2014-2015 Academic Catalog 
    
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2014-2015 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses of Instruction

 

English, Writing

General Literatures

Note: 100 level courses may NOT be counted toward the English major or minor.

Advanced Courses

Note: All 300 level courses require the prerequisite of a 200 level ENG course.
  

  • ENG 329, 330 - Nineteenth Century British Fiction: The Marriage Plot

    1 course unit
    This course will examine how novels in Britain represent and are constructed around the so-called marriage plot: the progression from courtship, through obstacles, to arrive at the altar- or not! This plot has always been popular for providing a scaffold for novels-witness the proliferation of shoddy romance novels on the shelves of supermarkets today. In this course, we will concentrate on how the marriage plot is figured during the nineteenth century in Britain, commonly thought of as the great age of the novel. We will be assuming that marriage is an institution that not only legitimizes and controls heterosexual desire but also guarantees the smooth transference of property and wealth from one generation to the next, the very cornerstone of patriarchal continuity. Texts may include Austen, Pride & Prejudice; Bronte, Villette; Dickens, Great Expectations; Eliot, Mill on the Floss; Hardy, Jude the Obscure; and a range of secondary readings by Mary Poovey, Nancy Armstrong, David Lodge, Eve Kosofsky Sedgewick, and others.
    Meets departmental Genealogies approach.
    Meets general academic requirement W when offered as 330.
  

  • ENG 331, 333 - English Romanticism

    1 course unit
    Explores the English Romantic movement as it develops in the work of William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Coleridge, Blake, Keats, Felicia Hemans, and the Shelleys. Among other works, readings will include Visions of the Daughters of Albion, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” Frankenstein, and a more contemporary novel influenced by the Romantic writers. The course may also include dramatic readings and performances by guest artists. Attention will be paid to the relationship between the visual and verbal arts in poets like Blake and Keats.
    Meets departmental Genealogies approach.
    Meets general academic requirement W when offered as 333.
  

  • ENG 338, 339 - City, Frontier, & Empire in American Literature

    1 course unit
    The course will focus on US literature produced in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, from the post-civil war era to the years shortly after World War I. The most influential literature of this period stages the questions at issue for American national culture and identity with the rapid urbanization of the population, the closing of the frontier, and the expansion of an already existing ideology of empire. The generic strategies of Realism, Naturalism, and Modernism overlap and contest each other in the works we will read to push back against the massive, anxiety producing influences of pre-Civil War Romanticism. Readings will include Edith Wharton’s Age of Innocence, Kate Chopin’s The Awakening, Theodore Dreiser’s Sister Carrie, Willa Cather’s My Antonia, Charles Alexander Eastman’s From the Deep Woods to Civilization, short stories by Stephen Crane, the last (“Deathbed”) edition of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, and other works.
    Meets departmental Texts/Contexts approach.
    Meets general academic requirement W when offered as 339.
  

  • ENG 339 - City, Frontier, & Empire in American Literature

    1 course unit
    The course will focus on US literature produced in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, from the post-civil war era to the years shortly after World War I. The most influential literature of this period stages the questions at issue for American national culture and identity with the rapid urbanization of the population, the closing of the frontier, and the expansion of an already existing ideology of empire. The generic strategies of Realism, Naturalism, and Modernism overlap and contest each other in the works we will read to push back against the massive, anxiety producing influences of pre-Civil War Romanticism. Readings will include Edith Wharton’s Age of Innocence, Kate Chopin’s The Awakening, Theodore Dreiser’s Sister Carrie, Willa Cather’s My Antonia, Charles Alexander Eastman’s From the Deep Woods to Civilization, short stories by Stephen Crane, the last (“Deathbed”) edition of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, and other works.
    Meets departmental Texts/Contexts approach.
    Meets general academic requirement W when offered as 339.
  

  • ENG 340, 341 - European Novel in Translation

    1 course unit
    A study in the development of the modern European novel that ranges from the groundbreaking work of such nineteenth century writers as Balzac, Flaubert, and Dostoyevsky to the later formal experiments of twentieth century authors like Kafka, Duras, and Kundera. Texts in question are assembled arond the unifying focus of authority and desire.
    Meets departmental Transformations approach.
    Meets general academic requirement W when offered as 341.
  

  • ENG 343, 344 - Irish Literature

    1 course unit
    An exploration of representative works in Irish literature by Catholic and Protestant, nationalist and Anglo-Irish, and canonical and non-canonical writers. Selection of texts will vary from semester to semester, sometimes sampling works, sometimes concentrating in a single genre. Topics will include the impact of British colonialism, nationalism and its appropriation of Irish myth, representations of gender, and colliding definitions of “Irishness.”
    Meets departmental Transformations approach.
    Meets general academic requirement W when offered as 344.
  

  • ENG 345, 346 - Contemporary Irish Drama

    1 course unit
    This course focuses on contemporary Irish playwrights such as Brian Friel, Conor McPherson, Marina Carr, Stewart Parker, and Martin McDonagh in the context of the history of Irish drama as a vital national cultural tradition. From the Celtic Revivalists’ plays at the founding of the Abbey Theatre, drama in Ireland has exerted shaping influence on the state as it has also provided a sensitive respondent to tumultuous events in Irish history. More than many cultures, the Irish are haunted by the past, and so we will be viewing the contemporary works as conversations that Irish writers today are staging with their own historical and more specifically their own theatrical ghosts (Yeats, Synge, O’Casey, and Beckett at the least).
    Prerequisite(s): THR 100 Theatre & Society: An Historical Introduction  or ENG 275 Theory & Methods of English Studies  or permission of instructor.
    Meets departmental Transformations approach.
    Meets general academic requirement W when offered as 346.
  

  • ENG 347, 348 - Modern British Fiction

    1 course unit
    A study of British modernist fiction and formal experimentation from 1900 to 1950: stream of consciousness, open form, mythic plot patterns, poetic prose, alienation, and self-conscious and fragmented narration. Texts may include Conrad’s Heart of Darkness; Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man; Ford Madox Ford’s The Good Soldier; Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse; E. M. Forster’s A Passage to India; and D. H. Lawrence’s Women in Love.
    Meets general academic requirement W when offered as 348.
  

  • ENG 349, 350 - Modern American Fiction

    1 course unit
    A study of representative fiction published in the United States between the World Wars. Texts may include Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio; Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises; Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby; Faulkner’s Light in August or The Sound and the Fury; Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God; Richard Wright’s Native Son and Djuna Barnes’ Nightwood, along with selected short stories by these and other writers.
    Meets departmental Texts/Contexts approach.
    Meets general academic requirement W when offered as 350.
  

  • ENG 352, 353 - Modern Poetry I: 1889-1945

    1 course unit
    A study of English-language poetry published between 1889-1945, including texts by Eliot, Frost, Pound, Stevens, Williams, H.D., and Auden, and of the social and political contexts of this work.
    Meets departmental Genealogies approach.
    Meets general academic requirement W when offered as 353.
  

  • ENG 354, 355 - Modern Poetry II: 1945-2000

    1 course unit
    This course will look closely at some poets who began to publish in the 1950’s and came of age later - after the passing of the generation of heroic modernists, Pound, Williams, Moore, Stevens, HD, Eliot - in the 1960’s and 70’s. Most of the class work will consist of intense discussion and close reading of poems and will tackle such themes as the function of poetry in the contemporary world, public and private language, formalism and “free” verse, poetic voice and its relation to the self, issues of gender, and sexual politics. Poetry will be considered as a special kind of thinking. Texts will likely include Elizabeth Bishop’s Complete Poems; Ted Hughes’ New and Selected Poems; Philip Levine’s What Work Is; Robert Lowell’s Life Studies & For the Union Dead; Sylvia Plath’s Ariel; Adrienne Rich’s The Fact of a Doorframe, and Jay Wright’s Boleros.
    Meets departmental Transformations approach.
    Meets general academic requirement W when offered as 355.
  

  • ENG 356, 357 - Native American Literature

    1 course unit
    A study of Native American fictional and autobiographical narratives since the late nineteenth century from five or six different nations and of the earlier, traditional oral tales and songs that shaped these narratives. Course focuses on language and structure and religious and philosophical positions that inform these texts. Texts may include Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony, Louise Erdrich’s Love Medicine, Susan Power’s Roofwalker, Sherman Alexie’s Indian Killer, N. Scott Momaday’s House Made of Dawn, and Linda Hogan’s People of the Whale.
    Meets departmental Texts/Contexts approach.
    Meets general academic requirement D and effective Fall 2013 DE (and W when offered as 357).
  

  • ENG 364 - Screenwriting Workshop

    1 course unit
    Examination of screenwriting fundamentals: story structure (theme and plot), character, dialogue, scene description and development, and script formats. Students will prepare character profiles, treatments, and at least one screenplay.
    Prerequisite(s): Any 200 level creative writing course.
  

  • ENG 365, 366 - Contemporary Poetry

    1 course unit
    A study of representative English language poetry published after 2000 in books and periodicals and performed at readings, with particular attention to poetics and critical theory.
    Meets general academic requirement W when offered as 366.
  

  • ENG 368 - Magazine Writing & Editing: ‘Zines, DIY Publishing & Literary Journal

    1 course unit
    This course focuses on independent publications and literary journals, and it is divided into three major parts: editing, designing, and promoting the new issue of Popped: Muhlenberg’s Online Literary and Art Journal. Students will do creative writing exercises and experiments which result in their own independent publishing project such as a chapbook or ‘zine. Ongoing research and discussion of contemporary literary presses and art journals both online and in print will be required. We will also have bookmaking and ‘zine constructing workshops. This course will inform students about ways to get their own writing published and into the world without relying on the world of mainstream publishing by introducing them to many new places where they can submit their own work as well as the hands-on experience of editing and learning how to create their own independent publication.
    Prerequisite(s): Any 200 level creative writing course.
  

  • ENG 373, 374 - The Literary Marketplace

    1 course unit
    A study of tensions between the reality of literature as a business and popular views of literary writing as an “inspired” individual activity, of writers as lone geniuses, “prophets”, “priests”, etc. and an examination of the implications of writers’ immersion in, dependence on, and resistance to the commercial, collaborative, and entrepreneurial conditions of literary production. Fulfills elective requirement of writing concentration.
    Meets departmental Texts/Contexts approach.
    Meets general academic requirement W when offered as 374.
  

  • ENG 375 - Postcolonial Literature

    1 course unit
    A study of English language literatures in former British colonies-in Africa, the Caribbean, Australia, and the Indian subcontinent and its Diaspora-focusing on the work of such writers as Walcott, Gordimer, Naipaul, Rushdie, and Soyinka, variously taught as a survey of these literatures or as a more concentrated study of the literature of one or two nations or regions. Alternate years.
    Meets departmental Transformations approach.Meets general academic requirement D and effective Fall 2013 DE.
  

  • ENG 378, 379 - The Death of the Sun: Energy, Elegy, & Empire in Victorian Literature

    1 course unit
    Scholars interested in the relation between science and literature have painted a rich picture of Darwin’s century-a time when the social and cultural imagination is dominated by evolutionary biology. But the Victorians had a lot on their minds, and biology was not their only science. Fears regarding the death of the sun-the extinction of light and life in what was known as the “heat death” of the universe-suffused Victorian intellectual and popular thought, and these fears were fueled by a new science: the science of energy. This course explores the ways the ideas of this new science shaped and were shaped by nineteenth century literature. We consider the roots of the term “energy” in Romantic poetry and in social thought, as well as the ways a strong religious impulse-the belief that only God can destroy or create-led to the idea of “the conservation of energy.” We consider how the idea of conservation went hand-in-hand with widespread anxieties about loss, decay, and disorder-or what would come to be called “entropy.” Texts may include Alfred Lord Tennyson, In Memoriam; H.G. Wells, The Time Machine; Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities; Bram Stoker, Dracula; Balfour Stewart and Norman Lockyer, “The Sun as a Type of the Material Universe.”
    Meets departmental Texts/Contexts approach.
    Meets general academic requirement W when offered as 379.
  

  • ENG 391, 392 - Decadence: The Literature of the 1890s

    1 course unit
    England in the 1890s was a place of great anxiety about a number of explosive issues. The power of the old imperial regime - and the stability of the Victorian ethos - were increasingly threatened by colonial insurrections; advancements in science, technology, and psychology; the collapse of a puritanical sexual order and the emergence of new sexualities; the political and social empowerment of women; various social and economic uncertainties; and the radically new aesthetic politics of the “art for art’s sake” movement. The course will focus on cultural texts such as Max Nordau’s Degeneration and various tracts about the “New Woman,” popular novels like Grant Allen’s The Woman Who Did, as well as more canonical literature like Conrad’s Heart of Darkness; Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; H. G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds; and Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray and Salomé.
    Meets departmental Texts/Contexts approach.
    Meets general academic requirement W when offered as 392.
  

  • ENG 392 - Decadence: The Literature of the 1890s

    1 course unit
    England in the 1890s was a place of great anxiety about a number of explosive issues. The power of the old imperial regime - and the stability of the Victorian ethos - were increasingly threatened by colonial insurrections; advancements in science, technology, and psychology; the collapse of a puritanical sexual order and the emergence of new sexualities; the political and social empowerment of women; various social and economic uncertainties; and the radically new aesthetic politics of the “art for art’s sake” movement. The course will focus on cultural texts such as Max Nordau’s Degeneration and various tracts about the “New Woman,” popular novels like Grant Allen’s The Woman Who Did, as well as more canonical literature like Conrad’s Heart of Darkness; Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; H. G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds; and Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray and Salomé.
    Meets departmental Texts/Contexts approach.
    Meets general academic requirement W when offered as 392.
  

  • ENG 395, 396 - Literature & Film of the Cold War

    1 course unit
    With the destruction of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the Cold War came to an end, but the legacy and meaning of the Cold War for the present global scene and for U.S. national culture are still being debated. The central tension between the ideologies, economies, and imagined identities of “the West”-the U.S. in particular-and the U.S.S.R. has left its imprint on contemporary culture in many ways. In this course we will study narratives that imaginatively explore dimensions of the forty year global tension in a variety of locations at different moments of Cold War history. The novels, short stories, and films dramatize the history, politics, psychology, aesthetics, and epistemologies that characterized the long-lived rivalry between the Soviets and the Americans. While the majority of the narratives were produced in the United States and England, only some of them confirm mainstream U.S. views of the War. Studying these narratives will help to demonstrate the permeations of the global tension in domestic scenes, in diplomatic and postcolonial situations, in military settings, and in other domains of ordinary life. Novels may include Graham Greene’s The Quiet American (1955), Don DeLillo’s Libra (1988), and E. L. Doctorow’s Book of Daniel (1971). Films may include John Frankenheimer’s “The Manchurian Candidate” (1962), Martin Ritt’s “The Spy Who Came In From the Cold” (1965), Stanley Kubrick’s “Dr. Strangelove” (1964), Emile de Antonio’s “McCarthy: Death of a Witch Hunter” (1986), George Clooney’s “Good Night and Good Luck” (2005), Francis Ford Coppola’s “Apocalypse Now” (1979), and Oliver Stone’s “JFK” (1992).
    Meets general academic requirement W when offered as 396.
  

  • ENG 397, 398 - Gender, Sensation, & the Novel

    1 course unit
    A study of sensational novels from the early gothic and Victorian crime fiction through twentieth century romantic fantasy. We will pay special attention to how such texts work on the body of the reader, even as they contribute to social constructions of the body, gender, and sexuality. Readings include novels by Ann Radcliffe, Jane Austen, Wilkie Collins, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, and Georgette Heyer.
    Meets departmental Transformations approach.
    Meets general academic requirement W when offered as 398.
  

  • ENG 400-449 - CUE: Seminar in English

    1 course unit
    English Department seminars are offered once or twice a semester by different members of the department on a rotating basis. They are required of all senior English majors and may also be taken by juniors with instructor permission.
    Meets general academic requirement W.
  

  • ENG 960 - Internship in Writing

    1 course unit

Environmental Science
  

  • ESC 111 - Topics in Environmental Science

    1 course unit
    Environmental science is an interdisciplinary subject area that draws on biology, chemistry, geology, and ecology to study the earth’s natural systems. Students learn how science is conducted and study the earth’s natural environments, interactions of organisms with each other as well as their physical surroundings, and the sources and effects of environmental stress. Three hours of lecture/discussion each week. This course is open to non-science majors only.
    Prerequisite(s): Science majors wishing to enroll require permission of the instructor.
    Meets general academic requirement S and effective Fall 2013 SC.
  

  • ESC 113 - Environmental Science I

    1 course unit
    An introductory environmental science course that investigates the functioning of earth’s natural systems. Topics include the cycling and flow of water, energy, and nutrients; biodiversity; the basic principles of ecology; and the interrelationships between organisms and their environments. The causes and effects of, as well as possible solutions to, several environmental problems are also covered. Human population growth, agriculture, and energy utilization are discussed in detail. Laboratory exercises and field trips teach basic techniques for collecting and analyzing ecological and environmental data and reinforce topics discussed in the lecture. Three hours lecture/discussion. Three hour laboratory meets every other week.
    Meets general academic requirement S and effective Fall 2013 SC.
  

  • ESC 114 - Environmental Science II

    1 course unit
    This is a continuation of ESC 113 . Students study a number of human activities that can alter natural ecosystems and adversely affect human health. Topics include waste management, resource exploitation, and the behavior of pollutants in soil, air, and water. The science of controversial political issues, such as global climate change, ozone depletion, and acid rain are explored and debated. In addition, the basic principles of human and environmental toxicology, risk assessment, and environmental impact analysis are covered. Laboratory exercises and field trips reinforce topics discussed in the lecture. Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week.
    Prerequisite(s): ESC 113 - Environmental Science I .
    Meets general academic requirement S and effective Fall 2013 SC.
  

  • ESC 201 - Environmental Geology

    1 course unit
    Organisms are inextricably bound to their physical environments. An understanding of the interactions between the earth’s geology and biology is therefore fundamental to a study of environmental science. This course examines earth’s physical environments as they relate to environmental science. Topics will include the basic principles of geology, natural hazards such as volcanoes, earthquakes, mass wasting, flooding, and the global hydrologic cycle. Global water resources will be examined with an emphasis placed on groundwater supply, movement, and pollution. Three hours of lecture/discussion and three hours of laboratory per week. Offered alternate years.
    Meets general academic requirements S and W and effective Fall 2013 SC and W.
  

  • ESC 310 - CUE: Environmental Chemistry

    1 course unit
    The behavior of chemical pollutants in earth’s natural systems is critical to a study of environmental science. This course will examine the chemistry of soil, air, and water; the interactions and cycles of elements among them; and the pollutants that can adversely affect these important resources. Topics will include an overview of the physical chemistry of soil’s reactions and fates of pollutants in soil, reactions and movement of pollutants in water, wastewater treatment, and chemical reactions in the atmosphere, including the mechanisms of smog production, ozone depletion, and global warming. The chemistry of power generation involving fossil fuels, radioactive isotopes, solar energy, fuel cells, and other resources will also be considered. Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Offered alternate years.
    Prerequisite(s): CHM 104 - General Chemistry II  or permission of the instructor.
  

  • ESC 312 - CUE: Toxicology

    1 course unit
    Toxicology is in broad terms the science of poisons. This course will provide an overview of the many branches of toxicology and examine the effects of poisons or toxins on individual organisms and ecosystems. Of specific interest will be the uptake (ingestion), metabolism, storage, and excretion of toxins and the adverse effects experienced by organisms exposed to toxic substances. The mechanisms by which substances induce cancer, birth defects, and nervous and immune system damage will be studied. Additionally, fundamental principles of toxicology, such as dose-response and selective toxicity, will be described. The sources, chemical properties, environmental fates, and regulation of toxins will be addressed. Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Offered alternate years.
    Prerequisite(s): CHM 201 Organic Chemistry I  or CHM 203, 205 Organic Chemistry IA  or any 200 level course in Biology or permission of the instructor.
  

  • ESC 960 - Environmental Science Internship

    1 course unit

Finance
  

  • FIN 105 - Family Finance I

    0.5 course unit
    This course will explore several broad areas of family finance: taxes, banking, money management, credit, personal loans, home mortgages, home equity loans, and insurance. Specific topics will include the Federal income tax return, checking accounts, electronic banking, money market funds, CDs, debit and credit cards, car leases, fixed rate vs. adjustable rate mortgages, refinancing, auto and homeowner’s insurance, HMOs and PPOs, disability insurance, term vs. whole life insurance, and reading the financial press. Students will develop a subject mastery through assigned readings, class discussion, and completion of assigned exercises.
  

  • FIN 106 - Family Finance II

    0.5 course unit
    This course will explore several broad areas of family finance: saving and investment, retirement planning, and estate planning. Specific topics will include risk preferences and tolerances, risk-return tradeoffs, the stock market, bonds and their features, diversification, mutual funds, open-end and closed-end funds, load vs. no-load funds, index funds, asset allocation, pension plans and vesting, the defined benefit plan, the defined contribution plan, the 401(k), traditional IRAs, Roth IRAs, wills, trusts, and gifts. Students will develop subject mastery through assigned readings, class discussion, completion of assigned exercises, and participation in workshop-style presentations.
    Prerequisite(s): FIN 105 Family Finance I  or permission of the instructor.
  

  • FIN 144 - Introduction to Portfolio Management (The Investment Society)

    0.5 course unit
    The course offers students the opportunity to participate in the active management of a portfolio of assets which was originally funded by a loan from the College. Students will study current financial markets, lead discussions, arrange for speakers, and monitor and analyze current portfolio holdings. The primary goals are to learn how to manage a portfolio and to promote an understanding of financial assets and markets.
  
  

  • FIN 241 - Current Topics in Financial Markets: Investment Strategies

    1 course unit
    This seminar course will explore the role of financial intermediaries, e.g. the Federal Reserve, institutional investors, hedge funds, private equity partners, and investment banks in domestic and foreign markets. Based on anticipated actions of these intermediaries, various investment strategies will be formulated.
    Prerequisite(s): ECN 101 - Principles of Macroeconomics  and ECN 102 - Principles of Microeconomics  and Junior or Senior standing.
  
  
  
  

  • FIN 365 - Mergers & Acquisitions

    1 course unit
    A seminar course covering selected financial topics, focusing on acquisition, mergers, and business combinations facing senior business managers. The course will review and build upon materials presented in prior courses. Numerous readings, class discussion, presentations, and case analyses will be required.
    Prerequisite(s): FIN 237 - Corporation Finance .
  

  • FIN 367 - Derivative Markets

    1 course unit
    This course will explore the economic rationale for and benefits of the derivative markets. Coverage will include stock options, commodity, financial and foreign exchange futures, as well as the investment strategies that make use of these instruments. The roles of hedgers, speculators, and arbitragers will be examined, along with risk management, portfolio insurance, program trading, the regulatory setting, and other related topics. Special emphasis will be given to issues of interest to the corporate financial manager.
    Prerequisite(s): FIN 237 - Corporation Finance .
  

  • FIN 490 - CUE: Advanced Topics in Financial Management

    1 course unit
    The practical aspects of financial management are stressed. The course is a blend of applications, case studies, and theory. Topics include the bond refunding question, capital budgeting under conditions of uncertainty, the theory of capital structure, dividend policy, leasing, mergers and corporate restructuring, bankruptcy, pension funding, and international financial management.
    Prerequisite(s): FIN 237 - Corporation Finance .
  

  • FIN 960 - Finance Internship

    1 course unit
    Under faculty supervision, students will be placed in internship positions with local business and other related organizations in order to gain experience in the application of the theories and concepts learned in the classroom. Students will be required to document their experiences in a written journal, to share their experiences with others in a classroom setting, and to prepare a significant term paper or project report. Open to juniors and seniors only. Pass/fail only.

Film Studies
  

  • FLM 201 - Film History I: 1895-1950

    1 course unit
    An exploration of the international history of film from its invention through the silent era, the rise of Hollywood, and the development of sound to 1950. The course focuses on major directors, technological developments, and the surrounding social, cultural, and commercial contexts from which film emerged. Screenings will include works from Hollywood, international cinema, documentary, and the avant-garde. Attendance at weekly screenings is required.
    Meets general academic requirement H and effective Fall 2013 HU.
  

  • FLM 202, 204 - Film History II: 1950-Present

    1 course unit
    An exploration of the international history of film from the end of the War through important European developments (for example, the French New Wave, Italian Neo-Realism, and New German Cinema) and dramatic changes in production and viewing in the United States (through the Sixties and Seventies), as well as the recent emergence of strong national and regional cinemas in countries all over the world. The course focuses on major directors, technological developments, and the surrounding social, cultural, and commercial contexts within which film continues to flourish. Screenings will include works from Hollywood, international cinema, and the avant-garde. In addition to the historical survey, the course provides further training in film and textual analysis with an emphasis on writing and an introduction to film theory. Attendance at weekly screenings is required.
    Prerequisite(s): FLM 201 - Film History I: 1895-1950  or permission of the instructor.
    Meets general academic requirement H and effective Fall 2013 HU (and W when offered as 202).
  

  • FLM 225 - The Western Film

    1 course unit
    This course will examine the Western as the American film genre par excellence. Numerous theoretical approaches will be used to study the rise and fall of the Western’s popularity, its role in shaping popular myths about the United States, and its representation of masculine identity. By going chronologically from early classical to more contemporary films, students will learn how ideology and socio-historical conditions lead to the making of certain films at certain times. In addition to looking at the classical Western, the course will analyze how the so-called spaghetti Western and political events such as the Vietnam War have transformed the genre. Students will learn how to read and discuss films by analyzing the various cinematic codes (lighting, editing, camera angles, sets, music, the three gazes, etc.), the significance of the star system, and theories of spectatorship and scopophilia. Attendance at weekly screenings is required.
    Meets general academic requirement A and effective Fall 2013 HU.
  

  • FLM 227 - Melodrama

    1 course unit
    Melodrama is a form of popular storytelling that puts its characters in dramatic situations in which the stakes are nothing less than the victory of good over evil. This course will focus on the prominence of melodrama in narrative film, particularly popular American film, to reveal the flexibility of what some scholars argue is more than a genre but is actually one of the dominant modes of filmmaking from its inception. The course focuses on films that are often classified as “women’s films” and “social problem films” but also includes films that could be classified as action films or “men’s melodramas” ? and so there will be a lot of discussion about issues of gender and race. We will also consider how these topics are illustrated through melodrama’s aesthetics, such as music, dramatic editing, and symbolic use of setting. Attendance at weekly screenings is required.
    Meets general academic requirement A and effective Fall 2013 HU.
  

  • FLM 229 - Travel & Cultural Encounters in Film

    1 course unit
    This course looks at narrative and experimental films that thematize the act of travel as a trigger for cultural encounters, which often result in conflicts, power differentials, and individual senses of displacement or disorientation. The cultural encounters depicted include those in colonial Africa, India, and the Americas, as well as post-colonial encounters in new relationship configurations such as migration and tourism. The course also considers as a sub-theme the “road movie” in American culture and what it says about the relationship of dominant American culture to the land and the indigenous inhabitants. As a theoretical lens, students will consider the cinematic medium as a vehicle for virtual travel and read accounts of film spectatorship that consider particular travel experiences. Attendance at weekly screenings is required.
    Meets general academic requirement D and effective Fall 2013 DE.
  

  • FLM 250 - Contemporary World Cinema

    1 course unit
    This course offers a selective survey of some of the most cutting-edge films produced around the world in the last 10-20 years, including those that offer sustained insight into specific national cultures and those that are more global in orientation and address the worldwide mixing and mingling of people and cultures. Films explored in this course will likely include Bad Education (Spain), Amores Perros (Mexico), Code Unknown (Austria/France), Chunkging Express (Hong Kong/China), The World (China), A Separation (Iran), Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkey), The Best of Youth (Italy), Waltz with Bashir (Israel), The Class (France), and District 9 (South Africa), among others. Special attention will be paid throughout to contemporary developments in film style, evolving cultures of film taste and reception, and film art as cultural expression. Open to all students at all levels. Attendance at weekly film screenings is required.
    Meets general academic requirement A and effective Fall 2013 AR.
  

  • FLM 325 - French New Wave Cinema

    1 course unit
    This course explores the very rich period in French Cinema during the 1950s and 1960s that is known as the French New Wave (La Nouvelle Vague). Spearheaded by a group of young directors who also wrote their own screenplays (Truffaut, Godard, Malle, Chabrol, Resnais, among others), this movement gave rise to “Le cinema d’auteur” as an innovative and influential way to produce films. To understand this very important film movement, we will study the uses of script, image, and sound in the films themselves with special emphasis on storyline, subplot, and character. We will also pay considerable attention to the cultural and economic contexts in which the films were produced and the biographies of the directors themselves. Attendance at weekly screenings is required.
  

  • FLM 328 - Australian Cinema

    1 course unit
    The Australian Cinema embodies the spatial and temporal conditions of a distant, strange continent that is home to a complex relationship between the majority immigrant population (bearing the traditions and values of European, North American, and now Asian communities) and an indigenous people who date back over 50,000 years. The course will explore these issues by focusing on films made by Australian directors at home and abroad and films made in Australia by non-Australian directors. Attendance at weekly screenings is required.
  

  • FLM 330 - New Asian Cinemas

    1 course unit
    This course surveys contemporary cinema in Japan, China, Taiwan, Thailand, South Korea, and the Philippines. Though the course addresses seminal developments in national cinematic traditions, such as the postwar Japanese nuclear-horror film Godzilla and the avant-garde Face of Another, it concentrates on films produced in the last 10-15 years. These will likely include the cyber revenge fantasy, Tetsuo Iron Man, from Japan; Hong Kong “new wave” films such as Chungking Express; Jia Zhangke’s Touch of Sin and 24 City, and experimental docudrama on the effects of China’s rapid urban re-development; films that explore directionless Asian youth subcultures (The Power of Kangwon Province and Goodbye South, Goodbye); the pleasantly bewildering Uncle Bonnmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives from Thailand and the relentlessly shocking Oldboy from S. Korea, among others. Attendance at weekly screenings is required.
    Meets general academic requirement D and effective Fall 2013 DE and HU.
  

  • FLM 332 - Film Cultures of North Africa & the Middle East

    1 course unit
    This course will focus on the development of national cinematic traditions in Egypt, on the struggle for cultural self-definition in the former French colonies of Algeria and Tunisia, on cinematic representations of post-revolutionary Iran, and on how Arab and Israeli filmmakers address the so-called “question” of Palestine. In order to provide students with a grounding in the film cultures in question, the course will also explore literary works and the commercial, social, and political conditions that inform film production, distribution, and reception. Attendance at weekly screenings is required.
    Meets general academic requirement D and effective Fall 2013 DE.
  

  • FLM 334 - Bollywood: Indian Popular Cinema

    1 course unit
    India’s Bombay/Mumbai-based cinema is one of the world’s few challenges to the influence of American film. This course examines the world’s largest film industry with the aim of understanding the place of popular cinema outside of the Hollywood model. We will consider the role of popular film in the development of Indian nationhood, its influence on notions of gender and caste, and its function as a binding influence on the Indian Diaspora. Attendance at weekly screenings is required.
    Meets general academic requirement D and effective Fall 2013 DE.
  

  • FLM 336 - African American Cinema

    1 course unit
    This course surveys African American filmmaking from the silent era to the present, along with a few films that represent the broader African Diaspora. In addition, readings put all the films in the context of theoretical discussions concerning what constitutes “black,” “African,” or “Third Cinema,” politically and aesthetically. As the course proceeds chronologically, it briefly demonstrates images of African Americans in mainstream Hollywood films but focuses primarily on how filmmakers of African descent have sought to respond to mainstream representations and create their own narratives and styles. The emphasis is on narrative films, with some attention to experimental films. Attendance at weekly screenings is required.
    Meets general academic requirement D and effective Fall 2013 DE.
  

  • FLM 348 - Cinema’s Altered States

    1 course unit
    From the avant-garde to Hollywood blockbusters like The Matrix and Inception, the cinema provides a fertile ground for playing at the edge of narrative and for testing credibility by constructing alternate logic. When films provide the rules of their own reality, spectators and their surrogate characters grope for a foothold of understanding and sanity. This course explores the phenomenon of film experience within the experience of film’s poetic manipulation of “reality”. Attendance at weekly screenings is required.
  

  • FLM 349 - Film Reviewing

    1 course unit
    This writing-intensive course focuses on the art of reviewing films for both popular and scholarly outlets. Students will write reviews of classic and contemporary films in a variety of lengths and formats, for different intended audiences. The course will also include extensive practice in editing and re-writing and include weekend trips to local cinemas to review films on short deadlines. Students will create an online archive of all finished work and learn about ways to develop and market their own critical voice. Attendance at weekly screenings is required.
    Meets general academic requirement W.
  

  • FLM 354 - Film Noir

    1 course unit
    Dark shadows, low-key lighting, unusual camera angles, flashbacks, a sense of paranoia, and males manipulated by sultry, cigarette-smoking, seductive femme fatales characterize film noir, the only typically American film genre after the Western to emerge from Hollywood. Created during the 1940s and 50s, many by Jewish émigrés from Central Europe, film noir is usually considered a combination of German Expressionist cinematic style and the American hard-boiled detective story. This course will examine classic works of the genre within their sociopolitical context and investigate why they were so popular among audiences and were able to violate some rules of the Production Code, why certain actors are inextricably linked to the genre, and why neo-noirs are still being made. Attendance at weekly screenings is required.
    Meets general academic requirement A and effective Fall 2013 HU.
  

  • FLM 360 - Major Filmmakers

    1 course unit
    This course focuses on one or two major filmmakers and considers repeated and/or developing themes in his or her body of work. While the filmmakers under consideration vary, the course deals with similar questions each time: the validity of the auteur theory as a way of understanding film, the relationships between filmmakers and their art, and the nature of our ideas about art and artistic production. Attendance at weekly screenings is required.
  

  • FLM 450 - CUE: Film Studies Seminar

    1 course unit
    Advanced study and analysis of selected areas in film studies designed for majors and other qualified students. Topics may include auteur studies, genre or form studies, national or regional film studies, film theory, or explorations of film and popular culture. Special emphasis is placed on advanced textual and film analysis, scholarly discussion, and writing. Attendance at weekly screenings is required.
    Prerequisite(s): FLM 202, 204 Film History II: 1950-Present  and senior film studies major or permission of the instructor.
    Meets general academic requirement W.

French
  

  • FRN 101 - Elementary French I

    1 course unit
    An introduction to basic grammar and vocabulary as well as communication skills in French within its cultural contexts. Students will use a variety of authentic text and media resources to acquire and enhance linguistic skills. The first semester is designed for students with no knowledge of or with a weak background in French, the second for students with limited but residual previous exposure to French. Assignment by placement test. Four class hours per week plus Language Learning Center assignments.
  

  • FRN 102 - Elementary French II

    1 course unit
    An introduction to basic grammar and vocabulary as well as communication skills in French within its cultural contexts. Students will use a variety of authentic text and media resources to acquire and enhance linguistic skills. The first semester is designed for students with no knowledge of or with a weak background in French, the second for students with limited but residual previous exposure to French. Assignment by placement test. Four class hours per week plus Language Learning Center assignments.
  

  • FRN 203 - Intermediate French I

    1 course unit
    An accelerated review of basic French grammar through speaking, reading, writing, and other linguistically appropriate activities. The introduction of more advanced grammatical structures and a variety of authentic text and multimedia resources will enhance the students’ linguistic skills and sociocultural awareness of the French speaking world. The development of functional skills and communicative ability is emphasized. Students also acquire the linguistic tools needed to continue learning French as it pertains to their fields of interest. Assignment by placement test. Three class hours per week plus Language Learning Center assignments.
  

  • FRN 204 - Intermediate French II

    1 course unit
    An accelerated review of basic French grammar through speaking, reading, writing, and other linguistically appropriate activities. The introduction of more advanced grammatical structures and a variety of authentic text and multimedia resources will enhance the students’ linguistic skills and sociocultural awareness of the French speaking world. The development of functional skills and communicative ability is emphasized. Students also acquire the linguistic tools needed to continue learning French as it pertains to their fields of interest. Assignment by placement test. Three class hours per week plus Language Learning Center assignments.
  

  • FRN 301 - French Conversation & Composition

    1 course unit
    This course provides intensive practice in conversational French, centered on cultural aspects of the French-speaking world. French and francophone movies serve as the thematic backdrop for in-class discussions, oral presentations, and papers emphasizing correct usage of French linguistic and grammatical structures. This course also focuses on building vocabulary and idiomatic expressions, improving research techniques, including proper dictionary use, and expanding students’ conversational strategies and variety of expression in conversational and written modes. Offered fall semester
    Prerequisite(s): FRN 204 Intermediate French II .
  

  • FRN 304 - Advanced French Conversation & Composition

    1 course unit
    A continuation of FRN 301  but with more emphasis on formal writing skills: description, narration, opinion, analysis. Through the study of examples of each genre, students learn the stylistic and linguistic devices appropriate to each before writing their own essays. Advanced grammar study, translation, and vocabulary building are additional aspects of this course, since many of the errors students at this level make in their speaking/writing stem from inaccurate translations from English. Throughout the semester, students will be reading and discussing authentic French and Francophone cultural texts in order to practice their conversational skills and improve upon their ability to engage with and meaningfully respond to the different writing genres studied in the course. Offered spring semester.
    Prerequisite(s): FRN 301 French Conversation & Composition .
    Meets general academic requirement W.
  

  • FRN 305 - Topics in France & the Francophone World

    1 course unit
    This course examines topics of interest today in France and other countries where French is spoken. The topics vary according to the interests of the instructor and emphasize increased acquisition of reading and speaking skills. Focusing on social and cultural contexts, the course uses newspaper and magazine articles, websites, films, literature, and other cultural texts. Rotating topics include French and Francophone film, education, Franco-American relations, societal issues, and popular culture. Assignments typically include quizzes on content and vocabulary, short papers, and class presentations. Taught entirely in French.
    Prerequisite(s): FRN 204 - Intermediate French II . May be repeated for credit when topic changes.
  

  • FRN 310 - French for the Professions

    1 course unit
    Using real-life cases and scenarios, this course introduces students to professional uses of French in France and the francophone world. Contacts with local professionals, both inside and outside of the classroom, allow students to explore the numerous possibilities of using their French linguistic and cultural knowledge beyond the academic arena (such as working for companies with international offices, volunteering with health organizations in French-speaking countries, providing translation services, and so forth). This course focuses on acquiring the proper writing, analytical, and oral presentational skills necessary to succeed in such careers. In addition to linguistic training, students create an on-line portfolio that will prepare them for a career using French. Offered in alternate spring semesters.
    Prerequisite(s): FRN 204 Intermediate French II .
  

  • FRN 313 - French Theatre of Resistance

    1 course unit
    The French hold dear the notion that in times of trouble they have always summoned up the courage to resist the oppressor. That resistance can take many forms: resisting tyranny, social conformity, one’s own destructive impulses, the uncertainty of our existence in the universe. French playwrights such as Corneille, Racine, Marivaux, Beaumarchais, Hugo, Jarry, Sartre, Ionesco, Beckett, and more recently, Yasmina Reza, have captured the dramatic force of this resistance in their theatre. The course surveys major moments in the history of French theatre and emphasizes literary analysis of the plays. Note: Plays are read in translation and the course is taught in English. This course does not count toward the French major/minor.
    Meets general academic requirement L and effective Fall 2013 HU.
  

  • FRN 320 - French Civilization

    1 course unit
    Beginning with the prehistoric cave paintings of Lascaux and ending with the Second Empire at the end of the nineteenth century, this course traces the major periods in the civilization of France through a survey of its geographical, historical, social, literary, and artistic heritage. Taught in French. Strongly recommended for students who plan to study in France or have just returned from France.
    Prerequisite(s): FRN 301 French Conversation & Composition .
    Meets general academic requirement H and effective Fall 2013 HU.
  

  • FRN 330 - Francophone Cultures of Africa & the Caribbean

    1 course unit
    This course introduces students to the diverse cultures of the Francophone world and their relationship to France (as the former colonizer) and to each other. Each unit explores the history, culture and prevailing societal structures of a particular Francophone region (North Africa, the French-speaking Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa) while highlighting its importance within today’s globalized world. In addition to short historical texts, students will also read literature, newspaper articles, listen to music, and watch films that underscore the linguistic, economic, political and cultural complexities of the French-speaking postcolonial world. Taught in French.
    Prerequisite(s): FRN 301 French Conversation & Composition .
    Meets general academic requirement D and effective Fall 2013 DE.
  

  • FRN 411 - Images of Grandeur in Seventeenth Century France

    1 course unit
    In this course we will look at the important developments occurring in art, history, literature, music, and society in seventeenth century France. Through the study of the great writers, artists, and moralists of this period, we will examine the influences of politics and culture that made this century the “grand siècle” of French literature. Questions of human nature as philosophized by tragic and comedic theatre, fables, folktales, and novelists will focus the readings and discussions of this momentous period in French history. Taught in French.
    Prerequisite(s): FRN 304 Advanced French Conversation & Composition .
    Meets general academic requirement L and effective Fall 2013 HU.
  

  • FRN 412 - Wit & Reason: A Breeding Ground for Revolution

    1 course unit
    This course examines the themes of wit and reason in literary works from seventeenth and eighteenth century France. Through the study of theatrical, philosophical, scientific, and fictional texts, we will investigate the roles of comedy and satire in conjunction and in contrast with the growth of enlightenment, “le siècle des lumières,” in pre- and post-revolutionary France. In particular, we will examine the ways in which authors such as Molière, Corneille, Racine, Beaumarchais, Voltaire, and Rousseau employ both wit and reason to stimulate social and political change within a tumultuous society. Taught in French.
    Prerequisite(s): FRN 304 Advanced French Conversation & Composition .
    Meets general academic requirement L and effective Fall 2013 HU.
  

  • FRN 413 - From Nature’s Charms to Urban Ennui: Nineteenth Century French Literature

    1 course unit
    In reaction to the eighteenth century emphasis of the Enlightenment on scientific progress for the good of humanity, nineteenth century Romanticism emphasized the individual and the mal de siècle. Political unrest following the French Revolution and changing regimes and republics led writers to champion politics and social causes in their works, reflecting the Realist tradition as they documented the industrial era, the ascendancy of the bourgeoisie, and the plight of the worker. Readings include works by Balzac, Flaubert, Maupassant, Zola, and Baudelaire. Taught in French.
    Prerequisite(s): FRN 304 Advanced French Conversation & Composition .
    Meets general academic requirement L and effective Fall 2013 HU.
  

  • FRN 414 - Literary Reflections of Crises & Cataclysms in Modern France

    1 course unit
    Twentieth century France saw one crisis after another: the Dreyfus affair, two world wars, the dissolution of her colonial empire and new patterns of immigration and unrest, and the women’s liberation movement. This course looks at the changing face of France in modern times as it is reflected in the literary movements and works that were spawned by these different crises and cataclysms. Readings may include works by Proust, Colette, the Surrealists, Camus, Sartre, Beckett, Ionesco, Ernaux, among others. Taught in French.
    Prerequisite(s): FRN 304 Advanced French Conversation & Composition .
    Meets general academic requirement L and effective Fall 2013 HU.
  

  • FRN 415 - Immigration & Identity in Contemporary French Literature

    1 course unit
    This course examines the situation of French residents, especially youth, whose parents immigrated to France from North and Sub-Saharan Africa, the French-speaking Caribbean, and Asia. They frequently find that they are caught between two worlds, struggling to be accepted as fully French but wanting to understand their African, Caribbean, or Asian cultural heritage. Often not considered French, despite their French citizenship, they suffer from racial prejudice, whether on the streets, in the workplace, or in the education system. In addition to these difficulties are the clashes between the culture of their parents’ native countries and the principles and values of the French Republic. Through an examination of novels by contemporary authors (Azouz Begag, Gisèle Pineau, Kim Lefèvre), several sociological studies, bande dessinée, and films students will come to understand the complexities involved in defining what it means to be “French” in France today. Taught in French.
    Prerequisite(s): FRN 304 Advanced French Conversation & Composition .
    Meets general academic requirement L or D and effective Fall 2013 HU and DE.

Geography
  

  • GEO 101 - World Geography

    1 course unit
    This course offers an introduction to the basics of physical and cultural geography, including climate, vegetation, landforms, language, economy, and religion and the study of physical and cultural geographical features of the various regions of the earth. In addition, it examines human, theoretical, and physical geographic structures of world regions while questioning thoughts and experiences with and of geographic understandings. The course intentionally integrates investigation of educational systems and geographic curriculum into geographic inquiry.

German
  

  • GRM 101 - Elementary German I

    1 course unit
    An introduction to basic grammar and vocabulary as well as communication skills in German within its cultural contexts. Students will use a variety of authentic text and media resources to acquire and enhance linguistic skills. The first semester is designed for students with no knowledge of or with a weak background in German, the second for students with limited but residual previous exposure to German. Assignment by placement test. Four class hours per week plus Language Learning Center assignments.
  

  • GRM 102 - Elementary German II

    1 course unit
    An introduction to basic grammar and vocabulary as well as communication skills in German within its cultural contexts. Students will use a variety of authentic text and media resources to acquire and enhance linguistic skills. The first semester is designed for students with no knowledge of or with a weak background in German, the second for students with limited but residual previous exposure to German. Assignment by placement test. Four class hours per week plus Language Learning Center assignments.
  

  • GRM 203 - Intermediate German I

    1 course unit
    An accelerated review of basic German grammar through speaking, reading, writing, and other linguistically appropriate activities. The introduction of more advanced grammatical structures and a variety of authentic text and multimedia resources will enhance the students’ linguistic skills and sociocultural awareness of the German speaking world. The development of functional skills and communicative ability is emphasized. Students also acquire the linguistic tools needed to continue learning German as it pertains to their fields of interest. Assignment by placement test. Three class hours per week plus Language Learning Center assignments.
  

  • GRM 204 - Intermediate German II

    1 course unit
    An accelerated review of basic German grammar through speaking, reading, writing, and other linguistically appropriate activities. The introduction of more advanced grammatical structures and a variety of authentic text and multimedia resources will enhance the students’ linguistic skills and sociocultural awareness of the German speaking world. The development of functional skills and communicative ability is emphasized. Students also acquire the linguistic tools needed to continue learning German as it pertains to their fields of interest. Assignment by placement test. Three class hours per week plus Language Learning Center assignments.
  

  • GRM 220, 221 - German Civilization

    1 course unit
    Taught in English. Introduces students to major trends in the development of various aspects of German culture, including literature, music, art, government, and economics from early times to the present. Emphasis on the last two centuries and on the German speaking areas.
    This course contains an additional language component for students pursuing a degree in German Language and Literature. Those students will meet with the instructor for an additional session per week when the subject matter will be discussed in German.
    Meets general academic requirement H and effective Fall 2013 HU (and W when offered as 221).
  

  • GRM 255, 256 - Berlin in Film

    1 course unit
    Taught in English. This course will examine the cinematic representation of the cosmopolitan metropolis Berlin from the 1920s to the present. Students will look at characteristic films from the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, the Allied occupation, the divided country, and post-unification Germany. Offering a chronological overview of German film art set in Berlin, the course will explore how the mass medium of cinema reflected, influenced, and commented on the historical, cultural, and political developments in Germany. Students will investigate major cinematic movements, styles, innovations, genres, and directors. They will also be introduced to some major film theories and criticism.
    Meets general academic requirement H and effective Fall 2013 HU.
  

  • GRM 301 - German Conversation & Composition

    1 course unit
    Exercises in spoken and written German designed to increase accuracy and freedom and facility of expression. Topics of contemporary interest will be selected for presentation and discussion.
    Prerequisite(s): GRM 204 Intermediate German II .
  

  • GRM 303 - Advanced German Conversation & Composition

    1 course unit
    Continuation of GRM 301 . Advanced exercises in spoken and written German, including the study of idiomatic expressions, review of persistent grammatical difficulties, and stylistic analysis.
    Prerequisite(s): GRM 301 - German Conversation & Composition .
  

  • GRM 310 - Business German

    1 course unit
    Designed to broaden the student’s command of oral and written German by emphasizing terms and expressions used in the German business environment.
    Prerequisite(s): GRM 301 German Conversation & Composition .
  

  • GRM 313 - German Drama in Translation

    1 course unit
    Taught in English. This course aims to give students a background in the literary history of German drama with an emphasis on significant plays written between the 1770s and the present. Major plays of the Enlightenment, Storm and Stress, Classicism, Naturalism, fin de siècle Vienna, Expressionism, the post-war period, and the present will be discussed in their literary and historical contexts.
    Meets general academic requirement L and effective Fall 2013 HU.
  

  • GRM 316, 317 - German Cinema

    1 course unit
    Taught in English. A survey of German films from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari to contemporary works with special emphasis on the Golden Age of Weimar cinema and the so-called New German Cinema (Fassbinder, Herzog, Wenders, and Sanders-Brahms). Through a close analysis of these films, the student will gain an understanding and appreciation of cinematic techniques as well as the cultural, social, and political background which shaped these works.
    Meets general academic requirement A or H and effective Fall 2013 HU (and W when offered as 317).
  

  • GRM 351 - German Literature in Translation I

    1 course unit
    Taught in English. Readings and discussion of selected masterpieces of German literature from the medieval period to the age of Naturalism. Concentration on major works of literature which have influenced the course of development of German literary history, thought, and culture. Introduction to the terminology as well as the methods and techniques of literary analysis. Emphasis on the development of a sense of appreciation of literature as art.
    This course contains an additional language component for students pursuing a degree in German Language and Literature. Those students will meet with the instructor for an additional session per week when the subject matter will be discussed in German.
    Meets general academic requirement L and effective Fall 2013 HU.
  

  • GRM 353 - German Literature in Translation II

    1 course unit
    Taught in English. Readings and discussion of selected masterpieces of German literature from the age of Naturalism to the present. Concentration on major works of literature which have influenced the course of development of German literary history, thought, and culture. Emphasis on genres, themes, traditions, reading sensitivity, and personal response.
    This course contains an additional language component for students pursuing a degree in German Language and Literature. Those students will meet with the instructor for an additional session per week when the subject matter will be discussed in German.
    Meets general academic requirement L and effective Fall 2013 HU.
  

  • GRM 400 - Introduction to German Literature

    1 course unit
    A chronological survey of German literature from its beginnings to the present with emphasis on its periodization. Introduction to literary terminology and to methods and techniques of literary analysis. Readings will include selections from prose, drama, and poetry. Taught in German. Required of all majors in German Language and Literature who should roster this course first in the literature sequence, if possible.
    Prerequisite(s): GRM 301 German Conversation & Composition .
    Meets general academic requirement L and effective Fall 2013 HU.
  

  • GRM 412 - German Prose

    1 course unit
    A survey of German prose. Close readings and interpretations of selected short stories, Novellen, and novels from Goethe to Grass. Taught in German. Offered every third year.
    Prerequisite(s): GRM 301 German Conversation & Composition .
    Meets general academic requirement L and effective Fall 2013 HU.
  

  • GRM 413 - German Drama

    1 course unit
    A survey of German drama from Lessing to Handke. Close readings and interpretations of selected representative works. Taught in German. Offered every third year.
    Prerequisite(s): GRM 301 German Conversation & Composition .
    Meets general academic requirement L and effective Fall 2013 HU.
  

  • GRM 414 - German Lyric Poetry

    1 course unit
    A survey of German lyric poetry from the medieval period to the present. Close readings of texts by Goethe, Schiller, Heine, Mörike, Rilke, and others. Taught in German. Offered every third year.
    Prerequisite(s): GRM 301 German Conversation & Composition .
    Meets general academic requirement L and effective Fall 2013 HU.

Hebrew
  

  • HBW 101 - Elementary Hebrew I

    1 course unit
    An introduction to basic grammar and vocabulary as well as communication skills in Hebrew within its cultural contexts. Students will use a variety of authentic text and media resources to acquire and enhance linguistic skills. The first semester is designed for students with no knowledge of or with a weak background in Hebrew; the second is for students with limited but residual previous exposure to Hebrew. Assignment by placement test. Four class hours per week plus Language Learning Center assignments.
  

  • HBW 102 - Elementary Hebrew II

    1 course unit
    An introduction to basic grammar and vocabulary as well as communication skills in Hebrew within its cultural contexts. Students will use a variety of authentic text and media resources to acquire and enhance linguistic skills. The first semester is designed for students with no knowledge of or with a weak background in Hebrew; the second is for students with limited but residual previous exposure to Hebrew. Assignment by placement test. Four class hours per week plus Language Learning Center assignments.
  

  • HBW 203 - Intermediate Hebrew I

    1 course unit
    An accelerated review of basic Hebrew grammar through speaking, reading, writing, and other linguistically appropriate activities. The introduction of more advanced grammatical structures and a variety of authentic text and multimedia resources will enhance the students’ linguistic skills and sociocultural awareness of the Hebrew speaking world. The development of functional skills and communicative ability is emphasized. Students also acquire the linguistic tools needed to continue learning Hebrew as it pertains to their fields of interest. Assignment by placement test. Three class hours per week plus Language Learning Center assignments.
  

  • HBW 204 - Intermediate Hebrew II

    1 course unit
    An accelerated review of basic Hebrew grammar through speaking, reading, writing, and other linguistically appropriate activities. The introduction of more advanced grammatical structures and a variety of authentic text and multimedia resources will enhance the students’ linguistic skills and sociocultural awareness of the Hebrew speaking world. The development of functional skills and communicative ability is emphasized. Students also acquire the linguistic tools needed to continue learning Hebrew as it pertains to their fields of interest. Assignment by placement test. Three class hours per week plus Language Learning Center assignments.
  

  • HBW 430 - Hebrew Literature in Translation

    1 course unit
    A survey of Hebrew literature from the post-biblical era of the second century B.C.E. to the period of emergent modernism in the seventeenth century C.E. Readings embrace the genres of prose fiction, drama, and selections from the Talmud and medieval and religious prose, poetry, and prayers.
    Meets general academic requirement L and effective Fall 2013 HU.

History

Courses in History are numbered as follows:

  100 - 149 Acquaint beginning students with the academic study of history.
  200 - 299 Concentrate on broad chronological studies of countries or regions. Generally intended for students with one prior college level history course.
  300 - 399 Examine topics or themes in history. Generally designed for students with one or more prior college level history courses.
  400 - 499 Capstone courses for majors and minors: Hone students’ skills and content knowledge.

  

  • HST 100-149 - Introduction to History

    1 course unit
    Using a topical approach, this course will introduce the student to the study of history. The course will develop critical, analytical, and writing skills using historical data and methods. Each course will consider historical developments in time, introduce the student to different modes of historical study, familiarize the student with appropriate primary and secondary sources, and encourage an appreciation of the diversity of the historical past. Topics will be announced and described in the course information each semester.
    Meets general academic requirement H and effective Fall 2013 HU.
 

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