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2012-2013 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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HIS 295-02 - Special Topic: Islam and Modernity 4 credits (Fall)
Cross-listed as: REL 295-02 . This course examines the relationship between traditions of Islam and traditions of modernity, first by investigating the nature of “traditions” and then by seeking to understand how debates at the heart of modernity - including those surrounding secularism and capitalism - take shape over time in Muslim communities. We will give special attention to the effects of colonialism and imperialism in the Middle East and South Asia, particularly regarding the relationship between religion and public life.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing.
Instructor: Elfenbein
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HIS 295-03 - Special Topic: China’s Revolutions 4 credits (Fall)
1911, 1927, 1949 - these dates represent moments of great transition in China’s political history as empire gave way to republic, and political parties vied for supremacy amidst a nation wracked by war. This course will primarily focus on the history of this turbulent period, providing students with the historical context necessary to connect these singular events with larger patterns of social, economic, and international change. Through documents written by reformers, radicals, and other contemporary observers we will attempt to answer questions such as - What does revolution mean? How can this concept be meaningfully applied to China? How can we see its legacies in China’s state and society today?
Prerequisite: HIS 100 or second-year standing.
Instructor: Johnson
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HIS 295-04 - Special Topic: Early British History 4 credits (Fall)
A survey of British History from the Roman Conquest of the First Century to the Civil Wars of the Seventeenth Century. Such important developments as the growth of Parliament, the fluctuating roles of Kings and Queens, the growth of the Common Law and the evolution of Christianity will be emphasized.
Prerequisite: HIS 100 or second-year standing.
Instructor: Drake
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HUM 295-01 - Special Topic: Revolution in Egypt? 1 credits (Fall)
Cross-listed as: SST 295-01 . This course will set the 2011 revolution in Egypt in historical context by comparing it to the revolution of 1919 and will examine whether the concept of revolution adequately describes these two events. Issues to be discussed within this framework include women and gender in revolutionary discourses and the role of Western powers in 1919 and 2011.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing (preference will be given to students who have completed relevant course work).
Note: Dates: October 30 to November 15. Short course deadlines apply.
Instructor: Elfenbein
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HUM 295-02 - Special Topic: Interpreting, Translating, and Consulting in the Non-profit Language Sector 1 credits (Fall)
This three-week course seeks to expose students to the world of non-profit language services, from interpreting and translation to behind-the-scenes consulting, project management and training. Students will engage in interpreting and translation exercises, discuss ethical dilemmas, and visit sites near campus where translation/interpretation services are employed. The course will also touch upon the large scale implications of language services to the individual and society, in terms of cost as well as the impact on legal and human rights. The instructor, a trained linguist, coordinates translation and interpretation services for several public agencies in Toronto, Canada.
Prerequisite: 4 semesters of language study in any language and second-year standing.
Note: Dates: September 18 to October 4. Short course deadlines apply.
Instructor: Perez Fernandez
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HUM 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Captured Creatures: Investigating Images of Animals in the Collection 4 credits (Fall)
The oldest human images are of animals. Our current image saturated world continues to be filled with animal masks, symbols, avatars, salesman, decorations, companions, storytellers, and representations. The course will explore images of animals in the art collection and elsewhere on campus, interrogating them as artistic, cultural, anthropological, scientific, and narrative objects. From our investigations, the class will curate and exhibition for Faulconer Gallery in Spring 2013.
Prerequisite: Third-year standing.
Instructor: Wright
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JPN 195-01 - Special Topic: Remembering/Forgetting Modern Japan 4 credits (Fall)
This course explores narratives of modern Japanese history with a focus on the creation and maintenance of personal and public memory, individual and national history. Equal emphasis will be placed on the excluded, the lacunae, of historical narratives. Reading topices will include war and empire, disaster and terrorism, amateur memoirs, ethnography, and mass memory in media/pop culture. Accompanied by film series.
Prerequisite: None.
Instructor: Hopson
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MAT 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Numerical Analysis 4 credits (Fall)
Because real-life mathematical problems almost never have closed-form solutions, their solutions must be approximated. This course is an introduction to both the analysis and implementation of numerical algorithms. Topics include nonlinear equations, numerical linear algebra, interpolation, numerical differentiation and integration, approximation, and optimization.
Prerequisite: MAT 316 .
Instructor: Blanchard, J.
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PHI 295-01 - Special Topic: Latin American and Latino Philosophy 4 credits (Fall)
This course will begin with the question of whether there is a “Latin American” philosophy and whether there is an “indigenous” Latin American philosophy. Then, we will examine the ways in which the colonial experience has informed Latin American existentialism, phenomenology, hermeneutics, and pragmatism. We will conclude by complicating Latin American and Latino identity by examining questions of race and ethnicity and the ways in which Chicano and Latino philosophy question clearly defined borders.
Prerequisite: PHI 111 .
Instructor: Toledo
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POL 295-01 - Special Topic: Technology and Politics 4 credits (Fall)
This course explores technology, especially as it is manifest in the conduct of campaigns and elections in the U.S. It will examine the role of technology in structuring democratic politics, with attention to the messages drawn from both the world of academia and the world of practical politics. Topics to be considered include the democratic citizenry, voter persuasion and mobilization, the old and new media, and voting technology. New digital technologies will constitute an important, though not the only, focus of the course.
Prerequisite: POL 101 .
Instructor: Trish
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POL 295-02 - Special Topic: Civil Wars and the International System 4 credits (Fall)
Civil War is by far the most common form of armed conflict in the modern world, and the one most often covered in the media and the realm of international politics. Internal wars, like those in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Colombia are central to foreign policy debates in the United States, the United Nations, and other major international actors. This course addresses the who, what, why, when, where, and how of civil wars with coverage of key actors and the internal and external aspects of conduct, causes, and potential solutions.
Prerequisite: POL 101 .
Instructor: Jones
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POL 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Islam and Politics 4 credits (Fall)
Why are so few Muslim-majority countries democratic? Are Muslims more prone to political violence than non-Muslims? Are Islamic parties and organizations a threat or a resource for open politics? This course will address these and other questions by analyzing the political regimes in Muslim-majority countries.
Prerequisite: A 200-level course in comparative politics. Previous coursework in statistics (MAT 115 or MAT 209 ) is highly recommended.
Instructor: Lussier
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PSY 295-01 - Special Topic: Sensation & Perception 4 credits (Fall)
This course will discuss information processing in sensory systems and the neural basis of perception. We will cover the visual, auditory, somatosensory and chemical modalities from both neurobiological and psychological perspectives. We will consider the development and plasticity of sensory systems, and discuss applications of sensory neuroscience to medicine, AI and the problem of consciousness. In addition to lectures by the instructor, there will be demonstrations and student presentations and discussions of primary source literature.
Prerequisite: PSY 113 .
Instructor: DiMattina
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REL 295-02 - Special Topic: Islam and Modernity 4 credits (Fall)
Cross-listed as: HIS 295-02 . This course examines the relationship between traditions of Islam and traditions of modernity, first by investigating the nature of “traditions” and then by seeking to understand how debates at the heart of modernity - including those surrounding secularism and capitalism - take shape over time in Muslim communities. We will give special attention to the effects of colonialism and imperialism in the Middle East and South Asia, particularly regarding the relationship between religion and public life.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing.
Instructor: Elfenbein
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SOC 295-01 - Special Topic: Economic Sociology 4 credits (Fall)
In advanced capitalist societies like the United States, the economy and society are highly intertwined. This means that sociology makes crucial contributions to our understanding of how markets and processes of exchange fit within a broader world of social relationships between people divided by nation, race, class and gender. Through this course, we will learn from each other through facilitated discussion, reflection papers, an exam and a final reserch paper.
Prerequisite: SOC 111 .
Instructor: Thompson
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SST 295-01 - Special Topic: Revolution in Egypt? 1 credits (Fall)
Cross-listed as: HUM 295-01 . This course will set the 2011 revolution in Egypt in historical context by comparing it to the revolution of 1919 and will examine whether the concept of revolution adequately describes these two events. Issues to be discussed within this framework include women and gender in revolutionary discourses and the role of Western powers in 1919 and 2011.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing.
Instructor: Elfenbein
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SST 295-02 - Special Topic: Strategy, Leadership & Business Decision-Making 1 credits (Fall)
This short course is sponsored by the Wilson Program in Enterprise and Leadership. Exploration of the interplay between strategy, leadership and how business decisions get made. The articles, examples and illustrations will be from the perspective of for-profit business. Reading materials will focus on a few of the seminal academic articles as well as popular press pieces. We will use the current financial crisis and leadership reaction to that crisis as a case study. We will finish with an exploration of how decisions get made in a business that also has a social mission. The reading materials will be supplemented by contemporary expert commentary via TED talks and other sources. Overall, the intent of the program is to provide students with a basic understanding of how strategy and leadership influence decision-making – and that the lessons learned are applicable to both business and non-business environments.
Prerequisite: None.
Note: Dates: October 29 to November 14. Short course deadlines apply.
Instructor: Finkelman
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SST 295-03 - ST: Social Enterprise and Innovation 2 credits (Fall)
Cross-listed as: ANT 295-03 . This course, sponsored by the Donald L. Wilson Program in Enterprise and Leadership, takes a case-study approach to developing social enterprise, using case studies by alumni visitors. Innovations include changes in products, processes, and organizational structures, in such fields as environmental management, education, biotechnology, community action organizations, web-based business, medical, and high technology firms. Alumni will participate throughout in the course, giving their experience of managing innovation in a variety of organizations.
Prerequisite: Two courses in social studies division (Anthropology, Education, History, Economics, Sociology, Social Studies or Political Science).
Note: Dates: September 28 to November 30. 1/2 semester course deadlines apply.
Instructor: Caulkins
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AMS 295-01 - Special Topic: Placing, Projecting, and Protecting American Identities in Movies 4 credits (Spring)
This course explores representations of American identities and the binaries generated by these explorations including here/there, foreign/local, abroad/ home, American/Other. Films and readings will highlight the theme of amalgamation as an alchemic process (the melting pot) shaping Americanness and its association with characteristics such as respectability, recognition and respect. Questions to be addressed include: who are the models and what are the multiple meanings of “being AN American,” being IN America and imagining these distinctions in different circles and at different moments?
Prerequisite: Second-year standing.
Instructor: Gibel Mevorach
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ANT 295-01 - Special Topic: Language, Youth, and Identity 4 credits (Spring)
In this course, we will explore the ways in which young people construct and communicate their identities through linguistic, non-linguistic, and multimodal forms of communication, from code-switching and the messages that clothing and makeup convey to instances of gesture and uses of digital media.
Prerequisite: ANT 104 or LIN 114 .
Instructor: Peacock
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ANT 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: War, Religion, and Politics in the Puebloan Southwest 4 credits (Spring)
The last eight centuries were times of dramatic change for Puebloan people in the American SW, with the rise of political centers, migration, warfare, environmental change, new religions, and the turmoil of Spanish colonization. We will examine Southwestern prehistory and history in the context of recent theoretical discussions of these issues.
Prerequisite: ANT 280 .
Instructor: Whittaker
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ARB 295-01 - Special Topic: Egyptian Arabic Speaking 1 credits (Spring)
Conversational unit designed for both free and structured oral exchange in Egyptian colloquial Arabic.
Prerequisite: Prior exposure to dialectical Arabic.
Instructor: Muhammed
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ART 295-01 - Special Topic: The Pre-raphaelites 4 credits (Spring)
A study of the idealistic, rebellious Victorian artists who sought through their collaborative practice (the Brotherhood) to create beauty, seek the truth, and address the most pressing social issues of their day. A major theme will be the paradoxes their art and lives address: a commitment to fresh new realist art – based on a love of history, literature, the Bible; reconciling religious truth with scientific fact & materialism; contesting sexuality, class, and colonialism. Major emphasis on multi-disciplinary materials.
Prerequisite: ART 103 .
Instructor: Strauber
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ART 295-02 - Speicial Topic: The Baroque Imaginary 4 credits (Spring)
The Baroque has fascinated - and incensed - artists, historians, cultural critics, and philosophers from Henrich Wolfflin, Walter Benjamin, and Erwin Panofsky to Gilles Deleuze, Hubert Damisch, and Peter Greenway. Often aligned with an artistic “Golden Age” exemplified by the works of Bernini, Rubens, Velazquez, and Vermeer, the Baroque is also associated with decadence, irrationality, and effeminacy. We will explore the stakes of these connotations for seventeenth-century Baroque icons as well as for later, (Neo)Baroque artists.
Prerequisite: ART 103 .
Instructor: Lyon
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ART 295-03 - Special Topic: Gender and Chinese Art 4 credits (Spring)
This course aims to rethink both the representation of women and the actual art objects created by women from antiquity to contemporary China. We will investigate how images related to feminine subject were mobilized for various social, political, and religious purposes. The major themes are the construction of ideal womanhood, feminine space, woman as producer of art, and women and religion. The media that we will examine are painting, prints, embroidery, ceramics, and photography.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing.
Instructor: Li
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BIO 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Current Topics in Virology 2 credits (Spring)
Viruses are parasitic pieces of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA), which have evolved to successfully infect every organism known to mankind. Yet, surprisingly little is known about the details of the modes of transmission or infection cycles. The purpose of this course is to explore the role of viruses as infectious agents and to understand the impact of viral pathogenesis on the biological world through a survey of the primary literature, review articles, and film.
Prerequisite: BIO 251 or BCM 262 .
Note: Dates: January 21 to April 10. Half semester deadlines apply.
Instructor: Kuzmanovic
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BIO 395-02 - Advanced Special Topic: Arid-zone Restoration and Conservation Ecology 2 credits (Spring)
This short course is the sequal to the Fall 2012 Desert Ecology course with Winter Break embedded travel and is only open to participants in the travel portion of the Fall course. Having intensely studied a pristine desert environment, we will now explore the effects of anticipated mining activities and climate change on the biota of the Namib Desert, in the broader context of arid zone restoration and conservation ecology. Evaluation will be based on an individually-written research paper and presentation, as well as participation in literature discussions and peer reviews. Students will also prepare a formal group presentation of the two courses & travel experience, to be presented at a campus-wide venue.
Prerequisite: BIO 252 and BIO 395-01 : Namib Desert Ecology, with attendance in the Winter Break travel experience.
Note: Dates: January 21 to March 8. 1/2 semester deadlines apply.
Instructor: P. Jacobson
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CHM 295-01 - Special Topic: Environmental Chemistry w/lab 4 credits (Spring)
Cross-listed as: ENV 295-01 . An introduction to the chemistry of the atmosphere, natural waters, soils and sediments, emphasizing chemical pollution and pollution prevention. Topics include: atmospheric pollution, persistent organic pollutants, agrochemicals, heavy metal contamination, and emerging contaminants. Two classes, one laboratory each week.
Prerequisite: CHM 129 .
Instructor: Graham
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CHM 295-02 - Special Topic: An Introduction to X-ray Crystallography 1 credits (Spring)
This course introduces the students (and participating faculty) to some of the basics of X-ray crystallography so that they can assess the results obtained from our new Bruker X2S diffractometer. In groups of two, the students will solve a crystal structure and evaluate it. Students who are enrolled in CHM 423 don’t need to register for this course.
Prerequisite: CHM 222 .
Note: Dates: April 1 to April 12. Short course deadlines apply.
Instructor: Staff
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CLS 195-01 - Introductory Special Topic: Women in Greek Tragedy 4 credits (Spring)
Cross-listed as: GLS 195-01 . A reading (in translation) of a representative selection of the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, focusing on the various and often prominent roles played by female characters, including Clytemnestra, Electra, Iphigeneia, Antigone, Phaedra, and Medea. Our approach will be primarily literary, but we shall also explore issues-ethical, political, and religious-raised by the tragedies and discuss their performance in the context of Athenian society, where the role of women was decidedly less prominent.
Prerequisite: None.
Instructor: Hughes
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CSC 295-01 - Special Topic: Value Sensitive Design 4 credits (Spring)
Cross-listed as: TEC 295-01 . . How do technologies help or hinder the expression of human values such as accountability, fairness, privacy, and democracy? We will study the Value Sensitive Design theory and methods as applied to a variety of information technologies. We will analyze stakeholder roles and value tensions, design new technologies, and study how people experience values in technology use. For the final project, teams of students will investigate a value, technology, or use context of their choice.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing and ANT 104 , CSC 105 , CSC 151 , 4 credits ,PSY 113 , SOC 111 , or TEC 154 .
Instructor: Davis
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CSC 295-02 - Special Topic: Life Beyond Grinnell - Learning from CS Alumni 1 credits (Spring)
This course challenges you to think beyond your time at Grinnell to what you may do with the knowledge, skills, personality, friendships, and more that you have developed at Grinnell. Alumni with careers related to computer science will tell their own stories so that we can learn how they constructed their lives and careers. They will also provide advice as you think about your own career and life. Readings and assignments will encourage further reflection.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing.
S/D/F only.
Instructor: Rebelsky
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CSC 295-03 - Special Topic: Roots of Professional Practice: A Philosophy of Unix 1 credits (Spring)
Practicing programmers must master languages, algorithms, and software design methodologies. Howver, the most successful practitioners incorporate a systematic approach to development and draw upon a wide variety of tools to support that practice. In this course, we explore “The Unix Philosophy” - a long-standing, successful approach to building software. Along the way, we explore a variety of tools, including task automation tools, revision control systems, shell scripting, and the basic Unix commands.
Co-requisite: CSC 207
Prerequisite: CSC 161 .
S/D/F only.
Instructor: Rebelsky
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CSC 295-04 - Special Topic: Women and Computing 1 credits (Spring)
Computer science, like most fields, benefits from a wide variety of approaches and perspectives. However, women are significantly underrepresented in the computing fields, in both academia and industry. Why? In this weekly reading group, we will reflect upon the nature of the discipline and consider a wide variety of papers on issues pertaining to women and computing, from individual stories to recommendations for changing the ways we teach and practice computer science.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing.
S/D/F only.
Instructor: Rebelsky
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EDU 295-01 - Special Topic: Placed-Based Education 4 credits (Spring)
This course will address issues salient to place-based education, an educational philosophy that construes local communities (environmental and social), indigenous knowledge practices, and service-learning as the curricular building blocks of education defined broadly. Readings will include works addressing ecojustice, the broader social purposes of education, and the politics of place. Globalization and its intersections with notions of “the local” will also be a focus.
Prerequisite: EDU 101 , SOC 111 , or ANT 104 .
Instructor: Jakubiak
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ENG 295-01 - Special Topic: Gandhi and Resistance 4 credits (Spring)
Cross-listed as: REL 295-01 . This interdisciplinary, co-taught course focuses on Gandhi’s writings, life and political activism as models of resistance. Drawing on postcolonial theory, the course examines Gandhi as a paradigmatic example of a modern Indian figure who negotiated the binaries of tradition and modernity. We will focus on how Gandhi’s activism and spirituality made him a type of the saintly hero in Indian literature, including his own Autobiography, Anand’s The Untouchable and popular Hindu myth. The final six weeks of the course will explore Gandhi’s legacy today through presentations and workshops given by activists working in the Middle East and India and with alums of Grinnell who are working in the U. S. with non-violent protest and non-cooperation.
Prerequisite: ENG 120 .
Instructor: Kapila
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ENG 295-02 - Special Topic: Fiction Workshop 2 credits (Spring)
Things will go terribly wrong in this course: we will memorize and forget poetry, venture across genres, erase famous works and badly translate others, and of course talk about each others’ fiction in a workshop format. A course for sleuths, vampires and sissies. We’re sure it’s not for you.
Prerequisite: ENG 205 , ENG 206 , or ENG 207 .
Note: Dates: February 8 to March 15. Short course deadlines apply
Instructor: Staff
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ENV 295-01 - Special Topic: Environmental Chemistry w/lab 4 credits (Spring)
Cross-listed as: CHM 295-01 . An introduction to the chemistry of the atmosphere, natural waters, soils and sediments, emphasizing chemical pollution and pollution prevention. Topics include: atmospheric pollution, persistent organic pollutants, agrochemicals, heavy metal contamination, and emerging contaminants. Two classes, one laboratory each week.
Prerequisite: CHM 129 .
Instructor: Graham
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FRN 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Faces of Multicultural France in Film 1 credits (Spring)
This short course will explore contemporary France through documentary and narrative films. The instructor is a film studies scholar from France who has served as Programming Manager in the International Critics’ Week at the Cannes Film Festival. The course will cover topics such as the notion of a national identity, diversity, multiculturalism, citizenship, and equality in France’s current melting pot. Taught in French.
Prerequisite: One 300-level course in French at Grinnell.
Note: Dates: January 29 to February 21. Short course deadlines apply.
Instructor: Meflah
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GLS 195-01 - Introductory Special Topic: Women in Greek Tragedy 4 credits (Spring)
Cross-listed as: CLS 195-01 . A reading (in translation) of a representative selection of the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, focusing on the various and often prominent roles played by female characters, including Clytemnestra, Electra, Iphigeneia, Antigone, Phaedra, and Medea. Our approach will be primarily literary, but we shall also explore issues-ethical, political, and religious-raised by the tragedies and discuss their performance in the context of Athenian society, where the role of women was decidedly less prominent.
Prerequisite: None.
Instructor: Hughes
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GWS 295-01 - Special Topic: Queer Cinema 4 credits (Spring)
Queer Cinema is a powerful rubric that encompasses the many films exploring constructions of sexuality, gender, desire, and fantasy. Yet, what makes a film “queer,” and how is sexuality represented visually? As a survey of the many different films that we might identify as Queer Cinema, this course will explore topics such as Hollywood and celebrity, AIDS media activism, the politics of drag performance, envisioning transsexuality, New Queer Film, fetishism, porn, and global queer diasporas. We will especially investigate the circulation of race, nation, and the body throughout these films.
Prerequisite: GWS 111 , ENG 120 or HUM 185 (formerly numbered HUM-211).
Instructor: Khactu
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HUM 295-01 - Special Topic: Performing Culture in Contemporary Egypt: Identity, Place, and Memory 1 credits (Spring)
Cross-listed as: SST 295-01 . This course will explore the ways that identities such as gender, class, ethnicity, and political affiliation are expressed through cultural performances, both formal and informal within the context of contemporary Egypt. Dress, speech, and actions are imbued with meaning through the interactions of memory, place, and symbol. Interpretations are constantly changing as events alter the landscapes of meaning. Of particular interest in Egypt today is the role of the revolution in changing the nature of cultural performances. The class will examine videos of demontstrations and recent street art and performances as well as explore dress, architecture and public space, art, literature, and daily behaviors.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing.
Note: Dates: April 8 to April 26. Short course deadlines apply.
Instructor: Delmenico
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HUM 295-02 - Special Topic: Representations of Gender in Contemporary Films from the Middle East and North Africa 1 credits (Spring)
This course will examine representations of gender in contemporary films from the Middle East and North Africa. Topics to be addressed will include gender roles, tradition and modernity, love and marriage, mother-daughter relations, and women and war.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing (preference will be given to students who have completed relevant course work).
Note: Dates: February 26 to March 14. Short course deadlines apply.
Instructor: Ireland
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HUM 295-03 - Special Topic: Creative Careers in the Humanities: Learning from Alumni 2 credits (Spring)
Alumni with significant careers in the humanities are invited back to campus to discuss: . How an education in the humanities at Grinnell has impacted their careers. . How the humanities affected their ethical reflection, and informed their lives as citizens. . Practical ways that study of the humanities influences occupations/careers outside of academic pursuits. . The role that they see for the humanities in an increasingly global world. Career-focused readings and discussion with a dozen alumni will help humanities students think creatively about their career options.
Prerequisite: 2 courses in Humanities Division.
Note: Dates: February 1 to April 26. Short course deadlines apply.
Instructor: Caulkins
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HUM 295-04 - Special Topic: Polish-Jewish Relations in the Twentieth Century 4 credits (Spring)
Cross-listed as: RES 295-01 , SST 295-06 . Based on historical and journalistic records and memoirs, this course will describe, analyze and debate the development of relations between Jews and Poles in Poland in the past century. Models of Jewish identity, from traditional to assimilated to Zionist will be analyzed, and the spectrum of Polish reactions will be discussed. Particular emphasis will be placed on: the development of anti-Semitism in the late 19th and early 20th century, the role of the Church, the growth of intolerance in interwar Poland, the Shoah and Polish reactions to it, Jews and Communism in post-war Poland, and relations after the transition to democracy in 1989.
Prerequisite: Second year standing.
Instructor: Staff
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HUM 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Comparing Genocides 4 credits (Spring)
Cross-listed as: RES 395-01 , SST 395-01 . The objective of this course is to contribute to an understanding of the different forms and manifestations of twentieth-century genocide. The course will explore what I consider key aspects of genocide, drawing on the wealth of 20th century experience with it. It will also enable students to gain perspectives on two related earlier phenomena: slavery and the extermination of Native Americans, both of crucial importance for understanding the usefulness of mass murder. It will examine in some detail four instances of genocide: that of the Armenians in Ottoman Turkey, of the Jews by Nazi Germany, of Bosnians in the Bosnian war, and of Tutsi by Hutu in Rwanda. Basic knowledge of the historical facts involved will be expected. It will deal extensively with the involvement and responsibility of not only the immediate perpetrators, but of their societies at large. It will analyze the mechanism of genocide on the level of discrete events, as well as the way that information about it spreads and/or is suppressed, and the way the outside world reacts - or does not.
Prerequisite: Third or fourth year standing.
Instructor: Staff
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LAT 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Ennius, Vergil, Ovid 4 credits (Spring)
Study of the treatments of the myth of the foundation of Rome, selected from the poetry of Ennius (Annals 1), Vergil (Aenid 6), and Ovid (Metamorphoses 14 and Easti 4), considering questions of mythology and poetry.
Prerequisite: LAT 222 or LAT 225 .
Instructor: Mercado
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LIN 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Linguistics Seminar: Language Change 4 credits (Spring)
This course investigates the nature of language change and the principles developed by linguistics to account for these changes. We will examine the various domains in which change occurs (phonological, morphological, syntactic, and lexical/semantic), and the social and linguistic motivations for change. The course will address the methods used to determine the earlier profile of a language or its parent language; students will use these methods in their own research projects.
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Instructor: Hansen
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MAT 295-01 - Special Topic: Symmetry in Math, Art, Music, and Science 4 credits (Spring)
From the analysis of musical compositions, to the prediction of the existence of elementary particles; from the ornamentation of the Alhambra palace to the spectroscopic analysis of molecules and crystals; all through nature, art and mathematics, symmetry pays a central role. In this course, we will study how the language of symmetry can illuminate such disparate fields. A major component of the course will be a guided independent project in the student’s area of interest.
Prerequisite: MAT 133 .
Instructor: French
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MAT 295-03 - Special Topic: Statistical Analysis of Spatial Data 4 credits (Spring)
Cross-listed as: SST 295-03 . The course covers basic methods for visualizing, analyzing, and understanding patterns in spatial data, including use of GIS software to create maps of spatial data, recognizing different types of spatial data and appropriate analytical methods for each type, and basic statistical analyses using the GIS software. We will use case studies based on data from a variety of fields, and emphasize the dependence of analytical methods on the data structure and the analyst’s assumptions.
Prerequisite: MAT 209 or MAT 115 /SST 115 .
Instructor: Kamp
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NRS 395-02 - Advanced Special Topic: Computational Neuroscience 4 credits (Spring)
Cross-listed as: PSY 395-02 . This course will discuss simplified mathematical models of single neurons and neural networks as tools for modeling perceptual and cognitive processes in the brain. We will cover synaptic plasticity and learning in neural networks, as well as models of sensory processing and motor control. Students will simulate and analyze simple neural models in computer labs, as well as learning experimental laboratory techniques.
Prerequisite: MAT 131 , MAT 133 and PSY 246 , PSY 260 or NRS 250 .
Instructor: DiMattina
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PHY 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Introduction to General Relativity and Its Applications 4 credits (Spring)
Einstein’s theory of gravitation with applications to astronomy and black holes. Tensors, calcuculs on curved spaces and curvature. Applications to orbits, gravitational radiation and black holes. Cosmology and symmetry principles, if time permits.
Prerequisite: PHY 232 , MAT 133 and MAT 215 .
Instructor: Rodriguez
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POL 295-01 - Special Topic: Democratization and the Politics of Regime Change 4 credits (Spring)
What is a democracy? Which factors contribute to democratic transitions and the survival of democracy over time? What happens when democratization fails? What is the role of international factors in democratic development? We will explore these questions through an analysis of democratization in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America, with a particular emphasis on developments from the past twenty years.
NOTE: START OF COURSE DURING WINTER BREAK.
Students enrolled in the course will return to campus a week early, and begin the class on Monday, January 14 instead of January 21. During that initial week, the class will meet intensively and be equivalent to a full-time endeavor.
Structure:
The course will meet for one week at the end of the winter break for intensive lecture, discussion, and reading sessions on the questions “What is Democracy” and “How is democracy measured?” At the end of this week they will produce a short analytical essay that synthesizes the material covered.
For the first seven or eight weeks of the semester the course will meet twice weekly for 80 minutes for lecture and discussion on theories and examples of democratization and regime change. These sessions will also involve several practical components, including two sessions in computer labs in which we would work on developing the skills for analyzing cross-national indicators of democracy and public opinion about democratic characteristics. During this segment students will produce a second analytical essay that evaluates theories about the causes of regime change and an empirical
report based on our data-analysis exercises.
In the final six or seven weeks of the course students will work independently and in study groups of 3-4 students that are determined by the global region they select for intensive study. Each student will produce a mini-research paper on the regime change dynamics of the country of his or her choice, which will be part of the geographic region selected for focus. Collectively, the study groups of students will: a) read and discuss a modest set of readings selected by the instructor that focus on their specific region of study and b) produce a poster in which they draw on both the readings provided and the findings of their mini-research papers to reach a set of conclusions about the factors that have facilitated successful or failed democratic transition in their respective regions. During
this period the students will provide regular updates on their work on p-web and the instructor will be available for individual and group consultations as necessary. In the final week of classes we will reconvene for two poster sessions in which the groups can share their conclusions and we can discuss the collective findings of the class.
Prerequisite: POL 101 .
Instructor: Lussier
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PSY 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Advanced Health Psychology 4 credits (Spring)
This course will provide an advanced study of the psychology of obesity. Possible topics may include stigma and weight status, disparities in obesity rates, and obesity and chronic illness, among others. Emphasis is placed on theory, primary research, and future directions/challenges. Laboratory work may be required.
Prerequisite: PSY 250 .
Instructor: Seawell
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PSY 395-02 - Advanced Special Topic: Computational Neuroscience 4 credits (Spring)
Cross-listed as: NRS 250 . This course will discuss simplified mathematical models of single neurons and neural networks as tools for modeling perceptual and cognitive processes in the brain. We will cover synaptic plasticity and learning in neural networks, as well as models of sensory processing and motor control. Students will simulate and analyze simple neural models in computer labs, as well as learning experimental laboratory techniques.
Prerequisite: MAT 131 , MAT 133 andPSY 246 , PSY 260 or NRS 250 .
Instructor: DiMattina
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REL 295-01 - Special Topic: Gandhi and Resistance 4 credits (Spring)
Cross-listed as: ENG 295-01 . This interdisciplinary, co-taught course focuses on Gandhi’s writings, life and political activism as models of resistance. Drawing on postcolonial theory, the course examines Gandhi as a paradigmatic example of a modern Indian figure who negotiated the binaries of tradition and modernity. We will focus on how Gandhi’s activism and spirituality made him a type of the saintly hero in Indian literature, including his own Autobiography, Anand’s The Untouchable and popular Hindu myth. The final six weeks of the course will explore Gandhi’s legacy today through presentations and workshops given by activists working in the Middle East and India and with alums of Grinnell who are working in the U. S. with non-violent protest and non-cooperation.
Prerequisite: REL 226 , REL 111 (with Professor Dobe) or (with Professor Dobe).
Instructor: Dobe
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REL 295-02 - Special Topic: Global Christianities 4 credits (Spring)
Christianity has long been much more than a Euro-American religion, a neglected fact never more true than today. We will examine these varied global Christianities historically in relationship to Judaism, Greek philosophy, empire and desert holy men. The course will also look at contemporary contexts, including the idea of Christ as a Hindu “yogi”, encounters of African religions and European missionaries, and Latin American liberation theology. We will ask: how is the Christianity we thought we knew challenged and transformed by historic and contemporary global networks?
Prerequisite: REL 111 , REL 115 , REL 117 or second year standing.
Instructor: Dobe
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RES 295-01 - Special Topic: Polish-Jewish Relations in the Twentieth Century 4 credits (Spring)
Cross-listed as: HUM 295-04 ,SST 295-06 . Based on historical and journalistic records and memoirs, this course will describe, analyze and debate the development of relations between Jews and Poles in Poland in the past century. Models of Jewish identity, from traditional to assimilated to Zionist will be analyzed, and the spectrum of Polish reactions will be discussed. Particular emphasis will be placed on: the development of anti-Semitism in the late 19th and early 20th century, the role of the Church, the growth of intolerance in interwar Poland, the Shoah and Polish reactions to it, Jews and Communism in post-war Poland, and relations after the transition to democracy in 1989. Prerequisites: Second-year standing.
Prerequisite: Second year standing.
Instructor: Staff
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RES 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Comparing Genocides 4 credits (Spring)
Cross-listed as: HUM 395-01 , SST 395-01 . The objective of this course is to contribute to an understanding of the different forms and manifestations of twentieth-century genocide. The course will explore what I consider key aspects of genocide, drawing on the wealth of 20th century experience with it. It will also enable students to gain perspectives on two related earlier phenomena: slavery and the extermination of Native Americans, both of crucial importance for understanding the usefulness of mass murder. It will examine in some detail four instances of genocide: that of the Armenians in Ottoman Turkey, of the Jews by Nazi Germany, of Bosnians in the Bosnian war, and of Tutsi by Hutu in Rwanda. Basic knowledge of the historical facts involved will be expected. It will deal extensively with the involvement and responsibility of not only the immediate perpetrators, but of their societies at large. It will analyze the mechanism of genocide on the level of discrete events, as well as the way that information about it spreads and/or is suppressed, and the way the outside world reacts - or does not. Prerequisite: Third or fourth-year standing.
Prerequisite: Third or fourth year standing.
Instructor: Staff
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SCI 295-01 - Special Topic: Data Visualization 4 credits (Spring)
What do pictures tell us that raw numbers cannot? How can we make sense of the world’s increasing streams of data? Perspectives from psychology, design, computing, and statistics inform an exploration of data analysis and visualization techniques. Students learn how to acquire, process, investigate, and tell stories about data through case studies, lab and design activities, and projects using visualization tools.
Prerequisite: CSC 151 , MAT 115 , or MAT 209 .
Instructor: Weinman
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SCI 295-02 - Special Topic: Perecptual Control Theory 2 credits (Spring)
Cross-listed as: SST 295-02 . Explores widely interdisciplinary applications of an innovative approach to psychology that understands behavior as dynamic control of perceptual input, rather than discrete responses to stimuli. Topics covered include negative-feedback systems, physical mechanisms of control, mathematical modeling of control systems, fundamentals of William T. Powers’ perceptual control theory, and applications of this theory to animal behavior, clinical psychology, social psychology, developmental psychology, sociology, anthropology, economics, education, and sports performance. Relevant findings in neuroscience are also reviewed.
Prerequisite: MAT 124 , MAT 131 , or the equivalent, plus completion of a 200-level course in at least one of the following fields: Anthropology, Biology, Psychology, or Sociology.
Note: Dates: January 29 to March 7. Short course deadlines apply.
Instructor: McClelland
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SOC 295-01 - Special Topic: Global Perspectives on Racisms, Science, and the State 4 credits (Spring)
This course explores explanations for the timing, spread, and tenor of modern racisms in the Western Hemisphere since the 19th Century. It does so by examining the relationship between racisms and political ideologies like liberalism, organizations like the state, and institutions like science. These intersected in the international eugenics movement especially in the fields of human reproduction and migration. Eugenics is therefore a central focus of the course and its study serves as a backdrop to a consideration of recent scientific claims about the reality of “race” and of new genetic applications such as pharmacogenetics.
Prerequisite: A 100-level course in Social Studies and a 200-level course in Social Studies. Science majors are encouraged to inquire about the prerequisite.
Instructor: Cook-Martin
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SOC 295-02 - Special Topic: Sociology of Religion 4 credits (Spring)
This course is designed to give you an overview of the sociological study of religion and spirituality in the United States. We will investigate how religions both shape and are shaped by social and cultural contexts. Through readings, discussions, and practice, we will work to understand the diversity of religious life, secularization and its effects on religions, and the ways in which religions intersect with aspects of personal identity such as race, gender, and class.
Prerequisite: SOC 111 .
Instructor: Wiles
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SOC 295-03 - Special Topic: Sociology of Education 4 credits (Spring)
Educational opportunity has long been considered the lynchpin of mobility in the United States, and yet education paradoxically reproduces inequalities across generations. This course explores the sociological study of education, focusing on the crucial question of when and how schooling ameliorates or exacerbates inequalities. Topics to be addressed include: social mobility and stratification; social reproduction; the dynamics of race, class, and gender in education; social capital; school choice; social and generational change; and higher education.
Prerequisite: SOC 111 .
Instructor: Devine-Eller
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SPN 295-01 - Special Topic: Reading Post-Conflict Central America 4 credits (Spring)
This course will study and meditate on representations of social class, gender and national identity in post-conflict Central America. We will be looking at poets and writers writing in and from civil wars and revolutions now faced with post-conflict, globalizing societies. Class texts will include poetry and fiction, in addition to films and readings in the social sciences.
Prerequisite: SPN 285 .
Instructor: Aparicio
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SPN 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Studies in Contemporary Spanish Literature and Film 4 credits (Spring)
This course examines Spanish narrative and film from the 20th and 21st centuries to explore the development of a modern, global Spain. Topics discussed may include: Franco’s dictatorship, the democratic transition, immigration, and globalization. Conducted in Spanish.
Prerequisite: SPN 311 , SPN 312 , SPN 314 , SPN 315 , SPN 317 or any SPN-295 on literature.
Instructor: Patrick
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SST 295-01 - Special Topic: Performing Culture in Contemporary Egypt: Identity, Place, and Memory 1 credits (Spring)
Cross-listed as: HUM 295-01 . This course will explore the ways that identities such as gender, class, ethnicity, and political affiliation are expressed through cultural performances, both formal and informal within the context of contemporary Egypt. Dress, speech, and actions are imbued with meaning through the interactions of memory, place, and symbol. Interpretations are constantly changing as events alter the landscapes of meaning. Of particular interest in Egypt today is the role of the revolution in changing the nature of cultural performances. The class will examine videos of demontstrations and recent street art and performances as well as explore dress, architecture and public space, art, literature, and daily behaviors.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing.
Note: Dates: April 8 to April 26. Short course deadlines apply.
Instructor: Kamp
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SST 295-02 - Special Topic: Perceptual Control Theory 2 credits (Spring)
Cross-listed as: SCI 295-02 . Explores widely interdisciplinary applications of an innovative approach to psychology that understands behavior as dynamic control of perceptual input, rather than discrete responses to stimuli. Topics covered include negative-feedback systems, physical mechanisms of control, mathematical modeling of control systems, fundamentals of William T. Powers’ perceptual control theory, and applications of this theory to animal behavior, clinical psychology, social psychology, developmental psychology, sociology, anthropology, economics, education, and sports performance. Relevant findings in neuroscience are also reviewed.
Prerequisite: MAT 124 , MAT 131 , or the equivalent, plus completion of a 200-level course in at least one of the following fields: Anthropology, Biology, Psychology, or Sociology.
Note: Dates: January 29 to March 7. Short course deadlines apply.
Instructor: McClelland
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SST 295-03 - Special Topic: Statistical Analysis of Spatial Data 4 credits (Spring)
The course covers basic methods for visualizing, analyzing, and understanding patterns in spatial data, including use of GIS software to create maps of spatial data, recognizing different types of spatial data and appropriate analytical methods for each type, and basic statistical analyses using the GIS software. We will use case studies based on data from a variety of fields, and emphasize the dependence of analytical methods on the data structure and the analyst’s assumptions.
Prerequisite: MAT 209 or MAT 115 /SST 115 .
Instructor: Kamp
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SST 295-04 - Special Topic: Conflict Analysis 1 credits (Spring)
This course engages students with a variety of conflict analysis models, and will provide opportunities to practice applying models to cases of societal and global conflict. Students will explore lenses, such as gender and culture, through which conflicts may be analyzed, and will examine how such lenses shape perceptions of a conflict. The course uses film, class discussions, and role-play activities to analyze contemporary conflicts, and to think critically about strategies for addressing them. Students will have an opportunity to do a full-day community conflict simulation on the Saturday following the last day of class (March 2) to earn an additional credit(for a total of two credits).
Prerequisite: Second-year standing.
Instructor: Staff
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SST 295-05 - Special Topic: Restorative Justice 1 credits (Spring)
Introduction to principles of restorative justice, including a review of historical and present applications of these principles, locally and internationally. Comprehensive examination of the criminal justice system and mediation as alternative means to achieve justice. Includes related application of restorative justice principles in restorative or transformative dialogue. Will include presentations by guests involved in restorative justice programs to encourage students to think critically about the choices society makes in responding to wrongdoing and in justice.
Prerequisite: Any 100-level social studies division and second-year standing.
Instructor: Staff
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SST 295-06 - Special Topic: Polish-Jewish Relations in the Twentieth Century 4 credits (Spring)
Cross-listed as: RES 295-01 , HUM 295-04 . Based on historical and journalistic records and memoirs, this course will describe, analyze and debate the development of relations between Jews and Poles in Poland in the past century. Models of Jewish identity, from traditional to assimilated to Zionist will be analyzed, and the spectrum of Polish reactions will be discussed. Particular emphasis will be placed on: the development of anti-Semitism in the late 19th and early 20th century, the role of the Church, the growth of intolerance in interwar Poland, the Shoah and Polish reactions to it, Jews and Communism in post-war Poland, and relations after the transition to democracy in 1989.
Prerequisite: Second year standing.
Instructor: Staff
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SST 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Comparing Genocides 4 credits (Spring)
Cross-listed as: RES 395-01 , SST 395-01. The objective of this course is to contribute to an understanding of the different forms and manifestations of twentieth-century genocide. The course will explore what I consider key aspects of genocide, drawing on the wealth of 20th century experience with it. It will also enable students to gain perspectives on two related earlier phenomena: slavery and the extermination of Native Americans, both of crucial importance for understanding the usefulness of mass murder. It will examine in some detail four instances of genocide: that of the Armenians in Ottoman Turkey, of the Jews by Nazi Germany, of Bosnians in the Bosnian war, and of Tutsi by Hutu in Rwanda. Basic knowledge of the historical facts involved will be expected. It will deal extensively with the involvement and responsibility of not only the immediate perpetrators, but of their societies at large. It will analyze the mechanism of genocide on the level of discrete events, as well as the way that information about it spreads and/or is suppressed, and the way the outside world reacts - or does not.
Prerequisite: Third or fourth year standing.
Instructor: Staff
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TEC 295-01 - Special Topic: Value Sensitive Design 4 credits (Spring)
Cross-listed as: CSC 295-01 . How do echnologies help or hinder the expression of human values such as accountability, fairness, privacy, and democracy? We will study the Value Sensitive Design theory and methods as applied to a variety of information technologies. We will analyze stakeholder roles and value tensions, design new technologies, and study how people experience values in technology use. For the final project, teams of students will investigate a value, technology, or use context of their choice.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing and ANT 104 , CSC 105 , CSC 151 , PHI 242 , PSY 113 , SOC 111 , or TEC 154 .
Instructor: Davis
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TEC 154 - Evolution of Technology 4 credits (Spring)
To make wise decisions about future technologies, we must understand the past and the present: what drives and influences technological change? How do technologies affect individuals and society? How do we make decisions about technology? Who decides? Although individual section offerings will consider different technologies and issues, all offerings will explore such questions through readings and case studies from a variety of disciplines, along with writing and discussion.
Prerequisite: None.
Instructor: Staff
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TEC 215 - Solar Energy Technologies 4 credits (Spring)
An investigation of the technology related to the utilization and storage of solar energy, including consideration of scientific, technical, economic, and social concerns. Study of the broad energy resource and use picture, including calculations, followed by an in-depth study of solar thermal conversion, photovoltaic devices, photochemical conversion, biomass, and wind power. Underlying principles and quantitative reasoning stressed.
Prerequisite: CHM 129 or PHY 131 .
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Swartz
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THE 100 - Performance Laboratory 1 or 2 credits (Fall and Spring)
Guided participation, for major theatre and dance productions, in theatrical performance, choreography, assistant directing, stage managing, dramaturgy, or design and crew work on sets, lights, props, costumes, or makeup. Qualified students examine problems of production in the theatre while solving these problems in rehearsal and performance. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
Note: (A maximum of 8 practica credits may count toward graduation.) S/D/F only.
Instructor: Staff
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THE 104 - Dance Technique I 2 credits (Fall and Spring)
Beginning dance technique; the principles, terminology, basic history, developing a physical and kinesthetic understanding of concert dance techniques. Areas of emphasis include but are not limited to ballet or modern dance. Consult the Schedule of Courses for the specific area of emphasis each semester. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite: None.
Instructor: Hurley
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THE 111 - Introduction to Performance Studies 4 credits (Fall or Spring)
An examination of dramatic performance in its broadest cultural contexts. This foundational course is designed to encourage critical thinking about the inclusive field of performance and how it is created, including orality, festivals, living history museums, trials, political conventions, and sporting events. Students explore both texts and performance events to analyze “What makes an event performance?” and “How is performance made and understood?” Because knowledge is embodied as well as textualized, students will both write and perform components of their final class projects.
Prerequisite: None.
Note: Not offered every year.
Instructor: Delmenico
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THE 113 - Movement for the Performer 4 credits (Fall)
Practical exploration of movement and bodily-based trainings such as pilates, yoga, body-mind centering, and Bartenieff Fundamentals as preparation for performance. Studio-based exercises will investigate somatic and movement improvisation practices as an alternative means to theorize the relationship of mind to body and to develop greater physical awareness.
Prerequisite: None.
Instructor: Staff
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THE 115 - Theatrical Design and Technology 4 credits (Fall and Spring)
A hands-on, experiential introduction to the design elements of theatre and dance production. Topics include a history of Western theatre architecture and stage forms, scene painting, properties, lighting, sound, drafting, makeup, and costuming. Emphasis is placed upon the design and implementation of theatrical scenes from a variety of historic eras and the analysis of the ways in which the design elements influence performance style.
Prerequisite: None.
Instructor: Thomas
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THE 117 - Introduction to Acting 4 credits (Fall and Spring)
A practice-based exploration of the theories and techniques of acting. Using Stanislavksi’s seminal text An Actor Prepares as the foundation, students develop their skills at transforming dramatic texts from the page to the stage. The course culminates in publicly staged scenes.
Prerequisite: None.
Instructor: Delmenico, Quintero
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THE 201 - Dramatic Literature I 4 credits (Fall)
Cross-listed as: GLS 201 . Study of major works in Western dramatic literature to 1850, with reference to cultural contexts, interpretive problems, and dramatic theory, beginning with Aristotle’s Poetics. Includes plays and performances (in translation) of Greek tragedy and Aristophanic comedy, English medieval cycle plays, Machiavelli, Marlowe, Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Tempest, Webster’s White Devil, Ben Jonson, Spanish Golden Age, Racine and Moliere, a Restoration comedy, the Brook Mahabharata, and Goethe’s Faust.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing.
Note: Plus-2 option available.
Instructor: Mease, Delmenico
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THE 202 - Dramatic Literature II 4 credits (Spring)
Cross-listed as: GLS 202 . Study of major works in Western dramatic literature from 1850 to the present, with reference to cultural contexts, interpretive problems, and dramatic theory. From the “classic moderns” of realism and naturalism through the Symbolists, Expressionists, Surrealists and Absurdists; dramatists and theorists include Ibsen, Chekhov, Strindberg, Yeats, Synge, Shaw, Buechner, Kaiser, Artaud, Pirandello, Lorca, Brecht, Sartre, Genet, Beckett, Grotowski, Weiss, Pinter, Cixous, and Stoppard.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing.
Note: Plus-2 option available.
Instructor: Mease
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THE 203 - American Theatre 4 credits (Fall or Spring)
Cross-listed as: GLS 203 . A study of American theatre from the early 20th century to the present. Students examine a variety of different theatrical styles, ranging from plays by canonical authors (including O’Neill, Williams, Miller, Albee, Wilson, Mamet, and Shepard) to experimental works by artists who challenged the conventions of mainstream theatre (including Cage, Kaprow, Beck, Finley, and Wilson).
Prerequisite: Second-year standing.
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Quintero
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THE 204 - Dance Technique II 2 credits (Fall and Spring)
Intermediate and advanced dance technique; physical and kinesthetic study involving more complex movement patterns and sequences, phrasing, musicality, and stylistic considerations. Areas of emphasis include but are not limited to ballet or modern dance. Consult the Schedule of Courses for the specific area of emphasis each semester. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite: THE 104 or equivalent experience.
Instructor: Hurley
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THE 205 - Dance Ensemble 2 credits (Fall and Spring)
Qualified students rehearse as an ensemble for a final performance. In addition, students train in modern dance, yoga, pilates, and/or dance improvisation. The ensemble may focus its performance activities in a given year or semester on a special topic or theme, such as site-based dance, dance and community, or video dance. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite: Acceptance by audition.
Note: (A maximum of 8 practica credits may count toward graduation.) S/D/F only.
Instructor: Staff
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THE 210 - Contemporary Dance 4 credits (Fall)
A study of Western concert dance from the 19th century to the present. Studio-based exercises in modern dance technique and composition are combined with readings, video viewings, and lecture/discussion to provide a physical, conceptual, and historical understanding of dance as a performing art form.
Prerequisite: Second-year standing.
Note: Not offered every year.
Instructor: Staff
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THE 211 - Performance Studies: Traditions and Innovations 4 credits (Spring)
This course examines non-naturalistic forms of theatre and performance-making. It explores the work of foundational avant-garde director/theorists and performance practices that have developed since the 1960s, including performance art and community-based theatre. It also focuses on non-Western performances, including textual and nontextual practices, and the ways in which Western and non-Western theatre have intersected interculturally during the last century.
Prerequisite: Any 100-level Theatre and Dance course.
Note: Plus-2 option available.
Instructor: Delmenico
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THE 217 - Intermediate Acting 4 credits (Fall or Spring)
An intensive performance laboratory for students to explore different modes of performance and further develop and refine their acting skills. With an emphasis on psychological realism, students stage a series of individual and group performances designed to enhance their critical engagement of performance as both the subject and method of their study.
Prerequisite: THE 117 .
Note: Not offered every year.
Instructor: Quintero
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THE 225 - Choreography: Theory and Composition 4 credits (Spring)
A theoretical and practical investigation of dance composition and performance technique.
Prerequisite: THE 104 , THE 113 , or any 200-level Theatre and Dance course.
Note: Not offered every year.
Instructor: Staff
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THE 235 - Directing 4 credits (Fall)
A theoretical and practical investigation of the responsibilities and techniques of the director in the theatre. Classroom exercises are supplemented by readings addressing different theories of directing. The final project is the directing of a one-act play.
Prerequisite: THE 117 .
Note: Plus-2 option available.
Instructor: Quintero
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THE 240 - Design for Performance I 4 credits (Fall)
An exploration of the design fundamentals common to each facet of theatrical design: scenery, lighting, costumes, and makeup. Such elements as design procedure from conception to realization, research techniques and materials, period style, and design history are emphasized.
Prerequisite: THE 115 or ART 111 .
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Thomas
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THE 245 - Lighting for the Stage 4 credits (Fall)
Introduces the student to the art of lighting design, process, and the practice of lighting the stage for the theatre, opera, dance, industrials, television, and video. Students develop the knowledge, vocabulary, and skills necessary to become a master electrician, assistant lighting designer, and beginning lighting designer.
Prerequisite: THE 115 or THE 240 , or ART 111 .
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Thomas
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THE 303 - Studies in Drama I 4 credits (Fall or Spring)
Cross-listed as: GLS 303 . A seminar-style course in dramaturgy, focusing on a central topic in the history and theory prior to 1850. The course will emphasize the development of methodologies and research strategies useful for the theatre practitioner and the researcher. Past topics for this variable-content course have included Greek Drama, Theory of Comedy (Aristophanes to Stoppard), English Medieval and Renaissance Drama; Hamlet and Revenge Tragedy, Shakespeare’s Comedies and Tragedies. See schedule of courses for topics. May be repeated once for credit when content changes.
Prerequisite: May vary depending on topic but can include 200-level coursework in English, foreign languages, Classics, History, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Anthropology, Art, Theatre or dramatic literature/criticism/theatre history.
Note: Plus-2 option available.
Instructor: Mease, Delmenico
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THE 304 - Studies in Drama II 4 credits (Fall or Spring)
Cross-listed as: GLS 304 . A seminar-style course in dramaturgy, focusing on a central topic in the history and theory of theatre and performance. Studies in Drama II covers topics after 1850. The course will emphasize the development of methodologies and research strategies useful for the theatre practitioner and the researcher. Past topics for this variable-content course have included Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov; Beckett’s Prose and Plays; Beckett and the Theatre of the Absurd; British Drama since World War II; and Postcolonial Theatre. May be repeated once for credit when content changes.
Prerequisite: May vary depending on topic but can include 200-level coursework in English, foreign languages, Classics, History, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Anthropology, Art, Theatre or dramatic literature/criticism/theatre history.
Note: Plus-2 option available.
Instructor: Mease, Delmenico
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THE 310 - Studies in Dance 4 credits (Fall or Spring)
A combined seminar and practice course for advanced study of a selected topic in dance or contemporary performance that will be detailed each time the course is offered (topics are announced in the Schedule of Courses). The course will employ a variety of materials and methods for advanced research in dance as a cultural, social, historical, and artistic phenomenon. Topics could include: Dance and Technology, Community and Performance; Dancing Gender and Sexuality; and The Choreography of Political Protest. May be repeated once for credit.
Prerequisite: Any 200-level Theatre and Dance course.
Note: Not offered every year.
Instructor: Staff
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THE 311 - Studies in Performance 4 credits (Fall or Spring)
An advanced-level, variable-topic course that combines theoretical and historical study with practical investigation. Possible topics include adaptation and performance of literature or nonfiction and devised or community-based performance. Students will work as individuals or within groups to research, create, and present a final performance project.
Prerequisite: THE 201 , THE 202 , THE 203 , THE 210 , or THE 211 .
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Staff
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THE 317 - Advanced Performance 4 credits (Spring)
This variable topic course focuses on classical and contemporary modes of performance. Possible areas of emphasis include Greek, Elizabethan, French neoclassic, contemporary docudrama theatre, Asian theatre, and performance art. Course emphasis is on scene study, performance, and directing. May be repeated when content changes.
Prerequisite: THE 210 , THE 211 , THE 217 , or THE 235 .
Note: Not offered every year.
Instructor: Quintero
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THE 340 - Design for Performance II 4 credits (Fall)
An in-depth exploration of designing for the stage, with the specific area of design (scenery, lighting, costumes) announced each time the course is offered. Emphasis is on script or dance “text” analysis and the evolution of design from first reading to first performance.
Prerequisite: THE 240 .
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year.
Instructor: Thomas
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