Courses - Fall 2009

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

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Cognitive Science (CS)

 * Independent Study ~ CS-1
 * Epistemology: The Theory of Knowledge ~ CS-0103
 * Programming Web Pages for Poets, Artists and Scientists ~ CS-0106
 * Diversity, Equity and Community: Opportunities and Challenges for a New Educational Platform ~ CS-109T
 * Philosophy of Education ~ CS-117T
 * Introduction to Neuropsychology ~ CS-0130
 * Animal Cognition ~ CS-139T
 * Mediawork ~ CS-0143
 * Making Sense of the Past: Learning to Think and Teach Like a Historian ~ CS-0146
 * Code Immersion ~ CS-0153
 * Memory Systems: Getting it, Using it, and Keeping it ~ CS-0164
 * Political Judgments and Decisions ~ CS-0167
 * Computer Animation I ~ CS-0174
 * Science and Religion: Origins ~ CS-175T
 * Research in Artificial Intelligence ~ CS-0201
 * Animation Workshop ~ CS-0203
 * Mathematical Problem Solving: Finding Math Everywhere ~ CS-0206
 * How People Learn: Introduction to Cognition and Instruction ~ CS-0208
 * Language and Mind ~ CS-0229
 * Cognitive Development ~ CS-0238
 * Minds, Brains and Machines: The 50 Key Ideas ~ CS-0245
 * Linguistic Variation ~ CS-0252
 * Video Game Design: Building Video Games from Scratch ~ CS-0260
 * Cultural Citizenship ~ CS-0264
 * Adolescent Development ~ CS-0270
 * Science in the Islamic World: From Almagest to the "Islamic" Bomb ~ CS-0275
 * The Philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein ~ CS-0292
 * Linear Algebra ~ CS-0316
 * Special Topics in Childhood, Youth, and Learning: An Integrated Division III Seminar ~ CS-0356

Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies (HACU)

 * Independent Study ~ HACU
 * Chorus ~ HACU-0101
 * Introduction to Writing ~ HACU-0103
 * Painting Foundations:Collective Painting and Drawing ~ HACU-0106
 * Introduction to Analog/Digital Media Arts ~ HACU-0109
 * Musical Beginnings ~ HACU-0119
 * Literature and Culture in the Jazz Age ~ HACU-130T
 * American Literary Landscapes ~ HACU-131T
 * Centering: Metaphors in Motion ~ HACU-132T
 * Photography, Memory and History ~ HACU-133T
 * Black Vision: A Platform for Critical Theory ~ HACU-134T
 * Victorian Childhood: Self and Society in the Nineteenth Century ~ HACU-135T
 * Antebellum Social Movements ~ HACU-136T
 * Exploring the Divine Feminine ~ HACU-137T
 * Sound, Image and Narrative: A Multidimensional Approach to Japanese Culture ~ HACU-138T
 * Making It New: The Literature of Modern Life ~ HACU-139T
 * Writing from the Diaspora: Contemporary Women's Literature ~ HACU-0140
 * Renaissance, Resistance, and Revolution: 20th Century African American Literature ~ HACU-0144
 * Daoism, Shamanism and Shinto: Indigenous Religions of East Asia ~ HACU-0145
 * Convergent Histories (Art Since 1950) - HACU-157
 * Philosophy, Relativism and Truth ~ HACU-0171
 * The Good Story ~ HACU-0173
 * Messianic Critique ~ HACU-0178
 * The History of Photography: On the Art of Fixing a Shadow ~ HACU-0182
 * Alien/Freak/Monster: Race, Sex, and Otherness in Sci-Fi and Horror ~ HACU-0185
 * Jazz Ensemble Seminar I ~ HACU-0192
 * Literature and Psychoanalysis ~ HACU-0194
 * High Spirits: Reading and Writing About Spiritual Experience ~ HACU-0199
 * Beginning Contemporary/Modern Dance Techniques I ~ HACU-0201
 * Architectural Design Fundamentals ~ HACU-0203
 * Introduction to Painting ~ HACU-0208
 * Video I: Queer Looks ~ HACU-0209
 * Film Workshop I ~ HACU-0210
 * Still Photography Workshop I: Digital Photography ~ HACU-0211
 * Intermediate Contemporary/Modern Dance Techniques III ~ HACU-0215
 * Woman and Poet ~ HACU-0223
 * Decoding Zen Buddhism: Philosophy, Practice and History ~ HACU-0228
 * Controversies in U.S. Economics and Social History ~ HACU-0230
 * Food, Pain, Sex, Death: Bodies and Souls in History (1300-1800) ~ HACU-0236
 * The 1950s: Cold War Culture and the Birth of the Cool ~ HACU-0240
 * The 1950s: Independent Writing Seminar in Art History, Architectural Studies or Critical Theory 1 ~ HACU-0241-1
 * The 1950s: Independent Writing Seminar in Art History, Architectural Studies or Critical Theory 2 ~ HACU-0241-2
 * The 1950s: Independent Writing Seminar in American Music or Ethnomusicology 1 ~ HACU-0241-3
 * The 1950s: Independent Writing Seminar in American Music or Ethnomusicology 2 ~ HACU-0241-4
 * The 1950s: Independent Writing Seminar in Literature or American Studies 1 ~ HACU-0241-5
 * The 1950s: Independent Writing Seminar in Literature or American Studies 2 ~ HACU-0241-6
 * The American Transcendentalists ~ HACU-0245
 * Writing Childhood ~ HACU-0246
 * Somatics: Thinking Body/Moving Mind ~ HACU-0247
 * Writing for Film: Text, Performance and Memory in Transnational Cinema ~ HACU-0253
 * Still Photography Workshop II: Art, Personae, and the Performance of Selves ~ HACU-0254
 * Media Production II: HD &amp; Film Cinematography ~ HACU-0255
 * Ancient Epic 2 ~ HACU-0256
 * Collage History and Practice ~ HACU-0257
 * Media Production II: Women Directors: Film and Video ~ HACU-0258
 * Disruptive Geographies: Magical Realism as Genre ~ HACU-0261
 * The Theory and Practice of Therapeutic Writing ~ HACU-0263
 * Tonal Theory I ~ HACU-0264
 * Space + Phenomenon: Architectural Design Studio ~ HACU-0267
 * Affirmative Action Empire: Soviet Experiences of Managing Diversity ~ HACU-0269
 * Fleeting Images: Choreography on Film ~ HACU-0270
 * Science in the Islamic World: From Almagest to the "Islamic" Bomb ~ HACU-0275
 * Dance Activism: What's Dance Got to Do with It? ~ HACU-0279
 * Intermediate Studio Projects:From Derain to Basquiat and Polke ~ HACU-0281
 * Living On: Responses to the Holocaust ~ HACU-0283
 * Computer Music I ~ HACU-0290
 * The Philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein ~ HACU-0292
 * Advanced Shakespeare Seminar ~ HACU-0295
 * Advanced Drawing ~ HACU-0302
 * Contemporary Musical Practices ~ HACU-0303
 * Advanced Painting: From Landscape to the Interior ~ HACU-0304
 * Division III Projects: Advanced Topics for the Moving Image ~ HACU-0310
 * Circuits of Power: Music, Race, and Theory ~ HACU-0313
 * Division III Dance Seminar ~ HACU-0320
 * Theory Three: Topics in Cultural Criticism and Theory ~ HACU-0322
 * Division III Projects: Photography and Mixed Media: Sequence/Structure/Juxtaposition ~ HACU-0335
 * Special Topics in Childhood, Youth, and Learning: An Integrated Division III Seminar ~ HACU-0356

Interdisciplinary Arts (IA)

 * Elementary Spanish ~ IA-0101
 * Elementary Spanish II ~ IA-0102
 * Introduction to Writing ~ IA-0103
 * Elementary Chinese I ~ IA-0111
 * Everyone's A Critic! ~ IA-0115
 * Creative Electronics ~ IA-0116
 * Sculpture Tutorial ~ IA-119T
 * Writing World Families: Tutorial in Inclusive Fiction ~ IA-121T
 * Designing With Light ~ IA-0122
 * American Sign Language Level I ~ IA-0123
 * Feminist Fictions ~ IA-0132
 * Staging America ~ IA-0138
 * Drawing Foundation ~ IA-0160
 * Introduction to Art Education ~ IA-0166
 * Art and Energy: Solar Music and Beyond ~ IA-0182
 * Directing Contemporary American Drama ~ IA-192T
 * Social Entrepreneurship Part I ~ IA-0193
 * From Dramatic Play to Creative Drama ~ IA-0194
 * High Spirits: Reading and Writing About Spiritual Experience ~ IA-0199
 * Intermediate Spanish I ~ IA-0201
 * Intermediate Spanish II ~ IA-0202
 * Design for the Greater Good ~ IA-0222
 * In Search of Character ~ IA-0234
 * Intermediate Poetry Writing ~ IA-0251
 * Micro-fictions Workshop ~ IA-0267
 * Special Projects in Drawing: Division II ~ IA-0284
 * Mentored Independent Study ~ IA-0304
 * Third Year Chinese I ~ IA-0311
 * Acting Contemporary American Drama ~ IA-0320
 * Advanced Sound Design for Theatre ~ IA-0323
 * Art, Nature, Technology ~ IA-0338
 * Division III Concentrators Seminar in Visual Arts ~ IA-0344
 * Special Topics in Childhood, Youth, and Learning: An Integrated Division III Seminar ~ IA-0356
 * Division III Seminar in Research for Creative Writing ~ IA-0377

Lemelson Program (LM)

 * Machine Shop Instruction ~ LM-0105
 * Creative Electronics ~ LM-0116
 * Women's Fabrication Skills ~ LM-0143
 * Art and Energy: Solar Music and Beyond ~ LM-0182
 * Bicycle Frame Design and Fabrication ~ LM-0186
 * Social Entrepreneurship Part I ~ LM-0193
 * Design for the Greater Good ~ LM-0222
 * Mentored Independent Study ~ LM-0304

Natural Science (NS)

 * Independent Study ~ NS
 * Musical Acoustics ~ NS-0102
 * Earth Resources ~ NS-0106
 * Science and Politics of Water ~ NS-113T
 * Human Biology ~ NS-121T
 * Human Biological Variation ~ NS-0123
 * Environmental History of New England ~ NS-0132
 * Local Food Systems ~ NS-0133
 * Human Gene Therapy: Proceed with Caution ~ NS-0148
 * Ecology, Agriculture, and Society ~ NS-0150
 * Natural History of Infectious Disease ~ NS-0153
 * Memory Systems: Getting it, Using it, and Keeping it ~ NS-0164
 * What is a Species/Speciation? ~ NS-0168
 * Kitchen Ecology ~ NS-170T
 * Science and Religion: Origins ~ NS-175T
 * Quantum Mechanics for the Myriad ~ NS-0183
 * Geological Controversies ~ NS-0194
 * Pollution and our Environment ~ NS-195T
 * Chemistry I ~ NS-0202
 * Physics I: Introduction to Classical Mechanics ~ NS-0204
 * Mathematical Problem Solving: Finding Math Everywhere ~ NS-0206
 * Plant Biology ~ NS-0218
 * Human Physiology ~ NS-0220
 * Nutritional Anthropology ~ NS-0233
 * Agriculture, Food, and Health ~ NS-0239
 * Evolutionary Biology ~ NS-0241
 * Calculus in Context ~ NS-0260
 * Environmental Microbiology ~ NS-0264
 * Statistics ~ NS-0265
 * Adolescent Development ~ NS-0270
 * Anthropology of Reproduction ~ NS-0272
 * Science in the Islamic World: From Almagest to the "Islamic" Bomb ~ NS-0275
 * Stream Ecology ~ NS-0292
 * Organic Chemistry II ~ NS-0314
 * Linear Algebra ~ NS-0316
 * Local Food Systems ~ NS-0333
 * Enzymes ~ NS-0344
 * Human Gene Therapy: Proceed with Caution ~ NS-0348
 * Natural History of Infectious Disease ~ NS-0353
 * Special Topics in Childhood, Youth, and Learning: An Integrated Division III Seminar ~ NS-0356
 * What is a Species/Speciation? ~ NS-0368
 * Terrestrial Ecology ~ NS-0381
 * Quantum Mechanics for the Myriad ~ NS-0383
 * Sustainability Seminar ~ NS-0385
 * Differential Geometry ~ TBA

Outdoor and Rec Athletics (OPRA)

 * Beginning Shotokan Karate ~ OPRA-0101
 * Intermediate Shotokan Karate ~ OPRA-0102
 * Advanced Shotokan Karate ~ OPRA-0104
 * Gentle Yoga ~ OPRA-0105
 * Flowing Continuing Yoga ~ OPRA-0106
 * Ashtanga Yoga 1 ~ OPRA-0107
 * Introduction to Yoga 1 ~ OPRA-0108
 * Ashtanga Yoga 2 ~ 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
 * Rape Aggression Defense: Basic Physical Defense ~ 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
 * Outdoor Adventure Sampler ~ OPRA-0132
 * Beginning Swimming ~ OPRA-0141
 * Open-water SCUBA Certification ~ OPRA-0149
 * Top Rope Climbing, Section 1 ~ OPRA-0151
 * Top Rope Climbing, Section 2 ~ OPRA-0152
 * Introduction to Sport Climbing ~ OPRA-0155
 * Spinning ~ OPRA-0159
 * Mountain Biking ~ OPRA-0160
 * Fundamentals of Soccer ~ OPRA-0162
 * Basic Fitness and Training ~ OPRA-0174
 * Speed and Agility Training ~ OPRA-0175
 * Strength Training ~ OPRA-0176
 * Fundamentals of Basketball ~ OPRA-0181
 * SOLO Wilderness First Responder ~ OPRA-0183
 * Fundamentals of Tennis ~ OPRA-0185
 * Social Justice in Outdoor Education ~ OPRA-0205
 * Experiential Education: From Theory to Practice ~ OPRA-0208

Social Science (SS)

 * Independent Study ~ SS
 * Diversity, Equity and Community: Opportunities and Challenges for a New Educational Platform ~ SS-109T
 * The Middle Eastern Economies ~ SS-0110
 * Queering the Renaissance ~ SS-112T
 * Streetwork: Exploring & Transforming Cities with Children & Youth ~ SS-114T
 * Rethinking Childhood ~ SS-118T
 * Third World, Second Sex: Does Economic Development Enrich or Impoverish Women's Lives ~ SS-0119
 * Biography and Social Movements ~ SS-0121
 * U.S. Imperialism and Hawai'i: A Comparative History ~ SS-0128
 * Ethnographies of South Asia ~ SS-0131
 * Human Rights ~ SS-142T
 * African Development ~ SS-0144
 * Making Sense of the Past: Learning to Think and Teach Like a Historian ~ SS-0146
 * Democrats and Democratization in the Middle East: Iran and Turkey in Comparison ~ SS-0150
 * Social Movements and Social Change: Zapatismo &amp; Latin America's "Third Left" ~ SS-0152
 * Food, Health and Law ~ SS-0154
 * The letters and Literature of the American Revolution ~ SS-0161
 * What is Africa to me?: Black Diasporic Encounters ~ SS-0162
 * Energy, Resources, and American Foreign Policy ~ SS-164T
 * Political Judgments and Decisions ~ SS-0167
 * Creative Memoir and the Invention of Self ~ SS-178T
 * The Sporting Life ~ SS-0192
 * Imagining Latin American ~ SS-196T
 * Ways of Knowing in the Social Sciences ~ SS-0204
 * Environmental Economics and Policy ~ SS-0207
 * Capital, Mediation and Mass Media ~ SS-0212
 * Black and Yellow Encounters: Race, Labor, Immigration and the Emergence of the Third World Left ~ SS-0213
 * Hating the Jews More Than Necessary: Antisemitism ~ SS-0219
 * Psychoanalytic Approaches to Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents ~ SS-0225
 * Culture Through Crime ~ SS-0226
 * Women and Politics in Africa ~ SS-0227
 * Landscapes of Indigeneity: Indigenous Peoples and Law in North America ~ SS-0229
 * Controversies in U.S. Economics and Social History ~ SS-0230
 * History of Political Philosophy: Politics and Power ~ SS-0233
 * Economic Development ~ SS-0235
 * Food, Pain, Sex, Death: Bodies and Souls in History (1300-1800) ~ SS-0236
 * Reproductive Rights: Domestic and International Perspectives ~ SS-0240
 * Writing Childhood ~ SS-0246
 * Headscarf ~ SS-0252
 * Warfare in the American Homeland: Policing, Imprisonment and the Politics of Control ~ SS-0260
 * Affirmative Action Empire: Soviet Experiences of Managing Diversity ~ SS-0269
 * Adolescent Development ~ SS-0270
 * The Politics of Urban Social Movements ~ SS-0273
 * Cuba Transnational ~ SS-0274
 * Environment and Social Justice ~ SS-0285
 * Critical Psychology ~ SS-0286
 * Postmodernity & Politics ~ SS-0290
 * Sovereignty and Political Power, and Recognition ~ SS-0302
 * Special Topics in Childhood, Youth, and Learning: An Integrated Division III Seminar ~ SS-0356

Past Semesters' Courses

 * Courses - Spring 2009
 * Courses - Fall 2008
 * Courses - Spring 2008