Course Catalog 2022-2023 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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This is a comprehensive listing of all active, credit-bearing courses offered by Oberlin College and Conservatory since Fall 2016. Courses listed this online catalog may not be offered every semester; for up to date information on which courses are offered in a given semester, please see PRESTO.
For the most part, courses offered by departments are offered within the principal division of the department. Many interdisciplinary departments and programs also offer courses within more than one division.
Individual courses may be counted simultaneously toward more than one General Course Requirement providing they carry the appropriate divisional attributes and/or designations.
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HIST 303 - Seminar: Possession and Property in Medieval Europe FC SSCI WADV
4 credits
This seminar traces the development of notions of possession, property and ownership in a historical context. Using some of the important texts of the western tradition, and drawing from historical, anthropological and sociological traditions, we will examine experiments in communal possession and individual ownership, notions of bodily possession, from mystical experiences to witchcraft, and the nature of goods that are owned, consumed and circulated, from land and movables to other people.
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HIST 305 - Research Methods in Black Women’s Intellectual History FC SSCI CD WADV
4 credits
This course will focus on the corpus of knowledge and ideas developed by black women intellectuals throughout American history. Through a close examination of secondary scholarship and primary collections of personal papers, essays, and publications, students will develop a research project that directly engages black women’s historical impact on American intellectual thought.
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HIST 307 - Occupied Japan, 1945-52 FC SSCI CD WADV
4 credits
This course examines the transition from war to peace following Japan’s cataclysmic defeat in World War II. The emphasis is on the rebuilding of political institutions and the transformation of society processes that took place under the watchful eye of the Allied Occupation which lasted for seven years. While considering the many ruptures with the past occasioned by Emperor Hirohito’s announcement of surrender on August 15, 1945, the course will also examine the political, social, economic, and cultural continuities that spanned the wartime/postwar divide.
Prerequisites & Notes: HIST 160 or EAST 132
This course is cross-listed with EAST 307
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HIST 310 - Marx and Marxism FC SSCI
4 credits
This seminar examines one of the most important modern thinkers and his intellectual legacy. After spending a few weeks on an intensive analysis of Marx’s own work, we will explore later 20th century interpretations of Marxism. Throughout this course, we will be concerned with the evolution of such concepts as class, ideology, political engagement, and capitalism. We will also investigate the relationship between Communist politics and the philosophical work of Marxists in the twentieth century.
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HIST 314 - Existentialism FC SSCI CD
4 credits
This course explores the history of European existentialism. We shall examine the major themes of existentialism (authenticity vs. inauthenticity, meaninglessness, absurdity, freedom and anguish, etc.) through reading philosophers such as Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Sartre. We will be looking both at the development of existentialism as a philosophical trend and at the ways that existentialist philosophers anticipate, inspire and respond to political events.
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HIST 318 - American Orientalism FC SSCI CD
4 credits
Through readings and work on original research projects, students will study how ideas about ‘Orientals’ have shaped historical understandings of American identity, from the late eighteenth century onward. Topics of examination include: Chinese ‘coolies’ during Reconstruction; constructions of gender and sexual deviance; wartime representations of Asian enemies; Cold War origins of the Model Minority; revival of “Yellow Perilism” in contemporary life.
Prerequisites & Notes: Prior coursework in CAST or a related field strongly recommended.
This course is cross-listed with CAST 318
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HIST 322 - American Contact, 1492-1620 FC SSCI
4 credits
An exploration of first encounters between Natives and newcomers in eastern North America during the “Age of Discovery.” To the diverse peoples that took part in them, these meetings were mind-bending experiences animated by floating islands, cannibals, rabbit captains, gods, giants, icebergs, bears, and savages. To scholars studying them centuries later, they are windows to the values and interests of early modern societies and to a continent on the brink of hemispheric change.
Prerequisites & Notes: HIST 103 or HIST 285
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HIST 326 - Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Latin America FC SSCI CD WINT
4 credits
This seminar explores the entangled evolution of race, gender, and sexuality in Latin America. Students will learn about these developments across the colonial and modern periods and from a diverse array of disciplinary perspectives. We will read classic and new works of social theory to help us analyze and contextualize primary and secondary historical sources. Assignments in this writing-intensive course help students to build skills in historical research, argumentative writing, and application of theoretical perspectives.
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HIST 335 - Seminar: Crusades: Contact & Conflict in the Mediterranean World FC SSCI CD WADV
4 credits
This research seminar examines the European Crusades that took place between the 1050 and 1450 in the eastern Mediterranean, the Iberian peninsula, France and Germany. Using a wide range of sources from different religious, political, social and economic viewpoints, students will learn what was at stake for the various players involved, from high-born armed pilgrims to merchants and moneylenders, and how the Crusades shaped European identity for centuries to come.
This course is cross-listed with JWST 335
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HIST 340 - Doing Local History-Community Based Learning in Elyria FC SSCI CD
4 credits
This course offers students an opportunity to learn about and to practice doing local and community history in collaborative partnership with community partners in Elyria, Ohio. As part of the Lorain County Racial Equity Project, the class will focus on documenting, preserving, and communicating the history of race and housing in Elyria. The class will document where African Americans lived over the course of Elyria’s history and explore the factors that shaped neighborhood residential patterns, including economic class, migration, government policies, and environmental racism. We will also explore how historians can work collaboratively in documenting and researching histories that are relevant and useful for grassroots community organizations. Students will build a digital archive of historical materials, suggest sites for historical markers, and create a physical exhibit that tells the story of race and housing in Elyria. Class will include offsite visits to Elyria.
Does this course require off campus field trips? Yes
Community Based Learning
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HIST 343 - Reserch Seminar: War, the Military and the American Nation FC SSCI WADV
4 credits
This course is about, and how to do, American military history. It explores American history through the perspective of its wars and military, their role in the development of society, politics, economy, and culture. Students will pursue an individual historical research project using primary and secondary sources. Project proposal, progress, and results will be shared with the class for discussion concerning historical interpretation tied to sources, methodology, and historiography. Wide latitude is given for topic selection. Students should have tentative topics in mind at the start of the course.
Prerequisites & Notes: Demonstrated proficiency in U.S. history since the early 18th century.
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HIST 347 - The African Diaspora in Contemporary Latin America FC SSCI CD WADV
4 credits
This course explores the contributions of Africans and their descendants in the shaping of national identity, political culture, economic development, and cultural expression in contemporary Latin America. With an emphasis on social justice issues and gender, the course engages with rich primary and secondary sources, including documentaries, material culture, and musical artifacts, to offer a dynamic history of the African Diaspora in Brazil and Colombia but also in lesser-studied areas, such as Mexico and Argentina.
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HIST 348 - Historical Clues, Alternative Archives FC SSCI CD
4 credits
What are the various ways to identify and engage with primary sources and archives? In this historical methods course, we practice locating existing archives both within and outside of Oberlin, and we will also take steps to begin assembling new archives that address understudied topics. Our readings are drawn from the fields of History, American Studies, Anthropology, Performance Studies, and Literature. Course participants will use the theoretical and practical insights discussed to complete a series of interrelated research assignments throughout the semester that will culminate in an original piece of historical writing.
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HIST 354 - Brit Empire & Indian Ocean FC SSCI CD
4 credits
The British Empire at its height covered a quarter of the earth’s landmass, making it history’s largest empire. It was also a quintessentially maritime empire. Beginning in India, seaborne rule spread to regions as diverse as Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. This seminar explores the experience of empire in colonial India and the Indian Ocean. We follow the circulation of peoples, goods, and ideas across monsoon highways, and we probe the processes that turned an expansive ocean into a ‘British lake.’ Topics include first-person accounts of mobility, historical fiction, and studies of port cities and oceanic networks.
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HIST 360 - Constructing the Russian Revolutionary Self FC ARHU CD WADV
4 credits
What role do individuals play in revolutionary history? How do understandings of identity change in moments of upheaval? How do scholars use ‘ego-documents’ as historical sources? This research seminar is an exploration of selfhood in the modern Russian revolutionary tradition. Through treatises, memoirs, artworks, and films, we will examine how nihilists, populists, Marxists, feminists, and the militant working class constructed new forms of radical subjectivity. The seminar will culminate in a research paper that will investigate, through primary sources, both revolutionary biography as well as the challenges that revolution poses to the idea of biography itself.
This course is cross-listed with REES 360
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HIST 367 - The Other Great Game, 1860-1905 FC SSCI CD WADV
4 credits
The Korean peninsula was at the center of the most dramatic upheavals of the late 19th century and early 20th century East Asia. This was a period that witnessed the rise of Japan and the decline of China and the Sinocentric world order that had dominated the region for over a millennia. Imperial Russia was also making inroads into Asia. This seminar is focused on the diplomatic, political, and military history of these years, concentrating on Korean, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, European, and American history.
Prerequisites & Notes: One East Asian history course.
This course is cross-listed with EAST 367
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HIST 371 - Muslim Politics in Modern South Asia FC SSCI CD
4 credits
South Asia (India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh) is home to the largest Muslim population on earth. The region witnessed the rise of great medieval Muslim empires; it experienced early tensions with the western world under 200 years of colonialism; and in the previous century, it authored the first constitutionally governed Islamic state. This seminar explores the history of Muslim South Asia from 1700 to the present. Drawing on diverse sources (fiction, film, primary texts, scholarly literature), the course reflects on Muslim lives under colonialism, religious radicalism and revival, and the troubled trajectories of Islamic nationalism.
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HIST 376 - Westworlds: Research Seminar in Western History FC SSCI WADV
4 credits
Both overcrowded and too lonesome, the American West has held an incomparable place in U.S. culture and imaginary for over two hundred years. Students in this seminar will conduct original research on an individually-chosen topic in Western history and will write an article-length paper. We will focus on identifying a realistic project, completing basic research with primary sources, and the different stages required for a successful writing process.
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HIST 382 - Afro-Asian America: Intraminority Connections in Historical Perspective FC SSCI CD WADV
4 credits
Seminar guides students in methods of historical research and writing through subject of Afro-Asian relations in America and the world during the 20th century. Through readings and projects, students will develop an understanding of comparative racial formations, connections between Asian American and African American histories, and salience of Black-Asian thought and relations against developments including U.S. civil rights movement, Third World anti-colonialism, and the Los Angeles riots. Prior coursework on race in U.S. history recommended.
This course is cross-listed with CAST 382
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HIST 383 - Borders, Wars, and Refugees from the Ottoman Empire to ISIS FC SSCI CD WADV
4 credits
After the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings, Middle Eastern borders have become blurred due to civil wars and the expansion of ISIL. This course investigates the formation and transformations of the region’s frontiers, besides displacement and refugees crises, at crucial moments of war from the Ottoman Empire, through WWI and the Cold War, until the present day. It explores states such as Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Afghanistan, Turkey, Kurdistan, and Yemen. This is a ‘globally connected course’ organized in collaboration with the American University in Cairo (Egypt). It utilizes tools of Digital Scholarship to analyze maps, archival records, news, photos, videos, etc.
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HIST 389 - Archaeologies of China FC SSCI CD
4 credits
Tens of thousands of recent archaeological discoveries promise historians an opportunity not only to more fully understand China?s early history, but also to query long held assumptions about China’s supposedly ‘static’ past. This upper-level seminar invites students to participate in these projects by asking: 1) What are the origins of China and why do they matter? 2) How do we (re)write history using newly discovered material and manuscript sources? 3) What is the relation between these sources and classic texts? Emphasis will be placed on first-hand access to material objects. No language expertise required, but original language sources will be available. Field trip required.
This course is cross-listed with EAST 389
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HIST 392 - Soviet History and Cinema: Art, Propaganda, and Politics, 1908-1949 FC ARHU CD WADV
4 credits
Lenin famously declared cinema the `most important of all arts,’ and under the Bolsheviks, the medium developed into an effective tool of propaganda and a popular form of mass entertainment. This course uses film as a historical source to examine how cinema shaped the public image of the Soviet Union. Students will analyze films in terms of Communist ideology, the “woman question,” collectivization, socialist realism, the Stalin cult, Soviet nationality policy, and the Holocaust.
This course is cross-listed with REES 392
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HIST 396 - Seminar: U.S. Foreign Policy and MENA FC SSCI CD
4 credits
American presence in the Middle East went through different stages from WWI until the present. The U.S had a controversial role in the region during and after the Cold War, and there is a current debate on whether it is acting now as an empire. This course analyzes the U.S. strategic interests and its relation with the different regimes in MENA. It critically studies issues of oil, Israel-Palestine conflict, globalization, democratization, occupation, and terrorism.
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HIST 398 - Seminar: Archiving Sex: Researching America’s Sexual Pasts FC SSCI
4 credits
The main goal of this course is to produce a 20-25 page research paper on some aspect of the history of American sexualities. Students will identify a paper topic, survey relevant secondary material, and conduct basic primary research. The course will emphasize research methods, effective writing strategies for long papers, peer critique and support, and oral presentation skills.
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HIST 399 - War and Civilization FC SSCI
4 credits
Why do we have war? What is its origin and purpose? Is it an inevitable part of human nature? How did it affect the course of human civilization? Is it possible to end wars? This course will examine the history of war from its
evolutionary origin to the present and how it has been one of the most important if not the most important agent of the historical course of human civilization.
Prerequisites & Notes: One year equivalent of college level history course work.
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HIST 404 - Race, Citizenship, Punishment FC SSCI CD
4 credits
In this course, we examine the long history of racialized punishment in the United States. How have race and the lack of United States citizenship shaped punishment for various groups-including African Americans, Asian Americans, Latinxs, and indigenous peoples-since the 1600s? We consider historical and current examples such as slavery, the removal and containment of indigenous peoples, Asian exclusion acts, and incarceration and deportation, as we interrogate how evolving ideas about race and citizenship have determined who belongs in the United States, who is punished, and what punishment is deemed just.
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HIST 405 - Age of Fracture: The United States since 1973 FC SSCI WADV
4 credits
In this advanced reading seminar, students will study key developments and interpretations in recent U.S. social and cultural history from 1973, with particular attention on the decades from the 1970s to 1990s. Major themes include race relations, gender and sexuality, economic inequality, popular culture, and international relations. Discussions and coursework will emphasize historiographical trends, debates, and directions.
Prerequisites & Notes: Previous coursework in American history is strongly advised.
This course is cross-listed with CAST 405
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HIST 407 - Civil War Era FC SSCI
4 credits
This course is designed to foster a deeper understanding of the Civil War era. Students will be required to conduct a close reading of historiography that has been carefully selected to include the political, economic, and cultural aspects of the era. The readings position students to interrogate questions about conflict, ideology, violence, and the memory of the Civil War era. Therefore, students should expect intense reading and discussion to cultivate an intellectual space and community for the development of advanced critical analysis.
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HIST 412 - Lords, Peasants, and Pigs on Trial: popular and elite culture in early modern Europe FC SSCI CD WINT
4 credits
In an era before the Kardashians, how did people participate in and understand popular culture? How did elites interact with the masses and with each other? This historiography course explores the changing meaning of culture between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries, when Europeans experienced religious upheaval and political consolidation, promoted colonial expeditions, conducted scientific experiments, and burned witches at the stake. We will both examine various methodologies used to interpret texts, images, and material artifacts from the period and evaluate historians’ interpretations of the social norms, rituals, and performances that played out on streets and salons.
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HIST 418 - Beyond Slavery and Freedom in the Atlantic World FC SSCI CD WINT
4 credits
This course is a seminar intended to help students build and refine skills in historiographical analysis and writing. Students will review some of the major debates and new perspectives in the historiography of Atlantic slavery through course readings, in-class discussions, and review of two films. The organization of this course is thematic, but also roughly chronological. Atlantic slavery as it is generally defined spans the Americas, Africa, and Europe, between Christopher Columbus’s first voyage to the Caribbean in 1492 and Brazilian abolition of slavery in 1888 (the last in the Americas). We will not be able to discuss the specifics of every time and place, so we will focus on the most important debates and examples that reaffirm or challenge assumptions about slavery. The course moves away from understanding slavery in the Antebellum U.S. South as a general model to focus on the diversity of unfree labor situations within the Atlantic World, centering Latin America and considering examples that affirm or diverge from patterns across time and Atlantic geographies.
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HIST 422 - Migration in 20th Century Europe FC SSCI
4 credits
This course will explore migration in 20th century Europe. We will investigate a wide range of topics from European responses to asylum seekers, to the integration of former colonial subjects and labor migrants, and the responses of these migrants to European culture and society. Throughout we will be questioning the various meanings assigned to migration throughout this period as well as evolving notions of belonging in Europe.
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HIST 427 - Borderlands FC SSCI CD WADV
4 credits
The US-Mexico border region is a political, economic, and cultural crossroads. The course investigates interactions between Native Americans and Spanish colonists beginning in the 16th century, emerging United States economic and political control during the 19th century, and immigration, community building, and civil rights movements in the 20th century. We also discuss la frontera as a literary and symbolic concept.
Prerequisites & Notes: History 270, Latina/o History is strongly encouraged as preparation for this course.
This course is cross-listed with CAST 427
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HIST 430 - Environmental History of the Middle East and North Africa FC SSCI CD WADV
4 credits
In this colloquium, we will explore how societies in the Middle East and North Africa have shaped and been shaped by the natural environment from the early modern era to the present. We will investigate the seismic changes in environment and society brought about by empire, nation-state formation, capitalism, and war. By viewing environmental history from the perspective of MENA communities, we will consider urgent questions about the agency of nature, urban environments, environmental orientalism, political ecology, and the climate crisis.
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HIST 435 - Museums: A Social, Political, and Institutional History FC SSCI
4 credits
This class explores the origins, evolution, and function of many different types of museums from the 18th to the 21st century. From the first natural history museums, which reflected the Enlightenment era’s impulse towards hierarchical categorization, to the new 21st century “memorial museums,” which seek to commemorate past violence in order help build a better future, museums have viewed themselves as playing an important cultural and political role in their societies. As a class, we will explore the creation and evolution of many different kinds of museum, the relationship between museums and modernity, and the ways in which museum practices have changed over time. How, we will ask, have museums been colonial institutions and how might be they be decolonized? What role have museums played in legitimizing the nation? How have movements to build alternative museums sought to challenge dominant cultural and political narratives? As we study-and visit-art museums, science museums, natural history and history museums, we will consider the many ways in which museums produce and structure knowledge. This class includes several required weekend field trips.
Prerequisites & Notes: Consent of the Instructor Required
Does this course require off campus field trips? Yes
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HIST 435OC - Museums: A Social, Political, and Institutional History FC SSCI
4 credits
This class explores the origins, evolution, and function of many different types of museums from the 18th to the 21st century. From the first natural history museums, which reflected the Enlightenment era’s impulse towards hierarchical categorization, to the new 21st century “memorial museums,” which seek to commemorate past violence in order help build a better future, museums have viewed themselves as playing an important cultural and political role in their societies. As a class, we will explore the creation and evolution of many different kinds of museum, the relationship between museums and modernity, and the ways in which museum practices have changed over time. How, we will ask, have museums been colonial institutions and how might be they be decolonized? What role have museums played in legitimizing the nation? How have movements to build alternative museums sought to challenge dominant cultural and political narratives? As we study-and visit-art museums, science museums, natural history and history museums, we will consider the many ways in which museums produce and structure knowledge. This class includes several required weekend field trips. This course is part of the MINING the MUSEUM StudiOC Learning Community.
Prerequisites & Notes: For this StudiOC course, HIST 435OC is required and 1 of the following: ARTH 329OC or ANTH 460OC
Does this course require off campus field trips? Yes
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HIST 440 - Europe’s East: Orientalisms from Russia to the Balkans FC SSCI CD WADV
4 credits
This historiography seminar is an exploration of the ‘East’ in Eastern Europe. Where does a certain cultural imaginary of Eastern Europe come from? How has Europe’s ‘periphery’ been both constructed as ‘other’ and worked to produce its own ‘others’ in turn? Through secondary theoretical literatures and primary sources (including political tracts, novels, paintings, poetry, and film) we will examine scholarly debates on the position that Russia and the Balkans have held in modern histories of difference-making - between empire and colony, between ‘backwards’ and ‘advanced’, between ‘us’ and ‘them’, between ‘first’ and ‘third’ worlds. We will discover that this is a region which has served as both subject and object of Orientalizing practices and discourses - an uneven and liminal space whose very complexities afford us a privileged window into understanding global histories of knowledge, power, and difference.
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HIST 472 - Colloquium: Early Modern Atlantic World FC SSCI CD WADV
4 credits
In the early modern era, the Atlantic Ocean functioned as an extensive superhighway connecting, rather than seperating, the disparate cultures and societies around its basin. In this seminar we will hoist our sails and explore the historiographical currents and winds of this world. When we call at port at the end of the semester, we will have encountered the Atlantic World’s most defining phenomenon: piracy, slavery, cross-cultural discovery, commodification and trade.
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HIST 479 - Colloquium: Readings in 20th Century Urban History FC SSCI CD WADV
4 credits
In this course, we will explore both common issues facing cities around the world in the twentieth century as well as those that are specific to particular regions. Topics will include modernist urban planning, the urban experience, the politics of memory and commemoration, American urban crisis, suburbanization and gentrification, the immigration of racial minorities to European cities and the growth of megacities in the developing world.
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HIST 481 - Stalinism FC SSCI CD WADV
4 credits
A political system, an economic project, a civilization, a crime: what was Stalinism? I.V. Stalin was the de facto leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953.His name is synonymous with the boldest triumphs and most grotesque tragedies of twentieth-century socialism. This course investigates the intense debates surrounding the nature and legacy of Stalinism. It will analyze a series of crucial developments in modern Russian history-socialist realism, the Gulag, the show trials, collectivization, the Second World War-and explore how warring interpretations over Stalinism still shape the historical and political landscape of the present.
This course is cross-listed with REES 481
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HIST 482 - Discrimination in Modern Japan FC SSCI CD
4 credits
This seminar examines the exploitation, discrimination, and marginalization of Japan’s main minority groups’ the Ainu, Okinawans, Koreans and burakumin’ from the 1870s to the present. Construction of discriminatory views and processes of ostracism are major themes. Other topics include: community formation, anti-establishmentarian minority movements, state policies of assimilation and control, inter-minority relations, and the politics of minority identity. Discrimination against non-ethnic and non-racial minorities ’such as victims of atomic bombings and environmental pollution’ will also be discussed.
This course is cross-listed with EAST 332
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HIST 487 - Women of Latin America FC SSCI CD WADV
4 credits
This course explores the lives of remarkable women in Latin America from the colonial period to the present. From enslaved women and religious figures to community activists and political powerhouses, we examine the histories of women who have shaped our understandings of gender, race, and agency. In addition to ‘celebrated’ personages, we will also study women on the margins of society who rarely receive the recognition for the feats they accomplish at the community level.
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HIST 488 - The U.S. South FC SSCI WADV
4 credits
Students will develop a rich understanding of the U.S. South from the early nineteenth century to the present. The course covers key historical events that shaped Southern ideological developments. We will give particular attention to the images, narratives, and experiences that critically formed both the popular imagination and the day-to-day realities of Southern life. The students will work both independently and collaboratively to develop informed observations, critiques and analyses of the material discussed.
Prerequisites & Notes: HIST 103 and 104 recommended
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HIST 492 - The 1960s FC SSCI CD WINT
4 credits
The tempestuous decade of the 1960s in the United States in its radical, liberal, and conservative manifestations. Analysis of protest movements and resistance, cultural evolution, shifting social practices, and changes in consciousness.
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HIST 493 - Repairing the Past: Readings in Historical Justice FC SSCI
4 credits
In recent years, many communities and nations have sought to redress historical injustices through mechanisms such as truth commissions, tribunals, reparations, official apologies, and commemoration. This seminar will explore the philosophical, historical, and political questions that arise from demands for justice for historic wrongs and will consider when and why the past matters in the present, why a global discourse of historical wrongs emerged, and the benefits and limitations of different mechanisms of pursuing justice for historical oppression.
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HIST 500 - History Senior Projects FC SSCI CD
4 credits
For History majors in final year of study only. Guided work in seminar intended to support primary research and writing on a topic of student’s choosing to complete a 20-30 page paper. Students consult with relevant faculty during term, but project is supervised in seminar. Can be taken only once.
Prerequisites & Notes: One 300-Level course. Senior History Majors only.
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HIST 501 - Senior Honors FC SSCI CD
4 credits
The goal of the seminar is to provide a forum for discussing progress and problems in carrying out honors projects, and to establish a sense of shared enterprise among honors students. Discussions will include methodology, research methods, and progress reports on individual projects. Consent by department invitation.
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HIST 502 - Senior Honors FC SSCI WADV
4 credits
The goal of the seminar is to provide a forum for discussing progress and problems in carrying out honors projects, and to establish a sense of shared enterprise among honors students. Discussions will include methodology, research methods, and progress reports on individual projects.
Prerequisites & Notes: HIST 501
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HIST 995F - Private Reading - Full FC SSCI
4 credits
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.
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HIST 995H - Private Reading - Half HC SSCI
2 credits
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.
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ITAL 101 - Beginning Italian I FC ARHU CD
4 credits
Acquisition of the fundamentals of grammar and pronunciation with an emphasis on elements of grammar. The course is designed for students with no previous experience or study of Italian.
Prerequisites & Notes: 11 spaces are reserved for Voice major students.
This course is appropriate for new students.
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ITAL 102 - Beginning Italian II FC ARHU CD
4 credits
Continuation of ITAL 101 completing coverage of grammar with an emphasis on reading, writing, conversation, and general oral skills.
Prerequisites & Notes: ITAL 101 or appropriate score on placement test.
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ITAL 201 - Third Semester Italian FC ARHU CD
4 credits
This is a third-semester course of Italian. Grammar review, vocabulary expansion, development of reading skills, oral skills and creative writing skills within a rich cultural context. Students will perfect their Italian through cinema, readings, newspapers and realia.
Prerequisites & Notes: ITAL 102 or the equivalent.
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ITAL 203 - Italiano intermedio accellerato FC ARHU CD
4 credits
This is a one-semester intensive course equivalent to 2 semesters of intermediate Italian. Review of grammar and vocabulary, development of reading skills, oral skills and writing within a rich cultural context.
Prerequisites & Notes: In addition to 3 classes per week, students have to attend one mandatory conversation class for one hour, time TBA.
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ITAL 204 - SLP Intermediate Italian 2 FC ARHU CD
4 credits
This second semester of a year-long intermediate Italian sequence includes review of the essentials of grammar, continued development of reading skills using both literary and cultural texts, and practice in composition and speaking. This course is a Shared Languages Course accessible through Zoom video conferencing technology. Course participants may include students from peer institutions across the Great Lakes Colleges Association.
Prerequisites & Notes: ITAL 203, or appropriate SAT II score (550-625), or appropriate placement test score or successful completion of third-semester Italian
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ITAL 271 - SLP Intermediate Italian FC ARHU CD
4 credits
This is a Shared Languages Course taught by Professor Francesca Seaman at DePauw University. It will be held by Zoom from August 31-December 16th (classes end on December 7th.) Oberlin’s Professor Ivana Di Siena will be the instructor of record and mentor. This course connects students’ interest in Italian language and culture to their personal life experience and stimulates intercultural exchange of ideas. We will discover Italian society and culture in a creative way through interaction, while developing critical thinking and growing toward linguistic autonomy and fluency. This course values each student’s diverse and unique background and personality as fundamental components of a meaningful growth in intercultural competence and global citizenship.
Prerequisites & Notes: Italian 102 or the equivalent of two semesters of Elementary Italian. Students will fill out an SLP form to submit to the Registrar, who will communicate that information to the host institution’s Registrar.
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ITAL 302 - Introduction to Reading Italian Literature FC ARHU CD
4 credits
In this course we will begin to read Italian literature in the original and to write short response papers in Italian. As we become more familiar with the Italian literary language and as we expand our vocabulary, we will engage in close readings and discussions in both English and Italian. We will read excerpts or short works by Dacia Maraini, Andrea Camilleri, Gianrico Carofiglio, Antonio Tabucchi, and Amara Lakhous, among others.
Prerequisites & Notes: ITAL 203 or equivalent.
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ITAL 305 - The Global Phenomenon of Elena Ferrante FC ARHU CD WINT
4 credits
In this course we will study how Elena Ferrante developed into a global figure by writing about the local culture of Naples, Italy. Drawing upon feminist theory, psychoanalysis, art history, classical mythology, and anthropology, we will read Ferrantes major works alongside such key influences as Walter Benjamin, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Sigmund Freud, Simone de Beauvoir, Luce Irigaray, and Christa Wolf.
Prerequisites & Notes: Related LxC option available: CMPL 405.
This course is cross-listed with CMPL 305
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ITAL 402 - Contemporary Italian Literature FC ARHU CD
4 credits
In this course we will examine trends in contemporary Italian literature such as the giallo or crime thriller, the negotiation of national identity in a newly multi-cultural society, and the representation of mother-daughter relationships. We will read works by Dacia Maraini, Andrea Camilleri, Gianrico Carofiglio, Antonio Tabucchi, Amara Lakhous, and Elena Ferrante, among others. Readings, short papers, and discussions will be in Italian.
Prerequisites & Notes: ITAL 302 or equivalent.
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ITAL 995F - Private Reading - Full FC ARHU
4 credits
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.
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ITAL 995H - Private Reading - Half HC ARHU
2 credits
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.
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JAPN 002 - Japanese Language Across the Curriculum LxC HC ARHU CD
2 credits
This course allows students with intermediate to advanced Japanese proficiency to add a Japanese language component to an EAS disciplinary course taught in English. Students will read, report, discuss and write in Japanese about what they’re learning in the EAS course. Students will learn how to find, use, and cited Japanese language materials while completing a final project, tailored to their skill level in the language. This course must be taken concurrently with an EAS class designated LxC that semester.Prerequisite–JAPN301
Prerequisites & Notes: JAPN 301
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JAPN 101 - Elementary Japanese I FC ARHU CD
4 credits
First-year Japanese. An introduction to basic grammar, sentence patterns and vocabulary of the modern language. Attention to the written component of modern Japanese will include the hiragana and katakana syllabaries, as well as kanji. This course is designed for students with no previous knowledge of Japanese.
Prerequisites & Notes: See instructor for correct placement. No Auditors.
This course is appropriate for new students.
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JAPN 102 - Elementary Japanese II FC ARHU CD
4 credits
First-year Japanese. Contiinuation of JAPN 101. An introduction to basic grammar, sentence patterns, and vocabulary of the modern language. Attention to the written component of modern Japanese will include the hiragana and katakana syllabaries, as well as kanji. No auditors. See instructor for correct placement.
Prerequisites & Notes: JAPN 101 or consent of instructor.
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JAPN 201 - Intermediate Japanese I FC ARHU CD
4 credits
Second-year Japanese. Primary emphasis on the development of oral skills and secondary emphasis on reading skills. Students will continue to learn basic grammatical patterns, expand vocabulary and improve communicative skills in modern Japanese through oral-aural drills and exercises.
Prerequisites & Notes: JAPN l02 or consent of instructor.
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JAPN 202 - Intermediate Japanese II FC ARHU CD
4 credits
Second-year Japanese. Continuation of JAPN 201. Emphasis on the development of oral and reading skills. Students will continue to learn basic grammatical patterns, expand vocabulary, and improve communicative skills in modern Japanese through oral-aural drills and exercises.
Prerequisites & Notes: JAPN 201 or consent of instructor.
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JAPN 252 - Japanese Popular Culture in Japanese HC ARHU CD
2 credits
This course is designed for students with intermediate to advanced proficiency in Japanese to improve reading, writing, speaking, and presentation skills in Japanese as they enrich their knowledge of Japanese popular culture from the Edo period to the present. Students study the cultural heritage of representative works of Japanese popular culture such as Manga, Ukiyo-e prints, music, and Anime, and learn the historical background of these media. Students will be assigned level-appropriate activities relating to a shared set of materials.
Prerequisites & Notes: JAPN 201
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JAPN 301 - Japanese Reading and Conversation I FC ARHU CD
4 credits
Third-year Japanese. This course seeks to reinforce the vocabulary and grammatical patterns learned in the first two years and to improve speaking and reading skills through task-oriented conversational practices, reading practices and group discussion. Conducted in Japanese. Fourth hour of lab required. Time TBA.
Prerequisites & Notes: JAPN 202 or consent of instructor.
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JAPN 302 - Japanese Reading and Conversation II FC ARHU CD
4 credits
Third-year Japanese. Continution of JAPN 301. This course seeks to reinforce the vocabulary and grammatical patterns learned in the first two years and to improve speaking and reading skills through task-oriented conversational practices, reading practices, and group discussion. Conducted in Japanese.
Prerequisites & Notes: JAPN 301 or consent of instructor.
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JAPN 401 - Advanced Japanese I FC ARHU CD
4 credits
Fourth-year Japanese. This media course focuses on contemporary affairs, utilizing material from various media: newspapers, magazines, Internet sources, etc. It is intended primarily for students who have studied in Japan and seeks to further improve speaking, reading, and writing skills through the use of authentic reading materials, group discussion, and writing exercises. Conducted in Japanese.
Prerequisites & Notes: JAPN 302 or consent of instructor.
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JAPN 402 - Advanced Japanese II FC ARHU CD
4 credits
Fourth-year Japanese. This course is intended primarily for students who have completed a period of study in Japan. It seeks to further improve speaking, reading, and writing skills through the use of authentic reading materials, group discussions, and writing exercises. Materials are taken from modern literary works. Conducted in Japanese.
Prerequisites & Notes: JAPN 401 or consent of instructor.
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JAPN 403 - Japanese Translation: Theory and Practice HC ARHU CD
2 credits
In Introduction to a range of Japanese translation approaches, as well as translation career paths, translation ethics, professional methods and practice. Through translation of representative texts from Japanese in the fields of social science, literature and the arts, journalism, and commerce, students will develop further language & writing proficiency. By reading translation theory & method, translation history, and translating texts from Japanese, students acquire skills in recognizing common translation problems, applying methods to find solutions, and evaluating accuracy and communicative effectiveness of translations.
Prerequisites & Notes: JAPN 301
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JAPN 453 - Japanese Language Proficiency Test Preparation HC ARHU CD
2 credits
This course prepares students for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) in the areas of reading, listening, grammar, and vocabulary (including kanji). Depending on the proficiency level, students may choose to study exam levels from N1 through N3. Conducted in Japanese.
Prerequisites & Notes: JAPN 400-Level or equivalent. Students enrolled in JAPN 401 may be consented to take this course concurrently with, but not in place of, JAPN 401.
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JAPN 454 - Japanese Language Pedagogy HC ARHU CD
2 credits
This course introduces students to approaches to teaching Japanese as a foreign language and various methods in language pedagogy and applied linguistics. Topics include language structure, writing systems, learning environments, teaching materials, curricular design, etc. For students interested in teaching, and in peer and small group language tutoring. Conducted in Japanese.
Prerequisites & Notes: JAPN 400-Level or equivalent. Students enrolled in JAPN 402 may be consented to take this course concurrently, but not in place of JAPN 402. Consent only.
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JAPN 455 - Advanced Reading and Writing in Japanese I HC ARHU CD
2 credits
This course uses authentic materials about issues in contemporary Japanese society such as education, women’s issues, and pop culture. Advanced skills in reading and writing are emphasized. Conducted in Japanese.
Prerequisites & Notes: JAPN 402 or equivalent
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JAPN 456 - Advanced Reading and Writing in Japanese HC ARHU CD
2 credits
This course uses authentic materials about Japanese language in society such as dialects, gendered language, and politness. Advanced skills in reading and writing are emphasized. Conducted in Japanese.
Prerequisites & Notes: JAPN 400-Level or equivalent. Students enrolled in JAPN 402 may take this course concurrently with, but not in place of JAPN 402
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JAPN 457 - Japanese for Professional Purposes HC ARHU CD
2 credits
This course seeks to improve oral and written communication skills in Japanese for academic and professional settings. Emphasis will be placed on developing presentation and report writing skills on a variety of topics related to contemporary Japanese society and topics of special interests. Usage of honorific language (keigo) and culturally appropriate expressions are introduced to gain practical knowledge and behaviors necessary to function in the workplace and academic situations. Conducted in Japanese.
Prerequisites & Notes: JAPN 400-Level or equivalent. Students enrolled in JAPN 401 may take this course concurrently with, but not in place of JAPN 401
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JAPN 500 - Capstone Project ARHU
0 credits
Normally completed in the senior year, the capstone project may be done in one of three ways: 1) as a research project in an upper-level seminar taught by an EAS faculty member, 2) as a project in a 400-level Chinese or Japanese language course, or 3) as a Winter Term project overseen by an EAS faculty member. Students must consult with their mentor before the start of the term.
Prerequisites & Notes: P/NP Grading only.
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JAPN 980B - Japanese FC
4 credits
Associated Kyoto Program. Intensive Japanese course.
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JAPN 981 - Japanese Economy FC
4 credits
This course is a broad introduction to the Japanese economy. We will begin by considering the process of economic growth since the Meiji Restoration. Most of the course will be a discussion of the postwar Japanese economy. We will discuss the character of Japanese economic policy making as well as on the behavior of Japanese enterprises, financial institutions, labor force and households. Topics will include macroeconomic growth, monetary and fiscal policies, industrial policy, labor markets, savings and investment. We will end with a discussion of Japans recent economic conditions.
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JAPN 983 - Language in Globalizing Japan FC
4 credits
In this course we will investigate how so-called national language was constructed and disseminated throughout the modernization of Japan, its political and educational contributions and implications, and its transformations and limitations in todays Japanese society. We will explore the diversification of the Japanese language in globalizing Japan, its contradictions as well as coexistence with the deep-seated belief in the homogeneous Japanese. Located in Kyoto, an exciting big city with a rich pop-culture as well as a thousand-year old tradition as the capital before modernization, you will be blessed with abundant first-hand resources to investigate this tradition and transformation in peoples language life resources not only from the rich ancient artifacts
or documents but also your host families and Doshisha students, the dialect, minority communities, immigrants, tourists, and young people around you.
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JAPN 984 - Kyoto & Visual Arts of Japan FC
4 credits
This course explores the visual arts of Japan from the prehistoric period to the nineteenth century, highlighting representative art works including sculptures, paintings, textiles, architecture, and gardens. Selected works will be studied in terms of their chronology, artistic medium, iconography, setting, and functions. We will examine such issues as the relationship of Japanese art to Chinese and Korean art, patronage, the ritual and visual functions of Buddhist icons, the translation of concepts into artistic forms, as well as the changing identities of sculptures and paintings. Drawing on Kyotos long history and tradition of magnificent visual arts, classes will be supplemented with organized field trips to museums and temples.
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JAPN 986 - Japanese-English Translation FC
4 credits
This course is an introduction to the discipline of Japanese/English translation. The course comprises
two major components: a general overview of the Translation Studies, its history, theories, and
significance as an interdisciplinary entity; and hands-on practice in the craft of translation in the form of
weekly translation exercises and one independent final project. Students will engage in discussion and
peer-critique of the short weekly assignments of texts ranging from ad copy and newspapers to poetry
and pure literature. If available, published translators and professional interpreters will be invited to
meet with students to share their own experiences in the realm of translating and interpreting.
Nature in Chinese and Japanese Literature & Culture
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JAPN 995F - Private Reading - Full FC ARHU
4 credits
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.
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JAPN 995H - Private Reading - Half HC ARHU
2 credits
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.
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JAZZ 100 - Jazz Aural Skills HC CNDP
2 credits
A one-semester course in aural perception devoted to the study of rhythm, scales, melody, harmony, and forms idiomatic to jazz, through sight singing, dictation, and programmed instruction. Consent of instructor required.
Prerequisites & Notes: May be taken concurrently with MUTH 101 (Aural Skills I)
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JAZZ 110 - Jazz Keyboard HC CNDP
2 credits
Designed for musicians whose major instrument is other than piano. Content includes chord symbol interpretation, cycles, sequences, turnarounds, and elementary improvisational concepts. Consent of instructor required.
Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisite: piano proficiency, which may be satisfied either by successful completion of two semesters of APST 110-111 (Piano Class) or by audition for waiver.
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JAZZ 120 - Jazz Theory FC CNDP
4 credits
Designed to acquaint students with rhythmic, melodic, harmonic, and structural aspects of improvised music, including chord/scale relationships, common chord progressions, chord voicing and harmonization, chord substitution and reharmonizations, melodic transformation, and modal mixture and chromaticism. Emphasis will be placed on the development of analytical and writing skills within the context of such forms as the blues and song forms. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: R. Ferrazza
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JAZZ 121 - Jazz Theory FC CNDP
4 credits
Designed to acquaint students with rhythmic, melodic, harmonic, and structural aspects of improvised music, including chord/scale relationships, common chord progressions, chord voicing and harmonization, chord substitution and reharmonizations, melodic transformation, and modal mixture and chromaticism. Emphasis will be placed on the development of analytical and writing skills within the context of such forms as the blues and song forms. Consent of instructor required.
Prerequisites & Notes: MUTH 131 Music Theory.
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JAZZ 130 - Basic Arranging/Composition Techniques HC CNDP
2 credits
Designed to develop writing and arranging skills for various instrumental/vocal combinations. The course will include jazz chord symbology and terminology and basic voicings and scoring methods for brass, reeds, and rhythm instruments.
Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisite: MUTH 132. JAZZ 130 is prerequisite to JAZZ 131. Not intended for Jazz Composition majors. Alternates with JAZZ 160, 161.
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JAZZ 131 - Basic Arranging/Composition Techniques HC CNDP
2 credits
Designed to develop writing and arranging skills for various instrumental/vocal combinations. The course will include jazz chord symbology and terminology, basic voicings and scoring methods for brass, reeds, and rhythm instruments. Consent of instructor required.
Prerequisites & Notes: Not intended for Jazz Composition majors Alternates with JAZZ 160, 161 Prerequisite: MUTH 132. JAZZ 130 is prerequisite to JAZZ 131
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JAZZ 201 - Jazz Improvisation I FC CNDP
4 credits
A course in the technique and performance practice of jazz improvisation, covering the period 1935-60. The course includes historical investigation, transcriptions, aural analysis, rhythmic, harmonic and melodic technical studies, and repertoire development. Additional outside listening is required.
Prerequisites & Notes: Proficiency on a musical instrument; knowledge of scales, key signatures, intervals, and chords. Admission by audition. Required ensemble affiliation.
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JAZZ 202 - Jazz Improvisation II FC CNDP
4 credits
A course in the technique and performance practice of jazz improvisation, covering the period 1935-60. The course includes historical investigation, transcriptions, aural analysis, rhythmic, harmonic and melodic technical studies, and repertoire development. Additional outside listening is required.
Prerequisites & Notes: Proficiency on a musical instrument; knowledge of scales, key signatures, intervals, and chords. Admission by audition. Required ensemble affiliation.
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JAZZ 204 - Stage, Story, and Song HC CNDP
2 credits
The goal of this course is to raise awareness and understanding of the importance and internal aspects of honest storytelling in vocal performance. The course will teach students how to effectively understand and interpret lyrics, as well as incorporate personalized stage presence techniques into their performance. In addition to dealing with the outward physical concerns of performance presentation, the course will also address issues such as vocal health, conquering stage fright, working and communicating with fellow musicians, proper microphone technique, and the breaking of bad habits.
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JAZZ 221 - Jazz Theory II FC CNDP
4 credits
Designed to acquaint students with rhythmic, melodic, harmonic, and structural aspects of improvised music, including chord/scale relationships, common chord progressions, chord voicing and harmonization, chord substitution and reharmonizations, melodic transformation, and modal mixture and chromaticism. Emphasis will be placed on the development of analytical and writing skills within the context of such forms as the blues and song forms.
Prerequisites & Notes: MUTH 131, and JAZZ 120 or JAZZ 120 Test-Out.
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JAZZ 290 - Introduction to African American Music I FC CNDP, DDHU CD
4 credits
The first semester of a one-year survey of musical styles and forms cultivated by African Americans. First semester includes West African music and West African continuity in the American, early African American instrumental-vocal forms, and the social implications of African American music. Second semester includes later instrumental and vocal music (jazz, blues, rhythm and blues, gospel, soul, etc.) and important composers and performers of works in extended forms.
Prerequisites & Notes: Cross listed with AAST 171 and MHST 290.
This course is cross-listed with AAST 171, MHST 290
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JAZZ 291 - Introduction to African American Music II FC CNDP, DDHU CD
4 credits
The second semester of a one-year survey of musical styles and forms cultivated by African Americans. First semester includes West African music and West African continuity in the American, early African American instrumental-vocal forms, and the social implications of African American music. Second semester includes later instrumental and vocal music (jazz, blues, rhythm and blues, gospel, soul, etc.) and important composers and performers of works in extended forms.
Prerequisites & Notes: Cross listed with AAST 172 and MHST 291.
This course is cross-listed with AAST 172, MHST 291
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JAZZ 301 - Jazz Improvisation III FC CNDP
4 credits
A continuation of concepts introduced in JAZZ 201, 202 (Jazz Improvisation I and II), and an introduction to more recent improvisational concepts such as absence of a pulse, panmeter, and polymeter.Prerequisite: JAZZ 202 (Jazz Improvisation II)
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JAZZ 302 - Jazz Improvisation IV FC CNDP
4 credits
A continuation of concepts introduced in JAZZ 201, 202, 301 (Jazz improvisation I, II, & III), and an introduction to more recent improvisational concepts such as absence of a pulse, panmeter, and polymeter.Prerequisite: JAZZ 301 (Jazz Improvisation III)
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JAZZ 372 - Great Musical Thinkers in the African American Tradition FC CNDP, DDHU
4 credits
Topic: Musical performance in the 20th century.
A study of changing 20th century attitudes, tastes, and approaches to the performance of orchestral, vocal, chamber, and keyboard repertoires. Performing styles and traditionswill be xamined by listening to recordings of historical significance. Also covered will be the “Early Music” revival and the critical issues central to t he “authenticity” movement of the past 30 years.
Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisite: HPRF 302 (or MHST 302). Also see HPRF 512B.
Note: May be repeated for credit if the topic changes.
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 30.
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JAZZ 700 - Jazz Ensemble-Large Group HC CNDP
2 credits
The ensemble performs a variety of large ensemble literature ranging from the music of Fletcher Henderson and Duke Ellington to the master composers of the present. Consent of instructor required.
Prerequisites & Notes: Admission by audition.
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