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Winter 2004 Course Offerings
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Click on the titles below for course details.
| #154-294-200 |
Communication Studies
98T
Writing the President's Words: A History of Modern Presidential
Rhetoric, 1960-Present |
| Offered |
T, R 10:30-11:50 AM |
| Location |
Law School Building A122
(Enter through Law Library) |
| Instructor |
Marc Lewis/Paul
Rosenthal |
| Grade |
Letter grade |
| L&S GE Credit
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Foundations of Society and
Culture - Historical Analysis |
| Course Description
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This course will introduce
students to the rhetoric used by American Presidents during the
"television age." Topics will include: inaugural addresses, radio
addresses, videotaped remarks, domestic speeches, major addresses
abroad, speeches in the wake of national tragedies, major wartime
addresses, campaign speeches, commencement addresses, and farewell
remarks. |
| Class Requirements
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Class discussion, class
presentation, midterm, final paper |
| Prerequisite |
Satisfaction of Subject
A |
| #180-296-200 |
Economics 98T
The Economics of Auctions |
| Offered |
W 9:00-11:50 AM |
| Location |
Bunche 2249 |
| Instructor |
Joonsuk Lee/Joseph
Ostroy |
| Grade |
Letter grade |
| L&S GE Credit
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Foundations of Society and
Culture - Social Analysis |
| Course Description
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Introducing auctions to
general undergraduate students as well as economics majors. Providing
insights into underlying features of auctions from historical,
theoretical, and empirical analyses. |
| Class Requirements
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Class discussion, class
presentation, midterm, final paper |
| Prerequisite |
Satisfaction of Subject
A |
| #215-292-200 |
Germanic Languages
98T
Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice: What Makes a Girl in
1850-1930 Western Europe?" |
| Offered |
T, R 2:00-3:20 PM |
| Location |
Royce 166 |
| Instructor |
Nina Sylvester/Andrew
Hewitt |
| Grade |
Letter grade |
| L&S GE Credit
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Arts and Humanities -
Literary & Cultural and Visual & Performance Arts |
| Course Description
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What are girls made of? In
this course we want to investigate the relation of concepts of
femininity to cultural consumption and production. While analyzing
various images of the girl in 1850-1930 Western Europe, we will
grapple with many issues still relevant today. |
| Class Requirements
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Class discussion, class
presentation, midterm, final paper |
| Prerequisite |
Satisfaction of Subject
A |
| #245-241-200 |
Law 98Ta
(Cross listed with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Studies and Women's
Studies)
Trans-gressing the Law: The Transgender Challenge to Sex Laws |
| Offered |
M,W 1:00-2:20 PM |
| Location |
Public Policy 1278 |
| Instructor |
Danielle Brown/Stephen
Munzer |
| Grade |
Letter grade |
| L&S GE Credit
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Society and Culture - Social
Analysis |
| Course Description
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How does the law deal with
sex? This seminar explores the ways in which the law regulates sex in
a double sense: the law has a say both in what you do between the
sheets and what it means to be a man or woman. |
| Class Requirements
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Class discussion, class
presentation, midterm, final paper |
| Prerequisite |
Satisfaction of Subject
A |
| #245-242-200 |
Law 98Tb
American Law & Terrorism |
| Offered |
M,W 3:00-4:20 PM |
| Location |
Law School Building
2442 |
| Instructor |
Phillip Carter/Norman
Abrams |
| Grade |
Letter grade |
| L&S GE Credit
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Society and Culture - Social
Analysis |
| Course Description
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This course will introduce
students to American Constitutional law as it applies to terrorism,
and use legal tools of analysis to examine selected case studies in
the field, including the use of "enemy combatant" detentions and
enhanced surveillance authority. |
| Class Requirements
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Class discussion, class
presentation, midterm, final paper |
| Prerequisite |
Satisfaction of Subject
A |
| #262-296-200 |
Mathematics 98T
Cover-ups, Controversies, and Conflicts in Mathematics |
| Offered |
R 2:00-4:50 PM |
| Location |
MS 6201 |
| Instructor |
Andrew Nevai-Tucker/Paul
Roberts |
| Grade |
Letter Grade |
| L&S GE Credit
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Letter grade |
| Course Description
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Examination of historical
debates in mathematics. |
| Class Requirements
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Class discussion, class
presentation, midterm, final paper |
| Prerequisite |
Satisfaction of Subject
A |
| #345-292-200 |
Social Welfare 98T
Images of the Poor: Understanding Poverty in Contemporary American
Society |
| Offered |
W 2:00-4:50 PM |
| Location |
Public Policy 1343 |
| Instructor |
Jennifer Mosley/Yeheskel
Hasenfeld |
| Grade |
Letter grade |
| L&S GE Credit
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Society and Culture - Social
Analysis |
| Course Description
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This seminar will explore
the complex web of cultural myths and realities regarding the poor
while utilizing multiple approaches to understanding poverty. Special
emphasis will be placed on reconciling current social policy with the
voices of the poor themselves. |
| Class Requirements
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Class discussion, class
presentation, midterm, final paper |
| Prerequisite |
Satisfaction of Subject
A |
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