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

Oberlin College Courses


 

Dance

  
  • DANC 230 - Autobiography and Performance


    4 HU, CD, WR
    Second Semester. Autobiography and Performance is a course which integrates performance practices with intellectual theories in order to investigate the various ways individuals choose to construct a representation of their self/selves. We will consider how one’s history, gender, race or ethnic identification, sexuality and ability shape the creation of an autobiographical performance. How does the presence of the performer’s body affect our reception of the autobiographical voice? Identical to THEA 229 and GAWS 230.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Next offered 2006-2007
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 15.
    Ms. Cooper Albright

    Credits: 4 hours
  
  • DANC 250 - Dance History: Dance in the 20th Century


    3 HU, CD, WR
    First Semester. This course investigates the role of dance in 20th century America. We will explore the way a variety of social and theatrical dances, both shaped and were shaped by discourses of feminism, nationalism, African American cultural identity, and modernism.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Next offered 2006-2007
    Enrollment Limit: 25.
    Ms. Cooper Albright

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • DANC 270 - Queer Acts


    3 HU, CD, WR
    Next offered 2006-2007

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • DANC 273 - Western Dance History and Aesthetics


    3 HU
    Next offered 2006-2007

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • DANC 300 - Modern Dance III- Advanced


    2 HU
    Second Semester. A continuation of dance technique for those who have successfully completed DANC 201 or the equivalent.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: May be repeated for credit
    Consent of instructor required
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Ms. Handman

    Credits: 2 hours
  
  • DANC 303 - Oberlin Dance Company


    1-4 HU
    Second Semester. Students will learn a faculty-choreographed dance for performance in Hall Auditorium. The course will emphasize rehearsal and performance techniques such as learning and retaining movement quickly and taking responsibility for expressively developing one’s own role. Placement by audition the first day of classes.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: May be repeated for credit
    Consent of instructor required
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Ms. Rosasco

    Credits: 1 to 4 hours
  
  • DANC 307 - Improvisational Performance


    Second Semester. Students will contribute to an original score by the faculty director. The project will culminate in performance at the end of the semester. Placement by audition at the first class.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: DANC 207
    Consent of instructor required
    Enrollment Limit: 10
    Ms. Rosasco

    Credits: 3 Hours
  
  • DANC 311 - Practicum in Dance


    1-2 HU
    First and Second Semester. Individual projects that are not performance-based, such as teaching or community service work.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: May be repeated for credit
    Consent of instructor required
    Staff

    Credits: 1 to 2 hours
  
  • DANC 332 - Varsity Contact


    3 HU, WR
    Second Semester. This course will build on the foundational skills acquired in DANC 132. We will both deepen and expand our work in performance, creative and critical writing, and working with various communities. Students interested in this course must be able to attend Sunday jams and various weekend events.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Contact Improvisation (DANC 132)
    Consent of instructor required
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Staff

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • DANC 350 - Dance History: Contemporary Dance


    3 HU, CD, WR
    Next offered 2006-2007

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • DANC 390 - Essence Dance Class


    1-2 HU, CD
    Second Semester. This course is designed to promote and develop creativity in dance performance through the Black experience. A variety of dance forms will be used such as: modern, Afro-forms, and black urban vernacular dances. Students are expected to purchase costumes.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: AAST 101, DANC/AAST 190, or DANC/AAST 191 preferred
    Notes: May be repeated for a maximum of four accumulated hours
    CR/NE or P/NP grading
    Consent of instructor required
    Cross referenced with AAST 390
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Ms. Sharpley

    Credits: 1 to 2 hours
  
  • DANC 391 - Dance Diaspora


    2 HU, CD
    First Semester. Faculty directed performance project. Auditions are held during each semester before enrollment. Notes: May be repeated for a maximum of four accumulated hours. African American Studies majors and Dance majors will have first priority.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required
    Identical to AAST 391
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Ms. Sharpley

    Credits: 2 hours
  
  • DANC 394 - Collaborations: Dance, Art and Music


    3 HU
    First Semester. We will investigate the history of choreographers’ and director’s collaborations with artists and composers; the lectures and studio projects will be in conjunction with a parallel course offered in TIMARA. Students will form collaborative teams among the disciplines for their projects.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: DANC 222 or DANC 207
    Consent of the instructor required
    Enrollment Limit: 10
    Ms. Martynuk

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • DANC 395 - Special Topics in Choreography


    3 HU
    Next offered 2006-2007

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • DANC 402 - Independent Theory Project


    2HU
    Consent of instructor required.

    Credits: 2 hours
  
  • DANC 403 - Independent Performance Project


    2HU
    Consent of instructor required.

    Credits: 2 hours
  
  • DANC 404 - Independent Choreography Project


    2HU
    Consent of instructor required.

    Credits: 2 hours
  
  • DANC 420 - Honors Project


    3-6 HU
    Intensive independent work in dance on a research thesis or creative project to be decided upon in consultation with an advisor.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Honors Program
    Projects sponsored by Ms. Cooper Albright, Ms. Martynuk, Mr. McAdams, and Ms. Rosasco
    Consent of instructor required.

    Credits: 3 to 6 hours
  
  • DANC 995 - Private Reading


    1-3 HU
    Projects sponsored by Ms. Cooper Albright, Ms. Martynuk, Mr. McAdams, and Ms. Rosasco. Consent of instructor required.

    Credits: 1 to 3 hours

East Asian Studies

  
  • EAST 121 - Chinese Civilization


    3-4 SS, CD, WR
    First Semester. An introduction to the history of China from the archaeological origins of Chinese civilization to the period of the mature imperial state in the 17th century. The diverse origins of China’s civilization are stressed as topics in political, social, and economic history are explored, as well as developments in religion and thought, language and literature, and art. The course is the normal introduction to further study of Chinese history and culture and, in particular, provides a valuable context for themes treated in Modern China. Course is cross-referenced with HIST 105.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 50.
    Mr. Kelley

    Credits: 3 to 4 hours
  
  • EAST 122 - Modern China


    3-4 SS, CD, WR
    Second Semester. This history of China from the founding of the Manchu Qing (Ch’ing) dynasty in 1644 takes a China-centered perspective. Along with political and institutional developments, long-term changes in the society and economy of China are stressed, and the indigenous bases for those changes are explored so that China’s 20th-century revolutionary upheaval will be seen to be more than a “response to the Western impact” or an “emergence into modernity.” This course is cross-referenced with HIST 106.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 50.
    Mr. Kelley

    Credits: 3 to 4 hours
  
  • EAST 131 - Traditional Japan to 1868


    3 SS, CD, WR
    First Semester. A thematic investigation of traditional Japanese civilization to 1868. Attention will be given to the early process of Sinicization, the rise of the warrior class, the isolationism of the Tokugawa Period, and the initial confrontation with the West in the 19th century. In addition to political and international developments, treatment of aesthetics and religion will also be featured. This course is cross-referenced with HIST 159.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 50.
    Staff

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • EAST 132 - Modern Japan, 1868 to Present


    3 SS, CD, WR
    Second Semester. From the collapse of the Tokugawa regime and the Meiji Restoration to the present. The focus will be the modern Western challenge and the Japanese response. Attention will be given to political, international, intellectual, and artistic/aesthetic aspects. This course is cross-referenced with HIST 160.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 50.
    Staff

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • EAST 141 - Approaches to Chinese Art History


    3 HU, CD
    First Semester. This survey of China focuses on artistic production from three perspectives: the artisan, artist, and art market. We will survey major art and architecture across a broad geographic and temporal frame (Neolithic-present), but focus on smaller artistic contexts, e.g. temples, tombs, imperial courts and literati circles. We will consider issues of patronage, originality, mass production, and the impact of technologies on the changing form, production and circulation of images. This course is cross-referenced with ARTS 250.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 30.
    Ms. Cheng

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • EAST 142 - Approaches to Japanese Art History


    3 HU, CD
    Second Semester. This survey of Japan will highlight a range of artistic media from ancient times to the modern day. We will examine the art and architecture of religious and secular traditions, with an emphasis on painted traditions (narrative handscrolls, prints, and screens). Primary themes will include the contexts of artistic production (as informed by gender or socio-political circumstances), the spatial or social networks of their use, cultural exchange with China, and tensions between court-sponsored traditions and other artistic practices. This course is cross-referenced with ARTS 251.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 30.
    Ms. Cheng

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • EAST 151 - Chinese Thought and Religion


    3 HU, CD
    First Semester. A historical survey of the three major religious and philosophical traditions of China: Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. Attention is given to how each comprehends the world, and translates its ideal into philosophical thought, religious practice, and social and moral imperative. Interaction and mutual borrowing among the three will be examined to show how each was changed or inspired by the others and matured under their influence. This course is cross-referenced with RELG 235. 

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 65.
    Mr. Dobbins

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • EAST 152 - Japanese Thought and Religion


    3 HU, CD
    First Semester. A survey of the development of Shinto and Buddhism in Japan and the roles they play in Japanese culture and society. Among the topics discussed are the ancient myths of Shinto, the transmission of Buddhism to Japan, the emergence of native forms of Buddhism (e.g. Zen, Pure Land, and Nichiren), and the use of Shinto as a nationalistic ideology. This course is cross-referenced with RELG 236.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 65.
    Mr. Dobbins

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • EAST 162 - Modern Korean History


    3 SS, CD
    Second Semester. This survey course will examine the major events, issues and personalities in Korea’s modern history from the late 19th century to the present. Combining the methods and approaches associated with the discipline of historical anthropology, the aim of this course is to provide students with a broad knowledge of Korea’s modern history in the context of East Asian development and modernization.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 35.
    Ms. Jager

    Next offered 2006-2007.

    Credits: 3 hours

  
  • EAST 163 - Korea: Past, Present and Future


    3 SS, CD, WR
    First Semester. This course is designed to introduce students to a broad survey of Korea’s history, both ancient and modern. It will examine various interpretive approaches to the political, social, cultural, and diplomatic history between Korea, China, and Japan. We will also investigate contemporary nationalist theories of Korean development, including Japanese imperial legacies of colonial conquest, and how they have informed Koreans’ view of their ancient past as well as influenced current debates about the two Koreas’ reunified future.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Ms. Jager

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • EAST 241 - Living with the Bomb


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

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • EAST 260 - Colonialism/Post-Colonialism and Globalization in East Asia


    3 SS, CD
    Second Semester. This course will explore the nature of colonialism (and semi-colonialism), modernity and post-modernity in East Asia and the dialectical relationship between these processes. It begins with an interrogation of the recent writings on post-colonialism in order to question the dominance that this discursive paradigm has had on the construction of identities, cultures and politics of non-Western societies, with a particular focus on Japan, China and Korea. The course will then interrogate alternative forms of modernity and post-modernity in East Asia. Topics to be discussed will include globalization, regionalism, transnational identities and politics, and gender.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Ms. Jager

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • EAST 262 - Asia’s Modern Wars


    3 SS, CD
    Next offered 2006-2007.

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • EAST 264 - Contemporary South Korean Politics, Culture and Society


    3 SS, CD, WR
    Second Semester. This course will examine contemporary South Korean culture and society in the context of changing national, regional and global politics, including democratization, the “rise” of civil society, the “rise” of China, the North Korean nuclear proliferation crisis, historical revisionism and anti-Americanism. Detailed analysis of contemporary Korean films and other popular media of the past decade will inform our discussions.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Ms. Jager

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • EAST 362 - The Korean War


    3 SS, CD, WR
    Second Semester. This seminar is designed to explore the cultural, social and political history of the Korean War in the context of the recent debate about the “origins” of the Cold War, Cold War ideology, American-Korean relationship in the context of the war, memory of the Korean War in South Korea and the U.S., as well as specific battles, key players and contested memories about the war, among other issues.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 15.
    Ms. Jager

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • EAST 401 - Honors Program


    3 HU
    Admission to the Honors Program is subject to the approval of the East Asian Studies faculty during the student’s junior year.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Registration limited to seniors. Consent of program director required.

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • EAST 500 - Capstone Project


    0 HU

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: P/NP or CR/NE grading only. Consent of instructor required.

    Credits: 0 hours
  
  • EAST 995 - Private Reading


    1-3 HU, CD
    Independent study of an East Asian Studies subject beyond the range of catalog course offerings.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.

    Credits: 1 to 3 hours

Economics

  
  • ECON 101 - Principles of Economics


    3 SS, QPh
    First and Second Semester. This course introduces the student to the economic problems of unemployment, inflation, the distribution of income and wealth, and the allocation of resources. The basic tools of analysis for studying these problems are developed and the role of public policy in securing economic objectives is explored. The course is designed to serve as a foundation for further work in economics and as a desirable complement to study in history, politics, and sociology.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 50.
    Mr. Fernandez, Ms. Gaudin, Mr. Piron, Mr. Zinser

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ECON 102 - Principles of Economics


    3 SS, QPf
    First Semester. This course is equivalent to ECON 101. It covers the same substantive material but introduces students to the application of mathematical tools in economics.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: MATH 133.
    Enrollment Limit: 50.
    Ms. Craig

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ECON 150 - Computer Spreadsheets for Economists


    2 SS

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Next offered 2006-2007.

    Credits: 2 hours
  
  • ECON 206 - Financial Management


    4 SS, QPf
    Second Semester. This course provides a thorough foundation in financial economics and applications to the financial management of business enterprises. Coverage includes capital budgeting; financial statement analysis; interest and risk calculations; principles of market valuation; financial funding decisions; dividend and cash flow analysis; and taxation.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: ECON 101.
    Enrollment Limit: 40.
    Mr. Cleeton

    Credits: 4 hours
  
  • ECON 209 - Economic Development


    3SS, CD, QPh
    Second Semester. Survey of the problems that have constrained economic progress of both the developing economies in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the newly industrializing economies of Eastern Europe. Review of specific economic policy experiences. The course considers general issues of economic growth, poverty and the distribution of income, population growth and population policies, agriculture and land reform, migration, education and human capital development, financial markets, international trade and finance, and privatization.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    ECON 101 or equivalent.
    Note: Taught in alternate years.
    Enrollment Limit: 40.
    Mr. Zinser

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ECON 210 - Economic Development in Latin America


    3 SS, CD, QPh

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Next offered 2006-2007.

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ECON 211 - Money, the Financial System, and the Economy


    3 SS, QPh
    Second Semester. The course deals with the linkages between financial markets, financial institutions, monetary policy and the economy. Topics will include the function of money in the economy, the determination of interest rates and exchange rates, the origin and evolution of financial intermediation, and the role of the financial system in the transmission of monetary policy.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: ECON 101.
    Enrollment Limit: 40.
    Mr. Kuttner

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ECON 217 - Antitrust Economics


    3 SS, QPh
    First Semester. Economic analysis of the impact of antitrust laws in the United States and other economies on the performance of firms and markets. Critical review of antitrust litigation in terms of its impact on market structure, prices, research and development, and social welfare. Comparative economic analysis of competing schools of thought with respect to antitrust policy.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    ECON 101 or equivalent.
    Enrollment Limit: 40.
    Mr. Zinser

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ECON 219 - Labor-Management Relations


    3 SS, QPh, WR

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Next offered 2006-2007.

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ECON 224 - Law and Economics


    3 SS, QPh, WR.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Next offered 2006-2007.

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ECON 225 - Political Economy of the European Integration


    3SS, QPh
    First Semester. The course provides analysis of the economic rationale for the European Union, evidence on the development of trade and growth in the EU, details of the Single Market program, analysis of convergence and disparities within the EU and the recent EU enlargement integrating Central European economies. Focus will be on integration theory and measurement and analysis of EU policy making illustrated with current issues such as Economic and Monetary Union and employment and trade policies.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    ECON 101 or equivalent.
    Mr. Cleeton

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ECON 227 - International Trade and Finance


    3 SS, QPh
    Second Semester. An introduction to international economics with an emphasis on the economic analysis of international transactions, financial interdependence, and current trade conflicts, as well as discussions of the historical development and contemporary role of international institutions.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    ECON 101 or equivalent.
    Enrollment Limit: 40.
    Ms. Craig

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ECON 231 - Environmental Economics


    3 SS, QPh
    First Semester. The course is an introduction to the theory and practice of environmental economics. Emphasis is placed on understanding how the basic tools of economic analysis are used to identify sources of environmental problems, value environmental resources, and design environmental policy within the framework of a market based economic system.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: ECON 101. This course is cross-referenced with ENVS 231.
    Enrollment Limit: 40.
    Ms. Gaudin

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ECON 245 - Economics of Healthcare


    3 SS, QPh
    First Semester. Health care economics is the study of how resources are allocated to the production of health care and the distribution of that care. The course will look at the conflict between the provision of high-quality, universal health care and health care cost containment; the pros and cons of using markets to distribute health care; and the institutional features of the markets for health insurance, medical education, hospitals, ethical drugs, and medical innovation and technology.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: ECON 101.
    Enrollment Limit: 40.
    Mr. Fernandez

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ECON 251 - Intermediate Macroeconomics


    3 SS, QPh
    First and Second Semester. This course provides a detailed overview of the basic macroeconomic theories used to analyze aggregate spending and production, economic growth, and business cycles. Theories covered in the class will be applied to examples drawn from current events and contemporary policy debates.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: ECON 101 and sophomore standing or a 200-level course in economics.
    Enrollment Limit: 30.
    Mr. Kuttner

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ECON 253 - Intermediate Microeconomics


    4/3 SS, QPf/QPh
    First and Second Semester. Intermediate price, distribution, and welfare theory, with special attention to the relation of theory to decision making by households and by business firms in markets characterized by varying degrees of competition and concentration.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: ECON 101 and sophomore standing or a 200-level course in economics. (Calculus, MATH 133 for first semester.)
    Enrollment Limit: 25/40.
    Mr. Cleeton, Mr. Piron

    Credits: 3-4 hours
  
  • ECON 255 - Introduction to Econometrics


    4 SS, QPf
    First and Second Semester. This is an introduction to the application of statistical methods to the estimation of economic models and the testing of economic hypotheses using non-experimental data. The central statistical tool is multivariate regression analysis. Topics covered include: the Gauss-Markov theorem, testing hypotheses, and correcting for heteroskedasticity, autocorrelation, and simultaneous equation bias. In the weekly computer lab sessions econometric estimation software (Eviews) is used to analyze real-world data.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: MATH 113 or 114, MATH 133, both ECON 251 and ECON 253, or consent of instructor.
    Enrollment Limit: 20.
    Ms. Craig, Mr. Fernandez

    Credits: 4 hours
  
  • ECON 313 - Games and Strategy in Economics


    3 SS, QPh
    Second Semester. This course is an introduction to the use of non-cooperative game theory in economic analysis. The course will cover both static and dynamic games with both complete and incomplete information. Applications will be drawn from many fields of economics, including: industrial organization, labor economics, corporate finance, macroeconomics, international trade, and public choice.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: ECON 253 and MATH 133, or consent of instructor.
    Enrollment Limit: 20.
    Mr. Fernandez

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ECON 315 - Financial Markets


    3 SS, QPh

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Next offered 2006-2007.

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ECON 317 - Industrial Organization


    3 SS, QPh
    Second Semester. Analysis of the modern theory and empirical evidence about the organization of firms and industries, why firms and industries take on particular forms, and what is the impact of that organization on performance. Specific topics include mergers and acquisitions, strategic pricing policies, advertising, joint ventures, research and development, and antitrust and governmental regulation.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: ECON 253 and MATH 133.
    Enrollment Limit: 20.
    Mr. Zinser

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ECON 320 - Labor Economics


    3 SS, QPh, WR
    Second Semester. The labor market and its relation to the economy as a whole. Emphasis on wage theory, the economic impact of trade unionism, unemployment, education, discrimination, and major issues of public policy.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: ECON 253 or consent of instructor.
    Mr. Kasper

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ECON 321 - Poverty and Affluence


    3 SS, QPh, WR

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Next offered 2006-2007.

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ECON 325 - US-EU Relations


    3 SS, CD

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Next offered 2006-2007.

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ECON 326 - International Trade


    3 SS, QPh

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Next offered 2006-2007.

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ECON 327 - International Finance


    3 SS, QPh
    First Semester. Advanced theory of international finance which covers exchange rate determination, the differences between fixed and flexible exchange rate regimes, official currency market intervention, and empirical tests of exchange rate theory. In addition, the course will offer an introduction to dynamic theories of international borrowing, lending, and direct investment.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: ECON 251 and MATH 133.
    Note: Taught in alternate years.
    Ms. Craig

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ECON 331 - Advanced Topics in Environmental and Resource Economics


    3 SS, QPh
    Second Semester. This course applies microeconomic analysis to the allocation and management of natural resources and the environment. Economic modeling is used to analyze the optimal use of resources such as land, water, and fossil fuels. Issues of land use and urban sprawl, efficient pricing for water and power, species extinction, optimal extraction of a mineral over time, and the reliance on natural resources in the context of growing populations will be explored.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: ECON 253 and MATH 133. ENVS 231 recommended. 
    This course is cross-referenced with ENVS 331.
    Enrollment Limit: 20. Ms. Gaudin

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ECON 342 - Monetary Theory and Policy


    3 SS, QPh

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Next offered 2006-2007.

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ECON 351 - Macroeconomic Theory


    3 SS, QPf
    First Semester. Building on the basic theory introduced in ECON 251, this course provides a more rigorous development of macroeconomic theories pertaining to long-run growth and business cycles. The roles of monetary and fiscal policies, and their macroeconomic effects, will receive special attention.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: ECON 251, ECON 253, and MATH 133. ECON 255 is also recommended.
    Mr. Kuttner

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ECON 353 - Microeconomic Theory


    3 SS, QPf
    Second Semester. The course serves as a survey of microeconomic theory at a level consistent with a first-year graduate course. Topics include: the dual approach to consumer and producer theory, general equilibrium analysis, and welfare economics.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: ECON 253, MATH 231, and MATH 232, or consent of instructor required.
    Mr. Cleeton

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ECON 355 - Topics in Advanced Econometrics


    3SS, QPf

    Spring Semester. The course will cover advanced topics in econometrics as a sequel to Economics 255.  Topics to be covered will include nonlinear estimation techniques including models with limited dependent variable and panel data estimation techniques.  Course work will involve applications of each of these techniques to economic data using a variety of computer programs.             

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: Economics 255.

    Ms. Craig 

     

    Credits: 3 hours

  
  • ECON 410 - Seminar: Economic Development in Latin America


    3 SS, WR

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Next offered 2006-2007.

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ECON 411 - Seminar: Economic Growth


    3 SS, WR
    First Semester. The seminar will explore theoretical models of economic growth including the current models of endogenous growth. Students will also explore existing empirical evidence concerning the factors underpinning economic growth and conduct studies of their own employing or modifying existing data sets.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: ECON 251, ECON 253, and ECON 255.
    Note: Taught in alternate years.
    Enrollment Limit: 10. Ms. Craig

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ECON 420 - Seminar on Income Inequality


    3SS, WR
    Second Semester.  The purpose of this course is to deepen the understanding of factors underlying the unequal distribution of income and to analyze equity-efficiency trade-offs arising under alternative government policies. The course mostly focuses on the U.S.; however, cross-country differences in economic inequality will be addressed as well. Policy implications include progressive income taxation, unemployment insurance, welfare programs, social security and public education. 

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: ECON 253.  Enrollment Lmit: 10
    [Next Offered 2007-2008]

    Credits: 3
  
  • ECON 425 - Seminar: The European Economy


    3 SS, WR

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Next offered 2006-2007.

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ECON 431 - Seminar: Topics in Water Resource Economics


    3 SS, WR
    Second Semester. The seminar will cover issues related to the economics of water use, focusing on theory and policy implications.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: ECON 253 and ECON 255 or consent of instructor. ECON/ENVS 231 or 331 recommended. 
    This course is cross-referenced with ENVS 431.
    Note: Taught in alternate years.
    Enrollment Limit: 10.
    Ms. Gaudin

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ECON 440 - Seminar: Monetary Policy


    3SS, WR
    First Semester. What does monetary policy do? What should monetary policy do? This seminar addresses these questions in the context of policy at the Federal Reserve, and other major central banks. Topics will include the formulation, implementation, and transmission of policy, with an emphasis on using empirical methods and results.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: ECON 251 and ECON 255 or consent of instructor.
    Note: Taught in alternate years.
    Enrollment Limit: 10.
    Mr. Kuttner

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ECON 441 - Seminar: Economics of Labor and Welfare Policy


    3 SS, WR

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Next offered 2006-2007.

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ECON 445 - Seminar: The Economics of Health Care and Health Insurance


    3 SS, WR
    Second Semester. This seminar will examine the reasons for the conflict between the provision of high quality universal healthcare coverage, healthcare cost containment, and the development of new health therapies and drugs. We will look at single-payer health insurance systems (Canada), nationalized health care systems (United Kingdom), and employer-provided private health insurance (U.S.).

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: ECON 245 and MATH 113 or 114. ECON 255 is recommended.
    Note: Taught in alternate years.
    Enrollment Limit: 10.
    Mr. Fernandez

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ECON 491 - Honors Program


    1-7 SS, WR
    First and Second Semester. This program is open by departmental invitation near the end of the junior year to major students whose general and departmental records indicate their ability to carry the program and the likelihood that they will profit from it. The program extends through the senior year and involves the independent preparation of a thesis, defense of the thesis, active participation with other Honors students and the department staff in a weekly seminar meeting during the second semester, and both written and oral examinations by an outside examiner.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.
    Staff

    Credits: 1 to 7 hours
  
  • ECON 901 - International Business


    4 SS
    Summer 2005. This course is designed to cover the basic principles of international business with particular emphasis on the regulatory and business environment of the European Union. Taught on site in France with visits to international companies and organizations in France and Switzerland.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Mr. Cleeton

    Credits: 4 hours
  
  • ECON 902 - International Financial Management


    2 SS
    Summer 2005. This course investigates financial issues and problems associated with international business transactions and explores approaches to resolving such problems. Coverage includes assessing and managing exchange risk; international financing and investment decisions; borrowing in international capital markets and export-import financing. Taught with online assignments and on site in France.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Mr. Cleeton

    Credits: 2 hours
  
  • ECON 995 - Private Reading


    1-3 SS
    First and Second Semester. Projects sponsored by Mr. Cleeton, Ms. Craig, Mr. Fernandez, Ms. Gaudin, Mr. Kuttner, Mr. Piron, and Mr. Zinser.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.

    Credits: 1 to 3 hours
  
  • FYSP 148 - Experimental Economics and Human Behavior: Free Riders and Hollywood Handshakes


    4SS, WRi
    First Semester. Experimental economics, sometimes known as “behavioral economics,” tests hypotheses of economic interest using controlled laboratory experiments with human subjects. The seminar begins with a series of classroom experiments designed to illustrate important aspects of human behavior: buying/selling objects of value; trading in illegal substances; pollution of the environment, and reactions to minimum wages. The second will be “real-world” experiments run by the class. This year the topic will be Free Riding and Blind Trust.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: P/NP grading only.
    Enrollment Limit: 14.
    Mr. Piron

    Credits: 4 hours

Education

  
  • EDUC 300 - Principles of Education


    WRi
    First Semester. Foundations of education with emphasis on examination of current educational issues in a historical context and identification of underlying philosophical assumptions. Counts as liberal arts course for Conservatory and Double-Degree students.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: Open to juniors and seniors only.
    Ms. Bennett

    Credits: 3 hours

English

  
  • ENGL 141 - Rivers


     4 HU
    Second Semester. An introduction to the different meanings of rivers in a variety of texts, genres, and formats. Through careful readings of short pieces (poems, films, songs, stories, essays), longer accounts (novels, history, travel writing, autobiography), and local waterways, we will examine some of the different meanings that Americans have attributed to rivers and attempt to imagine where our attitudes towards places, people, and flowing water might lead us. Student writing will include brief essays and exams.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 50.
    Mr. McMillin

    Credits: 4 hours
  
  • ENGL 142 - African American Novel


    3 HU, CD
    Second Semester. Many African American novelists have embedded what W. E. B. DuBois called “double consciousness” in their forms and themes. But hybrid narratives combining residual black folklore and Western literary genres have shifted over time and been named and studied variously. This course constitutes a survey of major representative novels, or highlights, within the tradition from the 1850s through the 1970s (written by authors from William Wells Brown to Toni Morrison).

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 50.
    Ms. Johns

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ENGL 173 - Form, Style, and Meaning in Cinema


    4 HU
    First and Second Semester. This course considers the cinema as a particular media form and explores issues and methods in cinema studies. The class focuses on questions of film form and style (narrative, editing, sound, framing, mise-en-scène) and introduces students to concepts in film history and theory (industry, auteurism, spectatorship, the star system, ideology, genre). Students develop a basic critical vocabulary for examining the cinema as an art form, an industry, and a system of culturally meaningful representation. This course is cross-referenced with CINE 101.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 60.
    Mr. Pingree

    Credits: 4 hours
  
  • ENGL 204 - Shakespeare: Contemporary Issues


    3 HU, WR
    First Semester. Focused study of five plays representing history, comedy, tragedy, and romance: Henry IV, Part 1, Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing, Macbeth, and The Tempest. Contemporary critical methods and theories will be studied in connection with each play, including feminist, folkloristic/anthropological, new historicist, performance, and race criticism. Performance issues and student scenes (assuming no training) also included. Monday lectures with lecture/discussions on Wednesday and Friday. British, Pre-1700.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled “For Introductory Courses to the Study of English”.
    Enrollment Limit: 30.
    Ms. Gorfain

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ENGL 208 - Shakespearean and Film


    3 HU, WR
    First Semester. What happens when Shakespeare is produced on screen? Given the powerful status of “the Bard,” a Shakespeare film must be studied not merely in itself, but also as a contribution to the ongoing reinterpretation and appropriation of Shakespeare; so we’ll read plays, study films, and work on the theoretical and cultural relationships between them. Plays: Hamlet, Macbeth, Twelfth Night, Much Ado about Nothing, and others. Films by Olivier, Welles, Branagh, and others. British, Pre-1700.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled “For Introductory Courses to the Study of English”.
    Enrollment Limit: 30.
    Mr. Jones

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ENGL 212 - Eighteenth-Century Literature


    3 HU, WR
    First and Second Semester. Selected works of the late 17th and 18th centuries. British, 1700-1900.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled “For Introductory Courses to the Study of English”.
    Enrollment Limit: 30.
    Staff

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ENGL 220 - Romantic Literature


    3 HU, WR
    Second Semester. An interdisciplinary study of “romanticism” in England and Scotland between 1789 and 1832, treating works by poets, essay writers, novelists, painters and urban architects. Among works to be considered will be poems by Blake, Wordsworth, Keats, Shelley, and Byron, essays by Burke, De Quincey, Coleridge, and Hazlitt, and fiction by Mary Shelley. Painters to be considered will include Girtin, Constable, and Turner. We will investigate the Prince Regent’s attempts, working with John Nash and others, to transform London into an imperial city. British, 1700-1900.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled “For Introductory Courses to the Study of English”.
    Enrollment Limit: 30.
    Mr. Olmsted

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ENGL 228 - Modern British and Irish Fiction


    4 HU, WR
    Second Semester. Novels and short fiction by such major 20th-century writers as Conrad, Ford, Lawrence, Mansfield, Forster, Joyce, Woolf, and Greene. British, Post-1900.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled “For Introductory Courses to the Study of English”.
    Enrollment Limit: 30.
    Mr. Walker

    Credits: 4 hours
  
  • ENGL 229 - Twentieth-Century Poetry


    3 HU, WR
    First and Second Semester. An introduction to British and American lyric poetry, with attention to the complex relation between innovation and tradition, music and discord, pattern and disruption, as well as public discourse and intimate awareness. Specific emphasis on the challenges and opportunities that lyric poems present to writers of critical prose. Readings from Hardy, Yeats, Frost, Stevens, Eliot, Hughes, Moore, Lowell, Plath, Ashbery, Heaney, Graham, Komunyakaa. Post-1900.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled “For Introductory Courses to the Study of English”.
    Enrollment Limit: 30.
    Mr. Harrison

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ENGL 238 - Contemporary American Fiction


    4 HU, WR
    Second Semester. This course will focus on recently published American novels. We will attend to questions of style, authorship and interpretation against the backdrop of contemporary cultural and political history, and also explore how representations of gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, and class inform and shape these contemporary texts.  

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled “For Introductory Courses to the Study of English”.
    Enrollment Limit: 30.
    Mr. Liu, Mr. Pence

    Credits: 4 hours
  
  • ENGL 239 - History and Structure of the English Language


    4 HU, WR
    Second Semester. The development of English from its Anglo-Saxon beginnings to the present, focusing on lexical, morphological, syntactic, and phonological change, with emphasis on the intersections between language, literature, and culture. British, Pre-1700. EL.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled “For Introductory Courses to the Study of English”.
    Enrollment Limit: 30.
    Ms. Bryan

    Credits: 4 hours
  
  • ENGL 240 - Yeats, Joyce, and Beckett


    3 HU, WR
    First Semester. A comparative study of poetry, fiction, and drama by three major 20th-century writers who all grew up in Ireland but were separated by their religions, social classes, and world-views. Major issues will be the tensions between literature and politics, innovation and tradition, elite arts and popular culture, and nationalism and internationalism. Working on poems, stories and plays, students will develop fundamental techniques of close reading informed by the historical context of revolutionary Ireland. Diversity, Post-1900.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled “For Introductory Courses to the Study of English”.
    Enrollment Limit: 30.
    Mr. Hobbs

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ENGL 255 - Nature in Early American Literature


    3 HU, WR       
    First Semester. An exploration of the concept of Nature in early American literature, this course also offers students a thorough introduction to research skills and information technology. Texts will include sermons, promotional tracts, descriptions of the land and its inhabitants, captivity narratives, American Indian responses to European encounters, poetry, autobiography, philosophical and political treatises, and fiction. American, 1700-1900 or Pre-1700 (but not both).

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled “For Introductory Courses to the Study of English”.
    Enrollment Limit: 30.
    Mr. McMillin

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ENGL 257 - Late 19th-Century American Literature: The Re-Making of “America”


    4 HU, WR 
    Second Semester. The literature of this era reflected and participated in debates about the nature of “America” and “Americans” in the decades after the Civil War. Moreover, the understanding of “literature” and the circumstances of its production, distribution, and reception were also in flux. Such issues will frame this course. Reading will include narratives and essays by Howells, James, Jewett, Freeman, Chesnutt, Hopkins, Twain, Garland, Dunbar, Nelson, Sui Sin Far, Zitkala Sa, others. American, 1700-1900.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled “For Introductory Courses to the Study of English”.
    Enrollment Limit: 30.
    Ms. Zagarell

    Credits: 4 hours
  
  • ENGL 260 - African American Fiction: Humor and Irony


    3 HU, CD, WR
    First Semester. African American humor has historically received little academic study. But the many anthologies of oral humor and the visibility of stand-up comedy invite us to examine the presence and role of humor and irony in African American literature. This course thus centers on a concentrated group of black literary humorists and explores various theories and methods (functional, structural, and cultural) for interpreting their works. Authors we will read include Chesnutt, Hurston, Hughes, Ellison, and Reed. American, Diversity, Post-1900.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled “For Introductory Courses to the Study of English”.
    Enrollment Limit: 30.
    Ms. Johns

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ENGL 262 - Contemporary Asian American Literature


    3 HU, CD, WR
    First Semester. This course addresses two borders: the boundaries of Asian American representation, and the shifting parameters of the Asian American canon. Readings may include: Maxine Hong Kingston, Frank Chin, Joy Kogawa, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, David Henry Hwang, Chang-rae Lee, Jessica Hagedorn, as well as canonical Asian American criticism, and theory addressing how stereotypes, history, and cultural and personal memories collide in the contentious relationships between gender, sexuality, and national/diasporic identity. American, Diversity, Post-1900.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled “For Introductory Courses to the Study of English”.
    Enrollment Limit: 30.
    Ms. Takada

    Credits: 3 hours
  
  • ENGL 265 - Third World Literatures in English


    3 HU, CD, WR
    First Semester. Through theoretical essays and novels, we will examine the problems of definition and evaluation that attend our interpretation of works from the “Third World.” We will consider whether or not:

    1. “Third World” or “Post-colonial” are appropriate designations;
    2. notions of “marginality,” “difference,” and “alterity,” so often deployed to characterize these works, are useful interpretive tools;
    3. the perception that these works are always enactments of resistance against dominant ideologies is effective.

    Diversity, Post-1900. This course is cross-referenced with CMPL 265.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled “For Introductory Courses to the Study of English”.
    Enrollment Limit: 30.
    Ms. Needham

    Credits: 3 hours

  
  • ENGL 272 - American Cinema: The Possibilities of Art in the Entertainment Business


    4 HU, WR
    Second Semester. This course will focus on how American cinema functions as an entertainment industry and the ways in which the demands of business and changes in technology have shaped it. At the same time, we will explore American movies as works of art produced in a tradition of strong genres and the star system, and efforts of filmmakers to use these for individualized expression. The course will focus particularly on two great eras of American cinema, 1939-1942 and 1966-73. American, Post-1900. F, AL. This course is cross-referenced with CINE 272.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 30.
    Mr. Day

    Credits: 4 hours
  
  • ENGL 282 - Shifting Scenes: Drama Survey


    3 HU, CD, WR
    Second Semester. This course will study the development of drama from the ancient Greeks to the present with the aim of promoting understanding and analysis of dramatic texts. By studying the major forms of drama—tragedy, comedy, tragicomedy—within their historical and cultural contexts, we will explore the elements common to all dramatic works, as well as the way in which those elements vary and evolve from one time and place to another. Diversity.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled “For Introductory Courses to the Study of English”.
    Enrollment Limit: 30.
    Ms. Tufts

    Credits: 3 hours
 

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