offer a challenging workout for all. Challenge your muscles in a variety of ways and increase balance, stability, agility, core strength, flexibility and endurance.
Enrollment Limit: 20 Instructor: C. Ananiadis
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ATHL 139 - Boxing Fitness Semester Offered: Second Semester, Second Module Credits (Range): 0.5 hours Attribute: 0.5EX Your way to better cardio fitness through traditional boxing workouts including use of speed bags, heavy bags, rope jumping and more but no sparring. Enrollment Limit: 12 Instructor: K. Jenkins
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ATHL 144 - Bowling I Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester Credits (Range): 1 hour Attribute: 1EX Focuses on development of ability to execute fundamental bowling skills Enrollment Limit: 18 Instructor: T. Reid Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
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ATHL 145 - Core Training Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 0.5 hours Attribute: 0.5EX This is not a class of crunches but rather this class will develop functional core strength through medicine ball and other body strength training. Core strength training concentrates on muscle groups ranging from the pectoral muscles down to the quadricaeps and hamstrings. Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: A. Abrahamowicz, S. Binder
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ATHL 146 - Golf Instruction Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 0.5 hours Attribute: 0.5EX An introduction to the game of golf taught from ‘green to tee’, this course will teach the basic mechanics of the swing as well as correct club selection. The initial focus of the course will be the ‘short game’ and develop towards appropriate use of mid and long irons, concluding with woods/metals. Rules of golf and etiquette will also be addressed.
Enrollment Limit: 15 Instructor: J. Ramsey Prerequisites & Notes Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading. Equipment provided.
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ATHL 148 - Speed Training Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Module Credits (Range): 0.5 hours Attribute: 0.5EX This class is to be a continuation of Core Training (145) or to stand alone. Students will learn how speed can be increased through proper running form and speed and athleticism training. Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: A. Abrahamowicz, S. Binder
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ATHL 151 - Racquetball Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module Second Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 0.5 hours Attribute: 0.5EX Students will be introduced to the basic skills of racquetball: forehand, backhand, serves and volley. Basic positioning will be introduced as well as singles, cut-throat (3 players) and doubles play and rules. Equipment provided, including protective eyewear.
Enrollment Limit: 10 Instructor: C. Cavanaugh, K. Jenkins Prerequisites & Notes Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading.
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ATHL 152 - Tennis I Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 0.5 hours Attribute: 0.5EX Students will be introduced to the basis strokes (forehand, backhand, serves and volley). Basic positioning, tennis rules and etiquette will be included in singles and doubles play. Enrollment Limit: 16 Instructor: A. Shoemaker Prerequisites & Notes Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading.
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ATHL 155 - Recess Semester Offered: Second Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 0.5 hours Attribute: 0.5EX Revisit physical education games of your childhood, but without the trauma. Get fit while playing tag, creative bombardment, bowling, honing your circus skills, and participating in all around merriment. Students are asked to bring proper athletic wear and a free spirit. Enrollment Limit: 25 Instructor: R. Appenheimer
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ATHL 156 - Basketball Offensive Skills Semester Offered: Second Semester, Second Module Credits (Range): 0.5 hours Attribute: 0.5EX Whether you play in an organized league, a lunchtime pickup game, or at the Y on weekends, your game will benefit from this class. We will work on three fundamental areas of offense: the art & science of shooting; 1-on-1 scoring moves; and 3-on-3 team concepts. All skill levels welcome! Enrollment Limit: 20 Instructor: I. Cavaco
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ATHL 157 - Backyard Games Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Module Credits (Range): 0.5 hours Attribute: 0.5EX Wiffleball, kickball, dodgeball, floor hockey and more. Come join in those games you enjoyed playing with your family and friends in the neighborhood. Enrollment Limit: 20 Instructor: D. New
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ATHL 159 - Individual Baseball Skills Training Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Module Credits (Range): 0.5 hours Attribute: 0.5EX The class will teach and develop baseball skills including hitting, fielding and pitching. All levels of expertise are welcome. Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: A. Abrahamowicz, S. Binder
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ATHL 160 - International Squash Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Module, Second Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 0.5 hours Attribute: 0.5EX Students will be introduced to the basic skills of softball squash: forehand, backhand, serves and serve reception, volley, drop shots and two and three wall boasts. Rules, scoring and strategy will be presented mid-term as players start to play matches. Equipment provided and protective eyewear must be worn.
Enrollment Limit: 10 Instructor: A. Shoemaker, B. Bruce Prerequisites & Notes Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading.
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ATHL 180 - Basic Self Defense for Women Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module, Second Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 0.5 hours Attribute: 0.5EX This course teaches the Rape Aggression Defense System (RAD), which is a program of realistic, self-defense tactics and techniques. The RAD system is a comprehensive course for women that begin with awareness, prevention, risk reduction and avoidance while progressing onto the basics of hands on defense training. The class will include lectures of awareness, demonstrations of techniques, options of escape and full contact simulation.
Enrollment Limit: 20 Instructor: R. Gresco Prerequisites & Notes Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading.
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ATHL 181 - Advanced Self Defense for Women Semester Offered: Second Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 0.5 hours Attribute: 0.5EX Advanced self defense skills.
Enrollment Limit: 20 Instructor: R. Gresco Prerequisites & Notes Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading.
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ATHL 197 - Beginning Swimming Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module, Second Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 0.5 hours Attribute: 0.5EX Swimming instruction for the non-swimmer or true beginner/adv. beginner swimmer. Become accustomed to the water, while developing basic skills (floating, changing positions and directions, breath control), strokes (front crawl, back brawl, elementary backstroke, perhaps breaststroke and sidestroke) and greater comfort levels in the water. Enrollment Limit: 10 Instructor: D. Ranieri, B. Bruce Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
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ATHL 198 - Swimming Techniques Semester Offered: Second Semester, Second Module Credits (Range): 0.5 hours Attribute: 0.5EX This class will teach improved swimming efficiency in the four competitive strokes through advanced swimming techniques. Designed to help the casual swimmer become a good swimmer or a good swimmer become a great swimmer. Must be proficient in front and back crawl. Focus will be on technical instruction rather than conditioning. Enrollment Limit: 25 Instructor: M. Fino
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ATHL 203 - Swim Conditioning Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module, Second Semester, Second Module Credits (Range): 0.5 hours Attribute: 0.5EX Those who feel comfortable in the water and who want to improve efficiency of stroke while building endurance should choose this class. Overall conditioning will be improved through aerobic and anaerobic training in the water. Workouts are written with individuals in mind. Students must be able to swim front and back crawl.
Enrollment Limit: 40 Instructor: M. Fino Prerequisites & Notes Notes: CR/NE or P/NP grading. Must be able to swim to enroll.
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ATHL 220 - Aerobics II Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module, Second Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 0.5 hours Attribute: 0.5EX Aerobics, muscle toning, yoga and Pilates movements in fun routines set to fresh music. Lessons consist of an energizing cardio component to increase cardio vascular fitness; resistance training to improve muscle tone; and stretching to improve flexibility.
Enrollment Limit: 15 Instructor: K. Verda Prerequisites & Notes Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading. All fitness levels welcome.
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ATHL 244 - Bowling II Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester Credits (Range): 1 hour Attribute: 1EX Focuses on development of ability to make advanced bowling adjustments. Enrollment Limit: 12 Instructor: T. Reid Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
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ATHL 252 - Tennis II Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Module Credits (Range): 0.5 hours Attribute: 0.5EX Intermediate to advanced students will gain further knowledge of the game of tennis. More specifically, techniques and specialty shots will be covered as well as advanced tactics and strategies of singles and doubles play. Successful completion of Tennis I and/or playing experience recommended. Enrollment Limit: 16 Instructor: C. Ananiadis
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ATHL 319 - Cardio Cross Training Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Module, Second Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 0.5 hours Attribute: 0.5EX Students will learn principles and benefits of cross training for enhancement of cardiovascular and muscular endurance levels and help prevent overuse injuries. A variety of activities may take place on the cardio equipment, in the gym, outside and/or in the pool. Enrollment Limit: 20 Instructor: E. Longley
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ATHL 400 - Varsity Basketball-Men Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Module, Second Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 0-1 hours Attribute: 0-1EX Varsity sport. Instructor: I. Cavaco Prerequisites & Notes Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading.
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ATHL 401 - Varsity Cross Country-Men Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 0-1 hours Attribute: 0-1EX Varsity sport. Instructor: R. Appenheimer Prerequisites & Notes Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading.
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ATHL 402 - Varsity Football-Men Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 0-1 hours Attribute: 0-1EX Varsity sport. Instructor: J. Ramsey Prerequisites & Notes Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading.
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ATHL 403 - Varsity Soccer-Men Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 0-1 hours Attribute: 0-1EX Varsity sport. Instructor: D. New Prerequisites & Notes Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading.
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ATHL 404 - Varsity Swimming-Men Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Module, Second Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 0-1 hours Attribute: 0-1EX Varsity sport. Instructor: M. Fino Prerequisites & Notes Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading.
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ATHL 405 - Varsity Outdoor Track-Men Semester Offered: Second Semester, Second Module Credits (Range): 0-1 hours Attribute: 0-1EX Varsity sport. Instructor: R. Appenheimer Prerequisites & Notes Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading.
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ATHL 406 - Varsity Baseball-Men Semester Offered: Second Semester, Second Module Credits (Range): 0-1 hours Attribute: 0-1EX Varsity sport. Instructor: E. Lahetta Prerequisites & Notes Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading.
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ATHL 407 - Varsity Tennis-Men Semester Offered: Second Semester, Second Module Credits (Range): 0-1 hours Attribute: 0-1EX Varsity sport. Instructor: A. Shoemaker Prerequisites & Notes Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading.
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ATHL 408 - Varsity Lacrosse-Men Semester Offered: Second Semester, Second Module Credits (Range): 0-1 hours Attribute: 0-1EX Varsity sport. Instructor: K. Walz Prerequisites & Notes Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading.
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ATHL 409 - Varsity Indoor Track-Men Semester Offered: Second Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 0-1 hours Attribute: 0-1EX TBA. Instructor: R. Appenheimer Prerequisites & Notes Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading.
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ATHL 410 - Varsity Golf-Men Semester Offered: Second Semester, Second Module Credits (Range): 0-1 hours Attribute: 0-1EX Varsity sport. Instructor: D. New
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ATHL 451 - Varsity Cross Country-Women Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 0-1 hours Attribute: 0-1EX Varsity sport. Instructor: R. Appenheimer Prerequisites & Notes Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading.
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ATHL 452 - Varsity Field Hockey-Women Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 0-1 hours Attribute: 0-1EX Varsity sport. Instructor: D. Ranieri Prerequisites & Notes Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading.
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ATHL 453 - Varsity Volleyball-Women Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 0-1 hours Attribute: 0-1EX Varsity sport. Instructor: C. Cavanaugh Prerequisites & Notes Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading.
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ATHL 454 - Varsity Swimming-Women Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Module, Second Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 0-1 hours Attribute: 0-1EX Varsity sport. Instructor: M. Fino Prerequisites & Notes Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading.
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ATHL 455 - Varsity Basketball-Women Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Module, Second Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 0-1 hours Attribute: 0-1EX Varisty sport. Instructor: K. Jenkins Prerequisites & Notes Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading.
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ATHL 456 - Varsity Outdoor Track-Women Semester Offered: Second Semester, Second Module Credits (Range): 0-1 hours Attribute: 0-1EX Varsity sport. Instructor: R. Appenheimer Prerequisites & Notes Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading.
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ATHL 457 - Varsity Lacrosse-Women Semester Offered: Second Semester, Second Module Credits (Range): 0-1 hours Attribute: 0-1EX Varsity sport. Instructor: Staff Prerequisites & Notes Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading.
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ATHL 458 - Varsity Tennis-Women Semester Offered: Second Semester, Second Module Credits (Range): 0-1 hours Attribute: 0-1EX Varsity sport. Instructor: C. Ananiadis Prerequisites & Notes Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading.
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ATHL 459 - Varsity Indoor Track-Women Semester Offered: Second Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 0-1 hours Attribute: 0-1EX Varsity sport. Instructor: R. Appenheimer Prerequisites & Notes Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading.
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ATHL 460 - Varsity Soccer-Women Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 0-1 hours Attribute: 0-1EX Varsity sport. Instructor: K. Hayden Prerequisites & Notes Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading.
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ATHL 461 - Varsity Softball-Women Semester Offered: Second Semester, Second Module Credits (Range): 0-1 hours Attribute: 0-1EX Varsity sport. Instructor: A. Davis Prerequisites & Notes Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading.
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