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College and Conservatory Courses (2019-20 and planned future offerings)

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  • PSYC 501 - Practicum in Psychology


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    HC
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2SS

    This course provides students the opportunity for engaged learning relevant to careers in psychology. Students will engage in an unpaid internship, practicum, or volunteer opportunity. They will work closely with supervising faculty to develop complementary academic curriculum to accompany their field experience. 

    Instructor: N. Darling, C. Frantz, F. Mayer, M. Morean, S. Rabbitt, Staff, P. Thibodeau, S. Verosky, T. Wilson, P. deWinstanley

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • PSYC 510 - Supervised Research in Memory and Learning


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2NS

    A class designed to involve students in the conduct of professional research. The research topics will include applications of memory research to classroom learning and metamemory. Metamemory refers to a person’s knowledge about memory processes and functions. Students will read the background literature, attend regular lab meetings to discuss the research, and conduct studies.

    Instructor: P. deWinstanley

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes: Notes: P/NP grading.
  

  • PSYC 520 - Supervised Research in Social and Environmental Psychology


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2SS

    A class designed to involve students in the conduct of professional research. Research issues will broadly fall within the areas of social conflict, social/environmental issues, prejudice and discrimination, and perspective taking. Consent of instructor required.

    Instructor: C. Frantz, F. Mayer

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes: Note: P/NP grading. May be repeated for credit.
  

  • PSYC 530 - Supervised Research in Social and Social/Neuro Psychology


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2NS

    A class designed to involve students in the conduct of professional research. The research will address some aspect of face or person perception. Students will read background literature, collect and analyze data under close supervision of the instructor, and attend group meetings to discuss the research.

    Instructor: S. Verosky

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • PSYC 550 - Supervised Research in Psycholinguistics


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2SS

    A class designed to involve students in the conduct of professional research. Research will address some aspect of human language comprehension. Students will master laboratory procedures (such as materials norming, sentence completion, word-by-word reading, and head-mounted eyetracking) and will collect and process experimental data under the close supervision of the instructor. Regular group meetings to discuss relevant research papers and current lab projects and activities will be required. Consent of instructor required.

    Instructor: Staff

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes: Notes: P/NP grading only. May be repeated for credit.
  

  • PSYC 560 - Supervised Research in Adolescent Development


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2SS

    A class designed to involve students in the conduct of professional research. Research will address some aspect of adolescent development. Students will master research procedures which may include observational and survey techniques, behavioral coding, physiological assessment of emotional state, and data preparation and management. Students are expected to work as part of a larger group and to complete a small research project either independently or with another student. Students will participate in regular group meetings where project issues and related research are discussed.

    Instructor: N. Darling

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes: Open to all students with the consent of the instructor. May be repeated for credit.
  

  • PSYC 570 - Supervised Research in Child Development


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2SS

    A class designed to involve students in the conduct of professional research. Research will address some aspect of child development. Students will engage in research procedures which may include observational and survey techniques, behavioral coding, physiological assessment of emotional state, and data preparation and analysis. Students are expected to work as part of a larger group and to complete a small research project either independently or with another student. Field trips may be required.

    Instructor: T. Wilson

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • PSYC 580 - Supervised Research in Language and Cognition


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2SS

    A class designed to involve students in the conduct of professional research. The research topics will include issues relating the language and cognition, particularly work related to metaphor and/or cross-linguistic questions. Students will read the background literature, attend regular lab meetings to discuss the research, and conduct studies.

    Instructor: P. Thibodeau

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • PSYC 590 - Supervised Research in Clinical & Counseling Psychology


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2SS

    A class designed to involve students in the conduct of professional research. Research topics may include substance use among adolescents and emerging adults (i.e., alcohol, e-cigarettes, cannabis) and sexualized violence. Students will read background literature, attend weekly lab meetings, run data analyses on existing data, and assist in the preparation of data for presentation as conference posters and/or manuscripts for publication. Students also may assist with active data collection as opportunities permit.

    Instructor: M. Morean, S. Rabbitt

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • PSYC 599 - Senior Portfolio


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Module, Second Semester, Second Module
    Credits: 0 credits
    In consultation with their advisor, students compile a portfolio of work that represents the skills they have developed during their time at Oberlin. The portfolio will be tailored to the student’s individual needs and post-graduate goals. In addition to samples of their work, students will prepare a resume and write a reflection on their development as scholars at Oberlin. They will also complete assessment tasks as specified by the Psychology Department. This course is required for all graduating Psychology majors. It is open to seniors during their last semester on campus and is to be completed during the first module.

    Instructor: N. Darling, C. Frantz, F. Mayer, M. Morean, S. Rabbitt, P. Thibodeau, S. Verosky, T. Wilson, P. deWinstanley

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • PSYC 606F - Independent Research Problems - Full


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS

    Students may select an empirical research problem for individual investigation. Consent of instructor required.

    Instructor: N. Darling, C. Frantz, F. Mayer, M. Morean, S. Rabbitt, Staff, P. Thibodeau, S. Verosky, T. Wilson, P. deWinstanley

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisite: PSYC 200 or equivalent.
  

  • PSYC 606H - Independent Research Problems - Half


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2SS

    Students may select an empirical research problem for individual investigation. Consent of instructor required.

    Instructor: N. Darling, C. Frantz, F. Mayer, M. Morean, S. Rabbitt, Staff, P. Thibodeau, S. Verosky, T. Wilson, P. deWinstanley

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisite: PSYC 200 or equivalent.
  

  • PSYC 608F - Honors Research - Full


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, HONR

    Honors Research

    Instructor: N. Darling, C. Frantz, F. Mayer, M. Morean, S. Rabbitt, P. Thibodeau, T. Wilson, P. deWinstanley, S. Verosky

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisite: Admission to the Honors Program. Note: Not more than 2 courses may be taken in PSYC 608.
  

  • PSYC 608H - Honors Research - Half


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2SS, HONR

    Honors Research

    Instructor: N. Darling, C. Frantz, F. Mayer, M. Morean, S. Rabbitt, P. Thibodeau, S. Verosky, T. Wilson, P. deWinstanley

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisite: Admission to the Honors Program. Note: Not more than 2 courses may be taken in PSYC 608.
  

  • PSYC 995F - Private Reading - Full


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS

    Private readings are offered as either a half or full academic course and require the faculty member’s approval. Students who wish to pursue a topic not covered in the regular curriculum may register for a private reading. This one-to-one tutorial is normally at the advanced level in a specific field and is arranged with a member of the faculty who has agreed to supervise the student. Unlike other courses, a student cannot register for a private reading via PRESTO. To register for a private reading, obtain a card from the Registrar’s Office, complete the required information, obtain the faculty member’s approval for the reading, and return the card to the Registrar’s Office.

    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: N. Darling, C. Frantz, F. Mayer, M. Morean, S. Rabbitt, Staff, P. Thibodeau, S. Verosky, T. Wilson, P. deWinstanley

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Submit a Private Reading Card to the Registrar’s Office
  

  • PSYC 995H - Private Reading - Half


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2SS

    Private readings are offered as either a half or full academic course and require the faculty member’s approval. Students who wish to pursue a topic not covered in the regular curriculum may register for a private reading. This one-to-one tutorial is normally at the advanced level in a specific field and is arranged with a member of the faculty who has agreed to supervise the student. Unlike other courses, a student cannot register for a private reading via PRESTO. To register for a private reading, obtain a card from the Registrar’s Office, complete the required information, obtain the faculty member’s approval for the reading, and return the card to the Registrar’s Office.

    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: N. Darling, C. Frantz, F. Mayer, M. Morean, S. Rabbitt, Staff, P. Thibodeau, S. Verosky, T. Wilson, P. deWinstanley

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Submit a Private Reading Card to the Registrar’s Office
  

  • RELG 100 - Introduction to Jewish Studies: Sacred Spaces and Promised Lands


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    This course is an introduction to Jews, Judaism, and Jewish culture, focusing on the question of where? By centering the spaces and places that Jews have constructed and inhabited - from synagogues to coffeehouses, from Jerusalem to Ohio - we will foreground questions of power, adaptation, and difference, within Jewish communities and in Jews’ interactions with their varied neighbors across history. Through the examination of diverse primary and secondary sources, we will see how “sacredness,” “promisedness,” and “Jewishness” are all complicated and contested.

    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: S. Rabin

    Cross List Information: JWST 100
  

  • RELG 102 - Introduction to Religion: Roots of Religion in the Mediterranean World


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU

    This course introduces students to the academic study of religion and provides a historical framework for understanding the development and central ideas of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, beginning from their origins in the Mediterranean region. The foundation of the course will be close reading of primary texts. The analysis of primary texts will be supplemented by modern sources that provide theoretical lenses for interpreting religion and the ongoing relationship and interaction of these traditions. The course will consider how to define religions and religious traditions, the development and authority of sacred texts, and the dynamics of intra- and inter-religious debates.

    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: C. Barnes
  

  • RELG 103 - Religion and Violence


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU

    Religion and violence have often intersected, though often not in simple or straightforward ways. This course will examine categories and interconnections of religion and violence to provide a critical framework for investigating perpetuations of, sufferings of, and resistances to violence in various religious traditions. Examinations of these traditions in concrete historical circumstances will clarify, stretch, and challenge the theoretical and philosophical approaches. Though particular attention will be devoted to Christianity, examples will also be drawn from Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and New Religious Movements.

    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: C. Barnes
  

  • RELG 109 - Jerusalem: Negotiating Sacred Space


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT

    An introduction to the history of Jerusalem and to the many and varied religious groups within Judaism, Christianity and Islam that have laid claim to its sacredness. Students will explore notions of sacred space as they find expression in sequential historical periods within Jerusalem. Weekly study topics include sacred cartography, apocalypticism, pilgrimage, and the role of archaeology in ‘uncovering’ and bolstering religious land claims.

    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: C. Chapman

    Cross List Information: JWST 109
  

  • RELG 137 - Introduction to Religion: Buddhism in East Asia


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    This course offers a broad introduction to Buddhist traditions in East Asia, focusing on China, Korea, and Japan in pre-modern periods. The interplay between doctrine and practice that animated the historical development of these traditions will be explored through a wide range of textual and visual genres, including sutras, cave paintings, miracle tales, stones inscriptions, images and icons, and hagiography. Topics covered include the doctrines of no-self and emptiness, the place of women and gender, monasticism and its impact on family structures, varieties of Buddhist awakening, and cosmology from the hells to the pure lands.

    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: A. Macomber

    Cross List Information: EAST 137
  

  • RELG 208 - New Testament and Christian Origins


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT

    This course is designed to introduce students to the literature and history of the New Testament in its Greco-Roman context. Students will engage in critical readings of the New Testament texts and some non-canonical early Christian and Jewish writings. Lectures will focus on the scholarly issues raised by the study of these primary texts and will introduce various methods of biblical studies currently employed by New Testament scholars. After completing this course, students will be familiar with the writings of the New Testament and with the critical debates concerning the life of Jesus and the emergence of the early church.

    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: C. Chapman

    Cross List Information: This course is cross-listed with JWST 208.
  

  • RELG 215 - A History of Sin


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU

    Portrayals of sin pervade religious and secular thought. This course will offer an interpretive history of sin by examining notions such as a primal fall, construals of deadly sin, negative presentations of bodies and sexuality, pride, guilt, shame, anxiety, ignorance, and modern reappraisals thereof. The focus will be on Christian traditions, but other perspectives and sources will be considered. Through texts ancient to contemporary, the course will highlight changing conceptions of sin as a means for grappling with the human condition and society.

    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: C. Barnes
  

  • RELG 220 - Religion and Transnational Feminism


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Module
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2HU

    This course examines issues of gender and religion as they intersect with global political discourses about women’s rights and competing definitions of agency. The study of global religions has been transformed in important ways by encounters with postcolonial and feminist scholarship; similarly, the persistent interest in religious forms of life have shaped how scholars think about gender, sexuality, and feminism in transnational contexts. In this course, we will explore how these dialogues between feminism, postcolonial studies, and religious studies may inform and transform our understandings of categories like “women” and “religion.”

    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: D. Schultz

    Cross List Information: GSFS 220
  

  • RELG 229 - Religious Rituals in East Asia


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    Ritual has always played a central role in the religions of East Asia. In this course, we conduct case studies of ritual practices representative of each major tradition (Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism, Shinto), as well as several that defy neat categorization. We will study ritual as compelling practices through which religious actors have sought to transform self, society, and cosmos. Orthopraxy, performance, affect, and the body are some the key themes we’ll consider in our engagements with textual primary sources as well as video and audio recordings of rituals as performed and recreated in contemporary settings.

    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: A. Macomber

    Cross List Information: EAST 153
  

  • RELG 240 - Religious Objects in East Asia


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    This course examines East Asian religions through case studies of material objects. In the histories of Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism, Shinto, physical things have participated in the making of religious identities by serving ceremonial and practical purposes, giving shape to doctrine, and mediating exchanges between religious communities and society. These diverse roles will be assessed in the study of a wide range of objects, including statues, silk, aromatics, scrolls, hair, robes, portraits, and relics. We seek to enliven textual accounts with perspectives from material culture and the senses, and along the way engage issues of materiality, representation, and agency.

    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: A. Macomber

    Cross List Information: EAST 154
  

  • RELG 241 - Literature and Ethics: British Novels


    Semester Offered: Second Semester, First Module
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2HU

    What does it mean to lead an ethical life? Novelists, like religious ethicists, explore this question and related topics such as moral development, authenticity, obligations to others, and justice. While religious ethicists seek to provide conceptual clarity in their treatment of these topics related to the ethical life, novelists bring their explorations to life in the worlds of their novels. In this one module course we will study religious ethical concepts and then the lived complexity presented in novels by Charles Dickens including Bleak House, where Dickens expolores issues such as obligations to others and justice.

    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: J. Babyak
  

  • RELG 242 - Literature and Ethics: American Novels


    Semester Offered: Second Semester, Second Module
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2HU

    This second-module course is separate from the first-module course RELG 241 but it continues the approach of studying themes in the moral life as articulated conceptually by religious ethicists and as presented in the world of fictional novels. In this course we will focus on essays and novels by Marilynne Robinson to explore key topics in ethics such as love, forgiveness, transcendent value, and human nature itself. Readings will include works by religious ethicists, selected essays by Marilynne Robinson, and her novels Gilead and Home.

    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: J. Babyak
  

  • RELG 244 - Ethics in Early China


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT

    This course provides an introduction to the early development of Chinese moral thought, from the oracle bone divination of the Shang Dynasty to the religious, ethical, and political theories of classical Confucianism, Mohism, and Daoism, through the unification of China in 221 BCE. We will concentrate on early debates over human nature, the best practices of self-cultivation, the general nature of the cosmos and the human role in it, and the proper ordering of society.

    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: C. Cottine
  

  • RELG 248 - Religion, Ethics, Environment


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, WINT

    Humans understand their relationship to the larger environment and its other inhabitants in a variety of complex ways. This course examines several of the religious, philosophical, and scientific schools of thought in environmental ethics. In addition to considering the diverse array of positions one can take toward the environment, e.g. animal rights, land ethics, nature religions, and ecofeminism, this course also considers in depth topics such as environmental justice, climate change, anthropocentrism, and sustainability.

    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: C. Cottine

    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Environmental Studies
  

  • RELG 249 - Medical Ethics


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU

    This course offers an analysis of selected issues in medical ethics and the methods of ethical reasoning used to study these issues, focusing on attendant religious, moral, and legal questions. The orientation of the course is clinical. Issues are framed and explored as issues addressed in a medical context, using case studies throughout. Topics to be addressed include such issues as death and dying, medical research and human experimentation, privacy and informed consent, public health, genetic engineering and the allocation of scarce resources.

    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: J. Babyak

    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Law and Society
  

  • RELG 253 - Pilgrimage, Travel, & Judaism


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    The desire to seek spiritual fulfillment in a far-away place is a hallmark of many religious traditions, including Judaism. In this course we will trace the ancient and medieval roots of pilgrimage and various Jewish pilgrimage practices that have emerged in the modern period, in Israel as well as in Europe, North Africa, and the United States. Together, we will ask, what has motivated Jewish travelers? Have they found what they were looking for? How have their travels shaped - and been shaped by - the histories of their places of origin and of destination? 

    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: S. Rabin

    Consent of the Instructor Required: No
    Prerequisites & Notes:  

     
    Cross List Information: JWST 253.
  

  • RELG 270 - Islam


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    This course surveys Islam in its religious, intellectual, historical, socio-political and institutional dimensions. It provides an overview of Muslim religious traditions for purposes of further historical study and for understanding contemporary Muslim societies. Topics covered include elements that constitute Muslim traditions, cultures and identities, such as: pre-Islamic Arab society and surrounding Persian and Roman civilizations, the Prophet and the Qur?an, Islamic theology, law, devotional rituals, arts and literatures, mysticism, mosque and madrasa.  Field trip required.

    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: M. Mahallati
  

  • RELG 272 - Introduction to the Qur’an


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    Introduction to the Qur’an, the sacred scripture of the Islamic religious tradition. Topics include: approaches to the idea of revelation and the history of the written text, its overall content and themes, the style of the Qur’an, the Life of Muhammad as a source for interpreting the Qur’an, and Muhammad and the Qur’an as the foundation of law, theology, aesthetics, politics, and practices of piety such as recitation. Emphasis on reading the Qur’an in English-language interpretation.

    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: M. Mahallati
  

  • RELG 274 - Friendship: Perspectives from Religion, Politics, Economics, and Art


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU

    This course offers an interdisciplinary introduction to the role of friendship in promoting peacemaking. By providing normative, philosophical, theological, political, economic and artistic analysis (in visual arts, literature and film), the course examines the potentials of friendship as a catalyst for a paradigm shift in international and interfaith relations and in peacemaking. Moving beyond cold war and cold peace, this course discusses how promoting civic friendship through interdisciplinary and inter-cultural approaches can help curb violence, political oppression, religious extremism, economic injustice and environmental destruction.

    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: M. Mahallati
  

  • RELG 275 - Religion and Politics in the Modern Muslim World


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    The vast geography of Islam extending from Indonesia to Morocco has been fertile and contentious meeting place of religion and politics, especially in the modern era. This course analyses the dynamic between religion and politics in the Muslim world focusing especially on the last fifty years. The Arab-Israeli war, the Islamic revolution in Iran, the rise of militant fundamentalism, wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the emergence of the Islamist democratic parties in Indonesia, Malaysia and Turkey will be among the case-studies examined.

    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: M. Mahallati
  

  • RELG 283 - American Religious Traditions


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    The relationship between “religion” and “America” has long been subject to political, religious, and scholarly debate. This course will enter into this discussion, exploring diverse activities, attitudes, and communities understood to be religious and their varied relationships to the material and political conditions of what is now the United States. Topics will include the religious roots of - and religious reactions to - colonialism, imperialism, racism, capitalism, the Cold War, and the Internet age.

    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: S. Rabin
  

  • RELG 335 - Buddhism, Healing, and the Body in East Asia


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT

    The links between Buddhism and healing are as old as the religion itself, and proved especially pivotal in the transmission of the religion to East Asia. How have Buddhists historically imagined the body, disease, and healing? How was this therapeutic imagination in turn shaped by morality, monasticism, ritual practice, and demonology? This course brings these questions to an examination of the rich history of Buddhist healing. Throughout, we also emphasize the intersections of Buddhist healing with other traditions known and practiced in China, Korea, and Japan, including Ayurveda, Daoism, and varieties of classical and popular medicine.

    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: A. Macomber

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Cross List Information: EAST 335
  

  • RELG 340 - Ethical Issues in Death and Dying


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, WINT

    This course offers students the opportunity to explore religious, philosophical, and ethical concerns relating to the human condition of finitude. Course materials are drawn from writers working from religious perspectives as well as from diverse fields such as social psychology, thanatology, and fiction. Particular foci: death as an existential fact; social and medical practices surrounding death; and grief. Consent of instructor required.

    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: J. Babyak

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Law and Society
  

  • RELG 347 - Seminar: Virtue, Religion, and the Good Life


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT

    What does it mean to live the virtuous or good life? Are there advantages to focusing on character and virtue rather than on rights, duties, or consequences? What is the relevance of virtue language for contemporary moral and political philosophy? We explore these and other questions as we compare classical and contemporary statements from ancient China, Christianity, and the Greeks, among others, that address issues of human nature, ethics, and tradition.

    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: C. Cottine

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes: Consent from instructor is required.
  

  • RELG 358 - Religious Outsiders and the American State


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT

    This course explores the relationship between select outsider religions - Native Americans, Jews, Catholics, Muslims, Mormons, and Buddhists - and the American state from the beginnings of the United States until the present day. In a country that is premised on the separation of church and state but that also includes diverse religious communities, the place of religion in public life and of the government’s role in regulating and defining religion have long been contested. What do church-state relations look like if we focus on groups outside of the Protestant mainstream? What are the scope and limits of “religious freedom”? 

    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: S. Rabin

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Cross List Information: JWST 358
  

  • RELG 390 - Forgiveness in the Islamic and Christian Traditions


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT

    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: 15
    Instructor: M. Mahallati

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • RELG 401 - Capstone Research Methods


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, WADV

    This course focuses on the skills necessary for doing research in and using the methods of the academic study of religion. Students work one-on-one with a faculty advisor and in a group peer review process to develop a literature review and first draft of their capstone project, which is completed in RELG 402.

    Instructor: C. Chapman

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes: Students must have completed at least one 200-level course in two of the three general approaches to the study of religion. Students are strongly encouraged to have completed an advanced 300-level seminar before taking RELG 401.
  

  • RELG 402 - Capstone Colloquium


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, COLQ, WADV

    In this team-taught advanced course, students work in a colloquium setting to discuss the research process and produce an independent capstone project. Only students who have completed the RELG 401/ RELG 402 sequence may be considered for Honors.

    Instructor: C. Chapman

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisite: RELG 401
  

  • RELG 995F - Private Reading - Full


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU

    Private readings are offered as either a half or full academic course and require the faculty member’s approval. Students who wish to pursue a topic not covered in the regular curriculum may register for a private reading. This one-to-one tutorial is normally at the advanced level in a specific field and is arranged with a member of the faculty who has agreed to supervise the student. Unlike other courses, a student cannot register for a private reading via Banner Self Service. To register for a private reading, obtain a card from the Registrar’s Office, complete the required information, obtain the faculty member’s approval for the reading, and return the card to the Registrar’s Office.

    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: J. Babyak, E. Bachrach, C. Barnes, C. Chapman, C. Cottine, A. Macomber, M. Mahallati, Staff

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Submit a Private Reading Card to the Registrar’s Office
  

  • RELG 995H - Private Reading - Half


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2HU

    Private readings are offered as either a half or full academic course and require the faculty member’s approval. Students who wish to pursue a topic not covered in the regular curriculum may register for a private reading. This one-to-one tutorial is normally at the advanced level in a specific field and is arranged with a member of the faculty who has agreed to supervise the student. Unlike other courses, a student cannot register for a private reading via Banner Self Service. To register for a private reading, obtain a card from the Registrar’s Office, complete the required information, obtain the faculty member’s approval for the reading, and return the card to the Registrar’s Office.

    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: J. Babyak, E. Bachrach, C. Barnes, C. Chapman, C. Cottine, A. Macomber, M. Mahallati, Staff

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Submit a Private Reading Card to the Registrar’s Office
  

  • RHET 100 - Academic Writing for the American Classroom


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, WINT

    This course is designed for multilingual and international students interested in exploring the writing process in English, with particular focus on American academic conventions and expectations of inquiry, argument, and attribution of sources. The class will serve as a writing community in which students read and discuss the work of classmates. Students will write often, reflect on their individual writing process, and meet regularly with the instructor to discuss progress.

    Enrollment Limit: 13
    Instructor: H. Sundt

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • RHET 102 - Writing for College & Beyond


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, WINT

    This course will immerse students in the practice of writing for college and beyond. Students will explore a number of forms, analyze and create arguments, work with sources, and develop greater flexibility and ease in their writing

    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: C. Smith, H. Sundt
  

  • RHET 105 - Writing to Learn & Participate


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, WINT

    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. P/NP Grading

    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: J. Cooper

    Prerequisites & Notes: P/NP Grading
  

  • RHET 110 - Speaking and Writing


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, WINT

    In this course, students will develop skills needed to construct and deliver effective speeches by recognizing the role of communication in cultivating engaged participation in public life and encouraging an audience-centered approach to speaking, persuasion, and rhetoric. While theoretical foundations of public speaking methods and techniques will be discussed, this is a practice-oriented course. As such, students will develop effective writing and speaking techniques through classroom discussions, activities, and assignments. Students will develop speeches and presentations based upon their own socio-political interests.

    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: C. Smith
  

  • RHET 120 - Journalism Basics


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, WINT

    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: J. Cooper

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes: 8 places reserved for first-year students.
  

  • RHET 201 - Writing in the Sciences


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, WINT

    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: J. Cooper

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • RHET 205 - Rhetorics of Gender Non-Conformity


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT

    Meant for sophomores, juniors, and seniors who wish to continue developing academic skills stressed in First Year Seminars (critical reading, writing, and research). Course members will examine how artistic, activist, journalistic, and historiographic rhetorics are used in film and television to portray transgender and gender non-conforming people. Materials and assignments will be rooted in an intersectional approach including diverse perspectives of economic class, race, ability, nationality, regionality, and religion. Students will work on a variety of multimodal writing tasks, including essays and scripting for audio, video or public exhibition.

    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: J. Cooper

    Cross List Information: GSFS 204
  

  • RHET 207 - Literary Journalism


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, WINT

    From New Journalism to the personal essay, literary techniques are reshaping the way journalists write about sports, nature, politics, science, and the arts. This course will explore the way journalists use the tools of fiction and poetry in their writing while remaining true to the standards of reporting. Students will balance the reading of literary journalism and essays with time spent crafting their own writing.

    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: H. Sundt

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • RHET 210 - Rhetoric and Social Protest


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, WINT

    This course is dedicated to exploring the various theories, contexts, and rhetorical strategies of resistance. Through both a historical and a contemporary perspective, we delve into the limitations and possibilities of protest rhetoric. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of rhetoric to enact advocacy, students will read rhetorical theory and criticism, primary texts, and complete written and oral assignments. Students will develop an understanding of the rhetorical underpinnings of social activism and the role it plays in societal change.

    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: C. Smith

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • RHET 401 - Teaching and Tutoring Writing Across the Disciplines


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, WADV

    In this course, students study composition theory and pedagogy and at the same time learn to work with their peers as writing associates. In the process of helping to educate others, students work toward a fuller understanding of their own educational experiences, particularly in writing.

    Enrollment Limit: 18
    Instructor: L. McMillin

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes: Experienced students of all majors who write well are encouraged to apply. Closed to first-years and to seniors in their final semester. Students must apply to take this course before early registration; applications are linked from the Writing Associates Program’s webpages.
    Cross List Information: This course is cross-listed with ENGL 399.
  

  • RHET 402 - Tutoring Lab


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2HU

    A course in which students develop their presentation and public speaking skills by conducting in-class workshops across campus. While studying oral communication theory and pedagogy, students will gain a broader understanding of the value of public speaking and recognize their own educational experiences with the discipline.

    Enrollment Limit: 8
    Instructor: C. Smith

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes: RHET 401
  

  • RHET 995F - Private Reading - Full


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU

    Private readings are offered as either a half or full academic course and require the faculty member’s approval. Students who wish to pursue a topic not covered in the regular curriculum may register for a private reading. This one-to-one tutorial is normally at the advanced level in a specific field and is arranged with a member of the faculty who has agreed to supervise the student. Unlike other courses, a student cannot register for a private reading via Banner Self Service. To register for a private reading, obtain a card from the Registrar’s Office, complete the required information, obtain the faculty member’s approval for the reading, and return the card to the Registrar’s Office.

    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: J. Cooper, D. Guidry, L. McMillin, C. Smith, H. Sundt

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Submit a Private Reading Card to the Registrar’s Office
  

  • RHET 995H - Private Reading - Half


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2HU

    Private readings are offered as either a half or full academic course and require the faculty member’s approval. Students who wish to pursue a topic not covered in the regular curriculum may register for a private reading. This one-to-one tutorial is normally at the advanced level in a specific field and is arranged with a member of the faculty who has agreed to supervise the student. Unlike other courses, a student cannot register for a private reading via Banner Self Service. To register for a private reading, obtain a card from the Registrar’s Office, complete the required information, obtain the faculty member’s approval for the reading, and return the card to the Registrar’s Office.

    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: J. Cooper, D. Guidry, L. McMillin, C. Smith, H. Sundt

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Submit a Private Reading Card to the Registrar’s Office
  

  • RTCP 107 - Practicum in Journalism


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Credits: 1 credits
    Attribute: CC

    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.

    Enrollment Limit: 100
    Instructor: J. Cooper

    Prerequisites & Notes: : Students can earn a maximum of four credits toward graduation (a maximum of six credits for editors). P/NP Grading only.
  

  • RUSS 005 - Russian Phonetics


    Semester Offered: Second Semester, First Module
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 1AR, CD

    Open to students of Russian at all levels (elementary, intermediate, advanced). An opportunity to focus on and fine-tune phonetics and intonation without having to worry about grammar, vocabulary, etc. Targeted practice of specific sounds, sound combinations, words, phrases etc. through tongue twisters, proverbs, poems, songs, and simple dialogs. By the end of this modular course students should be well on their way to developing correct, near-native Russian pronunciation. Involves a final oral project.

    Enrollment Limit: 18
    Instructor: M. Solovieva

    Prerequisites & Notes: RUSS 101 or the equivalent. Note that this course is only offered on an occasional basis (not annually).
  

  • RUSS 007 - Navigating Russia: Practical Strategies for Living and Studying Abroad


    Semester Offered: Second Semester, Second Module
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 1AR, CD

    Americans go abroad with a set of assumptions about Russia, but have little real sense of how Russians live, think, and communicate on a day-to-day basis: they see only the tip of the cultural ‘iceberg.’ This course provides a practical guide to navigating Russia (and avoiding unnecessary collisions) by exploring ‘submerged’ and overlooked aspects of Russian life: nonverbal communication patterns, unspoken norms about food, health, individualism, friendship, loyalty, etc. We will analyze a range of challenging communicative situations so students can develop their own strategies and survival techniques for living in Russia. Open to students at all levels. In English.

    Enrollment Limit: 18
    Instructor: M. Solovieva
  

  • RUSS 101 - Elementary Russian


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, 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: 20
    Instructor: T. Newlin
  

  • RUSS 102 - Elementary Russian


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, 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: 20
    Instructor: T. Newlin

    Prerequisites & Notes: 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 203 - Intermediate Russian


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    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.

    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: T. Scholl

    Prerequisites & Notes: RUSS 102 or equivalent.
  

  • RUSS 204 - Intermediate Russian


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    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.

    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Instructor: T. Scholl

    Prerequisites & Notes: RUSS 203 or equivalent.
  

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


    Next Offered: 2019-2020

    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    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. Taught in English.

    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: T. Newlin
  

  • RUSS 233 - The Literature of Decadence: The Art of Sensation


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    The literature of decadence flourished in the waning decades of the nineteenth century as part of a widespread reaction to the decline of the West that gave rise to avant-garde movements across Europe. Rejecting associations with the beautiful and the good, it focused instead on decay and decline. We will examine the works of Russia’s decadent writers and the European authors that influenced and responded to them, focusing on the movement’s debts to nineteenth-century Russian literature, critical outrage to the movement across Europe, and the influence of decadence on other modernist movements, including the visual arts, theater, dance, and film.

    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: T. Scholl
  

  • RUSS 305 - Advanced Russian: Cross-cultural Communication I


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    Developes a foundation for effective cross-cultural communication; refinement of writing, reading, speaking, and aural comprehension skills to facilitate interactions with Russians today. We will use art, music and literary texts to explore a distinctively Russian understanding of time, space, family, home, and history.

    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: M. Solovieva

    Prerequisites & Notes: RUSS 204 or equivalent or consent of the instructor.
  

  • RUSS 306 - Advanced Russian: Cross-cultural Communication II


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    Builds on the skills and concepts developed in 305. Further refinement of writing, reading, speaking, and aural comprehension in Russian. Continued focus on the cultural and linguistic implications of everyday communication.

    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: M. Solovieva

    Prerequisites & Notes: RUSS 204 or equivalent.
  

  • RUSS 411 - Special Topics: Women’s Voices in Contemporary Russia


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD

    This course is aims to help advanced students develop and refine their active command of written and spoken Russian by exploring the cultural and political landscape of today’s Russia though the eyes of prominent women writers (Tolstaya, Ulitskaya), journalists (Politkovskaya, Khakamada), and film directors (Smirnova), as well philanthropists, politicians, and business women. Analysis of short texts (stories, essays, interviews), film screenings, youtube videos. Involves regular discussion and hands-on projects.

    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: M. Solovieva

    Prerequisites & Notes: RUSS 305 and 306 (or concurrent enrollment) or the equivalent.
  

  • RUSS 446 - Senior Seminar: Anna Karenina


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, CD, WADV

    In this capstone course for Russian/REES majors and advanced students of Russian, we will read and analyze a major novel in Russian, with close attention to style, ideas, structure, and historical and cultural context. A major focus will be placed on dramatically expanding students’ vocabulary and increasing reading speed. Short writing assignments in Russian, final research paper in English. This year’s seminar will be devoted to Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina. 

    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: T. Newlin

    Prerequisites & Notes: Russian 411 or consent of the instructor. Note: May be repeated for credit.
  

  • RUSS 505F - Russian Honors - Full


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU, HONR

    Honors

    Instructor: T. Newlin, T. Scholl, M. Solovieva, Staff

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • RUSS 505H - Russian Honors - Half


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2HU, HONR

    Honors

    Instructor: T. Newlin, T. Scholl, M. Solovieva

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • RUSS 995F - Private Reading - Full


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4HU

    Private readings are offered as either a half or full academic course and require the faculty member’s approval. Students who wish to pursue a topic not covered in the regular curriculum may register for a private reading. This one-to-one tutorial is normally at the advanced level in a specific field and is arranged with a member of the faculty who has agreed to supervise the student. Unlike other courses, a student cannot register for a private reading via Banner Self Service. To register for a private reading, obtain a card from the Registrar’s Office, complete the required information, obtain the faculty member’s approval for the reading, and return the card to the Registrar’s Office.

    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: T. Newlin, T. Scholl, M. Solovieva

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Submit a Private Reading Card to the Registrar’s Office
  

  • RUSS 995H - Private Reading - Half


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2HU

    Private readings are offered as either a half or full academic course and require the faculty member’s approval. Students who wish to pursue a topic not covered in the regular curriculum may register for a private reading. This one-to-one tutorial is normally at the advanced level in a specific field and is arranged with a member of the faculty who has agreed to supervise the student. Unlike other courses, a student cannot register for a private reading via Banner Self Service. To register for a private reading, obtain a card from the Registrar’s Office, complete the required information, obtain the faculty member’s approval for the reading, and return the card to the Registrar’s Office.

    Enrollment Limit: 5
    Instructor: T. Newlin, T. Scholl, M. Solovieva

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Submit a Private Reading Card to the Registrar’s Office
  

  • SOCI 050 - Cleveland Immersion Program


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2SS

    This module course connects students to Northeast Ohio through its community and business leaders, regional organizations, and local alumni. It is offered M-W during the mid-semester recess with evening meetings in the weeks before and after. You will learn about the history, challenges, and opportunities of Greater Cleveland in six themes: social justice, sustainability, entrepreneurship, economic development, arts and culture, and community leadership. You will practice networking skills, gain professional and academic contacts, conduct site visits, and research a project of your choice. Field trips required.

    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Instructor: G. Mattson

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Cross List Information: Cross-listed with CAST 050
  

  • SOCI 110 - Introduction to Sociology: Social Structure, Inequality, and Behavior


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD

    This course will provide you with a way to think about and understand the social world and your place within it. We will examine theoretical concepts and methodologies with a wide variety of classic and contemporary empirical studies. This course addresses questions such as: How do we know which direction to face in an elevator? What are the causes and consequences of social inequality? How do some behaviors become designated ‘deviant’ and others ‘normal’?

    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Instructor: C. Parris
  

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


    Next Offered: 2019-2020

    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD

    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 124 - Introduction to Sociology: Classics of Sociology


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS

    This course is intended as an introduction to a major subfield of sociology, the sociology of politics. We will begin with basic concepts (power, types of authority, the state, representation, citizenship rights). We will proceed to explore the social conditions of democracy, class conflict, bureaucratization, the elitist critique of democracy, the weakness of American socialism, the nature of class/elite power in the United States, and the rise of fascism in interwar Europe.

    Enrollment Limit: 45
    Instructor: V. Vujacic
  

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


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS

    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: 45
    Instructor: C. White

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes: Limited to first and second-year students.
  

  • SOCI 130 - Introduction to Sociology: Social Problems


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS

    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: 40
    Instructor: R. Baldoz
  

  • SOCI 203 - Sociology of Sexuality


    Next Offered: 2019-2020

    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, 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 way modern sexuality transformed systems of dating, marriage, homosexuality, government, economics and racial classification. Following Freud, Foucault, feminist and queer theorists, 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

    Cross List Information: Cross-Listed with GSFS 203
    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies; Anthropology; Comparative American Studies
  

  • SOCI 222 - Social Psychology: A Sociological Approach


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS

    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 230 - Social Change and Political Transformation in Eastern Europe


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, 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.

    Enrollment Limit: 45
    Instructor: V. Vujacic

    Cross List Information: This course is cross-listed with POLT 214
    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Russian and East European Studies
  

  • SOCI 250 - Sociology of Popular Culture


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS

    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: 35
    Instructor: R. Baldoz

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
  

  • SOCI 254 - Political Sociology


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD

    When is protest and revolution possible? How do the dynamics of political institutions and processes shape policy outcomes? Under what political and social conditions have minorities and women succeeded in expanding their rights? This course explores sociological literatures on state formation and nationalism, social movements, political culture and participation, social policy and globalization. In this class, we tackle major theoretical questions about power, politics, and the state and apply theoretical tools to examine substantive cases concerning power in Appalachian coal camps, racial categorization in Brazil, political commemoration in Romania and Hungary, and the global production of Mardi Gras beads and Ikea furniture.

    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: V. Vujacic
  

  • SOCI 275 - Enacting the Law


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD

    Where does law come from? Law and society studies how law is the product of cultural meanings rather than merely their cause. Using examples from sociology, political science, anthropology and history, we study how everyday understandings underpin and conflict with legal institutions when defining crime, marriage and law itself. Assignments include conducting interviews about disputes, analyzing legal changes, and observing legal proceedings: the formal and informal ways law gets enacted every day.

    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Instructor: G. Mattson

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes: Introduction to Sociology recommended.
    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Law and Society; Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies
  

  • SOCI 284 - Environmental Sociology


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS

    This course introduces students to the growing intellectual and pragmatic focus on the relationship between people and the environment. Throughout the semester, we will investigate the ways in which people and the environment interact with one another, examine how those interactions are influenced by socio-cultural processes such as political power and social inequality, and explore various responses to environmental issues, including individual behaviors, social movements, and policies that legislate human interactions with the natural world.

    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Instructor: C. Parris
  

  • SOCI 301 - Social Research Methods


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, QFR

    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: C. Parris

    Prerequisites & Notes: One introductory course in Sociology. Priority given to Sociology Majors. Students must register also for SOCI 302.
  

  • SOCI 302 - Social Research Methods Lab


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2SS

    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: C. Parris

    Prerequisites & Notes: One introductory course in Sociology. Preference given to Sociology majors. Students must register also for SOCI 301.
  

  • SOCI 303 - Classical and Contemporary Sociological Theory


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, WADV

    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: 25
    Instructor: V. Vujacic

    Prerequisites & Notes: Priority given to Sociology majors. Introduction to Sociology is strongly recommended.
  

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


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD, WADV

    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

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
    Prerequisites & Notes: Related intermediate course in these departments. Restrictions: Closed to first year students.
    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies; Law and Society
  

  • SOCI 348 - Constructing Immigrant Communities


    Next Offered: 2019-2020

    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS

    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: R. Baldoz
  

  • SOCI 351 - Protest, Resist, Change!: Collective Behavior and Social Movements


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS

    Why do people protest? What makes a social movement? Why do some people decide to join? Why do others decide not to? What makes a movement last? What is the relationship between social movements and culture, media, policing? This course is designed to explore some of these questions. Using sociological concepts we examine a variety of movements in the United States and beyond and explore the ways in which social movements are discussed and understood in sociological literature.

    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Instructor: J. Jalili
  

  • SOCI 378 - Sociology of African-American Community


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, 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: One course in Sociology or African-American Studies or consent of the instructor. Cross-listed with AAST 378.
    Cross List Information: This course is cross-listed with AAST 378
  

  • SOCI 391H - Practicum - Half


    Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester
    Half Course
    Credits: 2 credits
    Attribute: 2SS

    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: R. Baldoz, D. John, G. Mattson, C. Parris, 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 420 - Social Inequalities: Class, Race, and Gender


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, CD, WADV

    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 431 - Communism and Intellectuals: From Utopia to Disillusionment


    Semester Offered: Second Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS

    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: Two courses in Sociology or consent of instructor.
    This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
    Russian and East European Studies
  

  • SOCI 432 - How Places Make Us: Sociology of Place and Space


    Semester Offered: First Semester
    Full Course
    Credits: 4 credits
    Attribute: 4SS, WADV

    This seminar draws on disciplinary and interdisciplinary sources to engage with different aspects of place-making as a social, cultural, and political process. We start by reading some foundational texts about space and place in sociology and beyond. Based on these readings and while reviewing sociological literature on how we make places, we will also engage with the question of ‘how places make us.’ A variety of sociological topics, such as identity, community, power relations, and social change will be discussed through a spatial lens. Taught for letter grading only.

    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Instructor: J. Jalili

    Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
 

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