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Course Catalog 2005-2006 
    
Course Catalog 2005-2006 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Oberlin College Courses


 

Religion

  
  • RELG 270 - Islam


    3HU, CD, WR
    First Semester. Survey of the religious tradition of Islam. Lectures and readings present a global perspective, covering sources of tradition such as the Qur’an, the experience of the early Muslim community, theology, and law; and further historical development of Islamic thought and practice in Muslim communities such as patterns of Islamic polities and the impact of Sufism in an expanding Muslim world. Topics include movements of resurgence and reform and other key aspects of modern Muslim experience.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 40.
    Ms. Gade

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • RELG 271 - Islamic Authorities: Law and Society


    3 HU, CD
    Second Semester. Survey of flexible Islamic understandings of how to apply religious ideals within modern Muslim social experience, grounded in legal traditions and anthropology of law. Emphasis on Muslim visions of moral order, community and nation, highlighting postcolonial ideologies of “Islamic statehood” and progressive agendas. Consideration of key symbols and rhetorics of Muslim politics, as well as educational institutions and mass media that propagate diverse perspectives on fundamental questions of authority in contemporary Islam.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 30.
    Ms. Gade

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • RELG 272 - Introduction to the Qur’an


    3HU, CD
    Second Semester. 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, development of Qur’anic Sciences such as grammar and interpretation, the style and poetics of the Qur’an, and the Qur’an as a source of law, theology, aesthetics, politics, and practices of piety such as recitation. Emphasis on reading the Qur’an in English-language interpretation.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Ms. Gade

    Credits: 3 Hours
  
  • RELG 282 - Survey of American Christianity


    3 HU
    First Semester. Introduction to major issues, figures and movements in American religious history and American Christianity. Attention will be given to persistent themes such as individualism, the search for community, religion and reform, religious conservatism and innovation, and the religious nature of American culture. Class, race, ethnicity and gender will also be addressed as we explore American religious experience in all its diversity. The goal is to better understand the place of religion in American society, and to evaluate its past impact and future role.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 35.
    Mr. Miller

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • RELG 284 - The History of the African American Religious Experience


    3 HU, CD
    Second Semester. An introduction to the religious movements and institutions of African Americans from the period of slavery to the present. Topics include: African religions; slave religion; independent black Protestant churches; gender and race relations in American church life; politics in black churches; missionary efforts to Africa and the Caribbean; Islam, Judaism, Catholicism, Pentecostalism; the civil rights movement; modern role of religion in African American life.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 35.
    Mr. Miller

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • RELG 285 - Evangelicalism in the United States


    3 HU
    Second Semester. This course will explore Evangelicalism from its 19th century beginnings to the present, including: its relationship to 19th century moral controversies such as slavery, abolition, women’s rights and temperance movements; the social gospel movement; fundamentalism versus modernism; diversification as a post-WWII movement; evangelism versus social action; and the continuing issues of race, class, and gender. Reformed, Arminian, Anabaptist, Pentecostal, and Holiness traditions will also be explored. Evangelicalism will also be informed by studies from sociology of religion, psychology, and anthropology.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 35.
    Mr. Miller

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • RELG 299 - Research Methods and the Academic Study of Religion


    3HU, WRi
    Second Semester. This course provides an opportunity for Religion majors to reflect on knowledge acquired in their coursework and to develop skills relevant to graduate study. Topics may include: methodologies and approaches in the academic study of religion, research and professional skills, examination of landmark studies in religion, the history of religious studies in the academy, and the process of carrying out a research project.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Recommended for Religion majors in their junior year, especially students considering graduate study.
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 15.
    Ms. Richman

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • RELG 303 - Anthropological Approaches to the Study of the Bible: Kinship and the Family in Ancient Israel


    3 HU, WR
    Second Semester. This course examines the structure and function of the kinship unit known as the “House of the Father” in the Hebrew Bible. The function of the “natal family” or “house of the mother” will also be identified and explored. Modern ethnographic studies of kinship will provide a comparative framework for conceptualizing the Israelite family. Topics include: patterns for brokering marriages, patterns of inheritance, perceptions of intimacy, the practice of blood vengeance, royal succession, and evidence for household religion.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: RELG 205 or 208 and consent of instructor required.
    This course is cross-referenced with JWST 303.
    Enrollment Limit: 15.
    Ms. Chapman

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • RELG 322 - Seminar: Selected Issues in Buddhism


    3 HU, CD, WR
    First Semester. Unlike many forms of Buddhism, Pure Land is primarily devotional in outlook and practice. This seminar examines its origins and development, particularly in Japan. Topics include: devotional practices in early Buddhism, the Pure Land scriptures, religious practices such as visualization, meditation and chanting the Buddha’s name, and the teachings of Honen, Shinran, and Ippen.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 15.
    Mr. Dobbins

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • RELG 326 - Seminar: Religion in the South Asian Diaspora


    3HU, CD, WRi
    First Semester. This course focuses on how Indian religions travel and develop outside of India, especially in the UK, the U.S., and Canada. Topics include: new kinds of performance for Indian epics (Ramayana, Mahabharata) and religious dance; selective transmission of certain religious texts rather than others; distinctive forms of proselytizing and outreach in the diaspora context; transnational networks of religious preachers; and styles of mosque, temple, and gurudwara building.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: RELG 231 or 233 and consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 15.
    Ms. Richman

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • RELG 339 - Seminar: Approaches to Religious Ethics


    3 HU, CD, WRi

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Next offered 2006-2007.

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • RELG 340 - Seminar: Ethical Issues in Death and Dying


    3HU, WRi
    First Semester. 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 focus is on the fact of death, grief, and death in a medical context. Consent of instructor required.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 15.
    Ms. McClure

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • RELG 343 - Seminar: Selected Topics in Modern and Contemporary 3 hours Religious Thought: Religion and the Romantic Imagination


    3HU, WRi
    Second Semester. This seminar examines some of the classic figures in 20th-century religious existentialism within the Christian and Jewish traditions such as Rahner, Buber, Soloveitchik, and Tillich. These thinkers are studied in the context of religious existentialism’s forerunners (e.g., Pascal, Kierkegaard) and its contemporaneous secular philosophical influences (e.g., Sartre, Camus, Heidegger).

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 15.
    Mr. Kamitsuka

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • RELG 353 - Seminar: Moses Maimonides: Philosophy and Law


    3 HU, CD, WRi
    Second Semester. Moses Maimonides (1135-1204) is the pivotal thinker of the Jewish middle ages. He is the author of the most influential work of Jewish philosophy, The Guide of the Perplexed, and the most comprehensive code of Jewish law, the Mishneh Torah. These works have engendered both controversy and commentary from the 12th century through the 20th century. This seminar will focus on selected Maimonidean texts together with classical commentaries and modern scholarship. All readings in English.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Identical to JWST 353.
    Enrollment Limit: 15.
    Mr. Socher

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • RELG 366 - Seminar: Feminist Interpretations of Evil


    3 HU, WRi

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Next offered 2006-2007.

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • RELG 371 - Seminar: Islam and Modern Social Change


    3HU, CD
    Second Semester. Consideration of roots of modern Muslim movements of revival, renewal, and reform, emphasizing the diversity of modes by which Islam is viewed as a vehicle for religious and social change. This course highlights Islamic thought, as well as sociological and anthropological perspectives, for Muslim societies and contexts in which Muslims represent a religious minority. Topics include “orientalism,” understandings of liberation and resistance, nationhood, law, gender, education, contested and revitalized practices, and projects of piety under conditions of worldwide “Islamic awakening.”

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 15.
    Ms. Gade

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • RELG 372 - Seminar: Southeast Asian Religious Systems


    3 HU, CD, WR

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Next offered 2006-2007.

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • RELG 385 - Seminar: Selected Topics in American Religious History


    3HU

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Next offered 2006-2007.

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • RELG 387 - Seminar: Religion and U.S. Social Welfare Policy and Social Work Practice: A Historical Perspective


    3HU, WR
    First Semester. This course focuses on the religious origin of social welfare institutions within the U.S., including Protestant, Catholic and Jewish traditions (Jewish sects, African American congregations, and conservative Protestant movements, to name a few), which have provided material, financial, and spiritual support. Given the constitutional clause establishing the separation of church and state, religious institutions established voluntary institutions that provided social support. This course also has a service-learning component.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 15.
    Mr. Miller

    Credits: 3 hourw
  
  • RELG 399 - Capstone Project


    1HU
    Consent of instructor required. Projects can be sponsored by Ms. Chapman, Mr. Dobbins, Ms. Gade, Mr. Kamitsuka, Ms. McClure, Mr. Miller, Ms. Richman, and Mr. Socher.

    Credits: 1 hour
  
  • RELG 401 - Senior Honors


    2-5 HU, WR
    Consent of instructor required. Projects can be sponsored by Ms. Chapman, Mr. Dobbins, Ms. Gade, Mr. Kamitsuka, Ms. McClure, Mr. Miller, Ms. Richman, and Mr. Socher.

    Credits: 2 to 5 hours
  
  • RELG 995 - Private Reading


    1-3 HU
    Consent of instructor required. Projects can be sponsored by Ms. Chapman, Mr. Dobbins, Ms. Gade, Mr. Kamitsuka, Ms. McClure, Mr. Miller, Ms. Richman, and Mr. Socher.

    Credits: 1 to 3 hours

Rhetoric and Composition

  
  • RHET 106 - Journalism Basics


    1-2 HU, WRi
    Second Semester. First Module. This course will cover basic reporting, news and features writing, and ethics in journalism. In addition to course writing assignments, publishing at least two stories in an approved campus publication will be required for one hour of credit, four stories for two hours of credit.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading. Open to all students.
    Enrollment Limit: 15 (10 for first-year students).
    Ms. Cooper

    Credits: 1 to 2 hours
  
  • RHET 107 - Practicum in Journalism


    1-2 HU
    First and Second Semester. Through this course students earn academic credit working for an approved journalistic publication on campus. The course does not meet as a class, but students are expected to attend all required staff meetings and fulfill the assignments made by their editors. Students can earn a maximum of four hours credit toward graduation (a maximum of six hours credit for editors).

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Notes: CR/NE or P/NP grading. Prior journalism instruction (including RHET 106) is not necessary for this course.
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 90.
    Ms. Cooper

    Credits: 1 to 2 hours
  
  • RHET 113 - Writing for College and Beyond


    3 HU, WRi
    First Semester. In the writing they do for college, students are asked to analyze and critique arguments, conduct research, and develop fluency in a number of forms and discourses, among other things. This writing course is designed to immerse students in the practice of writing for college and beyond and engages them in the practical and creative aspects of research.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 15.
    Staff

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • RHET 115 - Entering Discourse Communities: Writing for College and Beyond


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

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 15.
    Mr. Podis

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • RHET 201 - Writing in the Sciences


    3 HU, WRi
    Second Semester. 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. Notes: This course is not open to first-year students except by consent of the instructor. P/NP or CR/NE grading.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 15.
    Ms. Cooper

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • RHET 202 - Advanced English Composition


    3 HU, WRi
    Second Semester. An advanced writing workshop intended for juniors and seniors with strong writing skills interested in exploring literature’s “fourth genre,” the essay. We will study the history of the essay and recent varieties of non-fiction writing, alternately labeled narrative non-fiction, literary journalism or creative non-fiction. Students will have the opportunity to write on a range of topics and experiment with different styles.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Closed to first-year students.
    Enrollment Limit: 15.
    Ms. Trubek

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • RHET 481 - Teaching and Tutoring Writing Across the Disciplines


    3 HU, WRi
    First and Second Semester. A course in which students will tutor at the writing center or assist one of the writing-intensive courses offered in various disciplines while studying composition theory and pedagogy. In the process of helping to educate others, students work toward a fuller understanding of their own educational experiences, particularly in writing. Juniors or seniors who write well, regardless of major, are encouraged to apply.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    This course is cross-referenced with ENGL 399.
    Consent of instructor required.
    Note: Students enrolling in RHET 481 or ENGL 399 should also enroll in RHET 483 Tutoring Lab.
    Enrollment Limit: 12.
    Mr. Podis, Ms. Trubek

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • RHET 483 - Tutoring Lab


    0-1 HU
    First and Second Semester. Students working in the Writing Associates/Peer Tutoring Program will meet monthly to discuss tutoring experiences, logistical issues and occasional readings. Tutors will further develop their skills, help to shape the program, and participate in the larger community of Peer Writing Tutors. Required for all Peer Writing Tutors, including those currently enrolled in RHET 481 or ENGL 399. The one-credit hour option is for tutors who wish to implement a project to improve resources for or awareness of the Peer Tutoring Program.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment in, or prior completion of, RHET 481 or ENGL 399.
    Notes: Tutors may repeat this course for a maximum of four hours toward graduation. CR/NE or P/NP grading.
    Consent of instructor required.
    Mr. Podis

    Credits: 0 to 1 hour
  
  • RHET 995 - Private Reading


    1-3HU

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required

    Credits: 1 to 3 hours

Russian

  
  • RUSS 101 - Elementary Russian


    5 HU, CD
    First Semester. Acquisition of the fundamentals of Russian grammar, with extensive practice in speaking, listening, reading, and writing; development of basic cultural literacy with regard to the Russian-speaking world. Use of language laboratory encouraged.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Students who cannot begin Elementary Russian in the fall may place into RUSS 102 by taking Winter Term Intensive Russian.
    Enrollment Limit: 25.
    Ms. Forman, Mr. Newlin, Mr. Scholl

    Credits: 5 hours
  
  • RUSS 102 - Elementary Russian


    5 HU, CD
    First (101) and Second (102) Semester. Acquisition of the fundamentals of Russian grammar, with extensive practice in speaking, listening, reading, and writing; development of basic cultural literacy with regard to the Russian-speaking world. Use of language laboratory encouraged.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: RUSS 101 or equivalent is prerequisite for RUSS 102.
    Note: Students who cannot begin Elementary Russian in the fall may place into RUSS 102 by taking Winter Term Intensive Russian.
    Enrollment Limit: 25.
    Ms. Forman, Mr. Newlin, Mr. Scholl

    Credits: 5 hours
  
  • RUSS 203 - Intermediate Russian


    3 HU, CD
    First (203) and Second (204) Semester. 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.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: RUSS 102 or equivalent.
    Note: Students must also enroll in RUSS 205/206.
    Ms. Forman, Mr. Scholl

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • RUSS 204 - Intermediate Russian


    3 HU, CD
    First (203) and Second (204) Semester. 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.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: RUSS 102 or equivalent.
    Note: Students must also enroll in RUSS 205/206.
    Ms. Forman, Mr. Scholl

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • RUSS 205 - Conversational Russian


    1 HU, CD
    First (205) and Second (206) Semester. Regular systematic opportunity to speak Russian. Everyday topics or dialogs. Small groups. Two meetings per week.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Required for students enrolled in RUSS 203/204.
    Staff

    Credits: 1 hour
  
  • RUSS 206 - Conversational Russian


    1 HU, CD
    First (205) and Second (206) Semester. Regular systematic opportunity to speak Russian. Everyday topics or dialogs. Small groups. Two meetings per week.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Required for students enrolled in RUSS 203/204.
    Staff

    Credits: 1 hour
  
  • RUSS 211 - Russian Cinema


    3 HU, CD, WR

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Next offered 2006-2007.

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • RUSS 213 - Russian Modernism: The Aesthetic Utopia


    3HU, CD, WR
    Second Semester. The decades that preceded and followed Russia’s 1917 revolution witnessed an unprecedented artistic explosion as Russian writers, artists, composers and choreographers assumed leading roles among the European avant-garde. This course will explore their innovations and the inter-relationships among the various disciplines that characterized the aesthetic utopia known as Russian modernism.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Mr. Scholl

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • RUSS 305 - Conversation and Composition


    3 HU, CD
    First Semester. Conversation and composition on cultural and everyday topics. Advanced grammar and stylistics.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: RUSS 204 or equivalent.
    Staff

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • RUSS 306 - Conversation and Composition


    3 HU, CD
    Second Semester. Conversation and composition on cultural and everyday topics. Advanced grammar and stylistics.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: RUSS 204 or equivalent.
    Staff

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • RUSS 309 - Advanced Conversational Russian


    1 HU, CD
    First Semester. Regular systematic opportunity for third-year students to speak Russian. Cultural and everyday topics. One meeting per week. Recommended for all third-year students.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: RUSS 204 and RUSS 206 or consent of instructor.
    Notes: Required for majors enrolled in RUSS 305/306. May be repeated for credit.
    Staff

    Credits: 1 hour
  
  • RUSS 310 - Advanced Conversational Russian


    1 HU, CD
    Second Semester. Regular systematic opportunity for third-year students to speak Russian. Cultural and everyday topics. One meeting per week. Recommended for all third-year students

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: RUSS 204 and RUSS 206 or consent of instructor.
    Notes: Required for majors enrolled in RUSS 305/306. May be repeated for credit.
    Staff

    Credits: 1 hour
  
  • RUSS 311 - Introduction to Russian Literature


    3HU, CD
    Second Semester. Close readings of short masterpieces of 19th-century prose, poetry, and drama in their literary-historical context and sequence.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: RUSS 204 or equivalent.
    Note: May be repeated for credit with approval of the department.
    Mr. Newlin

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • RUSS 321 - Tolstoy and Dostoevsky


    3 HU, CD, WR
    First Semester. An in-depth exploration and comparison of the two giants of 19th-century Russian prose. We will explore the philosophical, psychological, and aesthetic implications of several of the major novels (including Anna Karenina and The Brothers Karamazov) as well as a number of shorter works, and will attempt to situate them concretely within the fierce artistic, intellectual, and ideological debates of the time.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Mr. Newlin

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • RUSS 322 - Russian Decadence in its Western Context


    3 HU, CD, WR

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Next offered 2006-2007.

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • RUSS 325 - Literature of Revolution


    3-4 HU, CD, WR

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Next offered 2006-2007.

    Credits: 3 to 4 hours
  
  • RUSS 326 - Literature of Dissent from Stalin to the Present


    3-4 HU, CD, WR
    Second Semester. An examination of the development of literary dissent in the USSR from the dream of an era of High Stalinism through the Krushchev, Brezhnev, and Gorbachev years to the post-Soviet period. Reading and discussion of works by official, dissident, and émigré writers including Akhmatova, Bulgakov, Solzhenitsyn, Dovlatov, Iskander, Petrushevskaia and Pelevin.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Ms. Forman

    Credits: 3 to 4 hours
  
  • RUSS 329 - Literature and the Land: Writing Nature in Russia and America


    3 HU, CD, WR

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Next offered 2006-2007.

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • RUSS 446 - Senior Seminar


    3 HU, CD
    Second Semester. The subject matter varies from year to year. This year’s course will explore cinematic adaptation; see online course catalog for updates.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: RUSS 311 or consent of the instructor.
    Note: May be repeated for credit.
    Ms. Forman

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • RUSS 505 - Honors In Russian


    1-6HU

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.

    Credits: 1 to 6 hours
  
  • RUSS 995 - Private Reading


    1-3HU, CD

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.

    Credits: 1 to 3 hours

Sociology

  
  • SOCI 122 - Principles of Sociological Thinking


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

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 45
    Ms. John

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • SOCI 123 - Deviance, Discord, and Dismay


    3 SS, WR
    First Semester. This course will examine a set of contemporary social debates, including crime, abortion, affirmative action, victims’ rights, the social regulation of alcohol and drugs, family violence, gun control, and corporate and political corruption. Traditional sociological theories will be applied to these issues and the major figures in contemporary sociological thought will be juxtaposed against legal theories of social control and social integration.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 45
    (30 places held for first-year students)
    Mr. Walsh

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • SOCI 124 - Classics of Sociology


    3 SS, WR
    First Semester. Modern sociology was born in the context of the transition from traditional to modern societies in the West. This dramatic transformation opened a whole series of new social and political problems which have defined the modern era. We will explore the ways some important founding figures of sociology analyzed such problems as individualism, alienation, lack of community, class conflict, and modern capitalism. We will address the relevance of classical sociology for contemporary issues and the students’ personal experiences.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 45.
    Mr. Vujacic

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • SOCI 125 - Sociological Analysis of Society


    3 SS
    Second Semester. 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.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 45. Limited to first- and second-year students.
    Mr. White

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • SOCI 127 - Introduction to Sociology


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

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Next offered 2006-2007
    Enrollment Limit: 45.
    Mr. Dhingra

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • SOCI 211 - Social Research Methods


    4 SS, QPh, WR
    First Semester. 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.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: One introductory course in sociology
    Students must sign up for lab
    Enrollment Limit: 24
    Ms. John

    Credits: 4 hours
  
  • SOCI 215 - Contemporary Asian American Experience


    3 SS, CD
    Second Semester. The goal of the course is to introduce you to a range of contemporary issues dealing with Asian Americans and immigrants generally. The focus is less on each ethnic group’s differences and more on the trends that many groups face, with a focus on how they experience challenges and claim accomplishments. The course stresses the light that studying Asian Americans sheds on other groups and for the country as a whole, including immigration, identity, religion, family, gender, race relations, and other topics. We will read from a variety of disciplines, with stress on sociology.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Next offered 2006-2007
    Prerequisite: One course in sociology.
    Enrollment Limit: 35.
    Mr. Dhingra

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • SOCI 222 - Introduction to Social Psychology


    3 SS
    Second Semester. Social psychology is an area of study within sociology which examines the relationship between the individual and society. Emphasis is placed on the scientific study of the social behavior and experiences stemming from individual’s participation in social groups, interaction with others, and the effects of the cultural environment and social structures on the individual. Topics in social psychology include theories in social psychology, socialization, self and identity, attitudes and attitude change, social perception, language, social communication and group processes.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    One introductory course in Sociology or consent of instructor
    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Mr. White

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • SOCI 230 - Social Change and Political Transformation in Eastern Europe


    3 SS
    Second Semester. 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.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Cross referenced with POLT 214
    Enrollment Limit: 35
    Mr. Vujacic

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • SOCI 233 - Gender, Social Change, and Social Movements


    3 SS, CD, WR
    First Semester. This course focuses on theoretical debates about processes of social change and social reproduction at the individual, cultural, and social movement levels, with particular focus on gender identities and status. Attention will be paid to how the “modernity/tradition” construct, and race, class, nation, and sexuality (as “differences” and as sources of inequality) impact these debates and influence definitions of self and representations of others. This course is cross-referenced with GAWS 233.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Next offered 2006-2007
    Enrollment Limit: 30.
    Ms. Hasso

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • SOCI 235 - Gender Stratification


    3 SS, CD, QPh, WR
    Next offered 2006-2007

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • SOCI 236 - Sexualities and Society


    3 SS, CD
    Second Semester. Sexuality has moved to the center of societal debates. It informs yet subverts gender roles, provides the base for community and identity formation, threatens and is attacked by conservatives and the military. Increasingly multi-ethnic and multi-class, sexual minorities have emerged as political actors and culture shapers with impacts on elections, new family forms, and civil rights. These are some of the issues in this course.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Next offered 2006-2007
    Prerequisite: One course in Sociology or consent of instructor.
    Enrollment Limit: 35.
    Mr. Norris

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • SOCI 238 - Gender and Sexuality in the Middle East and North Africa


    Second Semester. This interdisciplinary survey course will examine issues of gender and sexualities, including cultural politics, and constructions of masculinities and femininities, in the Middle East and North Africa. The course pays attention to regional contextualization, historicization, and plurality. This course fulfills the feminist theory requirement.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: GAWS 100, a gender-focused introductory course in sociology, or consent of instructor.
    Note: Closed to first-year students. 
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Ms. Hasso

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • SOCI 254 - Political Sociology


    3 SS
    First Semester. This course is intended as an introduction to a major sub-field of sociology, the sociology of politics. We will begin with an examination of the birth of democratic politics in the contemporary Western world. We will touch on such problems as the social origins of democracy, the rise of political citizenship and the modern nation-state, class and elite conflict, lower-class social movements, and the political-cultural foundations of democratic politics. In the second part of the course we will concentrate on one of the major anti-liberal movements and regimes in the 20th century, Nazism.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 35.
    Mr. Vujacic

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • SOCI 271 - Sociology of Law and Legal Institutions


    3 SS, WR
    Second Semester. Attention is given to the development of legal norms and related institutions. Institutional analysis will be directed primarily toward courts, judges, prosecutors, lawyers and legal training, prisons and prison functionaries.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Next offered 2006-2007
    Prerequisite: One introductory course in Sociology.
    Enrollment Limit: 30.
    Mr. Walsh

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • SOCI 273 - Criminology, Delinquency, and Legal Policy


    3 SS, WR
    First Semester. This course will deal with sociological and legal inquiry into the origins and forms of juvenile delinquency, the etiology and forms of crime in adult populations, and the social and legal policy issues associated with crime and delinquency. Legal and social scientific resources will be examined.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: One introductory course in Sociology or consent of instructor
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Mr. Walsh

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • SOCI 277 - Race and Ethnic Relations


    3 SS, CD
    First Semester. This course introduces and critically reviews the nature of relations between racial and ethnic groups. We examine concepts, perspectives, and research associated with majority and minority group relations. Included is an exploration into the role of racism, prejudice and discrimination in majority and minority relations. Furthermore, we examine the role of immigration and the experiences of selected racial and ethnic groups in the United States. Limited attention will be given to ethnic relations in the global context.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Mr. White

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • SOCI 282 - Classical and Contemporary Sociological Theory


    4 SS, CD, WR
    Second Semester. 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.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 40
    Note: Priority given to Sociology majors
    Mr. Vujacic

    Credits: 4 hours
  
  • SOCI 331 - Torts, Trials and Trouble


    3 SS, WR
    Second Semester. This course will examine the linkage between changes in social institutions and the emergence of legal doctrines. Particular emphasis will be placed on tort, property, criminal, and family law. Prerequisites: Two courses in Sociology or consent of instructor.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Mr. Walsh

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • SOCI 348 - Constructing Immigrant Communities


    3 SS
    First Semester. How and why do immigrant groups create communities? What effects do such communities have on their mobility? How do they impact other minorities and nation? How do individuals resist oppression within their own communities? Taking a comparative ethnic approach, we will examine these issues. We will pay special attention to how race and class shape community formation, and how communities affect others in terms of gender, sexuality, class, and multiculturalism.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Next offered 2006-2007 Prerequisites: At least one sociology course and at least one course primarily focused on race relations or immigration.
    Enrollment Limit: 25.
    Mr. Dhingra

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • SOCI 354 - Social Movements and Revolutionary Change


    3 SS
    Next offered 2006-2007

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • SOCI 365 - Law, Literature, and Society


    3 SS
    Second Semester. The law has fascinated folks for centuries. It has been the subject matter for writers, film makers, and social scientists. Those whose interests have been expressed in novels are much more fun to read than those who write in the sociological literature. So, this course will examine the law and its sociological impact through contemporary and historical fiction. Has literature shaped the law or does the law shape literature? What sociological verities can be established examining the question?

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 30.
    Mr. Walsh

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • SOCI 377 - Advanced Topics in Race and Ethnic Relations


    3 SS
    Next offered 2006-2007

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • SOCI 378 - Sociology of the African American Community


    3 SS, CD
    Next offered 2006-2007

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • SOCI 391 - Practicum in Sociology


    2-3 SS
    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.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    See individual faculty.
    Sections will be offered by Ms. John, Mr. Vujacic, Mr. Walsh, and Mr. White. Note: At the discretion of the instructor, grading for this course may be CR/NE or P/NP only
    Prerequisites: Two courses in Sociology
    Consent of instructor required

    Credits: 2 to 3 hours
  
  • SOCI 392 - Internships in Teaching


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

    Prerequisites & Notes
    See individual faculty.
    Sections will be offered by Ms. John, Mr. Vujacic, Mr. Walsh, and Mr. White.
    Note: At the discretion of the instructor, grading for this course may be CR/NE or P/NP only.
    Prerequisites: Two courses in Sociology
    Consent of instructor is required.

    Credits: 1 to 2 hours
  
  • SOCI 403 - Seminar in Social Psychology: African-American Personality


    3 SS, CD
    Next offered 2006-2007

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • SOCI 406 - Seminar: Gender and the State in the Middle East and North Africa


    4 SS, CD, WRi
    Second Semester. This seminar will study the gender implications of the relationship between states and religious authorities and movements in 20th century Middle East and North Africa. While “civil” laws (addressing work, education, and politics) are often gender egalitarian, personal status or family laws are usually not. Important for the purposes of this seminar is why this relationship varies in different states. Students are required to write a research paper based on a historical case study.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    This course is cross-referenced with GAWS 406.
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Ms. Hasso

    Credits: 4 hours
  
  • SOCI 407 - Seminar in Social Psychology: Racial and Ethnic Identities 3 hours in the 21st Century


    3 SS
    First Semester. As we move into the 21st century, social scientists have questions about the nature and impact of racial and ethnic identification in our social world. This course will examine research and theoretical literature on various racial and ethnic identities in the United States. Examination of racial and ethnic identity will specifically focus on these groups: Euro-Americans, African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, American Indians, and multiracial/multiethnic groups.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: Three courses in sociology. Consent of instructor required. Note: Preference given to senior sociology majors.
    Enrollment Limit: 12.
    Mr. White

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • SOCI 431 - The Making and Unmaking of Communist Ideals


    3 SS
    First Semester. 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.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: Two courses in Sociology or consent of instructor
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Mr. Vujacic

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • SOCI 436 - Seminar in Sexualities and Collective Action


    3 SS, CD, WR
    Next offered 2006-2007

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • SOCI 443 - Generations of Youth: Relationship, Work, Culture, and Communication


    3 SS
    Second Semester. This seminar will focus on several birth cohorts in the U.S. We will examine issues concerning relationships and sexuality, employment, underemployment and unemployment, cultural contributions, communication and social concerns of youth. Emphasis will be placed on understanding how youth experience differs from others and what implications this has for quality of life and social policy. Texts, video, music and the World Wide Web will be used as supplemental materials in this class.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: Three courses in Sociology or consent of instructor
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Ms. John

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • SOCI 450 - Seminar: Race, Gender, Sexuality and Identity


    3 SS, CD
    First Semester. This course focuses on major identities in our culture, namely racial, ethnic, gender and sexual orientation, and the intersections between them. What are the meanings of these identities and how are they created? How do people choose among identities? The subject matter consists of the workplace, global music, individuals’ attitudes, social movements, and everyday actions. The course will be mostly discussion, with students taking leading role.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Next offered 2006-2007
    Prerequisite: Senior sociology majors only. Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 12.
    Mr. Dhingra

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • SOCI 456 - Seminar in AIDS: Community, Resistance and Innovation


    3 SS, CD
    First Semester. In the U.S., communities came together around social innovations such as the Quilt, media groups, and artistic productions. Communities organized health programs, clinics, and agencies which supported the sick, for example, Gay Men’s Health Crisis in New York City and ACT-UP.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Next offered 2006-2007
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 12.
    Mr. Norris

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • SOCI 472 - Sociology of Law Seminar, a.k.a. Breakfast and the Law


    3 SS
    Second Semester. The law never sleeps. This seminar will include fieldwork emphasis in the first half semester with time spent in courts and prisons. That begins early and so will we—over breakfast. Students will present seminar papers in the latter half of the semester on topics negotiated with the instructor. The theme of the seminar will be women and the law.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 10.
    Mr. Walsh

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • SOCI 490 - Junior Year Honors


    1-3 SS
    Sections will be offered by Ms. John, Mr. Vujacic, Mr. Walsh, and Mr. White.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required

    Credits: 1 to 3 hours
  
  • SOCI 491 - Senior Year Honors


    1-6 SS
    Sections will be offered by Ms. John, Mr. Vujacic, Mr. Walsh, and Mr. White.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required

    Credits: 1 to 6 hours
  
  • SOCI 995 - Private Reading


    .5-3 SS
    Projects will be sponsored by Ms. John, Mr. Vujacic, Mr. Walsh, and Mr. White.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.
    Note: At the discretion of the instructor, grading for this course may be CR/NE or P/NP only.

    Credits: .5 to 3 hours

Theater

  
  • THEA 100 - Acting 1: Fundamentals


    3 HU
    Second Semester. The focus of this class is on developing specific techniques basic to American acting traditions (conversational reality; executing activities; playing intentions) and applying these skills in contemporary scene work. Intended for first- and second-year students. Auditions (prepare one- to two-minute contemporary monologue) will be scheduled during orientation week for fall semester sections and during the week preceding registration for spring semester.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of chair required.
    Enrollment Limit: 16.
    Mr. Moser

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • THEA 101 - Introduction to Theater Arts


    3HU
    First Semester. Description TBA.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit:16.
    Mr. Moser

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • THEA 105 - Exploring Acting


    3 HU
    Second Semester. Comparable in content to THEA 100, the focus of this class is on developing specific techniques basic to American acting traditions (conversational reality; executing activities; playing intentions) and applying these skills in contemporary scene work.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: This course is intended for third- and fourth-year students only.
    Enrollment Limit: 16.
    Staff

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • THEA 122 - Introduction to Technical Theater


    3 HU

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Next offered 2006-2007.

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • THEA 172 - Technical Production: Scenery


    3 HU

    Beginning work in the techniques and principles used in technical production for theater, dance, and opera. Lecture materials include: production management, stage rigging, orthographic projection, elements of the physical plant as well as construction methods used in building scenic units. Students participate in fabricating scenery for the semester’s productions as scheduled.  

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 14.

    Mr. Grube

    Credits: 3

  
  • THEA 173 - Production: Costumes


    0 HU
    Second Semester. An overview of the costuming process from the development of the costume design through the construction of the costume. Weekly labs focus on a variety of sewing and costuming techniques presented through demonstrations and projects. Z

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 8.
    Ms. Cuthbertson

    Credits: 0 hours
  
  • THEA 199 - Theater Production Lab


    0 HU
    First and Second Semester. Each enrolled student will serve on one technical/administrative crew for one of the theater, dance or opera productions during the semester: scenery, lighting, sound, costumes or publicity. Mandatory one-time class meeting on the second Friday of the semester; 4:30-6:00 p.m.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Ms. Groseth, Ms. Jobe

    Credits: 0 hours
  
  • THEA 200 - Acting 2: Scene Study


    3 HU
    First and Second Semester. A year long sequence of intermediate level scene study work. The class will focus on observation, personalization, activation, and listening. First semester will utilize plays by contemporary playwrights. Second semester will utilize classical American plays by such authors as Odetts, Miller, Hansberry, Wilson and Williams.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Notes: Auditions in late spring. A few slots will be held for fall auditions and transfers.
    Prerequisite: THEA 100. Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 12.
    Staff

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • THEA 201 - Acting 2: Scene Study


    3 HU
    First and Second Semester. A year long sequence of intermediate level scene study work. The class will focus on observation, personalization, activation, and listening. First semester will utilize plays by contemporary playwrights. Second semester will utilize classical American plays by such authors as Odetts, Miller, Hansberry, Wilson and Williams.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Notes: Auditions in late spring. A few slots will be held for fall auditions and transfers.
    Prerequisite: THEA 100. Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 12.
    Staff

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • THEA 208 - Directing 1: Rehearsal Skills


    3 HU

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Next offered 2006-2007.

    Credits: 3 hours
 

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