Courses - Spring 2009

The following is a list of courses for the Spring 2009 semester categorized by School of Thought.

Cognitive Science (CS)

 * Computing Concepts ~ CS-0109
 * Sex, Learning, and Computers: An Exploration of Educational Technology ~ CS-0112
 * Introduction to Philosophy ~ CS-0114
 * Animal Language ~ CS-0133
 * Exploring the Unconscious Mind ~ CS-0146
 * Minority Languages and Linguistic Descriptions ~ CS-0148
 * Field Methods in Animal Behavior ~ CS-0179
 * Computer Graphics: Building Pictures Using Computers ~ CS-0209
 * Teacher Inquiry: Looking at Classrooms from a Teacher's Perspective ~ CS-0211
 * Basic Animal Behavior Theory ~ CS-0216
 * The Psychology of Language ~ CS-0226
 * Exploring Book Reading in Development ~ CS-0231
 * Journalism in Crisis ~ CS-0233
 * Designing Curriculum for Learning in Formal and Non-formal Settings ~ CS-0240
 * Adolescent Development ~ CS-0246
 * Animals, Robots, and Applied Design ~ CS-0261
 * Cognitive Psychology ~ CS-0265
 * Computer Animation II ~ CS-0266
 * Bringing Astronomy Down to Earth: The Art of Communicating Science Through Electronic Media ~ CS-0267
 * Public Diplomacy ~ CS-0271
 * Face Perception ~ CS-0276
 * Animating Fast ~ CS-0286
 * Software Engineering ~ CS-0291
 * Development Seminar ~ CS-0298
 * Unconventional Computing ~ CS-0303
 * Selected Philosophical Problems of Cognitive Science ~ CS-0311
 * Brain & Cognition: Electrophysiological Methodologies ~ CS-0313

Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies (HACU)

 * Chorus ~ HACU-0101
 * Introduction to Writing ~ HACU-0103
 * Intensive Introductory Russian ~ HACU-0105
 * Intensive Introductory Russian ~ HACU-0106
 * Introduction to Media Arts: Post Cuban Revolution Cinema and Photographic Arts ~ HACU-0108
 * Introduction to Media Production: Images of War ~ HACU-0109
 * Iranian Cinema ~ HACU-0110
 * Introduction to Visual Culture ~ HACU-0126
 * Renaissance Venice: Society, Politics, Visual Culture (1500-1600) ~ HACU-0136
 * Representing Reality: The Literature of Kleist and Kafka ~ HACU-0142
 * Spirit Healing, Hidden Wives, Monks in Demonstration: Introduction to Buddhism in Society ~ HACU-0143
 * World Music-Global Pop ~ HACU-0147
 * Art, Politics, and the Everyday ~ HACU-0151
 * Fiction and Film in a Global Frame ~ HACU-0154
 * Philosophy as a Way of Life ~ HACU-0157
 * Guernica: 1936 to the Present ~ HACU-0163
 * Text, Canon, Tradition: Scriptures and Their Emergence in World Religions ~ HACU-0164
 * Latin American Literature: Lost at Sea ~ HACU-0167
 * Sample! Remix! Mash! ~ HACU-0168
 * The Novel in the U.S. Since 1945: Nonfiction and the Novel ~ HACU-0169
 * Through the Twisted Mirror: Gogol and Nabokov, and Other Eccentrics ~ HACU-0170
 * Rise of Secular Jewish Culture ~ HACU-0190
 * Ancient Ireland ~ HACU-0193
 * Modern Dance II: Advanced Beginnning Modern Dance ~ HACU-0202
 * Group Improvisation: Introduction to Creative Dance ~ HACU-0203
 * Introduction to Painting ~ HACU-0208
 * Video I ~ HACU-0209
 * Film Workshop I ~ HACU-0210
 * Still Photography Workshop I: Analogue ~ HACU-0211
 * Modern Dance IV ~ HACU-0216
 * Celtic Spirituality ~ HACU-0223
 * Between "Race" and Culture: Representing Jews and Others in American and British Literature ~ HACU-0231
 * "The Other America:" Reading America Through the Lens of Multi-Cultural Literature ~ HACU-0236
 * The Idea of Europe: The Contemporary European Novel ~ HACU-0237
 * The Jazz Improvisation Orchestra ~ HACU-0239
 * The Personal Essay ~ HACU-0240
 * Philosophies of Modern and Contemporary Art ~ HACU-0248
 * Topics in Architecture, Studio Architecture + Design ~ HACU-0249
 * Still Photography II: The Body and the Frame ~ HACU-0254
 * Film/Video Workshop II: Sound and Music for the Moving Image ~ HACU-0256
 * Off the Wall and Into the Box: Interdisciplinary Practices in Installation Art ~ HACU-0257
 * Still Photography Workshop II: Color ~ HACU-0258
 * Colonialism and the Visual Arts ~ HACU-0259
 * Music in Asian Diasporas ~ HACU-0260
 * World Cinema: Modernity and Melodrama ~ HACU-0262
 * The Past Recaptured: Photographs, Facts and Fictions, 1935-1943 ~ HACU-0264
 * Tonal Music Theory II ~ HACU-0265
 * Black Radicalism in the U.S. and Beyond, 1960's and 1970s ~ HACU-0269
 * Eastern European Jewish Music Performance Traditions ~ HACU-0270
 * Gorgon's Reflection: Words and Images of Terror ~ HACU-0272
 * Atrocity and War in the Graphic Novel ~ HACU-0273
 * History and Memory in Contemporary American Fiction ~ HACU-0274
 * Ethics, Aesthetics, Politics, and the Concept of Address ~ HACU-0276
 * Theories of Religion ~ HACU-0281
 * Signs of the Unrepresentable ~ HACU-0283
 * Intermediate Painting and Drawing ~ HACU-0284
 * Laban Movement Analysis ~ HACU-0285
 * Faulkner and Morrison: Fictions of Identity, Family, and History ~ HACU-0286
 * Chaos and Catharsis: War and Theater in Ancient Athens ~ HACU-0287
 * Advanced Drawing ~ HACU-0288
 * Computer Music I ~ HACU-0290
 * Arts Concentrators Division II Workshop:Picturing Global Media ~ HACU-0294
 * Architectural Theory: Structure, Culture, Text ~ HACU-0298
 * Division II Independent Projects Seminar in Film, Video, Photography, and Installation ~ HACU-0299
 * Advanced Painting: Capturing The Trivial ~ HACU-0304
 * Think. See. Do--Concentrations in Studio Architecture ~ HACU-0307
 * Twentieth-Century American Dance: Sixties Vangard to Nineties Hip Hop ~ HACU-0325
 * Gender, Race, and Sexuality in the Digital Age ~ HACU-0327
 * Mass Culture Seminar ~ HACU-0335
 * Film/Photography/Video Studies Seminar ~ HACU-0399

Interdisciplinary Arts (IA)

 * Elementary Spanish ~ IA-0101
 * Elementary Spanish II ~ IA-0102
 * Introduction to Writing ~ IA-0103
 * Intensive Introductory Russian ~ IA-0105
 * Intensive Introductory Russian ~ IA-0106
 * Elementary Chinese II ~ IA-0112
 * Where are the Dressing Rooms? ~ IA-0114
 * American Sign Language II ~ IA-0124
 * Theatre of the Eye ~ IA-0125
 * Fiction Workshop: First Person Narrative(s) ~ IA-0128
 * Writing Fiction About Families ~ IA-0155
 * Teaching Art to Children ~ IA-0157
 * Drawing Foundation ~ IA-0160
 * Living For Tomorrow I: cultural contestations, gender politics and the AIDS epidemic ~ IA-0161
 * Let's Talk: Designers & Directors in Collaboration ~ IA-0187
 * African American Diasporas: Transnationalism and the International Politics of Race ~ IA-0189
 * Intermediate Spanish I ~ IA-0201
 * Intermediate Spanish II ~ IA-0202
 * Writing A Child's Voice for Theatre: Plays for Early Childhood ~ IA-0206
 * Writing for the Mass Media ~ IA-0208
 * Practice of Literary Journalism ~ IA-0236
 * Social Entrepreneurship: Starting Your Own Socially Responsible Enterprise ~ IA-0240
 * Digital Art: Multimedia, Malleability and Interactivity ~ IA-0241
 * Intermediate Sculpture ~ IA-0244
 * Take the Show on the Road ~ IA-0248
 * Disturbing Desire: Proust, Woolf, Lacan ~ IA-0253
 * Intermediate Sculpture: Emphasis on the Figure ~ IA-0254
 * Who's Telling This Story: Point of View For Fiction Writer ~ IA-0258
 * Electronics and Assistive Technology ~ IA-0259
 * Animals, Robots, and Applied Design ~ IA-0261
 * The Past Recaptured: Photographs, Facts and Fictions, 1935-1943 ~ IA-0264
 * Re-examining Classic Drama ~ IA-0266
 * Making A Scene ~ IA-0268
 * Documentary Drama ~ IA-0275
 * Business Practices for the Artist ~ IA-0282
 * Laban Movement Analysis ~ IA-0285
 * Appropriate Technology in the World II ~ IA-0288
 * Advanced Sculpture ~ IA-0308
 * Third Year Chinese II ~ IA-0312
 * Advanced Seminar in Writing ~ IA-0399

Lemelson Program (LM)

 * Women's Fabrication Skills ~ LM-0143
 * Social Entrepreneurship: Starting Your Own Socially Responsible Enterprise ~ LM-0240
 * Electronics and Assistive Technology ~ LM-0259
 * Animals, Robots, and Applied Design ~ LM-0261
 * Appropriate Technology in the World II ~ LM-0288

Natural Science (NS)

 * Puzzles and Paradoxes ~ NS-0112
 * Complementary Medicine: Science, History, and Practice ~ NS-0120
 * Human Biological Variation ~ NS-0123
 * Women's Health in America ~ NS-0129
 * Local Food Systems ~ NS-0136
 * Earth & Life Through Time ~ NS-0145
 * Sustainable Water Resources Design ~ NS-0157
 * Quantum Mechanics for the Millions ~ NS-0183
 * Topics in Renewable Energy ~ NS-0184
 * Ever Since Darwin ~ NS-0198
 * Physics II ~ NS-0205
 * Ecology ~ NS-0207
 * Organic Chemistry I ~ NS-0212
 * Physiology ~ NS-0221
 * Nutritional Anthropology ~ NS-0233
 * Neuroendocrinology of Behavior ~ NS-0244
 * Adolescent Development ~ NS-0246
 * Epidemiology ~ NS-0248
 * Neuroanatomy: Structure and Function of the Nervous System ~ NS-0251
 * Watershed Hydrology ~ NS-0255
 * Calculus II ~ NS-0261
 * Protein Biochemistry: the dance of life ~ NS-0262
 * Statistics and Experimental Design ~ NS-0265
 * Bringing Astronomy Down to Earth: The Art of Communicating Science Through Electronic Media ~ NS-0267
 * Introduction to Geographic Information Systems and Natural Resource Management ~ NS-0268
 * Elements of Sustainability ~ NS-0276
 * Molecular Ecology NS-0293
 * Sustainable Agriculture and Organic Farming ~ NS-0294
 * Modern Algebra ~ NS-0317
 * Advanced Calculus ~ NS-0324
 * Immunology ~ NS-0329
 * Local Food Systems ~ NS-0336
 * Ecological Applications Science Seminar ~ NS-0352
 * Sustainable Water Resources Design ~ NS-0357
 * Molecular Evolution ~ NS-0372
 * New Ways of Knowing Integrative Seminar ~ NS-386I
 * Ever Since Darwin ~ NS-0398

Outdoor and Rec Activities (OPRA)

 * Beginning Shotokan Karate ~ OPRA-0101
 * Intermediate Shotokan Karate ~ OPRA-0102
 * Advanced Shotokan Karate ~ OPRA-0104
 * Gentle Hatha Yoga ~ OPRA-0105
 * Continuing Hatha Yoga ~ OPRA-0106
 * Ashtanga Yoga 2 ~ OPRA-0107
 * Introduction to Yoga 1 ~ OPRA-0108
 * Ashtanga Yoga 1 ~ OPRA-0109
 * Introduction to Yoga 2 ~ OPRA-0110
 * Aikido ~ OPRA-0113
 * Beginning Kyudo: Japanese Archery ~ OPRA-0115
 * Intermediate Kyudo ~ OPRA-0116
 * Iaido: the Art of the Japanese Sword ~ OPRA-0117
 * RAD Basic: Self Defense For Women ~ OPRA-0118
 * T'ai Chi ~ OPRA-0120
 * Beginning Whitewater Kayaking ~ OPRA-0123
 * Beginning Whitewater Kayaking, Section 2 ~ OPRA-0124
 * Beyond Beginning Whitewater Kayaking ~ OPRA-0126
 * Fundamentals of Skiing ~ OPRA-0129
 * Backcountry Navigation ~ OPRA-0130
 * R.A.D. Advanced Self Defense For Women ~ OPRA-0131
 * Outdoor Adventure Sampler ~ OPRA-0132
 * Beginning Swimming ~ OPRA-0141
 * Lifeguard Training ~ OPRA-0145
 * Lifeguard Training Recertification ~ OPRA-145A
 * Top Rope Climbing, Section 1 ~ OPRA-0151
 * Top Rope Climbing, Section 2 ~ OPRA-0152
 * Lead Rock Climbing Intensive OPRA-0156
 * Mountain Biking ~ OPRA-0157
 * Ice Climbing ~ OPRA-0158
 * Bicycle Maintenance ~ OPRA-0161
 * Indoor Soccer ~ OPRA-0162
 * Winter Camping And Travel ~ OPRA-0163
 * Basic Fitness and Training ~ OPRA-0174
 * Strength Training ~ OPRA-0176
 * Fundamentals of Basketball ~ OPRA-0181
 * Fundamentals of Tennis ~ OPRA-0185
 * Outdoor Leadership ~ OPRA-0218

Social Science (SS)

 * Performance and Ethnography ~ SS-0107
 * Oil/Middle Eastern Economies ~ SS-0110
 * Representations of Young People: Childhood, The Body, and Society ~ SS-0130
 * The Culture(s) of United States' Foreign Policy ~ SS-0135
 * Renaissance Venice: Society, Politics, Visual Culture (1500-1600) ~ SS-0136
 * Hybrid Identities, Authentic Selves ~ SS-0140
 * Spirit Healing, Hidden Wives, Monks in Demonstration: Introduction to Buddhism in Society ~ SS-0143
 * The History of Love and Dating in the United States ~ SS-0149
 * Food, Health & Law ~ SS-0154
 * Writing the Urban Experience ~ SS-0169
 * Striking Against the Empire: Puerto Rican Colonialism, Rebellion, and Diaspora ~ SS-0171
 * Post Colonial Theory in South Asia ~ SS-0173
 * African American Diasporas: Transnationalism and the International Politics of Race ~ SS-0189
 * Rise of Secular Jewish Culture ~ SS-0190
 * South-South Economic Relations ~ SS-0202
 * New Class of Racisms ~ SS-0206
 * Introductory Economics ~ SS-0210
 * Biopower, Biopolitics, and Bare Life ~ SS-0211
 * Politics of the Abortion Debate ~ SS-0215
 * Rethinking the Population Problem ~ SS-0222
 * The Atlantic World (1450-1800) ~ SS-0223
 * Coffeehouses, Catastrophe, and Culture ~ SS-0234
 * Indigenous Politics of Latin America ~ SS-0237
 * Afghan-Pakistani Pashtuns: Language & Culture ~ SS-0244
 * Adolescent Development ~ SS-0246
 * Critical Ethnography ~ SS-0250
 * The Politics of Urban Heritage ~ SS-0251
 * Disturbing Desire: Proust, Woolf, Lacan ~ SS-0253
 * Writing About the Outdoors ~ SS-0255
 * Modern Social Thought: From Marx to Foucault ~ SS-0258
 * Contemporary Political Philosophy: Citizenship, Nationalism, Law, Exclusion ~ SS-0259
 * The Past Recaptured: Photographs, Facts and Fictions, 1935-1943 ~ SS-0264
 * Family, Gender, Power ~ SS-0265
 * International Human Rights ~ SS-0266
 * Signs of the Unrepresentable ~ SS-0283
 * Meeting Lacan: On the Couch, in the arts, and through the farm ~ SS-0287
 * State and Politics in Africa ~ SS-0291
 * Race, Gender, Nation & Immigration ~ SS-0293
 * Modern Islamic Politics and Its Discontents ~ SS-0295
 * Development Seminar ~ SS-0298
 * The Wisdom of Listening: Interpersonal Process and the Humanistic Tradition ~ SS-0303
 * Advanced Topics in Psychoanalytic Theory ~ SS-0308
 * Political Sociology of the Middle East: Rethinking Reform and Democracy ~ SS-0313
 * Environment and Community ~ SS-0314
 * Writing About The Social: Theory in Practice ~ SS-0397

Special Topics (ST)

 * Seminar on Indian Music ~ ST-0235

Writing Program (WP)

 * Introduction to Writing ~ WP-0103
 * Writing Project Workshop ~ WP-0201
 * Writing About the Outdoors ~ WP-0255

Experimental Program in Education and Community (EPEC)

 * EPEC Spring 2009

Past Semesters' Courses

 * Courses - Fall 2008
 * Courses - Spring 2008
 * Courses - Fall 2007