Academic Catalog 2016-2017 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
Academic Catalog 2016-2017 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Listing


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.

 

Biological Sciences

  
  • BIO 496 - Biology Research 7

    Course Units: 1
    (Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) Independent research in consultation with a member of the biology staff. Research students are required to attend departmental seminars. Prerequisite(s): permission of the chair and the instructor.
  
  • BIO 497 - Biology Honors Research 1

    Course Units: 1
    (Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) A sequence that requires a thesis based on original scientific research. May be used to satisfy WS requirement and departmental component for honors in biology, or for WS requirement alone. Research students are required to attend departmental seminars. Prerequisite(s): permission of the instructor. CC: WS
  
  • BIO 498 - Biology Honors Research 2

    Course Units: 1
    (Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) A sequence that requires a thesis based on original scientific research. May be used to satisfy WS requirement and departmental component for honors in biology, or for WS requirement alone. Research students are required to attend departmental seminars. Prerequisite(s): permission of the instructor CC: WS
  
  • BIO 499 - Biology Honors Research 3

    Course Units: 1
    (Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) A sequence that requires a thesis based on original scientific research. May be used to satisfy WS requirement and departmental component for honors in biology, or for WS requirement alone. Research students are required to attend departmental seminars. Prerequisite(s): permission of the instructor. CC: WS

Bioengineering

  
  • BNG 101 - Graphics and Image Processing for Biomedical Systems

    Course Units: 1
    (Fall; Cotter, Khetan) Students will learn how to create objects, assemblies, and engineering drawings using SolidWorks, a solid modeling software. Students will also be introduced to the fundamentals of image acquisition and processing in biomedical systems and the use of block diagrams to construct more complex processing systems. Corequisite(s): BNG 101L CC: SET Lecture/Lab Hours There is a weekly laboratory.
  
  • BNG 201 - Biomechanics 1

    Course Units: 1
    (Winter; Mafi) A basic biomechanics course concerned with two- and three-dimensional force systems, equilibrium and distributed forces. These topics will be studied in the context of the musculoskeletal system. This course also introduces strength and elastic deflection of biological tissues due to loads applied axially, in torsion, in bending, and in shear. Shear and bending moment diagrams, friction, and area moments of inertia will be introduced. Prerequisite(s): MTH 110  or equivalent and PHY 120   Corequisite(s): BNG 201L Lecture/Lab Hours There is a weekly laboratory.
  
  • BNG 202 - Biomechanics 2

    Course Units: 1
    (Spring; Currey) Kinematics and kinetics of particles and rigid bodies in planar motion with applications to human motion analysis. The course includes Newtonian and energy approaches to problem solutions. Prerequisite(s): BNG 201   Corequisite(s): BNG 202L Lecture/Lab Hours There is a weekly laboratory.
  
  • BNG 281 - Bioengineering Practicum 1

    Course Units: 0
    (Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) Under the supervision of a Bioengineering faculty member, students may participate in undergraduate research or a design project. To receive pass/fail credit equivalent to one free elective course, a student must receive a passing grade in three terms of the practicum course. Up to two credits may be earned in this way. Prerequisite(s):  Permission of the faculty supervisor and one of the Bioengineering program co-directors is required.
  
  • BNG 282 - Bioengineering Practicum 2

    Course Units: 0
    (Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) Under the supervision of a Bioengineering faculty member, students may participate in undergraduate research or a design project. To receive pass/fail credit equivalent to one free elective course, a student must receive a passing grade in three terms of the practicum course. Up to two credits may be earned in this way. Prerequisite(s): Permission of the faculty supervisor and one of the Bioengineering program co-directors is required.
  
  • BNG 283 - Bioengineering Practicum 3

    Course Units: 1
    (Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) Under the supervision of a Bioengineering faculty member, students may participate in undergraduate research or a design project. To receive pass/fail credit equivalent to one free elective course, a student must receive a passing grade in three terms of the practicum course. Up to two credits may be earned in this way. Prerequisite(s): Permission of the faculty supervisor and one of the Bioengineering program co-directors is required.
  
  • BNG 311 - Advanced Mechanics

    Course Units: 1
    (Fall; Currey) Advanced biomechanics topics in stress analysis, deflection and stiffness, failure analysis, fracture mechanics, fatigue. Prerequisite(s): BNG 201   Corequisite(s): BNG 311L Lecture/Lab Hours There is a weekly laboratory.
  
  • BNG 331 - Cell-Tissue-Material Interaction

    Course Units: 1
    (Same as BIO 231 ) (Spring; Khetan) This course studies interactions between living cells, tissues and implant biomaterials, with a focus on molecular and cellular level phenomena in the initiation and generation of tissue and systemic responses. Prerequisite(s): BIO 112  
  
  • BNG 338 - Mechanobiology

    Course Units: 1
    (Spring; Currey) This course will focus on the mechanical regulation of biological systems. The topics covered include principles and concepts of mechanobiology; embryogenesis and histogenesis of tissues with a focus on the skeletal system; physical forces at the cellular, tissue, and organ level; mechanical regulation of cellular behavior, tissue growth and organ development. Prerequisite(s): BNG 201  or equivalent.
  
  • BNG 344 - Biomechanics of Human Motion

    Course Units: 1
    (Not offered this Academic Year) Study of the dynamics of human motion through a series of modules comprised of lecture and laboratory activities. The modules will include: musculoskeletal modeling with inertial effects, determination of mass moments of inertia of body segments, principle mass moments of inertia, instrumentation used in kinematics and kinetics analyses, numerical differentiation and integration and terrestrial locomotion. Prerequisite(s): BNG 202  or equivalent.
  
  • BNG 345 - Orthopaedic Biomechanics

    Course Units: 1
    (Fall; Currey) This course will examine issues in the field of Orthopaedic Biomechanics. We will explore the current state of knee, dental, spinal, and other orthopaedic implants. We will also look at treatments available for fracture healing. Prerequisite(s): BNG 202  or equivalent.
  
  • BNG 386 - Introduction to Biomedical Instrumentation

    Course Units: 1
    (Same as ECE 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): BNG 386L
  
  • BNG 397 - Biometric Signal Processing

    Course Units: 1
    (Same as ECE 377 ) (Not offered this Academic Year) This course details how signal processing is applied to create biometric systems, which are technologies that measure and analyze human body characteristics. These systems are widely used today in security and forensic applications. The course will reinforce many of the fundamental concepts that students have learned in their introductory DSP course and will cover both 1D (voice) and 2D (face and fingerprint) biometrics. Prerequisite(s): ECE 241  and CSC 10x Corequisite(s): BNG 397L Lecture/Lab Hours There is a weekly laboratory.
  
  • BNG 487 - Medical Imaging Systems

    Course Units: 1
    (Same as ECE 487 ) (Not offered this Academic Year) 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):   
  
  • BNG 490 - Bioengineering Independent Study 1

    Course Units:
    (Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff)
  
  • BNG 491 - Bioengineering Independent Study 2

    Course Units:
    (Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff)
  
  • BNG 492 - Bioengineering Independent Study 3

    Course Units:
    (Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff)
  
  • BNG 495 - Bioengineering Capstone Design

    Course Units: 1
    (Winter; Cotter, Khetan) A capstone design experience in which students work in teams on bioengineering design problems. Each team will use design methodologies and techniques to produce a complete and detailed design for a designated bioengineering client. Prerequisite(s): BNG 202  or ECE 241 . CC: WS
  
  • BNG 497 - Bioengineering Senior Project 1

    Course Units: 1
    Capstone research or design project, performed either independently or as a team, under the supervision of one or more faculty participating in the Bioengineering program.
  
  • BNG 498 - Bioengineering Senior Project 2

    Course Units: 1
    Capstone research or design project, performed either independently or as a team, under the supervision of one or more faculty participating in the Bioengineering program. Prerequisite(s): BNG 497   CC: WAC

Chemistry

  
  • CHM 050 - Topics in Chemical Analysis - Forensic Chemistry

    Course Units: 1
    (Not offered this Academic Year) Introduction to the analytical approaches used by forensic chemists. These methods of analysis, including the use of research-grade instrumentation, will be applied in the laboratory to simulated “crime scene” evidence. CC: SCLB Note: Not open to students who have completed CHM 101  or CHM 110H , or have AP credit in chemistry.
  
  • CHM 060 - Meals to Molecules

    Course Units: 1
    (Not offered this Academic Year) What is a healthy diet? This course will discuss human nutrition from a molecular perspective. Readings from the textbook and laboratory exercises will familiarize the student with the components of foods and how these components are used by the human body. In addition, the course will examine the benefits and pitfalls of supplementation of the diet with vitamins, etc., and discuss how to interpret health claims. Corequisite(s): CHM 050L CC: SCLB Note: Not open to students who have completed CHM 101  or CHM 110H , or have AP credit in chemistry.
  
  • CHM 080 - Culinary Chemistry

    Course Units: 1
    (Fall, Spring; Hagerman, Tyler) This culinary-themed course is an introduction to the chemistry involved in food preparation and cooking. The course will include lecture and a laboratory experience with inquiry-based exercises in both the traditional chemical laboratory setting and a typical kitchen setting. Topics include the chemical make-up of the food we eat, the relationship between structure and flavor, and how chefs exert exquisite control over chemical reactions to create the flavor and texture of a gourmet meal. CC: SCLB Note: Not open to students who have completed CHM 101  or CHM 110H , or have AP credit in chemistry.
  
  • CHM 090 - The Art & Science of Painting

    Course Units: 1
    (Same as AAH 205 ) (Not offered this Academic Year) A historical and chemical grounding in the topic of painting and its impact on society, with focus on the 14th to 17th centuries. Topics include inorganic and organic pigments and binders used in the late medieval workshop, fresco, the tempera tradition, and oil painting in the Renaissance (properties of oil, mixing with pigments, glazing, drying). Students will work with primary sources and the secondary literature, and engage in laboratory experimentation. CC: SET, HUM
  
  • CHM 101 - Introductory Chemistry 1

    Course Units: 1
    (Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) Chemistry 101 is an introductory course that focuses on atomic and molecular structure, chemical bonding, stoichiometry, aqueous chemical reactions, and the properties of gases, liquids, solids and solutions. CC: SCLB Lecture/Lab Hours Three lab hours each week. Note: Not open to students who have scored 4 or 5 on the AP Chemistry Exam or who have completed CHM 110H . All students who wish to enroll in an introductory chemistry course must take a placement examination to determine the appropriate course. See Course Selection guidelines for more information on placement.
  
  • CHM 102 - Introductory Chemistry 2

    Course Units: 1
    (Winter, Spring; Staff) A continuation of CHM 101 , focusing on thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, chemical equilibrium, acids and bases, electrochemistry, and an introduction to organic chemistry. Prerequisite(s): CHM 101  or placement via the placement exam. Corequisite(s): CHM 101L CC: SCLB Lecture/Lab Hours Three lab hours each week. Note: Not open to students who have taken CHM 110H .
  
  • CHM 110H - Honors Introductory Chemistry

    Course Units: 1
    (Fall,Winter; Anderson, Lou) A laboratory-intensive course that will deal with the main topics of CHM 101  and CHM 102  and is meant to replace those courses for students who have strong backgrounds in introductory chemistry. Students who have scored 4 or 5 on the AP chemistry exam will be automatically placed into CHM 110H; see Course Selection guidelines for more information on placement. Note: Students who have scored 4 or 5 on the AP chemistry exam or who successfully complete CHM 110H will also receive AP credit for CHM 101 .
  
  • CHM 224 - Frontiers of Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials

    Course Units: 1
    (Same as ESC 224) (Winter; Staff) An overview of nanotechnology and nanomaterials including interdisciplinary perspectives from engineering, materials science, chemistry, physics, and biology with emphases in sensors and actuators, nanoelectronics, alternative energy, nanocomposites, polymers, biomaterials and drug delivery. Prerequisite(s): PHY 111  or PHY 121  or IMP 113; MTH 115 ; and CHM 101  or CHM 110H ; or permission of instructor.
  
  • CHM 231 - Organic Chemistry 1

    Course Units: 1
    (Fall, Winter; Staff) A mechanistic approach to the chemistry of carbon compounds organized around the reactions of functional groups. We cover alkanes, cycloalkanes, alcohols, alkyl halides (nucleophilic substitution and elimination), alkenes (addition and elimination), alkynes, spectroscopy (IR and NMR) and computer molecular modeling. Prerequisite(s): CHM 102  or CHM 110H   Lecture/Lab Hours Four lab hours each week.
  
  • CHM 232 - Organic Chemistry 2

    Course Units: 1
    (Winter, Spring; Staff) A continuation of CHM 231  including an emphasis on synthesis, and the chemistry of conjugated and aromatic compounds, carbonyl compounds, and an introduction to important classes of biomolecules. Prerequisite(s): CHM 231   Corequisite(s): CHM 231L Lecture/Lab Hours Four lab hours each week.
  
  • CHM 240 - Analytical Chemistry

    Course Units: 1
    (Spring; Carroll, Lou) A course that focuses on the quantitative analysis of samples. Classroom and laboratory emphasis on statistical treatment of data, classical and instrumental methods of chemical analysis, and chemical equilibrium. Prerequisite(s): CHM 231   Corequisite(s): CHM 240L Lecture/Lab Hours Six lab hours each week.
  
  • CHM 245 - Environmental Chemistry

    Course Units: 1
    (Not offered this Academic Year) A course focused on the role of chemical principles such as chemical equilibrium, kinetics and chemical structure in understanding natural environmental cycles and the impacts of human activity on those cycles. Topics covered include: aquatic chemistry and water pollution, atmospheric chemistry and air pollution, energy and climate change, and toxic organic chemicals in the environment. Prerequisite(s): CHM 231   Note: Class will meet four hours per week. There is no lab, but we will spend some class time on short field trips and conducting lab activities.
  
  • CHM 260 - Inorganic Chemistry

    Course Units: 1
    (Fall; Tyler) Foundations of inorganic chemistry with key focus on structure and symmetry, bonding, acid/base properties, reactivity, and physical characterization of inorganic compounds. Laboratory emphasis will focus on the synthesis and characterization of inorganic compounds and investigation of their physical properties. Prerequisite(s): CHM 231  or permission of the instructor. Corequisite(s): CHM 260L Lecture/Lab Hours Four lab hours each week.
  
  • CHM 291 - Chemistry Research Practicum 1

    Course Units: 0
    (Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) This course is designed for students who want to gain research experience in chemistry or biochemistry under the direction of a member of the chemistry faculty. Expectations include a minimum of four hours per week of lab work, in addition to other requirements to be determined by individual research advisors. To receive Pass/Fail credit equivalent to one course, the student must earn 3 terms (normally in a row) of passing grades for the practicum experience. Note: Not open to students currently enrolled in CHM 491 , CHM 492 , CHM 493 or in a sophomore scholars project in the Chemistry Department.
  
  • CHM 292 - Chemistry Research Practicum 2

    Course Units: 0
    (Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) This course is designed for students who want to gain research experience in chemistry or biochemistry under the direction of a member of the chemistry faculty. Expectations include a minimum of four hours per week of lab work, in addition to other requirements to be determined by individual research advisors. To receive Pass/Fail credit equivalent to one course, the student must earn 3 terms (normally in a row) of passing grades for the practicum experience. Note: Not open to students currently enrolled in CHM 491 , CHM 492 , CHM 493  or in a sophomore scholars project in the Chemistry Department.
  
  • CHM 293 - Chemistry Research Practicum 3

    Course Units: 1
    (Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) This course is designed for students who want to gain research experience in chemistry or biochemistry under the direction of a member of the chemistry faculty. Expectations include a minimum of four hours per week of lab work, in addition to other requirements to be determined by individual research advisors. To receive Pass/Fail credit equivalent to one course, the student must earn 3 terms (normally in a row) of passing grades for the practicum experience. Note: Not open to students currently enrolled in CHM 491 , CHM 492 , CHM 493  or in a sophomore scholars project in the Chemistry Department.
  
  • CHM 295H - Chemistry Honors Independent Project 1

    Course Units: 0
    (Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) Two-term sophomore independent study project on a chemistry- or biochemistry-related project under the direction of a member of the chemistry faculty, for students in the Union Scholars Program. Expectations include a minimum of six hours per week of lab work, in addition to other requirements to be determined by individual research advisors. Student receives a Pass/Fail grade in the first term of the project, and a letter grade and one course credit upon completion of the second term of the project. Note: Not open to students currently enrolled in CHM 491 , CHM 492 , or CHM 493 .
  
  • CHM 296H - Chemistry Honors Independent Project 2

    Course Units: 1
    (Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) Two-term sophomore independent study project on a chemistry- or biochemistry-related project under the direction of a member of the chemistry faculty, for students in the Union Scholars Program. Expectations include a minimum of six hours per week of lab work, in addition to other requirements to be determined by individual research advisors. Student receives a Pass/Fail grade in the first term of the project, and a letter grade and one course credit upon completion of the second term of the project. Note: Not open to students currently enrolled in CHM 491 , CHM 492 , or CHM 493 .
  
  • CHM 330 - Medicinal Chemistry

    Course Units: 1
    (Spring; Kehlbeck) This course focuses on medicinal chemistry and the underlying principles of organic chemistry. Topics to be covered might include drug discovery, lead modification, drug-receptor interactions, structure-activity relationships (SAR), pro-drugs and biomimetics. Physicochemical properties and synthetic approaches to drug families will be especially emphasized. Prerequisite(s): CHM 232  
  
  • CHM 332 - Synthetic Methods

    Course Units: 1
    (Not offered this Academic Year) This course focuses on developing the common laboratory techniques used in modern synthetic organic chemistry and the underlying principles of organic chemistry covered. Topics to be covered will be in the form of three synthetic projects. Prerequisite(s): CHM 232   Lecture/Lab Hours Six lab hours each week plus additional instrumentation time outsided of lab.
  
  • CHM 335 - Survey of Biochemistry

    Course Units: 1
    (Same as  BIO 335  and BCH 335 ) (Spring; Paulick) (see BCH 335 )
  
  • CHM 340 - Chemical Instrumentation

    Course Units: 1
    (Fall; MacManus-Spencer, McGarrah) Theory and practice of modern methods of analysis with emphasis on spectroscopic, chromatographic, electrochemical, and surface science techniques, as well as electronic measurements. Prerequisite(s): CHM 231 , CHM 240 , and one course in physics or permission of the instructor. Corequisite(s): CHM 340L Lecture/Lab Hours Four lab hours each week.
  
  • CHM 351 - Kinetics and Thermodynamics

    Course Units: 1
    (Winter; Huisman) Properties of gases; chemical kinetics; fundamentals of thermodynamics including heats of reactions and phase and chemical equilibria. Prerequisite(s): CHM 240 , PHY 110  or PHY 120  and MTH 115   Corequisite(s): CHM 351L Lecture/Lab Hours Four lab hours each week.
  
  • CHM 352 - Quantum Chemistry

    Course Units: 1
    (Spring; Anderson) Fundamentals of quantum mechanics and its application to chemical bonding and spectroscopy. Prerequisite(s): CHM 351  and PHY 111  or PHY 121   Corequisite(s): CHM 352L Lecture/Lab Hours Four lab hours each week.
  
  • CHM 354 - Chemical Applications of Group Theory

    Course Units: 1
    (Not offered this Academic Year) A course on the role of molecular symmetry in chemistry. Topics include symmetry point groups, bonding in organic, inorganic, and organometallic compounds, orbital symmetry control of chemical reactions, and spectroscopy. Prerequisite(s): CHM 232  and CHM 352  , MTH 115 , and PHY 111  or PHY 121 . CHM 352  may be taken concurrently.
  
  • CHM 360 - Advanced Inorganic Chemistry: Materials & Catalysis

    Course Units: 1
    (Winter; Hagerman) Structure/property relationships in solids, organometallics, homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, materials chemistry and inorganic nanomaterials. Prerequisite(s): CHM 260  and CHM 351  or permission of the instructor.
  
  • CHM 382 - Biochemistry: Structure and Catalysis

    Course Units: 1
    (Same as BCH 382  and BIO 382 ) (Winter; Fox, Anderson) Structure and function of proteins/enzymes including purification, mechanism, kinetics, regulation, metabolism and a detailed analysis of several classic protein systems. Prerequisite(s): CHM 232   Corequisite(s): CHM 382L Lecture/Lab Hours Four lab hours each week. Note: Not open to students who have completed   CHM 335 , BIO 335  or BCH 335 .
  
  • CHM 491 - Chemical Research 1

    Course Units: 1
    (Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) Chemical research under the direction of a member of the faculty. Thesis required. Expectations include a minimum of twelve hours per week of lab work, in addition to other requirements to be determined by individual research advisors. Prerequisite(s): CHM 232 , CHM 240  (CHM 340  and CHM 351  are recommended), third-term junior standing, and/or permission of the department chair. CC: WS
  
  • CHM 492 - Chemical Research 2

    Course Units: 1
    (Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) Chemical research under the direction of a member of the faculty. Thesis required. Expectations include a minimum of twelve hours per week of lab work, in addition to other requirements to be determined by individual research advisors. Prerequisite(s): CHM 232 , CHM 240  (CHM 340  and CHM 351  are recommended), third-term junior standing, and/or permission of the department chair. CC: WS
  
  • CHM 493 - Chemical Research 3

    Course Units: 1
    (Fall, Winter, Spring; Staff) Chemical research under the direction of a member of the faculty. Thesis required. Expectations include a minimum of twelve hours per week of lab work, in addition to other requirements to be determined by individual research advisors. Prerequisite(s): CHM 232 , CHM 240  (CHM 340  and CHM 351  are recommended), third-term junior standing, and/or permission of the department chair. CC: WS

Chinese

  
  • CHN 100 - Basic Chinese 1

    Course Units: 1
    (Fall; Staff) Basic skills for students who begin with no knowledge of Mandarin. CC: HUM
  
  • CHN 101 - Basic Chinese 2

    Course Units: 1
    (Winter; Staff) A continuation of CHN 100 . Prerequisite(s): CHN 100  or permission of instructor. CC: LCCC, HUM
  
  • CHN 102 - Basic Chinese 3

    Course Units: 1
    (Spring; Staff) A continuation of CHN 101 . Prerequisite(s): CHN 101  or permission of instructor. CC: LCCC, HUM
  
  • CHN 103 - Chinese for the Term Abroad

    Course Units: 1
    (Not offered this Academic Year) An introduction to Chinese language, combining Basic Chinese I and culture components. Open to students going on the term abroad or those with general interest in learning Chinese. Students who took CHN 100 -CHN 102  sequence cannot take this course. CC: LCCC
  
  • CHN 200 - Intermediate Chinese 1

    Course Units: 1
    (Fall; Staff) Review, and continued development of all skills in Mandarin. CC: LCCC
  
  • CHN 201 - Intermediate Chinese 2

    Course Units: 1
    (Winter; Staff) Continuation of CHN 200 . Prerequisite(s): CHN 200  or permission of instructor. CC: LCCC
  
  • CHN 202 - Intermediate Chinese 3

    Course Units: 1
    (Spring; Staff) Continuation of CHN 201 . Prerequisite(s): CHN 201  or permission of instructor. CC: LCCC
  
  • CHN 204T - Chinese Language Studied Abroad

    Course Units: 1
    (Fall, Staff) See International Programs. CC: LCC Note: Fall term in China.
  
  • CHN 205T - Chinese Language Studied Abroad

    Course Units: 1
    (Fall; Staff) See International Programs. Note: Fall term in China.
  
  • CHN 250T - Chinese Language Studied Independently Abroad 1

    Course Units: 1
    CC: LCC
  
  • CHN 251T - Chinese Language Studied Independently Abroad 2

    Course Units: 1
    CC: LCC
  
  • CHN 300 - Advanced Intermediate Chinese 1

    Course Units: 1
    (Not offered this Academic Year) Continued formal study of the Chinese language. Prerequisite(s): CHN 202  or equivalent. CC: LCCC, HUM
  
  • CHN 301 - Advanced Intermediate Chinese 2

    Course Units: 1
    (Not offered this Academic Year) A continuation of CHN 300 . Prerequisite(s): CHN 300  or permission of instructor. CC: LCCC, HUM
  
  • CHN 302 - Advanced Intermediate Chinese 3

    Course Units: 1
    (Not offered this Academic Year) A continuation of CHN 301 . Prerequisite(s): CHN 301  or permission of instructor. CC: LCCC, HUM
  
  • CHN 320T - Chinese Civilization

    Course Units: 1
    (Fall; Staff) CC: LCCC
  
  • CHN 400 - The Changing Face of China

    Course Units: 1
    (Not offered this Academic Year) This course is designed for students who have completed three years of Chinese at the college level or the equivalent. More advanced authentic texts of diverse topics will be introduced to students that cover the sociopolitical, economic, and cultural dimensions of a drastically changing China sitting in the whirlwind of commercialization and globalization. Students will gain insight into contemporary China and develop a higher level of Chinese proficiency through class discussions, written compositions, TV news clips and film analyses. Class will be conducted entirely in Chinese. Prerequisite(s): CHN 302  or equivalent. CC: LCCC, HUM Note: Enrollment with the consent of the instructor.
  
  • CHN 401 - Media China

    Course Units: 1
    (Not offered this Academic Year) The course is designed for students who have completed three years of Chinese at the college level or the equivalent. Through analysis of more advanced and up-to-date authentic materials from China’s mass media, students will not only develop a higher level of Chinese proficiency through class discussions, written compositions, research presentations, but also gain insight into contemporary China, as well as develop strong media literacy skills. Class will be conducted entirely in Chinese. Prerequisite(s): CHN 302  or equivalent. CC: LCCC, HUM Note: Enrollment with consent of the instructor.
  
  • CHN 489 - Chinese Senior Project

    Course Units: 1
    This project serves as a required, capstone course in the Chinese major.  The project is designed in consultation with the faculty coordinator of senior projects. By permission of the faculty. Prerequisite(s): Intermediate-High to Advanced-Low proficiency or permission of the faculty coordinator. CC: LCCC
  
  • MLT 200 - Modern Chinese Literature

    Course Units: 1
    (Winter; Staff) An introduction to Chinese literature in the 20th Century. The publishing industry, and especially literature, played an influential role in shaping China’s modern development. Students will study the origins of the New Culture movement’s “new literature,” analyze “revolutionary romanticism” and art for the masses, as well as examine contemporary works of popular fiction. The course relates China’s literary and cultural trends within the local and global dimensions of modernity. All works in English. CC: HUL, LCC
  
  • MLT 201 - Chinese Cinema

    Course Units: 1
    (Not offered this Academic Year) From the glitzy production studios of 1930’s Shanghai to the contemporary hinterlands of China, the backstreets of Hong Kong, and the towns of Taiwan, this course examines the development and transformation of Chinese cinema. It explores questions of aesthetics, Chinese identity, transnationalism, and representation. All films subtitled. CC: HUM, LCC
  
  • MLT 202 - Gender and Sexuality in Modern China

    Course Units: 1
    (Same as GSW 202) (Not offered this Academic Year) The course examines gender and sexuality in 20th-century China as a gateway to understanding the political, cultural, and economic realities of China today. We consider the figure of the “New Woman” during China’s civil war and World War II, the androgynous ideal after the founding of the People’s Republic, the “Successful Man” during China’s economic reform, and the articulations of “Comrades” as part of local, national, and international conversations. Readings in English. All films subtitled. CC: HUL, LCC
  
  • MLT 203 - Asian American Film and Performance

    Course Units: 1
    (Also GSW 268) (Not offered this Academic Year) An examination of topics in Asian American studies through film and performance by and about Asian Americans. Class material draws from independent filmmakers, theatrical and artistic performances, as well as theoretical and critical texts on culture and diversity, gender, the diaspora, and ethnicity. CC: HUM, LCC
  
  • MLT 204 - Literary Traditions in East Asia

    Course Units: 1
    (Not offered this Academic Year) Literary developments in East Asia, looking closely at the aesthetic and philosophic foundations of its varied literature through poetic genres, story forms, oral storytelling, travel literature, and drama. CC: HUL, LCC
  
  • MLT 205 - Perspectives in Modern East Asian Literature

    Course Units: 1
    (Not offered this Academic Year) The literary and artistic developments in East Asia since the mid-19th century. The course considers questions of tradition, culture, modernity, globalism, and technology by examining cultural artifacts - novels, short stories, plays, paintings, architecture, music, and film. CC: HUL, LCC
  
  • MLT 209 - The New Wall of China

    Course Units: 1
    (same as ENS 222 ) (Spring; Staff) An interdisciplinary overview of dams and development, with specific attention to the socio-cultural, historical, economic, and environmental attributes of a region in China whose geo-political landscape has been dramatically impacted by the construction of the Three Gorges Dam. In providing a context to the dam’s construction, students will be introduced to the intricate connections between all the above factors and engineering, technology, and the environment. CC: LCC, SET

Classics

  
  • CLS 110 - Ancient Egypt: History and Religion

    Course Units: 1
    (Winter; Bedford) This course offers an overview of the history of ancient Egypt from the rise of the state under the first pharaohs (3200 BC) to its incorporation into the Hellenistic and Roman empires. Attention is given to political and social organization, foreign relations, and religion based on a study of relevant ancient texts (in translation) and archaeological evidence. CC: LCC, HUM
  
  • CLS 111 - Ancient Iraq: History and Religion

    Course Units: 1
    (Not offered this Academic Year) Ancient Iraq is often termed ‘the cradle of civilization’ since it is here that agriculture, urbanism, and writing first occurred. This course examines the early history of Iraq (ancient Mesopotamia) from the development of agriculture and permanent settlements through to the establishment of the first cities and states, down to about 1600 BCE. The class examines the social and economic contexts in which early Mesopotamian culture emerged, and it also gives attention to religious and religion-political ideas CC: LCC, HUM
  
  • CLS 121 - The History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great

    Course Units: 1
    (Fall; Toher) Investigation of the circumstances that led to history’s first democracy, the buildings on the Acropolis and the development of Greek literature from Homer to Sophocles and Plato; the invention of the “Western way” of war; the evolution of the Greek poleis and the confrontation with the emerging nation-state of Macedonia; the epochal wars of the Greek states with Persia and the disastrous conflict of Athens and Sparta in the Peloponnesian War; and Alexander’s conquest of the “world” from the Mediterranean Sea to the rivers of India in a little over ten years. Readings include Homer’s Odyssey, selected lives of Plutarch, and Thucydides. CC: LCC, HUM
  
  • CLS 125 - History of Rome

    Course Units: 1
    (Not offered this Academic Year) The history of Rome, its rise from earliest times through the Republic and its decline under the Empire to disaster in A.D. 410. CC: HUM
  
  • CLS 126 - The Rise of the Roman Republic

    Course Units: 1
    (Winter; Toher) The rise of Rome from its foundation (traditionally 753 BC) to the assassination of Caesar in 44 BC and the rise of his adopted son Octavian. How did a remote backwater of the Mediterranean rise to imperial power? Why did its constitutional machinery collapse? Was military dictatorship unavoidable? CC: LCC, HUM
  
  • CLS 129 - History of the Roman Empire

    Course Units: 1
    (Spring; Mueller) The Roman Empire from the rise of Octavian (later called Augustus) to decline, conversion, and final collapse circa AD 476. Augustus established Roman rule on the basis of his legions, a monarchy cloaked as republican government, and religious innovations that included formal worship of the emperor as a god on Earth. This system endured for centuries, but faced increasingly violent threats both from outside (Germanic tribes, Persians, Parthians) and from within (revolts, rebellions, Christians). How did Rome manage to endure as long as it did and why did Rome fail? CC: HUL, HUM, LCC
  
  • CLS 132 - Religion in the Pagan World

    Course Units: 1
    (Fall; Mueller) An examination of particular cults and the performance of cult in ancient Greek and Roman societies, and consideration of the relationship of the individual and the state to deity in the pre-Christian world. Emphasis on ancient sources. CC: LCC, HUM
  
  • CLS 134 - Classical Art and Architecture

    Course Units: 1
    (Same as AAH 110 ) (Spring; Matthews) An introductory survey of the arts of Greece and Rome, including painting, sculpture, architecture, and decorative arts. Emphasis will be placed upon learning art historical and archaeological terminology and methods, the place of art and architecture in ancient society and culture, and contacts with other cultures, in addition to becoming familiar with the most important monuments, artists, and patrons. CC: LCC, HUM
  
  • CLS 135 - In Search of the Past: Greek and Roman Historiography

    Course Units: 1
    (Not offered this Academic Year) An introduction to the origins, purpose, and methodology of the writing of history in the classical world. CC: HUL, LCC, HUM
  
  • CLS 137 - Greek and Roman Biography

    Course Units: 1
    (Not offered this Academic Year) A study of the origin and development of the genre of biography from the fourth century B.C. to the second century A.D., with extensive readings (all in English) of Nepos, Suetonius, and Plutarch. CC: HUL, LCC, HUM
  
  • CLS 139 - City of Rome

    Course Units: 1
    (Not offered this Academic Year) This course examines the city of Rome, addressing sites in their historical and cultural contexts. The focus is the ancient city, but we also examine the city at various periods in history, including World War II and the present day. We consider how and why a city gets built, what it means to live in a city, and who we can “read a city.” Topics covered include venues of spectatorship, religious sites, the city of the emperors, water systems and roads, the political city, and travel and tourism. All readings are in English. CC: LCC, HUM
  
  • CLS 141T - Classical Greek Archaeology

    Course Units: 1
    (Fall; Staff) An introduction to the study of archaeology with field trips to various sites in and near Athens. Four hours per week. Offered only as part of the Term Abroad in Greece. CC: LCC
  
  • CLS 142 - Special Topics in Classics

    Course Units: 1
    (Not offered this Academic Year) CC: HUM
  
  • CLS 143 - Classical Mythology

    Course Units: 1
    (Not offered this Academic Year) Greek and Roman myths, with emphasis on the ancient sources. All readings will be in English. CC: LCC, HUL, HUM
  
  • CLS 146 - Sex and Gender in Classical Antiquity

    Course Units: 1
    (Not offered this Academic Year) The representations and realities of sexuality and gender in classical Greece and Rome. Primary focus on how ancient writers formulated the categories of “feminine” and “masculine” in discussions of ethics, nationality, education, politics, and science. This will enable students to think critically about some of the central literary works in the Western tradition through the socially charged categories of gender. Attention will also be directed to how literary representations compare with the actual social experience of ancient women, insofar as we may reconstruct it through the reading of literary, archaeological, and artistic evidence in social, familial, legal, and religious contexts. CC: LCC, HUM
  
  • CLS 151 - The Ancient World in Film and Literature

    Course Units: 1
    (Spring; Raucci) Greco-Roman antiquity has been a favorite topic of Hollywood for years. This fascination continues today, with the recent appearance of major blockbusters as well as TV productions. Why do the Greeks and Romans appeal to a modern audience? This course will consider ancient texts in translation alongside their modern film representations. Our goal will not be to consider where the films went “wrong.” Instead, we will question how these films recast and reinterpret classical texts to reflect modern interests. This course will include an “entrepreneurship module.” We will question what is entrepreneurship and if Hollywood’s commodification of the ancient world is entrepreneurial. CC: LCC, HUL
  
  • CLS 153 - The Environment in the Ancient World

    Course Units: 1
    (Fall; Commito) Students will discover how ancient Mediterranean societies interacted with the natural world, as revealed by history, art and literature, and archaeology. Some of the questions we will investigate include: how did the Mediterranean environment affect and determine everyday life, both in cities and in rural areas? How did ancient societies manage their food supply? What was their view of nature? How did they react to ecological crisis? And, finally, how can we use their outlook on and treatment of the environment to inform our own approach? CC: HUM, LCC
  
  • CLS 154 - Poetry and the Cosmos

    Course Units: 1
    (Not offered this Academic Year) An examination of Greek and Roman poets’ attempts to understand the origin and development of the universe, and of human beings’ place in it. Readings (all in English) will include Hesiod, the pre-Socratic philosophers, and Lucretius. CC: HUL, LCC, HUM
  
  • CLS 157 - Entrepreneurship in the Ancient World

    Course Units: 1
    (Not offered this Academic Year) “Entrepreneurship” (or seizing upon and exploiting opportunity) is a mindset that has existed at various times and places. Through a variety of ancient sources, including legal, historical, and literary works, students will use the ancient world as a laboratory in which to observe and to assess what may or may not have constituted opportunity in the past and to examine strategies employed (as well as opportunities missed) for taking advantage of available resources in a variety of situations: economic, political, and religious. CC: HUM
  
  • CLS 158 - The Ancient “Other”: Greeks, Romans, and Barbarians

    Course Units: 1
    (Not offered this Academic Year) Investigates the concept of the barbarian in ancient Greek and Roman culture, how the image of the barbarian was “constructed” by the Greeks and Romans and in turn defined their identity. The course will look at depictions both literary and visual of the peoples living on the edges of the Greco-Roman world and discuss the ways in which the barbarian came to invert, reflect, and criticize the Greeks and Romans themselves. Readings in English translation from historians, geographers, poets, philosophers, ancient novelists, and medical writers. CC: LCC, HUM
  
  • CLS 160 - The Individual in Ancient Society

    Course Units: 1
    (Not offered this Academic Year) A study of the evolving concept of the individual in antiquity and the changing relationship of the individual and the family, state, and nature. Readings in English of major ancient authors. CC: HUL, LCC
 

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