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Catalogue 2013-2014 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Greek and Roman Studies: I. Introductory Courses in English Translation
Courses in English translation, numbered X00-X19 are taught entirely in English. No knowledge of Greek or Latin is required. |
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GRST 100 - Then and Now: Reinterpreting Greece and Rome Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
Here we are at the beginning of the 21st century, yet all around us we continue to see allusions to and creative engagements with Greek and Roman antiquity. From the bestseller list which features a novel claiming to reveal recently discovered books of the Odyssey to an HBO series that takes place in ancient Rome and comparisons of the post 9/11 United States to the Roman Empire in the news, the worlds of ancient Greece and Rome continue to be viscerally alive and compelling as sources for artistic and cultural production. Why is this so? In this course we examine the ways that the legacies of classical antiquity continue to be felt today and invite us to explore the cultures of Greece and Rome. The course serves as an interdisciplinary introduction to the study of Greek and Roman languages, literature, history, and archaeology and the interpretation of these cultures by subsequent civilizations. The course addresses both the complex political, social, intellectual, and cultural settings of the ancient world and the ways in which the study of antiquity can challenge and enrich our experience of the present. To pursue these questions we read ancient texts, examine material artifacts, study linguistic evidence, and engage with creative contemporary responses to antiquity and recent theoretical work on the study of the ancient world. In serving as an overview of the kinds of questions that contemporary culture inspires us to ask of and about antiquity and the materials and approaches that scholars use for their inquiries, the course prepares the student for further work in the department. Ms. Friedman and Mr. Dozier.
Two 75-minute periods.
Courses in English translation, numbered X00-X19 are taught entirely in English. No knowledge of Greek or Latin is required.
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GRST 101 - Civilization in Question
1 unit(s)
(Same as CLCS 101 ) This course undertakes to question civilization in various ways. First, by looking at texts from ancient, medieval, and renaissance cultures, as well as texts and films from our own; it introduces students to major works of the Western tradition and asks how they bring under scrutiny their own tradition. In particular we examine how the individual, community, justice and the divine are imagined in these texts. Second, because the course is team-taught by faculty from different disciplines, we explore the ways a text is interpreted and how different meanings are found in it because of the different perspectives brought to the class by its faculty. Finally, we reflect on the role questioning plays in the process of a liberal arts education and the different kinds of attitudes and intellectual outlooks we learn to bring to the study of any text, which impels us to consider the ways we allow the past to inform and question the present and the present to inform and question our understanding of the past. Readings for the course vary from year to year, but have included Genesis, Exodus, and texts by Homer, Plato, Nietzsche, Foucault, and Walcott. Ms. Friedman (Greek and Roman Studies) and Mr. Schreier (History).
Two 75-minute periods and one 50-minute discussion period.
Not offered in 2013/14.
Courses in English translation, numbered X00-X19 are taught entirely in English. No knowledge of Greek or Latin is required.
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GRST 102 - Cleopatra Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
A famous historian once wrote “The true history of Antony and Cleopatra will probably never be known; it is buried too deep beneath the version of the victors.” This course examines the life and times of Egypt’s most famous queen, who was both a Hellenistic monarch, last of a dynasty founded by a companion of Alexander the Great, and a goddess incarnate, Pharaoh of one of the world’s oldest societies. However, the ways in which Cleopatra has been depicted over the centuries since her death are equally intriguing, and the course considers versions of Cleopatra from the Romans, who saw her as a foreign queen who tried to steal their empire, to Shakespeare, Shaw, film and television to explore how different societies have created their own image of this bewitching figure. Mr. Lott.
Two 75-minute periods.
Open only to freshmen; satisfies college requirement for a Freshman Writing Seminar.
Courses in English translation, numbered X00-X19 are taught entirely in English. No knowledge of Greek or Latin is required.
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GRST 104 - Greek Archaeology Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
This course examines sites and monuments of the ancient Greek world from the Bronze Age to the Classical period. We introduce archaeological methods, examine the history and developement of Greek archaeology from the origins of the field in the 1870’s to the present, and trace the chronological development of Greek art and architecture across several major sites including Knossos, Mycenae, Olympia, Delphi, and Athens. Particular emphasis is placed on understanding and interpreting monuments in terms of their political, social, and economic contexts. Ms. Olsen.
Two 75-minute periods.
Not offered in 2013/14. Alternate years.
Courses in English translation, numbered X00-X19 are taught entirely in English. No knowledge of Greek or Latin is required.
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GRST 180 - The Trojan War Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
The Trojan cycle with its myths of Helen, Achilles, Agamemnon, Odysseus, Paris, and Hektor occupies the central position in Greek mythology. Immortalized in Homeric epic, dramatic and lyric poetry, and throughout Greek art, these myths reveal much about how the ancient Greeks understood their own antiquity. By studying the literary and archaeological evidence pertaining to the Trojan war, students discover what the legends and heroes of antiquity reveal to us about how the ancient Greeks understood their world and their place in it. Ms. Olsen.
Two 75-minute periods.
Open only to freshmen; satisfies college requirement for a Freshman Writing Seminar.
Courses in English translation, numbered X00-X19 are taught entirely in English. No knowledge of Greek or Latin is required.
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Greek and Roman Studies: II. Intermediate Independent Work
Independent work may be pursued in Greek, Latin, or English translation. |
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GRST 201 - Ancient Warfare
1 unit(s)
This course examines the phenomenon of war in Greek and Roman antiquity. While not neglecting traditional military topics such as arms and armor, organization, tactics, and strategy, we seek a wider cultural understanding of war by exploring its social ideology, the role of women and other non-combatants, and its depiction in art and literature. Wars for discussion include the fictional Trojan War as well as historical wars such as the Persian Wars, the Peloponnesian War, the Punic Wars, and the Roman Civil War. Readings in English translation are selected from Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides, Caesar, and others. Mr. Brown
Prerequisite(s): any 100-level course in Classics, Greek, or Latin, or permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods.
Not offered in 2013/14.
Courses in English translation, numbered X00-X19 are taught entirely in English. No knowledge of Greek or Latin is required.
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GRST 202 - Myth Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
This course examines ancient myth from a variety of theoretical perspectives. It compares Greek and Roman myth with other mythic traditions and explores different versions of the same myth within Greek and Roman culture. We also consider transformations of ancient myths into modem versions. Literary, artistic, and archaeological evidence provide ways to understand the function of myth in ancient Greek and Roman society. Mr. Brown.
Two 75-minute periods.
Courses in English translation, numbered X00-X19 are taught entirely in English. No knowledge of Greek or Latin is required.
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GRST 203 - Women in Greek and Roman History and Myth Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
(Same as WMST 203 ) Greek and Roman literary and historical accounts abound with vividly drawn women such as Helen, Antigone, Medea, Livia, and Agrippina, the mother of Nero. But how representative were such figures of the daily lives of women throughout Greek and Roman antiquity? This course investigates the images and realities of women in the ancient Greek and Roman world, from the Greek Late Bronze Age (c. 1200 BCE) to the Roman Empire (up to the III c. CE) by juxtaposing evidence from literature, historical sources, and archaeological material. Throughout, the course examines the complex ways in which ancient women interacted with the institutions of the state, the family, religion, and the arts. Ms. Olsen.
Two 75-minute periods.
Courses in English translation, numbered X00-X19 are taught entirely in English. No knowledge of Greek or Latin is required.
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GRST 209 - From Homer to Omeros
1 unit(s)
(Same as AFRS 209 ) No poet since James Joyce has been as deeply and creatively engaged in a refashioning of Homer than Derek Walcott, the Caribbean poet and 1992 Nobel Laureate. He has authored both a stage version of the Odyssey and a modern epic, Omeros, and in both of them he brings a decidedly post colonial and decidedly Caribbean idiom to Homer’s ancient tales. In this course we devote ourselves to a close reading of these works alongside the appropriate sections of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey. Our aim is both to understand the complexities of Walcott’s use of the Homeric models and to discover the new meanings that emerge in Homer when we read him through Walcott’s eyes. Ms. Friedman.
Prerequisite(s): any 100-level Greek and Roman Studies course or one unit of related work or special permission.
Two 75-minute periods.
Not offered in 2013/14.
Courses in English translation, numbered X00-X19 are taught entirely in English. No knowledge of Greek or Latin is required.
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GRST 210 - Art, Myth, and Society in the Ancient Aegean Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
(Same as ART 210 ) Art, Myth, and Society in the Ancient Aegean. How did the ancient Greeks, in reality a loose group of small city-states constantly at war, produce an ideal artistic culture? The Parthenon, marble statues that seemed to breathe, and cities that Alexander the Great built in his march to Afghanistan have come to define Western notions of beauty and civilization. At what cost did they achieve all this? The Greeks’ gifts-mythology and Athenian democracy-inspired the art and architecture of civic institutions in the polis, as well as the other, dark side: ecstatic states of divine possession depicted in sacred rites. The course covers the period from 800-150 BC. Ms. D’Ambra.
Prerequisite(s): ART 105 -ART 106 or coursework in Greek & Roman Studies, or permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods.
Courses in English translation, numbered X00-X19 are taught entirely in English. No knowledge of Greek or Latin is required.
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GRST 211 - Roman Art and Architecture Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
(Same as ART 211 ) Sculpture, painting, and architecture in the Roman Republic and Empire. Topics include: the appeal of Greek styles, the spread of artistic and architectural forms throughout the vast empire and its provinces, the role of art as political propaganda for state and as status symbols for private patrons. Ms. D’Ambra.
Prerequisite(s): ART 105 -ART 106 or GRST 216 or GRST 217 , or permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods.
Not offered in 2013/14.
Courses in English translation, numbered X00-X19 are taught entirely in English. No knowledge of Greek or Latin is required.
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GRST 215 - The Art and Archaeology of Ancient Egypt Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
(Same as ART 215 ) Ancient Egypt has long fascinated the public with its pyramids, mummies, and golden divine rulers. This course provides a survey of the archaeology, art, and architecture of ancient Egypt from the prehistoric cultures of the Nile Valley through the period of Cleopatra’s rule and Roman domination. Topics to be studied include the art of the funerary cult and the afterlife, technology and social organization, and court rituals of the pharaohs, along with aspects of everyday life. Ms. D’Ambra.
Prerequisite(s): ART 105 -ART 106 or GRST 216 or GRST 217 , or permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods.
Courses in English translation, numbered X00-X19 are taught entirely in English. No knowledge of Greek or Latin is required.
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GRST 216 - History of the Ancient Greeks
1 unit(s)
(Same as HIST 216 ) This course examines the history and culture of the ancient Greeks from the emergence of the city-state in the eighth century BCE to the conquests of Alexander the Great in 335 BCE. In addition to an outline of the political and social history of the Greeks, the course examines several historical, cultural, and methodological topics in depth, including the emergence of writing, Greek colonialism and imperialism, ancient democracy, polytheism, the social structures of Athenian society, and the relationship between Greeks and other Mediterranean cultures. Students both read primary sources (for example, Sappho, Tyrtaios, Herodotus, Thucydides, Aristophanes, and Plato) and examine sites and artifacts recovered through archaeology; the development of students’ critical abilities to evaluate and use these sources for the study of history is a primary goal of the class. Ms. Olsen.
Not offered in 2013/14.
Courses in English translation, numbered X00-X19 are taught entirely in English. No knowledge of Greek or Latin is required.
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GRST 217 - History of the Ancient Romans Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
(Same as HIST 217 ) This course examines the history of the ancient Romans from the foundation of their city around the eighth century BCE to the collapse of their Mediterranean Empire in the fifth century CE. The course offers a broad historical outline of Roman history, but focuses on significant topics and moments in Roman history, including the Republican aristocracy, the civil and slave wars of the Late Republic, the foundation of the Empire by Caesar Augustus, urbanism, the place of public entertainments (gladiatorial combats, Roman hunts, chariot races, and theater) in society, the rise of Christianity, the processes of Romanization, and barbarization, and the political decline and fall of the Roman Empire. Students read primary sources such as Plautus, Cicero, Livy, Tacitus, and Suetonius, and secondary accounts dealing with important issues such as slavery, religious persecution and multiculturalism. Students also examine important archaeological sites and artifacts. The development of students’ critical abilities to evaluate and use these sources for the study of history is a primary goal of the class. Mr. Lott.
Two 75-minute periods.
Alternate years.
Courses in English translation, numbered X00-X19 are taught entirely in English. No knowledge of Greek or Latin is required.
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GRST 290 - Field Work
1/2 or 1 unit(s)
Special Permission
Independent work may be pursued in Greek, Latin, or English translation.
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GRST 297 - Readings Greek & Roman Studies
1/2 unit(s)
Independent work may be pursued in Greek, Latin, or English translation.
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GRST 298 - Independent Study
1/2 or 1 unit(s)
Independent work may be pursued in Greek, Latin, or English translation.
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Greek and Roman Studies: III. Advanced |
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GRST 301 - Seminar in Classical Civilization: The Aegean Bronze Age Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
How do we reconstruct the Aegean Bronze Age? How did the Greeks and Romans understand their own antiquity? What can we tell about ourselves through the way we think about the past? This seminar examines the way the modern era has understood the Aegean Bronze Age through Archaeological investigation and how ancient myth reveals the Greek and Roman view of the same period, situated in their distant past. The first half of the seminar focuses primarily on the archaeological rediscovery of Greek prehistory – with a focus on the Mycenaean world and its interactions with Troy and the Easter Aegean – via modern excavations and scholarship. This research has allowed us to reconstruct much of political, cultural, religious and domestic life in the Bronze Age, yet it is based on certain assumptions we make about the past, connected to our view of the present. To put these assumptions in perspective, the second half of the class considers the Greek and Roman interpretation in myth of this same period, particularly the treatment of the mythic past in the Homeric epics. How did the Greeks and Romans choose to remember, reformulate or reinvent the period in epic, historical accounts and tragedy? What does that reinvention reveal about the role the past plays in a nation’s consciousness? All readings are in English. Ms. Olsen.
Prerequisite(s): previous coursework in Greek and Roman Studies, History, or another related discipline and sophomore status.
Two 75-minute periods.
Courses in English translation, numbered X00-X19 are taught entirely in English. No knowledge of Greek or Latin is required.
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GRST 302 - The Blegen Seminar
1 unit(s)
The course is offered by the Blegen Distinguished Visiting Research Professor or the Blegen Research Fellow in Classics, appointed annually to pursue research and lecture on his/her scholarly concerns in classical antiquity. We encourage students to take note of the fact that each Blegen Seminar is uniquely offered and will not be repeated. Since the topic changes every year, the course may be taken for credit more than once.
Two 75-minute periods.
Open to all classes.
Not offered in 2013/14.
Courses in English translation, numbered X00-X19 are taught entirely in English. No knowledge of Greek or Latin is required.
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GRST 310 - Seminar in Ancient Art Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
(Same as ART 310 ) Topic for 2013/14b: Pompeii: The Life and Death of a Roman Town. A study of the urban development of a Roman town with public buildings and centers of entertainment that gave shape to political life and civic pride. The houses, villas, and gardens of private citizens demonstrate intense social competition, as well as peculiarly Roman attitudes toward privacy, domesticity, and nature. Ms. D’Ambra.
Prerequisite(s): permission of the instructor.
One 2-hour period.
Courses in English translation, numbered X00-X19 are taught entirely in English. No knowledge of Greek or Latin is required.
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GRST 360 - Senior Thesis Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
1 unit(s)
One semester senior thesis. Seniors only
Independent work may be pursued in Greek, Latin, or English translation.
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GRST 361 - Senior Thesis Semester Offered: Fall
1/2 unit(s)
Full Year Thesis (1/2 unit per semester). Seniors Only.
Independent work may be pursued in Greek, Latin, or English translation.
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GRST 362 - Senior Thesis Semester Offered: Spring
1/2 unit(s)
Full Year Thesis (1/2 unit per semester). Seniors Only.
Independent work may be pursued in Greek, Latin, or English translation.
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GRST 363 - Senior Project Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
1/2 unit(s)
Extended writing or other project elected concurrently with a seminar in Greek and Roman Studies. Seniors only.
Prerequisite(s): permission of the instructor of the concurrent seminar.
Independent work may be pursued in Greek, Latin, or English translation.
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GRST 380 - Lucretius and Virgil Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
In Book 3 of De Rerum Natura Lucretius argues for the mortality of the soul and attacks the fear of death. In Book 6 of the Aeneid Virgil describes the visit of Aeneas to the underworld. The reading of selections from both these works allows us to compare, on the one hand, differing Roman views on death, the soul, and the afterlife, and on the other, the poetic styles and philosophical outlooks of two of Rome’s greatest poets. Mr. Brown.
Prerequisite(s): two 200-level Latin courses, or permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods.
Courses in English translation, numbered X00-X19 are taught entirely in English. No knowledge of Greek or Latin is required.
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GRST 381 - Ancient Laughter Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
This course surveys the comic dramas of Aristophanes, Menander, Plautus, and Terence in English translation. Ancient comedies were state-supported productions, which, from the extravagant fantasies of Athenian “Old” Comedy to the domestic scenarios of “New Comedy in Republican Rome,” address a range of subjects that reflect the conduct and self-definition of the community at large–subjects such as war, education, gender roles, slavery, and marriage. We focus on the social and political tensions underlying ancient comedy and the ways in which it reorders or restores a disjointed world through the medium of laughter. We also discuss comic theories and the reception of ancient comedy from Shakespeare to Hollywood through examination of selected works. Mr. Brown.
Prerequisite(s): coursework in Greek and Roman Studies or relevant work in other departments.
Two 75-minute periods.
Courses in English translation, numbered X00-X19 are taught entirely in English. No knowledge of Greek or Latin is required.
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GRST 399 - Senior Independent Study
1/2 or 1 unit(s)
Independent work may be pursued in Greek, Latin, or English translation.
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Courses in Greek Language and Literature: I. Introductory Courses in Greek Language and Literature
Courses numbered X20-X39 require appropriate reading ability in ancient Greek. |
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GRST 125 - Elementary Greek Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
Introduction to the language. Mr. Dozier.
Four 50-minute periods.
Yearlong course 125-GRST 126 .
Open to all classes. No previous Greek is required.
Courses numbered X20-X39 require appropriate reading ability in ancient Greek.
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GRST 126 - Elementary Greek Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
Introduction to the language. Mr. Dozier.
Four 50-minute periods.
Yearlong course GRST 125 -126.
Open to all classes.
Courses numbered X20-X39 require appropriate reading ability in ancient Greek.
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Courses in Greek Language and Literature: II. Intermediate |
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GRST 225 - Intermediate Greek Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
Authors may include Sophokles, Euripides, Xenophon, Lysias, and Plato. In addition to consolidating knowledge of grammar, the selection of passages brings into focus important aspects of Athenian culture. Mr. Dozier.
Prerequisite(s): GRST 125 -GRST 126 or permission of the instructor.
Three 50-minute periods.
Courses numbered X20-X39 require appropriate reading ability in ancient Greek.
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GRST 226 - Topics in Greek Literature Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
(Same as GRST 321 ) Topic for 2013/14b: Greek Utopias. A utopia is a place that is not (ou) a place at all, but an imagined place free from the troubles that beset our own firmly emplaced and human existence. In this class we look at different imaginings of utopias in Greek prose and poetry of the archaic and classical ages. Authors we might read include Homer, Hesiod, Plato, and Aristophanes. Through our examination of these fantastic places, we will come to a better understanding of how the Greeks imagined the particular terms that define human life. This course should be elected by students before electing any advanced Greek course in the department. Students enrolled in 226 will have an extra hour of grammar review and students enrolled in GRST 321 will have longer Greek assignments. Ms. Friedman.
Prerequisite(s): GRST 225 or permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods and one 50-minute drill period.
Courses numbered X20-X39 require appropriate reading ability in ancient Greek.
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Courses in Greek Language and Literature: III. Advanced |
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GRST 321 - Topics in Greek Literature Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
(Same as GRST 226 ) Topic for 2013/14b: Greek Utopias. A utopia is a place that is not (ou) a place at all, but an imagined place free from the troubles that beset our own firmly emplaced and human existence. In this class we look at different imaginings of utopias in Greek prose and poetry of the archaic and classical ages. Authors we might read include Homer, Hesiod, Plato, and Aristophanes. Through our examination of these fantastic places, we will come to a better understanding of how the Greeks imagined the particular terms that define human life. This course should be elected by students before electing any advanced Greek course in the department. Students enrolled in GRST 226 will have an extra hour of grammar review and students enrolled in 321 will have longer Greek assignments. Ms. Friedman.
Prerequisite(s): GRST 225 or permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods and one 50-minute drill period.
Courses numbered X20-X39 require appropriate reading ability in ancient Greek.
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GRST 322 - Greek Tragedy Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
A reading of a play by Sophokles or Euripides. Careful study of the text helps us to understand the playwright’s style. We also consider how the play examines and responds to the historical, social and political conditions of Athens in the fifth century BCE. Ms. Friedman.
Prerequisite(s): two units in 200-level courses in the language or permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods.
Offered in alternate years. Not offered in 2013/14.
Courses numbered X20-X39 require appropriate reading ability in ancient Greek.
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GRST 323 - Homer Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
Extensive selections from the Iliad, the Odyssey, and/or Homeric Hymns with attention given to oral theory, thematic structure, and social issues raised by the poems. Ms. Olsen.
Prerequisite(s): two units in 200-level courses in the language or permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods.
Courses numbered X20-X39 require appropriate reading ability in ancient Greek.
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Courses in Latin Language and Literature: I. Introductory Courses in Latin Language and Literature
Courses numbered X40-X59 require appropriate reading ability in Latin. |
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GRST 145 - Elementary Latin Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
Introduction to the language. Mr. Brown.
Four 50-minute periods.
Yearlong course 145-GRST 146 .
Open to all classes.
No previous Latin is required.
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GRST 146 - Elementary Latin Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
Introduction to the language. Mr. Brown.
Four 50-minute periods.
Yearlong course GRST 145 -146.
Open to all classes.
Courses numbered X40-X59 require appropriate reading ability in Latin.
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Courses in Latin Language and Literature: II. Intermediate |
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GRST 245 - Intermediate Latin Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
Selected readings from authors such as Plautus, Cicero, Catullus, Caesar, Sallust, and Virgil. The selection of readings is designed to consolidate knowledge of grammar, provide an introduction to the translation of continuous, unadapted Latin, and highlight interesting features of Roman culture in the last two centuries of the Republic. Mr. Lott.
Prerequisite(s): GRST 145 -GRST 146 or permission of the instructor or chair.
Three 50-minute periods.
Courses numbered X40-X59 require appropriate reading ability in Latin.
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GRST 246 - Intermediate Latin Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
Authors may include Horace, Livy, Ovid, Seneca, Petronius, Suetonius, and Virgil. Readings are selected to illustrate the diversity of literary forms that flourished in the early Empire and the interaction of literature with society, politics, and private life. Ms. Olsen.
Prerequisite(s): GRST 245 or permission of the instructor.
Three 50-minute periods.
Courses numbered X40-X59 require appropriate reading ability in Latin.
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Courses in Latin Language and Literature: III. Advanced |
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GRST 341 - Topics in Latin Literature Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
Topic for 2013/14b: Writing on Stone: Roman Documents. This course introduces students to the challenges of reading Latin texts preserved on stone, bronze, and wood. Inscriptions provide a critical source for aspects of Roman history and society that are not always discussed by literary authors. This course covers the practical skills necessary to read and interpret a variety of kinds of inscriptions. In addition, we read and discuss a number of longer inscriptions,paying particular attention to their value as historical documents. Finally, students read, catalog,and edit an unpublished inscription from the FLLAC. Mr. Lott.
Prerequisite(s): two 200-level courses or permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods.
Courses numbered X40-X59 require appropriate reading ability in Latin.
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GRST 342 - Virgil
1 unit(s)
Selections from the Eclogues, Georgics, or Aeneid. Subjects of study include the artistry of the Virgilian hexameter, the relationship of Virgil’s works to their Greek models, and general topics such as his conception of destiny, religion, and the human relation to nature. Mr. Brown
Prerequisite(s): GRST 246 or permission of the instructor.
Offered every third year. Not offered in 2013/14.
Courses numbered X40-X59 require appropriate reading ability in Latin.
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GRST 343 - Tacitus
1 unit(s)
Close readings from the works of the imperial historian and ethnographer Tacitus. In connection with further developing students’ reading skills, the class focuses on particular literary, cultural, or historical issues. Mr. Lott.
Prerequisite(s): GRST 246 or permission of the instructor.
Offered every third year. Not offered in 2013/14.
Courses numbered X40-X59 require appropriate reading ability in Latin.
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GRST 344 - Roman Lyric and Elegy
1 unit(s)
Poems of Horace, Tibullus, Propertius, Catullus and Ovid with attention given to poetic form, the influence of poets on each other, and the view they give us of Roman society in the first century BCE. Mr. Brown.
Prerequisite(s): GRST 246 or permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods.
Not offered in 2013/14.
Courses numbered X40-X59 require appropriate reading ability in Latin.
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Hebrew: I. Introductory |
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HEBR 105 - Elementary Hebrew Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
Introduction to the language. Basic phonics and grammatical structures. Stress on development of reading comprehension, simple composition, and conversational skills. For Hebrew 105, no background in the language is assumed; admission to HEBR 106 is possible with the demonstration of previous work equivalent to Hebrew 105. Ms. Weitzman.
Yearlong course 105-HEBR 106 .
Open to all students.
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HEBR 106 - Elementary Hebrew Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
Introduction to the language. Basic phonics and grammatical structures. Stress on development of reading comprehension, simple composition, and conversational skills. For HEBR 105 , no background in the language is assumed; admission to Hebrew 106 is possible with the demonstration of previous work equivalent to HEBR 105 . Ms. Weitzman.
Year-long course, HEBR 105 -106.
Open to all students.
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Hebrew: II. Intermediate |
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HEBR 205 - Intermediate Hebrew I Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
Formal study of Hebrew language with emphasis on oral practice and writing skills. Ms. Weitzman.
Prerequisite(s): HEBR 105 -HEBR 106 , or equivalent of two years in high school.
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HEBR 206 - Intermediate Hebrew II
1 unit(s)
Formal study of Hebrew language with emphasis on oral practice and writing skills. Ms. Weitzman.
Prerequisite(s): HEBR 205 or equivalent of three years in high school.
Not offered in 2013/14.
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HEBR 217 - Film, Fiction and the Construction of Identity–Israeli and Palestinian Voices Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
(Same as JWST 217 and RELI 217 ) This course explores the emergence and consolidation of collective identities in modern Israel and Palestine. Through a close examination of Israeli and Palestinian films and literary texts in translation students are introduced to an array of competing and complementing narratives that Israelis and Palestinians have relied on to understand themselves and their relationship to the other. Special attention is given to issues related to class, gender, ethnicity, religion and ideology. Ms. Weitzman.
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HEBR 221 - Voices from Modern Israel
1 unit(s)
(Same as JWST 221 and RELI 221 ) An examination of modern and postmodern Hebrew literature in English translation. The course focuses on Israeli voices of men, women, Jews, Arabs, Ashkenazim and Mizrahim to investigate such topics as memory, identity, alienation, community, exile. Authors may include Yizhar, Yehoshua, Oz, Grossman, Kanafani, Almog, Katzir, Liebrecht, Ravikovitch, Zelda, Zach, Amichai, Darwish and el-Kassim. Ms. Weitzman.
Not offered in 2013/14.
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HEBR 290 - Field Work
1/2 or 1 unit(s)
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HEBR 298 - Independent Work Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
1/2 or 1 unit(s)
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Hebrew: III. Advanced |
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HEBR 305 - Advanced Readings in Hebrew: Genres and Themes Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
Expansion of language proficiency through intensified study of culture and literary texts and examination of different Israeli media. Readings are arranged according to thematic topics and course may be repeated for credit if topic changes. Ms. Weitzman.
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HEBR 399 - Independent Work Semester Offered: Fall
1/2 or 1 unit(s)
Not offered in 2013/14.
Note: A self-instructional introductory course in Yiddish language exists. See Self-Instructional Language Program (SILP).
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Hindi: I. Introductory |
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HIND 105 - Beginning Hindi Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
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HIND 106 - Beginning Hindi Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
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Hindi: II. Intermediate |
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HIND 210 - Intermediate Hindi Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
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HIND 211 - Intermediate Hindi Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
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Hindi: III. Advanced |
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HIND 310 - Advanced Hindi Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
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HIND 311 - Advanced Hindi Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
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Hispanic Studies: I. Introductory |
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HISP 105 - Elementary Spanish Language Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
Fundamentals of the grammar and structure of the Spanish language with emphasis on oral skills and reading. Mr. Vivalda.
Four 50-minute periods; one hour of drill.
Yearlong course 105-HISP 106 .
Open to students with no previous instruction in Spanish.
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HISP 106 - Elementary Spanish Language Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
Fundamentals of the grammar and structure of the Spanish language with emphasis on oral skills and reading. Ms. Woods.
Four 50-minute periods; one hour of drill.
Yearlong course HISP 105 -106.
Open to students with no previous instruction in Spanish.
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HISP 109 - Basic Spanish Review Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
Fundamentals of the grammar and structure of the Spanish language with emphasis on oral skills and reading. Successful completion of this one-semester course fulfills the college language requirement. Mr. Baretto.
Three 50-minute periods; one hour of drill.
Open to students with 1 or 2 years of high school Spanish.
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HISP 110 - Latin American and Spanish Literacy and Cultural Topics
1 unit(s)
Not offered in 2013/14.
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Hispanic Studies: II. Intermediate |
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HISP 205 - Intermediate Spanish Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
1 unit(s)
Intensive study and review of Spanish grammar at the second-year level with emphasis on oral practice and writing skills. Mr. Bush (a); Mr. Aronna, Mr. Vivalda (b).
Prerequisite(s): HISP 105 -HISP 106 or HISP 109 , or three years of high school Spanish.
Three 50-minute periods.
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HISP 206 - Reading and Writing about Hispanic Culture Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
1 unit(s)
Reading, writing and speaking skills are developed through study of cultural and literary texts and audiovisual materials.
Topic for 2013/14a: Contemporary Popular Culture and Social Movements in Latin America. This semester we will explore some of the most salient social practices framing Latin America popular politics and culture: the irruption of the struggles of Latin American First Peoples, Women’s movements, LGBT Rights, as well as the progressive responses to the global crisis of neoliberal politics (Venezuela’s Revolución Bolivariana and Bolivia’s Plurinational State being cases in point). The course will look at and interrogate some of the cultural artifacts through which these movements construct their sense of identity and deploy their politics strategically in the political struggles that constitute them.
Topic for 2013/2014b: Latin America: Past and Present. This course is an introduction to Latin American history and culture while it develops reading, writing and speaking skills in Spanish. Through the study of cultural and literary texts (short stories, poetry and essays) and audiovisual material (music, fine arts and films) we cover the main Latin American historical periods and also discuss the Hispanic presence of the United States. Some of the texts studied are: Popol Vuh, Nicolás Echevarría’s Cabeza de Vaca, María Luisa Bemberg’s Yo la peor de todas and Camila, the murals of Diego Rivera, Nicolás Guillén’s afro-Cuban poetry, Violeta Parra’s protest song, Luisa Valenzuela’s Cambio de armas and Luis Valdes’s Zoot Suit. Mr. Cesareo (a), Mr. Grunfeld (b).
Prerequisite(s): HISP 205 or four years of high school Spanish.
Two 75-minute periods, plus one hour of oral practice.
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HISP 216 - Topics in Multidisciplinary Analysis Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
1 unit(s)
This course develops a set of methodological and theoretical tools for the investigation of cultural practices such as literature, popular and mass culture, social movements and institutions in Spanish-speaking countries.
Topic for 2013/14a: Fiction and Non Fiction in the Multidisciplinary Classroom. This course explores the literary, historiograhical, autobiographical, and ethnographic boundaries of hybrid forms of writing, film, popular culture, and art in Latin America. Our focus questions the aesthetic and scientific framing of these texts as we consider them from the perspective of cultural studies and the social sciences in order to arrive at an integral understand of their formal and social features.
Topic for 2013/14b: Latin American Culture through Music. The course explores the history, culture and geographies of Latin America through its musical traditions, with particular attention to modern theories of cultural interpretation. Materials for analysis will include music videos, literary texts, film and art as we seek to piece together the social, anthropological and personal dimensions of the region’s music. Mr. Aronna. (a) Ms Paravisini. (b) Mr. Aronna (a); Ms. Paravisini (b).
Prerequisite(s): HISP 206 or permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods.
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HISP 219 - Advanced Grammar and Composition
1 unit(s)
This course offers an in-depth coverage of Spanish grammar with emphasis on reading and writing skills. A more traditional approach in grammar explanations is combined with the study of numerous examples and exercises based on everyday life. The objectives of this course are 1) to provide a thorough review of major topics of Spanish grammar-ser and estar, por and para, the preterit and the imperfect, sequence of tenses, conditional clauses, etc.; 2) to explore in-depth the different mechanics of writing in Spanish (punctuation, written accents, etc.); 3) to work on writing skills in Spanish through the use of various writing techniques and strategies-the art of writing narratives, dialogue, descriptions, letters, and reports; 4) to improve reading skills and knowledge of vocabulary and idiomatic expressions in Spanish; 5) to continue to increase cultural knowledge of the Spanish-speaking world. Through the use of the target language in class, this course also contributes to the general language acquisition process. Some translation work is required as well-contextualized passages in English translated into Spanish are used to illustrate a variety of grammatical principles. Ms. Woods.
Prerequisite(s): HISP 216 or permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods.
Not offered in 2013/14.
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HISP 225 - Writing or Translation Workshop
1 unit(s)
The workshop provides a space for the development of the student’s ability as a writer, and translator of texts in Spanish. Writing, and translation assignments vary, including journals, poetry, prose fiction, autobiography, and essay. The theoretical readings and practical exercises are designed to enrich the student’s ability to give form, texture, and voice to their writing and translation projects.
Prerequisite(s): HISP 216 or HISP 219 .
Two 75-minute periods.
Alternate years. Not offered in 2013/14.
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HISP 226 - Medieval and Early Modern Spain Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
Studies in Iberian literary and cultural production from the time of the Muslim conquest of the Peninsula to the end of the Hapsburg Empire.
Topic for 2013/14a: Framing Poverty and Social Mobility: the Picaresque Novel in Spain and Latin America. The emergence of the picaresque novel in Spain and its migration to the “New World” forms one of the most fascinating chapters in the history of the novel. The protagonist of these texts is a social underdog (Spanish pícaro) who experiences different adventures as he drifts from place to place and from one social milieu to another in his struggle to survive. His efforts to medrar or improve his social standing are presented against a social background that proves itself to be deceiving and highly volatile. The course examines a broad selection of texts -literary and filmic-, ranging from the picaresque genre’s foundational Spanish texts to later Latin American works that recreate this tradition in the specific historical and cultural conditions of the Americas. Mr. Vivalda.
Prerequisite(s): one course above HISP 206 .
Two 75-minute periods.
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HISP 227 - Colonial Latin America Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
Studies in Latin American literary and cultural production from the European invasion to the crisis of the colonial system.
Topic for 2013/14a: Screening the Past: Filmic Adaptations of Latin American Colonial Society. This course considers how the Latin American, European, and American film industries have imagined, represented, and revised crucial moments and issues from Latin America’s colonial past with a special focus on the contemporary agendas of the filmmakers in their depiction of colonial society, culture, and politics. We study the diverse original colonial texts and sources which inspired these films and examine the cinematic techniques for the adaptation and revision of colonial perspectives, beliefs, and practices that seek to make them accessible and meaningful to contemporary audiences. Mr. Aronna.
Prerequisite(s): one course above HISP 206 .
Two 75-minute periods.
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HISP 228 - Modern Spain Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
Studies in Spanish literary and cultural production from the beginning of the Bourbon monarchy to the present.
Topic for 2013/14b: Virgins and Vamps: Women, Gender and Sexuality in Modern Spain. In this course we question how images of women have been produced and interpreted through the dichotomy of the virgin/whore. Through the study of a range of literary (novel, poetry, drama) and visual texts (photography, film, magazines, posters), we trace the ways in which this dualism has been promoted or undermined in order to uphold the interests of nationalism, population control, class hierarchies and religion. In order to guide our discussion we examine a small selection of works written by those who have endeavored to define the Spanish Woman: feminists, intellectuals, scientists, historians, doctors, priests, and nuns. Ms. Woods.
Prerequisite(s): one course above HISP 206 .
Two 75-minute periods.
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HISP 229 - Postcolonial Latin America Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
(Same as LALS 229 ) Studies in Latin American literary and cultural production from the emergence of the nation states to the present. Thematically structured, the course delves into the social, political, and institutional processes undergone by Latin America as a result of its uneven incorporation into world capitalist development.
Topic for 2013/14b: The Latin American Short Story. The course explores some of the most salient and canonical short story fiction of Latin American literature in relation to their times, meanings and textual strategies. Works by Horacio Quiroga, Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortázar, Juan Rulfo, Gabriel García Márquez, Juan José Arreola, Luisa Valenzuela. (Course readings and class discussion in Spanish.) Mr. Cesareo.
Prerequisite(s): one course above HISP 206 .
Two 75-minute periods.
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HISP 283 - The Virtual Barrio: Latin American and Latino Media Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
(Same as LALS 283 and LALS 283 ) This course aims to deepen our understanding of the complex media ecologies of Latin American and Latino contexts. Attending to how messages make meanings through a range of media-we study the role media play not only in the molding of ideas and opinions, but also in the constitution of subjectivities, social spheres, and non-human circuits of exchange (images, information, capital). Do theories of media and embodiment mean something different in this context, given the ways in which race, skin/hair color, cultural expectations, and history have inscribed themselves on the Hispanic body? Exploring mediation from the perspective of postcoloniality, transnationalism, and the glocal we thus examine the internet through the lens of recent developments in social movements (Chile, Mexico, Spain); film through the experiments of Third, Imperfect Cinema and Andean indigenous media practices; television through the genre and industry of the Telenovela; graphics through the traditions of murals, graphics and comics and the more recent transnational iconography of Ché Guevara; alternative youth culture through video and online gaming; and convergence through multi-media performances and installations. The course will be taught in English. Ms. Woods.
Prerequisite(s): HISP 216 or HISP 219 .
Two 75-minute periods.
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HISP 290 - Field Work Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
1/2 or 1 unit(s)
Individual projects or internships. The department.
Prerequisite(s): one unit of HISP 205 or above.
Special permission.
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HISP 298 - Independent Work Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
1/2 or 1.5 unit(s)
The department.
Prerequisite(s): 2 units of HISP 226 or above, and permission of the instructor.
Does not fulfill the requirement for 200-level work in the major or the correlate sequence.
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Hispanic Studies: III. Advanced |
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HISP 300 - Senior Thesis Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
The department.
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HISP 387 - Latin American Seminar Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
1 unit(s)
A seminar offering in-depth study of topics related to the literary and cultural history of Latin America. This course may be repeated for credit when the topic changes.
Topic for 2013/14a: The Poetry of Pablo Neruda. In this seminar we examine the works of the man Gabriel García Márquez once called “the greatest poet of the 20th century in any language.” In addition to studying selections from most of Neruda’s poetry, we read his autobiography Confieso que he vivido, his play Fulgor y muerte de Joaquín Murieta, his manifestos and essays, discuss the movie Il postino and study several documentaries about the poet’s life. By examining the different styles of Neruda’s poetry, we define the major poetic movements of twentieth century Latin America.
Topic for 2013/14b: Literature and Its Discontents: Arlt, Puig, and the Return of the Repressed in the Argentine Novel. The seminar examines the novel as a hybrid practice where lettered and popular culture as well as working and middle class imaginaries, are made to cohere and emerge into national discourse. This meditation will focus on texts by Roberto Arlt (1900-1942) and Manuel Puig (1932-1990) two of the most innovative and influential Argentine writers of the twentieth century. The novels will be read from the perspective of their formal characteristics and as cultural and material interventions in the social field of their circulation and appropriation, while bearing on themes such as the circulation of bodies and labor, the nation, migration and globalization, memory and subjectivity, the spheres and politics of social space, and the political unconscious of melodrama and allegory, all within the context of subalternity. Readings and class discussion conducted in Spanish. Mr. Grunfeld. (a) Mr. Cesareo. (b)
Prerequisite(s): permission of the instructor.
One 2-hour period.
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HISP 388 - Peninsular Seminar Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
1 unit(s)
A seminar offering in-depth study of topics related to the literary and cultural history of Spain. This course may be repeated for credit when the topic changes.
Topic for 2013/14a: Africa Begins in the Pyrenees: Race and Ethnicity in Spain. This course aims to deepen our understanding of how racialization, and specifically the idea of Africa, have manifested in the Spanish national imaginary through literary, visual and socio-political discourses from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Course discussions map out the contradictory social and aesthetic discourses that have attempted to define the Spaniard, and by extension, its Other. Our theorizations probe residual ethno-religious notions of race from the Christian, Jewish and Muslim co-habitation, the logics of assimilation used to discipline people of Roma descent, and the racial ideologies and practices employed to frame regional separatism, political groups, colonization in Africa and immigration. Course discussions and all written work are in Spanish.
Topic for 2013/14b: Violence, Honor and Gender Construction in Golden Age Theater. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the Spanish theatre became immensely popular, and moved from palace to public theatre and town square. In Spain and its colonies, theater plays began to depict a culture obsessed with honor, where a man resorted to violence when his or his wife’s honor was threatened through sexual disgrace. The seminar explores the character of this violence as a result of the strict application of the “honor code”, a complex social and rhetorical strategy whereby both men and women decided how to dispute issues of truth and reputation. Readings include selected plays by Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina, Calderón de la Barca, María de Zayas, and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. Ms. Woods. (a) Mr. Vivalda. (b)
Prerequisite(s): permission of the instructor.
One 2-hour period.
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HISP 399 - Senior Independent Work Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
1/2 or 1 unit(s)
Special permission. Does not fulfill the requirement for 300-level work in the major or correlate sequence.
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INDP 290 - Field Work
1/2 or 1 unit(s)
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INDP 298 - Independent Work Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
1/2 or 1 unit(s)
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INDP 300 - Thesis Semester Offered: Fall
1/2 unit(s)
A thesis written in two semesters for one unit. May be taken for a letter grade or as ungraded work.
Yearlong course 300-INDP 301 .
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INDP 301 - Thesis Semester Offered: Spring
1/2 unit(s)
A thesis written in two semesters for one unit. May be taken for a letter grade or as ungraded work.
Yearlong course INDP 300 -301.
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INDP 302 - Thesis Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
1 unit(s)
A thesis written in one semester for one unit. May be taken for a letter grade or as ungraded work.
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INDP 399 - Senior Independent Work Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
1/2 or 1 unit(s)
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INTD 150 - EMT Training Semester Offered: Fall
1/2 unit(s)
This course provides training as required for state certification as an emergency medical technician. The course is taught by state-certified instructors. Students must attend all sessions to qualify for a certificate. The course meets weekly through both semesters, with one or two Saturday sessions each semester. Observation times in the emergency department and with an ambulance are required. Upon completion of the Vassar EMT course, it is expected that the students will serve on the Vassar EMT squad.
Yearlong course 150-INTD 151 .
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INTD 151 - EMT Training Semester Offered: Spring
1/2 unit(s)
This course provides training as required for state certification as an emergency medical technician. The course is taught by state-certified instructors. Students must attend all sessions to qualify for a certificate. The course meets weekly through both semesters, with one or two Saturday sessions each semester. Observation times in the emergency department and with an ambulance are required. Upon completion of the Vassar EMT course, it is expected that the students will serve on the Vassar EMT squad.
Yearlong course INTD 150 -151.
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International Studies: I. Introductory |
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INTL 106 - Perspectives in International Studies Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
1 unit(s)
An introduction to the varied perspectives from which an interdependent world can be approached. Themes which the course may address are nationalism and the formation of national identity, state violence and war, immigration, religion, modernization, imperialism, colonialism and postcolonialism, indigenous groups, cultural relativism, and human rights. These themes are explored by examining the experiences of different geographic areas. This multidisciplinary course uses texts from the social sciences and the humanities.
The particular themes and geographic areas selected, and the disciplinary approaches employed, vary with the faculty teaching the course.
This course is required for all International Studies majors. Sophomores and freshmen should take this course if they are interested in pursuing an International Studies major. Mr. Kennett.
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INTL 110 - International Study Travel Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
Normally the study trip takes place in the spring semester break. Enrollment for the trip is made early in the first semester. The course, which is taught in conjunction with the study trip, provides a systematic multidisciplinary introduction to the social cultural, religious, historical, geographic, political and economic aspects of the place of travel. The precise disciplinary foci of the trip varies depending on the faculty leading the trip and teaching the course. Language instruction is required when appropriate. The department.
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INTL 122 - Tradition, Religion, Modernity: A History of North Africa and the Middle East
1 unit(s)
(Same as AFRS 122 ) This course provides an introduction to the modern history of the Middle East and North Africa covering the period from the end of the eighteenth century until the present. The aim is to trace the genealogy of sociopolitical reform movements across this period of the history of North Africa and The Middle East. The course is designed to familiarize students with major themes spanning the colonial encounter, the rise of nationalisms, and postcolonial nation-building.
Our inquiry includes an examination of the rise of political Islam as well as the contemporary popular revolutions sweeping through the region at the moment.
Our goal is to achieve a better understanding of the culmination and collision of the historical trends of tradition religion and modernity and their manifestation in the ongoing Arab Spring. Mr. Hojairi.
Two 75-minute periods.
Not offered in 2013/14.
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International Studies: II. Intermediate |
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INTL 210 - International Social Movements and Revolution in the Modern World Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
Why have forms of protest, once common—grain riots, social banditry, and nomadic raiding—generally declined while strikes, demonstrations and terrorist bombings have all increased? Why do some social movements express collective grievances through demonstrations and rallies while others turn to suicide bombings? What is a revolution and how would we know one if we saw it? What is the future of social movements and revolutions in an age of globalization? Using the work of historians but also of anthropologists and sociologists this course examines social movements and revolution from the urban artisans of the French revolution who supported the Terror to peaceful demonstrators in modern day Argentina. We will explore how the identity, goals, and techniques of popular contention have changed over the last two centuries. Mr. Hanagan.
Two 75-minute periods.
Not offered in 2013/14.
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INTL 222 - Urban Political Economy
1 unit(s)
(Same as URBS 222 ) This course employs the multidisciplinary lens of political economy to analyze economic development, social inequality, and political conflict in contemporary cities. Why do people and resources tend to concentrate in cities? How does the urban landscape promote and constrain political conflict and distribute economic and social rewards? The course develops an analytical framework to make sense of a variety of urban complexities, including poverty, segregation, suburban sprawl, the provision of affordable housing, global migration, and the effects of neoliberalism on rich and poor cities throughout the world. Mr. Koechlin.
Not offered in 2013/14.
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INTL 235 - Ending Deadly Conflict Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
(Same as HIST 235 ) This course uses historical case studies to identify practical ways to end conflict and build sustainable peace. It is concerned with the vulnerability of the weak, failed and collapsed states, with post conflict periods that have reignited into violence, and problems of mediating conflicts that are unusually resistant to resolution. Of particular interest will be the role that third party intermediaries and global governance institutions have played in bringing about a negotiated end to violence. Major topics may include: the Paris Peace Accords, South Africa’s truth and reconciliation commissions, the Good Friday Agreement, Israel-Palestine negotiations, the Dayton Peace Accords ending the Balkans wars, and negotiations to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Mr. Brigham.
Two 75-minute periods.
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INTL 238 - Environmental China: Nature, Culture, and Development Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
(Same as ASIA 238 and GEOG 238 ) China is commonly seen in the West as a sad example, even the culprit, of global environmental ills. Besides surpassing the United States to be the world’s largest source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, China also experiences widespread pollution of its air, soil and water–arguably among the worst in the world. Yet, few will dispute the fact that China holds the key for the future global environment as it emerges as the largest economy on earth. This course examines China’s environments as created by and mediated through historical, cultural, political, economic and social forces both internal and external to the country. Moving away from prevailing caricatures of a “toxic” China, the course studies Chinese humanistic traditions, which offer rich and deep lessons on how the environment has shaped human activities and vice versa. We examine China’s long-lasting intellectual traditions on human/environmental interactions; diversity of environmental practices rooted in its ecological diversity; environmental tensions resulting from rapid regional development and globalization in the contemporary era; and most recently, the social activism and innovation of green technology in China. Ms. Zhou.
Two 75-minute periods.
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INTL 241 - Topics in the Construction of Gender Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
(Same as WMST 241 ) This course examines the construction of gender as a social category and introduces students to various methodologies of gender studies and feminist analysis. Particular attention is given to the connections between gender, class, race, sex, and sexual identity. Topics vary from year to year and may include the study of gender in the context of a particular historical period, medicine and science, or the arts and literature. May be repeated for credit if the topic has changed.
Topic for 2013/14b: Raising Darwin’s Consciousness: Gender and Biocultural Interpretation. For the past two decades, emerging research in brain science, evolutionary psychology, cognitive linguistics and related fields has been transforming literary and cultural analysis. What are the implications of such developments for a feminist approach to cultural studies? Can we reconcile new theories of human nature with those of the social construction of gender difference? Or is evolutionary psychology inherently sexist and reactionary? What is a literary Darwinist? To pursue these questions, we examine the biocultural methods recently used by cultural studies scholars to interpret a variety of verbal and visual texts, from French and American literature and film, to the 2008 campaign rhetoric surrounding Sarah Palin and Barack Obama, to the syndicated advice column run by Amy Alkon, a.k.a., “The Advice Goddess.” Ms. Hart.
Prerequisite(s): WMST 130 or permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods.
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INTL 242 - Brazil: Society, Culture, and Environment in Portuguese America Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
(Same as AFRS 242 , GEOG 242 , and LALS 242 ) Brazil, long Latin America’s largest and most populous country, has become an industrial and agricultural powerhouse with increasing political-economic clout in global affairs. This course examines Brazil’s contemporary evolution in light of the country’s historical geography, the distinctive cultural and environmental features of Portuguese America, and the political-economic linkages with the outside world. Specific topics for study include: the legacies of colonial Brazil; race relations, Afro-Brazilian culture, and ethnic identities; issues of gender, youth, violence, and poverty; processes of urban-industrial growth; regionalism and national integration; environmental conservation and sustainability; continuing controversies surrounding the occupation of Amazonia; and long-run prospects for democracy and equitable development in Brazil. Mr. Godfrey.
Two 75-minute periods.
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INTL 249 - National Model United Nations Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
Prepares students to participate in the National Model United Nations in New York City. Students represent a country, research its history, its political, economic and social systems, and its foreign policy. There is also a comprehensive evaluation of the UN system, and the role of states and non-state actors, such as NGOs. Participation in the Model United Nations simulation occurs in the spring. Mr. Reitano.
Prerequisite(s): permission of the instructor. Application is required early in the fall term.
One 4-hour period.
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INTL 250 - Language and Early/Late Globalizations Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
How have early global (colonial) and late global (post- or neo-colonial) states formulated language policies, and to what degree have their subjects conformed to or resisted these attempts? How does language use relate to the notion of belonging to globalized colonial, national, and local domains? This course offers a survey of anthropological, historical, and linguistic approaches to these questions through a consideration of language contact in colonial and neo-colonial situations, a comparison of linguistic policies upheld by empires, nation-states and transnational processes, and the conflict between language policy and local linguistic ideologies. The course addresses case studies from the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia that cover the range between institutional language reform and individual strategies of accommodation and resistance as they relate to early and contemporary forms of global expansion from the 16th century onwards. Mr. Tavárez.
Two 75-minute periods.
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INTL 251 - Global Feminism Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
(Same as WMST 251 ) The course focuses on several different forms of work that women , mostly in Third World countries, do in order to earn their livelihood within the circuits of the contemporary global economy. The types of work we examine include factory work, home-based work, sex work, office work, care work, informal sector work and agricultural labor. We consider how these forms of work both benefit and burden women, and how women’s work interacts with gender roles, reinforcing or transforming them. We also consider some of the general aspects of economic globalization and how it affects poor working women; migration within and across national borders, urbanization, the spread of a culture of consumption, and ecological devastation. Ms. Narayan.
Two 75-minute periods.
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INTL 252 - Cities of the Global South: Urbanization and Social Change in the Developing World Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
(Same as GEOG 252 and URBS 252 ) The largest and fastest wave of urbanization in human history is now underway in the Global South-the developing countries of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. Most of the world’s urban population already resides here, where mega-cities now reach massive proportions. Despite widespread economic dynamism, high rates of urbanization and deprivation often coincide, so many of the 21st century’s greatest challenges will arise in the Global South. This course examines postcolonial urbanism, global-city and ordinary-city theories, informal settlements and slums, social and environmental justice, and urban design, planning, and governance. We study scholarly, journalistic, and film depictions of Mexico City and Rio de Janeiro in Latin America; Algiers and Lagos in Africa; Cairo and Istanbul in the Middle East; and Beijing and Mumbai in Asia. Mr. Godfrey.
Prerequisite(s): a previous Geography or Urban Studies course.
Two 75-minute periods.
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INTL 255 - Global Political Economy Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
(Same as LALS 255 ) This course explores competing visions of economic globalization, and uses these distinct frameworks to analyze the meaning, causes, extent, and consequences of globalization, with a particular focus on the relationships among global, national and local economic phenomena. What do we mean by globalization? What are the effects of globalization on growth, inequality, and the environment? How might international economic policy and the particular form(s) of globalization that it promotes help to explain the pace and form of urbanization? Who benefits from globalization, and who might be hurt? Why do economists and others disagree about the answers to these and related questions? This course explores some of the ways that interdisciplinary analysis might enrich our understanding of economic globalization. Mr. Koechlin.
Two 75-minute periods.
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