AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES

New Course

190.  West African Dance Forms in the Diaspora I     2 hours
2HU, CD
Limited to 30.
Sem 1     CRN 4028     TTh--9:00-10:50     Ms. Sharpley

Day & Time Changes

195.  Jazz Improv meets TTh--9:00-10:40 (identical to DANC 195).
208.  Slavery and Freedom in the Western Hemisphere will meet MWF--12:00-1:20.
215.  African American Women's History will meet TTh--9:00-10:50.

Canceled Course

195.  Jazz Improv (identical to DANC 195).

Attributes Added

335.  Identity & Ethnicity in South Asia  has the following attributes:  SS, CD & WR.

Canceled Course

237.  Ecological Anthropology.

Semester Change

463.  Seminar in Archeology:  Gender & Archeology will be taught fall semester.  See catalog for course description.

Day/Time & Instructor Changes

102.  Introduction to Biological Anthropology (lecture only) will meet MWF--11:00-11:50 and be taught by Ms. Grimm.
112.  (section 01) Introduction to Biological Anthropology (lab only) will be taught by Ms. Grimm and will meet W--3:00-4:20.
112.  (section 02) Introduction to Biological Anthropology (lab only) will be taught by Ms. Grimm and will meet Th--7-8:20 pm.

New Titles/Course Descriptions

042.  Visual Concepts and Processes: Video
This course is designed to provide an overview of the history and practice of time-based image making.  The goal is to outline the various terrain of the art of the moving image, and to examine the vocabulary of constructing sequences, editing, and "sculpting in time."  Technically, the course will examine the basics of digital video production and editing.

043.  Visual Processes:  Sound and Image
This will be a hands on audio and visual production course which will examine the structural correspondence between the acoustic material of sound and the semantic material of film/video.  It will explore the history of sound, radio, the avant-garde and how sound is utilized in film, video and installation.  It will examine the way sound is recorded and reproduced, its relationship to technology and to the moving image.

Course Descriptions Announced

280.  Architecture 1700-1900    3 hours
3HU
In the 18th and 19th centuries new conceptions of architecture arose, based  on archaeological discovery, the development of new institutions and building materials, and the convulsive changes associated with the political and economic revolutions of the period.  This course looks at the major movements of this period and the ideas that shaped them, from the end of the Baroque to the beginnings of the Modern Movement.  Enrollment limit:  25
Sem 1  CRN 3594     ARTS-280-01   TTh--8:35-9:50     Mr. Shanken

282.  Topics in American   3 hours
3HU
The first half of this course surveys American architecture from Colonial times to the present, Stylistic analysis is linked with the socioeconomic, political, and environmental influences on architecture, issues of originality, American exceptionalism, and the role of technology.  The second half delves more deeply into the history of specific building types ? house, church, museum, library ? grafting the earlier themes onto a history of modern institutions as they take shape in the United States.  Enrollment limit: 25
Sem 1  CRN 3593     ARTS-282-01   TTh--11:00-12:15     Mr. Shanken

060. Problems in Drawing   3 hours
3HU
This course is intent on developing skills and methodologies introduced in drawing 040.  Assignments will engage postmodern strategies relevant to graphic representation.  Emphasis will be placed on formal concerns of subject, image, material, and technique.  Projects will explore the nature of figuration as an emotice image, the use of figure in a narrative pictorial context.  Other projects will research symbolism in painting and the sequential development of abstraction as an expressive method and metaphoric iconography.  Prerequisite: completion of Visual Concepts and Processes Art 040 or consent of instructor.  Enrollment limit:  15
Sem 1  CRN 3833     ARTS-260-01  MW--1:30-4:30     Mr. Sanderson

Day & Time Changes

062.  The Nature of the Abstract will meet M--9:00 am-noon and MTW--7:00-10:00 pm.
312.  Northern & Southern Song Synasties will meet T--7:00-9:00 pm.

Canceled Sections

040.  (section 02)  Visual Concepts and Processes:  Drawing.
042.  (section 02)  Visual Concepts and Processes:  Video.
052.  (section 01)  Visual Concepts and Processes:  Photography.

New Course

060.  Problems in Drawing     3 hours
3HU
Sem. 1     CRN 3833     ARTS-060-01     MW--1:30-4:30     Mr. Sanderson

Canceled Courses/Sections

141.  Badminton.
152.  (section 02  CRN 2766) Tennis.

New Courses

160.  Internationonal Squash     .5 hours
.5EX
Sem 1    CRN 3402     ATHL-160-01     TTh--1:30-2:45  Ms. Bruce  MODULE 2  Limit 10

180.  Basic Level Self Defense for Women (RAD*)     .5 hours
.5EX
* RAD - Rape Agression Defense
Sem 1     CRN 4024     ATHL-180-01     MWF--1:00-2:20     John Bidlake & Ron Gresco     MODULE 1    Limit 20

244.  Bowling II   1 hour
1 EX        Consent Limit 18
Sem 1     CRN 3812     ATHL-244-01     W--3:30-4:20 plus lab TBA     Mr. Reid

280.  Advanced Level Self Defense for Women (RAD*)     .5 hours
.5EX
* RAD - Rape Agression Defense
Sem 1     CRN 4025     ATHL-280-01     MWF--2:30-4:20     John Bidlake & ron Gresco     MODULE 1    Limit 20

New Courses

105.  Ecology and Evolution of Birds     3 hours
3 NS, WR
In this course we will examine birds both as a unique group and as representative of vertebrates.  We will discuss the evolutionary history of birds, including the scientific debate regarding their origin in relation to dinosaurs and other reptiles, and current views of the systematic relationships among living birds.  The course will emphasize adaptation, behavior and ecology, and conserva-tion of birds, and introduce students to experimental methods used in modern ornithology.  Stu-dents may expect to learn to identify common local species by sight and/or sound.  Three Satur-day field trips are recommended, but not required.  Enrollment limit: 16.
Sem 1     CRN 4005     Biol-105-01     MWF--11:00-11:50     Mr. Tarvin

204.  Plant Biology     3.5 hours
3.5NS
Sem 1     CRN 3810     BIOL-204-01     MWF--10:00-10:50     Mr. Benzing/Mr. Miller     Limit 16
                                                                  W--1:30-4:30 (lab)

524  Current Topics in Biology and Neuroscience     1-2 hours
1-2NS
See NSCI 524 below for description.
Sem 1     CRN 4000      BIOL -524-01     M--7-8:30pm     Ms Thornton

New Courses

107.  Aristophanes Now: The Prequel         0.5 Hours
0.5 HU
A study of issues surrounding the performance of Greek drama on the modern stage.  Reading and discussion of Aristophanes� Thesmophoriazusae, plus bibliography on ancient and modern performance of Greek drama, historical and literary background.  Occasional guest lectures, scene work, and videos.  Part of a collaborative project with the Ohio Five Colleges (Oberlin, Kenyon, Ohio Wesleyan, Dennison, and Wooster).  Credit to be awarded after the successful completion of Classics 207 (see below).  Enrollment limit: 15
Sem 1     CRN 3979      CLAS-107-01     W--7:00-8:00     Mr. Van Nortwick     SECOND MODULE

207.  Aristophanes Now: The Sequel           0.5 Hours
0.5 HU
Continuation of Classics 107, in preparation for attending a production of the Thesmophoriazusae to be staged at Case Western Reserve University in February.  After the performance, we will participate in a workshop with the director of the production, plus students and faculty from the Ohio Five Colleges.  Enrollment limit: 15
Sem 2     CLAS 207-01      W--7:00-8:00     Mr. Van Nortwick     FIRST MODULE

Canceled Courses

101.  Introduction to Computers and Computing.

221.  Object-Oriented Computing.

299.  Seminar: Mind and Machine.

347.  Software Engineering.

Day & Time Changes

195.  Jazz Improv meets TTh--9:00-10:40 (identical to AAST 195).

Canceled Courses

132.  Contact Improvisation.
195.  Jazz Improv (identical to AAST 195).
250.  Dance in 20th Century.
402.  (section 01) Independent Theory Project.
403.  (section 01) Independent Performance Project.
404.  (section 01) Independent Choreography Project.
405.  (section 01) Independent Design Project.

New Section

100.  (section 02)  Modern Dance 1     CRN 1546     MW--2:30-4:20     Limit 25

New Courses

263.  Contemporary Twentieth Century American Dance History     3 hours
3HU
Tracing a variety of conceptions of dance-making in post-WWII American history, this course relates the work of artists such as Merce Cunningham and  Bill T. Jones to changing political and social views. In addition to lectures and discussions, students master content by developing introductory historical research skills.  Pre-req: Dance 100 or consent of the instructor.  Limit 35.
Sem 1     CRN 3975     DANC-263-01     TTh--10:00-11:50     Mr. Jackson

265 African-American Vernacular Dance Traditions     2 - 3 hours
2HU
Designed as an  int. technique class augmented by video screenings and cultural discussions, this course trains in the major forms, steps, transition moves and variations of black vernacular dance. Using musical recordings germane to each period, class will cover such forms as: shout, black bottom, cakewalk, charleston, eagle-rocking, boogie-woogie  (or blues dances), lindy hop, bop, cabaret, jacking, waave, pop-lock, and house.  Students need not have taken a technique class before, but should be comfortable moving.   No pre-req.  consent of instructor.  Limit 25.
Sem 1     CRN 3976     DANC-265-01     TTh--3-4:20     lab on W--7-8:30 pm      Mr. Jackson

New Courses

317. Industrial Organization      3 hours
3SS, QPh, WR
Analysis of modern theory and review of empirical evidence about the organization of firms and industries: why firms and markets are organized as they are and how their organization affects the way they operate.  Topics include the relationship between market structure and firm behavior ? pricing, advertising, patent races, strategic adoption of new technologies, and collusion ? and the effects of government regulation and antitrust policy.  Prerequisites:  ECON 253.
Sem 1     CRN 3841     ECON-317-01      MWF--1:30-2:20     Mr. Zinser

440.  Seminar: Monetary Policy    3 hours
3SS
In this seminar we will study the formation, implementation and impact of monetary policy on the macroeconomy.  We will examine both the current theoretical debate over the operation of monetary policy and the actual practice of central bankers across the world.  Prerequisites: Econ 251 or Econ 342
Sem 1    CRN 4023     Mon. 7-9 p.m.     Mr. Yamarik

Instructor/Day & Time/Limit Changes

231.  Environmental Economics will be taught by Richard Morgenstern F--3:00-4:15 and Sat--10:00-11:15.  It is now limited to 40.  Identical to ENVS 231.

Credit Hour Clarification

253.  Intermediate Microeconomics is offered for 3 hours,  not 4.

New Course

201  COCA Part 1 - External Sources of Inspiration     3 hours
3HU
A limitless inventory of creative options is available within the arts today. Each semester COCA (Creative Options in the Contemporary Arts) will examine one segment of this profusion. COCA Part 1 will explore theme.  Through class presentations and discussions, students will undertake the challenging process of determining a theme that inspires their artistic expression. Because the class will focus on sources of inspiration, not medium, choreographers, composers, writers, painters, sculptors, filmmakers, etc. are all welcome to participate in this investigation of current politics, ecology, technology, science, fashion, religion, entertainment, sports, health, and the media as potential sources of creativity. The course will culminate in each student's production of a thematically inspired artwork. Enrollment Limit 15.  Consent of the instructor required.
Sem 1     CRN 3847     EMAR-201-01      TTh--1:30-4:30     Ms. Weintraub

New Courses

158.  Law of the Land: The Literary and Legal Invention of America          3 hours
3HU, WR
An exploration of U.S. literature alongside U.S. legal developments and recent theoretical work on the textual foundations of law and justice. Special attention will be paid to literary and legal battles over "frontier justice" and "frontiers," whether they are geographic, domestic, rural, or urban, policed by slave-catchers, spouses, Texas Rangers, or the Chicago Police Department.  Fiction and film may include Joaquin Murieta, Uncle Tom�s Cabin, Riders of the Purple Sage, Native Son, "A Jury of Her Peers," George Washington Gomez, The Death of Jim Loney, Witness for the Prosecution, Shaft, and Boys Don't Cry. Enrollment limit: 16 first-year students only.
Sem 1        CRN 3998      ENGL-158-01        MWF--1:30-2:20        Ms. Schneider

238. Contemporary American Fiction          4 hours
4HU, WR
Any survey of a period's literature implicitly constructs some theories about how our fictions reflect and/or affect cultural and historical development. The goal in this class will be to articulate our own model(s) for assessing contemporary narrative, using some critical examples, reflecting on vernacular approaches (in diverse genres), and contextualizing our thoughts within a rough history of the changes in forms and functions. Texts will include various novels, short stories, essays, and a few films. F, AL. Prerequisite: any Writing Intensive course, or an AP score of 5 (English Language or Literature test), or a score of 710 or better on the SAT II Writing test. Enrollment limit: 30.
Sem 1   CRN 2650     ENGL-238-01    MWF--9:00-9:50         Mr. Reynolds
             CRN 3974     ENGL-238-02    MWF--2:30-3:20          Mr. Reynolds

257. American Literature at the Turn into the 20th Century     4 hours
4HU, WR
Tension and change marked the nation�s racial and ethnic composition, class formations, gender arrangements, international status and cultural character. The nature of "literature" and the circumstances of its production, distribution and reception were also in ferment. These and other circumstances formed not only literature�s contexts, but often its subject matter. We�ll look closely at selected texts in the contexts of their creation, thinking about how they reflected and in many cases sought to affect the nation in which they emerged. Reading will include narratives and essays by Howells, James, Jewett, Chesnutt, Hopkins, Twain, Sui Sin Far, Zitkala Sa and others. F, AL. Prerequisite: See headnote above. Enrollment limit: 30.
Sem 1     CRN 3838     ENGL-257-01     MWF--1:30-2:20     Ms. Zagarell

English 350    British and American Women Playwrights      3 hours
3HU, WR
Feminist dramatists writing in Britain and the U.S. from the 1920s to the present have challenged and transformed conventional notions of stage space, character development, dramatic narrative, and "appropriate" theatrical subjects.  We'll pay particular attention to the relationships of feminist performances to the politics of race and ethnicity.  American playwrights may include Treadwell, Glaspell, Kennedy, Shange, Fornes, Smith, Parks, and Vogel; British playwrights may include Delaney, Churchill, Daniels, Gems, Rudet, Pinnock, Chowdhry, and Kane. D, WL. Prerequisite: Three 200-level English courses. Enrollment Limit: 25.
Sem 1     CRN 3852     ENGL-350-01        MWF--1:30-2:20      Ms. Geis

New Section

212.  (section 02)  Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature     3 hours
Sem 1    CRN 3854     ENGL-212-02     MWF--1:30-2:20     Ms. Motooka

Canceled Courses

124.  (section 02) The Sense of Time & Place.
215.  "To be Arranged"
327.  Mod Drama: Ibsen to Pirandello.
431.  Seminar:  Daniel Defoe

Time Changes

155.  (section 01)  WB Yeats & the Irish Renaissance will meet TTh--9:35-10:50.
161.  (section 01)  Drama Through Performance will meet TTh--9:35-10:50.

Instructor/Day & Time/Limit Changes

231.  Environmental Economics will be taught by Richard Morgenstern F--3:00-4:15 and Sat--10:00-11:15.  It is now limited to 40.  Identical to ECON 231.

Day Corrections

117   01     CRN 3839      3         F   Technologies of Writing      MWF--9-9:50         TBA               Trubek, Anne         15
117   02     CRN 3840      3         F   Technologies of Writing      MWF--10-10:50     TBA               Trubek, Anne         15

Canceled Course

201.  Writing for the Sciences.

Semester Changes

114.  Writing, Nature and the Land will be taught in the fall - CRN 3986.
113.  Writing Cultures  will be taught in the spring.

New Courses

112.  Writing Bodies     3 hours
3HU, CD, Wri
Students' reading and writing will focus on discursive changes that "the  body," as a site of racial, sexual, gender and class definition, has  undergone in the last 200 years. Readings range from 18th and 19h  century constructions of race, to late 20th century queer challenges to  bodily definitions of identity .  Students will develop critical and creative responses, focussing on the peculiar status of "the body" as  something that radically defines us and that that we radically define and circumscribe.  CR/NE grading.  Enrollment Limit: 15.
Sem 1     CRN 2673     EXWR-112-01      MWF 3:30-4:30     Ms. Schneider

119. Contending Forces: Race and Imagination in Writing      3 hours
3HU, CD, WRi
Expository writing exposes, makes known, unmasks a given topic.  For this semester our topic will be the interplay of racial identity and imaginative expression.  As a learning community we will first approach the topic by studying two novels by women from Southern Africa:  Maru  by Bessie Head and The Grass is Singing  by Doris Lessing.  As the semester continues, we will study essays by others who have undertaken to reveal something about racial identity, imagination, or the nature of how the two are related.  At the same time that we hone our critical reading skills through our study of others' writing, we will also develop and internalize important strategies of the writing process in order to reveal our growing insight and knowledge of racial identity and imagination. CR/NE grading.  Enrollment Limit: 15.
Sem 1     CRN 3984     EXWR-119-01     TTh--9:00-10:20     Ms. Davidson

202.  Advanced Composition     3 hours
3HU, WRi
A course on the essay as a historical, academic and non-fictional form. We will read and write essays for both general and scholarly audiences from various disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives with a particular focus on experimentation and style.  The class will run as a workshop; students will write frequently and have their essays reviewed by other class members regularly.  This course in not open to first-year students except by consent of the instructor.
Sem 1     CRN 3985     EXWR-201-01     MWF--1:30-2:20     Ms. Trubek

Day/Instructor Change

100.  Basic Writing will meet MW--1:30-2:20 and be taught by Ms. Kichner.

Title/Instructor/Description Change

112.  Writing Bodies (new title).  The new description is as follows:
3HU, Wri
Students' reading and writing will focus on discursive changes that "the  body," as a site of racial, sexual, gender and class definition, has  undergone in the last 200 years. Readings range from 18th and 19h  century constructions of race, to late 20th century queer challenges to  bodily definitions of identity .  Students will develop critical and creative responses, focussing on the peculiar status of "the body" as  something that radically defines us and that that we radically define and circumscribe.  CR/NE grading.  Enrollment Limit: 15.
Sem 1     CRN 2673     EXWR-112-01     MWF--3:30-4:30     Ms. Schneider

Title/Description Announced

360.  Voyage in French Literature

For many writers voyage is the vehicle for dissemination of ideas and opinions.  Some embarked on exotic journeys. Others took imaginary trips. Both provide a wealth of voyage and travel literature embracing all forms of narrative. We will examine voyage as metaphor in which social, cultural and religious issues, are explored and criticized.  Among authors/texts studied: Tristan et Iseut, Rabelais, Montaigne, La Fontaine, Diderot, Voltaire, Verne, Saint-Exupéry, Césaire, De Beauvoir, Camus.

Canceled Course

472.  Medieval Women Writers.

New Course

121.  Geology in the National Parks     2 hours
2NS
Sem. 1     CRN 3816     GEOL-121-01     MW--2:30-3:20     Mr. Castro     Limit 50

Day Change

201.  Mineralogy & Optical Cyrstallography - the lab will now meet Thursday.

Canceled Section

101.  (section 04/ CRN 3710)  Elementary German.

New Course

344.  Opera and German Culture     1 hour
1 HU
Three seminal German operas - Mozart�s Zauberflöte, Wagner�s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, and Strauss�s Salome will be considered from the perspective of the cultural environment from which they emerged. The focus will be on questions pertaining to national identity and history, political ideology, and the representation of class, gender, and race. The fourth session will be this year�s Jantz Lecture which will discuss the use of opera in film beginning with Alban Berg�s Lulu in the 1920s.
In English. Reading knowledge of German and expertise in musicology will be helpful but not required.   Limit 20

Sem 1       CRN 3980       GERM-344-01      TBA     Oct. 31, Nov. 1, 2, 3       Marc Weiner      Indiana Univ.

New Courses

103. American History to 1877     3 hours
3SS
An interpretive survey of American history from the European invasion of North America through the Civil War and Reconstruction.  The course focuses on the interaction of social, political, and ideological factors in shaping the experience of ordinary Americans. Lecture/discussion format.  Enrollment limit 45.
Sem 1     CRN 3811     HIST-103-01     MWF--10:00-10:50     Mr. Guasco

146.  The Ecology of Native America      3 hours
3SS, CD, WR
Examines interactions between native peoples and their environments.  Native peoples have been held up by some modern environmentalists as paragons of conservation.  Much of the modern environmental movement is predicated on the theory of a pristine wilderness inhabited by native peoples that Euro-Americans subsequently destroyed.  We analyze the myriad relationships between native peoples and nature, and the roots and evolution of the belief that native peoples were "the original ecologists." Enrollment limit: 12 First Year Students.  Consent of Instructor.
Sem 1      CRN 4008     HIST-146-01     TTh--3:00-4:15      Mr. Friedly

148. Piracy in the Americas        3 hours
3SS, WRi
Explores the history of piracy in the Atlantic world, from the sixteenth through the eighteenth century, when Drake, Morgan, and Blackbeard pillaged the seas.  Topics include the nature of shipboard life, the various forms of piracy, the reasons it occurred, the social composition of the buccaneers, gender and sexuality, the representation of pirates in film and fiction, and whether or not they really buried their treasure (and where it might be found).  Enrollment limit 12.
Sem 1     CRN 3856     HIST-148-01     MW--2:30-3:45     Mr. Guasco

275. Jews in Film/Jews and Film     2 hours
2SS
An introduction to the changing image of Jews as portrayed in motion pictures.  The course will address ways in which the image of Jews in America and Jewish Americans� sense of identification has been shaped by film.  Taking particular consideration that most of the major movie studios were ruled by men of Jewish background and the fact that many other contributors to the film industry were Jews, we will discuss the way films such as �The Jazz Singer,� �Gentleman�s Agreement,� and others have helped shaped perceptions of Jews in America.  Class includes one screening session and one discussion session per week. Enrollment Limit:  25.  Credit/No Entry only.
Sem 1     CRN 4048     HIST-275-01 W 2:30-4:20, M 7:00-9:00 p.m.      Mr. Amkraut      MODULE 2

317.   Topics in Zionism:  Origins of the State of Israel      3 hours  THIS COURSE IS CANCELED
3SS, WR
Identical to JWST-317 (see course description below)
Sem 1    CRN 3978     HIST-317-01     W--2:30-4:20      Mr. Amkraut

Time Change

268.  Oberlin History as American History will meet TTh--9:00-10:50.

Canceled Courses

145.  Waterways & History.
326.  Frontiers of Native America.

Instructor Change/WRi Removed

252.  American Environmental History will be taught by Mr. Friedly and no longer is a WRi course.

New Courses

101 Elementary Modern Hebrew  I     3 hours                    THIS COURSE HAS BEEN CANCELED 8/23/00
3HU,  CD
An introduction to the language.  Emphasis will be placed on reading, writing, and acquiring basic communication skills.  This course is  designed for students with no or only little previous knowledge of Hebrew.  See instructor for correct placement.
Sem 1     CRN 3853      JWST-101-01      tba      Staff

205.  Hebrew Bible in its Ancient Near Eastern Context     3 hours
3HU, CD
See course description below in Religion.  Identical to RELG 205.  Enrollment Limit: 30
Sem 1     CRN 4007    JWST-205-01     MWF--9:00-9:50     Ms. Williams

253.  Responses to the Holocaust in Theology, History, Literature &the Arts     3 hours
3HU
This course will examine a broad range of responses to the destruction of European Jewry, including explicit Jewish and Christian theology, academic and popular histories, literature and film and memorials and museums.  Throughout, close attention will be paid to the characteristic tensions, arguments, themes and metaphors which cut across these different genres in interesting and unexpected ways.  Identical to Relg 253.  Enrollment Limit:  35
Sem I    CRN 3834     JWST-253-01     MW--12:00-1:15     Mr. Socher

275. Jews in Film/Jews and Film     2 hours
2SS
An introduction to the changing image of Jews as portrayed in motion pictures.  The course will address ways in which the image of Jews in America and Jewish Americans� sense of identification has been shaped by film.  Taking particular consideration that most of the major movie studios were ruled by men of Jewish background and the fact that many other contributors to the film industry were Jews, we will discuss the way films such as �The Jazz Singer,� �Gentleman�s Agreement,� and others have helped shaped perceptions of Jews in America.  Class includes one screening session and one discussion session per week. Enrollment Limit:  25.  Credit/No Entry only.
Sem 1     CRN 4047    JWST-275-01 W 2:30-4:20, M 7:00-9:00 p.m.      Mr. Amkraut      MODULE 2

261.  The Quest for the Lost Princess      1 hour
1HU
Jewish folk and fairy tales offer a remarkable mirror into the medieval Jewish views of women.  These stories present a range of attitudes towards women that were intended to serve as a portrayal of positive and negative role models.  This course will consider four primary attitudes towards women that are discernible in Jewish folklore:  The  Imprisoned Princess (the helpless women in need of being saved); the Pirate Princess (the brave woman who refuses to be limited by her sexual identity); the  Demon Princess (the woman as a demonic seducer and dangerous adversary); and the  Shekhinah Princess  (woman as representatives of the feminine aspect of the Divine.
Sem 1    CRN 4037    JWST-261-01   FSuMTuW various times Mr. Schwartz   MODULE 2     Changed to CR/NE grading 11/07/00

The actual meeting times and places are as follows:
Friday, November 3 (9:00-10:50 pm) (Cat-in-the-Cream)
Sunday, November 5 (2:00-3:50 pm) and (7:00-8:50) (Wilder 101)
Monday, November 6 (7:00-8:50 pm) (Wilder 101)
Tuesday, November 7 (7:00-8:50 pm) (Wilder 101)
Wednesday, November 8 (7:00-8:50 pm) (Wilder 101)

317.     Topics in Zionism:  Origins of the State of Israel     3 hours      THIS COURSE IS CANCELED
3SS, WR
This  course addresses in detail the ideological and historical background which led to the creation of the Jewish state.  Emphasis is placed on primary source readings.  Topics include:  historical context of Jewish nationalism; the relationship between Zionism and Judaism; Eastern European, Western European, and American Zionism; Jewish immigration and colonization of Palestine; social and cultural developments in Jewish Palestine; origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict.  Identical to HIST 317.  Enrollment Limit:  15.
Sem 1     CRN 3977     JWST-317-01      W--2:30-4:20          Mr. Amkraut

Canceled Course

350.  Geometry.

Time Change

134.  (section 01-CRN 1343) Calculus II will meet MTRF--10:00-10:50.

New Course

524  Current Topics in Biology and Neuroscience     1-2 hours
1-2NS
Readings and discussion will focus on recent developments in Biology and Neuroscience/Biopsychology.  As a group we will choose a number of current 'hot' topics.  Each student will then work on a team to explore the literature on 1-2 topics and critically evaluate the current research in the area.   Students will then present their findings to the group and act as facilitators for a discussion of a recent primary scientific literature article concerning the chosen topic.  Prerequisites; Twelve hours of Biol and/or NSCI.  Notes: CR/NE grading.   Does not count for major credit in Biol or NSCI.  Identical to Biol 524.  Enrollment limit: 12
Sem 1     CRN 3999      NSCI -524-01     M--7-8:30pm     Ms Thornton

New Sections

105.     Philosophy and Values        3 hours
3HU
This course introduces students to philosophical method and concepts used in value inquiry.  Topics include: objectivity and values; practical reason and desire in human motivation; egoism versus altruism; theories of human good and principles of right conduct; theories of moral knowledge; metaphysics of the person as moral agent.  Classical and contemporary texts.
Sem 1     CRN 1101     PHIL-105-02     TTh--1:30-2:45       Ms. Mele      Limit: 30
               CRN 2697     PHIL-105-03     TTh--3:00-4:15       Ms. Mele      Limit: 30

New Course

212.     Environmental Ethics         3 hours
3 HU
An inquiry into the value and the moral status of the "natural environment" and the moral status and obligations of human agents in relation to it.  Concepts and arguments in the recent literature on environmental ethical issues will be examined. Topics include:  anthropocentric versus biocentric values; intrinsic versus instrumental values in nature; ecology and arguments for and against preservation; human population, consumption and resources; private property and public good; critique of environmental ethical theory.
Sem 1     CRN 3981     PHIL-212-01     MWF--9:00-9:50     Ms. Mele     Limit: 30

Semester Changes

051.  Einstein & Relativity will be taught second semester.
052.  Strange World Quantum Mechanics will be taught second semester.

Canceled Lab Section

112.  (section 04) Modern Physics.

New Courses

055.   Principles of Solar Energy 3 hours
3NS, 1/2 QP
This course is designed to lay the science foundation for understanding a variety of topics associated with solar energy, particularly as it applies  to building design.  Topics to be discussed include work and energy, heat  and heat storage, temperature, thermodynamics and the conversion of heat  into work, the motion of earth around the sun and the four seasons, the  electromagnetic spectrum, blackbody radiation, the greenhouse effect,  thermal conduction, thermal insulation, windows and heat gain, electric  heat pump, air-conditioning, fuel cells, DC electrical circuits, solar  cells, and energy storage.  Prerequisites: high school physics and Chem 101 or consent of instructor.  Limit: 24
Sem. 1       CRN 3850     PHYS-055-01   TTh--11:00-12:15     Mr. Scofield

061.    The Physics of Sports     3 hours
3NS
This course is pitched at a general audience proficient in algebra and possibly exposed to basic trigonometry.  (Any trigonometry used in the course will be introduced as needed.)  The main goal of the course is to learn how to apply some basic physics to the world of sports.  While we will not be concentrating on equation derivation too much, we will learn how to apply equations and physics ideas as models for the real world.   Enrollment limit: 30
Sem 1    CRN 1463     PHYS-061-01    TTh--9:30-10:50            Mr. Goff

Credit Hour Change

216.  The Political Economy of Advanced Capitalism is now offered for 2 to 4 hours.

Canceled Courses

132.  Colloquium:  Explaining Social Power.  This course will be taught in the spring semester.
301.  Seminar:  Constitutional Law:  The First Amendment.

Canceled Course

214.  Abnormal Psychology.

Credit Hour Clarification

305.  Human Psychophysiology is offered for 3 credit hours.

Canceled Course

285. Evangelicalism in the U.S.

New Courses

106.  Introduction to Religion:  The Development of Western Traditions     3 hours
3HU, CD
This course examines Greco-Roman religion, Judaism, and Christianity at their origins and in se-lected modern settings.  Particular attention will begiven to the close reading of primary texts and the examination of historical context.  A central theme of the course will be the relation of religious identity to authoritative tradition.  We examine a range of competing claims on the central tradi-tions of the Western world from early Christianity to Mormonism and contemporary neo-Pagan-ism.  Enrollment limit: 35
Sem 1     CRN 2733     RELG-106-01   MWF--1:30-2:20     Ms. Williams

205.  Hebrew Bible in its Ancient Near Eastern Context     3 hours
3HU, CD
This course is designed as an introduction to the Hebrew Bible.  Using the tools of historical, so-ciological and literary analysis, we place biblical texts in their ancient Near Eastern context.  In this process we develop a fuller understanding of the history, culture and religion of ancient Israel.  Other important themes include the emergence of monotheism, models of leadership and the process of canonization.  Knowledge of Hebrew not required.  Identical to JWST 205.  Enrollment Limit: 30
Sem 1     CRN 4006     RELG-205-01     MWF--9:00-9:50     Ms. Williams

253.  Responses to the Holocaust in Theology, History, Literature &the Arts     3 hrs
3HU
This course will examine a broad range of responses to the destruction of European Jewry, including explicit Jewish and Christian theology, academic and popular histories, literature and film and memorials and museums.  Throughout, close attention will be paid to the characteristic tensions, arguments, themes and metaphors which cut across these different genres in interesting and unexpected ways.  Identical to JWST 253.  Enrollment Limit:  35
Sem I     CRN 3837     RELG-253-01     MW--12:00-1`:15     Mr. Socher

288.  Religion, Spirituality and Health     3 hours
3HU
A critical examination of the current western medical model in light of empirical research findings on the effects of religion and spirituality on physical, mental and emotional well-being.  The course employs a
phenomenological framework demonstrating how medical and religious realities are socially constructed,  a historical perspective that traces the effects of the Mind Thought Movement of the 19th century on the spiritual healing movements of the 20th century, and a social-psychological perspective for presenting results of empirical research.  Particular emphasis will be given to the Christian revivals in the 1990s and their impact on Christian healing practices.  Cross-cultural illustrations will be used for comparative purposes.  Focus will be on the beliefs and practices of diverse American healing groups and the role of prayer and religious ritual in the healing process.  Limit 35.
Sem I     CRN 3855     RELG-288-01     T--3:00-4:15 & T--6:30-7:45 pm      Ms. Poloma

Canceled Course

311.  Introduction to Russian Literature I.

New Course

331.  "Kino": Russian Sound Cinema 1930-2000   3 hours
3HU, CD, WR
With a brief introduction to the rich silent traditions, this course surveys Soviet and post-Soviet sound cinema, with special attention to the
delineation of gender roles and shifting formal and thematic responses to Stalinism, World War II and Glasnost/Perestroika. Major works by
Eisenstein, Kalatozov, Tarkovsky, Muratova and others.  Films subtitled.  Lectures and discussion in English.
Sem 1     CRN 3994     RUSS-331-01     TTh--11:00-12:15;  W 7-9     Mr. Shengold

Semester Changes

247.  Schools & Univ in Amer Society will be taught spring semester 2000.
447.  Asian Pacific American Women will be taught fall semester 2000.  See the catalog for a course description.  The CRN is 1121.

New Courses

115.  Colloquium:  Media and Society     3 hours
3SS
In this course, we will look at the changes that have taken place in the media in recent years and assess the relationship of these changes to the quality and character of public discourse in contemporary society.  We will examine the connections between traditional beliefs and the implicit messages of media presentations, asking the question, do the images coming through media outlets create new and innovative conceptions of the social world or do they serve to reinforce existing stereotypes and popular myths?  We will discuss some of the economic and political ramifications of these trends and consider the way recent developments in media technology such as the Internet have altered the nature of communication on a large scale and at the interpersonal level.  Enrollment Limit: 15  Priority given to first year students.
Sem 1     CRN 3996     SOCI-115-01     TTh--3-4:15 p.m.      Mr. Gattone

128.  Class, Culture, and Context: Introduction to Sociological Inquiry    3 hours
3SS
We will begin this course with a focus on the key principles of sociological, from a review of the work of early thinkers in the field ? Durkeim, Marx, and Weber ? to an outline of more recent orientations. A primary focal will be on the relationship between ideas and action , particularly the ways experiences and consciousness intersect with one another. Central to our discussions will be issues of race, class and
 gender and the manner which perceptions of differences influence the organization of the social world.  Enrollment Limit: 45 Priority given to the freshmen and sophomores.
Sem 1     CRN 3997     SOCI-128-01  TTh--11-12:15     Mr. Gattone

246.  Sociology of Education     3 hours
3SS
In this course, we will examine some of the major social issues confronting education in contemporary society.  We will begin by reviewing competing ideals in this realm and contrast these with current practices.  A central them of the course will be the ways race, class, and gender are related to the educational opportunities available to students.  We will also focus on the institutional structure of schools, looking at centralization, bureaucracy, and local approaches to curriculum formation.  The course will conclude with an inquiry into the tensions and possibilities involved in school reform.  Prerequisites:  One sociology course or consent of instructor.  Enrollment Limit: 35.
Sem 1     CRN 3995     SOCI-246-01     MWF--1:30-2:20     Mr. Gattone

Title/Descriptions Announced

314.  Humor and Horror in Pre-Modern Spanish Literature

Humor and horror are two topics that have been part of Spanish literature from its origins.  Half the course focuses on theoretical approaches to humor and laughter in various pre-modern Castilian texts El Cid, El Libro de Buen Amor, Don Quijote and selected poetic works.  The second half addresses horror, which includes fantasy, witchcraft, necrophilia, etc. in La Celestina, Desenganos amorosos and Noches lúgubres.  Limit 15.

327.  Latin American Avant-Garde

The Avant-Garde of 1920s and 1930s, a period of contentious aesthetic discourses in Latin America, is a literary and cultural revolt.  Through the work of poets like Huidobro, Vallejo, Girondo, Borges, we examine the complexity of the aesthetic renewal emphasizing the way Latin American artists transcended the notion of a purely mimetic development (following the European movements) in order to define their own aesthetics.

New Courses

337.  Race and Ethnicity in American Film    3 hours
3HU,CD
This course will address the representation of race and ethnicity in American film through two broadly defined areas of investigation: cinema and the imagination of "America," and filmic portrayals of identity and difference at the level of individual subjects.  The general aim of the course is to establish a foundation for the theoretical, historical, and political analysis of how cinema both mirrors and shapes ideas of race and ethnicity in contemporary U.S. culture.   Enrollment limit: 30.
Sem 1     CRN 2920     THEA-337-01    TTh--1:00-2:45       Ms. Roan
                                                                    M--7:00-10:00

363.   Musical Theater  I       3 hours
3HU
This course focuses on performing for the musical theater stage. Musical Theater is still Theater. Class work will focus on solo performance (the song as monologue), style in musical theater, and musical theater dance/movement technique. We will work on a short production number - performers from all disciplines and skill levels are welcome.  Consent by audition and  instructor. Enrollment limit: 12
Sem 1     CRN3844     THEA-363-01     MWF--4:30-6:00    Ms. Agnir

365.   Voice and Movement       3 hours
3HU
A year-long training course in voice and movement for stage, for the committed actor.  The voice component will take an in depth look at Catherine Fitzmaurice�s voice technique. The movement component will survey a handful of specific movement techniques such as contact improvisation, psychological gesture, essence, mask, clowning, period dance and/or stage combat.   Consent by audition and  instructor.    Enrollment limit: 12.
Sem 1     CRN 3845     THEA-365-01     MWF--12:30-2:20      Ms. Agnir

New Sections

THEA-107-02     CRN 1407       MW--2:30-4:20           Ms. Armitage
THEA-108-02     CRN 4027       TTh--10:00-11:50       Ms. Field
THEA-200-03     CRN  3846      TTh--1:00-2:50           Ms. Armitage

Day & Time Changes

THEA-200-01  CRN 1413 will be taught MW--10:00-11:50.
THEA-200-02  CRN 1752 will be taught MW--2:30-4:20

Canceled Courses

307.  Directing.
308.  Advanced Scene Study.

Change of Grade Option

108.  (both sections)  Acting Techniques - this course is now offered for letter grades.  Students wishing CR/NE will have to submit the appropriate paperwork to the Registrar's Office by the CR/NE deadline.

APPLIED STUDIES

New Course

802.  Ad hoc course:  Orchestral Repertoire for Woodwinds has been added for Fall 2000.   The CRN is 3843.  Time Scheduled is TTh--11-11:50 in Central 25.

Semester & Time Change

100-01 The Craft of Composition will be taught Fall 2000.  CRN 3848 TR--10:00-10:50 in Bibbins 325-Mr. Mumford.

Course Not Offered

351.  Ludwig Van Beethoven  IS NOT BEING OFFERED FOR FALL 2000.

New Section

325- 02  CRN 4026     3    F   Counterpoint in Composition    MWF     1000-1050am  CBIB   334        Cadwallader Allen  C   15

TECH 210-01 time change  TR--1:30-2:45 pm
TECH 350-01 time change  TR--3:00-4:15 pm.