Corrections and Changesto the2000-2001 Oberlin College CatalogSpring 2001
Updated 04-09-01
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African American Studies
Canceled Courses
203. African History to 19th Century.
244. Modern African Literature. THIS
COURSE IS REINSTATED WITH A NEW DESCRIPTION (SEE BELOW)
343. Langston Hughes & the Black Aesthetic
Reinstated Course/New Description
244. Modern African Literature 3hours
3 hours
3HU, CD, WR
This course examines selected works by 20th century African authors,
Chinua Achebe, Ayi Kwei Armah, Bessie Head, Buchi Emecheta, Wole Soyinka,
Flora Nwapa, and others. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the ways
in which African cultural heritage influences and is reflected in the themes,
styles, motifs, preoccupations and aesthetics of modern African literature.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Sem: 2 CRN 9833 AAST-244-01
TR--10:00-11:50 Ms. Smith
New Courses
209. Society & Pol in the Mod Caribbean
3 hours
3SS
Limited to 40.
Sem 2 CRN 9012 AAST-209-01
MW--12:00-1:20 Mr. Millette
261. Framing Blackness: African Americans &
Film in the U.S., 1915 to the Present 3 hours
3HU, CD
Through an interrogation of Hollywood's construction of Black images
and the development of African American independent cinema, this class
will examine the
multifaceted relationship of African American people and the powerful
medium of film. Drawing its title from Edward Guerrero's book of the same
name, "Framing Blackness" will utilize historical and critical readings
as well as film viewings. The course will also track the rise of an independent
Black voice in film and the development of a distinctively Afrocentric
aesthetic in the medium in the last forty years. Discussions and papers
will be used for evaluation. Enrollment Limit:35. Sem 2
CRN 10136 AAST 261-01
TR--11:00-12.15 & Screenings R--7-10.00 p.m.
Ms. Jackson-Smith
520. Gender, Class, and Community in the African-American Urban
South 1 hour
1SS
This course will explore the idea of "community," focusing both on
theoretical ways of understanding the concept and on empirical analyses
of specific elements of African American "community." A primary
emphasi will be a close reading of African American life in Richmond, Virginia,
in the late nineteenth-early twentieth centuries with attention to issues
of gender and class. Our findings regarding Richmond will be
contextualized by a broad look at African American cultural and political
constructions of manhood and womanhood in this time period. Course
materials will include primary sources such as letters, diaries, city directories,
films, and poetry, as well as secondary readings. Enrollment Limit:
30. Priority to Women's Studies, African American Studies, and History
majors.
Sem 2 CRN 10134 AAST-520-01
Professor Elsa Barkley Brown
Fri. Feb. 16 7-9:30 p.m. First hour is with enrolled students; second hour and a half is a public lecture.
Sat. Feb. 17 1:30-4:00
Sun. Feb. 18 1:30-4:00
Sat. Feb. 24 1:30-4:00
Sun. Feb. 25 1:30-4:00
Prerequisite/Consent Announced
217. Topics in Japanese Art History: Japanese Cinema
Prerequisites: Courses in Japanese students (art history, history,
literature, religion) or in film studies required. Consent of instructor
required.
Time Changes
048. VCP: What's Natural Isn't Real will meet MW--1:30-4:30.
064. Problems in Photography will meet TR--9:00-12:00.
065. Problems in Painting will meet TR--1:30-4:30.
067. (section 02 CRN 9801) Problems in Media: Sound/Image
will meet MW--7:00-10:00 pm.
Canceled Sections/Courses
048. VCP: What's Natural Isn't Real.
064. (section 02 CRN 9800) Problems in Painting.
067. Problems in Media
103. (sections 01 & 02) Approaches to Western Art History
(REPLACED
BY ART 105).
380. Seminar in Architectural History.
New Sections/Courses
047. Vis Cncpts/Prcss: Painting
3 hours
3HU
Introduction to basic topics in painting; form, methods, content and
style. In developing these topics, we will look at a range of sources;
e.g. primitive, Asian and abstract paintings. Working in drawing,
painting and mixed media, students will develop a body of work consisting
of studio exercises, preparatory works, finished pieces and a final individual
project. Also required are short written assignments, attendance
at slide-lectures, critiques/group discussions and individual conferences.
Consent of Instructor required. Enrollment limit: 18.
Sem 2 CRN 10344 ARTS-047-01
MW--0900-1200 Weigl Jean
Sem 2 CRN 10345 ARTS-047-02
TR --0900-1200 Weigl Jean
052. (section 02 CRN 10020) Vis Cncpt/Prcss: Photography
MW--1:30-4:30 Mr. Wilson
070. (section 01 CRN 10025) Vis Cncpts/Prcss: Digital
Video MW--1:30-4:30 Ms. Brown
105. (section 01 CRN 9154) Approaches to Western
Architectural History MWF--11:00-11:50 Mr. Shanken
(REPLACES
ART 103-01).
105. (section 02 CRN 10123) Approaches to Western Architectural
History MWF--1:30-2:20
Mr. Shanken (REPLACES ART 103-02).
307. The Baldwin Seminar: "The Rise of Pictorial Genres"
1 hour
1 HU
Professor Larry Silver, Farquhar Professor of History of Art University
of Pennsylvania
This seminar will discuss the origins and meanings of generic easel
painting categories-- landscapes, peasant scenes, moneychangers, and still
lifes--over the course of the sixteenth century in Flanders and Holland.
Special attention will be paid to the development of printmaking and its
relation to easel painting. The process of defining pictorial conventions
amid market developments will draw analogies to the modern genre medium
of Hollywood cinema and its own conventionalized genres (horror, gangsters,
Westerns).
Sem 2 CRN 9445 ARTS-307-01
March 07, 09, 12, 13, 14, 16 classes held at 4:30 ? 6:00 pm
March 08, 15 two public lectures held at 8:00 ? 9:00 pm:
"Flemish Art at the Crossroads: The Early Sixteenth Century"
"Town and Country: The Concept of Landscape in Early Antwerp Art"
Canceled Courses/Sections
252. Tennis II.
252B. Tennis II.
502. History of American Sport.
503. Issues of Women in Sport.
508. Wellness.
New Courses/Sections
116. Community First Aid/CPR 1 hour
1EX
Sem 2 CRN 10019 ATHL-116-01
MWF--10:00-10:50 Ms. Pope Limit 20
First Module
137. Beginning/Intermediate Racquetball
.5 hours
.5EX
Sem 2 CRN 10021 ATHL-137-01
TR--10:00-11:15 Mr. Rogers Limit 14 First
Module
144. Bowling 1 1 hour
1EX
Sem 2 CRN 10128 ATHL-144-02
MW--11:00-12:15 Mr. Reid
Limit 18
160. International Squash .5 hours
.5EX
Sem 2 CRN 9185 ATHL-160-01
TR--1:30-2:45 Ms. Bruce Limit
12 First Module
244. Bowling II 1 hour
1EX
Sem 2 CRN 10006 ATHL-244-01
W--3:30-4:20 + lab Mr. Reid Consent of Instructor
461. Varsity Softball - Women 1 hour
1EX
Sem 2 CRN 9554 MTWRF--4:35-6:30
Ms. Wildman Second Module
New Course
212. Behavioral Ecology 4 hours
4NS, WR, QPh
Behavioral ecology is the study of how behavior influences lifetime
reproductive success of individuals. It is therefore deeply rooted in evolutionary
theory, and considers the ways in which behavior may be adaptive. Behavioral
ecology differs from traditional animal behavior in that it is primarily
concerned with ultimate, rather than proximate, causation, and most studies
seek causal explanations at the level of the individual and population,
rather than at the organismal or cellular level. In this course we will
discuss topics including sexual selection and mating strategies, parental
investment and parent-offspring conflict, social organization and cooperation,
signaling and communication, optimal foraging and habitat selection, and
life history strategies. Lectures and laboratories will primarily emphasize
field studies, and will illustrate observational, experimental, comparative,
and modeling approaches. Prerequisites: Biol 120, junior or senior status,
and con-sent of instructor. Enrollment Limit: 24.
Sem 2 CRN 10010 Biol-212-01
TR 9:35-10:50 Mr. Tarvin
Limit 12
W 1:30-4:30
CRN 10011 Biol-212-02 TR
9:35-10:50 Mr. Tarvin Limit12
R 1:30-4:30
327. Immunology 2.5 hours
2.5NS
Sem 2 CRN 10027 TR--9:00-9:50
Mr. Dopp Limit 25
New course description and instructor
108. Topics in Chinese Literature: "Women, Peasants, and Intellectuals"
in Modern Chinese Literature and Film
3HU CD
This course examines the literary and cinematic representations of
"women," "peasants," and "intellectuals" in the context of China's struggle
with modernization. Working within the theoretical framework of feminism,
cultural theory, and post-colonialism, we will explore how the issues of
gender, class, and revolution inform our understanding of Chinese modernity.
We will read short stories and novels by Ding Ling, Qian Zhongshu, Mo Yan,
Ah Cheng, Wang Zhenho and watch films by Hou Hsiao-hsien, Zhang Ymou, and
Chen Kaige.
Sem 2 CHIN-108-01
TR 1:30-2:45 Ms. Deppman Plus 1 hour tba
New Course
101. Introduction to Computers
and Computing 3 hours
3NS
SEE CATALOG FOR COURSE DESCRIPTION.
Sem 2
CRN 9453 CSCI-101-01 TR--1:30-2:45
Mark Merry
Canceled Courses
322. Advanced Topics in Java.
357. Computer Graphics.
New Section
100. (section 02) CRN 7408 Modern Dance I TR 1000-1150am HALES Vogel Deborah C 25
Canceled Courses
230. Autobiography & Performance (identical to THEA 229).
332. Continuing Contact.
350. Dance History: Contemporary Dance.
Change in Grading Option
395. Special Topics in Choreography is now offered on the CR/NE
grading option.
New Courses
164. THE POLITICS OF IDENTITY: KOREA, 1905-1994
3 hours
3SS, CD
The aim of this course is to examine the question of Korean national
identity and the process in which the idea of "Koreaness" has been constructed
and reconstructed throughout Korea's modern history. Like the majority
of neologisms brought into China from Japan at the end of the nine-teenth
century, concepts like national character (kukminsong) and national essence
(kuksu) were also frequently used by Korean colonial intellectuals (1910-1945)
to develop their own theory of the modern nation-state. The aim of
the course is to explore the emergence of these modern concepts in Korea
and to examine how they were used in defining (often conflicting) interpreta-tions
of the nation. We will also explore how these ideas later came to play
into the politics of the division and the discourse on national reunification.
Limit: 30
Sem 2 CRN 10107 EAST-164-01
TR--11:00-12:15 Ms. Jager
360. SEMINAR: WAR AND NATION-BUILDING IN EAST ASIA, 1868-1979
3 hours
3SS, WR, CD
This course will examine the relationship between militarism and nationalism
in East Asia, focus-ing particularly on the question of how war-and the
discourse about war-has shaped modern Chi-nese, Korean and Japanese identities.
Although warfare in East Asia has been an intimate part of the history
of the region, few studies have actually attempted to connect war with
state-building, social and cultural values, gender issues and ethics in
the context of their emerging identities as modern nations. What historical
relationship, if any, did the building of a modern military have with the
creation of a modern consciousness about nationhood? How did war-or the
threat of war-mold identities and forge alliances to create a national
consciousness? How did public commemorations of war, and the memory of
it in public rituals, literature and media, shape identities? Limit: 15
Sem 2 CRN 10108
EAST-360-01 TR--3:00-4:15
Ms. Jager
New Course
211. Money, Credit and Banking
3 hours
3SS, QPh
This course presents a detailed study of the U.S. banking system from
both a microeconomic and a macroeconomic approach. The course will
examine the
historical development of the U.S. banking and credit markets, current
theories of the role of the money and credit markets in a modern economy,
the current
banking regulatory environment, the causes and consequences of recent
product innovations and organizational changes in the banking industry,
and the likely
effects of further deregulation and current Federal Reserve monetary
policy on the future performance of the banking industry. The international
banking system
will also be analyzed. Prerequisites: ECON 101 or equivalent.
Limit 40.
Sem 2 CRN 7174 ECON-211-01
TR--1:30-2:45 Mr. Fernandez
Canceled Course
355. Advanced Econometrics.
Title/Time/DescriptionChange
331. Topics in Environmental Economics is the new course title.
The class will meet R--7:00-10:00 pm & be taught by Mr. Morgenstern.
Identical to ENVS 331.
Topics to be examined include: the economics of greenhouse gas control;
the benefits and costs of air and water pollution; valuing ecological protection;
the economics of materials recycling. the use of market mechanisms
and other innovative federal, state and local policies will be examined.
Prerequisite: ECON 231 or instructor approval.
Day/Time Changes
101. (section 04 CRN 9140) will meet MW--2:30-3:45.
255. Intro to Econometrics will meet TR--11:00-12:15 & F--9:00-9:50.
Day/Time Announced
426. Seminar: Agricultural Trade & Development will meet W--2:30-4:20.
Credit Hour Change
253. Intermediate Microeconomics will be offered for 4 hours credit
during the spring semester 2001.
New Course
202. Maverick Artists/Visionary Educators
3 hours
3HU
Students will have the opportunity to explore two kinds of innovative
experience through a series of intensive, cross- disciplinary workshops.
These workshops are designed to present innovative concepts in the arts
and innovative techniques for teaching the arts. Each workshop will
be directed by a guest artist who is credited with contributing to the
current definition of the vanguard arts. The workshops will culminate
in group or individual projects involving a variety of disciplines and
creative processes. Students will also participate in the Luce Initiative
to explore, evaluate, and disseminate innovative methods of teaching the
arts. Limited to 15 juniors and seniors with consent of the instructor.
Sem 2 CRN 10120 EMAR-202-01
TR--1:30-4:30 Ms. Weintraub
Cancelled Courses/Sections
137. (sections 01 & 02) To be Announced.
142. (section 01 CRN 9896) Fictions of Authority.
Time changes
270 changed to TR--9:35-10:50
346 changed to TR-- 9:35-10:50
351 changed to TR--9:35-10:50
222 changed to TR--3:00-4:15
Title & Description Change
412. Special Topic: J.M. Coetzee and Salman Rushdie
4 hours
4HU, WR
A comparative study of the fiction (and some "non"-fiction) of arguably
two of the best known contemporary postcolonial writers from South Africa
and Britain, J. M. Coetzee and Salman Rushdie. Insofar as their fictions
are densely intertextual, this course will also focus (selectively) on
some of the canonical texts�like Defoe�s Robinson Crusoe, Conrad�s Heart
of Darkness, and Nehru�s Discovery of India�they critically engage with.
Furthermore, insofar as their fictions self-consciously engage with (indeed,
are often seen as embodying) several salient postulates of postcolonial
and poststructuralist theories, a significant ancillary focus of this course
includes dis-cussions in contemporary critical theory. F, WL. Consent of
instructor required. Enrollment limit: 18.
Sem 2 ENGL-412-01
W--7:30-10:00 p.m. Ms. Needham
New Courses
128. Theater, Politics, and Community
3 hours
3HU, WRi
What happens when theater comes down off the stage and into the world
around us? This collo-quium focuses on the ways that drama can engage audiences
in immediate political contexts. The three components of the course--reading,
written work, and active practice--will all draw upon Brazilian activist
Augusto Boal�s Theater of the Oppressed. We will be reading political plays
by Bertolt Brecht and others, including more contemporary playwrights,
as well as theoretical essays by Boal, Paulo Freire, Michel Foucault, bell
hooks, and others. Writing will involve response pa-pers, essays, and playwriting
exercises (no prior experience expected). The course�s "activist" component
will consist of learning exercises from the Theater of the Oppressed and
developing Forum Theater performances in conjunction with several local
community groups, as well as on campus. Enrollment limit: 16 first-year
students only.
Sem 2 CRN 10012
ENGL-128-01 MWF--10:00-10:50
Ms. Geis
CRN 10013 ENGL-128-02
MWF--2:30-3:20 Ms. Geis
165. Escapes and Escapism in American Culture
3 hours
3HU, WRi
The tensions between escape and escapism often map our contradictory
feelings about the "real world." On the one hand, a literature of escape
uses fiction and fantasy as a powerful critique of the terrors and inequities
of reality; on the other hand, an escapist popular literature avoids, per-haps
even perpetuates, those real problems to slip away in "simplistic" fantasies.
This class will use the trope of escape to explore how fiction negotiates
between critique of and collaboration with the way things are. Among the
questions we will address are: the differences between "liter-ary" and
"popular" works; the role of fiction in the reproduction and revision of
ideology; the func-tion of an escape myth in the formation of American
identity. We may use texts by L. Frank Baum, Geoff Ryman, Salman
Rushdie, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Marilynne Robinson, Tim O�Brien, Margaret
Atwood, David Lynch, Yi-Fu Tuan, Terry Gilliam, Thomas Pynchon, Ridley
Scott, Ken Kesey, Tony Kushner. Enrollment limit: 16 first-year students
only.
Sem 2 CRN 10014 ENGL-165-01
MWF--9:00-9:50 Mr. Reynolds
CRN 10015 ENGL-165-02 MWF--11:00-11:50
Mr. Reynolds
341. Comedy and Postmodernism 4 hours
4HU, WR
As one critic put it, who is relieved by the idea of comic relief?
Most analyses of comedy write the whole genre off as escapist release or
subordinate it to serious discourse, letting the object of the joke off
the hook. In this class, we�ll thumb our noses and toss pies at such sobriety,
instead try-ing to gauge what effects comic transgression (of the aesthetic,
the bodily, the "normal," the proper, the dominant) may produce on its
own terms. What kinds of critical thinking and social action are possible
within a comic mode of discourse? In addition, we�ll examine the intersections
of comic form and function with today�s top-selling brand of period and
style, the postmodern. Texts may include: literary works by Katherine Dunn,
Thomas Pynchon, Tom Stoppard, Frank Chin, Kirsten Bakis, Art Spiegelman,
David Sedaris, Robert Coover; films by Billy Wilder, Martin Scorsese, Neil
LaBute, Wes Anderson, Paul Thomas Anderson, Robert Altman, Warren Beatty,
the brothers Marx; the odd work of visual or performance art; assorted
pranks, political cam-paigns, pratfalls. F, AL. Prerequisite: Three 200-level
courses. Enrollment limit: 25.
Sem 2 CRN 10016 ENGL-341-01
MWF--1:30-2:20 Mr. Reynolds
423. Fashioning the 'New' Indian Woman: Texts & Contexts
2 hours
2HU
Identical to WOST 423. See Women's Studies later in this supplement
for course description. Limited to 15 with the consent of the instructor.
Sem 2 CRN 10060 ENGL-423-01
MW-12:00-1:15 Rajeswari SunderRajan Second Module
New Course
320. Special Topics in Environmental Health
3 hours
3SS
An upper division seminar for majors in Social & Behavioral Sciences,
Natural Sciences & Mathematics or Extra Divisional
This multi-media course will include selected topics in environmental
health. Students will learn to develop and apply scientific and policy
analyses to major topics in environmental health, including: Endocrine
Disruptors, Sex and Gender Benders, Environmental Causes of Breast and
other Cancers, Lead and other metal poisoning, Air Pollution and Health,
Global warming, International Studies and Environmental Policy. Completion
and submission of 4 Internet-based exercises outside of class time will
be required, along with class-created take home exam, and a major
paper; there will be no in-class exams. Consent of instructor
required. Enrollment limit: 15
Sem 2 CRN 10143
ENVS-320-01 R--7:00- 10:00 p.m.
Ms. Davis
The following Oberlin courses are relevant to this special class.
103 Topics in Chemistry
151 Chemistry and the Environment
163 Cancer
339 Developmental biology
331 Endocrinology
252. American Environmental History
423. Research in American Environmental History
231. Environmental Economics
Title/Time/Description Change
331. Topics in Environmental Economics is the new course title.
The class will meet R--7:00-10:00 pm & be taught by Mr. Morgenstern.
Identical to ENVS 331.
Topics to be examined include: the economics of greenhouse gas control;
the benefits and costs of air and water pollution; valuing ecological protection;
the economics of materials recycling. the use of market mechanisms
and other innovative federal, state and local policies will be examined.
Prerequisite: ECON 231 or instructor approval.
Time Correction
113. Writing Cultures meets TR--1:30-2:45.
Time Change
100. Basic Writing will meet TR--9:30-10:45.
New Courses
315. FRANCE, IMMIGRATION, AND NATIONAL IDENTITY
1 hour
1HU
In recent years, the issue of immigration has appeared to be not only
an essential feature of the formation of French identity, but also a central
element in the cultural and political debate in modern France. The
interest in this issue corresponds to the evolution of the post-war economic
situation and the change of policies directly related to decolonization.
The ideological and intellectual categories produced to deal with what
has become the "question of immigration" probably reflects more on the
French and the way they view themselves than on this half-real and half-imaginary
being that they created and call the "immigre." In this course, we will
examine the issue of immigration in France at the social, cultural and
political level. We will explore this challenge to French culture
and society which invites the reconsideration of France as a multi-ethnic
and multi-cultural civilization. In order to do so, we will adopt a historical
perspective to analyze the construction of French identity and discourse
on the nation.
We will consider the following questions:
I. Immigration and the Construction of the "French Nation"
II. Immigration in the Political Debate in Contemporary France
III. France, Immigration, Women, and Islam: Universalism or
Multiculturalism ?
IV. "Beur" Culture: A New French Identity ?
Course material will include lectures, short readings and film documents.
Lectures and readings in English. One five-page paper. CR/NE.
Monday, April 16 8:00 p.m.
- 9:30 p.m. King 106
Tuesday- Thursday 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Wilder 101
Friday, April 20
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. King 106
Sem 2 CRN 10395 FREN-315-01
Raymonde Carroll for Professor Hafid Gafaiti
(April 16-20)
422. La Poésie moderne 3 hours
3HU, CD
A study of selected French poetry from the later nineteenth and twentieth
centuries. While con-sidering a broad range of poets, we will concentrate
particularly on the symbolists (Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Verlaine, Mallarmé)
and on the surrealist and experimental poetry of the twentieth century
(Jacob, Apollinaire, Breton, Eluard, Triolet, Aragon, the OULIPO group,
etc.). As appro-priate, we will study the stylistic, aethetic, political
and intellectual dimensions of the poetry, bal-ancing between an appreciation
of the poet's individual voice and an understanding of the major poetic
trends and movements within this period. Prerequisite: French 371
or 372.
Sem. 2 CRN 10057 FREN-422-01
TTh--3:00-4:15 Ms. Zinser
NewSections
103. Francais elementaire accelere 4 hours
See catalog for course description.
Sem 2 CRN 7250 FREN-103-01
MWF--9:00-9:50 Ms. Hasson-Duphil
203. Francais intermediaire acelere 4
hours
See catalog for course description.
Sem 2 CRN 10346 FREN-203-02
MWF--1:30-2:20 Mr. Yedes
Canceled Course
427. Research Colloquium.
New Courses
115. Coral Reefs: Biology, Geology and Politics
3 hours
3NS
The course provides a broad overview of coral reef and reef processes,
starting with modern coral reefs, how they form, and their role within
the larger natural system. The second part of the course shifts to a geologic
emphasis, using modern models to understand ancient systems through geological
time. The primary questions center around unraveling the history of ancient
reefs and understanding how they fit into the larger context of evolution.
Finally, recent changes in modern reefs are examined and placed into the
larger context of global climate change and human influence. A primary
emphasis is placed on separating natural changes from those influ-enced
by human population growth and increased environmental exploitation. Enrollment
Limit: 50
Sem 2 CRN 9514 GEOL-115-01
TR--1:30-2:45 Mr. Hubbard
117. Meteorite Impacts in Space and Time
1 or 2 hours
2NS
This course is an exploration of where and why impacts take place and
what happens in the af-termath. As Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 demonstrated
when it plowed into Jupiter in 1994, enor-mous amounts of energy are released
when meteorites, asteroids, comets, and planets collide. Such collisions
are commonplace on a geological time scale; impact craters are ubiquitous
throughout the solar system. Questions addressed will include: Did a giant
rock from space kill off the dinosaurs? Do meteorites from Mars contain
evidence of extraterrestrial life? Was the moon created when a Mars-size
body struck the Earth? Could a large impact end human civilization? Enrollment
Limit: 60.
Sem 2 CRN 10017 GEOL-117-01
MWF--9:00-9:5 Mr. Simonson
MODULE 2
Canceled Course
330. American Landscapes.
New Courses
245. The American Revolution 3 hours
3SS
Explores the social, cultural, and historical factors leading to the
American Revolution and the creation of a new nation. Situates the
Revolution in its global context, the Atlantic plantation system, and earlier
struggles. Examines its causes and participants, including Native
Americans, Europeans, and people of African descent. Finally, evaluates
its role in the formation of American national identities, its place in
the 'Age of Revolutions' and its importance today. Enrollment limit 45.
Sem 2 CRN 9428 HIST
245-01 TR--9:35-10:50 Mr. Guasco
247. The Jewish Experience in America 3 hours
3SS, CD
A survey of Jewish life in America from colonial times through the
present. Is the chronicle of Jewish survival in America a unique
success story from the perspective of either Jewish or American history?
We will try to answer this question by examining how successive waves of
Jewish immigrants contributed to the American Jewish experience.
Specific emphasis will be given to changing conceptions of family life
and gender roles. Identical to JWST 247. Enrollment Limit:
30.
Sem 2 CRN 10034 HIST-247-01
TR--1:30-2:45 Mr. Amkraut
251. Environmental History of the Modern American West
3 hours
3SS WR CD
This course will examine landscape change in the North American West
in the modern era. It will include topics on water use, Native American
reservations, urbanization, mining, nuclear testing, maquiladoras on the
Mexican border, and the growth of Silicon Valley. We will explore
the North American West, including Mexico and Canada, and its resource-based
economy. Enrollment Limit: 15. Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor.
Sem 2 CRN 9427
HIST 251-01 TTR--11:00-12:15
Mr. Friedly
255. Rioters, Rebels, and Revolutionaries in Early America
3 hours
3SS CD
This course examines the history of popular protest among Europeans,
Native Americans, and African Americans in colonial America and the early
national United States. We will explore the factors that precipitated
crowd action in different eras, the various forms of agitation, and how
violent movements changed over time in their conduct, constituencies and
agendas. Special at-tention will be placed on the intersections that
existed among different social, ethnic, and racial groups, particularly
how Africans, Indians, and Europeans either assisted or contested each
other's rebellious activities. Enrollment limit 25
Sem 2 CRN 9986 HIST
255-01 TR--3:00-4:15 Mr.
Guasco
324. Environmental History of the Pacific Ocean
3 hours
3SS WR CD
This course examines the history of environmental change in the Pacific
Ocean from the time of human settlement to the present. We will explore
such topics as settlement by the Lapita, island biogeography, Darwinian
evolution, the whaling industry, the invasion of exotic species in Hawaii,
European exploration, and nuclear testing and its aftermath at Bikini atoll.
The class will analyze the Pacific Ocean as a seascape worthy of its own
historical attention. Enrollment Limit: 15 Pre-requisite: Consent of Instructor
Sem 2 CRN 10033 HIST
324-01 M--7:00-9:00PM
Mr. Friedly
328. The Clash of Cultures in North America
3 hours
3SS WRi CD
An exploration into the cultural conflicts and interactions between
indigenous peoples and English settlers in colonial North America.
Employing recent scholarship, we will probe the nature and meaning of cross-cultural
encounters for both Europeans and Native Americans in spiritual, physical,
and material realms. In addition to the inherent confrontations,
special attention will be placed on the negotiations and accommodations
that helped carve out a cultural "middle ground" which contributed to the
formation of a unique American identity before the Revolutionary era.
Enrollment limit 15. Consent of Instructor required.
Sem 2 CRN 9985 HIST
328-01 W--2:30-4:20 Mr.
Guasco
520. Gender, Class, and Community in the African-American Urban
South 1 hour
1SS
This course will explore the idea of "community," focusing both on
theoretical ways of understanding the concept and on empirical analyses
of specific elements of African American "community." A primary
emphasi will be a close reading of African American life in Richmond, Virginia,
in the late nineteenth-early twentieth centuries with attention to issues
of gender and class. Our findings regarding Richmond will be
contextualized by a broad look at African American cultural and political
constructions of manhood and womanhood in this time period. Course
materials will include primary sources such as letters, diaries, city directories,
films, and poetry, as well as secondary readings. Enrollment Limit:
30. Priority to Women's Studies, African American Studies, and History
majors.
Sem 2 CRN 10135 HIST-520-01
Professor Elsa Barkley Brown
Fri. Feb. 16 7-9:30 p.m. First hour is with enrolled students; second hour and a half is a public lecture.
Sat. Feb. 17 1:30-4:00
Sun. Feb. 18 1:30-4:00
Sat. Feb. 24 1:30-4:00
Sun. Feb. 25 1:30-4:00
Topic/Description Announced
313. The Third Reich and the Jews 3 hours
3SS, CD
A history of the Holocaust. This course focuses on the relationship
between Germany�s Third Reich and European Jewry between 1933 and 1945.
With an emphasis on class discussion, we will chart this significant historical
episode from the origins of Nazi ideology through the imple-mentation of
mass murder on a continental scale. Specific attention will be given
to the action (or inaction) of the Nazis themselves, their Jewish victims,
and the so-called bystanders. Identical to JWST 313. Enrollment
Limit: 12.
Sem 2 CRN 10000 HIST-313-01
W--2:30-4:20 Mr. Amkraut
Days/Time/Instructor Announced
HIST 132 (identical to JWST 132) will meet TR--9:35-10:50 and be taught by Mr. Amkraut.
Time/Instructor Change
104. American History will meet MWF--10:00-10:50 and be taught
by Mr. Friedly.
New Course
100. Sex (Eastern Europe), Lies (History), and Videotape (Film)
1 hour
1SS
This course will be taught by Rajko Grlic, Ohio Professor of Hunanities
and director and producer of a number of internationally recognized films.
The
course will consist of the screening of 3 films dealing with different
stages of recent changes in the former Yugoslavia, as well as 3 lectures
by Mr. Grlic
on the theme of the changing relationship between art/artist and the
state before and after Communism. Credit/No Entry grading.
Limit: 130. All class meetings in King 106
Sem 2 CRN 10396 INST-100-01
Mon. April 2 -- Sat. April 6
3 film screenings (Monday -- Wednesday night
Days/Time/Instructor Announced
132. (identical to HIST 132) will meet TR--9:35-10:50 and be taught by Mr. Amkraut.
New Courses
247. The Jewish Experience in America
3 hours
3SS, CD
A survey of Jewish life in America from colonial times through the
present. Is the chronicle of Jewish survival in America a unique
success story from the perspective of either Jewish or American history?
We will try to answer this question by examining how successive waves of
Jewish immigrants contributed to the American Jewish experience.
Specific emphasis will be
given to changing conceptions of family life and gender roles.
Identical to HIST 247. Enrollment Limit: 30.
Sem 2 CRN 10035 JWST-247-01
TR--1:30-2:45 Mr. Amkraut
255. The Jewish Messiah: Ideas, Texts and History
3 hours
from Jesus of
Nazareth to the Modern Period
3HU, CD
The biblical promise of an anointed redeemer of Israel has held a radical
potential throughout Jewish history. Among those who have been acclaimed
as Messiah are Jesus of Nazareth, the anti-Roman guerilla leader Bar Kochba
(2nd Cen.), the charismatic heretic Shabbatai Tzvi (17th Cen.), and the
recently deceased Lubavitcher Rebbe. We will study these and other
would-be Messiahs, together with the larger principles of hope and historical
transformation which they em-bodied. Identical to RELG 255.
Enrollment Limit: 30
Sem 2 CRN 10037 JWST-255-01
MW--12:00-1:15 Mr. Socher
313. The Third Reich and the Jews 3 hours
3SS, CD
A history of the Holocaust. This course focuses on the relationship
between Germany�s Third Reich and European Jewry between 1933 and 1945.
With an emphasis on class discussion, we will chart this significant historical
episode from the origins of Nazi ideology through the imple-mentation of
mass murder on a continental scale. Specific attention will be given
to the action (or inaction) of the Nazis themselves, their Jewish victims,
and the so-called bystanders. Identical to HIST 313. Enrollment
Limit: 12.
Sem 2 CRN 9999 JWST-313-01
W--2:30-4:20 Mr. Amkraut
Canceled Course
102. Elementary Modern Hebrew
Canceled Course
304. Roman Comedy.
New Course
301. Augustine's Confessions 3 hours
3HU, CD
Close reading and discussion of Augustine's Confessions, with special
attention to the role of the text in the history of ancient autobiography.
Readings in the critical and scholarly literature on Augustine's writings,
ancient autobiography (including Marcus Aurelius' Meditations), and contemporary
theories of autobiography. Prerequisites: LATN 202 or the equivalent.
Sem 2 CRN 10024 LATN-301-01
To be arranged Mr. Van Nortwick
Canceled Section
232. (section 02 CRN 9550) Linear Algebra.
Day Change
134. (section 01 CRN 7229) will meet MTWF.
New Course
331. Endocrinology/Neuroendcrinology 3
hours
3NS
Sem 2 CRN 10043 NSCI-331-01
MWF--9:00-9:50 Ms. Thornton
Canceled Section
211. (section 03 CRN 8937) Neuroscience Lab.
New Courses
106. Women, Reason, and Science 3 hours
3HU
An introductory survey of feminist contributions to the study of the
nature and value of scientific knowledge and rational inquiry. Note: this
course may be taken for College credit in addition to another introductory
course. No prerequisites. Enrollment limit: 30.
Sem 2 CRN 10048 PHIL-106-01
TR----3:00-4:15 Ms. Ganson
226. Social and Political Philosophy 3
hours
3 HU
An examination of normative concepts that pertain to the nature of
political authority and the po-litical obligations of citizens. Topics
include conceptions of justice, liberty, equality, rights, utility, social
contract, rule of law. Classical and contemporary readings. Prerequisite:
Three hours in Philosophy. Enrollment limit:30.
Sem 2 CRN 10049 PHIL-226-01
TR--11:00-12:15 Ms. Mele
344. Seminar: Political Liberalism and Its Critics
3 hours
3 HU
An examination of John Rawls' theory of political liberalism and the
critical literature it inspired, including alternative interpretations
of liberalism in contemporary political philosophy. Prerequi-site: Three
hours in Philosophy. Enrollment limit:30.
Sem 2 CRN 10050 PHIL-344-01
T--6:30-8:30 pm Ms. Mele
New Course
411. Electrodynamics 4 hours
4NS,QPf
After reviewing Maxwell's equations, the course will look at electromagnetic
waves. The study of waves will include dispersion and wave guides.
The connection to electromag-netic fields will be made via potentials and
radiation. Relativistic treatments will also be examined. More
advanced topics, such as nonlinear phenomena, will be examined as time
permits. Prerequisite: PHYS 311.
Sem 2 CRN 10018
PHYS-411-01 TR--9:30-10:45
Mr. Goff
Canceled Section
104. (Section 04, CRN 7354) Elementary Physics II lab.
Time Correction
212. The Political Economy of Development in Asia is incorrectly listed in the printed supplement as UMWF. The course does NOT meet on Sunday.
Canceled Courses
131. Problems of Political Theory.
283. Western Marxism & Critical Theory.
QPh Added
204. Political Inquiry: Investigation into Controversial Issues is now QP half.
Semester Change-New Section
132. Colloquium: Explaining Social Power: Classical
& Contemporary Theory will be taught spring semester. It
will meet TR--11:00-12:15 and be taught by Ms. Kruks.
132. (section 02 CRN 10118) Colloquium: Explaining
Social Power: Classical & Contemporary Theory. It will
meet TR--3:00-4:15 and be taught by Ms. Kruks.
New Courses
123. Introduction to InternationalRelations
3 hours
3SS
What is international relations? Or, more properly, what is the
study of international relations? What actors are important, and
how has shifts in the relative importance of various actors affected international
relations? Why do nations go to war? And why are most countries
at peace with one another most of the time? Do democracies really
not fight each other? If so, are there other similar relationships
that can be discerned? These are just a few of the questions we will
grapple with over the course of this semester. Most times there will
not be a clear-cut answer, but the process of thinking about these questions
will help us develop the analytical skills neces-sary for the study of
international relations and international political economy. Coursework
will involve a combination of examinations and essay writing. Enrollment
Limit: 35.
Sem 2 CRN 10044 POLT-123-01
TR--11:00-12:15 Mr. Canedo
125. Ethics and International Relations
3 hours
3SS
When is the use of force in international relations justified?
Under what conditions is intervention into another state appropriate?
What is the impact of food aid on governments and societies in need?
These and other issues will be explored in this class, beginning with how
scholars have discussed the role of morality and ethics in international
relations. From Niccolo Machiavelli, Im-manuel Kant and Jean-Paul Sarte
to more recent writers such as Michael Walzer, James Turner Johnson and
Michael Doyle there is a substantial literature that addresses these issues.
In this class we will read a wide selection of writings and student will
be expected to write a series of short essays on some of these topics and
to discuss their work in class. Enrollment Limit: 15
Sem 2 CRN 10045 POLT-125-01
TR--3:00-4:15 Mr. Canedo
226. War in the Middle East 3 hours
3SS
While interstate war is a rare event, six wars were fought by Israel
and the neighboring Arab states between 1948 and 1982. In addition,
Iran and Iraq waged a bloody conventional war from 1980 until a cease-fire
in 1988 and the early 1990s saw, in turn, the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait,
the defense of Saudi Arabia by primarily United States' military forces,
and the expulsion from Kuwait of the Iraqi military occupation by an international
coalition. In this class we will discuss both the political and military
antecedents and outcomes of the various wars in order to examine different
concepts associated with war. These include, but are not limited
to, the role of alliances, deter-rence, the concept of learning in international
relations, arms races, and military strategy. Coursework will involve a
combination of class participation, examination, and essay
writing. Enrollment Limit: 30.
Sem 2 CRN 10046 POLT-226-01
MW--11:00-12:15 Mr. Canedo
DescriptionChange - FINAL VERSION - Updates hard-copy supplement dated Nov. 2000
207. Electioneering: Special Topics 3
credit hours
3SS, WR
The course is broadly concerned with the history, theory and practice
of direct democracy in the United States. The primary focus of
the course, however, is on applied electoral politics: the techniques
used to pass or defeat citizen initiatives and tax levies. Required empirical
research projects will analyze recent state initiatives (e.g., animal
protection, bilingual education, drug reform, school vouchers and charter
schools, same-sex marriage, health care reform). [Different versions of
this course may be repeated: i.e., taken again for credit.] Pre-requisites:
One course in American politics.
Sem. 2 CRN 10115 Polt-207-01
TR--3:00 - 4:15 Mr. Dawson
New Courses
202. Magic and Astrology in the Greco-Roman World
3 hours
3 HU
Ancient Mediterranean people sought individual contact with and assistance
from the gods through many channels, not only the public religion of the
great temples. The texts, practices, and lifestyles which modern scholars
associate with the term "magic" represent some of these means of securing
individual divine favor. Primary texts reveal the roots and development
of magic, its place in literature, philosophy, and law, and its relation
to ancient religious traditions, including Judaism and Christianity.
Limited to 40.
Sem. 2 CRN 10039 RELG 202-01
MW 12:00-1:15 Ms.
Williams
208. The New Testament and Christian Origins
3 hours
3HU, WR
This course examines the New Testament and other ancient sources in
order to reconstruct the beginnings of Christianity. The origins of Christianity
in Greco-Roman Judaism, and the context of contemporary polytheistic traditions,
play important parts. Students will learn the methods that modern scholars
use to extract historical information from early Christian literature and
contempo-rary writings. They will also gain an appreciation of the complexity
of religious life in the ancient Mediterranean world.
Sem. 2 CRN 7777 RELG-208-01
MWF-10:00-11:00 Ms. Williams
255. The Jewish Messiah: Ideas, Texts and History
3 hours
from Jesus of
Nazareth to the Modern Period
3HU, CD
The biblical promise of an anointed redeemer of Israel has held a radical
potential throughout Jewish history. Among those who have been acclaimed
as Messiah are Jesus of Nazareth, the anti-Roman guerilla leader Bar Kochba
(2nd Cen.), the charismatic heretic Shabbatai Tzvi (17th Cen.), and the
recently deceased Lubavitcher Rebbe. We will study these and other
would-be Messiahs, together with the larger principles of hope and historical
transformation which they em-bodied. Identical to JWST 255.
Enrollment Limit: 30
Sem 2 CRN 10038 RELG-255-01
MW--12:00-1:15 Mr. Socher
265. Representations of Women in the Bible
1 hour THIS
COURSE HAS BEEN CANCELED
1 HU
This course utilizes feminist biblical criticism to analyze
representations of women in the Bible. We will study various feminist
approaches to narratives of women in the Hebrew Bible (e.g. liter-ary,
womanist, intertextual). We will also investigate women in the Gospels
from "first" and "third world" (postcolonial) perspectives. Authors
to be studied include: Phyllis Trible, Delores Williams, Elizabeth Schussler
Fiorenza, Kwok Pui-Lan. Consent of Instructor required.
Limited to 15.
Sem. 2 CRN 10040
RELG-265-01 TR--1:15-2:45
Ms. Kamitsuka First Module
336. Seminar: Selected Topics in Christianity
3 hours
3HU, WR
2001 Topic: Authority and the Sacred in the Early Christian Church
Early Christians disputed every tenet of their faith. Differences
in belief reflected, and were reflected in, struggles for authority between
groups that all claimed to be the true Church. This course will cover the
period 140-450, during which Christianity went from being illegal and persecuted
to being the state re-ligion of the Roman Empire, with important consequences
for the theory and practice of church authority. Texts read include a spectrum
of official and �heretical� views. Consent of Instructor Required. Enrollment
Limit: 15
Sem 2 CRN 10042 RELG
336-01 T--7:30-9:30 Ms. Williams
Description Correction
372. Seminar: Southeast Asian Religious Systems.
3 hours
The first sentence should read:
A seminar exploring patterns of the religious diversity of insular
and mainland Southeast Asia.
New Courses/Sections - CORRECTION IN TIME
102. (section 02 CRN 7211) Elementary Russian meets MTWRF--1:30-2:20.
330. Slavic Opera and Nationalism 3 hours
3HU, WR
Issues of national identity were broached, embodied and advocated on
the operatic stages of Russia, the Czech lands and Poland at times when
other forms of public discourse were limited and censored. Russian opera
tests its mettle against Pushkin and other literary and historical sources,
while Czech works pay particular attention to the status of women in the
culture. This course explores the cultural history of the Slavic
lands in the 19th and early 20th century through the wealth of passionate
works by Glinka, Musorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Moniuszko,
Smetana, Dvorak and Janacek. Extensive work with CDs, films and videos.
No spe-cial literary, linguistic or musical expertise needed, though
any is welcome.
Sem 2 CRN 9434 TR 11-12:15;
Video showings W--7-9.
Mr. Shengold
New Description/Time
446. Us/Them: Russian and American (Mis)perceptions
3HU
This course will examine how each culture has viewed the other in the
past and continues to view them today. Focus is primarily on literature
and film, with some attention to the visual arts. Seminar format.
T-- 7-8:50 pm Ms. Forman.
Time Change
235. Gender Stratification will meet TR--11:00-12:15.
New Courses
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
analysis, 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 , particu-larly
the ways experiences and consciousness intersect with one another. Central
to our discus-sions 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 2 CRN 9559
SOCI-128-01 TR--11-12:15
Mr. Gattone
404. Seminar: Intellectuals, Social Science and Politics
in the Modern World 3 hours
3SS
In this course, we will examine the relationship between the knowledge
of academia and the world of politics through the twentieth century and
into the present. We will look at the changing role of the intellectual
in the United States and Europe during this period and consider the con-straints
and opportunities fostering this information. Among the questions
we will consider are: Has political decision-making in the West become
increasing rationalized, and if so, what are some of the consequence of
this trend? What role, if any, should intellectuals play in this
context? The work of Max Weber, Karl Mannheim, C. Wright Mills, Russell
Jacoby, and others will inform our inquiry. Prequisites: Two courses
in sociology or consent of instructor. Enrollment Limit: 12
Sem 2 CRN 9976 SOCI-404-01
W--1:00-2:50 Mr. Gattone
Time Changes
101. (section 01) Elementary Spanish will meet MTWRF--10:00-10:50.
330. Latin American Literature will meet MWF--2:30-3:20.
New Courses
311. Introduction to Linguistics 3 hours
3HU
This course addresses the questions of what human language is and what
it means to know a language. Of central concern is how the scientific study
of language helps to reveal the uncon-scious knowledge that enables speakers
to understand their language and use it creatively. This survey course
of Linguistics will touch briefly on each of the primary linguistic fields
while covering in detail the theory and practice of Second Language Acquisition
(SLA). Enrollment Limit: 20.
Sem 2 CRN 10056 SPAN
311-01 TR-- 1:20-2:50 Ms.
Faber
334. Spanish Heritage Speakers 3 hours
3HU, CD
This course is designed for the unique needs of heritage speakers of
Spanish, including gram-matical aspects of the Spanish language that tend
to be problematic for heritage speakers, vo-cabulary, formal versus informal
communication, reading, and especially writing. Conducted in Spanish. Enrollment
Limit: 15.
Sem 2 CRN 10055 SPAN
334-01 MWF--1:30-2:20 Ms.
Cara
Description Changes
330. Liminal Spaces: Latin American Short Stories
3 hours
3HU, CD
Museums, aquariums, mirrors, libraries, photographs, etc. provide the
epistemological framework for narratives in which the subject goes through
a process of conversion and/or dissolution. The notion of liminality
serves as an emblematic metaphor both for this process of transformation
and the space in which it takes place. We will explore short stories
by Borges, Cortázar, Valenzuela, Ribeyro, and other Latin American
writers. Enrollment Limit: 20.
Sem 2 CRN 9924 SPAN
330-01 MWF--2:30-3:20 Mr.
Bustamante
427. Don Quijote & Cervantes 3 hours
3HU, CD
Cervantes and Don Quijote: Art, Context and Fiction. This course will
consist in a careful reading of Don Quijote I and II. Concepts as the origin
of the novel, literary and historical context and the elusiveness of fiction/reality
will be discussed, as well as the main critical approaches to the text.
Students will learn in depth and enjoy one of the most beautiful, imaginative
and creative works of art of all times. Enrollment Limit: 15.
Sem 2 CRN 9925 SPAN-427-01
MWF---1:30-2:20 Ms. Bustamante
429. Latin American Literature 3 hours
3HU, CD
The Dream of History: Latin American Modernismo. The history
of Modernismo is the history of the pervasive recurrence of simulacra:
Venice in Paris, France in Latin America, Versailles and the 18th-Century
fêtes galantes at the turn of the century. Through narratives,
chronicles, poems and essays by Darío, Del Casal, Lugones, and others
we will explore the sincretic aesthetics of this movement. Enrollment
Limit: 15.
Sem 2 CRN 9926 SPAN-429-01
M--7:00-9:30pm Mr. Bustamante
Canceled Courses/Sections
201. (section 01 CRN 9981) Scene Study/Text Analysis.
212. Stage Management.
213. Stage Management Practicum.
229. Autobiography & Performance (identical to DANC 230).
Day Change
201. (section 02 CRN 9982) Scene Study/Text Analysis will meet MW--10:00-11:50.
Semester Change
307. Directing (Texts & Concepts) will be taught in the second
semester by Mr. Moser. It will
meet MWF--10:00-11:50.
New Sections/Courses
108. (section 02 CRN 10110) Acting Techniques will meet TR--10:00-11:50.
217. Exploration of Puppetry through Characterization & Construction
3 hours
3HU
CR/NE grading. Limited to 10 students with the consent of the
instructor.
Sem 2 CRN 10142 THEA-217-01
MW--4:30-6:00 Mr. Moser
349. Cinema and Asian Pacific American Culture
3 hours
3HU, CD
In this course we will examine how Asian Pacific American culture has
shaped, and been influenced by, cinema in the United States through a historical
survey of the changing images of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the U.S.
popular imagination and a critical evaluation of contemporary Asian Pacific
American independent media production. We will view and discuss a
wide variety of texts from the century-long history of cinema, including
documentaries, feature films, and experimental/avant-garde works.
Consent: Consent of instructor required. Enrollment limit: 20
Ms. Roan
Sem 2 CRN 10122 TR--1:00-2:45
and T--7:00-10:00 pm Ms. Roan
364. Musical Theater I 3 hours
3HU
363 is NOT a pre-requisite for
364. Limited to 12 with consent of instructor.
Sem 2 CRN 10112 THEA-364-01
TTh--1:30-4:20 (day
& time change from original listing) Ms. Criste
366. Voice & Movement 3 hours
3HU
Limited to 12 with consent of instructor.
Sem 2 CRN 10351 THEA-365-01
MWF--12:30-2:20 Ms. Criste
New Courses
423. Fashioning the 'New' Indian Woman: Texts & Contexts
2 hours
2HU
This course will attempt to sketch, in broad strokes, how the "Indian
woman" has been periodi-cally "recast" to fulfil particular kinds of imperatives,
prompted variously by colonialism, anti-colo-nial nationalism, post-Independence
nation-building projects, feminism, and, most recently, the liberalization
of economy in India. The readings will reveal how women have been
instrumental to these projects, but how at various points they have also
spoken out of their own convictions, needs, and desires. What are
the historical contexts in which these construction emerge and take on
significance? (How) are they resisted? what are the implications for "real"
women? The texts will include: Rabindranath Tagore's
"Home and the World," Partha Chatterjee's essay, "The Nationalist Resolution
of the Women's Question," selections from Women Writing in India, and other
critical and cultural texts. Identical to ENGL 423. Limited
to 15 with the consent of the instructor.
Sem 2 CRN 10059 WOST-423-01 MW-12:00-1:15
Rajeswari SunderRajan Second Module
520. Gender, Class, and Community in the African-American Urban
South 1 hour
1SS
This course will explore the idea of "community," focusing both on
theoretical ways of understanding the concept and on empirical analyses
of specific elements of African American "community." A primary
emphasi will be a close reading of African American life in Richmond, Virginia,
in the late nineteenth-early twentieth centuries with attention to issues
of gender and class. Our findings regarding Richmond will be
contextualized by a broad look at African American cultural and political
constructions of manhood and womanhood in this time period. Course
materials will include primary sources such as letters, diaries, city directories,
films, and poetry, as well as secondary readings. Enrollment Limit:
30. Priority to Women's Studies, African American Studies, and History
majors.
Sem 2 CRN 10133 WOST-520-01
Professor Elsa Barkley Brown
Fri. Feb. 16 7-9:30 p.m. First hour is with enrolled students; second hour and a half is a public lecture.
Sat. Feb. 17 1:30-4:00
Sun. Feb. 18 1:30-4:00
Sat. Feb. 24 1:30-4:00
Sun. Feb. 25 1:30-4:00
Applied Studies
Day Change
215. (section 03) will meet MW--9:00-9:50.
Topic Announced
210. (section 01) Composition Seminar - the topic will be Elliott Carter in Context.
New Section/Topic Announced
210. (section 02 CRN 10124) Composition Seminar -
the topic will be Ligeti. The class will meet TR--4:30-6:00 and be
taught by Ms. Rubin.
Modules Announced
200. German Diction will meet twice a week during the first module.
201. French Diction will meet twice a week during the second
module.
Canceled Course
316. Studies in Opera: The Baroque.