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Spring 2002 Course Offerings
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Click on the titles below for course details.
| #112-290-200 |
Applied Linguistics &
TESL 98T
Morality, Language and Interaction |
| Offered |
TR 12:00 - 1:50 PM |
| Location |
Bunche 3169 |
| Instructor |
Laurie Schick |
| Grade |
Letter grade |
| L&S GE Credit
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Humanities: Language and
Linguistics or Social Sciences: Social Analysis |
| Course Description
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This seminar takes an
inter-disciplinary approach to examining the roles of language and
social interaction in the development and socialization of morality.
Included is an introduction to selected approaches from linguistics,
conversation analysis, anthropology, psychology, neurology, evolution
studies and philosophy. |
| Class Requirements
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Class discussion, Class
presentation, Reading reports & analysis, Term paper |
| Prerequisite |
Satisfaction of Subject
A |
| #118-296-200 |
Art History 98T
From Romantic Ruin to World Heritage Site, India's Historical
Monuments and the Unmaking and Making of a Modern Nation. |
| Offered |
M 12:00 - 2:50 PM |
| Location |
MS 3915G |
| Instructor |
Santhi Kavuri-Bauer |
| Grade |
Letter grade |
| L&S GE Credit
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Humanities: The Arts or
Social Sciences: Social Analysis |
| Course Description
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The Seminar will examine the
history of the representation and preservation of selected historical
monuments of India's built heritage. It will encourage students to
reflect upon these monuments as more than dead material remains. The
monuments will be thus examined as vital spaces that affect the
everyday lives of the people as they negotiate the meaning of their
society and their existence within it. |
| Class Requirements
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Class discussion, Class
presentation, Term paper |
| Prerequisite |
Satisfaction of Subject
A |
| #238-290-200 |
Film and Television
98T
The Automobile and Road in Post-WWII America and American Film
Noir |
| Offered |
T 10:00 AM - 12:50 PM
(screening)
W 10:00 AM - 12:50 PM |
| Location |
Melnitz 2410 |
| Instructor |
Michael Samojlik |
| Grade |
Letter Grade |
| L&S GE Credit
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Humanities: The Arts |
| Course Description
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This course will examine
representations of the automobile and road in American film noir and
post-WWII American culture. We will consider cinematic
representations of the automobile/road with those found in various
popular, journalistic, and academic discourse of the period. |
| Class Requirements
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Class discussion, Midterm,
Final paper |
| Prerequisite |
Satisfaction of Subject
A |
| #236-290-200 |
French and Francophone
Studies 98T
Mapping the Mother: A Multicultural Literary Approach |
| Offered |
MW 10:20 - 11:50 AM |
| Location |
Bunche 1265 |
| Instructor |
Alison Rice |
| Grade |
Letter Grade |
| L&S GE Credit
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Humanities: Literature |
| Course Description
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This seminar will explore
representations of the mother in literature from a variety of
perspectives. Readings will include novels, plays, and short stories,
as well as theoretical texts and critical articles addressing ways of
representing the mother in different cultures. |
| Class Requirements
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Class discussion, Class
presentation, Midterm examination, Term paper |
| Prerequisite |
Satisfaction of Subject
A |
| #262-296-200 |
Mathematics 98T
The Mathematics of Winning: An Introduction to Combinatorial Game
Theory |
| Offered |
TR 2:00 - 3:50 PM |
| Location |
MS 6221 |
| Instructor |
Brian L. Walter |
| Grade |
Letter Grade |
| L&S GE Credit
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Physical Sciences or Social
Sciences: Social Analysis |
| Course Description
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Students in this seminar
will learn the mathematical principles of combinatorial game theory
and their application to a variety of games. Individual research in
game design and game play will be emphasized. Mathematics background
useful but not required |
| Class Requirements
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Class discussion, Class
presentation, Midterm, Quizzes, Term paper |
| Prerequisite |
Satisfaction of Subject
A |
| #328-285-200 |
Psychology 98T
Child Anxiety Disorders: Research and Intervention |
| Offered |
M 10:00 AM - 12:50 PM |
| Location |
Franz 2288 |
| Instructor |
Jeffrey Wood |
| Grade |
Letter Grade |
| L&S GE Credit
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Social Sciences: Social
Analysis |
| Course Description
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This seminar will focus on
understanding the phenomenology, causes, and treatment of children
with anxiety disorders. |
| Class Requirements
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Weekly readings, Class
participation & presentation, Independent research project on
childhood anxiety involving data collection, analysis, and writing a
report. |
| Prerequisite |
Satisfaction of Subject
A |
| #334-275-200 |
Slavic Languages and
Literatures 98T
The Challenge of the Avant-Garde: Art, Literature & Politics in
Interwar Europe |
| Offered |
TR 2:00 - 3:20 PM |
| Location |
Haines 122 |
| Instructor |
Holly Raynard |
| Grade |
Letter Grade |
| L&S GE Credit
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Humanities: Culture and
Civilization or Social Sciences: Social Analysis |
| Course Description
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Drawing from an
interdisciplinary approach, we will examine the ideology and
aesthetics of the major movements of the 20th century avant-garde,
focusing on the developments in France, Berlin, Prague, and Moscow.
Materials will include literature, theater, film and visual/plastic
arts. |
| Class Requirements
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Class discussion, Class
presentation, Creative assignment, Weekly Questions, Term paper |
| Prerequisite |
Satisfaction of Subject
A |
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