Academic Catalog 2016-2017 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Listing
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Courses listed below are grouped together alphabetically by subject prefix. To search for a specific course, please follow the instructions in the course filter box below and click on “Filter.”
Departments and interdisciplinary programs are described in detail on the Majors, Minors, and Other Programs page within this catalog. Please refer to the detailed sections on each area of study for more information. Requirements to fulfill a major or minor appear within each program or area of study.
All students must also complete the courses in the Common Curriculum (General Education), including Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) requirements and other requirements that pertain to the undergraduate degree. Courses are numbered as follows.
000-049 - Non-credit courses.
050-099 - Common Curriculum (General Education) courses and others that do NOT count toward the major.
100-199 - Introductory-level courses which count for the major.
200-299 - Sophomore/junior-level courses that often may be easily taken by non-majors. (Some departments may use 200-249 and 250-259 to delineate between sophomore and junior level offerings.)
300-399 - Upper-level courses intended primarily for majors - these are courses representing the depth component of the major.
400-499 - All advanced courses for seniors, including those used to fulfill WS (Senior Writing Experience requirement), small seminars, research, thesis, and independent studies.
Wherever possible, the departments have indicated the instructor and the term during which a course is given. Some courses are offered only occasionally and are so indicated. The College retains the right not to offer a course, especially if enrollment is insufficient.
A few courses are not valued at full course credit, and some carry double credit.
A full course unit may be equated to five quarter-credit hours, or three and one-third semester credit hours.
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ECE 348 - Digital Circuits Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) Special circuitry of digital systems; transistors as switches, logic gate families (RTL, DTL, TTL, ECL, MOS, CMOS, etc.), digital ICs semiconductor memories. Design projects required. Prerequisite(s): ECE 118 , ECE 248 , or permission of the instructor. Corequisite(s): ECE 348L
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ECE 350 - Communication Systems Course Units: 1
(Spring; Hanson) Frequency domain analysis, signal space representations, and their application to wireless communications; quality measures; performance in the presence of noise. Prerequisite(s): ECE 241 Corequisite(s): ECE 350L Lecture/Lab Hours Includes a weekly laboratory.
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ECE 351 - Probability and Digital Communications Course Units: 1
(Fall; Spinelli) An introduction to probability with an emphasis on applications in digital communications. Digital signaling, coding, probability of error, matched filters, optimum receiver design, source entropy, channel capacity. Prerequisite(s): ECE 118 , ECE 240
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ECE 354 - VLSI System Design Course Units: 1
(Same as CSC 354 ) (Not offered this Academic Year) Design of very large scale integrated systems including standard CMOS and more advanced and emerging technologies in nanoelectronics. Design from logic to physical levels and manufacturing processes. System-on-chip technologies and applications. Prerequisite(s): ECE 118 and (ECE 225 or ECE 222 ) Corequisite(s): ECE 354L
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ECE 358 - Waves in Communication Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) Covers the basic concepts needed to develop electromagnetic devices in communication circuits/systems. Wave propagation and transmission, antenna concepts, design considerations, Friis transmission formula and radar equation, transmission line theory and guided waves. Prerequisite(s): PHY 121 or equivalent.
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ECE 360 - Power System Analysis 1 Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) Power and energy in single-phase and polyphase circuits; transformer characteristics; single-line and three-line diagrams; load flow; per-unit analysis; instrument transformers; power system fault duty and x/r ; switching and lightning transients; power factor correction; power quality standards. Prerequisite(s): ECE 225
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ECE 361 - Power System Analysis 2 Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) Wave-propagation in transmission lines; analysis of power networks, load-flow solutions, and control; three-phase faults and symmetrical components; power system protection; stability of power systems. Prerequisite(s): ECE 225 or ECE 360
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ECE 363 - Analysis and Design of Electronic Circuits Course Units: 1
(Fall; Buma) Multiple-stage amplifiers; Differential amplifiers; Frequency response of amplifiers; Feedback amplifier; Stability of electronic circuits; Analysis and design of operational amplifiers. Prerequisite(s): ECE 248 Corequisite(s): ECE 363L Lecture/Lab Hours Includes a weekly lab.
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ECE 366 - Control Systems Course Units: 1
(Winter; Staff) Modeling of control systems by block diagrams and flow graphs. Analysis of control systems response, error and stability, Root-Locus method, and frequency domain methods (Nyquist, Bode, and Nichols). Prerequisite(s): ECE 240 Corequisite(s): ECE 366L Lecture/Lab Hours Laboratory and design project.
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ECE 368 - Introduction to Antenna Theory Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) This course will cover the basic concepts in antenna engineering. These include radiation and radiating systems, fundamental parameters of antennas, wire antennas, antenna arrays, aperture antennas, microstrip antennas, antenna synthesis, integral equation and the method of moments. Prerequisite(s): ECE 343 or equivalent.
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ECE 370 - Engineering Acoustics Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) Course topics will include principles of acoustics, electromagnetics, circuit theory and signal processing applied to the analysis of musical instruments, experimental characterization techniques, digital instruments, MIDI. The symbiosis between music and the hard sciences will be surveyed. Attendance at some out-of-class events is required. Please contact the instructor in advance for a list of dates. Prerequisite(s): ECE 241 Prereq/Corequisite(s): ECE 343
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ECE 377 - Biometrics Course Units: 1
(Same as BNG 397 ) (Spring; Cotter) Signal processing applied to create technologies which measure and analyze human body characteristics such as voice, face, and fingerprint biometrics which may be used in security and forensic applications. The societal and ethical issues involved will be addressed. Prerequisite(s): ECE 241 , CSC 10X
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ECE 386 - Introduction to Biomedical Instrumentation Course Units: 1
(Same as BNG 386 ) (Winter; Buma) Introduction to the theory and application of instruments in medicine. Measurements of the major systems in the body are covered. A weekly laboratory provides an opportunity to perform measurements and use biomedical instruments. Prerequisite(s): ECE 240 Corequisite(s): ECE 386L
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ECE 420 - Introduction to State Space Analysis and Control Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) Formulations of state equations. State space representation of linear systems. Dynamic characteristics of linear systems. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Solution of state equations. Controllability and Observability. Pole placement. Linear observers. Prerequisite(s): ECE 366
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ECE 463 - Fundamentals of Wireless Electronics Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) Review of phasor analysis; inductance and coupling networks; resonance; complex power and power transfer; transmission line theory and applications; introduction to matching network design. Includes a weekly studio/lab session. Prerequisite(s): ECE 225 or equivalent Corequisite(s): ECE 463L
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ECE 481 - Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering Course Units: 1
Topics chosen from the current literature according to faculty and student interest. Each of these special topics courses has variable content addressing specific current areas of interest to students. They will be offered whenever the need arises.
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ECE 482 - Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering Course Units: 1
Topics chosen from the current literature according to faculty and student interest. Each of these special topics courses has variable content addressing specific current areas of interest to students. They will be offered whenever the need arises.
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ECE 483 - Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering Course Units: 1
Topics chosen from the current literature according to faculty and student interest. Each of these special topics courses has variable content addressing specific current areas of interest to students. They will be offered whenever the need arises.
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ECE 487 - Medical Imaging Systems Course Units: 1
(Same as BNG 487 ) (Winter; Buma) The basic physics, instrumentation, system design, and image reconstruction algorithms are covered for the following imaging modalities: ultrasound, radiography, x-ray computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), planar scintigraphy, and positron emission tomography (PET). Prerequisite(s): ECE 241
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ECE 490 - Electrical and Computer Engineering Independent Study 1 Course Units: 1
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ECE 491 - Electrical and Computer Engineering Independent Study 2 Course Units: 1
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ECE 492 - Electrical and Computer Engineering Independent Study 3 Course Units: 1
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ECE 493 - Electrical and Computer Engineering Independent Study 4 Course Units: 1
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ECE 494 - Electrical and Computer Engineering Independent Study 5 Course Units: 1
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ECE 495 - Electrical and Computer Engineering Independent Study 6 Course Units: 1
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ECE 496 - Electrical and Computer Engineering Independent Study 7 Course Units: 1
(Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff)
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ECE 497 - Electrical and Computer Engineering Capstone Design Project 1 Course Units: 0.5
(Spring 1/2; Hanson) Topics in the seminar include professional and ethical responsibilities; the historical and societal context of electrical and computer engineering; contemporary issues, and the specification, analysis, design, implementation, and testing phases of a design project. Research papers, project reports, and oral presentations are required.
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ECE 498 - Electrical and Computer Engineering Capstone Design Project 2 Course Units: 0.5
(Fall 1/2; Staff) The second term of the capstone design project. Students complete the design and begin the implementation of a system under the supervision of one or more faculty members. An oral presentation and design report are required.
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ECE 499 - Electrical and Computer Engineering Capstone Design Project 3 Course Units: 1
(Winter 1; Staff) Students complete the implementation, testing, and evaluation of a system under the supervision of one or more faculty members. A final presentation and design report are required. CC: WS
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ECO 101 - Introduction to Economics Course Units: 1
(Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) Basic microeconomic model of price determination; impact of market structure on price and output decisions by firms; role of the public sector in an economy; basic macroeconomic model of national income determination; impact of fiscal and monetary policies on employment levels, price stability, and economic growth; international economic relationships. CC: SOCS
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ECO 122 - Judgment and Decision Making Course Units: 1
(Crossed with PSY 222 ) (Not offered this Academic Year) An introduction to the scientific study of judgment and decision making. featuring perspectives from cognitive psychology and behavioral economics. Students will learn major theoretical concepts and empirical results from the literature. as well as how they apply to real-world issues. Students should also expect to improve their own ability to evaluate evidence and make rational, well-informed decisions in their own lives. Prerequisite(s): PSY 100 (for Psychology majors); BIO 210 or PSY 210 (for Neuroscience majors); ECO 101 (for Economics majors)
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ECO 123 - Values, Norms, and Economic Justice Course Units: 1
(Same as PHL 123) (Not offered this Academic Year) This class considers the goals economic policy might pursue and how different theories of the good lead to particular choices about desirable or undesirable economic policies. We consider mainstream economic thinking, which has roots in utilitarianism and liberalism, and alternative ideas such as libertarianism, Austrian economics, feminist, communitarian, and religious philosophy and economics. We apply these ideas to relevant policy issues, such as free trade, globalization, unemployment, income distribution, affirmative action, care of the environment, health care, and famine relief. CC: HUM Note: ECO-101 is not a prerequisite for ECO-123.
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ECO 211 - Consumer Finance Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) This course examines how consumers make decisions about borrowing, saving, and managing risk. The goal of this course is to learn how to think critically about these decisions. We will learn concepts such as time value of money, risk, and consumption smoothing. We will examine the markets for credit (credit cards, student loans, mortgages), saving/ investment (mutual funds, retirement plans, annuities), insurance and financial advice. We will ask why these markets sometimes fail and how regulation can help. Finally, we will examine how psychological biases influence consumers’ financial decisions and how private and public sectors can help in achieving better outcomes. Prerequisite(s): ECO 101 or permission of instructor.
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ECO 225 - Economics of Sin Course Units: 1
(Winter; Davis) Uses the tools of economic analysis to examine the markets for goods and services the sale of which is subject to public condemnation. Considers the impact and unintended consequences of economic policies toward these goods on market and social outcomes. Topics include the economics of transplantable organs, crime, addiction, intoxicants, marriage and sex. Prerequisite(s): ECO 101
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ECO 226 - Financial Markets Course Units: 1
(Spring; Lewis) Study of the historical evolution, economic functions, and efficiency of financial institutions and markets, with an emphasis on the United States. Prerequisite(s): ECO 101
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ECO 228 - Environmental and Natural Resource Economics Course Units: 1
(Winter; Kenney) Economic causes of environmental degradation and natural resource depletion; benefit-cost analyses of public policies for environmental protection and natural resource preservation; specific issues in energy and wilderness resource management, air and water pollution abatement, and solid waste management. Prerequisite(s): ECO 101 or permission of instructor.
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ECO 230 - Mind of the Entrepreneur Course Units: 1
(Winter; Fried) Examines three perspectives on the role of the entrepreneur in guiding resource allocation in a market economy. The traditional perspective focuses on resource allocation changing over time as the entrepreneur responds to opportunities for economic profit. The psychological perspective examines the personality characteristics of entrepreneurs. The non-traditional perspective explores the implications of the entrepreneur as a creator of demand as well as a supplier of new products. Includes the role of the social entrepreneur and some ethical issues. Prerequisite(s): ECO 101
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ECO 231 - Urban Redevelopment Course Units: 1
(Fall; Lewis) An examination of why the economic fortunes of cities rise and fall and what can be done to redevelop urban areas and improve their long-term vitality. Varied perspectives are considered and recent revitalization efforts in Schenectady, Saratoga Springs, and the Capital Region are analyzed. Prerequisite(s): ECO 101
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ECO 233 - Public Policy and American Industry Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) The structure, conduct, and performance of American industry; oligopoly theory and the applied theory of the firm; government policy toward business including antitrust and regulation. Prerequisite(s): ECO 101
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ECO 234 - Japanese-American Finance and Trade Relations Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) Are Japan and the U.S. financially separate but inseparable? This course covers the evolution, institutional structure, cultural context, and efficiency of these two financial systems with special emphasis on their interdependence via institutions, trade, and capital movements. Prerequisite(s): ECO 101 CC: LCC
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ECO 236 - Comparative Economies Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) Why are some countries rich and others poor? Geography, economic systems, investment, culture and institutions will be explored as possible explanations. The channels through which these factors affect economic performance will be examined, and their importance will be assessed using relevant data. Prerequisite(s): ECO 101
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ECO 237 - Women, Men, Work and Family Course Units: 1
(Spring; Foster) A critical analysis of gender issues in economics; changing roles of men and women in labor markets; human capital theory; radical-feminist perspectives; earnings differentials and occupational segregation by gender; economics of family; public policy. Prerequisite(s): ECO 101
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ECO 241 - Microeconomic Analysis Course Units: 1
(Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) Theory of consumer choice; principles of production and analysis of cost phenomena; pricing and output decisions in competitive and noncompetitive markets; theory of distribution; general equilibrium analysis; introduction to welfare economics. Prerequisite(s): ECO 101 , MTH 101 , MTH 110 , or MTH 113 Note: A minimum grade of C in ECO-241 is required to register for ECO 498 .
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ECO 242 - Macroeconomic Theory and Policy Course Units: 1
(Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) Aggregate demand theory. Foundations of aggregate consumption, investment, money demand and money supply. Aggregate supply theory. Keynesian, monetarist, and rational expectations models. Economic growth theory. Unemployment, inflation and stabilization policy. Prerequisite(s): ECO 101 , MTH 101 , MTH 110 , or MTH 113 Note: A minimum grade of C in ECO-242 is required to register for ECO 498 .
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ECO 243 - Introduction to Econometrics Course Units: 1
(Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) Descriptive statistics, probability, random variables and their distributions, sampling, statistical inference including confidence interval estimation, hypothesis testing, and regression analysis. Introduction to economic research using statistical methods to test theories. Prerequisite(s): ECO 101 Note: . A minimum grade of C in ECO-243 is required to register for ECO 498 .
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ECO 290 - Economics Independent Study 1 Course Units: 1
(Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) For projects which do not require use of the material from ECO 241 , ECO 242 , ECO 243 .
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ECO 291 - Economics Independent Study 2 Course Units: 1
(Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) For projects which do not require use of the material from ECO 241 , ECO 242 , ECO 243 .
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ECO 292 - Economics Independent Study 3 Course Units: 1
(Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) For projects which do not require use of the material from ECO 241 , ECO 242 , ECO 243 .
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ECO 293 - Economics Independent Study 4 Course Units: 1
(Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) For projects which do not require use of the material from ECO 241 , ECO 242 , ECO 243 .
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ECO 295H - Economics Honors Independent Project 1 Course Units: 0
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ECO 296H - Economics Honors Independent Project 2 Course Units: 1
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ECO 331 - E-Commerce Economics Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) This course applies economic concepts to analyze the new economy where sellers are able to transfer rights for use of goods and services to buyers through network-communication links. Theories of firm conduct and performance, efficiency and productivity, the role of information, intellectual property rights of digital products, ethical aspects and policy implications of E-commerce are discussed. Prerequisite(s): ECO 241
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ECO 332 - Economics of Technological Change Course Units: 1
(Fall; Sener) The course will cover both macro and micro aspects of technological change. Topics include: Exogenous growth models, innovation-driven Schumpeterian growth models, creative destruction and the economy, competition and market structure, valuation of Research and Development (R&D) and patents, patent litigation and enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs), innovation, technology diffusion in the global economy, and design of IPR regimes and R&D policies. Prerequisite(s): ECO 241 or ECO 242
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ECO 334 - Introduction to Financial Analysis Course Units: 1
(Fall, Winter; Kenney) Fundamental concepts of finance (time value of money, risk, and rates of return); analysis of financial statements; bond and stock valuation; capital budgeting; cost of capital, leverage, and optimal capital structure; long-term debt management; dividend policy; mergers and acquisitions; case study of the performance of an enterprise which seeks to maximize shareholder wealth. Prerequisite(s): At least one of ECO 241 , ECO 242 , or ECO 243 .
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ECO 335 - The Economics of Health Course Units: 1
(Winter; Song) Examination of demand and supply for medical personnel; analysis of hospital cost, inflation, and health insurance. Discussion of issues in cost benefit analysis of public health and regulation of health care markets. Prerequisite(s): ECO 241 and ECO 243 , or permission of the instructor.
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ECO 338 - Quantitative Methods in Economics Course Units: 1
(Fall; Holt) Application of mathematical models in economics. The use of matrix algebra, dynamic analysis, and optimization techniques in economic model building. Topics covered include theories of the consumer and of the firm, economic growth, international trade and finance, optimal timing, linear programming, and macroeconomic models. Prerequisite(s): ECO 241
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ECO 339 - Public Finance Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) Analysis of public sector expenditure and tax policy; efficiency and equity consequences of government spending and taxation; the nature of the public sector in the U.S., especially Social Security, education and the personal income tax; intergovernmental fiscal relationships. Prerequisite(s): ECO 241
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ECO 341 - Current Topics in Microeconomics Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) A variety of microeconomic models and their applications to economic problems. Topics selected from year to year, possible topics include game theory, general equilibrium models, time and uncertainty, information economics, structure and behavior of firms, and public choice. Prerequisite(s): ECO 241
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ECO 344 - Economics of Education Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) The economics of the education industry and education policy, and the relationship between education and economic performance. Topics include human capital investment, the production of education, the returns to education, financing education (using public or private resources), and school choice and education outcomes (student achievement, completion rates, lifetime achievement). Prerequisite(s): ECO 241 and ECO 243
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ECO 350 - Experimental Economics Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) This course provides an introduction to experimental methods in economics. Economic theories previously studied will be tested and either confirmed or evidence will be discovered that the theories are incorrect. Those found to be incorrect are usually based on questionable assumptions. Students will also become familiar with state-of-the- art research methodology in experimental economics, and will participate in and conduct experiments in bargaining, auction markets, and other economic situations. Prerequisite(s): ECO 241 and ECO 243
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ECO 352 - Contemporary Problems in Macroeconomics Course Units: 1
(Fall; Motahar) A detailed analysis of some fundamental current macroeconomic issues: growth and productivity, the roots of the current economic and financial crisis, and an examination of policy options designed to address the crisis. We will also conduct some relevant macroeconometric modeling and simulation exercises. Prerequisite(s): ECO 241 , ECO 242 , and ECO 243
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ECO 353 - Seminar in Econometrics Course Units: 1
(Winter; SJ Schmidt) Application of econometric methods to economic problems, plus additional topics in econometrics selected from multicollinearity, serially correlated and heteroskedastic disturbance terms, systems of simultaneous equations, seasonal adjustment, distributed lag models, other time series topics. Prerequisite(s): ECO 243 , and ECO 241 or ECO 242
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ECO 354 - International Economics Course Units: 1
(Spring; Motahar) Foreign trade and international finance, protectionism, international migration of capital and labor, political economy of trade policy, strategic trade policy, international coordination of macroeconomic policies. Prerequisite(s): ECO 241 , ECO 242 , and ECO 243
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ECO 355 - Monetary Economics Course Units: 1
(Fall; Lewis) What money has been and is, with study of relevant institutions, including the Federal Reserve and its policies; the bond market and interest rates; asset demand for domestic and foreign currencies; and monetarist, Keynesian, and Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) approaches to the role of money in macroeconomics. Prerequisite(s): ECO 241 , ECO 242 , and ECO 243 ; ECO 241 may be taken concurrently.
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ECO 364 - Business Analytics Course Units: 1
(Winter; Dvorak) This course is about creating business insights from big data. The learning objective is to develop three abilities. The first is the ability to manipulate big data. This includes downloading, merging, appending and reshaping data, and creating new variables. Second is the ability to analyze data. This includes exploratory data analysis, visualization, and sophisticated predictive algorithms including nearest neighbor, naive Bayes, decision trees, regression and others. We will pay special attention to validating our predictions using the train and test regimen. Finally, students will develop an ability to formulate questions that can be answered using big data, and lead to better business performance. This includes using data to improve marketing, pricing, investing capital, customer satisfaction, costs, etc. The data manipulation and analysis will be implemented by writing programs in statistical software. Prerequisite(s): ECO 101 and ECO 243 (or STA 264 )
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ECO 374 - Sports Economics Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) The application of economics to issues in sports. Sports topics include player salaries, free agency, discrimination, gambling, the Olympics, the Super Bowl, and the impact of stadiums on local economies. Prerequisite(s): ECO 241 and ECO 243
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ECO 375 - Efficient Management of Technology Course Units: 1
(Spring; Yaisawarng) Economic models of the firm; efficiency and productivity concepts; Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA); ethics in management; DEA guide and ethical procedures for improving efficiency and allocating resources; empirical applications to specific industries. Prerequisite(s): ECO 241 and ECO 243
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ECO 376 - Seminar in Global Economic Issues Course Units: 1
(Winter; Sener) This seminar explores different perspectives on current global economic issues. A review of the recent debate on globalization provides a framework for discussion of a variety of issues related to international trade and the international financial system. Topics covered may include: international trade and the environment, international trade and labor standards, regionalism vs. world trade, international financial crises, reforming the global financial architecture, and international capital flows and developing countries. Prerequisite(s): , and
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ECO 378 - Labor Economics Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) Determinants of wages and terms of employment, wage and employment theories and the impact of unions, wage structures, unemployment, poverty, wage legislation. Prerequisite(s): ECO 241
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ECO 380 - Seminar in Economic Growth and Development Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) Reviews the empirical record on economic growth and the resulting division of the world into rich and poor countries; considers the role of accumulation, innovation and institutions in the theory and experience of economic growth; investigates selected topics in the economics and political economy of growth, potentially including international trade, income inequality, international aid, democracy, social conflict, and corruption. Prerequisite(s): ECO 241 , ECO 242 and ECO 243
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ECO 381 - Economics of Culture Course Units: 1
(Spring; Davis) Students will read and discuss the emerging literature on the economics of culture, become familiar with commonly used sources of data on cultural values and beliefs, and address the empirical challenges of using this data to evaluate economic theories of culture. Topics will include 1) the measurement of cultural values, 2) theories of socialization, 3) religion and economic outcomes, 4) cultural beliefs, attitudes toward government redistribution and the welfare state, 5) culture as informal institutions: trade and exchange in the absence of law, management of collective goods, and informal risk-sharing arrangements, 6) family and kinship networks as economic institutions, 7) the economic role of trust, 8) trust, social capital and political institutions, 9) immigration and theories of acculturation, 10) cultural values and institutional quality. Students will conduct a significant independent research project on the economics of culture. Prerequisite(s): ECO 241 and ECO 243
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ECO 382 - Seminar in Finance Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) Study of important topics in finance, such as capital structure, risk, uncertainty, and portfolio theory; agency costs; market efficiency; options theory, and the effects of financial crises on markets. Prerequisite(s): ECO 241 and ECO 334
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ECO 383 - Seminar in International Finance Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) This course is about the financial markets that facilitate trade and investment in today’s global economy. We will learn about the balance of payments, exchange rate determination and exchange rate regimes. Emphasis in the course will be placed on understanding the events currently happening around us: including the widening U.S. current account deficit, dollar depreciation against the euro, China’s reluctance to float its exchange rate, and the financial crises in Asia and Argentina. Prerequisite(s): ECO 241 and ECO 242
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ECO 387 - Seminar in Labor Course Units: 1
(Fall; Song) The objective of this course is to learn how to do empirical research in labor economics using data drawn from the Current Populations Survey (CPS). The CPS is a monthly survey of about 50,000 households conducted by the Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics and is the primary source of information on the labor force characteristics of the U.S. population. Using the CPS data many economists have written papers on topics such as gender/racial wage discrimination, economic performance of immigrants, labor union, job training, involuntary job loss, computer use, poverty, health insurance, and welfare. Students will write and present an empirical paper using data drawn from the CPS. In order to process the CPS data for their research, students will learn how to write programs in statistical software Stata. This would be an excellent prep course for students interested in writing a senior thesis on any topics in labor economics or applied microeconomics and analyzing large data sets. The main labor economics topics to be covered in this course include compensating wage differentials, human capital, labor mobility, immigration, and labor market discrimination. Prerequisite(s): ECO 241 and ECO 243
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ECO 390 - Economics Internships Course Units: 1
(Winter; Fried) Designed to involve students in the operation of various economic agencies, commissions in New York State government and private firms. Interns apply skills to practical problems in economic analysis and gain exposure to the functioning of the agency or firm. Prerequisite(s): ECO 241 , ECO 242 , and ECO 243
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ECO 391 - The Income Tax: Policy and Practice Course Units: 1
(Winter; O’Keeffe) This course integrates theory and practice in addressing income tax policy issues. Students run a Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Site at the College’s Kenney Community Center at which income tax forms are filled out for low-income tax payers. Students undergo training and pass an IRS certification test. Students participate in all aspects of running the site, including publicity, electronic filing, and site management. Class sessions are used for training and for study of the economics literature on income tax policy issues, including the Earned Income Tax Credit, policy towards subsidization of child care, tax compliance issues, and tax incentives for saving. Prerequisite(s): ECO 241 and ECO 243 , and a minimum GPA of 2.9.
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ECO 445 - Managerial Economics Course Units: 1
(Fall; Kenney) Use of economic and statistical analysis in management decision making and practical problem solving; demand evaluation and sales forecasting; cost and profitability analysis; pricing policy; extensive use of case studies. Prerequisite(s): ECO 241 and ECO 243 and senior standing.
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ECO 490 - Economics Independent Study 1 Course Units: 1
(Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) For projects which require one or more of the core courses ECO 241 , ECO 242 , or ECO 243 as prerequisites.
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ECO 491 - Economics Independent Study 2 Course Units: 1
(Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) For projects which require one or more of the core courses ECO 241 , ECO 242 , or ECO 243 as prerequisites.
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ECO 492 - Economics Independent Study 3 Course Units: 1
(Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) For projects which require one or more of the core courses ECO 241 , ECO 242 , or ECO 243 as prerequisites.
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ECO 493 - Economics Independent Study 4 Course Units: 1
(Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) For projects which require one or more of the core courses ECO 241 , ECO 242 , or ECO 243 as prerequisites.
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ECO 498 - Economics Senior Thesis 1 Course Units: 0
(Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) Independent research thesis. Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of C in each of the courses in the core sequence of ECO 241 , ECO 242 , ECO 243 , at least one course in the area of the thesis and senior standing; ECO-498 is prerequisite to ECO 499 . CC: WS
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ECO 499 - Economics Senior Thesis 2 Course Units: 2
(Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) Independent research thesis. Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of C in each of the courses in the core sequence of ECO 241 , ECO 242 , ECO 243 , at least one course in the area of the thesis and senior standing; ECO 498 is prerequisite to ECO 499. CC: WS
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EGL 098 - (274) Tragedy Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) Tragedy is an ancient Greek dramatic art that in its first forms and their later permutations has profoundly shaped the thinking of the western world. Tragedy meditates on the power of the gods, justice and injustice, order and chaos, fate and freedom, and the whole spectrum of human existence.
The first great tragic playwright, Aeschylus, affirms the painful, yet hopeful notion that wisdom comes through suffering; but less than two generations later the plays of Euripides offer much more pain than hope, and the wisdom gained from the tragedies of Elizabethan and Jacobean England (e.g., Shakespeare) tends to be extremely bitter. Tragedy in the 19th and 20th century gets bleaker still, as writers lose faith in both the existence of traditional heroes and any sort of cosmic justice–the very possibility of reconciling oneself with the world as it is. But, despite this dark vision, modern as well as ancient tragedy can also generate a powerful kind of pleasure in audiences and readers-just one of the many paradoxes built into the genre. This course will attempt to make sense of it all. CC: HUL Note:
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EGL 099 - (271) The Bible: An Introduction Course Units: 1
CLS 099 (Spring; Heinegg) This course is a basic survey of the most historically and culturally important book in the world. Actually, the Bible is not a single book, but a complex anthology of many different genres, including history, legend, myth, law, poetry, prophecy, philosophy, and an astonishing variety of religious texts, from passionate prayers to bitter complaints against God, composed over the course of something like a thousand years. In addition to reading the most essential parts of the Old and New Testaments, we will also examine some of the countless ways that the Bible has left an imprint on modern western and American life. No previous acquaintance with the Bible is required. CC: HUL
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EGL 100 - Introduction to the Study of Literature: Poetry Course Units: 1
(Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) Students will explore the art of poetry by examining a selection of poems from at least three cultures and by considering how poetry conveys its complex meanings through voice, image, rhythm, formal and experimental structures. Particular attention will be given to developing reading and writing skills. CC: HUL, WAC Note: Introductory courses are open to all students.
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EGL 101 - Introduction to the Study of Literature: Fiction Course Units: 1
(Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) Students will explore fictional works from at least three cultures. Emphasis will be placed on exploring the art of narrative-on considering the ways stories get told and the reasons for telling them. Attention may be paid to such concerns as narrative point of view, storytelling strategies and character development, the relationship between oral and written narrative traditions, and narrative theory. Particular attention will be given to developing reading and writing skills. CC: HUL, WAC Note: Introductory courses are open to all students.
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EGL 102 - Introduction to the Study of Literature: Drama Course Units: 1
(Spring; Jenkins) In this course, we will ask how different representations of disguise help to articulate the themes with which drama is so concerned. Not only do plays acted on the stage abound in examples of characters who switch places or are mistaken for each other, they also provide a forum for individual characters to question their relationship with the people and culture that surround them. Even as plays stage the most private of feelings in a public setting, they also suggest that human interactions frequently involve playing a role. Throughout our examination of mix-ups, imposters, and identity crises in plays that range from ancient times to the present day, we will pay attention to both the literary and theatrical conventions of drama and the changing social place of the theater. The syllabus will include works by authors such as Euripides, Christopher Marlowe, Henrik Ibsen, Arthur Miller, August Wilson, Yasmina Reza, and David Ives. One of the most important aspects of the course will be the development of your ability to express your insights about the plays we read in your own written work. There will be frequent informal written assignments designed to help you build up to the longer papers. CC: HUL, WAC
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EGL 200 - (223) Shakespeare to 1600 Course Units: 1
(Spring; Doyle) (Offered at least once per year) We’ll explore in this course some of the most entertaining, moving, and provocative theater the world has ever known. Focusing mainly on Shakespeare’s comedies and histories, we’ll discover characters who offer us complicated and engaging perspectives on topics such as love, magic, revenge, family relationships, “outsiders,” and political power. We will work together to appreciate both the nuances of Shakespeare’s poetry and the excitement of his works in performance (whether on stage or screen). Prerequisite(s): EGL 100 or EGL 101 or EGL 102 or a grade of 5 on the AP English Literature or Language test. CC: HUL
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EGL 201 - (224) Shakespeare after 1600 Course Units: 1
(Fall; Jenkins) (Offered at least once per year) We will look at Shakespeare’s great tragedies and romances with particular attention to the dramatic practices of his time. In this we will be helped by performances and workshops conducted on campus by the American Shakespeare Center, so be prepared to chew (or at least nibble on) the scenery as well as paying close textual attention to the artistry of the plays. Prerequisite(s): EGL 100 or EGL 101 or EGL 102 or a grade of 5 on the AP English Literature or Language test. CC: HUL
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EGL 202 - Amazons, Saints and Scholars: Women’s Writing in the Middle Ages and Renaissance Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) (Offered twice every four years) This course explores the medieval and early modern female writers of England and France. We will ask: how did women respond in writing to the male-defined literary traditions and conventions of these eras? The course also provides an introduction to some of the major questions and works of feminist literary criticism, including: Why should we read the works of women? What aesthetic standards should we apply when discussing their works? Is there a difference between “masculine” and “feminine” writing? We will focus on six female writers: Marie de France, Christine de Pizan, Elizabeth Carey, Isabella Whitney, Amelia Lanyer, and Mary Sidney. Prerequisite(s): EGL 100 or EGL 101 or EGL 102 or a grade of 5 on the AP English Literature or Language test. CC: HUL
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EGL 203 - The Age of Heroes: The Anglo-Saxon Era Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) (Offered twice every four years) In 410 the Romans abandoned Britain, withdrawing to the continent just as pagan Germanic invaders began to challenge the island’s native Picts and Celts. In 1066 the Duke of Normandy crossed the Channel and kicked a Danish king off the throne of a fully Christianized England. In between these two events lies the matter of this course: the literature of the Anglo- Saxon era, which, despite (or perhaps because of) successive waves of foreign invasion and political disunity, developed arguably the most distinctive and sophisticated culture in all of early medieval Europe. Prerequisite(s): EGL 100 or EGL 101 or EGL 102 or a grade of 5 on the AP English Literature or Language test. CC: HUL
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EGL 204 - Plague, Revolt, Religion, and Nation: The Fourteenth Century Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) (Offered twice every four years) This course explores English literature as it reflects, shapes, and critiques society from the onset of the Hundred Years’ War to the overthrow of Richard II (1337- 1400), a turbulent period that includes the Peasants’ Revolt, the Black Plague, the rise of English as the language of literature and government, and the proto-Protestant movement known as Lollardy. Prerequisite(s): EGL 100 or EGL 101 or EGL 102 or a grade of 5 on the AP English Literature or Language test. CC: HUL
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EGL 205 - The Road to Canterbury Course Units: 1
(Fall; Doyle) Comedy, chivalric adventure, magic, miracles, saints’ lives, sermons – Chaucer’s best-known work, The Canterbury Tales, runs the gamut from sublime love poetry to slapstick fart jokes. We will study a generous selection of the major Tales, exploring Chaucer’s literary sources, his style, his perspective on his own contemporary culture, and his ideas about the purpose of storytelling. Along the way, we will learn to read some Middle English and grapple with some of the questions Chaucer raises: Who defines the term “great literature,” anyway? What does it mean when an author writes in someone else’s voice? How do a storyteller’s social class and choice of genre determine the story’s impact? Should literature challenge political and cultural norms? What are the uses of irony? How should texts treat women? What role does an audience have in defining the meaning of a story? Prerequisite(s): EGL 100 or EGL 101 or EGL 102 or a grade of 5 on the AP English Literature or Language test. CC: HUL
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EGL 206 - (205) Renaissance Literature Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) (Offered intermittently) Attention to selected literary texts from ancient Greece and Rome, consideration of their “rebirth” and influence on aesthetic and intellectual work produced in western Europe from the 14th century to the 17th , and consequent close attention to the achievements of one or more major literary figures of the English Renaissance. Prerequisite(s): EGL 100 or EGL 101 or EGL 102 or a grade of 5 on the AP English Literature or Language test. CC: HUL
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EGL 208 - Renaissance Drama Course Units: 1
(Winter; Jenkins) (Offered once every four years) How various Renaissance playwrights represented those on the margins of the dominant culture, particularly the malcontent or madman (Marlowe’s Jew of Malta; Kyd’s The Spanish Tragedy; Marston’s The Malcontent), women (Middleton and Dekker’s The Roaring Girl, Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi, Ford’s ‘Tis a Pity She’s a Whore), the criminal (the anonymous Arden of Faversham), and sometimes the intersection of all three (Jonson’s Bartholomew Fair). Prerequisite(s): EGL 100 or EGL 101 or EGL 102 or a grade of 5 on the AP English Literature or Language test. CC: HUL
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EGL 209 - (206) British Literature: The 1590s Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) (Offered twice every four years) Early modern London was a place in which everyone-from the queen to courtiers to poets- could see herself or himself as an “actor on the stage.” It was a culture in which role-playing was a necessary and dangerous art, one that led to both paranoia and creativity. In this course we’ll explore a wide variety of Renaissance poses and impersonations: portraits and speeches of Queen Elizabeth (as well as recent film treatments of her); sophisticated and scandalous love poetry; the advice given to young ladies and courtiers on how to protect themselves from vicious gossip and dazzle their onlookers; and audacious works of theater. Course authors include Sidney, Marlowe, Spenser, Shakespeare, Castiglione, and Queen Elizabeth. Prerequisite(s): EGL 100 or EGL 101 or EGL 102 or a grade of 5 on the AP English Literature or Language test. CC: HUL
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EGL 210 - British Literature: Seventeenth-Century Literature Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) (Offered twice every four years) This course will look at seventeenth-century literature and culture through the idea of revenge, which became a dominant form in an age of turmoil, injury, and change. We will begin with the early revenge plays of Shakespeare, Tourneur, Marston, Ford, and Webster, proceed through the cosmic revenge of Satan in Paradise Lost, and end with the ironic revenge exacted on moral goodness by the Restoration poets, playwrights, and philosophers. Prerequisite(s): EGL 100 or EGL 101 or EGL 102 or a grade of 5 on the AP English Literature or Language test. CC: HUL
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EGL 211 - Milton Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) (Offered once every four years) The two sides of Milton - the high humanist poet, author of the greatest epic in English and one of the greatest religious poems in any language, and the Puritan revolutionary, defender of regicide and champion of the English commonwealth. The goal of the course will be to see if the two sides can be held separate, or if they must be seen as complementary. We will read Paradise Lost at the rate of one book per week, always trying to relate the two sides of the poet. Prerequisite(s): EGL 100 or EGL 101 or EGL 102 or a grade of 5 on the AP English Literature or Language test. CC: HUL
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EGL 212 - The Restoration Course Units: 1
(Not offered this Academic Year) (Offered once every four years) This course will closely examine the culture that produced both the first official poet laureate of England, John Dryden, and the most notoriously libertine poet in English, the Earl of Rochester. Also appearing will be the first English woman to make a living from literature, Aphra Behn; the wittiest playwrights in English dramatic history (Wycherley, Etherege, Congreve); John Milton; some very early English novels; and some pretty good philosophers, including Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and maybe even Sir Isaac Newton. All that and the Great Fire of London, outbreaks of the plague, several wars, and major revolutions in politics and science. Prerequisite(s): EGL 100 or EGL 101 or EGL 102 or a grade of 5 on the AP English Literature or Language test. CC: HUL
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