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A&AH 205O
20th Century Architecture
Prof. L. Dorrill
An intermediate-level study of selected topics in the history of art and architecture.

A&AH 205J
Greek Art & Archeology
Prof. C. Maggidis
A survey of the archaeology of ancient Greece from ca. 4000 to 323 B.C. Particular attention is devoted to the development of Greek civilization and culture as seen through architecture, art, pottery and town planning.

A&AH 205H
Prehistoric Aegean Art & Arch
Prof. C. Maggidis
A general introduction to the art and archaeology of the Prehistoric Aegean, including the Neolithic, Cycladic, NE Aegean and Trojan, Minoan, Helladic and Mycenean civilizations, with consideration of both the Aegean sites and the Minoan/Mycenean tradeposts and colonies in Asia Minor, Cyprus, Syropalestine and Egypt. A survey of architecture (palatial, secular, temple and funerary), pottery sculpture, frescoes, sealstones, metalwork (metallic vases, weapons, jewelry), stone- and ivory-carving; comparative study of typological, iconographical, stylistic, and technical aspects and developments. Cultural contextualization and brief consideration of the historical framework, socio-economic, political and administrative context, writing and religion. Major interpretative issues and problems in Aegean Prehistory, including relative and absolute chronology, emergence and formation process, collapse and the fall of the Minoan palaces and the Mycenean citadels, spatial definition and multiple function of the palatial networks, military power and expansionism, international dynamics and contacts. Evaluation of the Prehistoric Aegean legacy and contribution to ancient Greek and Western Civilization. Visits to archaeological collections and Museums.

AMST 200AC
Outsiders in America
Prof. K. Rogers
This course examines the life narratives of contemporary Americans who have been treated as "outsiders" in American culture, and who have internalized a sense of themselves as marginalized people due to their racial, class, gender, cultural, and body identities. The course explores the processes of maturation and development by writers as different as Dorothy Allison ("Bastard Out of Carolina"), Mark Doty ("Firebird"), Nancy Mairs ("Waist High in the World") and others. Students will write a number of papers and essays that will analyze the process of successive reframing of life experiences as individuals find their voices as writers and individuals.

AMST 200AD
African Amer Since Slavery
Prof. K. Rogers
This course covers central processes in African American history since the end of the Civil War. We will explore African-American rural life and culture in the southern states, migrations to urban centers in the North and West, artistic revolts such as the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts Movement, and political movements such as Black Republicanism after the Civil War, the Graveyite movement of the 1920s, the Nation of Islam, C ivil Rights unionism, and the labor movement of the 1930s and 1940s, the Civil Rights/Black Liberation movements of the 1950s through the 1970s, and the Black Power/Black Panther organizations. Students will read historical studies and novels that document this experience, and will write several short papers and exams.

AMST 200H
African Diaspora
Prof. H. Merrill
This course examines the presence and contributions of people of African descent outside the African continent. While we generalize about the Black diasporic experience across continents, we also pause to examine the ways that stories unfold in particular places and at specific historical moments. Because most representations of Africa and her descendants have left Africans on the margins of world history, in this course we pay particular attention to alternative ways of understanding Black diaspora. We draw upon case studies from the United States, the Caribbean, Brazil and Europe during different historical periods.

AMST 200O
Cross Borders: Sites of Memory
Prof. S. O'Brien
The "Sites of Memory" course is the required course for all students in the Crossing Borders Program during their fall semester at Dickinson College (2005). From the Middle Passage to the Great Migration North to the building and negotiation of community in the context of contemporary America, we will explore the interactions between history and the life course. Focusing on issues of race and class in American culture, the course will enable students to see how "official" history has represented (or erased) the experiences of African-American, Native Americans, and Irish-Americans, in particular. To analyze this "top-down" history, we will be looking at museum exhibits, historical narratives, cemeteries, films, and other cultural forms. At the same time we will look at the unofficial (and, increasingly, public) "sites of memory" that allow once-silenced groups to tell their own stories through oral history, folklore, song, storytelling, memoir, documentary film, and fiction. As we explore the interplay between history and memory, we will look at issues of diaspora, immigration and migration, family, identities, and communities. We will explore the social construction of whiteness and the history of race, and see how class matters. We will also look at the ways in which complex and multiple identities can have liberatory power.

AMST 200Z
Jews and Judaism in the U.S.
Prof. E. Merwin
Traces the history of Jewish immigration to America and how the American experience has produced and nurtured new forms of Judaism, notably Reform and Conservative. The course concentrates on the last hundred years of American history and includes such topics as anti-Semitism, the Holocaust, and Israel. The course is cross-listed as Judaic Studies 206.

AMST 301AC
African-American Women in the Visual Arts
Prof. J. Philogene
This course provides an introduction to African American women artists. Students will be introduced to a variety of visual arts; critically examining the development of these art forms and of black women as artists. Drawing on a wide range of materials from the 19th
century to the 20th century: slides, films, novels, music, and videos, the course opens up perspectives for discussions on aesthetics, race, gender, color, sexuality and class among other issues dealing with black women’s experiences and creative expressions. In addition, the course provides a lens through which a range of perspectives on various historical, social and cultural movements can be viewed.

Equally, the course is concerned with how and to what degree black women’s art was a site of resistance or subversion of the narrow confines of dominant cultural representations of black women, and to what extent their art is a site of political and racial empowerment. Working with an expansive conception of art, we explore relationships between art, politics, and society and pay close attention to the work of artists within their social, cultural, aesthetic, and historical contexts.

ANTHR 245I
China Beyond Bamboo Screens
Prof. M. Zhou
Included in this course will be ethnic and cultural diversities. Demystifying the general presentation of China as a nation of the Han who speak Mandarin and /or Cantonese, this course introduces China's fifty-five ethnic minorities (a population of over 90 million) with focuses on their histories, religions, literatures, performing arts, education, and family/marriage traditions. This course consists of lectures, group discussions, and multimedia presentation of cultural practices and customs.

ARABI 101
Elementary Arabic
Prof. L. Blosser
An introduction to Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). Introduction to speaking, listening, reading and writing skills in the standard means of communication in the Arab world.

ARABI 211
Intermediate Arabic
Prof. I. Hassan
Introduction to conversation and composition building on the skills developed in 101 and 102. Prerequisite: 102.

BIOL 401B
Chemical Ecology
Prof. T. Arnold
A course focusing on chemically-mediated interactions between terrestrial and marine organisms. Topics include plant toxins and medicinal plants, chemical 'communication' among insects, "talking' trees, and the evolutionary arms race, among others. The course consists of three weeks of introductory material followed by a series of special topics. For each special topic, students will receive a lecture of introduction, discuss relevant scientific articles, and participate in a seminar/ discussion, often led by authors of those papers who visit the college. Students will compose a paper, in the form of a review of recent literature pertaining to some aspect of chemical ecology. Three hours classroom and three hours laboratory a week.

CHEM 347
Concepts of Inorganic Chemistry
Prof. A. Bengali
This course will cover fundamental concepts in inorganic chemistry to include: periodic trends, atomic and molecular structure, ionic bonding and crystal structures, solubility of ionic solids, acid-base chemistry, structure and bonding in coordination compounds, and reactions of transition metal complexes. Throughout the course the unifying theme will be the application of principles of structure and binding to predict and explain reactions involving inorganic compounds. (pending faculty approval)

CLCIV 200B
Prehistoric Aegean Art & Arch
Prof. C. Maggidis
A general introduction to the art and archeology of the Prehistoric Aegean, including the Neolithic, Cycladic, NE Aegean and Trojan, Minoan, Helladic and Mycenean civilizations, with consideration of both the Aegean sites and the Minoan/Mycenean tradeposts and colonies in Asia Minor, Cyprus, Syropalestine and Egypt. A survey of architecture (palatial, secular, temple and funerary), pottery, sculpture, frescoes, sealstones, metalwork (metallic vases, weapons, jewelry), stone- and ivory-carving; comparative study of typological, iconographical, stylistic, and technical aspects and developments. Cultural contextualization and brief consideration of the historical framework, socio-economic, political and administrative context, writing and religion. Major interpretative issues and problems in Aegean Prehistory, including relative and absolute chronology, emergence and formation process, collapse and fall of the Minoan palaces and the Mycenean citadels, spatial definition and multiple functions of the palatial networks, military power and expansionism, international dynamics and contacts. Evaluation of the Prehistoric Aegean legacy and contribution to ancient Greek and Western Civilizations. Visits to archaeological collections and Museums.

COSCI 393C
Constraint Programming
Prof. T. Wahls
An introduction to constraint programming techniques, methods for solving constraints, and applications of constraint programming in domains such as scheduling and routing. Constraint solving methods discussed include search, finite domains and domain pruning and methods for simplifying tree constraints. Programming techniques discussed include constraint logic and concurrent constraint programming.

EASIA 203G
Contemporary Chinese Lit
Prof. P. Fu
This course provides students with a window to view contemporary China via the prism of Chinese literary works, including classics by writers like Lu Xun, Lao She, and Cao Yu and more recent stories, plays, novels, and poems by writers like Mo Yan, Su Tong, and Yu Hua. Students will examine how literary production, historical transformation, social mores, and cultural practices in China are bound together and how the creative powers of writers and literature have contributed to the making of today’s China. All the readings are in English.

EASIA 205N
Intro to Japanese Film
Prof. L. WInston
This class is an introduction to Japanese film, from its beginnings to the present. While exploring the history of Japanese film and its social and cultural contexts, we will examine genres, themes, techniques, and works by important directors. Particular areas of focus in this class include gender, war, memory, censorship, and narrative.

EASIA 206G
China Beyond Bamboo Screens
Prof. M. Zhou
Included in this course will be ethnic and cultural diversities. Demystifying the general presentation of China as a nation of the Han who speak Mandarin and /or Cantonese, this course introduces China's fifty-five ethnic minorities (a population of over 90 million) with focuses on their histories, religions, literatures, performing arts, education, and family/marriage traditions. This course consists of lectures, group discussions, and multimedia presentation of cultural practices and customs.

EASIA 206J
Japanese Politics & Society
Prof. N. Diamant
In this class we will focus on political, economic and cultural developments in Japan. We will examine issues ranging from political and economic development to law, bureaucracy, political parties, international relations, social protest, crime, gender relations, and popular culture. We will attempt to answer the question: Is there a distinctly Asian model of development, one that stands in contrast to Western patterns? To answer this, we will take an in-depth look at the three major periods of Japanese history (the Tokgawa, Meiji, and Showa) and examine how Japan confronted the challenges and opportunities produced by its entry into global politics and the capitalist economy.

EASIA 206Q
Japan before the 20th Century
Prof. S. Kim
This course reviews Japanese history from the Paleolithic age to the formation of the centralized state in Meiji Japan. Topics include the Japanese archipelago’s links with the Korean peninsula, the rise of powerful families at Court, the transition to warrior rule, the pacification of the realm under the Tokugawa bakufu, and the transformation of ideas and the polity in the face of foreign threats. Most readings focus on the Tokugawa period.

EASIA 306B
Impact of China Econ Reform
Prof. N. Diamant
China's economic reforms, which began in earnest in 1978, unleashed dramatic changes in its society and politics, and transformed China's place in the world economy. Thanks to these reforms, the standard of living for most Chinese has risen in the last two decades, but China is also plagued with very serious social problems, such as inadequate health care in rural areas, environmental degradation, unemployment, and rising inequality. The Chinese government also faces numerous challenges to its authority in the form of protests, rioting and rising rights consciousness. Internationally, China’s integration into the world economy has resulted in thousands of "Made in China" products in American stores, lower prices, the loss of American manufacturing jobs and a huge trade imbalance. Politicians, unions, economists and human rights activists have all weighed in on the benefits and costs related to China's rise in prominence. This seminar will examine the nature of China’s economic reforms and the ways in which they have affected Chinese society and China's interaction with the global community.

EASIA 306C
Korean-Japanese Relations
Prof. S. Kim
This colloquium explores several contentious issues in the history of Korean-Japanese relations. Emphasis is on Japanese colonialism in Korea, its moral rationale, policies, and legacy for postwar Asia.

ECON 495B
Women and Global Economy
Prof. M. Kongar
A reading, research, and conference course on a selected economics topic. Student seminar choices must be approved by the department.

ENGL 101AU
Contemporary American Fiction
Prof. J. Gill
In this class, we will read, discuss, and write about American novels and short stories written in the last twenty years. Our focus will be on the family and the ways in which the authors represent family life in America in all its variety and complexity. Texts may include Allegra Goodman's The Family Markowitz, Michael Cunningham's The Hours, Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections, Rick Moody's Purple America, and Carolyn Chute's The Bean of Egypt, Maine.

ENGL 101BG
Fictions of America
Prof. R. Winston
This course will examine a variety of short stories and novels from the 19th and 20th centuries. All of these works comment, often in quite disparate ways, on American identity. We will examine these works from a variety of critical perspectives; we will concentrate on the techniques of careful, close critical reading and thoughtful critical writing. Requirements: diligent preparation, regular attendance and thoughtful participation; two 6-page essays; in-class final examination.

ENGL 101BH
From Lit to Film: Coppola
Prof. T. Reed
This course examines three of Francis Ford Coppola's most critically - and popularly - acclaimed films, The Godfather (1972), Apocalypse Now (1979), and Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). One of our goals will be to characterize Coppola’s directorial style, something that, when he's "on his game," allows him to reach and engage a unique range of audiences. We'll also consider him, however, as an adapter of established literary texts - in the process learning something about the way literary and cinematic artists develop their narrative material in both parallel and contrasting ways. "

ENGL 101BX
Brit Grit: Drama & Film
Prof. V. Sams
This course will focus on reinventions of realism in the post-WWII period, through the dramatic and cinematic works of such playwrights as Shelagh Delaney, John Osborne, Ayub Khan-Din and Roy Williams and such filmmakers as Ken Loach, Tony Richardson, Stephen Frears, and Michael Winterbottom. We will read these works alongside selected essays about earlier dramatic realism (Ibsen, Synge, Shaw and others) and in the context of the cultural studies movement.

ENGL 101CA
The Dismodern Body
Prof. J. Kupetz
Idealized and naturalized, treated metaphorically or literally, the human body has long been a favorite subject of artists. Centered in American literature and theory of the 20th Century, this course will examine the construction of "body" and its (re)presentations, specifically bodies with visible and non-visible impairments, as well as the social construction of "disability. Additionally, we will consider how contemporary thinking about the body might augur a "dismodern” sensibility that reconfigures other areas of cultural inquiry. "

ENGL 101CF
African-American Women Writers
Prof. L. Johnson
This course serves as an introduction to the literature written by African American women. Specifically, we will span the African-American literary tradition in order to discover the historical, political, and social forces that facilitated the evolution of Black women's voices as well as their roles inside and outside the Black community. Additionally, we will discuss such issues as self-definition, womanhood, sexuality, activism, race, class, and community. Some of the authors whose work we will read include: Phillis Wheatley, Maria Stewart, Harriet Jacobs, Anna Julia Cooper, Frances Harper, Georgia Douglass Johnson, Zora Neale Hurston, Margaret Walker, Audre Lorde, Sonia Sanchez, Toni Cade Bambara, Alice Walker, and Toni Morrison.

ENGL 212A
Writing About Race
Prof. L. Johnson
In this class, we will examine different ways of understanding and writing about race and representation. This course draws on history, politics, race and gender studies in order to explore the phenomenon of race in America. Ever since Americans (and observers of American culture) began to discuss and write about it, race has been the topic of some of our most controversial national debates. We will investigate the following: How do we define race? How do discussions of race shape and (in) form our writing? How do, or how can, we explore the contradictions and conflicts of our time through our writing? And will the color line remain the greatest problem of the 21st century?

ENGL 212J
Writing About Sports
Prof. J. Gill
In this class, students will read and analyze examples of different types of writing (newspaper columns, magazine features articles, and book- length works) about a variety of amateur and professional sports. Students will write both analytical essays about the readings and their own articles about issues and figures in the contemporary world of sports. Texts may include The Best American Sports Writing 2003, Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air, Lance Armstrong's It's Not About the Bike, and H.G. Bissinger's Friday Night Lights.

ENGL 212K
Writing About Music
Prof. J. Kupetz
This course will examine the craft of essay writing through the lens of rock and roll reportage, historiography, and other non-fiction modes. Readings will focus on the phenomena of fandom, "authenticity," and "gendered music. Additionally, contemporary literary theory and social criticism will be applied to musical “texts" in order to posit rock and roll as a node in the continuum of U.S. culture.

ENGL 212T
Person, Place, and Thing: Writing Creative Nonfiction
Prof. S. Chilson
Ever read a piece in Sports Illustrated about famous ball parks? Or read an article in The New Yorker about a family living next to toxic waste? Chances are you were reading a piece of creative non-fiction. In this class we will explore different ways of writing creative nonfiction, and you will have the chance to write on a number of diverse topics, including sports, travel, the arts, childhood, and food. This will be a workshop based class, and during the semester we will talk about student essays in-depth in workshops with an eye toward revision.

ENGL 218A
Creative Writing: Fiction
Prof. S. Perabo
If you have seriously contemplated writing short fiction, then this course is for you. The course will engage students in the art and craft of writing short stories. It is intended for students who have read widely among past and contemporary masters of short fiction and who are accomplished in the elements of prose composition (mechanics, syntax, and structure). Students will be expected to produce two new short stories (10 to 20 pages each) during the semester and revise them during the term. The course will lay emphasis on "workshopping" (reading, analyzing, and discussing) students' own creative work. Class sessions will be in the form of assigned readings, written exercises, and the writer’s craft. This focus will inform our discussions as we read participants' creative and critical drafts, as well as contemporary works by established writers. We will also analyze essays by established fiction writers about the craft of writing and present these analyses orally and in writing.

ENGL 218B
Creative Writing: Poetry
Prof. A. Su OR
Sha’an Chilson
(self-explanatory - no course description needed)

ENGL 313
Linguistics, Sci Study/Hum Lang
Prof. R. Ness
This course is concerned with the nature of language and communication, how it is structured and how it functions. In the first part of the course, we will deal with the structural components of language, of its sounds and words and syntax; in the second section we will discuss the properties of linguistic meaning and the ways speakers and groups of speakers differ from each other in the forms they use. Finally, we will examine how languages change over time and how languages are related.

ENGL 318A
Adv. Creative Writing: Fiction
Prof. S. Perabo
(self-explanatory - no course description needed)

ENGL 318B
Adv. Creative Writing: Poetry
Prof. A. Su
In the advanced poetry workshop, students will write poems and critique one another's work, intensively. Assignments will be less form-based than in 218. We'll read at least two full-length collections of contemporary poetry, including a book by Mark Doty, who will visit Dickinson in March. The class will give its own public reading at the end of the semester.

ENGL 339D
Craft of Short Story
Prof. S. Perabo
This course will closely examine the tools, materials, and specific techniques used to create successful short stories and discuss The Masters as craftsmen (and craftswomen) in their trade. We'll begin with Chekhov and end with contemporaries such as Tobias Wolfe and Lorrie Moore. On the way we'll discuss the likes of Joyce, Fitzgerald, O'Connor, Cheerer, and Carver.

ENGL 339E
The Craft of Poetry
Prof. A. Su
Although you need not have taken a poetry-writing workshop to take this course, this course is best described as a literature corollary to Creative Writing: Poetry (any level). We will do the examination of published work that, in an ideal world, workshop would allow us time to do. We’ll take the position not of the critic, but of the apprentice poet, trying to get into the mind of the master. You’ll also write poems in this course, based on assignments designed to help you get “inside” the texts, and some of them will be subjected to peer critique. There will be a research paper. The reading will come from various time periods, but the emphasis will be on modern and contemporary poetry, which give greater opportunity to look backward at what went into the poetic cauldron. Among the likely poets: W.H. Auden, Elizabeth Bishop, Emily Dickinson, John Donne, Robert Frost, Seamus Heaney, G.M. Hopkins, Sylvia Plath, Shakespeare, Derek Walcott, W.B. Yeats.

ENGL 349O
Representations of Blackness
Prof. L. Johnson
This course examines the changing meaning of and value given to the concept of “blackness” as expressed in the literary productions (poetry, novels, short stories & criticism) of African-American writers. We will begin by exploring the association of blackness with physical racial difference and move forward to assess the various ways that African-American authors have come to regards the concept as essential components of their “artistic strength” and their Diasporic identities. Along with discussions of black as an identity, we will treat the themes of black aesthetics, black literary criticism, inter- and intra-racial racism, black womanhood and masculinity. We will read the works of such authors as David Walker, Martin Delany, Charles Chesnutt, Zora Neale Hurston, Nella Larson, Sonia Sanchez, Amiri Baraka, Anne Moody, Wallace Thurman, George Schuyler, W.E.B. Dubois and others.

ENGL 349P
Contemporary Latino/a Lit
Prof. S. Stockton
In this course, we will examine a range of literature written in the mid to late 20th century by Puerto Rican, Cuban-American, Dominican-American, andMexican-American writers. We will work primarily with fiction but will also study a fair amount of film and poetry, some non-fiction prose, and a bit of visual art. We will thus be looking at a very wide spectrum, tasting bits and pieces of this and that. Nevertheless, the sampling will give a sense of literatures (and a culture and a politics) clearly not mainstream North American. The questions to think about, then, should perhaps foreground this difference, not so much to come to easy conclusions about how cultural sub-groups makes sense of life but rather to begin by acknowledging the complexity of culture, identity, and representation. We can use the occasion of this complexity to ask ourselves some more basic questions: What is literature, after all? How does one go about judging what is and what is not art? what is (should be, can be, etc.) the connection between politics and art? culture and identity? life and representation of life? Authors will probably include Dagoberto Gilb, Julia Alvarez, Cristina Garcia, Oscar Hijuelos, Abraham Rodriguez, and Sandra Cisneros.

ENGL 358B
Early American Literature
Prof. R. Winston
This course will trace the development of American literature from its Puritan roots to the early nineteenth century. Works to be considered may include: poetry by Bradstreet, Taylor, Dwight, Rameau, and Bryant; autobiographical works by Rowlandson, Franklin, and Equiano; fiction by Crevecoeur, Rowson, Brown, and Cooper. Requirements: regular attendance and conscientious preparation for class, one short essay, one longer essay involving critical research, and a take-home final examination.

ENGL 379E
Coming of Age:Postcol Lit
Prof. V. Sams
Adolescence is fraught with uncertainty under any conditions, with its overwhelming questions and insecurities about one's place in a given family, peer group, and within the world at large. This course will explore the challenges faced by adolescents within the colonial and post-imperial worlds depicted by writers Salman Rushdie, George Lamming, Jamaica Kincaid, and Chinua Achebe, among others. The course will also offer an introduction to postcolonial theories of national culture and individual/collective identity.

ENGL 403G
Modern to Postmodern
Prof. S. Stockton
What is it that is "post" about postmodernism? This question we will take up in this seminar. We will thus be comparing and contrasting literature written during the modern (1905-1950ish) and contemporary (1950ish to the present) periods, selecting texts generally thought to be "high modern" or "post modern. We will also spend time talking about the shifting historical picture that this time span covers, considering changes in technology, science, economics, politics, etc. Readings will probably include T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land, Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse Thomas Pynchon's Gravity Rainbow, and Toni Morrison's Beloved.

ENGL 403I
Remakes & Adaptations
Prof. D. Kranz
Hollywood has produced a very large number of films based on canonical and popular literature recently, remaking works by Shakespeare, Swift, Austen, Dickens, Hawthorne, Mamet, Grisham, Ondatje, and many others. Remakes of film favorites from the past like Cape Fear, and Sabrina also dot the celluloid landscape in the 90s. As Yogi Berra might say, it's deja vu all over again in Tinseltown. This seminar will focus on ways of reading films which are based on literature and older films. We'll read or see the sources and then analyze the cinematic texts. We'll also try to explore the economic, political, and cultural contexts which may be relevant to the growing number of reproductions. Moreover, we'll treat each film as an interpretation of its source, as additional critical commentary for those whose primary interest is literature, not film. The first half of the seminar will involve literary readings, viewings of contrasting films, and supplemental readings of formalist, psychological, and cultural film theory. I will make these choices. In the second half of the course, however, seminar participants will, in advance, choose readings and films to be studied and discussed, subject only to availability of printed and videotaped texts. Exercises will include brief weekly reports, a short critical paper, an annotated bibliography of the 404 paper, and essay-prospectus of the 404 paper. The cinematic focus of the seminar will not restrict your choice of topic on the prospectus and critical paper. You may write on film or literature, on filmed or unfilmed texts. Finally, I hope we will utilize campus computer capabilities extensively throughout the course.

ENGL 403O
Victorian Others: Gothic, Childhood & Empire
Prof. T. Reed
This seminar will explore some classic fin de siecle representations of the “others” against which educated Victorians defined themselves and their values. Texts may include Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, “Olalla,” Dracula, The Turn of the Screw, A Child’s Garden of Verses, Treasure Island, Peter Pan, “The Beach of Falesa,” “The man Who Would Be King,” and Heart of Darkness.

ENVST 310C
Estuarine Management
Prof. M. Heiman
This field-based course will examine estuarine ecosystems and their management practices, with a focus on studies in the Chesapeake Bay and the coastal estuaries of southern Louisiana, including the Atchafalaya, Barataria, and Terrebonne Bays. Students engaged in the Luce Semester will spend three weeks in southern Louisiana and a full week in the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic coastal regions, performing field studies and engaging in discussions with leading scientists and managers in the field. Readings will focus on the importance of these systems to humans, the threats to their future, and management strategies for protection and restoration. Topics considered will include estuarine and wetland ecology, coastal erosion, sediment and water quality degradation, including hypoxia, loss of biodiversity, fisheries management, wetland restoration ecology, and coastal zone management. Prerequisite: Enrollment in the Luce Semester.

ENVST 311D
Sustainable Agriculture
J. Halpin
This course will provide a global survey of conventional and sustainable agricultural practices, both in industrialized and developing regions. Following consideration of what constitutes sustainability, students will examine case studies of successful sustainable farms in the U.S. Three hours of lecture per week including use of the Student Garden supplemented by field trips and guest speakers.

FLMST 301J
Intro to Japanese Film
Prof. L. Winston
This class is an introduction to Japanese film, from it's beginnings to the present. While exploring the history of Japanese film and its social and cultural contexts, we will examine genres, themes, techniques and works by important directors. Particular areas of focus in this class include gender, war, memory, censorship, and narrative.

GEOL 105
Geology of Disasters
Prof. B. Edwards
An Introduction to the fundamental principles and processes of geology using a variety of natural examples that are commonly referred to as “disastrous” when they affect areas inhabited by people, including volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, mass movements (avalanches, debris flows), bolide impacts, and other weather-related phenomena (e.g. hurricanes, thunderstorms, tornadoes, long-term climate change). The course will give an overview of the physical controls on the processes as well as methods used to predict the events, assess possible hazards, and mitigate negative consequences. Lecture discussions will be augmented with labs and field trips (e.g. Johnstown, PA; Centralia, PA). (pending faculty approval)

GERMN 250I
Seeking German/Jewish Culture
Prof. M. Picker
Within the largely secularized and middle-class Jewish population in Germany and Austria, there was a significant Renaissance of "traditional" Jewish Culture in the years between 1890 and 1930. We will look at the circumstances under which mainly young, male and intellectual Jews began to question their assimilated identities. In order to understand the political, social, demographic and cultural context of this search, we will also look back to crucial 19th century developments: the late effects of the Enlightenment, the industrial revolution, and the national movements.

HIST 211S
Outsiders in America
Prof. K. Rogers
This course examines the life narratives of contemporary Americans who have been treated as "outsiders" in American culture, and who have internalized a sense of themselves as marginalized people due to their racial, class, gender, cultural, and body identities. The course explores the processes of maturation and development by writers as different as Dorothy Allison ("Bastard Out of Carolina"), Mark Doty ("Firebird"), Nancy Mairs ("Waist High in the World") and others. Students will write a number of papers and essays that will analyze the process of successive reframing of life experiences as individuals find their voices as writers and individuals.

HIST 211T
African Amer Since Slavery
Prof. K. Rogers
This course covers central processes in African American history since the end of the Civil War. We will explore African-American rural life and culture in the southern states, migrations to urban centers in the North and West, artistic revolts such as the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts Movement, and political movements such as Black Republicanism after the Civil War, the Graveyite movement of the 1920s, the Nation of Islam, C ivil Rights unionism, and the labor movement of the 1930s and 1940s, the Civil Rights/Black Liberation movements of the 1950s through the 1970s, and the Black Power/Black Panther organizations. Students will read historical studies and novels that document this experience, and will write several short papers and exams.

HIST 211U
Church and State in American History
Prof. N. Miller
Is prayer permissible in public schools? Can school boards legally insist that "intelligent design" be taught alongside Darwinian theory? Citizens and scholars look to a few key historical documents to determine the answers to these questions. Yet there is no consensus on the meaning of the Bill of Rights "establishment clause," or of Thomas Jefferson¹s metaphorical "wall of separation" between church and state. This course will examine contested moments in the history of church and state in American society from the Revolutionary era to the contemporary Culture Wars. Our goal will be to critically consider conflicting interpretations of the proper relationship between church and state, to situate these interpretations in their proper social and cultural contexts, and to develop an informed historical perspective for assessing contemporary church-state debates.

HIST 213I
European Empires
Prof. R. Sweeney
This course will examine the building, celebration, and dissolution of European Empires. We will move from the 18th century through the 20th century. The readings will consider both imperialism at home and its effects in the colonies.

HIST 213IM
20th Century Revolutions
Prof. B. McKenzie
This course uses revolutions to examine the "short" twentieth century, 1917 to 1989. The twentieth century witnessed an unprecedented number of revolutions. We will begin with the Russian Revolution and end with the revolutions of Eastern Europe. From Russia, to China, Cuba, and Iran, and Europe, this course surveys the revolutions that shaped the last century. We will examine primary sources from Revolutions and analyze the causes, course, and outcomes of these revolutions.

HIST 215E
Rise & Fall of Apartheid
Prof. J. Ball
The peaceful transition from apartheid to democracy in South Africa in the early 1990s was widely hailed the "South African Miracle." This course asks why such a transition should be considered miraculous. In order to answer our question, we will begin with South African independence from Britain in 1910 and study the evolution of legalized segregation and the introduction in 1948 of apartheid. After reviewing opposition movements we will move to a discussion of the demise of apartheid and the negotiated political order that took its place. The course ends with an examination of the machinery and the deliberations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. This story, and the individual stories of thousands of South Africans, will explain why today South Africa is in the words of Irish poet Seamus Heaney "a place where hope and history rhyme."

HIST 215F
Dirty Wars in Latin America
Prof. B. Bockelman
How did some of the largest and most modern Latin American countries become engulfed in the intense civil-military conflicts of the 1970s and 1980s known as the "Dirty Wars"? What was it like to live in an environment of guerilla warfare and state terrorism? What were the long-term consequences of military rule in the region? This course will explore the origins, process, and aftermath of Latin America's "Dirty Wars," with special emphasis on events in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Chile. Topics to be discussed include: the role of the military in Latin American history; guerrilla warfare and counterinsurgency operations; social life under the military; torture and disappearances; and the on-going political and cultural effects of military rule.

HIST 215G
Japan before the 20th Century
Prof. S. Kim
This course reviews Japanese history from the Paleolithic age to the formation of the centralized state in Meiji Japan. Topics include the Japanese archipelago’s links with the Korean peninsula, the rise of powerful families at Court, the transition to warrior rule, the pacification of the realm under the Tokugawa bakufu, and the transformation of ideas and the polity in the face of foreign threats. Most readings focus on the Tokugawa period.

HIST 215I
Conquistadors and Indians
Prof. B. Bockelman
This course will introduce students to one of the most intriguing chapters in world history: the encounter between Europeans and natives (Aztecs, Inca, Maya, and others) during the conquest of Latin America. Focusing on original texts by Columbus, Cortes, Las Casas, and other European chroniclers, as well as indigenous accounts, we will explore the process of conflict and adaptation that resulted from this collision of cultures. How well did these groups understand one another? How did the natives respond to European domination? What happened to the colonizers and the colonized over time? In addition, students will learn how historians have attempted to reconstruct the history of this period from limited and problematic sources. All readings will be in English translation.

HIST 315M
Ecological History of Africa
Prof. J. Ball
This course provides an introduction to the ecological history of Africa. We will focus in some detail on demography, the domestication of crops and animals, climate, the spread of New World crops (maize, cassava, cocoa) and disease environments from the earliest times to the present. Central to our study will be the idea that Africa's landscapes are the product of human action. Therefore, we will examine case studies of how people have interacted with their environments. African ecology has long been affected indirectly by decisions made at a global scale. Thus we will explore Africa's engagement with imperialism and colonization and the global economy in the twentieth century. The course ends with an examination of contemporary tensions between conservation and economic development.

HIST 315O
Korean-Japanese Relations
Prof. S. Kim
This colloquium explores several contentious issues in the history of Korean-Japanese relations. Emphasis is on Japanese colonialism in Korea, its moral rationale, policies, and legacy for postwar Asia.

HIST 404H
Urban History
Prof. K. Qualls
This course will examine the bases, dimensions, and processes of modern urban space and culture. The complex historical interactions under investigation will include: social class, gender, ethnicity and race, geographic and sociocultural space, architecture, deviance, and much more. Our individual projects will be as interdisciplinary as urban history itself.

HIST 404U
Topics in Constitutional Hist
Prof. M. Pinsker
This seminar will explore advanced topics in US constitutional history, including questions about original intent, freedoms of the press and religion, civil rights and liberties, criminal procedure, the separation of powers and the electoral process.

IB&M 300A
Industrial Organization and Public Policy
Prof. S. Erfle
A study of the relationships between market structure, conduct, and economic performance in U.S. industry. Emphasis will be on the manufacturing sector and specific industries will be examined. A brief introduction to antitrust and regulation is also covered. Debate within the main stream is examined.

IB&M 300AB
Seminar in Organizational Psychology
Prof. D. DiClemente
Focuses on the relationship between the individual and the organization and examines elements of the organization that affect behavior. Selected topics include leadership, group and interpersonal processes, motivation, occupational health and safety, consumer behavior, and occupational stress. Group projects, facilitation of class material, and other experiential exercises are used to clarify important concepts in the field. Prerequisites: Psychology 160, 201, 202.

IB&M 300AE
International Marketing
Prof. W. Su
The ultimate goal of effective marketing strategies is to create and sustain a competitive advantage by creating customer value. This course provides students with relevant analytical framework and decision tools for foreign market assessment and the implementation of marketing strategies in a global market context. This course focuses on three major aspects of international marketing. First, we will examine the critical issues involved in the formulation and execution of strategic marketing decisions on product/branding, pricing, sales promotion, communication, and channel coordination. Second, we explore the strategic implications of the similarities and differences in developing domestic and global marketing programs. Finally, we address the challenges of harmonizing marketing programs throughout different regions in the global market. A special introductory module will be offered in the first four weeks to help the non-business majors navigate the basic marketing concepts, and then move on to more detailed work, including case studies and a simulation game. Prerequisite: IB&M 240, or permission of the instructor.

IB&M 300Q
Finance
Prof. V. Vijayraghavan
This course will introduce the students to the fundamentals of financial analysis, valuation of companies and sources and uses of investment capital, including the development and analysis of term sheets. Problems and case studies will be emphasized. Types of issues that will be addressed are: techniques of analyzing financial performance and the financial structure of a company, alternative approaches to valuing a company, forecasting cash flow, raising capital, portfolio analysis, financing start-up companies and technology innovation and, if time permits, techniques for financial modeling of a project or company. Students in this class should have a sound background in accounting and experience in using spreadsheet programs such as Excel. Prerequisites of IB&M 210 and IB&M 220.

IB&M 300W
Market Research
Prof. W. Su
The course is designed to provide you with critical insights into the marketing research process and its critical role in facilitating strategic marketing decisions. Special emphasis is placed on survey design and data analysis from a user's perspective. Students will have hands-on experience of conducting and evaluating a survey study. Specifically, you will learn the following aspects of marketing research:
-how to define and clarify the problems to be investigated,
-how to identify and use relevant information sources,
-how to design the questionnaire,
-how to collect and analyze the data,
-how to interpret and present the findings, and
- how to derive actionable marketing strategies based on the findings.
Students need to have both basic statistical training and marketing background to be qualified for the enrollment in this course.

IB&M 300Z
Small Business Management
Prof. D. Sarcone
A study of entrepreneurs, the development of new ventures, and the management of small businesses. Emphasis is on the character of successful entrepreneurs; the research and selection of new opportunities; the start up requirements including legal, regulatory, financing and operational issues; and the challenges unique to managing a small business. Case studies are primarily employed for instruction in the class room setting and the completion of a major project with and actual business is required. This course is offered in collaboration with the Murata Business Center. The Center will be extensively relied upon as a resource for required business projects.

JRNL 200
Newspaper Journalism
Prof. R. Lewis
This course offers a broad overview of the practice of newspaper journalism combined with rigorous training in news writing. Students will be required to write numerous short articles and several longer pieces of reporting. Readings and discussion topics will include the history, ethics and techniques of newspaper reporting. Students must have solid writing skills and the self confidence to conduct interviews. (pending faculty approval)

JUDST 216N
Jewish Identity in a Secular Age
Prof. A. Lieber
The period of the "Enlightenment" in 18th century Europe, followed shortly by both the American and French Revolutions, has been heralded as one of the most dramatic turning points in Western Civilization, ushering in a wave of social and cultural change founded upon the ideals of human equality, nationalism and political liberalism. This course will survey the social, cultural, political and philosophical responses of Jews and Judaism to this era of great change, emphasizing the development of secularism and secularization, and analyzing the way these trends impacted and transformed Jewish life in Europe, Israel and the Americas. The course will conclude with a discussion of contemporary issues in Jewish secular thought, focusing on the complexity of the relationship between "religious" and "secular" and the ways in which secular thinkers have re-conceptualized the traditional understanding of God.

JUDST 216L
Seeking German/Jewish Culture
Prof. M. Picker
Within the largely secularized and middle-class Jewish population in Germany and Austria, there was a significant Renaissance of "traditional" Jewish Culture in the years between 1890 and 1930. We will look at the circumstances under which mainly young, male and intellectual Jews began to question their assimilated identities. In order to understand the political, social, demographic and cultural context of this search, we will also look back to crucial 19th century developments: the late effects of the Enlightenment, the industrial revolution, and the national movements.

LATIN 233C
Roman Historians-Caesar
Prof. L. Fitts
Readings from Roman historians such as Sallust, Caesar and Livy, with study of Roman political values.

MUSIC 113A
Piano Class
MUSIC STAFF
Open to all students who demonstrate by audition some acquaintance with musical notation, and who should continue to study instrument or voice at the basic level.

MUSIC 113A
Voice Class
Prof. L. Helding
Open to all students who demonstrate by audition some acquaintance with musical notation, and who should continue to study instrument or voice at the basic level.

PHILO 261A
Biomedical Ethics
Prof. D. Perry
Medicine is an ancient profession, and had always depended upon high standards of integrity, compassion and personal commitment on the part of its practitioners. In contemporary society, new and challenging ethical issues and dilemmas seem to arise nearly as frequently as advances in biological science and medical technology, continually testing the adequacy of our moral theories and confounding public consensus. Topics in this course will include: the nature and scope of principles of nonmaleficence, beneficence and justice; patient autonomy and confidentiality; human experimentation; definitions of death; dementia; active and passive euthanasia; abortion; fairness in allocating organ transplants and other scarce medical resources; reproductive technologies; cloning and stem-cell research; and genetic engineering in the shadow of eugenics.

PHILO 261T
Theories of Knowledge
Prof. S. Feldman
The Unknown
As we know,
There are known knowns.
There are things we know we know.
We also know
There are known unknowns.
That is to say
We know there are some things
We do not know.
But there are also unknown unknowns,
The ones we don't know
We don't know.
-Donald Rumsfeld, Feb. 12, 2002, Department of Defense news briefing, as compiled by Hart Seely
What do we know, what do we know we know, what do we know we don't know, what don't we know we don't know? This course tackles philosophical questions involving human knowledge: What are the requirements for knowledge? What is the relationship between sense experience and knowledge? Do men have different ways of knowing than women? Are requirements for knowledge universal or do they vary by time and culture? Do we know as much as we think we do, or as little as skeptics maintain? Readings will include works by classical as well as contemporary philosophers; assignments will include intensive class discussion and analytical papers.

PHILO 261U
Philosophy of Mind
Prof. J. Wahman
This course will focus on a fundamental question that has shaped philosophy since the beginning of the modern era: What is the nature of the conscious mind and how does it relate to physical reality, particularly that of the body? What is consciousness? Is there a mind/body duality, or is the mind equivalent to the brain? We will focus on contemporary philosophical contributions to this ongoing dialogue, augmenting our discussion with contributions from psychology and neuroscience.

PHILO 364A
From Kant to Marx
Prof. P. Grier
In this seminar we will examine the trajectory of political philosophy from Kant, through Fichte and Hegel, to Marx. Kant's political philosophy can be viewed as one of the last clear statements of Enlightenment political thought, grounded in his own version of natural rights theory. Kant's immediate successors, especially Fichte, claimed to be following in his footsteps, but in fact set in some distinctly new directions that implicitly rejected elements of Kant's thought and opened up new conceptions of the political subject. Fichte's political philosophy strongly influenced Hegel's elaborate doctrines of law, ethics and politics. Marx's political philosophy was formed largely by way of his critique of Hegel. This trajectory of four political philosophies contains most of the possibilities that have shaped subsequent history.

POLCY 401
Senior Seminar
Prof. J. Hoefler
A seminar in selected topics. Required of senior majors. For senior POLCY majors only.

POLSC 290AN
Japanese Politics & Society
Prof. N. Diamant
In this class we will focus on political, economic and cultural developments in Japan. We will examine issues ranging from political and economic development to law, bureaucracy, political parties, international relations, social protest, crime, gender relations, and popular culture. We will attempt to answer the question: "Is there a distinctly Asian model of development, one that stands in contrast to Western patterns?" To answer this, we will take and in-depth look at the three major periods of Japanese history (the Tokgawa, Meiji, and Showa) and examine how Japan confronted the challenges and opportunities produced by its entry into global politics and the capitalist economy.

POLSC 290AV
The War on Terrorism
Prof. A. Williams
This course will cover the global war on terrorism, its origins, its characteristics, and the ends, ways and means of the participants. We will begin by seeking to arrive at a working definition of terrorism. We will examine various historic case studies in an effort to identify common characteristics of terrorist activity, terrorist motivations, the origins of today's terrorist movements, and a general typology of terrorism. We will address the catastrophic events of September 11, 2001 and their impact on the national security of the United States. Finally, we will examine the current strategy of the United States in the global war on terrorism, and its implications and challenges.

POLSC 290BE
International Organizations
Prof. M. Aleprete
This course examines the structure, decision making process, and historical development of IGO's (intergovernmental organizations) as well as the functions these institutions perform in the contemporary international system. Topics covered include the UN system, global economic institutions (WTO, IMF and World Bank), regional organizations (including the EU), military/security organizations and the changing relationship between transnational actors (NGO’s) and international organizations. There are no pre-requisites for the course though a background in political science, international affairs or international business would be helpful.

POLSC 390I
Policy Implementation
Prof. A. Rudalevige
This seminar will examine the politics of policy implementation-what happens after a bill becomes a law? How does legislative language become a tangible program with effects on real people? We will examine the institutional players involved, from legislators to regulators to chief executives to front-line service providers. The stress is on using real-world outcomes to evaluate competing theoretical frameworks; the main example will be American education policy, focusing on the implementation of recent initiatives such as the No Child Left Behind Act. Discussion with those who shape and implement public policy will be a crucial component of the course.

POLSC 390V
Law & Terrorism
Prof. H. Pohlman
This course will explore fundamental issues of American constitutional law by focusing on the terrorism cases now being litigated in federal courts. Specific questions that might be addressed, depending on ongoing developments, include the following: 1) Do American courts have jurisdiction to decide the lawfulness of the detention of Guantanamo Bay detainees; 2) Can the President detain American citizens as unlawful enemy combatants; 3) Does the government have an obligation to provide terrorist defendants with exculpatory information that is classified on national security grounds; 4) Can the federal government indefinitely detain material witnesses; 5) Can a person be convicted based on evidence seized under a FISA warrant without probable cause?

POLSC 390Z
Comp Political Corruption
Prof. M. Ruhl
Political corruption is the illegal use of public office for private gain (theft of public funds, influence peddling, etc.). The seminar will investigate why the level of political corruption varies so widely from country to country in the world today (from high in Nigeria to moderate in Italy to low in Finland or Singapore). We will study the causes and consequences of this variation as well as reform strategies for reducing corruption. Our readings will include Arnold Heidenheimer and Michael Johnson's classic book Political Corruption: Concepts and Contexts, Chinua Achebe's novel of corruption in a new nation No Longer at East, and other texts.

PSYCH 380F
Rsch Meth: Using the Internet
Prof. M. Helweg-Larsen
The internet is increasingly used to collect data for psychological research including surveys and experimental studies. Is it better to use the internet than a paper questionnaire? Do people respond differently? Do questions and materials need to be presented differently? How are probability and convenience samples different on the web? How effective are incentives? Are there special ethical issues with research on the web? These and other questions will be explored through readings and students' own survey and experimental research on the internet.

PSYCH 460
Seminar in Organizational Psychology
Prof. D. DiClemente
Focuses on the relationship between the individual and the organization and examines elements of the organization that affect behavior. Selected topics include leadership, group and interpersonal processes, motivation, occupational health and safety, consumer behavior, and occupational stress. Group projects, facilitation of class material, and other experiential exercises are used to clarify important concepts in the field.

PSYCH 480K
Alcoholism & Drug Addiction
Prof. M. Davis
This course will explore the actual and possible contributions of the ever evolving discipline of psychology to the understanding of alcoholism and drug addiction, emphasizing approaches to prevention, intervention, and treatment. We will critically examine individual, social, and environmental factors that increase individuals' vulnerability to substance abuse and factors that aid in preventing its development and in promoting successful treatment and recovery. We will evaluate challenges and progress in clinical and community psychology's approaches toward addiction, consider the impact of policy, and conjecture about future directions.

PSYCH 480L
Death and Dying
Prof. J. Devlen
Advanced Topics in Psychology: Seminar on Death and Dying This course will examine death, dying and bereavement from different perspectives. Topics will include a range of issues such as biological processes of dying, psychological and cultural attitudes to death and dying, development of hospice and palliative medicine approaches to caring for the terminally ill, funerals and death rituals in different cultures, and ethical issues surrounding euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide.

RELGN 260J
New Amer Religious Diversity
S. Staub
Until relatively recently, religious diversity in the U.S. meant Protestant, Catholic and Jewish. With changing immigration patterns since the latter half of the 20th century, religious diversity in the American context has to take into account other world religious traditions, such as Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others. Furthermore, new immigrants from Asia, Africa and Latin America have brought their own distinctive Christian practices, whether joining existing American congregations or forming ethnically distinct congregations. This course will examine the experience of these emergent religious communities.

RELGN 260P
Revolutionary Religion
Prof. M. Donaldson
This course examines alternative understandings of “revolutionary religion” like that which the world witnessed on 9/11. Each of the figures we will study, including Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Dorothy Day, and Thich Nat Hanh, advocated non-violence as a powerful and effective way to address social injustice and each had deeply held religious convictions.

RELGN 260Q
Jewish Identity in a Secular Age
Prof. A. Lieber
The period of the "Enlightenment" in 18th century Europe, followed shortly by both the American and French Revolutions, has been heralded as one of the most dramatic turning points in Western Civilization, ushering in a wave of social and cultural change founded upon the ideals of human equality, nationalism and political liberalism. This course will survey the social, cultural, political and philosophical responses of Jews and Judaism to this era of great change, emphasizing the development of secularism and secularization, and analyzing the way these trends impacted and transformed Jewish life in Europe, Israel and the Americas. The course will conclude with a discussion of contemporary issues in Jewish secular thought, focusing on the complexity of the relationship between "religious" and "secular" and the ways in which secular thinkers have re-conceptualized the traditional understanding of God.

SOCIO 230AA
Global Inequality
Prof. P. Cullen
Exploring the relationship between globalization and inequality, this course will examine the complex forces driving the integration of ideas, people, societies and economies worldwide. This inquiry into global disparities will consider the complexities of growth, poverty reduction, and the roles of international organizations. Among the global issues under scrutiny will be environmental degradation; debt forgiveness; land distribution; sweatshops, labor practices and standards; the new slavery in the global economy; and the vulnerability of the world's children. Under specific investigation will be the social construction and processes of marginalization, disenfranchisement and the effects of globalization that have reinforced the division between the world's rich and poor.

SOCIO 230AM
Comparative Social Policy
Prof. P. Cullen
This course will look at social policy in a comparative and global perspective. Gender, race, class and colonization will inform our comparison of policies and policy systems. This course also explores the increasing internationalization of social policy and the advent of a new "global social policy," whereby international organizations play a powerful role in shaping welfare state development in the developing world and in post-communist states. Topics covered will include comparative methodology; and international variation in formulation and response to issues, such as employment, housing, domestic violence, poverty, health, and child welfare. "

SOCIO 230AO
Seeking German/Jewish Culture
Prof. M. Picker
Within the largely secularized and middle-class Jewish population in Germany and Austria, there was a significant Renaissance of "traditional" Jewish Culture in the years between 1890 and 1930. We will look at the circumstances under which mainly young, male and intellectual Jews began to question their assimilated identities. In order to understand the political, social, demographic and cultural context of this search, we will also look back to crucial 19th century developments: the late effects of the Enlightenment, the industrial revolution, and the national movements.

SOCIO 230T
Cross Borders:Sites of Memory
Prof. S. O'Brien
The "Sites of Memory" course is the required course for all students in the Crossing Borders Program during their fall semester at Dickinson College (2005). From the Middle Passage to the Great Migration North to the building and negotiation of community in the context of contemporary America, we will explore the interactions between history and the life course. Focusing on issues of race and class in American culture, the course will enable students to see how "official" history has represented (or erased) the experiences of African-Americans, Native Americans, and Irish-Americans, in particular. To analyze this "top-down" history, we will be looking at museum exhibits, historical narratives, cemeteries, films, and other cultural forms. At the same time we will look at the unofficial (and, increasingly, public) "sites of memory" that allow once-silenced groups to tell their own stories through oral history, folklore, song, storytelling, memoir, documentary film, and fiction. As we explore the interplay between history and memory, we will look at issues of diaspora, immigration and migration, family, identities, and communities. We will explore the social construction of whiteness and the history of race, and see how class matters. We will also look at the ways in which complex and multiple identities can have liberatory power.

SOCIO 230X
New Amer Religious Diversity
S. Staub
Until relatively recently, religious diversity in the U.S. meant Protestant, Catholic and Jewish. With changing immigration patterns since the latter half of the 20th century, religious diversity in the American context has to take into account other world religious traditions, such as Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others. Furthermore new immigrants from Asia, Africa and Latin America have brought their own distinctive Christian practices, whether joining existing American congregations or forming ethnically distinct congregations. This course will examine the experience of these emergent religious communities.

SOCIO 400F
Gender and Latin America
Prof. A. Finley
This senior seminar will focus on the social, economic, and political processes that impact women in Latin America. Specifically, the course will concern itself with how Latin American women are placed within fundamentally gendered spheres of occupations, informal economies, family, and cultural ideologies. We will undertake critical examinations of how women are impacting the development of these countries, both within specific locales and also in reference to larger issues of globalization. The seminar will encourage students to combine both microsociological and macrosociological frameworks into both their review of the scholarly literature and into their individual analyses. "

SOCIO 400G
Youth, Inequality & Education
Prof. S. Rose
This senior seminar will examine the ways in which economic and social inequality affects the lives of young people. While we will focus on contemporary American children's lives within the context of family, educational, societal spheres, we will also examine comparative (cross-cultural and historical) contexts. In the Political Life of Children, Robert Coles (1986) argued that the national identities and political contexts, once thought to be out of the reach of children, in fact deeply permeate children's consciousness-- and their choices and life chances.

SPAN 400J
Travel Writing on Spain
Prof. M. Aldrich
Spain has been a source of fascination to writers, musicians, and artists for centuries. In this course we will study some of the major texts in the Anglo-American tradition that have contributed to our (miss)understanding of Spain. In addition to gaining familiarity with the historical and cultural contexts of these works, we will contrast the recurrent themes of our Anglo-American creators with some of the principal self-reflective texts of Spanish tradition. Our central goals will be to gain familiarity with a rich literary tradition and to understand how these narratives relate to questions of culture and identity, both for the Spaniard as well as the extranjero. Likely authors include, among others, Irving, Hemingway, Ortega y Gasset, Orwell, and Wolsey. Taught in English. FLIC option available. Prerequisites: 243 or ENGL 220.

SPAN 410K
Reading Theatre-The Contemp Sp
Prof. J. Sagastume
This Seminar has two components, one theoretical and the other practical. The first will focus on the semiotics of theatre, in hopes to provide students with the necessary tools to be able to read a theatrical text (a text written not to be read but performed, staged); the second will focus on reading and analyzing different contemporary dramas from selected Spanish American countries while applying a very specific reading methodology.

T&D 210
Topics in Design and Technology for the Theatre
S. Harper-McCombs
A course of study in dramatic production examining the collaborative relationship between designers and technicians in the major design and technical fields supporting theatre and dance production. Students will learn the work and craft of the designer as a visual artist complemented by experience with the tools and technologies which bring the designers concepts to the stage. Two topics will be selected each semester for the fields of costuming, lighting, sceneography, stage properties production, and sound production. Basic design skills in drawing, drafting, paiting, rendering, and model making will be augmented with experience in the shops and with the tools, techniques, and equipment by which abstract design concepts are brought to dramatic life. (pending faculty approval)

WOMST 101E
African-American Women Writers
Prof. L. Johnson
This course serves as an introduction to the literature written by African American women. Specifically, we will span the African-American literary tradition in order to discover the historical, political, and social forces that facilitated the evolution of Black women's voices as well as their roles inside and outside the Black community. Additionally, we will discuss such issues as self-definition, womanhood, sexuality, activism, race, class, and community. Some of the authors whose work we will read include: Phillis Wheatley, Maria Stewart, Harriet Jacobs, Anna Julia Cooper, Frances Harper, Georgia Douglass Johnson, Zora Neale Hurston, Margaret Walker, Audre Lorde, Sonia Sanchez, Toni Cade Bambara, Alice Walker, and Toni Morrison.

WOMST 201F
Women and Russian Literature
Prof. C. Lemelin
This course will first examine the traditional model of Russian womanhood through the works of major figures of Russian literature including Karamzin, Pushkin, Turgenev, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Chekhov and Soviet writers. It will then trace the emergence and the evolution of women's voice in Russian literature as a response to this traditional model. Female authors to be studied include Karolina Pavlova, Zinaida Gippius, Anna Akhmatova, Marina Tsvetaeva, Natalya Baranskaya and Tatyana Tolstaya. Conducted in English.

WOMST 400B
Feminist Theory and the Body
Prof. J. Winterich
In this course, we will focus on two key issues at the heart of feminist theory on the body. First, what does a theory of embodiment mean for our social arrangements and women's daily lives? Second, is there a universal female body or only multiple bodies within an array of difference, such as race, class, sexuality, age, and mobility status? As we examine these major questions, we will attend to the contexts in which female bodies are defined as different than men's, and within each context we will ask: What purpose and whose interests do particular constructions about the female body serve? How do women's experiences vary within these contexts?

updated 08/25/05; B. Lehman