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Course Catalog 2005-2006 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Oberlin College Courses

 

Classics
  

  • LATN 102 - Introduction to Latin Prose

    4 HU, CD
    Second Semester. Continuation of LATN 101. Completion of the study of the essentials of Latin grammar and reading of a variety of Latin prose, such as the younger Pliny’s account of the eruption of Vesuvius, and selections from the letters of Abelhard and Heloise and the Carmina Burana.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: LATN 101 or equivalent.
    Mr. Lee

    Credits: 4 hours
  

  • LATN 201 - Introduction to Latin Literature: Vergil’s Aeneid

    3 HU, CD
    First Semester. A careful reading selected books of the Aeneid, with attention to stylistic and literary issues.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: LATN 102 or equivalent.
    Mr. Van Nortwick

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • LATN 202 - Cicero in Speech and Letters

    3 HU, CD
    Second Semester. Introduction to the prose of Rome’s premier oratorical stylist, Cicero. We will read sections of Cicero’s defense of Caelius, before turning to a selection of his collected letters. Emphasis on reading Latin prose, with a review of advanced grammar. We will also study the historical background of the late Republic, and will read a few poems of Catullus in the context of the Pro Caelio.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: LATN 201 or equivalent.
    Mr. Ormand

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • LATN 302 - Horace

    3 HU, CD
    Second Semester. Close study of Horace’s Odes in their literary, historical, and cultural context. Some secondary critical readings, oral reports, and papers.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: LATN 202 or the equivalent.
    Mr. Van Nortwick

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • LATN 306 - Ovid’s Metamorphoses

    3 HU, CD
    Second Semester. Careful reading and discussion of selections from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, plus Secondary critical material. Special attention to the poem as part of the traditions of Classical epic and didactic poetry.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: LATN 202 or the equivalent.
    Mr. Van Nortwick

    Next offered 2006-2007.

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • LATN 307 - The Roman Historians

    3 HU, CD
    First Semester. Study of Sallust and Tacitus, as well as other topics in Roman history or historiography. We will examine the artistic and philosophical elements of the text as products of the social and political history of the Late Republic and the Flavian period.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: LATN 202 or equivalent.
    Mr. Lee

    Next offered 2006-2007.

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • LATN 309 - Petronius and Apuleius: the Latin Novel

    3 HU, CD
    First Semester. Study in Latin of the novels of Petronius and Apuleius. Special attention to theoretical and critical issues regarding the genre of the novel, as raised in these works and in the secondary literature. Attention also to the literary functions of sexuality, ethnicity, and political identity in these novels.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: LATN 202 or equivalent.
    Mr. Lee

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • LATN 501 - Senior Honors

    3-6 HU
    Intensive work on a topic selected in consultation with a member of the department, culminating in a presentation of a paper or other project.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: Senior major standing and invitation of the department. Consent of instructor required.

    Credits: 3 to 6 hours
  

  • LATN 502 - Senior Honors

    3-6 HU
    Intensive work on a topic selected in consultation with a member of the department, culminating in a presentation of a paper or other project.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: Senior major standing and invitation of the department. Consent of instructor required.

    Credits: 3 to 6 hours
  

  • LATN 995 - Private Reading

    1 -3 HU

    Credits: 1 to 3 hours

Comparative American Studies
  

  • CAST 100 - Introduction to Comparative American Studies

    1.5HU, 1.5SS, CD, WR
    First and Second Semester. The course will introduce students to the complexity of American social and cultural formations, with particular emphases on sexuality, race, ethnicity, class, and gender, and to various methodologies of comparative analysis.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Staff

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • CAST 201 - Latinas/os in Comparative Perspective

    3 SS, CD, WR
    Second Semester. This course analyzes the varied experiences of Latinas/os in the United States. The class will take an interdisciplinary approach to examining the historical roots of Latina/o subgroups (Chicana/o, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, and Central Americans) and exploring various thematic issues relevant to Latina/o communities. Using ethnography, literature, film, and history, this course will explore questions of immigration/transnationalism; culture and political economy; racial, ethnic, gender, and sexual identities among Latinas/os; the struggle for place in American cities; as well as the intersections of gender, work, and family.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Ms. Pérez

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • CAST 211 - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Identities

    1.5 HU, 1.5 SS, CD, WR
    First and Second Semester. This course examines the production of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer identities in the United States as they intersect with important social markers such as race, class, gender, and nation. Situating specific case studies in historical, social, and comparative context, we explore issues such as the intersection of racial and sexual sciences, processes of community formation, the politics of embodiment, social justice movements, and queer cultural productions.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Staff

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • CAST 220 - Native American Identities in Comparative Context

    3SS, CD, WR
    First Semester. This course examines issues of Native American identity in the United States and how they intersect with other important social markers, such as race, class, and nation. See www.oberlin.edu/CAS for a more specific description after July 1.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Staff

    Credits: 3 Hours
  

  • CAST 300 - Situated Research

    3 SS, CD, Wri
    First Semester. This field-based methods course integrates classroom-based discussion of methodologies and theory with field research drawn from weekly fieldwork in an internship or placement of the student’s choice. Students will present, discuss, and engage with methodological, theoretical, and ethical questions arising from field research and work with the instructor in writing a work-based ethnography.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Must be taken with CAST 301
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Ms. Pérez

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • CAST 301 - Situated Research Practicum

    1-2 SS
    First Semester. Students will choose a field site and use this work as the basis of weekly written assignments in the form of field journals.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Must be taken with
    CAST 300
    Ms. Pérez

    Credits: 1 to 2 hours
  

  • CAST 311 - Militarization of American Daily Life

    4 SS, CD, WR
    First Semester. How has the historic and contemporary reality of war and war preparation shaped daily life in the United States? And what have been the repercussions of militarization beyond U.S. geopolitical boundaries both throughout the Americas and globally? This course takes a broad view of “American” daily life to consider how war, war preparation, and the underlying assumption that war is both a natural fact of life and part of human nature shape the experiences of people throughout the Americas, as well as the globalizing reach of American military power throughout the 20th century.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Next offered 2006-2007
    Enrollment Limit: 20.
    Ms. Pérez

    Credits: 4 hours
  

  • CAST 320 - Issue in Sexuality and Gender in an American Context

    Second Semester. This course will address a specific issue in the intersection of sexual and gender identities with American cultures.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    See www.oberlin.edu/CAS for a more specific description after July 1
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Staff

    Credits: 4 Hours
  

  • CAST 321 - Transnational Sexualities: National Borders, Global Desires

    2 HU, 2 SS, CD, WR
    Second Semester. How does the globalization of sexuality shape the study of sex in national contexts? This interdisciplinary course uses the United States as a starting point to consider sexual identities and practices in a transnational perspective, addressing topics such as reproduction, migration, AIDS, sex work, tourism, and militarization. We will examine the production of gendered, raced, and classed bodies and explore the significance of transnational analysis of sexuality to social justice work.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Next offered 2006-2007
    Enrollment Limit: 20.
    Ms. Raimondo

    Credits: 4 hours
  

  • CAST 401 - Capstone Seminar: Queer Geographies

    2 HU, 2 SS, CD, WR
    First Semester. Geography plays a critical role in the expression of sexual identities, practices, and communities. This seminar examines space and social justice by exploring geographies such as closets, communities, and cruising grounds. Intersections of sexuality, race, class, and gender serve as the lens to analyze queer spatial imaginaries and the material organization of sexual lives. Intensive discussion of assigned readings will prepare students to complete a substantial research paper.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Next offered 2006-2007
    Consent of the instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 12.
    Ms. Raimondo

    Credits: 4 hours
  

  • CAST 402 - Capstone Seminar: Rethinking Barrios and Ghettoes

    4 SS, CD, Wri
    Second Semester. Academics, policy makers, and social reformers have long concerned themselves with understanding the urban poor. This course takes a critical look at the structural forces creating urban spaces popularly regarded as “barrios” and “ghettos.” Course readings will draw from anthropology, sociology, literature, and history to examine various approaches to and representations of marginalized urban communities in the past and present.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of the instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 12.
    Ms. Pérez

    Credits: 4 hours
  

  • CAST 411 - Capstone Seminar: Issues of Sexuality in Comparative Context

    4SS, CD, WR
    First Semester. This seminar will address an issue in sexual identities, practices and communities. Intensive discussion of assigned readings will prepare students to complete a substantial research paper.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    See www.oberlin.edu/CAS for a more specific description after July 1
    Consent of instructor required
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Staff

    Credits: 4 Hours
  

  • CAST 500 - Honors

    3-4 HU
    Students wishing to do Honors in Comparative American Studies in their senior year should consult with their major advisor and the program director. Students should submit a proposal by April 15th of their junior year.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of program director required.

    Credits: 3 to 4 hours
  

  • CAST 501 - Honors

    3-4 HU
    Students wishing to do Honors in Comparative American Studies in their senior year should consult with their major advisor and the program director. Students should submit a proposal by April 15th of their junior year.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of program director required.

    Credits: 3 to 4 hours
  

  • CAST 995 - Private Reading

    1-3 HU
    Independent study of a subject beyond the range of catalog course offerings. Consent of instructor required. Ms. Pérez and other members of the Comparative American Studies Program Committee will sponsor private readings.

    Credits: 1 to 3 hours

Comparative Literature
  

  • CMPL 200 - Introduction to Comparative Literature

    3 HU, CD
    First and Second Semester. What kinds of theoretical models are valid for grounding literary comparisons across history, place, language, nation, culture, genre, and medium? Texts from several literary traditions will be used to answer that question and explore topics in theory, translation, East-West comparison, and literature and the other arts. This course is cross-referenced with ENGL 275.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Comparative Literature majors should take this course by the junior year.
    Mr. Deppman

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • CMPL 265 - Anglophone Literatures of the Third World

    3 HU, CD, WR
    Second Semester. Through a variety of theoretical essays and novels, this course will examine the problems of definition, analysis, and evaluation that attend our interpretation of works from the “Third World.”We will consider, for instance, whether or not: 1) “Third World” or “Postcolonial” 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 already enactments of resistance against dominant ideologies and formations is effective. Diversity, Post-1900. F, WL. This course is cross-referenced with ENGL 265.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 30.
    Ms. Needham

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • CMPL 350 - Translation Workshop

    3 HU, CD
    First Semester. Major writers in modern and contemporary poetry and some classical examples studied by translating them into effective American English. Exercises and assignments in the first half will help students focus on a project of their own design in the second half. Guest appearances by local and visiting writers. This course has no prerequisites, but some knowledge of a foreign language and some experience in writing poetry are required. Admission is based on a completed application form and writing sample (due in Program office by Friday, June 10, 2005). This course is cross-referenced with CRWR 350.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 16.
    Mr. Young

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • CMPL 370 - Itineraries of Postmodernism

    4 HU, CD, WR
    First Semester. When, why, and how did Modernism become Postmodernism? This course examines current theories of these two amorphous “isms” and surveys the forking paths between them. We will read works and hybrids of literature and theory and consider such topics as: (de)constructions of gender; death of the author; (inter)textuality and the play of the signifier; surrealism and the hyperreal. Authors may include Barnes, Barthes, Foucault, Vattimo, Lyotard, Nancy, Derrida, Borges, Baudrillard.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: A literature course in any language.
    Mr. Deppman

    Credits: 4 hours
  

  • CMPL 381 - European Modernism and the World

    4 HU, CD, WR
    Second Semester. Between 1880 and 1930, European artists and writers responded to crises of war, technology and empire by creating an array of Modernist forms (e.g. Expressionist, Cubist and Surrealist).We will read works by a variety of non-Western authors to see why and how they received, rejected and/or recombined European Modernism. Diversity, Post-1900. WL. This course is cross-referenced with ENGL 381

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Students who have taken ENGL 266 may not receive credit for this course.
    Enrollment Limit: 25.
    Mr. Deppman

    Next offered 2006-2007.

    Credits: 4 hours
  

  • CMPL 501 - Honors Project

    3 HU
    First Semester.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of Program Director required.
    Staff

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • CMPL 502 - Honors Project

    3 HU
    Second Semester.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of Program Director required.
    Staff

    Credits: 3 hours

Composition
  

  • COMP 100 - The Craft of Composition

    First and Second Semester. A course designed for students not majoring in composition. The purpose of the course is to provide those with limited prior background in composition the opportunity to experience musical structure and coherence through writing. The class meets as a group but the compositional problems of each individual will receive attention as needed.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: MUTH 232 Note: May be repeated for credit
    Consent of instructor required
    Enrollment Limit: 10
    Staff

    Credits: 2 hours
  

  • COMP 102 - Composition Class I

    First (102A; 102B) Semester. A course designed for composition majors, composition minors, or College music majors with composition emphasis. Each semester is divided into two modules, each taught by a different member of the staff. Units include study of notation, techniques of composition, improvisation, free composition.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Composition major, composition minor, or a College music major with emphasis in composition required.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Mr. Coleman, Ms. Kaplan

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • COMP 103 - Composition Class II

    Second (103A; 103B) Semester. A course designed for composition majors, composition minors, or College music majors with composition emphasis. Each semester is divided into two modules, each taught by a different member of the staff. Units include study of notation, techniques of composition, improvisation, free composition.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Composition major, composition minor, or a College music major with emphasis in composition required.
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Mr. Coleman, Ms. Kaplan

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • COMP 202 - Composition Class III

    First (202A; 202B) Semester. A course designed for those who have completed Composition 103 (A&B). Each semester is divided into two modules. The units include study of homophonic vocal writing, the application of vocal writing for solo voice with homophonic accompaniment, polyphonic instrumental writing for small ensembles, and the application of instrumental polyphonic writing in free composition.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required
    Sophomore status as a composition major required
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Ms. Kaplan, Mr. Feller

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • COMP 203 - Composition Class IV

    Second (203A; 203B) Semester. A course designed for those who have completed Composition 103 (A&B). Each semester is divided into two modules. The units include study of homophonic vocal writing, the application of vocal writing for solo voice with homophonic accompaniment, polyphonic instrumental writing for small ensembles, and the application of instrumental polyphonic writing in free composition.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required
    Sophomore status as a composition major required
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Ms. Kaplan, Mr. Feller

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • COMP 210 - Composition Seminar

    First and Second Semester. A one-semester course designed for composition students. The semester is divided into two units of six (or seven) weeks. A variety of activities germane to the development of composers are included, such as the analysis and discussion of music by guest composers; open rehearsal-discussions; score-reading sessions; visitors from other creative arts areas on campus; outside readings in criticism and aesthetics.

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

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • COMP 300 - Orchestration

    First and Second Semester. Primarily for composition majors. The purpose is to develop facility in writing for various instrumental combinations. The study includes: comparison of techniques of orchestration (18th-20th centuries), practice writing and arranging for the different choirs of the modern orchestra, orchestrating complete compositions; the graphic aspect of and notational problems in more recent music.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: MUTH 232. Junior status as a composition major or minor (or College music major, composition emphasis)
    Consent of instructor required
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Ms. Kaplan

    Credits: 2 hours
  

  • COMP 301 - Orchestration

    First and Second Semester. Primarily for composition majors. The purpose is to develop facility in writing for various instrumental combinations. The study includes: comparison of techniques of orchestration (18th-20th centuries), practice writing and arranging for the different choirs of the modern orchestra, orchestrating complete compositions; the graphic aspect of and notational problems in more recent music.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: MUTH 232. Junior status as a composition major or minor (or College music major, composition emphasis)
    Consent of instructor required
    Enrollment Limit: 12
    Ms. Kaplan

    Credits: 2 Hours

Computer Science
  

  • CSCI 100 - The Internet and Beyond

    3 NS
    Second Semester. A hands-on course in Internet web site development. Primary emphasis is on each person building a complex web site focused on some area of academic interest and competence using (a) the HTML mark-up language, (b) programs supportive of web site construction (e.g. PhotoShop, Dreamweaver), and (c) the Javascript scripting language, with strong emphasis on the latter. About one-half the course deals with Javascript.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 32.
    Staff

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • CSCI 140 - Introduction to Computer Science

    Second Semester. This course provides an introduction to programming and algorithmic thinking. It is aimed at students with little or no prior programming experience who would like to know how software is developed or who would like to be able to write short programs for data manipulation. It is also useful as preparation for students with no programming experience who want to take the CSCI 150,151 sequence.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Mr. Geitz

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • CSCI 150 - Principles of Computer Science

    4 NS, QPf
    First Semester. These courses introduce students to algorithm design and problem solving using a computer. Students are introduced to the fundamental concepts of programming and the object-oriented programming methodology using the Java programming language. Topics in CSCI 150 include basic data types and their operators, classes, control structures, recursion, exception handling, and input/output. Topics in CSCI 151 include object-oriented problem solving, elementary data structures and mathematical properties of program solutions.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: CSCI 150 is a prerequisite for CSCI 151. Notes: Students considering a computer science major are strongly encouraged to take these courses in their first year. Students may not receive credit for both CSCI 151 and CSCI 160.
    Enrollment Limit: 48.
    Mr. Bonakdarian

    Credits: 4 hours
  

  • CSCI 151 - Principles of Computer Science

    4 NS, QPf
    Second Semester. These courses introduce students to algorithm design and problem solving using a computer. Students are introduced to the fundamental concepts of programming and the object-oriented programming methodology using the Java programming language. Topics in CSCI 150 include basic data types and their operators, classes, control structures, recursion, exception handling, and input/output. Topics in CSCI 151 include object-oriented problem solving, elementary data structures and mathematical properties of program solutions.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: CSCI 150 is a prerequisite for CSCI 151. Notes: Students considering a computer science major are strongly encouraged to take these courses in their first year. Students may not receive credit for both CSCI 151 and CSCI 160.
    Enrollment Limit: 48.
    Mr. Bonakdarian

    Credits: 4 hours
  

  • CSCI 160 - Advanced Principles of Computer Science

    4 NS, QPf
    First Semester. Algorithm design and problem solving using the Java programming language. Topics include object-oriented programming (inheritance, polymorphism, and design patterns), elementary data structures (lists, stacks, queues, hash tables, binary trees, binary search trees, and binary heaps), and mathematical properties of program solutions (program verification and the analysis of algorithm complexity).

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Students may not receive credit for both CSCI 151 and CSCI 160.
    Mr. Donaldson

    Credits: 4 hours
  

  • CSCI 210 - Computer Organization

    3 NS, QPf
    Second Semester. An introduction to computer architecture and assembly language programming. This course describes the organization of computers at the digital logic, register transfer, and instruction set architecture levels. Emphasis is placed on the design of a CPU and on the role of the CPU within a computer system. This course will teach an assembly language using the computer laboratory facilities.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Mr. Salter

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • CSCI 215 - Cryptography

    3 NS, QPf
    Next offered 2006-2007.

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • CSCI 241 - Systems Programing (C/C++ Programming)

    3 NS, QPf
    First Semester. This course will consider the C programming language and its relationship to the Unix operating system. It will also introduce the C++ language and focus on differences between the Java and C++ applications. Some Unix system programminig issues will also be included. The course will require a significant amount of programming.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: CSCI 151, CSCI 160, or CSCI 210.
    Mr. Bonakdarian

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • CSCI 275 - Programming Abstractions

    4 NS, QPf
    First Semester. Programming language fundamentals are studied as abstract concepts using the programming language Scheme. Included are the notions of closures, first-class data structures, procedure and data abstraction, object-oriented programming, continuations, compilation and interpretation, and syntactic extension. Some advanced control structures such as coroutines and asynchronous interrupts may also be included.


    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: CSCI 151 or consent of the instructor. Co-requisite: MATH 220.
    Enrollment Limit: 48.
    Mr. Salter

    Credits: 4 hours
  

  • CSCI 280 - Introduction to Algorithms

    3 NS, QPf
    Second Semester. Students will be introduced to the fundamentals of data structure and algorithm analysis and development, with an emphasis on applications to real-life problems. Students will both study the basic techniques of the field from a theoretical perspective and study how to adopt those techniques in order to solve real problems in simple, efficient ways. Knowledge of discrete mathematics is necessary; knowledge of the C++ programming language is strongly recommended.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: CSCI 280 no longer includes instruction in the C programming language. For this see CSCI 241. Prerequisite: CSCI 275. Co-requisite: MATH 220.
    Enrollment Limit: 48.
    Mr. Bonakdarian

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • CSCI 299 - Seminar: Mind and Machine

    3 NS
    Second Semester. An interdisciplinary exploration of how we think and how machines “think”. Contributions to our understanding of the mind from artificial intelligence, neural networks, cognitive psychology, philosophy of mind, linguistics, and neuroscience will be covered. The course will be focused around three questions: How do we study the mind? How can the mind be modeled? Do machines have a mind? No background in computer use, programming or neuroscience is required. However, students with a background in any or all of these areas will find this course useful and are encouraged to enroll.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Open to students from all departments and programs at all class levels.
    Enrollment Limit: 15.
    Mr. Borroni

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • CSCI 307 - Programming Languages

    3 NS
    Second Semester. This course will address advanced topics in programming languages, including a survey of different programming paradigms (functional, imperative, logic, etc.), the theory of data types, and semantic models (operational, axiomatic and denotational). The course will include significant hands-on experimentation (i.e. programming) in different paradigms to illustrate theoretical concepts.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: CSCI 280 or consent of instructor.
    Mr. Salter

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • CSCI 311 - Database Systems

    3 NS
    Second Semester. This course examines the logical organization of databases: the entity-relationship, network, relational, and object-oriented models, and their languages. Other topics include security and integrity, concurrency control, and distributed database systems.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: CSCI 275.
    Mr. Geitz

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • CSCI 317 - Computer Architecture

    3 NS, QPf  
    First Semester. An in-depth study of the advanced techniques used in modern processors to achieve high performance. Topics covered will include Amdahl’s law, superscalar and pipelined processors, pipeline hazards, instruction-level parallelism, cache memory design, and multiprocessor design.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: CSCI 210.
    Mr. Donaldson

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • CSCI 331 - Compilers

    3 NS, QPf
    First Semester. A laboratory course on translating programs to machine language. Emphasis will be given to the four main steps of compilation: lexical analysis, parsing, type checking and code generation; some attention will also be paid to code optimization. Alternative strategies will be considered for each of these steps. Each student will write a compiler (approximately 4,000 lines of C code) for a language developed for this course. Given in alternate years only.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: CSCI 210 and CSCI 275 or consent of the instructor.
    Staff

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • CSCI 341 - Operating Systems

    3 NS
    First Semester. The theory of operating system fundamentals and a survey of operating system functions. Concepts and techniques of concurrent programming are covered, relevant to the design of operating system kernels. Such functions as memory management, processor allocation, and device management are included. The Unix operating system serves as a case study.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: C language experience; CSCI 210 and CSCI 275, or consent of the instructor.
    Staff

    Next offered 2006-2007.

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • CSCI 342 - Computer Networks

    3 NS, QPf
    Second Semester. Networks are a central part of any modern computing system. This course will first consider the design of contemporary local and wide-area networks in terms of their abstract layers (i.e. the TCP/IP and OSI reference models) and then focus on actual implementations of those layers. The course will include a study of the protocols used in the Internet.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: CSCI 210 or consent of the instructor.
    Staff

    Next offered 2006-2007.

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • CSCI 357 - Computer Graphics

    3 NS
    First Semester. An introduction to the theory and practice of computer graphics. Topics include graphics hardware, 2D and 3D transformations, perspective displays and clipping, hidden surfaces, color and shading, lighting models, splines, and fractals. This course emphasizes algorithms and techniques for 3D image synthesis.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: MATH 232, CSCI 151, or consent of the instructor. Note: CSCI 275 and 280 are helpful but not required. Taught in alternate years only.
    Mr. Geitz

    Next offered 2006-2007.

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • CSCI 358 - Computer Animation

    3 NS, QPf
    First Semester. This is a programming-based introduction to the theory and practice of 3D digital modeling and computer animation. Topics will include traditional animation techniques such as storyboarding, keyframing and tweening, as well as digital techniques for modeling, lighting, tracking and simulation.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: MATH 232 and CSCI 151, or consent of the instructor. Notes: CSCI 272 and 280 are helpful but not required. Taught in alternate years only.
    Mr. Geitz

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • CSCI 360 - Bioinformatics

    3 NS
    Next offered 2006-2007.

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • CSCI 364 - Artificial Intelligence

    3 NS
    Second Semester. A study of the techniques currently being used in programs that mimic intelligent or human behavior. Topics include production systems, search strategies, resolution theorem proving, rule-based deduction and plan-generating systems, and knowledgerepresentation techniques. Advanced programming techniques will be taught, but elementary experience with LISP or Scheme languages is required.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: CSCI 275 or consent of the instructor. Note: Taught in alternate years only.
    Mr. Salter

    Next offered 2006-2007.

     

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • CSCI 365 - Advanced Algorithms

    3 NS
    First Semester. An examination of the traditional design of sequential algorithms, and the theoretical basis behind the different approaches. Topics will be selected from: divide and conquer, greedy and dynamic approaches to algorithmic design; Master’s theorem and algorithmic analysis; sorting and searching; graph algorithms; flow algorithms; string matching; computational geometry.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: MATH 220 and CSCI 280 or consent of the instructor.
    Staff

    Next offered 2006-2007.

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • CSCI 383 - Theory of Computer Science

    3 NS, QPf
    Second Semester. A study of computability, enumerability, and decidability from a machine approach (finite state automata, push-down automata, Turing machines), a language approach (regular grammars, context-free grammars, unrestricted rewrite systems, the Chomsky hierarchy), and the recursive function approach. In the final weeks of the semester, the theory of NP-Completeness will be discussed, along with the notion of reductions and Cook’s theorem.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: MATH 220 or consent of the instructor.
    Mr. Geitz

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • CSCI 401 - Honors

    2-4 NS
    Honors sponsored by Mr. Bonakdarian, Mr. Borroni, Mr. Donaldson, Mr. Geitz, and Mr. Salter.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.

    Credits: 2 to 4 hours
  

  • CSCI 995 - Private Reading

    1-3 NS
    Private readings sponsored by Mr. Bonakdarian, Mr. Borroni, Mr. Donaldson, Mr. Geitz, and Mr. Salter.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.

    Credits: 1 to 3 hours

Conservatory Studies
  

  • CNST 200 - Professional Development for Musicians

    First and Second Semester. The purpose of this course is to introduce music students to the various aspects of designing and planning a professional career. Topics to be covered include: using the tools of the Conservatory Career Resources Center and the Career Services Center, defining careers, career research and understanding job requirements, developing promotional materials, networking, interviewing and auditioning techniques, the role of internships and summer study/jobs, and grant writing.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Ms. Chastain

    Credits: 1 hour

Contemporary Music
  

  • CNTP 310 - New Music Workshop

    First Semester. A workshop for performers and composers centered around continuing collaborations. Topics will include conventional and extended instrumental techniques, scoring, notation, performance, and compositional issues. Composers will be given regular writing assignments ranging in degrees of constraint in terms of scope and instrumentation. There will be numerous opportunities for contact between faculty and student.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: The course may be repeated for credit up to a maximum of eight credits
    It may be taken once in place of TECH 350
    Consent of instructor required
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Mr. Feller

    Credits: 3 hours

Creative Writing
  

  • CRWR 110 - Technique and Form in Poetry

    3 HU
    First Semester. Extensive reading of published poetry from a creative writing perspective. Writing includes weekly exercises aimed at exploring the various techniques of poetry used in the assigned reading. In-class discussion of both assigned reading and student exercises. Two sections.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 25 (18 places reserved for first-year students, 7 for sophomores).
    Ms. Powel

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • CRWR 120 - Technique and Form in Fiction

    3 HU
    Second Semester. Extensive reading of published fiction from a creative writing perspective. Writing includes weekly exercises aimed at exploring the various techniques of fiction used in the assigned reading. In-class discussion of both assigned reading and student exercises. Two sections.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit: 25 (18 places reserved for first-year students, 7 for sophomores).
    Staff

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • CRWR 201 - Poetry/Prose Workshop

    4 HU, WR
    First and Second Semester. The reading and writing of poetry, short fiction, and some drama. Students must submit a completed application form and a typed sample of recent work, preferably in at least two genres (due in Program office Friday, June 10, 2005 for first semester, and Friday, January 13, 2006 for second semester).

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: Not open to first-semester first-year students and seniors; juniors discouraged; some second-semester first-year students will be admitted. Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 12.
    Ms. Alexander, Ms. Estes, Ms. Tufts, Ms. Watanabe

    Credits: 4 hours
  

  • CRWR 310 - Poetry Workshop

    3 HU, WR
    First and Second Semester. The writing of poetry. Intensive discussion of student work, accompanied by assigned reading. Admission based on a completed application form and a writing sample of six to eight poems (due in Program office by Friday, June 10, 2005 for first semester, and Friday, January 13, 2006 for second semester). This course is cross-referenced with ENGL 395.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: CRWR 201. Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 12.
    Ms. Alexander, Ms. Collins

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • CRWR 320 - Fiction Workshop

    4 HU, WR
    First and Second Semester. The writing of short fiction. Admission based on a completed application form and a writing sample of at least 12 pages of fiction, made up of at least two separate pieces (due in Program office by Friday, June 10, 2005 for first semester, and Friday, January 13, 2006 for second semester). This course is cross-referenced with ENGL 397.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: CRWR 201. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 12.
    Mr. Chaon, Ms. Watanabe

    Credits: 4 hours
  

  • CRWR 330 - Playwriting Workshop

    4 HU, WR
    Second Semester. A workshop focused on discussion of student work and on selected examples from modern and contemporary drama, working toward a staged reading of an original one-act play. The course presupposes considerable knowledge of drama. Admission based on a completed application form and writing sample (due in Program office by Friday, January 13, 2006). This course is cross-referenced with ENGL 398.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 12.
    Mr. Walker

    Credits: 4 hours
  

  • CRWR 331 - Playwriting Lab

    1 HU
    Second Semester. Second Module. For actors who are available to students in the playwriting class; to try out work in progress and be available for any productions that result. See CRWR 330.

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

    Credits: 1 hour
  

  • CRWR 340 - Nonfiction Workshop

    4 HU, Wri
    Second Semester. The writing of personal narratives which employ the techniques of both the traditional essay and fiction, with an emphasis on nonfiction as a literary art form. Students will read work by modern and contemporary authors with an eye toward understanding the variety of modes which come under the current heading “creative nonfiction” (memoir, meditation, travel, cultural critique, etc.), and will be asked to employ a number of these methods and approaches in their own work. Admission based on a completed application and writing sample (due in Program office by Friday, January 13, 2006). This course is cross-referenced with ENGL 396.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Recommended preparation: CRWR 201. Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 12.
    Mr. Chaon

    Credits: 4 hours
  

  • CRWR 350 - Translation Workshop

    3 HU, CD
    First Semester. Major writers in modern and contemporary poetry and some classical examples studied by translating them into effective American English. Exercises and assignments in the first half will help students focus on a project of their own design in the second half. Guest appearances by local and visiting writers. This course has no prerequisites, but some knowledge of a foreign language and some experience in writing poetry are required. Admission is based on a completed application form and writing sample (due in Program office by Friday, June 10, 2005). This course is cross-referenced with CMPL 350.

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

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • CRWR 360 - Screenwriting Workshop

    3 HU
    First Semester. The elements of translating written work into a visual medium. Students will examine the art and craft of film scripting from a writer’s perspective, focusing on both adaptation and original work. Admission based on completed application and writing sample (due in Program office by Friday, June 10, 2005).

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Recommended preparation: CRWR 201. Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 12.
    Mr. Chaon

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • CRWR 470 - Advanced Writing Project I

    2-4 HU, WR
    First and Second Semester. Students will work individually with an instructor in a single genre. Majors should have completed at least two and preferably three of their required 300-level workshops before applying. Applications due in Program office by Friday, June 10, 2005 for first semester, and Friday, January 13, 2006 for second semester. Faculty sponsoring projects include: Ms. Alexander, Mr. Chaon, Ms. Collins, Ms. Estes, Ms. Grim, Mr. Hobbs, Ms. Jackson Smith, Ms. Tufts, Mr. Van Nortwick, Mr. Walker, and Ms. Watanabe.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: Workshop in the genre of specialization (i.e. poetry, fiction, nonfiction, playwriting, translation or screenwriting) and one other 300-level workshop. Consent of instructor required.

    Credits: 2 to 4 hours
  

  • CRWR 475 - Reading forWriting

    1-2 HU
    First and Second Semester. This course is normally taken in conjunction with CRWR 480 (occasionally 470); it is not a substitute for required literature courses, and it is not a private reading. Advanced students, upon consulting with a faculty sponsor, will select a reading list and keep a journal of their critical responses (and/or discuss the material they contract to cover with the instructor). Faculty sponsoring projects include: Ms. Alexander, Mr. Chaon, Ms. Collins, Ms. Estes, Mr. Walker, and Ms. Watanabe.

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

    Credits: 1 to 2 hours
  

  • CRWR 480 - Advanced Writing Project II

    3-4 HU, WR
    First and Second Semester. Students will work individually with an instructor in a single genre. Applications due in Program office by Friday, June 10, 2005 for first semester, and Friday, January 13, 2006 for second semester. Faculty sponsoring projects include: Ms. Alexander, Mr. Chaon, Ms. Collins, Ms. Estes, Ms. Grim, Mr. Hobbs, Ms. Jackson Smith, Ms. Tufts, Mr. Van Nortwick, Mr. Walker, and Ms. Watanabe.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: Advanced Writing Project I in the same genre. Consent of instructor required.

    Credits: 3 to 4 hours
  

  • CRWR 485 - Practicum

    0-2 HU
    First and Second Semester. This course is open only to students who are working for FIELD magazine/Oberlin College Press, participating in a sponsored teaching practicum in the public schools, editing a senior anthology, or working in other approved creative writing activities. Students can earn a maximum of four hours credit toward graduation, and two hours credit toward the major. Admission based on completed application.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading. Consent of instructor required.
    Ms. Collins, Mr. Chaon

    Credits: 0 to 2 hours
  

  • CRWR 495 - Senior Colloquium

    1 HU
    First and Second Semester. A one-credit colloquium for senior creative writing majors, concentrators, and others who have taken a substantial number of creative writing courses. A variety of topics will be covered in meetings with the instructor, other faculty, and visiting writers, and some sessions may be devoted to discussion of student work. Some reading and written work, including the completion of a literary review, will be required.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: CR/NE or P/NP grading. Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 12.
    Ms. Collins, Mr. Chaon

    Credits: 1 hour

Dance
  

  • DANC 100 - Modern Dance I: Beginning

    2 HU
    First and Second Semester. Introduction to basic physical/intellectual principles of modern dance technique with an emphasis on the development of the body as an instrument of expression. Students on the wait list must attend the first class meeting in order to be considered for any openings.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: May be repeated for credit
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Mr. McAdams, Ms. Rosasco, Ms. Vogel

    Credits: 2 hours
  

  • DANC 113 - Ballet I

    2 HU
    Second Semester. Introduction to classical ballet with an emphasis on alignment, injury prevention, and expression.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Notes: Students on the waitlist must attend the first class meeting in order to be considered for any openings.
    May be repeated for credit.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Ms. Rosasco

    Credits: 2 hours
  

  • DANC 118 - Ritual and Performance I: The World According to the Yoruba

    3 SS, CD
    First Semester. For description, please see “Colloquia for First- and Second-Year Students” in this catalog.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Enrollment Limit:15
    Ms. Sharpley

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • DANC 132 - Contact Improvisation

    3 HU
    First Semester. The points of contact—visual, physical, rhythmic, emotional—set up the physical meeting ground for dancing. In this class we will acquire the physical skills (such as rolling, learning when and when not to give weight, how to receive weight, and how to fall softly) in order to facilitate a conscious, engaged dancing with one other.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: May be repeated for credit.
    Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 25
    Staff

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • DANC 150 - Dance History: Cross-Cultural Approaches to Dance

    3 HU, CD, WR
    Next offered 2006-2007

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • DANC 190 - West African Dance Forms in the Diaspora I

    3 HU, CD
    Second Semester. This course will expand the dance movements, forms, and techniques from AAST 190 class. Extensive dance performance within a particular area (Brazil, Cuba and Haiti) will be examined. The dances will be explored in their total experience in context with costumes and music.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: AAST/DANC 190 or previous dance experience
    Cross referenced with AAST 190
    Enrollment Limit: 30
    Ms. Sharpley

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • DANC 191 - West African Dance Forms in the Diaspora II

    3 HU, CD
    Second Semester. This course will expand the dance movements, forms, and techniques from the 190 class. Extensive dance performance within a particular area (Brazil, Cuba and Haiti) will be examined. The dances will be explored in their total experience in context with costumes and music. This course is cross-referenced with AAST 191.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Next offered 2006-2007
    Prerequisite: DANC/AAST 190 or previous dance experience.
    Enrollment Limit: 25. Identical to AAST 191.
    Ms. Sharpley

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • DANC 192 - West African Dance Forms in the Diaspora III

    3 HU, CD
    Next offered 2006-2007

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • DANC 196 - African American Dance History

    3 HU, CD
    Second Semester. This course will trace African American dance and dancers from minstrelsy to the 1960s. The course will highlight the importance of the African form and how this form has impacted types of dances done by African Americans. The course will also explore ways in which African Americans both connect and separate sacred and secular dance forms and the codes that distinguish the two. This course is cross-referenced with AAST 196.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Next offered 2006-2007
    Enrollment Limit: 30. Identical to AAST 196.
    Ms. Sharpley

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • DANC 200 - Modern Dance II: Low Intermediate

    2 HU
    First Semester. A continuation of dance technique for those who have successfully completed DANC 100 or the equivalent.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: May be repeated for credit
    Consent of instructor required
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Ms. McAdams

    Credits: 2 hours
  

  • DANC 201 - Modern Dance II: High Intermediate

    2 HU
    Second Semester. A continuation of dance technique for those who have successfully completed DANC 200 or the equivalent.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: May be repeated for credit
    Consent of instructor required
    Enrollment Limit: 20
    Ms. Handman

    Credits: 2 hours
  

  • DANC 203 - Physical Mindfulness: Embodying Contemplative Practice

    3 HU, WR
    Second Semester. This course will progress from a study of the physical and spiritual implications of individual mindful practices (such as yoga and Body-Mind Centering), to practices that include a partner and witness, to the creation of collective rituals that address a community’s specific needs. Through a variety of readings and discussions we will ask how contemplative practices might include other bodies and social experiences.

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

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • DANC 207 - Improvisation I

    2 HU
    First Semester. Improvisation is the process of making choices within a given structure while moving and discovering the collective “choice” as it evolves. The class will go from highly defined structures to more open improvisations over the course of the semester. Solo and group structures will be used. Elements such as time, space, motion, shape, weight, focus, and range will be emphasized as key choices in this exploration.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: DANC 100 or DANC 200
    Consent of instructor required
    Enrollment Limit: 15
    Ms. Rosasco

    Credits: 2 hours
  

  • DANC 211 - Production Project

    1-2 HU
    First and Second Semester. Individual or collaborative work based in performance. Open to dancers, musicians, poets, designers, etc. Students must observe the rules posted in Warner Center.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Note: May be repeated for a total of six credits. Consent of instructor required. Ms. Cooper Albright, Ms. Martynuk, Mr. McAdams, Ms. Rosasco

    Credits: 1 to 2 hours
  

  • DANC 212 - Ballet II

    2 HU
    First Semester. In this continuation of ballet technique, an intermediate vocabulary is explored with particular attention given to phrasing. Attendance at three to five dance performances is required.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required
    Attendance at three to five dance performances is required
    Enrollment Limit: 25.
    Staff

    Credits: 2 hours
  

  • DANC 214 - Teaching Dance: A Chance for Transformation

    3 HU
    First Semester. From teaching classes to long-term residencies, dancers are involved with communities in a variety of ways. This course will examine the differing approaches dance artists have taken as they move into school and community settings. Students will learn how to teach technique, improvisation, and creative movement classes; they will design their own lecture-demonstrations and learn how to build residencies that bring both artistic satisfaction and various people into what can be a transforming experience.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Consent of instructor required
    Enrollment Limit: 10
    Mr. McAdams

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • DANC 221 - Body Re-education and Alignment

    3 HU
    First Semester. This course focuses on the relationship of mind and body in affecting physical change to re-educate and align the body. A body-based language describing and analyzing movement, anatomy, and imagery is used in the movement sessions. Readings are assigned.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisite: DANC 100 or DANC 113. Consent of instructor required.
    Enrollment Limit: 15.
    Ms. Vogel

    Credits: 3 hours
  

  • DANC 222 - Choreography I

    4 HU
    First Semester. This class focuses on methods of generating material and shaping movement phrases toward the creation of solos and small group dances. Weekly studies are assigned, exploring the use of space, gesture, dynamics, rhythm, shape, and texture. Methods of composition include use of improvisation as well as an introduction to the basic forms of theme and variation, canon, and repetition. Readings, discussions, and performances are required.

    Prerequisites & Notes
    Prerequisites: DANC 100 and one semester of DANC 250, DANC 273 or DANC 350
    Consent of instructor required
    Enrollment Limit: 10
    Ms. Rosasco

    Credits: 4 hours
 

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