Courses

Three demonstration lect., one two-hour lab/rec. per week, plus three evening exams in the semester. Covers electricity and magnetism, light, and modern physics. Natural science majors with a knowledge of calculus and others taking calculus are urged to take the calculus--based courses PHYS 1110, 1120, 1140, and 2130, rather than PHYS 2010 and PHYS 2020. This course is designed for premed students and students in the biological sciences. Prereq., PHYS 2010. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: natural science.

Continuation of RUSS 2010. Prereq., RUSS 2010 (min grade of C-).

Explores the concept of citizenship and develops students' leadership skills through discussions and service-learning. Working with Sewall faculty mentors, students discuss citizenship and related topics and learn concretely about aspects of the larger community by choosing a local community organization, becoming actively involved in its programs, and presenting their work at a culminating symposium. May be repeated up to 4 total credit hours.

Aims at increasing students' proficiency in colloquial forms of Tibetan. This course expands knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar of colloquial Tibetan and also continues to develop knowledge of reading and writing modern Tibetan. Prereq., TBTN 2010 (min. grade C) or instructor consent.

Examines contemporary experiences of people around the world as they negotiate dominant and subversive understandings of gendered identities. Focuses on the ways in which the material and discursive circumstances of people's lives shape their opportunities for resistance and creative construction. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity.

Explores from both the reader's and writer's perspectives the forms of creative nonfiction, including personal essay and memoir. Students will read and write extensively within this genre, develop skill in revision and peer critique, and learn how to submit work for publication. Prereq., WRTG 1150 or equivalent (completion of lower-division writing requirement).

Enrollment by audition only. May be repeated up to 16 total credit hours.

Introductory course in poetry writing. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Prereq., ENGL 1191 (min grade B-), or equivalent transfer course work. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of ENGL 1191 (B- or better). Not open to graduate students.

Examines nonviolence as a strategy of social action. Focuses on ethics and dynamics of nonviolent action; racial and economic justice movements; civil disobedience; and conscientious objection to war.

Examines the interaction of dramatic literature and performance in European theatre from 1800 to present, with attention to innovators like Ibsen, Strindberg, Stanislavsky, Meyerhold, Pirandello, Brecht, Beckett, and Churchill.

Continuation of PSYC 2012. Integrates knowledge and facts presented in PSYC 2012 into current topics in biopsychology. Course no longer taught after fall 2003, except through Continuing Education correspondence. Prereq., PSYC 2012.

Offers subjects not covered by existing courses. Offered when department approves a special topic. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours for different topics.

Lab in human osteology and musculoskeletal system emphasizing comparative primate morphology, adaptation, and the fossil record documenting the natural history of primates. Coreq., ANTH 2010. Meets MAPS requirement for natural science: lab, when taken with ANTH 2010. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: natural science.

Black holes are one of the most bizarre phenomena of nature. Students are introduced to the predicted properties of black holes, astronomical evidence for their existence and formation, and modern ideas about space, time, and gravity. Approved for the arts and sciences CORE curriculum: natural science.

Covers the same material as GRMN 2010 and GRMN 2020 in one semester. Offers review and continuation of basic skills begun in the first year: reading, writing, speaking and oral comprehensive. Prereq., GRMN 1020 or GRMN 1030 (min grade C-), or instructor consent. Credit not granted for this course and GRMN 2010 and GRMN 2020. Meets MAPS requirement for foreign language. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: foreign language.

Same as LGBT 2000. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity.

Examines U.S. society from a normative perspective emphasizing theories of social change. Considers such problems as distribution of power, unemployment, poverty, racism and sexism, the changing role of the family, and drugs. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: ideals and values.

Introduces the basic elements of dance composition through compositional studies evolved from readings, discussion, and improvisation. Prereq., DNCE 1013 and DNCE 2021, 3041, or 4061. Restricted to dance majors. Prerequisites: Restricted to Dance (DNCE or DBFA) majors only.

Examines the relationship between drugs and social contexts. Lends insight into why people find consciousness alteration meaningful, what kinds of experiences and problems arise, and what types of social policies emerge to control drug use.

Introduces principles and techniques relevant to the expression of dramatic mood and idea through visual elements of the theatre, giving practice in conceptdevelopment, style selection, and rendering techniques in scenery and costume design.

Serves as a humanities-based introduction to digital media structures such as digital archive and reading/writing software; studies theories and methodologies for undertaking digital media scholarship in the humanities; and explores digital textualities ranging from text messaging, blogging, and game to digital fiction and poetry. Same as ENGL 2036.

Serves as a humanities-based introduction to digital media structures such as digital archive and reading/writing software; studies theories and methodologies for undertaking digital media scholarship in the humanities; and explores digital textualities ranging from text messaging, blogging, and game to digital fiction and poetry. Same as ATLS 2036. Formerly ENGL 2030.

Experiments and hands-on exercises designed to enhance understanding of the principles and concepts presented in ANTH 2020. One two-hour class per week. Coreq., ANTH 2020. Approved for arts and sciences CORE curriculum: natural science.

Lect. and lab. Introduces principles of ecology, emphasizing patterns and processes at various levels of biological organization. Scope global, but examples often from local environment. Laboratory emphasizes techniques of field biology. Uses animals and/or animal tissues. Prereqs., EBIO 1030, 1040, and 1050, or EBIO 1210, 1220, 1230, and 1240. Credit not granted for this course and EPOB 2050 or EPOB 2650 or EPOB 3020 or EBIO 2640.

Studies Greek warfare in its cultural, social, and economic contexts, in the light of anthropological comparisons and modern theories. No Greek or Latin required. Same as HIST 2041.