Bryn Mawr College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, age or disability in the administration of its educational policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other College-administered programs, or in its employment practices.
In conformity with the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, it is also the policy of Bryn Mawr College not to discriminate on the basis of sex in its educational programs, activities or employment practices. The admission of only women in the Undergraduate College is in conformity with a provision of the Act. Inquiries regarding compliance with this legislation and other policies regarding nondiscrimination may be directed to the Equal Opportunity Officer, who administers the College’s procedures, at 610-526-5275.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Billing, Payment, and Financial Aid 23 Student Financial Services 23 2013–14 Academic Calendars 3 Costs of Education 23 Contact and Website Information 4 Billing and Payment Due Dates 23 Refund Policy 24 About Bryn Mawr College 5 When a Student Withdraws 24 Financial Aid 25 The Mission of Bryn Mawr College 5 Required Forms and Instructions 26 A Brief History of Bryn Mawr College 5 Loan Funds 28 College as Community 7 Scholarship Funds 29 Geographical Distribution of Students 8 Academic Program 37 Libraries and Educational Resources 9 The Curriculum 37 Requirements for the A.B. Degree 37 Libraries 9 (prior to Fall 2011) Special Research Resources 10 Emily Balch Seminar Requirement 37 Computing 11 Quantitative Requirement 38 Language Learning Center 11 Foreign Language Requirement 38 Laboratories 11 Divisional Requirements 38 Facilities for the Arts 13 Requirements for the A.B. Degree 39 Bern Schwartz Fitness and Athletic Center 14 (matriculating Fall 2011) Campus Center 14 Emily Balch Seminar Requirement 39 Quantitative and Mathematical Reasoning Student Responsibilities Requirement 39 and Rights 14 Foreign Language Requirement 40 The Honor Code 14 Distribution Requirements 40 Privacy of Student Records 15 The Major 40 Directory Information 15 The Independent Major Program 41 Campus Crime Awareness/Clery Act 15 Physical Education Requirement 42 Right-to-Know Act 15 Residency Requirement 43 Equality of Opportunity 15 Exceptions 43 Access Services 16 Academic Regulations 44 Registration 44 Student Life 16 Credit/No Credit 44 Student Advising 16 Course Options 44 Customs Week 16 Half-semester Courses 45 Academic Support Services 16 Cooperation with Neighboring Institutions 45 Center for Leadership, Innovation and the Liberal Arts 16 Conduct of Courses 46 Health Center 17 Quizzes, Examinations and Extensions 46 Student Residences 18 Grading and Academic Record 47 Satisfactory Academic Progress 47 Admission 19 Cumulative Grade Point Averages 49 2 Table of Contents
Distinctions 49 Child and Family Studies 119 Credit for Work Done Elsewhere 49 Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology 126 Departure from the College 50 Comparative Literature 137 Academic Opportunities 51 Computer Science 144 Minors and Concentrations 51 East Asian Studies 148 Combined A.B./M.A. Degree Programs 52 Economics 155 3-2 Program in Engineering and Education 161 Applied Science 52 English 167 4+1 Partnership with Penn’s School of Engineering Environmental Studies 181 and Applied Science 52 Film Studies 194 3-2 Program in City and Regional Planning 53 Fine Arts 201 Combined Master’s and French and Francophone Studies 206 Teacher Certification Programs 53 Gender and Sexuality 231 Summer Language Programs 53 General Studies 238 Study Abroad in the Junior Year 54 Geology 233 Preparation for Careers in Architecture 54 German and German Studies 238 Preparation for Careers in the Health Professions 55 Greek, Latin and Classical Studies 242 Preparation for Careers in Law 55 Growth and Structure of Cities 252 Teacher Certification 55 Hebrew and Judaic Studies 265 Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps 55 History 267 Centers for 21st Century Inquiry 56 History of Art 278 Summer Courses 56 International Studies 289 Continuing Education Program 56 Italian and Italian Studies 299 Katharine E. McBride Scholars Program 57 Latin American, Latino, and Iberian Peoples and Cultures 305 Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program 57 Linguistics 315 Emily Balch Seminars 57 Mathematics 317 360º 58 Middle Eastern Studies 322 Focus Courses 58 Music 328 Athletics and Physical Education 59 Neuroscience 332 Praxis Program 59 Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies 336 Collaboration with the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the Graduate School Philosophy 342 of Social Work and Social Research 61 Physics 349 Political Science 355 Academic Awards and Prizes 62 Psychology 369 Scholarships for Medical Study 64 Religion 379 Romance Languages 385 Areas of Study 65 Russian 386 Definitions 65 Sociology 391 Africana Studies 69 Spanish 399 Anthropology 77 Board of Trustees of Arabic 88 Bryn Mawr College 405 Arts Program 89 Astronomy 103 Faculty of Bryn Mawr College 406 Biology 105 Administration 412 Chemistry 113 Academic Calendars 3
ACADEMIC CALENDARS
2013 First Semester 2014 First Semester September 3 Classes begin September 2 Classes begin October 11 Fall break begins after last class October 10 Fall break begins after last class October 21 Fall break ends at 8 a.m. October 20 Fall break ends at 8 a.m. November 27 Thanksgiving vacation begins after November 26 Thanksgiving vacation begins after last class last class December 2 Thanksgiving vacation ends at 8 a.m. December 1 Thanksgiving vacation ends at 8 a.m. December 12 Last day of classes December 11 Last day of classes December 13-14 Review period December 12-13 Review period December 15-20 Examination period December 14-19 Examination period
2014 Second Semester 2015 Second Semester January 21 Classes begin January 20 Classes begin March 7 Spring vacation begins after last class March 6 Spring vacation begins after last class March 17 Spring vacation ends at 8 a.m. March 16 Spring vacation ends at 8 a.m. May 2 Last day of classes May 1 Last day of classes May 3-4 Review period May 2-3 Review period May 5-16 Examination period May 4-15 Examination period May 17 Commencement May 16 Commencement 4 Contact Information
CONTACT and WEBSITE INFORMATION
Mailing Address: Switchboard:
Bryn Mawr College 610-526-5000 101 N. Merion Avenue Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-2899 College website:
www.brynmawr.edu
For information regarding academic programs and For information about meal plans and dining halls, visit regulations, academic advising, study abroad, the the Dining Services website at www.brynmawr.edu/ curriculum and special academic programs, visit the dining. Dean’s Office website at www.brynmawr.edu/deans. For information about the libraries and their special For information regarding course schedules, collections, visit the Libraries website at www.brynmawr. registration, procedures, exams and student records, edu/library. visit the Registrar’s Office website at www.brynmawr. edu/registrar. For information about computers, labs, and technological resources, visit the Computing Services For information regarding entrance exams, advance website at www.brynmawr.edu/computing. placement or admissions, visit the Admissions Office website at www.brynmawr.edu/admissions. For information about accommodations for students with disabilities, visit the Access Services website at www. For information about applying for financial aid or brynmawr.edu/access_services. continuing financial aid, visit the Student Financial Services website at www.brynmawr.edu/sfs. For information about career development services, including pre-law advising and the Externship Program, For information about student billing, refunds and visit the Career Development Office website at www. student loans, visit the Student Financial Services brynmawr.edu/cdo. website at www.brynmawr.edu/sfs. For information about athletics, physical education, For information about the Health Center and health recreation and wellness, visit the Department of insurance, visit the Health Center’s website at www. Athletics and Physical Education website at www. brynmawr.edu/healthcenter. brynmawr.edu/athletics.
For information about residential life, visit the Student Web pages for individual academic departments and Life Office website at www.brynmawr.edu/residentiallife. programs may be accessed from the following website: www.brynmawr.edu/find/fieldsofstudy.shtml. About the College 5
ABOUT THE COLLEGE (popularly known as Quakers), but by 1893 his trustees had broadened the College’s mission by deciding that The Mission of Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr would be non-denominational. Bryn Mawr’s first administrators had determined that excellence in The mission of Bryn Mawr College is to provide a scholarship was more important than religious faith in rigorous education and to encourage the pursuit of appointing the faculty, although the College remained knowledge as preparation for life and work. Bryn Mawr committed to Quaker values such as freedom of teaches and values critical, creative and independent conscience. habits of thought and expression in an undergraduate liberal-arts curriculum for women and in coeducational The College’s mission was to offer women rigorous graduate programs in the arts and sciences and in intellectual training and the chance to do to original social work and social research. Bryn Mawr seeks to research, a European-style program that was then sustain a community diverse in nature and democratic available only at a few elite institutions for men. That in practice, for we believe that only through considering was a formidable challenge, especially in light of many perspectives do we gain a deeper understanding the resistance of society at large, at the end of the of each other and the world. 19th century, to the notion that women could be the intellectual peers of men. Since its founding in 1885, the College has maintained its character as a small residential community that M. Carey Thomas’ Academic Ideal fosters close working relationships between faculty and Fortunately, at its inception, the College was adopted as students. The faculty of teacher/scholars emphasizes a moral cause and a life’s work by a woman of immense learning through conversation and collaboration, tenacity, M. Carey Thomas. Thomas, Bryn Mawr’s primary reading, original research and experimentation. first dean and second president, had been so intent Our cooperative relationship with Haverford College upon undertaking advanced study that when American enlarges the academic opportunities for students and universities denied her the opportunity to enter a Ph.D. their social community. Our active ties to Swarthmore program on an equal footing with male students, she College and the University of Pennsylvania as well as went to Europe to pursue her degree. the proximity of the city of Philadelphia further extend the opportunities available at Bryn Mawr. When Thomas learned of the plans to establish a college for women just outside Philadelphia, she Living and working together in a community based on brought to the project the same determination she had mutual respect, personal integrity and the standards of applied to her own quest for higher education. Thomas’ a social and academic Honor Code, each generation ambition—for herself and for all women of intellect and of students experiments with creating and sustaining a imagination—was the engine that drove Bryn Mawr to self-governing society within the College. The academic achievement after achievement. and cocurricular experiences fostered by Bryn Mawr, both on campus and in the College’s wider setting, The College established undergraduate and graduate encourage students to be responsible citizens who programs that were widely viewed as models of provide service and leadership for an increasingly academic excellence in both the humanities and interdependent world. the sciences, programs that elevated standards for higher education nationwide. Under the leadership A Brief History of Bryn Mawr College of Thomas and James E. Rhoads, who served the College as president from 1885 to 1894, Bryn Mawr When Bryn Mawr College opened its doors in 1885, it repeatedly broke new ground. It was, for example, the offered women a more ambitious academic program first institution in the United States to offer fellowships than any previously available to them in the United for graduate study to women; its self-government States. Other women’s colleges existed, but Bryn association, the first in the country at its founding in Mawr was the first to offer graduate education through 1892, was unique in the United States in granting to the Ph.D.—a signal of its founders’ refusal to accept students the right not only to enforce but to make all of the limitations imposed on women’s intellectual the rules governing their conduct; its faculty, alumnae achievement at other institutions. and students engaged in research that expanded human knowledge. A Quaker Legacy The founding of Bryn Mawr carried out the will of Engaging the World Joseph W. Taylor, a physician who wanted to establish a In 1912, the bequest of an alumna founded the college “for the advanced education of females.” Taylor Graduate Department of Social Economy and Social originally envisioned an institution that would inculcate Research, which made Bryn Mawr the first institution in its students the beliefs of the Society of Friends in the country to offer a Ph.D. in social work. In 1970, 6 About the College the department became the Graduate School of worked hard to involve alumnae overseas in recruiting Social Work and Social Research. In 1921, Bryn Mawr students and raising money for their support and for the intensified its engagement with the world around it by support of Bryn Mawr’s extensive overseas programs. opening its Summer School for Women Workers in Wofford, who later became a U.S. senator, also initiated Industry, which offered scholarships for broad-based closer oversight of the College’s financial investments programs in political economy, science and literature to and their ramifications in the world. factory workers until 1938. Mary Patterson McPherson led the College from 1978 During the presidency of Marion Edwards Park, from to 1997, a period of tremendous growth in number and 1922 to 1942, the College began to work toward diversity of students - now nearly 1,300 undergraduates, cooperative programs with nearby institutions - nearly a quarter of whom are women of color. During Haverford College, Swarthmore College and the McPherson’s tenure, Bryn Mawr undertook a thorough University of Pennsylvania - that would later greatly re-examination of the women-only status of its expand the academic and social range of Bryn Mawr undergraduate college and concluded that providing students. In 1931 the Graduate School of Arts and the benefits of single-sex education for women - in Sciences began to accept male students. During the cultivating leadership, self-confidence and academic decades of the Nazi rise to power in Europe and World excellence - remained essential to the College’s War II, Bryn Mawr became home to many distinguished mission. McPherson, a philosopher, now directs the European scholars who were refugees from Nazi American Philosophical Society. persecution. Nancy J. Vickers, Bryn Mawr’s president from 1997 A Tradition of Freedom to 2008, began her tenure by leading the College community to a clear understanding of its priorities and From 1942 to 1970 Katharine Elizabeth McBride the challenges it would face in the next century through presided over the College in a time of change and the adoption of the Plan for a New Century. When growth. During McBride’s tenure, the College twice she retired in June 2008, she left the College with a faced challenges to its Quaker heritage of free inquiry 40 percent increase in undergraduate applications, a and freedom of conscience. During the McCarthy era, completed fund-raising campaign that tripled the goal Congress required students applying for loans to sign of the previous campaign and an endowment that has a loyalty oath to the United States and an affidavit nearly doubled since she took office. regarding membership in the Communist party. Later, at the height of student protest against the Vietnam Beyond attaining a sound financial footing for the War, institutions of higher education were required to College, Vickers oversaw dramatic changes in the report student protesters as a condition of eligibility for academic program, in outreach and in infrastructure, government scholarship support. while remaining true to the College’s historic mission. Those changes include refining undergraduate-recruiting On both occasions, Bryn Mawr emerged as a leader messages and practices, initiating new interdisciplinary among colleges and universities in protecting its programs and faculty positions, improving student life, students’ rights. It was the first college to decline embracing cross-cultural communication, upgrading the aid under the McCarthy-era legislation and the only campus’ use of technology, renovating many buildings, institution in Pennsylvania to decline aid rather than take and achieving worldwide visibility through the Katharine on the role of informer during the Vietnam War. Bryn Houghton Hepburn Center. Mawr faculty and alumnae raised funds to replace much of the lost aid, and a court eventually found the Vietnam- Embracing the Global Century era law unconstitutional and ordered restitution of the scholarship funds. Under Jane McAuliffe’s leadership (2008-2013), the College committed itself anew to liberal arts for the Cooperation and Growth twenty-first century. It initiated the innovative 360° Program, through which students investigate an issue During the 1960s, Bryn Mawr strengthened its ties to or theme from multiple disciplinary perspectives, and Haverford, Swarthmore and Penn when it instituted became a national leader among liberal arts colleges mutual cross-registration for all undergraduate courses. in combining the strengths of online and classroom In 1969, it augmented its special relationship with teaching--blended learning-- in its liberal arts curriculum. Haverford by establishing a residential exchange Student interest and the need to prepare students program that opened certain dormitories at each college to be global citizens led to the creation of a new to students of the other college. major in International Studies and a Tri-Co minor in Environmental Studies. McAuliffe spearheaded strategic During the presidency of Harris L. Wofford, from 1970 partnerships with several universities and colleges to 1978, Bryn Mawr intensified its already-strong across the globe and played a critical role in the commitment to international scholarship. Wofford About the College 7 founding of the Women in Public Service Project with coordinates the facilities of the four institutions while the U.S. Department of State. Addressing global needs preserving the individual qualities and autonomy of in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), each. Students may take courses at the other colleges, Bryn Mawr continued to be a leader in preparing with credit and without additional fees. Students at Bryn students for careers in these fields and recruited its Mawr and Haverford may also major at either college. first STEM Posse cohort of students. The Plan for Bryn Bryn Mawr also has a limited exchange program with Mawr, a strategic vision for the College generated during Villanova University. McAuliffe’s tenure, sets priorities for Bryn Mawr in the coming years. The cooperative relationship between Bryn Mawr and Haverford is particularly close because the colleges are A faculty member at Bryn Mawr College since 1993, only about a mile apart, and naturally, this relationship Kimberly Wright Cassidy became the College’s Interim extends beyond the classroom. Collections in the two President on July 1, 2013. Prior to being named Interim colleges’ libraries are cross-listed, and the libraries President, Cassidy served as the College’s Provost from are open to students from either college. Student 2008-2013 and as Chair of Bryn Mawr’s Department organizations on the two campuses work closely of Psychology from 2004-2007. Cassidy earned her together in matters concerned with student government master’s degree and Ph.D. in psy-chology from the and in a whole range of academic, athletic, cultural, University of Pennsylvania and earned a bachelor’s and social activities. When there is equal interest from degree with distinction in psychology from Swarth- students on both campuses, Bryn Mawr and Haverford more College. A developmental psychologist with a offer a housing exchange so that a few students may focus on cognition and education, Cassidy maintains a live on the other campus for a year. keen interest in the development of children’s theories about the minds of others. Her research, supported Bryn Mawr itself sponsors a broad cultural program that by grants from the National Institutes of Health and supplements the curriculum and enriches its community the Guggenheim Foundation among others, has been life. Various lectureships bring scholars and other published in Developmental Psychology, Cognition, leaders in world affairs to the campus not only for public Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, and lectures but also for classes and conferences with the Psychological Bulletin and Review among others. students. The Arts Program at Bryn Mawr coordinates the arts curriculum and a variety of extracurricular College as Community activities in creative writing, dance, fine arts, music, and theater. A regular schedule of concerts and Believing that a small college provides students with productions is directed by the arts faculty at Bryn Mawr the best environment in which to learn, Bryn Mawr limits and Haverford Colleges, together with performances the number of undergraduates. Our small size allows by the theater and dance programs and other student- students and faculty to work closely together and to run groups. These activities are complemented know each other well as individuals. With a student-to- by an extensive program of readings, exhibitions, faculty ratio of eight to one, Bryn Mawr undergraduates performances, and workshops given by visiting artists. enjoy the increasingly rare privilege of a mentor- apprentice model of learning and scholarship. Student organizations have complete responsibility for the many aspects of student activity, and student In addition to being a renowned college for women, Bryn representatives join members of the faculty and Mawr has two excellent coeducational graduate schools: administration in making and carrying out plans for the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and the the College community as a whole. Bryn Mawr’s Self Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research. Government Association, the nation’s oldest student The presence of the graduate schools contributes self-government organization, provides a framework significantly to the strengths of the undergraduate in which individuals and smaller groups function. The program and the richness of the undergraduate association both legislates and mediates matters of experience. Qualified undergraduates may enroll in social and personal conduct. graduate seminars, participate in advanced research projects in the natural and social sciences, and benefit Through their Self Government Association, students from the insights and advice of their graduate-student share with faculty the responsibility for the Academic colleagues. Honor Code. One of the most active branches of the association is the Student Curriculum Committee, While retaining all the benefits of a small residential which, with the Faculty Curriculum Committee, originally women’s college, Bryn Mawr substantially augments worked out the College’s system of self-scheduled its resources and coeducational opportunities through examinations. The joint Student-Faculty Committee cooperation at the undergraduate level with Haverford meets regularly to discuss curricular issues and to College, Swarthmore College, and the University approve new courses and programs. of Pennsylvania. This cooperative arrangement 8 About the College
The Self Government Association also coordinates Geographical Distribution of Students the activities of many special-interest clubs, open to all students; it serves as the liaison between students 2012-13 Undergraduate Degree Candidates and College officers, faculty and alumnae. The Athletic Association also provides opportunities for a variety of The 1289 full time students came from 46 states, the activities, including intramural and varsity contests. Both District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and 61 foreign nations, the Bryn Mawr college news and Bryn Mawr-Haverford’s distributed as follows: The Bi-College News welcome students interested in reporting and editing. United States Residents
Mid-Atlantic 492 37.6% Students participate actively on many of the most Pennsylvania 187 important academic and administrative committees of New York 118 the College, as they do on the Curriculum Committee. New Jersey 116 Two undergraduates meet with the Board of Trustees, Maryland 49 present regular reports to the full board and work with Delaware 18 the board’s committees. Two undergraduates are also District of Columbia 4 elected to attend faculty meetings. At the meetings of both the board and the faculty, student members may Midwest 64 4.9% join in discussion but do not vote. Illinois 17 Michigan 16 Bryn Mawr’s undergraduate enrollment and curriculum Ohio 10 are shaped by a respect for and understanding of Minnesota 7 cultural and social diversity. As a reflection of this Wisconsin 5 diversity, Bryn Mawr’s student body is composed of Indiana 3 people from all parts of the United States, from many Iowa 2 nations around the world, and from all sectors of society, Missouri 2 with a special concern for the inclusion of historically Kansas 1 disadvantaged minorities in America. Nebraska 1
The International Students Association enriches the New England 143 10.9% Bryn Mawr community through social and cultural Massachusetts 107 events. Sisterhood addresses the concerns of African- Connecticut 22 American students and supports Perry House, the Vermont 6 African-American cultural center which sponsors cultural New Hampshire 4 programs open to the College community and provides Rhode Island 3 residence space for a few students. Maine 1
Other student organizations include the Asian Students South 97 7.4% Association, BACaSO (Bryn Mawr African and Virginia 31 Caribbean-African Student Organization), Mujeres Florida 19 (Latina students), Rainbow Alliance (lesbian, bisexual North Carolina 16 and transgendered students), and South Asian Women. Georgia 12 These groups provide forums for members to address Tennessee 5 their common concerns and a basis from which they Louisiana 4 participate in other activities of the College. South Carolina 3 West Virginia 3 Students who wish to volunteer their services outside Alabama 2 the College find many opportunities to do so through Arkansas 1 Bryn Mawr’s Civic Engagement Office. The office Kentucky 1 supports numerous community-service and activist groups by offering transportation reimbursement for Southwest 43 3.3% off-campus volunteers, mini-grants for individuals Texas 28 and groups planning service activities, a database Arizona 8 of internship and volunteer opportunities, and other New Mexico 7 resources for student volunteers. Through their participation in these volunteer activities, students West 186 14.2% exemplify the concern of Bryn Mawr’s founders California 129 for intellectual development in a context of social Washington 19 commitment. Oregon 14 Libraries and Educational Resources 9
Colorado 12 Ireland 1 Hawaii 5 Israel 1 Idaho 3 Kenya 1 Nevada 2 Kuwait 1 North Dakota 1 Portugal 1 Utah 1 Saudi Arabia 1 Singapore 1 Other 6 0.5% Somalia 1 Puerto Rico 4 Sri Lanka 1 Armed Forces Europe 1 Switzerland 1 Armed Forces Pacific 1 Tanzania, United Republic of 1 Tunisia 1 Non-resident aliens, resident aliens, dual citizenship Uruguay 1 Venezuela 1 China 129 India 26 Summary Number Percent of fall-enrolled Korea, Republic of 23 full-time undergraduates Viet Nam 13 Pakistan 10 US Citizen 983 75.1% Japan 9 Dual Citizen 34 2.6% Philippines 6 Resident Alien 33 2.5% Brazil 5 Non-Resident Alien 259 19.8% “International Students” 326 24.9% France 5 (all except “U.S. Citizens”) United Kingdom 5 Bangladesh 4 Note: citizenship status as of census date Canada 4 Percentages are higher than 100% because Germany 4 “International Students” is the sum of all but U.S. Nigeria 4 Citizens. Dominican Republic 3 Ghana 3 Jamaica 3 LIBRARIES AND Morocco 3 Nepal 3 EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES Romania 3 Turkey 3 Libraries Australia 2 The Mariam Coffin Canaday Library is the center of Italy 2 Bryn Mawr’s library system. Opened in 1970, it houses Jordan 2 the College’s holdings in the humanities and the Korea, Democratic People’s Rep 2 social sciences. The award-winning Rhys Carpenter Latvia 2 Library, opened in 1997, is located in the M. Carey Lebanon 2 Thomas Library building and houses the collections Malaysia 2 in Archaeology, Classics, History of Art, and Growth Mexico 2 and Structure of Cities. The Lois and Reginald Collier Palestinian Territory, Occupie 2 Science Library was dedicated in 1993 and brings Russian Federation 2 together the collections for Mathematics and the South Africa 2 sciences. The library collections of Haverford and Taiwan, Province of China 2 Swarthmore Colleges, which complement and augment Zimbabwe 2 those of Bryn Mawr, are freely accessible to students. Afghanistan 1 Bahamas 1 Tripod (http://tripod.brynmawr.edu), the online public Bhutan 1 access catalog, provides information about the more Ecuador 1 than three million books, journals, videos, sound Egypt 1 recordings, and other materials in the Bryn Mawr, Finland 1 Haverford, and Swarthmore College collections. A large Fmr Yugoslav Rep of Macedonia 1 percentage of the Tri-College holdings are in electronic Guatemala 1 form and accessible online. Bryn Mawr students have Haiti 1 borrowing privileges at Haverford and Swarthmore. Hungary 1 They may also have material transferred from either of Indonesia 1 the other two campuses for pickup or use at Bryn Mawr, 10 Libraries and Educational Resources usually in less than 24 hours. Through the Library’s functional, and decorative objects, and Pre-Columbian home page (www.brynmawr.edu/library), students may ceramics and textiles from present-day Peru, among connect to Tripod; explore more than 200 subject- many others. specific research databases; and tap into other library services and resources such as reference services, The Archaeology collections include an extensive research consultation, reserve readings, interlibrary group of Greek and Roman objects, especially vases, loan, etc. a selection of pre-classical antiquities, and objects from Egypt and the ancient Near East, many of which Bryn Mawr maintains extensive relationships with represent the scholarship of Bryn Mawr faculty from the other major academic libraries both in the region and beginnings of the college to the present day. worldwide. Through the consortial EZ-Borrow system, students can borrow materials from more than 30 The Fine Art collections include important holdings of Pennsylvania-area academic libraries. Students may prints, drawings, photographs, paintings and sculpture. also request items in almost any language from libraries The painting collection of approximately 250 works is across North America through interlibrary loan. primarily composed of 19th- and 20th-century American Additional information about Bryn Mawr’s libraries and and European works; highlights include John Singer services may be accessed on the Web through the Sargent’s 1899 portrait of Bryn Mawr President M. library home page at www.brynmawr.edu/library. Carey Thomas. The print collection illustrates the history Special Collections of Western printmaking from the 15th through the mid- 20th centuries and includes Old Master prints, art prints, The Special Collections Department, based in Canaday and examples of 19th-century book illustrations. The Library, houses extensive holdings of art, artifacts, collection also includes Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock archival materials, rare books, and manuscripts, and prints, works in a wide range of media by contemporary these are available for use in classes and for individual women artists, Chinese paintings and calligraphy, and research projects. early, modern, and contemporary photography.
Bryn Mawr has developed an extraordinarily rich Objects held in all of these collections are available to Rare Books and Manuscripts collection to support the students for research and are also frequently used as research interests of students. The collection of late teaching tools in the classroom and incorporated into Medieval and Renaissance texts includes one of the exhibitions in libraries and other spaces across the country’s largest groups of books printed in the 15th campus. century, as well as manuscript volumes and 16th- century printed books. Complementary to the rare Special Research Resources books are collections of original letters, diaries and other unpublished documents. Bryn Mawr has important Because laboratory work in geology is based on literary collections from the late 19th and 20th centuries, observations in the field, the department conducts field including papers relating to the women’s rights trips in most of its courses and also has additional trips movement and the experiences of women, primarily of general interest. To aid in the study of observations Bryn Mawr graduates, working overseas in the late 19th and samples brought back from the field, the and early 20th centuries. department has excellent petrographic and analytical facilities, extensive reference and working mineral The College Archives contains the historical records collections of approximately 10,000 specimens each, of Bryn Mawr, including letters of students and faculty and a fine fossil collection. As a repository for the U.S. members, and an extensive photographic collection that Geological Survey, the map library contains 40,000 documents the social, intellectual, administrative, and topographical maps. personal aspects of campus activities and student life. The Rhys Carpenter Library houses the Visual The Art and Artifacts collection includes objects of Resources Center, which supports instruction by interest to students of anthropology, archaeology, the providing access to visual media and by facilitating the fine and decorative arts, geology, and related inter- and use of digital tools. The Center’s main role is serving multi-disciplinary courses of study. coursework — principally in History of Art, Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, and the Growth and The Anthropology collections include objects from Structure of Cities Program — through a collection of around the world, with the largest portion of these 240,000 slides as well as study prints and digitized collections originating from North America, South images. America and Africa. These collections comprise numerous categories of objects: African and Oceanic works, Southwest pottery and Native American ritual, Libraries and Educational Resources 11
Computing Laboratories
Students have access to a high-speed wireless Internet Laboratory work is emphasized at all levels of the connection in all residence halls, libraries (which curriculum and the natural science departments have contain public computers), and classrooms throughout excellent teaching and research facilities that provide the campus. Online course materi-als, registration, students with the opportunity to conduct cutting-edge e-mail, shared software and Tripod, the online library research using modern equipment. Laboratories and catalog system shared by Bryn Mawr, Haverford and classrooms are equipped with extensive computer Swarthmore Colleges are accessible from a Web resources for data analysis and instruction, including browser -- many of these are available from off-campus state-of-the-art video-projection systems and computer as well. Each new Bryn Mawr student receives their workstations. own e-mail and Network file storage accounts upon matriculation (typically late spring). Teaching and research in biology, chemistry, computer science, geology, mathematics, and physics is carried Professional staff are available to students, faculty out in the Marion Edwards Park Science Center, which and staff for consultation and assistance with their also houses the Lois and Reginald Collier Science technology needs. Library. Teaching and research in psychology is conducted in Bettws-y-Coed. The Help Desk is located on the main floor of Canaday Library and is available during building hours for walk-up See below for more detailed descriptions of the labs help, email and telephone assistance. The Canaday in each department, as well as a description of the Media Lab, located on Canaday’s A Floor just beyond instrument shop, where custom-designed equipment the Lusty Cup is equipped with advanced software for special research projects can be fabricated by two for digitizing and editing text, images, audio and expert instrument makers. video for the creation of interactive presentations and courseware. Biology
Public computing labs may be found in the following The Department of Biology houses a wide variety buildings. of instrumentation appropriate for the investigation of living systems at the levels of cells, organisms Canaday (1st Floor, A Floor, and in the Language and populations. This equipment is used in both our Learning Center, 3rd Floor) teaching and research laboratories, providing our students with the opportunity to utilize modern research Carpenter methodologies for their explorations. There is an Collier (Park Science Center) extensive collection of microscopes that can be used for dissection, histology, microinjection and subcellular Graduate School of Social Work and Social structural analyses, including dissection microscopes, Research an inverted microscope, and light microscopes equipped with fluorescent and DIC optics as well as advanced Language Learning Center digital capture and image analysis software. To conduct molecular analyses of DNA and proteins, we have both The Language Learning Center (LLC) provides the end-point and real-time thermal cyclers, centrifuges, audio-visual and computing resources for learning electrophoresis equipment, a plate reader for ELISA foreign languages and cultures. Students may use assays, traditional and Nanodrop spectrophotometers the lab to complete course assignments or simply to and a DNA sequencer. The department houses sterile explore a foreign culture through film, CDs, DVDs, tissue culture facilities that are used for cell culture software programs, the internet or international experiments. There is a wide assortment of physiology satellite television. The Language Learning Center equipment that is used to measure intracellular and maintains a collection of more than 800 foreign films extracellular muscle and nerve activity, including voltage and has individual and group viewing rooms. The clamp amplifiers. A greenhouse is available for plant lab is permanently equipped with computers and an biology and ecology research, and an on-campus instructor workstation to accommodate classes in the pond serves as a research field site for the analysis of center. The LLC supports e-mail, word processing micro- and macro-organism diversity and water quality and Internet access in the languages taught at the parameters. College. A projection unit enables the lab to be used for demonstration purposes or class use. 12 Libraries and Educational Resources
Chemistry susceptibility bridge, a dynamic low-magnetic field cage, and a PMS MicroMagTM 3900 Vibrating The Department of Chemistry houses many Sample Magnetometer that is shared with the Physics spacious well equipped laboratories with specialized Department. instrumentation and equipment for teaching and research. These include a 400 MHz high-resolution The Department hosts a state-of-the-art Geochemistry nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer; Suite that houses a modern sedimentology laboratory gas and liquid chromatograph-mass spectrometers for analysis of sediments, a large geochemistry (GC-MS/LC-MS); Fourier transform-infrared (FT-IR) lab facility for advanced geochemical research, a spectrophotometers; a fluorescence spectrophotometer; ventilation-isolated balance room containing a Mettler ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) spectrophotometers; Toledo XP56 microbalance, and a Class 10,000 clean high pressure liquid chromatographs (HPLC); liquid lab facility for sensitive isotopic analysis of low-level scintillation counter and equipment for radioactive trace metals in natural materials. Equipment housed isotope work; cold rooms and centrifuges for in the Geochemistry Suite include an ELTRA Carbon the preparation of biomolecules; thermal cyclers and Sulfur Determinator with TIC module, an inorganic/ and electrophoresis equipment for molecular organic Carbon analyzer, an Agilent inductively-coupled biology; potentiostats for electrochemical and plasma mass spectrometer (ICP-MS), a cathodo- spectroelectrochemical analysis; a biopotentiostat; luminescence microscope, a Carpenter Microsytems facilities for molecular modeling and computational Microsampler, a conodont extraction setup, and heavy chemistry; and departmental laptop computers for liquid mineral separation setup. Sample preparation chemistry majors. In addition, two inert atmosphere and processing equipment in the sedimentology dry boxes and multiple Schlenk vacuum manifolds lab includes a Virtis XL-55 12-port benchtop freeze- allow anaerobic operations for chemical handling and dryer, Labconco water deionizer, IEC Centra-GP8 synthesis. Finally, the Chemistry Department shares ventilated benchtop centrifuge, Thermolyne 48000 an atomic force microscope with the other science furnace, VWR 1370 forced-air drying oven, stand-up departments in the Park Science Center. refrigerator and separate stand-up freezer, two VWR 370 hotplate-stirrers, Branson 5210 ultrasonic bath, 8 Computer Science sets 3” diameter stainless steel sieves (44 micron - 500 micron mesh) and 2 sets of 8” diameter stainless steel The Department of Computer Science is home to an sieves (44 micron - 8 mm mesh). Analytical equipment extensive collection of advanced robots, high-end in the sedimentology lab includes binocular optical computers for rendering 3D graphics, four computer microscopes and a UIC Inc. CM5014 coulometric laboratories, and other computational devices. The carbon analyzer with furnace and acidification modules, laboratories are well-equipped with high-performance and a Turner Designs 10-AU portable fluorometer for computing equipment, including Windows, Mac and in-vivo/in-situ or extractive chlorophyll analysis. LINUX workstations. Teaching and research laboratories and classrooms have additional extensive computer In addition to a departmental van for transportation to resources for instruction, data analysis and visualization, field sites, the geology department has a wide array including state-of-the-art video-projection systems and of field equipment for use by students. Basic mapping large-screen display monitors. equipment includes twelve (12) Brunton 5010 GEO Transit compasses, a high-precision Leica TPS 1100 Geology total surveying station (theodolite and electronic distance meter), four high-precision Trimble differential The Department of Geology holds extensive GPS units including two handheld GeoXT’s, and paleontology, mineral, and rock collections for research backpack or pole mountable ProXRS and ProXH and teaching. A fully-equipped rock preparation facility, antennas with field-rugged handheld PCs for data with rock saws, grinding, polishing, crushing, thin acquisition, and five Xplore Inc. field-rugged Tablet PCs section and mineral separation equipment, allows equipped with ESRI ArcGIS mapping software and students and faculty to prepare their own samples built-in GPS antennas. Detailed geophysical surveys for petrographic and geochemical analysis. For rock are supported by an ASD field-portable visible- to and mineral analysis the department has petrographic near-infrared spectrometer a Bartington Grad601 dual microscopes, a Rigaku Ultima IV x-ray diffractometer, magnetic gradiometer system, and a PulseEKKO 100 and a remote sensing laboratory for digital processing ground-penetrating radar system with 50, 100 and and analysis of imagery by orbiting satellites. The 200 MHz antennas. For environmental monitoring department also houses a fully equipped paleomagnetic students use Onset Hobo data loggers and sensors, and rock magnetic lab that includes an Agico JR-6A a YSI dissolved oxygen sensor, and an In-Situ Troll spinner magnetometer, an ASC thermal demagnetizer, 9500 multi-parameter water quality meter; other water a DTECH 2000 alternating field demagnetizer, a 10.0 monitoring equipment includes Van Dorn water sampling Tesla pulse magnetometer, an Agico KLY2 automated bottle, Secchi disk, and a General Oceanics mechanical Arts and Athletics 13 flowmeter For rock and sediment sample collection the Force Microscope and a new on-campus computing department has rock hammers, two gas-powered rock cluster that has 72 computing cores, 512 GB RAM, and drills, several Eijkelkamp augers and coring devices, 110 TB of accessible storage. and a Ponar sediment grab sampler. Psychology Physics The Department of Psychology provides students with The Department of Physics has many laboratories for laboratory experience encompassing the wide range of education and research. The instructional advanced subject matters within the discipline of psychology. At experimental physics laboratories house oscilloscopes, the basic level of brain and behavior, the department digital multimeters, power supplies, low-temperature has a wide range of state of the art equipment facilities, and a great deal of ancillary equipment including several stereotaxic apparatuses as well as commonly found in research laboratories. In addition, instrumentation for recording and analyzing the activity the instructional optics laboratory has six dark rooms of single neurons in relation to behavior. This equipment with interferometers, lasers, and miscellaneous includes oscilloscopes high gain amplifiers, miniature equipment for optics experiments. The instructional head stages, and stimulators, The equipment interfaces nuclear physics laboratory houses a low-temperature with computers with advanced software for evaluating gamma detector and computer-based multichannel electrophysiological data. There is also equipment for analyzers for nuclear spectroscopy, alpha particle the microinjection of pharmacological agents for the detection, and positron-electron annihilation detection. evaluation of the role of neurotransmitters in important The instructional electronics laboratory has seventeen aspects of behavior. For research in cognition, students stations equipped with electronic breadboards, function have access to a variety of computerized programming generators, power supplies, oscilloscopes, multimeters, equipment. This equipment includes digital video and computers. The Atomic and Optical Physics cameras, video editing programs, behavioral coding research laboratory is equipped with three optical tables, programs, and statistical analysis programs that are two ultrahigh vacuum systems used for cooling and used to analyze the behavior, cognition and emotions of trapping of atomic rubidium, a host of commercial and human participants ranging in age from early childhood home built diode laser systems, several YAG pumped to older adulthood. The laboratory in Introductory dye laser systems, a high vacuum atomic beam system, Psychology has equipment for studying sensation and an electron multiplying ccd camera, and a variety of perception, decision-making, language processing, and other supporting equipment. The Solid State Nuclear the psychophysiological correlates of human cognition Magnetic Resonance (NMR) research laboratory is and emotion. equipped with two variable-temperature nitrogen flow systems, three fixed-frequency CPS-1 Spin Lock Pulsed Instrument Shop NMR Spectrometers, a Varian 1.2 Tesla water-cooled electromagnet, a Spectro Magnetic 0.4 Tesla air-cooled The Department of Science Services in the Park electromagnet, two data acquisition systems, and Sciences Building houses a fully-equipped Instrument ancillary electronics and computers. The Photo-Physics Shop staffed by 2 full-time instrument makers and 1 Laboratory houses three optical tables, two Nd:YAG analytical instrumentation specialist that design, build, pump lasers, three commercial, tunable dye lasers, two troubleshoot and maintain the scientific equipment auto-tracking harmonic crystal systems, a differentially for instructional and research laboratories in all 6 pumped vacuum chamber with a supersonic pulsed natural science departments. Capabilities include 3D valve to produce molecular beams, and a time-of-flight SolidWorks design modeling of instrumentation, 2- and mass spectrometer for ion detection. In addition, there 3-axis CNC milling machines, a precision instrument are various pieces of equipment for data acquisition lathe, surface grinding, full welding complement, and laser energy calibration. The Nanomaterials and sandblasting, sheet metal machinery, as well as a Spintronics Laboratory has an AJA ATC Orion Sputtering large lathe and milling machine for oversized work. The Deposition system, a millipore water purification instrument makers/designers work with undergraduates system, three chemical hoods, a TMC vibration isolated engaged in research, class projects and senior thesis optical table, and a 100-square-foot class-1000 projects with some hands-on machining and assembly soft curtain cleanroom with the ceiling lighting from their designs. Help with material selection, design suitable for photolithography. It also has a Princeton and production alternatives is also offered. Applied Research potentiostat (VersaSTAT-200) for electrochemical deposition and an ETS humidity Facilities for the Arts control chamber for self-assembly. It also has a PMS MicroMagTM 3900 Vibrating Sample Magnetometer Goodhart Hall, which houses the Office of the Arts, shared with the Geology Department. Along with the is the College’s main venue for theater and dance. other science departments in the Park Science Center, Performance spaces in Goodhart include the 500-seat the Physics Department has shared access to an Atomic McPherson Auditorium, which has state-of-the art 14 Student Responsibilities and Rights lighting and sound systems; the Katharine Hepburn Bern Schwartz Fitness and Athletic Center. For more Teaching Theater, a flexible black-box-style space with information please consult www.brynmawr.edu/athletics/ theatrical lighting and sound capabilities; the Music facilities/. Room, equipped with a small stage and two pianos and used for ensemble rehearsals and chamber-music The outdoor athletics and recreation facilities includes; recitals; and the Common Room, an intimate, carpeted Applebee Field, Shillingford Field, seven tennis courts, a space. Students may also reserve time in the four recreational and club sport field at the Graduate School practice rooms in Goodhart, all of which are furnished of Social Work, and an outdoor track and field practice with grand pianos. area. The Applebee Field named for Constance M. K. The M. Carey Thomas Great Hall provides a large Applebee, the first director of physical education at the space for classical music concerts, lectures and College and credited for bringing field hockey to the readings, while the adjacent Cloisters, Carpenter Library United States, was renovated in August 2012. The field roof, and Taft Garden are popular outdoor performance was converted from natural grass to a synthetic field, spaces. The former Rhoads Dining Hall is appropriate and expanded to meet NCAA requirements for lacrosse, for parties, DJ events, and small-to-medium scale soccer and field hockey. concerts. Campus Center The Pembroke and Denbigh dance studios are home to most smaller-to-medium-scale dance performance The Marie Salant Neuberger Centennial Campus activities. Both have large windows, ballet bars, mirrors Center, a transformation of the historic gymnasium and theatrical lighting capabilities. building on Merion Green, opened in 1985. As the center for non-academic life, the facility houses a café, Wyndham Alumnae House’s Ely Room and English lounge areas, meeting rooms, the College post office House host creative writing classes, workshops, and and the bookshop. The offices of Career Development readings. and Conferences and Events are also located here. Students, faculty and staff use the campus center for Arnecliffe Studio houses a printmaking studio and plays informal meetings and discussion groups as well as for host to many student-organized workshops, readings campus-wide social events and activities. and performances. The Rockefeller Hall drafting studios are devoted to architectural studies and theater design. Students interested in learning more about art spaces STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES and venues on campus should visit www.brynmawr.edu/ AND RIGHTS studentlife/art-spaces/. The Honor Code The Bern Schwartz Fitness A central principle of Bryn Mawr College is the trust and Athletic Center that it places in its students. This trust is reflected in The Bern Schwartz Fitness and Athletic Center has the academic and social Honor Codes. These delegate quickly become the place to be since reopening to individual students the responsibility for integrity in September 2010. The new 11,500 sq. ft. fitness in their academic and social behavior. Responsibility center boasts over 50 pieces of cardio equipment, 15 for administering the academic Honor Code is shared selectorized weight machines and a multi-purpose room with the faculty; the academic Honor Board, composed housing everything from a broad offerings of physical of both students and faculty, mediates in cases of education classes, Bryn Mawr Fit Club classes and infraction. In the social Honor Code, as in all aspects strength and conditioning sessions for student athletes. of their social lives, students are self-governing. A The fitness center has over 100 different workout social Honor Board consisting of 10 students mediates options, free weights, indoor cycling bicycles, ergs, and in cases where conflicts cannot be resolved by the cardiovascular and strength training machines. individuals directly involved. Trained student mediators work with students to resolve conflicts in effective ways. The Class of 1958 Gymnasium is home to the College’s intercollegiate badminton, basketball and volleyball The successful functioning of the Honor Code is a programs and hosts two regulation sized basketball matter of great pride to the Bryn Mawr community, and it and volleyball courts. In addition, the building includes contributes significantly to the mutual respect that exists a state-of-the art eight lane swimming pool, athletic among students and between students and faculty. training room, locker rooms, a conference smart room While the Honor Code makes great demands on the and the Department of Athletics & Physical Education maturity and integrity of students, it also grants them offices. The fitness center is located on the second an independence and freedom that they value highly. floor directly up the circular staircase as you enter the To cite just one example, many examinations are self- scheduled, so that students may take them at whatever Student Responsibilities and Rights 15 time during the examination period is most convenient Campus Crime Awareness and Fire for their own schedules and study patterns. Safety In resolving academic cases, the Honor Board might fail a student on an assignment or in a course, separate Annual Security Report and Annual her from the College temporarily, or exclude her Fire Safety Report permanently. Social infractions that are beyond the ability of the Honor Board to resolve might be brought Clery Act and Higher Education to a Dean’s Panel, which exercises similar authority. Opportunity Act For details regarding Honor Board hearings and Dean’s Panels, please refer to the Student Handbook. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania enacted the College and University Security Act in 1988 (Clery Act) Privacy of Student Records and the Higher Education Opportunity Act in 2008. These laws require all institutions of higher education The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 within the Commonwealth to provide students and was designed to protect the privacy of educational employees with information pertaining to crime statistics, records, to establish the right of students to inspect security measures, fire statistics, fire safety measures, and review their educational records, and to provide policies relating to missing persons, and penalties for guidelines for the correction of inaccurate or misleading drug use. These acts also require that this information data through informal and formal hearings. Students be available to prospective students and employees have the right to file complaints with the Family Policy upon request. For detailed information please go to: Compliance Office, US Department of Education, 400 hwww.brynmawr.edu/safety/act73.htm. Should you have Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20202- other general questions please contact the Department 5920, concerning alleged failures by the institution to of Public Safety at 610-526-7911 or go to: www. comply with the act.. Questions concerning the Family brynmawr.edu/safety/index.htm. Educational Rights and Privacy Act may be referred to the Undergraduate Dean’s Office. Right-to-Know Act Directory Information The Student Right-to-Know Act requires disclosure of the graduation rates of degree-seeking undergraduate Bryn Mawr College designates the following categories students. Students are considered to have graduated of student information as public or “directory if they complete their programs within six years of the information.” Such information may be disclosed by the normal time for completion. institution for any purpose, at its discretion. Class entering fall 2006 (Class of 2010) Category I: Name, address, dates of attendance, Size at entrance: 358 class, current enrollment status, electronic mail address After 4 years: 77.7% After 5 years: 81.6% Category II: Previous institution(s) attended, major After 6 years: 81.8% field of study, awards, honors, degree(s) conferred Category III: Date of birth Equality of Opportunity Category IV: Telephone number Bryn Mawr College does not discriminate on the basis Category V: Marital status of race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, age or disability in the administration of its Currently-enrolled students may withhold disclosure educational policies, scholarship and loan programs, of any category of information under the Family and athletic and other College-administered programs, Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 by written or in its employment practices. notification, which must be in the Registrar’s Office by August 15. Forms requesting the withholding of directory In conformity with the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as information are available in the Registrar’s Office. Bryn amended, and Title IX of the Education Amendments Mawr College assumes that failure on the part of any of 1972, it is also the policy of Bryn Mawr College not student to request the withholding of categories of to discriminate on the basis of sex in its employment directory information indicates individual approval of practices, educational programs or activities. The disclosure. admission of only women in the Undergraduate College is in conformity with a provision of the Civil Rights Act. The provisions of Title IX protect students and employees from all forms of illegal sex discrimination, 16 Student Life which includes sexual harassment and sexual violence, College is opened to returning students. The deans, in College programs and activities. hall advisers and volunteer “customspeople” welcome them, answer their questions and offer advice. Faculty Inquiries regarding compliance with this legislation members conduct a lively academic fair and are and other policies regarding nondiscrimination may be available to consult with students. All new students directed to the Equal Opportunity Officer and Title IX meet with a dean or faculty adviser to plan their Coordinator, who administers the College’s procedures, academic programs for the fall semester. Undergraduate at 610-526-7630 or at [email protected]. organizations at Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges acquaint new students with many other opportunities Access Services and aspects of college life. The Student Activities Office hosts the “Fall Frolic” activities fair soon after classes Bryn Mawr welcomes the full participation of individuals begin in September. with disabilities in all aspects of campus life and is committed to providing equal access for all qualified Academic Support Services students with disabilities in accordance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Academic support services at Bryn Mawr include the Disabilities Act as amended. Students with access Academic Support and Learning Resources Specialist, needs due to a learning, physical, or psychological the Writing Center, the Q Center (Quantitative disability are encouraged to contact the coordinator of Reasoning Project), peer mentoring, peer tutoring and Access Services as early as possible to discuss their a variety of study-skills support services. The Academic concerns and to obtain information about the eligibility Support and Learning Resources Specialist offers free criteria and procedures for requesting accommodations. individual and small group meetings with students to Disclosure of a disability is voluntary, and the identify and implement techniques for more effective information will be maintained on a confidential basis. learning, studying, test-taking and time and stress management. The Academic Support and Learning Resources Specialist also offers workshops and class STUDENT LIFE presentations. The Writing Center offers free, individual consultations with peer writing tutors to review, Student Advising strategize and revise writing assignments and projects, as well as consultations for public speaking. The The deans are responsible for the general welfare Writing Center also offers occasional workshops open of undergraduates. Students are free to call upon to the campus. The Q Center supports student work on the deans for help and advice on both academic and quantitative problems in introductory courses across general matters. After students select their majors at the social science and science disciplines. The Q Center is end of their sophomore year, they are assigned a faculty staffed by peer mentors who are trained to help students adviser in the major who helps them plan their academic with quantitative reasoning, problem solving strategies, program for the junior and senior years. In addition to and alleviating math anxiety. Peer mentoring and peer deans, students may consult the director of residential tutoring are available without cost to students. More life, the director of international advising, the director information about academic support services can be of the Office for Intercultural Affairs, the director of found on the Deans’ Office website at: www.brynmawr. financial aid, the director of career development and the edu/deans/for_students.shtml. coordinator of student activities. The Student Life Office staff and upperclass students known as hall advisers provide advice and assistance on questions concerning Center for Leadership, Innovation and life in the residence halls. Health concerns and Liberal Arts questions can be addressed by the College’s medical director, director of the counseling service, consulting Launching in the fall of 2013, the Center for Leadership, psychiatrist and counselors through scheduled Innovation and Liberal Arts is both a reorganization appointments at the Health Center. Students requiring of existing centers on campus and an effort to greatly urgent medical attention or personal assistance outside enhance the opportunities available to students for of regular campus office hours can call on Public Safety. their professional and personal development. CLILA’s overarching goal is to help students find ways to use their Bryn Mawr education in all aspects of their Customs Week professional and vocational lives beyond the College. To The College and the student government’s Customs this end, CLILA will provide integrated and coordinated Committee provide orientation for first-year and transfer services, programs and opportunities in career students. New McBride Scholars participate in a series exploration, internships, civic engagement, leadership, of workshop designed especially for them. First-year professional and personal skill-building, networking and students and transfers take residence before the alumnae/-i mentoring. Student Life 17
On Campus Recruiting / Interview Programs Career and Professional Development Off Campus Recruiting / Interview Programs The liberal arts experience positions students and in Chicago, New York, Washington, DC & San alumnae/i with a highly valued foundation for rewarding, Francisco stimulating and successful careers building on their interests in and outside of the classroom. Well • Not-for-Profit Career Fairs in Boston (Wellesley) developed communication skills, critical thinking, and Philadelphia (on campus) problem solving, breadth of interdisciplinary thought National Virtual Job Fairs and in depth research are keystone building blocks for long term career success and leadership. Curricular and co-curricular experiences are intentionally designed Health Center to create ample opportunity for engagement in actively exploring interests and developing related skill sets The Health Center is a full service primary care office as one’s career interests begin to take form and grow open to students when the College is in session. during the college years. The College’s Health Service offers a wide range of medical and counseling services to all matriculated Through the Center for Leadership, Innovation and the undergraduates. Liberal Arts, career development programs serve to engage students throughout their Bryn Mawr experience Outpatient primary care medical services include first with first hand exploration as well as hands on aid, nursing visits, routine laboratory work, same day experience in fields of interest. They encourage active appointments in the medical clinic, gynecological career exploration, research and reflection beginning in services and appointments with the College physician. the first year and throughout the years at the College. In There is no charge for doctor, nurse practitioner or recent years, programs have focused on careers in the nurse visits. A current fee schedule for other services is arts, business and finance, communications, education, available on the health center website at brynmawr.edu/ sustainability, technology, gap year programs, law, healthcenter. No student is denied needed care due to mathematics, health, international relations and conflict an inability to pay. resolution. Each year brings a new variety of topics. Alumnae/i are invited to continue to utilize as well The counseling service is available to all undergraduate as contribute to our services and active alumnae/i students. Each student may receive six free visits per networks. academic year. While there is a fee for subsequent visits, no student is ever denied service because of an The following list offers a sampling of career inability to pay. Consultation with a psychologist, social andprofessional development services. worker or psychiatrist can be arranged by appointment One on one career counseling & interest by calling the main number of the Health Center. assessment All entering students must file completed medical history Online information on more than 2,000 internships and evaluation forms with Health Services before Online databases of career information and job registration for classes. postings (password protected) The College purchases a limited medical insurance OCEAN (Online Career Exploration And policy for full-time undergraduate students. The Networking) career opportunity management insurance is provided in conjunction with services system supplied by the Bryn Mawr College Health Center. The Student Career Interest Registration fuels target insurance policy Is a limited one and will not cover emails of opportunity announcements a significant portion of the costs of a major illness or Externships: 2 – 10 day job shadowing with hospitalization. Therefore, it is strongly recommended alumnae/i during breaks that students maintain their coverage on their families’ health plans or purchase additional insurance. The Career Exploration Days and Employer Site Visits College does provide information about additional during breaks insurance plans that may be available to Bryn Mawr Careers Conferences and Alumnae/i Panels students. Information about the basic insurance plan and any available additional plans is sent to students Alumnae/i Networks for career information and each summer. advice • Coaching on Resume Building, LinkedIn profiles, A student may, on the recommendation of the College Job Search and Interview Skills physician or her own doctor, at any time request a Mock Interview Days medical leave of absence for reasons of health. For information on leaves of absence, see Departure Employer and Graduate & Professional School from the College prior to Graduation in the Academic Information Sessions Regulations. 18 Student Life
Student Residences The physical maintenance of the halls is the responsibility of the director of Facilities Services and Residence in College housing is required of all Housekeeping Services. At the end of the year, each undergraduates, except those those who live off campus student is held responsible for the condition of her after having received permission to do so from the room and its furnishings. Room assignments, the hall- College during the annual room draw. advisor program, residential life policies, and vacation- period housing are the responsibility of the director of The College’s residence halls provide simple and Residential Life. comfortable living for students. Bryn Mawr expects students to respect its property and the standards on Resident students are required to participate in the meal which the halls are run. More information is posted plan, which provides 20 meals per week. For those on the Residential Life website: www.brynmawr.edu/ living at Batten House, where a kitchen is available, the residentiallife/policies. meal plan is optional. Any student with medical or other extraordinary reasons for exemption from participation Thirty-nine hall advisors provide resources and advice in the meal plan may present documentation of her to students living in the halls, and they work with the special needs to the coordinator of Access Services. elected student officers to uphold the social Honor Code Ordinarily, with the help of the College dietician, Dining within the halls. Services can meet such special needs. When this is not possible, written notice of exemption will be provided by The halls are open during fall and spring breaks and the coordinator of Access Services. Thanksgiving vacation, but the dining halls are closed. During winter vacation, special arrangements are made Coeducational residence halls on the Bryn Mawr for international students, winter athletes and students campus were established in 1969-70, housing students who are taking classes at the University of Pennsylvania from Bryn Mawr and Haverford. When there is equal who wish to remain in residence. These students interest from students at both campuses, Bryn Mawr pay a special fee for housing and live in an assigned and Haverford offer a housing exchange so that a few residence hall. The dining halls are closed during winter students may live on the other campus for a year. As break. neither Bryn Mawr nor Haverford allows room retention from one year to the next, the number and kind of bi- The College will consider modifying housing assignment college options change each year. procedures or arrangements when necessary to provide equal access to the residence halls for students with For non-resident students, locked mailboxes are disabilities. Any student who requires consideration available in the Campus Center. Non-resident students should contact the Coordinator of Access Services. are liable for all undergraduate fees except those for residence in a hall. All matriculated undergraduate The College is not responsible for loss of personal students are entitled to full use of all out- and in-patient property due to fire, theft or any other cause. Students health services. who wish to insure against these risks should do so individually or through their own family policies.
Residence halls on campus provide full living accommodations. Brecon, Denbigh, Merion, Pembroke East, Pembroke West and Radnor Halls are named for counties in Wales, recalling the tradition of the early Welsh settlers of the area in which Bryn Mawr is situated. Rockefeller Hall is named for its donor, John D. Rockefeller, and Rhoads North and South for the first president of the College, James E. Rhoads. Erdman Hall, first opened in 1965, was named in honor of Eleanor Donnelley Erdman ’21, a former member of the Board of Trustees. Batten House serves as a residence for those interested in a cooperative living environment.
The College offers a variety of living accommodations, including singles, doubles, triples, quadruples and a few suites. The College provides basic furniture, but students supply linen, bed pillows, desk lamps, rugs, mirrors and any other accessories they wish. Admission 19
ADMISSION For all three plans applicants follow the same procedures and are evaluated by the same criteria. Bryn Mawr College is interested in candidates of Both the Fall Early Decision (ED I) and Winter character and ability who want an education in the Early Decision (ED II) plans are binding and liberal arts and sciences and are prepared for college are most beneficial for the candidate who has work by a sound education. The College has found thoroughly investigated Bryn Mawr and has highly successful candidates among students of varied found the College to be her clear first choice. The interests and talents from a wide range of schools ED II plan differs only in recognizing that some and regions in the United States and abroad. In its candidates may arrive at a final choice of college consideration of candidates, the College looks for later than others. evidence of ability in the student’s high-school record, the challenge of her program of study, her rank in class An early decision candidate may not apply early (if available), and her College Board, AP, or ACT tests; decision to any other institution but may apply to it asks her high-school adviser and several teachers for another institution under a regular admission plan an estimate of her character, maturity and readiness for or a non-binding early action plan. If admitted to college. Bryn Mawr College under an early decision plan, the student is required to withdraw applications Candidates are expected to complete a four-year from all other colleges or universities. secondary school course. The program of studies An early decision candidate must sign the Common providing the best background for college work includes Application Early Decision Agreement indicating English, languages and mathematics carried through that she understands the commitment required. The most of the school years and, in addition, history signatures of a parent and a high school official are and a laboratory science. A school program giving also required. The Early Decision Agreement may good preparation for study at Bryn Mawr would be as be found on the Common Application website. follows: English grammar, composition and literature through four years; at least three years of mathematics, Early decision candidates will receive one of three with emphasis on basic algebraic, geometric and decisions: admit, defer to the regular applicant trigonometric concepts and deductive reasoning; three pool, or deny. If admitted to Bryn Mawr, the student years of one modern or ancient language, or a good is required to withdraw all other applications. If foundation in two languages; some work in history; and deferred to the regular pool, the student will be at three courses in science, including 2 lab sciences reconsidered along with the regular admission preferably biology, chemistry or physics. Elective applicants and will receive notification in early April. subjects might be offered in, for example, art, music or If refused admission, the student may not apply computing to make up the total of 16 or more credits again that year. recommended for admission to the College. The Regular Decision Plan is designed for those candidates who wish to keep open several Since school curricula vary widely, the College is fully different options for their undergraduate education aware that many applicants for admission will offer throughout the admission process. Applications programs that differ from the one described above. The under this plan are accepted at any time before the College will consider such applications, provided the January 15 deadline. students have maintained good records and continuity in the study of basic subjects. Application Deadlines
Application Fall Early Decision (ED I) the deadline for applications and all supporting materials: November 15 Bryn Mawr College exclusively accepts The Common Application and there is no application fee. The Winter Early Decision (ED II) the deadline for Common Application is available at www.commonapp. applications and all supporting materials: January 1 org. For more information about applying to Bryn Mawr please visit: www.brynmawr.edu/admissions/apply/. Regular Decision Plan the deadline for applications and all supporting materials: January 15 Admission Plans
Application to the first-year class may be made through Entrance Tests and Interviews one of three plans: Fall Early Decision (ED I), Winter Bryn Mawr is “test flexible.” The “test flexible” policy Early Decision (ED II), or Regular Decision. allows Bryn Mawr applicants to select the standardized tests that they believe best represent their academic 20 Admission potential. The standardized testing requirements for U.S. History students applying to the Undergraduate College under World History the Early Decision I, Early Decision II, or Regular Decision plans are as follows: Arts Music Theory The SAT Reasoning Test and a combination of two Studio Art different SAT Subject Tests or AP tests or Social Sciences The ACT or Psychology A combination of three SAT Subject Tests and/or AP Comparative Government & Politics tests in the following areas: U.S. Government & Politics Human Geography 1. Science or Math and Macroeconomics 2. English, History, Languages, Arts or Social Microeconomics Sciences and 3. Student’s Choice: one subject of the student’s SAT Subject Tests choice but in a subject different from the other two. Math and Sciences Mathematics Level 1 Only one non-English language test result may be Mathematics Level 2 submitted. Biology (ecological) • If your first language is not English you may submit Biology (molecular) the results of one test in your first language, Chemistry but only as your “student’s choice.” One of your Physics remaining test results must be from subject area 1 and the other must be from subject area 2, as listed English, History and Languages above. English Literature World History U.S. History AP Tests Chinese with Listening French Math and Sciences French with Listening Biology German Calculus AB German with Listening Calculus BC Spanish Chemistry Spanish with Listening Computer Science A Modern Hebrew Computer Science AB Italian Environmental Science Latin Physics B Japanese with Listening Physics C Korean with Listening Statistics All tests must be completed by the January test date. English, History, and Languages Art History Candidates are responsible for registering with the Chinese Language and Culture College Entrance Examination Board, or ACT, Inc. for English Language the tests. Information about the tests, test centers, fees English Literature and dates may be obtained by contacting the following: European History The College Board: www.collegeboard.com. French Language ACT, Inc.: www.actstudent.org. French Literature German Language Italian Language and Culture Interview Japanese Language and Culture An interview either at the College, with an alumna Latin Literature admissions representative, or via Skype or telephone Latin: Vergil is strongly recommended for all candidates. Interviews Spanish Language should be completed by the deadline of the plan under Spanish Literature which the candidate is applying. Appointments for interviews, information sessions, and campus tours can Admission 21 be made in advance by completing the campus visit Early Admission and Deferred Entrance request form at http://www.brynmawr.edu/admissions/ visit/daily/request.html or calling the Office of Each year a few outstanding students enter the College Admissions at (610) 526-5152. The Office of Admissions after the junior year of high school. Students who wish is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays, and is open to apply for early admission should plan to complete a on select Saturdays throughout the year. A student who senior English course before entrance to the College is unable to visit the College can arrange an alumna and should write to the director of admissions about or Skype interview by visiting: www.brynmawr.edu/ application procedures. An interview, on campus or with admissions/regional/interview/index.html. an alumna admissions representative, is required of early admission candidates. International Students A student admitted to the College may request to Bryn Mawr welcomes applications from international defer entrance to the freshman class for one year. students who have outstanding secondary school Students who wish to request a deferred entrance must records and who meet university entrance requirements first confirm enrollment and submit the $500 deposit. in their own countries. Students are required to write the director of admissions with this request by May 1 with details as to how they All applicants to Bryn Mawr should follow Bryn Mawr’s will spend this time. Students will be contacted as to “test flexible” policy (see above). Bryn Mawr requires whether their requests have been approved. official scores be sent by the College Board and/or ACT, Inc. The Subject Tests and/or AP exams are highly Credit for Advanced Placement recommended but not required for those students living abroad. (For all additional testing requirements, please Tests and International Exams follow the guidelines in the section entitled Entrance Students who have carried advanced work in school Tests and Interviews.) and who have honor grades (5 in Art History, English, Environmental Science, French, Government and The minimum standardized testing requirement for Politics, History, Music Theory, Psychology and international applicants is the SAT test. Official results Spanish; 4 or 5 in most other subjects) on the from two additional SAT Subject Tests or AP Tests are Advanced Placement Tests of the College Board may, recommended, but not required. International applicants after consultation with the dean and the departments may also take advantage of Bryn Mawr’s “test flexible” concerned, be admitted to one or more advanced option. Details about the “test flexible” option may be courses in the first year at the College. found on our website: www.brynmawr.edu/admissions/ test_policy.shtml. With the approval of the dean and the departments concerned, one or more Advanced Placement Tests Information about the SAT is available at www. with honor grades may be presented for credit. collegeboard.org/. A student may opt to take the ACT Students receiving six or more units of credit may test (www.act.org) in place of the SAT. Because exams apply for advanced standing. The Advanced Placement are only given on selected dates students should sit for Tests are given at College Board centers in May. For their exams well in advance of the application deadline. more information, visit www.brynmawr.edu/registrar/ Students who have not been educated in English or who AcadRegs/APexam.shtml. do not speak English as a native language must present credentials proving their proficiency in English. Bryn Mawr recognizes the academic rigor of the International Baccalaureate program and awards credit If English is not your first language, you must submit as follows: the results of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)* examination or the International English Students who present the full International Language Testing System (IELTS)** exam. This Baccalaureate diploma with a total score of 30 or requirement may be waived for students whose principal better and honor scores in three higher-level exams language of instruction for the past four years has been normally receive one year’s credit. English. Bryn Mawr will accept official results of any of the TOEFL tests: computer, paper or Internet-based. Those with a score of 35 or better, but with honor scores in fewer than three higher-level exams, *www.toefl.org receive two units of credit for each honor score **www.ielts.org in higher-level exams plus two for the exam as a whole. For more information about the application process Those with a score of less than 30 receive two for students from overseas, visit www.brynmawr.edu/ units of credit for each honor score in a higher-level admissions/criteria/international.html. exam. 22 Admission
*Honors scores are considered to be 6 or 7 in English, been put on probation, suspended or excluded from French, History and Spanish; 5, 6 or 7 in other subjects. other colleges and universities will not be admitted under any circumstances. Bryn Mawr also recognizes and awards credit for other international exams. Depending upon the quality of The deadline for spring entrance is November 1 and fall the examination results, Bryn Mawr may award credit entrance is March 1. Transfer applicants are required for Advanced Levels on the General Certificate of to submit The Common Application and all supporting Education (GCE), the French Baccalaureate, German documents. Abitur and other similar exams. The minimum standardized testing requirement for Some placement tests are given at the College during transfer applicants is the SAT test. Official results Customs Week (Bryn Mawr’s orientation program for from two additional SAT Subject Tests or AP Tests are new students) and students can consult with their dean recommended, but not required. Transfer applicants about the advisability of taking these placement tests. may also take advantage of Bryn Mawr’s “test flexible” Please note: the standardized test requirement will vary Home-Schooled Students if you are an applicant under the Katharine McBride Scholars Program. For more information about applying Students who have received home-schooling must to Bryn Mawr as a transfer applicant, please visit: submit the following supporting documents in addition to The Common Application. www.brynmawr.edu/admissions/apply/transfer.html.
1. Official transcripts from any high school(s) or To qualify for the A.B. degree, students ordinarily should postsecondary institution(s) attended; have completed a minimum of two years of full-time study at Bryn Mawr. 2. An academic portfolio that includes: A transcript of courses taken, either self- The Katharine E. McBride designed which includes reading lists Scholars Program and syllabi, or a formal document from a correspondence school or agency; The Katharine E. McBride Scholars Program was Evaluations or grades received for each created to give women, 24 or above, who for one reason subject; or another did not begin or complete their education immediately following high school, an opportunity to A short research paper, preferably completed attend Bryn Mawr College. within the last year (including evaluator’s comments); Applicants under the McBride program are required to Two letters of reference from sources other submit The Common Application in addition to the items than parents. listed below. 3. An additional essay on the reasons for choosing home-schooling; and • All official high school transcripts or GED equivalent (Secondary School Final Report is not required) 4. An interview (on campus, via Skype, or by telephone) with a member of the admissions staff. • All official college transcripts Please note that the supporting documents noted above Two Instructor Evaluations* is in addition to those items required of all applicants: • College Official’s Report* official test results from The College Board or the ACT, Inc., two teacher recommendation letters and essays as TOEFL (if applicable) outlined on The Common Application. *McBride Scholar applicants who have not attended Transfer Students college within the last three years may submit letters of reference from recommenders other than professors. Each year a number of students are admitted They must also request, in writing, a waiver of material on transfer to the sophomore and junior classes. from the coordinator of the McBride Scholars program, Successful transfer candidates have done excellent which will excuse them from the College Official’s work at other colleges and universities and present Report. Requests should be sent to admissions@ strong high-school records that compare favorably brynmawr.edu with the attention to McBride Coordinator. with those of women entering Bryn Mawr as first- Once admitted to the College, McBride scholars are year students. Students who have failed to meet the subject to the residency rule, which requires that prescribed standards of academic work or who have a student take a minimum of 24 course units while Billing, Payment, and Financial Aid 23 enrolled at Bryn Mawr. Exceptions will be made for BILLING, PAYMENT AND students who transfer more than eight units from previous work. Such students may transfer up to 16 FINANCIAL AID units and must then take at least 16 units at Bryn Mawr. McBride Scholars may study on a part-time or full- Student Financial Services time basis. For more information, please visit: www. brynmawr.edu/mcbride. Student Financial Services administers the College’s financial aid programs, bills for tuition, room and board, Bryn Mawr College exclusively accepts The Common fines and other fees. Application and there is no application fee. The Common Application is available at www.commonapp. Costs of Education org. For more information about applying to Bryn Mawr please visit: The tuition and fees in 2013-2014 for all enrolled undergraduate students, resident and nonresident, is www.brynmawr.edu/admissions/apply/mcbrides.html. $43,900 a year.
The Community College Connection Summary of Fees and Expenses for 2013-2014
Community College Connection (C3) encourages Tuition ...... $42,870 women studying at the Community College of Residence (room and board)...... $13,860 Philadelphia and Montgomery County Community College Fee ...... $720 College to continue their education toward a bachelor’s Self-Government Association Dues...... $310 degree at Bryn Mawr College. Other Fees: Students pursuing an A.A., A.S., or A.F.A. at either Laboratory fee (per lab per semester) ...... $50 community college are eligible to apply. At the time of Continuing enrollment fee (per semester) ...... $355 application, students should have completed or nearly completed their associate’s degree with strong core Faced with rising costs affecting all parts of higher classes that cross disciplines. education, the College has had to raise tuition annually in recent years. Further annual increases may be The most competitive applicants demonstrate the expected. potential and drive to complete a bachelor’s degree at a liberal arts college, have a G.P.A. of approximately Billing and Payment Due Dates 3.5 or higher, and demonstrate leadership abilities and critical thinking skills. By registering for courses, students accept responsibility for the charges of the entire academic year, regardless Though not eligible for this program, students at other of the method of payment. The College bills for each community colleges may qualify to apply as transfer semester separately. The bill for the fall semester is sent students. in early July and is due August 1. The bill for the spring semester is sent the first week in December and is due C3 applicants to Bryn Mawr College should follow January 2. the application instructions for transfer students. The application deadline for spring entrance is Nov. 1 and Student Financial Services sends an email containing the application deadline for fall entrance is March 1. In a link to the electronic billing statement, (eBill) to the addition to The Common Application and supporting student’s official Bryn Mawr email address. The College documents required for all transfer applicants, C3 no longer sends paper bills. Students are able to set up applicants are required to have an interview with a authorized payers (parents or others) who then can view member of the Office of Admissions. bills online, make payments by electronic check or set up a payment plan when enrollment opens. Our third- party on-line processor for eBilling is Nelnet Business Readmission Solutions, (NBS). Students and authorized payers A student who has withdrawn from the College must may make one-time ePayments through their QuikPAY apply for permission to return. She should contact the product or utilize eCashier for the Automatic Monthly Undergraduate Dean’s Office concerning the application Payment Plan accessed through virtual.brynmawr.edu. process and be prepared to demonstrate that she is The College’s payment plan, eCashier, enables monthly ready to resume work at Bryn Mawr. payment of all or part of semester fees in installments without interest charges. The cost of enrolling is a $25 nonrefundable fee per semester. Payments for the plan commence prior to the beginning of each term. 24 Billing, Payment, and Financial Aid
Information about the payment plan is available from of documented attendance at an academically related Student Financial Services. activity as the date of withdrawal. For a student who leaves the College without notifying the College of No student is permitted to attend classes or enter her intent to withdraw, the College normally uses the residence until payment of the College charges has student’s last date of documented attendance at an been made each semester. No student may register at academically related activity as the date of withdrawal. If the beginning of a semester, graduate, receive a that date cannot be ascertained, the College will transcript or participate in room draw until all accounts consider the midpoint of the enrollment period to be the are paid, including the activities fee assessed by the date the student withdrew. student Self-Government Association officers. This fee covers class and hall dues and support for student When a Student Withdraws organizations and clubs. All resident students are required to participate in the College meal plan. Treatment of Title IV Federal Aid When a Student Withdraws A fee of $355 per semester will be charged to all undergraduates who are studying at another institution This policy applies to all students receiving Federal Pell during the academic year and who will transfer the Grants, Federal Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant, credits earned to Bryn Mawr College, with the exception Federal Direct Stafford Loans, Federal PLUS Loans, of students in the Junior Year Abroad Program. Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (FSEOG), Federal Perkins Loans, and in some cases, Students are permitted to reserve a room during the state grants. spring semester for the succeeding academic year, prior to payment of room and board fees, if they intend to be When a recipient of Title IV Federal grant or loan in residence during that year. Those students who have assistance withdraws or takes a leave of absence from reserved a room but decide, after June 15, to withdraw the College during the semester, the College must from the College or take a leave of absence are charged determine per a federal formula, the amount of federal a fee of $500. This charge is billed to the student’s aid that the student may retain as of the withdrawal account. date. Any federal aid that the student is eligible to receive, but which has not been disbursed, All entering students are required to make a deposit will be offered to the student as a post-withdrawal of $500. This deposit is applied to the student’s tuition disbursement. Any federal aid the student is not eligible account. to receive according to the federal refund policy will be returned to the federal government. Refund Policy The student is entitled to retain federal aid based on Students will be refunded 100% of their previously paid the percentage of the semester she has completed. As tuition, room and board, and college fee if the Registrar prescribed by federal formula, the College calculates receives written notice that the student has withdrawn the percentage by dividing the total number of calendar from the College or begun a leave of absence before days in the semester into the number of calendar days the first day of classes. completed as of the withdrawal date. Fall and spring breaks are excluded as periods of nonattendance in For a student withdrawing from the College or the enrollment period. Once the student has completed embarking on a medical or psychological leave of more than 60% of the semester, she has earned all of absence on or after the first day of classes, refunds of the Title IV assistance scheduled for that period. tuition, room and board occur according to a pro rata schedule up to 60% attendance. No refunds are The amount of Title IV assistance not earned is processed for withdrawals after 60% of the semester. calculated by determining the percentage of assistance Fall and spring breaks are not included in the calculation earned and applying it to the total amount of grant and of refund weeks. Note that Self-Government Association loan assistance that was disbursed. The amount the dues and the health insurance portion of the college fee school must return is the lesser of: are non-refundable. the unearned amount of Title IV assistance or
The date the student began the withdrawal process the institutional charges incurred for the period of by contacting the dean’s office orally or in writing is enrollment multiplied by the unearned percentage. considered the date of withdrawal for College refunds The order of return of Title IV funds is: and for the return of Title IV funds. When a student Unsubsidized Federal Direct Stafford Loans continues to attend classes or other academically related activity after beginning the withdrawal process, Subsidized Federal Direct Stafford Loans the College may choose to use the student’s last date Federal Perkins Loans Billing, Payment, and Financial Aid 25
Federal PLUS Loans Withdraws Federal Pell Grants The amount of College grant funds a student will retain Federal Iraq Afghanistan Service Grant is based on the percentage of the period of enrollment Federal Supplemental Education Opportunity completed. Grants (FSEOG) Treatment of State Grants When a Student Other Title IV assistance Withdraws
If the College has issued a refund of Title IV funds in The amount of the state grant funds a student will retain excess of the amount the student has earned prior is based on the individual refund policy prescribed by to the withdrawal date, the student is responsible for the issuing state. repaying the funds. Any amount of loan funds that the student (or the parent for a PLUS Loan) has not FINANCIAL AID earned must be repaid in accordance with the terms of the promissory note, that is, the student (or parent for For general information about financial aid and how to a PLUS Loan) must make scheduled payments to the apply for financial aid, consult the Student Financial holder of the loan over a period of time. Any amount of Services website at www.brynmawr.edu/sfs. Detailed unearned grant funds is called an overpayment. The information about the financial aid application and amount of a grant overpayment that the student must renewal process, types of aid available and regulations repay is half of the unearned amount. The student must governing the disbursement of funds from grant and make arrangements with the College or the Department loan programs, can be found in the Student Financial of Education to return the unearned grant funds. Services Handbook, which is updated and published annually, and posted to our website. The calculation of Title IV Funds earned by the student has no relationship to the student’s incurred charges. The education of all students is subsidized by the Therefore, the student may still owe funds to the College College because their tuition and fees cover only to cover unpaid institutional charges. part of the costs of instruction. To those students well qualified for education in the liberal arts and sciences A leave of absence is treated as a withdrawal and a but unable to meet the College fees, Bryn Mawr is able return of Title IV funds may be calculated. A student may to offer further financial aid. Alumnae and friends of the take a leave of absence from school for not more than a College have built up endowments for scholarships; total of 180 days in any 12-month period. annual gifts from alumnae and other donors add to the
The calculation of the Title IV refund will be done by the amounts available each year. More than 75% percent of office of student financial services. undergraduate students in the College receive financial aid. The amount of grant aid awarded by Bryn Mawr to Deadlines for Returning Title IV Funds students ranges from $2,000 to $53,220.
The amount of the refund allocated to the Federal Initial requests for financial aid are reviewed by Student Stafford Loan and Federal PLUS Program will be Financial Services and are judged on the basis of returned by the College to the Federal Department of the student and her family’s demonstrated financial Education within 60 days after the student’s withdrawal need. Students must reapply each year. Eligibility is dates, as determined by the school. re-established annually, assuming the student has maintained satisfactory progress toward her degree. The amount of the refund allocated to Federal Pell Bryn Mawr College subscribes to the principle that the Grant, Federal Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant, amount of aid granted a student should be based upon Federal SEOG, and Federal Perkins will be returned by documented financial eligibility. When the total amount the College to the appropriate federal program of aid needed has been determined, awards are made accounts within 45 days of the date the student officially in the form of grants, loans and jobs. withdrew or was expelled, or within 45 days of the date the College determined that the student had unofficially Bryn Mawr Merit Scholarship withdrawn. Students admitted to Bryn Mawr College as first-year, The amount of the refund, if any, allocated to the student first-time students are automatically considered for the will be paid within 45 days of the student’s withdrawal Bryn Mawr Merit Scholarship; no additional application date or, if the student withdrew unofficially, the date that is required. Applicants are evaluated using Bryn the dean’s office determined that the student withdrew. Mawr’s holistic admission review process, which takes Treatment of College Grants When a Student numerous factors into account including but not limited 26 Billing, Payment, and Financial Aid to academic coursework and performance, involvement Grant (FSEOG): A federal grant for undergraduates in school and community, leadership qualities, with exceptional financial need. Priority is given to standardized test scores, letters of recommendation, students who receive Federal Pell Grants. quality and content of writing, and potential to contribute in meaningful ways to the Bryn Mawr community. Instructions to apply for financial aid are included in the Admissions Prospectus and on the Student Financial Students may receive a Bryn Mawr Merit Scholarship Services web page at www.brynmawr.edu/sfs. even with no demonstrated financial need. Merit scholarships may be awarded to U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and international students. In Required Forms and Instructions for past years, awards have ranged from $8,000-$20,000 U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents per year. Scholarships are awarded at the time of admission, and are renewable each year for up to four First-Year and Transfer Students years as long as the student remains in good academic Only applicants who apply for aid at the time of initial standing with the College. Bryn Mawr Merit Scholarship, admission will be considered for Bryn Mawr Grant in conjunction with other sources of financial aid and assistance during any of their subsequent years of entitlements, cannot exceed the cost of attendance. enrollment at the College. To be considered for aid as a freshman, the applicant’s response to the FA In addition to the funds made available through College Intent question on The Common Application must be resources, Bryn Mawr participates in the following affirmative. Applicants may apply and will be considered Federal Student Assistance Programs: for federal aid, including the Federal Direct Stafford The Federal Direct Stafford Loan Program: Low Loan Program, every year regardless of applying for aid interest federal loans for undergraduate students. as a freshman. The Federal Direct PLUS Loan: Low interest federal loans for parents of dependent undergraduates. CSS Financial Aid PROFILE: Submit the CSS Financial Aid/PROFILE at least two weeks before The Federal Perkins Loan: A low-interest federal the deadline. If the student’s parent is divorced, loan for undergraduates with federal need. separated or has never been married, submit the CSS The Federal Work-Study Program: This program Noncustodial Parent PROFILE. The Bryn Mawr College provides funds for campus jobs for students who CSS code number is 2049. meet the federal eligibility requirements. The Federal Pell Grant: A federal grant awarded to Renewal Free Application for Federal Student Aid undergraduates who have not earned a bachelor’s (FAFSA): Submit the Renewal FAFSA as soon as degree and who demonstrate a level of financial possible to meet the deadline, but not before January need specified annually by the Department of 1st. The Bryn Mawr College federal code number is Education 003237.
The Federal Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant: Federal Tax Returns: Students and their parents must For students who are not eligible for Pell Grant but submit signed copies of federal (no state) income tax whose parent or guardian was a member of the returns, including all schedules and attachments, both U.S. armed forces and died as a result of service business and personal, along with all W2 forms to the performed in Iraq or Afghanistan after September College Board Institutional Document Service (IDOC). 11, 2001. Students and parents who are not required to file a federal income tax return must submit copies of all W-2 The Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity
Submission Dates PROFILE Tax Returns FAFSA
Fall Early Decision November 15 March 1 After January 1
Winter Early Decision January 1 March 1 After January 1
Regular Decision February 15 March 1 After January 1
Fall Transfer March 1 March 1 After January 1
Returning Students Submit all documents by April 15 Billing, Payment, and Financial Aid 27 forms along with a Parent or Student Non-Tax-Filer Renewal Free Application for Federal Student Aid Form to IDOC. All documents should be submitted to (FAFSA): Submit the Renewal FAFSA as soon as IDOC as one complete packet and must have an IDOC possible to meet the deadline, but not before January cover sheet. 1st. The Bryn Mawr College federal code number is 003237. Trust Documents: Students and parents who are beneficiaries of trust funds (other than Uniform Gift to Federal Tax Returns: Continuing students and their Minor Act trusts) must submit a copy of the Trust Tax parents must submit signed copies of federal (no state) Form 1041, the beneficiary’s K-1 form, the year-end income tax returns, including all schedules and investment account statement for the trust assets, and a attachments, both business and personal, along with all copy of the trust instrument governing the management W2 forms to the College Board Institutional Document of the trust by the Trustee to IDOC. Service (IDOC). Students and parents who are not required to file a federal income tax return must submit Returning Students copies of all W-2 forms along with a Parent or Student Non-Tax-Filer Form to IDOC. All documents should be Returning students must reapply for financial aid each submitted to IDOC as one complete packet and must year. All applications and documents must be submitted have an IDOC cover sheet. by April 15. Eligibility is re-established annually and depends on the student’s maintaining satisfactory Required Forms and Instructions for International progress toward the degree and on her continued Students: demonstrated need for assistance. The financial aid award may change each year as a result of annual First Year and Transfer changes in family circumstances, such as the number of family members in college or the family’s adjusted CSS Financial Aid PROFILE. Register for a customized gross income. Self-help expectations including campus CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE online at least two weeks employment and the amount of the federal loan a before the deadline. If the student’s parent is divorced, student is expected to borrow may increase each year. separated or has never been married, submit the CSS Noncustodial Parent PROFILE. The Bryn Mawr College CSS Financial Aid PROFILE: Submit the CSS CSS code number is 2049. Financial Aid/PROFILE at least two weeks before International students from Iran, Cuba, Sudan and North the deadline. If the student’s parent is divorced, Korea, Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria and Togo are separated or has never been married, submit the CSS Noncustodial Parent PROFILE. The Bryn Mawr College CSS code number is 2049.
Dependent Undergraduates Base Additional (Except Students Whose Parents Cannot Maximum Amount Unsubsidized Loan Borrow PLUS Loan)
1st-year undergraduate $3,500 $2,000 $5,500
2nd-year undergraduate $4,500 $2,000 $6,500
3rd/4th-year undergraduate $5,500 $2,000 $7,500
Independent Undergraduates and Base Additional Dependent Students Whose Parents Maximum Amount Unsubsidized Loan Cannot Borrow PLUS Loan
1st-year undergraduate $3,500 $4,000 + $2,000 $9,500
2nd-year undergraduate $4,500 $4,000 + $2,000 $10,500
3rd/4th-year undergraduate $5,500 $5,000 + $2,000 $12,500 28 Billing, Payment, and Financial Aid not eligible to complete the PROFILE or Noncustodial for Federal Direct Stafford Loans first disbursed on or PROFILE and should complete the International Student after July 1, 2013 is 6.8%. Financial Aid Application, available for download www. brynmawr.edu/edu/sfs/forms.html. A loan origination fee of 1.051% will be deducted from the gross amount on all Federal Direct Stafford Loans Please fax: 610-526-5249, or email as a PDF: first disbursed on or after July 1, 2013. [email protected] Additional information on the Federal Direct Stafford Statement of Parental Earnings: Submit statements Loan Program is available from Student Financial from both parents’ and stepparents’ employers stating Services or the Student Financial Services Handbook. annual gross income and value of any employment Perkins Loan benefits and/or copies of all pages of parents’ national tax returns, both personal and business. English The Perkins Loan Program is administered by the translations and conversion to U.S. dollars are required. College from allocated federal funds. Eligibility for a Submit parents’ wage/income statements to Bryn Mawr Perkins Loan is determined through a federal needs College by mail: Bryn Mawr College, Student Financial test. The 5% interest rate and repayment of the loan Services, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, by email: begin nine months after graduation, withdrawal from [email protected] or by fax: 011-610-526-5249 the College or dropping below half-time status. No interest accrues on the loan until repayment begins. Returning Students Cancellation and deferment of loan payments are possible under certain circumstances, which are As long as they are continually enrolled, international detailed in the loan promissory note. Awards range from students are not required to re-submit a financial aid $500 to $4,000 per year and are based on financial application annually. College grants and loans are eligibility and the availability of funds. automatically renewed. International students who have not attended Bryn Mawr for more than two semesters Federal Direct PLUS Loan are required to submit a new financial aid application. Only international students who were awarded aid upon The Federal Direct PLUS Loan is a federally subsidized entrance to the College are eligible for college grant and loan program designed to help parents of dependent loan support in subsequent years at Bryn Mawr. undergraduates pay for educational expenses. Repayment begins on the date of the last disbursement. For a list of scholarship funds and prizes that support Parent PLUS loan borrowers whose funds were first the awards made, see the scholarship funds page. disbursed on or after July 1, 2013 have the option of These funds are used to enhance Bryn Mawr’s need- delaying their repayment on the PLUS loan either 60 based financial aid program. They are not awarded days after the loan is fully disbursed or six months after separately. For information on loan funds, see the loan the dependent student is not enrolled at least half-time. funds page. During this time, interest may be paid by the parent or Loan Funds capitalized.
Federal Direct Stafford Loans Interest rate on the PLUS Loans borrowed on or after July 1, 2006 is fixed at 7.9%. A loan origination fee The Federal Direct Stafford Loan Program enables of 4.204% will be deducted from the gross amount on students who are enrolled at least half-time (two units) all Federal Direct PLUS Loans first disbursed on or after to borrow directly from the federal government rather July 1, 2013 and before July 1, 2014. A PLUS borrower than from a bank. Loans made through this program may pay the interest as it accrues during a deferment, include the Direct Subsidized Stafford and the Direct or allow it to accrue and be capitalized at the end of the Unsubsidized Stafford Loans. deferment period.
Repayment begins six months after the student is International Loan no longer enrolled at least half-time at an accredited institution. The repayment term ranges from 10 to 25 The International Loan Program is administered by the years depending on the amount borrowed and the College from institutional funds, and must be awarded repayment plan chosen. The minimum monthly payment as part of a student’s aid offer. Recipients must remain is $50. If the student borrows a smaller amount, she will enrolled at the College at least half time to retain have shorter payment terms. If the student borrows a eligibility. The 5% interest rate and repayment of the larger amount, she may wish to consolidate her loan to loan begin 12 months after graduation, withdrawal from extend the repayment term. The student should review the College or dropping below half-time status. No her options at www.ed.gov/DirectLoan. The interest rate interest accrues on the loan until repayment begins. The Billing, Payment, and Financial Aid 29 maximum repayment period is 10 years. Students who with preference given to a student from the New York file for bankruptcy may still be required to pay back the metropolitan area. (2006) loan. Students may not borrow more than the amount offered as part of a financial aid award from year to year. The Edith Schmid Beck Scholarship Fund was established by Edith Schmid Beck ’44. The fund shall be Scholarship Funds used to provide undergraduate financial aid to a student working toward world peace who have shown genuine The following scholarship funds are used to enhance commitment to working toward international peace and Bryn Mawr’s need-based financial aid program. They justice, regardless of their academic major. Edith Beck are not awarded separately. had strong interest in fostering global solutions to world problems; she made a life-long commitment to erasing The Barbara Goldman Aaron Scholarship Fund was human differences that led to conflict and to working established by Barbara Goldman Aaron ’53. The fund toward a worldwide acceptance and compliance with a shall be used to provide undergraduate financial aid. universal code of law and social justice. (1999) (2005) The Susanna E. Bedell Fund provides undergraduate The Warren Akin IV Scholarship Fund was established financial aid. (2007) by Mr. and Mrs. Warren Akin (father) and Mr. and Mrs. William Morgan Akin (brother) in memory of Warren Akin The Beekey Scholarship Fund was established by Lois IV, M.A. ’71, Ph.D. ’75. The fund is to be awarded in the E. Beekey ’55, Sara Beekey Pfeffenroth ’63, and their following order of preference: first, to graduate students mother, Mrs. Cyrus E. Beekey. The fund shall be used in English; second, to any graduate student; third, to any to provide undergraduate financial aid for a student Bryn Mawr student. (1984) majoring in a modern foreign language or in English. (1985) The George I. Alden Scholarship Fund was established by the George I. Alden Trust through a challenge grant. The L. Diane Bernard, Ph.D. ’67, Endowed Scholarship The fund shall be used to provide undergraduate Fund was established by L. Diane Bernard, Ph.D. financial aid. (1998) ’67. The fund shall support the mission, program and activities of the Graduate School of Social Work and The Johanna M. Atkiss Scholarship Fund was Social Research of Bryn Mawr College by providing established by Ruth R. Atkiss ’36 in memory of her funding in perpetuity for a graduate scholarship. (2011) mother. The income will be used to provide scholarship assistance to a student preferably from the Philadelphia The Star K. and Estan J. Bloom Scholarship Fund was High School for Girls. In the event that there is no established by Star K. Bloom ’60, and her husband, student with financial need from the Philadelphia Estan J. Bloom, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The fund High School for Girls in a given year, the income may shall be used to provide undergraduate financial aid to support either a student from the Masterman School in students from the southern part of the United States, Philadelphia, or a Philadelphia area public high school. with first preference given to residents of Alabama. The fund shall be used to provide undergraduate (1976) financial aid. (1999) The Virginia Burdick Blumberg ’31 Scholarship Fund The Mildred P. Bach Scholarship Fund was established was established by Virginia Burdick Blumberg ’31. The by Mildred P. Bach ’26. The fund shall be used to fund shall be used to provide undergraduate financial provide undergraduate financial aid. (1992) aid. (1998)
The William O. and Carole Bailey ’61 Scholarship Fund The Norma and John Bowles ARCS Endowment for was established by Carole Parsons Bailey ’61 and Sciences was established by Norma Landwehr Bowles William O. Bailey. The fund shall be used to provide ’42 and is administered in accordance with the interests undergraduate financial aid. (1994) of the ARCS (Achievement Research for College Students) Foundation, which seeks to encourage young The Baird Scholarship Endowment was established by women to pursue careers in the sciences. The fund Bridget Baird ’69. Income from this fund shall be used shall be used to provide undergraduate financial aid with to support financial aid for undergraduate students with preference for students studying the sciences. (1987) preference given to minority students with significant financial need. (2008) The Bryn Mawr Club of Princeton Scholarship was established by The Bryn Mawr Club of Princeton. The The Barbara Otnow Baumann ’54 Scholarship Fund fund shall be used to provide undergraduate financial was established through a bequest from Barbara Otnow aid with preference to a student from the Princeton area Baumann ’54 to provide undergraduate financial aid or from elsewhere in New Jersey. (1973) 30 Billing, Payment, and Financial Aid
The Mariam Coffin Canaday Scholarship Fund was The Class of 1982 Endowed Scholarship Fund established by Ward M. Canaday, Trustee, George W. was established to provide financial assistance to Ritter, co-Trustee and Frank H. Canaday, co-Trustee, undergraduates with documented financial need of the Ward M. and Mariam C. Canaday Educational who demonstrates the highest academic promise and Charitable Trust. The fund shall be used to provide and personal commitment to the values of Bryn undergraduate financial aid with preference to a student Mawr College with preference given to students from from metropolitan Toledo, Ohio, the residence of Ward underserved communities. (2012) M. and Mariam C. Canaday. (1968) The Margaret Jackson Clowes Scholarship Fund was The Patricia L. Chapman, M.S.S. ’81, Endowed established by Margaret Jackson Clowes ’37. The fund Scholarship Fund for the Graduate School of Social shall be used to provide undergraduate financial aid. Work and Social Research was established by Patricia (2008) L. Chapman, M.S.S. ’81. The Chapman Fund supports financial aid for single mothers raising children while The Evelyn Flower Morris Cope and Jacqueline balancing the demands of family, school and work. (2010) Pascal Morris Evans Memorial Scholarship Fund was established by Edward W. Evans and other family The Class of 1922 Memorial Scholarship Fund was members in memory of Evelyn Flower Morris Cope, established by a bequest from Margaret Crosby ’22, Class of 1903, and Jacqueline Pascal Morris Evans, Ph.D. Yale ’34. The fund shall be used to provide Class of 1908. The fund shall be used to provide undergraduate financial aid. (1972) undergraduate financial aid. (1958)
The Class of 1939 Memorial Scholarship Fund was The Regina Katharine Crandall Scholarship Fund was established by members of the Class of 1939. The fund established by a group of Regina Katharine Crandall’s shall be used to provide undergraduate financial aid. (1985) students and friends. She was a member of the teaching staff at Bryn Mawr College from 1902 to 1916; Associate The Class of 1943 Scholarship Fund was established by in English 1916 to 1917; Associate Professor of English the James H. and Alice I. Goulder Foundation, Inc., of Composition 1917 to 1918; Margaret Kingsland Haskell which Alice Ireman Goulder ’43, and her husband were Professor of English Composition 1918 to 1933. The officers. Members of the Class of 1943 and others have fund shall be used to provide undergraduate financial added to the Fund. The fund shall be used to provide aid with preference to a student who has shown undergraduate financial aid. (1974) excellence in writing. (1950)
The Class of 1944 Memorial Scholarship Fund was The Louise Hodges Crenshaw Scholarship Fund was established by members of the Class of 1944. The established by Miss Evelyn Hodges, sister of the late Class of 1944 Memorial Scholarship Fund was initiated Louise Crenshaw, died and left half of her residuary in 1954 in memory of Jean Brunn Mungall ’54, the estate to the Army Relief Society. Before her death, Miss Class’s first president, and continues to memorialize Hodges indicated to Parke Hodges, her brother, a wish subsequent deceased members. The fund shall be used to change her will and make certain funds available to provide undergraduate financial aid. (1988) to Bryn Mawr College, in memory of Mrs. Crenshaw, to provide job counseling for Bryn Mawr graduates. Class of 1956 Endowed Scholarship Fund was The Army Relief Society (since merged with the Army established by Members of the Class of 1956 to Emergency Relief) was advised by its legal counsel commemorate their 55th reunion. The fund shall be that it could not make an unrestricted gift to Bryn Mawr used to provide undergraduate financial aid. (2011) College, but could give funds to the College as a memorial to Mrs. Crenshaw for individuals and purposes The Class of 1957 Scholarship Fund was established in accordance with their certificate of incorporation. by Members of the Class of 1957 to commemorate The Army Emergency Relief Board of Managers their 50th Reunion. The fund shall be used to provide approved a gift to Bryn Mawr College to be added to the undergraduate financial aid. (2007) College’s endowment and to be used for scholarships for dependent children of Army members meeting The Class of 1958 Scholarship Fund was established AER eligibility requirements. The fund shall be used to by members of the class to commemorate their provide undergraduate financial aid. (1978) 40th Reunion. The fund shall be used to provide undergraduate financial aid. (1998) The Raymond E. and Hilda Buttenwieser Crist ’20 Scholarship Fund was established by Raymond E. The Class of 1960 Endowed Scholarship Fund was Crist. The fund shall be used to provide undergraduate established to commemorate their 50th Reunion. The financial aid. (1989) fund shall be used to provide undergraduate financial aid. (2010) The Annie Lawrie Fabens Crozier Scholarship Fund was established by Mr. and Mrs. Abbot F. Usher in memory Billing, Payment, and Financial Aid 31 of Mrs. Usher’s daughter, Annie Lawrie Fabens Crozier The fund shall be used to provide undergraduate ’51, who died only a few years after her graduation financial aid to a minority student. (1959) from Bryn Mawr. The fund shall be used to provide undergraduate financial aid with preference to a Junior The Helen Feldman Scholarship Fund was established or Senior majoring in English. (1960) by the Class of 1968 for the establishment of a Fund in the name of Helen Feldman ’68, their classmate who The Louise Dickey Davison Fund was established in was killed in an automobile accident in August, 1967, memory of Louise Dickey Davison ’37 b y her husband, the summer before her senior year. The fund shall be Roderic H. Davison and son, R. John Davison. The fund used to provide undergraduate financial aid for a student shall be used to provide undergraduate financial aid spending the summer studying in Russia. (1968) with preference to students studying Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology. (1995) The Cora B. and F. Julius Fohs Perpetual Scholarship Fund was established by the Fohs Foundation of The Anna Janney DeArmond Endowed Fund was Houston, Texas. The fund shall be used to provide established by Anna Janney DeArmond’s friend, undergraduate financial aid. (1965) Gertrude Weaver, in 1999. The fund shall be used to provide undergraduate financial aid. (2008) The Lucy Norman Friedman Scholarship Fund was established by Lucy Norman Friedman ’65. The fund The Dolphin Endowed Scholarship Fund was shall be used to provide undergraduate financial aid to established by Joan Gross Scheuer ’42 to provide those with substantial need. (2007) long-term support for the Dolphin Scholarships after the Dolphin Program ended in 1998. The purpose of The Edgar M. Funkhouser Memorial Scholarship Fund the Dolphin Endowed Scholarship Fund is to support was established by Anne Funkhouser Francis ’33, from students from the New York City Public Schools. The the estate of her father, Edgar M. Funkhouse. The fund fund shall be used to provide undergraduate financial shall be used to provide undergraduate financial aid aid. (1991) with preference being given to residents from southwest Virginia and thereafter to students from District III. (1984) The Josephine Devigne Donovan Memorial Fund was established by family and friends of Josephine The Helen Hartman Gemmill Fund for Financial Aid Devigne Donovan ’38. The fund shall be used to provide was established by a bequest from Helen Hartman undergraduate financial aid to a student studying in Gemmill ’38, of Jamison, Pennsylvania who died on France her junior year. (1996) December 11, 1998. The fund shall be used to provide undergraduate financial aid. (1999) The Barbara Cooley McNamee Dudley Fund was established by Robin Krivanek, sister of Barbara Cooley The Samuel and Esther Goldin Endowment was McNamee Dudley ’42 and mother of Jennifer Krivanek established by Rosaline Goldin and Julia Goldin in ’75, aid to students from outside the United States. The memory of their parents. The fund shall be used fund shall be used to provide undergraduate financial to provide undergraduate financial aid for students aid with preference to students from outside the United studying Hebrew or Judaic studies. (2001) States, not excluding members of families temporarily living in the United States. (1983) The Hazel Goldmark Fund was established by the daughters of Hazel Seligman Goldmark ’30, of New The Ellen Silberblatt Edwards Scholarship Fund was York, New York. Hazel Goldmark worked for many years established by Lucy Friedman ’65 and Temma Kaplan, in the New York Bookstore to raise money scholarships. and other friends and classmates of Ellen Edwards to The fund shall be used to provide undergraduate honor her memory. The Ellen Edwards Scholarship financial aid. (1991) will be awarded to an entering student whose promise for success at Bryn Mawr is not necessarily shown The Barbara and Arturo Gomez Fund was in conventional ways. Preference is to be given to a established by Barbara Baer Gomez ’43, M.A. student from New York City. The fund shall be used to ’44, and Arturo Gomez. The fund shall be used to provide undergraduate financial aid. (1994) provide undergraduate financial aid to a Mexican undergraduate. (1997) The Charles E. Ellis Scholarship shall be used to provide undergraduate financial aid. (1985) The Phyllis Goodhart Gordan Scholarship Fund was established by the Class of 1935 in honor of Phyllis The Rebecca Winsor Evans and Ellen Winsor Memorial Goodhart Gordan ’35. The fund shall be used to provide Scholarship Fund was established by a bequest from undergraduate financial aid with preference given to Rebecca Winsor Evans, who died on July 25, 1959. She students in the languages. (1985) survived her sister, Ellen Winsor, by only 20 minutes. The Nora M. and Patrick J. Healy Fund was established 32 Billing, Payment, and Financial Aid by friends and family in memory of Nora M. Healy, granddaughters who attended Bryn Mawr, and was mother of Margaret M. Healy, Ph.D. ’69, and Nora T. a major donor to the Class of 1897 Professorship Healy, M.S.S. ’73. The fund shall be used to provide in Science. The fund shall be used to provide undergraduate financial aid with preference given to undergraduate financial aid. (1974) graduate students. (1984) The Kate Kaiser Scholarship Fund was established by The William Randolph Hearst Endowed Scholarship Ruth Kaiser Nelson ’58 in her mother’s name. The fund for Minority Students was established by The Hearst shall be used to provide undergraduate financial aid for Foundation, Inc. The fund shall be used to provide nontraditional-age students. (1991) undergraduate financial aid for minority students. (1992) The Sue Mead Kaiser Scholarship Fund was The Edith Helman Scholarship Fund was established established by The Bryn Mawr Club of Northern by a bequest from Edith Helman, Ph.D. ’33. The fund California and other individuals. The fund shall be used shall be used to provide graduate or undergraduate to provide undergraduate financial aid. (1974) scholarships with preference given to students in the Humanities. (2011) The Eileen P. Kavanagh Scholarship Fund provides financial assistance to an undergraduate student with The Katharine Houghton Hepburn Memorial Scholarship documented financial need who demonstrates the Fund was established by Katharine Hepburn ’28 in highest academic promise and a personal commitment memory of her mother, Katharine Houghton Hepburn, to the values of Bryn Mawr College. Preference will be Class of 1899, and will be awarded to “a student who given to a student involved in the Bryn Mawr Science has demonstrated both ability in her chosen field and Posse program. (2012) independence in mind and spirit.” The fund shall be used to provide undergraduate financial aid. (1958) The Sara Mann Ketcham ’42 Scholarship Fund was established by established by Sara Mann Ketcham The Annemarie Bettmann Holborn Fund was ’42. The income will support her for all four years at established by Hanna Holborn Gray ’50 and her the College, assuming ongoing financial need. The husband, Charles Gray, in honor of Mrs. Gray’s mother, fund shall be used to provide undergraduate financial Annemarie Bettmann Holborn. The fund shall be used aid with preference for a graduate of Philadelphia High to provide undergraduate or graduate financial aid to School for Girls if there is no student with financial need a student in the field of classics, including classical from the Philadelphia High School for Girls, the Fund archaeology. (1991) may be used to provide support for a student from a Philadelphia area public high school. (2007) The Leila Houghteling Memorial Scholarship Fund was established by family and friends in memory of Leila The Kopal Scholarship Fund was established by Houghteling, Class of 1911, of Winnetka, Illinois. The Zdenka Kopal Smith ’65 and her family in memory of fund shall be used to provide undergraduate financial Zdeněk Kopal and Eva M. Kopal. The scholarship was aid. (1929) conceived of by Zdenka’s late sister, Eva M. Kopal ’71, to honor her father, astronomer Zdeněk Kopal (1914- The Lillia Babbitt Hyde Scholarship Fund was 1993). The fund shall be used to provide undergraduate established by the Lillia Babbitt Hyde Foundation. The financial aid. (2001) fund shall be used to provide undergraduate financial aid to students who plan to pursue a medical education The Melodee Siegel Kornacker ’60 Fellowship in or a scientific education in Chemistry. (1963) Science was established by Melodee Siegel Kornacker ’60, of Columbus, Ohio. The fund shall be used to The Jenna Lynn Higgins ’07 Bryn Mawr Archaeology provide graduate financial aid to a student in biology, Memorial Scholarship Fund was established by Lillian chemistry, geology, physics or psychology in that order. and Charles Higgins with additional support from friends (1976) of Jenna Lynne Higgins ’07. The income from this fund is to be awarded annually to an undergraduate The Hertha Kraus Scholarship Fund was established to Archaeology student. (2010) support a student of the Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research with demonstrated financial need. The Elizabeth Bethune Higginson Jackson Scholarship (2007) Fund was established by Deborah Jackson Weiss ’68 and her family in memory of her grandmother, The Laura Schlageter Krause ’43 Scholarship Elizabeth Bethune Higginson Jackson, Class of 1897, Fund in the Humanities was established by Laura who died on January 14, 1974. Elizabeth Bethune Schlageter Krause ’43. The fund shall be used to Higginson Jackson, herself an alumna of Bryn Mawr, provide undergraduate financial aid to a student in the had two daughters, two daughters-in-law and three humanities. (1998) Billing, Payment, and Financial Aid 33
The Charlotte Louise Belshe Kress Scholarship Fund The Lucas Scholarship Fund was established by Diana was established by a bequest from Paul F. Kress, Daniel Lucas ’44 in memory of her parents, Eugene husband of Charlotte Louise Belshe Kress ’54, of Willett van Court Lucas, Jr., and Diana Elmendorf Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The fund shall be used to Richards Lucas; her brother, Peter Randell Lucas; and provide undergraduate financial aid. (1994) her uncle, John Daniel Lucas. The fund shall be used to provide undergraduate financial aid. (1985) The Langdon-Schieffelin Fund was established by Bayard Schieffelin and his wife, Virginia Loomis The Katharine Mali Scholarship Fund was established Schieffelin ’30, during the Centennial Campaign. by a bequest from Katharine Mali ’23 of New York, New They requested that The Langdon-Schieffelin Fund York. The fund shall be used to provide undergraduate be established, saying that the funds were given in financial aid. (1980) gratitude for the years at Bryn Mawr of the following students: Julia Langdon Loomis, Class of 1898, Ida The Dorothy Nepper Marshall Scholarship Fund was Langdon, Class of 1905, Barbara Schieffelin Bosanquet established by a bequest from Dorothy N. Marshall, ’27. Ph.D. ’44, of Brookline Massachusetts. The fund shall be used to provide undergraduate financial aid. (1986) Virginia Loomis Schieffelin ’30, Barbara Schieffelin Powell ’62. The fund shall be used to provide faculty The Katharine E. McBride Endowed Scholarship Fund salaries or undergraduate financial aid. (1982) was established by a McBride alumna who offered The Minor W. Latham Scholarship Fund was established an anonymous challenge to alumnae and friends by a bequest from John C. Latham of New York City, of the McBride Program. A second challenge from brother of Minor W. Latham, a graduate student Susan Ahlstrom ’93 and Bill Ahlstrom helped complete during 1902-04. The fund shall be used to provide the challenge. The fund shall be used to provide undergraduate financial aid for a student studying undergraduate students in the McBride Program with English and residing in Virginia, North Carolina, South financial aid with preference given to sophomores, Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, juniors or seniors. (2001) Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky. (1984) The Katharine E. McBride Undergraduate Scholarship The Marguerite Lehr Scholarship Fund was established Fund was established by Gwen Davis ’54, of Beverly by an anonymous alumna in memory of Marguerite Hills, California. The fund shall be used to provide Lehr, Ph.D. ’23, and a member of the Bryn Mawr faculty undergraduate financial aid. (1970) from 1924 to 1967. The fund shall be used to provide undergraduate financial aid who have excelled in The Carol McMurtrie Scholarship Fund was established Mathematics. (1988) by Carol Cain McMurtrie ’66. The fund shall be used to provide undergraduate financial aid. (2007) The Jean Lucas Lenard ’59 Scholarship Fund was established by John and Jean Lucas to provide The Midwest Scholarship Endowment Fund was financial assistance to an undergraduate student with established by alumnae of District VII. The fund shall documented financial need who demonstrates the be used to provide undergraduate financial aid to highest academic promise and a personal commitment Midwestern students. (1974) to the values of Bryn Mawr College. This scholarship will provide support to a junior or senior pursuing a career in The Elinor Dodge Miller Scholarship Fund was biochemistry or molecular biology. (2011) established to provide undergraduate financial aid. (1985)
The Louise Steinhart Loeb Scholarship Fund was The Karen Lee Mitchell ’86 Scholarship Fund was established by the Louise and Henry Loeb Fund at established by Carolyn and Gary Mitchell in memory Community Funds, Inc. The fund shall be used to of their daughter, Karen. The purpose of the Fund is provide undergraduate financial aid. (2001) to provide scholarship support for students of English literature, with a special interest in women’s studies, a field The Vi and Paul Loo Scholarship Fund was established of particular concern to Karen Mitchell. The fund shall be by Violet Loo ’56 and Paul Loo to provide undergraduate used to provide undergraduate financial aid. (1992) financial aid with preference to students from Hawaii. (2007) The Jesse S. Moore Fund was established by Caroline Moore ’56 and her husband Peter “for post-college-age The Alice Low Lowry Fund for Undergraduate and women with financial need who have matriculated at Graduate Scholarships and Tuition Grants was Bryn Mawr from the Special Studies Program.” The fund established by family, friends and colleagues in memory shall be used to provide undergraduate financial aid. of Alice Low Lowry ’38 of Shaker Heights, Ohio. The (1982) fund shall be used to provide undergraduate and graduate financial aid. (1968) 34 Billing, Payment, and Financial Aid
The Mrs. Wistar Morris Japanese Scholarship was shall be used to provide undergraduate financial aid with established by the Japanese Scholarship Committee preference given to a student studying the sciences. of Philadelphia. The fund shall be used to provide (1978) undergraduate financial aid for Japanese students. (1978) The Julia Peyton Phillips Scholarship Fund was established in 1986 with a gift from the Fairfield County The Frank L. and Mina W. Neall Scholarship Fund was Community Foundation. Since that time, the fund established by the bequest of Adelaide W. Neall in has provided scholarship support for undergraduates memory of Miss Neall’s parents. The fund shall be used studying Latin, Greek, American History, or English. to provide undergraduate financial aid. (1957) The Vinton Liddell Pickens ’22 Scholarship Fund was The Bryn Mawr Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable established by Cornelia Pickens Suhler ’47 in memory Foundation was established by The Spaulding- of her mother. The fund shall be used to provide Potter Charitable Trusts, of Keene, New Hampshire undergraduate financial aid with preference to students through a challenge for alumnae of Bryn Mawr living with a major in Fine Arts or the Growth and Structure in New Hampshire. The fund shall be used to provide of Cities, or a concentration in Environmental Studies. undergraduate financial aid with preference to students (1995) from New Hampshire. (1964) The Louise Hyman Pollak Scholarship Fund was The Patricia McKnew Nielsen Scholarship Fund was established by a bequest from Louise Hyman Pollak established by Patricia McKnew Nielsen ’43. The fund 1908, of Cincinnati, Ohio. The fund shall be used to shall be used to provide undergraduate financial aid with provide undergraduate financial aid to a student from preference given to psychology majors. (1985) Cincinnati or the surrounding area. (1932)
The Jane M. Oppenheimer Scholarship Fund The Porter Scholarship Fund was established by Carol was established by a bequest from Dr. James H. Porter Carter ’60 and her mother, Mrs. Paul W. Porter, Oppenheimer, father of Jane Oppenheimer ’32, William for the establishment of a scholarship fund. The fund R. Kenan, Jr. Professor Emeritus of Biology and History shall be used to provide undergraduate financial aid to a of Science Department of Biology. The fund shall returning student. (1985) be used to provide undergraduate financial aid with preference given to Jewish Biology students. (1997) The Jean Seldomridge Price Memorial Scholarship Fund was established by a bequest from Jean S. Price The Jean Shaffer Oxtoby ’42 Memorial Scholarship ’41. The Fund shall be used to provide undergraduate Fund was established by her son, David Oxtoby. The financial aid. (2011) fund shall be used to provide undergraduate financial aid. (2010) The Patricia A. Quinn Scholarship Fund was established by Joseph J. Connolly has in honor of his wife, Patricia The Pacific Northwest Scholarship Fund was Quinn Connolly ’91. The fund shall be used to provide established to provide undergraduate financial aid to undergraduate financial aid for a student from a high students from the Pacific Northwest. (1976) school of the Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Should no graduate of the Archdiocesan school The Marie Hambalek Palm ’70 Memorial Scholarship system require financial aid in a given year, the Quinn Fund was established by Gregory Palm, together with Scholarship shall be awarded to a student with financial family and friends of his late wife, Marie Hambalek Palm need in the Katharine E. McBride Scholars Program, or ’70. The fund shall be used to provide undergraduate to another nontraditional-aged student at the College. financial aid. (1998) (1991)
The Margaret Tyler Paul Scholarship Fund was The Caroline Remak Ramsay Scholarship Fund was established by the Class of 1922 in honor of their established by Caroline Remak Ramsay, Class of 40th Reunion. The fund shall be used to provide 1925. The fund shall be used to provide undergraduate undergraduate financial aid. (1963) financial aid for undergraduate students in the social sciences. (1992) The Delia Avery Perkins Fund was established by a bequest from Delia Avery Perkins, Class of 1900, of The Maximilian and Reba E. Richter Scholarship Fund Montclair, New Jersey. The fund shall be used to provide was established by Charles Segal, Esq., attorney for undergraduate financial aid for freshman students from and one of the Trustees of the Estate of Max Richter, northern New Jersey. (1963) father of Helen R. Elser, Class of 1913. The fund shall be used to provide undergraduate financial aid to a The Mary DeWitt Pettit Scholarship was established by student from a New York City public high school or the Class of 1928 to honor their classmate. The fund college. (1961) Billing, Payment, and Financial Aid 35
The Alice Mitchell Rivlin Scholarship Fund was financial aid support for past W.W. Smith Scholarship established by an anonymous donor in honor of Alice recipients who have shown academic excellence and Mitchell Rivlin ’52. The fund shall be used to provide are beginning their senior year. The fund shall be used undergraduate financial aid. (1996) to provide undergraduate financial aid. (1986)
The Barbara Paul Robinson Scholarship Fund was The W.W. Smith Scholar Grants are made possible by established by Barbara Paul Robinson ’62. The fund the W.W. Smith Charitable Trust. The scholarships are shall be used to provide undergraduate financial aid awarded to needy, full-time undergraduate students in who demonstrates the highest academic promise, a good academic standing, and may be awarded to the determined spirit and a personal commitment to public same student for two or more years. (1978) service and the values of Bryn Mawr College. (2007) The C.V. Starr Scholarship Fund was established by The Serena Hand Savage Memorial Scholarship The Starr Foundation, of New York City. The fund shall Fund was established by family and friends of Serena be used to provide undergraduate financial aid. (1988) Hand Savage ’22, former President of the Alumnae Association in her memory. The fund shall be used to The Amy Sussman Steinhart Scholarship Fund was provide undergraduate financial aid for a Junior who established by the family of Amy Sussman Steinhart shows great distinction in scholarship and character, Class of 1902, of San Francisco. The fund shall be used and who may need assistance to finish her last two to provide undergraduate financial aid for a student from years of College. (1951) the Western states. (1932)
The Constance E. Schaar Memorial Fund was The Anna Lord Strauss Scholarship and Fellowship established by the parents, family, fellow students and Fund was established by the Ivy Fund, of which friends of Constance E. Schaar ’63, who died during the Anna Lord Strauss was the President. The fund shall year following her graduation. The fund shall be used to be used to provide undergraduate financial aid to provide undergraduate financial aid. (1964) students interested in public service or the process of government. (1976) The Joseph and Gertrude Schrot Scholarship Fund was established through a bequest from Gertrude S. Schrot The Solon E. Summerfield Foundation was established of Philadelphia. The fund shall be used to provide by Gray Struther ’54 to provide undergraduate financial financial aid to students of non-traditional age. (2010) aid. (1958)
The Mary Wilson Schwertz ’41 Scholarship Fund was The Elizabeth Prewitt Taylor Scholarship Fund was established by Mary Wilson Schwertz ’41. The fund established by a bequest from Elizabeth P. Taylor, shall be used to provide undergraduate financial aid with Class of 1921. The fund shall be used to provide preference for a student studying chemistry. (2011) undergraduate financial aid. (1960)
The Judith Harris Selig Fund was established by a The Dean Karen Tidmarsh ’71 Scholarship Fund was bequest from Judith Harris Selig ’57. Her friends and established by Sandra Berwind, M.A. ’61, Ph.D. ’68, family made additional gifts in her memory. The fund in honor of Dean Karen Tidmarsh ’71. Preference is shall be used to provide undergraduate financial aid. to be given to graduates of Philadelphia area public (1968) high schools. The fund shall be used to provide undergraduate financial aid. (2006) The Jacqueline Silbermann Scholarship Fund was established by Jacqueline Winter Silbermann ’59. The Marion B. Tinaglia Scholarship Fund was The fund shall be used to provide financial assistance established by John J. Tinaglia in memory of his wife, to matriculated students facing unexpected financial Edith Marion Brunt Tinaglia ’45. The fund shall be used hardship with documented financial need who to provide undergraduate financial aid. (1983) demonstrate the highest academic promise and a personal commitment to the values of Bryn Mawr The Kate Wendall Townsend Scholarship Fund was College. (2011) established by Katharine W. Sisson, Class of 1920, who died on July 6, 1978, in honor of her mother. The fund The Smalley Foundation, Inc. Scholarship was shall be used to provide undergraduate financial aid with established to provide undergraduate financial aid. preference for a student from New England who has Grant was made to Bryn Mawr in 1995 in honor of Elisa made a definite contribution to the life of the College in Dearhouse ’85. some way besides scholastic achievement. (1978)
The W.W. Smith Scholarship Prize is made possible The Hope Wearn Troxell Memorial Scholarship was by a grant from the W.W. Smith Charitable Trust for established by Southern California Alumnae in memory 36 Billing, Payment, and Financial Aid of Hope Wearn Troxell ’46. The fund shall be used to The Eliza Jane Watson Scholarship Fund was provide undergraduate financial aid to a student who established by the John Jay and Eliza Jane Watson has contributed responsibly to the life of the College Foundation. The fund shall be used to provide community. (1973) undergraduate financial aid. (1964)
The Suetse Li Tung ’50 and Mr. and Mrs. Sumin Li The Susan Opstad White ’58 Scholarship Fund was Scholarship Fund for International Students was established by Mrs. Raymond Opstad in honor of her established by Suetse Li Tung ’50. The fund shall daughter, Susan Opstad White. The fund shall be used be used to provide undergraduate financial aid for to provide undergraduate financial aid. (1987) international students, with preference for students from China. (2008) Benjamin and Jennifer Suh Whitfield Scholarship Fund was established by Benjamin and Jennifer Suh The Florence Green Turner Scholarship Fund was Whitfield ’98. This Fund provides financial assistance established to provide undergraduate financial aid. to an undergraduate student with documented financial (1991) need who demonstrates the highest academic promise and a personal commitment to the values of Bryn Mawr The UPS Endowment Fund Scholarship was established College. (2012) by the Foundation for Independent Colleges, Inc. The fund shall be used to provide undergraduate financial The Anita McCarter Wilbur Scholarship Fund was aid. (1997) established by a bequest from Anita McCarter Wilbur ’43, Kensington, Maryland, who died on March 28, The Anne Hawks Vaux Scholarship Fund was 1996. The fund shall be used to provide undergraduate established by George Vaux of Bryn Mawr, financial aid. (1996) Pennsylvania in memory of his wife, Anne Hawks Vaux ’35, M.A. ’41. The fund shall be used to provide The William H. Willis Endowed Scholarship Fund was undergraduate financial aid. (1979) established by Caroline C. Willis ’66 in memory of her father. The Fund provides scholarship support for The Nancy J. Vickers Global Scholars Fund recognizes undergraduate students, with preference for students Nancy’s leadership as Bryn Mawr’s seventh president from the South or students who are studying Classical by provid-ing students with financial assistance to study Studies. (2008) abroad for one semester. This Fund was established with gifts honoring her 2008 retirement. (2011) The Margaret W. Wright and S. Eric Wright Scholarship was established by a bequest from Margaret White The Mildred and Carl Otto Von Kienbusch Fund for Wright ’43, of Charleston, West Virginia. The fund Undergraduate Scholarships was established by a shall be used to provide undergraduate financial aid bequest from Carl Otto von Kienbusch of New York City, to students of Quaker lineage attending the College. husband of the late Mildred Pressinger von Kienbusch, (1985) Class of 1909. The fund shall be used to provide undergraduate financial aid. (1976) The D. Robert Yarnall Fund was established by a bequest from D. Robert Yarnall, of Chestnut Hill, The Julia Ward Scholarship Fund was established Philadelphia, who died on September 11, 1967. His by an anonymous friend in memory of Julia Ward, mother, Elizabeth Biddle Yarnall ’19, aunt Ruth Biddle Class of 1923. The scholarship is given in particular Penfield ’29 and daughter Kristina Yarnall-Sibinga ’83 recognition of Julia Ward’s understanding and sympathy are graduates of the College. The fund shall be used to for young students. The fund shall be used to provide provide undergraduate financial aid. (1967) undergraduate financial aid. (1963) The Nanar and Anthony Yoseloff Endowed Scholarship The Elizabeth Vogel Warren ’72 Scholarship was Fund was established by Nanar Tabrizi Yoseloff ’97 and established by Elizabeth Vogel Warren ’72. The fund her husband, Anthony Yoseloff. The fund shall be used shall be used to provide undergraduate financial aid. to provide undergraduate financial aid. (2009) (2008) International Funds The Betsy Frantz Havens Watkins ’61 Scholarship Fund was established in 2012 by Betsy Frantz The Ann Updegraff Allen ’42 and Ann T. Allen ’65 Havens Watkins ’61 and Charles Watkins. The fund Endowed Scholarship Fund was established by Ann shall be used to provide financial assistance to an Updegraff Allen ’42 and Ann T. Allen ’65 for students undergraduate student with documented financial need in good academic standing, with preference for who demonstrates the highest academic promise and international students. The fund shall be used to provide a personal commitment to the values of Bryn Mawr undergraduate financial aid. (2008) College. (2011) Requirements for the A.B. 37
The Frances Porcher Bowles Memorial Scholarship THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM Fund was established by relatives and friends in memory of Frances Porcher Bowles ’36. The fund shall The Curriculum be used to provide undergraduate financial aid for international students. (1985) The Bryn Mawr curriculum is designed to encourage breadth of learning and training in the fundamentals The Chinese Scholarship was established by Beatrice of scholarship in the first two years, and mature and MacGeorge, Class of 1901, M.A. ’21. The fund shall be sophisticated study in depth in a major program during used to provide undergraduate financial aid. (1929) the last two years. Its overall purpose is to challenge the student and prepare her for the lifelong pleasure The Lois Sherman Chope Scholarship Fund was and responsibility of educating herself and playing a established by Lois Sherman Chope ’49, through responsible role in contemporary society. The curriculum the Chope Foundation. The purpose of the Fund is encourages independence within a rigorous but flexible to provide undergraduate scholarship support for framework of divisional and major requirements. international students. (1992) The Bryn Mawr curriculum obtains further breadth The Elizabeth Dodge Clarke Fund was established by through institutional cooperation. Virtually all the Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation. The fund shall undergraduate courses and all major programs at Bryn be used to provide undergraduate financial aid for Mawr and Haverford Colleges are open to students from international students. (1984) both schools, greatly increasing the range of available subjects. With certain restrictions, full-time Bryn Mawr The Middle East Scholarship Fund was established students may also take courses at Swarthmore College, by Eliza Cope Harrison ’58, of Ann Arbor, Michigan. the University of Pennsylvania and Villanova University The purpose of the Fund will be to enable the College during the academic year without payment of additional to make scholarship awards to able students from a fees. number of Middle Eastern countries. While the countries have not been specifically named, it is expected that Iran and Turkey will be included. The fund shall be used Requirements for the A.B. Degree (for to provide undergraduate financial aid. (1975) students who matriculated prior to fall 2011) The Elizabeth G. Vermey Scholarship Fund was established by friends of Elizabeth G. Vermey ’58, who Thirty-two units of work are required for the A.B. degree. was the Director of Admissions at Bryn Mawr College These must include: from 1965 to 1995. The fund shall be used to provide One Emily Balch Seminar. undergraduate financial aid for an international student. One unit to meet the quantitative skills requirement. (2008) Work to demonstrate the required level of The Harris and Clare Wofford International Fund proficiency in foreign language. Scholarship was established to honor President Wofford Six units to meet the divisional requirements. and his commitment to international initiatives which he enthusiastically supported during his tenure at Bryn A major subject sequence. Mawr. (1978) Elective units of work to complete an undergraduate program.
In addition, all students must complete eight half- semesters of physical education, successfully complete a swim proficiency test and meet the residency requirement.
Emily Balch Seminar Requirement
The aim of the Emily Balch Seminar is to engage students in careful examination of fundamental issues and debates. By encouraging focused discussion and cogent writing, the seminars help prepare students for a modern world that demands critical thinking both within and outside of the frameworks of particular disciplines. Students who matriculated prior to the fall 38 Requirements for the A.B. of 2009 complete one College Seminar to satisfy this a global perspective across academic disciplines, requirement. Students who matriculate in the fall of cognitive insights into the workings of language 2009 or thereafter complete one Emily Balch Seminar systems, and alternative models of perceiving and to satisfy this requirement. Students must attain a grade processing human experience. of 2.0 or higher in the seminar in order to satisfy this requirement. Before the start of the senior year, each student must have demonstrated knowledge of one foreign language Quantitative Requirement by:
Before the start of the senior year, each student must • Passing a proficiency test offered by the College have demonstrated competence in college-level every spring and fall or mathematics or quantitative skills by: Attaining a score of at least 690 in a language Passing with an honor grade an Advanced achievement test of the College Entrance Placement, International Baccalaureate (higher Examination Board, or by passing with an honor level) or A-level examination in mathematics or grade an Advanced Placement, International Passing one course (1 unit) with a grade of at least Baccalaureate (higher level) or A-level test or 2.0 from those designated with a “Q”in the Tri-Co Completing at the College two courses (two units) Course Guide. above the elementary level with an average grade of at least 2.0 or a grade of at least 2.0 in the The purpose of the quantitative requirement is to second course or provide the Bryn Mawr graduate with the competence For a non-native speaker of English who has to evaluate and manage the wide array of information demonstrated proficiency in her native language, underlying many of the decisions she will make as an one College Seminar and one writing-intensive individual and as a member of society. The range of course. potentially useful quantitative skills is extensive and cannot be covered by any individual course. However, a single course can give the student an appreciation of Divisional Requirements the value of quantitative analysis as well as increase the facility and confidence with which she uses quantitative Before the start of the senior year, each student must skills in her later academic, professional and private have completed, with grades of 2.0 or higher, two roles. units in the social sciences (Division I), two units in the natural sciences and mathematics (Division II), A course meeting the quantitative requirement will and two units in the humanities (Division III). Courses provide the student with the skills to estimate and check satisfying these requirements are marked “I,” “II,”or answers to quantitative problems in order to determine “III” in the Tri-Co Course Guide. Courses identified as reasonableness, identify alternatives and select optimal interdivisional, e.g. “I or III,” may be used by a student results. Such a course is designed to help students to satisfy either one—but not both—of the appropriate develop a coherent set of quantitative skills that become divisional requirements. Only one of the two units used progressively more sophisticated and can be transferred to satisfy any divisional requirement may be such an to other contexts. In all cases, courses meeting the interdivisional course. quantitative requirement will have rigor consistent with the academic standards of the department(s) in which At least one required unit in Division II must be a they are located. laboratory course, designated “IIL” in the Tri-Co Course Guide. One unit of performance in music, dance or Students who matriculated in the fall of 2002 or theater or one unit of studio art may be used to fulfill thereafter may count a single course or exam towards one of the two course requirements in the humanities. both the quantitative requirement and a divisional A student may not use courses in her major subject to requirement, so long as that course is identified as Q satisfy requirements in more than one division, unless and Division I, II, or III in the Tri-Co Course Guide. the courses are cross-listed in other departments. Only one of the two units used to satisfy any divisional requirement may be fulfilled by tests such as the Foreign Language Requirement Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate or A Bryn Mawr recognizes the inherent intellectual value levels taken on work done before entering Bryn Mawr. and fundamental societal importance of acquiring a level of proficiency in the use of one or more foreign The goal of the divisional requirements is to increase languages. The study of foreign languages serves a the breadth and variety of the student’s intellectual number of convergent curricular and student interests, experience at the College. The divisions represented in including the appreciation of cultural differences, these requirements describe not only different aspects Requirements for the A.B. 39 of human experience, but also characteristic methods Mathematical Reasoning Requirement (preceded of approach. Although any division of knowledge is by the successful completion of the Quantitative imperfect, the current divisions—the social sciences, Readiness Assessment or Quantitative Readiness the natural sciences and mathematics, and the Seminar) humanities—have the advantage of being specific while Two units to satisfy the Foreign Language still broad enough to allow the student a good deal of Requirement. flexibility in planning her coursework. Four units to meet the Distribution Requirement. Social Sciences (Division I) A major subject sequence. Elective units of work to complete an undergraduate The social sciences are concerned with human social program. behavior; the motivations, institutions and processes that shape this behavior; and the outcomes of this behavior for different groups and individuals. Areas In addition, all students must complete six half- of inquiry include such wide-ranging topics as policy- semesters of physical education, including wellness, making, cultural change, revolutions, poverty and successfully complete a swim proficiency requirement wealth, generational conflict and international relations. and meet the residency requirement. The social sciences provide the student with a set of theoretical frameworks with which to organize her Students will normally satisfy the following requirements analysis of these substantive areas. At the same time, (the Emily Balch Seminar, the Quantitative and they offer a set of methodological tools with which to test Mathematical Reasoning Requirement, the Foreign empirically—in the uncontrolled laboratory of the real Language Requirement, and the Distribution world—the hypotheses that these frameworks generate. Requirement) with courses taken while in residence at Bryn Mawr during the academic year. Students may use credits transferred from other institutions to satisfy Natural Sciences and Mathematics these requirements only with prior approval. AP, A level, (Division II) or IB credits may not be used to satisfy the distribution requirement, although they would allow a student to Knowledge of the physical world is a fundamental part place into a more advanced course representing the of human experience; understanding the workings same Approach. of nature is essential to our lives. To achieve this understanding, the student should be familiar with the concepts and techniques of the natural sciences as Emily Balch Seminar Requirement well as mathematics, the language of science. This The aim of the Emily Balch Seminar is to engage understanding must go beyond a knowledge of scientific students in careful examination of fundamental issues facts to include a facility with the scientific method and and debates. By encouraging focused discussion and the techniques of scientific inquiry, logical reasoning and cogent writing, the seminars help prepare students for a clear exposition of results. modern world that demands critical thinking both within and outside of the frameworks of particular disciplines. Humanities (Division III) Students must attain a grade of 2.0 or higher in the seminar in order to satisfy this requirement. The humanities encompass the histories, philosophies, religions and arts of different cultural groups, as well as the various theoretical and practical modes of their Quantitative and Mathematical investigation and evaluation. In humanities courses, the Reasoning Requirement student creates and/or interprets many different kinds of artifacts, compositions, monuments, and texts that are Each student must demonstrate the application of the and have been valued by human cultures throughout quantitative skills needed to succeed in her professional the world. and personal life as well as many social and natural science courses by either a) a satisfactory score on the Quantitative Readiness Assessment offered before Requirements for the A.B. Degree (for the start of the freshman year, or b) completing a students who matriculated in the fall of Quantitative Readiness Seminar with a grade of 2.0 or 2011 or later) higher during the freshman year.
Thirty-two units of work are required for the A.B. degree. In addition, each student must complete, with a grade These must include: of 2.0 or higher, before the start of her senior year, one course which makes significant use of at least one of One Emily Balch Seminar. the following: mathematical reasoning and analysis, One unit to meet the Quantitative and 40 Requirements for the A.B. statistical analysis, quantitative analysis of data or 2. Critical Interpretation (CI): critically interpreting computational modeling. Courses that satisfy this works, such as texts, objects, artistic creations and requirement are designated “QM” in course catalogs performances, through a process of close-reading. and guides. These courses engage students in the practice of interpreting the meanings of texts, objects, artistic A student cannot use the same course to meet both the creations, or performances (whether one’s own or the QM and distribution requirements. A student may use work of others) through “close-reading” of those works. credits transferred from other institutions to satisfy these requirements only with prior approval. 3. Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC): analyzing the variety of societal systems and patterns of behavior across Foreign Language Requirement space.
Before the start of the senior year, each student must These courses encourage the student’s engagement complete, with a grade of 2.0 or higher, two units of foreign with communities and cultures removed from her own. language. Courses that fulfill this requirement must be Using the tools, methodologies and practices that inform taught in the foreign language; they cannot be taught our scholarship, students will develop a clearer and in translation. Students may fulfill the requirement by richer sense of what it means to analyze or interpret completing two sequential semester-long courses in one a human life or community within a “culture.” A central language, either at the elementary level or, depending goal is to overcome the tendency to think that our own on the result of their language placement test, at the culture is the only one that matters. intermediate level. A student who is prepared for advanced work may complete the requirement instead with two 4. Inquiry into the Past (IP): inquiring into the advanced free-standing semester-long courses in the development and transformation of human experience foreign language(s) in which she is proficient. Non-native over time. speakers of English may choose to satisfy all or part of this requirement by coursework in English literature. These courses encourage the student to engage intellectually with peoples, communities, and polities Distribution Requirement existing in a different historical context. Using the tools, methodologies and practices that inform our The student’s course of study in the major provides the scholarship, students will develop a clearer and richer opportunity to acquire a depth of disciplinary knowledge. sense of what it means to analyze or interpret a human In order to ensure exposure to a broad range of life or community in the past. The aim is to have frameworks of knowledge and modes of analysis, the students view cultures, peoples, polities, events, and College has a distribution requirement that directs institutions on their own terms, rather than through the the student to engage in studies across a variety of lens of the present. fields, exposes her to emerging areas of scholarship, and prepares her to live in a global society and within These Approaches are not confined to any particular diverse communities. The aim of this distribution department or discipline. Each course that satisfies requirement is to provide a structure to ensure a robust the distribution requirement will focus on one (or intellectual complement to the student’s disciplinary possibly two) of these Approaches. The distribution work in the major. classifications can be found in the course guide, and students should work with their deans and advisers to Before the start of the senior year, each student must craft their course plan. Although some courses may be have completed, with grades of 2.0 or higher, one unit in classified as representing more than one Approach to each of the following Approaches to Inquiry: Inquiry, a student may use any given course to satisfy only one of the four Approaches. 1. Scientific Investigation (SI):understanding the natural world by testing hypotheses against Only one course within the major department may be observational evidence. used to satisfy both the distribution requirement and the requirements of the major. No more than one course in These are courses in which the student engages in any given department may be used to satisfy distribution the observational and analytical practices that aim requirements. at producing causal understandings of the natural world. They engage students in the process of making THE MAJOR observations or measurements and evaluating their consistency with models, hypotheses or other accounts In order to ensure that a student’s education involves of the natural world. In most, but not all, cases this will not simply exposure to many disciplines but also some involve participation in a laboratory experience and will degree of mastery in at least one, she must choose an go beyond describing the process of model testing or area to be the focus of her work in the last two years at the knowledge that comes from scientific investigation. the College. Requirements for the A.B. 41
The following is a list of major subjects. No student may choose to major in a subject in which Anthropology she has incurred a failure, or in which her average is below 2.0. Astronomy (Haverford College) Biology A student may double major with the consent of both major departments and of her dean, but she Chemistry should expect to complete all requirements for both Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology major subjects. Even when a double major has been Classical Culture and Society approved, scheduling conflicts may occur which make it impossible for a student to complete the plan. Classical Languages Students may choose to major in any department Comparative Literature at Haverford College, in which case they must meet the major requirements of Haverford College and the Computer Science degree requirements of Bryn Mawr College. Procedures East Asian Studies for selecting a Haverford major are available from the Economics Haverford Dean’s Office at all times and are sent to all sophomores in the early spring. English Fine Arts (Haverford College) Please note that Bryn Mawr students who choose to major at Haverford must hand in their major work plans French and Francophone Studies to the Bryn Mawr Dean’s Office. If double-majoring with Geology one department at Haverford and the other at Bryn German and German Studies Mawr, a Bryn Mawr student should fill out the Bryn Mawr double-major work plan and ask the Haverford Greek department if she needs to fill out the Haverford form Growth and Structure of Cities as well. If she does, the Haverford form still needs to be brought to the Bryn Mawr Dean’s Office. History History of Art Every student working for an A.B. degree is expected Italian to maintain grades of 2.0 or higher in all courses in her major subject. A student who receives a grade below 2.0 International Studies in a course in her major is reported to the Committee Latin on Academic Standing and may be required to change her major. If, at the end of her junior year, a student Linguistics (Tri-College Major) has a major-subject grade point average below 2.0, Linguistics and Languages (Tri-College Major) she must change her major. If she has no alternative major, she will be excluded from the College. A student Mathematics who is excluded from the College is not eligible for Music (Haverford College) readmission. Philosophy A student with unusual interest or preparation in Physics several areas can consider an independent major, a Political Science double major, a major with a minor, or a major with an interdisciplinary concentration. Such programs can be Psychology arranged by consulting the dean and members of the Religion (Haverford College) departments concerned. Romance Languages Each department sets its own standards and criteria for Russian honors in the major, with the approval of the Curriculum Sociology Committee. Students should see departments for details. Spanish
Each student must declare her major subject before the The Independent Major Program end of the sophomore year. The declaration process The Independent Major Program is designed for involves consulting with the departmental adviser and students whose interests cannot be accommodated by completing a major work plan. The student then submits an established departmental major. An independent the major work plan to her dean. major is a rigorous, coherent and structured plan of 42 Requirements for the A.B. study involving courses from the introductory through Supporting letters from the two faculty advisers, the advanced level in a recognized field within the liberal discussing the academic merits of the independent arts. Independent majors must be constructed largely major work plan and the student’s ability to from courses offered at Bryn Mawr and Haverford complete it. Colleges. A letter from the student’s dean regarding her
maturity and independence. The following is a list of some recent independent majors: A copy of the student’s transcript, which will be
Creative Writing supplied by the Dean’s Office.
Dance The Independent Majors Committee, composed of four Feminist and Gender Studies faculty members, two students and one dean, evaluates Medieval Studies the proposals on a case-by-case basis. Their decisions are final. The fact that a particular topic was approved in • Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies the past is no guarantee that it will be approved again. Theater The committee considers the following issues:
Students interested in the Independent Major Program Is the proposed independent major appropriate should attend the informational teas and meet within the context of a liberal arts college? with Assistant Dean Raima Evan in the fall of their Could the proposed independent major be sophomore year. In designing an independent major, accommodated instead by an established major? students must enlist two faculty members to serve as advisers. One, who acts as director of the program, Does the proposal effectively articulate the must be a member of the Bryn Mawr faculty; the other intellectual issues the major will investigate and the may be a member of either the Bryn Mawr or Haverford role each course will play in this inquiry? faculty. To propose an independent major, students Does the student possess the intellectual depth must submit completed applications by the following necessary to investigate those issues? deadlines: Are the proposed courses expected to be offered • the end of the first week of classes in the spring of over the next two years? the sophomore year (for students hoping to study abroad during one or two semesters of the junior Will faculty members be available for consistent and year), or good advising? the end of the fourth week of classes in the spring Does the student’s record indicate likely success in of the sophomore year (for students planning to the proposed independent major? remain at Bryn Mawr throughout the junior year), or If the committee approves the proposed major and the end of the fourth week of classes in the fall of its title, the student declares an independent major. the junior year (for juniors) The committee continues to monitor the progress of students who have declared independent majors and The application for an independent major consists of the must approve, along with the advisers, any changes following components: in the program. A grade of 2.0 or higher is required for A proposal developed in conversation with the all courses in the independent major. If this standard advisers that describes the student’s reasons for is not met, the student must change immediately to a designing the independent major and explains why departmental major. her interests cannot be accommodated by a related departmental or interdepartmental an established Physical Education Requirement major or a combination of an established major, minor, and/or concentration. The proposal should The Department of Athletics, Physical Education (P.E.), identify the key intellectual questions her major will and Recreation (the Department) affirms the College’s address and explain how each proposed course long standing commitment towards excellence in all contributes to the exploration of those questions. areas of growth and development. The Department’s current programming allows opportunities to promote An independent major work plan of 11 to 14 self-awareness, confidence, skill development, and courses, at least seven of which must be taken at habits that contribute towards a healthy lifestyle. Bryn Mawr or Haverford. The plan will include up to Specific curricula towards this mission, through two courses at the 100 level and at least four at the Intercollegiate Athletics, Physical Education, Wellness, 300 or 400 level, including at least one semester of and Recreation, are designed to educate the current a senior project or thesis (403). student and enhance the quality of campus life. Requirements for the A.B. 43
Class of 2014 (students matriculating prior to Residency Requirement August 2011): Students matriculating prior to August 2011 are required Each student must complete six full-time semesters and to complete 8 P.E. credits through the Department. earn a minimum of 24 academic units while in residence Credits for P.E. may be earned through completion of at Bryn Mawr. These may include courses taken at Freshman Wellness, Swim Requirement, P.E. classes, Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges and the University Dance Classes (not taken for Academic Credit), Athletic of Pennsylvania during the academic year. Exceptions Participation, Special Topics, and Independent Study to this requirement for transfer students entering as (by pre-approval only). For specifics on credit allocation second-semester sophomores or juniors are considered and polices regarding what programs satisfy P.E. at the time of matriculation. requirements, students and advisors are encouraged to reference the Physical Education Website: http:// The senior year must be spent in residence. Seven of athletics.brynmawr.edu/information/physical_education/ the last 16 units must be earned in residence. Students requirements#13 do not normally spend more than the equivalent of four years completing the work of the A.B. degree. Class of 2015, 2016, and 2017 (students matriculating on or after August 2011): Exceptions Students matriculating on or after August 2011 are required to complete 6 P.E. credits through the All requests for exceptions to the above regulations Department. Students will complete 3 P.E. credits are presented to the Special Cases Subcommittee of through what are considered the Core Requirements. the Committee on Academic Standing for approval. Students must complete Freshman Wellness during Normally, a student consults her dean and prepares a their first Fall semester at Bryn Mawr. They must also written statement to submit to the committee. complete the Swim Proficiency Requirement by either passing the swim proficiency test or by completing a swim class at Bryn Mawr College. The remaining 3 P.E. Credits will be completed through the General Requirements, where students have a variety of options for P.E. credit including P.E. Classes, Dance Classes (provided they’re not taken for academic credit), Varsity Athletics (annual max), Club Sport (annual max), Special Topics, and Independent Study (by pre-approval only). Students are expected to complete all aspects of the P.E. requirement before Spring Break of their sophomore year. Failure to meet these expectations will affect a student’s position in the following year room draw, may affect their eligibility for Study Abroad, and will be reported to the Dean’s office. http://athletics.brynmawr.edu/information/physical_ education/requirements#15
McBride and Transfer Students: For the purposes of the P.E. Requirement, McBride students are considered as either Sophomore or Junior transfer students; depending on their academic requirements. All transfers must demonstrate Swim Proficiency by either completing the Swim Proficiency Test or by completing a Swim Class at Bryn Mawr College. Sophomore transfer students must also complete 3 credits of P.E. from the General Requirements. Junior transfer students must complete 1 credit of P.E. from the General Requirements. For specifics on credit allocation and polices regarding what programs satisfy P.E. requirements, students and advisors are encouraged to reference the Physical Education Website: http://athletics.brynmawr.edu/ information/physical_education/requirements#mcbride 44 Academic Regulations
ACADEMIC REGULATIONS Students may not take any courses in their major under the CR/NC option, but they may use it to take Registration courses towards the College Seminar, Emily Balch Seminar, Quantitative, Quantitative and Mathematical Each semester all Bryn Mawr students preregister for Reasoning, Divisional, Distribution or Foreign Language the next semester’s courses in consultation with their Requirements. While all numerical grades of 1.0 or deans or faculty advisers. Once a student has selected better will be recorded on the transcript as CR, the a major, she must instead consult her major adviser. registrar will keep a record of whether the course Failure to preregister appropriately results in a $15 fine. meets the 2.0 minimum needed to count towards a requirement. It is the student’s responsibility to consult Students must then confirm their registration with the her Requirements Report to confirm whether she earned deans on the announced days at the beginning of each a grade high enough to satisfy a requirement. semester. Failure to confirm registration results in a $25 fine. Students wishing to take a semester-long course CR/ NC must sign the registrar’s register by the end of the Students normally carry a complete program of four sixth week of classes. The deadline for half-semester courses (four units) each semester. Requests for courses is the end of the third week of the half- exceptions must be presented to the student’s dean. semester. No student is permitted to sign up for CR/ Students may not register for more than five courses NC after these deadlines. Students who wish to register (five units) per semester. Requests for more than five for CR/NC for year-long courses in which grades are units are presented to the Special Cases Subcommittee given at the end of each semester must register CR/ of the Committee on Academic Standing for approval. NC in each semester because CR/NC registration does not automatically continue into the second semester in those courses. Haverford students taking Bryn Mawr Credit/No Credit Option courses must register for CR/NC at the Haverford A student may take four units over four years, not more Registrar’s Office. than one in any semester, under the Credit/No Credit (CR/NC) option. A student registered for five courses is Course Options not permitted a second CR/NC registration. Some courses, including many introductory survey Transfer students may take one CR/NC unit for each courses, are designed as two-semester sequences, but year they spend at Bryn Mawr, based on class year at students may take either semester without the other entrance. and receive credit for the course. There are, however, a very few courses designed as year-long, two-semester A student registered for a course under either the sequences that require students to complete the second graded or the CR/NC option is considered a regular semester in order to retain credit for the first semester. member of the class and must meet all the academic Such courses are designated in each department’s commitments of the course on schedule. The instructor course list. Students must have the permission of the is not notified of the student’s CR/NC registration professor to receive credit for only one semester of such because this information should in no way affect the a course. student’s responsibilities in the course. Most departments allow students to pursue independent Faculty members submit numerical grades for all study as supervised work, provided that a professor students in their courses. For students registered CR/ agrees to supervise the work. Students pursuing NC, the registrar converts numerical grades of 1.0 and independent study usually register for a course in that above to CR and the grade of 0.0 to NC. Numerical department numbered 403 and entitled “Supervised equivalents of CR grades are available to each student Work,” unless the department has another numerical from the registrar, but once the CR/NC option is elected, designation for independent study. Students should the grade is converted to its numerical equivalent on consult with their deans if there are any questions the transcript only if the course becomes part of the regarding supervised work. student’s major. Students may audit courses with the permission of the When a course is taken under the CR/NC option, the instructor, if space is available in the course. There grade submitted by the faculty member is not factored are no extra charges for audited courses, and they are into the student’s grade point average. However, that not listed on the transcript. Students may not register grade is taken into consideration when determining the to take the course for credit after the stated date for student’s eligibility for magna cum laude and summa Confirmation of Registration. cum laude distinctions Academic Regulations 45
Some courses are designated as limited enrollment written work or beyond the exam period are necessary, in the Tri-Co Course Guide. The Tri-Co Course Guide the student must be in compliance with both Bryn Mawr provides details about restrictions. If consent of the and Haverford regulations. instructor is required, the student is responsible for securing permission. If course size is limited, the final To register for a Swarthmore course, a student must course list is determined by lottery. Only those students take a signed permission form from her dean to the who have preregistered for a course will be considered Swarthmore Registrar’s Office in Parrish Hall. After for a lottery. obtaining the registrar’s signature, the student must return the form to the Bryn Mawr Dean’s Office. In Students who confirm their registration for five courses addition to obtaining approval from the Swarthmore may drop one course through the third week of the registrar, the student must also obtain the instructor’s semester. After the third week, students taking five signature on a Swarthmore form. courses are held to the same standards and calendars as students enrolled in four courses. Bryn Mawr students may register for up to two liberal arts courses a semester in the College of Arts and No student may withdraw from a course after Sciences or the College of General Studies at the confirmation of registration, unless it is a fifth course University of Pennsylvania, on a space-available basis, dropped as described above. Exceptions to this provided that the course does not focus on material regulation may be made jointly by the instructor and that is covered by courses at Bryn Mawr or Haverford. the appropriate dean only in cases when the student’s Scheduling problems are not considered an adequate ability to complete the course is seriously impaired reason for seeking admission to a course at Penn. due to unforeseen circumstances beyond her control. The decision to withdraw from a Bryn Mawr course In order to register for a course at Penn, the student must take place before the final work for the course is should consult the Penn Course Guide, fill out a Penn due. If the course is at Haverford College, Haverford’s registration form which is available on the Bryn Mawr deadlines apply. registrar’s home page, obtain her dean’s signature, and submit the completed form to the Bryn Mawr Registrar’s Half-Semester Courses Office. If the Penn Course Guide indicates that permission of the instructor is required for enrollment Some departments offer half-credit, half-semester in a course, the student is responsible for securing courses that run for seven weeks on a normal class this permission. Bryn Mawr students must meet all schedule. These courses, which are as in-depth and as Penn deadlines for dropping and adding courses and fast-paced as full semester courses, provide students must make arrangements for variations in academic with an opportunity to sample a wider variety of fields calendars. Note that Bryn Mawr students cannot shop and topics as they explore the curriculum (see Focus Penn classes. Students should consult their deans Courses in “Academic Opportunities”). Note that half- if they have any questions about Penn courses or semester courses follow slightly different registration registration procedures. deadlines as full semester courses. Bryn Mawr juniors and seniors may take one course Cooperation with Neighboring per semester in the College of Arts and Sciences at Villanova University on a space-available basis, Institutions provided that the course is not offered at Bryn Mawr or Haverford. If the course is fully enrolled, Bryn Mawr Full-time students at Bryn Mawr may register for students can be admitted only with the permission of courses at Haverford, Swarthmore and the University the Villanova instructor. This exchange is limited to of Pennsylvania during the academic year without superior students for work in their major or in an allied payment of additional fees according to the procedures field. Students must have permission of both their major outlined below. This arrangement does not apply to adviser and their dean. summer programs. Credit toward the Bryn Mawr degree (including the residency requirement) is granted for Courses at Villanova may be taken only for full grade such courses with the approval of the student’s dean, and credit; Bryn Mawr students may not elect Villanova’s and grades are included in the calculation of the grade pass/fail option for a Villanova course. Credits earned point average. Bryn Mawr also has a limited exchange at Villanova are treated as transfer credits; the grades program with Villanova University. are not included in the student’s grade point average, and these courses do not count toward the residency Students register for Haverford courses in exactly the requirement. same manner as they do for Bryn Mawr courses, and throughout most of the semester will follow Bryn Mawr In order to register for a course at Villanova, the student procedures. If extensions beyond the deadline for should consult the Villanova Course Guide, and obtain 46 Academic Regulations a registration form to be signed by her major adviser a date after the conclusion of the examination period, and returned to the Dean’s Office. The Dean’s Office she must take the examination at the next Deferred forwards all registration information to Villanova; Examination Period. students do not register at Villanova. Students enrolled in a course at Villanova are subject to Villanova’s Within the semester, the instructor in each course is regulations and must meet all Villanova deadlines responsible for setting the date when all written reports, regarding dropping/adding, withdrawal and completion essays, critical papers and laboratory reports are due. of work. It is the student’s responsibility to make The instructor may grant permission for extensions arrangements for variations in academic calendars. within the semester; the written permission of the dean Students should consult their deans if they have any is not required. Instructors may ask students to inform questions about Villanova courses or registration their dean of the extension or may themselves inform procedures. the dean that they have granted an extension.
Bryn Mawr students enrolled in courses at Swarthmore, Two deadlines are important to keep in mind when the University of Pennsylvania, or Villanova are subject planning for the end of the semester. Assignments due to the regulations of these institutions. It is the student’s during the semester proper must be handed in by 5 p.m. responsibility to inform herself about and to remain in on the last day of written work, which is the last day of compliance with these regulations as well as with Bryn classes. Final exams or final papers written in lieu of Mawr regulations. exams must be handed in by 12:30 p.m. on the last day of the exam period. Note that the exam period ends Conduct of Courses earlier for seniors. These deadlines are noted on the registrar’s website. Regular attendance at classes is expected. Responsibility for attendance—and for learning the During the course of the semester, if a student is unable instructor’s standards for attendance—rests solely to complete her work for reasons she cannot control, with each student. Absences for illness or other she should contact her professor in advance of the urgent reasons are excused, and it is the student’s deadline, if at all possible, to request an extension. responsibility to contact her instructors and, if necessary, Extensions are generally not given after a deadline has her dean, in a timely fashion to explain her absence. already passed. The student should consult her instructors about making up the work. If it seems probable to the dean that a Requests for extensions that go into the exam period student’s work may be seriously handicapped by the or beyond involve conversations between the student, length of her absence, the dean may require the student professor, and dean. A student should contact both to withdraw from a course or from the entire semester. her professor and her dean before the due date of the assignment in question. The dean and the professor Quizzes, Examinations and Extensions must agree to all terms of the extension. Normally, the dean will support such an extension only if the delay Announced quizzes—written tests of an hour or less— results from circumstances beyond a student’s control, are given at intervals throughout most courses. The such as illness or family or personal emergency. Once number of quizzes and their length are determined the terms of the extension are agreed upon, the dean by the instructor. Unannounced quizzes may also fills out an extension form, which is then submitted to be included in the work of any course. If a student is the registrar. absent without previous excuse from a quiz, she may be penalized at the discretion of the instructor. The If the instructor has not received a student’s work by weight is decided by the instructor. If a student has been the end of the exam period, the instructor will submit a excused from a quiz because of illness or some other grade of Incomplete if an extension has been agreed emergency, a make-up quiz is often arranged. upon. An Incomplete is a temporary grade. Once the student submits her work, the Incomplete will be An examination is required of all students in replaced by the numerical grade which is the student’s undergraduate courses, except when the work for final grade in the class. the course is satisfactorily tested by other means. If a student fails to appear at the proper time for a self- If a student does not meet the date set in her extension, scheduled, scheduled or deferred examination, or fails and does not request and receive a further extension, to return a take-home exam, she is counted as having the instructor is required to submit a final grade. failed the examination. When official extensions are not received by the registrar from the dean, and the instructor submits a A student may have an examination deferred by grade of Incomplete or fails to submit a grade, that her dean only in the case of illness or some other grade is temporarily recorded on the transcript as an emergency. When the deferral means postponement to Unauthorized Incomplete. No grade, except a failure, Academic Regulations 47 can be recorded in place of an Unauthorized Incomplete The Merit Rule requires that a student attain grades without an extension or other appropriate action taken of 2.0 or higher in at least one half of the total number jointly by the student’s dean and instructor. of courses taken while at Bryn Mawr. Courses from which the student has withdrawn are not considered. Seniors must submit all written work and complete Covered grades for courses which the student elects exams by 5 p.m. on the Saturday before senior grades to take Credit / No Credit are considered. She may be are due in the Registrar’s Office. Extensions beyond excluded from the College at the close of any semester that deadline cannot be granted to any senior who in which she has failed to meet this requirement and is expects to graduate that year. automatically excluded if more than one-half of her work falls below 2.0 at the close of her junior year. A student Specific dates for all deadlines are published who is excluded from the College is not eligible for and circulated by the registrar. It is the student’s readmission. responsibility to inform herself of these dates. The Standard of Work in the Major requires that every Grading and Academic Record student working for an A.B. degree maintain grades of 2.0 or higher in all courses in her major subject. No student may choose as her major subject one in which Grading Letter Grade Explanation she has received a grade below 1.0 or one in which Scale Equivalent her average is below 2.0. A student receiving a grade 4.0 A MERIT below 2.0 in any course in her major subject (including 3.7 A- a course taken at another institution) is reported to the Merit grades range from Committee on Academic Standing. After consulting 3.3 B+ 4.0 (outstanding) to 2.0 (sat- with her major department, the Committee may require 3.0 B isfactory). Courses in which her to change her major. At the end of the junior year, students earn merit grades 2.7 B- a student having a major subject average below 2.0 can be used to satisfy the 2.3 C+ must change her major. If she has no alternative major, major and curricular require- she is excluded from the College and is not eligible for 2.0 C ments. readmission. 1.7 C- 1.3 D+ PASSING Repeated Failure: A student who has incurred a grade of 0.0 or NC following a previous 0.0 or NC will be 1.0 D reported to the Committee on Academic Standing. 0.0 F FAILING Deterioration of Work: A student whose work meets Once reported to the registrar, a grade may be altered these specific standards but whose record has by the faculty member who originally submitted the deteriorated (for example, who has earned two or more grade, or by the department or program chair on behalf grades below merit) will be reported to the Committee of the absent faculty member, by submitting a change- on Academic Standing. of-grade form with a notation of the reason for the change. Once reported to the registrar, no grade may be 2. Quantitative Measures for Satisfactory Progress changed after one year except by vote of the faculty. 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Satisfactory Academic Progress Students may request exceptions to these quantitative measures by petitioning their deans or the Special The following guidelines regarding satisfactory Cases Subcommittee of the Committee on Academic academic progress meet the standards set by the Standing. Only the records of those students who fail to Faculty of Bryn Mawr College and those mandated by meet these standards or to secure an exception will be the Department of Education. reviewed at the close of the semester by the Committee on Academic Standing (CAS). Upon review, students 1.Qualitative Measures for Satisfactory Progress must meet the requirements set by CAS in order to toward the Degree: Academic Standard of Work regain good standing at the college.
At the close of every semester, the Committee on Units: Academic Standing (CAS) reviews the records of all students who have failed to meet the college’s academic Thirty-two units are required to complete the A.B. standard of work. The record of any student who degree. Students normally carry a complete program has received a grade below 2.0 in a course might be of four courses (four units) each semester and are reviewed (see below). Upon review, students must meet expected to complete the full-time course of study in the requirements set by CAS in order to regain good eight enrolled semesters. A student may register for 3.0, standing at the college. 48 Academic Regulations
3.5, 4.5 or 5.0 units per semester with the approval of Committee on Academic Standing. her dean. To enroll in 5.5 units, she must also secure Before the start of the junior year, all students who the permission of the Special Cases Subcommittee of matriculated in August 2011 or later must have the Committee on Academic Standing. completed the physical education requirement. At the end of her fourth semester, any student who has failed Pace: to meet this expectation must petition the Department of Athletics for an exception. Students who are not granted Full-time students must earn a minimum of fifteen units an exception will be brought to the attention of the before the start of the junior year. These units may Committee on Academic Standing. include transfer credits. At the end of her second, third or fourth semester, any student who is unable to present Before the start of the senior year, all students must to her dean a viable plan to meet this expectation have completed all remaining requirements, including must petition the Special Cases Subcommittee of the the distribution, foreign language and quantitative Committee on Academic Standing for an exception. requirements, and for students who matriculated prior Students who are not granted an exception will be to August 2011, the physical education requirement. brought to the attention of the Committee on Academic At the end of her sixth semester, any student who is Standing. unable to present to her dean a viable plan to meet this expectation must petition the Special Cases All students must be on pace to complete the A.B. Subcommittee of the Committee on Academic Standing degree within 150% of the standard thirty-two units. To for an exception. Students who are not granted meet these guidelines, students must complete at least an exception will be brought to the attention of the 67% of all courses attempted in any single semester Committee on Academic Standing. and at least 67% cumulatively. Courses in which a student has earned the following grades for any reason, 3. Procedure: The Committee on Academic Standing including non-attendance, will count as units attempted (CAS) but not completed: W (withdrawal), 0.0 (failure), NC (a failure earned in a course taken credit / no credit), At the end of every semester, the Committee on or NGR (no grade). Officially dropped and unofficially Academic Standing (CAS) reviews the records of audited courses count as neither units attempted nor all students who have failed to meet the academic completed. Courses in which a student has earned a standards of the College or to make satisfactory grade of UI (unauthorized incomplete) or I (incomplete) progress towards the degree. A student whose record will not be counted as a unit attempted until the final is reviewed by CAS must meet the requirements set by grade has been assigned. These standards apply CAS in order to regain good standing at the college. to students enrolled in dual degree programs. The maximum time frame for a transfer student may not Each student whose record is reviewed will receive an exceed 150% of the thirty-two units minus the number of official report from the Committee which lays out an units accepted for transfer at the point of matriculation. academic plan and specifies the standards she must Any student who is unable to meet this expectation may meet by the end of the following semester or before petition her dean for an exception. returning to the College. The student will also receive a letter from her dean. The student’s parent(s) or Acceptance into a Major Program: guardian(s) will receive a copy of this report and letter.
By the end of the sophomore year, every student Any student previously in good standing whose record must have declared a major. At the end of her has been reviewed will be put on academic probation fourth semester, any student who has failed to meet the following semester, or the semester of her return this expectation must petition the Special Cases if she has been required to withdraw. If the student Subcommittee of the Committee on Academic Standing receives financial aid, she will also receive a financial for an exception. Students who are not granted aid warning. While on academic probation, she will an exception will be brought to the attention of the be required to meet regularly with her dean and her Committee on Academic Standing. instructors will be asked to submit mid-semester reports regarding her work. If the student meets the Completion of requirements: standards specified by the committee, she regains her good standing. If she fails to meet the standards, Before the start of the sophomore year, all students must she may appeal to CAS for permission to continue for have completed the Emily Balch Seminar Requirement. an additional semester of academic probation (and, if At the end of her second semester, any student who has appropriate, for a semester of financial aid probation). failed to meet this expectation must petition the Special Her appeal should specify the reasons she failed to Cases Subcommittee of the Committee on Academic make satisfactory academic progress (such as health Standing for an exception. Students who are not granted issues, family crises, or other special circumstance) and an exception will be brought to the attention of the the changes that have taken place that insure that the Academic Regulations 49 she can make satisfactory progress in the upcoming Summa cum laude semester. The student may supply documentation to To determine eligibility for summa cum laude, grade support her appeal. point averages are recalculated to include grades covered by CR, NC and NNG. The 10 students with the Any student whose record is reviewed by CAS or who highest recalculated grade point averages in the class appeals to CAS for an additional semester of probation receive the degree summa cum laude, provided their may be required to withdraw from the College and recalculated grade point averages equal or exceed 3.80. present evidence that she can do satisfactory work before being readmitted on probation. A withdrawn Credit for Work Done Elsewhere student may not register for classes at the College until she has been readmitted. The CAS may also All requests for transfer credit are approved by the recommend to the president that the student be Registrar. The following minimal guidelines are not excluded from the College. An excluded student is not exhaustive. To ensure that work done elsewhere will eligible for readmission to the College. be eligible for credit, students must obtain approval for transfer credit before enrolling. These guidelines apply 4. Readmission process for students who have been to all of the specific categories of transfer credit listed required to withdraw below.
A student who has been required by the CAS to Only liberal arts courses taken at accredited four- withdraw may apply to return on probation when year colleges and universities will be considered for she has met the expectations set by the CAS and transfer. can demonstrate that she is ready to do satisfactory work at the college. Students who hope to return in Four semester credits (or six quarter credits) are September must submit a re-enrollment application and equivalent to one unit of credit at Bryn Mawr. all supporting materials by May 20. Those who hope A minimum grade of 2.0 or C or better is required to return in January must submit their application and for transfer. Grades of C minus or “credit” are not materials by November 1. Re-enrollment applications acceptable. are reviewed by CAS in June and in December. No on-line, correspondence or distance learning courses, even those sponsored by an accredited Cumulative Grade Point Averages four-year institution, are eligible for transfer. In calculating cumulative grade-point averages, grades The Registrar cannot award credit without the behind CR, NC or NNG are not included. Summer receipt of an official transcript from the outside school grades from Bryn Mawr earned on this campus institution recording the course completed and the are included, as are summer school grades earned final grade. from the Bryn Mawr programs at Avignon. No other summer school grades are included. Term-time grades To count a transferred course towards a College from Haverford College, Swarthmore College and the requirement (such as the quantitative or distribution University of Pennsylvania earned on the exchange requirements), a student must obtain prior approval from are included. Term-time grades transferred from other her dean or the Registrar. In some cases, the student institutions are not included. may be asked to obtain the approval of the appropriate department and/or the Special Cases Committee. Distinctions Domestic study away: A student who wishes to The A.B. degree may be conferred cum laude, magna receive credit for a semester or a year away from Bryn cum laude and summa cum laude. Mawr as a full-time student at another institution in the United States must have the institution and her program Cum laude approved in advance by her dean, major adviser and All students with cumulative grade point averages of other appropriate departments. 3.40 or higher, calculated as described above, are eligible to receive the degree cum laude. Study Abroad: A student who plans to study outside of the United States during the academic year must obtain Magna cum laude the approval of the Foreign Study Committee in addition To determine eligibility for magna cum laude, grade to that of her dean, major adviser and other appropriate point averages are recalculated to include grades departments. Students must enroll in a normal full-time covered by CR, NC and NNG. All students with program during their time away. recalculated grade point averages of 3.60 or higher are eligible to receive the degree magna cum laude. Summer Work: A student who wishes to receive credit for summer school work must obtain advance 50 Academic Regulations approval of her plans from her dean and the Registrar full semesters to allow sufficient time for growth, and present to the Registrar an official transcript within reflection and meaningful therapy. Students who return one semester of completion of the course. A total of no prematurely are often at higher risk of requiring a more than four units earned in summer school may be second leave of absence. counted toward the degree; of these, no more than two units may be earned in any one summer. Leaving the College
Work done prior to matriculation: Students may Prior to leaving the college, the student meets with her receive up to four units of transfer credit for courses dean to discuss her situation and to fill out a Notice of taken at a college prior to graduation from secondary Departure. She also authorizes the medical director or school. The courses must have been taught on the the director of counseling services to inform the dean college campus (not in the high school) and have been of the medical condition that prompted the leave of open to students matriculated at that college. The absence and recommendations for treatment for the courses cannot have been counted toward secondary duration of the leave. Failure to complete this step school graduation requirements. These courses may will compromise the student’s eligibility to return to include those taken at a community college. In all other the College. If the student is working with a medical respects, requests for transfer credit for work done prior professional who is not affiliated with the college, she to secondary school graduation are subject to the same should give that person permission to speak with the provisions, procedures and limits as all other requests medical director or the director of counseling services for transfer credit. before they provide their recommendations to the dean.
Transfer Students: Students who transfer to Bryn After leaving the college, the student may expect to Mawr from another institution may transfer a total of receive a follow-up letter from her dean along with a eight units. These courses may include those taken at a copy of the Notice of Departure and of the treatment community college. Exceptions to this rule for second- recommendations of the Health Center. She should semester sophomores and for juniors are considered at expect that her parents or guardians will receive a letter the time of the student’s transfer application. Credit for from the dean and a copy of the Notice of Departure. work completed before matriculating at Bryn Mawr will The student is encouraged to share the Health Center’s be calculated as described above. recommendations with her parents or guardians.
Departure from the College Prior to While away, the student is advised to avoid visiting Haverford or Bryn Mawr without receiving prior Graduation permission from her dean. Students who fail to follow Every student who leaves Bryn Mawr prior to graduation this advice risk compromising their eligibility to return to is required to see her dean and complete a Notice of the College. Departure. Returning to the College Medical Leaves of Absence When a student is ready to apply to return, she should A student may, on the recommendation of the College’s contact her dean to inform the dean of her interest medical director or her own doctor, at any time request in returning. The application and instructions are a medical leave of absence for reasons of health. available on the Dean’s Office website (www.brynmawr. The College reserves the right to require a student edu/deans/ReenrollmentApplication_001.html). In to take a leave of absence if, in the judgment of the addition, she should ask the physician or counselor medical director and her dean, she is not in sufficiently with whom she has worked while on leave to contact good health to meet her academic commitments or to the appropriate person at the College’s Health Center. continue in residence at the College. Permission to return from a medical leave is granted when the Dean’s Office and the College’s Health Center receive satisfactory evidence of recovery and Medical leaves of absence for psychological believe that the student is ready to resume her studies. reasons Students who are eligible to return in September must A student may experience psychological difficulties submit all application materials by May 20. Those that interfere with her ability to function at college. who are eligible to return in January must submit their Taking time away from college to pursue therapy materials by November 1. may be necessary. The College sees this decision as restorative, not punitive. With evidence of sufficient Personal Leaves of Absence improvement in health to be successful, Bryn Mawr welcomes the student’s return. Medical leaves for Any student in good academic standing may apply psychological reasons normally last at least two for a one- or two-semester leave of absence from the Academic Opportunities 51
College. She should discuss her plans with her dean Permission to Return After Withdrawal and fill out a Notice of Departure by June 1 or, for a leave beginning in the spring, by November 1. During Students who withdraw, whether by choice or as a result her leave of absence, she is encouraged to remain of the above procedures, must apply for permission to in touch with her dean and is expected to confirm her return. The application and instructions are available on intention to return to the College by March 1 (for return the Dean’s Office website (www.brynmawr.edu/deans/ in the fall) or November 1 (for return in the spring). ReenrollmentApplication_001.html). Students must Reinstatement is always contingent upon the availability submit their application and all supporting documents no of space in the residence halls. later than May 20 (for return in the fall) or November 1 (for return in the spring). A student on a semester-long leave of absence who chooses not to return at the scheduled time may ask to ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES extend her leave by one additional semester by notifying her dean by the above deadlines. If a student on a leave Minors and Concentrations of absence chooses not to return to the College after two semesters, her status changes to “withdrawn”(see Many departments, but not all, offer a minor. Students “Voluntary Withdrawal” below). should see departmental entries for details. The minor is not required for the A.B. degree. A minor usually Voluntary Withdrawals consists of six units, with specific requirements to be determined by the department. If a course taken under A student in good standing who leaves the College the Credit/No Credit (CR/NC) or Haverford College’s No in the following circumstances will be categorized as Numerical Grade (NNG) option subsequently becomes “withdrawn” rather than on leave and will need to apply part of a student’s minor, the grade is not converted to for permission to return (see below, “Permission to its numerical equivalent. There is no required average Return After Withdrawal”): for a minor. if she leaves the college in mid-semester (unless she qualifies instead for a medical or psychological The following is a list of subjects in which students may leave of absence), elect to minor. Minors in departments or programs that do not offer majors appear in italics. if she matriculates as a degree candidate at another school, Africana Studies if her leave of absence has expired, or Anthropology if she loses her good standing after having applied for a leave of absence. Astronomy (at Haverford) Biology Required Withdrawals Chemistry Any student may be required to withdraw from the Child and Family Studies College because she fails to meet the academic Chinese standards of the College, because of an infraction of the Honor Code or other community norm, or because Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology she is not healthy enough to meet her academic Classical Culture and Society commitments. Comparative Literature In addition, any student whose behavior disrupts Computational Methods either the normal conduct of academic affairs or the Computer Science conduct of life in the residence halls may be required to withdraw by the Dean of the Undergraduate College. If Creative Writing the student wishes to appeal the decision, a committee Dance consisting of three faculty members from the Committee East Asian Studies on Academic Standing, the president of the Self Government Association and the head of the Honor Economics Board hears the student and the dean. The committee Education makes its recommendations to the president of the College; the president’s decision is binding. In cases of English required withdrawal, no fees are refunded. Environmental Studies Film Studies French and Francophone Studies 52 Academic Opportunities
Gender and Sexuality to two courses towards both degrees. A full description Geology of requirements for the program and application procedures appear at www.brynmawr.edu/deans/exp_ German and German Studies acad_options/comb_AB_MA_prog.shtml. Greek Growth and Structure of Cities 3-2 Program in Engineering and Health Studies Applied Science History The College has negotiated arrangements with the California Institute of Technology whereby a student History of Art interested in engineering and recommended by Bryn International Studies Mawr may, after completing three years of work at the Italian College, apply to transfer into the third year at Caltech to complete two full years of work there. At the end of five Japanese years she is awarded an A.B. degree by Bryn Mawr and Latin a Bachelor of Science degree by Caltech. Programs are available in many areas of specialization. Linguistics Mathematics In her three years at Bryn Mawr, the student must Middle Eastern Studies complete a minimum of 24 units, most of the coursework required by her major (normally physics or chemistry), Music (at Haverford) and all other Bryn Mawr graduation requirements. She Neuroscience must also complete all courses prescribed by Caltech. See the Caltech website at http://admissions.caltech. Philosophy edu/applying/32. Physics Students do not register for this program in advance; Political Science rather, they complete a course of study that qualifies Psychology them for recommendation by the appropriate Caltech Russian 3-2 Plan Liaison Officer at Bryn Mawr College for application in the spring semester of their third year at Sociology the College. Approval of the student’s major department Spanish is necessary at the time of application and for the transfer of credit from the Caltech program to complete Theater Studies the major requirements at Bryn Mawr.
The concentration, which is not required for the degree, Students considering this option should consult the is a cluster of classes that overlap the major and focus a program liaison in the Department of Physics or student’s work on a specific area of interest: Chemistry at the time of registration for Semester Gender and Sexuality I of their first year and each semester thereafter to Geoarchaeology (with a major in Anthropology, ensure that all requirements are being completed on Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, or a satisfactory schedule. Financial aid at Caltech is not Geology) available to non-U.S. citizens. Latin-American, Latino and Iberian Peoples and Cultures 4+1 Partnership with Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science • Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice The College’s new 4+1 Partnership with the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Combined A.B./M.A. Degree Programs Science allows a student to begin work on a Master’s degree in Engineering while still enrolled as an The combined A.B./M.A. program lets the unusually undergraduate at Bryn Mawr. Students may apply to the well-prepared undergraduate student work toward a program as early as their fourth semester or as late as master’s degree while still completing her bachelor’s their seventh semester. Applicants would be required to degree. Students in this program complete the same major in math or a relevant science and to have both a requirements for each degree as do students who major and a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0. Applicants undertake the A.B. and then the M.A. sequentially, but would also be encouraged to submit GRE scores. they are offered the unique opportunity to work toward Successful applicants would be permitted to take up to both degrees concurrently. They are allowed to count up Academic Opportunities 53 three graduate courses at Penn while undergraduates focused Master’s Program in Elementary or Secondary through the Quaker Consortium. These courses would Education. Students usually submatriculate at the count towards a student’s undergraduate degree and beginning of their junior year. at the discretion of her major department might also count towards a student’s major. Successful applicants Bryn Mawr and Haverford students who submatriculate would also be eligible to participate in Penn’s summer may take up to two graduate-level education courses undergraduate research program. at Penn while they are undergraduates (usually during their junior or senior years) that will double count toward Upon completion of her undergraduate degree, students both their undergraduate and graduate degrees. To in the 4+1 Partnership would then matriculate at the submatriculate into the program, students must have University of Pennsylvania and complete her Master’s a GPA of a 3.0 or above and a combined GRE score Degree. Students who had already completed three of at least 1000 and must complete an application for graduate courses would be able to complete the degree admission. (seven remaining courses) in one year. More information about the secondary education and Students interested in this program should consult their elementary education master’s programs are available major adviser. It may be advisable for such students to on the GSE website: http://tep.gse.upenn.edu/. enroll in one or more introductory engineering courses at Penn during their sophomore year to learn more Summer Language Programs about engineering and better prepare for graduate level courses. Summer language programs offer students the opportunity to spend short periods of time studying a 3-2 Program in City and Regional language, conducting research and getting to know Planning another part of the world well.
This arrangement with the Department of City and Bryn Mawr offers a six-week summer program in Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania Avignon, France. This total-immersion program is allows a student to earn an A.B. degree with a major designed for undergraduate and graduate students in the Growth and Structure of Cities Program at with a serious interest in French language, literature Bryn Mawr and a degree of Master of City Planning and culture. The faculty of the institut is composed of at the University of Pennsylvania in five years. While professors teaching in colleges and universities in the at Bryn Mawr the student must complete the College United States and Europe. Classes are held at the Seminar, quantitative, foreign-language, and divisional Palais du Roure and other sites in Avignon; the facilities requirements and the basis of a major in the Growth of the Médiathèque Ceccano as well as the Université and Structure of Cities Program. The student applies d’Avignon library are available to the group. Students to the M.C.P. program at Penn in her junior year. GRE are encouraged to live with French families or foyers. scores will be required for the application. Students are A certain number of independent studios are also encouraged to prepare for the program by completing available. both URBS 204 and URBS 440 before entering the program. No courses taken prior to official acceptance Applicants for admission must have strong academic into the M.C.P. program may be counted toward the records and have completed a course in French at a master’s degree, and no more than eight courses may third-year college level or the equivalent. For detailed be double-counted toward both the A.B. and the M.C.P. information concerning admission, curriculum, fees, after acceptance. For further information students academic credit and scholarships, students should should consult Carola Hein early in their sophomore consult Professor Brigitte Mahuzier of the Department year. of French and/or visit the Avignon website at www. brynmawr.edu/avignon.
Combined Master’s and Teacher The College also participates in summer programs Certification Programs at the with American Councils Advanced Russian Language University of Pennsylvania, Graduate and Area Studies Program (RLASP) in Moscow, St. School of Education (GSE) Petersburg and other sites in Russia. These overseas programs are based at several leading Russian Bryn Mawr and Haverford students interested in universities and are open to Bryn Mawr students who obtaining both the M.S.Ed. degree as well as faculty have reached the intermediate level of proficiency in approval for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania speaking and reading. Summer programs are 8 weeks teaching certificate may choose to submatriculate as in length and provide the equivalent of 2 course units undergraduates into the University of Pennsylvania’s of work in advanced Russian language and culture. Graduate School of Education’s 10-month, urban- Many Bryn Mawr students also take part in the semester 54 Academic Opportunities
(4 units) or academic year (8 units) programs in study abroad experience with the academic program, Russia as well. For further information about American the student’s overall progress towards the degree, Councils programs, students should consult the and faculty recommendations. After careful review of Department of Russian or American Councils at www. applications, the Committee will notify the student of americancouncils.org. their decision granting, denying, or giving conditions for permission to study abroad. Only those students whose Bryn Mawr offers an eight-week intensive summer plans are approved by the Committee will be allowed program in Russian language and culture on campus to transfer courses from their study abroad programs available through the Russian Language Institute (RLI). towards their Bryn Mawr degrees. Students with a grade The program is open to bi-college students as well as to point average below 3.0 should consult the Director of qualified students from other colleges, universities, and International Programs regarding eligibility. Most non- high schools. English speaking programs expect students to meet at least intermediate proficiency level in the language of The Russian Language Institute offers a highly- instruction and/or target language before matriculation, focused curriculum (6 hours per day) and co-curricular and some require more advanced preparation. The environment conducive to the rapid development of student must also be in good disciplinary standing. linguistic and cultural proficiency. Course offerings are designed to accommodate a full range of language Most students may study abroad for one semester only learners, from the beginner to the advanced learner during their academic career. The committee will consider (three levels total). This highly-intensive program requests for exceptions to this rule from students provides the equivalent of a full academic year of majoring in a foreign language and those accepted to Russian to participants who complete the program. Cambridge, Oxford or the London School of Economics, Students may use units completed at RLI to advance to which are yearlong programs for which one semester is the next level of study at their home institution or to help not an option. All students interested in study abroad in fulfill the language requirement. Most RLI participants their junior year must declare their major(s) and complete elect to reside on-campus at the Russian-speaking the Bryn Mawr study abroad application by the required residential hall, as part of the overall RLI learning deadline stated on the Office of International Programs experience. website and the study abroad guide.
For detailed information, please contact Billie Jo Ember Study abroad students pay Bryn Mawr College tuition (610-526-5187) or visit: www.brynmawr.edu/russian/rli. regardless of the tuition cost of the study abroad htm. program. The College, in turn, pays the program tuition and academic related fees directly to the institution Study Abroad in the Junior Year abroad. Financial aid for study abroad is available for students who are eligible for assistance and have been Bryn Mawr believes that study abroad is a rewarding receiving aid during their first and sophomore years. If academic endeavor that when carefully incorporated the study abroad budget is not able to support all of those into students’ academic career can enhance students’ on aid who plan to study abroad, priority will be given to language skills, broaden their academic preparation, those for whom it is most appropriate academically and introduce them to new cultures, and enhance their to those who have had the least international experience. personal growth and independence. The College has For details, see the Study Abroad Guide, which is approved over 60 programs in colleges and universities updated and published every year. in other countries. Students who study abroad include majors across the humanities, the social sciences and Preparation for Careers in Architecture the natural sciences. In previous years, students studied in Argentina, Australia, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Czech Although Bryn Mawr offers no formal degree in architecture Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Germany, Ghana, or a set pre-professional path, students who wish to pursue Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, architecture as a career may prepare for graduate study Italy, Japan, Korea, Morocco, New Zealand, Panama, in the United States and abroad through courses offered Peru, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, and in the Growth and Structure of Cities Program. Students the United Kingdom. interested in architecture and urban design should pursue the studio courses (226, 228) in addition to regular The Foreign Studies Committee is responsible for introductory courses. They should also select appropriate evaluating applications from all Bryn Mawr students electives in architectural history and urban design who want to study abroad during the academic year as (including courses offered by the departments of Classical part of their Bryn Mawr degrees. The Foreign Studies and Near Eastern Archaeology, East Asian Studies and Committee determines a student’s eligibility by looking History of Art) to gain a broad exposure to architecture over at a variety of factors, including the overall and major time as well as across cultural traditions. Affiliated courses grade point averages, the intellectual coherence of the in physics and calculus meet requirements of graduate Academic Opportunities 55 programs in architecture; theses may also be planned to e.g., by increasing their familiarity with U.S. history incorporate design projects. These students should consult and its political process, participating in Bryn Mawr’s as early as possible with Senior Lecturer Daniela Voith and well established student self-government process, the program director in the Growth and Structure of Cities “shadowing” alumnae/i lawyers through the Career Program. Development Office’s externship program, attending law career panels and refining their knowledge about Preparation for Careers law-school programs in the Pre-Law Club. Students seeking guidance about the law-school application and in the Health Professions admission process should consult with the College’s The Bryn Mawr curriculum offers courses that meet pre-law advisor, Jennifer Beale, at the Career and the requirements for admission to professional schools Professional Development Office . in medicine, dentistry, and veterinary medicine. Each year a significant number of Bryn Mawr graduates Teacher Certification enroll in these schools. The minimal requirements for most medical and dental schools are met by one year Students majoring in biology, chemistry, English, of English, one year of biology, one year of general French, history, Latin, mathematics, physics, political chemistry, one year of organic chemistry and one year science, Spanish and a number of other fields that are of physics; however, several medical schools and typically taught in secondary school may get certified to dental schools do require one additional semester teach in public secondary high schools in Pennsylvania. of upper-level coursework in biology as well as math By reciprocal arrangement, the Pennsylvania certificate courses. Schools of veterinary medicine usually require is accepted by most other states as well. A student who upper-level coursework in biology as well as extensive wishes to teach should consult her dean, the Education experience working with a diversity of animal species. Program adviser and the chair of her major department Students considering careers in one of the health early in her college career so that she may make professions are encouraged to discuss their plans appropriate curricular plans. Students may also choose with the undergraduate health professions adviser in to get certified to teach after they graduate through Canwyll House. International students should be aware the Bryn Mawr/Haverford Post-Baccalaureate Teacher that students who are not U.S. citizens or permanent Education Program. For further information, see the residents comprise less than 1% of the medical school Education Program. students in the United States. Many medical schools do not accept applications from international students, Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training and schools that do accept international students Corps (AFROTC) often require them to document their ability to pay the entire cost of a four year medical school education. The Department of Aerospace Studies through Saint International students are encouraged to contact the Joseph’s University offers Bryn Mawr College students undergraduate health professions advisor to discuss the a three-year and four-year curriculum leading to a significant challenges faced by international students commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Air Force. In seeking admission to U. S. medical schools as well as the four-year curriculum, a student takes the General to other health professional schools. Military Course (GMC) during the freshman and sophomore years, attends a four-week summer training The Health Professions Advising Office publishes the program, and then takes the Professional Officer Course Guide for First- and Second-Year Students Interested (POC) in the junior and senior years. A student is under in the Health Professions. This handbook is available at no contractual obligation to the Air Force until entering the meeting for first-year students during Customs Week the POC or accepting an Air Force scholarship. In the and at the Health Professions Advising Office in Canwyll three-year curriculum, a student completes AER 101, House. More information about preparing for careers in AER 102, AER 201, and AER 202 during the sophomore the health professions, including the Guide for First- and year, and then enters the POC in the junior year. The Second-Year Students, is also available at the Health subject matter of the freshman and sophomore years Professions Advising Office website, www.brynmawr. is developed from a historical perspective and focuses edu/healthpro. on the scope, structure, and history of military power with the emphasis on the development of air power Preparation for Careers in Law and its relationship to current events. During the junior and senior years the curriculum concentrates on the Because a student with a strong record in any field of concepts and practices of leadership and management, study can compete successfully for admission to law and the role of national security forces in contemporary school, there is no prescribed program of “pre-law” American society. courses. Students considering a career in law may explore that interest at Bryn Mawr in a variety of ways— In addition to the academic portion of the curricula, each student participates in a two-hour Leadership Laboratory 56 Academic Opportunities
(AER 251, 252, 351, or 352) each week. During this period the major in International Studies and supports the day-to-day skills and working environment of the Air collaborative, cross-disciplinary research, preparing Force are discussed and explained. The Leadership Lab students for life and work in the highly interdependent utilizes a student organization designed for the practice of world and global economy of the 21st century. leadership and management techniques. Air Force ROTC offers scholarships for two, three, and The Center for Science in Society was founded four years on a competitive basis to qualified applicants. to facilitate the broad conversations, involving All scholarships are applied to tuition and lab fees, and scientists and nonscientists as well as academics include a textbook allowance, plus a tax-free monthly and nonacademics, that are essential to continuing stipend which varies from $ $250 - $400, depending on explorations of the natural world and humanity’s place graduation date. in it. Through research programs, fellowships and public discussions, the center supports innovative, For further information on the AFROTC program, interdisciplinary approaches to education in the scholarships, and career opportunities, contact: sciences, novel intellectual and practical collaborations, and continuing inquiry into the interdependent Unit Admissions Officer relationships among science, technology and other AFROTC Detachment 750 aspects of human culture. Saint Joseph’s University Philadelphia, PA 19131 The Center for Visual Culture is dedicated to the Phone: 610-660-3190 study of visual forms and experience of all kinds, from Email: [email protected] ancient artifacts to contemporary films and computer- generated images. It serves as a forum for explorations Information may also be obtained by visiting Air Force of the visual aspect of the natural world as well as the ROTC Detachment 750’s website at www.det750.com or diverse objects and processes of visual invention and the Air Force ROTC website at www.afrotc.com. interpretation around the world.
Centers for 21st Century Inquiry Summer Courses
Bryn Mawr’s interdisciplinary centers encourage During Summer Sessions I and II, qualified women and innovation and collaboration in research, teaching and men, including high-school students, may take courses learning. The four interrelated centers are designed to in the sciences, mathematics and intensive language bring together scholars from various fields to examine studies in Russian. Students may use these courses diverse ways of thinking about areas of common to fulfill undergraduate requirements or prepare for interest, creating a stage for constant academic renewal graduate study. The current summer-session calendar and transformation. should be consulted for dates and course descriptions. Each course carries full academic credit. Flexible and inclusive, the centers help ensure that the College’s curriculum can adapt to changing Continuing Education Program circumstances and evolving methods and fields of study. Through research and internship programs, fellowships The Continuing Education Program provides highly and public discussions, they foster links among scholars qualified women, men and high-school students who in different fields, between the College and the world do not wish to undertake a full college program leading around it, and between theoretical and practical to a degree the opportunity to take courses at Bryn learning. Mawr College on a fee basis, prorated according to the tuition of the College, space and resources permitting. The Center for the Social Sciences was established Students accepted by the Continuing Education to respond to the need for stronger linkages and Program may apply to take up to two undergraduate cooperation among the social sciences at Bryn Mawr courses or one graduate course per semester; they College. Uniting all the social sciences under an have the option of auditing courses or taking courses inclusive umbrella, the center provides opportunities for credit. Alumnae/i who have received one or more for consideration of broad substantive foci within the degrees from Bryn Mawr (A.B., M.A., M.S.S., M.L.S.P. fundamentally comparative nature of the social science and/or Ph.D.) and women and men over 65 years of age disciplines, while training different disciplinary lenses on are entitled to take undergraduate courses for credit at a variety of issues. the College at a special rate. This rate applies only to continuing-education students and not to matriculated The Center for International Studies brings together McBride Scholars. Continuing-education students are scholars from various fields to define global issues not eligible to receive financial aid from the College. and confront them in their appropriate social, scientific, For more information or an application, go to www. cultural and linguistic contexts. The center sponsors brynmawr.edu/academics/continuing_ed.shtml. Academic Opportunities 57
Katharine E. McBride Scholars Dartmouth - Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth Program Drexel University College of Medicine George Washington University School of Medicine and The Katharine E. McBride Scholars Program serves Health Sciences women beyond the traditional college-entry age who wish to earn an undergraduate degree at Bryn Mawr. Hofstra North Shore – LIJ School of Medicine The program admits women who have demonstrated Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson talent, achievement and intelligence in various areas, University including employment, volunteer activities and home or formal study. McBride Scholars are admitted directly as Mount Sinai - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai matriculated students. Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine Once admitted to the College, McBride scholars are subject to the residency rule, which requires that SUNY Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine a student take a minimum of 24 course units while SUNY Stony Brook – Stony Brook School of Medicine enrolled at Bryn Mawr. Exceptions will be made for students who transfer more than eight units from Tulane University School of Medicine previous work. Such students may transfer up to 16 University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine units and must then take at least 16 units at Bryn Mawr. McBride Scholars may study on a part-time or full-time University of Michigan Medical School basis. For more information or an application, visit University of Pennsylvania – Perelman School of the McBride Program website at www.brynmawr.edu/ Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania mcbride or call (610) 526-5152. University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Postbaccalaureate Premedical University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Program The Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program at Bryn The Emily Balch Seminars Mawr College was established in 1972 and is designed for men and women who are highly motivated to pursue Director: Gail Hemmeter, Department of English a career in medicine yet have not completed the science prerequisite coursework necessary for applying to The Emily Balch Seminars introduce all first-year medical school. It is an intensive 12-month, full-time students at Bryn Mawr to a critical, probing, thoughtful program for up to 80 students per year. Applications approach to the world and our roles in it. The seminars should be submitted as early as possible during our are named for Emily Balch, Bryn Mawr Class of application season because decisions are made on a 1889. She was a gifted scholar with a uniquely global rolling basis and the postbac program is highly selective. perspective who advanced women’s rights on an Please visit www.brynmawr.edu/postbac for complete international level and who, in 1946, was awarded the information about the program. Nobel Prize for Peace.
Students enrolled in the postbac program may elect These challenging seminars are taught by scholar/ to forgo the traditional application process to medical teachers of distinction within their fields and across school in favor applying through the consortial/linkage academic disciplines. They facilitate the seminars program. Students who are accepted at a medical as active discussions among students, not lectures. school through the consortial process enter medical Through intensive reading and writing, the thought- school in the September immediately following the provoking Balch Seminars challenge students to think completion of their postbaccalaureate year. Otherwise, about complex, wide-ranging issues from a variety of students apply to medical school during the summer of perspectives. the year they are completing the program. While books and essays are core texts in the Balch The following are Bryn Mawr’s “consortial” medical Seminars, all source materials that invite critical schools: interpretation and promote discussion and reflection may be included—films, performances, material objects, research surveys and experiments, or studies of social Boston University School of Medicine practices and behavior. Brown – The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University The seminars are organized around fundamental Cornell – Weill Cornell Medical College questions in contemporary or classical thought that 58 Academic Opportunities students will inevitably address in their lives, regardless space or time like “Vienna at the turn of the 20th of the majors they elect at Bryn Mawr or the profession century”, or define a complex research question, or career they pursue after graduating. Seminar topics such as the impact of Hurricane Katrina in the city vary from year to year. of New Orleans. 3. 360º engages students and faculty in active and Students can expect to write formal and informal interactive ways in a non-traditional classroom assignments weekly during the semester. Students also experience. meet one-on-one with their teachers every other week outside of class to discuss their written work and their Essential to 360˚ is a component beyond traditional progress in becoming a critical thinker. classroom walls. This could occur through data gathering or research trips, praxis-like community In the Balch Seminars, students form a tightly knit, based partnerships, artistic productions, and/or collaborative learning community that will serve as a intensive laboratory activity. model for much of their intellectual life at Bryn Mawr, 4. 360º will encourage students and faculty to reflect both in and out of the classroom. As a result, students on these different perspectives in explicit ways. will enrich their educational experience in whatever fields of knowledge they pursue at Bryn Mawr, and be Over their course of study, students often informally better prepared for a more reflective and critical life in a put together a set of related courses. 360º makes complex and changing world beyond college. these connections explicit and explored reflectively among faculty and fellow students. For more information and a list of current courses, visit 5. 360º participants enrich the entire community by www.brynmawr.edu/balch/. sharing their work in some form.
360º All 360º participants will share their experiences through such activities as poster sessions, research talks, web 360º creates an opportunity for students to participate in postings, panel discussions and/or sharing of data, a cluster of multiple courses that connect students and research, visuals etc. Materials produced in 360º are faculty in a single semester (or in some cases across archived for later use by others within the College contiguous semesters) to focus on common problems, community. themes, and experiences for the purposes of research and scholarship. Because 360º will allow students to experience the shifting and questioning of frames that sometimes Interdisciplinary and interactive, 360º builds on comes from interdisciplinary work with faculty, most will Bryn Mawr’s strong institutional history of learning be targeted for sophomores and juniors who have some experiences beyond the traditional classroom, placed foundation/engagement with disciplines. within a rigorous academic framework. For more information and a list of current courses, visit 360º is a unique academic opportunity that is defined by www.brynmawr.edu/360/. the following five characteristics: Focus Courses 1. 360º offers an interdisciplinary experience for students and faculty. Focus Courses are 7-week long, half-semester courses Reflecting the fact that many interesting questions that provide students with an opportunity to sample a are being explored at the edges or intersections of wider variety of fields and topics as they explore the fields, each cluster of courses in 360º emphasizes curriculum. While some Focus Courses have been interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary or transdisciplinary designed to whet the appetite for further study, several coursework. 360º clusters may involve two or more upper level topics lend themselves to a more in-depth, courses bridging the humanities and the natural and shorter experience. Focus courses are as rigorous and social sciences; collaborations within each broad fast-paced as full semester courses and are used to division, or even two or more courses within the experiment and engage with more of Bryn Mawr’s stellar same department with very different subfields. What academic offerings. is central is that these courses engage problems using different approaches, theories, prior data and methods. 2. 360º is unified by a focused theme or research question. These unifying themes can be topics that cut across disciplines such as “poverty,” refer to a particular Academic Opportunities 59
Athletics and Physical Education education requirement (as determined by their year of entry into the college), including a swim-proficiency Administration requirement, and a freshmen Wellness Class. Students Kathleen Tierney, Director of Athletics and Physical can enroll in physical education classes at Swarthmore Education and Haverford Colleges.
Stacey Adams, Assistant Director of Athletics for The Department of Physical Education in conjunction Facilities and Operations with Health Services, Student Life and the Dean’s Jacob Mullins, Assistant Director of Athletics, Sports Office has developed an eight-week Wellness Seminar Information and Compliance that focuses on a variety of issues confronting college women. The course is mandatory for all first year Faculty students and fulfills two physical education credits. The curriculum is designed to be interesting, interactive Carol Bower, Senior Lecturer and Head Coach and provide a base of knowledge that will encourage Jill Breslin, Instructor and Head Coach students to think about their wellbeing as an important Deb McLaughlin, Instructor and Head Coach partner to their academic life. The course will be taught by College faculty and staff from various disciplines and Erin DeMarco, Senior Lecturer and Head Coach offices. Jason Hewitt, Lecturer and Head Coach The newly renovated Bern Schwartz Fitness and Laura Marzano Kemper, Lecturer and Assistant Athletic Athletic Center has quickly become the place to be Trainer since reopening in September 2010. The new 11,500 Nicole Reiley, Instructor and Head Coach sq. ft. fitness center boasts over 50 pieces of cardio Marci Scheuing, Lecturer and Head Coach equipment, 15 selectorized weight machines and a multi-purpose room housing everything from PE Indoor Terry McLaughlin, Senior Lecturer & Head Athletic cycling to Zumba Fitness! The fitness center has over Trainer 100 different workout options, including drop in classes, Katie Tarr, Senior Lecturer and Head Coach free weights, indoor cycling bicycles, and cardiovascular and strength training machines. Kathy Tierney, Director of Physical Education Nikki Whitlock, Senior Lecturer and Head Coach The building hosts two-courts in the Class of 1958 Gymnasium, an eight lane pool, a fitness center with Staff varsity weight training area, an athletic training room, Lillian Amadio, Office Manager locker rooms, a conference smart room and the Department of Athletics & Physical Education offices. The fitness center is located on the second floor directly The Department of Athletics and Physical Education up the circular staircase as you enter the Bern Schwartz sponsors 12 intercollegiate sports in badminton, Fitness and Athletic Center. For more information please basketball, crew, cross country, field hockey, indoor and consult: http://athletics.brynmawr.edu/information/ outdoor track and field, lacrosse, soccer, swimming, facilities/index . tennis and volleyball. Bryn Mawr is a NCAA Division III member and a charter member of the Centennial The outdoor athletics and recreation facilities include Conference. Club sport opportunities are available in two varsity athletics playing fields, seven tennis courts a range of sports; including rugby, equestrian, fencing, and two fields for recreational and club sport usage. karate, ice skating, squash, and ultimate Frisbee. The Shillingford and Applebee Fields are home to the Students interested in any of these programs should College’s field hockey, soccer and lacrosse programs. consult the Department of Athletics at: http://athletics. In the fall of 2011 the College completed construction brynmawr.edu/landing/index . on Applebee, converting it from natural grass to a NCAA regulation sized synthetic field. Bryn Mawr’s Physical Education curriculum is designed to provide opportunities to develop lifelong habits that will enhance the quality of life. From organized sport Praxis Program instruction, to a variety of dance offerings, lifetime sport Praxis is an experiential, community-based learning skills, fitness classes, and a wellness curriculum, the program that integrates theory and practice through Department provides a breadth of programming to student engagement in active, relevant fieldwork. The meet the needs of the undergraduate and the greater program provides consistent, equitable guidelines along College community. The physical education and dance with curricular coherence and support to students and curriculums offer more than 50 courses in a variety faculty who wish to combine coursework with fieldwork of disciplines. All students must complete a physical and community-based research. The three designated 60 Academic Opportunities types of Praxis courses—Praxis I and II departmental are engaged an introductory fieldwork activities; the courses and Praxis III independent studies—are time commitment for this fieldwork does not exceed 2 described below and at www.brynmawr.edu/praxis. hours per week or 20 hours per semester. The Praxis component in all Praxis I courses constitutes less than Praxis courses on all levels are distinguished by 25 percent of the total coursework assigned. genuine collaboration with fieldsite organizations and by a dynamic process of reflection that incorporates Praxis II Departmental Courses include a more lessons learned in the field into the classroom substantial fieldwork component that engages students setting and applies theoretical understanding gained in activities and projects off-campus that are linked through classroom study to work done in the broader directly to course objectives and are useful to the community. The nature of fieldwork assignments and community partner. The time commitment for fieldwork projects varies according to the learning objectives varies greatly from course to course but falls within for the course and according to the needs of the the range of 2-7 hours per week or 20- 70 hours per community partner. In most Praxis courses, students are semester. Praxis II courses might include: weekly engaged in field placements or working on community- fieldwork, such as assisting in local classrooms, urban connected projects that meet an identified need in the farms, community-based organizations; conducting community. In other courses, the focus is on developing research that has been requested by a community a relationship between the College and a community partner; project-based activities such as creating organization that will ultimately benefit the organization a curriculum or workshop, designing websites or as well as the College. brochures, writing grant proposals.
The Praxis Program is coordinated by the Civic The Praxis Fieldwork Agreement is an important part of Engagement Office, located in Dolwen on Cambrian all Praxis II courses. This document outlines the learning Row. The Civic Engagement Office builds relationships and placement objectives of the Praxis component and between the College and the community with an is signed by the course instructor, the field supervisor, emphasis on collaboration, reciprocity and sustainability. the Praxis coordinator and the student. The Praxis Program staff assist faculty in identifying, establishing and supporting field placements in a wide The Praxis component in Praxis II courses constitutes variety of organizations, such as public health centers, between 25-50 percent of total coursework assigned. community art programs, museums, community- development and social service agencies, schools, Praxis III Independent Study places fieldwork at the and local government offices. Faculty members retain center of a supervised learning experience. Fieldwork is ultimate responsibility and control over the components supported by appropriate readings and regular meetings of the Praxis Program that make it distinctly academic: with a faculty member who must agree in advance course reading and discussion, rigorous process and to supervise the project. Faculty are not obligated to reflection, and formal presentation and evaluation of supervise Praxis III courses and may decline to do so. student progress. Departments may limit the number of Praxis III courses that a faculty member may supervise. There are three levels of Praxis courses (see below), which require increasing amounts of fieldwork but do not Students who plan to undertake Praxis III Independent need to be taken successively. Praxis I and II courses Study should submit a completed Praxis III proposal to are offered within a variety of academic departments their dean for her/his signature at pre-registration and and are developed by faculty in those departments. then return the form to the Praxis Office to be reviewed Praxis III courses are Independent Study courses and by the Praxis Program Director. The Praxis III learning are developed by individual students, in collaboration plan—which must include a description of the student’s with faculty and field supervisors. Students may enroll course, all stipulated coursework, a faculty supervisor, in more than one Praxis course at a time and are a fieldsite, a fieldsite supervisor and fieldwork sometimes able to use the same field placement to meet responsibilities—must be approved by the Praxis the requirements of both courses. Praxis-style courses Program Director by the beginning of the semester in taken at other institutions are subject to prior approval which the course will take place. The Praxis Program by the Praxis Office and the Dean’s Office. Director will notify the Registrar’s Office when the Praxis III learning plan is approved, at which point a course Praxis I Departmental Courses provide opportunities for registration number will be created for the course. students to explore and develop community connections Students are encouraged to visit the Praxis Office to in relation to the course topic by incorporating a variety discuss possible field placements, although they are not of activities into the syllabus, such as: field trips to local discouraged from developing their own fieldsites. organizations, guest speakers from those organizations, and assignments that ask students to research local Praxis III fieldwork typically constitutes 75 percent issues. In some cases, students in Praxis I courses of total coursework assigned, with students typically Academic Opportunities 61 completing two, four- to five hour fieldsite visits per education of women, Bryn Mawr College soon became week. Praxis III courses are available to sophomore nondenominational but continued to be guided by and higher-level students who are in good academic Quaker values, including the freedom of conscience and standing. No student may take more than two Praxis III a commitment to social justice and social activism. The courses during her time at Bryn Mawr. Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research (GSSWSR) was established through Collaboration with the Graduate a bequest in 1912 from an undergraduate alumna of the College, Carola Woerishoffer, who at the time of her School of Arts and Sciences and the death at age 25 was investigating factory conditions for Graduate School of Social Work and the New York Department of Labor. Her gift of $750,000 Social Research (about $14 million in today’s dollars) was the largest gift the College had received at that time, and was made so At Bryn Mawr, we embrace a distinctive academic model that others would be prepared to engage in social work, that offers a select number of outstanding coeducational the field to which Carola Woerishoffer had committed graduate programs in arts and sciences and social herself. work in conjunction with an exceptional undergraduate college for women. As such, Bryn Mawr undergraduates As part of the Bryn Mawr College academic community have significant opportunities to do advanced work by and throughout its 95 year history, the School has participating in graduate level courses offered in several placed great emphasis on critical, creative, and academic areas. These areas include Chemistry; independent habits of thought and expression as well Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology; Greek, Latin, as an unwavering commitment to principles of social and Classical Studies; History of Art; Mathematics; justice. It has been instrumental in promoting the social Physics; and Social Work. An undergraduate must meet work profession by providing a rigorous educational the appropriate prerequisites for a particular course and environment to prepare clinicians, administrators, obtain departmental approval if she wishes the course policy analysts, advocates, and educators who are to count towards her major. committed to addressing the needs of individuals, families, organizations, and communities, both locally The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) and globally. Founded in 1885, the Bryn Mawr Graduate School was the first graduate school to open its doors to women in Moving forward, the School has reaffirmed its the United States. This radical innovation of graduate commitment through a redesigned outcomes/abilities- education in a women’s college was the beginning based curriculum, providing all students with an of a distinguished history of teaching and learning integrated perspective on policy, practice, theory, designed to enable every student to reach the apex of and research. Both Master’s and PhD graduates are her intellectual capacity. Today, students in the Graduate prepared to address the rapidly growing and complex School of Arts and Sciences are a vital component in challenges impacting the biological, psychological, a continuum of learning and research, acting as role and social conditions of children and families within models for undergraduates and as collaborators with their communities. GSSWSR graduates are leaders in the faculty. Renowned for excellence within disciplines, defining standards of practice, shaping social welfare Bryn Mawr also fosters connections across disciplines policy, and undertaking ethically grounded research in and the individual exploration of newly unfolding areas the social and behavioral sciences. of research. Examples of GSSWSR graduate level courses that are Examples of GSAS graduate level courses that are open to advanced undergraduates include: open to advanced undergraduates include: SOWK 302 Perspectives on Inequality ARCH 693 Studies in Greek Pottery SOWK 306 Social Determinants of Health and CHEM 534 Organometallic Chemistry Health Equity HART 607 Women in Medieval Art SOWK 308 Adult Development and Aging GREK 643 Readings in Greek History SOWK 309 Organizational Behavior: The Art and MATH 506 Graduate Topology Science PHYS 503 and 504 Electromagnetic Theory I and II SOWK 352 Child Welfare: Policy, Practice, and Research The Graduate School of Social Work and Social SOWK 354 To Protect the Health of the Public Research (GSSWSR) SOWK 408 Women and the Law Social work was woven into the very fabric of Bryn SOWK 411 Family Law Mawr College since it first opened its doors in 1885. Founded by Joseph Wright Taylor, a Quaker physician who wanted to establish a college for the advanced 62 Academic Awards and Prizes
ACADEMIC AWARDS The Bolton Prize was established by the Bolton Foundation as an award for students majoring in the AND PRIZES Growth and Structure of Cities. (1985)
The following awards, fellowships, scholarships, and The Bryn Mawr European Fellowship has been awarded prizes are awarded by the faculty and are given solely each year since the first class graduated in 1889. It is on the basis of academic distinction and achievement. given for merit to a member of the graduating class, to be applied toward the expenses of one year’s study at a The Academy of American Poets Prize, awarded in university in the United States or abroad. The European memory of Marie Bullock, the Academy’s founder and Fellowship continues to be funded by a bequest from president, is given each year to the student who submits Elizabeth S. Shippen. to the Department of English the best poem or group of poems. (1957) The Commonwealth Africa Scholarship was established by a grant from the Thorncroft Fund Inc. at the request The Seymour Adelman Book Collector’s Award is given of Helen and Geoffrey de Freitas. The scholarship each year to a student for a collection on any subject, is used to send a graduate to a university or college single author or group of authors, which may include in Commonwealth Africa, to teach or to study, with a manuscripts and graphics. (1980) view to contributing to mutual understanding and the furtherance of scholarship. In 1994, the description of The Seymour Adelman Poetry Award was established the scholarship was changed to include support for by Daniel and Joanna Semel Rose ’52, to provide an current undergraduates. (1965) award in honor of Seymour Adelman. The award is designed to stimulate further interest in poetry at Bryn The Hester Ann Corner Prize for distinction in literature Mawr. Any member of the Bryn Mawr community— was established in memory of Hester Ann Corner ’42, by undergraduate or graduate student, staff or faculty gifts from her family, classmates, and friends. The award member—is eligible for consideration. The grant may is made to a junior or senior on the recommendation of be awarded to fund research in the history or analysis a committee composed of the chairs of the Departments of a poet or poem, to encourage the study of poetry in of English and of Classical and Modern Foreign interdisciplinary contexts, to support the writing of poetry Languages. (1950) or to recognize a particularly important piece of poetic writing. (1985) The Katherine Fullerton Gerould Memorial Prize was founded by a gift from a group of alumnae, many of The Horace Alwyne Prize was established by the whom were students of Mrs. Gerould when she taught Friends of Music of Bryn Mawr College in honor of at Bryn Mawr from 1901 to 1910. It is awarded to a Horace Alwyne, Professor Emeritus of Music. The award student who shows evidence of creative ability in the is presented annually to the student who has contributed fields of informal essay, short story and longer narrative the most to the musical life of the College. (1970) or verse. (1946)
The Areté Fellowship Fund was established by Doreen The Elizabeth Duane Gillespie Fund for Scholarships Canaday Spitzer ’31. The fund supports graduate in American History was founded by a gift from the students in the Departments of Greek, Latin and National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the Classical Studies, History of Art, and Classical and Near Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in memory of Elizabeth Eastern Archaeology. (2003) Duane Gillespie. Two prizes are awarded annually on nomination by the Department of History, one to a The Bain-Swiggett Poetry Prize was established by a member of the sophomore or junior class for work of gift of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Levin Swiggett. This prize is to distinction in American history, a second to a senior be awarded by a committee of the faculty on the basis doing advanced work in American history for an essay of the work submitted. (1958) written in connection with that work. The income from this fund has been supplemented since 1955 by annual The Berle Memorial Prize Fund in German Literature gifts from the society. (1903) was established by Lillian Berle Dare in memory of her parents, Adam and Katharina Berle. The prize is Friends and colleagues have joined Ruth Nelson awarded annually to an undergraduate for excellence in in honoring Judy Gould’s retirement through the German literature. Preference is given to a senior who establishment of the Judy Loomis Gould ‘64 Fund for is majoring in German and who does not come from a Summer Study Abroad. German background. (1975) The Maria L. Eastman Brooke Hall Memorial Scholarship was founded in memory of Maria L. Academic Awards and Prizes 63
Eastman, principal of Brooke Hall School for Girls, distinction and community service accomplishments. Media, Pennsylvania, by gifts from the alumnae of the The fund provides support for an internship or other school. It is awarded annually to the member of the special project. junior class with the highest general average and is held during the senior year. Transfer students who enter Bryn The Nadia Anne Mirel Memorial Fund was established Mawr as members of the junior class are not eligible for by the family and friends of Nadia Anne Mirel ’85. this award. (1901) The fund supports the research or travel of students undertaking imaginative projects in the following areas: The Charles S. Hinchman Memorial Scholarship was children’s educational television, and educational film founded in the memory of the late Charles S. Hinchman and video. (1986) of Philadelphia by a gift made by his family. It is awarded annually to a member of the junior class for The Martha Barber Montgomery Fund was established work of special excellence in her major subject(s) and is by Martha Barber Montgomery ’49, her family and held during the senior year. (1921) friends to enable students majoring in the humanities, with preference to those studying philosophy and/or The Sarah Stifler Jesup Fund was established in history, to undertake special projects. The fund may memory of Sarah Stifler Jesup ’56, by gifts from New be used, for example, to support student research and York alumnae, as well as family and friends. The income travel needs, or an internship in a nonprofit or research is to be awarded annually to one or more undergraduate setting. (1993) students to further a special interest, project or career goal during term time or vacation. (1978) The Elinor Nahm Prizes in Italian are awarded for excellence in the study of Italian at the introductory, The Pauline Jones Prize was established by friends, intermediate and advanced levels. (1991) students and colleagues of Pauline Jones ’35. The prize is awarded to the student writing the best essay in The Elinor Nahm Prizes in Russian are awarded for French, preferably on poetry. (1985) excellence in the study of Russian language and linguistics and of Russian literature and culture. (1991) The Anna Lerah Keys Memorial Prize was established by friends and relatives in memory of Anna Lerah Keys The Milton C. Nahm Prize in Philosophy is awarded ’79. The prize is awarded to an undergraduate majoring to the senior Philosophy major whose thesis is judged in Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology. (1984) most outstanding. (1991)
The Sheelah Kilroy Memorial Scholarship in English was The Elisabeth Packard Art and Archaeology Internship founded in memory of their daughter Sheelah by Dr. and Fund was established by Elisabeth Packard ’29 to Mrs. Phillip Kilroy. This prize is awarded annually on the provide stipend and travel support to enable students recommendation of the Department of English to a student majoring in History of Art or Classical and Near Eastern for excellence of work in an English course. (1919) Archaeology to hold museum internships, conduct research or participate in archaeological digs. (1993) The Richmond Lattimore Prize for Poetic Translation was established in honor of Richmond Lattimore, The Alexandra Peschka Prize was established in Professor of Greek at Bryn Mawr and distinguished memory of Alexandra Peschka ’64 by gifts from her translator of poetry. The prize is awarded for the best family and friends. The prize is awarded annually to a poetic translation submitted to a committee composed of member of the first-year or sophomore class and writer the chairs of the Departments of Classical and Modern of the best piece of imaginative writing in prose. (1969) Languages. (1984) The Jeanne Quistgaard Memorial Prize was given by The Helen Taft Manning Essay Prize in History was the Class of 1938 in memory of their classmate, Jeanne established in honor of Helen Taft Manning ’15, in Quistgaard. The income from this fund may be awarded the year of her retirement, by her class. The prize is annually to a student in Economics. (1938) awarded to a senior in the Department of History for work of special excellence in the field. (1957) The Laura Estabrook Romine ’39 Fellowship in Economics was established by a gift from David E. The McPherson Fund for Excellence was established Romine, to fulfill the wish of his late brother, John through the generous response of alumnae/i, friends, Ransel Romine III, to establish a fund in honor of their and faculty and staff members of the College to an mother, Laura Estabrook Romine ’39. The fellowship appeal issued in the fall of 1996. The fund honors the is given annually to a graduating senior or alumna, achievements of President Emeritus Mary Patterson regardless of undergraduate major, who has received McPherson. Three graduating seniors are named admission to a graduate program in Economics. (1996) McPherson Fellows in recognition of their academic 64 Academic Awards and Prizes
The Barbara Rubin Award Fund was established by The award is made by the Department of English for the Amicus Foundation in memory of Barbara Rubin either creative or critical writing. It was established in ’47. The fund provides summer support for students memory of Miss Thomas by her niece, Millicent Carey undertaking internships in nonprofit or research settings McIntosh ’20. (1943) appropriate to their career goals, or study abroad. (1989) The Emma Osborn Thompson Prize in Geology was established by a bequest of Emma Osborn Thompson The Gail Ann Schweiter Prize Fund was established in ’04. From the income of the bequest, a prize is to be memory of Gail Ann Schweiter ’79 by her family. The awarded from time to time to a student in Geology. prize is to be awarded to a science or Mathematics (1963) major in her junior or senior year who has shown excellence both in her major field and in musical The Laura van Straaten Fund was established by performance. (1993) Thomas van Straaten and his daughter, Laura van Straaten ’90, in honor of Laura’s graduation. The fund The Charlotte Angas Scott Prize in Mathematics supports a summer internship for a student working to is awarded annually to an undergraduate on the advance the causes of civil rights, women’s rights or recommendation of the Department of Mathematics. reproductive rights. (1990) It was established by an anonymous gift in memory of Charlotte Angas Scott, Professor of Mathematics 1885 The Esther Walker Award was founded by a bequest to 1924. (1960) from William John Walker in memory of his sister, Esther Walker ’10. It is given from time to time to support the The Elizabeth S. Shippen Scholarship in Foreign study of living conditions of northern African Americans. Language was founded under the will of Elizabeth (1940) S. Shippen of Philadelphia. It is awarded to a junior whose major is in French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, The Anna Pell Wheeler Prize in Mathematics is awarded Russian or Spanish for excellence in the study of foreign annually to an undergraduate on the recommendation languages. (1915) of the Department of Mathematics. It was established by an anonymous gift in honor of Anna Pell Wheeler, The Elizabeth S. Shippen Scholarship in Science Professor of Mathematics from 1918 until her death in was foundedunder the will of Elizabeth S. Shippen of 1966. (1960) Philadelphia and is awarded to a junior whose major is in Biology, Chemistry, Geology or Physics for excellence The Thomas Raeburn White Scholarships were in the study of sciences. (1915) established by Amos and Dorothy Peaslee in honor of Thomas Raeburn White, Trustee of the College from The Gertrude Slaughter Fellowship was established 1907 until his death in 1959, counsel to the College by a bequest of Gertrude Taylor Slaughter, Class of throughout these years, and President of the Trustees 1893. The fellowship is to be awarded to a member of from 1956 to 1959. The income from the fund is to be the graduating class for excellence in scholarship to be used for prizes to undergraduate students who plan used for a year’s study in the United States or abroad. to study foreign languages abroad during the summer (1964) under the auspices of an approved program. (1964)
The Ariadne Solter Fund was established in memory The Anne Kirschbaum Winkelman Prize, established of Ariadne Solter ’91 by gifts from family and friends to by the children of Anne Kirschbaum Winkelman ’48, provide an annual award to a Bryn Mawr or Haverford is awarded annually to the student judged to have undergraduate working on a project concerning submitted the most outstanding short story. (1987) development in a third world country or the United States. (1989) Scholarships for Medical Study
The Katherine Stains Prize Fund in Classical Literature The following scholarships may be awarded to was established by Katherine Stains in memory of her seniors or graduates of Bryn Mawr intending to study parents, Arthur and Katheryn Stains, and in honor of two medicine, after their acceptance by a medical school. excellent 20th-century scholars of classical literature, The premedical adviser will send applications for Richmond Lattimore and Moses Hadas. The income the scholarship to medical school applicants during from the fund is to be awarded annually as a prize to an the spring preceding the academic year in which the undergraduate student for excellence in Greek literature, scholarship is to be held. either in the original or in translation. (1969) The Linda B. Lange Fund was founded by bequest The M. Carey Thomas Essay Prize is awarded annually under the will of Linda B. Lange, A.B. 1903. The to a member of the senior class for distinction in writing. income from this fund provides the Anna Howard Shaw Areas of Study 65
Scholarship in Medicine and Public Health, awarded AREAS OF STUDY to members of the graduating class or graduates of the College for the pursuit, during an uninterrupted Definitions succession of years, of studies leading to the degrees of M.D. and Doctor of Public Health. The award may be continued until the degrees are obtained. Renewal MAJOR applications will be sent to scholarship recipients by the In order to ensure that a student’s education involves premedical adviser. (1948) not simply exposure to many disciplines but also development of some degree of mastery in at least The Hannah E. Longshore Memorial Medical one, she must choose a major subject at the end of the Scholarship was founded by Mrs. Rudolf Blankenburg in sophomore year. With the guidance of the major adviser, memory of her mother. The Scholarship is awarded by a student plans an appropriate sequence of courses. a committee to students and alumnae who have been The following is a list of major subjects: accepted by a medical school. (1921) Anthropology The Jane V. Myers Medical Scholarship Fund was established by Mrs. Rudolf Blankenburg in memory of Astronomy (Haverford College) her aunt. The scholarship is awarded by a committee Biology to students and alumnae who have been accepted by a medical school. (1921) Chemistry Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology The Harriet Judd Sartain Memorial Scholarship Fund Classical Culture and Society was founded by bequest under the will of Paul J. Sartain. The income from the fund is to establish Classical Languages a scholarship which is awarded by a committee to Comparative Literature students and alumnae who have been accepted by a medical school. (1948) Computer Science East Asian Studies Economics English Fine Arts (Haverford College) French and Francophone Studies Geology German and German Studies Greek Growth and Structure of Cities History History of Art Italian and Italian Studies International Studies Latin Linguistics (Tri-College Major) Linguistics and Languages (Tri-College Major) Mathematics Music (Haverford College) Philosophy Physics Political Science Psychology Religion (Haverford College) 66 Areas of Study
Romance Languages Japanese Russian Latin Sociology Linguistics (at Haverford) Spanish Mathematics Middle Eastern Studies MINOR Music (at Haverford) The minor typically consists of six courses, with specific Neuroscience requirements determined by the department or program. Philosophy A minor is not required for the degree. The following is a list of subjects in which students may elect to minor. Physics Minors in departments or programs that do not offer Political Science majors appear in italics. Psychology Africana Studies Russian Anthropology Sociology Astronomy (at Haverford) Spanish Biology Theater Studies Chemistry CONCENTRATION Child and Family Studies Chinese The concentration, which is not required for the degree, is a cluster of classes that overlap the major and focus a Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology student’s work on a specific area of interest: Classical Culture and Society Comparative Literature Gender and Sexuality Computational Methods Geoarchaeology (with a major in Anthropology, Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, or Computer Science Geology) Creative Writing Latin-American, Latino and Iberian Peoples and Dance Cultures East Asian Studies • Peace, Conflict and Social Justice Economics Education KEY TO COURSE LETTERS
English ANTH Anthropology Environmental Studies ARAB Arabic Film Studies ARTA Arts in Education French and Francophone Studies ASTR Astronomy Gender and Sexuality BIOL Biology Geology CHEM Chemistry German and German Studies CNSE Chinese Greek ARCH Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Growth and Structure of Cities CSTS Classical Culture and Society Health Studies COML Comparative Literature History CMSC Computer Science History of Art ARTW Creative Writing International Studies ARTD Dance Italian and Italian Studies EAST East Asian Studies Areas of Study 67
ECON Economics 400-499 EDUC Education Special categories of work (e.g., 403 for a unit of supervised work). ENGL English ARTS Fine Arts Some courses listed together are full-year courses. Students must complete the second semester of a FREN French and Francophone Studies full-year course in order to receive credit for both GNST General Studies semesters. Full-year courses are indicated by the phrase “both semesters are required for credit” in the GEOL Geology course description. Other courses listed together are GERM German and German Studies designed as two-semester sequences, but students GREK Greek receive credit for completing either semester without the other. CITY Growth and Structure of Cities HEBR Hebrew and Judaic Studies A semester course usually carries one unit of credit. Students should check the course guide for unit listing. HIST History One unit equals four semester hours or six quarter HART History of Art hours. INST International Studies ITAL Italian KEY TO REQUIREMENT INDICATORS JNSE Japanese Quantitative Skills: Indicates courses that meet the requirement for work in Quantitative Skills. LATN Latin LING Linguistics Division I: Indicates courses that meet part of the MATH Mathematics divisional requirement for work in the social sciences.
MUSC Music Division IIL: Indicates courses that meet the laboratory PHIL Philosophy science part of the divisional requirement for work in the natural sciences and mathematics. PHYS Physics POLS Political Science Division II: Indicates courses that meet part of the PSYC Psychology divisional requirement for work in the natural sciences or mathematics, but not the laboratory science part of the RELG Religion Division II requirement. RUSS Russian Division III: Indicates courses that meet part of the SOCL Sociology divisional requirement for work in the humanities. SPAN Spanish ARTT Theater Division I or III, II or III, etc.: Indicates courses that can be used to meet part of the divisional requirement for work in either division, but not both. KEY TO COURSE NUMBERS Quantitative and Mathematical Reasoning (QM): 001-099 Indicates courses that meet the requirement for work in These course numbers are used by only a few QM. departments. They refer to introductory courses that are not counted towards the major. Quantitative Readiness (QR): Indicates courses that meet the requirement for work in QR. 100-199 Introductory courses, generally taken in the first and Scientific Inquiry (SI): Indicates courses that meet the second years. requirement for work in SI.
200-299 Critical Interpretation (CI): Indicates courses that meet Introductory and intermediate-level courses, generally the requirement for work In CI. taken in the first two years. Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC): Indicates courses that 300-399 meet the requirement for work CC. Advanced courses. 68 Areas of Study
Inquiry Into the Past (IP): Indicates courses that meet the requirement for work In IP.
Neighboring College Courses
Selected Haverford College courses may be listed in this catalog when applicable to Bryn Mawr programs. Consult the Haverford catalog for full course descriptions. Students should consult their deans or major advisers for information about Swarthmore College, University of Pennsylvania and Villanova University courses pertinent to their studies. Catalogs and course guides for Swarthmore are available through the Tri-Co Course Guide. Catalogs and course guides for Penn and Villanova are available through each institution’s website.
Course Descriptions
Following the description are the name(s) of the instructor(s), the College requirements that the course meets, if any, and information on cross-listing. Information on prerequisite courses may be included in the descriptions or in the prefatory material on each department.
At the time of this printing, the course offerings and descriptions that follow were accurate. Whenever possible, courses that will not be offered in the current year are so noted. There may be courses offered in the current year for which information was not available at the time of this catalog printing. For the most up-to-date and complete information regarding course offerings, faculty, status and divisional requirements, please consult the Tri-Co Course Guide, which can be found on the College website at www.trico.haverford.edu. Africana Studies 69
AFRICANA STUDIES Minor Requirements The requirements for a minor in Africana Studies are the Students may complete a minor in Africana Studies. following: 1. One-semester interdisciplinary course Bryn Mawr HIST B102: Introduction to African Civilizations Steering Committee (ICPR 101 at Haverford). 2. Five additional semester courses from an approved Michael H. Allen, Professor of Political Science list of courses in Africana studies. Linda-Susan Beard, Associate Professor of English 3. A senior thesis or seminar-length essay in an area Pim Higginson, Associate Professor of French and of Africana studies. Francophone Studies (on leave semesters I and II) Students are encouraged to organize their course work Alice Lesnick, Coordinator and Term Professor in the along one of several prototypical routes. Such model Bryn Mawr/Haverford Education Program and programs might feature: Director 1. Regional or area studies; for example, focusing Kalala Ngalamulume, Associate Professor of Africana on blacks in Latin America, the English-speaking Studies and History and Co-Director of International Caribbean or North America. Studies 2. Thematic emphases; for example, exploring Mary Osirim, Interim Provost and Professor of Sociology class politics, ethnic conflicts and/or economic Robert Washington, Professor of Sociology development in West and East Africa. Susan White, Professor of Chemistry (on leave 3. Comparative emphases; for example, problems of semester II) development, governance, public health or family and gender. The Africana Studies Program brings a global outlook to the study of Africa its Diasporas. Drawing on analytical The final requirement for the Africana Studies minor is a perspectives from anthropology, economics, history, senior thesis or its equivalent. If the department in which literary studies, political science and sociology, the the student is majoring requires a thesis, she can satisfy program focuses on peoples of African descent within the Africana Studies requirement by writing on a topic the context of increasing globalization and dramatic that is approved by her department and the Africana social, economic and political changes. Studies Program coordinator. If the major department does not require a thesis, an equivalent written Bryn Mawr’s Africana Studies Program participates in exercise—that is, a seminar-length essay—is required. a U.S. Department of Education-supported consortium The essay may be written within the framework of a with Haverford College, Swarthmore Colleges, and the particular course or as an independent study project. University of Pennsylvania. Through this consortium, The topic must be approved by both the instructor in Bryn Mawr students have the opportunity to take a question and the Africana Studies Program coordinator. broad range of courses by enrolling in courses offered by all participating institutions. Also, Bryn Mawr’s COURSES Africana Studies Program sponsors a study abroad semester at the University of Nairobi, Kenya, and ANTH B200 The Atlantic World 1492-1800 participates in other study abroad programs offered The aim of this course is to provide an understanding by its consortium partners in Zimbabwe, Ghana, and of the way in which peoples, goods, and ideas from Senegal. Africa, Europe. and the Americas came together to form an interconnected Atlantic World system. The course Students are encouraged to begin their work in the is designed to chart the manner in which an integrated Africana Studies Program by taking “Introduction system was created in the Americas in the early modern to African Civilizations” (HIST B102). This required period, rather than to treat the history of the Atlantic introductory level course, which provides students World as nothing more than an expanded version of with a common intellectual experience as well as the North American, Caribbean, or Latin American history. foundation for subsequent courses in Africana Studies, Requirement(s): Division I or Division III should be completed by the end of the student’s junior Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) year. Counts towards: Africana Studies; Latin Amer/Latino/ Iberian Peoples & Cultures; International Studies Major; Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies Crosslisting(s): HIST-B200 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) 70 Africana Studies
ANTH B253 Childhood in the African Experience societies; migration and social change; urban space, health problems, city life, and women. An overview of cultural contexts and indigenous Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science literatures concerning the richly varied experience Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the and interpretation of infancy and childhood in selected Past (IP) regions of Africa. Cultural practices such as pregnancy Counts towards: Africana Studies; Environmental customs, naming ceremonies, puberty rituals, sibling Studies relationships, and gender identity are included. Modern Crosslisting(s): HIST-B237 concerns such as child abuse, street children, and other Units: 1.0 social problems of recent origin involving children are Instructor(s):Ngalamulume,K. considered in terms of theoretical approaches current in (Spring 2014) the social sciences. Prerequisites: anthropology major, any social sciences introductory course, Africana studies CITY B266 Schools in American Cities minor, or permission of instructor. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science This course examines issues, challenges, and Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) possibilities of urban education in contemporary Counts towards: Africana Studies; Child and Family America. We use as critical lenses issues of race, Studies class, and culture; urban learners, teachers, and school Units: 1.0 systems; and restructuring and reform. While we look (Not Offered 2013-14) at urban education nationally over several decades, we use Philadelphia as a focal “case” that students ANTH B341 Cultural Perspectives on Marriage and investigate through documents and school placements. Family This is a Praxis II course (weekly fieldwork in a school required) This course considers various theoretical perspectives Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science that inform our understanding of cross-cultural Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) constructions of marriage and the family. Sociobiology, Counts towards: Africana Studies; Praxis Program deviance, feminism, social constructionism, and cultural Crosslisting(s): EDUC-B266; SOCL-B266 evolutionary approaches will be compared using Units: 1.0 primarily anthropological-ethnographic case examples. Instructor(s):Curl,H. Cultural material from Africa and the United States will (Fall 2013) be emphasized. Applications will emphasize current U.S. socially contested categories such as same-sex CITY B269 Black America in Sociological marriage, plural marriage, gender diversity, divorce, and Perspective the blended family. Prerequisites: any history, biology, or social science major. This course provides sociological perspectives on Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science various issues affecting black America: the legacy of Counts towards: Africana Studies; Child and Family slavery; the formation of urban ghettos; the struggle for Studies civil rights; the continuing significance of discrimination; Units: 1.0 the problems of crime and criminal justice; educational (Not Offered 2013-14) under-performance; entrepreneurial and business activities; the social roles of black intellectuals, athletes, ARCH B101 Introduction to Egyptian and Near entertainers, and creative artists. Eastern Archaeology: Egypt and Mesopotamia Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the A historical survey of the archaeology and art of the Past (IP) ancient Near East and Egypt. Counts towards: Africana Studies Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Crosslisting(s): SOCL-B229 Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the Units: 1.0 Past (IP) Instructor(s):Washington,R. Counts towards: Africana Studies (Fall 2013) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) CITY B338 The New African Diaspora: African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States CITY B237 Themes in Modern African History An examination of the socioeconomic experiences The course examines the cultural, environmental, of immigrants who arrived in the United States since economic, political, and social factors that contributed to the landmark legislation of 1965. After exploring the expansion and transformation of pre-industrial cities, issues of development and globalization at “home” colonial cities, and cities today. We will examine various leading to migration, the course proceeds with the themes, such as the relationship between cities and Africana Studies 71 study of immigration theories. Major attention is given supplementary topics of specific interest to the class. to the emergence of transnational identities and the Possible topics include: discrimination in historical transformation of communities, particularly in the markets, disparity in legal treatments, issues of family northeastern United States. structure, and education gaps. Prerequisites: At least Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science one 200-level applied microeconomics elective; ECON Counts towards: Africana Studies 253 or 304; ECON 200 or 202. Crosslisting(s): SOCL-B338 Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Units: 1.0 Counts towards: Africana Studies (Not Offered 2013-14) Crosslisting(s): CITY-B334 Units: 1.0 COML B279 Introduction to African Literature (Not Offered 2013-14) Taking into account the oral, written, aural and visual EDUC B200 Critical Issues in Education forms of African “texts” over several thousand years, this course will explore literary production, translation Designed to be the first course for students interested and audience/critical reception. Representative works in pursuing one of the options offered through the to be studied include oral traditions, the Sundiata Epic, Education Program, this course is also open to students Chinua Achebe’s Anthills of the Savannah, Ayi Kwei who are not yet certain about their career aspirations Armah’s Fragments, Mariama Bâ’s Si Longe une Lettre, but are interested in educational issues. The course Tsitsi Danga-rembga’s Nervous Conditions, Bessie examines major issues in education in the United States Head’s Maru, Sembène Ousmane’s Xala, plays by within the conceptual framework of educational reform. Wole Soyinka and his Burden of History, The Muse of Fieldwork in an area school required (eight visits, 1.5-2 Forgiveness and Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s A Grain of Wheat. hours per visit). Writing intensive. We will address the “transliteration” of Christian and Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Muslim languages and theologies in these works. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Counts towards: Africana Studies; Child and Family Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Studies Counts towards: Africana Studies Units: 1.0 Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B279 Instructor(s):Lesnick,A. Units: 1.0 (Spring 2014) (Not Offered 2013-14) EDUC B266 Schools in American Cities COML B388 Contemporary African Fiction This course examines issues, challenges, and Noting that the official colonial independence of most possibilities of urban education in contemporary African countries dates back only half a century, this America. We use as critical lenses issues of race, course focuses on the fictive experiments of the most class, and culture; urban learners, teachers, and school recent decade. A few highly controversial works from systems; and restructuring and reform. While we look the 90’s serve as an introduction to very recent work. at urban education nationally over several decades, Most works are in English. To experience depth as well we use Philadelphia as a focal “case” that students as breadth, there is a small cluster of works from South investigate through documents and school placements. Africa. With novels and tales from elsewhere on the This is a Praxis II course (weekly fieldwork in a school huge African continent, we will get a glimpse of “living in required) the present” in history and letters. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Counts towards: Africana Studies Counts towards: Africana Studies; Child and Family Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B388 Studies; Praxis Program Units: 1.0 Crosslisting(s): SOCL-B266; CITY-B266 (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 Instructor(s):Curl,H. ECON B324 The Economics of Discrimination and (Fall 2013) Inequality ENGL B217 Narratives of Latinidad Explores the causes and consequences of discrimination and inequality in economic markets. This course explores how Latina/o writers fashion Topics include economic theories of discrimination bicultural and transnational identities and narrate the and inequality, evidence of contemporary race- and intertwined histories of the U.S. and Latin America. gender-based inequality, detecting discrimination, and We will focus on topics of shared concern among identifying sources of racial and gender inequality. Latino groups such as imperialism and annexation, Additionally, the instructor and students will jointly select the affective experience of migration, race and gender 72 Africana Studies stereotypes, the politics of Spanglish, and struggles for to be both constructed and consumed within the nation’s social justice. By analyzing novels, poetry, performance imagination and our modern visual regime. art, testimonial narratives, films, and essays, we will Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities unpack the complexity of Latinadad in the Americas. Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Counts towards: Africana Studies Counts towards: Africana Studies; Gender and Sexuality Units: 1.0 Studies; Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures (Not Offered 2013-14) Crosslisting(s): SPAN-B217 Units: 1.0 ENGL B263 Toni Morrison and the Art of Narrative Instructor(s):Harford Vargas,J. Conjure (Fall 2013) All of Morrison’s primary imaginative texts, in publication order, as well as essays by Morrison, with a series of ENGL B234 Postcolonial Literature in English critical lenses that explore several vantages for reading This course will survey a broad range of novels and a conjured narration. poems written while countries were breaking free of Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities British colonial rule. Readings will also include cultural Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) theorists interested in defining literary issues that arise Counts towards: Africana Studies; Gender and Sexuality from the postcolonial situation. Studies Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) (Not Offered 2013-14) Counts towards: Africana Studies Crosslisting(s): COML-B234 ENGL B264 Focus: Black Bards: Poetry in the Units: 1.0 Diaspora Instructor(s):Tratner,M. An interrogation of poetric utterance in works of the (Spring 2014) African diaspora, primarily in English, this course addresses a multiplicity of genres, including epic, lyric, ENGL B235 Reading Popular Culture: Freaks sonnet, rap, and mimetic jazz. The development of This course traces the iconic figure of the “freak” in poetic theories at key moments such as the Harlem American culture, from 19th c. sideshows to the present. Renaissance and the Black Arts Movement will be Featuring literature and films that explore “extraordinary explored. Prerequisite: Any course in poetry or African/ Others”, we will flesh out the ways in which our current American literature. understandings of gender, sexuality, normalcy, and race Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities are constituted through images of “abnormality.” Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Counts towards: Africana Studies Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Units: 0.5, 1.0 Counts towards: Africana Studies; Gender and Sexuality Instructor(s):Beard,L. Studies (Spring 2014) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) ENGL B279 Introduction to African Literature Taking into account the oral, written, aural and visual ENGL B245 Focus: “I remember Harlem” forms of African “texts” over several thousand years, A transdisciplinary study of the famous Black metropolis this course will explore literary production, translation as a historic, geo-political, and cultural center (from and audience/critical reception. Representative works the Jazz Age to the Hip Hop revolution) this course to be studied include oral traditions, the Sundiata Epic, acknowledges 400 years of history and analyzes the Chinua Achebe’s Anthills of the Savannah, Ayi Kwei contemporary gentrification of Harlem. We interrogate Armah’s Fragments, Mariama Bâ’s Si Longe une Lettre, closely the seismic changes in “Harlem” as a signifier. Tsitsi Danga-rembga’s Nervous Conditions, Bessie Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Head’s Maru, Sembène Ousmane’s Xala, plays by Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Wole Soyinka and his Burden of History, The Muse of Counts towards: Africana Studies Forgiveness and Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s A Grain of Wheat. Units: 0.5 We will address the “transliteration” of Christian and (Not Offered 2013-14) Muslim languages and theologies in these works. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities ENGL B262 Survey in African American Literature Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Counts towards: Africana Studies Pairing canonical African American fiction with Crosslisting(s): COML-B279 theoretical, popular, and filmic texts from the late-19th Units: 1.0 Century through to the present day, we will address the (Not Offered 2013-14) ways in which the Black body, as cultural text, has come Africana Studies 73
ENGL B346 Theories of Modernism recent decade. A few highly controversial works from the 90’s serve as an introduction to very recent work. This course will investigate a wide range of works that Most works are in English. To experience depth as well have been labeled “modernist” in order to raise the as breadth, there is a small cluster of works from South question, “Was there one modernism or were there Africa. With novels and tales from elsewhere on the many disparate and competing ones?” huge African continent, we will get a glimpse of “living in Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities the present” in history and letters. Counts towards: Africana Studies Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Counts towards: Africana Studies (Not Offered 2013-14) Crosslisting(s): COML-B388 Units: 1.0 ENGL B369 Women Poets: Gwendolyn Brooks, (Not Offered 2013-14) Adrienne Rich, Sylvia Plath In this seminar we will be playing three poets off against FREN B254 Teaching (in) the Postcolony: Schooling each other, all of whom came of age during the 1950s. in African Fiction We will plot each poet’s career in relation to the public This seminar will examines novels from Francophone and personal crises that shaped it, giving particular and Anglophone Africa, critical essays, and two films, attention to how each poet constructed “poethood” for in order to better understand the forces that inform the herself. African child’s experiences of education. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Counts towards: Africana Studies; Gender and Sexuality Counts towards: Africana Studies Studies Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) (Not Offered 2013-14) GNST B103 Introduction to Swahili Language and ENGL B379 The African Griot(te) Culture I A focused exploration of the multi-genre productions The primary goal of this course is to develop an of Southern African writer Bessie Head and the critical elementary level ability to speak, read, and write responses to such works. Students are asked to help Swahili. The emphasis is on communicative competence construct a critical-theoretical framework for talking in Swahili based on the National Standards for Foreign about a writer who defies categorization or reduction. Language Learning. In the process of acquiring the Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities language, students will also be introduced to East Africa Counts towards: Africana Studies; Gender and Sexuality and its cultures. No prior knowledge of Swahili or East Studies Africa is required. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Instructor(s):Beard,L. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) (Fall 2013) Counts towards: Africana Studies Units: 1.0 ENGL B381 Post-Apartheid Literature Instructor(s):Mshomba,E. South African texts from several language communities (Fall 2013) which anticipate a post-apartheid polity and texts by contemporary South African writers (Zoe Wicomb, Mark GNST B105 Introduction to Swahili Language and Behr, Nadine Gordimer, Mongane Serote) are read Culture II in tandem with works by Radical Reconstruction and The primary goal of this course is to continue working Holocaust writers. Several films are shown that focus on on an elementary level ability to speak, read, and write the complexities of post-apartheid reconciliation. Swahili. The emphasis is on communicative competence Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities in Swahili based on the National Standards for Foreign Counts towards: Africana Studies Language Learning. Students will also continue learning Crosslisting(s): COML-B381 about East Africa and its cultures. Prerequisite: GNST Units: 1.0 B103 (Introduction to Swahili Language and Culture I) or Instructor(s):Beard,L. permission of the instructor is required. (Spring 2014) Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) ENGL B388 Contemporary African Fiction Counts towards: Africana Studies Noting that the official colonial independence of most Units: 1.0 African countries dates back only half a century, this Instructor(s):Mshomba,E. course focuses on the fictive experiments of the most (Spring 2014) 74 Africana Studies
HART B282 Arts of Sub-Saharan Africa HIST B235 Africa to 1800 This course examines the significant artistic and The course explores the formation and development architectural traditions of African cultures south of the of African societies, with a special focus on the key Sahara in their religious, philosophical, political, and processes of hominisation, agricultural revolution, social aspects. metalworking, the formation of states, the connection of Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities West Africa to the world economy. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Interpretation (CI) Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the Counts towards: Africana Studies Past (IP) Units: 1.0 Counts towards: Africana Studies (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) HART B362 The African Art Collection HIST B236 African History since 1800 This seminar will introduce students to the African art holdings that are part of the Art and Archaeology The course analyzes the history of Africa in the last two Collections. hundred years in the context of global political economy. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities We will examine the major themes in modern African Counts towards: Africana Studies history, including the 19th-century state formation, Units: 1.0 expansion, or restructuration; partition and resistance; (Not Offered 2013-14) colonial rule; economic, social, political, religious, and cultural developments; nationalism; post-independence HIST B102 Introduction to African Civilizations politics, economics, and society, as well as conflicts and the burden of disease. The course will also introduce The course is designed to introduce students to the students to the sources and methods of African history. history of African and African Diaspora societies, Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science cultures, and political economies. We will discuss the Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the origins, state formation, external contacts, and the Past (IP) structural transformations and continuities of African Counts towards: Africana Studies societies and cultures in the context of the slave trade, Units: 1.0 colonial rule, capitalist exploitation, urbanization, and Instructor(s):Ngalamulume,K. westernization, as well as contemporary struggles over (Fall 2013) authority, autonomy, identity and access to resources. Case studies will be drawn from across the continent. HIST B237 Themes in Modern African History Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the The course examines the cultural, environmental, Past (IP) economic, political, and social factors that contributed to Counts towards: Africana Studies the expansion and transformation of pre-industrial cities, Units: 1.0 colonial cities, and cities today. We will examine various Instructor(s):Ngalamulume,K. themes, such as the relationship between cities and (Spring 2014) societies; migration and social change; urban space, health problems, city life, and women. HIST B200 The Atlantic World 1492-1800 Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the The aim of this course is to provide an understanding Past (IP) of the way in which peoples, goods, and ideas from Counts towards: Africana Studies Africa, Europe. and the Americas came together to form Crosslisting(s): CITY-B237 an interconnected Atlantic World system. The course Units: 1.0 is designed to chart the manner in which an integrated Instructor(s):Ngalamulume,K. system was created in the Americas in the early modern (Spring 2014) period, rather than to treat the history of the Atlantic World as nothing more than an expanded version of HIST B243 Atlantic Cultures North American, Caribbean, or Latin American history. Requirement(s): Division I or Division III This is a topics course. Topics vary. Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Counts towards: Africana Studies; Latin Amer/Latino/ Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the Iberian Peoples & Cultures; International Studies Major; Past (IP) Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies Counts towards: Africana Studies Crosslisting(s): ANTH-B200 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) (Not Offered 2013-14) Africana Studies 75
HIST B265 Colonial Encounters in the Americas Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Counts towards: Africana Studies The course explores the confrontations, conquests Units: 1.0 and accommodations that formed the “ground-level” Instructor(s):Ngalamulume,K. experience of day-to-day colonialism throughout (Spring 2014) the Americas. The course is comparative in scope, examining events and structures in North, South HIST B337 Topics in African History and Central America, with particular attention paid to indigenous peoples and the nature of indigenous This is a topics course. Topics vary. Enrollment limited to leadership in the colonial world of the 18th century. 15 students. Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Counts towards: Africana Studies; Latin Amer/Latino/ Counts towards: Africana Studies Iberian Peoples & Cultures Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) (Not Offered 2013-14) HIST B349 Topics in Comparative History HIST B303 Topics in American History This is a topics course. Topics vary. This is a topics course. Topics vary. Recent topics have Requirement(s): Division I or Division III included medicine, advertising, and history of sexuality. Counts towards: Africana Studies Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Units: 1.0 Counts towards: Africana Studies (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 POLS B243 African and Caribbean Perspectives in Fall 2013: Current topic description: History of Medicine World Politics in America. This course offers an introduction to the This course makes African and Caribbean voices history of medicine, health, and the medical sciences audible as they create or adopt visions of the world that in America from the colonial period to the present. We explain their positions and challenges in world politics. will discuss the changing role of medicine and medical Students learn analytical tools useful in understanding professionals in America, from the rise of modern other parts of the world. Prerequisite: POLS 141. medical specialties to the politics of disease and public Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science health today. Particular attention will be paid to how Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) race, class and gender have been factors in the creation Counts towards: Africana Studies of biomedical knowledge and practices, the organization Units: 1.0 of medical work and objects, and contributed to (Not Offered 2013-14) difference and inequality in society. SOCL B217 The Family in Social Context Spring 2014: Current topic description: This course investigates the evolution of reproduction in American A consideration of the family as a social institution in medicine, science, politics and culture. We will the United States, looking at how societal and cultural explore changing ideas about reproductive bodies and characteristics and dynamics influence families; how health, parenthood, sexuality, and the family as well the family reinforces or changes the society in which as changing practices of contraception, conception it is located; and how the family operates as a social and childbirth. From midwifery in colonial America to organization. Included is an analysis of family roles contemporary practices of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), and social interaction within the family. Major problems this course focuses on persistent efforts of individuals, related to contemporary families are addressed, such organizations, and the state to control reproduction. as domestic violence and divorce. Cross-cultural and subcultural variations in the family are considered. HIST B336 Social and Cultural History of Medicine in Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Africa Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Counts towards: Africana Studies; Child and Family The course will focus on the issues of public health Studies; Gender and Sexuality Studies history, social and cultural history of disease as well as Units: 1.0 the issues of the history of medicine. We will explore (Not Offered 2013-14) various themes, such as the indigenous theories of disease and therapies; disease, imperialism and SOCL B225 Women in Society medicine; medical pluralism in contemporary Africa; the emerging diseases, medical education, women in A study of the contemporary experiences of women of medicine, and differential access to health care. We color in the Global South. The household, workplace, will also explore the questions regarding the sources of community, and the nation-state, and the positions of African history and their quality. women in the private and public spheres are compared 76 Africana Studies cross-culturally. Topics include feminism, identity and study of immigration theories. Major attention is given self-esteem; globalization and transnational social to the emergence of transnational identities and the movements and tensions and transitions encountered transformation of communities, particularly in the as nations embark upon development. northeastern United States. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Counts towards: Africana Studies Counts towards: Africana Studies; Child and Family Crosslisting(s): CITY-B338 Studies; Gender and Sexuality Studies Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) (Not Offered 2013-14) SPAN B217 Narratives of Latinidad SOCL B229 Black America in Sociological This course explores how Latina/o writers fashion Perspective bicultural and transnational identities and narrate the This course provides sociological perspectives on intertwined histories of the U.S. and Latin America. various issues affecting black America: the legacy of We will focus on topics of shared concern among slavery; the formation of urban ghettos; the struggle for Latino groups such as imperialism and annexation, civil rights; the continuing significance of discrimination; the affective experience of migration, race and gender the problems of crime and criminal justice; educational stereotypes, the politics of Spanglish, and struggles for under-performance; entrepreneurial and business social justice. By analyzing novels, poetry, performance activities; the social roles of black intellectuals, athletes, art, testimonial narratives, films, and essays, we will entertainers, and creative artists. unpack the complexity of Latinadad in the Americas. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the Counts towards: Africana Studies; Gender and Sexuality Past (IP) Studies; Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures Counts towards: Africana Studies Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B217 Crosslisting(s): CITY-B269 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s):Harford Vargas,J. Instructor(s):Washington,R. (Fall 2013) (Fall 2013)
SOCL B266 Schools in American Cities This course examines issues, challenges, and possibilities of urban education in contemporary America. We use as critical lenses issues of race, class, and culture; urban learners, teachers, and school systems; and restructuring and reform. While we look at urban education nationally over several decades, we use Philadelphia as a focal “case” that students investigate through documents and school placements. This is a Praxis II course (weekly fieldwork in a school required) Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Counts towards: Africana Studies; Child and Family Studies; Praxis Program Crosslisting(s): EDUC-B266; CITY-B266 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s):Curl,H. (Fall 2013)
SOCL B338 The New African Diaspora: African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States An examination of the socioeconomic experiences of immigrants who arrived in the United States since the landmark legislation of 1965. After exploring issues of development and globalization at “home” leading to migration, the course proceeds with the Anthropology 77
ANTHROPOLOGY Concentration in Geoarchaeology The Department of Anthropology participates with Students may complete a major or a minor in Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology and Anthropology. Within the major, students may complete Geology in offering a concentration within the major in a concentration in geoarchaeology. geoarchaeology.
Anthropology is a holistic study of the human condition Cooperation with Other Programs in both the past and the present. The anthropological The Department of Anthropology actively participates lens can bring into focus the social, cultural, biological and regularly contributes to the minors in Africana and linguistic variations that characterize the diversity Studies, Environmental Studies, and Gender and of humankind throughout time and space. The frontiers Sexuality. In addition, Anthropology cross-lists several of anthropology can encompass many directions: the courses with Biology, Classical and Near Eastern search for early human fossils in Africa, the excavations Archaeology, German, Growth and Structure of Cities, of prehistoric societies and ancient civilizations, the History, Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies, analysis of language use and other expressive forms of Political Sciences, and Sociology. Anthropology at culture, or the examination of the significance of culture Bryn Mawr also works in close cooperation with our in the context of social life. counterpart department at Haverford College.
Faculty COURSES
Richard S. Davis, Professor (on leave semester II) ANTH B101 Introduction to Anthropology: Carolyn Merritt, Lecturer Prehistoric Archaeology and Biological Anthropology Casey J. Miller, Visiting Assistant Professor An introduction to the place of humans in nature, Melissa Pashigian, Chair and Associate Professor primates, the fossil record for human evolution, human Maja Seselj, Assistant Professor variation and the issue of race, and the archaeological investigation of culture change from the Old Stone Age Beth A. Uzwiak, Lecturer to the rise of early civilizations in the Americas, Eurasia Amanda Weidman, Associate Professor and Africa. There are four lab sections for ANTH 101. In addition to the lecture/discussion classes,students Major Requirements must select and sign up for one lab section. Limited enrollment: 18 students per lab section. Requirements for the major are ANTH 101, 102, 303, Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science 398, 399, an ethnographic area course that focuses Approach: Scientific Investigation (SI) on the cultures of a single region, and four additional Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies 200- or 300-level courses in anthropology. Students Units: 1.0 are encouraged to select courses from each of four Instructor(s): Davis,R., Seselj,M. subfields of anthropology: archaeology, bioanthropology, (Fall 2013) linguistics or sociocultural. ANTH B102 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Students may elect to do part of their work away from An introduction to the methods and theories of cultural Bryn Mawr. Courses that must be taken at Bryn Mawr anthropology in order to understand and explain cultural include ANTH 101, 102, 303, 398 and 399. (ANTH 103 similarities and differences among contemporary at Haverford may be substituted for ANTH 102.) societies . Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Minor Requirements Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Requirements for a minor in anthropology are ANTH International Studies Major 101, 102, 303, one ethnographic area course and two Units: 1.0 additional 200- or 300-level courses in anthropology. Instructor(s): Weidman,A., Uzwiak,B. (Spring 2014) Honors
Qualified students may earn departmental honors in their senior year. Honors are based on the quality of the senior thesis (398, 399) and grade point average in courses taken for the anthropology major. 78 Anthropology
ANTH B111 Introduction to Peace, Conflict, and system was created in the Americas in the early modern Social Justice Studies period, rather than to treat the history of the Atlantic World as nothing more than an expanded version of A broad and interdisciplinary overview of the study North American, Caribbean, or Latin American history. of conflict management. Areas to be introduced will Requirement(s): Division I or Division III include interpersonal conflict and conflict management, Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) alternative dispute resolution and the law, community Counts towards: Africana Studies; Latin Amer/Latino/ conflict and mediation, organizational, intergroup, Iberian Peoples & Cultures; International Studies Major; and international conflict, and conflict management. Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies This course will also serve as a foundation course for Crosslisting(s): HIST-B200 students in or considering the Peace, Conflict, and Units: 1.0 Social Justice Studies concentration. (Not Offered 2013–14) Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) ANTH B203 Human Ecology Counts towards: Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies The relationship of humans with their environment; Crosslisting(s): POLS-B111 culture as an adaptive mechanism and a dynamic Units: 1.0 component in ecological systems. Human ecological (Not Offered 2013–14) perspectives are compared with other theoretical orientations in anthropology. Prerequisites: ANTH 101, ANTH B185 Urban Culture and Society 102, or permission of instructor. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Examines techniques and questions of the social Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) sciences as tools for studying historical and Counts towards: Environmental Studies contemporary cities. Topics include political-economic Units: 1.0 organization, conflict and social differentiation (class, (Not Offered 2013–14) ethnicity and gender), and cultural production and representation. Philadelphia features prominently ANTH B204 North American Archaeology in discussion, reading and exploration as do global metropolitan comparisons through papers involving For millennia, the North American continent has been fieldwork, critical reading and planning/problem solving home to a vast diversity of Native Americans. From using qualitative and quantitative methods. the initial migration of big game hunters who spread Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science throughout the continent more than 12,000 years ago Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the to the high civilizations of the Maya, Teotihuacan, and Past (IP) Aztec, there remains a rich archaeological record that Crosslisting(s): CITY-B185 reflects the ways of life of these cultures. This course Units: 1.0 will introduce the culture history of North America as well Instructor(s): McDonogh,G., Zhang,J. as explanations for culture change and diversification. (Fall 2013) The class will include laboratory study of North American archaeological and ethnographic artifacts from ANTH B190 The Form of the City: Urban Form from the College’s Art and Archaeology collections. Antiquity to the Present Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) This course studies the city as a three-dimensional Units: 1.0 artifact. A variety of factors—geography, economic and Instructor(s): Davis,R. population structure, politics, planning, and aesthetics— (Fall 2013) are considered as determinants of urban form. Requirement(s): Division I or Division III ANTH B206 Conflict and Conflict Management: A Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the Cross-Cultural Approach Past (IP) Crosslisting(s): CITY-B190; HART-B190 This course examines cross-cultural differences in the Units: 1.0 levels and forms of conflict and its management through Instructor(s): Hein,C. a wide range of cases and alternative theoretical (Spring 2014) perspectives. Conflicts of interest range from the interpersonal to the international levels and an important ANTH B200 The Atlantic World 1492-1800 question is the relevance of conflict and its management in small-scale societies as a way to understand political The aim of this course is to provide an understanding conflict and dispute settlement in the United States and of the way in which peoples, goods, and ideas from modern industrial settings. Prerequisite: one course in Africa, Europe. and the Americas came together to form Political Science, Anthropology, or Sociology. an interconnected Atlantic World system. The course Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science is designed to chart the manner in which an integrated Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Anthropology 79
Counts towards: Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice ANTH B219 Visual Anthropology, Latin America and Studies Social Movements Crosslisting(s): POLS-B206 Focusing on indigenous communities and social Units: 1.0 movements, this course examines the cultural uses of (Not Offered 2013–14) visual art, photography, film, and new media in Latin America. Students will analyze a variety of materials to ANTH B208 Human Biology reconsider western conceptions of art. As well, students This course will be a survey of modern human biological will explore how anthropologists employ visual methods variation. We will examine the patterns of morphological in ethnographic research. Prerequisites: ANTH B102 or and genetic variation in modern human populations and permission of instructor. discuss the evolutionary explanations for the observed Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science patterns. A major component of the class will be the Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) discussion of the social implications of these patterns of Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & biological variation, particularly in the construction and Cultures application of the concept of race. Prerequisite: ANTH Units: 1.0 101 or permission of instructor. Instructor(s): Uzwiak,B. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science (Spring 2014) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013–14) ANTH B220 Methods and Theory in Archaeology An examination of techniques and theories ANTH B209 Human Evolution archaeologists use to transform archaeological data The position of humans among the primates, into statements about patterns of prehistoric cultural processes of biocultural evolution, the fossil record and behavior, adaptation and culture change. Theory contemporary human variation. Prerequisite: ANTH 101 development, hypothesis formulation, gathering or permission of instructor. of archaeological data and their interpretation and Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science evaluation are discussed and illustrated by examples. Approach: Scientific Investigation (SI) Theoretical debates current in American archaeology Units: 1.0 are reviewed and the place of archaeology in the Instructor(s): Seselj,M. general field of anthropology is discussed. Prerequisite: (Spring 2014) ANTH 101 or permission of instructor. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science ANTH B211 The Archaeology and Anthropology of Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) Rubbish and Recycling Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013–14) This course serves as an introduction to a range of approaches to the study of waste and dirt as well as ANTH B221 Performance in Latin America practices and processes of disposal and recycling in past and present societies. Particular attention will be This course examines performance in Latin America, paid to the interpretation of spatial disposal patterns, addressing performances that range from the everyday the power of dirt(y waste) to create boundaries and to the staged. Topics include: self-presentation difference, and types of recycling. and gender; food and sports; political ceremonies, Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities personalities, and protest; religion, ritual, and rites Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the of passage; literature, music, theater, dance, and Past (IP) performance art. In particular, students will attend to the Crosslisting(s): ARCH-B211 situation of local practices within a global context, and to Units: 1.0 the relationship between culture, politics, and aesthetics. Instructor(s): Lindenlauf,A. Prerequisites: ANTH B102, or permission of instructor. (Fall 2013) Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) ANTH B212 Primate Evolution and Behavior Units: 0 Instructor(s): Merritt,C. An exploration of the aspects of the biology and (Fall 2013) behavior of living primates as well as the evolutionary history of these close relatives. The major focus of this ANTH B223 Anthropology of Dance study is to provide the background upon which human evolution is best understood. This course surveys ethnographic approaches to the Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science study of global dance in a variety of contemporary Counts towards: Child and Family Studies and historical contexts. Recognizing dance as a kind Units: 1.0 of shared cultural knowledge and drawing on theories (Not Offered 2013–14) and literature in anthropology, dance and related fields 80 Anthropology such as history, and ethnomusicology, we will examine ANTH B233 Battle of the Sexes? Cooperation and dance’s relationship to social structure, ethnicity, gender, Conflict in Primates spirituality and politics. Lectures, discussion, media, and Using the framework provided by evolutionary biology, guest speakers are included. Prerequisite: a course in this course examines the behavior and underlying anthropology or related discipline, or a dance lecture/ biology of primate males and females as they pursue seminar course, or permission of the instructor. strategies for survival and reproduction. Particular Requirement(s): Division I or Division III attention will be given to the conflicts that emerge Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical between males and females in gregarious species, Interpretation (CI) including humans. Prerequisites: ANTH B101 or Crosslisting(s): ARTD-B223 equivalent is required. One additional course in Units: 1.0 biological anthropology is strongly recommended. (Not Offered 2013–14) Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Units: 1.0 ANTH B229 Topics in Comparative Urbanism (Not Offered 2013–14) This is a topics course. Topics vary. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science ANTH B234 Forensic Anthropology Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the Introduces the forensic subfield of biological Past (IP) anthropology, which applies techniques of osteology Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & and biomechanics to questions of forensic science, with Cultures practical applications for criminal justice. Examines the Crosslisting(s): CITY-B229; SOCL-B230; HART-B229; challenges of human skeletal identification and trauma EAST-B229 analysis, as well as the broader ethical considerations Units: 1.0 and implications of the field. Topics will include: human Instructor(s): McDonogh,G. osteology; search and recovery of human remains; taphonomy; trauma analysis; and the development and Spring 2014: Current topic description: Comparative application of innovative and specialized techniques. Urbanism insists that our understanding of cities must Prerequisite: ANTH 101 or permission of instructor. incorporate systematic analysis, testing theory and Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science practice. This year, the class explores questions raised Approach: Scientific Investigation (SI) about cities through crime literature, ranging from Units: 1.0 depictions of criminality (across race, class and gender) Instructor(s): Pashigian,M., Seselj,M. to visions of form and movement. The key cities for (Fall 2013) comparison this year will be Barcelona, Los Angeles, Havana, Buenos Aires and Shanghai. Readings will ANTH B236 Evolution include literary sources, films and social histories. A lecture/discussion course on the development of ANTH B231 Cultural Profiles in Modern Exile evolutionary biology. This course will cover the history of evolutionary theory, population genetics, molecular This course investigates the anthropological, and developmental evolution, paleontology, and philosophical, psychological, cultural, and literary phylogenetic analysis. Lecture three hours a week. aspects of modern exile. It studies exile as experience Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science and metaphor in the context of modernity, and examines Approach: Scientific Investigation (SI) the structure of the relationship between imagined/ Crosslisting(s): BIOL-B236; GEOL-B236 remembered homelands and transnational identities, Units: 1.0 and the dialectics of language loss and bi- and Instructor(s): Davis,G. multi-lingualism. Particular attention is given to the (Spring 2014) psychocultural dimensions of linguistic exclusion and loss. Readings of works by Julia Alvarez, Anita Desai, ANTH B237 Environmental Health Sigmund Freud, Milan Kundera, Friedrich Nietzsche, Salman Rushdie, and others. This course introduces principles and methods in Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities environmental anthropology and public health used to Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical analyze global environmental health problems globally Interpretation (CI) and develop health and disease control programs. Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Topics covered include risk; health and environment; Cultures; International Studies Major food production and consumption; human health and Crosslisting(s): GERM-B231; COML-B231 agriculture; meat and poultry production; and culture, Units: 1.0 urbanization, and disease. Prerequisite: ANTH 102 or (Not Offered 2013–14) permission of instructor. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Anthropology 81
Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) formation, genocide, systems of oppression/privilege, Counts towards: Environmental Studies and immigration. Students will examine how class, Units: 1.0 gender, and other social variables intersect to affect (Not Offered 2013–14) individual and collective experiences of race, as well as the consequences of racism in various cultural contexts. ANTH B239 Anthropology of Media Prerequisite: ANTH B102 or permission of instructor. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science This course examines the impact of non-print media Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) such as films, television, sound recordings, radio, cell Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies phones, the internet and social media on contemporary Units: 1.0 life from an anthropological perspective. The course Instructor(s): Uzwiak,B. will focus on the constitutive power of media at two (Fall 2013) interlinked levels: first, in the construction of subjectivity, senses of self, and the production of affect; and second, ANTH B249 Asian American Communities in collective social and political projects, such as building national identity, resisting state power, or giving This course is an introduction to the study of Asian voice to indigenous claims. Prerequisite: ANTH B102 or American communities that provides comparative ANTH H103, or permission of instructor analysis of major social issues confronting Asian Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Americans. Encompassing the varied experiences Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) of Asian Americans and Asians in the Americas, the Units: 1.0 course examines a broad range of topics—community, Instructor(s): Weidman,A. migration, race and ethnicity, and identities—as well (Spring 2014) as what it means to be Asian American and what that teaches us about American society. ANTH B240 Traditional and Pre-Industrial Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Technology Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the Past (IP) An examination of several traditional technologies, Crosslisting(s): SOCL-B249; CITY-B249 including chipped and ground stone, ceramics, textiles, Units: 1.0 metallurgy (bronze), simple machines and energy Instructor(s): Takenaka,A. production; emphasizing the physical properties of (Fall 2013) various materials, production processes and cultural contexts both ancient and modern. Weekly laboratory ANTH B253 Childhood in the African Experience on the production of finished artifacts in the various technologies studied. Prerequisite: permission of An overview of cultural contexts and indigenous instructor. literatures concerning the richly varied experience Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science and interpretation of infancy and childhood in selected Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) regions of Africa. Cultural practices such as pregnancy Units: 1.0 customs, naming ceremonies, puberty rituals, sibling (Not Offered 2013–14) relationships, and gender identity are included. Modern concerns such as child abuse, street children, and other ANTH B242 Urban Field Research Methods social problems of recent origin involving children are considered in terms of theoretical approaches current in This Praxis course intends to provide students with the social sciences. Prerequisites: anthropology major, hands-on research practice in field methods. In any social sciences introductory course, Africana studies collaboration with the instructor and the Praxis Office, minor, or permission of instructor. students will choose an organization or other group Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science activity in which they will conduct participant observation Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) for several weeks. Through this practice, students will Counts towards: Africana Studies; Child and Family learn how to conduct field-based primary research and Studies analyze sociological issues. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science (Not Offered 2013–14) Counts towards: Praxis Program Crosslisting(s): SOCL-B242; CITY-B242 ANTH B257 Ethnographic Writing Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Takenaka,A. This course explores the differences between (Spring 2014) ethnographic and other forms of writing, focusing on what makes ethnography unique, the forms it may take, ANTH B248 Race, Power and Culture and the features that make it most effective. Students will analyze different forms of argumentation and writing This course examines race and power through a (quantitative vs. ethnographic, inductive vs. deductive, variety of topics including colonialism, nation-state 82 Anthropology interpretive vs. casual), explore their varying degree of creation of heritage and the production of new traditions efficacy, and produce one final research paper. Although in refugee camps and in diaspora. Prerequisite: a the end goal of this course is a mini-ethnography, the Dance lecture/seminar course or a course in a relevant structure of the course is writing intensive with regular discipline such as anthropology, sociology, or Peace, short writing exercises and assignments, review Conflict, and Social Justice Studies, or permission of the sessions, and drafts that build up to the final paper. instructor. Prerequisite: ANTH B102 or permission of instructor. Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Interpretation (CI) Units: 1.0 Crosslisting(s): ARTD-B265 Instructor(s): Merritt,C. Units: 1.0 (Spring 2014) (Fall 2013)
ANTH B258 Immigrant Experiences ANTH B267 The Development of the Modern Japanese Nation The course will examine the causes and consequences of immigration by looking at various immigrant groups in An introduction to the main social dimensions central the United States in comparison with Western Europe, to an understanding of contemporary Japanese society Japan, and other parts of the world. How is immigration and nationhood in comparison to other societies. The induced and perpetuated? How are the types of course also aims to provide students with training in migration changing (labor migration, refugee flows, comparative analysis in sociology. return migration, transnationalism)? How do immigrants Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science adapt differently across societies? We will explore Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical scholarly texts, films, and novels to examine what it Interpretation (CI) means to be an immigrant, what generational and Crosslisting(s): SOCL-B267; EAST-B267 cultural conflicts immigrants experience, and how they Units: 1.0 identify with the new country and the old country. Instructor(s): Takenaka,A. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science (Spring 2014) Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the Past (IP) ANTH B268 Cultural Perspectives on Marriage and Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Family Cultures This course explores the family and marriage as basic Crosslisting(s): SOCL-B246 social institutions in cultures around the world. We will Units: 1.0 consider various topics including: kinship systems in Instructor(s): Takenaka,A. social organization; dating and courtship; parenting and (Fall 2013) childhood; cohabitation and changing family formations; family planning and reproductive technologies; and ANTH B260 Daily Life in Ancient Greece and Rome gender and the division of household labor. In addition The often-praised achievements of the classical to thinking about individuals in families, we will consider cultures arose from the realities of day-to-day life. This the relationship between society, the state, and marriage course surveys the rich body of material and textual and family. Prerequisite: ANTH B102 or permission of evidence pertaining to how ancient Greeks and Romans instructor. -- famous and obscure alike -- lived and died. Topics Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science include housing, food, clothing, work, leisure, and family Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) and social life. Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the Instructor(s): Merritt,C. Past (IP) (Fall 2013) Crosslisting(s): ARCH-B260; CSTS-B260; CITY-B259 Units: 1.0 ANTH B270 Geoarchaeology Instructor(s): Donohue,A. Societies in the past depended on our human (Spring 2014) ancestors’ ability to interact with their environment. Geoarchaeology analyzes these interactions by ANTH B265 Dance, Migration and Exile combining archaeological and geological techniques Highlighting aesthetic, political, social and spiritual to document human behavior while also reconstructing powers of dance as it travels, transforms, and the past environment. Course meets twice weekly for is accorded meaning both domestically and lecture, discussion of readings and hands on exercises. transnationally, especially in situations of war and social Prerequisite: one course in anthropology, archaeology and political upheaval, this course investigates the re- or geology. Anthropology 83
Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP); Scientific class, gender, and religion. Racism and benevolence in Investigation (SI) the Irish experience will highlight a cultural perspective Crosslisting(s): ARCH-B270; GEOL-B270 through use of ethnographies, personal biographies, Units: 1.0 and literary products such as novels and films. (Not Offered 2013–14) Prerequisite: introductory course in social science or permission of instructor. ANTH B275 Cultures and Societies of the Middle Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science East Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Interpretation (CI) Through a close reading of ethnographic, historical, Crosslisting(s): SOCL-B286 and literary materials, this course will introduce Units: 1.0 students to some of the key conceptual issues and (Not Offered 2013–14) regional distinctions that have emerged from classic and contemporary studies of culture and society in ANTH B287 Sex, Gender and Culture the Middle East. The course will survey the following themes: orientalism; gender and patriarchy; democracy Introduces students to core concepts and topics of and state-formation; political Islam; oil and Western the cultural anthropological study of gender, sexuality dominance; media and religion; violence and difference and power in today’s world. Focusing on the nationalism; identity and diaspora. Prerequisite: ANTH body as a site of lived experience, the course explores B102 or equivalent. No knowledge of the Middle East is the varied intersections of gender, race, ethnicity, assumed. economics, class, location and sexual preference that Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science produce different experiences for people both within and Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) across nations. Particular attention will be paid to how Counts towards: Middle East Studies gender and other forms of difference are shaped and Units: 1.0 transformed by global forces, and how these processes (Not Offered 2013–14) are gendered and raced. Topics include: scientific discourses, femininity/masculinity, marriage and ANTH B281 Language in Social Context intimacy, media and childhood, gender and variance, systems of inequality, race and ethnicity, sexuality, Studies of language in society have moved from the queer theory, labor, globalization and social change, idea that language reflects social position/identity and others. Prerequisites: ANTH 102 or permission of to the idea that language plays an active role in instructor. shaping and negotiating social position, identity, and Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science experience. This course will explore the implications Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) of this shift by providing an introduction to the fields of Units: 1.0 sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology. We will be (Spring 2014) particularly concerned with the ways in which language is implicated in the social construction of gender, race, ANTH B290 The Prehistory of Iberia class, and cultural/national identity. The course will develop students’ skills in the ethnographic analysis During the past million years, the Iberian Peninsula of communication through several short ethnographic has served as a crossroads for many waves of human projects. Prerequisite: ANTH 102 or permission of and hominid migration. In this course, we will examine instructor. the traces that these peoples have left behind as well Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science as fluctuations and changes in their environment that Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical shape where they settle and how they make their living. Interpretation (CI) We will look at Pre-Neandertal and Neandertal sites Counts towards: Child and Family Studies; Peace, (Atapuerca, Gibraltar, Lagar Velho, Zafarraya), Upper Conflict, and Social Justice Studies Paleolithic tool cultures and art, later migrations of Crosslisting(s): LING-B281 cultures into the region via the Mediterranean and the Units: 1.0 Atlantic during the Neolithic, Chalcolithic and Bronze (Not Offered 2013–14) Ages (Bell-Beaker phenomenon, Celts, Phoenicians, and Greeks), the origin of the Basques, and finally ANTH B286 Cultural Perspectives on Ethnic Identity the coalescence of Iberian cultures recorded by the in the Post Famine Irish Diaspora Romans. Prerequisites: ANTH B101 or permission of the instructor Theoretical perspectives and case studies on exclusion Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science and assimilation in the social construction of Irish ethnic Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) identity in the United States and elsewhere in the Irish Units: 1.0 diaspora. Symbolic expressions of Irish ethnicity such (Not Offered 2013–14) as St. Patrick’s Day celebrations will consider race, 84 Anthropology
ANTH B303 History of Anthropological Theory midterm, a final, and an essay and short presentation on a topic developed by the student relating to the A consideration of the history of anthropological theories class. Prerequisites: ANTH B101 or permission of the and the discipline of anthropology as an academic instructor. discipline that seeks to understand and explain society Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science and culture as its subjects of study. Several vantage Units: 1.0 points on the history of anthropological theory are (Not Offered 2013–14) engaged to enact an historically charged anthropology of a disciplinary history. Anthropological theories are ANTH B318 Argentine Tango considered not only as a series of models, paradigms, or orientations, but as configurations of thought, This course examines Argentine tango in technique, knowledge, and power that reflect the ever- anthropological perspective, from its origins among changing relationships among the societies and cultures disenfranchised populations in late 19th century Río of the world. Prerequisite: at least one additional de la Plata society, its journey to the dance salons of anthropology course at the 200 or 300 level. Europe and New York, and ultimate transformation into Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science local/ national symbol. Topics include: the performance Units: 1.0 of gender roles in tango lyrics, movement vocabulary, Instructor(s): Merritt,C. advertising images, stage performances, and films; the (Spring 2014) impact of globalization, fusion, and improvisation upon the development of tango music and dance; debates ANTH B312 Anthropology of Reproduction surrounding authenticity and cultural ownership; the commodification of memory and nostalgia in Argentine An examination of social and cultural constructions of government, tourism, and industry promotional reproduction, and how power in everyday life shapes campaigns. Students will be introduced to basic tango reproductive behavior and its meaning in Western and dance vocabulary and etiquette in class, as well as non-Western cultures. The influence of competing through participant observation at Argentine tango interests within households, communities, states, and events in the Philadelphia area. Prerequisites: ANTH institutions on reproduction is considered. Prerequisite: B102, or permission of the instructor. ANTH 102 or permission of instructor. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Crosslisting(s): ARTD-B318 Counts towards: Child and Family Studies; Gender and Units: 1.0 Sexuality Studies Instructor(s): Merritt,C. Units: 1.0 (Spring 2014) Instructor(s): Pashigian,M. (Fall 2013) ANTH B320 Culture Change, Heritage and Tourism ANTH B316 Gender in South Asia This course will examine change among individuals and groups in various cultural contexts, with a focus Examines gender as a culturally and historically on heritage and tourism, and the tensions between constructed category in the modern South Asian preservation and evolution in the survival of cultural context, focusing on the ways in which everyday phenomena and practice. Readings will address topics experiences of and practices relating to gender are including: identity construction; public celebrations informed by media, performance, and political events. such as festivals, parades, and processions; religious Prerequisite: ANTH 102 or permission of instructor. belief and ritual practices; transformations in food, Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science music, dance, and performance; the commodification Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies of “ethnic” arts and crafts and “untouched” landscapes; Units: 1.0 debates over public space and historic preservation; Instructor(s): Weidman,A. and economic and cultural arguments surrounding (Fall 2013) tourism and heritage programs. Special attention will be directed towards the impact of migration, colonialism, ANTH B317 Disease and Human Evolution nationalism, and global capitalism upon cultural change. Pathogens and humans have been having an Prerequisite: ANTH B102, or permission of instructor. “evolutionary arms race” since the beginning of our Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science species. In this course, we will look at methods for Units: 1.0 tracing diseases in our distant past through skeletal Instructor(s): Merritt,C. and genetic analyses as well as tracing the paths and (Fall 2013) impacts of epidemics that occurred during the historic past. We will also address how concepts of Darwinian ANTH B322 Anthropology of the Body medicine impact our understanding of how people This course examines a diversity of meanings and might be treated most effectively. There will be a interpretations of the body in anthropology. It explores Anthropology 85 anthropological theories and methods of studying ANTH B335 Topics in City and Media the body and social difference via a series of topics This is a topics course. Topics vary. Mass media raises including the construction of the body in medicine, ever-changing global issues in study and praxis in identity, race, gender, sexuality and as explored through Cities. This advanced seminar looks closely at media cross-cultural comparison. Prerequisite: ANTH B102, through a limited lens - the mediation of a single city Suggest Preparation: 200 level cultural anthropology (Hong Kong, Philadelphia, Los Angeles), questions of course. genre (cinema, television, web) or around particular Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science theoreticians and questions (Barthes and myth; Marxism Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies and media). Units: 1.0 Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical (Not Offered 2013–14) Interpretation (CI) Crosslisting(s): CITY-B335; EAST-B336 ANTH B330 Archaeological Theory and Method Units: 1.0 A history of archaeology from the Renaissance to the Instructor(s): Zhang,J. present with attention to the formation of theory and method; special units on gender and feminist theory and Fall 2013: Current topic description: Looking at TV post-modern approaches. drama, animation, pop music, fashion and fast food, this Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities course investigates how popular culture works and how Crosslisting(s): ARCH-B330 it shapes people’s lives in East Asian countries. Seeing Units: 1.0 popular culture as terrains of power struggles and (Not Offered 2013–14) articulation, we explore how class, gender and national identities are constructed and contested through ANTH B331 Advanced Topics in Medical pop culture that is in turn shaped by these social Anthropology relationships in specific political and historical context. The purpose of the course is to provide a survey of ANTH B338 Applied Anthropology: Ethics, Methods theoretical frameworks used in medical anthropology, & Rights coupled with topical subjects and ethnographic examples. The course will highlight a number of sub- This course will explore anthropology and social specializations in the field of medical anthropology, change, specifically how anthropologists challenge coupled with topical subjects and ethnographic forms of oppression and injustice. Through readings, examples. The course will highlight a number of sub- discussions, and practice, we will examine and radically specializations in the field of Medical Anthropology reconsider what anthropology has been, what it is, including genomics, science and technology studies, and what it can be as a tool for engaging the world ethnomedicine, cross-cultural psychiatry/psychology, outside academia. We will read a variety of examples cross-cultural bioethics, ecological approaches to of how public anthropologists have used ethnographic studying health and behavior, and more. Prerequisites: methods to address social inequalities both in the ANTH B102 United States and globally. We will discuss both the Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science process and product of such research and myriad Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) ways that insight from ethnographic fieldwork and Units: 1.0 qualitative analysis lends visibility and public voice to a (Not Offered 2013–14) variety of issues including human rights, health, poverty and inequality, homelessness, humanitarian aid, and ANTH B333 Anthropological Demography war. Prerequisites: ANTH B102 or permission of the instructor. Anthropological demography examines human Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science population structure and dynamics through the Units: 1.0 understanding of birth, death and migration processes. It Instructor(s): Uzwiak,B. includes study of the individual’s life history. Population (Spring 2014) dynamics in small- and large-scale societies, the history of human populations and policy implications ANTH B341 Cultural Perspectives on Marriage and of demographic processes in the developed and Family developing world will be discussed through a cross- cultural perspective. This course considers various theoretical perspectives Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science that inform our understanding of cross-cultural Units: 1.0 constructions of marriage and the family. Sociobiology, (Not Offered 2013–14) deviance, feminism, social constructionism, and cultural evolutionary approaches will be compared using primarily anthropological-ethnographic case examples. 86 Anthropology
Cultural material from Africa and the United States will ANTH B351 Transnationalism, Culture and be emphasized. Applications will emphasize current Globalization U.S. socially contested categories such as same-sex Introduces students to transnationalism, globalization marriage, plural marriage, gender diversity, divorce, and and what it means to live in culturally diverse societies. the blended family. Prerequisites: any history, biology, or Through media, art, technology, fashion, food, and social science major. music this course examines the sociopolitical contours Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science of contemporary multiculturalism in our globalizing Counts towards: Africana Studies; Child and Family world. The course will examine the impact of global Studies forces such as immigration, media, and labor markets Units: 1.0 on cultural diversity. We will look critically at the concept (Not Offered 2013–14) of multiculturalism as it differs across the world, and consider the power of culture as a means of oppression ANTH B343 Human Growth and Development and as well as a tool for social change. We will consider Life History how people create and deploy culture through art In this seminar we will examine various aspects of production, visual media, social movements and other the human life history pattern, highly unusual among phenomena. Prerequisites: ANTH B102 or permission of mammals, from a comparative evolutionary perspective. the instructor First, we will survey the fundamentals of life history Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science theory, with an emphasis on primate life histories Units: 1.0 and socioecological pressures that influence them. Instructor(s): Uzwiak,B. Secondly, we will focus on unique aspects of human life (Fall 2013) history, including secondary altriciality of human infants, the inclusion of childhood and pubertal life stages in our ANTH B359 Topics in Urban Culture and Society pattern of growth and development, and the presence This is a topics course. Topics vary. Requirement(s): of a post-reproductive life span. Finally, we will examine Division I or Division III fossil evidence from the hominin lineage used in Crosslisting(s): CITY-B360; SOCL-B360; HART-B359 reconstructing the evolution of the modern human life Units: 1.0 history pattern. Prerequisite: ANTH B101 or permission Instructor(s): McDonogh,G. of instructor. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Spring 2014: Current topic description: Brazilian Units: 1.0 metropoles embody multiple tensions between cities Instructor(s): Seselj,M. and nature mediated by divisions of race, wealth, (Spring 2014) gender and immigration. While colonial and 19th century foundations speak to slave wealth and exploitation of ANTH B347 Advanced Issues in Peace, Conflict, and the land, 20th century Brazil has become a laboratory Social Justice Studies for social change, and experiments to rethink the An in-depth examination of crucial issues and particular relationships of citizens and the environment. Readings cases of interest to advanced students in Peace, will include history, geography, environmental studies, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies through common and literature; films will also be regularly screened in readings and student projects. Various important class. theories of conflict and conflict management are compared and students undertake semester-long field ANTH B360 Advanced Topics in Human Evolution research. The second half of the semester focuses This course will explore central issues in the study of on student research topics with continued exploration human origins. We will examine Miocene hominoids of conflict-resolution theories and research methods. from Africa, Asia, and Europe to better understand Prerequisite: POLS B206, B111, or POLS H247. the ongoing debate about the origins of the hominin Counts towards: Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice lineage, particularly issues pertaining to the location and Studies hominoid group from which hominins arose. We will also Crosslisting(s): POLS-B347 look at the earliest putative hominins from Africa within Units: 1.0 the context of the earlier Miocene hominoids for a better (Not Offered 2013–14) understanding of their taxonomic position. Prerequisite: ANTH B209. ANTH B350 Advanced Topics in Gender Studies Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science This is a topics course. Topics vary. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science (Not Offered 2013–14) Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013–14) Anthropology 87
ANTH B382 Religious Fundamentalism in the Global ANTH B403 Supervised Work Era Independent work is usually open to junior and senior Through a comparison of Jewish, Islamic, Christian majors who wish to work in a special area under the and Hindu political movements, the course seeks supervision of a member of the faculty and is subject to to investigate the religious turn in national and faculty time and interest. transnational contexts. We will also seek to find Units: 1.0 commonalities and differences in religious movements, Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA and religious regimes, while considering the aspects of (Spring 2014) globalization which usher in new kinds of transnational affiliation. Prerequisite: An introductory course in ANTH B425 Praxis III: Independent Study Anthropology, Political Science or History or permission Praxis III courses are Independent Study courses and of the instructor. are developed by individual students, in collaboration Requirement(s): Division I or Division III with faculty and field supervisors. A Praxis courses is Counts towards: Middle East Studies; Peace, Conflict, distinguished by genuine collaboration with fieldsite and Social Justice Studies organizations and by a dynamic process of reflection Crosslisting(s): POLS-B382; HIST-B382 that incorporates lessons learned in the field into the Units: 1.0 classroom setting and applies theoretical understanding (Not Offered 2013–14) gained through classroom study to work done in the broader community. ANTH B398 Senior Conference Counts towards: Praxis Program The topic of each seminar is determined in advance in Units: 1.0 discussion with seniors. Sections normally run through (Not Offered 2013–14) the entire year and have an emphasis on empirical research techniques and analysis of original material. Class discussions of work in progress and oral and written presentations of the analysis and results of research are important. A senior’s thesis is the most significant writing experience in the seminar. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Pashigian,M., Weidman,A. (Fall 2013)
ANTH B399 Senior Conference The topic of each seminar is determined in advance in discussion with seniors. Sections normally run through the entire year and have an emphasis on empirical research techniques and analysis of original material. Class discussions of work in progress and oral and written presentations of the analysis and results of research are important. A senior’s thesis is the most significant writing experience in the seminar. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Pashigian,M. (Spring 2014)
ANTH B403 Supervised Work Independent work is usually open to junior and senior majors who wish to work in a special area under the supervision of a member of the faculty and is subject to faculty time and interest. Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA (Fall 2013) 88 Arabic
ARABIC ARAB B007A Tri-Co Arabic Communication Workshop Faculty A 0.5-credit conversation course concentrating on the development of intermediate skills in speaking and Penny Armstrong, Chair and Eunice M. Schenck 1907 listening through texts and multimedia materials in Professor of French and Director of Middle Eastern Modern Standard Arabic. The aim of the course is for Languages the student to acquire well-rounded communication Manar Darwish, Instructor and Coordinator of Bi-Co skills and socio-cultural competence. Students are Arabic Program required to read chosen texts (including Internet materials) and prepare assignments for the purpose of Farnaz Perry, Drill Instructor generating discussion in class. The class is conducted Arabic language instruction is offered through Tri- entirely in Arabic. The class may be divided into smaller College cooperation. Courses are available at Bryn groups if needed to facilitate conversation. This course Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore Colleges. The will be offered at Swarthmore College in 2013/2014. teaching of Arabic is a component of the three colleges’ Prerequisite: For students presently or previously in efforts to increase the presence of the Middle East in ARAB 003 or ARAB 004 or the equivalent. their curricula. Bryn Mawr offers courses on the Middle Units: 0.5 East in the departments of Anthropology, Classical and (Not Offered 2013-14) Near Eastern Archaeology, Comparative Literature, General Studies, History, and Political Science. ARAB B403 Independent Study Units: 1.0 College Foreign Language Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA Requirement (Fall 2013)
The College’s foreign language requirement may be satisfied by completing ARAB 001 and 002 with an average grade of at least 2.0 or with a grade of 2.0 or better in ARAB 002.
COURSES
ARAB B003 Second Year Modern Standard Arabic Combines intensive oral practice with writing and reading in the modern language. The course attempts to increase students’ expressive ability through the introduction of more advanced grammatical patterns and idiomatic expressions. Introduces students to authentic written texts and examples of Arabic expression through several media. Requirement(s): Language Level 2 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Darwish,M. (Fall 2013)
ARAB B004 Second-Year Modern Standard Arabic Combines intensive oral practice with writing and reading in the modern language. The course attempts to increase students’ expressive ability through the introduction of more advanced grammatical patterns and idiomatic expressions. Introduces students to authentic written texts and examples of Arabic expression through several media. Requirement(s): Language Level 2 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Darwish,M. (Spring 2014) Arts Program 89
ARTS PROGRAM ARTA B251 Arts Teaching in Educational and Community Settings This is a Praxis II course intended for students who Students may complete a minor in Creative Writing, have substantial experience in an art form and are Dance or Theater and qualified students may submit interested in extending that experience into teaching an application to major in Creative Writing, Dance and learning at educational and community sites. or Theater through the independent major program. Following an overview of the history of the arts in Students may complete a major in Fine Arts or a major education, the course will investigate underlying or minor in Music at Haverford College. English majors theories. The praxis component will allow students to may complete a concentration in Creative Writing. create a fluid relationship between theory and practice through observing, teaching and reflecting on arts practices in education contexts. School or community Faculty placement 4-6 hours a week. Prerequisite: at least an intermediate level of experience in an art form. This David Brixk, Instructor course counts toward the minor in Dance or in Theater. Madeline R. Cantor, Associate Director and Term Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Professor of Dance Counts towards: Praxis Program Crosslisting(s): EDUC-B251 Linda Caruso Haviland, Alice Carter Dickerman Units: 1.0 Director of the Arts Program and Director and Instructor(s): Cantor,M. Associate Professor of Dance (Fall 2013) Nancy Doyne, Instructor Lauren Feldman, Lecturer CREATIVE WRITING Thomas Ferrick, Lecturer Courses in Creative Writing within the Arts Program Victoria Funari, Instructor are designed for students who wish to develop their Karl Kirchwey, Director and Professor of Creative skills and appreciation of creative writing in a variety of Writing genres (poetry, prose fiction and nonfiction, playwriting, screenwriting, etc.) and for those intending to pursue Ann Kjellberg, Instructor studies in creative writing at the graduate level. Any Mark E. Lord, Professor of the Arts on the Theresa English major may include one Creative Writing course Helburn Chair of Drama and Director of the in the major plan. Students may pursue a minor as Theater Program described below. While there is no existing major in Creative Writing, exceptionally well-qualified students Rebecca Malcolm-Naib, Instructor with a GPA of 3.7 or higher in Creative Writing courses Elizabeth Mosier, Lecturer completed in the Tri-College curriculum may consider submitting an application to major in Creative Writing Eve Nomi, Lecturer through the Independent Major Program after meeting David Romberg, Lecturer with the Creative Writing Program director. When Toni Shapiro-Phim, Lecturer approved, the independent major in Creative Writing may also be pursued as a double major with another J. C. Todd, Lecturer academic major subject. Daniel P. Torday, Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing Minor Requirements
Courses in the arts are designed to prepare students Requirements for the minor in Creative Writing are who might wish to pursue advanced training in their six units of course work, generally including three fields and are also for those who want to broaden their beginning/intermediate courses in at least three different academic studies with work in the arts that is conducted genres of creative writing (chosen from ARTW 159, 231, at a serious and disciplined level. Courses are offered at 236, 240, 251, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 268, introductory as well as advanced levels. 269) and three electives, including at least one course at the 300 level (ARTW 360, 361, 362, 364, 366, 367, 371, ARTS IN EDUCATION 373, 382), allowing for advanced work in one or more genres of creative writing which are of particular interest The Arts Program offers a Praxis II course for students to the student. The objective of the minor in Creative who have substantial experience in an art form and are Writing is to provide both depth and range, through interested in extending that experience into teaching exposure to several genres of creative writing. Students and learning at educational and community sites. should consult with the Creative Writing Program 90 Arts Program director by the end of their sophomore year to submit a with whatever non-English language(s) s/he has, and plan for the minor in order to ensure admission to the to select for translation short works of poetry, prose, or appropriate range of courses. drama. The course will include class visits by working literary translators. The Italian verbs for “to translate” Concentration in Creative Writing and “to betray” sound almost alike; throughout, the course concerns the impossibility and importance of English majors may elect a three-course concentration literary translation. in Creative Writing as part of the English major program. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Students interested in the concentration must meet with Crosslisting(s): COML-B240 the Creative Writing Program director by the end of their Units: 1.0 sophomore year to submit a plan for the concentration Instructor(s): Kirchwey,K. and must also confirm the concentration with the chair (Spring 2014) of the English Department. ARTW B260 Writing Short Fiction I COURSES An introduction to fiction writing, focusing on the short story. Students will consider fundamental elements of ARTW B125 Writing Science fiction and the relationship of narrative structure, style, How does scientific research make its way out of the and content, exploring these elements in their own work lab? Science translates from research experience to and in the assigned readings in order to develop an journals written for the expert and is often translated understanding of the range of possibilities open to the again for more general audiences—appearing in venues fiction writer. Weekly readings and writing exercises are such as newspapers, essays and memoirs. What is designed to encourage students to explore the material gained and what is lost when science is translated? This and styles that most interest them, and to push their is a half-semester, half-credit course. fiction to a new level of craft, so that over the semester Crosslisting(s): CHEM-B125 their writing becomes clearer, more controlled, and more Units: 0.5 absorbing. (Not Offered 2013-14) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 ARTW B159 Introduction to Creative Writing Instructor(s): Torday,D. (Spring 2014) This course is for students who wish to experiment with three genres of creative writing: short fiction, poetry ARTW B261 Writing Poetry I and drama. Priority will be given to interested first-year students; additional spaces will be made available This course will provide a semester-long survey of to upper-year students with little or no experience in the formal resources available to students wishing to creative writing. Students will write or revise work every write print-based poems in English, beginning with week; roughly four weeks each will be devoted to short syllabic verse, accentual verse and accentual-syllabic fiction, poetry, and drama. There will be individual (metered) verse, as well as free verse. Students in this conferences with the instructor to discuss their progress course will gain experience writing in forms including and interests. Half of class time will be spent discussing cinquains, syllabics, Anglo-Saxon accentual verse, and student work and half will be spent discussing syllabus sonnets. The course is writing-intensive, and students readings. will write, or rewrite, work every week. Through in-class Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities discussions, they will also become capable critics of Units: 1.0 each other’s work. The objective of the course will be Instructor(s): Todd,J. to provide students with a sense of poetic subject and (Spring 2014) with the skills to find a form and a voice with which to express themselves on the printed page. ARTW B240 Literary Translation Workshop Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Open to creative writing students and students of Instructor(s): Kirchwey,K. literature, the syllabus includes some theoretical (Fall 2013) readings, but the emphasis is practical and analytical. Syllabus reading includes parallel translations of ARTW B262 Playwriting I certain enduring literary texts (mostly poetry) as well as books and essays about the art of translation. An introduction to playwriting through a combination Literary translation will be considered as a spectrum of reading assignments, writing exercises, discussions ranging from Dryden’s “metaphrase” (word-for-word about craft and ultimately the creation of a complete translation) all the way through imitation, adaptation, one-act play. Students will work to discover and and reimagining. Each student will be invited to work develop their own unique voices as they learn the Arts Program 91 technical aspects of the craft of playwriting. Short writing Readings will include a broad group of writers ranging assignments will complement each reading assignment. from E.B. White to Anne Carson, George Orwell to The final assignment will be to write an original one-act David Foster Wallace, Joan Didion to James Baldwin, play. among many others. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Crosslisting(s): ARTT-B262 Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Guha,D. Instructor(s): Torday,D. (Spring 2014) (Fall 2013)
ARTW B263 Writing Memoir I ARTW B266 Screenwriting The purpose of this course is to provide students with An introduction to screenwriting. Issues basic to the art practical experience in writing about the events, places of storytelling in film will be addressed and analyzed: and people of their own lives in the form of memoir. character, dramatic structure, theme, setting, image, Initial class discussions attempt to distinguish memoir sound. The course focuses on the film adaptation; from related literary genres such as confession and readings include novels, screenplays, and short stories. autobiography. Writing assignments and in-class Films adapted from the readings will be screened. In discussion of syllabus readings explore the range of the course of the semester, students will be expected memoirs available for use as models (excerpts by to outline and complete the first act of an adapted writers including James Baldwin, Lorene Cary, Annie screenplay of their own. Dillard, Arthur Koestler, Rick Moody, Lorrie Moore, Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities and Tim O’Brien) and elements such as voice and Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) perspective, tone, plot, characterization and symbolic Counts towards: Film Studies and figurative language. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Instructor(s): Doyne,N. Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) (Fall 2013) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) ARTW B268 Writing Literary Journalism This course will examine the tools that literary writers ARTW B264 News and Feature Writing bring to factual reporting and how these tools enhance Students in this class will learn how to develop, the stories they tell. Readings will include reportage, report, write, edit and revise a variety of news stories, polemical writing and literary reviewing. The issues beginning with the basics of reporting and writing the of point-of-view and subjectivity, the uses of irony, news and advancing to longer-form stories, including forms of persuasion, clarity of expression and logic personality profiles, news features and trend stories, of construction will be discussed. The importance of and concluding with point-of-view journalism (columns, context—the role of the editor and the magazine, the criticism, reported essays). The course will focus expectations of the audience, censorship and self- heavily on work published in The Philadelphia Inquirer censorship—will be considered. and The New York Times. Several working journalists Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities will participate as guest speakers to explain their craft. Units: 1.0 Students will write stories that will be posted on the Instructor(s): Kjellberg,A. class blog, the English House Gazette. (Spring 2014) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) ARTW B269 Writing for Children Units: 1.0 In this course, students have the opportunity to write Instructor(s): Ferrick,T. imaginatively for children and young adults. Through (Fall 2013) reading and in-class discussion, we will examine the specific requirements of the picture book, the chapter ARTW B265 Creative Nonfiction book and the young adult novel. This analytical study This course will explore the literary expressions of of classic and contemporary literature will inspire and nonfiction writing by focusing on the skills, process inform students’ creative work through the discoveries and craft techniques necessary to the generation and they make about style and structure, creating compelling revision of literary nonfiction. Using the information- characters, the roles of illustration and page composition gathering tools of a journalist, the analytical tools of in story narration, and the ever-evolving fairy tale. an essayist and the technical tools of a fiction writer, Students will receive guidance for their creative work students will produce pieces that will incorporate through in-class exercises, peer review and private both factual information and first person experience. conferences with the instructor. 92 Arts Program
Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities ARTW B403 Supervised Work Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Students who have had a Creative Writing Major Units: 1.0 approved through the Independent Major Program will Instructor(s): Mosier,E. work with a member of the Creative Writing Program (Fall 2013) faculty on a semester-long 403 (Independent Study) as a final project their senior year. Highly qualified Creative ARTW B360 Writing Short Fiction II Writing minors and concentrators may petition the An exploration of approaches to writing short fiction program to complete an independent study, subject to designed to strengthen skills of experienced student the availability of faculty to supervise such projects. writers as practitioners and critics. Requires writing Units: 1.0 at least five pages each week, workshopping student Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA pieces, and reading texts ranging from realist stories (Fall 2013) to metafictional experiments and one-page stories to the short novella, to explore how writers can work ARTW B403 Supervised Work within tight confines. Prerequisite: ARTW 260 or Students who have had a Creative Writing Major work demonstrating equivalent expertise in writing approved through the Independent Major Program will short fiction. A writing sample of 5-10 pages in length work with a member of the Creative Writing Program (prose fiction) must be submitted to the Creative faculty on a semester-long 403 (Independent Study) as Writing Program during the preregistration period to be a final project their senior year. Highly qualified Creative considered for this course. Writing minors and concentrators may petition the Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities program to complete an independent study, subject to Units: 1.0 the availability of faculty to supervise such projects. Instructor(s): Mosier,E. Units: 1.0 (Spring 2014) Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA (Spring 2014) ARTW B361 Writing Poetry II This course assumes that reading and writing are ARTW B425 Praxis III: Independent Study inextricably linked, and that the only way to write Praxis III courses are Independent Study courses and intelligent and interesting poetry is to read as much are developed by individual students, in collaboration of it as possible. Writing assignments will be closely with faculty and field supervisors. A Praxis courses is connected to syllabus reading, including an anthology distinguished by genuine collaboration with fieldsite prepared by the instructor, and may include working organizations and by a dynamic process of reflection in forms such as ekphrastic poems (i.e. poems about that incorporates lessons learned in the field into the works of visual art or sculpture), dramatic monologues, classroom setting and applies theoretical understanding prose poems, translations, imitations and parodies. gained through classroom study to work done in the Prerequisite: ARTW 261 or work demonstrating broader community. equivalent familiarity with the basic forms of poetry Counts towards: Praxis Program in English. A writing sample of 5-7 poems must be Units: 1.0 submitted to the instructor to be considered for this (Not Offered 2013-14) course. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 DANCE Instructor(s): Kirchwey,K. (Spring 2014) Dance is not only an art and an area of creative impulse and action; it is also a significant and enduring human behavior that can serve as a core of creative and ARTW B364 Longer Fictional Forms scholarly inquiry within the liberal arts. The Program An advanced workshop for students with a strong offers full semester courses in progressive levels of background in fiction writing who want to write longer ballet and modern and jazz as well as a full range works: the long short story, novella and novel. Students of technique courses in diverse genres and various will write intensively, and complete a long story, novel traditions. Several performance opportunities are or novella (or combination thereof) totaling up to 20,000 available to students ranging from our Dance Outreach words. Students will examine the craft of their work and Project, which travels to schools throughout the of published prose. Prerequisite: ARTW 260 or proof of Philadelphia region, to our Spring Concert in which interest and ability. students work with professional choreographers or Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities reconstructors and perform in our newly renovated Units: 1.0 theater. We also offer lecture/seminar courses designed Instructor(s): Torday,D. to introduce students to dance as a vital area of (Spring 2014) Arts Program 93 academic inquiry. These include courses that examine TECHNIQUE/ENSEMBLE COURSES FOR PE dance within western practices as well as courses that CREDIT extend or locate themselves beyond those social or theatrical traditions. PE B101 F/S Ballet I
Students can take single courses in dance, can minor PE B102 F/S Ballet II in dance, or submit an application to major through PE B103 F/S Ballet III the independent major program. The core academic curriculum that serves as the basis for our minor or our PE B104 F/S Ballet Workshop independent major includes intermediate or advanced PE B105 F/S Modern I technique courses, performance ensembles, dance PE B106 F/S Modern II composition, independent work, and courses in dance research or analysis. PE B107 F/S Modern III PE B108 F/S Jazz I Minor and Major Requirements PE B110 F/S Jazz Requirements for the dance minor are six units of PE B111 F/S Hip-hop Technique coursework: three required (ARTD 140, 142, and one PE B112 F/S African Dance credit which may be distributed among the following: 138, 139, 230, 231, 232, 330, 331 or 345); three PE B113T Modern Ensemble approved electives; and requisite attendance at a PE B114T Ballet Ensemble prescribed number of performances/events. The major requires eleven credits, drawn primarily from our core PE B115T Jazz Ensemble academic curriculum and including: ARTD 140 and PE B116F/S Salsa one additional dance lecture/seminar course; ARTD PE B117 F/S Classical Indian Dance 142; one 0.5 technique course each semester after declaring the major distributed among ARTD 230, 231, PE B118 F/S Movement Improvisation 232, 330, and 331). The major also requires attendance PE B119T African Ensemble at a prescribed number of performances/events, demonstration of basic writing competency in dance, PE B120 F/S Intro. to Flamenco and a senior capstone experience. With the advisor’s PE B121 F/S Tap I approval, one elective in the minor and two electives PE B122 F/S Intro to Social Dance in the major may be selected from allied Tri-College departments. In both the minor and the major, students PE B123 F/S Tap II may choose to emphasize one aspect of the field, but PE B125 F/S Swing Dance must first consult with the dance faculty regarding their course of study. PE B131T Hip-hop Ensemble PE B145T Dance Outreach Ensemble Technique Courses and Performance PE B195 Movement for Theater Ensemble Courses PE B196 Dance Composition Lab The Dance Program offers a full range of dance PE B197 Directed Work in Dance instruction including courses in ballet, modern, jazz, and African as well as techniques developed from other COURSES FOR ACADEMIC CREDIT cultural art and social forms such as flamenco, Classical Indian, hip-hop, Latin social dance, and tap dance, ARTD B138 001 Intro to Dance Techniques I - Modern among others. Performance ensembles, choreographed or re-staged by professional artists, are by audition only ARTD B138 002 Intro to Dance Techniques I - Ballet and are given full concert support. Dance Outreach ARTD B139 001 Intro to Dance Techniques II – Modern ensemble tours regional schools. Technique courses in Ballet, Modern, Jazz, African and Hip-hop are offered ARTD B139 002 Intro to Dance Techniques II – Ballet for a full semester; other courses may be offered for ARTD B140 Approaches to Dance: Themes and a half-semester. All technique courses and ensemble Perspectives courses may be taken for Physical Education credit (see listing below). Technique courses ARTD 138, 139, ARTD B142 Dance Composition I 230, 231, 232, 330, 331, as well as ARTD B345, Dance ARTD B145 Dance: Close Reading Ensembles, may be taken instead for academic credit. ARTD/ANTH B223 Anthropology of Dance ARTD B230 Intermediate Technique: Modern 94 Arts Program
ARTD B231 Intermediate Technique: Ballet course and in a course that they select from among ARTD B232 Intermediate Technique: Jazz approved beginning and open level courses offered that semester by the Dance Program. These typically include ARTD B240 Dance History I: Roots of Western Theater courses such as Modern: Beginning Technique, Hip- Dance hop, or African Dance. The schedule of courses offered ARTD B241 Dance History II: A History of Contemporary that semester can be found on the Dance Program Western Theater Dance website at www.brynmawr.edu/dance/courses/schedule. html and, at the beginning of the semester, on VBM ARTD B242 Dance Composition II under Physical Education. Students must attend the ARTD B250 Performing the Political Body required number of technique class sessions; additional requirements for a passing grade include attendance at ARTD B265 Dance, Migration and Exile two mandatory lectures and one live dance performance ARTD/ANTH B310 Performing in the City: Theorizing and completion of three short writing assignments. Bodies in Space Offered on a Pass/Fail basis only. ARTD B330 Advanced Technique: Modern Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Crosslisting(s): PE-B101 ARTD B331 Advanced Technique: Ballet Units: 0.5 ARTD B342 Advanced Choreography Instructor(s): Caruso Haviland,L., Cantor,M., White,A. (Spring 2014) ARTD B345 Dance Ensembles (001-005) ARTD B390 Senior Project/Thesis ARTD B138 Introduction to Dance Techniques II: ARTD B403 Supervised Work Modern Students enrolling in this course will be taking two dance COURSES technique courses. The two courses together constitute .5 credit. They must contact the Dance Program to ARTD B136 Introduction to Dance Techniques I: secure their place in the Modern: Beginning Technique Modern course and in a course that they select from among approved beginning and open level courses offered Students enrolling in this course will be taking two dance that semester by the Dance Program. These typically technique courses. The two courses together constitute include courses such as Ballet: Beginning Technique, .5 credit. They must contact the Dance Program to Hip-hop, or African Dance. The schedule of courses secure their place in the Modern: Beginning Technique offered that semester can be found on the Dance course and in a course that they select from among Program website at www.brynmawr.edu/dance/courses/ approved beginning and open level courses offered that schedule.html and, at the beginning of the semester, semester by the Dance Program. These typically include on VBM under Physical Education. Students must courses such as Ballet: Beginning Technique, Hip-hop, attend the required number of technique class sessions; or African Dance. The schedule of courses offered additional requirements for a passing grade include each semester can be found on the Dance Program attendance at and critique of one live dance event and a website at www.brynmawr.edu/dance/courses/schedule. short paper on a topic selected in consultation with the html and, at the beginning of the semester, on VBM faculty coordinator. Offered on a Pass/Fail basis only. under Physical Education. Students must attend the Prerequisite: ARTD B136 or B137. required number of technique class sessions; additional Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities requirements for a passing grade include attendance at Units: 0.5 two mandatory lectures and one live dance performance Instructor(s): Caruso Haviland,L., Cantor,M. and completion of three short writing assignments. (Spring 2014) Offered on a Pass/Fail basis only. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities ARTD B139 Introduction to Dance Techniques II: Crosslisting(s): PE-B105 Ballet Units: 0.5 Instructor(s): Caruso Haviland,L., Cantor,M. Students enrolling in this course will be taking two dance (Spring 2014) technique courses. The two courses together constitute .5 credit. They must contact the Dance Program to ARTD B137 Introduction to Dance Techniques I: secure their place in the Ballet: Beginning Technique Ballet course and in a course that they select from among approved beginning and open level courses offered Students enrolling in this course will be taking two dance that semester by the Dance Program. These typically technique courses. The two courses together constitute include courses such as Modern: Beginning Technique, .5 credit. They must contact the Dance Program to Hip-hop, or African Dance. The schedule of courses secure their place in the Ballet: Beginning Technique offered that semester can be found on the Dance Arts Program 95
Program website at www.brynmawr.edu/dance/courses/ and media. Each week, students will consider focused schedule.html and, at the beginning of the semester, questions and work through practical and analytical on VBM under Physical Education. Students must tasks related to critical seeing. They will apply their attend the required number of technique class sessions; findings in organized field trips, where they will view a additional requirements for a passing grade include live performance, selected from a range of genres, and attendance at and critique of one live dance event and a work through their responses in discussion and writing. short paper on a topic selected in consultation with the Praxis I course. faculty coordinator. Offered on a Pass/Fail basis only. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Prerequisite: ARTD B136 or B137. Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Counts towards: Praxis Program Units: 0.5 Units: 0.5 Instructor(s): Caruso Haviland,L., Cantor,M., White,A. (Not Offered 2013-14) (Spring 2014) ARTD B223 Anthropology of Dance ARTD B140 Approaches to Dance: Themes and This course surveys ethnographic approaches to the Perspectives study of global dance in a variety of contemporary This course introduces students to dance as a multi- and historical contexts. Recognizing dance as a kind layered, significant and enduring human behavior that of shared cultural knowledge and drawing on theories ranges from art to play to ritual to politics and beyond. It and literature in anthropology, dance and related fields engages students in the creative, critical and conceptual such as history, and ethnomusicology, we will examine processes that emerge in response to the study of dance’s relationship to social structure, ethnicity, gender, dance. It also explores the research potential that spirituality and politics. Lectures, discussion, media, and arises when other areas of academic inquiry, including guest speakers are included. Prerequisite: a course in criticism, ethnology, history and philosophy, interact with anthropology or related discipline, or a dance lecture/ dance and dance scholarship. Lectures, discussion, film, seminar course, or permission of the instructor. video, and guest speakers are included. Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Interpretation (CI) Units: 1.0 Crosslisting(s): ANTH-B223 (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) ARTD B142 Dance Composition I ARTD B230 Modern: Intermediate Technique In this introduction to the art of making dances, an array of compositional tools and approaches is used to Intermediate level dance technique courses focus on evolve and refine choreographic ideas. Basic concepts expanding the movement vocabulary, on introducing such as space, phrasing, timing, image, energy, density movement phrases that are increasingly complex and partnering are introduced and explored alongside and demanding, and on further attention to motional attention to the roles of inspiration and synthesis in dynamics and spatial contexts. Students at this level are the creative process. Improvisation is used to explore also expected to begin demonstrating an intellectual and choreographic ideas and students learn to help and kinesthetic understanding of these technical challenges direct others in generating movement. Discussion of and their actual performance. Students will be evaluated and feedback on weekly choreographic assignments on their openness and commitment to the learning and readings contributes to analyzing and refining process, increased understanding of the technique, and choreography. Concurrent attendance in any level demonstration in class of their technical and stylistic technique course is required. progress as articulated within the field. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Crosslisting(s): PE-B106 Crosslisting(s): ARTT-B142 Units: 0.5 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Stortz,M. (Fall 2013) (Spring 2014)
ARTD B145 Focus: Dance: Close Reading ARTD B231 Ballet: Intermediate Technique This a is focus course. Students will engage in a closer Intermediate level dance technique courses focus on reading of dance, using live dance performances expanding the movement vocabulary, on introducing as primary texts and setting these performances in movement phrases that are increasingly complex critical and historical contexts through readings in and demanding, and on further attention to motional dance criticism and theory, lectures and discussion, dynamics and spatial contexts. Students at this level are 96 Arts Program also expected to begin demonstrating an intellectual and ARTD B241 Dance History II: A History of kinesthetic understanding of these technical challenges Contemporary Western Theater Dance and their actual performance. Students will be evaluated This course investigates the history of dance with on their openness and commitment to the learning particular emphasis on its development in the twentieth process, increased understanding of the technique, and and twenty-first centuries as a Western Theatre Art form demonstration in class of their technical and stylistic within a broader context of global art and culture. The progress as articulated within the field. course investigates the historical and cultural forces Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities that shape both the form and function of dance as well Crosslisting(s): PE-B102 as the reciprocal relationship of dance to or impact Units: 0.5 on those same forces. Dance will be considered both Instructor(s): Moss,C. chronologically and theoretically as cultural, social, (Spring 2014) aesthetic, and personal phenomena. The course will provide students with an introduction to both traditional ARTD B232 Jazz: Intermediate Technique and more contemporary models of historiography Intermediate level dance technique courses focus on with particular reference to the changing modes of expanding the movement vocabulary, on introducing documenting, researching and analyzing dance. movement phrases that are increasingly complex In addition to lectures and discussion, the course and demanding, and on further attention to motional will include film, video, slides, and some movement dynamics and spatial contexts. Students at this level are experiences. also expected to begin demonstrating an intellectual and Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities kinesthetic understanding of these technical challenges Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the and their actual performance. Students will be evaluated Past (IP) on their openness and commitment to the learning Units: 1.0 process, increased understanding of the technique, and (Not Offered 2013-14) demonstration in class of their technical and stylistic progress as articulated within the field. ARTD B242 Dance Composition II Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities This course builds on work accomplished in Crosslisting(s): PE-B110 Composition I and develops an understanding of and Units: 0.5 skill in the theory and craft of choreography. This (Fall 2013) includes deepening movement invention skills; exploring form and structure; investigating sources for sound, ARTD B240 Dance History I: Roots of Western music, text and language; developing group design; and Theater Dance broadening critical understanding. Students will work on This course investigates the historic and cultural projects and will have some opportunity to revise and forces affecting the development and functions of pre- expand work. Readings and viewings will be assigned 20th-century Western theater dance. It will consider and related production problems will be considered. nontheatrical forms and applications as well, but will Concurrent attendance in any level technique course is give special emphasis to the development of theater required. Pre-requisite: ARTD B142. Div: III; Approach: dance forms within the context of their relationship Critical Interpretation (CI); Haverford: Humanities (HU). to and impact on Western culture.The course, of Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities necessity, will give some consideration as well to global Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) interchange in the development of Western dance. It Units: 1.0 will also introduce students to a selection of traditional (Spring 2014) and more contemporary models of historiography with particular reference to the changing modes of ARTD B265 Dance, Migration and Exile documenting, researching and analyzing dance. Highlighting aesthetic, political, social and spiritual In addition to lectures and discussion, the course powers of dance as it travels, transforms, and will include film, video, slides, and some movement is accorded meaning both domestically and experiences. transnationally, especially in situations of war and social Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities and political upheaval, this course investigates the re- Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the creation of heritage and the production of new traditions Past (IP) in refugee camps and in diaspora. Prerequisite: a Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Dance lecture/seminar course or a course in a relevant Units: 1.0 discipline such as anthropology, sociology, or Peace, Instructor(s): Caruso Haviland,L. Conflict, and Social Justice Studies, or permission of the (Spring 2014) instructor. Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Arts Program 97
Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical challenging movement phrases and repertory. Interpretation (CI) Students are also expected to begin recognizing and Crosslisting(s): ANTH-B265 incorporating the varied gestural and dynamic markers Units: 1.0 of styles and genres, with an eye to both developing (Fall 2013) their facility for working with various choreographic models and for beginning to mark out their individual ARTD B310 Performing the City: Theorizing Bodies movement preferences.These courses continue to focus in Space on both the intellectual and kinesthetic understanding and command of technical challenges and their actual Building on the premise that space is a concern in performance. performance, choreography, architecture and urban Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities planning, this course will interrogate relationships Crosslisting(s): PE-B107 between (performing) bodies and (city) spaces. Using Units: 0.5 perspectives from dance and performance studies, (Spring 2014) urban studies and cultural geography, it will introduce space, spatiality and the city as material and theoretical ARTD B331 Ballet: Advanced Technique concepts and investigate how moving and performing bodies and city spaces intersect in political, social and Advanced level technique courses continue to expand cultural contexts. Lectures, discussion of assigned movement vocabulary and to introduce increasingly readings, attendance at live performance and 2-3 field challenging movement phrases and repertory. trips are included. Prerequisites: One Dance lecture/ Students are also expected to begin recognizing and seminar course or one course in relevant discipline incorporating the varied gestural and dynamic markers e.g. cities, anthropology, sociology or permission of the of styles and genres, with an eye to both developing instructor. their facility for working with various choreographic Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities models and for beginning to mark out their individual Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) movement preferences. These courses continue Crosslisting(s): ARTT-B310 to focus on both the intellectual and kinesthetic Units: 1.0 understanding and command of technical challenges (Not Offered 2013-14) and their actual performance. The last half hour of this class includes optional pointe work with permission of ARTD B318 Argentine Tango the instructor. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities This course examines Argentine tango in Crosslisting(s): PE-B103 anthropological perspective, from its origins among Units: 0.5 disenfranchised populations in late 19th century Río Instructor(s): Mintzer,L. de la Plata society, its journey to the dance salons of (Spring 2014) Europe and New York, and ultimate transformation into local/ national symbol. Topics include: the performance ARTD B342 Advanced Choreography of gender roles in tango lyrics, movement vocabulary, advertising images, stage performances, and films; the Independent study in choreography under the guidance impact of globalization, fusion, and improvisation upon of the instructor. Students are expected to produce one the development of tango music and dance; debates major choreographic work and are responsible for all surrounding authenticity and cultural ownership; the production considerations. Concurrent attendance in commodification of memory and nostalgia in Argentine any level technique course is required. Prerequisite: government, tourism, and industry promotional ARTD 242 campaigns. Students will be introduced to basic tango Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities dance vocabulary and etiquette in class, as well as Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) through participant observation at Argentine tango Units: 0.5, 1.0 events in the Philadelphia area. Prerequisites: ANTH Instructor(s): Caruso Haviland,L., Cantor,M. B102, or permission of the instructor. (Spring 2014) Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Crosslisting(s): ANTH-B318 ARTD B345 Dance Ensemble: Modern Units: 1.0 Dance ensembles are designed to offer students Instructor(s): Merritt,C. significant opportunities to develop dance technique, (Spring 2014) particularly in relationship to dance as a performance art. Students audition for entrance into individual ARTD B330 Modern: Advanced Technique ensembles. Original works choreographed by faculty or Advanced level technique courses continue to expand guest choreographers or works reconstructed / restaged movement vocabulary and to introduce increasingly from classic or contemporary repertories are rehearsed 98 Arts Program and performed in concert. Students are evaluated on from classic or contemporary repertories are rehearsed their participation in rehearsals, their demonstration of and performed in concert. Students are evaluated on full commitment and openness to the choreographic their participation in rehearsals, their demonstration of and performance processes both in terms of attitude full commitment and openness to the choreographic and technical practice, and their achieved level of and performance processes both in terms of attitude performance. This course is suitable for intermediate and technical practice, and their achieved level of and advanced level dancers. performance. This course is suitable for intermediate Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities and advanced level dancers. Crosslisting(s): PE-B145 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 0.5 Crosslisting(s): PE-B148 (Spring 2014) Units: 0.5 (Not Offered 2013-14) ARTD B346 Dance Ensemble: Ballet ARTD B349 Dance Ensemble: Dance Outreach Dance ensembles are designed to offer students significant opportunities to develop dance technique, Dance ensembles are offered in Ballet, Modern, Jazz, particularly in relationship to dance as a performance African, and Dance Outreach and are designed to offer art. Students audition for entrance into individual students significant opportunities to develop dance ensembles. Original works choreographed by faculty or technique, particularly in relationship to dance as a guest choreographers or works reconstructed / restaged performance art. Students audition for entrance into from classic or contemporary repertories are rehearsed individual ensembles. Original works choreographed by and performed in concert. Students are evaluated on faculty or guest choreographers or works reconstructed their participation in rehearsals, their demonstration of / restaged from classic or contemporary repertories full commitment and openness to the choreographic are rehearsed and performed in concert. Students are and performance processes both in terms of attitude evaluated on their participation in rehearsals, their and technical practice, and their achieved level of demonstration of full commitment and openness to performance. This course is suitable for intermediate the choreographic and performance processes both and advanced level dancers. in terms of attitude and technical practice, and their Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities achieved level of performance. This course is suitable Crosslisting(s): PE-B146 for intermediate and advanced level dancers. Units: 0.5 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Fall 2013) Crosslisting(s): PE-B149 Units: 0.5 ARTD B347 Dance Ensemble: Jazz Instructor(s): Cantor,M. (Fall 2013) Dance ensembles are designed to offer students significant opportunities to develop dance technique, ARTD B350: Dance Ensemble: Special Topics particularly in relationship to dance as a performance art. Students audition for entrance into individual This is a topics course. Topics vary. The genre or style ensembles. Original works choreographed by faculty or content of this ensemble varies. Dance ensembles are guest choreographers or works reconstructed / restaged designed to offer students significant opportunities to from classic or contemporary repertories are rehearsed develop dance technique, particularly in relationship and performed in concert. Students are evaluated on to dance as a performance art. Students audition for their participation in rehearsals, their demonstration of entrance into individual ensembles. Original works full commitment and openness to the choreographic choreographed by faculty or guest choreographers and performance processes both in terms of attitude or works reconstructed / restaged from classic or and technical practice, and their achieved level of contemporary repertories are rehearsed and performed performance. This course is suitable for intermediate in concert. Students are evaluated on their participation and advanced level dancers. in rehearsals, their demonstration of full commitment Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities and openness to the choreographic and performance Crosslisting(s): PE-B147 processes both in terms of attitude and technical Units: 0.5 practice, and their achieved level of performance. This (Not Offered 2013-14) course is suitable for intermediate and advanced level dancers. ARTD B348 Dance Ensemble: African ARTD B390 Senior Project/Thesis Dance ensembles are designed to offer students significant opportunities to develop dance technique, Majors develop, in conjunction with a faculty advisor, a particularly in relationship to dance as a performance senior capstone experience that is complementary to art. Students audition for entrance into individual and will expand and deepen their work and interests ensembles. Original works choreographed by faculty or within the field of dance. This can range from a guest choreographers or works reconstructed / restaged significant research or expository paper to a substantial Arts Program 99 choreographic work that will be supported in a full studio Major Requirements performance. Students who elect to do choreographic or performance work must also submit a portfolio (10 Fine arts majors are required to concentrate in pages) of written work on dance. Work begins in the Fall either painting, drawing, sculpture, photography or semester and should be completed by the middle of the printmaking: four 100-level foundation courses in each Spring semester. One outside evaluator will be invited to discipline from each faculty member; two different offer additional comment. 200-level courses outside the area of concentration; Units: 0.5, 1.0 two 200-level courses and one 300-level course within Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA that area; three art history courses to be taken at Bryn (Fall 2013) Mawr College or equivalent, and Senior Departmental Studies 499. For majors intending to do graduate work, ARTD B390 Senior Project/Thesis it is strongly recommended that they take an additional 300-level studio course within their area of concentration Majors develop, in conjunction with a faculty advisor, a and an additional art history course at Bryn Mawr senior capstone experience that is complementary to College. and will expand and deepen their work and interests within the field of dance. This can range from a significant research or expository paper to a substantial MUSIC choreographic work that will be supported in a full studio performance. Students who elect to do choreographic The Department of Music is located at Haverford and or performance work must also submit a portfolio (10 offers well-qualified students a major and minor in pages) of written work on dance. Work begins in the Fall music. For a list of requirements and courses offered, semester and should be completed by the middle of the see Music at Haverford. Spring semester. One outside evaluator will be invited to offer additional comment. Music Performance Units: 0.5, 1.0 Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA The following organizations are open to all students by (Spring 2014) audition. For information on academic credit for these groups, and for private vocal or instrumental instruction, ARTD B403 Supervised Work see Music at Haverford.
Research in a particular topic of dance under the The Haverford-Bryn Mawr Orchestra, with more guidance of an instructor, resulting in a final paper than 70 members, rehearses once a week, and or project. Permission of the instructor is required. concerts are given regularly on both campuses. Permission of the instructor is required. The annual concerto competition affords one or Units: 0.5, 1.0 more students the opportunity to perform with the Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA orchestra in a solo capacity. (Fall 2013) The Chamber Music Program is open to all members of the Haverford-Bryn Mawr Orchestra ARTD B403 Supervised Work and to pianists who have passed an audition that Research in a particular topic of dance under the includes sight reading. Students rehearse once guidance of an instructor, resulting in a final paper a week on their own, in addition to once-weekly or project. Permission of the instructor is required. coaching. Performances, rehearsals and coachings Permission of the instructor is required. are held on both campuses depending on students’ Units: 0.5, 1.0 schedules and preferences. Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA The Haverford-Bryn Mawr Chamber Singers is (Spring 2014) a select ensemble that demands a high level of vocal ability and musicianship. The group performs FINE ARTS regularly on both campuses and in the Philadelphia area. Tours are planned within the United States Students may complete a major in Fine Arts at and abroad. Haverford College. The Haverford-Bryn Mawr Chorale is a large The fine arts courses offered by the department are auditioned chorus that gives concerts with the structured to accomplish the following: (1) For students Haverford-Bryn Mawr Orchestra each year. not majoring in fine arts: to develop a visual perception The Haverford-Bryn Mawr Women’s Ensemble of form and to present knowledge and understanding emphasizes music for women’s voices and trebles of it in works of art. (2) For students intending to major and performs several times in the academic year. in fine arts: beyond the foregoing, to promote thinking in visual terms and to foster the skills needed to give Chamber Ensemble Groups are formed within the expression to these in a coherent body of art works. context of the Chamber Music Seminar (MUSC 100 Arts Program
215). Performances are held both on and off Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) campus; students have the opportunity to perform Crosslisting(s): ARTD-B142 in master classes with internationally known Units: 1.0 chamber musicians. (Fall 2013) The Bryn Mawr Chamber Music Society offers extracurricular opportunities for experienced Bryn ARTT B150 Introduction to Theater Mawr and Haverford students, faculty and staff to An exploration of a wide range of dramatic works perform a variety of chamber works in a series of and history of theater through research, analysis and concerts held in the Music Room. discussion to develop understanding and foundations for a theatrical production. THEATER Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 The curricular portion of the Bryn Mawr and Haverford (Not Offered 2013-14) Colleges’ Theater Program focuses on the point of contact between creative and analytic work. Courses ARTT B230 Topics in American Drama combine theory (reading and discussion of dramatic Considers American plays of the 20th century, reading literature, history and criticism) and practical work major playwrights of the canon alongside other (creative exercises, scene study and performance) dramatists who were less often read and produced. to provide viable theater training within a liberal-arts Will also study later 20th century dramatists whose context. plays both develop and resist the complex foundation established by canonical American playwrights and how Minor Requirements American drama reflects and responds to cultural and political shifts. Considers how modern American identity Requirements for the minor in Theater are six units of has been constructed through dramatic performance, course work, three required (ARTT 150, 251 and 252) considering both written and performed versions of and three elective. Students must consult with the these plays. Theater faculty to ensure that the necessary areas in the Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities field are covered. Students may submit an application Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) to major in Theater through the independent major Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B230 program. Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Hemmeter,G. Theater Performance (Spring 2014)
Numerous opportunities exist to act, direct, design and ARTT B232 Technical Theater I: Fundamentals of work in technical theater. In addition to the Theater Lighting Techniques and Technology Program’s mainstage productions, many student theater The course is an introduction to how lights and lighting groups exist that are committed to musical theater, technologies are implemented in a theatrical context. improvisation, community outreach, Shakespeare, film Different from lighting design, this course is on the and video work, etc. All Theater Program productions fundamental skills of instrument operation, installation, are open and casting is routinely blind with respect to programming, and troubleshooting. Collaboration is the race and gender. key to the successful implementation of these skills and students will work with designers to properly execute COURSES their concepts. Students will be required to attend outside performances and provide written analysis on ARTT B142 Dance Composition I how the techniques they’ve learned may have been In this introduction to the art of making dances, an used. array of compositional tools and approaches is used to Units: 0.5 evolve and refine choreographic ideas. Basic concepts Instructor(s): Allen,K. such as space, phrasing, timing, image, energy, density (Spring 2014) and partnering are introduced and explored alongside attention to the roles of inspiration and synthesis in ARTT B233 Technical Theater II: Fundamentals of the creative process. Improvisation is used to explore Scenic Carpentry choreographic ideas and students learn to help and The course is an introduction to the basic principles direct others in generating movement. Discussion of of scenic carpentry and set construction. It is meant and feedback on weekly choreographic assignments to offer a hands-on approach to the craft as well as and readings contributes to analyzing and refining the underlying concepts behind how sets are built. choreography. Concurrent attendance in any level Students will begin with a safety course in the use technique course is required. of hand and power tools, then learn how to translate Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Arts Program 101 design drawings into fully realized sets. Fundamental ARTT B255 Fundamentals of Costume Design set elements such as flats, jacks, and cubes will be built, Hands-on practical workshop on costume design for as well as individual projects. Students can expect to performing arts; analysis of text, characters, movement, leave the class empowered by a project based learning situations; historical and stylistic research; cultivation experience that will translate into a practical skill set of initial concept through materialization and plotting to useful in both theater and the outside world. This is a execution of design. quarter course. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 0.5 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Allen,K. (Fall 2013) (Spring 2014) ARTT B262 Playwriting I ARTT B250 Twentieth-Century Theories of Acting An introduction to playwriting through a combination An introduction to 20th-century theories of acting of reading assignments, writing exercises, discussions emphasizing the intellectual, aesthetic, and sociopolitical about craft and ultimately the creation of a complete factors surrounding the emergence of each director’s one-act play. Students will work to discover and approach to the study of human behavior on stage. develop their own unique voices as they learn the Various theoretical approaches to the task of developing technical aspects of the craft of playwriting. Short writing a role are applied in workshop and scene study. assignments will complement each reading assignment. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities The final assignment will be to write an original one-act Units: 1.0 play. Instructor(s): Lord,M. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Fall 2013) Crosslisting(s): ARTW-B262 Units: 1.0 ARTT B251 Fundamentals of Acting (Spring 2014) An introduction to the fundamental elements of acting (scene analysis, characterization, improvisation, vocal ARTT B265 Acting Across Culture and gestural presentation, and ensemble work) through This course examines how we access Shakespeare the study of scenes from significant 20th-century across culture and across language, as performers and dramatic literature. audience members. We will explore the role of creator/ Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities performer using traditional and non-traditional means Units: 1.0 (text work and scansion, investigation of objective (Fall 2013) and actions, and first-folio technique). With a focus on language and both multilingual and non-verbal ARTT B253 Performance Ensemble communication, students will prepare for a fall break An intensive workshop in the methodologies and intensive of student-led workshops and a performance. aesthetics of theater performance, this course is open Prerequisites: Fundamentals of Acting or its equivalent. to students with significant experience in performance. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities In collaboration with the director of theater, students will Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) explore a range of performance techniques and styles Units: 1.0 in the context of rehearsing a performance project. (Not Offered 2013-14) Admission to the class is by audition or permission of the instructor. The class is offered for a half-unit of ARTT B310 Performing the City: Theorizing Bodies credit. in Space Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Building on the premise that space is a concern in Units: 0.5 performance, choreography, architecture and urban (Fall 2013) planning, this course will interrogate relationships between (performing) bodies and (city) spaces. Using ARTT B254 Fundamentals of Theater Design perspectives from dance and performance studies, An introduction to the creative process of visual design urban studies and cultural geography, it will introduce for theater; exploring dramatic context and influence of space, spatiality and the city as material and theoretical cultural, social, and ideological forces on theater and concepts and investigate how moving and performing examining practical applications of various technical bodies and city spaces intersect in political, social and elements such as scenery, costume, and lighting while cultural contexts. Lectures, discussion of assigned emphasizing their aesthetic integration. readings, attendance at live performance and 2-3 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities fieldtrips are included. Prerequisites: One Dance lecture/ Units: 1.0 seminar course or one course in relevant discipline (Not Offered 2013-14) e.g. cities, anthropology, sociology or permission of the instructor. 102 Arts Program
Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities ARTT B354 Shakespeare on the Stage Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) An exploration of Shakespeare’s texts from the point of Crosslisting(s): ARTD-B310 view of the performer. A historical survey of the various Units: 1.0 approaches to producing Shakespeare from Elizabethan (Not Offered 2013-14) to contemporary times, with intensive scenework culminating in on-campus performances. ARTT B332 The Actor Creates: Performance Studio Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities in Generating Original Units: 1.0 This course explores the actor as creator, inviting the (Not Offered 2013-14) performer to become a generative artist with agency to invent her own work. Building on skills introduced ARTT B356 Endgames: Theater of Samuel Beckett in Fundamentals of Acting, we will introduce new An exploration of Beckett’s theater work conducted methodologies of training to construct a framework in through both reading and practical exercises in which students can approach making original solo and performance techniques. Points of special interest group work. Students will use processes employing include the monologue form of the early novels and its visual art, found dialogue, music, autobiography, and translation into theater, Beckett’s influences (particularly more. Emphasizing guided, individual, and group silent film) and collaborations, and the relationship collaboration, we will examine the role of the actor/ between the texts of the major dramatic works and creator through exercises and readings that relate the the development of both modern and postmodern actor’s creative process to an understanding of self and performance techniques. the artist’s role in communities. Prerequisite: ARTT B251 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Fundamentals of Acting) Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B356 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Fall 2013) (Not Offered 2013-14) ARTT B351 Acting II ARTT B359 Directing for the Stage A continuation of the methods of inquiry in A semiotic approach to the basic concepts and Fundamentals of Acting, this course is structured as a methods of stage direction. Topics explored through series of project-based learning explorations in acting. readings, discussion and creative exercises include Students will supplement their study, rehearsal, and directorial concept, script analysis and research, stage performance work by exploring principals of directing, composition and movement, and casting and actor dramaturgy, and design as applied to class projects coaching. Students rehearse and present three major as well as with advanced training in movement scenes. and voice. Readings will be drawn from the acting Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities texts of Stanislavski, Michael Chekhov and others, Units: 1.0 with reflections and critiques recorded in a journal. (Not Offered 2013-14) Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities ARTT B403 Supervised Work Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA ARTT B353 Advanced Performance Ensemble (Fall 2013) An advanced, intensive workshop in theater ARTT B403 Supervised Work performance. Students explore a range of performance techniques in the context of rehearsing a performance Units: 1.0 project, and participate in weekly seminars in which Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA the aesthetic and theatrical principles of the play and (Spring 2014) production will be developed and challenged. The course may be repeated. Prerequisites: ARTT B253 or permission of the instructor. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 (Fall 2013) Astronomy 103
ASTRONOMY physics or astronomy. Astronomy majors may pursue a double major or a minor in physics. A concentration in scientific computing is available for astronomy and Students may complete a major or minor in Astronomy astrophysics majors. The department coordinator for this at Haverford College. concentration is Beth Willman.
Major Requirements Faculty 1. Physics 105 (or 101), Physics 106 (or 102), Physics Stephen P. Boughn, Professor 213, Physics 214. R. Bruce Partridge, Professor Emeritus 2. Two mathematics courses; Mathematics 121 and Beth Willman, Assistant Professor all 200-level or higher mathematics courses can be used to satisfy this requirement. The astronomy department’s curriculum is centered on 3. Astronomy 205, Astronomy 206, four 300-level studying the phenomena of the extraterrestrial Universe astronomy courses, one of which may be replaced and on understanding them in terms of the fundamental by an upper-level physics course. principles of physics. We emphasize student research with faculty members and upper level courses contain 4. Astronomy 404, which may be replaced by substantial project- and/or research-based investigation. approved independent research either at Haverford Our department offers two majors: astronomy or elsewhere. or astrophysics. Both majors provide substantial 5. Written comprehensive examinations. training in quantitative reasoning and independent thinking through work in and out of the classroom. Bryn Mawr equivalents may be substituted for the The astronomy major is appropriate for students that nonastronomy courses. Astronomy/Physics 152 is desire an in-depth education in astronomy that can be recommended but not required. applied to a wide-range of career trajectories, but who do not necessarily intend to pursue graduate study in astronomy. The astrophysics major is appropriate for Astrophysics Major Requirements students who wish to pursue the study of astronomy with additional attention to the physical principles that 1. Physics 105 (or 101), Physics 106 (or 102), Physics underlie astrophysical phenomena. The depth of the 213, Physics 214, Physics 211 (usually taken physics training required for a degree in astrophysics concurrently with Physics 213). will prepare students who wish to pursue a career in 2. Two mathematics courses. Mathematics 121 and astronomy or astrophysics, or to enter graduate study in all 200-level or higher mathematics courses can be astronomy or astrophysics. The department also offers a used to satisfy this requirement. minor in astronomy. 3. Astronomy 205, Astronomy 206, and any two Although a variety of pathways can lead to a major in 300-level astronomy courses. the department, prospective astronomy or astrophysics 4. Physics 302, Physics 303, and Physics 309. majors are advised to study physics (Physics 105 5. The Senior Seminar, Physics 399, including a and 106, or 101 and 102, or Bryn Mawr equivalents) talk and senior thesis on research conducted by beginning in their first year, and to enroll in Astronomy the student. This research can be undertaken in 205/206 and Physics 213/214 in their sophomore year. a 400-level research course with any member of It is also recommended to take Astronomy/Physics 152 the Physics or Astronomy departments or by doing in the second semester of the first year. extracurricular research at Haverford or elsewhere, e.g., an approved summer research internship at The department offers three courses, Astronomy 101a, another institution. The thesis is to be written under Astronomy 112, and Astronomy 114b, which can be the supervision of both the research advisor and a taken with no prerequisites or prior experience in Haverford advisor if the research advisor is not a astronomy. The department also offers a half-credit Haverford faculty member.Bryn Mawr equivalents course, Astronomy/Physics 152, intended for first-year may be substituted for the nonastronomy courses. students who are considering a physical science major and wish the opportunity to study some of the most recent developments in astrophysics. Bryn Mawr equivalents may be substituted for the nonastronomy courses. Astronomy/Physics 152 and Students may major in astronomy or astrophysics, but Physics 308 are recommended but not required. not both. Astrophysics majors may not double major in either physics or astronomy, nor can they minor in either 104 Astronomy
Minor Requirements properties of planets found in other stellar systems. Typically offered in alternate years. 1. Physics 105 (or 101); Physics 106 (or 102) J.Bochanski 2. Astronomy 205; Astronomy 206; one 300-level ASTR 152 Freshman Seminar in Astrophysics NA astronomy course.Astronomy/Physics 152 is (Cross-listed in Physics) recommended but not required. This half-credit course is intended for prospective Astronomy/Physics 152 is recommended but not physical science majors with an interest in recent required. developments in astrophysics. Topics in modern astrophysics will be viewed in the context of underlying physical principles. Topics include black holes, quasars, Requirements for Honors neutron stars, supernovae, dark matter, the Big Bang, and Einstein’s relativity theories. Prerequisite: Physics All astronomy and astrophysics majors are regarded 101a or 105a and concurrent enrollment in Physics as candidates for Honors. For both majors, the award 102b or 106b (or Bryn Mawr equivalents). Typically of Honors will be made in part on the basis of superior offered every Spring. work in the departmental courses and in certain related D.Narayanan courses. For astronomy majors, the award of Honors will additionally be based on performance on the comprehensive examinations, with consideration given ASTR 205 Introduction to Astrophysics I NA for independent research. For astrophysics majors, the General introduction to astronomy including: the award of Honors will additionally be based on the senior structure and evolution of stars; the properties and thesis and talk. evolution of the solar system including planetary surfaces and atmospheres; exoplanets; and COURSES observational projects using the Strawbridge Observatory telescopes. Prerequisite: Physics 105 and ASTR 101 Astronomical Ideas NA/QU 106 & Math 114 or equivalent. Typically offered every Fall. Fundamental concepts and observations of modern B.Willman astronomy, such as the properties of planets, the birth and death of stars, and the properties and evolution of the Universe. Not intended for students majoring in the ASTR 206 Introduction to Astrophysics II NA physical sciences. Introduction to the study of: the structure and formation B.Willman of the Milky Way galaxy; the interstellar medium; the properties of galaxies and their nuclei; and cosmology ASTR 112 Survey of the Cosmos NA/QU including the Hot Big Bang model. Prerequisite: Astr 205a and Math 114b or equiv or consent. Typically Properties and evolution of the Universe and of large offered every Spring. systems within it. The qualitative aspects of general S.Boughn relativity including black holes and of mathematical models for the geometry of the Universe are studied, along with the history of the Universe from its early ASTR 341 Advanced Topics: Observational exponential expansion to the formation of galaxies. Astronomy NA The role of observations in refining modern scientific A project-based course focusing on observational understanding of the structure and evolution of the techniques as used in modern astronomy, which may Universe is stressed. The approach is quantitative, include CCD imaging or spectroscopy at optical, near but any mathematics beyond straightforward algebra infrared, or radio wavelengths. Students will acquire is taught as the class proceeds. No prerequisites but and analyze data obtained with on-campus telescopes Astronomy 101 is useful. Typically offered in alternate and with off-campus, research-grade facilities. Typically years. offered in alternate years. Prerequisite: Astronomy 205 Staff and 206. Typically offered in alternate years. S.Boughn/B.Willman ASTR 114 Planetary Astronomy NA A survey of the overall structure of the Solar System, ASTR 342 Advanced Topics: Modern Galactic the laws governing the motions of the planets and the Astronomy NA evolution of the Solar System. Next, we study general The study of the structure, formation, and evolution of processes affecting the surface properties of planets. the Milky Way Galaxy using a number of observational This takes us to a detailed treatment of the properties tools including stellar populations and the interstellar of several planets. We end by studying the (surprising) medium. Students will conduct individual research Biology 105 projects. Prerequisite: Astronomy 205 and 206. Typically BIOLOGY offered in alternate years. B.Willman Students may complete a major or minor in Biology. ASTR 343 Advanced Topics: Stellar Structure and Within the major, students may complete minors in Evolution NA computational methods, environmental studies or neural and behavioral sciences. The theory of the structure of stellar interiors and atmospheres and the theory of star formation and stellar evolution, including compact stellar remnants. Prerequisite: Astronomy 205 and Physics 214. Typically Faculty offered in alternate years. Tamara Davis, Chair and Associate Professor S.Boughn Peter D. Brodfuehrer, Eleanor A. Bliss Professor ASTR 344 Computational Astrophysics NA Joshua Caplan, Bucher-Jackson Postdoctoral Fellow in the Sciences This course will survey general methods utilized in computational physics and astrophysics. The course will Monica Chander, Associate Professor (on leave focus on coding techniques, numerical recipes, and both semesters I and II) abstract and practical concepts in utilizing computers to Gregory K. Davis, Assistant Professor solve physical problems. No prior coding experience is necessary. Prerequisite: Phys 214. Typically offered in Stephen L. Gardiner, Senior Lecturer Emeritus alternate years. Typically offered in alternate years. Karen F. Greif, Professor D.Narayanan Tom Mozdzer, Assistant Professor ASTR 404 Research in Astrophysics NA Joshua Shapiro, Assistant Professor Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Jennifer N. Skirkanich, Lecturer S.Boughn/B.Willman Michelle W Wien, Lecturer
ASTR 480 Independent Study NA The programs of the department are designed to Prerequisite: Astronomy 206. introduce students to unifying concepts and broad B.Willman issues in biology, and to provide the opportunity for in-depth inquiry into topics of particular interest through coursework and independent research. Introductory- and intermediate-level courses examine the structures and functions of living systems at all levels of organization, from molecules, cells and organisms to populations. Advanced courses encourage the student to gain proficiency in the critical reading of research literature, leading to the development, defense and presentation of a senior paper. Opportunities for supervised research with faculty are available and highly encouraged.
Major Requirements
Course requirements for a major in Biology include two semesters of introductory biology (BIOL110-111), six courses at the 200 and 300 level (excluding BIOL 390-399), of which at least two must be at the 300-level and three must be laboratory courses, and one senior seminar course (BIOL 390-399). Two semesters of supervised laboratory research, BIOL 403, may be substituted for one of the required laboratory courses. In addition, two semester courses in general chemistry and three additional semester courses in allied sciences, to be selected from Anthropology, Chemistry, 106 Biology
Computer Science, Geology, Mathematics, Physics or member of her or his objections at the beginning of the Psychology are required for all majors. Selection of the course. If alternative activities are available and deemed three additional allied science courses must be done consistent with the pedagogical objectives of the course in consultation with the student’s major adviser and be by the faculty member, then a student will be allowed to approved by the department. pursue alternative laboratory activities without penalty.
Students interested in pursuing graduate studies or COURSES medical school are encouraged to take two semesters each of physics and organic chemistry. In addition, BIOL B101 Introduction to Biology I: Genetics & the all biology students are encouraged to take courses Central Dogma that employ quantitative reasoning or computational approaches; such courses can be taken within the For post-baccalaureate premedical students only. Biology Department or in other departments. A comprehensive examination of topics in genetics, molecular biology and cancer biology. Lecture three A score of 5 on the Advanced Placement examination, hours, laboratory three hours a week. or equivalent International Baccalaureate scores, can be Requirement(s): Division II with Lab used to satisfy one semester of the introductory biology Units: 1.0 requirement for the major. One additional semester Instructor(s): Wien,M. of BIOL 110-111 is required to fulfill the introductory (Fall 2013) biology requirement. The department, however, highly recommends both semesters of introductory biology for BIOL B102 Introduction to Biology II: Biochemistry majors. Placement out of one semester of introductory & Human Physiology biology does not satisfy the introductory biology pre- For post-baccalaureate premedical students only. A requisite for 200/300-level courses. comprehensive examination of topics in biochemistry, cell biology and human physiology. Lecture three hours, Honors laboratory three hours a week. BIOL B101 is strongly recommended. Departmental honors are awarded to students who Requirement(s): Division II with Lab have distinguished themselves academically or via their Units: 1.0 participation in departmental activities. Final selection Instructor(s): Wien,M. for honors is made by the Biology faculty. (Spring 2014)
Minor Requirements BIOL B110 Biological Exploration I This is a topics course. Topics vary. BIOL B110 is an A minor in Biology consists of six semester courses in introductory-level courses designed to encourage Biology. students to explore the field of biology at multiple levels of organization: molecular, cellular, organismal and Minors in Environmental Studies, ecological. Each course will explore these areas of Computational Methods, and Neural biology through a unifying theme. Lecture three hours, and Behavioral Sciences laboratory three hours a week. Requirement(s): Division II with Lab Minors in Environmental Studies, Computational Approach: Quantitative Readiness Required (QR); Methods, and Neural and Behavioral Sciences are Scientific Investigation (SI) available for students interested in interdisciplinary Counts towards: Neuroscience exploration in these areas. Check relevant sections Units: 1.0 of the course catalog for complete descriptions of the Instructor(s): Greif,K., Davis,T., Skirkanich,J., Shapiro,J. minors. Fall 2013: Current topic description: Biology B110- Teacher Certification 001 will explore areas of biology through a unifying theme. It will center on the reading of “The Emperor The College offers a certification program in secondary of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer” by Siddhartha teacher education. Mukherjee and will examine the biology of Cancer from perspectives of biochemistry, cell biology, genetics and Animal Experimentation Policy genomics and physiology.
Students who object to participating directly in laboratory Fall 2013: Current topic description: Biology B110-002 activities involving the use of animals in a course will investigate the relationship between genotype and required for the major are required to notify the faculty phenotype through analysis of inheritance patterns Biology 107 in families and populations and examination of the BIOL B202 Introduction to Neuroscience regulation and decoding of genetic information that An introduction to the nervous system and its broad ultimately produces whose structure/function dictates contributions to function. The class will explore cellular activity. fundamentals of neural anatomy and signaling, sensory and motor processing and control, nervous system Fall 2013: Current topic description: Biology B110-003, development and examples of complex brain functions. this course will explore the ways that the genomes of Lecture three hours a week. Prerequisites: One various organisms have been altered by nature and by semester of Bio 110-111 or permission of instructor. human interventions, focusing on the mechanisms and Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science effects of those genetic modifications. Approach: Scientific Investigation (SI) Counts towards: Neuroscience BIOL B111 Biological Exploration II Units: 1.0 This is a topics course. Topics vary. BIOL 110 is an Instructor(s): Greif,K. introductory-level course designed to encourage (Fall 2013) students to explore the field of biology at multiple levels of organization: molecular, cellular, organismal and BIOL B210 Biology and Public Policy ecological. Each course will explore these areas of A lecture/discussion course on major issues and biology through a unifying theme. Lecture three hours, advances in biology and their implications for laboratory three hours a week. public policy decisions. Topics discussed include Requirement(s): Division II with Lab reproductive technologies, the Human Genome Approach: Quantitative Readiness Required (QR); project, environmental health hazards, bioterrorism, Scientific Investigation (SI) and euthanasia and organ transplantation. Readings Counts towards: Neuroscience include scientific articles, public policy and ethical Units: 1.0 considerations, and lay publications. Lecture three hours Instructor(s): Brodfuehrer,P., Skirkanich,J., Davis,G., a week. Prerequisite: One semester of BIOL 110-111, or Mozdzer,T. permission of instructor. Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science Spring 2014: Current topic description: Biology B111- Counts towards: Environmental Studies 001, taking an ecological approach, we will use invasive Units: 1.0 species as our central theme in order to predict how Instructor(s): Greif,K. organisms can affect multiple levels for biological (Spring 2014) organization from the organismal to the ecosystem level. BIOL B214 The Historical Roots of Women in Spring 2014: Current topic description: Biology B111- Genetics and Embryology 002, this course will examine the underlying physiology associated with specific animal behaviors such as bat This course provides a general history of genetics and echolocation, and thermoregulation and bee foraging. embryology from the late 19th to the mid-20th century with a focus on the role that women scientists and Spring 2014: Current topic description: Biology B111- technicians played in the development of these sub- 003, this course will introduce the basic principles disciplines. We will look at the lives of well known and underlying the development of organisms and how lesser-known individuals, asking how factors such as development evolves to meet various environmental their educational experiences and mentor relationships challenges. influenced the roles these women played in the scientific enterprise. We will also examine specific scientific BIOL B201 Genetics contributions in historical context, requiring a review of core concepts in genetics and developmental biology. An introduction to heredity and variation, focusing on One facet of the course will be to look at the Bryn Mawr topics such as classical Mendelian genetics, linkage Biology Department from the founding of the College and recombination, chromosome abnormalities, into the mid-20th century. population and developmental genetics. Examples of Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science genetic analyses are drawn from a variety of organisms, Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP); Scientific including bacteria, Drosophila, C. elegans and humans. Investigation (SI) Lecture three hours. Prerequisites: One semester of Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies BIOL 110-111 and CHEM 103, 104. Crosslisting(s): HIST-B214 Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science Units: 1.0 Approach: Quantitative Readiness Required (QR); (Not Offered 2013-14) Scientific Investigation (SI) Units: 1.0 BIOL B215 Experimental Design and Statistics Instructor(s): Davis,T. (Fall 2013) An introductory course in designing experiments and analyzing biological data. This course is structured 108 Biology to develop students’ understanding of when to phenomena of literature (in particular, the generation apply different quantitative methods, and how to of new stories), and whether literature contributes to a implement those methods using the R statistics deeper understanding of evolution. We will begin with environment. Topics include summary statistics, science texts that explain and explore evolution and distributions, randomization, replication, parametric turn to stories that (may) have grown out of one another, and nonparametric tests, and introductory topics in asking where they come from, why new ones emerge, multivariate and Bayesian statistics. The course is and why some disappear. We will consider the parallels geared around weekly problem sets and interactive between diversity of stories and diversity of living learning. organisms. Lecture three hours a week. Requirement(s): Division II w/Lab and Quant Requirement(s): Division II or Division III Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM) Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Units: 1.0 Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B223 Instructor(s): Shapiro,J. Units: 1.0 (Spring 2014) (Not Offered 2013-14)
BIOL B216 Genomics BIOL B225 Biology of Plants An introduction to the study of genomes and genomic Plants are critical to numerous contemporary issues, data. This course will examine the types of biological such as ecological sustainability, economic stability, and questions that can be answered using large biological human health. Students will examine the fundamentals data sets and complete genome sequences as well of how plants are structured, how they function, how as the techniques and technologies that make such they interact with other organisms, and how they, as studies possible. Topics include genome organization individuals and communities, respond to environmental and evolution, comparative genomics, and analysis stimuli. In addition, students will be taught to identify of transcriptomes and proteomes. Prerequisite: important local species, and will explore the role of One semester of BIOL 110-111. BIOL 201 highly plants in human society and ecological systems. recommended. Requirement(s): Division II and Quantitive Requirement(s): Division II and Quantitive Counts towards: Environmental Studies Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM); Scientific Units: 1.0 Investigation (SI) Instructor(s): Caplan,J. Units: 1.0 (Spring 2014) Instructor(s): Shapiro,J. (Spring 2014) BIOL B236 Evolution A lecture/discussion course on the development of BIOL B220 Ecology evolutionary biology. This course will cover the history A study of the interactions between organisms and of evolutionary theory, population genetics, molecular their environments. The scientific underpinnings of and developmental evolution, paleontology, and current environmental issues, with regard to human phylogenetic analysis. Lecture three hours a week. impacts, are also discussed. Students will also become Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science familiar with ecological principles and with the methods Approach: Scientific Investigation (SI) ecologists use. Students will apply these principles Crosslisting(s): GEOL-B236; ANTH-B236 through the design and implementation of experiments Units: 1.0 both in the laboratory and the field. Lecture three hours Instructor(s): Davis,G. a week, laboratory/field investigation three hours a (Spring 2014) week. There will be optional field trips throughout the semester. Prerequisite: One semester of BIOL B110 or BIOL B244 Behavioral Endocrinology B111 or permission of instructor. An interdisciplinary-based analysis of the nature of Requirement(s): Division II with Lab hormones, how hormones affect cells and systems, and Approach: Scientific Investigation (SI) how these effects alter the behavior of animals. Topics Counts towards: Environmental Studies will be covered from a research perspective using Units: 1.0 a combination of lectures, discussions and student Instructor(s): Mozdzer,T. presentations. Prerequisites: One semester of BIOL (Fall 2013) 110-111 or one of the following courses: B202, PSYC B218 or PSYC H217. BIOL B223 The Story of Evolution and the Evolution Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science of Stories Approach: Scientific Investigation (SI) In this course we will experiment with two interrelated Counts towards: Neuroscience and reciprocal inquiries—whether the biological concept Units: 1.0 of evolution is a useful one in understanding the (Not Offered 2013-14) Biology 109
BIOL B250 Computational Methods in the Sciences fertilization, morphogenesis, cell fate specification and differentiation, pattern formation, regulation of gene A study of how and why modern computation methods expression, neural development, and developmental are used in scientific inquiry. Students will learn plasticity. The laboratory focuses on observations basic principles of simulation-based programming and experiments on living embryos. Lecture three through hands-on exercises. Content will focus on the hours, laboratory three scheduled hours a week; most development of population models, beginning with weeks require additional hours outside of the regularly simple exponential growth and ending with spatially- scheduled lab. Prerequisites: one semester of BIOL 110- explicit individual-based simulations. Students will 111 or permission of instructor. design and implement a final project from their own Requirement(s): Division II with Lab disciplines. Six hours of combined lecture/lab per week. Approach: Scientific Investigation (SI) Requirement(s): Division II and Quantitive Units: 1.0 Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM); Quantitative Instructor(s): Davis,G. Readiness Required (QR); Scientific Investigation (SI) (Fall 2013) Counts towards: Environmental Studies Crosslisting(s): GEOL-B250; CMSC-B250 BIOL B303 Human Physiology Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) A comprehensive study of the physical and chemical processes in tissues, organs and organ systems BIOL B255 Microbiology that form the basis of animal and human function. Homeostasis, control systems and the structural basis Invisible to the naked eye, microbes occupy every niche of function are emphasized. Laboratories are designed on the planet. This course will examine how microbes to introduce basic physiological techniques and the have become successful colonizers; review aspects practice of scientific inquiry. Lecture three hours, of interactions between microbes, humans and the laboratory three hours a week. Prerequisites: One environment; and explore practical uses of microbes semester of BIOL 110-111, CHEM 103, 104 and one in industry, medicine and environmental management. 200-level biology course. The course will combine lecture, discussion of primary Units: 1.0 literature and student presentations. Three hours Instructor(s): Brodfuehrer,P. of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. (Spring 2014) Prerequisites: One semester of BIOL 110 and BIOL 111 or permission of the instructor. BIOL B310 Philosophy of Science Requirement(s): Division II with Lab Approach: Scientific Investigation (SI) An examination of positivistic science and its critics. Units: 1.0 The topics of this course will include: the demarcation (Not Offered 2013-14) between science and non-science; falsificationism vs. verificationism; the structure of scientific revolutions BIOL B262 Urban Ecosystems and research programs; criticism and growth of scientific knowledge; interpretive ideals in science; Cities can be considered ecosystems whose functions scientific explanation; truth and objectivity; the effect of are highly influenced by human activity. This course will interpretation upon that which is interpreted in modern address many of the living and non-living components physics; constructivism vs. realism in philosophy of of urban ecosystems, as well as their unique processes. science. Using an approach focused on case studies, the course Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities will explore the ecological and environmental problems Crosslisting(s): PHIL-B310 that arise from urbanization, and also examine solutions Units: 1.0 that have been attempted. Prerequisites: BIOL B110 or (Not Offered 2013-14) B111 or ENVS B101. Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science BIOL B313 Integrative Organismal Biology I Counts towards: Environmental Studies Crosslisting(s): CITY-B262 The first semester of a two-semester course focusing Units: 1.0 on how organisms cope with environmental challenges Instructor(s): Caplan,J. by investigating the requirements for life at the level (Fall 2013) of individual cells and multi-cellular organisms, the anatomical and physiological properties of cells, BIOL B271 Developmental Biology tissues and organ systems, and how these properties allow organisms to interact successfully with their An introduction to embryology and the concepts environment. Two three-hour lecture/laboratory sessions of developmental biology. Concepts are illustrated per week. Prerequisites: one semester of BIOL 110-111 by analyzing the experimental observations that and one 200-level biology course. support them. Topics include gametogenesis and Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) 110 Biology
BIOL B314 Integrative Organismal Biology II the roles of selection and drift in molecular evolution, evolution of gene expression, genomic approaches The second semester of Integrative Organismal Biology. to the study of quantitative variation, evolutionary Two three-hour lecture/laboratory sessions per week. history of humans, and evolutionary perspectives on Prerequisite: BIOL 313 or permission of instructor. the study of human disease. Students will read papers Units: 1.0 from the primary literature, lead and participate in (Not Offered 2013-14) class discussions and debates, and write reviews of research articles. Quantitative proficiency required. BIOL B320 Evolutionary Ecology Pre-requisites: One semester of BIOL 110-111 and BIOL This course will examine how phenotypic variation in 201, or BIOL 236, or permission of instructor. organisms is optimized and constrained by ecological Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science and evolutionary factors. We will cover concepts Units: 1.0 and case studies in life history evolution, behavioral (Not Offered 2013-14) ecology, and population ecology with an emphasis on both mathematical and experimental approaches. BIOL B328 Analysis of Geospatial Data Using GIS Recommended Prerequisites: One semester of BIOL Analysis of geospatial data, theory, and the practice of B110-111 or BIOL 220. geospatial reasoning. Requirement(s): Quantitative Crosslisting(s): CITY-B328; GEOL-B328; ARCH-B328 Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM); Scientific Units: 1.0 Investigation (SI) (Not Offered 2013-14) Counts towards: Environmental Studies Units: 1.0 BIOL B332 Global Change Biology (Not Offered 2013-14) Global changes to our environment present omnipresent BIOL B321 Neuroethology environmental challenges. We are only beginning to understand the complex interactions between organisms This course provides an opportunity for students to and the rapidly changing environment. Students will understand the neuronal basis of behavior through the explore the effects of global change in depth using the examination of how particular animals have evolved primary literature. Prerequisites: Biology B220 (Ecology) neural solutions to specific problems posed to them by or permission of instructor. their environments. The topics will be covered from a Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science research perspective using a combination of lectures, Approach: Scientific Investigation (SI) discussions and student presentations. Prerequisite: Counts towards: Environmental Studies BIOL 202, PSYC 218 or PSYC 217 at Haverford. Units: 1.0 Counts towards: Neuroscience Instructor(s): Mozdzer,T. Units: 1.0 (Spring 2014) Instructor(s): Brodfuehrer,P. (Fall 2013) BIOL B340 Cell Biology BIOL B326 From Channels to Behavior A lecture course with laboratory emphasizing current knowledge in cell biology. Among topics discussed Introduces the principles, research approaches, and are cell membranes, cell surface specializations, cell methodologies of cellular and behavioral neuroscience. motility and the cytoskeleton, regulation of cell activity The first half of the course will cover the cellular and cell signaling. Laboratory experiments are focused properties of neurons using current and voltage clamp on studies of cell structure, making use of techniques techniques along with neuron simulations. The second in cell culture and immunocytochemistry. Lecture three half of the course will introduce students to state-of- hours, laboratory four hours a week. Prerequisites: One the-art techniques for acquiring and analyzing data in semester of Organic Chemistry, BIOL 201 or 271, or a variety of rodent models linking brain and behavior. permission of instructor. Prerequisites: one semester of BIOL 110-111 and one Units: 1.0 of the following: PSYC 218, PSYC 217 at Haverford, or Instructor(s): Greif,K. BIOL 202. (Spring 2014) Counts towards: Neuroscience Crosslisting(s): PSYC-B326 BIOL B354 Basic Concepts and Special Topics in Units: 1.0 Biochemistry (Not Offered 2013-14) For post-baccalaureate premedical students and non- BIOL B327 Evolutionary Genetics and Genomics majors who meet the prerequisites. Course does not count toward the biology major, majors should take This seminar course will discuss evolution primarily at BIOL B375. Prerequisites: one semester of BIOL 110 or the level of genes and genomes. Topics will include equivalent, CHEM 211 or permission of the instructor. Biology 111
Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division II with Lab Instructor(s): Kung,Y. Units: 1.0 (Spring 2014) Instructor(s): Davis,T. (Spring 2014) BIOL B361 Emergence BIOL B391 Senior Seminar in Biochemistry A multidisciplinary exploration of the interactions underlying both real and simulated systems, such as Topics of current interest and significance in ant colonies, economies, brains, earthquakes, biological biochemistry are examined with critical readings and evolution, artificial evolution, computers, and life. These oral presentations of work from the research literature. emergent systems are often characterized by simple, In addition, students write, defend and publicly present local interactions that collectively produce global one long research paper. Three hours of class lecture phenomena not apparent in the local interactions. and discussion a week, supplemented by frequent Crosslisting(s): CMSC-B361 meetings with individual students. Prerequisites: BIOL Units: 1.0 375 or permission of instructor. Instructor(s): Blank,D. Units: 1.0 (Fall 2013) (Not Offered 2013-14)
BIOL B364 Developmental Neurobiology BIOL B392 Senior Seminar A lecture/discussion course on major topics in the An advanced course in the study of the organization and development of the nervous system. Some of the function of physiological systems from the molecular topics to be addressed are cell generation, cell level to the organismal level. Specific topics related to migration, cell survival and growth, axon guidance and the organization and function of physiological systems target specificity, synapse formation and behavioral are examined in detail using the primary literature. In development. Lecture three hours a week. Prerequisite: addition, students write, defend and publicly present one BIOL 201 or 271, BIOL 202 or equivalent, or permission long research paper. Three hours of class lecture and of instructor. discussion a week, supplemented by frequent meetings Counts towards: Neuroscience with individual students. Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) (Not Offered 2013-14)
BIOL B375 Integrated Biochemistry and Molecular BIOL B393 Senior Seminar in Molecular Genetics Biology I This course focuses on topics of current interest and The first semester of a two-semester course that significance in molecular genetics, such as chromatin focuses on the structure and function of proteins, structure and mechanisms of gene regulation. Students carbohydrates, lipids and nucleic acids, enzyme critically read, present and discuss in detail primary kinetics, metabolic pathways, gene regulation and literature relevant to the selected topic. In addition, recombinant DNA techniques. Students will explore students write, defend and publicly present one long these topics via lecture, critical reading and discussion research paper. Three hours of class lecture and of primary literature and laboratory experimentation. discussion a week, supplemented by frequent meetings Three hours of lecture, three hours of lab per week. with individual students. Prerequisite: BIOL 201 or 376, Prerequisite: one semester of BIOL 110, and two or permission of instructor. semesters of organic chemistry. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division II with Lab (Not Offered 2013-14) Crosslisting(s): CHEM-B242 Units: 1.0 BIOL B394 Senior Seminar in Evolutionary Instructor(s): White,S., Porello,S. Developmental Biology (Fall 2013) Topics of current interest and significance in evolutionary developmental biology are examined with BIOL B376 Integrated Biochemistry and Molecular critical readings and oral presentations of work from the Biology II research literature. In addition, students write, defend This second semester of a two-semester sequence and publicly present a research paper based on their will continue with analysis of nucleic acids and readings. Three hours of class lecture and discussion gene regulation through lecture, critical reading a week, supplemented by frequent meetings with and discussion of primary literature and laboratory individual students. Prerequisite: BIOL 201, 236 or 271, experimentation. Three hours of lecture, three hours or permission of instructor. of lab per week. Prerequisite: BIOL 201, BIOL B375 or Units: 1.0 permission of instructor. Instructor(s): Davis,G. (Fall 2013) 112 Biology
BIOL B396 Topics in Neuroscience BIOL B425 Praxis III: Independent Study A seminar course dealing with current issues in Praxis III courses are Independent Study courses and neuroscience. It provides advanced students minoring in are developed by individual students, in collaboration neuroscience with an opportunity to read and discuss in with faculty and field supervisors. A Praxis courses is depth seminal papers that represent emerging thought distinguished by genuine collaboration with fieldsite in the field. In addition, students are expected to make organizations and by a dynamic process of reflection presentations of their own research. that incorporates lessons learned in the field into the Counts towards: Neuroscience classroom setting and applies theoretical understanding Crosslisting(s): PSYC-B396 gained through classroom study to work done in the Units: 1.0 broader community. (Not Offered 2013-14) Counts towards: Praxis Program Units: 1.0 BIOL B398 Senior Seminar in Science and Society (Not Offered 2013-14) A seminar that addresses a variety of topics at the interface of biology and society. Students write, defend and publicly present a major scholarly work. Three hours of discussion a week, supplemented by frequent meetings with individual students. Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Greif,K. (Fall 2013)
BIOL B399 Senior Seminar in Laboratory Investigations This seminar provides students with a collaborative forum to facilitate the exchange of ideas and broaden their perspective and understanding of research approaches used in various sub-disciplines of biology. There will be a focus on the presentation, interpretation and discussion of data, and communication of scientific findings to diverse audiences. In addition, students write, defend and publicly present a paper on their supervised research project. Three hours of class discussion each week. Co-requisite: enrollment in BIOL403. Units: 0.5 Instructor(s): Brodfuehrer,P., Davis,T. (Spring 2014)
BIOL B403 Supervised Laboratory Research in Biology Laboratory research under the supervision of a member of the department. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA (Fall 2013)
BIOL B403 Supervised Laboratory Research in Biology Laboratory research under the supervision of a member of the department. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA (Spring 2014) Chemistry 113
CHEMISTRY ACS Certified A.B. Major Requirements
Students may complete a major or minor in Chemistry. A student may qualify for a major in chemistry by Within the major, students may complete a minor in completing a total of 13 units in chemistry with the computational methods or education. Concentrations distribution: in biological chemistry, environmental studies or Chem 103, 104 geochemistry may be completed within the major. Students may complete an M.A. in the combined Chem 211, 212 A.B./M.A. program. Chem 221, 222 Chem 231 Faculty Chem 242 Chem 251, 252 Sharon Burgmayer, Interim Dean of Graduate Studies and W. Alton Jones Professor of Chemistry (on Chem 398, 399 leave semester I) two other Chem 3xx Michelle Francl, Chair and Professor Other required courses: Math 101, 102, 201; Physics Jonas I. Goldsmith, Associate Professor 121/122 (preferred) or 101/102. Students who plan to do Yan Kung, Assistant Professor graduate work in chemistry should also consider taking Krynn Lukacs, Senior Lecturer Physics 201. Bill Malachowski, Chair and Professor (on leave semester II) Major, A.B. only Maryellen Nerz-Stormes, Senior Lecturer A non-ACS certified major requires all of the above coursework except Chem 398, 399. Silvia L. Porello, Lecturer Jason Schmink, Assistant Professor TIMETABLES FOR MEETING MAJOR Susan A. White, Professor (on leave semester II) REQUIREMENTS
Students may follow various schedules to meet their Chemistry Program Requirements and major requirements. However, a fairly typical one is: Opportunities freshman year: Chem 103 and 104, Math 101 and 102 The Chemistry major is offered with several different sophomore year: Chem 211 and 212, Math 201, options: Physics 121/122 or 101/102 junior year: Chem 221, 222, 231, 242, 251, 252 • American Chemical Society Certified A.B., senior year: two or more Chem 3xx recommended for graduate school Chemistry major, A.B. Only In particular note that Chemistry minor Math 201 must be completed before taking Chem Chemistry major with concentration in biochemistry 221, a required junior-year course. Math 201 Chemistry major with concentration in geochemistry is offered at Bryn Mawr only in the fall, but an equivalent course is offered at Haverford in the For all degree options, merit level work is expected in spring term. every chemistry, math, biology, geology, and physics Every effort should be made to complete the two course. semesters of college physics by the end of the sophomore year. See also: The required 300x courses all have prerequisites More Information About Majors/ Concentrations that generally include Chem 212 and/or Chem 222. www.brynmawr.edu/chemistry/documents/ MajorRequirements.pdf Students who wish to deviate from the usual schedule should consult with the major adviser as early as FAQ About The Chemistry Major. brynmawr.edu/chemistry/undergraduate/FAQ.html 114 Chemistry possible to devise an alternative. ***Chem 242 satisfies the pre-requisite for this course
Honors Other required courses: Math 101, 102
The requirements for departmental honors are: Equivalent biology courses at Haverford may be substituted. Complete one of the major plans. Maintain a chemistry GPA of 3.7 or better. Major with Concentration in Geochemistry Complete Chem 398 and 399 with a grade of 3.3 or better each semester. Chem 103, 104 Participate in research oral/poster presentations. Chem 211, 212 Write an acceptable thesis, and meet all department Chem 221*, 222*, 231 or 242** (choose 3 of 4) deadlines for submission of the thesis. Chem 251, 252 Complete an additional unit of Chem 3xx (for a total of three 300-level chemistry units). With department Chem 322 or 332 approval, one unit of 300-level work in certain fields Chem 3xx may be substituted. Geol 101 Minor Geol 202 Geol 302, 305, 350 (choose 2 of 3; Geol 350 A student may qualify for a minor in chemistry by requires Geology major adviser approval) completing a total of 7.0 units in chemistry with the *Pre-/co-requisites: Math 201, Physics 121/122 or distribution: 101/102 **Bio 375 may be substituted for Chem 242 Chem 103, 104 Chem 211, 212 Other required courses: Math 101, 102
Chem 221* or 222* The Chemistry Major can also be combined with any Chem 231 or 242** of the Minors offered in the College. In particular, the Minors in Environmental Studies, Education and Chem 251 or 252 Computational Science offer attractive combinations with a Chemistry Major for future career paths that *Pre-/co-requisites:Â Math 201, Physics 121/122 or require competency in those allied fields. Detailed 101/102 information about these Minors can be found in the **Biol 375 may be substituted for Chem 242 appropriate section of the catalog.
Other required courses: Math 101, 102 At least two of the six courses must be taken at Bryn A.B./M.A. Program Mawr. Chemistry major A.B. requirements Major with Concentration in four units of 5xx* Biochemistry two units of 7xx M.A. thesis Chem 103, 104 • written final exam Chem 211, 212 *two units may be 3xx Chem 221*, 222*, 231 or 242** (choose 3 of 4) Chem 251, 252 3-2 Program in Engineering and Chem 345 Applied Science Chem 3xx The 3-2 Program in Engineering and Applied Science Biol 201 is offered in cooperation with the California Institute Biol 376*** of Technology and awards both an A.B. at Bryn Mawr *Pre-/co-requisites: Math 201, Physics 121/122 or and a B.S. at Cal Tech. For more information, see 3-2 101/102 Program in Engineering and Applied Science. **Biol 375 may be substituted for Chem 242 Chemistry 115
Chemistry students considering this program should Units: 0.5 contact Senior Laboratory Lecturer in Chemistry, Krynn Instructor(s): Goldsmith,J. Lukacs. (Fall 2013)
4+1 Program in Engineering at UPenn CHEM B103 General Chemistry I For students with some background in chemistry. The University of Pennsylvania 4+1 engineering Sections usually have a maximum of 50 students. program allows students to earn an A.B. at Bryn Mawr Topics include aqueous solutions and solubility; and an M.S. in Engineering (M.S.E) at UPenn. Students the electronic structure of atoms and molecules; apply between the beginning of the sophomore year and chemical reactions and energy; intermolecular forces. end of the junior year. For more information, see Four Examples discussed in lecture and laboratory workshop Plus One Partnership with Penn’s School of Engineering include environmental sciences, material sciences and Applied Science. and biological chemistry. Lecture three hours and Chemistry workshop three hours a week. The laboratory Chemistry students considering this program should workshop period will be used for traditional chemical contact Senior Laboratory Lecturer in Chemistry, Krynn experimentation or related problem solving. The Lukacs. See also the description of the 4+1 Program in course may include individual conferences, evening Engineering at UPenn. problem or peer-led instruction sessions. Pre-requisites: Satisfactory performances on the Chemistry Placement COURSES Test and on the Quantitative Reasoning Assessment. Requirement(s): Division II w/Lab and Quant CHEM B100 The Stuff of Art Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM); Quantitative An introduction to chemistry through fine arts, this Readiness Required (QR); Scientific Investigation (SI) course emphasizes the close relationship of the Units: 1.0 fine arts, especially painting, to the development of Instructor(s): Lukacs,K., White,S., Goldsmith,J. chemistry and its practice. The historical role of the (Fall 2013) material in the arts, in alchemy and in the developing science of chemistry, will be discussed, as well as the CHEM B104 General Chemistry II synergy between these areas. Relevant principles A continuation of CHEM 103 . Topics include chemical of chemistry will be illustrated through the handling, reactions; introduction to thermodynamics and chemical synthesis and/or transformations of the material. equiibria; acid-base chemistry; electrochemistry; This course does not count towards chemistry major chemical kinetics. Lecture three hours, recitation one requirements, and is not suitable for premedical hour and laboratory three hours a week. May include programs. Lecture 90 minutes, laboratory three hours a individual conferences, evening problem or peer-led week. Enrollment limited to 20. instruction sessions. Prerequisite: CHEM 103 with Requirement(s): Division II with Lab a grade of at least 2.0, strong performance on the Crosslisting(s): HART-B100 chemistry placement test. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division II w/Lab and Quant (Not Offered 2013-14) Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM); Quantitative Readiness Required (QR); Scientific Investigation (SI) CHEM B101 Focus: Chemistry Fundamentals Units: 1.0 This is a half semester Focus course. For students with Instructor(s): Lukacs,K., Francl,M., Kung,Y. little background in Chemistry. Prepares students for (Spring 2014) Chemistry 103 by covering problem-solving techniques, mathematics needed for chemistry, atoms, molecules, CHEM B105 Intimate Interactions Chemical Bonding chemical structures, chemical reactions and solutions. This half-semester course will focus on chemical Depending on interest, there may be a topical focus bonding, starting with the simplest bonding models such as drugs and doses, food and energy, or the and describing how these develop into more complex environment. The course may include Individual bonding models. The aim is to integrate bonding student conferences and electronic resources. Offered concepts that are currently taught in separate courses in the second half of the Fall and Spring semesters. to present a unified evolution of bonding theories. Enrollment is based on performance on a placement Prerequisite: CHEM B104 or equivalent. test or permission of the instructor. Prerequisite: Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science Quantitative Methods (QM) requirement met or Approach: Quantitative Readiness Required (QR) concurrent enrollment in a Quantitative Methods course. Units: 0.5 Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science (Not Offered 2013-14) Approach: Quantitative Readiness Required (QR) 116 Chemistry
CHEM B116 Drugs and How They Work Approach: Scientific Investigation (SI) Units: 1.0 An introductory half course exploring fundamental Instructor(s): Nerz-Stormes,M., Schmink,J. structure-related principles in chemistry through a study (Spring 2014) of drug action. Prerequisite: CHEM B103 or equivalent or permission of the instructor. This is a half-semester, CHEM B221 Physical Chemistry I half-credit course. Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science Introduction to quantum theory and spectroscopy. Units: 0.5 Atomic and molecular structure; molecular modeling; (Not Offered 2013-14) rotational, vibrational, electronic and magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Lecture three hours. CHEM B125 Writing Science Prerequisites: CHEM B104, PHYS B121 or B101 and MATH B201. May be taken concurrently with CHEM How does scientific research make its way out of the B211 and PHYS B121 or B101. Some classes will be lab? Science translates from research experience to held during the recitation hour. journals written for the expert and is often translated Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science again for more general audiences—appearing in venues Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM) such as newspapers, essays and memoirs. What is Units: 1.0 gained and what is lost when science is translated? This Instructor(s): Francl,M. is a half-semester, half-credit course. (Fall 2013) Crosslisting(s): ARTW-B125 Units: 0.5 CHEM B222 Physical Chemistry II (Not Offered 2013-14) Modern thermodynamics, with application to phase CHEM B206 The Science of Renewable Energy equilibria, interfacial phenomena and chemical equilibria; statistical mechanics; chemical dynamics. In this course the chemistry and physics of renewable Kinetic theory of gases; chemical kinetics. Lecture three energy, including solar, wind, geothermal and others, hours. Prerequisites: CHEM 104, PHYS 122 or 102 and will be explored. Methodologies for energy storage MATH 201. May be taken concurrently with CHEM 212 will also be discussed. Quantitative tools will be and PHYS 122 or 102. developed to enable students to make effective and Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science accurate comparisons between various types of energy Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM) generation processes. Prerequisites: completion of Units: 1.0 CHEM 103 and CHEM 104 with merit grades in both, or Instructor(s): Goldsmith,J. permission of instructor. (Spring 2014) Counts towards: Environmental Studies Units: 1.0 CHEM B231 Inorganic Chemistry (Not Offered 2013-14) Bonding theory; structures and properties of ionic solids; CHEM B211 Organic Chemistry I symmetry; crystal field theory; structures, spectroscopy, stereochemistry, reactions and reaction mechanisms An introduction to the principles of organic chemistry, of coordination compounds; acid-base concepts; including synthetic and spectroscopic techniques. descriptive chemistry of main group elements. Lecture Lecture three hours, recitation one hour and laboratory three hours a week. Prerequisite: CHEM 212. five hours a week. Prerequisite: CHEM 104 with a grade Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science of at least 2.0. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division II with Lab Instructor(s): Burgmayer,S. Approach: Quantitative Readiness Required (QR); (Spring 2014) Scientific Investigation (SI) Units: 1.0 CHEM B242 Biological Chemistry Instructor(s): Nerz-Stormes,M., Malachowski,B., Schmink,J. The structure, chemistry and function of amino (Fall 2013) acids, proteins, lipids, polysaccharides and nucleic acids; enzyme kinetics; metabolic relationships of CHEM B212 Organic Chemistry II carbohydrates, lipids and amino acids, and the control of various pathways; protein synthesis. Lecture three hours A continuation of CHEM 211 with an exploration of a week. Prerequisite: CHEM 212. complex chemical reactions and syntheses utilizing Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science structure-reactivity principles. Lecture three hours, Units: 1.0 recitation one hour and laboratory five hours a week. Instructor(s): White,S. Prerequisite: CHEM 211 with a grade of at least 2.0. (Fall 2013) Requirement(s): Division II with Lab Chemistry 117
CHEM B251 Research Methodology in Chemistry I CHEM B332 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry This laboratory course integrates advanced concepts A survey of metals in biology illustrating structural, in chemistry from biological, inorganic, organic and enzymatic and pharmaceutical applications of transition physical chemistry. Students gain experience in the use metals in biological chemistry and including discussion of departmental research instruments and in scientific of structural themes and bonding, reaction types, and literature searches, quantitative data analysis, record- catalysis. Lecture three hours per week. Prerequisites: keeping and writing. Prerequisite: CHEM B212. Co- CHEM 231 and 242 or permission of the instructor. Requisite: CHEM B221 or B231 or B242. Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science Approach: Quantitative Readiness Required (QR) Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Burgmayer,S. Instructor(s): Schmink,J., Kung,Y. (Spring 2014) (Fall 2013) CHEM B345 Advanced Biological Chemistry CHEM B252 Research Methodology II This is a topics course. Topics vary. Prerequisite: Any This laboratory course integrates advanced concepts course in Biochemistry. in chemistry from biological, inorganic, organic and Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science physical chemistry. Students will gain experience in Units: 1.0 the use of departmental research instruments and in Instructor(s): Kung,Y. scientific literature searches, quantitative data analysis, record-keeping, and writing. Course Prerequisites: Fall 2013: Current topic description: Biochemical CHEM B212. Course Co-requisites: CHEM B222 or pathways involved in cellular metabolism and natural CHEM B231 or CHEM B242 product biosynthesis will be explored in molecular detail, Approach: Quantitative Readiness Required (QR) including fatty acid metabolism and the biosynthesis Units: 1.0 of antibiotics, anticancer agents, vitamins, and other Instructor(s): Burgmayer,S., Goldsmith,J. secondary metabolites. Particular attention will be paid (Spring 2014) to the biochemical mechanisms employed, the role of cofactors, coenzymes, and metals, and emerging CHEM B311 Advanced Organic Chemistry applications to biotechnology and medicine. A survey of the methods and concepts used in the CHEM B350 Selected Topics in Current Chemical synthesis of complex organic molecules. Lecture three Research hours a week. Prerequisites: CHEM 212 and 222. Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science A combination lecture/seminar course on the physical, Units: 1.0 structural, chemical, photochemical, mechanistic and Instructor(s): Malachowski,B. spectroscopic properties of novel organic compounds, (Fall 2013) including oral presentations by students on very recently published research articles. Lecture three hours a week. CHEM B312 Advanced Organic Chemistry Prerequisites: CHEM 211-212, CHEM 221-222, and any 300/500 level course in organic, physical, inorganic or Principles of physical organic chemistry with emphasis biological chemistry. on reaction mechanisms, reactive intermediates, Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science stereochemistry, and qualitative molecular orbital theory Units: 1.0 reasoning. Prerequisites: a standard two-semester (Not Offered 2013-14) course in organic chemistry (such as BMC Chemistry 211/212), and some coursework in physical chemistry. CHEM B398 Senior Seminar Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Instructor(s): Francl,M., Burgmayer,S., White,S., Malachowski,B., Goldsmith,J., Schmink,J., Kung,Y. CHEM B321 Advanced Physical Chemistry (Fall 2013) Topics vary. Prerequisites: CHEM 221 and 222 or CHEM B399 Senior Seminar permission of the instructor. Lecture/seminar three hours per week. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science Instructor(s): Francl,M., Burgmayer,S., White,S., Units: 1.0 Malachowski,B., Goldsmith,J., Schmink,J., Kung,Y. Instructor(s): Goldsmith,J. (Spring 2014) (Spring 2014) 118 Chemistry
CHEM B403 Supervised Research CHEM B521 Advanced Physical Chemistry Many individual research projects are available, each Quantum mechanics and its application to problems in under the supervision of a member of the faculty. chemistry. Topics will include molecular orbital theory, Laboratory at least 10 hours a week. Oral or written density functional theory. Readings and problem sets presentations are required at the end of each semester. will be supplemented with material from the current Prerequisite: permission of faculty supervisor. research literature. Students will gain experience with Units: 0.5, 1.0 programming in Mathematica. Prerequisites: CHEM 221 Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA and 222 or permission of the instructor. Lecture/seminar (Fall 2013) three hours per week. Units: 1.0 CHEM B403 Supervised Research Instructor(s): Goldsmith,J. (Spring 2014) Many individual research projects are available, each under the supervision of a member of the faculty. CHEM B532 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory at least 10 hours a week. Oral or written presentations are required at the end of each semester. A survey of metals in biology illustrating structural, Prerequisite: permission of faculty supervisor. enzymatic and pharmaceutical applications of transition Units: 0.5, 1.0 metals in biological chemistry and including discussion Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA of structural themes and bonding, reaction types, and (Spring 2014) catalysis. Lecture three hours per week. Prerequisites: CHEM 231 and 242 or permission of the instructor. CHEM B511 Advanced Organic Chemistry I Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Burgmayer,S. A survey of the methods and concepts used in the (Spring 2014) synthesis of complex organic molecules. Lecture three hours a week. Prerequisites: CHEM 212 and 222. CHEM B534 Organometallic Chemistry Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Malachowski,B. Fundamental concepts in organometallic chemistry, (Fall 2013) including structure and bonding, reaction types, and catalysis, and applications to current problems in CHEM B512 Advanced Organic Chemistry organic synthesis. Lecture three hours a week. Course is open to graduate students and those undergraduates Principles of physical organic chemistry with emphasis with CHEM B231 or permission from the instructor. on reaction mechanisms, reactive intermediates, Units: 1.0 stereochemistry, and qualitative molecular orbital theory (Not Offered 2013-14) reasoning. Prerequisites: a standard two-semester course in organic chemistry (such as BMC Chemistry CHEM B535 Inorganic Seminar: Group Theory 211/212), and some coursework in physical chemistry. Units: 1.0 Fundamental concepts of mathematical groups, their (Not Offered 2013-14) derivation and their application to problems in bonding, spectroscopy and chemical reactivity. CHEM B515 Topics in Physical Organic Chemistry Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) A survey of topics related to drug discovery including lead discovery, target interactions, structural CHEM B545 Advanced Biological Chemistry optimization, drug metabolism and drug synthesis. The course will engage in an advanced treatment of these In this course, biochemical pathways involved in topics with particular attention to an understanding of cellular metabolism and natural product biosynthesis drug design and development on the molecular level. will be explored in molecular detail, including fatty Case studies will be used to illustrate the application of acid metabolism and the biosynthesis of antibiotics, these principles. Discussions may include OxyContin anticancer agents, vitamins, and other secondary and related opiate analgesics; aspirin and related metabolites. Particular attention will be paid to the NSAIDs; penicillin and other antibacterial agents; biochemical mechanisms employed, the role of Tamiflu and related anti-virals; Alzheimer’s disease cofactors, coenzymes, and metals, and emerging drugs; and anti-depressants. Prerequisites: CHEM B212 applications to biotechnology and medicine. A strong or the equivalent emphasis will also be placed on critical evaluations of Units: 1.0 the primary literature. Students will complete problem (Not Offered 2013-14) sets, deliver oral presentations, and contribute to in- class discussions in this seminar-style course. Pre- requisite: Any course in Biochemistry. Child and Family Studies 119
Units: 1.0 CHILD AND FAMILY STUDIES Instructor(s): Kung,Y. (Fall 2013) MINOR
CHEM B550 Selected Topics in Chemistry Students may complete a Child and Family Studies A combination lecture/seminar course on physical, minor as an adjunct to any major at Bryn Mawr or structural and spectroscopic properties of organic Haverford, pending approval of the student’s coursework compounds, including oral presentations by students on plan by the Child and Family Studies adviser in the very recently published research articles. student’s major department. Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Affiliated Faculty CHEM B701 Supervised Work Marissa Golden, Associate Professor of Political Units: 1.0 Science on the Joan Coward Chair in Political Instructor(s): Francl,M., Burgmayer,S., White,S., Economics Malachowski,B., Goldsmith,J., Schmink,J., Kung,Y. (Spring 2014) Alice Lesnick, Director and Term Professor in the Bryn Mawr/Haverford Education Program and Director of Africana Studies Mary Osirim, Interim Provost and Professor of Sociology Leslie Rescorla, Professor of Psychology on the Class of 1897 Professorship of Science and Director of Child Study Institute Janet Shapiro, Professor of Social Work and Director for the Center for Child and Family Wellbeing (on leave semester II)
The Child and Family Studies (CFS) minor provides a curricular mechanism for inter-disciplinary work focused on the contributions of biological, familial, psychological, socioeconomic, political, and educational factors to child and family well-being. The minor will not only address the life stages and cultural contexts of infancy through adolescence but will also includes issues of parenting; child and family well-being; gender; schooling and informal education; risk and resilience; and the place, the representation, and the voice of children in society and culture.
General inquiries concerning the minor should go to the CFS Director Leslie Rescorla (lrescorl@brynmawr. edu). Specific questions can be addressed to the advisor for the CFS minor in the student’s major department: Leslie Rescorla (Psychology), Alice Lesnick (Education), Marissa Golden (Political Science), Philip Kilbride (Anthropology), and Mary Osirim (Sociology). Students in other departments wishing to enroll in the CFS minor should confer with Leslie Rescorla so that a departmental advisor can be selected.
Requirements for the Child and Family Studies Minor
The minor comprises six courses: one gateway course (PSYCH 206 Developmental Psychology, PSYCH 203 Educational Psychology, EDUC 200 Critical Issues in 120 Child and Family Studies
Education, or SOCL B201 Study of Gender in Society), Courses that can be counted toward plus five additional courses, at least two of which must be outside of the major department and at least one of the Child and Family Studies Minor which must be at the 300 level. Advanced Haverford (Note: it is important to check the Trico course guide for and Swarthmore courses typically taken by juniors and updated course information. In some cases, courses seniors that are more specific than introductory and relevant to the CFS minor will have changed, or been survey courses will count as 300 level courses. No more added. Students should explore freely and consult with than two courses may be double-counted with each their advisor on curricular choices) major, minor, or other degree credential. BRYN MAWR COLLEGE COURSES AND Students will craft a pathway in the minor as they SEMINARS engage in course selection through ongoing discussions with their advisor. Sample pathways might include: political science/child and family law; sociology/ ANTH 212 Primate Evolution and Behavior educational policy; child and family mental health; ANTH 253 Childhood in the African Experience depictions of children/families in literature and film; ANTH 281 Language in the Social Context child and family public health issues; social work/ child welfare; anthropology/cross-cultural child and ANTH 312 Anthropology of Reproduction family issues; gender issues affecting children and ANTH 341 Cultural Perspectives on Marriage and families; social justice/diversity issues affecting children Family and families; economic factors affecting children and families. EDUC 200 Critical Issues in Education EDUC 250 Literacies and Education The minor also requires participation in at least one EDUC 266 Schools in American Cities semester or summer of volunteer, practicum, praxis, community-based work study, or internship experience EDUC 275 Teaching English Learners in U.S. Schools related to Child and Family Studies, with reflections EDUC 301 Curriculum and Pedagogy to be recorded in a journal, which will be part of the student’s portfolio. Students are expected to discuss EDUC 302 Practice Teaching Seminar their placement choices with their minor advisor. For EDUC 310 Defining Educational Practice further information about field-based experiences, consult the Child and Family Studies website: brynmawr. EDUC 311 Field Work Seminar edu/tricochildfamily/minor.html. POLS 375 Women, Work and Family PSYC 203 Educational Psychology To foster the inter-disciplinary nature of child and family studies, students enrolled in the minor must also PSYC 206 Developmental Psychology complete the following requirements: PSYC 209 Abnormal Psychology PSYC 220 Autism Spectrum Disorders Attendance at a minimum of two CFS-related formal events per year, for which reflections/comments will PSYC 256 Culture and Development be recorded in a journal, which will be part of the PSYC 340 Womenandrsquo;s Mental Health studen’s portfolio. PSYC 346 Pediatric Psychology Attendance four times per semester for two semesters at a “brownbag” 1-hour seminar, PSYC 351 Developmental Psychopathology comprised of individual workshop/discussion PSYC 352 Advanced Topics I Developmental sessions facilitated by a range of individuals, Psychology including the students themselves, affiliated faculty SOCL 201 Study of Gender in Society and staff, and guest speakers SOCL 205 Social Inequality Participation during senior year in an annual CFS Poster Session during which students will share SOCL 217 The Family in Social Context highlights of their CFS campus and field-based SOCL 225 Women in Contemporary Society experiences. SOCL 258 Sociology of Education SOCL 266 Schools in American Cities Child and Family Studies 121
SOWK 302 Poverty and Inequality ED 61 Gender and Education SOWK 352 Child Welfare Policy, Practice, and ED 64 Comparative Education Research ED 68 Urban Education SOWK 306 Social Determinants of Health and Health ED 70 Outreach Practicum Equity ED 121 Psychology and Practice Honors Seminar SOWK 336D Public Education: Issues in School Social Work Practice ED 131 Social and Cultural Perspectives Honors Seminar SOWK 338 Education Law for Social Workers ED 151 Literacies Research Honors Seminar SOWK 354 To Protect the Public Health ED 162 Sociology of Education HAVERFORD COLLEGE COURSES AND ED 167 Identities and Education Honors Seminar SEMINARS HIST 079 Women, Family, and the State in China
PSYC 27 Language Acquisition and Development ANTH H209 Anthropology of Education PSYC 35 Social Psychology ANTH H263 Anthropology of Space: Housing and Society PSYC 39 Developmental Psychology BIOL H217 Biological Psychology PSYC 41 Children at Risk COML H289 Children’s Literature PSYC 42 Human Intelligence EDUC H200 Critical Issues in Education PSYC 43 Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience EDUC H210 Perspectives on Special Education PSYC 50 Developmental Psychopathology, EDUC H260 Multicultural Education PSYC 55 Family Systems Theory and Psychological Change PSYC H213 Memory and Cognition PSYC 135 Advanced Topics in Social and Cultural PSYC H215 Introduction to Personality Psychology Psychology PSYC H224 Social Psychology PSYC H225 Self and Identity SOCL H235 Class, Race and Education
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE COURSES AND SEMINARS
ED 14 Introduction to Education ED 17 Curriculum and Methods Seminar ED 21/Psych 21 Educational Psychology ED 23/Psych 23 Adolescence COURSES
ED 23A Adolescents and Special Education ANTH B212 Primate Evolution and Behavior ED 26/Psych 26 Special Education An exploration of the aspects of the biology and ED 41 Educational Policy behavior of living primates as well as the evolutionary history of these close relatives. The major focus of this ED 42 Teaching Diverse Young Learners study is to provide the background upon which human ED 45 Literacies and Social Identities evolution is best understood. ED 53 Language Minority Education Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Counts towards: Child and Family Studies Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14)
ANTH B253 Childhood in the African Experience An overview of cultural contexts and indigenous literatures concerning the richly varied experience and interpretation of infancy and childhood in selected 122 Child and Family Studies regions of Africa. Cultural practices such as pregnancy constructions of marriage and the family. Sociobiology, customs, naming ceremonies, puberty rituals, sibling deviance, feminism, social constructionism, and cultural relationships, and gender identity are included. Modern evolutionary approaches will be compared using concerns such as child abuse, street children, and other primarily anthropological-ethnographic case examples. social problems of recent origin involving children are Cultural material from Africa and the United States will considered in terms of theoretical approaches current in be emphasized. Applications will emphasize current the social sciences. Prerequisites: anthropology major, U.S. socially contested categories such as same-sex any social sciences introductory course, Africana studies marriage, plural marriage, gender diversity, divorce, and minor, or permission of instructor. the blended family. Prerequisites: any history, biology, or Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science social science major. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Counts towards: Africana Studies; Child and Family Counts towards: Africana Studies; Child and Family Studies Studies Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) (Not Offered 2013-14)
ANTH B281 Language in Social Context EDUC B200 Critical Issues in Education Studies of language in society have moved from the Designed to be the first course for students interested idea that language reflects social position/identity in pursuing one of the options offered through the to the idea that language plays an active role in Education Program, this course is also open to students shaping and negotiating social position, identity, and who are not yet certain about their career aspirations experience. This course will explore the implications but are interested in educational issues. The course of this shift by providing an introduction to the fields of examines major issues in education in the United States sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology. We will be within the conceptual framework of educational reform. particularly concerned with the ways in which language Fieldwork in an area school required (eight visits, 1.5-2 is implicated in the social construction of gender, race, hours per visit). Writing intensive. class, and cultural/national identity. The course will Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science develop students’ skills in the ethnographic analysis Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) of communication through several short ethnographic Counts towards: Africana Studies; Child and Family projects. Prerequisite: ANTH 102 or permission of Studies instructor. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Instructor(s):Lesnick,A. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical (Spring 2014) Interpretation (CI) Counts towards: Child and Family Studies; Peace, EDUC B210 Perspectives on Special Education Conflict, and Social Justice Studies The goal of this course is to introduce students to a Crosslisting(s): LING-B281 range of topics, challenges, dilemmas, and strategies Units: 1.0 in understanding and educating all learners—those (Not Offered 2013-14) considered typical learners as well as those considered “special” learners. Students will learn more about: how ANTH B312 Anthropology of Reproduction students’ learning profiles affect their learning in school An examination of social and cultural constructions of from a functional perspective; how and why students’ reproduction, and how power in everyday life shapes educational experience is affected by special education reproductive behavior and its meaning in Western and law; major issues in the field of special education; and non-Western cultures. The influence of competing a-typical learners, students with disabilities, and how to interests within households, communities, states, and meet diverse student needs in a classroom. Two hours institutions on reproduction is considered. Prerequisite: of fieldwork per week required. ANTH 102 or permission of instructor. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Counts towards: Child and Family Studies; Gender and Counts towards: Child and Family Studies; Praxis Sexuality Studies Program Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s):Pashigian,M. (Fall 2013) (Fall 2013) EDUC B250 Literacies and Education ANTH B341 Cultural Perspectives on Marriage and A critical exploration of what counts as literacy, who Family decides, and what the implications are for teaching and This course considers various theoretical perspectives learning. Students explore both their own and others that inform our understanding of cross-cultural Child and Family Studies 123 experiences of literacy through reading and writing Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science about power, privilege, access and responsibility around Counts towards: Child and Family Studies; Praxis issues of adult, ESL, cultural, multicultural, gendered, Program academic and critical literacies. Fieldwork required. Units: 1.0 (Writing Intensive Praxis I). Priority given first to those (Not Offered 2013-14) pursuing certification or a minor in educational studies. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science EDUC B302 Practice Teaching Seminar Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Drawing on participants’ diverse student teaching Counts towards: Child and Family Studies; Praxis placements, this seminar invites exploration and Program analysis of ideas, perspectives and approaches to Units: 1.0 teaching at the middle and secondary levels. Taken (Not Offered 2013-14) concurrently with Practice Teaching. Open only to students engaged in practice teaching. EDUC B266 Schools in American Cities Counts towards: Child and Family Studies This course examines issues, challenges, and Units: 1.0 possibilities of urban education in contemporary Instructor(s):Dept. staff, TBA America. We use as critical lenses issues of race, (Fall 2013) class, and culture; urban learners, teachers, and school systems; and restructuring and reform. While we look EDUC B302 Practice Teaching Seminar at urban education nationally over several decades, Drawing on participants’ diverse student teaching we use Philadelphia as a focal “case” that students placements, this seminar invites exploration and investigate through documents and school placements. analysis of ideas, perspectives and approaches to This is a Praxis II course (weekly fieldwork in a school teaching at the middle and secondary levels. Taken required) concurrently with Practice Teaching. Open only to Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science students engaged in practice teaching. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Counts towards: Child and Family Studies Counts towards: Africana Studies; Child and Family Units: 1.0 Studies; Praxis Program Instructor(s):Dept. staff, TBA Crosslisting(s): SOCL-B266; CITY-B266 (Spring 2014) Units: 1.0 Instructor(s):Curl,H. EDUC B311 Fieldwork Seminar (Fall 2013) Drawing on the diverse contexts in which participants EDUC B275 English Learners in U.S. Schools: complete their fieldwork, this seminar invites exploration Policies and Practices and analysis of ideas, perspectives and different ways of understanding his/her ongoing fieldwork and associated This course focuses on educational policies and issues of educational practice, reform, and innovation. practices related to language minority students in the U. Five hours of fieldwork are required per week. S. We examine English learners’ diverse experiences, Counts towards: Child and Family Studies; Praxis educators’ approaches to working with linguistically Program diverse students, programs that address their strengths Units: 1.0 and needs, links between schools and communities, and (Not Offered 2013-14) issues of policy and advocacy. This is a Praxis II course (weekly fieldwork in a school or other educational POLS B375 Gender, Work and Family setting). Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science As the number of women participating in the paid Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) workforce who are also mothers exceeds 50 percent, Counts towards: Child and Family Studies; Peace, it becomes increasingly important to study the issues Conflict, and Social Justice Studies; Praxis Program raised by these dual roles. This seminar will examine Units: 1.0 the experiences of working and nonworking mothers Instructor(s):Martin,R. in the United States, the roles of fathers, the impact of (Fall 2013) working mothers on children, and the policy implications of women, work, and family. EDUC B301 Curriculum and Pedagogy Seminar Counts towards: Child and Family Studies; Gender and Sexuality Studies A consideration of theoretical and applied issues related Crosslisting(s): SOCL-B375 to effective curriculum design, pedagogical approaches Units: 1.0 and related issues of teaching and learning. Fieldwork Instructor(s):Golden,M. is required. Enrollment is limited to 15 with priority given (Fall 2013) first to students pursuing certification and second to seniors planning to teach. 124 Child and Family Studies
PSYC B203 Educational Psychology Neuroscience Units: 1.0 Topics in the psychology of human cognitive, social, Instructor(s):Neeren,A. and affective behavior are examined and related to (Spring 2014) educational practice. Issues covered include learning theories, memory, attention, thinking, motivation, social/ PSYC B250 Autism Spectrum Disorders emotional issues in adolescence, and assessment/ learning disabilities. This course provides a Praxis Focuses on theory of and research on Autism Spectrum Level I opportunity. Classroom observation is required. Disorders (ASD). Topics include the history of autism; Prerequisite: Introductory Psychology (PSYC 105) classification and diagnosis; epidemiology and Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science etiology; major theories; investigations of sensory and Counts towards: Child and Family Studies; Praxis motor atypicalities, early social communicative skills, Program affective, cognitive, symbolic and social factors; the Units: 1.0 neuropsychology of ASD; and current approaches to Instructor(s):Cassidy,K. intervention. Prerequisite: Introductory Psychology (Fall 2013) (PSYC 105). Counts towards: Child and Family Studies PSYC B206 Developmental Psychology Units: 1.0 Instructor(s):Wozniak,R. A topical survey of psychological development (Fall 2013) from infancy through adolescence, focusing on the interaction of personal and environmental factors in the PSYC B322 Culture and Development ontogeny of perception, language, cognition, and social interactions within the family and with peers. Topics This course focuses on development and enculturation include developmental theories; infant perception; within nested sets of interacting contexts (e.g. family, attachment; language development; theory of mind; village, classroom/work group, peer group, culture). memory development; peer relations, schools and the Topics include the nature of culture, human narrativity, family as contexts of development; and identity and acquisition of multiple literacies, and the way in which the adolescent transition. Prerequisite: PSYCB105 or developing mind, multiple contexts, cultures, narrativity, PSYCH100 and literacies help forge identities. Prerequisites: PSYC Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science 105 and PSYC 206, or Permission of the Instructor Counts towards: Child and Family Studies Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Units: 1.0 Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Instructor(s):Egan Brad,L. Counts towards: Child and Family Studies (Spring 2014) Units: 1.0 Instructor(s):Wozniak,R. PSYC B209 Abnormal Psychology (Spring 2014) This course will cover the main psychological PSYC B340 Women’s Mental Health disorders manifested by individuals as they develop across the life span. The semester will begin with an This course will provide an overview of current research historical overview of how psychopathology has been and theory related to women’s mental health. We conceptualized and treated across many centuries will discuss psychological phenomena and disorders of Western history. The course will then review the that are particularly salient to and prevalent among assumptions of the major models which have been women, why these phenomena/disorders affect formulated to explain psychopathology: the biological, women disproportionately over men, and how they the psychodynamic, the behavioral, and the cognitive. may impact women’s psychological and physical well- We will begin with childhood and adolescent disorders being. Psychological disorders covered will include: and then cover the main disorders of adults. Among depression, eating disorders, dissociative identity the disorders covered will be: attention deficit disorder, disorder, borderline personality disorder, and chronic anorexia/bulimia, conduct disorder/antisocial personality, pain disorders. Other topics discussed will include borderline personality disorder, anxiety disorders, work-family conflict for working mothers, the role of psychophysiological disorders, substance abuse, sociocultural influences on women’s mental health, and depression, and schizophrenia. For each disorder, we mental health issues particular to women of color and will explore issues of classification, theories of etiology, to lesbian women. Prerequisite: PSYC B209 or PSYC risk and prevention factors, research on prognosis, B351 (or equivalent 200-level course). and studies of treatment. Prerequisite: Introductory Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Psychology (PSYC 105). Counts towards: Child and Family Studies; Gender and Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Sexuality Studies Counts towards: Child and Family Studies; Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Child and Family Studies 125
PSYC B346 Pediatric Psychology Requirement(s): Division II with Lab Counts towards: Child and Family Studies This course uses a developmental-ecological Units: 1.0 perspective to understand the psychological challenges (Not Offered 2013-14) associated with physical health issues in children. The course explores how different environments support the SOCL B217 The Family in Social Context development of children who sustain illness or injury and will cover topics including: prevention, coping, A consideration of the family as a social institution in adherence to medical regimens, and pain management. the United States, looking at how societal and cultural The course will consider the ways in which cultural characteristics and dynamics influence families; how beliefs and values shape medical experiences. the family reinforces or changes the society in which Prerequisite: PSYC B206 highly recommended. it is located; and how the family operates as a social Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science organization. Included is an analysis of family roles Counts towards: Child and Family Studies and social interaction within the family. Major problems Units: 1.0 related to contemporary families are addressed, such Instructor(s):Tynan,W. as domestic violence and divorce. Cross-cultural and (Fall 2013) subcultural variations in the family are considered. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science PSYC B350 Developmental Cognitive Disorders Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Counts towards: Africana Studies; Child and Family This course uses a developmental and Studies; Gender and Sexuality Studies neuropsychological framework to study major Units: 1.0 development cognitive disorders manifested by children (Not Offered 2013-14) and adolescents, such as language delay/impairment, specific reading disability, math disability, nonverbal SOCL B225 Women in Society learning disability, intellectual disability, executive function disorder, autism, and traumatic brain injury. A study of the contemporary experiences of women of Cognitive disorders are viewed in the context of the color in the Global South. The household, workplace, normal development of language, memory, attention, community, and the nation-state, and the positions of reading, quantitative abilities, and executive functions. women in the private and public spheres are compared Students enrolled in the course will learn about the cross-culturally. Topics include feminism, identity and assessment, classification, outcome, remediation, and self-esteem; globalization and transnational social education of the major cognitive disorders manifested movements and tensions and transitions encountered by children and adolescents. Students will participate in as nations embark upon development. a course-related Praxis placement approximately 3 - 4 Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science hours a week. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Counts towards: Child and Family Studies; Praxis Counts towards: Africana Studies; Child and Family Program Studies; Gender and Sexuality Studies Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) (Not Offered 2013-14)
PSYC B351 Developmental Psychopathology SOCL B258 Sociology of Education This course will examine emotional and behavioral Major sociological theories of the relationships between disorders of children and adolescents, including autism, education and society, focusing on the effects of attention deficit disorder, conduct disorder, phobias, education on inequality in the United States and the obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression, anorexia, historical development of primary, secondary, and and schizophrenia. Major topics covered will include: post-secondary education in the United States. Other contrasting models of psychopathology; empirical and topics include education and social selection, testing categorical approaches to assessment and diagnosis; and tracking, and micro- and macro-explanations of outcome of childhood disorders; risk, resilience, and differences in educational outcomes. This is a Praxis I prevention; and therapeutic approaches and their course; placements are in local schools. efficacy .Prerequisite: PSYC 206 or 209. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Counts towards: Child and Family Studies Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Units: 1.0 Counts towards: Child and Family Studies; Praxis (Not Offered 2013-14) Program Units: 1.0 PSYC B352 Advanced Topics in Developmental (Not Offered 2013-14) Psychology SOCL B266 Schools in American Cities This is a topics course. Topics vary. Prerequisite: PSYC 206 or the consent of the instructor. This course examines issues, challenges, and possibilities of urban education in contemporary 126 Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology
America. We use as critical lenses issues of race, CLASSICAL AND NEAR class, and culture; urban learners, teachers, and school systems; and restructuring and reform. While we look EASTERN ARCHAEOLOGY at urban education nationally over several decades, we use Philadelphia as a focal “case” that students Students may complete a major or minor in Classical investigate through documents and school placements. and Near Eastern Archaeology. This is a Praxis II course (weekly fieldwork in a school required) Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Faculty Counts towards: Africana Studies; Child and Family Mehmet-Ali Ataç, Associate Professor Studies; Praxis Program Crosslisting(s): EDUC-B266; CITY-B266 Alice A. Donohue, Chair and Rhys Carpenter Units: 1.0 Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Instructor(s):Curl,H. Archaeology (Fall 2013) Astrid Lindenlauf, Assistant Professor
SOWK B575 Global Public Health Peter Magee, Professor This course will use three overarching concepts of James C. Wright, Professor of Classical and Near globalization, social justice and community to help Eastern Archaeology Department on the William R. students to define and explore the idea of public health Kenan, Jr. Chair and to decide for themselves where responsibilities for the public health lie. The first half of the course will The curriculum of the department focuses on the have a global focus with an exploration of the evolution cultures of the Mediterranean regions and the Near of some public health policy infrastructures in parts of East in antiquity. Courses treat aspects of society and Africa, India, the former Soviet Union and the United material culture of these civilizations as well as issues of States. The second half will focus on the attempts theory, method and interpretation. of the United States to manage the public health through an exploration of examples of federal health Major Requirements legislation and the populations that they are intended to address. Major health legislation includes: soldiers’ and The major requires a minimum of 10 and 1/2 courses. veterans’ benefits, Maternal and Child Health, Medicaid, Core requirements are two 100-level courses distributed Medicare, and laws related to the protection of the frail between the ancient Near East and Egypt and ancient elderly. The subject of HIV/AIDS will be used to review Greece and Rome (of which two half-credit courses, all of the concepts and issues of the course. e.g., ARCH 105, 106, 130, may count as one), the half- Counts towards: Child and Family Studies; Praxis credit course ARCH 135 (Archaeological Fieldwork and Program Methods), and two semesters of the senior conference. Units: 1.0 At least two upper-level courses should be distributed Instructor(s):Kerson,T. between classical and Near Eastern subjects and one (Fall 2013) other should concern method and theory in archaeology (ARCH 330 or ANTH 220). Additional requirements are determined in consultation with the major adviser. Additional coursework in allied subjects may be presented for major credit but must be approved in writing by the major adviser; such courses are offered in the Departments of Anthropology, Geology, Greek, Latin and Classical Studies, Growth and Structure of Cities, and History of Art. In consultation with the major adviser, one course taken in study abroad may be accepted for credit in the major.
Each student’s course of study to meet major requirements will be determined in consultation with the undergraduate major adviser in the spring semester of the sophomore year, at which time a written plan will be designed. Students considering majoring in the department are encouraged to take the introductory courses early in their undergraduate career and should Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology 127 also seek advice from departmental faculty. Students Independent Research who are interested in interdisciplinary concentrations or in study abroad during the junior year are strongly Majors who wish to undertake independent research, advised to seek assistance in planning their major early especially for researching and writing a lengthy paper, in their sophomore year. must arrange with a professor who is willing to advise them, and consult with the major adviser. Such research Minor Requirements normally would be conducted by seniors as a unit of supervised work (403), which must be approved by the The minor requires six courses. Core requirements are advising professor before registration. Students planning two 100-level courses distributed between the ancient to do such research should consult with professors in Near East and Egypt and ancient Greece and Rome (of the department in the spring semester of their junior which two half-credit courses, e.g., ARCH 105, 106 or year or no later than the beginning of the fall semester 130, may count as one) in addition to four other courses of the senior year. selected in consultation with the major adviser. Languages Concentration in Geoarcheology Majors who contemplate graduate study in classical The Departments of Anthropology, Classical and fields should incorporate Greek and Latin into their Near Eastern Archaeology, and Geology offer a programs. Those who plan graduate work in Near concentration in geoarchaeology for existing majors Eastern or Egyptian may take appropriate ancient in these departments. Please consult with Professor languages at the University of Pennsylvania, such as Magee regarding this program. Please note that these Middle Egyptian, Akkadian and Sumerian. Any student requirements are separate from those for the major and considering graduate study in classical and Near cannot be double counted unless they first meet the Eastern archaeology should study French and German. above-described requirements for the major. Study Abroad REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CONCENTRATION: A semester of study abroad is encouraged if the Two 100-level units from Anthropology, Classical and program is approved by the department. Students Near Eastern Archaeology (including ARCH 135, a half- are encouraged to consult with faculty, since some credit course) or Geology, of which one must be from programs the department may approve may not yet be the department outside the student’s major. listed at the Office of International Programs. Students who seek major credit for courses taken abroad must ANTH/ARCH/GEOL 270: Geoarchaeology (Magee, consult with the major adviser before enrolling in a Barber). program. Major credit is given on a case-by-case basis after review of the syllabus, work submitted for a grade, BIOL/ARCH/GEOL 328: Geospatial Data Analysis and and a transcript. Credit will not be given for more than GIS (staff). one course and not for courses that are ordinarily offered by the department. Two elective courses, to be chosen in consultation with the major adviser, from among current offerings in Fieldwork Anthropology, Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology and Geology. One of these two courses must be from The department strongly encourages students to outside the student’s major. Suggested courses include gain fieldwork experience and assists them in getting but are not limited to ARCH 135 (HALF-CREDIT: positions on field projects in North America and Archaeological Fieldwork and Methods), ANTH 203 overseas. The department is undertaking several field (Human Ecology), ANTH 220 (Methods and Theory), projects in which undergraduates may be invited to ARCH 330 (History of Archaeology and Theory), ANTH participate. 225 (Paleolithic Archaeology), ANTH 240 (Traditional Technologies), ARCH 308 (Ceramic Analysis), ARCH Professor Peter Magee conducts a for-credit field school 332 (Field Techniques), GEOL 202 (Mineralogy), GEOL at Muweilah, al-Hamriya and Tell Abraq in the United 205 (Sedimentology), GEOL 310 (Geophysics), and Arab Emirates. Undergraduate and graduate students GEOL 312 (Quaternary Climates). in archaeology participate in this project, which usually takes place during the winter break. He sends an Honors announcement about how to apply for a position in the fall of each year. Students who participate for credit sign Honors are granted on the basis of academic up for a 403 independent study with Professor Magee. performance as demonstrated by a cumulative average of 3.5 or better in the major. Professor James Wright directs the Nemea Valley Archaeological Project in Greece, which has finished fieldwork and is currently under publication. 128 Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology
The department is collaborating with Professor Asli Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Özyar (Ph.D., Bryn Mawr College, 1991) of Bogaziçi Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the University in Istanbul, in the Tarsus Regional Project, Past (IP) Turkey, sponsored by Bogaziçi University. This is a Units: 1.0 long-term investigation of the mound at G zl kule at Instructor(s): Donohue,A. Tarsus, in Cilicia, which was first excavated by Hetty (Spring 2014) Goldman, A.B. 1903. Both undergraduate and graduate students in archaeology participate in this project and an ARCH B104 Archaeology of Agricultural and Urban announcement inviting applications is sent to all majors Revolutions in the fall of each year. This course examines the archaeology of the two most fundamental changes that have occurred in Museum Internships human society in the last 12,000 years, agriculture and urbanism, and we explore these in Egypt and the Near The department is awarded annually two internships East as far as India. We also explore those societies by the Nicholas P. Goulandris Foundation for students that did not experience these changes. to work for a month in the Museum of Cycladic Art in Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Athens, Greece, with an additional two weeks at an Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the archaeological field project. This is an all-expense paid Past (IP) internship for which students may submit an application. Counts towards: Geoarchaeology; Middle East Studies An announcement inviting applications is sent by the Crosslisting(s): CITY-B104 undergraduate adviser in the late fall or beginning of the Units: 1.0 second semester. Instructor(s): Magee,P. (Fall 2013) Opportunities to work with the College’s archaeology collections are available throughout the academic ARCH B105 Introduction to Greek Art and year and during the summer. Students wishing to work Archaeology with the collections should consult Marianne Weldon, Collections Manager for Art and Artifacts. This course examines the visual arts and material culture of the ancient Greek world, and reviews past and Funding for Internships and Special present approaches to archaeological and art historical research in the area. We will focus on the time span Projects of roughly 1,000 years from the so-called Dark Age through the Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods, The department has two funds that support students circa 1100 to 31 B.C.E. Proceeding more or less in for internships and special projects of their own design. chronological order, we will explore major excavated One, the Elisabeth Packard Fund for internships in Art sites, such as Athens, Delphi, Olympia, and Pergamon, History and Archaeology is shared with the Department and discuss key examples of architecture, sculpture, of the History of Art, while the other is the Anna Lerah painting, mosaics, and portable arts as documents of Keys Memorial Prize. Any declared major may apply for social, religious, and cultural history. This is a half- these funds. An announcement calling for applications semester, half-credit course. is sent to majors in the spring, and the awards are made Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities at the annual college awards ceremony in April. Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) Units: 0.5 COURSES (Not Offered 2013-14)
ARCH B101 Introduction to Egyptian and Near ARCH B106 Introduction to Roman Art and Eastern Archaeology: Egypt and Mesopotamia Archaeology A historical survey of the archaeology and art of the From its emergence in central Italy in the 8th century ancient Near East and Egypt. B.C.E., Rome developed into an empire extending from Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities western Europe through the Near East. This course Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the surveys Roman material culture through the 4th century Past (IP) C.E. Emphasis is on the interpretation of monuments Counts towards: Africana Studies and artifacts in historical and social context. This is a Units: 1.0 half-semester, half-credit course. (Not Offered 2013-14) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the ARCH B102 Introduction to Classical Archaeology Past (IP) A historical survey of the archaeology and art of Greece, Units: 0.5 Etruria, and Rome. (Not Offered 2013-14) Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology 129
ARCH B110 The World Through Classical Eyes Counts towards: Geoarchaeology Units: 0.5 A survey of the ways in which the ancient Greeks and (Not Offered 2013-14) Romans perceived and constructed their physical and social world. The evidence of ancient texts ARCH B136 Focus: Archaeological Science and monuments will form the basis for exploring such subjects as cosmology, geography, travel and This is a half-semester Focus course offered as an commerce, ancient ethnography and anthropology, the introduction to the role of science in the contemporary idea of natural and artificial wonders, and the self- practice of archaeology. Although it will often be definition of the classical cultures in the context of the sequential to another Focus course, ARCH 135: oikoumene, the “inhabited world.” Archaeological Fieldwork and Methods, it is a stand Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities alone offering that will be of interest to a broad Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the range of students. Topics covered in the course will Past (IP) include: radiometric dating (especially 14c), palaeo- Crosslisting(s): CSTS-B110; CITY-B110 environmental reconstruction, sedimentary analysis and Units: 1.0 geochemical provenience methodologies. This course (Not Offered 2013-14) will include a 1 hour lab. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities ARCH B125 Classical Myths in Art and in the Sky Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP); Scientific Investigation (SI) This course explores Greek and Roman mythology Counts towards: Geoarchaeology using an archaeological and art historical approach, Units: 0.5 focusing on the ways in which the traditional tales of (Not Offered 2013-14) the gods and heroes were depicted, developed and transmitted in the visual arts such as vase painting and ARCH B140 The Visual Culture of the Ancient Near architectural sculpture, as well as projected into the East natural environment. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities The visual culture of ancient Mesopotamia, a region Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) with its heartland in modern Iraq, from the first city to the Crosslisting(s): HART-B125; CSTS-B125 fall of Babylon in 539 BCE, includes images designed Units: 1.0 to gain favor of the gods, promote royal achievements Instructor(s): Lindenlauf,A. and adorn the deceased on the journey to the afterlife. (Fall 2013) Particular emphasis placed on the visual analysis of royal and elite artistic production of architecture, ARCH B130 The Bronze Age sculpture and cylinder seals. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities This short course is about the notion of the Bronze Counts towards: Middle East Studies Age and its archaeological manifestation in the Crosslisting(s): HART-B140 Aegean, Eastern Mediterranean and the Near East. It Units: 1.0 explores the notion that the discovery of metals and (Not Offered 2013-14) the development of metallurgy spurred the formation of “metal economies,” which led to the expansion of ARCH B203 Ancient Greek Cities and Sanctuaries civilizations in the 3rd and 2nd millennia B.C.E. This is a half-semester, half-credit course. A study of the development of the Greek city-states and Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities sanctuaries. Archaeological evidence is surveyed in its Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) historic context. The political formation of the city-state Units: 0.5 and the role of religion is presented, and the political, (Not Offered 2013-14) economic, and religious institutions of the city-states are explored in their urban settings. The city-state is ARCH B135 Focus: Archaeological Fieldwork and considered as a particular political economy of the Methods Mediterranean and in comparison to the utility of the concept of city-state in other cultures. The fundamentals of the practice of archaeology Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities through readings and case studies and participatory Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the demonstrations. Case studies will be drawn from the Past (IP) archives of the Nemea Valley Archaeological Project Crosslisting(s): CITY-B203 and material in the College’s collections. Each week Units: 1.0 there will be a 1-hour laboratory that will introduce (Not Offered 2013-14) students to a variety of fieldwork methods and forms of analysis. This is a half semester Focus course. ARCH B205 Greek Sculpture Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) One of the best preserved categories of evidence for ancient Greek culture is sculpture. The Greeks 130 Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology devoted immense resources to producing sculpture Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the that encompassed many materials and forms and Past (IP) served a variety of important social functions. This Crosslisting(s): ANTH-B211 course examines sculptural production in Greece and Units: 1.0 neighboring lands from the Bronze Age through the Instructor(s): Lindenlauf,A. fourth century B.C.E. with special attention to style, (Fall 2013) iconography and historical and social context. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities ARCH B216 Hittite Archaeology Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the A survey of the art and archaeology of Hittite Anatolia Past (IP) from the Assyrian Trade Colony period through the Crosslisting(s): HART-B204 Iron Age Syro-Hittite or Late Hittite cultures. The Early Units: 1.0 Bronze Age background and the interconnections with (Not Offered 2013-14) the Syro-Mesopotamian world are also addressed. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities ARCH B206 Hellenistic and Roman Sculpture Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the This course surveys the sculpture produced from the Past (IP) fourth century B.C.E. to the fourth century C.E., the Units: 1.0 period beginning with the death of Alexander the Great Instructor(s): Ataç,M. that saw the transformation of the classical world (Spring 2014) through the rise of Rome and the establishment and expansion of the Roman Empire. Style, iconography, ARCH B220 Araby the Blest: The Archaeology of the and production will be studied in the contexts of Arabian Peninsula from 3000 to 300 B.C.E. the culture of the Hellenistic kingdoms, the Roman A survey of the archaeology and history of the Arabian appropriation of Greek culture, the role of art in Roman peninsula focusing on urban forms, transport, and society, and the significance of Hellenistic and Roman cultures in the Arabian peninsula and Gulf and their sculpture in the post-antique classical tradition. interactions with the world from the rise of states in Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Mesopotamia down to the time of Alexander the Great. Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Past (IP) Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the Crosslisting(s): HART-B206 Past (IP) Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) (Not Offered 2013-14) ARCH B209 Aegean Archaeology ARCH B224 Women in the Ancient Near East The prehistoric cultures of the Aegean area beginning A survey of the social position of women in the ancient with the origins of agriculture (circa 6500 B.C.E.) and Near East, from sedentary villages to empires of the first ending with the end of the Late Bronze Age (circa 1100 millennium B.C.E. Topics include critiques of traditional B.C.E.) with a focus on the palaces of Crete (Knossos, concepts of gender in archaeology and theories Phaistos, Mallia), Troy, the Aegean Islands (Akrotiri of matriarchy. Case studies illustrate the historicity on Thera), and Mycenaean Greece (Mycenae, Tiryns, of gender concepts: women’s work in early village Thebes, Athens, Pylos). societies; the meanings of Neolithic female figurines; Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities the representation of gender in the Gilgamesh epic; Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the the institution of the “Tawananna” (queen) in the Hittite Past (IP) empire; the indirect power of women such as Semiramis Units: 1.0 in the Neo-Assyrian palaces. Reliefs, statues, texts and (Not Offered 2013-14) more indirect archaeological evidence are the basis for discussion. ARCH B211 The Archaeology and Anthropology of Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Rubbish and Recycling Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the This course serves as an introduction to a range of Past (IP) approaches to the study of waste and dirt as well as Units: 1.0 practices and processes of disposal and recycling in Instructor(s): Magee,P. past and present societies. Particular attention will be (Spring 2014) paid to the interpretation of spatial disposal patterns, the power of dirt(y waste) to create boundaries and ARCH B226 Archaeology of Anatolia difference, and types of recycling. One of the cradles of civilization, Anatolia witnessed Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities the rise and fall of many cultures and states throughout Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology 131 its ancient history. This course approaches the ancient Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities material remains of pre-classical Anatolia from the Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the perspective of Near Eastern archaeology, examining Past (IP) the art, artifacts, architecture, cities, and settlements of Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies this land from the Neolithic through the Lydian periods. Crosslisting(s): HART-B234; CSTS-B234 Some emphasis will be on the Late Bronze Age and Units: 1.0 the Iron Age, especially phases of Hittite and Assyrian (Not Offered 2013-14) imperialism, Late Hittite states, Phrygia, and the Urartu. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities ARCH B236 The Archaeology of Syria Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the Recent excavations in Syria have contributed important Past (IP) data to the major issues in ancient Near Eastern Counts towards: Middle East Studies archaeology, including the onset of agriculture, the Units: 1.0 emergence of social stratification, and the rise of (Not Offered 2013-14) urbanism and empire. From the Palaeolithic period to the end of the Iron Age (circa 16,000-300 B.C.E.), this ARCH B228 The Archaeology of Iran: From the course will present the material culture of Syria and its Neolithic to Alexander the Great parallels in neighboring regions. This course examines the archaeology of Iran from Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities circa 6000 BC to the coming of Alexander the Great at Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the the end of the fourth century BC. Through the course Past (IP) we examine the beginnings of agriculture, pastoralism Units: 1.0 and sedentary settlement in the Neolithic and (Not Offered 2013-14) Chalcolithic periods; Bronze Age interaction between Iran, Mesopotamia, south Asia and the Arabian Gulf; ARCH B240 Archaeology and History of Ancient developments within the Iron Age; and the emergence Mesopotamia of the Achaemenid Empire (538-332BC). A survey of the material culture of ancient Mesopotamia, Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) modern Iraq, from the earliest phases of state formation Units: 1.0 (circa 3500 B.C.E.) through the Achaemenid Persian Instructor(s): Magee,P. occupation of the Near East (circa 331 B.C.E.). (Fall 2013) Emphasis will be on art, artifacts, monuments, religion, kingship, and the cuneiform tradition. The survival of the ARCH B231 Medicine, Magic and Miracles in the cultural legacy of Mesopotamia into later ancient and Middle Ages Islamic traditions will also be addressed. An exploration of the history of health and disease, Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities healing and medical practice in the medieval period, Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the emphasizing Dar as-Islam and the Latin Christian West. Past (IP) Using methods from intellectual cultural and social Counts towards: Middle East Studies history, themes include: theories of health and disease; Units: 1.0 varieties of medical practice; rationalities of various (Not Offered 2013-14) practices; views of the body and disease; medical practitioners. No previous course work in medieval ARCH B244 Great Empires of the Ancient Near East history is required. This course is a writing intensive (W) A survey of the history, material culture, political and course. religious ideologies of, and interactions among, the five Requirement(s): Division I or Division III great empires of the ancient Near East of the second Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the and first millennia B.C.E.: New Kingdom Egypt, the Past (IP) Hittite Empire in Anatolia, the Assyrian and Babylonian Crosslisting(s): HIST-B231; CSTS-B231 Empires in Mesopotamia, and the Persian Empire in Units: 1.0 Iran. (Not Offered 2013-14) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the ARCH B234 Picturing Women in Classical Antiquity Past (IP) We investigate representations of women in different Counts towards: Middle East Studies media in ancient Greece and Rome, examining the Crosslisting(s): POLS-B244; HIST-B244; CITY-B244 cultural stereotypes of women and the gender roles that Units: 1.0 they reinforce. We also study the daily life of women in Instructor(s): Ataç,M. the ancient world, the objects that they were associated (Spring 2014) with in life and death and their occupations. 132 Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology
ARCH B245 The Archaeology of Water settings from an historical and social perspective. Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) This course examines the distribution of water Crosslisting(s): HART-B268; CITY-B268 throughout the Middle East and Mediterranean and the Units: 1.0 archaeology of water exploitation and management over (Not Offered 2013-14) the last 12,000 years. Recent anthropological models that challenge the concept of “hydraulic civilization” are ARCH B270 Geoarchaeology emphasized as are contemporary attempts to revive traditional and ancient technologies to preserve and Societies in the past depended on our human better manage modern water resources. ancestors’ ability to interact with their environment. Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Geoarchaeology analyzes these interactions by Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the combining archaeological and geological techniques Past (IP) to document human behavior while also reconstructing Counts towards: Environmental Studies; the past environment. Course meets twice weekly for Geoarchaeology lecture, discussion of readings and hands on exercises. Units: 1.0 Prerequisite: one course in anthropology, archaeology (Not Offered 2013-14) or geology. Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP); Scientific ARCH B255 Show and Spectacle in Ancient Greece Investigation (SI) and Rome Counts towards: Geoarchaeology Crosslisting(s): GEOL-B270; ANTH-B270 A survey of public entertainment in the ancient world, Units: 1.0 including theater and dramatic festivals, athletic (Not Offered 2013-14) competitions, games and gladiatorial combats, and processions and sacrifices. Drawing on literary sources ARCH B301 Greek Vase-Painting and paying attention to art, archaeology and topography, this course explores the social, political and religious This course is an introduction to the world of painted contexts of ancient spectacle. Special consideration will pottery of the Greek world, from the 10th to the 4th be given to modern equivalents of staged entertainment centuries B.C.E. We will interpret these images from and the representation of ancient spectacle in an art-historical and socio-economic viewpoint. We will contemporary film. also explore how these images relate to other forms Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities of representation. Prerequisite: one course in classical Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the archaeology or permission of instructor. Past (IP) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Crosslisting(s): CSTS-B255; HIST-B285; CITY-B260 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Instructor(s): Baertschi,A. (Fall 2013) ARCH B303 Classical Bodies An examination of the conceptions of the human body ARCH B260 Daily Life in Ancient Greece and Rome evidenced in Greek and Roman art and literature, The often-praised achievements of the classical with emphasis on issues that have persisted in the cultures arose from the realities of day-to-day life. This Western tradition. Topics include the fashioning of course surveys the rich body of material and textual concepts of male and female standards of beauty and evidence pertaining to how ancient Greeks and Romans their implications; conventions of visual representation; -- famous and obscure alike -- lived and died. Topics the nude; clothing and its symbolism; the athletic include housing, food, clothing, work, leisure, and family ideal; physiognomy; medical theory and practice; the and social life. visible expression of character and emotions; and the Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities formulation of the “classical ideal” in antiquity and later Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the times. Past (IP) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Crosslisting(s): CSTS-B260; CITY-B259; ANTH-B260 Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Units: 1.0 Crosslisting(s): HART-B305; COML-B313 Instructor(s): Donohue,A. Units: 1.0 (Spring 2014) (Not Offered 2013-14)
ARCH B268 Greek and Roman Architecture ARCH B305 Topics in Ancient Athens A survey of Greek and Roman architecture taking into This course is an introduction to the Acropolis of Athens, account building materials, construction techniques, perhaps the best-known acropolis in the world. We will various forms of architecture in their urban and religious explore its history, understand and interpret specific Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology 133 monuments and their sculptural decoration and engage ARCH B323 On the Trail of Alexander the Great in more recent discussions, for instance, on the role the This course explores the world of Alexander the Great Acropolis played in shaping the Hellenic identity. and the Hellenistic world on the basis of a variety of Crosslisting(s): CITY-B305 sources. Particular focus is put on the material culture Units: 1.0 of Macedonia and Alexander’s campaigns that changed (Not Offered 2013-14) forever the nature and boundaries of the Greek world. Prerequisite: a course in classical archaeology or ARCH B308 Ceramic Analysis permission of the instructor. Pottery is a fundamental means of establishing the Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities relative chronology of archaeological sites and of Units: 1.0 understanding past human behavior. Included are Instructor(s): Lindenlauf,A. theories, methods and techniques of pottery description, (Spring 2014) analysis and interpretation. Topics include typology, seriation, ceramic characterization, production, ARCH B324 Roman Architecture function, exchange and the use of computers in pottery The course gives special attention to the architecture analysis. Laboratory work on pottery in the department and topography of ancient Rome from the origins collections. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. of the city to the later Roman Empire. At the same Counts towards: Geoarchaeology time, general issues in architecture and planning with Units: 1.0 particular reference to Italy and the provinces from Instructor(s): Magee,P. republic to empire are also addressed. These include (Spring 2014) public and domestic spaces,structures, settings and uses, urban infrastructure, the relationship of towns and ARCH B312 The Eastern Mediterranean in the Late territories, “suburban” and working villas, and frontier Bronze Age settlements. Prerequisite: ARCH 102. This course will cover economic and cultural interactions Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities among the Levant, Cyprus, Anatolia, Egypt, and the Crosslisting(s): CSTS-B324; HART-B324 Aegean. We will study the politics and powers in the Units: 1.0 Eastern Mediterranean circa 1500 to 1100 B.C.E.—the (Not Offered 2013-14) Egyptian and Hittite empires, the Mitanni, Ugarit and Syro-Palestinian polities, Cyprus and the Mycenaeans. ARCH B328 Analysis of Geospatial Data Using GIS Topics include: metallurgy, mercantile systems, Analysis of geospatial data, theory, and the practice of seafaring, the Sea Peoples, systems collapse, and geospatial reasoning. interpretive issues when working with archaeological Crosslisting(s): CITY-B328; GEOL-B328; BIOL-B328 and historical sources. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) ARCH B330 Archaeological Theory and Method ARCH B316 Trade and Transport in the Ancient A history of archaeology from the Renaissance to the World present with attention to the formation of theory and method; special units on gender and feminist theory and Issues of trade, commerce and production of export post-modern approaches. goods are addressed with regard to the Bronze Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Age and Iron Age cultures of Mesopotamia, Arabia, Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) Iran and south Asia. Crucial to these systems is the Crosslisting(s): ANTH-B330 development of means of transport via maritime routes Units: 1.0 and on land. Archaeological evidence for traded goods (Not Offered 2013-14) and shipwrecks is used to map the emergence of sea-faring across the Indian Ocean and Gulf while ARCH B352 Ancient Egyptian Architecture: The New bio-archaeological data is employed to examine the Kingdom transformative role that Bactrian and Dromedary camels played in ancient trade and transport. A proseminar that concentrates on the principles of Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities ancient Egyptian monumental architecture with an Crosslisting(s): CITY-B316 emphasis on the New Kingdom. The primary focus of Units: 1.0 the course is temple design, but palaces, representative (Not Offered 2013-14) settlements, and examples of Graeco-Roman temples of the Nile Valley will also be dealt with. Prerequisites: ARCH B101 or B230 or B244. 134 Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology
Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities ARCH B403 Supervised Work Units: 1.0 Supervised Work (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA ARCH B355 Archaeology of the Achaemenid Empire (Fall 2013) in Cross Cultural Context The Achaemenid Empire (538-332 B.C.E.) ruled the ARCH B403 Supervised Work largest landmass of any of the ancient Near Eastern Supervised Work Empires. Attempts by archaeologists to understand Units: 1.0 the manner in which authority was asserted over this Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA area have suffered from a reliance on biased historical (Spring 2014) sources, largely from the Classical World. This course uses archaeological data to re-examine the Achaemenid ARCH B501 Greek Vase Painting Empire in a global context. This data is examined through a methodological framework that emphasizes This course is an introduction to the world of painted comparative studies of ancient and more recent pottery of the Greek world, from the 10th to the 4th Empires in Africa, the Americas, South Asia, and the centuries B.C.E. We will interpret these images from Mediterranean. an art-historical and socio-economic viewpoint. We will Counts towards: Middle East Studies also explore how these images relate to other forms Units: 1.0 of representation. Prerequisite: one course in classical (Not Offered 2013-14) archaeology or permission of instructor. Units: 1.0 ARCH B359 Topics in Classical Art and Archaeology (Not Offered 2013-14) This is a topics course. Topics vary. A research- ARCH B505 Topics in Ancient Athens oriented course taught in seminar format, treating issues of current interest in Greek and Roman art and This is a topics course. Topics vary. Previous topics archaeology. Prerequisites: 200-level coursework in include: Monuments and Art, Acropolis some aspect of classical or related cultures, archeology Units: 1.0 or art history. (Not Offered 2013-14) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Crosslisting(s): HART-B358; CSTS-B359 ARCH B508 Ceramic Analysis Units: 1.0 Pottery is fundamental for establishing the relative Instructor(s): Donohue,A. chronology of archaeological sites and past human behavior. Included are theories, methods and Fall 2013: Current topic description: The topic is techniques of pottery description, analysis, and “illustration,” broadly construed, and considered as interpretation. Topics are typology, seriation, ceramic both a subject of and a tool for study. The course will characterization, production, function, exchange and the include discussions of common readings and individual use of computers in pottery analysis. Laboratory in the reports. Emphasis will be on primary materials and their collections. interpretation. The course will involve a wide range of Units: 1.0 ancient and modern cognitive, technical, and historical Instructor(s): Magee,P. issues such as the visual presentation of information, (Spring 2014) the documentation of artifacts, and the evidentiary value of illustrations. ARCH B516 Trade and Transport in the Ancient World ARCH B398 Senior Seminar Issues of trade, commerce and production of export A weekly seminar on topics to be determined with goods are addressed with regard to the Bronze assigned readings and oral and written reports. Age and Iron Age cultures of Mesopotamia, Arabia, Units: 1.0 Iran and south Asia. Crucial to these systems is the Instructor(s): Lindenlauf,A. development of means of transport via maritime routes (Fall 2013) and on land. Archaeological evidence for traded goods and shipwrecks is used to map the emergence of ARCH B399 Senior Seminar sea-faring across the Indian Ocean and Gulf while A weekly seminar on common topics with assigned bio-archaeological data is employed to examine the readings and oral and written reports. transformative role that Bactrian and Dromedary camels Units: 1.0 played in ancient trade and transport. Instructor(s): Ataç,M. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Spring 2014) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology 135
ARCH B530 Archaeological Theory & Method ideal; representations of mental states; representation of movement (including drama and dance); A history of archaeology from the Renaissance to the anthropomorphism and the divine; masks; costumes, present with attention to the formation of theory and and alterations. method; special units on gender and feminist theory and Units: 1.0 post-modern approaches. (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) ARCH B623 On the Trail of Alexander the Great ARCH B552 Egyptian Architecture: New Kingdom This course explores the world of Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic world based on a variety of A proseminar that concentrates on the principles of sources. Particular focus is put on the material culture ancient Egyptian monumental architecture with an of Macedonia and Alexander’s campaigns that changed emphasis on the New Kingdom. The primary focus of forever the nature and boundaries of the Greek world. the course is temple design, but palaces, representative Prerequisite: a course in Classical Archaeology or settlements, and examples of Graeco-Roman temples permission of the instructor. of the Nile Valley will also be dealt with. Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Lindenlauf,A. (Not Offered 2013-14) (Spring 2014) ARCH B570 Geoarchaeology ARCH B625 Historiography of Ancient Art Societies in the past depended on our human Our understanding of the material culture of classical ancestors’ ability to interact with their environment. antiquity and related civilizations, including the post- Geoarchaeology analyzes these interactions by antique West, rests on information and interpretive combining archaeological and geological techniques frameworks derived from ancient texts. This pro-seminar to document human behavior while also reconstructing explores how the history of ancient art has been and the past environment. Course meets twice weekly for continues to be written, with emphasis on the ancient lecture, discussion of readings and hands on exercises. texts, their historical and intellectual contexts, and Prerequisite: one course in anthropology, archaeology the uses to which they have been put in a variety of or geology. historical formulations from antiquity through modern Units: 1.0 times. (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) ARCH B608 Mediterranean Landscape Archaeology This course explores a range of approaches to the study ARCH B634 Problems in Greek Art of landscapes that relates to core principles of the field This is a topics course. Topics vary. A seminar dealing of archaeology. It also discusses the construction of with current issues in the art of ancient Greece and specific landscapes in the Mediterranean (e.g., gardens, related traditions. sacred landscapes, and memoryscapes). Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Donohue,A. Instructor(s): Lindenlauf,A. (Spring 2014) Fall 2013: Current topic description: The visual art of the classical cultures may be characterized as ARCH B622 Classical Conceptions of the Human “representational” in both prevailing forms and content. Figure Much of its representational content is classified as The representation of the human figure is so central “narrative,” a category that has long occupied historians to the art of the West that it is easy to accept it as a of Western art and culture. This seminar examines natural and inevitable concern and to overlook the narrative art in ancient Greek and Roman art and problems it raises. This seminar will focus on some related traditions, with emphasis on primary materials of the fundamental artistic, cultural, and ideological and on the historiographic context of the associated issues surrounding the conceptions of the human scholarship. form in classically based representations. The material to be considered will range from the art and ARCH B636 Mycenaean Archaeology literature of classical antiquity through contemporary An intensive survey of the archaeology of Late Bronze critical approaches. Post-antique, non-classical, and Age Greece focusing on the sites of the Mycenaean non-Western traditions perspectives are welcome. culture. Proposed topics include: knowledge of the human Units: 1.0 body (including medical texts); individual and type; (Not Offered 2013-14) physiognomic analysis, proportions and canons; the 136 Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology
ARCH B638 Archaeology of Assyria Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Magee,P. A seminar focused on the art and architecture of the (Spring 2014) Neo-Assyrian Empire (883-612 BCE). Emphasis will be on the cities, palaces, and decorative programs of the ARCH B701 Supervised Work major Neo-Assyrian kings. Units: 1.0 Unit of supervised work (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Donohue,A., Ataç,M., Magee,P., ARCH B639 The Iranian Iron Age Lindenlauf,A. (Spring 2014) In this course we examine the archaeology of Iran and its neighbors to the south, north and east from c. 1300 to 300 BC. Through an analysis of archaeological data, we will examine questions related to subsistence strategies, trade and the response to imperial powers. The course incorporates an examination of the archaeology of the Achaemenid Empire. Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14)
ARCH B669 Ancient Greece and the Near East Approaches to the study of interconnections between Ancient Greece and the Near East, mainly in the Iron Age, with emphasis on art, architecture, and intellectual perspective. Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14)
ARCH B672 Archaeology of Rubbish This course explores a range of approaches to the study of waste and dirt as well as practices and processes of disposal and recycling in past and present societies. Particular attention will be paid to understanding and interpreting spacial disposal patterns, identifying votive deposits (bothroi), and analyzing the use of dirt(y waste) in negotiating social differences. Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14)
ARCH B680 Problems in the Archaeology of Mesopotamia We will look at the art of second-millennium BCE states and empires of North, especially Mari, Mitanni, Middle Assyrian, and their interconnections with Anatolia and Egypt. Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Ataç,M. (Fall 2013)
ARCH B692 Archaeology of Achaemenid Era The course explores the archaeology of the Achaemenid Empire. It will be offered in conjunction with Professor Lauren Ristvet (UPENN) and will cover the archaeology of the regions from Libya to India fro 538 to 332 BC. Students will be expected to provide presentations as well as written work. Comparative Literature 137
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE and aesthetics of modernity. Therefore, interpretive methods from other disciplines also play a role in the comparative study of literature; among these are Students may complete a major or minor in Comparative anthropology, ethnology, philosophy, history, history of Literature. art, religion, classical studies, area studies (Africana studies, Middle Eastern studies, Latin American studies, among others), gender studies, and other arts. Co-Directors Comparative Literature students are required to have Israel Burshatin, Professor and Co-Director of a reading knowledge of at least one foreign language Comparative Literature (Haverford College) adequate to the advanced study of literature in that language. Some Comparative Literature courses may Maria Cristina Quintero, Professor of Spanish and require reading knowledge of a foreign language as Co-Director of Comparative Literature (Bryn Mawr a prerequisite for admission. Students considering College) graduate work in Comparative Literature should also study a second foreign language. Steering Committee
Bryn Mawr College Major Requirements Elizabeth Allen, Professor of Russian and Comparative Requirements for the Comparative Literature major Literature on the Myra T. Cooley Lectureship in are COML 200: Introduction to Comparative Literature Russian (normally taken in the sophomore year); six literature Pim Higginson, Associate Professor of French and courses at the 200 level or above, balanced between Francophone Studies (on leave semesters I and II) two literature departments (of which English may be one)*—at least two of these (one in each national Hoang Nguyen, Assistant Professor of English and Film literature) must be at the 300 level or above, or its Studies equivalent as approved in advance by the adviser; Roberta Ricci, Chair and Associate Professor of Italian one course in critical theory; two electives; COML 398: and Director of Film Studies Theories and Methods in Comparative Literature and 399: Senior Seminar in Comparative Literature. Azade Seyhan, Fairbank Professor in the Humanities, Professor of German and Comparative Literature, *In the case of languages for which literature courses Interim Chair of German, and Director of in the original language are not readily accessible, Comparative Literature (on leave semester II) students may on occasion be allowed to count a course taught in English translation for which they do at least Haverford part of the reading in the original language. Maud McInerney, Associate Professor of English Jerry Miller, Assistant Professor of Philosophy Honors
Deborah Roberts, Professor of Classics and Students who, in the judgment of the advisory Comparative Literature committee, have done distinguished work in their Roberto Castillo Sandoval, Associate Professor of courses and in the senior seminar will be considered for Spanish & Comparative Literature departmental honors. Ulrich Schoenherr, Associate Professor of German and Comparative Literature Minor Requirements David Sedley, Associate Professor of French Requirements for the minor are COML 200 and Travis Zadeh, Assistant Professor of Religion 398, plus four additional courses—two each in the literature of two languages. At least one of these four courses must be at the 300 level. Students who minor The study of Comparative Literature situates literature in comparative literature are encouraged to choose in an international perspective; examines transnational their national literature courses from those with a cultural connections through literary history, literary comparative component. criticism, critical theory, and poetics; and works toward a nuanced understanding of the socio-cultural functions of Both majors and minors are encouraged to work closely literature. The structure of the program allows students with the chairs and members of the advisory committee to engage in such diverse areas of critical inquiry as in shaping their programs. East-West cultural relations, global censorship and human rights, diaspora studies, film history and theory, 138 Comparative Literature
NOTE: Please note that not all topics courses (B223, Crosslisting(s): ITAL-B213; RUSS-B253; PHIL-B253; 299, 321, 325, 326, 340) count toward COML elective HART-B213 requirements. See adviser. Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Monserrati,M. COURSES (Fall 2013)
COML B200 Introduction to Comparative Literature COML B220 Writing the Self in the Middle Ages This course explores a variety of approaches to the What leads people to write about their lives? Do men comparative or transnational study of literature through and women present themselves differently? Do they readings of several kinds: texts from different cultural think different issues are important? How do they claim traditions that raise questions about the nature and authority for their thoughts and experiences? We shall function of storytelling and literature; texts that comment address these questions, reading a wide range of on, respond to, and rewrite other texts from different autobiography from the Medieval period in the West, historical periods and nations; translations; and readings with a particular emphasis on women’s writing and on in critical theory. feminist critiques of autobiographical practice. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Units: 1.0 Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Instructor(s): Seyhan,A. Crosslisting(s): CSTS-B220 (Fall 2013) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) COML B211 Primo Levi, the Holocaust and Its Aftermath COML B222 Aesthetics: The Nature and Experience of Art A consideration, through analysis and appreciation of his major works, of how the horrific experience Prerequisite: One introductory course in philosophy. of the Holocaust awakened in Primo Levi a growing Here are some questions we will discuss in this course: awareness of his Jewish heritage and led him to What sort of thing is a work of art? Can criticism in the become one of the dominant voices of that tragic arts be objective? Do such cultural entities answer to historical event, as well as one of the most original more than one admissible interpretation? What is the new literary figures of post-World War II Italy. Always role of a creator’s intentions in fixing upon admissible in relation to Levi and his works, attention will also be interpretations? What is the nature of aesthetic given to other Italian women writers whose works are experience? What is creativity in the arts? Readings will also connected with the Holocaust. be drawn from contemporary sources. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Crosslisting(s): ITAL-B211; HEBR-B211 Crosslisting(s): PHIL-B222 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Fall 2013) (Not Offered 2013-14)
COML B212 Borges y sus lectores COML B223 Topics In German Cultural Studies Primary emphasis on Borges and his poetics of reading; This is a topics course. Topics vary. other writers are considered to illustrate the semiotics of Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities texts, society, and traditions. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Interpretation (CI) Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Crosslisting(s): GERM-B223; CITY-B247 Crosslisting(s): SPAN-B211 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Spring 2014) Instructor(s): Sacerio-Garí,E. (Fall 2013) COML B225 Censorship: Historical Contexts, Local Practices and Global Resonance COML B213 Theory in Practice:Critical Discourses This course examines the ban on books and art in in the Humanities the US, Latin America, the Middle East, and Eastern This is a topics course. Topics vary. Europe through a study of the historical, political, and An examination in English of leading theories of sociocultural conditions of censorship practices and the interpretation from Classical Tradition to Modern rhetorical strategies writers and artists use to translate and Post-Modern Time. Requirement(s): Division III: repression and trauma into idioms of resistance. Humanities Prerequisite: EMLY B001 or a 100-level intensive writing Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) course. Comparative Literature 139
Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities COML B237 The Dictator Novel in the Americas Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) This course examines representations of dictatorship Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & in Latin American and Latina/o novels. We will explore Cultures; Middle East Studies the relationship between narrative form and absolute Units: 1.0 power by analyzing the literary techniques writers use (Not Offered 2013-14) to contest authoritarianism. We will compare dictator novels from the United States, the Caribbean, Central COML B230 Poéticas del deseo America, and the Southern Cone. Prerequisite: only A study of the evolution of the love lyric in Spain for students wishing to take the course for major/minor beginning with the Renaissance and the Baroque credit in SPAN is SPAN B200/B202. periods in Spain and continuing to the present. Topics Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities include the representation of women as objects of Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) desire and pretexts for writing; the self-fashioning and Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Latin subjectivity of the lyric voice; the conflation and conflict Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures of eroticism and idealism; theories of imitation; parody; Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B237; SPAN-B237 and the feminine appropriation of the poetic tradition. Units: 1.0 Among the poets we will examine: Luis de G ngora, Sor Instructor(s): Harford Vargas,J. Juana Inés de la Cruz, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Rosalía (Spring 2014) de Castro, Federico García Lorca, and contemporary women poets such as Gloria Fuertes and Ana Rossetti. COML B238 Topics: The History of Cinema 1895 to Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities 1945 Crosslisting(s): SPAN-B230 This is a topics course. Topics vary. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Instructor(s): Quintero,M. Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) (Spring 2014) Counts towards: Film Studies Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B238; RUSS-B238; HART-B238 COML B231 Cultural Profiles in Modern Exile Units: 1.0 This course investigates the anthropological, Instructor(s): Harte,T. philosophical, psychological, cultural, and literary (Fall 2013) aspects of modern exile. It studies exile as experience and metaphor in the context of modernity, and examines COML B240 Literary Translation Workshop the structure of the relationship between imagined/ Open to creative writing students and students of remembered homelands and transnational identities, literature, the syllabus includes some theoretical and the dialectics of language loss and bi- and readings, but the emphasis is practical and analytical. multi-lingualism. Particular attention is given to the Syllabus reading includes parallel translations of psychocultural dimensions of linguistic exclusion and certain enduring literary texts (mostly poetry) as well loss. Readings of works by Julia Alvarez, Anita Desai, as books and essays about the art of translation. Sigmund Freud, Milan Kundera, Friedrich Nietzsche, Literary translation will be considered as a spectrum Salman Rushdie, and others. ranging from Dryden’s “metaphrase” (word-for-word Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities translation) all the way through imitation, adaptation, Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical and reimagining. Each student will be invited to work Interpretation (CI) with whatever non-English language(s) s/he has, and Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & to select for translation short works of poetry, prose, or Cultures; International Studies Major drama. The course will include class visits by working Crosslisting(s): GERM-B231; ANTH-B231 literary translators. The Italian verbs for “to translate” Units: 1.0 and “to betray” sound almost alike; throughout, the (Not Offered 2013-14) course concerns the impossibility and importance of literary translation. COML B234 Postcolonial Literature in English Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities This course will survey a broad range of novels and Crosslisting(s): ARTW-B240 poems written while countries were breaking free of Units: 1.0 British colonial rule. Readings will also include cultural Instructor(s): Kirchwey,K. theorists interested in defining literary issues that arise (Spring 2014) from the postcolonial situation. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities COML B245 Interdisciplinary Approaches to German Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Literature and Culture Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B234 This is a topics course. Topics vary. Taught in English. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Instructor(s): Tratner,M. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical (Spring 2014) 140 Comparative Literature
Interpretation (CI) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the Crosslisting(s): GERM-B245; ENGL-B260 Past (IP) Units: 1.0 Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Instructor(s): Meyer,I. Cultures (Spring 2014) Crosslisting(s): SPAN-B260 Units: 1.0 Spring 2014: Current topic description: This course (Not Offered 2013-14) focuses on the literature and cinema of Austria after 1945. Since World War II and the Holocaust, Austria COML B261 The Russian Anti-Novel has grappled with the burdens of its history. Austria’s A study of 19th- and 20th-century Russian novels national self-image alternates between that of ”Hitler’s focusing on their strategies of opposing or circumventing first victim” and that of a land implicitly perpetuating European literary conventions. Works by Bulgakov, the fascist structures of its Nazi past. We will analyze Dostoevsky, Nabokov, Pushkin, and Tolstoy, are post-war literary texts and films to interrogate notions compared to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and of nation and identity in post-fascist Austria. Taught in other exemplars of the Western novelistic tradition. All English translation. readings, lectures, and discussions in English. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities COML B248 The Reception of Classics in the Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Hispanic World Crosslisting(s): RUSS-B261 A survey of the reception of Classical literature in the Units: 1.0 Spanish-speaking world. We read select literary works (Not Offered 2013-14) in translation, ranging from Renaissance Spain to contemporary Latin America, side-by-side with their COML B266 Travel and Transgression classical models, to examine what is culturally unique Examines ancient and medieval travel literature, about their choice of authors, themes, and adaptation of exploring movement and cultural exchange, from the material. otherworld odysseys and religious pilgrimages to Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities trade expeditions and explorations across the Atlantic. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Mercantile documents, maps, pilgrim’s logbooks, and Interpretation (CI) theoretical and anthropological discussions of place, Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & colonization, and identity-formation will supplement our Cultures literary analysis. Emphasizes how those of the Middle Crosslisting(s): CSTS-B248; SPAN-B248 Ages understood encounters with “alien” cultures, Units: 1.0 symbolic representations of space, and the development (Not Offered 2013-14) of national identities, exploring their influence on contemporary debates surrounding racial, cultural, COML B257 The Realist Novel Revisited religious, and national boundaries. This seminar undertakes the study of a deceptively Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities simple cultural and literary historical concept— Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B266 realism—by closely reading well-known 19th-century Units: 1.0 novels by George Eliot, Gustave Flaubert, Theodor (Not Offered 2013-14) Fontane, Henry James, Stendhal, Leo Tolstoy and Ivan Turgenev, all of which have traditionally been placed COML B271 Litertura y delincuencia: explorando la within realism’s parameters. Critical essays exploring novela picaresca the nature of realism, either in general or in a particular A study of the origins, development and transformation author’s works, are also discussed. The ethical of the picaresque genre from its origins in 16th- and implications of the realist enterprise and, more broadly, 17th-century Spain through the 21st century. Using the possible relations between art and life receive texts, literature, painting, and film from Spain and Latin special scrutiny. America, we will explore topics such as the construction Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities of the (fictional) self, the poetics and politics of Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) criminality, transgression in gender and class. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Not Offered 2013-14) Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures COML B260 Ariel/Calibán y el discurso americano Crosslisting(s): SPAN-B270 A study of the transformations of Ariel/Calibán as Units: 1.0 images of Latin American culture. (Not Offered 2013-14) Comparative Literature 141
COML B274 Topic: From Myth to Modern Cinema appropriate and transform the male writing tradition and define themselves as self-conscious artists within or This is a topics course. Topics vary. outside it. Particular attention will be paid to identifying Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities recurring concerns and structures in their works, and Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) to assessing their importance to female writing: among Crosslisting(s): CSTS-B274 them, the poetics of silence, reproduction as a metaphor Units: 1.0 for artistic creation, and sociopolitical engagement. (Not Offered 2013-14) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies COML B279 Introduction to African Literature Crosslisting(s): FREN-B302 Taking into account the oral, written, aural and visual Units: 1.0 forms of African “texts” over several thousand years, (Not Offered 2013-14) this course will explore literary production, translation and audience/critical reception. Representative works COML B310 Genres of Italian Popular Fiction in a to be studied include oral traditions, the Sundiata Epic, Comparative Context Chinua Achebe’s Anthills of the Savannah, Ayi Kwei In English. This course explores the Italian “giallo” Armah’s Fragments, Mariama Bâ’s Si Longe une Lettre, (detective fiction), today one of the most successful Tsitsi Danga-rembga’s Nervous Conditions, Bessie literary genres among Italian readers and authors Head’s Maru, Sembène Ousmane’s Xala, plays by alike. Through a comparative perspective, the course Wole Soyinka and his Burden of History, The Muse of will analyze not only the inter-relationship between Forgiveness and Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s A Grain of Wheat. this popular genre and “high literature,” but also the We will address the “transliteration” of Christian and role of detective fiction as a mirror of social anxieties. Muslim languages and theologies in these works. Italian majors taking this course for Italian credit will Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities be required to meet for an additional hour with the Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) instructor and to do the readings and writing in Italian. Counts towards: Africana Studies Prerequisites: One literature course at the 200 level. Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B279 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Crosslisting(s): ITAL-B310 (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) COML B293 The Play of Interpretation Designated theory course. A study of the methodologies COML B312 Crimen y detectives en la narrativa and regimes of interpretation in the arts, humanistic hispánica contemporánea sciences, and media and cultural studies, this course An analysis of the rise of the hard-boiled genre in focuses on common problems of text, authorship, contemporary Hispanic narrative and its contrast to reader/spectator, and translation in their historical and classic detective fiction, as a context for understanding formal contexts. Literary, oral, and visual texts from contemporary Spanish and Latin American culture. different cultural traditions and histories will be studied Discussion of pertinent theoretical implications and the through interpretive approaches informed by modern social and political factors that contributed to the genre’s critical theories. Readings in literature, philosophy, evolution and popularity. This course will be given in popular culture, and film will illustrate how theory conjunction with Cities 229. Division III. enhances our understanding of the complexities of Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities history, memory, identity, and the trials of modernity. Crosslisting(s): SPAN-B311 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Instructor(s): Song,R. Counts towards: International Studies Major (Spring 2014) Crosslisting(s): PHIL-B293; ENGL-B292 Units: 1.0 COML B313 Classical Bodies Instructor(s): Seyhan,A. (Fall 2013) An examination of the conceptions of the human body evidenced in Greek and Roman art and literature, COML B302 Le printemps de la parole féminine: with emphasis on issues that have persisted in the femmes écrivains des débuts Western tradition. Topics include the fashioning of concepts of male and female standards of beauty and This study of selected women authors from the French their implications; conventions of visual representation; Middle Ages, Renaissance and Classical periods— the nude; clothing and its symbolism; the athletic among them, Marie de France, the trobairitz, Christine ideal; physiognomy; medical theory and practice; the de Pisan, Louise Labé, Marguerite de Navarre, and visible expression of character and emotions; and the Madame de Lafayette—examines the way in which they 142 Comparative Literature formulation of the “classical ideal” in antiquity and later COML B325 Etudes avancées times. An in-depth study of a particular topic, event or historical Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities figure in French civilisation. The seminar topic rotates Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies among many subjects: La Révolution frantaise: histoire, Crosslisting(s): ARCH-B303; HART-B305 littérature et culture; L’Environnement naturel dans la Units: 1.0 culture française; Mal et valeurs éthiques; Le Cinéma et (Not Offered 2013-14) la politique, 1940-1968; Le Nationalisme en France et dans les pays francophones; Etude socio-culturelle des COML B321 Advanced Topics in German Cultural arts du manger en France du Moyen Age à nos jours. Studies Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities This is a topics course. Topics vary. Topic for 2011- Crosslisting(s): FREN-B325 12 was The Transnational Cosmopolitanism of Swiss Units: 1.0 Literature. (Fall 2013) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies COML B326 Etudes avancées Crosslisting(s): GERM-B321; CITY-B319 An in-depth study of a particular topic, event or historical Units: 1.0 figure in French civilisation. The seminar topic rotates (Not Offered 2013-14) among many subjects: La Révolution frantaise: histoire, littérature et culture; L’Environnement naturel dans la COML B322 Queens, Nuns, and Other Deviants in culture frantaise; Mal et valeurs éthiques; Le Cinéma et the Early Modern Iberian World la politique, 1940-1968; Le Nationalisme en France et The course examines literary, historical, and legal texts dans les pays francophones; Etude socio-culturelle des from the early modern Iberian world (Spain, Mexico, arts du manger en France du Moyen Age à nos jours. Peru) through the lens of gender studies. The course Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities is divided around three topics: royal bodies (women in Units: 1.0 power), cloistered bodies (women in the convent), and (Not Offered 2013-14) delinquent bodies (figures who defy legal and gender normativity). Course is taught in English and is open COML B340 Topics in Baroque Art to all juniors or seniors who have taken at least one This is a topics course. Topics vary. 200-level course in a literature department. Students Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities seeking Spanish credit must have taken BMC Spanish Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies 202 and at least one other Spanish course beyond 202, Crosslisting(s): HART-B340 or received permission from instructor. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Not Offered 2013-14) Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures COML B345 Topics in Narrative Theory Crosslisting(s): SPAN-B322 Units: 1.0 This is a topics course. Topics vary. (Not Offered 2013-14) Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures COML B323 Culture and Interpretation Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B345 Units: 1.0 This course will pursue such questions as the following. Instructor(s): Ricketts,R. For all objects of interpretation—including works of art, (Spring 2014) music, literature, persons or cultures—must there be a single right interpretation? If not, what is to prevent Spring 2014: Current topic description: Students in one from sliding into an interpretive anarchism? this course will explore the history of literary “realism” Does interpretation affect the nature or the number and the development of the verisimilitude we take for of an object of interpretation? Does the singularity or granted in prose today. Whether they aimed to portray multiplicity of interpretations mandate such ontologies real life vividly or describe made-up worlds realistically, as realism or constructivism? Discussions will be based many authors exploited the blurry boundary between on contemporary readings. factual and fictional writing, between storytelling and Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities reporting. Course texts will include essays, novels, Counts towards: International Studies Major plays, and short stories from a range of British and Crosslisting(s): PHIL-B323 American literary traditions. Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Krausz,M. COML B350 Voix médiévales et échos modernes (Fall 2013) A study of selected 19th- and 20th-century works inspired by medieval subjects, such as the Grail and Comparative Literature 143
Arthurian legends and the Tristan and Yseut stories, and the 90’s serve as an introduction to very recent work. by medieval genres, such as the roman, saints’ lives, Most works are in English. To experience depth as well or the miracle play. Included are works by Bonnefoy, as breadth, there is a small cluster of works from South Cocteau, Flaubert, Genevoix, Giono, Gracq, Hugo, and Africa. With novels and tales from elsewhere on the Yourcenar. huge African continent, we will get a glimpse of “living in Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities the present” in history and letters. Crosslisting(s): FREN-B350 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Counts towards: Africana Studies (Not Offered 2013-14) Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B388 Units: 1.0 COML B365 Erotica: Love and Art in Plato and (Not Offered 2013-14) Shakespeare COML B398 Theories and Methods in Comparative The course explores the relationship between love Literature and art, “eros” and “poesis,” through in-depth study of Plato’s “Phaedus” and “Symposium,” Shakespeare’s “As This course, required of all senior comparative literature You Like It” and “Antony and Cleopatra,” and essays majors in preparation for writing the senior thesis in by modern commentators (including David Halperin, the spring semester, has a twofold purpose: to review Anne Carson, Martha Nussbaum, Marjorie Garber, interpretive approaches informed by critical theories that and Stanley Cavell). We will also read Shakespeare’s enhance our understanding of literary and cultural texts; Sonnets and “Romeo and Juliet.” and to help students prepare a preliminary outline of Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities their senior theses. Throughout the semester, students Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies research theoretical paradigms that bear on their own Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B365; POLS-B365; PHIL-B365 comparative thesis topics in order to situate those topics Units: 1.0 in an appropriate critical context. (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) COML B375 Interpreting Mythology COML B399 Senior Seminar in Comparative The myths of the Greeks have provoked outrage and Literature fascination, interpretation and retelling, censorship and elaboration, beginning with the Greeks themselves. We Thesis writing seminar. Research methods. will see how some of these stories have been read and Units: 1.0 understood, recounted and revised, in various cultures (Not Offered 2013-14) and eras, from ancient tellings to modern movies. We will also explore some of the interpretive theories by COML B403 Supervised Work which these tales have been understood, from ancient Units: 1.0 allegory to modern structural and semiotic theories. The Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA student should gain a more profound understanding of (Fall 2013) the meaning of these myths to the Greeks themselves, of the cultural context in which they were formulated. At COML B403 Supervised Work the same time, this course should provide the student with some familiarity with the range of interpretations Units: 1.0 and strategies of understanding that people of various Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA cultures and times have applied to the Greek myths (Spring 2014) during the more than two millennia in which they have been preserved. Preference to upperclassmen, previous coursework in myth required. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Crosslisting(s): CSTS-B375 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Edmonds,R. (Fall 2013)
COML B388 Contemporary African Fiction Noting that the official colonial independence of most African countries dates back only half a century, this course focuses on the fictive experiments of the most recent decade. A few highly controversial works from 144 Computer Science
COMPUTER SCIENCE robotics, computational media, computational linguistics, cognitive science, etc. Students should ensure that they have completed at least three courses in computer Students may complete a major or minor in Computer science by the end of their sophomore year (we highly Science or a minor in computational methods. recommend CMSC 110, 206 and 231).
Minor in Computer Science Faculty Students in any major are encouraged to complete Douglas Blank, Associate Professor a minor in computer science. Completing a minor in Deepak Kumar, Professor computer science enables students to pursue graduate studies in computer science, in addition to their own Dianna Xu, Chair and Associate Professor major. The requirements for a minor in computer science at Bryn Mawr are CMSC 110 or 205, 206, 231, Computer Science is the science of algorithms—their any two of CMSC 240, 245, 246, 330, 340 or 345, and theory, analysis, design and implementation. As such it two electives chosen from any course in computer is an interdisciplinary field with roots in mathematics and science, approved by the student’s adviser in computer engineering and applications in many other academic science. As mentioned above, these requirements can disciplines. The department at Bryn Mawr is founded on be combined with any major, depending on the student’s the belief that computer science should transcend from interest and preparation. being a subfield of mathematics and engineering and play a broader role in all forms of human inquiry. Minor in Computational Methods
The Computer Science Department is supported jointly This minor is designed to enable students majoring by faculty at both Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges. in any discipline to learn computational methods The department welcomes students who wish to and applications in their major area of study. The pursue a major in computer science. Additionally, the requirements for a minor in computational methods department also offers a minor in computer science, are CMSC 110 or 205, 206, 231; one of CMSC 212, a concentration in computer science (at Haverford 225, 245, 246, 330, 340 or 361; any two computational College) and a minor in computational methods (at Bryn courses depending on a student’s major and interests Mawr College). The department also strives to facilitate (there are over 35 such courses to choose from in evolving interdisciplinary majors. For example, students various departments). can propose a major in cognitive science by combining coursework from computer science and disciplines such Students can declare a minor at the end of their as psychology and philosophy. Students can further sophomore year or soon after. Students should prepare specialize their majors by selecting elective courses that a course plan and have it approved by at least two focus on specific disciplinary tracks or pathways within faculty advisers. Students minoring in computational the discipline. methods are encouraged to propose senior projects/ theses that involve the application of computational All majors, minors and concentrations offered by the modeling in their major field of study. department emphasize foundations and basic principles of information science with the goal of providing COURSES students with skills that transcend short-term trends in computer hardware and software. CMSC B110 Introduction to Computing The course is an introduction to computing: how we Major in Computer Science can describe and solve problems using a computer. Students are encouraged to prepare a major course Students will learn how to write algorithms, manipulate plan in consultation with their academic adviser in information, and design programs to make computers Computer Science. The requirements for a major in useful tools as well as mediums of creativity. computer science are three introductory courses (CMSC Contemporary, diverse examples of computing in a 110 or 205, 206 and 231), three core courses (CMSC modern context will be used and through lectures, class 240, 245 and one of 330, 340 or 345), six electives of examples and weekly programming projects, students a student’s choosing and a senior thesis. Students can will learn about abstraction, how to divide and organize specialize in specific disciplinary tracks or pathways a process into appropriate components, how to describe by carefully choosing their elective courses. Such such processes in a computer language, and how to pathways can enable specialization in areas such as: analyze and understand the behavior of their programs. computational theory, computer systems, software Requirement(s): Division II and Quantitive development, computer graphics, artificial intelligence, Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM); Quantitative Computer Science 145
Readiness Required (QR); Scientific Investigation (SI) linked lists, stacks, queues, trees and hash maps and Units: 1.0 all corresponding complexity analysis. In addition, Instructor(s): Kumar,D. students will also become familiar with Java’s built- (Spring 2014) in data structures and how to use them, and acquire competency using the shell, commandline scripting and CMSC B201 Physical Computing a debugger without any IDE. Prerequisite: CMSC 110 or 205, or permission of instructor. Physical Computing is the study of the integration of Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science computing (software and hardware) into the traditionally Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM); Scientific non-digital world. This often includes the use of an Investigation (SI) embedded, low-cost microcomputer with sensors and Units: 1.0 actuators (such as motors) to build an interface between Instructor(s): Kumar,D. the physical, analog world with the digital world. This (Spring 2014) course explores all levels of computing, from the low-level software and electronics, to the higher-level CMSC B231 Discrete Mathematics to application development and use of computing in society. Of special interest is that DIY technology that An introduction to discrete mathematics with strong empowers individuals via creative physical computing applications to computer science. Topics include devices and uses. Prerequisite or Corequisite: CS110 propositional logic, proof techniques, recursion, set Introduction to Computing (or equivalent); or approval theory, counting, probability theory and graph theory. from instructor. Students are strongly encouraged to have taken CMSC Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science B110 or B205 prior to registering for this course, or at Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM) least take CMSC B110 or B205 concurrently. Units: 0.5 Requirement(s): Division II and Quantitive (Not Offered 2013-14) Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM) Crosslisting(s): MATH-B231 CMSC B202 Mobile Computing Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Xu,D. Mobile Computing is the study of the human-computer (Fall 2013) interaction between non-expert computer users and low-cost, richly-connected mobile devices controlled CMSC B240 Principles of Computer Organization by software “apps.” Because the user is considered to be non-expert, mobile computing has driven the A lecture/laboratory course studying the hierarchical development of intuitive interfaces (such as touch-based design of modern digital computers. Combinatorial screens). Because the the device is small, relatively and sequential logic elements; construction of inexpensive, and richly connected (with computer microprocessors; instruction sets; assembly language servers and other mobile users), mobile computing has programming. Lectures cover the theoretical aspects driven the development of novel apps, especially those of machine architecture. In the laboratory, designs involving non-centralized, distributed use (such as geo- discussed in lecture are constructed in software. tagging, microblogging, and interactive games). This Prerequisite: CMSC B206 and CMSC B231 course will explore these apps (including user interface Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science design), networks (including security), and devices Units: 1.0 (including smart phones, PDAs, tablet computers, Instructor(s): Blank,D. wearable computers, and “carputers”). We will also (Fall 2013) explore the interaction of software development, networking, and the mobile device especially in those CMSC B245 Principles of Programming Languages areas of “disruptive technologies.” Prerequisite or An introduction to a wide range of topics relating Corequisite: CS110 Introduction to Computing (or to programming languages with an emphasis on equivalent); or approval from instructor. abstraction and design. Design issues relevant to Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science the implementation of programming languages are Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM) discussed, including a review and in-depth treatment of Units: 0.5 mechanisms for sequence control, the run-time structure (Not Offered 2013-14) of programming languages, and programming in the large. The course has a strong lab component where CMSC B206 Introduction to Data Structures students explore a variety of programming languages Introduction to the fundamental algorithms and data and concepts. structures using Java. Topics include: Object-Oriented Requirement(s): Division II and Quantitive programming, program design, fundamental data Units: 1.0 structures and complexity analysis. In particular, (Not Offered 2013-14) searching, sorting, the design and implementation of 146 Computer Science
CMSC B246 Programming Paradigms tracing; and select others. Prerequisites: CMSC B110, CMSC B206, CMSC/MATH B231, and CMSC B246 or A more advanced programming course using C/ permission of instructor. C++. Topics include memory management, design Units: 1.0 and implementation of additional data structures and (Not Offered 2013-14) algorithms, including priority queues, graphs and advanced trees (space-partitioning and application- CMSC B325 Computational Linguistics specific trees). In addition, students will be introduced to C++’s STL. There will be emphasis on more significant Introduction to computational models of understanding programming assignments, and in connection to that, and processing human languages. How elements of program design and other fundamental software linguistics, computer science, and artificial intelligence engineering principals. Make file and GDB will be used can be combined to help computers process human at least in the first half. Prerequisite: CMSC 206 and language and to help linguists understand language 231. through computer models. Topics covered: syntax, Requirement(s): Division II and Quantitive semantics, pragmatics, generation and knowledge Units: 1.0 representation techniques. Prerequisite: some (Spring 2014) background in linguistics or computer science. Prerequisite: CMSC 206 and CMSC 231 or permission CMSC B250 Computational Methods in the Sciences of instructor. Crosslisting(s): PHIL-B324; LING-B325 A study of how and why modern computation methods Units: 1.0 are used in scientific inquiry. Students will learn Instructor(s): Kumar,D. basic principles of simulation-based programming (Fall 2013) through hands-on exercises. Content will focus on the development of population models, beginning with CMSC B330 Algorithms: Design and Practice simple exponential growth and ending with spatially- explicit individual-based simulations. Students will This course examines the applications of algorithms to design and implement a final project from their own the accomplishments of various programming tasks. disciplines. Six hours of combined lecture/lab per week. The focus will be on understanding of problem-solving Requirement(s): Division II and Quantitive methods, along with the construction of algorithms, Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM); Quantitative rather than emphasizing formal proving methodologies. Readiness Required (QR); Scientific Investigation (SI) Topics include divide and conquer, approximations Counts towards: Environmental Studies for NP-Complete problems, data mining and parallel Crosslisting(s): BIOL-B250; GEOL-B250 algorithms. Prerequisites: CMSC 206 and 231. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division II and Quantitive (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Kumar,D. CMSC B257 Gender and Technology (Spring 2014) Explores the historical role technology has played in CMSC B355 Operating Systems the production of gender; the historical role gender has played in the evolution of various technologies; how A practical introduction to modern operating the co-construction of gender and technology has been systems, using case studies from UNIX, MSDOS represented in a range of on-line, filmic, fictional, and and the Macintosh. Topics include computer and critical media; and what all of the above suggest for the OS structures, process and thread management, technological engagement of everyone in today’s world. process synchronization and communication, resource Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities allocations, memory management, file systems, and Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) select examples in protection and security. Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Units: 1.0 Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B257 Instructor(s): Xu,D. Units: 1.0 (Spring 2014) (Not Offered 2013-14) CMSC B361 Emergence CMSC B312 Computer Graphics A multidisciplinary exploration of the interactions An introduction to the fundamental principles underlying both real and simulated systems, such of computer graphics: including 3D modeling, as ant colonies, economies, brains, earthquakes, rendering, and animation. Topics cover: 2D and 3D biological evolution, artificial evolution, computers, and transformations; rendering techniques; geometric life. These emergent systems are often characterized algorithms; 3D object models (surface and volume); by simple, local interactions that collectively produce visible surface algorithms; shading and mapping; ray global phenomena not apparent in the local interactions. Computer Science 147
Prerequisite: CMSC 206 and CMSC 231 or permission CMSC B403 Supervised Work/Independent Study of instructor. Units: 1.0 Crosslisting(s): BIOL-B361 Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA Units: 1.0 (Fall 2013) Instructor(s): Blank,D. (Fall 2013) CMSC B403 Supervised Work/Independent Study CMSC B371 Cognitive Science Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA Cognitive science is the interdisciplinary study of (Spring 2014) intelligence in mechanical and organic systems. In this introductory course, we examine many topics CMSC B425 Praxis III: Independent Study from computer science, linguistics, neuroscience, mathematics, philosophy, and psychology. Can a Praxis III courses are Independent Study courses and computer be intelligent? How do neurons give rise to are developed by individual students, in collaboration thinking? What is consciousness? These are some with faculty and field supervisors. A Praxis courses is of the questions we will examine. No prior knowledge distinguished by genuine collaboration with fieldsite or experience with any of the subfields is assumed or organizations and by a dynamic process of reflection necessary. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. that incorporates lessons learned in the field into the Units: 1.0 classroom setting and applies theoretical understanding (Not Offered 2013-14) gained through classroom study to work done in the broader community. CMSC B372 Artificial Intelligence Counts towards: Praxis Program Units: 1.0 Survey of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the study of (Not Offered 2013-14) how to program computers to behave in ways normally attributed to “intelligence” when observed in humans. Topics include heuristic versus algorithmic programming; cognitive simulation versus machine intelligence; problem-solving; inference; natural language understanding; scene analysis; learning; decision-making. Topics are illustrated by programs from literature, programming projects in appropriate languages and building small robots. Requirement(s): Division II and Quantitive Crosslisting(s): PHIL-B372 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14)
CMSC B380 Recent Advances in Computer Science A topical course facilitating an in-depth study on a current topic in computer science. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14)
CMSC B399 Senior Conference An independent project in computer science culminating in a written report/thesis and oral presentation. Class discussions of work in progress and oral and written presentations of research results will be emphasized. Required for all computer science majors in the spring semester of their senior year. Units: 1.0 (Spring 2014) 148 East Asian Studies
EAST ASIAN STUDIES one East Asian language (including Korean) must complete this requirement with another East Asian language. Students may complete a major in East Asian Studies, a EAST 200B (Major Seminar: Methods and minor in Chinese language or Japanese language, or a Approaches to East Asian Studies), which highlights (non-language) minor in East Asian Studies. the emergence of East Asia as a coherent cultural region and introduces students to basic bibliographic skills and research approaches. Faculty Five additional courses in East Asian cultures, as Tz’u Chiang, Senior Lecturer follows: one 100-level Introduction (from among EAST 120, 129, 131, or 132); two 200-level Robert Dostal, Rufus M. Jones Professor and Chair of courses; and two 300-level seminars. Philosophy A senior seminar (EAST 398, 399, culminating in Yonglin Jiang, Chair and Associate Professor of the completion of a senior thesis early in the spring East Asian Studies on the Jye Chu Lectureship semester.) in Chinese Studies
Shiamin Kwa, Assistant Professor Minor Requirements Changchun Zhang, Instructor of Chinese The Department of East Asian Studies offers minors The Bi-College Department of East Asian Studies in both Chinese and Japanese. The requirement is six links rigorous language training to the study of East courses in either language. The department also offers Asian culture and society. In addition to our intensive a minor in East Asian Studies, requiring any six courses programs in Chinese and Japanese languages, the in EAS exclusive of languages but including cross-listed departmental faculty offers courses in East Asian courses taught in other departments. Of the six courses philosophy, linguistics, literature, religion, social and taken in fulfillment of the EAS non-language minor, at intellectual history. The East Asian Studies program also least two must be at the 200 level and at least one must incorporates courses by affiliated Bi-College faculty on be at the 300 level. East Asian anthropology, cities, economics, philosophy, and sociology, as well as additional courses on East Language Placement Tests Asian culture and society by faculty at Swarthmore. Placement tests for first-time students at all levels are The intellectual orientation of the East Asian Studies conducted in the week before classes start in the fall Department is primarily historical and text-based; that semester. To qualify for third-year language courses is, we focus on East Asia’s rich cultural traditions as students need to finish Second-year courses with a way to understand its present, through the study of a score of 3.0 or above in all four areas of training: primary sources (in translation and in the vernacular) Listening, speaking, reading, and writing. In the event and scholarly books and articles. All students wishing that students do not meet the minimum grade at the to specialize in this humanistic approach to the study conclusion of Second-year language study, they must of China, Japan, and (with special approval) Korea are consult with the director of the respective language encouraged to consider the East Asian Studies major. program and work out a summer study plan that may include taking summer courses or studying on their own But we also work closely with affiliated faculty in the Bi- under supervision. They must take a placement test Co and Tri-Co community who approach East Asia from before starting Third-year language study in the fall. the perspective of such social science disciplines as (Similarly, students who finish Third-year with a score of Anthropology, Economics, Political Science, Sociology, less than 3.0 in any of the four areas must also take a and the Growth and Structure of Cities, as well as with placement exam before entering Fourth-year.) faculty in History, Music, Religion, and Philosophy. EAS majors are encouraged to take advantage of these Requirements for Honors programs to supplement their EAS coursework. Please consult the course guide, online or in print, for details on Honors in East Asian studies will be awarded by this year’s offerings. the departmental faculty on the basis of superior performance in two areas: coursework in major-related courses (including language classes), and the senior Major Requirements thesis. A 3.7 average in major-related coursework is considered the minimum necessary for consideration for Completion of at least the third-year level of honors. (Mandarin) Chinese or Japanese (i.e. 101-102). Students who entered college with native fluency in East Asian Studies 149
Study Abroad employs readings on East Asian history and culture as a platform for exercises in critical analysis, bibliography, The East Asian Studies Department strongly cartography and the formulation of research topics and recommends study abroad to maximize language approaches. It culminates in a substantial research proficiency and cultural familiarity. Formal approval essay. Required of East Asian Studies majors, but is required by the study abroad advisor prior to the open to others by permission, the course should be student’s travel. Without this approval, credit for courses taken before the senior year. Prerequisite: One year of taken abroad will not be accepted by the East Asian Chinese or Japanese. studies department. Also, since procedures for study Requirement(s): Division I or Division III abroad are different for Bryn Mawr and Haverford, Units: 1.0 students should contact the relevant deans at their own (Not Offered 2013-14) colleges. Students majoring in EAS are discouraged from studying abroad during the spring of their junior EAST B210 Topics in Chinese Cultural History year, since the Methods and Approaches Seminar This is a topics course. Topics vary. EAST200, meets then and it is best to take it as a junior. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Minors and other students may go abroad fall or spring Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the semester or for the whole year. Past (IP) Crosslisting(s): HART-B209 If studying abroad is not practical, students may Units: 1.0 consider attending certain intensive summer schools (Not Offered 2013-14) approved by the East Asian studies department. These plans must be worked out in concert with the program’s EAST B212 Introduction to Chinese Literature study abroad advisor and the student’s dean. This is a topics course. Topics vary. COURSES Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical EAST B110 Intro to Chinese Literature (in English) Interpretation (CI) Counts towards: Film Studies Students will study a wide range of texts from the Units: 1.0 beginnings through the Qing dynasty. The course Instructor(s): Kwa,S. focuses on the genres of poetry, prose, fiction and (Fall 2013) drama, and considers how both the forms and their content overlap and interact. No knowlege of Chinese is Fall 2013: Current topic description: This semester, assumed or expected. the course will focus on all of the full-length feature Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities films of Hong Kong director Wong Karwai, beginning Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) with the 1988 film As Tears Go By and ending with the Units: 1.0 2013 film The Grandmaster. Some topics that will be Instructor(s): Kwa,S. discussed include translation; brotherhoods, violence (Spring 2014) and criminality; nostalgia; the use of music; dystopia; translingualism; post-colonialism; and post-humanism. EAST B131 Chinese Civilization A broad chronological survey of Chinese culture and EAST B216 China and the World: Implications of society from the Bronze Age to the 1800s, with special China’s Rise reference to such topics as belief, family, language, the In the 20th Century, China’s rise has been one of the arts and sociopolitical organization. Readings include most distinctive political affairs changing the landscape primary sources in English translation and secondary of regional and world politics. Especially, China’s studies. breathtaking growth has challenged the foundations and Requirement(s): Division I or Division III limits of the market economy and political liberalization Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the theoretically and empirically. This course examines the Past (IP) Chinese economic and political development and its Crosslisting(s): HIST-B131 implications for other Asian countries and the world. Units: 1.0 This course has three aims: 1) to facilitate an in-depth Instructor(s): Jiang,Y. understanding of the Chinese Economic development (Fall 2013) model in comparison to other development models, 2) to conduct a comprehensive analysis of political and socio- EAST B200 Major Seminar: Methods and economic exchanges of China and its relations with Approaches in East Asian Studies other major countries in East Asia, and 3) to construct a This course introduces current and prospective majors thorough understanding of challenges and opportunities to the scope and methods of East Asian Studies. It 150 East Asian Studies for China from its extraordinary economic growth. Spring 2014: Current topic description: Comparative Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Urbanism insists that our understanding of cities must Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) incorporate systematic analysis, testing theory and Crosslisting(s): POLS-B216 practice. This year, the class explores questions raised Units: 1.0 about cities through crime literature, ranging from Instructor(s): Oh,S. depictions of criminality (across race, class and gender) (Fall 2013) to visions of form and movement. The key cities for comparison this year will be Barcelona, Los Angeles, EAST B218 Topics in World Cities Havana, Buenos Aires and Shanghai. Readings will include literary sources, films and social histories. This is a topics course. Topics vary. An introduction to contemporary issues related to the urban environment. EAST B250 Topics: GrowthOrg of Cities Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) An introduction to growth & spatial organization of cities. Crosslisting(s): CITY-B218 Topics vary. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Instructor(s): Zhang,J. Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) (Spring 2014) Crosslisting(s): CITY-B250 Units: 1.0 Spring 2014: Current topic description: This course (Not Offered 2013-14) surveys a wide range of issues in urban China. We explore family and gender relations, economic activities, EAST B260 The History and Rhetoric of Buddhist people at the margins, urban spatial and architectural Meditation transformation, and political activities that contest the While Buddhist meditation is often seen as a neutral reproduction of the state. technology, free of ties to any one spiritual path or worldview, we will examine the practice through the EAST B225 Topics in Modern Chinese Literature cosmological and soteriological contexts that gave rise This a topics course. Topics vary. This course explores to it. This course examines a great variety of discourses modern China from the early 20th century to the present surrounding meditation in traditional Buddhist texts. through its literature, art and films, reading them as Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the commentaries of their own time. Past (IP) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Instructor(s): Glassman,H. Interpretation (CI) (Fall 2013) Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Kwa,S. EAST B263 The Chinese Revolution (Spring 2014) Places the causes and consequences of the 20th century revolutions in historical perspective, by Spring 2014: Current topic description: This course examining its late-imperial antecedents and tracing how explores fiction from Mainland China in the twentieth- the revolution has (and has not) transformed China, century, from the novels and short stories of the including the lives of such key revolutionary supporters Republican era into the years after Tiananmen. Through as the peasantry, women, and intellectuals. an exploration of modern and contemporary Chinese Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science fiction, we will consider the rapid cultural and literary Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the transformations undergone during this incredibly Past (IP) eventful century. Crosslisting(s): HIST-B262 Units: 1.0 EAST B229 Topics in Comparative Urbanism Instructor(s): Jiang,Y. This is a topics course. Topics vary. (Fall 2013) Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the EAST B264 Human Rights in China Past (IP) This course will examine China’s human rights issues Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & from a historical perspective. The topics include diverse Cultures perspectives on human rights, historical background, Crosslisting(s): CITY-B229; SOCL-B230; HART-B229; civil rights, religious practice, justice system, education, EAST-B229 as well as the problems concerning some social groups Units: 1.0 such as migrant laborers, women, ethnic minorities and Instructor(s): McDonogh,G. peasants. (Spring 2014) East Asian Studies 151
Requirement(s): Division I or Division III EAST B315 Spirits, Saints, Snakes, Swords: Women Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the in East Asian Literature & Film Past (IP) This interdisciplinary course focuses on a critical Crosslisting(s): HIST-B260 survey of literary and visual texts by and about Chinese Units: 1.0 women. We will begin by focusing on the cultural norms Instructor(s): Jiang,Y. that defined women’s lives beginning in early China, and (Spring 2014) consider how those tropes are reflected and rejected over time and geographical borders (in Japan, Hong EAST B267 The Development of the Modern Kong and the United States). No prior knowledge of Japanese Nation Chinese culture or language necessary. An introduction to the main social dimensions central Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities to an understanding of contemporary Japanese society Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Film and nationhood in comparison to other societies. The Studies course also aims to provide students with training in Units: 1.0 comparative analysis in sociology. (Not Offered 2013-14) Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical EAST B325 Topics in Chinese History and Culture Interpretation (CI) This is a topics course. Topics vary. Crosslisting(s): SOCL-B267; ANTH-B267 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Crosslisting(s): HIST-B326 Instructor(s): Takenaka,A. Units: 1.0 (Spring 2014) (Not Offered 2013-14) EAST B304 Disaster, War and Rebuilding in the EAST B334 Three Faces of Chinese Power: Money, Japanese City Might, and Minds Natural and man-made disasters have destroyed China’s extraordinary growth for the past 30 years Japanese cities regularly. Rebuilding generally ensued has confirmed the power of free markets, while at a very rapid pace, often as a continuation of the simultaneously challenging our thoughts on the past. Following a brief examination of literature on foundations and limits of the market economy. disaster and rebuilding and a historical overview of Moreover, China’s ever-increasing economic freedom architectural and urban history in Japan, this course and prosperity have been accompanied by only limited explores the reasons for historical transformations large steps toward greater political freedom and political and small. It specifically argues that rebuilding was liberalization, running counter to one of the most mostly the result of traditions, whereas transformation consistent patterns of political economic development of urban space occurred primarily as a result of political in recent history. This course examines China’s and socio-economic change. Focusing on the period unique economic and political development path, since the Meiji restoration of 1868, we ask: How did and the opportunities and challenges it accompanies. reconstruction after natural and man-made disasters This course has three aims: 1) to facilitate an in- shape the contemporary Japanese landscape? We depth understanding of the political and economic will explore specifically the destruction and rebuilding development with Chinese characteristics, 2) to conduct after the 1891 Nobi earthquake, the 1923 Great Kanto a comprehensive analysis of three dimensions of earthquake that leveled Tokyo and Yokohama, the Chinese economic, political and cultural power, and 3) bombing of more than 200 cities in World War II and to construct a thorough understanding of challenges their rebuilding, as well as the 1995 Great Hanshin and opportunities for China from its extraordinary earthquake that destroyed Kobe and its reconstruction. developmental path. In the context of the long history of destruction and Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science rebuilding we will finally explore the recent disaster in Crosslisting(s): POLS-B334 Fukushima 2011. Through the story of disaster and Units: 1.0 rebuilding emerge different approaches to permanence Instructor(s): Oh,S. and change, to urban livability, the environment and (Spring 2014) sustainability. Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) Crosslisting(s): CITY-B304 EAST B336 Topics in City and Media Units: 1.0 This is a topics course. Topics vary. Mass media raises Instructor(s): Hein,C. ever-changing global issues in study and praxis in (Fall 2013) Cities. This advanced seminar looks closely at media through a limited lens - the mediation of a single city 152 East Asian Studies
(Hong Kong, Philadelphia, Los Angeles), questions of This class is conducted in English, and all readings and genre (cinema, television, web) or around particular screenings are in the original language. The course theoreticians and questions (Barthes and myth; Marxism assumes advanced reading knowledge of Chinese and and media). requires successful completion of 3rd year Chinese Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical or equivalent as a prerequisite. Majors are strongly Interpretation (CI) encouraged to take this course. Crosslisting(s): ANTH-B335; CITY-B335 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Crosslisting(s): CNSE-B380 Instructor(s): Zhang,J. Units: 1.0 (Fall 2013) Instructor(s): Kwa,S. (Fall 2013) Fall 2013: Current topic description: Looking at TV drama, animation, pop music, fashion and fast food, this Fall 2013: Current topic description: The May Fourth course investigates how popular culture works and how and New Culture Movements. This semester we it shapes people’s lives in East Asian countries. Seeing will be reading the essays, short stories and novels popular culture as terrains of power struggles and written around the May 4th Movement, a period that articulation, we explore how class, gender and national revolutionized and transformed literature in Chinese. identities are constructed and contested through We will address questions of freedom and democracy, pop culture that is in turn shaped by these social modernity and native folk tradition, cosmopolitanism and relationships in specific political and historical context. nationalism, and how they relate to changes political, literary, social and otherwise. EAST B352 China’s Environment EAST B398 Senior Seminar This seminar explores China’s environmental issues from a historical perspective. It begins by considering A research workshop culminating in the writing and a range of analytical approaches , and then explores presentation of a senior thesis. Required of all majors; three general periods in China’s environmental changes, open to concentrators and others by permission. imperial times, Mao’s socialist experiments during the Units: 0.5 first thirty years of the People’s Republic, and the post- Instructor(s): Glassman,H., Jiang,Y. Mao reforms. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. (Fall 2013) Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Counts towards: Environmental Studies EAST B399 Senior Seminar Crosslisting(s): HIST-B352 A research workshop culminating in the writing and Units: 1.0 presentation of a senior thesis. Required of all majors; Instructor(s): Jiang,Y. open to concentrators and others by permission. (Spring 2014) Units: 0.5 Instructor(s): Glassman,H., Jiang,Y. EAST B362 Environment in Contemporary East (Spring 2014) Asia: China and Japan This seminar explores environmental issues in EAST B403 Supervised Work contemporary East Asia from a historical perspective. Units: 1.0 It will explore the common and different environmental Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA problems in Japan and China, and explain and interpret (Fall 2013) their causal factors and solving measures in cultural traditions, social movements, economic growth, political EAST B403 Supervised Work and legal institutions and practices, international cooperation and changing perceptions. Prerequisite: Units: 1.0 Sophomore standing or above. Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA Requirement(s): Division I or Division III (Spring 2014) Counts towards: Environmental Studies Units: 1.0 EAST ASIAN LANGUAGES (Not Offered 2013-14) The East Asian Studies Program welcomes students EAST B380 Readings in Advanced Chinese who wish to combine their interests in East Asian This is a topics course. Topics vary. This course languages with the study of an East Asian culture. prepares advanced readers of Chinese for the practice These students are urged to consult the Co-Chair of of reading, translating and analyzing primary source East Asian studies on either campus, who will advise texts in early-modern and modern Chinese literature. them on creating individual plans of study in appropriate departments. East Asian Studies 153
CHINESE LANGUAGE by the director of the Chinese program is obtained. Students who have prior knowledge of the language The Bi-Co Chinese Program offers five years of and are placed into Second-Year or higher level instruction in Mandarin Chinese. In addition to First- Chinese courses when they enter college still have Year, Second-Year, and Third-Year Chinese, we enough courses to take to complete the minor since offer Advanced Chinese, which is a two-year, four- our Advanced Chinese (200-level topic courses) can course series, covering topics such as food, music, be repeated for credits as topics vary from semester to and language in Chinese culture, as well as other semester. contemporary topics. This curricular design maximizes our teaching resources to meet the needs of our Study Abroad students who, in increasing numbers, either arrive at college with multiple years of Chinese in secondary Our approved Study Abroad program is CET, which has schools or who have accelerated their Chinese training a language programs in four cities in China: Beijing, by studying abroad in their junior year. We also offer a which also has a Chinese Studies program, Harbin, year-long course for those who have facility in speaking Shanghai, and Kunming. CET is well-known for its Chinese, but have had no or limited training in reading language pledge and its rigorous implementation of this and writing (CNSE007-008). requirement. Our students have a strong reputation at CET for honoring their language pledge and therefore The faculty in our program are seasoned and hard- benefiting enormously from this practice. working professionals dedicated to providing rigorous training in all four areas of Chinese language studies-- Other highly regarded and rigorous study abroad speaking, listening, reading, and writing, in a caring and programs in other Chinese speaking regions might be individually tailored environment. (Both First-Year and considered but prior approval by the director of the Second-Year Chinese have mandatory weekly one-on- program is required. one sessions between students and their teachers.) We take pride in our students, as our students take COURSES pride in their achievements. One indication of their level of proficiency is that we have trained true beginners CNSE B001 Intensive First-Year Chinese (students with no prior training or knowledge of Chinese when they enter our program) who, in their senior year, An intensive introductory course in modern spoken and can serve as peer tutors to our lower level students in written Chinese. The development of oral-aural skills various aspects of Chinese learning. is integrated through grammar explanations and drill sessions designed to reinforce new material through The Bi-Co Chinese program is nested within the Bi- active practice. Six hours a week of lecture and oral Co East Asian Studies Department. We serve EAS practice plus one-on-one sessions with the instructor. majors, Chinese minors, and any student who wishes This is a year-long course; both semesters are required to study the Chinese language. The Chinese minor for credit. (Offered at Haverford) is currently very robust with many students coming Requirement(s): Language Level 1 from other departments, such as Economics, History, Units: 1.5 Linguistics, Anthropology, Growth and Structure of (Not Offered 2013-14) Cities, Psychology, Sociology, and other majors. We have students from the Natural Science departments in CNSE B002 Intensive First Year Chinese our classes and we would like to welcome more such An intensive introductory course in modern spoken and students into our Minor. written Chinese. The development of oral-aural skills is integrated through grammar explanations and drill Chinese Minor sessions designed to reinforce new material through active practice. Six hours a week of lecture and oral Students who major in East Asian Studies or any other practice plus one-on-one sessions with the instructor. discipline may consider minoring in Chinese. A Chinese This is a year-long course; both semesters are required minor must do the following: for credit. (Offered at Haverford) Take six semesters of Chinese language courses in Requirement(s): Language Level 1 our program. Units: 1.5 (Not Offered 2013-14) Receive a minimum grade of 3.0 for each course. • Attain the minimum proficiency level of Third-Year CNSE B003 Second-year Chinese Chinese. Second-year Chinese aims for further development Language credits from the approved Study-Abroad of language skills in speaking, listening, reading, and programs such as CET are acceptable if prior approval writing. Five hours of class plus individual conference. This is a year-long course; both semesters (CNSE 003 154 East Asian Studies and 004) are required for credit. Prerequisite: First-year Requirement(s): Language Level 2 Chinese or a passing score on the Placement Exam. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Language Level 2 (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Chiang,T. CNSE B102 Third-Year Chinese: Readings in the (Fall 2013) Modern Chinese Short Story and Theater A focus on overall language skills through reading CNSE B004 Second-Year Chinese and discussion of modern short stories, as well as on Second-year Chinese aims for further development students facility in written and oral expression through of language skills in speaking, listening, reading, and readings in modern drama and screenplays. Readings writing. Five hours of class plus individual conference. include representative works from the May Fourth This is a year-long course; both semesters (CNSE 003 Period (1919-27) to the present. Audio- and videotapes and 004) are required for credit. Prerequisite: First-year of drama and films are used as study aids. Prerequisite: Chinese or a passing score on the Placement Exam. Second-Year Chinese or consent of instructor. (Offered Requirement(s): Language Level 2 at Haverford) Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Language Level 2 Instructor(s): Chiang,T. Units: 1.0 (Spring 2014) (Not Offered 2013-14)
CNSE B007 First-Year Chinese Non-Intensive CNSE B201 Advanced Chinese This course is designed for students who have some Development of language ability by readings in modern facility in listening, speaking, reading and writing Chinese literature, history and/or philosophy. Speaking Chinese but have not yet achieved sufficient proficiency and reading skills are equally emphasized through a to take Second Year Chinese. It is a year-long course consideration of the intellectual, historical and social that covers the same lessons as the intensive First Year significance of representative works. May be repeated Chinese, but the class meets only three hours a week. as topics vary. Prerequisite: Third-year Chinese or Prerequisite: Chinese Language Placement exam. permission of instructor. (Offered at Haverford) Requirement(s): Language Level 1 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Instructor(s): Chiang,T. Units: 1.0 (Fall 2013) (Not Offered 2013-14)
CNSE B008 First Year Chinese (Non-intensive) CNSE B380 Readings in Advanced Chinese This course is designed for students who have some This is a topics course. Topics vary. This course facility in listening, speaking, reading and writing prepares advanced readers of Chinese for the practice Chinese but have not yet achieved sufficient proficiency of reading, translating and analyzing primary source to take Second Year Chinese. It is a year-long course texts in early-modern and modern Chinese literature. that covers the same lessons as the intensive First Year This class is conducted in English, and all readings and Chinese, but the class meets only three hours a week. screenings are in the original language. The course Prerequisite: CNSE B007 assumes advanced reading knowledge of Chinese and Requirement(s): Language Level 1 requires successful completion of 3rd year Chinese Units: 1.0 or equivalent as a prerequisite. Majors are strongly Instructor(s): Chiang,T. encouraged to take this course. (Spring 2014) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Crosslisting(s): EAST-B380 CNSE B101 Third-Year Chinese: Readings in the Units: 1.0 Modern Chinese Short Story and Theater Instructor(s): Kwa,S. (Fall 2013) A focus on overall language skills through reading and discussion of modern short stories, as well as on Fall 2013: Current topic description: The May Fourth students facility in written and oral expression through and New Culture Movements. This semester we readings in modern drama and screenplays. Readings will be reading the essays, short stories and novels include representative works from the May Fourth written around the May 4th Movement, a period that Period (1919-27) to the present. Audio- and videotapes revolutionized and transformed literature in Chinese. of drama and films are used as study aids. Prerequisite: We will address questions of freedom and democracy, Second-Year Chinese or consent of instructor. (Offered modernity and native folk tradition, cosmopolitanism and at Haverford) nationalism, and how they relate to changes political, literary, social and otherwise. Economics 155
CNSE B403 Supervised Work ECONOMICS Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Students may complete a major or minor in Economics. JAPANESE LANGUAGE
The East Asian Studies Program welcomes students Faculty who wish to combine their interests in East Asian Janet Ceglowski, Professor of Economics on the Harvey languages with the study of an East Asian culture. Wexler Chair of Economics These students are urged to consult the Co-Chair of East Asian studies on either campus, who will advise Michael T. Rock, Samuel and Etta Wexler Professor of them on creating individual plans of study in appropriate Economic History departments. David R. Ross, Chair and Associate Professor
The Japanese Language Program offers a full Richard Stahnke, Visiting Assistant Professor undergraduate curriculum of courses in Modern Japanese. Students who will combine language study The Economics curriculum is designed to provide an with focused work on East Asian society and culture understanding of economic processes and institutions may wish to consider the major in East Asian Studies. and the interactions among economic, political and Information about specific study abroad opportunities social structures. The curriculum helps students can be obtained from the director. master the methods used by economists to analyze economic issues and it enables them to make reasoned College Foreign Language assessments of alternative public policies in a wide range of fields. Requirement
The College’s foreign language requirement may be Major Requirements satisfied by completing JNSE 003 and 004 with an average grade of at least 2.0 or with a grade of 2.0 or The economics major consists of 10 semester courses better in JNSE 004. in economics and one semester of college-level calculus. The required courses for the economics major are:
ECON 105 Introduction to Economics ECON 200 Intermediate Microeconomics ECON 202 Intermediate Macroeconomics ECON 253 Introduction to Econometrics or ECON 304 Econometrics A research seminar in economics (ECON 390-399) that fulfills the thesis requirement. Each seminar focuses on a specific field in economics and requires that a student has successfully completed prior coursework in that field. For example, ECON 316 or 348 is a prerequisite for ECON 396. In exceptional cases, ECON 403 Independent Research may be substituted for this requirement; this requires preapproval of the instructor and the department chair. At least two 300-level electives for which ECON 200 or 202 is a prerequisite Three additional 200- and/or 300-level economics electives A minimum of one semester of college-level calculus (or its equivalent) 156 Economics
Majors are advised to complete ECON 200, 202, and No more than two of the following courses can be 253 during sophomore year. They must be completed counted toward an economics major or minor at by the end of junior year or before any study away. Bryn Mawr: ECON 105, B136, B140, H205, H224 These three courses should be taken at Bryn Mawr or and any other course that does not have ECON 105 Haverford. The department does not grant credit for as a prerequisite. Swarthmore’s intermediate microeconomics course, At least one semester of calculus (MATH 101) is ECON SW011, because it is not calculus-based. a prerequisite for ECON B200, B202, and B304. Two semesters of calculus (MATH 102) are a Students who earn a grade below 2.7 in ECON 105 are prerequisite for ECON H300 and H302. advised not to major in Economics.
Minor Requirements Honors
The minor in economics consists of ECON 105; either An economics major with a minimum GPA of 3.70 in ECON 200 or 202; either ECON 253 or 304 and three economics, including economics courses taken in the electives, one of which must have ECON 200 or 202 as second semester of the senior year, will graduate with a prerequisite. honors in economics.
A minor plan must be approved before the start of the Advanced Placement senior year. The department will waive the ECON 105 prerequisite MORE IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR for students who score a 5 on both the Microeconomics and Macroeconomics AP exams or a 6 or 7 on the MAJORS AND MINORS Economics Higher Learning Exam of the International Baccalaureate. The waiver does not count as course Students with questions about the Economics major credit toward the major or minor; majors and minors or minor are encouraged to meet with an Economics receiving advanced placement must still take a total of faculty member. ten and six courses in economics, respectively. Students qualifying for advanced placement should see the ECON 202 requires sophomore standing to department chair to obtain approval for the waiver and enroll, and ECON 200 and 253 have a 200-level for advice on planning their course work in economics. economics elective as a prerequisite. As such, majors are encouraged to enroll in a 200-level economics elective in the semester after they Study Away complete ECON 105. Planning ahead is the key to successfully balancing Most courses offered by the Haverford economics a semester or year away with the economics major. department count toward the Bryn Mawr economics Students planning a semester or year away must major and minor. Most courses offered by the complete the statistical methods and intermediate Swarthmore economics department may also be theory courses (200, 202 and 253) before going away counted toward the Bryn Mawr economics major and must consult with the department chair well before and minor; two important exceptions are SW011 the application deadline for study away. If a student (Intermediate Microeconomics) and SW033 wants a particular course to count toward the economics (Financial Accounting). major or minor, she must obtain approval from the Students may substitute ECON H203 or H204 for department chair before confirming registration at the ECON 253 as a major requirement if they also take host institution. ECON 304 as an elective. COURSES Most of our 300-level electives assume that you have been exposed to the regression model, ECON B105 Introduction to Economics which is covered at some length in ECON 253 (Introduction to Econometrics), but not ECON An introduction to micro- and macroeconomics: 203 or 204 (Statistical Methods) at Haverford. opportunity cost, supply and demand; consumer choice, Therefore, you should take ECON 253 unless you the firm and output decisions; market structures; are confident you will be able to complete ECON efficiency and market failure; the determination of 304 before taking of those other 300-level courses. national income, including government spending, money and interest rates; unemployment, inflation and public If a student has taken ECON 105 or H106, she policy. Prerequisites: Quantitative Readiness Required. cannot take another introductory course elsewhere Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science for credit. Approach: Quantitative Readiness Required (QR) Economics 157
Units: 1.0 effects of fiscal and monetary policies and to explore Instructor(s): Stahnke,R., Miller,S., Ceglowski,J. current macroeconomic issues and problems. (Spring 2014) Prerequisites: ECON 105, MATH 101 (or equivalent), and sophomore standing or permission of the instructor. ECON B136 Working with Economic Data Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Units: 1.0 This is a topics course. Topics vary. Applies selected Instructor(s): Ceglowski,J. principles of economics to the quantitative analysis of (Spring 2014) economic data; uses spreadsheets and other tools to collect and judge the reliability of economic data. Topics ECON B205 Financial Economics may include measures of income inequality and poverty; unemployment, national income and other measures of The class covers the economics of how people economic well-being; cost-benefit of public and private working in financial markets and intermediaries solve investments; construction of price indices and other problems associated with: 1) fund raising and 2) risk government statistics; evaluating economic forecasts; management. The course covers the emergence of and the economics of personal finance. Prerequisites: financial markets in history to understand the current Quantitative Readiness Required. financial system, the economics of intertemporal choice, Requirement(s): Division I or Quantitative the measurement and management of risk in asset Approach: Quantitative Readiness Required (QR) allocation, the capital asset pricing model, the arbitrage Crosslisting(s): CITY-B136 pricing theory, derivatives, the economics of banking, Units: 1.0 capital structure and closes with historical perspectives Instructor(s): Ross,D. on financial market crises. Prerequisites: ECON 105 (Spring 2014) Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM); Quantitative Readiness Required (QR) Spring 2014: Current topic description: Economists Units: 1.0 treat nature as providing environmental services that Instructor(s): Miller,S. contribute to the production of goods and services (Spring 2014) that address human needs and desires. “Working with Economic Data” will focus on the measurement and ECON B207 Money and Banking valuation of those services as part of quantifying market Analysis of the development and present organization outcomes. Within the discipline, environmental harm is of the financial system of the United States, focusing on seen as a failure of the market. We will consider how the monetary and payment systems, financial markets, economists measure the magnitude of this deviation and financial intermediaries. May not be taken by from the ideal, and assess efforts to ameliorate the students who have completed ECON 307. Prerequisites: failure. ECON 105. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science ECON B200 Intermediate Microeconomics Units: 1.0 Systematic development of the analytical framework (Not Offered 2013-14) economists use to explain the behavior of consumers and firms. Determination of price; partial and general ECON B208 Labor Economics equilibria; welfare economics. Application to current Analysis of labor markets. Focuses on the economic economic problems. Prerequisites: ECON B105, forces and public policies that determine wage rates, BMATH 101 (or equivalent), one 200-level applied and unemployment. Specific topics include: human microeconomics elective. capital, family decision marking, discrimination, Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science immigration, technological change, compensating Units: 1.0 differentials, and signaling. Prerequisite: ECON B105. Instructor(s): Ross,D. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science (Fall 2013) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) ECON B202 Intermediate Macroeconomics The goal of this course is to provide a thorough ECON B213 Taming the Modern Corporation understanding of the behavior of the aggregate Introduction to the economics of industrial organization economy and the likely effects of government and regulation, focusing on policy options for ensuring stabilization policies. Models of output, inflation, that corporations enhance economic welfare and the unemployment and interest rates are developed, along quality of life. Topics include firm behavior in imperfectly with theories of consumption, investment, economic competitive markets; theoretical bases of antitrust growth, exchange rates and the trade balance. These laws; regulation of product and occupational safety; models are used to analyze the likely macroeconomic environmental pollution; and truth in advertising. 158 Economics
Prerequisite: ECON B105. and natural resource problems and to evaluate policy Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science responses to them. Topics may include air and water Crosslisting(s): CITY-B213 pollution; the economic theory of externalities, public Units: 1.0 goods and the depletion of resources; cost-benefit (Not Offered 2013-14) analysis; valuing non-market benefits and costs; economic justice; and sustainable development. Writing ECON B214 Public Finance Intensive. Course counts as Writing Intensive Course. Prerequisites: ECON B105. Analysis of government’s role in resource allocation, Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science emphasizing effects of tax and expenditure programs Counts towards: Environmental Studies on income distribution and economic efficiency. Topics Crosslisting(s): CITY-B234 include sources of inefficiency in markets and possible Units: 1.0 government responses; federal budget composition; Instructor(s): Rock,M. social insurance and antipoverty programs; U.S. tax (Spring 2014) structure and incidence. Prerequisites: ECON B105. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science ECON B236 The Economics of Globalization Crosslisting(s): CITY-B214 Units: 1.0 An introduction to international economics through Instructor(s): Stahnke,R. theory, policy issues, and problems. The course surveys (Spring 2014) international trade and finance, as well as topics in international economics. It investigates why and what a ECON B215 Urban Economics nation trades, the consequences of such trade, the role of trade policy, the behavior and effects of exchange Micro- and macroeconomic theory applied to urban rates, and the macroeconomic implications of trade economic behavior. Topics include housing and land and capital flows. Topics may include the economics use; transportation; urban labor markets; urbanization; of free trade areas, world financial crises, outsourcing, and demand for and financing of urban services. immigration, and foreign investment. Prerequisites: Prerequisite: ECON B105. ECON B105. The course is not open to students who Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science have taken ECON B316 or B348. Crosslisting(s): CITY-B215 Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Units: 1.0 Counts towards: International Studies Major Instructor(s): Stahnke,R. Crosslisting(s): CITY-B238 (Fall 2013) Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Ceglowski,J. ECON B225 Economic Development (Spring 2014) Examination of the issues related to and the policies designed to promote economic development in the ECON B242 Economics of Local Environmental developing economies of Africa, Asia, Latin America, Programs and the Middle East. Focus is on why some developing Considers the determinants of human impact on the economies grow faster than others and why some environment at the neighborhood or community level growth paths are more equitable, poverty reducing, and policy responses available to local government. and environmentally sustainable than others. Includes How can economics help solve and learn from the consideration of the impact of international trade and problems facing rural and suburban communities? The investment policy, macroeconomic policies (exchange instructor was a local township supervisor who will rate, monetary and fiscal policy) and sector policies share the day-to-day challenges of coping with land use (industry, agriculture, education, population, and planning, waste disposal, dispute resolution, and the environment) on development outcomes in a wide range provision of basis services. Prerequisite: ECON B105. of political and institutional contexts. Prerequisite: ECON Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science B105. Counts towards: Environmental Studies; Praxis Program Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Crosslisting(s): CITY-B204 Counts towards: Environmental Studies; International Units: 1.0 Studies Major (Not Offered 2013-14) Crosslisting(s): CITY-B225 Units: 1.0 ECON B243 Economic Inequality and Government Instructor(s): Rock,M. Policy Choices (Fall 2013) This course will examine the U.S. economy and the ECON B234 Environmental Economics effects of government policy choices. The class will focus on the potential trade-offs between economic Introduction to the use of economic analysis explain efficiency and greater economic equality. Some of the the underlying behavioral causes of environmental Economics 159 issues that will be explored include tax, education, and Units: 1.0 health care policies. Different perspectives on issues will Instructor(s): Ross,D. be examined. Prerequisite: ECON B105. (Fall 2013) Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Crosslisting(s): CITY-B243 ECON B314 The Economics of Social Policy Units: 1.0 Introduces students to the economic rationale behind Instructor(s): Vartanian,T. government programs and the evaluation of government (Fall 2013) programs. Topics include health insurance, social security, unemployment and disability insurance, and ECON B253 Introduction to Econometrics education. Additionally, the instructor and students An introduction to econometric terminology and will jointly select topics of special interest to the class. reasoning. Topics include descriptive statistics, Emphasis will be placed on the use of statistics to probability, and statistical inference. Particular emphasis evaluate social policy. Prerequisites: ECON 200; ECON is placed on regression analysis and on the use 253 or 304. of data to address economic issues. The required Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science computational techniques are developed as part of the Crosslisting(s): CITY-B314 course. Prerequisites: ECON B105 or H101, and H102, Units: 1.0 and a 200-level elective. (Not Offered 2013-14) Requirement(s): Quantitative Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM) ECON B315 Economics of Information and Crosslisting(s): CITY-B206 Uncertainty Units: 1.0 A study of economic behavior under conditions of Instructor(s): Stahnke,R. incomplete information and uncertainty. Topics include (Fall 2013) problems of moral hazard and adverse selection in agency theory and signaling model, sequential games ECON B255 Financial Markets, Crises and the Public of incomplete information, bilateral bargaining and Response reputation. Applications include optimal insurance Analysis of macroeconomic financial crises and the contracts, financial bubbles, credit rationing, and the effectiveness of alternative public responses through value of information. Prerequisite: ECON B200. a variety of different perspectives including economic Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science history, the history of economic thought, and recent Units: 1.0 developments in macroeconomic theory. May not be (Not Offered 2013-14) taken by students who have completed ECON H307. Prerequisites: ECON B105 ECON B316 International Macroeconomics Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Examines the theory of, and current issues in, Approach: Quantitative Readiness Required (QR) international macroeconomics and international Units: 1.0 finance. Considers the role of international factors in (Not Offered 2013-14) macroeconomic performance; policy-making in an open economy; exchange rate systems and exchange ECON B304 Econometrics rate behavior; international financial integration; and The econometric theory presented in ECON 203 is international financial crises. Prerequisites: ECON B202; further developed and its most important empirical ECON 253 or 304. applications are considered. Each student does an Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science empirical research project using multiple regression and Units: 1.0 other statistical techniques. Prerequisites: ECON 203 or Instructor(s): Ceglowski,J. 204 or 253; ECON 200 or both 202 and MATH 201. (Fall 2013) Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Units: 1.0 ECON B322 Issues in Macroeconomics: Theory, Instructor(s): Miller,S. Policy, History (Spring 2014) Several timely issues in macroeconomic theory and policy-making are examined in depth. Possible topics ECON B313 Industrial Organization and Public include the implications of chronic deficit spending, the Policy effectiveness of fiscal and monetary policies, growth and The study of the interaction of buyers, sellers and productivity. Prerequisites: ECON B253 or 304 and 202. government in imperfectly competitive markets. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Prerequisites: ECON 200 and ECON B253 or 304. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Instructor(s): Miller,S. (Fall 2013) 160 Economics
ECON B324 The Economics of Discrimination and ECON B393 Research Seminar in Industrial and Inequality Environmental Regulation Explores the causes and consequences of Thesis seminar. Each student does a semester- discrimination and inequality in economic markets. long research project on a relevant topic of interest. Topics include economic theories of discrimination Research topics include the interaction of buyers, and inequality, evidence of contemporary race- and sellers, and government in imperfectly competitive gender-based inequality, detecting discrimination, and markets. Prerequisite: ECON B200; B253 or B304; identifying sources of racial and gender inequality. B234 or B313. Additionally, the instructor and students will jointly select Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science supplementary topics of specific interest to the class. Units: 1.0 Possible topics include: discrimination in historical Instructor(s): Ross,D. markets, disparity in legal treatments, issues of family (Spring 2014) structure, and education gaps. Prerequisites: At least one 200-level applied microeconomics elective; ECON ECON B395 Research Seminar in Economic 253 or 304; ECON 200 or 202. Development Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Thesis seminar. Each student is expected to engage in Counts towards: Africana Studies a semester long research project on a relevant topic in Crosslisting(s): CITY-B334 economic development. The major work product for the Units: 1.0 seminar is a senior research paper of refereed journal (Not Offered 2013-14) article length. Students are expected to participate in all group meetings and all one-on-one meetings with the ECON B348 International Trade professor. This is a course for majors writing a senior Study of the major theories offered to explain thesis in economic development. Prerequisites: ECON international trade. Includes analyses of the effects of 225 or permission of the instructor; ECON B200 or trade barriers (tariffs, quotas, non-tariff barriers), trade B202; ECON 253 OR 304. liberalization, and foreign investment by multinational Units: 1.0 corporations on growth, poverty, inequality, and the Instructor(s): Rock,M. environment. Prerequisite: ECON B200. (Fall 2013) Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Units: 1.0 ECON B396 Research Seminar: International Instructor(s): Stahnke,R. Economics (Spring 2014) Thesis seminar. Each student does a semester- long research project on a relevant topic of interest. ECON B385 Democracy and Development Research topics in international trade or trade policy, From 1974 to the late 1990’s the number of international finance, international macroeconomics, democracies grew from 39 to 117. This “third wave,” and international economic integration are appropriate. the collapse of communism and developmental Prerequisites: ECON 316 and 202 or ECON 348 and successes in East Asia have led some to argue the 200; ECON 253 or 304. triumph of democracy and markets. Since the late Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science 1990’s, democracy’s third wave has stalled, and some Units: 1.0 fear a reverse wave and democratic breakdowns. We Instructor(s): Ceglowski,J. will question this phenomenon through the disciplines (Spring 2014) of economics, history, political science and sociology drawing from theoretical, case study and classical ECON B403 Supervised Work literature. Prerequisites: ECON 200; ECON 253 or 304; An economics major may elect to do individual research. and one course in Political Science OR Junior or Senior A semester-long research paper is required; it satisfies Standing in Political Science OR Permission of the the 300-level research paper requirement. Students who Instructor. register for 403 must submit an application form before Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science the beginning of the semester (the form is available Counts towards: International Studies Major; Peace, from the department chair). The permission of both the Conflict, and Social Justice Studies supervising faculty member and department chair is Crosslisting(s): POLS-B385 required. Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Ross,M., Rock,M. Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA (Spring 2014) (Fall 2013) Education 161
ECON B403 Supervised Work EDUCATION An economics major may elect to do individual research. A semester-long research paper is required; it satisfies Students may complete a minor in education, in which the 300-level research paper requirement. Students who there are two tracks: the minor in educational studies register for 403 must submit an application form before and the minor in education leading to secondary the beginning of the semester (the form is available teacher certification. Alumnae may also complete the from the department chair). The permission of both the requirements for secondary teacher certification after supervising faculty member and department chair is they graduate through the Post-baccalaureate Teacher required. Education Program. Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA (Spring 2014) Faculty
Jody Cohen, Term Professor (on leave semester I) Alison Cook-Sather, Mary Katherine Woodworth Chair and Professor in the Bryn Mawr/Haverford Education Program and Director of Peace, Conflict and Social Justice Program (on leave semester II) Heather D Curl, Instructor Debbie Flaks, Instructor Alice Lesnick, Director and Term Professor in the Bryn Mawr/Haverford Education Program and Director of Africana Studies Rachel Martin, Lecturer
The field of education is about teaching people how to teach and more. The Bryn Mawr/Haverford Education Program is built around four mutually-informing pursuits: teacher preparation; the interdisciplinary study of learning as a central human and cultural activity; the investigation of the politics of schooling; and students’ growth as reflective teachers, learners, researchers and change agents.
Courses in the Education Program address students interested in: The theory, process and reform of education Social justice, activism and working within and against systems Future work as educators in schools, public or mental health, community, or other settings Examining and reclaiming their own learning and educational goals • Integrating field-based and academic learning
Each education course includes a field component through which instructors seek continuously to integrate theory and practice, asking students to bridge academic and experiential knowledge in the classroom and beyond it. Field placements in schools and other educational settings range from two hours per week in the introductory course to full-time student teaching in the certification program. 162 Education
The Bi-College Education Program offers several EDUC 200 Critical Issues in Education options. Students may: Four education courses, at least two of which must Explore one or more aspects of education in areas be offered by Education Program faculty of particular interest – such as urban schooling – by enrolling in single courses EDUC 311 Field Work Seminar Pursue a minor in educational studies Requirements for Secondary Pursue a minor in education leading to secondary teacher certification Certification • Complete the secondary teacher certification The Bryn Mawr/Haverford Education Program is program after they graduate through the Post- accredited by the state of Pennsylvania to prepare baccalaureate Teacher Education Program undergraduates and alumnae for certification in the following subject areas: English; languages, including or French, Latin, and Spanish; mathematics; the sciences, • In a five-year program, complete both the A.B./M.A. including biology, chemistry, and physics; and social program in French, mathematics, physics, or studies. Pursuit of certification in Chinese, German, possibly other departments that offer the AB/MA and Russian is also possible but subject to availability option and the secondary teaching certification of student teaching placements. Students certified in a program. language have K-12 certification.
Students in the tri-college community may also apply to To qualify for a teaching certificate, students must sub-matriculate as juniors or seniors into the University complete an academic major in the subject area in of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education’s which they seek certification (or, in the case of social elementary or secondary education Master’s program. studies, students must major in history, political science, economics, anthropology, sociology, or Growth and The requirements for the minor in education and teacher Structure of Cities and take courses outside their major certification are described below. Students interested in in the other areas). Within their major, students must these options, or the other options named above, should select courses that help them meet the state standards meet with the Education Program Adviser as early as for teachers in that subject area. Students must also possible for advice on scheduling, preferably by the complete the secondary teacher certification track of the sophomore year. minor in education, taking these courses:
Requirements for the Minor in EDUC 200 Critical Issues in Education Educational Studies PSYC 203 Educational Psychology EDUC 210 Perspectives on Special Education The bi-college minor in educational studies is an interdisciplinary exploration of the cultural, political, EDUC 275 English Learners in U.S. Schools and interactional dimensions of teaching and learning EDUC 301 Curriculum and Pedagogy Seminar (fall and is designed for students with a broad range of semester, prior to student teaching) education-related interests, such as graduate study in education, pursuit of elementary or secondary EDUC 302 Practice Teaching Seminar and EDUC certification after graduation, or careers that require 303 Practice Teaching. These courses are taken educational expertise. Many professions and pursuits concurrently for three credits. – management and training positions, research, administration and policy work, and careers in social Students preparing for certification must also take two work, health and law -- involve using an educator’s courses in English and two courses in math, maintain a skills and knowledge. Civic engagement, community grade point average of 3.0 or higher, and pass a series development, and work towards social justice of exams for beginning teachers (state requirements). also require knowledge of how people learn and To be admitted to the culminating student teaching change. Because students interested in these or phase of the program, students must earn a grade of other education-related pursuits major in different a 2.7 or higher in both EDUC 200 (Critical Issues in subject areas and have different aspirations, they are Education) and EDUC 301 (Curriculum and Pedagogy) encouraged to design a minor appropriate to their major and be recommended by their major department and the area of study and their anticipated futures. director of the Education Program. To be recommended for certification, students must earn a grade of 2.7 or Requirements for the minor in educational studies higher in EDUC 302 (Practice Teaching Seminar) and a include: grade of Satisfactory in EDUC 303 (Practice Teaching). Education 163
Note: Students practice-teach full time for 12 weeks in EDUC B219 Writing in Theory/Writing in Practice a local school during the spring semester of their senior This Praxis course is designed for students interested year. Given this demanding schedule, students are not in teaching or tutoring writing at the high-school or able to take courses other than the Practice Teaching college level. The course focuses on understanding Seminar and senior seminar for their major. the relationship between high school and college-level writing. Readings focus on the theory and pedagogy of Graduates may complete the requirements for writing, on literacy issues, and on writing culture. secondary teacher certification at Bryn Mawr in a post- Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities baccalaureate program. Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B220 Title II Reporting: Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Hemmeter,G. Title II of the Higher Education Act (HEA) requires that a (Fall 2013) full teacher preparation report, including the institution’s pass rate as well as the state’s pass rate, be available EDUC B220 Changing Pedagogies in Mathematics to the public on request. Copies of the report may be and Science requested from Ann Brown, Program Coordinator and Advisor, by e-mail at [email protected] or phone This Praxis course will examine research-based at (610) 526-5376. approaches to teaching mathematics and science. What does research tell us about how people learn? COURSES How can one translate this learning theory into teaching approaches that will help all students learn mathematics EDUC B200 Critical Issues in Education and science? How are these new approaches, that often involve active, hands-on, inquiry based learning, being Designed to be the first course for students interested implemented in the classroom? What challenges arise in pursuing one of the options offered through the when one tries to bring about these types of changes Education Program, this course is also open to students in education? How do issues of equity, discrimination, who are not yet certain about their career aspirations and social justice impact math and science education? but are interested in educational issues. The course The Praxis component of the course usually involves examines major issues in education in the United States two visits per week each of two hours to a local math or within the conceptual framework of educational reform. science classroom. Fieldwork in an area school required (eight visits, 1.5-2 Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science hours per visit). Writing intensive. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Counts towards: Praxis Program Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Units: 1.0 Counts towards: Africana Studies; Child and Family Instructor(s): Donnay,V. Studies (Fall 2013) Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Lesnick,A. EDUC B225 Empowering Learners: Theory and (Spring 2014) Practice of Extra-Classroom Teaching
EDUC B210 Perspectives on Special Education This Praxis course asks, “What are the challenges of education aiming to support learners’ self-empowerment The goal of this course is to introduce students to a with respect to their health and well being? What range of topics, challenges, dilemmas, and strategies knowledge and skills are necessary for educators in understanding and educating all learners—those seeking to take a strengths-based approach to the considered typical learners as well as those considered struggles and aspirations of learners and communities?” “special” learners. Students will learn more about: how Students will explore the intersections of education students’ learning profiles affect their learning in school and health and learn ways to move beyond a narrow from a functional perspective; how and why students’ “delivery model” in a range of community-based field educational experience is affected by special education placements. Focus is on learning to facilitate and assess law; major issues in the field of special education; and learners’ growth within cultural contexts, challenging a-typical learners, students with disabilities, and how to prescribed roles and identifying structural barriers and meet diverse student needs in a classroom. Two hours opportunities. of fieldwork per week required. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Counts towards: Praxis Program Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Units: 0.5 Counts towards: Child and Family Studies; Praxis Instructor(s): Lesnick,A. Program (Spring 2014) Units: 1.0 (Fall 2013) 164 Education
EDUC B250 Literacies and Education genealogy of unconventional and progressive models of instruction found in imaginative literature, in personal A critical exploration of what counts as literacy, who letters, and in material culture. Our readings will range decides, and what the implications are for teaching and from novels by Catharine Maria Sedgwick and Louisa learning. Students explore both their own and others May Alcott to poetry and letters by Walt Whitman and experiences of literacy through reading and writing Emily Dickinson to personal narratives by Henry David about power, privilege, access and responsibility around Thoreau and Booker T. Washington. issues of adult, ESL, cultural, multicultural, gendered, Requirement(s): Division I or Division III academic and critical literacies. Fieldwork required. Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) (Writing Intensive Praxis I). Priority given first to those Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B258 pursuing certification or a minor in educational studies. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science (Not Offered 2013-14) Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Counts towards: Child and Family Studies; Praxis EDUC B260 Multicultural Education Program Units: 1.0 An investigation of education as a cultural event that (Not Offered 2013-14) engages issues of identity, difference, and power. The course explores a set of key tensions in the contested EDUC B251 Arts Teaching in Educational and areas of multiculturalism and multicultural education: Community Settings identity and difference; peace and conflict; dialogue and silence; and culture and the individual psyche. This is a Praxis II course intended for students who Students will apply theory and practice to global as well have substantial experience in an art form and are as specific, localized situations — communities and interested in extending that experience into teaching schools that contend with significant challenges in terms and learning at educational and community sites. of equity and places where educators, students, and Following an overview of the history of the arts in parents are trying out ways of educating for diversity education, the course will investigate underlying and social justice. Fieldwork of two to three hours per theories. The praxis component will allow students to week. create a fluid relationship between theory and practice Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science through observing, teaching and reflecting on arts Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) practices in education contexts. School or community Counts towards: Praxis Program placement 4-6 hours a week. Prerequisite: at least an Units: 1.0 intermediate level of experience in an art form. Instructor(s): Cohen,J. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Spring 2014) Counts towards: Praxis Program Crosslisting(s): ARTA-B251 EDUC B266 Schools in American Cities Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Cantor,M. This course examines issues, challenges, and (Fall 2013) possibilities of urban education in contemporary America. We use as critical lenses issues of race, EDUC B255 Technology, Education and Society class, and culture; urban learners, teachers, and school Altering Environments systems; and restructuring and reform. While we look at urban education nationally over several decades, This course will examine technology in education and we use Philadelphia as a focal “case” that students consider its complex impact on teaching, learning, investigate through documents and school placements. and social organization in a global context. In order This is a Praxis II course (weekly fieldwork in a school to develop agency in using, creating and evaluating required) technology, students will learn via experience, Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science critical examination, collaboration, and exploration of Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) associated issues of power, knowledge, culture, access, Counts towards: Africana Studies; Child and Family and identity. Studies; Praxis Program Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Crosslisting(s): SOCL-B266; CITY-B266 Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Curl,H. Instructor(s): Lesnick,A. (Fall 2013) (Fall 2013) EDUC B270 Identity, Access, and Innovation in EDUC B258 Finding Knowledge Between the Education Leaves: 19th-Century Literature of Education This course explores formal policies that attempt to This class will examine innovative extra-institutional address race, gender, and language in education methods and spaces of learning. We will explore a and the informal ways that such policies play out in Education 165 access to education and in knowledge construction EDUC B290 Learning in Institutional Spaces: and production. Participatory action research involves Education in Dialogue students in working with an urban high school. This course considers how two “walled communities,” Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science the institutions of schools and prisons, operate as sites Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) of learning. Beginning with an examination of the origins Counts towards: Praxis Program of educational and penitential institutions, we examine Units: 1.0 how these institutions both constrain and propel (Not Offered 2013-14) learning, and how human beings challenge and change their soundings. EDUC B275 English Learners in U.S. Schools: Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Policies and Practices Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Praxis This course focuses on educational policies and Program practices related to language minority students in the U. Units: 1.0 S. We examine English learners’ diverse experiences, (Not Offered 2013-14) educators’ approaches to working with linguistically diverse students, programs that address their strengths EDUC B301 Curriculum and Pedagogy Seminar and needs, links between schools and communities, and A consideration of theoretical and applied issues related issues of policy and advocacy. This is a Praxis II course to effective curriculum design, pedagogical approaches (weekly fieldwork in a school or other educational and related issues of teaching and learning. Fieldwork setting). is required. Enrollment is limited to 15 with priority given Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science first to students pursuing certification and second to Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) seniors planning to teach. Counts towards: Child and Family Studies; Peace, Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Conflict, and Social Justice Studies; Praxis Program Counts towards: Child and Family Studies; Praxis Units: 1.0 Program Instructor(s): Martin,R. Units: 1.0 (Fall 2013) (Not Offered 2013-14) EDUC B280 Gender, Sex and Education: EDUC B302 Practice Teaching Seminar Intersections and Conflict Drawing on participants’ diverse student teaching This course explores the intersections and conflict placements, this seminar invites exploration and between gender and education through focus on analysis of ideas, perspectives and approaches to science/mathematics education and related academic teaching at the middle and secondary levels. Taken domains. It investigates how gender complicates concurrently with Practice Teaching. Open only to disciplinary knowledge (and vice-versa), the (de) students engaged in practice teaching. constructing and reinforcing of genders (via science and Counts towards: Child and Family Studies schooling), and ways gender troubles negotiation of Units: 1.0 disciplines. Implications for teaching, society, and social Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA justice, as well as relationships among different cultural (Fall 2013) categories, will be explored. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science EDUC B302 Practice Teaching Seminar Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Drawing on participants’ diverse student teaching Units: 1.0 placements, this seminar invites exploration and (Not Offered 2013-14) analysis of ideas, perspectives and approaches to teaching at the middle and secondary levels. Taken EDUC B285 Ecologies of Minds and Communities concurrently with Practice Teaching. Open only to students engaged in practice teaching. This course will attend to students’ distinctive ways Counts towards: Child and Family Studies of seeing and being in the world, in the context of Units: 1.0 communitarian questions of identity, access, and Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA power. How can we re-imagine ecological literacy more (Spring 2014) deeply and fruitfully with and for diverse students and communities? EDUC B303 Practice Teaching in Secondary Schools Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Supervised teaching in secondary schools (12 weeks). Counts towards: Environmental Studies Two units of credit are given for this course. Open only Units: 1.0 to students preparing for state certification. Instructor(s): Cohen,J. (Spring 2014) 166 Education
Units: 2.0 EDUC B403 Supervised Work Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA Units: 1.0 (Fall 2013) Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA (Spring 2014) EDUC B303 Practice Teaching in Secondary Schools Supervised teaching in secondary schools (12 weeks). EDUC B425 Praxis III: Independent Study Two units of credit are given for this course. Open only Praxis III courses are Independent Study courses and to students preparing for state certification. are developed by individual students, in collaboration Units: 2.0 with faculty and field supervisors. A Praxis courses is Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA distinguished by genuine collaboration with fieldsite (Spring 2014) organizations and by a dynamic process of reflection that incorporates lessons learned in the field into the EDUC B311 Fieldwork Seminar classroom setting and applies theoretical understanding Drawing on the diverse contexts in which participants gained through classroom study to work done in the complete their fieldwork, this seminar invites exploration broader community. and analysis of ideas, perspectives and different ways of Counts towards: Praxis Program understanding his/her ongoing fieldwork and associated Units: 1.0 issues of educational practice, reform, and innovation. (Not Offered 2013-14) Five hours of fieldwork are required per week. Counts towards: Child and Family Studies; Praxis EDUC B433 Practice Teaching in Secondary Schools Program Supervised teaching in secondary schools (12 weeks) – Units: 1.0 for students enrolled in the Post-baccalaureate Teacher (Not Offered 2013-14) Educatino Program. Two units of credit are given for this course. Open only to non-matriculating students EDUC B320 Topics in German Literature and Culture preparing for state certification. This is a topics course. Topics vary. Previous topics Units: 2.0 include: Romantic Literary Theory and Literary (Not Offered 2013-14) Modernity; Configurations of Femininity in German Literature; Nietzsche and Modern Cultural Criticism; EMLY B001 Emily Balch Seminars Contemporary German Fiction; No Child Left Behind: Units: 1.0 Education in German Literature and Culture. (Fall 2013) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Counts towards: Film Studies Crosslisting(s): GERM-B320 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14)
EDUC B374 Education Politics & Policy in the U.S. This course will examine education policy through the lens of federalism and federalism through a case study of education policy. The dual aims are to enhance our understanding of this specific policy area and our understanding of the impact that our federal system of government has on policy effectiveness. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Crosslisting(s): POLS-B374; SOCL-B374 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Golden,M. (Fall 2013)
EDUC B403 Supervised Work Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA (Fall 2013) English 167
ENGLISH students to explore the history of cultural production and reception and also to question the presuppositions of literary study. The major culminates in an independently Students may complete a major or a minor in written essay of 30-40 pages, developed during a senior English. Within the major, students may complete a research seminar in the fall semester and individually concentration in Creative Writing. Students may also mentored by a faculty member in the spring. Students combine an English major with or minor in Africana are expected to take at least two English courses at Studies, Environmental Studies, or Gender and Bryn Mawr before signing up for the major or minor. Sexuality Studies; alternatively, a concentration in Gender and Sexuality Studies is available. As students construct their English major, they should seek to include courses that provide: Historical depth—a sense of the construction of Faculty traditions. Formal breadth—experience with more than one Linda-Susan Beard, Associate Professor of English genre and more than one medium: poetry, prose Peter M. Briggs, Professor of English (on leave fiction, drama, letters, film, epic, non-fiction, essays, semester II) documentary, etc. Jennifer Callaghan, Lecturer Cultural range—experience with the Englishes of Anne F. Dalke, Term Professor more than one geographical location and more than one cultural tradition, and of the exchanges and Dipika Guha, Lecturer in Creative Writing transactions between them; a course from another Jennifer Harford Vargas, Assistant Professor of English language or literary tradition can be valuable here. Jane Hedley, K. Laurence Stapleton Professor of Different critical and theoretical frameworks—the English (on leave semester I) opportunity to experiment with several models of interpretation and the debates that animate them. Gail Hemmeter, Senior Lecturer in English and Director of Writing Betty Litsinger, Instructor Summary of the Major Hoang Tan Nguyen, Assistant Professor of English and Eight courses, including at least three at the 300 Film Studies level (exclusive of 398 and 399) Raymond Ricketts, Lecturer in English and Emily Balch ENGL B250 Methods of Literary Study Seminars (prerequisite: 2 200 level English courses) Katherine Rowe, Professor of English, Director of the ENGL B398 Senior Seminar (offered Mondays in Katharine Houghton Hepburn Center, and Director the fall, 2:30-4pm) of Digital Research and Teaching (on leave ENGL B399 Senior Essay semester II) Matthew Ruben, Lecturer Summary of the Minor Bethany Schneider, Associate Professor of English Jamie K. Taylor, Associate Professor of English (on ENGL B250 Methods of Literary Study leave semesters I and II) (prerequisite: 2 200-level English courses) Kate Thomas, Chair and Associate Professor of English Five English electives (at least one at the 300 level). J. C. Todd, Lecturer in Creative Writing and the Emily Balch Seminars Michael Tratner, Mary E. Garrett Alumnae Professor of Minor in Film Studies English There is no limit to the number of courses in film studies that may count toward the English major, except for A rich variety of courses allows students to engage a student majoring in English who is also seeking to with all periods and genres of literature in English, as declare a minor in film studies. In that case two (and well as modern forms such as film and contemporary only two) of the courses that comprise the six-course digital media. The department stresses critical thinking, film studies minor may also count towards the 11-course incisive writing and speaking, and a sense of initiative English major. The minimum number of courses and responsibility for the enterprise of interpretation. required to complete an English major and a minor in With their advisers, English majors design a program film studies will thus be 15 courses. of study that deepens their understanding of diverse genres, textual traditions, and periods. We encourage 168 English
Concentration in Creative Writing writing issues: formulating questions; analyzing purpose; generating ideas; structuring and supporting arguments; Students may elect a concentration in creative writing. marshalling evidence; using sources effectively; and This option requires that, among the eight course developing a clear, flexible academic voice. Students selections besides ENGL 250, 398 and 399, three will meet regularly with the course instructor, individually units will be in creative writing; one of the creative and in small groups, to discuss their work. writing units may be at the 300 level and may count Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities as one of the three required 300-level courses for the Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) major. Students enrolling in this concentration must Units: 1.0 seek the approval of their major adviser in English and Instructor(s): Todd,J., Ruben,M., Ladva,N., Callaghan,J. of the director of the Creative Writing Program; they (Spring 2014) must enroll in the concentration before the end of their sophomore year. ENGL B126 Workshop for Multilingual Writers
This course offers non-native speakers of English Other Concentrations a chance to develop their skills as college writers. Through frequent practice, class discussion, and in- The Department of English contributes courses toward class collaborative activity, students will become familiar minors in Africana Studies, in Environmental Studies, with the writing process and will learn to write for an and in the Program in Gender and Sexuality. academic audience. Student writers in the class will be guided through the steps of composing and revising Students Going Abroad college essays: formulating questions; analyzing purpose; generating ideas; structuring and supporting Students should complete both English 250 and one arguments; marshalling evidence; using sources 300-level course before leaving for a semester or year effectively; and developing a clear, flexible academic abroad. voice. Writers will receive frequent feedback from peers and the instructor. English Majors and the Education Units: 0.5 Certification Program Instructor(s): Litsinger,B. (Fall 2013) English majors planning to complete an education certification in their senior year should file a work ENGL B127 Workshop for Multilingual Writers plan with the chairs of the Education and English (Advanced) Departments no later than December 1 of their This course, which may be taken in place of or after junior year. English majors on this path will follow an English 126, offers more advanced instruction in writing accelerated writing schedule in their senior year. essays in English. Designed for students who have
some experience writing academic papers, English 127 Extended Research helps students develop their argumentation technique and produce more sophisticated college-level essays. Some students seek a longer horizon and a chance to Students will practice writing for various academic dig deeper into their research interests. Rising juniors audience, will refine their ability to use written sources and seniors in English frequently apply for fellowship to effectively support claims, and will improve their support from the Hanna Holborn Gray program, to style in English. Writers will receive frequent feedback pursue original research over the summer or through and individualized instruction. Students will be referred the year. The projects may be stand-alone or may lead to English 127 on the advice of Writing Program to a senior essay. In either case, students work closely instructors. Prerequisites: Placement in either the with faculty advisers to define the goals, methods, and existing ENGL 126 or this new course, ENGL 127, will potential outcomes of their research be done on the basis of a writing sample. Units: 0.5 COURSES Instructor(s): Litsinger,B. (Spring 2014) ENGL B125 Writing Workshop This course offers students who have already taken an ENGL B193 Critical Feminist Studies Emily Balch Seminar an opportunity to develop their Combines the study of specific literary texts with larger skills as college writers. Through frequent practice, class questions about feminist forms of theorizing: three discussion, and in-class collaborative activity, students fictional texts will be supplemented by a wide range of will become familiar with all aspects of the writing essays. Students will review current scholarship, identify process and will develop their ability to write for an their own stake in the conversation, and define a critical academic audience. The class will address a number of question they want to pursue at length. English 169
Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities ENGL B210 Renaissance Literature: Performances Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) of Gender Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Readings chosen to highlight the construction and Units: 1.0 performance of gender identity during the period Instructor(s): Dalke,A. from 1550 to 1650 and the ways in which the gender (Fall 2013) anxieties of 16th- and 17th-century men and women differ from, yet speak to, our own. Texts will include ENGL B202 Understanding Poetry plays, poems, prose fiction, diaries, and polemical This course is for students who wish to develop their writing of the period. skills in reading and writing critically about poetry. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities The course will provide grounding in the traditional Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) skills of prosody (i.e., reading accentual, syllabic, and Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies accentual-syllabic verse) as well as tactics for reading Units: 1.0 and understanding the breath-based or image-based (Not Offered 2013-14) prosody of free verse. Lyric, narrative, and dramatic poetry will be discussed and differentiated. We will be ENGL B213 Theory in Practice:Critical Discourses in using close reading and oral performance to highlight the Humanities the unique fusion of language, rhythm (sound), and This is a topics course. Topics vary. An examination image that makes poetry different from prose. in English of leading theories of interpretation from Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Classical Tradition to Modern and Post-Modern Time. Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Instructor(s): Hedley,J. Crosslisting(s): ITAL-B213; RUSS-B253; PHIL-B253; (Spring 2014) HART-B213 Units: 1.0 ENGL B205 Introduction to Film Instructor(s): Monserrati,M. This course is intended to provide students with (Fall 2013) the tools of critical film analysis. Through readings of images and sounds, sections of films and entire ENGL B216 Ecological Expression: Re-creating Our narratives, students will cultivate the habits of critical World viewing and establish a foundation for focused work in This course will focus on the range, limits and film studies. The course introduces formal and technical possibilities of representation, asking what might be units of cinematic meaning and categories of genre and imagined that has not yet been experienced, and history that add up to the experiences and meanings we enabling students to create their own multi-modal call cinema. Although much of the course material will representations of the spaces they occupy. focus on the Hollywood style of film, examples will be Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities drawn from the history of cinema. Attendance at weekly Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical screenings is mandatory. Interpretation (CI) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Counts towards: Environmental Studies; Gender and Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Sexuality Studies Counts towards: Film Studies Units: 1.0 Crosslisting(s): HART-B205 Instructor(s): Dalke,A. Units: 1.0 (Spring 2014) Instructor(s): Nguyen,H. (Spring 2014) ENGL B217 Narratives of Latinidad ENGL B209 Literary Kinds This course explores how Latina/o writers fashion bicultural and transnational identities and narrate the Beginning with a biological evolutionary model, we intertwined histories of the U.S. and Latin America. examine a range of explanations for how and why We will focus on topics of shared concern among new genres evolve. Readings will consist of critical Latino groups such as imperialism and annexation, accounts of genre; three hybrid novel forms will serve as the affective experience of migration, race and gender imaginative test cases for these concepts. Students will stereotypes, the politics of Spanglish, and struggles for identify, compare, and write an exemplar of a genre that social justice. By analyzing novels, poetry, performance interests them. art, testimonial narratives, films, and essays, we will Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities unpack the complexity of Latinadad in the Americas. Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Counts towards: Africana Studies; Gender and Sexuality (Not Offered 2013-14) 170 English
Studies; Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures Requirement(s): Division II or Division III Crosslisting(s): SPAN-B217 Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Units: 1.0 Crosslisting(s): BIOL-B223 Instructor(s): Harford Vargas,J. Units: 1.0 (Fall 2013) (Not Offered 2013-14)
ENGL B219 Facing the Facts/Essaying the ENGL B225 Shakespeare Subjective This introductory seminar explores Shakespeare’s The label “essay” commonly connotes a persuasive, language, sources, print and stage history, and cultural argumentative, objective document. Yet the essay geography. We’ll study form and performance, race since its origins also performs individual subjectivity in and nationhood, authority and intimacy, gender and myriad ways that veer wildly from its familiar academic servitude, adaptation and revival. Playgoing and associations. The essay, in fact, was marked from the screenings outside of class are required. start as a particularly indirect literary form, which could Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities address any topic, including sexuality and gender, self- Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) doubt, politics, class, race, and identity, in ways that Units: 1.0 synthesize subjective experience and objective facts, (Not Offered 2013-14) troubling the boundary between them. We’ll explore the use-value of the category of non-fictional prose in ENGL B228 Silence: The Rhetorics of Class, Gender, organizing our experience of, and our thinking about, Culture, Religion literature, asking along the way: What do we learn This course will consider silence as a rhetorical art and by focusing on a particular literary genre? Might our political act, an imaginative space and expressive power attending to such texts alter our sense of what literature that can serve many functions, including that of opening is? new possibilities among us. We will share our own Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities experiences of silence, re-thinking them through the Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) lenses of how it is explained in philosophy, enacted in Units: 1.0 classrooms and performed by various genders, cultures, Instructor(s): Ricketts,R. and religions. (Fall 2013) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) ENGL B220 Writing in Theory/Writing in Practice Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Praxis This Praxis course is designed for students interested Program in teaching or tutoring writing at the high-school or Units: 1.0 college level. The course focuses on understanding (Not Offered 2013-14) the relationship between high school and college-level writing. Readings focus on the theory and pedagogy of ENGL B230 Topics in American Drama writing, on literacy issues, and on writing culture. Considers American plays of the 20th century, reading Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities major playwrights of the canon alongside other Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) dramatists who were less often read and produced. Counts towards: Praxis Program Will also study later 20th century dramatists whose Crosslisting(s): EDUC-B219 plays both develop and resist the complex foundation Units: 1.0 established by canonical American playwrights and how Instructor(s): Hemmeter,G. American drama reflects and responds to cultural and (Fall 2013) political shifts. Considers how modern American identity has been constructed through dramatic performance, ENGL B223 The Story of Evolution and the Evolution considering both written and performed versions of of Stories these plays. In this course we will experiment with two interrelated Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities and reciprocal inquiries—whether the biological concept Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) of evolution is a useful one in understanding the Crosslisting(s): ARTT-B230 phenomena of literature (in particular, the generation Units: 1.0 of new stories), and whether literature contributes to a Instructor(s): Hemmeter,G. deeper understanding of evolution. We will begin with (Spring 2014) science texts that explain and explore evolution and turn to stories that (may) have grown out of one another, ENGL B233 Spenser and Milton asking where they come from, why new ones emerge, The course is equally divided between Spenser’s Faerie and why some disappear. We will consider the parallels Queene and Milton’s Paradise Lost, with additional short between diversity of stories and diversity of living readings from each poet’s other work. organisms. Lecture three hours a week. English 171
Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Crosslisting(s): RUSS-B238; HART-B238; COML-B238 Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Harte,T. (Not Offered 2013-14) (Fall 2013)
ENGL B234 Postcolonial Literature in English ENGL B240 Wit and Witness: English Literature 1660-1744 This course will survey a broad range of novels and poems written while countries were breaking free of The rise of new literary genres and the contemporary British colonial rule. Readings will also include cultural efforts to find new definitions of heroism and wit, good theorists interested in defining literary issues that arise taste and good manners, sin and salvation, individual from the postcolonial situation. identity and social responsibility, and the pressure Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities exerted by changing social, intellectual and political Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) contexts of literature. Readings from Defoe, Dryden, Counts towards: Africana Studies early feminist writers, Pope, Restoration dramatists and Crosslisting(s): COML-B234 Swift. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Instructor(s): Tratner,M. Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) (Spring 2014) Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Briggs,P. ENGL B235 Reading Popular Culture: Freaks (Fall 2013) This course traces the iconic figure of the “freak” in ENGL B242 Historical Introduction to English American culture, from 19th c. sideshows to the present. Poetry I Featuring literature and films that explore “extraordinary Others”, we will flesh out the ways in which our current This course traces the development of English poetry understandings of gender, sexuality, normalcy, and race from 1360 to 1700, emphasizing forms, themes, and are constituted through images of “abnormality.” conventions that have become part of the continuing Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities vocabulary of poetry, and exploring the strengths Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) and limitations of different strategies of interpretation. Counts towards: Africana Studies; Gender and Sexuality Featured poets: Chaucer, Jonson, Shakespeare, Donne, Studies and Milton. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Not Offered 2013-14) Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Units: 1.0 ENGL B237 Latino Dictator Novel in Americas Instructor(s): Briggs,P. (Fall 2013) This course examines representations of dictatorship in Latin American and Latina/o novels. We will explore ENGL B243 Historical Introduction to English the relationship between narrative form and absolute Poetry II power by analyzing the literary techniques writers use to contest authoritarianism. We will compare dictator The development of English poetry from 1700 to the novels from the United States, the Caribbean, Central present. This course is a continuation of ENGL 242 America, and the Southern Cone. Prerequisite: only but can be taken independently. Featured poets: for students wishing to take the course for major/minor Wordsworth, Browning, Christina Rossetti, Yeats, credit in SPAN is SPAN B200/B202. Heaney, Walcott. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Latin Units: 1.0 Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures (Not Offered 2013-14) Crosslisting(s): SPAN-B237; COML-B237 Units: 1.0 ENGL B245 Focus: “I remember Harlem” Instructor(s): Harford Vargas,J. A transdisciplinary study of the famous Black metropolis (Spring 2014) as a historic, geo-political, and cultural center (from the Jazz Age to the Hip Hop revolution) this course ENGL B238 Topics: The History of Cinema 1895 to acknowledges 400 years of history and analyzes the 1945 contemporary gentrification of Harlem. We interrogate This is a topics course. Topics vary. closely the seismic changes in “Harlem” as a signifier. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Counts towards: Film Studies 172 English
Counts towards: Africana Studies Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 0.5 Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) (Not Offered 2013-14) Counts towards: Environmental Studies Units: 1.0 ENGL B246 Medievalisms (Not Offered 2013-14) This course assesses how the “Middle Ages” has been ENGL B253 Romanticism and continues to be constructed as a period of history, an object of inquiry, and a category of analysis. It Through an emphasis on Romanticism’s history and considers how the past is formulated and called upon to its readers, this course will explore the Romantic conduct the ideological and cultural work of the present, movement in English literature, from its roots in and it reads historical documents and literary texts in Enlightenment thought and the Gothic to contemporary dialogue with one another. visions of Romanticism. By reading over the shoulders Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities of writers such as Jane Austen, Mary Shelley, and Tom Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) Stoppard, the course will explore fiction, prose, and Crosslisting(s): HIST-B246 especially poetry of the period 1745 to 1848. While Units: 1.0 these years mark revolution and expansion in almost (Not Offered 2013-14) every cultural sphere in Europe, America, and the Caribbean—politics, the arts, literature, and science— ENGL B247 Multilingual Shakespeare writers looked inward to the thoughts and passions of individuals as they never had before. Readings will This course explores recent theater experiments also include poetry and prose by William Wordsworth, in translation, multilingual and cross-language Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Keats, Lord Byron, performance, with Shakespeare as its test field. William Blake, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Shelley, and Works studied include: Hamlet and The Tempest; Charlotte Smith, among others. recent performances taped in London, Tokyo, and Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Cairo; selected critical essays on transnationalism, Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) vernacularism, performance, and translation. Units: 1.0 Prerequisites: Course work on Shakespeare OR (Not Offered 2013-14) translational literature and culture strongly encouraged. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities ENGL B254 American Literature 1750-1900 Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Units: 0.5 This course explores the subject, subjection, and (Not Offered 2013-14) subjectivity of women and female sexualities in U.S. literatures between the signing of the Constitution ENGL B250 Methods of Literary Study and the ratification of the 19th Amendment. While the representation of women in fiction grew and the We will explore the power of language in a variety of number of female authors soared, the culture found linguistic, historical, disciplinary, social, and cultural itself at pains to define the appropriate moments for contexts, focusing on the power of the written word female speech and silence, action and passivity. We will to provide a foundational basis for the critical and engage a variety of pre-suffrage literatures that place creative analysis of literary studies. This course will women at the nexus of national narratives of slavery help to broaden our ideas of what texts and language and freedom, foreignness and domesticity, wealth and accomplish socially, historically, and aesthetically. power, masculinity and citizenship, and sex and race Students will thus refine their faculties of reading “purity.” closely, writing incisively and passionately, asking Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities productive questions, producing their own compelling Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) interpretations, and listening to the insights offered by Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies others. Limited to sophomores and juniors. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Tratner,M., Schneider,B., Beard,L. ENGL B256 Milton and Dissent (Spring 2014) John Milton’s epic poem, “Paradise Lost,” was written ENGL B251 Food for Thought: Gastronomic during a period of cultural turmoil and innovation. This Literatures and Philosophies renaissance poem has helped shape the way later writers understand their profession, especially their Through the lens of “food and text,” this course will trace obligation to foster dissent as a readerly practice. the philosophy of food and the history of food writing. Exploring this legacy, readings interleave “Paradise We will study how food has been written about and Lost” and Milton’s political writings with responses by how food writing has responded to and played a role in cultural change. English 173 later revolutionary writers, from Blake to Philip Pullman. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Instructor(s): Meyer,I. Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) (Spring 2014) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Spring 2014: Current topic description: This course focuses on the literature and cinema of Austria after ENGL B257 Gender and Technology 1945. Since World War II and the Holocaust, Austria has grappled with the burdens of its history. Austria’s Explores the historical role technology has played in national self-image alternates between that of ”Hitler’s the production of gender; the historical role gender has first victim” and that of a land implicitly perpetuating played in the evolution of various technologies; how the fascist structures of its Nazi past. We will analyze the co-construction of gender and technology has been post-war literary texts and films to interrogate notions represented in a range of on-line, filmic, fictional, and of nation and identity in post-fascist Austria. Taught in critical media; and what all of the above suggest for the English translation. technological engagement of everyone in today’s world. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities ENGL B261 Topics: Film and the German Literary Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Imagination Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Crosslisting(s): CMSC-B257 This is a topics course. Topics vary. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Not Offered 2013-14) Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Interpretation (CI) ENGL B258 Finding Knowledge Between the Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Film Leaves: 19th-Century Literature of Education Studies Crosslisting(s): GERM-B262 This class will examine innovative extra-institutional Units: 1.0 methods and spaces of learning. We will explore a (Not Offered 2013-14) genealogy of unconventional and progressive models of instruction found in imaginative literature, in personal ENGL B262 Survey in African American Literature letters, and in material culture. Our readings will range from novels by Catharine Maria Sedgwick and Louisa Pairing canonical African American fiction with May Alcott to poetry and letters by Walt Whitman and theoretical, popular, and filmic texts from the late-19th Emily Dickinson to personal narratives by Henry David Century through to the present day, we will address the Thoreau and Booker T. Washington. ways in which the Black body, as cultural text, has come Requirement(s): Division I or Division III to be both constructed and consumed within the nation’s Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) imagination and our modern visual regime. Crosslisting(s): EDUC-B258 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) (Not Offered 2013-14) Counts towards: Africana Studies Units: 1.0 ENGL B259 Victorian Literature and Culture (Not Offered 2013-14) Examines a broad range of Victorian poetry, prose, and ENGL B263 Toni Morrison and the Art of Narrative fiction in the context of the cultural practices, social Conjure institutions, and critical thought of the time. Of particular interest are the revisions of gender, sexuality, class, All of Morrison’s primary imaginative texts, in publication nation, race, empire, and public and private life that order, as well as essays by Morrison, with a series of occurred during this period. critical lenses that explore several vantages for reading Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities a conjured narration. Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) (Not Offered 2013-14) Counts towards: Africana Studies; Gender and Sexuality Studies ENGL B260 Interdisciplinary Approaches to German Units: 1.0 Literature and Culture (Not Offered 2013-14) This is a topics course. Topics vary. Taught in English. ENGL B264 Focus: Black Bards: Poetry in the Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Diaspora Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Interpretation (CI) An interrogation of poetric utterance in works of the Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies African diaspora, primarily in English, this course Crosslisting(s): GERM-B245; COML-B245 addresses a multiplicity of genres, including epic, lyric, 174 English sonnet, rap, and mimetic jazz. The development of range from plague and mercantilism to the legal and poetic theories at key moments such as the Harlem religious depiction of torture. Texts by Boccaccio, Renaissance and the Black Arts Movement will be Chaucer, Dante, and Kempe will be supplemented explored. Prerequisite: Any course in poetry or African/ with contemporary readings on trauma theory and American literature. embodiment. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Counts towards: Africana Studies Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Units: 0.5, 1.0 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Beard,L. (Not Offered 2013-14) (Spring 2014) ENGL B270 American Girl: Childhood in U.S. ENGL B266 Travel and Transgression Literatures, 1690-1935 Examines ancient and medieval travel literature, This course will focus on the “American Girl” as a exploring movement and cultural exchange, from particularly contested model for the nascent American. otherworld odysseys and religious pilgrimages to Through examination of religious tracts, slave and trade expeditions and explorations across the Atlantic. captivity narratives, literatures for children and adult Mercantile documents, maps, pilgrim’s logbooks, and literatures about childhood, we will analyze U. S. theoretical and anthropological discussions of place, investments in girlhood as a site for national self- colonization, and identity-formation will supplement our fashioning. literary analysis. Emphasizes how those of the Middle Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Ages understood encounters with “alien” cultures, Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) symbolic representations of space, and the development Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies of national identities, exploring their influence on Units: 1.0 contemporary debates surrounding racial, cultural, (Not Offered 2013-14) religious, and national boundaries. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities ENGL B272 Queer of Color Critique Crosslisting(s): COML-B266 Queer of color critique (QoCC) is a mode of criticism Units: 1.0 with roots in women of color feminism, post- (Not Offered 2013-14) structuralism, critical race theory, and queer studies. QoCC focuses on “intersectional” analyses. That is, ENGL B268 Native Soil and American QoCC seeks to integrate studies of race, sexuality, Literature:1492-1900 gender, class, and nationalism, and to show how these This course will consider the literature of contact and categories are co-constitutive. In so doing, QoCC conflict between English-speaking whites and Native contends that a focus on gay rights or reliance on Americans between the years 1492 and 1920. We will academic discourse is too narrow. QoCC therefore focus on how these cultures understood the meaning addresses a wide set of issues from beauty standards and uses of land, and the effects of these literatures of to terrorism and questions the very idea of “normal.” encounter upon American land and ecology and vice- This course introduces students to the ideas of QoCC versa. Texts will include works by Native, European- and through key literary and film texts. African-American writers, and may include texts by Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Christopher Columbus, John Smith, William Bradford, Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Handsome Lake, Samson Occom, Lydia Maria Child, Interpretation (CI) Nathaniel Hawthorne, Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins, Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies John Rollin Ridge, Mark Twain, Mourning Dove, Ella Units: 1.0 Deloria and Willa Cather. Instructor(s): Nguyen,H. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Fall 2013) Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Counts towards: Environmental Studies ENGL B276 Transnational American Literature Units: 1.0 This course asks students to re-imagine “American” Instructor(s): Schneider,B. literature through a transnational framework. We will (Fall 2013) explore what paradigms are useful for conceptualizing U.S. literature given shared political histories, aesthetic ENGL B269 Vile Bodies in Medieval Literature modes, racial discourses, and patterns of migration in The Middle Ages imagined the physical body as the the hemisphere. Reading canonical Anglo American site of moral triumph and failure and as the canvas writers alongside ethnic minority writers, we will to expose social ills. The course examines medical examine how their aesthetic engagements and cultural tracts, saint’s lives, poetry, theological texts, and entanglements with Latin America transform our representations of the Passion. Discussion topics understanding of what constitutes a national literary tradition. English 175
Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities ENGL B284 Women Poets: Giving Eurydice a Voice Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) This course covers English and American woman poets Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & of the 19th and 20th centuries whose gender was Cultures important for their self-understanding as poets, their Units: 1.0 choice of subject matter, and the audience they sought (Not Offered 2013-14) to gain for their work. Featured poets include Elizabeth Bishop, Gwendolyn Brooks, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, ENGL B277 Nabokov in Translation Lucille Clifton, H.D., Emily Dickinson, Marianne Moore, A study of Vladimir Nabokov’s writings in various Sylvia Plath, Adrienne Rich, Christina Rossetti, Anne genres, focusing on his fiction and autobiographical Sexton, and Gertrude Stein. works. The continuity between Nabokov’s Russian Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities and English works is considered in the context of the Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Russian and Western literary traditions. All readings and Units: 1.0 lectures in English. (Not Offered 2013-14) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) ENGL B288 The Novel Crosslisting(s): RUSS-B277 This course will explore the multi-vocal origins of Units: 1.0 the novel in English and the ways in which its rapid Instructor(s): Harte,T. development parallels changes in reading, vision, (Spring 2014) thought, and self-perception. The course will trace the novel’s evolution from its 17th-century beginnings in ENGL B279 Introduction to African Literature romance, spiritual autobiography, and travel literature; Taking into account the oral, written, aural and visual through its emergence as a middle-class mode of forms of African “texts” over several thousand years, expression in the 18th century; to its period of cultural this course will explore literary production, translation dominance in the Victorian era; and to modernist and audience/critical reception. Representative works and postmodern experimentation. In studying the to be studied include oral traditions, the Sundiata Epic, novel’s historical, cultural, and formal dimensions, the Chinua Achebe’s Anthills of the Savannah, Ayi Kwei course will discuss the significance of realism, parody, Armah’s Fragments, Mariama Bâ’s Si Longe une Lettre, characters, authorship, and the reader. Tsitsi Danga-rembga’s Nervous Conditions, Bessie Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Head’s Maru, Sembène Ousmane’s Xala, plays by Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Wole Soyinka and his Burden of History, The Muse of Units: 1.0 Forgiveness and Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s A Grain of Wheat. Instructor(s): Ricketts,R. We will address the “transliteration” of Christian and (Spring 2014) Muslim languages and theologies in these works. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities ENGL B290 Modernisms Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Between the two world wars—1918—1939—a revolution Counts towards: Africana Studies occurred in literature that is called “Modernism.” While Crosslisting(s): COML-B279 the phenomenon was worldwide, this course will focus Units: 1.0 on the major British writers of the period, novelists (Not Offered 2013-14) Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, E.M.Forster, and poets W.H.Auden, T.S.Eliot, and William Butler Yeats. Their ENGL B280 Video Practices: From Analog to Digital work is experimental, demanding, and idiosyncratic. We This course explores the history and theory of video will strive to define what they have in common, what art from the late 1960’s to the present. The units historical, social, and scientific developments they are include: aesthetics; activisim; access; performance; responding to, and why they wrote what they did. Kipling and institutional critique. We will reflect on early video’s and Smith will help us contextualize their work as a “utopian moment” and its manifestation in the current response to what came before and a major influence on new media revolution. Feminist, people of color and much more recent work. queer productions will constitute the majority of our Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities corpus. Prerequisite: ENGL/HART B205 Intro to Film or Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) consent of the instructor. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Not Offered 2013-14) Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Film Studies ENGL B292 The Play of Interpretation Crosslisting(s): HART-B280 Designated theory course. A study of the methodologies Units: 1.0 and regimes of interpretation in the arts, humanistic (Not Offered 2013-14) sciences, and media and cultural studies, this course focuses on common problems of text, authorship, 176 English reader/spectator, and translation in their historical and ENGL B303 Piers Plowman formal contexts. Literary, oral, and visual texts from A contemporary of Chaucer, William Langland dedicated different cultural traditions and histories will be studied his life to writing and rewriting a moving poem that through interpretive approaches informed by modern questions the relationship between artistic expression, critical theories. Readings in literature, philosophy, social activism, and spiritual healing. We will read popular culture, and film will illustrate how theory his great text, Piers Plowman, both as our subject enhances our understanding of the complexities of and point of departure for thinking about the literary, history, memory, identity, and the trials of modernity. political, and religious cultures in late 14th- and early Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities 15th-century England. In addition, we will contextualize Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) the poem using selections from penitential manuals, Counts towards: International Studies Minor legal documents, treatises on translation, and rebel Crosslisting(s): COML-B293; PHIL-B293 broadsides, as well as texts by contemporary authors Units: 1.0 (including Chaucer, Gower and Lydgate). Instructor(s): Seyhan,A. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Fall 2013) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) ENGL B297 Terror, Pleasure, and the Gothic Imagination ENGL B309 Native American Literature Introduces students to the 18th-century origins of Gothic This course focuses on late-20th-century Native literature and its development across genres, media and literatures that attempt to remember and redress earlier time. Exploring the formal contours and cultural contexts histories of dispersal and genocide. We will ask how of the enduring imaginative mode in literature, film, art, various writers with different tribal affiliations engage in and architecture, the course will also investigate the discourses of humor, memory, repetition, and cultural Gothic’s connection to the radical and conservative performance to refuse, rework, or lampoon inherited cultural agendas. constructions of the “Indian” and “Indian” history and Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities culture. We will read fiction, film, and contemporary Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) critical approaches to Native literatures alongside much Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies earlier texts, including oral histories, political speeches, Units: 1.0 law, and autobiography. Readings may include works by (Not Offered 2013-14) Sherman Alexie, Diane Glancy, Thomas King, N. Scott Momaday, Leslie Marmon Silko, and Gerald Vizenor. ENGL B299 History of Narrative Cinema, 1945 to the Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Present Units: 1.0 This course surveys the history of narrative film from (Not Offered 2013-14) 1945 through contemporary cinema. We will analyze a chronological series of styles and national cinemas, ENGL B310 Confessional Poetry including Classical Hollywood, Italian Neorealism, the Poetry written since 1950 that deploys an French New Wave, and other post-war movements autobiographical subject to engage with the and genres. Viewings of canonical films will be psychological and political dynamics of family life and supplemented by more recent examples of global with states of psychic extremity and mental illness. cinema. While historical in approach, this course Poets will include Lowell, Ginsberg, Sexton, and Plath. emphasizes the theory and criticism of the sound film, The impact of this`movement’ on late twentieth century and we will consider various methodological approaches American poetry will also receive attention. A prior to the aesthetic, socio-political, and psychological course in poetry is desirable but not required. dimensions of cinema. Readings will provide historical Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies context, and will introduce students to key concepts in Units: 1.0 film studies such as realism, formalism, spectatorship, Instructor(s): Hedley,J. the auteur theory, and genre studies. Fulfills the history (Spring 2014) requirement or the introductory course requirement for the Film Studies minor. ENGL B311 Renaissance Lyric Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the For roughly half the semester we will focus on the Past (IP) sonnet, a form that was domesticated in England during Counts towards: Film Studies the sixteenth century. The other half of the course will Crosslisting(s): HART-B299 focus on the “metaphysical” poetry of John Donne, Units: 1.0 George Herbert, and Andrew Marvell. There will be a Instructor(s): King,H. strong component of critical and theoretical reading to (Spring 2014) contextualize the poetry, model ways of reading it, and English 177 raise questions about its social, political and religious ENGL B324 Topics in Shakespeare: Shakespeare on purposes. Film Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Films and play texts vary from year to year. The course Units: 1.0 assumes significant prior experience of Shakespearean (Not Offered 2013-14) drama and/or Renaissance drama. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities ENGL B314 Troilus and Criseyde Counts towards: Film Studies Examines Chaucer’s magisterial Troilus and Criseyde, Units: 1.0 his epic romance of love, loss, and betrayal. We will (Not Offered 2013-14) supplement sustained analysis of the poem with primary readings on free will and courtly love as well ENGL B332 Novelas de las Américas as theoretical readings on gender and sexuality and What do we gain by reading a Latin American or a US translation. We will also read Boccaccio’s Il Filostrato, novel as “American” in the continental sense? What do Robert Henryson’s Testament of Cresseid and we learn by comparing novels from “this” America to Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida. classics of the “other” Americas? Can we find through Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies this Panamericanist perspective common aesthetics, Units: 1.0 interests, conflicts? In this course we will explore these (Not Offered 2013-14) questions by connecting and comparing major US novels with Latin American classics of the 20th and ENGL B315 Experimental Fictions, 1675 to 1800 21st century. We will read these works in clusters to This course will examine a deliberately eclectic set illuminate aesthetic, political and cultural resonances of readings, mostly in prose, in order to explore and affinities. Prerequisites: SPAN B110 and/or SPAN different dimensions—aesthetic, social, psychological, B120 and a 200-level course in Spanish. substantive—of 18th-century creativity. Readings will Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities range from Bunyan and Defoe to Fielding and Sterne, Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & from Aphra Behn to William Hogarth to Frances Burney. Cultures Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Crosslisting(s): SPAN-B332 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Instructor(s): Gaspar,M. (Fall 2013) ENGL B322 Love and Money ENGL B333 Lesbian Immortal This course focuses on literary works that explore the relationship between love and money. We will seek Lesbian literature has repeatedly figured itself in alliance to understand the separate and intertwined histories with tropes of immortality and eternity. Using recent of these two arenas of human behavior and will read, queer theory on temporality, and 19th and 20th century along with literary texts, essays by influential figures in primary texts, we will explore topics such as: fame the history of economics and sexuality. The course will and noteriety; feminism and mythology; epistemes, begin with The Merchant of Venice, proceed through erotics and sexual seasonality; the death drive and Pride and Prejudice to The Great Gatsby, and end with the uncanny; fin de siecle manias for mummies and Hollywood movies. seances. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) ENGL B323 Movies, Fascism, and Communism ENGL B334 Topics in Film Studies Movies and mass politics emerged together, altering entertainment and government in strangely similar ways. This is a topics course. Topics vary. Fascism and communism claimed an inherent relation Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities to the masses and hence to movies; Hollywood rejected Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Film such claims. We will examine films alluding to fascism Studies or communism, to understand them as commenting on Crosslisting(s): HART-B334 political debates and on the mass experience of movie Units: 1.0 going. Instructor(s): Rastegar,R. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Counts towards: Film Studies Fall 2013: Current topic description: This course Units: 1.0 examines contemporary cinematic images produced (Not Offered 2013-14) in Middle Eastern and Arab countries and in their Diasporas. In his groundbreaking text Orientalism, 178 English
Edward Said argued that Western representations of will explore the roots of Austen’s work in earlier literary the “East” are constructed through an inverted mirror forms--the romance, the “true history,” the novel of reflection of the West. Grounded in postcolonial theory sentiment, and the gothic novel--many of which Austen and film studies, students will explore the role of cultural herself read. We’ll then interpret her works in the light formation through moving image production and of critical perspectives that reveal connections between circulation. the form and cultural contexts of Austen’s work: formalist approaches; feminism, gender, and queer theory; ENGL B336 Topics in Film postcolonialism; and cultural studies. The bulk of the reading will be from Austen’s own corpus of novels, This course examines experimental film and video from and also include works like Samuel Richardson’s Sir the 1930’s to present. It will concentrate on the use Charles Grandison, Frances Burney’s Evelina, Henry of found footage: the reworking of existing imagery in MacKenzie’s The Man of Feeling, Ann Radcliffe’s order to generate new aesthetic frameworks and cultural Sicilian Romance, and the poetry of Byron. We’ll meanings. Key issues to be explored include copyright, end by exploring several modern novelistic and film piracy, archive, activism, affect, aesthetics, interactivity adaptations. Work for the course will include frequent and fandom. short papers and in-class presentations, a mid-term Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities essay, and a substantial final paper. Counts towards: Film Studies Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Crosslisting(s): HART-B336 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) (Not Offered 2013-14) ENGL B353 Queer Diasporas: Empire, Desire, and ENGL B345 Topics in Narrative Theory the Politics of Placement This is a topics course. Topics vary. Looking at fiction and film from the U.S. and abroad Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Latin through the lenses of sexuality studies and queer theory, Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures we will explore the ways that both current and past Crosslisting(s): COML-B345 configurations of sexual, racial, and cultural personhood Units: 1.0 have inflected, infringed upon, and opened up spaces Instructor(s): Ricketts,R. of local/global citizenship and belonging. Prerequisites: (Spring 2014) An introductory course in film, or GNST B290, or ENGL B250. Spring 2014: Current topic description: Students in Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities this course will explore the history of literary “realism” Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) and the development of the verisimilitude we take for Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Film granted in prose today. Whether they aimed to portray Studies real life vividly or describe made-up worlds realistically, Units: 1.0 many authors exploited the blurry boundary between (Not Offered 2013-14) factual and fictional writing, between storytelling and reporting. Course texts will include essays, novels, ENGL B354 Virginia Woolf plays, and short stories from a range of British and American literary traditions. Virginia Woolf has been interpreted as a feminist, a modernist, a crazy person, a resident of Bloomsbury, ENGL B346 Theories of Modernism a victim of child abuse, a snob, a socialist, and a creation of literary and popular history. We will try out This course will investigate a wide range of works that all these approaches and examine the features of our have been labeled “modernist” in order to raise the contemporary world that influence the way Woolf, her question, “Was there one modernism or were there work, and her era are perceived. We will also attempt to many disparate and competing ones?” theorize about why we favor certain interpretations over Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities others. Counts towards: Africana Studies Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Tratner,M. ENGL B351 Jane Austen: Contexts, Criticism, (Fall 2013) Adaptations This course will engage upper-level students in a close ENGL B356 Endgames: Theater of Samuel Beckett and rigorous examination of the writing of Jane Austen An exploration of Beckett’s theater work conducted in its cultural contexts, as well as critical responses to through both reading and practical exercises in and re-envisionings of her works. Situating her writing performance techniques. Points of special interest in the tradition of the “novel of manners,” the course include the monologue form of the early novels and its English 179 translation into theater, Beckett’s influences (particularly from 1915 to present. In several units of the course, silent film) and collaborations, and the relationship we will study graphic sexual representations, including between the texts of the major dramatic works and pornographic images and sex acts some may find the development of both modern and postmodern objectionable. Students should be prepared to engage performance techniques. analytically with all class material. To maintain an Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities atmosphere of mutual respect and solidarity among the Crosslisting(s): ARTT-B356 participants in the class, no auditors will be allowed. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Not Offered 2013-14) Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Film Studies ENGL B359 Dead Presidents Crosslisting(s): HART-B367 Units: 1.0 Framed by the extravagant funerals of Presidents (Not Offered 2013-14) Washington and Lincoln, this course explores the cultural importance of the figure of the President ENGL B369 Women Poets: Gwendolyn Brooks, and the Presidential body, and of the 19th-century Adrienne Rich, Sylvia Plath preoccupations with death and mourning, in the U.S. cultural imaginary from the Revolutionary movement In this seminar we will be playing three poets off against through the Civil War. each other, all of whom came of age during the 1950s. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities We will plot each poet’s career in relation to the public Units: 1.0 and personal crises that shaped it, giving particular Instructor(s): Schneider,B. attention to how each poet constructed “poethood” for (Fall 2013) herself. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities ENGL B364 Slum Fiction Counts towards: Africana Studies; Gender and Sexuality Studies David Simon’s acclaimed television show The Wire Units: 1.0 has repeatedly been related to the Victorian novel. (Not Offered 2013-14) This course links Victorian London and 20th-century Baltimore by studying: literary relations between ENGL B373 Masculinity in English Literature: From Dickens and Poe; slum writing; the rise of the state Chivalry to Civility institution; a genealogy of serial fiction from the nineteenth century novel to television drama. This course will examine images and concepts of Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities masculinity as represented in a wide variety of texts Units: 1.0 in English. Beginning in the early modern period and (Not Offered 2013-14) ending with our own time, the course will focus on texts of the “long” 18th century to contextualize the ENGL B365 Erotica: Love and Art in Plato and relationships between masculinity and chivalry, civility, Shakespeare manliness, and femininity. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities The course explores the relationship between love Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) and art, “eros” and “poesis,” through in-depth study of Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Plato’s “Phaedus” and “Symposium,” Shakespeare’s “As Units: 1.0 You Like It” and “Antony and Cleopatra,” and essays Instructor(s): Ricketts,R. by modern commentators (including David Halperin, (Fall 2013) Anne Carson, Martha Nussbaum, Marjorie Garber, and Stanley Cavell). We will also read Shakespeare’s ENGL B377 James Joyce Sonnets and “Romeo and Juliet.” Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Joyce’s works lend themselves particularly well Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies to critical disagreements: he has been called the Crosslisting(s): POLS-B365; PHIL-B365; COML-B365 most pessimistic nihilist and the greatest optimist; a Units: 1.0 misogynist and a radical feminist; a true Catholic and a (Not Offered 2013-14) great Jewish writer; the worst of elitists and a celebrator of the common man; a fascist and a socialist; the most ENGL B367 Asian American Film Video and New boring writer and the writer providing the most intense, Media orgasmic pleasures. We will read one novel but that journey will be broken up with forays into Joyce’s earlier The course explores the role of pleasure in the works. production, reception, and performance of Asian Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities American identities in film, video, and the internet, Units: 1.0 taking as its focus the sexual representation of Asian (Not Offered 2013-14) Americans in works produced by Asian American artists 180 English
ENGL B378 Eating Culture: Food and Britain 1798 to ENGL B388 Contemporary African Fiction 1929 Noting that the official colonial independence of most This class will explore British culinary culture across African countries dates back only half a century, this the long 19th century. One of our main goals will be to course focuses on the fictive experiments of the most explore the role of matters culinary in the ordering and recent decade. A few highly controversial works from Othering of the world and its populations. We will pay the 90’s serve as an introduction to very recent work. particular attention to the relationship of food to 19th- Most works are in English. To experience depth as well century class and labor relations, colonial and imperial as breadth, there is a small cluster of works from South discourse, and analyze how food both traces and guides Africa. With novels and tales from elsewhere on the global networks of power, politics and trade. We will huge African continent, we will get a glimpse of “living in work towards theorizing food’s materiality, considering the present” in history and letters. the physiognomy of food, the aesthetics of a menu, and Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities the hermeneutics of taste. Counts towards: Africana Studies Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Crosslisting(s): COML-B388 Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) (Spring 2014) ENGL B398 Senior Seminar ENGL B379 The African Griot(te) Required preparation for ENGL 399 (Senior Essay). A focused exploration of the multi-genre productions Through weekly seminar meetings and regular writing of Southern African writer Bessie Head and the critical and research assignments, students will design a senior responses to such works. Students are asked to help essay topic or topics of their choice, frame exciting and construct a critical-theoretical framework for talking practical questions about it, and develop a writing plan about a writer who defies categorization or reduction. for its execution. Students will leave the course with a Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities departmentally approved senior essay prospectus, an Counts towards: Africana Studies; Gender and Sexuality annotated bibliography on their chosen area of inquiry, Studies and 10 pages of writing towards their senior essay. Units: 1.0 Students must pass the course to enroll in ENGL 399. Instructor(s): Beard,L. Units: 1.0 (Fall 2013) Instructor(s): Hemmeter,G., Thomas,K. (Fall 2013) ENGL B381 Post-Apartheid Literature ENGL B399 Senior Essay South African texts from several language communities which anticipate a post-apartheid polity and texts by Supervised independent writing project required of all contemporary South African writers (Zoe Wicomb, Mark English majors. Students must successfully complete Behr, Nadine Gordimer, Mongane Serote) are read ENGL 398 (Senior Conference) and have their Senior in tandem with works by Radical Reconstruction and Essay prospectus approved by the department before Holocaust writers. Several films are shown that focus on they enroll in ENGL 399. the complexities of post-apartheid reconciliation. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Not Offered 2013-14) Counts towards: Africana Studies Crosslisting(s): COML-B381 ENGL B403 Supervised Work Units: 1.0 Advanced students may pursue independent research Instructor(s): Beard,L. projects. Permission of the instructor and major adviser (Spring 2014) is required. Units: 1.0 ENGL B385 Problems in Satire Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA An exploration of the methodological and theoretical (Fall 2013) underpinnings of great satire in works by Blake, Dryden, Pope, Rabelais, Smiley, Swift, Wilde, and others. ENGL B403 Supervised Work Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Advanced students may pursue independent research Units: 1.0 projects. Permission of the instructor and major adviser (Not Offered 2013-14) is required. Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA (Spring 2014) Environmental Studies 181
ENGL B425 Praxis III: Independent Study TRI-CO ENVIRONMENTAL Praxis III courses are Independent Study courses and STUDIES MINOR WITH THE are developed by individual students, in collaboration with faculty and field supervisors. A Praxis courses is JOHANNA ALDERFER HARRIS distinguished by genuine collaboration with fieldsite ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES organizations and by a dynamic process of reflection that incorporates lessons learned in the field into the PROGRAM classroom setting and applies theoretical understanding gained through classroom study to work done in the Students may complete a minor in Environmental broader community. Studies inn conjunction with any major at Bryn Mawr, Counts towards: Praxis Program Haverford, or Swarthmore pending approval of the Units: 1.0 student’s coursework plan by the home department and (Not Offered 2013-14) the home-campus Environmental Studies director.
Faculty
Bryn Mawr College
Victor Donnay, Mathematics, Environmental Studies Director Don Barber, Geology, Alderfer Chair in Environmental Studies Peter Briggs, English Joshua Caplan, Biology, Bucher-Jackson Fellow Rick Davis, Anthropology (on leave semester II) Jonas Goldsmith, Chemistry Karen Greif, Biology Carol Hager, Political Science Megan Heckert, Growth and Structure of Cities and Environmental Studies, Tri-Co GIS Thomas Mozdzer, Biology Michael Rock, Economics David Ross, Economics Bethany Schneider, English Ellen Stroud, Growth and Structure of Cities, Harris Chair in Environmental Studies (on leave semesters I and II) Nathan Wright, Sociology
Faculty at Haverford College:
Helen White, Chemistry, Environmental Studies Director Kim Benston, English Craig Borowiak, Political Science Kaye Edwards, Interdisciplinary Programs Steve Finley, English Andrew Friedman, History 182 Environmental Studies
Megan Heckert, Independent Programs and The Tri-Co Environmental Studies Environmental Studies, Tri-Co GIS Minor Karl Johnson, Biology Bryn Mawr, Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges offer Joshua Moses, Anthropology an interdisciplinary Tri-College Environmental Studies Iruka Okeke, Biology Minor, involving departments and faculty from the Rob Scarrow, Chemistry natural sciences, engineering, math, social sciences, the humanities, and the arts on all three campuses. The Jonathan Wilson, Biology Tri-College Environmental Studies Minor aims to bring students and faculty together to explore interactions Faculty at Swarthmore College: among earth systems, human societies, and local and global environments. Peter Collings, Physics and Astronomy, Environmental Studies Director The Tri-Co ES Minor aims to cultivate in students the capacity to identify and confront key environmental Elizabeth Bolton, English Literature issues through a blend of multiple disciplines, Timothy Burke, History encompassing historical, cultural, economic, political, Erich Carr Everbach, Engineering scientific, and ethical modes of inquiry. Acknowledging the reciprocal dimensions of materiality and culture in Giovanna Di Chiro, Political Science the historical formations of environments, this program Megan Heckert, Political Science and Environmental is broadly framed by a series of interlocking dialogues: Studies, Tri-Co GIS between the “natural” and the “built”; between the local and the global; and between the human and the Alison Holliday, Chemistry and Biochemistry nonhuman. Eric Jensen, Physics and Astronomy The minor consists of six courses, including an José-Luis Machado, Biology introductory course and capstone course, and Arthur McGarity, Engineering the courses may be completed at any of the three Rachel Merz, Biology campuses (or any combination thereof). To declare the minor, students should contact the Environmental Carol Nackenoff, Political Science Studies director at their home campus. Hans Oberdiek, Philosophy Christine Schuetze, Sociology and Anthropology Minor Requirements Mark Wallace, Religion and Environmental Studies The Environmental Studies Interdisciplinary Minor consists of six courses, as follows: The Johanna Alderfer Harris 1. A required introductory course to be taken prior Environmental Studies Program to the senior year. This may be ENVS 101 at Bryn Mawr or Haverford or the parallel course at The Johanna Alderfer Harris Environmental Studies Swarthmore College (ENVS 001). Any one of these Program at Bryn Mawr College enables students and courses will satisfy the requirement, and students faculty to come together to explore academic interests may take no more than one such course for credit in the environment. The program sponsors speakers, toward the minor. special events, and field trips, and offers support for 2. Four elective course credits from approved lists of student work during the summer, in the form of the core and cognate courses, including two credits college’s competitive Green Grants. In addition, The in each of the following two categories (A and B). Harris Environmental Studies Program is the Bryn Mawr No more than one cognate course credit may be campus home for the Tri-College Environmental Studies used for each category (see course list below for Minor. The program benefits from two endowed chairs more information about core and cognate courses). in Environmental Studies, The Johanna Alderfer Harris Students are encouraged to count no more than and William H. Harris, M.D. Chair in Environmental one elective from their major field toward the minor, Studies, currently held by Growth and Structure of and to pay close attention to rules for double- Cities Associate Professor Ellen Stroud, and the Harold counting on their home campuses and major Alderfer Chair in Environmental Studies, currently held departments. by Geology Associate Professor Donald Barber. a) Environmental Science, Engineering & Math: courses that build understanding and knowledge of scientific methods and theories, and that explore how these can be applied Environmental Studies 183
in identifying and addressing environmental CATEGORY A) ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, challenges. At least one of the courses in this MATH AND ENGINEERING category must have a laboratory component. b) Environmental Social Sciences, Humanities Bryn Mawr & Arts: courses that build understanding and knowledge of social and political structures as BIOL 210 Biology and Public Policy well as ethical considerations, and how these BIOL 220 (L) Ecology inform our individual and collective responses to environmental challenges. BIOL 225* Biology of Plants 3) A senior seminar with culminating work that reflects BIOL 250* Computational Methods tangible research design and inquiry, but which BIOL 309 (L) Biological Oceanography might materialize in any number of project forms. Bryn Mawr College and Haverford College’s ENVS BIOL 320 (L) Evolutionary Ecology 397 (Environmental Studies Senior Seminar, co- CHEM 206 Chemistory of Renewable Energy taught by faculty members from Bryn Mawr and GEOL 101 (L) How the Earth Works Haverford Colleges) and Swarthmore College’s ENVS 091 (Environmental Studies Capstone GEOL 103 (L) Earth Systems and the Environment Seminar) satisfy the requirement. GEOL 130* Life in Earth’s Future Climate (half-credit) GEOL 203 Paleobiology Core Courses for the Environmental GEOL 206* Energy Resources and Sustainability Studies Minor GEOL 209 Natural Hazards
Every student should take an introductory course GEOL 230* The Science of Soils (101 or 001) before the senior year GEOL 255 Problem Solving in the Environmental Every student should take a capstone course (397 Sciences or 091) during the senior year GEOL 298 Applied Environmental Science GEOL 302 Low Temperature Geochemistry Bryn Mawr ENVS 101 Introduction to Environmental Studies GEOL 314 Marine Geology ENVS 397 Environmental Studies Senior Seminar GEOL 328* Geographic Information Systems MATH 210* Differential Equations w/ Apps Haverford (Environmental Problems) ENVS 101 Case Studies in Environmental Issues ENVS 397 Environmental Studies Senior Seminar MATH 295 Introduction to Math and Sustainability
Swarthmore Haverford ENVS 001 Introduction to Environmental Studies ENVS 091 Environmental Studies Capstone Seminar BIOL 123* Perspectives in Biology: Scientific Literacy (half-credit) Approved Electives for the BIOL 124* Perspectives in Biology: Tropical Infectious Environmental Studies Minor Disease (half-credit)
Two courses are required from each category (A BIOL 310* Molecular Microbiology (half-credit) and B). BIOL 314* Photosynthesis (half-credit) At least one course in Category A should have a CHEM 112*(L) Chemical Dynamics lab. CHEM 358 Topics in Environmental Chemistry (half- Only one course in each category may be a credit) “cognate” course. Cognate courses, marked with PHYS 111b Energy Options and Science Policy an asterisk, are valuable for minor but are not as centrally focused on environmental studies methodologies and materials as other courses on Swarthmore the list. BIOL 016*(L) Microbiology Pay close attention to “double-counting” rules for your major. You are encouraged to choose electives BIOL 017*(L) Microbial Pathogenesis and Immune outside of your major. Response 184 Environmental Studies
BIOL 020*(L) Animal Physiology CITY 329 Advanced Topics in Urban Environmental BIOL 025*(L) Plant Biology Studies BIOL 026*(L) Invertebrate Zoology CITY 345 Advanced Topics in Environment and Society BIOL 031* History and Evolution of Human Food CITY 360 Brazil: City, Nature, Identity BIOL 034*(L) Evolution CITY 377 Global Architecture of Oil BIOL 036 (L) Ecology EAST 352 China’s Environment: History, Policy, and Rights BIOL 039 (L) Marine Biology EAST 362 Environment in Contemporary East Asia BIOL 115E Plant Molecular Genetics - Biotechnology ECON 225* Economics of Development BIOL 116* Microbial Processes and Biotechnology ECON 234 Environmental Economics BIOL 137 Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function ECON 242 Economics of Local Environmental CHEM 001*(L) Chemistry in the Human Environment Programs CHEM 043*(L) Analytical Methods and Instrumentation EDUC 268 Educating for Environmental Literacy CHEM 103 Topics in Environmental Chemistry ENGL 204*Literatures of American Expansion ENGR 003* Problems in Technology ENGL 268 Native Soil: Indian Land & American Lit ENGR 004A Environmental Protection 1588-1840 ENGR 004B * Swarthmore and the Biosphere ENGL 275 Food Revolutions ENGR 004E Introduction to Sustainable Systems ENGL 251 Food For Thought Analysis ENGL 313 Ecological Imaginings ENGR 035*(L) Solar Energy Systems HIST 212 Pirates, Travelers and Natural Historians ENGR 057*(L) Operations Research HIST 237* Urbanization in Africa ENGR 063 (L) Water Quality and Pollution Control PHIL 240 Environmental Ethics ENGR 066 (L) Environmental Systems POLS 222 Intro to Environmental Issues ENVS 090* Directed Reading in Environmental Studies POLS 278* Oil, Politics, Society and Economy MATH 056* Modeling POLS 310* Comparative Public Policy PHYS 002E* FYS: Energy POLS 321* Technology and Politics PHYS 020*(L) Principles of the Earth Sciences POLS 339* The Policy-making Process PHYS 024 (L) The Earth and Its Climate POLS 354* Comparative Social Movements SOCL 165 Problems in the Natural and Built CATEGORY B) ENVIRONMENTAL HUMANITIES, Environment SOCIAL SCIENCES AND ARTS SOCL 247 Environmental Social Problems Bryn Mawr SOCL 316* Science, Culture and Society
ANTH 203 Human Ecology Haverford ANTH 210 Medical Anthropology ANTH 252* State and Development in South Asia ANTH 237 Environmental Health ANTH 263* Anthropology of Space: Housing and ANTH 263* Anthropology and Architecture Society ARCH 245 The Archaeology of Water ANTH 281 Nature/Culture: Introduction to Environmental CITY 175 Environment and Society Anthropology CITY 201 Introduction to GIS for Social and ENGL 217* Humanimality Environmental Analysis ENGL 257* British Topographies CITY 241 Building Green ENGL 356 Studies in American Environment and Place CITY 250* U.S. Urban Environmental History HIST 119* International History of the United States CITY 278 American Environmental History HIST 253 History of the US Built Environment CITY 279 Global Environmental Change POLS 261* Global Civil Society POLS 370 Environmental Political Thought Environmental Studies 185
Swarthmore ARCH B245 The Archaeology of Water This course examines the distribution of water ECON 076 Environmental Economics throughout the Middle East and Mediterranean and the ENGL 009C FYS: Natural History and Imagination archaeology of water exploitation and management over the last 12,000 years. Recent anthropological models ENGL 070G Writing Nature that challenge the concept of “hydraulic civilization” are ENGL 071H Natural History and the Imagination emphasized as are contemporary attempts to revive ENVS 090* Directed Reading in Environmental Studies traditional and ancient technologies to preserve and better manage modern water resources. ENVS 092* Research Project Requirement(s): Division I or Division III HIST 089 Environmental History of Africa Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the Past (IP) LING 120* Anthropological Linguistics: Endangered Counts towards: Environmental Studies; Languages Geoarchaeology LITR 022G* Food Revolutions: History, Politics, Culture Units: 1.0 PHIL 035 Environmental Ethics (Not Offered 2013-14)
POLS 043 Environmental Policy and Politics BIOL B210 Biology and Public Policy POLS 048* The Politics of Population A lecture/discussion course on major issues and POLS 049 Environmental Justice: Theory and Action advances in biology and their implications for public policy decisions. Topics discussed include RELG 022 Religion and Ecology reproductive technologies, the Human Genome SOAN 023C Anthropological Perspectives on project, environmental health hazards, bioterrorism, Conservation and euthanasia and organ transplantation. Readings include scientific articles, public policy and ethical COURSES considerations, and lay publications. Lecture three hours a week. Prerequisite: One semester of BIOL 110-111, or permission of instructor. ANTH B203 Human Ecology Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science The relationship of humans with their environment; Counts towards: Environmental Studies culture as an adaptive mechanism and a dynamic Units: 1.0 component in ecological systems. Human ecological Instructor(s):Greif,K. perspectives are compared with other theoretical (Spring 2014) orientations in anthropology. Prerequisites: ANTH 101, 102, or permission of instructor. BIOL B220 Ecology Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science A study of the interactions between organisms and Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) their environments. The scientific underpinnings of Counts towards: Environmental Studies current environmental issues, with regard to human Units: 1.0 impacts, are also discussed. Students will also become (Not Offered 2013-14) familiar with ecological principles and with the methods ecologists use. Students will apply these principles ANTH B237 Environmental Health through the design and implementation of experiments This course introduces principles and methods in both in the laboratory and the field. Lecture three hours environmental anthropology and public health used to a week, laboratory/field investigation three hours a analyze global environmental health problems globally week. There will be optional field trips throughout the and develop health and disease control programs. semester. Prerequisite: One semester of BIOL B110 or Topics covered include risk; health and environment; B111 or permission of instructor. food production and consumption; human health and Requirement(s): Division II with Lab agriculture; meat and poultry production; and culture, Approach: Scientific Investigation (SI) urbanization, and disease. Prerequisite: ANTH 102 or Counts towards: Environmental Studies permission of instructor. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Instructor(s):Mozdzer,T. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) (Fall 2013) Counts towards: Environmental Studies Units: 1.0 BIOL B225 Biology of Plants (Not Offered 2013-14) Plants are critical to numerous contemporary issues, such as ecological sustainability, economic stability, and 186 Environmental Studies human health. Students will examine the fundamentals Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM); Scientific of how plants are structured, how they function, how Investigation (SI) they interact with other organisms, and how they, as Counts towards: Environmental Studies individuals and communities, respond to environmental Units: 1.0 stimuli. In addition, students will be taught to identify (Not Offered 2013-14) important local species, and will explore the role of plants in human society and ecological systems. BIOL B332 Global Change Biology Requirement(s): Division II and Quantitive Global changes to our environment present omnipresent Counts towards: Environmental Studies environmental challenges. We are only beginning to Units: 1.0 understand the complex interactions between organisms Instructor(s):Caplan,J. and the rapidly changing environment. Students will (Spring 2014) explore the effects of global change in depth using the primary literature. Prerequisites: Biology B220 (Ecology) BIOL B250 Computational Methods in the Sciences or permission of instructor. A study of how and why modern computation methods Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science are used in scientific inquiry. Students will learn Approach: Scientific Investigation (SI) basic principles of simulation-based programming Counts towards: Environmental Studies through hands-on exercises. Content will focus on the Units: 1.0 development of population models, beginning with Instructor(s):Mozdzer,T. simple exponential growth and ending with spatially- (Spring 2014) explicit individual-based simulations. Students will design and implement a final project from their own CHEM B206 The Science of Renewable Energy disciplines. Six hours of combined lecture/lab per week. In this course the chemistry and physics of renewable Requirement(s): Division II and Quantitive energy, including solar, wind, geothermal and others, Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM); Quantitative will be explored. Methodologies for energy storage Readiness Required (QR); Scientific Investigation (SI) will also be discussed. Quantitative tools will be Counts towards: Environmental Studies developed to enable students to make effective and Crosslisting(s): GEOL-B250; CMSC-B250 accurate comparisons between various types of energy Units: 1.0 generation processes. Prerequisites: completion of (Not Offered 2013-14) CHEM 103 and CHEM 104 with merit grades in both, or permission of instructor. BIOL B262 Urban Ecosystems Counts towards: Environmental Studies Cities can be considered ecosystems whose functions Units: 1.0 are highly influenced by human activity. This course will (Not Offered 2013-14) address many of the living and non-living components of urban ecosystems, as well as their unique processes. CITY B103 Earth System Science and the Using an approach focused on case studies, the course Environment will explore the ecological and environmental problems This integrated approach to studying the Earth focuses that arise from urbanization, and also examine solutions on interactions among geology, oceanography, and that have been attempted. Prerequisites: BIOL B110 or biology. Also discussed are the consequences of B111 or ENVS B101. population growth, industrial development, and human Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science land use. Two lectures and one afternoon of laboratory Counts towards: Environmental Studies or fieldwork per week. A required two-day (Fri.-Sat.) field Crosslisting(s): CITY-B262 trip is taken in April. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division II with Lab Instructor(s):Caplan,J. Approach: Scientific Investigation (SI) (Fall 2013) Counts towards: Environmental Studies Crosslisting(s): GEOL-B103 BIOL B320 Evolutionary Ecology Units: 1.0 This course will examine how phenotypic variation in (Not Offered 2013-14) organisms is optimized and constrained by ecological and evolutionary factors. We will cover concepts CITY B175 Environment and Society: History, Place, and case studies in life history evolution, behavioral and Problems ecology, and population ecology with an emphasis Introduces the ideas, themes, and methodologies on both mathematical and experimental approaches. of the interdisciplinary field of environmental studies Recommended Prerequisites: One semester of BIOL beginning with definitions: what is nature? What is B110-111 or BIOL 220. environment? And how do people and their settlements Requirement(s): Quantitative fit into each? The course then moves to distinct Environmental Studies 187 disciplinary approaches in which scholarship can and Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM); Quantitative does (and does not) inform our perceptions of the Readiness Required (QR) environment. Assignments introduce methodologies of Counts towards: Environmental Studies environmental studies, requiring reading landscapes, Crosslisting(s): GEOL-B209 working with census data and government reports, Units: 1.0 critically interpreting scientific data, and analyzing work Instructor(s):Elkins,L. of experts. (Fall 2013) Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Counts towards: Environmental Studies CITY B222 Introduction to Environmental Issues Crosslisting(s): SOCL-B175 An exploration of the ways in which different cultural, Units: 1.0 economic, and political settings have shaped issue (Not Offered 2013-14) emergence and policy making. We examine the politics of particular environmental issues in selected CITY B201 Introduction to GIS for Social and countries and regions. We also assess the prospects for Environmental Analysis international cooperation in solving global environmental This course is designed to introduce the foundations problems such as climate change. of GIS with emphasis on applications for social and Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science environmental analysis. It deals with basic principles Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) of GIS and its use in spatial analysis and information Counts towards: Environmental Studies management. Ultimately, students will design and carry Crosslisting(s): POLS-B222 out research projects on topics of their own choosing. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science (Not Offered 2013-14) Approach: Quantitative Readiness Required (QR) Counts towards: Environmental Studies CITY B237 Themes in Modern African History Units: 1.0 The course examines the cultural, environmental, Instructor(s):Consiglio,D. economic, political, and social factors that contributed to (Fall 2013) the expansion and transformation of pre-industrial cities, colonial cities, and cities today. We will examine various CITY B204 Economics of Local Environmental themes, such as the relationship between cities and Programs societies; migration and social change; urban space, Considers the determinants of human impact on the health problems, city life, and women. environment at the neighborhood or community level Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science and policy responses available to local government. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the How can economics help solve and learn from the Past (IP) problems facing rural and suburban communities? The Counts towards: Africana Studies; Environmental instructor was a local township supervisor who will Studies share the day-to-day challenges of coping with land use Crosslisting(s): HIST-B237 planning, waste disposal, dispute resolution, and the Units: 1.0 provision of basis services. Prerequisite: ECON B105. Instructor(s):Ngalamulume,K. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science (Spring 2014) Counts towards: Environmental Studies Crosslisting(s): ECON-B242 CITY B241 Building Green: Sustainable Design Past Units: 1.0 and Present (Not Offered 2013-14) At a time when more than half of the human population lives in cities, the design of the built environment is of CITY B210 Natural Hazards key importance. This course is designed for students A quantitative approach to understanding the earth to investigate issues of sustainability in architecture. A processes that impact human societies. We consider close reading of texts and careful analysis of buildings the past, current, and future hazards presented by and cities will help us understand the terms and geologic processes, including earthquakes, volcanoes, practices of architectural design and the importance landslides, floods, and hurricanes. The course includes of ecological, economic, political, cultural, social discussion of the social, economic, and policy contexts sustainability over time and through space. within which natural geologic processes become Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the hazards. Case studies are drawn from contemporary Past (IP) and ancient societies. Lecture three hours a week. Counts towards: Environmental Studies Prerequisite: one semester of college science or Units: 1.0 permission of instructor. Instructor(s):Hein,C. Requirement(s): Division II and Quantitive (Fall 2013) 188 Environmental Studies
CITY B250 Topics: Growth & Spatial Organization of CITY B321 Technology and Politics the City An multi-media analysis of the complex role of An introduction to growth & spatial organization of cities. technology in political and social life. We focus on Topics vary. the relationship between technological change and Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities democratic governance. We begin with historical and Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) contemporary Luddism as well as pro-technology Counts towards: Environmental Studies movements around the world. Substantive issue areas Crosslisting(s): HIST-B251 include security and surveillance, electoral politics, Units: 1.0 warfare, social media, internet freedom, GMO foods (Not Offered 2013-14) and industrial agriculture, climate change and energy politics. CITY B262 Urban Ecosystems Counts towards: Environmental Studies Crosslisting(s): POLS-B321 Cities can be considered ecosystems whose functions Units: 1.0 are highly influenced by human activity. This course will Instructor(s):Hager,C. address many of the living and non-living components (Fall 2013) of urban ecosystems, as well as their unique processes. Using an approach focused on case studies, the course CITY B329 Advanced Topics in Urban Environments will explore the ecological and environmental problems that arise from urbanization, and also examine solutions This is a topics course. Topics vary. that have been attempted. Prerequisites: BIOL B110/ Counts towards: Environmental Studies B111 or ENVS B101. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science Instructor(s):McDonogh,G. Counts towards: Environmental Studies (Fall 2013) Crosslisting(s): BIOL-B262 Units: 1.0 Fall 2013: Current topic description: The course Instructor(s):Caplan,J. focuses on exciting emergent debates in anthropology, (Fall 2013) history and social sciences that call into question the dominance of limited ways of perceiving and describing CITY B278 American Environmental History “the city.” Combining readings and hands-on analyses, we will explore how sight, sound, taste, touch, smell, This course explores major themes of American time and memory are constructed and used in various environmental history, examining changes in the ways to explain cities but also to include, exclude American landscape, development of ideas about nature or control populations and possibilities within the and the history of environmental activism. Students metropolis. will study definitions of nature, environment, and environmental history while investigating interactions CITY B345 Advanced Topics in Environment and between Americans and their physical worlds. Society Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) This is a topics course. Topics vary. Counts towards: Environmental Studies Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Crosslisting(s): HIST-B278 Counts towards: Environmental Studies Units: 1.0 Crosslisting(s): SOCL-B346; HIST-B345 (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) CITY B279 Cities and the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change CMSC B250 Computational Methods in the Sciences In this course, we focus on the human dimensions of A study of how and why modern computation methods global environmental change, especially as it relates are used in scientific inquiry. Students will learn to urban sustainability. While sustainability has often basic principles of simulation-based programming narrowly been viewed in environmental terms, we will through hands-on exercises. Content will focus on the analyze social and environmental justice as integral development of population models, beginning with components of urban sustainability. simple exponential growth and ending with spatially- Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) explicit individual-based simulations. Students will Counts towards: Environmental Studies design and implement a final project from their own Units: 1.0 disciplines. Six hours of combined lecture/lab per week. (Not Offered 2013-14) Requirement(s): Division II and Quantitive Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM); Quantitative Readiness Required (QR); Scientific Investigation (SI) Environmental Studies 189
Counts towards: Environmental Studies ECON B234 Environmental Economics Crosslisting(s): BIOL-B250; GEOL-B250 Introduction to the use of economic analysis explain Units: 1.0 the underlying behavioral causes of environmental (Not Offered 2013-14) and natural resource problems and to evaluate policy responses to them. Topics may include air and water EAST B352 China’s Environment pollution; the economic theory of externalities, public This seminar explores China’s environmental issues goods and the depletion of resources; cost-benefit from a historical perspective. It begins by considering analysis; valuing non-market benefits and costs; a range of analytical approaches , and then explores economic justice; and sustainable development. Writing three general periods in China’s environmental changes, Intensive. Course counts as Writing Intensive Course. imperial times, Mao’s socialist experiments during the Prerequisites: ECON B105. first thirty years of the People’s Republic, and the post- Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Mao reforms. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. Counts towards: Environmental Studies Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Crosslisting(s): CITY-B234 Counts towards: Environmental Studies Units: 1.0 Crosslisting(s): HIST-B352 Instructor(s):Rock,M. Units: 1.0 (Spring 2014) Instructor(s):Jiang,Y. (Spring 2014) ECON B242 Economics of Local Environmental Programs EAST B362 Environment in Contemporary East Considers the determinants of human impact on the Asia: China and Japan environment at the neighborhood or community level This seminar explores environmental issues in and policy responses available to local government. contemporary East Asia from a historical perspective. How can economics help solve and learn from the It will explore the common and different environmental problems facing rural and suburban communities? The problems in Japan and China, and explain and interpret instructor was a local township supervisor who will their causal factors and solving measures in cultural share the day-to-day challenges of coping with land use traditions, social movements, economic growth, political planning, waste disposal, dispute resolution, and the and legal institutions and practices, international provision of basis services. Prerequisite: ECON B105. cooperation and changing perceptions. Prerequisite: Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Sophomore standing or above. Counts towards: Environmental Studies; Praxis Program Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Crosslisting(s): CITY-B204 Counts towards: Environmental Studies Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) (Not Offered 2013-14) EDUC B285 Ecologies of Minds and Communities ECON B225 Economic Development This course will attend to students’ distinctive ways Examination of the issues related to and the policies of seeing and being in the world, in the context of designed to promote economic development in the communitarian questions of identity, access, and developing economies of Africa, Asia, Latin America, power. How can we re-imagine ecological literacy more and the Middle East. Focus is on why some developing deeply and fruitfully with and for diverse students and economies grow faster than others and why some communities? growth paths are more equitable, poverty reducing, Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science and environmentally sustainable than others. Includes Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) consideration of the impact of international trade and Counts towards: Environmental Studies investment policy, macroeconomic policies (exchange Units: 1.0 rate, monetary and fiscal policy) and sector policies Instructor(s):Cohen,J. (industry, agriculture, education, population, and (Spring 2014) environment) on development outcomes in a wide range of political and institutional contexts. Prerequisite: ECON ENGL B216 Ecological Expression: Re-creating Our B105. World Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science This course will focus on the range, limits and Counts towards: Environmental Studies; International possibilities of representation, asking what might be Studies Major imagined that has not yet been experienced, and Crosslisting(s): CITY-B225 enabling students to create their own multi-modal Units: 1.0 representations of the spaces they occupy. Instructor(s):Rock,M. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Fall 2013) Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical 190 Environmental Studies
Interpretation (CI) actively engage in environmental problem solving Counts towards: Environmental Studies; Gender and by bringing the perspectives and skills gained from Sexuality Studies their majors and applying them to collaborative Units: 1.0 interdisciplinary projects. Prerequisite: Open only to Instructor(s):Dalke,A. Environmental Studies students who have completed all (Spring 2014) introductory work for the minor. Counts towards: Environmental Studies ENGL B251 Food for Thought: Gastronomic Units: 1.0 Literatures and Philosophies Instructor(s):Ross,D. (Spring 2014) Through the lens of “food and text,” this course will trace the philosophy of food and the history of food writing. GEOL B101 How the Earth Works We will study how food has been written about and how food writing has responded to and played a role in An introduction to the study of planet Earth—the cultural change. materials of which it is made, the forces that shape Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities its surface and interior, the relationship of geological Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) processes to people, and the application of geological Counts towards: Environmental Studies knowledge to the search for useful materials. Laboratory Units: 1.0 and fieldwork focus on learning the tools for geological (Not Offered 2013-14) investigations and applying them to the local area and selected areas around the world. Three lectures and ENGL B268 Native Soil and American one afternoon of laboratory or fieldwork a week. One Literature:1492-1900 required one-day field trip on a weekend. Requirement(s): Division II with Lab This course will consider the literature of contact and Approach: Quantitative Readiness Required (QR); conflict between English-speaking whites and Native Scientific Investigation (SI) Americans between the years 1492 and 1920. We will Counts towards: Environmental Studies focus on how these cultures understood the meaning Units: 1.0 and uses of land, and the effects of these literatures of Instructor(s):Elkins,L., Cull,S. encounter upon American land and ecology and vice- (Fall 2013) versa. Texts will include works by Native, European- and African-American writers, and may include texts by GEOL B103 Earth Systems and the Environment Christopher Columbus, John Smith, William Bradford, Handsome Lake, Samson Occom, Lydia Maria Child, This integrated approach to studying the Earth focuses Nathaniel Hawthorne, Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins, on interactions among geology, oceanography, and John Rollin Ridge, Mark Twain, Mourning Dove, Ella biology. Also discussed are the consequences of Deloria and Willa Cather. population growth, industrial development, and human Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities land use. Two lectures and one afternoon of laboratory Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) or fieldwork per week. A required two-day (Fri.-Sat.) field Counts towards: Environmental Studies trip is taken in April. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division II with Lab Instructor(s):Schneider,B. Approach: Scientific Investigation (SI) (Fall 2013) Counts towards: Environmental Studies Crosslisting(s): CITY-B103 ENVS B101 Introduction to Environmental Studies Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) This interdisciplinary introduction to Environmental Studies Minor examines the ideas, themes and GEOL B130 Focus: Life in the Hothouse - Earth’s methodologies of humanists, social scientists, and Future Climate natural scientists in order to understand what they have to offer each other in the study of the environment, and An overview of Earth’s climate in the 22nd century how their inquiries can be strengthened when working in (year 2100 and beyond) based on the current scientific concert. consensus. In addition to describing the forecast Counts towards: Environmental Studies conditions, we discuss the scientific basis for these Units: 1.0 predictions and their associated uncertainties, and Instructor(s):Mozdzer,T., Heckert,M. how climate forecasts have been communicated to the (Fall 2013) public to date. This is a half semester Focus course. Prerequisite: Freshman standing. ENVS B397 Senior Seminar in Environmental Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science Studies Counts towards: Environmental Studies Units: 0.5 This capstone Environmental Studies course is (Not Offered 2013-14) designed to allow Environmental Studies seniors to Environmental Studies 191
GEOL B203 Invertebrate Paleobiology design and implement a final project from their own disciplines. Six hours of combined lecture/lab per week. Biology, evolution, ecology, and morphology of the major Requirement(s): Division II and Quantitive marine invertebrate fossil groups. Lecture three hours Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM); Quantitative and laboratory three hours a week. A semester-long Readiness Required (QR); Scientific Investigation (SI) research project culminating in a scientific manuscript Counts towards: Environmental Studies will be based on material collected on a two-day trip to Crosslisting(s): BIOL-B250; CMSC-B250 the Tertiary deposits of the Chesapeake Bay. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division II with Lab (Not Offered 2013-14) Approach: Scientific Investigation (SI) Counts towards: Environmental Studies GEOL B302 Low-Temperature Geochemistry Units: 1.0 Instructor(s):Marenco,K. The geochemistry of Earth surface processes. Emphasis (Fall 2013) is on the chemistry of surface waters, atmosphere-water environmental chemistry, chemical evolution of natural GEOL B206 Energy Resources and Sustainability waters, and pollution issues. Fundamental principles are applied to natural systems with particular focus on An examination of issues concerning the supply of environmental chemistry. One required field trip on a energy and raw materials required by humanity. This weekend. Prerequisites: CHEM 103, 104 and GEOL includes an investigation of the geological framework 202, or permission of instructor. that determines resource availability, and of the social, Counts towards: Environmental Studies economic, and political considerations related to energy Units: 1.0 production and resource development. Two 90-minute (Not Offered 2013-14) lectures a week. Prerequisite: one year of college science. GEOL B314 Marine Geology Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science Counts towards: Environmental Studies An introduction to the structure of ocean basins and the Units: 1.0 marine sedimentary record. Includes an overview of Instructor(s):Barber,D. physical, biological, and chemical oceanography, and (Fall 2013) modern coastal processes such as shoreline erosion. Meets twice weekly for a combination of lecture, GEOL B209 Natural Hazards discussion and hands-on exercises, including one day- long field trip. Prerequisite: GEOL 101, 102 or 103, and A quantitative approach to understanding the earth 205, or permission of instructor. processes that impact human societies. We consider Counts towards: Environmental Studies the past, current, and future hazards presented by Units: 1.0 geologic processes, including earthquakes, volcanoes, (Not Offered 2013-14) landslides, floods, and hurricanes. The course includes discussion of the social, economic, and policy contexts GEOL B328 Analysis of Geospatial Data Using GIS within which natural geologic processes become hazards. Case studies are drawn from contemporary Analysis of geospatial data, theory, and the practice of and ancient societies. Lecture three hours a week. geospatial reasoning. Prerequisite: one semester of college science or Counts towards: Environmental Studies permission of instructor. Crosslisting(s): CITY-B328; BIOL-B328; ARCH-B328 Requirement(s): Division II and Quantitive Units: 1.0 Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM); Quantitative (Not Offered 2013-14) Readiness Required (QR) Counts towards: Environmental Studies HIST B212 Pirates, Travelers, and Natural Crosslisting(s): CITY-B210 Historians: 1492-1750 Units: 1.0 In the early modern period, conquistadors, missionaries, Instructor(s):Elkins,L. travelers, pirates, and natural historians wrote (Fall 2013) interesting texts in which they tried to integrate the New World into their existing frameworks of knowledge. This GEOL B250 Computational Methods in the Sciences intellectual endeavor was an adjunct to the physical A study of how and why modern computation methods conquest of American space, and provides a framework are used in scientific inquiry. Students will learn though which we will explore the processes of imperial basic principles of simulation-based programming competition, state formation, and indigenous and African through hands-on exercises. Content will focus on the resistance to colonialism. development of population models, beginning with Requirement(s): Division I or Division III simple exponential growth and ending with spatially- Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) explicit individual-based simulations. Students will 192 Environmental Studies
Counts towards: Environmental Studies Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s):Dostal,R. (Not Offered 2013-14) (Spring 2014)
HIST B251 Topics: Growth & Spatial Organization of POLS B222 Introduction to Environmental Issues: the City Policy Making in Comparative Perspective An introduction to growth & spatial organization of cities. An exploration of the ways in which different cultural, Topics vary. economic, and political settings have shaped issue Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities emergence and policy making. We examine the Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) politics of particular environmental issues in selected Counts towards: Environmental Studies countries and regions. We also assess the prospects for Crosslisting(s): CITY-B250 international cooperation in solving global environmental Units: 1.0 problems such as climate change. (Not Offered 2013-14) Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) HIST B278 American Environmental History Counts towards: Environmental Studies Crosslisting(s): CITY-B222 This course explores major themes of American Units: 1.0 environmental history, examining changes in the (Not Offered 2013-14) American landscape, development of ideas about nature and the history of environmental activism. Students POLS B240 Environmental Ethics will study definitions of nature, environment, and environmental history while investigating interactions This course surveys rights- and justice-based between Americans and their physical worlds. justifications for ethical positions on the environment. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science It examines approaches such as stewardship, intrinsic Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) value, land ethic, deep ecology, ecofeminism, Asian Counts towards: Environmental Studies and aboriginal. It explores issues such as obligations to Crosslisting(s): CITY-B278 future generations, to nonhumans and to the biosphere. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Not Offered 2013-14) Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Interpretation (CI) HIST B352 China’s Environment Counts towards: Environmental Studies Crosslisting(s): PHIL-B240 This seminar explores China’s environmental issues Units: 1.0 from a historical perspective. It begins by considering Instructor(s):Dostal,R. a range of analytical approaches , and then explores (Spring 2014) three general periods in China’s environmental changes, imperial times, Mao’s socialist experiments during the POLS B278 Oil, Politics, Society, and Economy first thirty years of the People’s Republic, and the post- Mao reforms. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. Examines the role oil has played in transforming Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science societies, in shaping national politics, and in the Counts towards: Environmental Studies distribution of wealth within and between nations. Crosslisting(s): EAST-B352 Rentier states and authoritarianism, the historical Units: 1.0 relationships between oil companies and states, Instructor(s):Jiang,Y. monopolies, boycotts, sanctions and demands for (Spring 2014) succession, and issues of social justice mark the political economy of oil. PHIL B240 Environmental Ethics Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Counts towards: Environmental Studies This course surveys rights- and justice-based Units: 1.0 justifications for ethical positions on the environment. (Not Offered 2013-14) It examines approaches such as stewardship, intrinsic value, land ethic, deep ecology, ecofeminism, Asian POLS B310 Comparative Public Policy and aboriginal. It explores issues such as obligations to future generations, to nonhumans and to the biosphere. A comparison of policy processes and outcomes across Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities space and time. Focusing on particular issues such Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical as health care, domestic security, water and land use, Interpretation (CI) we identify institutional, historical, and cultural factors Counts towards: Environmental Studies that shape policies. We also examine the growing Crosslisting(s): POLS-B240 importance of international-level policy making and the interplay between international and domestic pressures Environmental Studies 193 on policy makers. Prerequisite is one course in Political beginning with definitions: what is nature? What is Science or public policy. environment? And how do people and their settlements Counts towards: Environmental Studies fit into each? The course then moves to distinct Units: 1.0 disciplinary approaches in which scholarship can and (Not Offered 2013-14) does (and does not) inform our perceptions of the environment. Assignments introduce methodologies of POLS B321 Technology and Politics environmental studies, requiring reading landscapes, working with census data and government reports, An multi-media analysis of the complex role of critically interpreting scientific data, and analyzing work technology in political and social life. We focus on of experts. the relationship between technological change and Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science democratic governance. We begin with historical and Counts towards: Environmental Studies contemporary Luddism as well as pro-technology Crosslisting(s): CITY-B175 movements around the world. Substantive issue areas Units: 1.0 include security and surveillance, electoral politics, (Not Offered 2013-14) warfare, social media, internet freedom, GMO foods and industrial agriculture, climate change and energy SOCL B247 Environmental Social Problems politics. Counts towards: Environmental Studies This course examines environmental social problems Crosslisting(s): CITY-B321 from a constructionist perspective. We will examine how Units: 1.0 environmental problems become public problems that Instructor(s):Hager,C. receive attention, money and widespread concern. (Fall 2013) Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Counts towards: Environmental Studies POLS B354 Comparative Social Movements Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) A consideration of the conceptualizations of power and “legitimate” and “illegitimate” participation, the political SOCL B316 Science, Culture and Society opportunity structure facing potential activists, the mobilizing resources available to them, and the cultural Science is a powerful institution in American life, with framing within which these processes occur. Specific extensive political and personal consequences. Through attention is paid to recent movements within and across case studies and cross-disciplinary readings, this course countries, such as feminist, environmental, and anti- challenges students to examine the social forces that globalization movements, and to emerging forms of influence how science is produced and used in public citizen mobilization, including transnational and global (and private) debates. Prerequisite: one course in networks, electronic mobilization, and collaborative Sociology, or the consent of the instructor. policymaking institutions. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Counts towards: Environmental Studies Counts towards: Environmental Studies Crosslisting(s): SOCL-B354 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) (Not Offered 2013-14) SOCL B346 Advanced Topics in Environment and SOCL B165 Problems in the Natural and Built Society Environment This is a topics course. Topics vary. This course situates the development of sociology as Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science responding to major social problems in the natural Counts towards: Environmental Studies and built environment. It demonstrates why the key Crosslisting(s): CITY-B345; HIST-B345 theoretical developments and empirical findings of Units: 1.0 sociology are crucial in understanding how these (Not Offered 2013-14) problems develop, persist and are addressed or fail to be addressed. SOCL B354 Comparative Social Movements Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science A consideration of the conceptualizations of power and Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) “legitimate” and “illegitimate” participation, the political Counts towards: Environmental Studies opportunity structure facing potential activists, the Units: 1.0 mobilizing resources available to them, and the cultural (Not Offered 2013-14) framing within which these processes occur. Specific attention is paid to recent movements within and across SOCL B175 Environment and Society countries, such as feminist, environmental, and anti- Introduces the ideas, themes, and methodologies globalization movements, and to emerging forms of of the interdisciplinary field of environmental studies 194 Film Studies citizen mobilization, including transnational and global FILM STUDIES networks, electronic mobilization, and collaborative policymaking institutions. Counts towards: Environmental Studies Students may complete a minor in Film Studies. Crosslisting(s): POLS-B354 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s):Hager,C. Steering Committee (Spring 2014) Timothy Harte, Associate Professor of Russian Homay King, Associate Professor of History of Art Hoang Tan Nguyen, Assistant Professor of English Michael Tratner, Professor of English Sharon Ullman, Professor of History (on leave semester I)
Affiliated Faculty
Victoria Funari, Visiting Assistant Professor of History of Art (spring 2014) Timothy Harte, Associate Professor of Russian Steven Z. Levine, Professor of History of Art Hoang Tan Nguyen, Assistant Professor of English Roberta Ricci, Associate Professor of Italian David Romberg, Visiting Assistant Professor of History of Art (fall 2013) Azade Seyhan Fairbank Professor in the Humanities H. Rosi Song, Associate Professor of Spanish Michael Tratner, Professor of English
Film Studies is an interdisciplinary program of inquiry bringing a range of analytical methods to bear upon films, film audiences, and the social and industrial contexts of film and media production, distribution and exhibition. The courses that comprise the minor in film studies reflect the diversity of approaches in the academic study of cinema. The minor is anchored by core courses in formal analysis, history and theory. Elective courses in particular film styles, directors, national cinemas, genres, areas of theory and criticism, video production, and issues in film and media culture add both breadth and depth to this program of study.
Film Studies is a Bryn Mawr College minor. Students must take a majority of courses on the Bryn Mawr campus; however, minors are encouraged to consider courses offered in the Tri-College consortium and at the University of Pennsylvania. Students should work with the director of the Film Studies Program to develop a minor work plan when declaring the minor.
Minor Requirements
In consultation with the program director, students design a program of study that includes a range of film Film Studies 195 genres, styles, national cinemas, eras and disciplinary Units: 1.0 and methodological approaches. Students are strongly Instructor(s): Kwa,S. encouraged to take at least one course addressing (Fall 2013) topics in global or non-western cinema. The minor consists of a total of six courses and must include the EAST B212 Introduction to Chinese Literature following: This is a topics course. Topics vary. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities One introductory course in the formal analysis of Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical film Interpretation (CI) • One course in film history or an area of film history Counts towards: Film Studies Units: 1.0 • One course in film theory or an area of film theory Instructor(s): Kwa,S. Three electives. Fall 2013: Current topic description: This semester, At least one of the six courses must be at the 300 the course will focus on all of the full-length feature level. Courses that fall into two or more of the above films of Hong Kong director Wong Karwai, beginning categories may fulfill the requirement of the student’s with the 1988 film As Tears Go By and ending with the choosing, but may not fulfill more than one requirement 2013 film The Grandmaster. Some topics that will be simultaneously. Students should consult with their discussed include translation; brotherhoods, violence advisers to determine which courses, if any, may count and criminality; nostalgia; the use of music; dystopia; simultaneously for multiple credentials. Final approval is translingualism; post-colonialism; and post-humanism. at the discretion of the program director. EAST B315 Spirits, Saints, Snakes, Swords: Women COURSES in East Asian Literature & Film This interdisciplinary course focuses on a critical ARTW B266 Screenwriting survey of literary and visual texts by and about Chinese An introduction to screenwriting. Issues basic to the art women. We will begin by focusing on the cultural norms of storytelling in film will be addressed and analyzed: that defined women’s lives beginning in early China, and character, dramatic structure, theme, setting, image, consider how those tropes are reflected and rejected sound. The course focuses on the film adaptation; over time and geographical borders (in Japan, Hong readings include novels, screenplays, and short stories. Kong and the United States). No prior knowledge of Films adapted from the readings will be screened. In Chinese culture or language necessary. the course of the semester, students will be expected Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities to outline and complete the first act of an adapted Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Film screenplay of their own. Studies Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) (Not Offered 2013-14) Counts towards: Film Studies Units: 1.0 EDUC B320 Topics in German Literature and Culture Instructor(s):Doyne,N. This is a topics course. Topics vary. Previous topics (Fall 2013) include: Romantic Literary Theory and Literary Modernity; Configurations of Femininity in German COML B238 Topics: The History of Cinema 1895 to Literature; Nietzsche and Modern Cultural Criticism; 1945 Contemporary German Fiction; No Child Left Behind: This is a topics course. Topics vary. Education in German Literature and Culture. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) Counts towards: Film Studies Counts towards: Film Studies Crosslisting(s): GERM-B320 Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B238; RUSS-B238; HART-B238 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Instructor(s):Harte,T. (Fall 2013) ENGL B205 Introduction to Film This course is intended to provide students with Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities the tools of critical film analysis. Through readings Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical of images and sounds, sections of films and entire Interpretation (CI) narratives, students will cultivate the habits of critical Counts towards: Film Studies viewing and establish a foundation for focused work in film studies. The course introduces formal and technical 196 Film Studies units of cinematic meaning and categories of genre and 1945 through contemporary cinema. We will analyze history that add up to the experiences and meanings we a chronological series of styles and national cinemas, call cinema. Although much of the course material will including Classical Hollywood, Italian Neorealism, the focus on the Hollywood style of film, examples will be French New Wave, and other post-war movements drawn from the history of cinema. Attendance at weekly and genres. Viewings of canonical films will be screenings is mandatory. supplemented by more recent examples of global Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities cinema. While historical in approach, this course Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) emphasizes the theory and criticism of the sound film, Counts towards: Film Studies and we will consider various methodological approaches Crosslisting(s): HART-B205 to the aesthetic, socio-political, and psychological Units: 1.0 dimensions of cinema. Readings will provide historical Instructor(s):Nguyen,H. context, and will introduce students to key concepts in (Spring 2014) film studies such as realism, formalism, spectatorship, the auteur theory, and genre studies. Fulfills the history ENGL B238 Topics: The History of Cinema 1895 to requirement or the introductory course requirement for 1945 the Film Studies minor. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities This is a topics course. Topics vary. Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Past (IP) Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) Counts towards: Film Studies Counts towards: Film Studies Crosslisting(s): HART-B299 Crosslisting(s): RUSS-B238; HART-B238; COML-B238 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s):King,H. Instructor(s):Harte,T. (Spring 2014) (Fall 2013) ENGL B323 Movies, Fascism, and Communism ENGL B261 Topics: Film and the German Literary Imagination Movies and mass politics emerged together, altering entertainment and government in strangely similar ways. This is a topics course. Topics vary. Fascism and communism claimed an inherent relation Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities to the masses and hence to movies; Hollywood rejected Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical such claims. We will examine films alluding to fascism Interpretation (CI) or communism, to understand them as commenting on Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Film political debates and on the mass experience of movie Studies going. Crosslisting(s): GERM-B262 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Counts towards: Film Studies (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) ENGL B280 Video Practices: From Analog to Digital This course explores the history and theory of video ENGL B324 Topics in Shakespeare: Shakespeare on art from the late 1960’s to the present. The units Film include: aesthetics; activisim; access; performance; Films and play texts vary from year to year. The course and institutional critique. We will reflect on early video’s assumes significant prior experience of Shakespearean “utopian moment” and its manifestation in the current drama and/or Renaissance drama. new media revolution. Feminist, people of color and Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities queer productions will constitute the majority of our Counts towards: Film Studies corpus. Prerequisite: ENGL/HART B205 Intro to Film or Units: 1.0 consent of the instructor. (Not Offered 2013-14) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Film ENGL B334 Topics in Film Studies Studies Crosslisting(s): HART-B280 This is a topics course. Topics vary. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Not Offered 2013-14) Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Film Studies ENGL B299 History of Narrative Cinema, 1945 to the Crosslisting(s): HART-B334 Present Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Rastegar,R. This course surveys the history of narrative film from (Fall 2013) Film Studies 197
Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Film Fall 2013: Current topic description: This course Studies examines contemporary cinematic images produced Crosslisting(s): HART-B367 in Middle Eastern and Arab countries and in their Units: 1.0 Diasporas. In his groundbreaking text Orientalism, (Not Offered 2013-14) Edward Said argued that Western representations of the “East” are constructed through an inverted mirror GERM B262 Topics: Film and the German Literary reflection of the West. Grounded in postcolonial theory Imagination and film studies, students will explore the role of cultural This is a topics course. Topics vary. formation through moving image production and Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities circulation. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Interpretation (CI) ENGL B336 Topics in Film Counts towards: Film Studies This course examines experimental film and video from Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B261 the 1930’s to present. It will concentrate on the use Units: 1.0 of found footage: the reworking of existing imagery in (Not Offered 2013-14) order to generate new aesthetic frameworks and cultural meanings. Key issues to be explored include copyright, GERM B320 Topics in German Literature and Culture piracy, archive, activism, affect, aesthetics, interactivity This is a topics course. Topics vary. Previous topics and fandom. include: Romantic Literary Theory and Literary Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Modernity; Configurations of Femininity in German Counts towards: Film Studies Literature; Nietzsche and Modern Cultural Criticism; Crosslisting(s): HART-B336 Contemporary German Fiction; No Child Left Behind: Units: 1.0 Education in German Literature and Culture. (Not Offered 2013-14) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Counts towards: Film Studies ENGL B353 Queer Diasporas: Empire, Desire, and Crosslisting(s): EDUC-B320 the Politics of Placement Units: 1.0 Looking at fiction and film from the U.S. and abroad (Not Offered 2013-14) through the lenses of sexuality studies and queer theory, we will explore the ways that both current and past GNST B255 Video Production configurations of sexual, racial, and cultural personhood This course will explore aesthetic strategies utilized have inflected, infringed upon, and opened up spaces by low-budget film and video makers as each student of local/global citizenship and belonging. Prerequisites: works throughout the semester to complete a 7-15 An introductory course in film, or GNST B290, or ENGL minute film or video project. Course requirements B250. include weekly screenings, reading assignments, Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities and class screenings of rushes and roughcuts of Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) student projects. Prerequisites: Some prior film course Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Film experience necessary, instructor discretion. Studies Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Counts towards: Film Studies (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 (Fall 2013) ENGL B367 Asian American Film Video and New Media GNST B290 Interdisciplinary Perspectives on The course explores the role of pleasure in the Gender and Sexuality production, reception, and performance of Asian This course offers a rigorous grounding for students American identities in film, video, and the internet, interested in questions of gender and sexuality. Bringing taking as its focus the sexual representation of Asian together intellectual resources from multiple disciplines, Americans in works produced by Asian American artists it also explores what it means to think across and from 1915 to present. In several units of the course, between disciplinary boundaries. Team-taught by we will study graphic sexual representations, including Bryn Mawr and Haverford professors from different pornographic images and sex acts some may find disciplines, this course is offered yearly on alternate objectionable. Students should be prepared to engage campuses. This semester it will be taught at Bryn Mawr analytically with all class material. To maintain an College by Professor Rosi Song, Spanish, Bryn Mawr atmosphere of mutual respect and solidarity among the participants in the class, no auditors will be allowed. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities 198 Film Studies
College and Professor Nilgun Uygun, Anthropology, history that add up to the experiences and meanings we Haverford College. call cinema. Although much of the course material will Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities focus on the Hollywood style of film, examples will be Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies drawn from the history of cinema. Attendance at weekly Units: 1.0 screenings is mandatory. Instructor(s):Song,R. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Fall 2013) Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Counts towards: Film Studies GNST B302 Topics in Video Production Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B205 Units: 1.0 This is a topics course. Topics vary. Prerequisite: GNST Instructor(s):Nguyen,H. B255, ENGL/HART B205-001 or an equivalent Video (Spring 2014) Production course, such as Documentary Production or an equivalent critical course in Film or Media Studies. HART B215 Russian Avant-Garde Art, Literature and Counts towards: Film Studies Film Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) This course focuses on Russian avant-garde painting, literature and cinema at the start of the 20th century. HART B110 Critical Approaches to Visual Moving from Imperial Russian art to Stalinist aesthetics, Representation: Identification in the Cinema we explore the rise of non-objective painting (Malevich, Kandinsky, etc.), ground-breaking literature (Bely, An introduction to the analysis of film through particular Mayakovsky), and revolutionary cinema (Vertov, attention to the role of the spectator. Why do moving Eisenstein). No knowledge of Russian required. images compel our fascination? How exactly do film Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities spectators relate to the people, objects, and places Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) that appear on the screen? Wherein lies the power of Counts towards: Film Studies images to move, attract, repel, persuade, or transform Crosslisting(s): RUSS-B215 its viewers? In this course, students will be introduced Units: 1.0 to film theory through the rich and complex topic of Instructor(s):Harte,T. identification. We will explore how points of view are (Spring 2014) framed in cinema, and how those viewing positions differ from those of still photography, advertising, HART B238 Topics: The History of Cinema 1895 to video games, and other forms of media. Students 1945 will be encouraged to consider the role the cinematic medium plays in influencing our experience of a film: This is a topics course. Topics vary. how it is not simply a film’s content, but the very form Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities of representation that creates interactions between Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) the spectator and the images on the screen. Film Counts towards: Film Studies screenings include Psycho, Being John Malkovich, Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B238; RUSS-B238; COML-B238 and others. Course is geared to freshman and those Units: 1.0 with no prior film instruction. Fulfills History of Art major Instructor(s):Harte,T. 100-level course requirement, Film Studies minor (Fall 2013) Introductory course or Theory course requirement. Syllabus is subject to change at instructor’s discretion. HART B280 Video Practices: Analog to Digital Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities This course explores the history and theory of video Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the art from the late 1960’s to the present. The units Past (IP) include: aesthetics; activisim; access; performance; Counts towards: Film Studies and institutional critique. We will reflect on early video’s Units: 1.0 “utopian moment” and its manifestation in the current Instructor(s):King,H. new media revolution. Feminist, people of color and (Fall 2013) queer productions will constitute the majority of our corpus. Prerequisite: ENGL/HART B205 Intro to Film or HART B205 Introduction to Film consent of the instructor. This course is intended to provide students with Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities the tools of critical film analysis. Through readings Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Film of images and sounds, sections of films and entire Studies narratives, students will cultivate the habits of critical Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B280 viewing and establish a foundation for focused work in Units: 1.0 film studies. The course introduces formal and technical (Not Offered 2013-14) units of cinematic meaning and categories of genre and Film Studies 199
HART B299 History of Narrative Cinema, 1945 to the in Middle Eastern and Arab countries and in their present Diasporas. In his groundbreaking text Orientalism, Edward Said argued that Western representations of This course surveys the history of narrative film from the “East” are constructed through an inverted mirror 1945 through contemporary cinema. We will analyze reflection of the West. Grounded in postcolonial theory a chronological series of styles and national cinemas, and film studies, students will explore the role of cultural including Classical Hollywood, Italian Neorealism, the formation through moving image production and French New Wave, and other post-war movements circulation. and genres. Viewings of canonical films will be supplemented by more recent examples of global HART B336 Topics in Film cinema. While historical in approach, this course emphasizes the theory and criticism of the sound film, This course examines experimental film and video from and we will consider various methodological approaches the 1930’s to present. It will concentrate on the use to the aesthetic, socio-political, and psychological of found footage: the reworking of existing imagery in dimensions of cinema. Readings will provide historical order to generate new aesthetic frameworks and cultural context, and will introduce students to key concepts in meanings. Key issues to be explored include copyright, film studies such as realism, formalism, spectatorship, piracy, archive, activism, affect, aesthetics, interactivity the auteur theory, and genre studies. Fulfills the history and fandom. requirement or the introductory course requirement for Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities the Film Studies minor. Counts towards: Film Studies Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B336 Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the Units: 1.0 Past (IP) (Not Offered 2013-14) Counts towards: Film Studies Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B299 HART B367 Asian American Film, Video and New Units: 1.0 Media Instructor(s):King,H. The course explores the role of pleasure in the (Spring 2014) production, reception, and performance of Asian American identities in film, video, and the internet, HART B306 Film Theory taking as its focus the sexual representation of Asian An introduction to major developments in film theory Americans in works produced by Asian American artists and criticism. Topics covered include: the specificity of from 1915 to present. In several units of the course, film form; cinematic realism; the cinematic “author”; the we will study graphic sexual representations, including politics and ideology of cinema; the relation between pornographic images and sex acts some may find cinema and language; spectatorship, identification, objectionable. Students should be prepared to engage and subjectivity; archival and historical problems in film analytically with all class material. To maintain an studies; the relation between film studies and other atmosphere of mutual respect and solidarity among the disciplines of aesthetic and social criticism. Each week participants in the class, no auditors will be allowed. of the syllabus pairs critical writing(s) on a central Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities principle of film analysis with a cinematic example. Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Film Class will be divided between discussion of critical texts Studies and attempts to apply them to a primary cinematic text. Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B367 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Counts towards: Film Studies (Not Offered 2013-14) Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B306; COML-B306 Units: 1.0 HEBR B110 Israeli Cinema (Not Offered 2013-14) The course traces the evolution of the Israeli cinema from ideologically charged visual medium to a HART B334 Topics in Film Studies universally recognized film art, as well as the emergent This is a topics course. Topics vary. Palestinian cinema and the new wave of Israeli Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities documentaries. It will focus on the historical, ideological, Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Film political, and cultural changes in Israeli and Palestinian Studies societies and their impact on films’ form and content. Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B334 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Instructor(s): Rastegar,R. Interpretation (CI) (Fall 2013) Counts towards: Film Studies; Middle East Studies
Fall 2013: Current topic description: This course examines contemporary cinematic images produced 200 Film Studies
Units: 1.0 ITAL B255 Uomini d’onore in Sicilia: Italian Mafia (Not Offered 2013-14) This course aims to explore representations of Mafia figures in Italian literature and cinema, with reference HIST B284 Movies and America also to Italian-American films, starting from the ‘classical’ Movies are one of the most important means by which example of Sicily. The course will introduce students to Americans come to know – or think they know—their both Italian Studies from an interdisciplinary prospective own history. This class examines the complex cultural and also to narrative fiction, using Italian literature relationship between film and American historical self written by 19th, 20th, and 21st Italian Sicilian authors. fashioning. Course is taught in Italian. Prerequisite: ITAL B102 or Requirement(s): Division I or Division III permission of the instructor. Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Past (IP) Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Film Counts towards: Film Studies Studies Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s):Ricci,R. (Not Offered 2013-14) (Fall 2013)
ITAL B212 Italy Today: New Voices, New Writers, ITAL B299 Grief, Sexuality, Identity: Emerging New Literature Adulthood This course, taught in English, will focus primarily Adolescence is an important time of personality on the works of the so-called “migrant writers” who, development as a result of changes in the self-concept having adopted the Italian language, have become a and the formation of a new moral system of values. significant part of the new voice of Italy. In addition to Emphasis will be placed on issues confronting the the aesthetic appreciation of these works, this course role of the family and peer relationships, prostitution, will also take into consideration the social, cultural, drugs, youth criminality/gangsters/violence, cultural and political factors surrounding them. The course will diversity, pregnancy, gender identity, mental/moral/ focus on works by writers who are now integral to Italian religious development, emotional growth, alcoholism, canon – among them: Cristina Ali-Farah, Igiaba Scego, homosexuality, sexual behavior. Prerequisite: ITAL Ghermandi Gabriella, Amara Lakhous. As part of the B102. course, movies concerned with various aspects of Italian Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Migrant literature will be screened and analyzed. Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Film Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Studies Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Units: 1.0 Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Film (Not Offered 2013-14) Studies Units: 1.0 RUSS B215 Russian Avant-Garde Art, Literature and Instructor(s):Monserrati,M. Film (Spring 2014) This course focuses on Russian avant-garde painting, literature and cinema at the start of the 20th century. ITAL B225 Italian Cinema and Literary Adaptation Moving from Imperial Russian art to Stalinist aesthetics, The course will discuss how cinema conditions literary we explore the rise of non-objective painting (Malevich, imagination and how literature leaves its imprint on Kandinsky, etc.), ground-breaking literature (Bely, cinema. We will “read” films as “literary images” and Mayakovsky), and revolutionary cinema (Vertov, “see” novels as “visual stories.” The reading of Italian Eisenstein). No knowledge of Russian required. literary sources will be followed by evaluation of the Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities corresponding films by well-known directors, including Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) female directors. We will study, through close textual Counts towards: Film Studies analysis, such issues as Fascism, nationhood, gender, Crosslisting(s): HART-B215 sexuality, politics, regionalism, death, and family in the Units: 1.0 Italian context. Instructor(s):Harte,T. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) (Spring 2014) Counts towards: Film Studies Units: 1.0 RUSS B238 Topics: The History of Cinema 1895 to (Not Offered 2013-14) 1945 This is a topics course. Topics vary. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) Fine Arts 201
Counts towards: Film Studies FINE ARTS Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B238; HART-B238; COML-B238 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s):Harte,T. Students may complete a major in Fine Arts at (Fall 2013) Haverford College.
RUSS B258 Soviet and Eastern European Cinema of the 1960s Faculty This course examines 1960s Soviet and Eastern European “New Wave” cinema, which won worldwide Markus Baenziger, Associate Professsor acclaim through its treatment of war, gender, and John Goodrich, Instructor aesthetics. Films from Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Hee Sook Kim, Associate Professor Poland, Russia, and Yugoslavia will be viewed and analyzed, accompanied by readings on film history and Vita Litvak, Visiting Assistant Professor theory. All films shown with subtitles; no knowledge of Elizabeth Whalley, Visiting Assistant Professor Russian or previous study of film required. Requirement(s): Division I or Division III William E. Williams, Professor and Curator of Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Photography Interpretation (CI) Ying Li, Professor Counts towards: Film Studies Units: 1.0 The fine arts courses offered by the department are (Not Offered 2013-14) structured to accomplish the following: (1) For students not majoring in fine arts: to develop a visual perception SPAN B318 Adaptaciones literarias en el cine of form and to present knowledge and understanding espa ol of it in works of art. (2) For students intending to major in fine arts: beyond the foregoing, to promote thinking Film adaptations of literary works have been popular in visual terms and to foster the skills needed to give since the early years of cinema in Spain. This course expression to these in a coherent body of art works. examines the relationship between films and literature, focusing on the theory and practice of film adaptation. Attention will be paid to the political and cultural context Major Requirements in which these texts are being published and made into Fine arts majors are required to concentrate in films. Prerequisite: A 200-level course in Spanish, SPAN either painting, drawing, sculpture, photography or 208. printmaking: four 100 level foundation courses in each Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities discipline; two different 200 level courses outside Counts towards: Film Studies; Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian the area of concentration; two 200 level courses Peoples & Cultures and one 300-level course within that area; three art Units: 1.0 history courses to be taken at Bryn Mawr College or (Not Offered 2013-14) equivalent; and Senior Departmental Studies 499. For majors intending to do graduate work, it is strongly recommended that they take an additional 300 level studio course within their area of concentration and an additional art history course at Bryn Mawr College.
COURSES ARTS H101 Arts Foundation-Drawing (2-D) A seven-week introductory course for students with little or no experience in drawing. Students will first learn how to see with a painter’s eye. Composition, perspective, proportion, light, form, picture plane and other fundamentals will be studied. We will work from live models, still life, landscape, imagination and masterwork. Prerequisite: Overenrollment will be determined by lottery conducted by Prof. on the first day of class. Y.Li 202 Fine Arts
ARTS H102 Arts Foundation-Drawing of class email professor. Prerequisite: None. Over- enrollment will be determined by lottery. Preference to This is a seven week course designed to provide an declared majors who need Foundations, and to students overview of basic drawing techniques addressing line, who have entered the lottery for the same Foundations form, space, and composition. Various drawing methods course at least once without success. Enrollment limited will be introduced in class, and students will gain to 18 students. experience in drawing by working from still life, models, M.Baenziger and the landscape. Students will explore a range of materials, wet, dry, collage, and some projects are ARTS H107 Arts Foundation-Painting designed to expand on the idea of drawing with three- dimensional concepts. Prerequisite: Overenrollment will A seven-week introductory course for students with be determined by lottery conducted by Prof. on the first little or no experience in painting. Students will be first day of class. introduced to the handling of basic tools, materials M.Baenziger and techniques. We will study the color theory such as interaction of color, value & color, warms & cools, ARTS H103 Arts Foundation-Photography complementary colors, optical mixture, texture, surface quality. We will work from live model, still life, landscape, Prerequisite: Overenrollment will be determined by imagination and masterwork. Prerequisite: Preference to lottery conducted by Prof. on the first day of class. declared majors who need Foundations, and to students W.Williams who have entered the lottery for the same Foundations course at least once without success. Preference will ARTS H104 Arts Foundation-Sculpture also be given to students with Foundations-Drawing This is a seven week, half semester course designed to experience. Overenrollment will be determined by lottery provide an introduction to three dimensional concepts conducted by Prof. on the first day of class. and techniques. Skills associated with organizing and Y.Li constructing three-dimensional form will be addressed through a series of projects within a contemporary ARTS H108 Arts Foundation-Photography context. The first projects will focus on basic three- Prerequisite: Overenrollment will be determined by dimensional concepts, while later projects will allow lottery conducted by Prof. on the first day of class. for greater individual self-expression and exploration. Course is a repeat of 103D/108H. Various fabrication skills including construction, W.Williams modeling, basic mold making, and casting will be demonstrated in class. All fabrication techniques will ARTS H109 Arts Foundation-Sculpture be covered in detail in class, and no prior experience is required to successfully complete this course. Important: This is a seven week course designed to provide ARTSH106(Foundation Drawing 3D) is the first half of an introduction to three dimensional concepts and each semester and ARTSH104 (Foundation Sculpture) techniques. Skills associated with organizing and is the second half of each semester. Students interested constructing three-dimensional form will be addressed in taking Foundation Sculpture must attend the first through a series of projects within a contemporary day of ARTSH106 Foundation Drawing to enter lotto context. The first projects will focus on basic three- for Foundation Sculpture. If unable to attend first class dimensional concepts, while later projects will allow of the semester email the professor. Prerequisite: for greater individual self-expression and exploration. Overenrollment will be determined by lottery conducted Various fabrication skills including construction, by Prof. on the first day of class. modeling, basic mold making, and casting will be M.Baenziger demonstrated in class. All fabrication techniques will be covered in detail in class, and no prior experience ARTS H106 Arts Foundation-Drawing (3-D) is required to successfully complete this course. Prerequisite: None. Over-enrollment will be determined This is a seven week, half semester course designed by lottery. Preference to declared majors who need to provide an overview of basic drawing techniques Foundations, and to students who have entered the addressing line, form, space, and composition. Various lottery for the same Foundations course at least once drawing methods will be introduced in class, and without success. Enrollment limited to 15 students. students will gain experience in drawing by working M.Baenziger from still life, models, and the landscape. Students will explore a range of materials, wet, dry, collage, and ARTS H120 Foundation Printmaking: Silkscreen some projects are designed to expand on the idea of drawing with three-dimensional concepts. ARTSH106 A seven-week course covering various techniques is only offered the first half of each semester with and approaches to silkscreen, including painterly ARTSH104(Foundation Sculpture) offered the second monoprint, stencils, direct drawing and photo-silkscreen. half of each semester.If unable to attend first day Emphasizing the expressive potential of the medium Fine Arts 203 to create a personal visual statement. Prerequisite: ARTS H216 History of Photography from 1839 to the Preference to declared majors who need Foundations, Present and to those who have entered the lottery for the same An introductory survey course about the history of Foundations course at least once without success. photography from its beginnings in 1839 to the present. Lottery conducted by Prof. on the first day of class. The goal is to understand how photography has altered H.Kim perceptions about the past, created a new art form, and become a hallmark of modern society. Prerequisite: ARTS H121 Foundation Printmaking: Relief Printing Sophomore standing A seven-week course covering various techniques and W.Williams approaches to the art of the woodcut and the linocut, emphasizing the study of design principles and the ARTS H217 The History of African-American Art expressive potential of the medium to create a personal from 1619 to the Present visual statement. Prerequisite: Preference to declared A survey course documenting and interpreting the majors who need Foundations, and to students who development and history of African-American Art from have entered the lottery for the same Foundations 1619 to present day. Representative works from the course at least once without success. art and rare book collections will supplement course E.Whalley readings. Prerequisite: Any HART Course, 200 level ARTS Studio Course, Anthropology of Art, AFST course. ARTS H122 Foundation Printmaking: Lithography W.Williams A seven-week course covering various techniques and approaches to Lithography, including stone and plate ARTS H218 Chinese Calligraphy As An Art Form preparation, drawing materials, editioning, black and This course combines studio practice and creating art white printing. Emphasizing the expressive potential projects with slide lectures, readings, and museum of the medium to create a personal visual statement. visits. Students will study the art of Chinese Calligraphy, Prerequisite: Preference to declared majors who need and its connection with Western art. No Chinese Foundations, and to students who have entered the language required. lottery for the same Foundations course at least once Y.Li without success. H.Kim ARTS H223 Printmaking: Materials and Techniques: Etching ARTS H123 Foundation Printmaking: Etching Concepts and techniques of B/W & Color Intaglio. A seven-week course covering various techniques and Line etching, aquatint, soft and hard ground, chin-colle approaches to intaglio printmaking including monotypes, techniques will be explored as well as visual concepts. soft and hard ground, line, aquatint, chine collage and Developing personal statements will be encouraged. viscosity printing. Emphasizing the expressive potential Individual and group critiques will be employed. of the medium to create a personal visual statement. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor by review of Prerequisite: Preference to declared majors who need portfolio Foundations, and to students who have entered the H.Kim lottery for the same Foundations course at least once without success. ARTS H224 Computer and Printmaking E.Whalley Computer-generated images and printmaking ARTS H124 Foundation Printmaking: Monotype techniques. Students will create photographic, computer processed, and directly drawn images on Basic printmaking techniques in Monotype medium. lithographic polyester plates and zinc etching plates. Painterly methods, direct drawing, stencils, brayer Classwork will be divided between the computer lab techniques for beginners in printmaking will be taught. and the printmaking studio to create images using both Color, form, shape, and somposition in 2-D format image processing software and traditional printmaking will be explored. Individual and group critiques will be methods, including lithography, etching, and silk-screen. employed. Prerequisite: Preference to declared majors Broad experimental approaches to printmaking and who need Foundations, and to those who have entered computer techniques will be encouraged. Individual and the lottery for the same Foundations course at least group critiques will be employed. Prerequisite: An intro once without success. Lottery conducted by Prof. on the printmaking course or permission by portfolio review. first day of class. H.Kim H.Kim 204 Fine Arts
ARTS H225 Lithography: Material and Techniques ARTS H251 Photography: Materials and Techniques An intermediate course covering B/W and Color Students are encouraged to develop an individual Lithography in plates and stones. Combined methods approach to photography. Emphasis is placed on the with other printmaking techniques such as Paper creation of black and white photographic prints which lithography and Monotype are explored during the express plastic form, emotions and ideas about the course along with photographic approaches. An edition physical world. Work is critiqued weekly to give critical of images is required along with experimental ones. insights into editing of individual student work and the Development of technical skills in traditional Lithography use of the appropriate black and white photographic and personal visual study are necessary with successful materials necessary to give coherence to that work. creative solutions. A strong body of work following a Study of the photography collection, gallery and specific theme is required. Individual discussions and museum exhibitions, lectures, and a critical analysis group critiques are held periodically. Additional research of photographic sequences in books and a research on the history of printmaking is requested. Prerequisite: project supplement the weekly critiques. In addition Permission of Instructor by review of portfolio. students produce a handmade archival box to house H.Kim their work which is organized into a loose sequence and mounted to archival standards. Prerequisite: Fine Arts ARTS H231 Drawing (2-D): All Media 103 or equivalent. W.Williams Students are encouraged to experiment with various drawing media and to explore the relationships between ARTS H253 The Theory and Practice of Conceptual media, techniques and expression. Each student will Art strive to develop a personal approach to drawing while addressing fundamental issues of pictorial space, In this course, the specific mid-20th C movement called structure, scale, and rhythm. Students will work from Conceptual Art will be explored, as will its progenitors observation, conceptual ideas and imagination. Course and its progeny. Students will study the founding includes drawing projects, individual and group crits, manifestos, the canonical works and their critical slide lectures, museum and gallery visits. Prerequisite: appraisals, as well as develop tightly structured studio Fine Arts Foundations or consent. practica to embody the former research. The course Y.Li invites artists, writers, activists, & cultural thinkers, those who want to know what it is to make things, ARTS H233 Painting: Materials and Techniques spaces, situations, communities, allies, & trouble-- without necessarily knowing how to draw, paint, sculpt, Students are encouraged to experiment with various photograph, videotape, or film. painting techniques and materials in order to develop J.Muse a personal approach to self-expression. We will emphasize form, color, texture, and the relationship ARTS H260 Photography: Materials and Techniques among them; influences of various techniques upon the expression of a work; the characteristics and limitations Prerequisite: Fine Arts Foundations or consent. of different media. Students will work from observation, W.Williams conceptual ideas and imagination. Course includes drawing projects, individual and group crits, slide ARTS H321 Experimental Studio: Etching lectures, museum and gallery visits. Prerequisite: Fine An advanced course covers Color Etching using Arts Foundations or consent. multiple plates. Viscosity printing, line etching, aquatint, Y.Li soft-ground, surface roll, Chin-collè, plate preparation, registration, and editioning are covered. Students ARTS H243 Sculpture: Materials and Techniques study techniques and concepts in Intaglio method This course is designed to give students an in depth as well as visual expressions through hands-on introduction to a comprehensive range of three- experiences. Development of technical skills of Intaglio dimensional concepts and fabrication techniques. and personal visual study are necessary and creative Emphasis will be on wood and metal working, and and experimental approaches beyond two-dimensional additional processes such as casting procedures for a outcomes encouraged. A strong body of work following range of synthetic materials will be introduced in class. a specific theme is required. Individual discussions and Students will be encouraged to develop their own visual group critiques are held periodically. Additional research vocabulary and to understand their ideas in the context on the history of printmaking is requested. Prerequisite: of contemporary sculpture. Projects are designed Permission of instructor by review of portfolio. to provide students with a framework to explore H.Kim all sculptural techniques introduced in class while developing their own personal form of visual expression. Course may be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Fine Arts Foundations or consent. M.Baenziger Fine Arts 205
ARTS H322 Experimental Studio: Printmaking: ARTS H343 Experimental Studio: Sculpture Lithography In this studio course the student is encouraged to An advanced course explores traditional and experiment with ideas and techniques with the purpose experimental lithographic printmaking techniques in of developing his or her individual form of expression. It multiple plates and stones. Two- and three- dimensional is expected that the student will already have a sound and design and drawing exploration in color also are knowledge of the craft and aesthetics of sculpture. addressed. During the semester, students use multiple- Advanced three-dimensional concepts and fabrication plate and stone lithography in colors. Registration, color techniques including bronze casting will be introduced in separation, and edition are taught at an advanced level. class. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Fine Arts Combining other mediums can be explored individually. 243A or B, or consent of instructor Development of technical skills of the Lithographic M.Baenziger process with personal visual study is necessary and creative and experimental approaches are highly ARTS H351 Experimental Studio: Photography encouraged. A strong body of work following a specific Students produce an extended sequence of their work theme is required. Individual discussions and group in either book (ARTSH351A) or exhibition (ARTSH351B) critiques are held periodically. Additional research on the format using black and white or color photographic history of printmaking is requested. Prerequisite: One materials. The sequence and scale of the photographic course in printmaking or consent. prints are determined by the nature of the student’s H.Kim work. Weekly classroom critiques, supplemented by an extensive investigation of classic photographic picture ARTS H327 Experimental Studio: Lithography and books and related critical texts guide students to the Intaglio completion of their course work. This two semester Concepts and techniques of black and white and color course consists of the book project first semester (351A) lithography. The development of a personal direction is and the exhibition project second semester (351B). At encouraged. Prerequisite: A foundation drawing course the end of each semester the student may exhibit his/ and Foundation Printmaking, or permission of instructor her project. Prerequisite: Fine Arts 251A and 260B H.Kim W.Williams
ARTS H331 Experimental Studio: Drawing (2-D) ARTS H460 Teaching Assistant Students will build on the work done in 200 level H.Kim courses, to develop further their individual approach to drawing. Students are expected to create projects that ARTS H480 Independent Study demonstrate the unique character of drawing in making This course gives the advanced student the opportunity their own art. Completed projects will be exhibited to experiment with concepts and ideas and to explore at the end of semester. Class will include weekly in depth his or her talent. Prerequisite: consent of crits, museum visits, visiting artists’ lecture and crits. instructor. Each student will present a 15- minute slide talk and H.Kim discussion of either their own work or the work of artists who influenced them. Prerequisite: Fine Arts 231A or B, ARTS H499 Senior Departmental Studies or consent. Y.Li The student reviews the depth and extent of experience gained, and in so doing creates a coherent body of work ARTS H333 Experimental Studio: Painting expressive of the student’s insights and skills. At the end of the senior year the student is expected to produce a Students will build on the work done in 200 level show of his or her work. Prerequisite: Senior Majors courses to develop further their individual approach Staff to painting. Students are expected to create projects that demonstrate the unique character of their chosen media in making their own art. Completed projects will be exhibited at the end of semester. Class will include weekly crits, museum visits, visiting artists’ lecture and crits. Each student will present a 15- minute slide talk and discussion of either their own work or the work of artists who influenced them. Prerequisite: Fine Arts 223A or B, or consent. Y.Li 206 French and Francophone Studies
FRENCH AND courses after satisfactory completion of two semesters of 200-level courses in French. FRANCOPHONE STUDIES All students who wish to pursue their study of French, regardless of level, must take a departmental Students may complete a major or minor in French and placement examination prior to arriving at Bryn Mawr; Francophone Studies. Within the major, students may unless they have IB or Advanced Placement credit, complete the requirements for secondary education they must also present the SAT II French score or certification. Students may, with departmental approval, undergo further placement assessment upon their complete an M.A. in the combined A.B./M.A. program arrival. Those students who begin French have two (through 2014-2015 academic year). options: intensive study of the language in the intensive sequence (001-002 Intensive Elementary; 005 Intensive Intermediate and 102 (“Introduction à l’analyse littéraire Faculty et culturelle, or 005 and 105 (“Directions de la France contemporaine”); or non-intensive study of the language Penny Armstrong, Chair and Eunice M. Schenck 1907 in the non-intensive sequence (001-002 Elementary; Professor of French and Director of Middle Eastern 003-004 Intermediate; 101-102 or 101-105). Although Languages it is possible to major in French using either of the two Benjamin Cherel, Lecturer sequences, students who are considering doing so Pauline de Tholozany, Visiting Assistant Professor of and have been placed at the 001 level are strongly French and Francophone Studies encouraged to take the intensive sequence. The Department of French and Francophone Studies also Willemijn Don, Lecturer cooperates with the Departments of Italian and Spanish Pim Higginson, Associate Professor of French (on leave in the Romance Languages major. semesters I and II) Rudy Le Menthéour, Assistant Professor of French Major Requirements Brigitte Mahuzier, Professor of French and Director of Requirements in the major subject are: the Institut d’etudes francaises d’Avignon Agnès Peysson-Zeiss, Lecturer French and Francophone Literature: FREN 005-102 or 005-105 or 101-102 or 101-105; the The Departments of French at Bryn Mawr and Haverford 200-level language course; FREN 213 “Qu’est-ce Colleges offer a variety of courses and two options for que la théorie;” three 200-level literature courses, the major. The purpose of the major in French is to lay two 300-level literature courses, and the year- the foundation for an understanding and appreciation of long Senior Experience, which consists of Senior French and Francophone culture through its literature Conference (FREN 398) in the fall semester and and language, the history of its arts, its thought and either a Senior Thesis or a third 300-level course its institutions. Course offerings are intended to serve culminating in the Senior Essay during the spring both those students with particular interest in French semester. In either case, the work of the spring and Francophone literature, literary theory and criticism semester is capped by an oral defense. (Literary option), as well as those whose interests Transdisciplinary French and Francophone Studies: in French and French-speaking countries invites a FREN 005-102 or 005-105 or 101-102 or 101- transdisciplinary perspective (Transdisciplinary Studies 105; the 200-level language course; two 200-level in French). A thorough knowledge of written and courses within the department: e.g., FREN 291 spoken French is a common goal for both literary and or 299; two 200-level courses to be chosen by transdisciplinary options. the student outside the French departments (at BMC/HC or JYA) which contribute coherently to In the 100-level courses, students are introduced her independent program of study; FREN 326 to the study of French and Francophone literatures Etudes avancées de civilization, Senior Conference and cultures, and special attention is given to the (FREN 398), plus two 300-level courses outside speaking and writing of French. Courses at the the departments; thesis of one semester in French 200-level treat French literature and civilization across or English. Students interested are encouraged to the historical spectrum. Two 200-level courses are present the rationale and the projected content of devoted to advanced language training and one to the their transdisciplinary program for departmental study of theory. Advanced (300-level) courses offer approval during their sophomore year; they should detailed study either of individual authors, genres have excellent records in French and the other and movements or of particular periods, themes and subjects involved in their proposed program. problems in French and Francophone culture. In both Both concentrations: all French majors are major options, students are admitted to advanced expected to have acquired fluency in the French French and Francophone Studies 207
language, both written and oral. Unless specifically program may be completed in four or five years and is exempted by the department, they are required undertaken with the approval of the department, the to take the 200-level language course. Students Special Cases Committee and the Dean of the Graduate may wish to continue from this course to hone School of Arts and Sciences (through 2014-15 academic their skills further in courses on stylistics and year). translation offered at Bryn Mawr College or abroad. Students placed at the 200-level by departmental Study Abroad examinations are exempted from the 100-level requirements. Occasionally, students may be Students majoring in French may, by a joint admitted to seminars in the graduate school. recommendation of the deans of the Colleges and the Departments of French, be allowed to spend their Honors and the Senior Experience junior year or a semester thereof in France and/or a Francophone country under one of the junior-year plans For the French and Francophone Literature option: After approved by Bryn Mawr. taking Senior Conference in semester I of the senior year, students have the choice in semester II of writing Students wishing to enroll in a summer program may a thesis in French (30-40 pp.) under the direction of a apply for admission to the Institut d’Etudes Françaises faculty member or taking a 300-level course in which d’Avignon, held under the auspices of Bryn Mawr. The they write a Senior Essay in French (15-20 pp.) The first Institut is designed for selected undergraduates with a choice offers self-selected students who already have serious interest in French and Francophone literatures developed a clearly defined subject in semester I the and cultures; it will be particularly attractive for those opportunity to pursue independent research and writing who anticipate professional careers requiring knowledge of the thesis with a faculty mentor. The second choice of the language and civilization of France and French allows students, often double majors with another speaking countries. The curriculum includes general and thesis or pre-medical students, the opportunity to advanced courses in French language, literature, social produce a substantial, but shorter, piece of work within sciences, history, art, and economics. The program is the structure of their 300-level course in semester II. open to students of high academic achievement who Departmental honors are awarded for excellence in the have completed a course in French at the third-year Senior Experience after the oral defense of either the level or the equivalent. Senior Thesis or the Senior Essay. COURSES For the Interdisciplinary Studies in French option: Students take French 325 or 326 in their senior year FREN B001 Elementary French and, if they have not already done so, complete the The speaking and understanding of French are two 300-level courses required outside the department. emphasized particularly during the first semester, and In semester II they write a thesis in French or English written competence is stressed as well in semester II. under the direction of a member of the French faculty The work includes regular use of the Language Learning and a mentor outside the department. Departmental Center and is supplemented by intensive oral practice honors are awarded for excellence in the Senior sessions. The course meets in non-intensive (five hours Experience after the oral defense of the Senior Thesis. a week) sections. This is a year-long course. Requirement(s): Language Level 1 Minor Requirements Units: 1.0, 1.5 Instructor(s): Cherel,B. Requirements for a French minor are FREN 005-102 or (Fall 2013) 005-105, or 101-102 or 101-105; the 200-level language course; and four 200-level or 300-level courses. At least FREN B001IN Intensive Elementary French one course must be 300-level. French 001 Intensive Elementary is the first half of a two-semester beginning sequence designed to Teacher Certification help students attain a level of proficiency to function The Department of French and Francophone Studies comfortably in a French-speaking environment.It is both offers a certification program in secondary teacher speaking (through pair work, group work and drills) education. For more information, see the description of and writing intensive (through blogs and essays). In the Education Program. drill sessions, students develop the ability to speak and understand better through songs, skits, debates, and a variety of activities. The course meets nine hours per A.B./M.A. Program week. Units: 1.5 Particularly well-qualified students may undertake work Instructor(s): Don,W., Peysson-Zeiss,A. toward the joint A.B./M.A. degree in French. Such a (Fall 2013) 208 French and Francophone Studies
FREN B002 Elementary French FREN B005 Intensive Intermediate French The speaking and understanding of French are The emphasis on speaking and understanding French emphasized particularly during the first semester, and is continued; literary and cultural texts are read and written competence is stressed as well in semester II. increasingly longer papers are written in French. In The work includes regular use of the Language Learning addition to three class meetings a week, students Center and is supplemented by intensive oral practice develop their skills in group sessions with the professors sessions. The course meets in intensive (nine hours a and in oral practice hours with assistants. Students use week) and non-intensive (five hours a week) sections. the Language Learning Center regularly. This course This is a year-long course. prepares students to take 102 or 105 in semester II. Requirement(s): Language Level 1 Open only to graduates of Intensive Elementary French Units: 1.0 or to students placed by the department. Students who Instructor(s): Don,W., Cherel,B. are not graduates of Intensive Elementary French must (Spring 2014) take either 102 or 105 to receive credit. Prerequisite 002 intensive. Two additional hours of instruction TBA. FREN B002IN Intensive Elementary French Requirement(s): Language Level 2 Units: 1.5 The second half of a two-semester beginning sequence Instructor(s): Armstrong,G., Peysson-Zeiss,A. designed to help students attain a level of proficiency to (Fall 2013) function comfortably in a French-speaking environment. It is both speaking (through pair work, group work and FREN B101 Introduction à l’analyse littéraire et drills) and writing intensive (through blogs and essays). culturelle I In drills sessions, students develop the ability to speak and understand better through songs, skits, debates, Presentation of essential problems in literary and and a variety of activities. Class meets nine hours per cultural analysis by close reading of works selected from week. various periods and genres and by analysis of voice Units: 1.5 and image in French writing and film. Participation in Instructor(s): Don,W., Peysson-Zeiss,A. discussion and practice in written and oral expression (Spring 2014) are emphasized, as are grammar review and laboratory exercises. FREN B003 Intermediate French Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) The emphasis on speaking, understanding, and writing Units: 1.0 French is continued; texts from French literature and Instructor(s): Armstrong,G. cultural media are read; and short papers are written in (Fall 2013) French. Students use the Language Learning Center regularly and attend supplementary oral practice FREN B102 Introduction à l’analyse littéraire et sessions. The course meets in non-intensive (three culturelle II hours a week) sections that are supplemented by an extra hour per week with an assistant. This is a year- Continued development of students’ expertise in literary long course; both semesters are required for credit. and cultural analysis by emphasizing close reading Requirement(s): Language Level 2 as well as oral and written analyses of increasingly Units: 1.0 complex works chosen from various genres and periods Instructor(s): Don,W., Cherel,B. of French and Francophone works in their written (Fall 2013) and visual modes. Readings include comic theater of the 17th or 18th centuries and build to increasingly FREN B004 Intermediate French complex nouvelles, poetry and novels of the 19th and 20th centuries. Participation in guided discussion The emphasis on speaking, understanding, and writing and practice in oral/written expression continue to be French is continued; texts from French literature and emphasized, as is grammar review. Prerequisite: FREN cultural media are read; and short papers are written in 005 or 101. French. Students use the Language Learning Center Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities regularly and attend supplementary oral practice Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) sessions. The course meets in non-intensive (three Units: 1.0 hours a week) sections that are supplemented by an Instructor(s): Armstrong,G. extra hour per week with an assistant. This is a year- (Spring 2014) long course; both semesters are required for credit. Requirement(s): Language Level 2 FREN B105 Directions de la France contemporaine Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Mahuzier,B., Cherel,B. An examination of contemporary society in France and (Spring 2014) Francophone cultures as portrayed in recent documents French and Francophone Studies 209 and film. Emphasizing the tension in contemporary Madame Bovary and Baudelaire’s Fleurs du mal, which French-speaking societies between tradition and were put on trial in 1857 for being dangerous to religion change, the course focuses on subjects such as family and public morals, and brought their respective authors structures and the changing role of women, cultural out of obscurity, later to be integrated into the literary and linguistic identity, an increasingly multiracial canon. society, the individual and institutions (religious, Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities political, educational), and les loisirs. In addition to Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the the basic text and review of grammar, readings are Past (IP) chosen from newspapers, contemporary literary texts Units: 1.0 and magazines, complemented by video materials. Instructor(s): Mahuzier,B. Prerequisite: FREN 005 or 101. (Fall 2013) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) FREN B206 Le Temps des virtuoses: Symbolisme, Units: 1.0 Naturalisme et leur progéniture Instructor(s): Cherel,B. A study of selected works by Claudel, Gide, Proust, (Spring 2014) Rimbaud, Valéry, Verlaine, and Zola. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities FREN B201 Le Chevalier, la dame et le prêtre: Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the littérature et publics du Moyen Age Past (IP) Using literary texts, historical documents and letters Units: 1.0 as a mirror of the social classes that they address, (Not Offered 2013-14) this interdisciplinary course studies the principal preoccupations of secular and religious women and men FREN B207 Introduction à la littérature du 20ème et in France from the Carolingian period through 1500. 21ème siècle Selected works from epic, lai, roman courtois, fabliau, A study of selected works illustrating the principal literary theater, letters, and contemporary biography are read in movements from 1900 to the present. Depending on modern French translation. who is teaching the course, this class will focus on Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities various authors and literary movements of the 20th Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the century such as Surrealism, Modernism, the Nouveau Past (IP) Roman, Oulipo, as well as works from the broader Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Francophone world. Prerequisites: French 102 or 105. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Not Offered 2013-14) Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Interpretation (CI) FREN B204 Le Siècle des lumières Units: 1.0 Representative texts of the Enlightenment with Instructor(s): Don,W. emphasis on the development of liberal thought (Spring 2014) as illustrated in the Encyclopédie and the works of Montesquieu, Voltaire, Diderot, and Rousseau. FREN B213 Theory in Practice:Critical Discourses in Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities the Humanities Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the This is a topics course. Topics vary. An examination Past (IP) in English of leading theories of interpretation from Units: 1.0 Classical Tradition to Modern and Post-Modern Time. Instructor(s): Le Menthéour,R. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Spring 2014) Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Crosslisting(s): ITAL-B213; RUSS-B253; PHIL-B253; FREN B205 Le Temps des prophètes: de HART-B213 Chateaubriand à Baudelaire Units: 1.0 A study of post-Revolutionary texts in which the (Fall 2013) prophetic voice of the « genius » is often gendered feminine and/or other . We will read Chateaubriand’s FREN B248 Histoire des Femmes en France short fiction situated in America, Atala and René, the A study of women and gender in France from the prototype of the romantic ennui and incestuous love ; Revolution to the present. The course will pay particular Mme de Staël’s semi-autobiographical novel Corinne attention to the role of women in the French Revolution ou l’Italie ; Stendhal’s delightfully juvenile Charteuse (declarations, manifestos, women’s clubs, salons, etc.) de Parme; Balzac’s exotic Fille aux yeux d’or; George and in the post-revolutionary era, as well as to the more Sand’s controversial Lélia, and two works, Flaubert’s contemporary feminist manifestations in France since 210 French and Francophone Studies
Simone de Beauvoir’s Deuxième Sexe and the flow of Counts towards: Praxis Program feminist texts produced in the wake of May ‘68. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Not Offered 2013-14) Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the Past (IP) FREN B275 Improving Mankind: Enlightened Units: 1.0 Hygiene and Eugenics Instructor(s): Mahuzier,B. At first sight, hygiene and eugenics have nothing in (Spring 2014) common: the former is usually conceived as a good management of our everyday conditions of life, whereas FREN B254 Teaching (in) the Postcolony: Schooling the later are commonly reviled for having inspired in African Fiction discriminatory practices (in Nazi Germany, but also This seminar will examines novels from Francophone in the US, Sweden, and Switzerland). Our inquiry will and Anglophone Africa, critical essays, and two films, explore how, in the context of the French Enlightenment, in order to better understand the forces that inform the a subdiscipline of Medicine (namely Hygiene) was African child’s experiences of education. redefined, expanded its scope, and eventually Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) became hegemonic both in the medical field and in Counts towards: Africana Studies the civil society. We will also explore how and why a Units: 1.0 philanthropic ideal led to the quest for the improvement (Not Offered 2013-14) of the human species. We will compare the French situation with that of other countries (mainly UK and the FREN B260 Atelier d’écriture USA). Prerequisites: French Majors must have taken FREN B102; Students who wish to get credit in French Intensive practice in speaking (praxis component will meet one extra hour TBD. through language exchange) and writing. Conversation, Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities discussion, advanced training in grammar and stylistics. Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Past (IP) Counts towards: Praxis Program Crosslisting(s): HIST-B275 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Peysson-Zeiss,A. Instructor(s): Le Menthéour,R. (Fall 2013) (Fall 2013) FREN B262 Débat, discussion, dialogue FREN B302 Le printemps de la parole féminine: This advanced study of oral communication develops femmes écrivains des débuts students’ linguistic skills in narration, hypothesizing, This study of selected women authors from the French persuasion or counseling, debate, negotiation, etc. Such Middle Ages, Renaissance and Classical periods— skills will be nurtured through enrichment of vocabulary, among them, Marie de France, the trobairitz, Christine reinforcement of accuracy in manipulation of complex de Pisan, Louise Labé, Marguerite de Navarre, and grammatical structures, and enhancement of discursive Madame de Lafayette—examines the way in which they strategies. The authentic material (both print and film) appropriate and transform the male writing tradition and which serves as the basis of analytical discussion will define themselves as self-conscious artists within or reflect issues of contemporary importance; for example, outside it. Particular attention will be paid to identifying France and Third World Francophone countries. recurring concerns and structures in their works, and Prerequisite: 212 or 260. to assessing their importance to female writing: among Units: 1.0 them, the poetics of silence, reproduction as a metaphor Instructor(s): Peysson-Zeiss,A. for artistic creation, and sociopolitical engagement. (Spring 2014) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies FREN B270 Mediterranean Port-Cities: Immigration Crosslisting(s): COML-B302 and Identities Units: 1.0 A historical, social and literary approach to the (Not Offered 2013-14) Mediterranean, this course will examine the impact of colonization and decolonization in around the Mare FREN B306 Libertinage et subversion Nostrum. It will study the relationship between cities The libertine movement of the 18th century has long around the Mediterranean and France; how the various been condemned for moral reasons or considered of waves of immigration have shaped the cityscape and minor importance when compared to the Enlightenment. how much of a thriving effect they had on its cultural, Yet, the right to happiness (‘droit au bonheur’) literary and artistic creation. celebrated by the so-called ‘Philosophes’ implies a Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities duty to experience pleasure (‘devoir de jouir’). This Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) French and Francophone Studies 211 is what the libertine writers promoted. The libertine orality and writing. Among the texts studied are those movement thus does not confine itself to literature, but by Chrétien de Troyes, Margerite de Navarre, Tahar ben also involves a dimension of social subversion. This Jelloun, and Ong. course will allow you to understand Charles Baudelaire’s Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities enigmatic comment: “the Revolution was made by Units: 1.0 voluptuaries.” Instructor(s): Armstrong,G. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Spring 2014) Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Le Menthéour,R. FREN B398 Senior Conference (Spring 2014) A weekly seminar examining major French and Francophone literary texts and the interpretive problems FREN B325 Etudes avancées they raise.?Theoretical texts will encourage students An in-depth study of a particular topic, event or historical to think beyond traditional literary categories and figure in French civilisation. The seminar topic rotates disciplinary boundaries ?to interrogate issues such as among many subjects: La Révolution frantaise: histoire, cultural memory, political and moral subversion, etc. littérature et culture; L’Environnement naturel dans la This course prepares students for? the second semester culture française; Mal et valeurs éthiques; Le Cinéma et of their Senior Experience, during which students not la politique, 1940-1968; Le Nationalisme en France et writing a thesis are expected to choose a?300-level dans les pays francophones; Etude socio-culturelle des course and write a long research paper, the Senior arts du manger en France du Moyen Age à nos jours. Essay. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Crosslisting(s): COML-B325 Instructor(s): Le Menthéour,R. Units: 1.0 (Fall 2013) Instructor(s): Don,W. (Fall 2013) FREN B403 Supervised Work Units: 0.5, 1.0 FREN B326 Etudes avancées Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA An in-depth study of a particular topic, event or historical (Fall 2013) figure in French civilisation. The seminar topic rotates among many subjects: La Révolution française: histoire, FREN B403 Supervised Work littérature et culture; L’Environnement naturel dans la Units: 0.5, 1.0 culture française; Mal et valeurs éthiques; Le Cinéma et Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA la politique, 1940-1968; Le Nationalisme en France et (Spring 2014) dans les pays francophones; Etude socio-culturelle des arts du manger en France du Moyen Age à nos jours; FREN B614 Modalité de la narration: L’ecrit et lo’oral French film. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) (Not Offered 2013-14) FREN B654 Nostalgie, ou la maladie du retour FREN B350 Voix médiévales et échos modernes This seminar will enquire on the origins and the A study of selected 19th- and 20th-century works development of the discourse on nostalgia in the 18th inspired by medieval subjects, such as the Grail and and 19th centuries. Nostalgia was first conceived as Arthurian legends and the Tristan and Yseut stories, and a real disease by physicians, who hesitated between by medieval genres, such as the roman, saints’ lives, a physical and a moral interpretation, and between or the miracle play. Included are works by Bonnefoy, a spatial and a temporal perspective. Rousseau and Cocteau, Flaubert, Genevoix, Giono, Gracq, Hugo, and other prominent writers played a crucial role in defining Yourcenar. and shaping an affection that became more and more Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities fashionable. We shall discuss the (ab)use of nostalgia in Crosslisting(s): COML-B350 medicine, politics, and literature. Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) (Not Offered 2013-14)
FREN B355 Variations sur le recit moderne: ruses et FREN B670 Hysterics, Saints, Mystics and Criminals ressources in France’s Secular Republic For Francophone societies, whether traditional, pre- This course will approach the debate between science modern or modern, the production of narratives involves and religion which flared up as France became more a complex interplay between practices associated with 212 Gender and Sexuality secularized in the second part of the 19th century GENDER AND SEXUALITY through such figures as hysterics, mystics, saints and criminals. The reading of medical treaties, court case reports, media and other cultural artifacts, along with Students may complete a minor or concentration literary works, will allow us to discuss the relevance in Gender and Sexuality. Students may submit an of these figures in the imaginary cultural unconscious application to major in Gender and Sexuality through the of the time, how their designation and diagnosis can independent major program. also be read as symptoms of a broader culture malaise concerning gender and sexuality, power and agency, and the establisment of a special brand of secularism Steering Committee or « laïcité » in the late 19th century. We will start with Michel Foucault’s examination of a criminal case, that Gregory Davis, Assistant Professor of Biology of Pierre Rivière, and will discuss medical treaties by Hoang Nguyen, Assistant Professor of English and Film Charcot, Freud, Moreau de Tours, reports on « miracles Studies » at pilgrimage sites such as Lourdes, popular religious literature, as well as canonical and popular texts such H. Rosi Song, Chair and Associate Professor of as Eugène Sue’s Mystères de Paris, Flaubert’s Un cœur Spanish, Co-Director of Romance Languages and simple, Barbey d’Aurevilly’s Les Diaboliques, Zola’s Interim Director (fall 2013) of Gender and Sexuality Lourdes, Thérèse Martin’s Histoire de ma vie, and Studies Bernanos’s Histoire de Mouchette. Sharon Ullman, Professor of History and Director of Units: 1.0 Gender and Sexuality Studies (on leave semester I) Instructor(s): Mahuzier,B. (Fall 2013) The Program in Gender and Sexuality is an interdisciplinary, Bi-College program that can be FREN B688 Int roman africain francophone integrated with any major or pursued independently. Units: 1.0 Students graduate from the program with a high level of (Not Offered 2013-14) fluency and rigor in their understanding of the different ways issues of gender and sexuality shape our lives as FREN B689 Writing Music and Differences individuals and as members of larger communities, both local and global. At the most abstract level, this course hopes to propose new and unorthodox approaches to literature. That Students choosing a concentration, minor or is, the course offers creative, yet rigorously critical independent major in gender and sexuality plan their modes of engagement with text in which music programs in consultation with the Gender and Sexuality plays a significant role. On a more specific level, it coordinator on their home campus. Members of the hopes to demonstrate the extent to which music and Gender and Sexuality steering committee serve as their language have, throughout Western history, and more individual mentors. All students in the program take the specifically and radically since the beginning of the core course, “Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Sex and nineteenth century--that is, the rise of romanticism-- Gender.” Other courses in the program allow them to been fundamentally at odds with each other. It will try explore a range of approaches to gender and sexual to show that Western philosophy has constructed their difference: critical feminist theory; women’s studies; relationship as essentially antagonistic and what the transnational and third-world feminisms; the experiences ramifications of such a conflict might be. of women of color; gender and science; the construction Units: 1.0 of masculinity; gay, lesbian, queer, transgender, and (Not Offered 2013-14) transsexual studies; the history and representation of gender and sexuality in Western and non-Western FREN B700 Supervised Work cultures. Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Minor and Concentration Requirements
FREN B701 Supervised Work Six courses distributed as follows are required for the Units: 1.0 concentration: Instructor(s): Armstrong,G., Mahuzier,B., Higginson,P., Le Menthéour,R. An introductory course (including equivalent (Spring 2014) offerings at Swarthmore College or the University of Pennsylvania). The junior seminar: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Sex and Gender (alternating fall semesters between Bryn Mawr and Haverford). Gender and Sexuality 213
Four additional approved courses from at least two and immigration. Students will examine how class, different departments, two of which are normally gender, and other social variables intersect to affect at the 300 level. Units of Independent Study (480) individual and collective experiences of race, as well as may be used to fulfill this requirement. the consequences of racism in various cultural contexts. Of the six courses, no fewer than two and no more Prerequisite: ANTH B102 or permission of instructor. than three will also form part of the student’s major. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Requirements for the minor are identical to those for Units: 1.0 the concentration, with the stipulation that no courses in Instructor(s):Uzwiak,B. gender and sexuality will overlap with courses taken to (Fall 2013) fulfill requirements in the student’s major. ANTH B268 Cultural Perspectives on Marriage and Neither a senior seminar nor a senior thesis is required Family for the concentration or minor; however, with the permission of the major department, a student may This course explores the family and marriage as basic choose to count toward the concentration a senior social institutions in cultures around the world. We will thesis with significant content in gender and sexuality. consider various topics including: kinship systems in Students wishing to construct an independent major social organization; dating and courtship; parenting and in gender and sexuality should make a proposal to the childhood; cohabitation and changing family formations; Committee on Independent Majors. family planning and reproductive technologies; and gender and the division of household labor. In addition COURSES to thinking about individuals in families, we will consider the relationship between society, the state, and marriage ANTH B101 Introduction to Anthropology: and family. Prerequisite: ANTH B102 or permission of Prehistoric Archaeology and Biological instructor. Anthropology Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) An introduction to the place of humans in nature, Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies primates, the fossil record for human evolution, human Units: 1.0 variation and the issue of race, and the archaeological Instructor(s):Merritt,C. investigation of culture change from the Old Stone Age (Fall 2013) to the rise of early civilizations in the Americas, Eurasia and Africa. There are four lab sections for ANTH 101. ANTH B312 Anthropology of Reproduction In addition to the lecture/discussion classes,students must select and sign up for one lab section. Limited An examination of social and cultural constructions of enrollment: 18 students per lab section. reproduction, and how power in everyday life shapes Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science reproductive behavior and its meaning in Western and Approach: Scientific Investigation (SI) non-Western cultures. The influence of competing Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies interests within households, communities, states, and Units: 1.0 institutions on reproduction is considered. Prerequisite: Instructor(s):Davis,R., Seselj,M. ANTH 102 or permission of instructor. (Fall 2013) Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Counts towards: Child and Family Studies; Gender and ANTH B102 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Sexuality Studies Units: 1.0 An introduction to the methods and theories of cultural Instructor(s):Pashigian,M. anthropology in order to understand and explain cultural (Fall 2013) similarities and differences among contemporary societies . ANTH B316 Gender in South Asia Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Examines gender as a culturally and historically Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; constructed category in the modern South Asian International Studies Major context, focusing on the ways in which everyday Units: 1.0 experiences of and practices relating to gender are Instructor(s):Weidman,A., Uzwiak,B. informed by media, performance, and political events. (Spring 2014) Prerequisite: ANTH 102 or permission of instructor. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science ANTH B248 Race, Power and Culture Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Units: 1.0 This course examines race and power through a Instructor(s):Weidman,A. variety of topics including colonialism, nation-state (Fall 2013) formation, genocide, systems of oppression/privilege, 214 Gender and Sexuality
ANTH B322 Anthropology of the Body ARTD B240 Dance History I: Roots of Western Theater Dance This course examines a diversity of meanings and interpretations of the body in anthropology. It explores This course investigates the historic and cultural anthropological theories and methods of studying forces affecting the development and functions of pre- the body and social difference via a series of topics 20th-century Western theater dance. It will consider including the construction of the body in medicine, nontheatrical forms and applications as well, but will identity, race, gender, sexuality and as explored through give special emphasis to the development of theater cross-cultural comparison. Prerequisite: ANTH B102, dance forms within the context of their relationship Suggest Preparation: 200 level cultural anthropology to and impact on Western culture.The course, of course. necessity, will give some consideration as well to global Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science interchange in the development of Western dance. It Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies will also introduce students to a selection of traditional Units: 1.0 and more contemporary models of historiography (Not Offered 2013-14) with particular reference to the changing modes of documenting, researching and analyzing dance. In ANTH B350 Advanced Topics in Gender Studies addition to lectures and discussion, the course will include film, video, slides, and some movement This is a topics course. Topics vary. experiences. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the Units: 1.0 Past (IP) (Not Offered 2013-14) Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Units: 1.0 ARCH B234 Picturing Women in Classical Antiquity Instructor(s):Caruso Haviland,L. We investigate representations of women in different (Spring 2014) media in ancient Greece and Rome, examining the cultural stereotypes of women and the gender roles that BIOL B214 The Historical Roots of Women in they reinforce. We also study the daily life of women in Genetics and Embryology the ancient world, the objects that they were associated This course provides a general history of genetics and with in life and death and their occupations. embryology from the late 19th to the mid-20th century Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities with a focus on the role that women scientists and Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the technicians played in the development of these sub- Past (IP) disciplines. We will look at the lives of well known and Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies lesser-known individuals, asking how factors such as Crosslisting(s): HART-B234; CSTS-B234 their educational experiences and mentor relationships Units: 1.0 influenced the roles these women played in the scientific (Not Offered 2013-14) enterprise. We will also examine specific scientific contributions in historical context, requiring a review of ARCH B303 Classical Bodies core concepts in genetics and developmental biology. An examination of the conceptions of the human body One facet of the course will be to look at the Bryn Mawr evidenced in Greek and Roman art and literature, Biology Department from the founding of the College with emphasis on issues that have persisted in the into the mid-20th century. Western tradition. Topics include the fashioning of Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science concepts of male and female standards of beauty and Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP); Scientific their implications; conventions of visual representation; Investigation (SI) the nude; clothing and its symbolism; the athletic Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies ideal; physiognomy; medical theory and practice; the Crosslisting(s): HIST-B214 visible expression of character and emotions; and the Units: 1.0 formulation of the “classical ideal” in antiquity and later (Not Offered 2013-14) times. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities CITY B205 Social Inequality Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Introduction to the major sociological theories of gender, Crosslisting(s): HART-B305; COML-B313 racial-ethnic, and class inequality with emphasis on the Units: 1.0 relationships among these forms of stratification in the (Not Offered 2013-14) contemporary United States, including the role of the upper class(es), inequality between and within families, in the work place, and in the educational system. Gender and Sexuality 215
Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Crosslisting(s): SOCL-B205 Crosslisting(s): CSTS-B220 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s):Osirim,M. (Not Offered 2013-14) (Fall 2013) COML B237 The Dictator Novel in the Americas CITY B335 Topics in City and Media This course examines representations of dictatorship This is a topics course. Topics vary. Mass media raises in Latin American and Latina/o novels. We will explore ever-changing global issues in study and praxis in the relationship between narrative form and absolute Cities. This advanced seminar looks closely at media power by analyzing the literary techniques writers use through a limited lens - the mediation of a single city to contest authoritarianism. We will compare dictator (Hong Kong, Philadelphia, Los Angeles), questions of novels from the United States, the Caribbean, Central genre (cinema, television, web) or around particular America, and the Southern Cone. Prerequisite: only theoreticians and questions (Barthes and myth; Marxism for students wishing to take the course for major/minor and media). credit in SPAN is SPAN B200/B202. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Interpretation (CI) Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Crosslisting(s): ANTH-B335; EAST-B336 Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Latin Units: 1.0 Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures Instructor(s): Zhang,J. Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B237; SPAN-B237 (Fall 2013) Units: 1.0 Instructor(s):Harford Vargas,J. Fall 2013: Current topic description: Looking at TV (Spring 2014) drama, animation, pop music, fashion and fast food, this course investigates how popular culture works and how COML B245 Interdisciplinary Approaches to German it shapes people’s lives in East Asian countries. Seeing Literature and Culture popular culture as terrains of power struggles and This is a topics course. Topics vary. Taught in English. articulation, we explore how class, gender and national Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities identities are constructed and contested through Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical pop culture that is in turn shaped by these social Interpretation (CI) relationships in specific political and historical context. Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Crosslisting(s): GERM-B245; ENGL-B260 CMSC B257 Gender and Technology Units: 1.0 Explores the historical role technology has played in Instructor(s): Meyer,I. the production of gender; the historical role gender has (Spring 2014) played in the evolution of various technologies; how the co-construction of gender and technology has been Spring 2014: Current topic description: This course represented in a range of on-line, filmic, fictional, and focuses on the literature and cinema of Austria after critical media; and what all of the above suggest for the 1945. Since World War II and the Holocaust, Austria technological engagement of everyone in today’s world. has grappled with the burdens of its history. Austria’s Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities national self-image alternates between that of ”Hitler’s Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) first victim” and that of a land implicitly perpetuating Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies the fascist structures of its Nazi past. We will analyze Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B257 post-war literary texts and films to interrogate notions Units: 1.0 of nation and identity in post-fascist Austria. Taught in (Not Offered 2013-14) English translation.
COML B220 Writing the Self in the Middle Ages COML B302 Le printemps de la parole féminine: femmes écrivains des débuts What leads people to write about their lives? Do men and women present themselves differently? Do they This study of selected women authors from the French think different issues are important? How do they claim Middle Ages, Renaissance and Classical periods— authority for their thoughts and experiences? We shall among them, Marie de France, the trobairitz, Christine address these questions, reading a wide range of de Pisan, Louise Labé, Marguerite de Navarre, and autobiography from the Medieval period in the West, Madame de Lafayette—examines the way in which they with a particular emphasis on women’s writing and on appropriate and transform the male writing tradition and feminist critiques of autobiographical practice. 216 Gender and Sexuality define themselves as self-conscious artists within or Crosslisting(s): SPAN-B322 outside it. Particular attention will be paid to identifying Units: 1.0 recurring concerns and structures in their works, and (Not Offered 2013-14) to assessing their importance to female writing: among them, the poetics of silence, reproduction as a metaphor COML B340 Topics in Baroque Art for artistic creation, and sociopolitical engagement. This is a topics course. Course content varies. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Crosslisting(s): FREN-B302 Crosslisting(s): HART-B340 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) (Not Offered 2013-14) COML B313 Classical Bodies COML B345 Topics in Narrative Theory An examination of the conceptions of the human body This is a topics course. Topics vary. evidenced in Greek and Roman art and literature, Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Latin with emphasis on issues that have persisted in the Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures Western tradition. Topics include the fashioning of Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B345 concepts of male and female standards of beauty and Units: 1.0 their implications; conventions of visual representation; Instructor(s): Ricketts,R. the nude; clothing and its symbolism; the athletic (Spring 2014) ideal; physiognomy; medical theory and practice; the visible expression of character and emotions; and the Spring 2014: Current topic description: Students in formulation of the “classical ideal” in antiquity and later this course will explore the history of literary “realism” times. and the development of the verisimilitude we take for Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities granted in prose today. Whether they aimed to portray Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies real life vividly or describe made-up worlds realistically, Crosslisting(s): ARCH-B303; HART-B305 many authors exploited the blurry boundary between Units: 1.0 factual and fictional writing, between storytelling and (Not Offered 2013-14) reporting. Course texts will include essays, novels, plays, and short stories from a range of British and COML B321 Advanced Topics in German Cultural American literary traditions. Studies This is a topics course. Course content varies. Topic COML B365 Erotica: Love and Art in Plato and for 2011-12 was The Transnational Cosmopolitanism of Shakespeare Swiss Literature. The course explores the relationship between love Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities and art, “eros” and “poesis,” through in-depth study of Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Plato’s “Phaedus” and “Symposium,” Shakespeare’s “As Crosslisting(s): GERM-B321; CITY-B319 You Like It” and “Antony and Cleopatra,” and essays Units: 1.0 by modern commentators (including David Halperin, (Not Offered 2013-14) Anne Carson, Martha Nussbaum, Marjorie Garber, and Stanley Cavell). We will also read Shakespeare’s COML B322 Queens, Nuns, and Other Deviants in Sonnets and “Romeo and Juliet.” the Early Modern Iberian World Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities The course examines literary, historical, and legal texts Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies from the early modern Iberian world (Spain, Mexico, Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B365; POLS-B365; PHIL-B365 Peru) through the lens of gender studies. The course Units: 1.0 is divided around three topics: royal bodies (women in (Not Offered 2013-14) power), cloistered bodies (women in the convent), and delinquent bodies (figures who defy legal and gender CSTS B175 Feminism in Classics normativity). Course is taught in English and is open This course will illustrate the ways in which feminism to all juniors or seniors who have taken at least one has had an impact on classics, as well as the ways in 200-level course in a literature department. Students which feminists think with classical texts. It will have seeking Spanish credit must have taken BMC Spanish four thematic divisions: feminism and the classical 202 and at least one other Spanish course beyond 202, canon; feminism, women, and rethinking classical or received permission from instructor. history; feminist readings of classical texts; and Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities feminists and the classics - e.g. Cixous’ Medusa and Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Latin Butler’s Antigone. Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures Gender and Sexuality 217
Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities women. We will begin by focusing on the cultural norms Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) that defined women’s lives beginning in early China, and Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies consider how those tropes are reflected and rejected Units: 1.0 over time and geographical borders (in Japan, Hong Instructor(s):Conybeare,C. Kong and the United States). No prior knowledge of (Spring 2014) Chinese culture or language necessary. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities CSTS B209 Eros in Ancient Greek Culture Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Film Studies This course explores the ancient Greek’s ideas of love, Units: 1.0 from the interpersonal loves between people of the (Not Offered 2013-14) same or different genders to the cosmogonic Eros that creates and holds together the entire world. The course EDUC B280 Gender, Sex and Education: examines how the idea of eros is expressed in poetry, Intersections and Conflict philosophy, history, and the romances. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities This course explores the intersections and conflict Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical between gender and education through focus on Interpretation (CI) science/mathematics education and related academic Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies domains. It investigates how gender complicates Units: 1.0 disciplinary knowledge (and vice-versa), the (de) Instructor(s):Edmonds,R. constructing and reinforcing of genders (via science and (Spring 2014) schooling), and ways gender troubles negotiation of disciplines. Implications for teaching, society, and social CSTS B220 Writing the Self in the Middle Ages justice, as well as relationships among different cultural categories, will be explored. What leads people to write about their lives? Do men Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science and women present themselves differently? Do they Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) think different issues are important? How do they claim Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies authority for their thoughts and experiences? We shall Units: 1.0 address these questions, reading a wide range of (Not Offered 2013-14) autobiography from the Medieval period in the West, with a particular emphasis on women’s writing and on EDUC B290 Learning in Institutional Spaces: feminist critiques of autobiographical practice. Education in Dialogue Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) This course considers how two “walled communities,” Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies the institutions of schools and prisons, operate as Crosslisting(s): COML-B220 sites of learning. Beginning with an examination of Units: 1.0 the origins of educational and penitential institutions, (Not Offered 2013-14) we examine how these institutions both constrain and propel learning, and how human beings challenge and CSTS B234 Picturing Women in Classical Antiquity change their soundings. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science We investigate representations of women in different Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Praxis media in ancient Greece and Rome, examining the Program cultural stereotypes of women and the gender roles that Units: 1.0 they reinforce. We also study the daily life of women in (Not Offered 2013-14) the ancient world, the objects that they were associated with in life and death and their occupations. ENGL B193 Critical Feminist Studies Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the Combines the study of specific literary texts with larger Past (IP) questions about feminist forms of theorizing: three Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies fictional texts will be supplemented by a wide range Crosslisting(s): ARCH-B234; HART-B234 of essays. Students will review current scholarship, Units: 1.0 identify their own stake in the conversation, and define a (Not Offered 2013-14) critical question they want to pursue at length. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities EAST B315 Spirits, Saints, Snakes, Swords: Women Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) in East Asian Literature & Film Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Units: 1.0 This interdisciplinary course focuses on a critical Instructor(s):Dalke,A. survey of literary and visual texts by and about Chinese (Fall 2013) 218 Gender and Sexuality
ENGL B210 Renaissance Literature: Performances lenses of how it is explained in philosophy, enacted in of Gender classrooms and performed by various genders, cultures, and religions. Readings chosen to highlight the construction and Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities performance of gender identity during the period Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) from 1550 to 1650 and the ways in which the gender Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Praxis anxieties of 16th- and 17th-century men and women Program differ from, yet speak to, our own. Texts will include Units: 1.0 plays, poems, prose fiction, diaries, and polemical (Not Offered 2013-14) writing of the period. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities ENGL B235 Reading Popular Culture: Freaks Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies This course traces the iconic figure of the “freak” in Units: 1.0 American culture, from 19th c. sideshows to the present. (Not Offered 2013-14) Featuring literature and films that explore “extraordinary Others”, we will flesh out the ways in which our current ENGL B216 Ecological Expression: Re-creating Our understandings of gender, sexuality, normalcy, and race World are constituted through images of “abnormality.” Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities This course will focus on the range, limits and Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) possibilities of representation, asking what might be Counts towards: Africana Studies; Gender and Sexuality imagined that has not yet been experienced, and Studies enabling students to create their own multi-modal Units: 1.0 representations of the spaces they occupy. (Not Offered 2013-14) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical ENGL B237 Latino Dictator Novel in Americas Interpretation (CI) Counts towards: Environmental Studies; Gender and This course examines representations of dictatorship Sexuality Studies in Latin American and Latina/o novels. We will explore Units: 1.0 the relationship between narrative form and absolute Instructor(s):Dalke,A. power by analyzing the literary techniques writers use (Spring 2014) to contest authoritarianism. We will compare dictator novels from the United States, the Caribbean, Central ENGL B217 Narratives of Latinidad America, and the Southern Cone. Prerequisite: only for students wishing to take the course for major/minor This course explores how Latina/o writers fashion credit in SPAN is SPAN B200/B202. bicultural and transnational identities and narrate the Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities intertwined histories of the U.S. and Latin America. Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) We will focus on topics of shared concern among Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Latin Latino groups such as imperialism and annexation, Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures the affective experience of migration, race and gender Crosslisting(s): SPAN-B237; COML-B237 stereotypes, the politics of Spanglish, and struggles for Units: 1.0 social justice. By analyzing novels, poetry, performance Instructor(s):Harford Vargas,J. art, testimonial narratives, films, and essays, we will (Spring 2014) unpack the complexity of Latinadad in the Americas. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities ENGL B254 American Literature 1750-1900 Counts towards: Africana Studies; Gender and Sexuality Studies; Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures This course explores the subject, subjection, and Crosslisting(s): SPAN-B217 subjectivity of women and female sexualities in U.S. Units: 1.0 literatures between the signing of the Constitution Instructor(s):Harford Vargas,J. and the ratification of the 19th Amendment. While (Fall 2013) the representation of women in fiction grew and the number of female authors soared, the culture found ENGL B228 Silence: The Rhetorics of Class, Gender, itself at pains to define the appropriate moments for Culture, Religion female speech and silence, action and passivity. We will engage a variety of pre-suffrage literatures that place This course will consider silence as a rhetorical art and women at the nexus of national narratives of slavery political act, an imaginative space and expressive power and freedom, foreignness and domesticity, wealth and that can serve many functions, including that of opening power, masculinity and citizenship, and sex and race new possibilities among us. We will share our own “purity.” experiences of silence, re-thinking them through the Gender and Sexuality 219
Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities ENGL B263 Toni Morrison and the Art of Narrative Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Conjure Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies All of Morrison’s primary imaginative texts, in publication Units: 1.0 order, as well as essays by Morrison, with a series of (Not Offered 2013-14) critical lenses that explore several vantages for reading a conjured narration. ENGL B257 Gender and Technology Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Explores the historical role technology has played in Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) the production of gender; the historical role gender has Counts towards: Africana Studies; Gender and Sexuality played in the evolution of various technologies; how Studies the co-construction of gender and technology has been Units: 1.0 represented in a range of on-line, filmic, fictional, and (Not Offered 2013-14) critical media; and what all of the above suggest for the technological engagement of everyone in today’s world. ENGL B269 Vile Bodies in Medieval Literature Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities The Middle Ages imagined the physical body as the Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) site of moral triumph and failure and as the canvas Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies to expose social ills. The course examines medical Crosslisting(s): CMSC-B257 tracts, saint’s lives, poetry, theological texts, and Units: 1.0 representations of the Passion. Discussion topics (Not Offered 2013-14) range from plague and mercantilism to the legal and religious depiction of torture. Texts by Boccaccio, ENGL B260 Interdisciplinary Approaches to German Chaucer, Dante, and Kempe will be supplemented Literature and Culture with contemporary readings on trauma theory and This is a topics course. Topics vary. Taught in English. embodiment. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Interpretation (CI) Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Units: 1.0 Crosslisting(s): GERM-B245; COML-B245 (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Meyer,I. ENGL B270 American Girl: Childhood in U.S. (Spring 2014) Literatures, 1690-1935 This course will focus on the “American Girl” as a Spring 2014: Current topic description: This course particularly contested model for the nascent American. focuses on the literature and cinema of Austria after Through examination of religious tracts, slave and 1945. Since World War II and the Holocaust, Austria captivity narratives, literatures for children and adult has grappled with the burdens of its history. Austria’s literatures about childhood, we will analyze U. S. national self-image alternates between that of ”Hitler’s investments in girlhood as a site for national self- first victim” and that of a land implicitly perpetuating fashioning. the fascist structures of its Nazi past. We will analyze Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities post-war literary texts and films to interrogate notions Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) of nation and identity in post-fascist Austria. Taught in Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies English translation. Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) ENGL B261 Topics: Film and the German Literary Imagination ENGL B272 Queer of Color Critique This is a topics course. Topics vary. Queer of color critique (QoCC) is a mode of criticism Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities with roots in women of color feminism, post- Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical structuralism, critical race theory, and queer studies. Interpretation (CI) QoCC focuses on “intersectional” analyses. That is, Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Film QoCC seeks to integrate studies of race, sexuality, Studies gender, class, and nationalism, and to show how these Crosslisting(s): GERM-B262 categories are co-constitutive. In so doing, QoCC Units: 1.0 contends that a focus on gay rights or reliance on (Not Offered 2013-14) academic discourse is too narrow. QoCC therefore addresses a wide set of issues from beauty standards to terrorism and questions the very idea of “normal.” 220 Gender and Sexuality
This course introduces students to the ideas of QoCC ENGL B310 Confessional Poetry through key literary and film texts. Poetry written since 1950 that deploys an Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities autobiographical subject to engage with the Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical psychological and political dynamics of family life and Interpretation (CI) with states of psychic extremity and mental illness. Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Poets will include Lowell, Ginsberg, Sexton, and Plath. Units: 1.0 The impact of this`movement’ on late twentieth century Instructor(s):Nguyen,H. American poetry will also receive attention. A prior (Fall 2013) course in poetry is desirable but not required. Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies ENGL B280 Video Practices: From Analog to Digital Units: 1.0 This course explores the history and theory of video Instructor(s):Hedley,J. art from the late 1960’s to the present. The units (Spring 2014) include: aesthetics; activisim; access; performance; and institutional critique. We will reflect on early video’s ENGL B314 Troilus and Criseyde “utopian moment” and its manifestation in the current Examines Chaucer’s magisterial Troilus and Criseyde, new media revolution. Feminist, people of color and his epic romance of love, loss, and betrayal. We will queer productions will constitute the majority of our supplement sustained analysis of the poem with corpus. Prerequisite: ENGL/HART B205 Intro to Film or primary readings on free will and courtly love as well consent of the instructor. as theoretical readings on gender and sexuality and Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities translation. We will also read Boccaccio’s Il Filostrato, Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Film Robert Henryson’s Testament of Cresseid and Studies Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida. Crosslisting(s): HART-B280 Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) (Not Offered 2013-14) ENGL B284 Women Poets: Giving Eurydice a Voice ENGL B333 Lesbian Immortal This course covers English and American woman poets Lesbian literature has repeatedly figured itself in alliance of the 19th and 20th centuries whose gender was with tropes of immortality and eternity. Using recent important for their self-understanding as poets, their queer theory on temporality, and 19th and 20th century choice of subject matter, and the audience they sought primary texts, we will explore topics such as: fame to gain for their work. Featured poets include Elizabeth and noteriety; feminism and mythology; epistemes, Bishop, Gwendolyn Brooks, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, erotics and sexual seasonality; the death drive and Lucille Clifton, H.D., Emily Dickinson, Marianne Moore, the uncanny; fin de siecle manias for mummies and Sylvia Plath, Adrienne Rich, Christina Rossetti, Anne seances. Sexton, and Gertrude Stein. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) (Not Offered 2013-14) ENGL B334 Topics in Film Studies ENGL B297 Terror, Pleasure, and the Gothic Imagination This is a topics course. Topics vary. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Introduces students to the 18th-century origins of Gothic Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Film literature and its development across genres, media and Studies time. Exploring the formal contours and cultural contexts Crosslisting(s): HART-B334 of the enduring imaginative mode in literature, film, art, Units: 1.0 and architecture, the course will also investigate the Instructor(s): Rastegar,R. Gothic’s connection to the radical and conservative (Fall 2013) cultural agendas. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Fall 2013: Current topic description: This course Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) examines contemporary cinematic images produced Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies in Middle Eastern and Arab countries and in their Units: 1.0 Diasporas. In his groundbreaking text Orientalism, (Not Offered 2013-14) Edward Said argued that Western representations of the “East” are constructed through an inverted mirror Gender and Sexuality 221 reflection of the West. Grounded in postcolonial theory ENGL B365 Erotica: Love and Art in Plato and and film studies, students will explore the role of cultural Shakespeare formation through moving image production and The course explores the relationship between love circulation. and art, “eros” and “poesis,” through in-depth study of Plato’s “Phaedus” and “Symposium,” Shakespeare’s “As ENGL B345 Topics in Narrative Theory You Like It” and “Antony and Cleopatra,” and essays This is a topics course. Topics vary. by modern commentators (including David Halperin, Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Latin Anne Carson, Martha Nussbaum, Marjorie Garber, Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures and Stanley Cavell). We will also read Shakespeare’s Crosslisting(s): COML-B345 Sonnets and “Romeo and Juliet.” Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Instructor(s): Ricketts,R. Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies (Spring 2014) Crosslisting(s): POLS-B365; PHIL-B365; COML-B365 Units: 1.0 Spring 2014: Current topic description: Students in (Not Offered 2013-14) this course will explore the history of literary “realism” and the development of the verisimilitude we take for ENGL B367 Asian American Film Video and New granted in prose today. Whether they aimed to portray Media real life vividly or describe made-up worlds realistically, The course explores the role of pleasure in the many authors exploited the blurry boundary between production, reception, and performance of Asian factual and fictional writing, between storytelling and American identities in film, video, and the internet, reporting. Course texts will include essays, novels, taking as its focus the sexual representation of Asian plays, and short stories from a range of British and Americans in works produced by Asian American artists American literary traditions. from 1915 to present. In several units of the course, we will study graphic sexual representations, including ENGL B353 Queer Diasporas: Empire, Desire, and pornographic images and sex acts some may find the Politics of Placement objectionable. Students should be prepared to engage Looking at fiction and film from the U.S. and abroad analytically with all class material. To maintain an through the lenses of sexuality studies and queer theory, atmosphere of mutual respect and solidarity among the we will explore the ways that both current and past participants in the class, no auditors will be allowed. configurations of sexual, racial, and cultural personhood Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities have inflected, infringed upon, and opened up spaces Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Film of local/global citizenship and belonging. Prerequisites: Studies An introductory course in film, or GNST B290, or ENGL Crosslisting(s): HART-B367 B250. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Not Offered 2013-14) Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Film ENGL B369 Women Poets: Gwendolyn Brooks, Studies Adrienne Rich, Sylvia Plath Units: 1.0 In this seminar we will be playing three poets off against (Not Offered 2013-14) each other, all of whom came of age during the 1950s. We will plot each poet’s career in relation to the public ENGL B354 Virginia Woolf and personal crises that shaped it, giving particular Virginia Woolf has been interpreted as a feminist, a attention to how each poet constructed “poethood” for modernist, a crazy person, a resident of Bloomsbury, herself. a victim of child abuse, a snob, a socialist, and a Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities creation of literary and popular history. We will try out Counts towards: Africana Studies; Gender and Sexuality all these approaches and examine the features of our Studies contemporary world that influence the way Woolf, her Units: 1.0 work, and her era are perceived. We will also attempt to (Not Offered 2013-14) theorize about why we favor certain interpretations over others. ENGL B373 Masculinity in English Literature: From Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Chivalry to Civility Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies This course will examine images and concepts of Units: 1.0 masculinity as represented in a wide variety of texts Instructor(s):Tratner,M. in English. Beginning in the early modern period and (Fall 2013) ending with our own time, the course will focus on 222 Gender and Sexuality texts of the “long” 18th century to contextualize the FREN B302 Le printemps de la parole féminine: relationships between masculinity and chivalry, civility, femmes écrivains des débuts manliness, and femininity. This study of selected women authors from the French Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Middle Ages, Renaissance and Classical periods— Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) among them, Marie de France, the trobairitz, Christine Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies de Pisan, Louise Labé, Marguerite de Navarre, and Units: 1.0 Madame de Lafayette—examines the way in which they Instructor(s):Ricketts,R. appropriate and transform the male writing tradition and (Fall 2013) define themselves as self-conscious artists within or outside it. Particular attention will be paid to identifying ENGL B378 Eating Culture: Food and Britain 1798 to recurring concerns and structures in their works, and 1929 to assessing their importance to female writing: among This class will explore British culinary culture across them, the poetics of silence, reproduction as a metaphor the long 19th century. One of our main goals will be to for artistic creation, and sociopolitical engagement. explore the role of matters culinary in the ordering and Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Othering of the world and its populations. We will pay Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies particular attention to the relationship of food to 19th- Crosslisting(s): COML-B302 century class and labor relations, colonial and imperial Units: 1.0 discourse, and analyze how food both traces and guides (Not Offered 2013-14) global networks of power, politics and trade. We will work towards theorizing food’s materiality, considering GERM B245 Interdisciplinary Approaches to German the physiognomy of food, the aesthetics of a menu, and Literature and Culture the hermeneutics of taste. This is a topics course. Topics vary. Taught in English. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Units: 1.0 Interpretation (CI) (Spring 2014) Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B245; COML-B245 ENGL B379 The African Griot(te) Units: 1.0 A focused exploration of the multi-genre productions Instructor(s): Meyer,I. of Southern African writer Bessie Head and the critical (Spring 2014) responses to such works. Students are asked to help construct a critical-theoretical framework for talking Spring 2014: Current topic description: This course about a writer who defies categorization or reduction. focuses on the literature and cinema of Austria after Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities 1945. Since World War II and the Holocaust, Austria Counts towards: Africana Studies; Gender and Sexuality has grappled with the burdens of its history. Austria’s Studies national self-image alternates between that of ”Hitler’s Units: 1.0 first victim” and that of a land implicitly perpetuating Instructor(s):Beard,L. the fascist structures of its Nazi past. We will analyze (Fall 2013) post-war literary texts and films to interrogate notions of nation and identity in post-fascist Austria. Taught in FREN B201 Le Chevalier, la dame et le prêtre: English translation. littérature et publics du Moyen Age GERM B321 Advanced Topics in German Cultural Using literary texts, historical documents and letters Studies as a mirror of the social classes that they address, this interdisciplinary course studies the principal This is a topics course. Course content varies. Topic preoccupations of secular and religious women and men for 2011-12 was The Transnational Cosmopolitanism of in France from the Carolingian period through 1500. Swiss Literature. Selected works from epic, lai, roman courtois, fabliau, Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities theater, letters, and contemporary biography are read in Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies modern French translation. Crosslisting(s): HART-B348; COML-B321; CITY-B319 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the (Not Offered 2013-14) Past (IP) Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies GNST B223 Acting in Prison: Vision as Resource for Units: 1.0 Change (Not Offered 2013-14) This course uses the theme of “vision” to explore the context and consequences of mass incarceration, Gender and Sexuality 223 daily experiences inside correctional institutions and Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies social movements formed and inspired by incarcerated Units: 1.0 individuals. Students will explore and apply course Instructor(s):Levine,S. materials in campus-based classes and in classes with (Spring 2014) incarcerated women inside a correctional facility. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science HART B108 Critical Approaches to Visual Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Representation: Women, Feminism, and History of Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Praxis Art Program An investigation of the history of art since the Units: 1.0 Renaissance organized around the practice of women (Not Offered 2013-14) artists, the representation of women in art, and the visual economy of the gaze. GNST B290 Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Gender and Sexuality Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the This course offers a rigorous grounding for students Past (IP) interested in questions of gender and sexuality. Bringing Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies together intellectual resources from multiple disciplines, Units: 1.0 it also explores what it means to think across and Instructor(s):Saltzman,L. between disciplinary boundaries. Team-taught by (Spring 2014) Bryn Mawr and Haverford professors from different disciplines, this course is offered yearly on alternate HART B234 Picturing Women in Classical Antiquity campuses. This semester it will be taught at Bryn Mawr We investigate representations of women in different College by Professor Rosi Song, Spanish, Bryn Mawr media in ancient Greece and Rome, examining the College and Professor Nilgun Uygun, Anthropology, cultural stereotypes of women and the gender roles that Haverford College. they reinforce. We also study the daily life of women in Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities the ancient world, the objects that they were associated Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies with in life and death and their occupations. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Instructor(s):Song,R. Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the (Fall 2013) Past (IP) Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies GREK B201 Plato and Thucydides Crosslisting(s): ARCH-B234; CSTS-B234 This course is designed to introduce the student to Units: 1.0 two of the greatest prose authors of ancient Greece, (Not Offered 2013-14) the philosopher, Plato, and the historian, Thucydides. These two writers set the terms in the disciplines of HART B280 Video Practices: Analog to Digital philosophy and history for millennia, and philosophers This course explores the history and theory of video and historians today continue to grapple with their ideas art from the late 1960’s to the present. The units and influence. The brilliant and controversial statesman include: aesthetics; activisim; access; performance; Alcibiades provides a link between the two texts in this and institutional critique. We will reflect on early video’s course, and we examine the ways in which both authors “utopian moment” and its manifestation in the current handle the figure of Alcibiades as a point of entry into new media revolution. Feminist, people of color and the comparison of the varying styles and modes of queer productions will constitute the majority of our thought of these two great writers. corpus. Prerequisite: ENGL/HART B205 Intro to Film or Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities consent of the instructor. Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Film Units: 1.0 Studies Instructor(s):Edmonds,R. Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B280 (Fall 2013) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) HART B107 Critical Approaches to Visual Representation: Self and Other in the Arts of France HART B305 Classical Bodies A study of artists’ self-representations in the context An examination of the conceptions of the human body of the philosophy and psychology of their time, with evidenced in Greek and Roman art and literature, particular attention to issues of political patronage, with emphasis on issues that have persisted in the gender and class, power and desire. Western tradition. Topics include the fashioning of Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities concepts of male and female standards of beauty and Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the Past (IP) 224 Gender and Sexuality their implications; conventions of visual representation; Units: 1.0 the nude; clothing and its symbolism; the athletic Instructor(s):DeRoo,R. ideal; physiognomy; medical theory and practice; the (Spring 2014) visible expression of character and emotions; and the formulation of the “classical ideal” in antiquity and later HART B367 Asian American Film, Video and New times. Media Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities The course explores the role of pleasure in the Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies production, reception, and performance of Asian Crosslisting(s): ARCH-B303; COML-B313 American identities in film, video, and the internet, Units: 1.0 taking as its focus the sexual representation of Asian (Not Offered 2013-14) Americans in works produced by Asian American artists from 1915 to present. In several units of the course, HART B334 Topics in Film Studies we will study graphic sexual representations, including This is a topics course. Topics vary. pornographic images and sex acts some may find Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities objectionable. Students should be prepared to engage Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Film analytically with all class material. To maintain an Studies atmosphere of mutual respect and solidarity among the Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B334 participants in the class, no auditors will be allowed. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Instructor(s): Rastegar,R. Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Film (Fall 2013) Studies Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B367 Fall 2013: Current topic description: This course Units: 1.0 examines contemporary cinematic images produced (Not Offered 2013-14) in Middle Eastern and Arab countries and in their Diasporas. In his groundbreaking text Orientalism, HART B372 Feminist Art and Theory, 1970-Present Edward Said argued that Western representations of How have feminist artists and theorists challenged the the “East” are constructed through an inverted mirror conventions of art history? This course begins with the reflection of the West. Grounded in postcolonial theory feminist art world activism that arose in the 1970s in and film studies, students will explore the role of cultural the context of the women’s liberation movement and formation through moving image production and continues through current issues in global feminism. In circulation. the 1970s, feminist activist artists sought to establish new forms of art education, venues for exhibition, HART B340 Topics in Baroque Art theoretical writing, and creative working methods to This is a topics course. Course content varies. provide alternatives to traditional art institutions and art Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities criticism. We will examine how current artists, building Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies on this recent history, continue to develop feminist Crosslisting(s): COML-B340 aesthetics and politics in a variety of contemporary Units: 1.0 practices, including installation art, multi-media art, and (Not Offered 2013-14) performance. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities HART B348 Advanced Topics in German Cultural Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Studies Units: 1.0 Instructor(s):DeRoo,R. This is a topics course. Course content varies. Topic (Fall 2013) for 2011-12 was The Transnational Cosmopolitanism of Swiss Literature. HEBR B115 Women in Judaism: History, Texts, Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Practices Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Crosslisting(s): GERM-B321; COML-B321; CITY-B319 This course will investigate the varied experiences Units: 1.0 of women in Jewish history. Cultural, religious, and (Not Offered 2013-14) theoretical perspectives will be engaged as we seek to illuminate the roles, practices, and texts of Jewish HART B354 Gender and Contemporary Art women, from the biblical matriarchs to Hasidic teenagers today. No previous knowledge of Judaism is We will examine artists from 1960 to the present whose required. work thematizes gender, including Robert Morris, Cindy Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Sherman, Kiki Smith, and Mike Kelley. Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Gender and Sexuality 225
Crosslisting(s): HIST-B115 HIST B325 Topics in Social History Units: 1.0 This a topics course that explores various themes in (Not Offered 2013-14) American social history. Course content varies. Requirement(s): Division I or Division III HIST B115 Women in Judaism: History, Texts, Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Practices Units: 1.0 This course will investigate the varied experiences (Spring 2014) of women in Jewish history. Cultural, religious, and theoretical perspectives will be engaged as we seek ITAL B212 Italy Today: New Voices, New Writers, to illuminate the roles, practices, and texts of Jewish New Literature women, from the biblical matriarchs to Hasidic This course, taught in English, will focus primarily teenagers today. No previous knowledge of Judaism is on the works of the so-called “migrant writers” who, required. having adopted the Italian language, have become a Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities significant part of the new voice of Italy. In addition to Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) the aesthetic appreciation of these works, this course Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies will also take into consideration the social, cultural, Crosslisting(s): HEBR-B115 and political factors surrounding them. The course will Units: 1.0 focus on works by writers who are now integral to Italian (Not Offered 2013-14) canon – among them: Cristina Ali-Farah, Igiaba Scego, Ghermandi Gabriella, Amara Lakhous. As part of the HIST B214 The Historical Roots of Women in course, movies concerned with various aspects of Italian Genetics and Embryology Migrant literature will be screened and analyzed. This course provides a general history of genetics and Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities embryology from the late 19th to the mid-20th century Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) with a focus on the role that women scientists and Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Film technicians played in the development of these sub- Studies disciplines. We will look at the lives of well known and Units: 1.0 lesser-known individuals, asking how factors such as Instructor(s):Monserrati,M. their educational experiences and mentor relationships (Spring 2014) influenced the roles these women played in the scientific enterprise. We will also examine specific scientific ITAL B235 The Italian Women’s Movement contributions in historical context, requiring a review of Emphasis will be put on Italian women writers and film core concepts in genetics and developmental biology. directors, who are often left out of syllabi adhering to One facet of the course will be to look at the Bryn Mawr traditional canons. Particular attention will be paid to: Biology Department from the founding of the College a) women writers who have found their voices (through into the mid-20th century. writing) as a means of psychological survival in a Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science patriarchal world; b) women engaged in the women’s Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP); Scientific movement of the 70’s and who continue to look at, and Investigation (SI) rewrite, women’s stories of empowerment and solidarity; Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies c) “divaism”, fame, via beauty and sex with a particular Crosslisting(s): BIOL-B214 emphasis on the ‘60s (i.e. Gina Lollobrigida, Sofia Units: 1.0 Loren, Claudia Cardinale). Counts toward the Gender (Not Offered 2013-14) and Sexuality Studies Concentration. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities HIST B284 Movies and America Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Movies are one of the most important means by which Units: 1.0 Americans come to know – or think they know—their (Not Offered 2013-14) own history. This class examines the complex cultural relationship between film and American historical self ITAL B299 Grief, Sexuality, Identity: Emerging fashioning. Adulthood Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Adolescence is an important time of personality Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the development as a result of changes in the self-concept Past (IP) and the formation of a new moral system of values. Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Film Emphasis will be placed on issues confronting the Studies role of the family and peer relationships, prostitution, Units: 1.0 drugs, youth criminality/gangsters/violence, cultural (Not Offered 2013-14) diversity, pregnancy, gender identity, mental/moral/ religious development, emotional growth, alcoholism, 226 Gender and Sexuality homosexuality, sexual behavior. Prerequisite: ITAL Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical B102. Interpretation (CI) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Film International Studies Major Studies Crosslisting(s): POLS-B225 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Instructor(s):Payson,J. (Spring 2014) ITAL B304 Il Rinascimento in Italia e oltre PHIL B252 Feminist Theory Students will become familiar with the growing importance of women during the Renaissance, as Beliefs that gender discrimination has been eliminated women expanded their sphere of activity in literature (as and women have achieved equality have become authors of epics, lyrics, treatises, and letters), in court commonplace. We challenge these assumptions (especially in Ferrara), and in society, where for the first examining the concepts of patriarchy, sexism, and time women formed groups and their own discourse. oppression. Exploring concepts central to feminist What happens when women become the subject of theory, we attend to the history of feminist theory and study? What is learned about women and the nation? contemporary accounts of women’s place and status in What is learned about gender and how disciplinary different societies, varied experiences, and the impact of knowledge itself is changed through the centuries? the phenomenon of globalization. We then explore the Prerequisite: At least one 200-level course. Taught in relevance of gender to philosophical questions about Italian. identity and agency with respect to moral, social and Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities political theory. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies permission of instructor. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Not Offered 2013-14) Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Interpretation (CI) PHIL B221 Ethics Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Crosslisting(s): POLS-B253 An introduction to ethics by way of an examination of Units: 1.0 moral theories and a discussion of important ancient, (Not Offered 2013-14) modern, and contemporary texts which established theories such as virtue ethics, deontology, utilitarianism, PHIL B344 Development Ethics relativism, emotivism, care ethics. This course considers questions concerning freedom, responsibility, and This course explores the meaning of and moral issues obligation. How should we live our lives and interact with raised by development. In what direction and by what others? How should we think about ethics in a global means should a society “develop”? What role, if any, context? Is ethics independent of culture? A variety of does the globalization of markets and capitalism practical issues such as reproductive rights, euthanasia, play in processes of development and in systems of animal rights and the environment will be considered. discrimination on the basis of factors such as race and Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities gender? Answers to these sorts of questions will be Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical explored through an examination of some of the most Interpretation (CI) prominent theorists and recent literature. Prerequisites: Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies a philosophy, political theory or economics course or Units: 1.0 permission of the instructor. Instructor(s):Payson,J. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Fall 2013) Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; International Studies Major PHIL B225 Global Ethical Issues Crosslisting(s): POLS-B344 Units: 1.0 The need for a critical analysis of what justice is and (Not Offered 2013-14) requires has become urgent in a context of increasing globalization, the emergence of new forms of conflict PHIL B365 Erotica: Love and Art in Plato and and war, high rates of poverty within and across Shakespeare borders and the prospect of environmental devastation. This course examines prevailing theories and issues The course explores the relationship between love of justice as well as approaches and challenges by and art, “eros” and “poesis,” through in-depth study of non-western, post-colonial, feminist, race, class, and Plato’s “Phaedus” and “Symposium,” Shakespeare’s “As disability theorists. You Like It” and “Antony and Cleopatra,” and essays Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities by modern commentators (including David Halperin, Gender and Sexuality 227
Anne Carson, Martha Nussbaum, Marjorie Garber, Examples include racial/ethnic civil rights, abortion, gay/ and Stanley Cavell). We will also read Shakespeare’s lesbian/transgendered sexuality, and inequalities. Sonnets and “Romeo and Juliet.” Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Past (IP) Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B365; POLS-B365; COML-B365 Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Units: 1.0 Crosslisting(s): SOCL-B262 (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) POLS B225 Global Ethical Issues POLS B282 The Exotic Other: Gender and Sexuality The need for a critical analysis of what justice is and in the Middle East requires has become urgent in a context of increasing globalization, the emergence of new forms of conflict This course is concerned with the meanings of gender and war, high rates of poverty within and across and sexuality in the Middle East, with particular attention borders and the prospect of environmental devastation. to the construction of tradition, its performance, This course examines prevailing theories and issues reinscription, and transformation, and to Western of justice as well as approaches and challenges by interpretations and interactions. Prerequisite: one non-western, post-colonial, feminist, race, class, and course in social science or humanities. Previous gender disability theorists. or Middle East course is a plus. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Interpretation (CI) Interpretation (CI) Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Middle International Studies Major East Studies Crosslisting(s): PHIL-B225 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Instructor(s):Koggel,C. (Spring 2014) POLS B344 Development Ethics This course explores the meaning of and moral issues POLS B253 Feminist Theory raised by development. In what direction and by what Beliefs that gender discrimination has been eliminated means should a society “develop”? What role, if any, and women have achieved equality have become does the globalization of markets and capitalism commonplace. We challenge these assumptions play in processes of development and in systems of examining the concepts of patriarchy, sexism, and discrimination on the basis of factors such as race and oppression. Exploring concepts central to feminist gender? Answers to these sorts of questions will be theory, we attend to the history of feminist theory and explored through an examination of some of the most contemporary accounts of women’s place and status in prominent theorists and recent literature. Prerequisites: different societies, varied experiences, and the impact of a philosophy, political theory or economics course or the phenomenon of globalization. We then explore the permission of the instructor. relevance of gender to philosophical questions about Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities identity and agency with respect to moral, social and Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; political theory. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or International Studies Major permission of instructor. Crosslisting(s): PHIL-B344 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical (Not Offered 2013-14) Interpretation (CI) Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies POLS B365 Erotica: Love and Art in Plato and Crosslisting(s): PHIL-B252 Shakespeare Units: 1.0 The course explores the relationship between love (Not Offered 2013-14) and art, “eros” and “poesis,” through in-depth study of Plato’s “Phaedus” and “Symposium,” Shakespeare’s “As POLS B262 Who Believes What and Why: the You Like It” and “Antony and Cleopatra,” and essays Sociology of Public Opinion by modern commentators (including David Halperin, This course explores public opinion: what it is, how it is Anne Carson, Martha Nussbaum, Marjorie Garber, measured, how it is shaped, and how it changes over and Stanley Cavell). We will also read Shakespeare’s time. Specific attention is given to the role of elites, the Sonnets and “Romeo and Juliet.” mass media, and religion in shaping public opinion. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities 228 Gender and Sexuality
Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Sexuality Studies Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B365; PHIL-B365; COML-B365 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) (Not Offered 2013-14) SOCL B102 Society, Culture, and the Individual POLS B375 Gender, Work and Family Analysis of the basic sociological methods, As the number of women participating in the paid perspectives, and concepts used in the study of society, workforce who are also mothers exceeds 50 percent, with emphasis on social structure, education, culture, it becomes increasingly important to study the issues the self, and power. Theoretical perspectives that raised by these dual roles. This seminar will examine focus on sources of stability, conflict, and change are the experiences of working and nonworking mothers emphasized throughout. in the United States, the roles of fathers, the impact of Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science working mothers on children, and the policy implications Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) of women, work, and family. Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Counts towards: Child and Family Studies; Gender and International Studies Major Sexuality Studies Units: 1.0 Crosslisting(s): SOCL-B375 Instructor(s):Marquez,E., Karen,D. Units: 1.0 (Spring 2014) Instructor(s):Golden,M. (Fall 2013) SOCL B205 Social Inequality Introduction to the major sociological theories of gender, POLS B393 U.S. Welfare Politics: Theory and racial-ethnic, and class inequality with emphasis on the Practice relationships among these forms of stratification in the Major theoretical perspectives concerning the contemporary United States, including the role of the welfare state with a focus on social policy politics, upper class(es), inequality between and within families, including recent welfare reforms and how in an era of in the work place, and in the educational system. globalization there has been a turn to a more restrictive Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science system of social provision. Special attention is paid to Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) the ways class, race, and gender are involved in making Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies of social welfare policy and the role of social welfare Crosslisting(s): CITY-B205 policy in reinforcing class, race, and gender inequities. Units: 1.0 Prerequisite: POLS B121 or SOCL B102. Instructor(s):Osirim,M. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science (Fall 2013) Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Crosslisting(s): SOCL-B393 SOCL B217 The Family in Social Context Units: 1.0 A consideration of the family as a social institution in (Not Offered 2013-14) the United States, looking at how societal and cultural characteristics and dynamics influence families; how PSYC B340 Women’s Mental Health the family reinforces or changes the society in which This course will provide an overview of current research it is located; and how the family operates as a social and theory related to women’s mental health. We organization. Included is an analysis of family roles will discuss psychological phenomena and disorders and social interaction within the family. Major problems that are particularly salient to and prevalent among related to contemporary families are addressed, such women, why these phenomena/disorders affect as domestic violence and divorce. Cross-cultural and women disproportionately over men, and how they subcultural variations in the family are considered. may impact women’s psychological and physical well- Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science being. Psychological disorders covered will include: Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) depression, eating disorders, dissociative identity Counts towards: Africana Studies; Child and Family disorder, borderline personality disorder, and chronic Studies; Gender and Sexuality Studies pain disorders. Other topics discussed will include Units: 1.0 work-family conflict for working mothers, the role of (Not Offered 2013-14) sociocultural influences on women’s mental health, and mental health issues particular to women of color and SOCL B225 Women in Society to lesbian women. Prerequisite: PSYC B209 or PSYC A study of the contemporary experiences of women of B351 (or equivalent 200-level course). color in the Global South. The household, workplace, Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science community, and the nation-state, and the positions of Counts towards: Child and Family Studies; Gender and women in the private and public spheres are compared Gender and Sexuality 229 cross-culturally. Topics include feminism, identity and Prerequisite: At least one prior social science course or self-esteem; globalization and transnational social permission of the instructor. movements and tensions and transitions encountered Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science as nations embark upon development. Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Peace Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science and Conflict Studies Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Units: 1.0 Counts towards: Africana Studies; Child and Family (Not Offered 2013-14) Studies; Gender and Sexuality Studies Units: 1.0 SOCL B375 Gender, Work and Family (Not Offered 2013-14) As the number of women participating in the paid workforce who are also mothers exceeds 50 percent, SOCL B257 Marginals and Outsiders: The Sociology it becomes increasingly important to study the issues of Deviance raised by these dual roles. This seminar will examine An examination of unconventional and criminal the experiences of working and nonworking mothers behavior from the standpoint of different theoretical in the United States, the roles of fathers, the impact of perspectives on deviance (e.g., social disorganization, working mothers on children, and the policy implications symbolic interaction, structural functionalism, Marxism) of women, work, and family. with particular emphasis on the labeling and social Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science construction perspectives; and the role of conflicts and Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies social movements in changing the normative boundaries Crosslisting(s): POLS-B375 of society. Topics will include alcoholism, drug addiction, Units: 1.0 homicide, homosexuality, mental illness, prostitution, Instructor(s):Golden,M. robbery, and white-collar crime. (Fall 2013) Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) SPAN B217 Narratives of Latinidad Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies This course explores how Latina/o writers fashion Units: 1.0 bicultural and transnational identities and narrate the Instructor(s):Washington,R. intertwined histories of the U.S. and Latin America. (Spring 2014) We will focus on topics of shared concern among Latino groups such as imperialism and annexation, SOCL B262 Who Believes What and Why: The the affective experience of migration, race and gender Sociology of Public Opinion stereotypes, the politics of Spanglish, and struggles for This course explores public opinion: what it is, how it is social justice. By analyzing novels, poetry, performance measured, how it is shaped, and how it changes over art, testimonial narratives, films, and essays, we will time. Specific attention is given to the role of elites, the unpack the complexity of Latinadad in the Americas. mass media, and religion in shaping public opinion. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Examples include racial/ethnic civil rights, abortion, gay/ Counts towards: Africana Studies; Gender and Sexuality lesbian/transgendered sexuality, and inequalities. Studies; Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B217 Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the Units: 1.0 Past (IP) Instructor(s):Harford Vargas,J. Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies (Fall 2013) Crosslisting(s): POLS-B262 Units: 1.0 SPAN B223 Género y modernidad en la narrativa del (Not Offered 2013-14) siglo XIX A reading of 19th-century Spanish narrative by both men SOCL B350 Movements for Social Justice in the US and women writers, to assess how they come together Throughout human history, powerless groups of people in configuring new ideas of female identity and its social have organized social movements to improve their lives domains, as the country is facing new challenges in its and their societies. Powerful groups and institutions quest for modernity. have resisted these efforts in order to maintain their Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities own privilege. Some periods of history have been more Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) likely than others to spawn protest movements. What Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Latin factors seem most likely to lead to social movements? Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures What determines their success/failure? We will examine Units: 1.0 20th-century social movements in the United States (Not Offered 2013-14) to answer these questions. Includes a film series. 230 Gender and Sexuality
SPAN B237 Latino Dictator Novel in Americas Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Latin This course examines representations of dictatorship Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures in Latin American and Latina/o novels. We will explore Crosslisting(s): COML-B322 the relationship between narrative form and absolute Units: 1.0 power by analyzing the literary techniques writers use (Not Offered 2013-14) to contest authoritarianism. We will compare dictator novels from the United States, the Caribbean, Central America, and the Southern Cone. Prerequisite: only for students wishing to take the course for major/minor credit in SPAN is SPAN B200/B202. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B237; COML-B237 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s):Harford Vargas,J. (Spring 2014)
SPAN B309 La mujer en la literatura espa ola del Siglo de Oro A study of the depiction of women in the fiction, drama, and poetry of 16th- and 17th-century Spain. Topics include the construction of gender; the idealization and codification of women’s bodies; the politics of feminine enclosure (convent, home, brothel, palace); and the performance of honor. The first half of the course will deal with representations of women by male authors (Calder n, Cervantes, Lope, Quevedo) and the second will be dedicated to women writers such as Teresa de Ávila, Ana Caro, Juana Inés de la Cruz, and María de Zayas. Pre-requisites: SPAN 200/202 and another 200-level course in Spanish. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures Units: 1.0 Instructor(s):Quintero,M. (Fall 2013)
SPAN B322 Queens, Nuns, and Other Deviants in the Early Modern Iberian World The course examines literary, historical, and legal texts from the early modern Iberian world (Spain, Mexico, Peru) through the lens of gender studies. The course is divided around three topics: royal bodies (women in power), cloistered bodies (women in the convent), and delinquent bodies (figures who defy legal and gender normativity). Course is taught in English and is open to all juniors or seniors who have taken at least one 200-level course in a literature department. Students seeking Spanish credit must have taken BMC Spanish 202 and at least one other Spanish course beyond 202, or received permission from instructor. General Studies 231
GENERAL STUDIES Counts towards: Middle East Studies Units: 1.0 General studies courses focus on areas that are not (Not Offered 2013-14) usually covered in the Bryn Mawr curriculum and provide a supplement to the areas more regularly GNST B201 Nutrition, Smoking, and Cardiovascular covered. These courses cut across disciplines and Health emphasize relationships among them. The class explores the relationships between health, national associations, and the federal government is Many general studies courses are open, without they relate to the creation and implementation of laws prerequisite, to all students. With the permission of the and policies as well as the perception of what is healthy. major department, they may be taken for major credit. The class focuses on health in the U.S. The course will include a look at tobacco use through U.S. history as COURSES a case study for how the federal government acts and reacts to protect the public. Then, in turn, to evaluate GNST B103 Introduction to Swahili Language and how the public reacts to pressures from the government Culture I and other national associations. From there, students The primary goal of this course is to develop an will be asked to examine current trends in nutrition and elementary level ability to speak, read, and write cardiovascular health in order to draw parallels between Swahili. The emphasis is on communicative competence the previous function of government in the protection of in Swahili based on the National Standards for Foreign the populace and the current efforts in these two areas. Language Learning. In the process of acquiring the Counts towards: Praxis Program language, students will also be introduced to East Africa Units: 1.0 and its cultures. No prior knowledge of Swahili or East Instructor(s): Hewitt,J. Africa is required. (Fall 2013) Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) GNST B223 Acting in Prison: Vision as Resource for Counts towards: Africana Studies Change Units: 1.0 This course uses the theme of “vision” to explore the Instructor(s): Mshomba,E. context and consequences of mass incarceration, (Fall 2013) daily experiences inside correctional institutions and social movements formed and inspired by incarcerated GNST B105 Introduction to Swahili Language and individuals. Students will explore and apply course Culture II materials in campus-based classes and in classes with The primary goal of this course is to continue working incarcerated women inside a correctional facility. on an elementary level ability to speak, read, and write Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Swahili. The emphasis is on communicative competence Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) in Swahili based on the National Standards for Foreign Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Praxis Language Learning. Students will also continue learning Program about East Africa and its cultures. Prerequisite: GNST Units: 1.0 B103 (Introduction to Swahili Language and Culture I) or (Not Offered 2013-14) permission of the instructor is required. Requirement(s): Division I or Division III GNST B244 American Ideas: Cultural Contexts for Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Academic Writing Counts towards: Africana Studies This course, for students who are reading and writing Units: 1.0 in English as an additional language, explores Instructor(s): Mshomba,E. contemporary American thought through readings in (Spring 2014) social criticism, ethical philosophy, and psychology. Writing assignments emphasize analysis and GNST B156 Themes in Middle Eastern Society interpretation and support continued development The basis for the Middle East Studies Concentration, of academic vocabulary, rhetorical technique, and this course features changing themes. For Fall 2010, grammatical accuracy. Prerequisite: English 127 or the theme is the space of religion: in daily life; in politics permission of instructor. and culture; space and metaphor. Included are sacred Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) kingship, the rise of Islamic states, roles of Middle Units: 1.0 Eastern Christians and Jews and challenges from Instructor(s): Litsinger,B. secular ideologies that transform the space of religion. (Spring 2014) Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) 232 General Studies
GNST B245 Introduction to Latin American, Latino, Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities and Iberian Peoples and Cultures Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Units: 1.0 A broad, interdisciplinary survey of themes uniting and Instructor(s): Song,R. dividing societies from the Iberian Peninsula through (Fall 2013) the contemporary New World. The class introduces the methods and interests of all departments in the GNST B302 Topics in Video Production concentration, posing problems of cultural continuity and change, globalization and struggles within dynamic This is a topics course. Topics vary. Prerequisite: GNST histories, political economies, and creative expressions. B255, ENGL/HART B205-001 or an equivalent Video Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Production course, such as Documentary Production or Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) an equivalent critical course in Film or Media Studies. Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Counts towards: Film Studies Cultures; International Studies Major Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Instructor(s): Marquez,E. (Fall 2013) GNST B400 Study Abroad Enrollment Units: 4 GNST B255 Video Production (Not Offered 2013-14) This course will explore aesthetic strategies utilized by low-budget film and video makers as each student GNST B403 Supervised Work works throughout the semester to complete a 7-15 Units: 1.0 minute film or video project. Course requirements Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA include weekly screenings, reading assignments, (Fall 2013) and class screenings of rushes and roughcuts of student projects. Prerequisites: Some prior film course GNST B403 Supervised Work experience necessary, instructor discretion. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Counts towards: Film Studies Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA Units: 1.0 (Spring 2014) (Fall 2013) GNST B425 Praxis III - Independent Study GNST B260 Silent Spaces: a History of Counts towards: Praxis Program Contemplation in the West Units: 1.0 This course will trace contemplative traditions developed Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA and preserved in the Western monastic tradition (Fall 2013) from the desert through the present. Topics include elected silence and the ways in which it has shaped communities in the Western contemplative tradition, and the difference between enclosed contemplatives and contemplatives loose in the world. Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Francl,M. (Fall 2013)
GNST B290 Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Gender and Sexuality This course offers a rigorous grounding for students interested in questions of gender and sexuality. Bringing together intellectual resources from multiple disciplines, it also explores what it means to think across and between disciplinary boundaries. Team-taught by Bryn Mawr and Haverford professors from different disciplines, this course is offered yearly on alternate campuses. This semester it will be taught at Bryn Mawr College by Professor Rosi Song, Spanish, Bryn Mawr College and Professor Nilgun Uygun, Anthropology, Haverford College. Geology 233
GEOLOGY All geology majors undertake a research project (GEOL 399) and write a thesis in the spring semester of their Students may complete a major or minor in Geology. senior year. Within the major, students may complete concentrations in geoarchaeology or geochemistry. Honors
Honors are awarded to students who have outstanding Faculty academic records in geology and allied fields, and whose research is judged by the faculty of the Don Barber, Associate Professor of Geology on the department to be of the highest quality. Harold Alderfer Chair in Environmental Studies Selby Cull, Assistant Professor of Geology Minor Requirements
Lynne J. Elkins, Lecturer in Geology and Director of A minor in geology consists of two of the 100-level the Undergraduate Summer Science Research geology courses, and any four of the 200- or 300-level Program courses offered by the department. Pedro J. Marenco, Assistant Professor of Geology Arlo Brandon Weil, Chair and Professor of Geology Concentration in Geoarchaeology The geoarchaeology concentration allows students The department seeks to give students a well-rounded majoring in anthropology, archaeology, or geology to earth science education that balances fundamental explore the connections among these fields with respect knowledge of geology with broadly applicable problem- to how our human ancestors interacted with past solving and communication skills. environments, and how traces of human behavior are preserved in the physical environment. In geology, the The integrated science of geology combines biology, geoarchaeology concentration consists of 13 courses: chemistry and physics as they apply to the workings of GEOL 101 or 102 or 103; 202, 203, 204, 205, 270, Earth and other planets. Well-trained geoscientists are and 399; two semesters of chemistry; two semesters increasingly in demand to address the environmental of math, statistics or computational methods; either challenges and natural resource limitations of the ARCH 101 or ANTH 101; and one 200- or 300-level modern world. A central tenet for understanding and elective from among current offerings in Anthropology predicting Earth processes and environmental change or Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology. Paperwork is the ability to decipher past Earth history from geologic for the concentration should be filed at the same time as records. Thus the major in Geology includes study of the the major work plan. For course planning advice, consult physics and chemistry of Earth materials and processes; with Don Barber (Geology), Rick Davis (Anthropology), the history of the Earth and its organisms; and the range or Peter Magee (Archaeology). of techniques used to investigate the past and present workings of the Earth system. Field and lab work are an essential part of geology training at Bryn Mawr, and are Concentration in Geochemistry part of all introductory courses, most other classes, and The geochemistry concentration encourages students most independent research projects. majoring either in geology or in chemistry to design a course of study that emphasizes Earth chemistry. Major Requirements Paperwork for the concentration should be filed at the same time as the major work plan. For a Geology Major Thirteen courses are required for the major: GEOL 101 with a concentration in Geochemistry, the following are and 102 or 103; 202, 203, 204, and 205; MATH 101 required in addition to Geology Major requirements: and 102, or alternates approved by the adviser; a two CHEM 103 (General Chemistry) and CHEM 104 semester sequence of CHEM (103-104) or PHYS (101- (General Chemistry II), CHEM 211(Organic Chemistry) 102 or 121-122); GEOL 399; and either two advanced or CHEM 231 (Inorganic Chemistry), GEOL 302 (Low geology courses or one advanced geology course and Temperature Geochemistry) or GEOL 305 (Igneous an additional upper-level course in biology, chemistry, and Metamorphic Petrology) or GEOL 350 (requires mathematics, physics, or computer science. major advisor approval), one additional 300-level geochemistry-themed GEOL course or one additional Additional courses in the allied sciences are strongly advanced CHEM course. For a Chemistry Major with recommended and are required by most graduate a concentration in Geochemistry, the following are schools. A student who wishes to follow a career in required in addition to Chemistry major requirements geology should plan to attend a summer field course, (see Chemistry major advisor): GEOL 101 (How usually following the completion of the 200-level the Earth Works), GEOL 202 (Mineralogy/Crystal courses. 234 Geology
Chemistry), two additional 300-level geochemistry- GEOL B115 Focus: Living with Volcanoes themed GEOL courses including GEOL 302 (Low This course explores how people have long lived Temperature Geochemistry) or GEOL 305 (Igneous and alongside, in the shadow of, and at times directly on Metamorphic Petrology) or GEOL 350 (requires Geology top of active volcanoes. Volcanic centers are hosts major advisor approval). For course planning advice, to sporadic and difficult-to-predict destructive and contact Pedro Marenco, Lynne Elkins (Geology) or explosive activity, persistent and damaging passive Sharon Burgmayer (Chemistry) . degassing, valuable nutrient-rich soils, vibrant ecosystems, and important geothermal energy systems. COURSES The goals of this class are to examine the scientific basis for understanding volcanoes and predicting GEOL B101 How the Earth Works their behavior; to study the role of volcanoes in history An introduction to the study of planet Earth—the and lore across human societies; and to examine our materials of which it is made, the forces that shape complicated relationship with them in the modern world. its surface and interior, the relationship of geological Three hours per week. processes to people, and the application of geological Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science knowledge to the search for useful materials. Laboratory Units: 0.5 and fieldwork focus on learning the tools for geological (Not Offered 2013-14) investigations and applying them to the local area and selected areas around the world. Three lectures and GEOL B120 Focus: Origin of Life one afternoon of laboratory or fieldwork a week. One Where and how did life originate on Earth? What are the required one-day field trip on a weekend. minimum conditions for life to arise, and persist, on any Requirement(s): Division II with Lab planet? In this course, we will explore the fundamental Approach: Quantitative Readiness Required (QR); requirements for life; critically examine many of the
Scientific Investigation (SI) hypotheses that have been proposed to explain the Counts towards: Environmental Studies origin of life on Earth; survey the fossil, geochemical, Units: 1.0 and molecular evidence for early life, and propose Instructor(s): Elkins,L., Cull,S. means of identifying life and its effects elsewhere in the (Fall 2013) universe. Three hours per week. Units: 0.5 GEOL B102 Earth: Life of a Planet (Not Offered 2013-14) The history of the Earth from its beginning and the evolution of the living forms that have populated it. GEOL B125 Focus: Geology in Film Three lectures, one afternoon of laboratory a week. A Geologic processes make for great film storylines, required two-day (Sat-Sun) field trip is taken in April. but filmmakers take great liberty with how they depict Requirement(s): Division II with Lab scientific “facts” and scientists. We will explore how
Approach: Scientific Investigation (SI) and why filmmakers choose to deviate from science Units: 1.0 reality. We will study and view one film per week and Instructor(s): Elkins,L., Marenco,P. discuss its issues from a geologist’s perspective. This is (Spring 2014) a half semester Focus course. Prerequisite: Freshman standing. GEOL B103 Earth Systems and the Environment Units: 0.5 This integrated approach to studying the Earth focuses (Not Offered 2013-14) on interactions among geology, oceanography, and biology. Also discussed are the consequences of GEOL B130 Focus: Life in the Hothouse - Earth’s population growth, industrial development, and human Future Climate land use. Two lectures and one afternoon of laboratory An overview of Earth’s climate in the 22nd century or fieldwork per week. A required two-day (Fri.-Sat.) field (year 2100 and beyond) based on the current scientific trip is taken in April. consensus. In addition to describing the forecast Requirement(s): Division II with Lab conditions, we discuss the scientific basis for these
Approach: Scientific Investigation (SI) predictions and their associated uncertainties, and Counts towards: Environmental Studies how climate forecasts have been communicated to the Crosslisting(s): CITY-B103 public to date. This is a half semester Focus course. Units: 1.0 Prerequisite: Freshman standing. (Not Offered 2013-14) Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science Counts towards: Environmental Studies Units: 0.5 (Not Offered 2013-14) Geology 235
GEOL B202 Mineralogy and Crystal Chemistry Recommended: GEOL 202 and 203. Requirement(s): Division II with Lab The crystal chemistry of representative minerals Units: 1.0 as well as the relationship between the physical (Not Offered 2013-14) properties of minerals and their structures and chemical compositions. Emphasis is placed on mineral GEOL B206 Energy Resources and Sustainability identification and interpretation. The occurrence and petrography of typical mineral associations and rocks An examination of issues concerning the supply of is also covered. Lecture three hours, laboratory at energy and raw materials required by humanity. This least three hours a week. One required field trip on a includes an investigation of the geological framework weekend. Prerequisite: introductory course in geology or that determines resource availability, and of the social, chemistry (both recommended). economic, and political considerations related to energy Requirement(s): Division II with Lab production and resource development. Two 90-minute Approach: Quantitative Readiness Required (QR); lectures a week. Prerequisite: one year of college Scientific Investigation (SI) science. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science Instructor(s): Cull,S. Counts towards: Environmental Studies (Fall 2013) Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Barber,D. GEOL B203 Invertebrate Paleobiology (Fall 2013) Biology, evolution, ecology, and morphology of the major GEOL B209 Natural Hazards marine invertebrate fossil groups. Lecture three hours and laboratory three hours a week. A semester-long A quantitative approach to understanding the earth research project culminating in a scientific manuscript processes that impact human societies. We consider will be based on material collected on a two-day trip to the past, current, and future hazards presented by the Tertiary deposits of the Chesapeake Bay. geologic processes, including earthquakes, volcanoes, Requirement(s): Division II with Lab landslides, floods, and hurricanes. The course includes Approach: Scientific Investigation (SI) discussion of the social, economic, and policy contexts Counts towards: Environmental Studies within which natural geologic processes become Units: 1.0 hazards. Case studies are drawn from contemporary Instructor(s): Marenco,K. and ancient societies. Lecture three hours a week. (Fall 2013) Prerequisite: one semester of college science or permission of instructor. GEOL B204 Structural Geology Requirement(s): Division II and Quantitive Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM); Quantitative An introduction to the study of rock deformation in Readiness Required (QR) the Earth’s lithosphere viewed from all scales - from Counts towards: Environmental Studies the mi¬croscopic (atomic scale) to the macroscopic Crosslisting(s): CITY-B210 (continental scale). This class focuses on building Units: 1.0 a foundation of knowledge and understanding that Instructor(s): Elkins,L. will allow students to broaden their appreciation and (Fall 2013) understanding of the complexity of the Earth system and the links between geologic structures at all GEOL B236 Evolution scales and plate tectonics. Three lectures and three hours of laboratory a week, plus weekend field trips. A lecture/discussion course on the development of Prerequisites: GEOL 101 and MATH 101. evolutionary biology. This course will cover the history Requirement(s): Division II with Lab of evolutionary theory, population genetics, molecular Approach: Quantitative Readiness Required (QR) and developmental evolution, paleontology, and Units: 1.0 phylogenetic analysis. Lecture three hours a week. Instructor(s): Weil,A. Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science (Spring 2014) Approach: Scientific Investigation (SI) Crosslisting(s): BIOL-B236; ANTH-B236 GEOL B205 Sedimentary Materials and Units: 1.0 Environments Instructor(s): Davis,G. (Spring 2014) An introduction to sediment transport, depositional processes, and stratigraphic analysis, with emphasis GEOL B250 Computational Methods in the Sciences on interpretation of sedimentary sequences and the reconstruction of past environments. Three lectures and A study of how and why modern computation methods one lab a week, plus a weekend field trip. Prerequisite: are used in scientific inquiry. Students will learn GEOL 101, 102, 103 or instructor permission. 236 Geology basic principles of simulation-based programming GEOL B302 Low-Temperature Geochemistry through hands-on exercises. Content will focus on the The geochemistry of Earth surface processes. Emphasis development of population models, beginning with is on the chemistry of surface waters, atmosphere-water simple exponential growth and ending with spatially- environmental chemistry, chemical evolution of natural explicit individual-based simulations. Students will waters, and pollution issues. Fundamental principles design and implement a final project from their own are applied to natural systems with particular focus on disciplines. Six hours of combined lecture/lab per week. environmental chemistry. One required field trip on a Requirement(s): Division II and Quantitive weekend. Prerequisites: CHEM 103, 104 and GEOL Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM); Quantitative 202, or permission of instructor. Readiness Required (QR); Scientific Investigation (SI) Counts towards: Environmental Studies Counts towards: Environmental Studies Units: 1.0 Crosslisting(s): BIOL-B250; CMSC-B250 (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) GEOL B304 Tectonics GEOL B270 Geoarchaeology Plate tectonics and continental orogeny are reviewed in light of the geologic record in selected mountain ranges Societies in the past depended on our human and certain geophysical data. Three hours of lecture and ancestors’ ability to interact with their environment. a problem session a week. Prerequisite: GEOL 204 or Geoarchaeology analyzes these interactions by permission of instructor. combining archaeological and geological techniques Units: 1.0 to document human behavior while also reconstructing (Not Offered 2013-14) the past environment. Course meets twice weekly for lecture, discussion of readings and hands on exercises. GEOL B305 Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology Prerequisite: one course in anthropology, archaeology or geology. The origin, mode of occurrence, and distribution of Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP); Scientific igneous and metamorphic rocks. The focus is on Investigation (SI) the experimental and field evidence for interpreting Crosslisting(s): ARCH-B270; ANTH-B270 rock associations and the interplay between igneous Units: 1.0 and metamorphic rock genesis and tectonics. Three (Not Offered 2013-14) lecture hours weekly. Occasional weekend field trips. Prerequisites: GEOL 202. GEOL B298 Applied Environmental Science Seminar Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) This project-oriented seminar aims to foster student skills in research, analysis and synthesis of information GEOL B310 Introduction to Geophysics in the interdisciplinary field of applied environmental science, with a specific focus on renewable energy. An overview covering how geophysical observations Students will conduct research on alternative energy of the Earth’s magnetic field, gravity field, heat flow, options that could potentially be implemented at Bryn radioactivity, and seismic waves provide a means to Mawr. Advanced standing (Junior/Seniors); Co- study plate tectonics. Also covered are the geophysical Enrollment with CHEM B206 required. techniques used in mineral and energy resources Approach: Quantitative Readiness Required (QR) exploration, and in the monitoring of groundwater, Units: 1.0 earthquakes and volcanoes. Three class hours a week. (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Weil,A. GEOL B301 High-Temperature Geochemistry (Fall 2013) Principles and theory of various aspects of geochemistry GEOL B314 Marine Geology including elementary thermodynamics and phase diagrams, an introduction to isotopes, and the An introduction to the structure of ocean basins and the applications of chemistry to the study of igneous and marine sedimentary record. Includes an overview of metamorphic rocks. Three lectures per week augmented physical, biological, and chemical oceanography, and by occasional fieldwork. Prerequisites: GEOL B202, modern coastal processes such as shoreline erosion. CHEM B101 or B103 and B104 or consent of the Meets twice weekly for a combination of lecture, instructor. discussion and hands-on exercises, including one day- Units: 1.0 long field trip. Prerequisite: GEOL 101, 102 or 103, and Instructor(s): Elkins,L. 205, or permission of instructor. (Spring 2014) Counts towards: Environmental Studies Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Geology 237
GEOL B328 Analysis of Geospatial Data Using GIS participate in this two-semester seminar that meets weekly for 1.5 hours for a total of 1.0 credit (0.5 credits Analysis of geospatial data, theory, and the practice of per semester). Enrollment required in two half-credit geospatial reasoning. course, one in the fall and one in the spring semester Counts towards: Environmental Studies of the senior year. The focus of the seminar will be to Crosslisting(s): CITY-B328; BIOL-B328; ARCH-B328 integrate the student’s major curriculum into open peer- Units: 1.0 led discussions on cutting edge research in the many (Not Offered 2013-14) diverse fields of Geology, to discuss the impact and relevance of Geology to modern society, and to work on GEOL B350 Advanced Topics in Geology oral and written communication skills. This is a topics course. Topics vary. Recent topics Units: 1.0 include Carbonate Petrology, Appalachian Geology, (Spring 2014) Advanced Evolution, The Snowball Controversy, and Climate Change. GEOL B403 Supervised Research Units: 1.0 At the discretion of the department faculty, rising seniors Instructor(s): Weil,A., Marenco,P., Cull,S., Barber,D. may undertake an independent thesis project in addition to mandatory full participation in the senior capstone Fall 2013: Current topic description: Students will seminar. This student thesis is conducted under the learn how to study ancient marine environments supervision of a faculty advisor(s). The undertaking using geochemical records preserved in carbonate of a thesis is modeled after a Master’s thesis project, rocks. Students will develop skills to understand the which is scaled down for the different time frame (one history of carbonate rocks including their formation year versus two years) and educational level of a senior and subsequent alteration. Students will use advance undergraduate student. The thesis project plan is initially laboratory techniques and equipment on actual research developed, and agreed upon by conference between the samples. Class time will consist primarily of lab with supervising faculty member(s) and the student. Most of minimal lecture. the research is conducted independently by the student. The advisor serves as a source of ideas concerning Fall 2013: Current topic description: Investigation into scientific literature, methodologies, and financial the patterns, causes and impacts of sea-level variability support. The advisor may visit and inspect the research on timescales ranging from millions of years to hours. sites, laboratory or model, and offer advice on how the Students will read and discuss classic and current research should be conducted or modified. journal papers on the topic, work with data and take field Units: 1.0 trips to coastal sites. Prerequisites: Advanced standing Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA in the geology major; e.g., 2 or more GEOL courses at (Fall 2013) 20-level or above. GEOL B403 Supervised Research Spring 2014: Current topic description: Through reading and dicussion of the primary literature, students will At the discretion of the department faculty, rising seniors explore the history of reefs from the earliest microbial may undertake an independent thesis project in addition reefs to modern coral reefs. We will cover the to mandatory full participation in the senior capstone environmental conditions that lead to reef building as seminar. This student thesis is conducted under the well as the organisms that build and live in them. We will supervision of a faculty advisor(s). The undertaking also explore challenges to modern reef ecosystems and of a thesis is modeled after a Master’s thesis project, discuss the future of reefs. Prerequisites Geo 203 and which is scaled down for the different time frame (one 205. year versus two years) and educational level of a senior undergraduate student. The thesis project plan is initially Spring 2014: Current topic description: This course developed, and agreed upon by conference between the introduces topics that intersect the disciplines of supervising faculty member(s) and the student. Most of petrology & tectonics (PetroTectonics), e.g. mantle and the research is conducted independently by the student. lithosphere evolution, crustal growth processes, and the The advisor serves as a source of ideas concerning structure and mechanics of collisional and extensional scientific literature, methodologies, and financial orogens. A wide range of concepts will be covered that support. The advisor may visit and inspect the research integrate mantle and lithospheric processes into global sites, laboratory or model, and offer advice on how the plate tectonic framework. Prerequisites Geo 202 and research should be conducted or modified. 204. Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA GEOL B399 Senior Capstone Seminar (Spring 2014) A capstone seminar course required for all Geology majors. All Geology seniors will be required to 238 German and German Studies
GERMAN AND film, gender and sexuality studies, growth and structure of cities, history, history of art, music, philosophy, and GERMAN STUDIES political science, where they read works of criticism in these areas in the original German. Courses relating to any aspect of German culture, history, and politics given Students may complete a major or minor in German and in other departments can count toward requirements for German Studies. the major or minor.
Faculty College Foreign Language Requirement David M Kenosian, Lecturer in German and German Studies The College’s foreign language requirement may be satisfied by completing GERM 101 and 102 with an Azade Seyhan, Fairbank Professor in the Humanities, average grade of at least 2.0 or with a grade of 2.0 or Professor of German and Comparative Literature, better in GERM 102. Interim Chair of German (on leave semester II)
The Bryn Mawr-Haverford Bi-College Department Major Requirements of German draws upon the expertise of the German The German and German studies major consists of faculty at both Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges 10 units. All courses at the 200 or 300 level count to offer a broadly conceived German Studies toward the major requirements, either in a literature program, incorporating a variety of courses and major concentration or in a German studies concentration. A options. The purpose of the major in German and literature concentration normally follows the sequence German Studies is to lay the foundation for a critical 201 and/or 202; 209 or 212, or 214, 215; plus additional understanding of German culture in its contemporary courses to complete the 10 units, two of them at the 300 global context and its larger political, social, and level; and finally one semester of Senior Conference. intellectual history. To this end we encourage a thorough A German studies major normally includes 223 and/ and comparative study of the German language and or 224 or 245; one 200- and one 300-level course in culture through its linguistic and literary history, systems German literature; three courses (at least one at the 300 of thought, institutions, political configurations, and arts level) in subjects central to aspects of German culture, and sciences. history, or politics; and one semester of GERM 321 (Advanced Topics in German Cultural Studies). Within The German program aims, by means of various each concentration, courses need to be selected so as methodological approaches to the study of another to achieve a reasonable breadth, but also a degree of language, to foster critical thinking, expository writing disciplinary coherence. Within departmental offerings, skills, understanding of the diversity of culture(s), GERM 201 and 202 (Advanced Training) strongly and the ability to respond creatively to the challenges emphasize the development of conversational, writing, posed by cultural difference in an increasingly global and interpretive skills. German majors are encouraged, world. Course offerings are intended to serve both when possible, to take work in at least one foreign students with particular interests in German literature language other than German. and literary theory and criticism, and those interested in studying German and German-speaking cultures from the perspective of communication arts, film, history, Honors history of ideas, history of art and architecture, history of Any student who has completed a senior thesis and religion, institutions, linguistics, mass media, philosophy, whose grade point average in the major at the end of politics, and urban anthropology and folklore. the senior year is 3.8 or higher qualifies for departmental honors. Students who have completed a thesis and A thorough knowledge of German is a goal for both whose major grade point average at the end of the major concentrations. The objective of our language senior year is 3.6 or higher, but not 3.8, are eligible to instruction is to teach students communicative skills be discussed as candidates for departmental honors. A that enable them to function effectively in authentic student in this range of eligibility must be sponsored by conditions of language use and to speak and write in at least one faculty member with whom she has done idiomatic German. A major component of all German coursework, and at least one other faculty member must courses is the examination of issues that underline read some of the student’s advanced work and agree the cosmopolitanism as well as the specificity and on the excellence of the work in order for departmental complexity of contemporary German culture. German honors to be awarded. If there is a sharp difference of majors can and are encouraged to take courses in opinion, additional readers will serve as needed. interdisciplinary areas, such as comparative literature, German and German Studies 239
Minor Requirements language skills--speaking, reading, writing, and listening comprehension. We will build on the knowledge that A minor in German and German studies consists of students gained in the elementary-level courses and seven units of work. To earn a minor, students are then honed in GERM 101. This course will also provide normally required to take GERM 201 or 202, and four students with an introduction to selected aspects of additional units covering a reasonable range of study German culture. topics, of which at least one unit is at the 300 level. Requirement(s): Language Level 2 Additional upper-level courses in the broader area of Units: 1.0 German studies may be counted toward the seven units Instructor(s): Meyer,I. with the approval of the department. (Spring 2014)
Study Abroad GERM B202 Introduction to German Studies In this course, we will concentrate on all four language Students majoring in German are encouraged to spend skills – speaking, reading, writing and listening some time in German-speaking countries in the course comprehension. However, we will place a special of their undergraduate studies. Various possibilities are emphasis on the skills of reading and writing. In available: summer work programs, DAAD (German addition, you will be introduced to different literary Academic Exchange) scholarships for summer courses and non-literary text genres. You will practice writing at German universities, and selected junior year abroad in different genres, as well. We will read newspaper Programs. articles, film reviews, fairy tales, short stories, and poetry. We will also screen a film. COURSES Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical GERM B001 Elementary German Interpretation (CI) Meets five hours a week with the individual class Units: 1.0 instructor, two hours with student drill instructors. Strong (Spring 2014) emphasis on communicative competence both in spoken and written German in a larger cultural context. GERM B212 Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, and the Requirement(s): Language Level 1 Rhetoric of Modernity Units: 1.0 This course examines selected writings by Marx, Instructor(s): Kenosian,D. Nietzsche, and Freud as pre-texts for a critique of (Fall 2013) cultural reason and underlines their contribution to questions of language, representation, history, ethics, GERM B002 Elementary German and art. These three visionaries of modernity have Meets five hours a week with the individual class translated the abstract metaphysics of “the history instructor, two hours with student drill instructors. Strong of the subject” into a concrete analysis of human emphasis on communicative competence both in experience. Their work has been a major influence spoken and written German in a larger cultural context. on the Frankfurt School of critical theory and has also Requirement(s): Language Level 1 led to a revolutionary shift in the understanding and Units: 1.0 writing of history and literature now associated with Instructor(s): Kenosian,D. the work of modern French philosophers Jacques (Spring 2014) Derrida, Michel Foucault, Julia Kristeva, and Jacques Lacan. Our readings will, therefore, also include short GERM B101 Intermediate German selections from these philosophers in order to analyze the contested history of modernity and its intellectual Thorough review of grammar, exercises in composition and moral consequences. Special attention will be paid and conversation. Enforcement of correct grammatical to the relation between rhetoric and philosophy and patterns and idiomatic use of language. Study of the narrative forms of “the philosophical discourse(s) of selected literary and cultural texts and films from modernity” (e.g., sermon and myth in Marx; aphorism German-speaking countries. Two semesters. and oratory in Nietzsche, myth, fairy tale, case hi/story Requirement(s): Language Level 2 in Freud). Cross-listed with Philosophy 204. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Instructor(s): Kenosian,D. Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the (Fall 2013) Past (IP) Crosslisting(s): PHIL-B204 GERM B102 Intermediate German Units: 1.0 This course is the continuation of GERM 101 (Not Offered 2013-14) (Intermediate German I). We will concentrate on all four 240 German and German Studies
GERM B213 Theory in Practice: Critical Discourses in the Humanities Spring 2014: Current topic description: This course focuses on the literature and cinema of Austria after This is a topics course. Topics vary. An examination 1945. Since World War II and the Holocaust, Austria in English of leading theories of interpretation from has grappled with the burdens of its history. Austria’s Classical Tradition to Modern and Post-Modern Time. national self-image alternates between that of ”Hitler’s Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities first victim” and that of a land implicitly perpetuating Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) the fascist structures of its Nazi past. We will analyze Crosslisting(s): ITAL-B213; RUSS-B253; PHIL-B253; post-war literary texts and films to interrogate notions HART-B213 of nation and identity in post-fascist Austria. Taught in Units: 1.0 English translation. Instructor(s): Monserrati,M. (Fall 2013) GERM B262 Topics: Film and the German Literary Imagination GERM B223 Topics in German Cultural Studies This is a topics course. Topics vary. This is a topics course. Topics vary. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Interpretation (CI) Interpretation (CI) Counts towards: Film Studies Crosslisting(s): HIST-B247; COML-B223 Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B261 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Spring 2014) (Not Offered 2013-14) GERM B231 Cultural Profiles in Modern Exile GERM B303 Modern German Prose This course investigates the anthropological, This is a topics course. Topics vary. Taught in German. philosophical, psychological, cultural, and literary Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities aspects of modern exile. It studies exile as experience Units: 1.0 and metaphor in the context of modernity, and examines Instructor(s): Meyer,I. the structure of the relationship between imagined/ (Spring 2014) remembered homelands and transnational identities, and the dialectics of language loss and bi- and Spring 2014: Current topic description: Auf welche multi-lingualism. Particular attention is given to the Weisen produzieren erzählende Texte Bedeutungen? psychocultural dimensions of linguistic exclusion and Mit welchen Mitteln hinterfragen sie ethische, historische loss. Readings of works by Julia Alvarez, Anita Desai, oder soziale Zusammenhänge? Was f r Zwecke erf llen Sigmund Freud, Milan Kundera, Friedrich Nietzsche, erzählende Texte? K nnen erzählende Texte den Leser/ Salman Rushdie, and others. die Leserin manipulieren? Wir werden Erzählprosa aus Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities dem 18., 19. und 20. Jahrhundert lesen und dabei nicht Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical nur die Form der Texte untersuchen, sondern auch die Interpretation (CI) Inhalte und Fragen, die sie aufwerfen. Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures; International Studies Major GERM B305 Modern German Drama Crosslisting(s): COML-B231; ANTH-B231 Units: 1.0 This is a topics course. Topics vary. Taught in German. (Not Offered 2013-14) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Crosslisting(s): COML-B305 GERM B245 Interdisciplinary Approaches to German Units: 1.0 Literature and Culture (Not Offered 2013-14) This is a topics course. Topics vary. Taught in English. GERM B310 Topics in German Literature Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical This is a topics course. Topics vary. One additional hour Interpretation (CI) of target language instruction TBA. Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B260; COML-B245 Crosslisting(s): HEBR-B310 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Meyer,I. (Not Offered 2013-14) (Spring 2014) German and German Studies 241
GERM B320 Topics in German Literature and Culture GERM B403 Supervised Work This is a topics course. Topics vary. Previous topics Units: 1.0 include: Romantic Literary Theory and Literary Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA Modernity; Configurations of Femininity in German (Fall 2013) Literature; Nietzsche and Modern Cultural Criticism; Contemporary German Fiction; No Child Left Behind: GERM B403 Supervised Work Education in German Literature and Culture. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA Counts towards: Film Studies (Spring 2014) Crosslisting(s): EDUC-B320 Units: 1.0 GERM B421 German for Reading Knowledge (Not Offered 2013-14) This course will provide graduate and undergraduate GERM B321 Advanced Topics in German Cultural students with the skills to read and translate challenging Studies academic texts from German into English. We will quickly cover the essentials of German grammar This is a topics course. Topics vary. Topic for 2011- and focus on vocabulary and constructions that one 12 was The Transnational Cosmopolitanism of Swiss can encounter in scholarly writing from a variety of Literature. disciplines. Does not fulfill the Language Requirement. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Instructor(s): Seyhan,A. Crosslisting(s): HART-B348; COML-B321; CITY-B319 (Fall 2013) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14)
GERM B329 Wittgenstein Wittgenstein is notable for developing two philosophical systems. In the first, he attempted to show that there is a single common structure underlying all language, thought and being. In the second, he denied the idea of such a structure and claimed that the job of philosophy was to free philosophers from bewitchments due to misunderstandings of ordinary concepts in language. The course begins by sketching the first system. We then turn to his rejection of the earlier ideas as outlined in Philosophical Investigations and On Certainty. We also examine contemporary interpretations of Wittgenstein’s later work. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Crosslisting(s): PHIL-B329 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14)
GERM B380 Topics in Contemporary Art This is a topic course. Course content varies. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Crosslisting(s): HART-B380 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14)
GERM B399 Senior Seminar Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Kenosian,D. (Spring 2014) 242 Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies
GREEK, LATIN, AND Courses in Greek (GREK) and Latin (LATN) involve the study of the ancient language and reading texts in that CLASSICAL STUDIES language. Courses for which a knowledge of Greek or Latin is not required are listed under Classical Studies (CSTS). Students may complete a major in Greek, Latin, Classical Languages, or Classical Culture and Society. Students may complete a minor in Greek, Latin, or GREEK Classical Culture and Society. Students may complete an M.A. in Greek or Latin in the combined A.B./M.A. The sequence of courses in the ancient Greek program. language is designed to acquaint the students with the various aspects of Greek culture through a mastery of the language and a comprehension of Greek Faculty history, mythology, religion and the other basic forms of expression through which the culture developed. The works of poets, philosophers, and historians are Annette Baertschi, Assistant Professor studied both in their historical context and in relation to Catherine Conybeare, Professor subsequent Western thought. Radcliffe Edmonds, Doreen C. Spitzer Professor of Latin and Classical Studies College Foreign Language Requirement The College’s foreign language requirement may be Russell Scott, Chair and Paul Shorey Professor of satisfied by completing two semesters of Greek with an Greek average grade of at least 2.0 or with a grade of 2.0 or Asya Sigelman, Assistant Professor (on leave better in the second semester. semesters I and II) Major Requirements
Cooperating Faculty at Haverford Requirements in the major are two courses in Greek at College the introductory level, two courses at the 100 level, two courses at the 200 level, one course at the 300 level (or Deborah H. Roberts, Chairperson - Professor of above) and the Senior Seminar and thesis. Comparative Literature and Classics Bret Mulligan, Associate Professor (on leave semesters Also required are three courses to be distributed as I and II) follows: one in Greek history, one in Greek archaeology, and one in Greek philosophy. Robert Germany, Assistant Professor Sydnor Roy, Visiting Assistant Professor By the end of the senior year, majors will be required William Tortorelli, Visiting Assistant Professor to have completed a sight translation examination from Greek to English.
In collaboration with the Department of Classics at Prospective majors in Greek are advised to take Greek Haverford College, the department offers four major in their first year. For students entering with Greek there programs of study: Greek, Latin, Classical Languages, is the possibility of completing the requirements for both and Classical Culture and Society. In addition to the A.B. and M.A. degrees in four years. Those interested in sequence of courses specified for each major, all majors pursuing advanced degrees are advised to have a firm are expected to have read through the Classics Reading grounding in Latin. List before they participate in the Senior Seminar, a required full-year course. In the first term, students refine their ability to read, discuss, and critique classical Minor Requirements texts through engagement with scholarship from Requirements for a minor in Greek are two courses at various fields of Classical Studies while in the second the introductory level, two courses at the 100 level, two term, they conduct independent research, culminating courses at the 200 level. in a substantial thesis paper and a presentation to the department. Senior essays of exceptionally high quality may be awarded departmental honors at COURSES commencement. GREK B010 Traditional and New Testament Greek Students, according to their concentrations, are The first part of this year-long course will focus on encouraged to consider a term of study during junior introducing standard (Classical) Greek. Once the year in programs such as the College Year in Athens or grammar has been fully introduced, early in the spring the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome. semester, the class will begin to develop facility by Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies 243 reading part of the New Testament, selections from (Spring 2014) Xenophon and, finally, a dialogue of Plato. Requirement(s): Language Level 1 GREK B201 Plato and Thucydides Units: 1.0 This course is designed to introduce the student to Instructor(s): Baertschi,A. two of the greatest prose authors of ancient Greece, (Fall 2013) the philosopher, Plato, and the historian, Thucydides. These two writers set the terms in the disciplines of GREK B011 Traditional and New Testament Greek philosophy and history for millennia, and philosophers The first part of this year-long course will focus on and historians today continue to grapple with their ideas introducing standard (Classical) Greek. Once the and influence. The brilliant and controversial statesman grammar has been fully introduced, early in the spring Alcibiades provides a link between the two texts in this semester, the class will begin to develop facility by course, and we examine the ways in which both authors reading part of the New Testament, selections from handle the figure of Alcibiades as a point of entry into Xenophon and, finally, a dialogue of Plato. the comparison of the varying styles and modes of Requirement(s): Language Level 1 thought of these two great writers. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Instructor(s): Baertschi,A. Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) (Spring 2014) Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Units: 1.0 GREK B101 Herodotus Instructor(s): Edmonds,R. (Fall 2013) Greek 101 introduces the student to one of the greatest prose authors of ancient Greece, the historian, GREK B202 The Form of Tragedy Herodotus. The “Father of History,” as Herodotus is sometimes called, wrote one of the earliest lengthy This course will introduce the student to two of the three prose texts extant in Greek literature, in the Ionian great Athenian tragedians—Sophocles and Euripides. dialect of Greek. The “Father of Lies,” as he is also Their dramas, composed two-and-a-half millenia ago, sometimes known, wove into his history a number of continue to be performed regularly on modern stages fabulous and entertaining anecdotes and tales. His around the world and exert a profound influence on historie or inquiry into the events surrounding the current day theatre. We will read Sophocles’ Oedipus invasions by the Persian empire against the Greek Tyrannos and Euripides’ Bacchae in full, focusing on city-states set the precedent for all subsequent historical language, poetics, meter, and performance studies. writings. (Not Offered 2013-14 – see GREKH101 (Not Offered 2013-14 – see GREKH202 Tragedy at Herodotus & Lyric at Haverford) Haverford) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) (Not Offered 2013-14) GREK B398 Senior Seminar GREK B104 Homer The first term of this course is a bi-college team-taught Greek 104 is designed to introduce the student to the seminar devoted to readings in and discussion of epic poetry attributed to Homer, the greatest poet of selected topics in the various sub-fields of Classical ancient Greece, through selections from the Odyssey. Studies; the second term involves the writing and oral Since Homer’s poetic form is so important to the presentation of the senior thesis. shape and texture of the Odyssey, we will examine the Crosslisting(s): CSTS-B398; LATN-B398 mechanics of Homeric poetry, both the intricacies of Units: 1.0 dactylic hexameter and the patterns of oral formulaic Instructor(s): Baertschi,A. composition. We will also spend time discussing the (Fall 2013) characters and ideas that animate this text, since the value of Homer lies not merely in his incomparable GREK B399 Senior Seminar mastery of his poetic form, but in the values and Crosslisting(s): CSTS-B399 patterns of behavior in his story, patterns which Units: 1.0 remained remarkably influential in the Greek world for (Spring 2014) centuries. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities GREK B403 Supervised Work Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Edmonds,R. 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GREK B403 Supervised Work GREK B643 Readings in Greek History Units: 1.0 We will consider the primary issues for the authors Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA and also the issues that may rather be our own. These (Spring 2014) include the technical issues of historiography—what history is and how it achieves its goals; historical GREK B601 Homer: Iliad causation and relevance; exactness or reliability, bias and viewpoint. We will also attend to social justice, We will focus on a careful reading of significant portions which for us means race, class and gender: what was it of the Homeric epics and on the history of Homeric for the Greeks? scholarship. Students will develop an appreciation both Units: 1.0 for the beauty of Homer’s poetics and for the scholarly (Not Offered 2013-14) arguments surrounding interpretation of these texts. Units: 1.0 GREK B644 Plato Instructor(s): Mitchell-Boyask,R. (Fall 2013) In this seminar, we will explore the central ideas of a Platonic dialogue as they are unfolded by the varying GREK B603 Greek Patrology voices of the interlocutors. Plato’s dialogues all prompt questions about how to read and understand the This course is an introduction to Greek patrology, with complex interchanges between the interlocutors, but an emphasis on biblical interpretation. We shall start no dialogue presents these issues as prominently from Philo and go on to read a selection of important or paradoxically as the Phaedrus. In their rhetorical texts from the early Greek fathers, notably Origen, speeches on love, Phaedrus speaks for Lysias, while Gregory of Nazianzus, and John Chrysostom. Socrates speaks for Phaedrus or for the nymphs or Units: 1.0 for Stesichorus. And for whom does Plato speak, or Instructor(s): Conybeare,C. rather, write? And what does he mean when he writes (Fall 2013) for Socrates the speech that no one serious would ever put anything serious in writing? In this seminar, we GREK B609 Pindar & Greek Lyric will explore the ideas of speech and writing, dialogue We will begin with a careful reading of Pindar’s shorter and rhetoric, philosophy and eros in the Phaedrus. odes, then proceed to his most famous long odes In addition to a close reading of the text itself, we (Olympian 1, Pythian 3, Pythian 1) and then consider will sample from the scholarly debates over the interpretative strategies (past, present, and future) as understanding and interpretation of the Phaedrus that we survey the rest of the odes. One additional hour of have gone on over the past two and a half millennia of reading TBA. reading Plato’s Phaedrus. Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Instructor(s): Edmonds,R. (Spring 2014) GREK B610 Greek Comedy GREK B670 Greek Scholia In this seminar, we will read the Greek text and the secondary literature associated with Assemblywomen Units: 1.0 (c. 392 BC) and Wealth (388 BC), the only late plays (Not Offered 2013-14) of Aristophanes to have survived, in order to consider the various political, economic, ritual, performance, LATIN and gender-related issues they raise, in addition to the interpretative problems mentioned above. In this The major in Latin is designed to acquaint the student respect, this course also serves as an introduction to with Roman literature, history and culture in all its some of the major areas of study in recent Aristophanic aspects. Works in Latin language, ranging from its scholarship. beginnings to the Renaissance, are examined both Units: 1.0 in their historical context and as influences on post- (Not Offered 2013-14) classical cultures and societies up to the present day. A number of courses in Latin at the 200 level are offered in GREK B630 Euripides rotation at Bryn Mawr and Haverford. They are based on In this seminar we will look closely at several plays of authors and topics in Roman imperial literature ranging Euripides, paying special attention to the tragedian’s from the Augustan Age to Late Antiquity and the Middle language and meter. We will also read widely in 20th Ages and are designed to illustrate the richness of this and 21st century scholarship on Euripides. literary patrimony. Units: 1.0 Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies 245
College Foreign Language COURSES Requirement LATN B001 Elementary Latin The College’s foreign language requirement may be Latin 001 is the first part of a year-long course that satisfied by completing LATN 110-112 or 101-102 with introduces the student to the language and literature an average grade of at least 2.0 or with a grade of 2.0 or of ancient Rome. The first semester focuses upon the better in the second semester. grammar of Latin, developing the student’s knowledge of the forms of the language and the basic constructions Major Requirements used. Exercises in translation and composition aid in the student’s learning of the language, while readings in Requirements for the major are two courses in Latin at prose and poetry from the ancient authors provide the the 100 level, two literature courses at the 200 level, student with a deeper appreciation of the culture which two literature courses at the 300 level, HIST 207 or used this language. 208, Senior Seminar and thesis, and two courses to be Requirement(s): Language Level 1 selected from the following: Classical and Near Eastern Units: 1.0 Archaeology at the 100 level or above; Greek at the Instructor(s): Conybeare,C. 100 level or above; French, Italian or Spanish at the (Fall 2013) 200 level or above. Courses taken at the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome are accepted as LATN B002 Elementary Latin part of the major. By the end of the senior year, majors will be required to have completed successfully a sight Latin 002 is the second part of a year-long course that translation examination from Latin to English. introduces the student to the language and literature of ancient Rome. The second semester completes the Students who place into 200-level courses in their course of study of the grammar of Latin, improving first year may be eligible to participate in the A.B./ the student’s knowledge of the forms of the language M.A. program. Those interested should consult the and forms of expression. Exercises in translation department as soon as possible. and composition aid in the student’s learning of the language, while readings in prose and poetry from the ancient authors provide the student with a deeper Minor Requirements appreciation of the culture which used this language. Requirement(s): Language Level 1 Requirements for the minor are normally six courses in Units: 1.0 Latin, including one at the 300 level. For non-majors, Instructor(s): Scott,R. two literature courses at the 200 level must be taken as (Spring 2014) a prerequisite for admission to a 300-level course. LATN B110 Intermediate Latin Courses in Greek, Latin, and Classical Intensive review of grammar, reading in classical prose Studies at Haverford 2013-2014 and poetry. For students who have had the equivalent of two years of high school Latin or are not adequately Fall 2013 prepared to take LATN 101. This course meets three CSTS H119 Golden Age of Athens times a week with a required fourth hour to be arranged. CSTS H293 Translation and other Transformations Requirement(s): Language Level 2 GREK H001 Elementary Greek Units: 1.0 GREK H101 Herodotus & Lyric Poetry Instructor(s): Scott,R. LATN H001 Elementary Latin (Fall 2013) LATN H101 Intro to Latin Literature: The Language of Love and Hate in the Roman Republic LATN B112 Latin Literature LATN H201 Ovid In the second semester of the intermediate Latin sequence, readings in prose and poetry are frequently Spring 2013 drawn from a period, such as the age of Augustus, CSTS H212 Refashioning the Classics: Ancient Texts that illustrate in different ways the leading political and Modern Writers and cultural concerns of the time. The Latin readings GREK H002 Elementary Greek and discussion are supplemented by readings in the GREK H202 Greek Tragedy secondary literature. There are three required meetings LATN H102 Intro to Latin Literature: Comedy a week. Prerequisite: LATN 101 or 110 or placement by the department. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities 246 Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies
Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Units: 1.0 LATN B350 Topics in Latin Literature Instructor(s): Baertschi,A. This is a topics course. Topics vary. Topic for Fall 2013: (Spring 2014) Ovid’s Fasti. Ovid’s Fasti is a work that the poet was not able to LATN B202 Advanced Latin Literature complete before being sent into exile by Augustus. In this course typically a variety of Latin prose and Nevertheless, as it survives, it is an extraordinarily rich poetry of the high and later Roman empire (first to fourth work that blends the antiquarian religious research centuries CE) is read. Single or multiple authors may be characteristic of the Augustan age with the subtle featured in a given semester. (Not Offered 2013-14 – poetic craft for which the author is famous. Open only see LATNH201: Ovid at Haverford) to advanced undergraduates, this course includes Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities a weekly seminar and a translation session. Three- Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) fourths of the reading will be from primary sources. Units: 1.0 One additional hour TBA Prerequisite: a 200-level Latin (Not Offered 2013-14) course. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities LATN B203 Medieval Latin Literature Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Scott,R. Selected works of Latin prose and poetry from the late (Fall 2013) Roman Empire through the 12th century.Pre-requisite: At least one 200-level Latin course or equivalent. LATN B398 Senior Seminar Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) The first term of this course is a bi-college team-taught Units: 1.0 seminar devoted to readings in and discussion of Instructor(s): Conybeare,C. selected topics in the various sub-fields of Classical (Spring 2014) Studies; the second term involves the writing and oral presentation of the senior thesis. LATN B303 Lucretius Crosslisting(s): CSTS-B398; GREK-B398 Units: 1.0 Lucretius’ poem “De Rerum Natura”, On the Nature of Instructor(s): Baertschi,A. Things, is one of the most remarkable works of classical (Fall 2013) antiquity: in six books of didactic epic it gives a detailed exposition of Epicurean philosophy while exploiting LATN B399 Senior Seminar all the riches of poetic imagery, smearing the “honey of the Muses” round the lip of the cup containing the Crosslisting(s): CSTS-B399 “wormwood” of its message. Atomic theory, sexual Units: 1.0 relations, fear of death: these are just some of the topics (Spring 2014) addressed. We shall read and interpret almost the entire poem, giving equal weight to its philosophy and its LATN B403 Supervised Work poetry. Prerequisites: at least two Latin courses at 200 Units: 1.0 level. Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Fall 2013) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) LATN B403 Supervised Work LATN B305 Livy & the Conquest of the Units: 1.0 Mediterranean Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA (Spring 2014) Close analysis of Livy’s account of the Second Macedonian War, the Syrian War, and the origins of LATN B605 Augustine’s Confessions the third Macedonian War. Emphasis will be placed on Livy’s method of composition and reliability, of his Units: 1.0 general historical outlook, and that of other authors who Instructor(s): Conybeare,C. covered the period. The relevant sections of Polybius’ (Spring 2014) history, Plutarch’s biographies of Flamininus, the Elder Cato, and Aemilius Paullus as well as all relevant LATN B612 Tacitus inscriptions will be dealt with in English. Studies in the Annals of Tacitus. Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Scott,R. (Not Offered 2013-14) (Spring 2014) Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies 247
LATN B613 Livy & the Conquest of the LATN B650 Topics in Latin Literature Mediterranean 2nd & 1st c. Topics course. Course content varies. Close analysis of Livy’s account of the Second Units: 1.0 Macedonian War, the Syrian War, and the origins of (Not Offered 2013-14) the third Macedonian War. Emphasis will be placed on Livy’s method of composition and reliability, of his LATN B658 Late Latin Poetry general historical outlook, and that of other authors who Units: 1.0 covered the period. The relevant sections of Polybius’ (Not Offered 2013-14) history, Plutarch’s biographies of Flamininus, the Elder Cato, and Aemilius Paullus as well as all relevant LATN B671 Fasti inscriptions will be dealt with in English. Units: 1.0 Ovid’s Fasti is a work that the poet was not able to Instructor(s): Scott,R. complete before being sent into exile by Augustus. (Spring 2014) Nevertheless, as it survives, it is an extraordinarily rich work that blends the antiquarian religious research LATN B613 Cicero characteristic of the Augustan age with the subtle poetic craft for which the author is famous. The speeches and letters of Cicero, advocate and Units: 1.0 politician. Instructor(s): Scott,R. Units: 1.0 (Fall 2013) (Not Offered 2013-14)
LATN B633 Lucretius CLASSICAL LANGUAGES
Lucretius’ poem “De Rerum Natura”, On the Nature of The major in Classical Languages is designed for the Things, is one of the most remarkable works of classical student who wishes to divide her time between the two antiquity: in six books of didactic epic it gives a detailed languages and literatures. exposition of Epicurean philosophy while exploiting all the riches of poetic imagery, smearing the “honey of the Muses” round the lip of the cup containing the Major Requirements “wormwood” of its message. Atomic theory, sexual The requirements for the major, in addition to the relations, fear of death: these are just some of the topics Senior Seminar and thesis, are eight courses in Greek addressed. We shall read and interpret almost the entire and Latin including at least two at the 200 level in one poem, giving equal weight to its philosophy and its language and two at the 300 level or above in the other, poetry. Prerequisites: at least two Latin courses at 200 as well as two courses in ancient history and/or classical level. archaeology. There are two final examinations a sight Units: 1.0 translation from Greek to English and another from Latin (Not Offered 2013-14) to English. LATN B640 Topics: Imperial Latin Literature Classical Culture and Society This is a topics course. Topics vary. Topic for Spring 2014: Seneca: Tragedies. Seneca’s tragedies are the The major provides a broad yet individually structured only complete tragic plays in Latin that have survived background for students whose interest in the ancient from classical antiquity. After enjoying immense classical world is general and who wish to pursue more popularity in early modern times and serving as specialized work in one or more particular areas. models for such authors as Corneille, Racine, and Shakespeare, they were increasingly criticized in the Major Requirements 19th and for most of the 20th centuries and condemned as either overly rhetorical, and hence essentially The requirements for the major, in addition to the Senior unperformable, or as mere vehicles for Stoic doctrine. Seminar and thesis, are nine courses distributed as Fortunately, in the past decades, a much needed follows: re-evaluation of the dramatic qualities of Seneca’s Two courses in either Latin or Greek beyond the work has taken place. We shall read several Senecan elementary level tragedies and discuss such aspects as their intertextual and philosophical dimension, their political agenda, One course in Greek and/or Roman history the psychology of the characters as well as Seneca’s three courses, at least two of which are at unique poetic language and style. the 200 level or higher, in one of the following Units: 1.0 concentrations: archaeology and art history, Instructor(s): Baertschi,A. philosophy and religion, literature and the classical (Spring 2014) tradition, history and society 248 Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies
Three electives, at least one of which is at the CSTS B175 Feminism in Classics 200-level or higher, and one of which is must be This course will illustrate the ways in which feminism among the courses counted toward the history/ has had an impact on classics, as well as the ways in society concentration (except in the case of which feminists think with classical texts. It will have four students in that concentration) thematic divisions: feminism and the classical canon; Senior Seminar feminism, women, and rethinking classical history; feminist readings of classical texts; and feminists Minor Requirements and the classics - e.g. Cixous’ Medusa and Butler’s Antigone. The requirements for the minor are six courses drawn Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities from the range of courses counted toward the major. Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Of these, two must be in Greek or Latin beyond the Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies elementary level and at least one must be in classical Units: 1.0 culture and society at the 200 level. Instructor(s): Conybeare,C. (Spring 2014) COURSES CSTS B193 The Routes of Comedy CSTS B110 The World Through Classical Eyes A broad survey, ranging from the pre-history of comedy A survey of the ways in which the ancient Greeks and in such phenomena as monkey laughs and ritual abuse Romans perceived and constructed their physical to the ancient comedies of Greece and Rome and and social world. The evidence of ancient texts their modern descendants, from the Marx Brothers and and monuments will form the basis for exploring Monty Python to Seinfeld and South Park. such subjects as cosmology, geography, travel and Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities commerce, ancient ethnography and anthropology, the Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) idea of natural and artificial wonders, and the self- Units: 1.0 definition of the classical cultures in the context of the (Not Offered 2013-14) oikoumene, the “inhabited world.” Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities CSTS B205 Greek History Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the A study of Greece down to the end of the Peloponnesian Past (IP) War (404 B.C.E.), with a focus on constitutional Crosslisting(s): ARCH-B110; CITY-B110 changes from monarchy through aristocracy and Units: 1.0 tyranny to democracy in various parts of the Greek (Not Offered 2013-14) world. Emphasis on learning to interpret ancient sources, including historians (especially Herodotus CSTS B125 Classical Myths in Art and in the Sky and Thucydides),inscriptions, and archaeological This course explores Greek and Roman mythology and numismatic materials. Particular attention is paid using an archaeological and art historical approach, to Greek contacts with the Near East; constitutional focusing on the ways in which the traditional tales of developments in various Greek-speaking states; the gods and heroes were depicted, developed and Athenian and Spartan foreign policies; and the transmitted in the visual arts such as vase painting and “unwritten history” of non-elites. architectural sculpture, as well as projected into the Requirement(s): Division I or Division III natural environment. Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Crosslisting(s): HIST-B205 Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) Units: 1.0 Crosslisting(s): ARCH-B125; HART-B125 (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Lindenlauf,A. CSTS B207 Early Rome and the Roman Republic (Fall 2013) This course surveys the history of Rome from its origins to the end of the Republic, with special emphasis on CSTS B156 Roman Law in Action the rise of Rome in Italy and the evolution of the Roman An introduction to Roman public and private law from state. The course also examines the Hellenistic world the early republic to the high empire. The development in which the rise of Rome takes place. The methods of of legal institutions, including the public courts, the historical investigation using the ancient sources, both role of the jurists and the importance of case law, is literary and archaeological, are emphasized. stressed. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) Units: 1.0 Crosslisting(s): HIST-B207 (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies 249
CSTS B208 The Roman Empire Crosslisting(s): COML-B220 Units: 1.0 Imperial history from the principate of Augustus to the (Not Offered 2013-14) House of Constantine with focus on the evolution of Roman culture and society as presented in the surviving CSTS B223 The Early Medieval World ancient evidence, both literary and archaeological. Requirement(s): Division I or Division III The first of a two-course sequence introducing medieval Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) European history. The chronological span of this course Crosslisting(s): HIST-B208 is from the early 4th century and the Christianization Units: 1.0 of the Roman Empire to the early 10th century and the Instructor(s): Scott,R. disintegration of the Carolingian Empire. (Spring 2014) Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the CSTS B209 Eros in Ancient Greek Culture Past (IP) Counts towards: Middle East Studies This course explores the ancient Greek’s ideas of love, Crosslisting(s): HIST-B223 from the interpersonal loves between people of the Units: 1.0 same or different genders to the cosmogonic Eros that Instructor(s): Truitt,E. creates and holds together the entire world. The course (Fall 2013) examines how the idea of eros is expressed in poetry, philosophy, history, and the romances. CSTS B224 High Middle Ages Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical This course will cover the second half of the European Interpretation (CI) Middle Ages, often called the High and Late Middle Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Ages, from roughly 1000-1400. The course has Units: 1.0 a general chronological framework, and is based Instructor(s): Edmonds,R. on important themes of medieval history. These (Spring 2014) include feudalism and the feudal economy; the social transformation of the millennium; monastic reform; the CSTS B212 Magic in the Greco-Roman World rise of the papacy; trade, exchange, and exploration; urbanism and the growth of towns. Bindings and curses, love charms and healing potions, Requirement(s): Division I or Division III amulets and talismans—from the simple spells designed Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the to meet the needs of the poor and desperate to the Past (IP) complex theurgies of the philosophers—the people Crosslisting(s): HIST-B224 of the Greco-Roman world made use of magic to try Units: 1.0 to influence the world around them. This course will (Not Offered 2013-14) examine the magicians of the ancient world and the techniques and devices they used. We shall consider CSTS B225 In Vino Veritas: Wine in the Literature ancient tablets and spell books as well as literary and Cult of Ancient Greece & Rome descriptions of magic in the light of theories relating to the religious, political, and social contexts in which This course will explore ancient Greeks’ and Roman’ magic was used. perception of wine-drinking as a sacral experience, often Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities of critical cultural, social, and even cosmic importance. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) We will study the cult of Dionysus and the role of wine Units: 1.0 in Greek and Latin poetry, drama, and philosophy. (Not Offered 2013-14) We will then trace the development of these religious and cultural trends in subsequent Western history, to CSTS B220 Writing the Self in the Middle Ages the medieval tradition of the carnival and to twentieth- century literature. What leads people to write about their lives? Do men Units: 1.0 and women present themselves differently? Do they (Not Offered 2013-14) think different issues are important? How do they claim authority for their thoughts and experiences? We shall CSTS B227 Utopia: Good Place or No Place? address these questions, reading a wide range of autobiography from the Medieval period in the West, What is the ideal human society? What is the role and with a particular emphasis on women’s writing and on status of man and woman therein? Is such a society feminist critiques of autobiographical practice. purely hypothetical or should we strive to make it viable Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities in our modern world? This course will address these Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) questions by exploring the historic development of the Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies concept of utopia. 250 Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies
Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities CSTS B255 Show and Spectacle in Ancient Greece Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) and Rome Units: 1.0 A survey of public entertainment in the ancient world, (Not Offered 2013-14) including theater and dramatic festivals, athletic competitions, games and gladiatorial combats, and CSTS B231 Medicine, Magic and Miracles in the processions and sacrifices. Drawing on literary sources Middle Ages and paying attention to art, archaeology and topography, An exploration of the history of health and disease, this course explores the social, political and religious healing and medical practice in the medieval period, contexts of ancient spectacle. Special consideration will emphasizing Dar as-Islam and the Latin Christian West. be given to modern equivalents of staged entertainment Using methods from intellectual cultural and social and the representation of ancient spectacle in history, themes include: theories of health and disease; contemporary film. varieties of medical practice; rationalities of various Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities practices; views of the body and disease; medical Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) practitioners. No previous course work in medieval Crosslisting(s): HIST-B285; CITY-B260; ARCH-B255 history is required. This course is a writing intensive (W) Units: 1.0 course. Instructor(s): Baertschi,A. Requirement(s): Division I or Division III (Fall 2013) Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the Past (IP) CSTS B260 Daily Life in Ancient Greece and Rome Crosslisting(s): HIST-B231; ARCH-B231 The often-praised achievements of the classical Units: 1.0 cultures arose from the realities of day-to-day life. This (Not Offered 2013-14) course surveys the rich body of material and textual evidence pertaining to how ancient Greeks and Romans CSTS B234 Picturing Women in Classical Antiquity -- famous and obscure alike -- lived and died. Topics We investigate representations of women in different include housing, food, clothing, work, leisure, and family media in ancient Greece and Rome, examining the and social life. cultural stereotypes of women and the gender roles that Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities they reinforce. We also study the daily life of women in Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the the ancient world, the objects that they were associated Past (IP) with in life and death and their occupations. Crosslisting(s): ARCH-B260; CITY-B259 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the Instructor(s): Donohue,A. Past (IP) (Spring 2014) Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Crosslisting(s): ARCH-B234; HART-B234 CSTS B274 Topic: From Myth to Modern Cinema Units: 1.0 This is a topics course. Topics vary. (Not Offered 2013-14) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) CSTS B248 Reception of Classical Literature in the Crosslisting(s): COML-B274 Hispanic World Units: 1.0 A survey of the reception of Classical literature in the (Not Offered 2013-14) Spanish-speaking world. We read select literary works in translation, ranging from Renaissance Spain to CSTS B324 Roman Architecture contemporary Latin America, side-by-side with their The course gives special attention to the architecture classical models, to examine what is culturally unique and topography of ancient Rome from the origins about their choice of authors, themes, and adaptation of of the city to the later Roman Empire. At the same the material. time, general issues in architecture and planning with Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities particular reference to Italy and the provinces from Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical republic to empire are also addressed. These include Interpretation (CI) public and domestic spaces,structures, settings and Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & uses, urban infrastructure, the relationship of towns and Cultures territories, “suburban” and working villas, and frontier Crosslisting(s): SPAN-B248; COML-B248 settlements. Prerequisite: ARCH 102. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Not Offered 2013-14) Crosslisting(s): HART-B324; ARCH-B324 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies 251
CSTS B364 Magical Mechanisms History); the second term involves the writing and oral presentation of the senior thesis. Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Crosslisting(s): LATN-B399; GREK-B399 Crosslisting(s): HIST-B364 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Spring 2014) Instructor(s): Truitt,E. (Spring 2014) CSTS B403 Supervised Work CSTS B368 Topics in Medieval History Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA This is a topics course. Topics vary. (Fall 2013) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Crosslisting(s): HIST-B368 CSTS B403 Supervised Work Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA CSTS B375 Interpreting Mythology (Spring 2014) The myths of the Greeks have provoked outrage and CSTS B645 Ancient Magic fascination, interpretation and retelling, censorship and elaboration, beginning with the Greeks themselves. We Magic – the word evokes the mysterious and the will see how some of these stories have been read and marvelous, the forbidden and the hidden, the ancient understood, recounted and revised, in various cultures and the arcane. But what did magic mean to the people and eras, from ancient tellings to modern movies. We who coined the term, the people of ancient Greece and will also explore some of the interpretive theories by Rome? Drawing on the expanding body of evidence for which these tales have been understood, from ancient ancient magical practices, as well as recent theoretical allegory to modern structural and semiotic theories. The approaches to the history of religions, this seminar student should gain a more profound understanding of explores the varieties of phenomena labeled magic in the meaning of these myths to the Greeks themselves, the ancient Greco-Roman world. Bindings and curses, of the cultural context in which they were formulated. At love charms and healing potions, amulets and talismans the same time, this course should provide the student - from the simple spells designed to meet the needs of with some familiarity with the range of interpretations the poor and desperate to the complex theurgies of the and strategies of understanding that people of various philosophers, the people of the Greco-Roman world did cultures and times have applied to the Greek myths not only imagine what magic could do, they also made during the more than two millennia in which they have use of magic to try to influence the world around them. been preserved. Preference to upperclassmen, previous The seminar examines the primary texts in Greek, the coursework in myth required. tablets and spell books, as well as literary descriptions Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities of magic, in the light of theories relating to the religious, Crosslisting(s): COML-B375 political, and social contexts in which magic was used. Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Edmonds,R. (Not Offered 2013-14) (Fall 2013) CSTS B651 Alexandrian Tradition CSTS B398 Senior Seminar Units: 1.0 The first term of this course is a bi-college team-taught (Not Offered 2013-14) seminar devoted to readings in and discussion of selected topics in the various sub-fields of Classical CSTS B675 Interpreting Mythology Studies; the second term involves the writing and oral The myths of the Greeks have provoked outrage and presentation of the senior thesis. fascination, interpretation and retelling, censorship and Crosslisting(s): LATN-B398; GREK-B398 elaboration, beginning with the Greeks themselves. We Units: 1.0 will see how some of these stories have been read and Instructor(s): Baertschi,A. understood, recounted and revised, in various cultures (Fall 2013) and eras, from ancient tellings to modern movies. We will also explore some of the interpretive theories by CSTS B399 Senior Seminar which these tales have been understood, from ancient The first term of this course is a bi-college team-taught allegory to modern structural and semiotic theories. The seminar devoted to readings in and discussion of student should gain a more profound understanding of selected topics in the various sub-fields of Classical the meaning of these myths to the Greeks themselves, Studies (e.g. literature, religion, philosophy. law, social of the cultural context in which they were formulated. At 252 Growth and Structure of Cities the same time, this course should provide the student GROWTH AND with some familiarity with the range of interpretations and strategies of understanding that people of various STRUCTURE OF CITIES cultures and times have applied to the Greek myths during the more than two millennia in which they have Students may complete a major or minor in Growth and been preserved. Structure of Cities. Complementing the major, students Units: 1.0 may complete a minor in Environmental Studies, or a Instructor(s): Edmonds,R. concentration in Latin American, Latino, and Iberian (Fall 2013) Peoples and Cultures. Students also may enter the 3-2 Program in City and Regional Planning, offered in CSTS B701 Supervised Work cooperation with the University of Pennsylvania. Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Scott,R., Edmonds,R., Conybeare,C., Baertschi,A., Sigelman,A. Faculty (Spring 2014) Jeffrey A. Cohen, Term Professor in Growth and Structure of Cities David Consiglio, Instructor Carola Hein, Chair and Professor of Growth and Structure of Cities Gary W. McDonogh, Professor of Growth and Structure of Cities Samuel Olshin, Senior Visiting Studio Critic Ellen Stroud, Associate Professor of Growth and Structure of Cities on the Johanna Alderfer Harris and William H. Harris, M.D. Professorship in Environmental Studies (on leave semesters I and II) Daniela Holt Voith, Senior Lecturer in the Growth and Structure of Cities Program Jun Zhang, Visiting Assistant Professor of Growth and Structure of Cities
The interdisciplinary Growth and Structure of Cities major challenges students to understand the dynamic relationships connecting urban spatial organization and the built environment with politics, economics, cultures and societies worldwide. Core introductory classes present analytic approaches that explore changing forms of the city over time and analyze the variety of ways through which women and men have re-created global urban life across history and across cultures. With these foundations, students pursue their interests through classes in architecture, urban social and economic relations, urban history, studies of planning and the environmental conditions of urban life. Opportunities for internships, volunteering, and study abroad also enrich the major. Advanced seminars further ground the course of study by focusing on specific cities and topics.
Major Requirements
A minimum of 15 courses (11 courses in Cities and four allied courses in other related fields) is required to complete the major. Two introductory courses (185, 190) balance sociocultural and formal approaches to urban form and the built environment, and introduce cross-cultural and historical comparison of urban Growth and Structure of Cities 253 development. The introductory sequence should be study-abroad programs that are strong in architectural completed with a broader architectural survey course history, planning, and design, as well as those that (253, 254, 255) and a second social science course that allow students to pursue social and cultural interests. entails extended analysis (217 or 229). These courses Students who would like to spend part or all of their should be completed as early as possible in the first junior year away must consult with the major advisers and second years; at least two of them must be taken and appropriate deans early in their sophomore year. by the end of the first semester of the sophomore year. Students are encouraged to use other writing-intensive Cities majors have created major plans that have classes within the major to develop a range of skills in allowed them to coordinate their interests in cities methods, theory, and presentation. In addition to these with architecture, planning, ethnography, history, law, introductory courses, each student selects six elective environmental studies, mass media, social justice, courses within the Cities Department, including cross- medicine, public health, the fine arts, and other fields. listed courses. At least two must be at the 300 level. In No matter the focus, though, each Cities major must the senior year, a third advanced course is required. develop a solid foundation in both the history of Most students join together in a research seminar, CITY architecture and urban form and the analysis of urban 398, in the Fall of that year. Occasionally, however, culture, experience, and policy. Careful methodological after consultation with the major advisers, the student choices, clear analytical writing, and critical visual may elect another 300-level course or a program for analysis constitute primary emphases of the major. independent research. This is often the case with double Strong interaction with faculty and other students are an majors who write a thesis in another field. important and productive part of the Cities Department, which helps us all take advantage of the major’s Each student must also identify four courses outside flexibility in an organized and rigorous way. Cities that represent additional expertise to complement her work in the major. These may include courses Minor Requirements such as physics and calculus for architects, additional courses in economics, political science, sociology, Students who wish to minor in the Cities Department or anthropology for students more focused on the must take at least two out of the four required courses social sciences and planning, or courses that build and four cities electives, including two at the 300 level. on language, design, or regional interests. Any Senior Seminar is not mandatory for fulfilling the cities minor, concentration, or second major also fulfills this minor. requirement. Cities courses that are cross-listed with other departments or originate in them can be counted 3-2 Program in City and Regional only once in the course selection, although they may be either allied or elective courses. Planning Over the past two decades, many Cities majors Both the Cities Department electives and the four have entered the 3-2 Program in City and Regional or more allied courses must be chosen in close Planning, offered in conjunction with the University consultation with the major advisers in order to create a of Pennsylvania. Students interested in this program strongly coherent sequence and focus. This is especially should meet with Carola Hein early in their sophomore true for students interested in architectural design, year. who will need to arrange studio courses (226, 228) as well as accompanying courses in math, science and architectural history; they should contact the department COURSES chair or Daniela Voith in their first year. Likewise, students interested in pursuing a minor in Environmental CITY B103 Earth System Science and the Studies should consult with Ellen Stroud early in their Environment career, and those interested in pursuing a concentration This integrated approach to studying the Earth focuses in Iberian, Latin American, and Latino/a themes should on interactions among geology, oceanography, and consult with Gary McDonogh. biology. Also discussed are the consequences of population growth, industrial development, and human Finally, students should also note that many courses in land use. Two lectures and one afternoon of laboratory the department are given on an alternate-year basis. or fieldwork per week. A required two-day (Fri.-Sat.) field Many carry prerequisites in art history, economics, trip is taken in April. history, sociology, or the natural sciences. Requirement(s): Division II with Lab Approach: Scientific Investigation (SI) Programs for study abroad or off campus are Counts towards: Environmental Studies encouraged, within the limits of the Bryn Mawr and Crosslisting(s): GEOL-B103 Haverford rules and practices. In general, a one- Units: 1.0 semester program is strongly preferred. The Cities (Not Offered 2013-14) Department regularly works with off-campus and 254 Growth and Structure of Cities
CITY B104 Archaeology of Agricultural and Urban outcomes. Within the discipline, environmental harm is Revolutions seen as a failure of the market. We will consider how economists measure the magnitude of this deviation This course examines the archaeology of the two from the ideal, and assess efforts to ameliorate the most fundamental changes that have occurred in failure. human society in the last 12,000 years, agriculture and urbanism, and we explore these in Egypt and the Near CITY B175 Environment and Society: History, Place, East as far as India. We also explore those societies and Problems that did not experience these changes. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Introduces the ideas, themes, and methodologies Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the of the interdisciplinary field of environmental studies Past (IP) beginning with definitions: what is nature? What is Crosslisting(s): ARCH-B104 environment? And how do people and their settlements Units: 1.0 fit into each? The course then moves to distinct Instructor(s): Magee,P. disciplinary approaches in which scholarship can and (Fall 2013) does (and does not) inform our perceptions of the environment. Assignments introduce methodologies of CITY B110 The World Through Classical Eyes environmental studies, requiring reading landscapes, working with census data and government reports, A survey of the ways in which the ancient Greeks and critically interpreting scientific data, and analyzing work Romans perceived and constructed their physical of experts. and social world. The evidence of ancient texts Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science and monuments will form the basis for exploring Counts towards: Environmental Studies such subjects as cosmology, geography, travel and Crosslisting(s): SOCL-B175 commerce, ancient ethnography and anthropology, the Units: 1.0 idea of natural and artificial wonders, and the self- (Not Offered 2013-14) definition of the classical cultures in the context of the oikoumene, the “inhabited world.” CITY B185 Urban Culture and Society Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the Examines techniques and questions of the social Past (IP) sciences as tools for studying historical and Crosslisting(s): ARCH-B110; CSTS-B110 contemporary cities. Topics include political-economic Units: 1.0 organization, conflict and social differentiation (class, (Not Offered 2013-14) ethnicity and gender), and cultural production and representation. Philadelphia features prominently CITY B136 Working with Economic Data in discussion, reading and exploration as do global metropolitan comparisons through papers involving This is a topics course. Topics vary. Applies selected fieldwork, critical reading and planning/problem solving principles of economics to the quantitative analysis of using qualitative and quantitative methods. economic data; uses spreadsheets and other tools to Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science collect and judge the reliability of economic data. Topics Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the may include measures of income inequality and poverty; Past (IP) unemployment, national income and other measures of Crosslisting(s): ANTH-B185 economic well-being; cost-benefit of public and private Units: 1.0 investments; construction of price indices and other Instructor(s): McDonogh,G., Zhang,J. government statistics; evaluating economic forecasts; (Fall 2013) and the economics of personal finance. Prerequisites: Quantitative Readiness Required. CITY B190 The Form of the City: Urban Form from Requirement(s): Division I or Quantitative Antiquity to the Present Approach: Quantitative Readiness Required (QR) Crosslisting(s): ECON-B136 This course studies the city as a three-dimensional Units: 1.0 artifact. A variety of factors—geography, economic and Instructor(s): Ross,D. population structure, politics, planning, and aesthetics— (Spring 2014) are considered as determinants of urban form. Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Spring 2014: Current topic description: Economists Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the treat nature as providing environmental services that Past (IP) contribute to the production of goods and services Crosslisting(s): HART-B190; ANTH-B190 that address human needs and desires. “Working with Units: 1.0 Economic Data” will focus on the measurement and Instructor(s): Hein,C. valuation of those services as part of quantifying market (Spring 2014) Growth and Structure of Cities 255
CITY B200 Urban Sociology Counts towards: Environmental Studies Crosslisting(s): ECON-B242 This course consists of an overview, as well as an Units: 1.0 analysis of the physical and social structure of the city. (Not Offered 2013-14) The first part of the course will deal with understanding exactly what a city consists of. The second part will CITY B205 Social Inequality focus on the social structure within cities. Finally, in the third part of the course, we will examine patterns of Introduction to the major sociological theories of gender, inequality and segregation in the city. Prerequisite: one racial-ethnic, and class inequality with emphasis on the social science course or permission of instructor. relationships among these forms of stratification in the Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science contemporary United States, including the role of the Crosslisting(s): SOCL-B200 upper class(es), inequality between and within families, Units: 1.0 in the work place, and in the educational system. (Not Offered 2013-14) Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) CITY B201 Introduction to GIS for Social and Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Environmental Analysis Crosslisting(s): SOCL-B205 Units: 1.0 This course is designed to introduce the foundations Instructor(s): Osirim,M. of GIS with emphasis on applications for social and (Fall 2013) environmental analysis. It deals with basic principles of GIS and its use in spatial analysis and information CITY B206 Introduction to Econometrics management. Ultimately, students will design and carry out research projects on topics of their own choosing. An introduction to econometric terminology and Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science reasoning. Topics include descriptive statistics, Approach: Quantitative Readiness Required (QR) probability, and statistical inference. Particular emphasis Counts towards: Environmental Studies is placed on regression analysis and on the use Units: 1.0 of data to address economic issues. The required Instructor(s): Consiglio,D. computational techniques are developed as part of the (Fall 2013) course. Prerequisites: ECON B105 or H101, and H102, and a 200-level elective. CITY B203 Ancient Greek Cities and Sanctuaries Requirement(s): Quantitative Crosslisting(s): ECON-B253 A study of the development of the Greek city-states and Units: 1.0 sanctuaries. Archaeological evidence is surveyed in its Instructor(s): Lanning,J. historic context. The political formation of the city-state (Fall 2013) and the role of religion is presented, and the political, economic, and religious institutions of the city-states CITY B207 Topics in Urban Studies are explored in their urban settings. The city-state is considered as a particular political economy of the A mid-level course that explores how we understand Mediterranean and in comparison to the utility of the and write about architecture and architectural history, concept of city-state in other cultures. based on the analysis of visual materials, close reading Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities of texts, and visits to actual sites. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Past (IP) Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the Crosslisting(s): ARCH-B203 Past (IP) Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) (Not Offered 2013-14)
CITY B204 Economics of Local Environmental CITY B210 Natural Hazards Programs A quantitative approach to understanding the earth Considers the determinants of human impact on the processes that impact human societies. We consider environment at the neighborhood or community level the past, current, and future hazards presented by and policy responses available to local government. geologic processes, including earthquakes, volcanoes, How can economics help solve and learn from the landslides, floods, and hurricanes. The course includes problems facing rural and suburban communities? The discussion of the social, economic, and policy contexts instructor was a local township supervisor who will within which natural geologic processes become share the day-to-day challenges of coping with land use hazards. Case studies are drawn from contemporary planning, waste disposal, dispute resolution, and the and ancient societies. Lecture three hours a week. provision of basis services. Prerequisite: ECON B105. Prerequisite: one semester of college science or Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science permission of instructor. 256 Growth and Structure of Cities
Requirement(s): Division II and Quantitive CITY B215 Urban Economics Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM); Quantitative Micro- and macroeconomic theory applied to urban Readiness Required (QR) economic behavior. Topics include housing and land Counts towards: Environmental Studies use; transportation; urban labor markets; urbanization; Crosslisting(s): GEOL-B209 and demand for and financing of urban services. Units: 1.0 Prerequisite: ECON B105. Instructor(s): Elkins,L. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science (Fall 2013) Crosslisting(s): ECON-B215 Units: 1.0 CITY B212 Medieval Architecture (Fall 2013) This course takes a broad geographic and chronological scope, allowing for full exposure to the rich variety of CITY B216 The City of Naples objects and monuments that fall under the rubric of The city of Naples emerged during the Later Middle “medieval” art and architecture. We focus on the Latin Ages as the capital of a Kingdom and one of the most and Byzantine Christian traditions, but also consider influential cities in the Mediterranean region. What led to works of art and architecture from the Islamic and the city’s rise, and what effect did the city as a cultural, Jewish spheres. Topics to be discussed include: the political, and economic force have on the rest of the role of religion in artistic development and expression; region and beyond? This course will familiarize students secular traditions of medieval art and culture; facture with the art, architecture, culture, and institutions that and materiality in the art of the middle ages; the use made the city one of the most influential in Europe and of objects and monuments to convey political power the Mediterranean region during the Late Middle Ages. and social prestige; gender dynamics in medieval Topics include court painters in service to the crown, visual culture; and the contribution of medieval art and female monastic spaces and patronage, and the revival architecture to later artistic traditions. of dynastic tomb sculpture. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the Crosslisting(s): ITAL-B215; HART-B216 Past (IP) Units: 1.0 Crosslisting(s): HART-B212 Instructor(s): Harper,A. Units: 1.0 (Spring 2014) (Not Offered 2013-14) CITY B217 Research Methods and Theories CITY B213 Taming the Modern Corporation This course will provide the student with the basic Introduction to the economics of industrial organization skills to design and implement a research project. and regulation, focusing on policy options for ensuring The emphasis will be on the process (and choices) of that corporations enhance economic welfare and the constructing a research project and on “learning by quality of life. Topics include firm behavior in imperfectly doing.” The course will encompass both quantitative and competitive markets; theoretical bases of antitrust qualitative techniques and will examine the strengths laws; regulation of product and occupational safety; and weaknesses of each strategy. By the end of the environmental pollution; and truth in advertising. semester students will have learned the basics for Prerequisite: ECON B105. planning and executing research on a topic of their Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science choice. Crosslisting(s): ECON-B213 Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) (Not Offered 2013-14) CITY B214 Public Finance CITY B218 Topics in World Cities Analysis of government’s role in resource allocation, This is a topics course. Topics vary. An introduction to emphasizing effects of tax and expenditure programs contemporary issues related to the urban environment. on income distribution and economic efficiency. Topics Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science include sources of inefficiency in markets and possible Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) government responses; federal budget composition; Crosslisting(s): EAST-B218 social insurance and antipoverty programs; U.S. tax Units: 1.0 structure and incidence. Prerequisites: ECON B105. Instructor(s): Zhang,J. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Crosslisting(s): ECON-B214 Spring 2014: Current topic description: This course Units: 1.0 surveys a wide range of issues in urban China. We (Spring 2014) explore family and gender relations, economic activities, Growth and Structure of Cities 257 people at the margins, urban spatial and architectural CITY B226 Introduction to Architectural Design transformation, and political activities that contest the This studio design course introduces the principles reproduction of the state. of architectural design. Prerequisites: drawing, some history of architecture, and permission of instructor. CITY B220 Comparative Social Movements in Latin Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities America Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) An examination of resistance movements to the power Units: 1.0 of the state and globalization in three Latin American Instructor(s): Voith,D., Olshin,S. societies: Mexico, Columbia, and Peru. The course (Fall 2013) explores the political, legal, and socio-economic factors underlying contemporary struggles for human and social CITY B228 Problems in Architectural Design rights, and the role of race, ethnicity, and coloniality play A continuation of CITY 226 at a more advanced level. in these struggles. Prerequisites: CITY 226 or other comparable design Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science work and permission of instructor. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Crosslisting(s): SOCL-B259; POLS-B259 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Voith,D., Olshin,S. Instructor(s): Marquez,E. (Spring 2014) (Fall 2013) CITY B229 Topics in Comparative Urbanism CITY B222 Introduction to Environmental Issues This is a topics course. An exploration of the ways in which different cultural, Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science economic, and political settings have shaped issue Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the emergence and policy making. We examine the Past (IP) politics of particular environmental issues in selected Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & countries and regions. We also assess the prospects for Cultures international cooperation in solving global environmental Crosslisting(s): ANTH-B229; SOCL-B230; HART-B229; problems such as climate change. EAST-B229 Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Units: 1.0 Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Instructor(s): McDonogh,G. Counts towards: Environmental Studies (Spring 2014) Crosslisting(s): POLS-B222 Units: 1.0 Spring 2014: Current topic description: Comparative (Not Offered 2013-14) Urbanism insists that our understanding of cities must incorporate systematic analysis, testing theory and CITY B225 Economic Development practice. This year, the class explores questions raised Examination of the issues related to and the policies about cities through crime literature, ranging from designed to promote economic development in the depictions of criminality (across race, class and gender) developing economies of Africa, Asia, Latin America, to visions of form and movement. The key cities for and the Middle East. Focus is on why some developing comparison this year will be Barcelona, Los Angeles, economies grow faster than others and why some Havana, Buenos Aires and Shanghai. Readings will growth paths are more equitable, poverty reducing, include literary sources, films and social histories. and environmentally sustainable than others. Includes consideration of the impact of international trade and CITY B231 Punishment and Social Order investment policy, macroeconomic policies (exchange A cross-cultural examination of punishment, from mass rate, monetary and fiscal policy) and sector policies incarceration in the United States, to a widened “penal (industry, agriculture, education, population, and net” in Europe, and the securitization of society in Latin environment) on development outcomes in a wide range America. The course addresses theoretical approaches of political and institutional contexts. Prerequisite: ECON to crime control and the emergence of a punitive state B105. connected with pervasive social inequality. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Crosslisting(s): SOCL-B231 Counts towards: International Studies Major Units: 1.0 Crosslisting(s): ECON-B225 Instructor(s): Marquez,E. Units: 1.0 (Spring 2014) Instructor(s): Rock,M. (Fall 2013) 258 Growth and Structure of Cities
CITY B234 Environmental Economics CITY B241 Building Green: Sustainable Design Past and Present Introduction to the use of economic analysis explain the underlying behavioral causes of environmental At a time when more than half of the human population and natural resource problems and to evaluate policy lives in cities, the design of the built environment is of responses to them. Topics may include air and water key importance. This course is designed for students pollution; the economic theory of externalities, public to investigate issues of sustainability in architecture. A goods and the depletion of resources; cost-benefit close reading of texts and careful analysis of buildings analysis; valuing non-market benefits and costs; and cities will help us understand the terms and economic justice; and sustainable development. Writing practices of architectural design and the importance Intensive. Course counts as Writing Intensive Course. of ecological, economic, political, cultural, social Prerequisites: ECON B105. sustainability over time and through space. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the Crosslisting(s): ECON-B234 Past (IP) Units: 1.0 Counts towards: Environmental Studies Instructor(s): Rock,M. Units: 1.0 (Spring 2014) Instructor(s): Hein,C. (Fall 2013) CITY B237 Themes in Modern African History CITY B242 Urban Field Research Methods The course examines the cultural, environmental, economic, political, and social factors that contributed to This Praxis course intends to provide students with the expansion and transformation of pre-industrial cities, hands-on research practice in field methods. In colonial cities, and cities today. We will examine various collaboration with the instructor and the Praxis Office, themes, such as the relationship between cities and students will choose an organization or other group societies; migration and social change; urban space, activity in which they will conduct participant observation health problems, city life, and women. for several weeks. Through this practice, students will Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science learn how to conduct field-based primary research and Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the analyze sociological issues. Past (IP) Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Counts towards: Africana Studies; Environmental Counts towards: Praxis Program Studies Crosslisting(s): SOCL-B242; ANTH-B242 Crosslisting(s): HIST-B237 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Takenaka,A. Instructor(s): Ngalamulume,K. (Spring 2014) (Spring 2014) CITY B243 Economic Inequality and Government CITY B238 The Economics of Globalization Policy Choices An introduction to international economics through This course will examine the U.S. economy and the theory, policy issues, and problems. The course surveys effects of government policy choices. The class will international trade and finance, as well as topics in focus on the potential trade-offs between economic international economics. It investigates why and what a efficiency and greater economic equality. Some of the nation trades, the consequences of such trade, the role issues that will be explored include tax, education, and of trade policy, the behavior and effects of exchange health care policies. Different perspectives on issues will rates, and the macroeconomic implications of trade be examined. Prerequisite: ECON B105. and capital flows. Topics may include the economics Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science of free trade areas, world financial crises, outsourcing, Crosslisting(s): ECON-B243 immigration, and foreign investment. Prerequisites: Units: 1.0 ECON B105. The course is not open to students who Instructor(s): Vartanian,T. have taken ECON B316 or B348. (Fall 2013) Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Counts towards: International Studies Major CITY B244 Great Empires of the Ancient Near East Crosslisting(s): ECON-B236 A survey of the history, material culture, political and Units: 1.0 religious ideologies of, and interactions among, the five Instructor(s): Ceglowski,J. great empires of the ancient Near East of the second (Spring 2014) and first millennia B.C.E.: New Kingdom Egypt, the Hittite Empire in Anatolia, the Assyrian and Babylonian Empires in Mesopotamia, and the Persian Empire in Iran. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Growth and Structure of Cities 259
Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the embodied in the architecture of these centuries. Past (IP) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Crosslisting(s): ARCH-B244; POLS-B244; HIST-B244 Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) Units: 1.0 Crosslisting(s): HART-B253 Instructor(s): Ataç,M. Units: 1.0 (Spring 2014) (Not Offered 2013-14)
CITY B247 Topics in German Cultural Studies CITY B254 History of Modern Architecture This is a topics course. Topics vary. A survey of the development of modern architecture Requirement(s): Division I or Division III since the 18th century. The course focuses on Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical international networks in the transmission of Interpretation (CI) architectural ideas since 1890. Crosslisting(s): GERM-B223; COML-B223 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the (Not Offered 2013-14) Past (IP) Crosslisting(s): HART-B254 CITY B249 Asian American Communities Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) This course is an introduction to the study of Asian American communities that provides comparative CITY B255 Survey of American Architecture analysis of major social issues confronting Asian Americans. Encompassing the varied experiences An examination of landmarks, patterns, contexts, of Asian Americans and Asians in the Americas, the architectural decision-makers and motives of various course examines a broad range of topics—community, players in the creation of the American built environment migration, race and ethnicity, and identities—as well over the course of four centuries. The course will as what it means to be Asian American and what that address the sequence of examples that comprise the teaches us about American society. master narrative of the traditional survey course, while Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science also casting a questioning eye, probing the relation of Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the this canon to the wider realms of building in the United Past (IP) States. Crosslisting(s): SOCL-B249; ANTH-B249 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the Instructor(s): Takenaka,A. Past (IP) (Fall 2013) Crosslisting(s): HART-B255 Units: 1.0 CITY B250 Topics: Growth & Spatial Organization of Instructor(s): Cohen,J. the City (Fall 2013) An introduction to growth & spatial organization of cities. CITY B259 Daily Life in Ancient Greece and Rome Topics vary. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities The often-praised achievements of the classical Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) cultures arose from the realities of day-to-day life. This Counts towards: Environmental Studies course surveys the rich body of material and textual Crosslisting(s): HIST-B251 evidence pertaining to how ancient Greeks and Romans Units: 1.0 -- famous and obscure alike -- lived and died. Topics (Not Offered 2013-14) include housing, food, clothing, work, leisure, and family and social life. CITY B253 Before Modernism: Architecture and Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Urbanism of the 18th and 19th Centuries Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the Past (IP) The course frames the topic of architecture before the Crosslisting(s): ARCH-B260; CSTS-B260 impact of 20th century Modernism, with a special focus Units: 1.0 on the two prior centuries - especially the 19th - in Instructor(s): Donohue,A. ways that treat them on their own terms rather than as (Spring 2014) precursors of more modern technologies and forms of expression. The course will integrate urbanistic CITY B260 Show and Spectacle in Ancient Greece and vernacular perspectives alongside more familiar and Rome landmark exemplars. Key goals and components of the course will include attaining a facility within pertinent A survey of public entertainment in the ancient world, bibliographical and digital landscapes, formal analysis including theater and dramatic festivals, athletic and research skills exercised in writing projects, class competitions, games and gladiatorial combats, and field-trips, and a nuanced mastery of the narratives processions and sacrifices. Drawing on literary sources 260 Growth and Structure of Cities and paying attention to art, archaeology and topography, and we will create our own history of the city. this course explores the social, political and religious Requirement(s): Division I or Division III contexts of ancient spectacle. Special consideration will Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) be given to modern equivalents of staged entertainment Crosslisting(s): HIST-B267 and the representation of ancient spectacle in Units: 1.0 contemporary film. (Not Offered 2013-14) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) CITY B268 Greek and Roman Architecture Crosslisting(s): CSTS-B255; HIST-B285; ARCH-B255 A survey of Greek and Roman architecture taking into Units: 1.0 account building materials, construction techniques, Instructor(s): Baertschi,A. various forms of architecture in their urban and religious (Fall 2013) settings from an historical and social perspective. Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) CITY B262 Urban Ecosystems Crosslisting(s): ARCH-B268; HART-B268 Cities can be considered ecosystems whose functions Units: 1.0 are highly influenced by human activity. This course will (Not Offered 2013-14) address many of the living and non-living components of urban ecosystems, as well as their unique processes. CITY B269 Black America in Sociological Using an approach focused on case studies, the course Perspective will explore the ecological and environmental problems This course provides sociological perspectives on that arise from urbanization, and also examine solutions various issues affecting black America: the legacy of that have been attempted. Prerequisites: BIOL B110/ slavery; the formation of urban ghettos; the struggle for B111 or ENVS B101. civil rights; the continuing significance of discrimination; Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science the problems of crime and criminal justice; educational Counts towards: Environmental Studies under-performance; entrepreneurial and business Crosslisting(s): BIOL-B262 activities; the social roles of black intellectuals, athletes, Units: 1.0 entertainers, and creative artists. Instructor(s): Caplan,J. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science (Fall 2013) Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the Past (IP) CITY B266 Schools in American Cities Counts towards: Africana Studies This course examines issues, challenges, and Crosslisting(s): SOCL-B229 possibilities of urban education in contemporary Units: 1.0 America. We use as critical lenses issues of race, Instructor(s): Washington,R. class, and culture; urban learners, teachers, and school (Fall 2013) systems; and restructuring and reform. While we look at urban education nationally over several decades, CITY B276 Philadelphia Mural Arts we use Philadelphia as a focal “case” that students Philadelphia is home to 3,000 murals. Students will investigate through documents and school placements. explore this exciting movement in civic activism and This is a Praxis II course (weekly fieldwork in a school the arts, leading the design and execution of a legacy required) mural project celebrating Bryn Mawr’s 125th. Students Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science will gain experience with community organizing for this Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) project, in Philadelphia as well as on campus. Counts towards: Africana Studies; Praxis Program Counts towards: Praxis Program Crosslisting(s): EDUC-B266; SOCL-B266 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Instructor(s): Curl,H. (Fall 2013) CITY B278 American Environmental History CITY B267 History of Philadelphia: 1682 to Present This course explores major themes of American environmental history, examining changes in the This course will focus on the intersection of the sense American landscape, development of ideas about nature of Philadelphia as it is popularly understood and and the history of environmental activism. Students the Philadelphia that we can reconstruct individually will study definitions of nature, environment, and and together using scholarly books and articles, environmental history while investigating interactions documentary and popular films and novels, visual between Americans and their physical worlds. evidence, and visits to the chief repositories of the city’s Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science history. We will analyze the relationship between the Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) official representations of Philadelphia and their sources Growth and Structure of Cities 261
Counts towards: Environmental Studies CITY B304 Disaster, War and Rebuilding in the Crosslisting(s): HIST-B278 Japanese City Units: 1.0 Natural and man-made disasters have destroyed (Not Offered 2013-14) Japanese cities regularly. Rebuilding generally ensued at a very rapid pace, often as a continuation of the CITY B279 Cities and the Human Dimensions of past. Following a brief examination of literature on Global Environmental Change disaster and rebuilding and a historical overview of In this course, we focus on the human dimensions of architectural and urban history in Japan, this course global environmental change, especially as it relates explores the reasons for historical transformations large to urban sustainability. While sustainability has often and small. It specifically argues that rebuilding was narrowly been viewed in environmental terms, we will mostly the result of traditions, whereas transformation analyze social and environmental justice as integral of urban space occurred primarily as a result of political components of urban sustainability. and socio-economic change. Focusing on the period Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) since the Meiji restoration of 1868, we ask: How did Counts towards: Environmental Studies reconstruction after natural and man-made disasters Units: 1.0 shape the contemporary Japanese landscape? We (Not Offered 2013-14) will explore specifically the destruction and rebuilding after the 1891 Nobi earthquake, the 1923 Great Kanto CITY B286 Topics in the British Empire earthquake that leveled Tokyo and Yokohama, the bombing of more than 200 cities in World War II and This is a topics course covering various “topics” in the their rebuilding, as well as the 1995 Great Hanshin study of the British Empire. Course content varies. earthquake that destroyed Kobe and its reconstruction. Requirement(s): Division I or Division III In the context of the long history of destruction and Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the rebuilding we will finally explore the recent disaster in Past (IP) Fukushima 2011. Through the story of disaster and Crosslisting(s): HIST-B286; POLS-B286 rebuilding emerge different approaches to permanence Units: 1.0 and change, to urban livability, the environment and (Not Offered 2013-14) sustainability. Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) CITY B292 Urban Field Research and Ethnography Crosslisting(s): EAST-B304 The goals of this course are to introduce 1) fieldwork Units: 1.0 as a research method; and 2) ethnography as a text Instructor(s): Hein,C. produced through specific research methods, a form of (Fall 2013) knowledge and a process of in-depth learning process of urban forms and lives. Two sets of activities are CITY B305 Ancient Athens arranged in this half-a-semester course: 1) in-depth This course is an introduction to the Acropolis of Athens, reading of an ethnography; and 2) writing mini- perhaps the best-known acropolis in the world. We will ethnographies under supervised field research on explore its history, understand and interpret specific assigned sites. Prerequisites: Students should have monuments and their sculptural decoration and engage taken at least one CITYs course or Social Science in more recent discussions, for instance, on the role the course. Acropolis played in shaping the Hellenic identity. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Crosslisting(s): ARCH-B305 Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Units: 1.0 Counts towards: Praxis Program (Not Offered 2013-14) Crosslisting(s): ANTH-B292 Units: 1.0 CITY B306 Advanced Fieldwork Techniques: Places Instructor(s): Zhang,J. in Time (Spring 2014) A workshop for research into the histories of places, CITY B298 Topics: Advanced Research Methods intended to bring students into contact with some of the raw materials of architectural and urban history. A focus This is a topics course. Topics vary. will be placed on historical images and texts, and on Units: 0.5 creating engaging informational experiences that are (Not Offered 2013-14) transparent to their evidentiary basis. Requirement(s): Division I or Division III CITY B301 Topics in Modern Architecture Units: 1.0 This is a topic course. Course content varies. Instructor(s): Cohen,J. Units: 1.0 (Spring 2014) (Not Offered 2013-14) 262 Growth and Structure of Cities
CITY B314 The Economics of Social Policy CITY B319 Advanced Topics in German Cultural Studies Introduces students to the economic rationale behind government programs and the evaluation of government This is a topics course. Topics vary. Topic for 2011- programs. Topics include health insurance, social 12 was The Transnational Cosmopolitanism of Swiss security, unemployment and disability insurance, and Literature. education. Additionally, the instructor and students Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities will jointly select topics of special interest to the class. Crosslisting(s): GERM-B321; HART-B348; COML-B321 Emphasis will be placed on the use of statistics to Units: 1.0 evaluate social policy. Prerequisites: ECON 200; ECON (Not Offered 2013-14) 253 or 304. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science CITY B321 Technology and Politics Crosslisting(s): ECON-B314 An multi-media analysis of the complex role of Units: 1.0 technology in political and social life. We focus on (Fall 2013) the relationship between technological change and democratic governance. We begin with historical and CITY B315 Spaces of Identity: Architecture and contemporary Luddism as well as pro-technology Planning in Hamburg movements around the world. Substantive issue areas Many European cities feature a shared range of include security and surveillance, electoral politics, architectural and urban forms that reflect histories as warfare, social media, internet freedom, GMO foods long as a millenium and that are the product of related and industrial agriculture, climate change and energy sets of political, economic, social, cultural, and religious politics. forces. This course will examine such operative factors Counts towards: Environmental Studies and patterns through the particular case of the Northern Crosslisting(s): POLS-B321 German city-state of Hamburg from its medieval Units: 1.0 origins to the contemporary waterfront renewal of the Instructor(s): Hager,C. HafenCity. (Fall 2013) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the CITY B323 Topics in Renaissance Art Past (IP) Selected subjects in Italian art from painting, sculpture, Units: 1.0 and architecture between the years 1400 and 1600. (Not Offered 2013-14) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 CITY B316 Trade and Transport in the Ancient World (Not Offered 2013-14) Issues of trade, commerce and production of export goods are addressed with regard to the Bronze CITY B324 Economics of Discrimination & Inequality Age and Iron Age cultures of Mesopotamia, Arabia, Explores the causes and consequences of Iran and south Asia. Crucial to these systems is the discrimination and inequality in economic markets. development of means of transport via maritime routes Topics include economic theories of discrimination and on land. Archaeological evidence for traded goods and inequality, evidence of contemporary race- and and shipwrecks is used to map the emergence of gender-based inequality, detecting discrimination, and sea-faring across the Indian Ocean and Gulf while identifying sources of racial and gender inequality. bio-archaeological data is employed to examine the Additionally, the instructor and students will jointly transformative role that Bactrian and Dromedary camels select supplementary topics of specific interest to played in ancient trade and transport. the class. Possible topics include: discrimination in Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities historical markets, disparity in legal treatments, issues Crosslisting(s): ARCH-B316 of family structure, and education gaps. Prerequisites: Units: 1.0 At least one 200-level applied microeconomics elective, (Not Offered 2013-14) Economics 203 or 204, and Economics 200 or 202. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities CITY B318 Topics in Urban Social and Cultural Crosslisting(s): ECON-B324 Theory Units: 1.0 This is a topics course. Topics vary. Prerequisites: (Not Offered 2013-14) Completion of introductory sequence in Cities (esp. 185, 217/229) or equivalent work or permission of instructor. CITY B325 Topics in Social History Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) This a topics course that explores various themes in Units: 1.0 American social history. Course content varies. (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Growth and Structure of Cities 263
CITY B328 Analysis of Geospatial Data Using GIS 253 or 304; ECON 200 or 202. Crosslisting(s): ECON-B324 Analysis of geospatial data, theory, and the practice of Units: 1.0 geospatial reasoning. Instructor(s): Lanning,J. Crosslisting(s): GEOL-B328; BIOL-B328; ARCH-B328 (Spring 2014) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) CITY B335 Topics in City and Media CITY B329 Advanced Topics in Urban Environments This is a topics course. Topics vary. Mass media raises ever-changing global issues in study and praxis in This is a topics course. Topics vary. Cities. This advanced seminar looks closely at media Counts towards: Environmental Studies through a limited lens - the mediation of a single city Units: 1.0 (Hong Kong, Philadelphia, Los Angeles), questions of Instructor(s):McDonogh,G. genre (cinema, television, web) or around particular (Fall 2013) theoreticians and questions (Barthes and myth; Marxism and media). Fall 2013: Current topic description: The course Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical focuses on exciting emergent debates in anthropology, Interpretation (CI) history and social sciences that call into question the Crosslisting(s): ANTH-B335; EAST-B336 dominance of limited ways of perceiving and describing Units: 1.0 “the city.” Combining readings and hands-on analyses, Instructor(s): Zhang,J. we will explore how sight, sound, taste, touch, smell, (Fall 2013) time and memory are constructed and used in various ways to explain cities but also to include, exclude Fall 2013: Current topic description: Looking at TV or control populations and possibilities within the drama, animation, pop music, fashion and fast food, this metropolis. course investigates how popular culture works and how it shapes people’s lives in East Asian countries. Seeing CITY B330 Arch & Identity in Italy popular culture as terrains of power struggles and How is architecture used to shape our understanding articulation, we explore how class, gender and national of past and current identities? This course looks at the identities are constructed and contested through ways in which architecture has been understood to pop culture that is in turn shaped by these social represent, and used to shape regional, national, ethnic, relationships in specific political and historical context. and gender identities in Italy from the Renaissance to the present. The class focuses on Italy’s classical CITY B338 The New African Diaspora: African and traditions, and looks at the ways in which architects Caribbean Immigrants in the United States and theorists have accepted or rejected the peninsula’s An examination of the socioeconomic experiences classical roots. Subjects studied include Baroque of immigrants who arrived in the United States since Architecture, the Risorgimento, Futurism, Fascism, and the landmark legislation of 1965. After exploring colonialism. Course readings include Vitruvius, Leon issues of development and globalization at “home” Battista Alberti, Giorgio Vasari, Jacob Burckhardt, and leading to migration, the course proceeds with the Alois Riegl, among others. study of immigration theories. Major attention is given Crosslisting(s): ITAL-B330; HART-B330 to the emergence of transnational identities and the Units: 1.0 transformation of communities, particularly in the Instructor(s): Harper,A. northeastern United States. (Fall 2013) Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Counts towards: Africana Studies CITY B334 The Economics of Discrimination and Crosslisting(s): SOCL-B338 Inequality Units: 1.0 Explores the causes and consequences of (Not Offered 2013-14) discrimination and inequality in economic markets. Topics include economic theories of discrimination CITY B345 Advanced Topics in Environment and and inequality, evidence of contemporary race- and Society gender-based inequality, detecting discrimination, and This is a topics course. Topics vary. identifying sources of racial and gender inequality. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Additionally, the instructor and students will jointly select Counts towards: Environmental Studies supplementary topics of specific interest to the class. Crosslisting(s): SOCL-B346; HIST-B345 Possible topics include: discrimination in historical Units: 1.0 markets, disparity in legal treatments, issues of family (Not Offered 2013-14) structure, and education gaps. Prerequisites: At least one 200-level applied microeconomics elective; ECON 264 Growth and Structure of Cities
CITY B348 Culture and Ethnic Conflict of how cars and social life are interwoven. The goal is to, by de-familiarizing a familiar object and experience An examination of the role of culture in the origin, – car and driving, understand our society and culture. escalation, and settlement of ethnic conflicts. This The examination also serves as an entry point to certain course examines the politics of culture and how it social theories and historical analysis. constrains and offers opportunities for ethnic conflict and cooperation. The role of narratives, rituals, and symbols CITY B377 Topics in Modern Architecture is emphasized in examining political contestation over cultural representations and expressions such This is a topics course. Topics vary. as parades, holy sites, public dress, museums, Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities monuments, and language in culturally framed ethnic Crosslisting(s): HART-B377 conflicts from all regions of the world. Prerequisites: two Units: 1.0 courses in the social sciences. Instructor(s): Hein,C. Counts towards: Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice (Spring 2014) Studies Crosslisting(s): POLS-B348 Spring 2014: Current topic description: This course Units: 1.0 examines the current multitude of projects for livable Instructor(s): Ross,M. and sustainable cities and the paths proposed to (Spring 2014) achieve them. Following on a discussion of theories and methodologies, we will engage concepts as diverse as CITY B355 Topics in the History of London Livable Cities, Green Cities, Eco Cities or Transition towns, then continue to study concrete examples from Selected topics of social, literary, and architectural around the world in their global and local context. concern in the history of London, emphasizing London since the 18th century. CITY B378 Formative Landscapes: The Architecture Requirement(s): Division I or Division III and Planning of American Collegiate Campuses Crosslisting(s): HART-B355 Units: 1.0 The campus and buildings familiar to us here at the (Not Offered 2013-14) College reflect a long and rich design conversation regarding communicative form, architectural innovation, CITY B360 Topics in Urban Culture and Society and orchestrated planning. This course will explore that conversation through varied examples, key models, and This is a topics course. Topics vary. Requirement(s): shaping conceptions over time. Division I or Division III Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Crosslisting(s): ANTH-B359; HART-B359; SOCL-B360 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Cohen,J. Instructor(s): McDonogh,G. (Spring 2014) Spring 2014: Current topic description: Brazilian CITY B398 Senior Seminar metropoles embody multiple tensions between cities and nature mediated by divisions of race, wealth, An intensive research seminar designed to guide gender and immigration. While colonial and 19th century students in writing a senior thesis. foundations speak to slave wealth and exploitation of Units: 1.0 the land, 20th century Brazil has become a laboratory Instructor(s): McDonogh,G., Cohen,J., Hein,C., Zhang,J. for social change, and experiments to rethink the (Fall 2013) relationships of citizens and the environment. Readings will include history, geography, environmental studies, CITY B403 Independent Study and literature; films will also be regularly screened in Units: 1.0 class. Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA (Fall 2013) CITY B365 Techniques of the City: Space, Place, and Power CITY B403 Independent Study This is a topics course. Topics vary. Student must have Units: 1.0 taken at least one social science course. Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science (Spring 2014) Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Zhang,J. CITY B415 Teaching Assistant Spring 2014: Current topic description: This course is an An exploration of course planning, pedagogy and anthropological, sociological and historical examination creative thinking as students work to help others understand pathways they have already explored in Hebrew and Judaic Studies 265 introductory and writing classes. This opportunity is HEBREW AND JUDAIC STUDIES available only to advanced students of highest standing by professorial invitation. Faculty Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): McDonogh,G., Hein,C. Amiram Amitai, Lecturer (Fall 2013) Penny Armstrong, Chair and Eunice M. Schenck 1907 CITY B425 Praxis III: Independent Study Professor of French and Director of Middle Eastern Languages Praxis III courses are Independent Study courses and are developed by individual students, in collaboration Modern Hebrew language instruction is available at Bryn with faculty and field supervisors. A Praxis courses is Mawr through the intermediate level; at Swarthmore distinguished by genuine collaboration with fieldsite College biblical Hebrew is offered in a two-semester organizations and by a dynamic process of reflection sequence through the first-year level, and additional that incorporates lessons learned in the field into the reading in Classical Jewish texts is available in directed classroom setting and applies theoretical understanding reading, one-half-credit courses. At Haverford, Judaic gained through classroom study to work done in the Studies courses are offered by the Department of broader community. Religion. Bryn Mawr also offers several courses which Counts towards: Praxis Program complement Haverford’s offerings in Judaic Studies. All Units: 1.0 of these courses are listed in the Tri-Co Course Guide (Not Offered 2013-14) under the heading “Hebrew and Judaic Studies.” CITY B450 Urban Internships/Praxis College Foreign Language Individual opportunities to engage in praxis in the greater Philadelphia area; internships must be Requirement arranged prior to registration for the semester in which The College’s foreign language requirement may be the internship is taken. Prerequisite: permission of satisfied by completing Hebrew 001 and 002 with an instructor. average grade of at least 2.0 or with a grade of 2.0 or Units: 1.0 better in Hebrew 002. Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA (Fall 2013, Spring 2014) COURSES
HEBR B001 Elementary Hebrew This is a year-long course. This course prepares students for reading classical religious texts as well as modern literary work. It covers grammar, composition, and conversation with primary emphasis on fluency in reading as well as the development of basic conversational skills. Requirement(s): Language Level 1 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Amitai,A. (Fall 2013)
HEBR B002 Elementary Hebrew This is a year-long course. This course prepares students for reading classical religious texts as well as modern literary work. It covers grammar, composition, and conversation with primary emphasis on fluency in reading as well as the development of basic conversational skills. Requirement(s): Language Level 1 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Amitai,A. (Spring 2014) 266 Hebrew and Judaic Studies
HEBR B101 Intermediate Hebrew teenagers today. No previous knowledge of Judaism is required. The course is designed for students who took the Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Elementary Hebrew course in Bryn Mawr or its Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) equivalents in other institutions, assuming basic fluency Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies in reading, writing, grammar, syntax, and conversation Crosslisting(s): HIST-B115 in Hebrew. It expands the knowledge of the above, while Units: 1.0 emphasizing reading, writing, and class discussions of (Not Offered 2013-14) modern literary works as well as some classical religious texts. It integrates textbooks’ material with Hebrew HEBR B211 Primo Levi, the Holocaust and Its videos and films, short stories and songs. Students who Aftermath feel qualified to take this course, but have not taken Elementary Hebrew at Bryn Mawr, are encouraged to A consideration, through analysis and appreciation discuss it with the instructor. This is a year-long course. of his major works, of how the horrific experience Requirement(s): Language Level 2 of the Holocaust awakened in Primo Levi a growing Units: 1.0 awareness of his Jewish heritage and led him to (Not Offered 2013-14) become one of the dominant voices of that tragic historical event, as well as one of the most original HEBR B102 Intermediate Hebrew new literary figures of post-World War II Italy. Always in relation to Levi and his works, attention will also be The course is designed for students who took the given to other Italian women writers whose works are Elementary Hebrew course in Bryn Mawr or its also connected with the Holocaust. equivalents in other institutions, assuming basic fluency Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities in reading, writing, grammar, syntax, and conversation Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) in Hebrew. It expands the knowledge of the above, while Crosslisting(s): ITAL-B211; COML-B211 emphasizing reading, writing, and class discussions of Units: 1.0 modern literary works as well as some classical religious (Fall 2013) texts. It integrates textbooks’ material with Hebrew videos and films, short stories and songs. Students who HEBR B271 Topics in Judaic Studies feel qualified to take this course, but have not taken Elementary Hebrew at Bryn Mawr, are encouraged to What happened in Jewish history between antiquity discuss it with the instructor. This is a year-long course. and the modern era, between composing the Talmud Requirement(s): Language Level 2 and receiving citizenship in European nations? As we Units: 1.0 try to understand how Jews got from there to here, (Not Offered 2013-14) this seminar will explore the diverse and sometimes astonishing forms of Jewish life in the medieval and HEBR B110 Israeli Cinema early modern periods (approximately 1000-1800), with special focus on the evolution of Jewish relations with The course traces the evolution of the Israeli cinema the majority culture. Topics will include the golden age from ideologically charged visual medium to a of Jewry in Muslim Spain, the development of European universally recognized film art, as well as the emergent anti-Jewish policies and persecutions, Jewish self- Palestinian cinema and the new wave of Israeli government, and cosmopolitanism, as well as many of documentaries. It will focus on the historical, ideological, the philosophers, mystics and would-be messiahs who political, and cultural changes in Israeli and Palestinian sparked religious movements and change in the course societies and their impact on films’ form and content. of these tumultuous centuries. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Counts towards: Middle East Studies Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Crosslisting(s): HIST-B273 Interpretation (CI) Units: 1.0 Counts towards: Film Studies; Middle East Studies (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) HEBR B283 Introduction to the Politics of the Modern Middle East and North Africa HEBR B115 Women in Judaism: History, Texts, Practices This course is a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the politics of the region, using works This course will investigate the varied experiences of history, political science, political economy, film, of women in Jewish history. Cultural, religious, and and fiction as well as primary sources. The course will theoretical perspectives will be engaged as we seek concern itself with three broad areas: the legacy of to illuminate the roles, practices, and texts of Jewish colonialism and the importance of international forces; women, from the biblical matriarchs to Hasidic the role of Islam in politics; and the political and social History 267 effects of particular economic conditions, policies, and HISTORY practices. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Students may complete a major or minor in History. Counts towards: Middle East Studies Crosslisting(s): POLS-B283; HIST-B283 Units: 1.0 Faculty Instructor(s): Rudy,S. (Spring 2014) Ignacio Gallup-Diaz, Chair and Associate Professor, and Director of Latin American, Latino and HEBR B310 Topics in German Literature Iberian Peoples and Cultures (LALIPC) This is a topics course. Topics vary. One additional hour Bridget Gertler, Lecturer of target language instruction TBA. Madhavi Kale, Professor (on leave semesters I and II) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Crosslisting(s): GERM-B310 Anita Kurimay, Assistant Professor Units: 1.0 Kalala J. Ngalamulume, Associate Professor of Africana (Not Offered 2013-14) Studies and History and Co-Director of International Studies HEBR B380 Topics in Contemporary Art Jennifer Redmond, Postdoctoral Fellow This is a topic course. Course content varies. Elly Truitt, Assistant Professor Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Crosslisting(s): HART-B380; GERM-B380 Sharon R. Ullman, Professor and Director of Gender Units: 1.0 and Sexuality Studies (on leave semester I) (Not Offered 2013-14) A primary aim of the Department of History is to deepen HEBR B403 Supervised Work students’ sense of time as a factor in cultural diversity Units: 1.0 and change. Our program of study offers students the Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA opportunity to experience the past through attention to (Fall 2013) long-range questions and comparative history. The department’s 100-level courses, centered upon HEBR B403 Supervised Work specific topics within the instructor’s field of expertise, introduce students to a wide array of subjects and Units: 1.0 themes, while at the same time exploring how historians Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA devise narratives and provide analysis through the (Spring 2014) study of primary sources. In the 200-level courses, the department offers students the opportunity to pursue interests in specific cultures, regions, policies, or societies, and enables them to experience a broad array of approaches to history.
The department’s 300-level courses build on students’ knowledge gained in 200-level classes, and provide opportunities to explore topics at greater depth in a seminar setting.
Major Requirements
Eleven courses are required for the History major, and three—one 100-level course, Exploring History (HIST 395), and the Senior Thesis (HIST 398)—must be taken at Bryn Mawr. In Senior Thesis (HIST 398), the student selects a topic of her choice, researches it, and writes a thesis.
The remaining eight history courses may range across fields or concentrate within them, depending on how a major’s interests develop. Of these, at least two must be seminars at the 300 level offered by the Departments 268 History of History at Bryn Mawr, Haverford or Swarthmore Units: 1.0 Colleges or the University of Pennsylvania. (It is strongly Instructor(s): Ngalamulume,K. recommended that at least one of these advanced (Spring 2014) courses be taken with Bryn Mawr history faculty, as it is with one of them that majors will work on their senior HIST B115 Women in Judaism: History, Texts, thesis.) Practices This course will investigate the varied experiences Only two 100-level courses may be counted toward the of women in Jewish history. Cultural, religious, and major. Credit toward the major is not given for either the theoretical perspectives will be engaged as we seek Advanced Placement examination or the International to illuminate the roles, practices, and texts of Jewish Baccalaureate. women, from the biblical matriarchs to Hasidic teenagers today. No previous knowledge of Judaism is Honors required. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Majors with cumulative GPAs of at least 3.0 (general) Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) and 3.5 (history) at the end of their senior year, and who Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies achieve a grade of at least 3.7 on their senior thesis, Crosslisting(s): HEBR-B115 qualify for departmental honors. Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Minor Requirements HIST B127 Indigenous Leaders 1492-1750 The requirement for the minor is six courses, at least four of which must be taken in the Bryn Mawr Studies the experiences of indigenous men and women Department of History, and include one 100-level who exercised local authority in the systems established course, at least one 300-level course within the by European colonizers. In return for places in the department, and two additional history courses within colonial administrations, these leaders performed a the department. range of tasks. At the same time they served as imperial officials, they exercised “traditional” forms of authority COURSES within their communities, often free of European presence. These figures provide a lens through which HIST B101 The Historical Imagination early modern colonialism is studied. Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Explores some of the ways people have thought about, Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) represented, and used the past across time and space. Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Introduces students to modern historical practices and Cultures; Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies debates through examination and discussion of texts Units: 1.0 and archives that range from scholarly monographs and Instructor(s): Gallup-Diaz,I. documents to monuments, oral traditions, and other (Fall 2013) media. Requirement(s): Division I or Division III HIST B128 Crusade, Conversion and Conquest Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Units: 1.0 A thematic focus course exploring the nature of Christian (Not Offered 2013-14) religious expansion and conflict in the medieval period. Based around primary sources with some background HIST B102 Introduction to African Civilizations readings, topics include: early medieval Christianity and conversion; the Crusades and development of the The course is designed to introduce students to the doctrines of “just war” and “holy war”; the rise of military history of African and African Diaspora societies, order such as the Templars and the Teutonic Kings; and cultures, and political economies. We will discuss the later medieval attempts to convert and colonize Eastern origins, state formation, external contacts, and the Europe. structural transformations and continuities of African Requirement(s): Division I or Division III societies and cultures in the context of the slave trade, Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the colonial rule, capitalist exploitation, urbanization, and Past (IP) westernization, as well as contemporary struggles over Counts towards: Middle East Studies authority, autonomy, identity and access to resources. Units: 1.0 Case studies will be drawn from across the continent. Instructor(s): Truitt,E. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science (Spring 2014) Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the Past (IP) HIST B129 The Religious Conquest of the Americas Counts towards: Africana Studies The course examines the complex aspects of the European missionization of indigenous people, and History 269 explores how two traditions of religious thought/practice Counts towards: Africana Studies; Latin Amer/Latino/ came into conflict. Rather than a transposition of Iberian Peoples & Cultures; International Studies Major; Christianity from Europe to the Americas, something Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies new was created in the contested colonial space. Crosslisting(s): ANTH-B200 Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) (Not Offered 2013-14) HIST B205 Greek History HIST B131 Chinese Civilization A study of Greece down to the end of the Peloponnesian A broad chronological survey of Chinese culture and War (404 B.C.E.), with a focus on constitutional society from the Bronze Age to the 1800s, with special changes from monarchy through aristocracy and reference to such topics as belief, family, language, the tyranny to democracy in various parts of the Greek arts and sociopolitical organization. Readings include world. Emphasis on learning to interpret ancient primary sources in English translation and secondary sources, including historians (especially Herodotus studies. and Thucydides),inscriptions, and archaeological Requirement(s): Division I or Division III and numismatic materials. Particular attention is paid Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the to Greek contacts with the Near East; constitutional Past (IP) developments in various Greek-speaking states; Crosslisting(s): EAST-B131 Athenian and Spartan foreign policies; and the Units: 1.0 “unwritten history” of non-elites. Instructor(s): Jiang,Y. Requirement(s): Division I or Division III (Fall 2013) Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) Crosslisting(s): CSTS-B205 HIST B156 The Long 1960’s Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) The 1960s has had a powerful effect on recent US History. But what was it exactly? How long did it last? HIST B207 Early Rome and the Early Republic And what do we really mean when we say “The Sixties?” This term has become so potent and loaded for so This course surveys the history of Rome from its origins many people from all sides of the political spectrum that to the end of the Republic, with special emphasis on it’s almost impossible to separate fact from fiction; myth the rise of Rome in Italy and the evolution of the Roman from memory. We are all the inheritors of this intense state. The course also examines the Hellenistic world period in American history but our inheritance is neither in which the rise of Rome takes place. The methods of simple nor entirely clear. Our task this semester is to historical investigation using the ancient sources, both try to pull apart the meaning as well as the legend and literary and archaeological, are emphasized. attempt to figure out what “The Sixties” is (and what it Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities isn’t) and try to assess its long term impact on American Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) society. This course satifies the History Major’s 100 level Crosslisting(s): CSTS-B207 requirement. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division I or Division III (Not Offered 2013-14) Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the Past (IP) HIST B208 The Roman Empire Units: 1.0 Imperial history from the principate of Augustus to the Instructor(s): Ullman,S. House of Constantine with focus on the evolution of (Spring 2014) Roman culture and society as presented in the surviving ancient evidence, both literary and archaeological. HIST B200 The Atlantic World 1492-1800 Requirement(s): Division I or Division III The aim of this course is to provide an understanding Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) of the way in which peoples, goods, and ideas from Crosslisting(s): CSTS-B208 Africa, Europe. and the Americas came together to form Units: 1.0 an interconnected Atlantic World system. The course Instructor(s): Scott,R. is designed to chart the manner in which an integrated (Spring 2014) system was created in the Americas in the early modern period, rather than to treat the history of the Atlantic HIST B211 Medieval World World as nothing more than an expanded version of Italy in the High and Late Middle Ages examines North American, Caribbean, or Latin American history. cultural developments in the Italian peninsula through Requirement(s): Division I or Division III an intensive examination of translated primary sources Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) of various genres-narrative chronicles, diaries, legal 270 History opinions, saints’ lives etc--as well as paintings, frescoes Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) and other examples of visual material culture. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division I or Division III (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) HIST B222 France and Algeria since 1830 This course will trace the intertwined history of HIST B212 Pirates, Travelers, and Natural France and Algeria by analyzing the beginnings of Historians: 1492-1750 the French presence in Algeria, colonization and In the early modern period, conquistadors, missionaries, resistance, citizenship and race, the Algerian War, and travelers, pirates, and natural historians wrote decolonization. Prerequisite: One 100-level history interesting texts in which they tried to integrate the New course. World into their existing frameworks of knowledge. This Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) intellectual endeavor was an adjunct to the physical Counts towards: Middle East Studies conquest of American space, and provides a framework Crosslisting(s): POLS-B223; FREN-B222; ANTH-B222 though which we will explore the processes of imperial Units: 1.0 competition, state formation, and indigenous and African (Not Offered 2013-14) resistance to colonialism. Requirement(s): Division I or Division III HIST B223 The Early Medieval World Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) The first of a two-course sequence introducing medieval Counts towards: Environmental Studies European history. The chronological span of this course Units: 1.0 is from the early 4th century and the Christianization (Not Offered 2013-14) of the Roman Empire to the early 10th century and the disintegration of the Carolingian Empire. HIST B214 The Historical Roots of Women in Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Genetics and Embryology Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the This course provides a general history of genetics and Past (IP) embryology from the late 19th to the mid-20th century Counts towards: Middle East Studies with a focus on the role that women scientists and Crosslisting(s): CSTS-B223 technicians played in the development of these sub- Units: 1.0 disciplines. We will look at the lives of well known and Instructor(s): Truitt,E. lesser-known individuals, asking how factors such as (Fall 2013) their educational experiences and mentor relationships influenced the roles these women played in the scientific HIST B224 High Middle Ages enterprise. We will also examine specific scientific This course will cover the second half of the European contributions in historical context, requiring a review of Middle Ages, often called the High and Late Middle core concepts in genetics and developmental biology. Ages, from roughly 1000-1400. The course has One facet of the course will be to look at the Bryn Mawr a general chronological framework, and is based Biology Department from the founding of the College on important themes of medieval history. These into the mid-20th century. include feudalism and the feudal economy; the social Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science transformation of the millennium; monastic reform; the Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP); Scientific rise of the papacy; trade, exchange, and exploration; Investigation (SI) urbanism and the growth of towns. Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Crosslisting(s): BIOL-B214 Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the Units: 1.0 Past (IP) (Not Offered 2013-14) Crosslisting(s): CSTS-B224 Units: 1.0 HIST B215 Europe and the Other: Immigrants and (Not Offered 2013-14) Minorities in Europe This course will introduce students to questions of HIST B225 Europe in the 19th Century socio-cultural and political belonging and the production The 19th century was a period of intense change in of social marginality in Europe in the 19th and 20th Europe. Some of the questions this class considers centuries. Topics of study include religious and ethnic are: the relationship between empire, plantation-style minorities in Britain, France, and Germany, colonial and agriculture and industrialization; the development postcolonial migration and the politics of culture, and the of transportations and communication networks; question of undocumented peoples. multinational companies, a mass press, film, and Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities History 271 tourism as early markers of globalization. Crosslisting(s): CSTS-B231; ARCH-B231 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) HIST B235 Africa to 1800 The course explores the formation and development HIST B226 Topics in 20th Century European History of African societies, with a special focus on the key This is a topics course. Topics vary. processes of hominisation, agricultural revolution, Requirement(s): Division I or Division III metalworking, the formation of states, the connection of Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) West Africa to the world economy. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Instructor(s): Kurimay,A. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the (Spring 2014) Past (IP) Counts towards: Africana Studies Spring 2014: Current topic description: How have Units: 1.0 ideas about human rights shaped European politics (Not Offered 2013-14) throughout the twentieth century and how do they influence politics today? The course examines the HIST B236 African History since 1800 history of human rights, as a set of ideas and as a The course analyzes the history of Africa in the last two motivation for social action. Concentrating on the role of hundred years in the context of global political economy. human rights in European history, the course considers We will examine the major themes in modern African how ideas about rights motivated political and social history, including the 19th-century state formation, change and looks at how different groups defined and expansion, or restructuration; partition and resistance; fought for rights, either for themselves or others. colonial rule; economic, social, political, religious, and cultural developments; nationalism; post-independence HIST B229 Europe 1914 - 1945 politics, economics, and society, as well as conflicts and Between 1914 and 1945 over sixty million people were the burden of disease. The course will also introduce killed across Europe and the wider world by warfare. students to the sources and methods of African history. How can we make sense of this mass death? What Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science were the historical conditions that made such an Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the outcome possible? This course attempts to answer Past (IP) these questions by studying the causes, prosecution, Counts towards: Africana Studies and effects of WWI and WWII. Topics of study will Units: 1.0 include the political inheritance of the nineteenth Instructor(s): Ngalamulume,K. century, the birth of Bolshevism and fascism, the rise (Fall 2013) and demise of the League of Nations, Nazi Europe, the Holocaust, and the origins of the Cold War. HIST B237 Themes in Modern African History Requirement(s): Division I or Division III The course examines the cultural, environmental, Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) economic, political, and social factors that contributed to Units: 1.0 the expansion and transformation of pre-industrial cities, (Not Offered 2013-14) colonial cities, and cities today. We will examine various themes, such as the relationship between cities and HIST B231 Medicine, Magic & Miracles in the Middle societies; migration and social change; urban space, Ages health problems, city life, and women. An exploration of the history of health and disease, Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science healing and medical practice in the medieval period, Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the emphasizing Dar as-Islam and the Latin Christian West. Past (IP) Using methods from intellectual cultural and social Counts towards: Africana Studies history, themes include: theories of health and disease; Crosslisting(s): CITY-B237 varieties of medical practice; rationalities of various Units: 1.0 practices; views of the body and disease; medical Instructor(s): Ngalamulume,K. practitioners. No previous course work in medieval (Spring 2014) history is required. This course is a writing intensive (W) course. HIST B241 American Politics and Society: 1890-1945 Requirement(s): Division I or Division III This course examines the first half of the twentieth Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the century in depth. While the twentieth century has Past (IP) often been called the American Century (usually by 272 History
Americans), this century can truthfully be looked to as Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities the moment when American influence and power, for Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the good and ill, came to be felt on a national and global Past (IP) scale. While much of this “bigfoot” quality is associated Crosslisting(s): ARCH-B244; POLS-B244; CITY-B244 with the post WWII period (see you in the spring), one Units: 1.0 cannot understand the America of today - in the early Instructor(s): Ataç,M. 21st century - without looking at the earlier period. This (Spring 2014) course looks closely at the political, social, and cultural developments that helped shape America in these HIST B246 Medievalisms pivotal years. This course assesses how the “Middle Ages” has been Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities and continues to be constructed as a period of history, Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) an object of inquiry, and a category of analysis. It Units: 1.0 considers how the past is formulated and called upon to (Not Offered 2013-14) conduct the ideological and cultural work of the present, and it reads historical documents and literary texts in HIST B242 American Politics and Society: 1945 to dialogue with one another. the Present Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities How did we get here? This course looks at the Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) stunning transformation of America after WWII. From Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B246 a country devastated by economic crisis and wedded Units: 1.0 to isolationism prior to the war, America turned itself (Not Offered 2013-14) into an international powerhouse. Massive grass roots resistance forced the United States to abandon HIST B247 Topics In German Cultural Studies its system of racial apartheid, to open opportunities This is a topics course. Topics vary. to women, and to reinvent its very definition as it Requirement(s): Division I or Division III incorporated immigrants from around the world. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Simultaneously, American music and film broke free Interpretation (CI) from their staid moorings and permanently altered Crosslisting(s): GERM-B223; COML-B223 international culture. Finally, through the “War on Terror”, Units: 1.0 starting after 9/11, America initiated an aggressive new (Spring 2014) foreign policy that has shattered traditional rules of warfare and reoriented global politics. We will explore HIST B251 Topics: Growth & Spatial Organization of the political, social, and cultural factors that have driven the City modern American history. Inquiry into the Past (IP) Requirement(s): Division I or Division III An introduction to growth & spatial organization of cities. Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) Topics vary. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Instructor(s): Ullman,S. Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) (Spring 2014) Counts towards: Environmental Studies Crosslisting(s): CITY-B250 HIST B243 Atlantic Cultures Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) This is a topics course. Topics vary. Requirement(s): Division I or Division III HIST B257 British Empire I: Capitalism and Slavery Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the Past (IP) Focusing on the Atlantic slave trade and the slave Counts towards: Africana Studies plantation mode of production, this course explores Units: 1.0 English colonization, and the emergence and the (Not Offered 2013-14) decline of British Empire in the Americas and Caribbean from the 17th through the late 20th centuries. It tracks HIST B244 Great Empires of the Ancient Near East some of the intersecting and overlapping routes—and roots—connecting histories and politics within and A survey of the history, material culture, political and between these “new” world locations. It also tracks the religious ideologies of, and interactions among, the five further and proliferating links between developments in great empires of the ancient Near East of the second these regions and the histories and politics of regions and first millennia B.C.E.: New Kingdom Egypt, the in the “old” world, from the north Atlantic to the South Hittite Empire in Anatolia, the Assyrian and Babylonian China sea. Empires in Mesopotamia, and the Persian Empire in Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Iran. Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the History 273
Past (IP) HIST B264 Passages from India: 1800-Present Crosslisting(s): CITY-B257 This course explores the histories and effects of Units: 1.0 migration from the Indian subcontinent to far-flung (Not Offered 2013-14) destinations across the globe. It starts with the circular migrations of traders, merchants, and pilgrims in HIST B258 British Empire: Imagining Indias the medieval period from the Indian subcontinent This course considers ideas about and experiences of to points east (in southeast Asia) and west (eastern “modern” India, i.e., India during the colonial and post- Africa). However, the focus of the course is on modern Independence periods (roughly 1757-present). While migrations from the subcontinent, from the indentured “India” and “Indian history” along with “British empire” labor migrations of the British colonial period (to Africa, and “British history” will be the ostensible objects of our the Caribbean, and the South Pacific) to the post- consideration and discussions, the course proposes that Independence emigrations from the new nations of their imagination and meanings are continually mediated the subcontinent to Britain, Australia, New Zealand, by a wide variety of institutions, agents, and analytical Canada, and the United States. categories (nation, religion, class, race, gender, to name Requirement(s): Division I or Division III a few examples). The course uses primary sources, Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the scholarly analyses, and cultural productions to explore Past (IP) the political economies of knowledge, representation, Units: 1.0 and power in the production of modernity. (Not Offered 2013-14) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the HIST B265 Colonial Encounters in the Americas Past (IP) The course explores the confrontations, conquests Counts towards: International Studies Major and accommodations that formed the “ground-level” Units: 1.0 experience of day-to-day colonialism throughout (Not Offered 2013-14) the Americas. The course is comparative in scope, examining events and structures in North, South HIST B260 Human Rights in China and Central America, with particular attention paid This course will examine China’s human rights issues to indigenous peoples and the nature of indigenous from a historical perspective. The topics include diverse leadership in the colonial world of the 18th century. perspectives on human rights, historical background, Requirement(s): Division I or Division III civil rights, religious practice, justice system, education, Counts towards: Africana Studies; Latin Amer/Latino/ as well as the problems concerning some social groups Iberian Peoples & Cultures such as migrant laborers, women, ethnic minorities and Units: 1.0 peasants. (Not Offered 2013-14) Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the HIST B267 History of Philadelphia: 1682 to Present Past (IP) This course will focus on the intersection of the sense Crosslisting(s): EAST-B264 of Philadelphia as it is popularly understood and Units: 1.0 the Philadelphia that we can reconstruct individually Instructor(s): Jiang,Y. and together using scholarly books and articles, (Spring 2014) documentary and popular films and novels, visual evidence, and visits to the chief repositories of the city’s HIST B262 The Chinese Revolution history. We will analyze the relationship between the Places the causes and consequences of the 20th official representations of Philadelphia and their sources century revolutions in historical perspective, by and we will create our own history of the city. examining its late-imperial antecedents and tracing how Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science the revolution has (and has not) transformed China, Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) including the lives of such key revolutionary supporters Crosslisting(s): CITY-B267 as the peasantry, women, and intellectuals. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science (Not Offered 2013-14) Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the Past (IP) HIST B273 Topics in Judaic Studies Crosslisting(s): EAST-B263 What happened in Jewish history between antiquity Units: 1.0 and the modern era, between composing the Talmud Instructor(s): Jiang,Y. and receiving citizenship in European nations? As we (Fall 2013) try to understand how Jews got from there to here, this seminar will explore the diverse and sometimes 274 History astonishing forms of Jewish life in the medieval and between Americans and their physical worlds. early modern periods (approximately 1000-1800), with Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science special focus on the evolution of Jewish relations with Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) the majority culture. Topics will include the golden age Counts towards: Environmental Studies of Jewry in Muslim Spain, the development of European Crosslisting(s): CITY-B278 anti-Jewish policies and persecutions, Jewish self- Units: 1.0 government, and cosmopolitanism, as well as many of (Not Offered 2013-14) the philosophers, mystics and would-be messiahs who sparked religious movements and change in the course HIST B283 Introduction to the Politics of the Modern of these tumultuous centuries. Middle East and North Africa Counts towards: Middle East Studies This course is a multidisciplinary approach to Crosslisting(s): HEBR-B271 understanding the politics of the region, using works Units: 1.0 of history, political science, political economy, film, (Not Offered 2013-14) and fiction as well as primary sources. The course will concern itself with three broad areas: the legacy of HIST B274 Focus: Topics in Modern US History colonialism and the importance of international forces; This is a topics course in 20th century America social the role of Islam in politics; and the political and social history. Topics vary by half semester effects of particular economic conditions, policies, and Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science practices. Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Counts towards: Praxis Program Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Units: 0.5 Counts towards: Middle East Studies (Not Offered 2013-14) Crosslisting(s): POLS-B283; HEBR-B283 Units: 1.0 HIST B275 Improving Mankind: Enlightened Hygiene Instructor(s): Rudy,S. and Eugenics (Spring 2014) At first sight, hygiene and eugenics have nothing in HIST B284 Movies and America common: the former is usually conceived as a good management of our everyday conditions of life, whereas Movies are one of the most important means by which the later are commonly reviled for having inspired Americans come to know – or think they know—their discriminatory practices (in Nazi Germany, but also own history. This class examines the complex cultural in the US, Sweden, and Switzerland). Our inquiry will relationship between film and American historical self explore how, in the context of the French Enlightenment, fashioning. a subdiscipline of Medicine (namely Hygiene) was Requirement(s): Division I or Division III redefined, expanded its scope, and eventually Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the became hegemonic both in the medical field and in Past (IP) the civil society. We will also explore how and why a Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Film philanthropic ideal led to the quest for the improvement Studies of the human species. We will compare the French Units: 1.0 situation with that of other countries (mainly UK and the (Not Offered 2013-14) USA). Prerequisites: French Majors must have taken FREN B102; Students who wish to get credit in French HIST B285 Show and Spectacle in Ancient Greece will meet one extra hour TBD. and Rome Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the A survey of public entertainment in the ancient world, Past (IP) including theater and dramatic festivals, athletic Crosslisting(s): FREN-B275 competitions, games and gladiatorial combats, and Units: 0 processions and sacrifices. Drawing on literary sources Instructor(s): Le Menthéour,R. and paying attention to art, archaeology and topography, (Fall 2013) this course explores the social, political and religious contexts of ancient spectacle. Special consideration will HIST B278 American Environmental History be given to modern equivalents of staged entertainment This course explores major themes of American and the representation of ancient spectacle in environmental history, examining changes in the contemporary film. American landscape, development of ideas about nature Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities and the history of environmental activism. Students Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) will study definitions of nature, environment, and Crosslisting(s): CSTS-B255; CITY-B260; ARCH-B255 environmental history while investigating interactions Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Baertschi,A. (Fall 2013) History 275
HIST B286 Topics in the British Empire Fall 2013: Current topic description: History of Medicine in America. This course offers an introduction to the This is a topics course covering various “topics” in the history of medicine, health, and the medical sciences study of the British Empire. Course content varies. in America from the colonial period to the present. We Requirement(s): Division I or Division III will discuss the changing role of medicine and medical Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the professionals in America, from the rise of modern Past (IP) medical specialties to the politics of disease and public Crosslisting(s): POLS-B286; CITY-B286 health today. Particular attention will be paid to how Units: 1.0 race, class and gender have been factors in the creation (Not Offered 2013-14) of biomedical knowledge and practices, the organization of medical work and objects, and contributed to HIST B287 Immigration in the U.S. difference and inequality in society. How we understand the history of immigration to the territory now known as the United States has been Spring 2014: Current topic description: This course transformed by recent explorations of the notion of investigates the evolution of reproduction in American “whiteness.” This course will be framed by the ways in medicine, science, politics and culture. We will which this powerful lens for interpretation has helped explore changing ideas about reproductive bodies and to recast the meaning of ethnicity as we focus on health, parenthood, sexuality, and the family as well individual immigrant groups and the context which they as changing practices of contraception, conception both entered and created from the 17th century to the and childbirth. From midwifery in colonial America to present. The first half of the semester will concentrate contemporary practices of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), largely on the “century of immigration,” from the early this course focuses on persistent efforts of individuals, 19th through the early 20th century. Together, we will organizations, and the state to control reproduction. shape the second half of the course, deciding on the topics we will investigate and upon which 20th century HIST B311 Topics in Medieval Art groups we will focus. This is a topics course. Topics vary. Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) Counts towards: Middle East Studies Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Crosslisting(s): HART-B311; CITY-B312 Cultures Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) (Not Offered 2013-14) HIST B313 Religion in Modern Europe -- HIST B288 The Political Economy of the Middle East Enlightenment to Present and North Africa Until recently, historians agreed with Nietzsche’s 19th This comparative approach considers historical century pronouncement that “God is dead,” viewing constructions, the power of economic ideas, domestic post-Enlightenment history as one of increasing politics and resources, and international regimes. secularism. This course re-examines that conclusion, Specific areas of focus include theories that seek to looking both at recent historical research and at primary explain the economic/political conditions, left, nationalist source documents like the Darwin’s Descent of Man and liberal, as well as the exceptional growth of the Gulf or “l’affaire du foulard” in France. If religion remained economies. Prerequisite: at least one other course on important in modern Europe, why is Nietzsche’s verdict the Middle East or a strong area expertise in another so widely accepted? The class has a substantial writing region such as Latin America or China with permission component. of the instructor. Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Units: 1.0 Counts towards: Middle East Studies (Not Offered 2013-14) Crosslisting(s): POLS-B288 Units: 1.0 HIST B318 Topics in Modern European History (Not Offered 2013-14) This is a topics course. Topics vary. HIST B303 Topics in American History Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Units: 1.0 This is a topics course. Recent topics have included (Not Offered 2013-14) medicine, advertising, and history of sexuality. Requirement(s): Division I or Division III HIST B319 Topics in Modern European History Counts towards: Africana Studies Units: 1.0 This is a topics course. Topics vary. Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Kurimay,A. 276 History
Fall 2013: Current topic description: The Birth and HIST B336 Social and Cultural History of Medicine in Evolution of Psychoanalysis: Vienna – Budapest - Africa Berlin What was the connection between Central The course will focus on the issues of public health Europe and psychoanalysis or the “pseudoscience history, social and cultural history of disease as well as of sex”? Why were Sigmund Freud’s theories and the issues of the history of medicine. We will explore psychoanalysis born in Vienna and embraced most various themes, such as the indigenous theories fervently in Budapest and Berlin? In order to answer of disease and therapies; disease, imperialism and these questions, the seminar focuses on these three medicine; medical pluralism in contemporary Africa; Central European capitals and explores the origins and the emerging diseases, medical education, women in development of psychoanalysis from the late nineteenth medicine, and differential access to health care. We century throughout the first three decades of the will also explore the questions regarding the sources of twentieth. Using the lens of psychoanalysis the seminar African history and their quality. also addresses the cultural, political and social histories Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science of these three cities. Counts towards: Africana Studies Units: 1.0 Spring 2014: Current topic description: This course Instructor(s): Ngalamulume,K. examines the programs of persecution and mass (Spring 2014) murder carried out by the Nazi German regime between 1933 and 1945. We will consider not only HIST B337 Topics in African History the development of Nazi Germany as a “racial state”, but also the role of ideologies, such as antisemitism, This is a topics course. Topics vary. Enrollment limited to nationalism, and racism, in shaping policies of exclusion 15 students. in a European context. Concomitantly, the class will Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science consider how subsequent generations commemorated Counts towards: Africana Studies and portrayed the memory of the Holocaust in both Units: 1.0 official and popular forms. (Not Offered 2013-14)
HIST B323 Memoria y Guerra Civil HIST B349 Topics in Comparative History A look into the Spanish Civil War and its wide-ranging This is a topics course. Topics vary. international significance as both the military and Requirement(s): Division I or Division III ideological testing ground for World War II. This course Counts towards: Africana Studies examines the endurance of myths related to this conflict Units: 1.0 and the cultural memory it has produced along with the (Not Offered 2013-14) current negotiations of the past that is taking place in democratic Spain. Prerequisites: SPAN 200/202 and HIST B352 China’s Environment another 200-level course in Spanish. This seminar explores China’s environmental issues Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities from a historical perspective. It begins by considering Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) a range of analytical approaches , and then explores Crosslisting(s): SPAN-B323 three general periods in China’s environmental changes, Units: 1.0 imperial times, Mao’s socialist experiments during the (Not Offered 2013-14) first thirty years of the People’s Republic, and the post- Mao reforms. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. HIST B325 Topics in Social History Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science This a topics course that explores various themes in Counts towards: Environmental Studies American social history. Course content varies. Crosslisting(s): EAST-B352 Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Units: 1.0 Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Instructor(s): Jiang,Y. Units: 1.0 (Spring 2014) (Spring 2014) HIST B355 Topics in the History of London HIST B326 Topics in Chinese History and Culture Selected topics of social, literary, and architectural This is a topics course. Topics vary. concern in the history of London, emphasizing London Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities since the 18th century. Crosslisting(s): EAST-B325 Crosslisting(s): HART-B355 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) (Not Offered 2013-14) History 277
HIST B364 Magical Mechanisms HIST B383 Two Hundred Years of Islamic Reform, Radicalism and Revolution A reading and research seminar focused on different examples of artificial life in medieval cultures. Primary This course will examine the transformation of Islamic sources will be from a variety of genres, and secondary politics in the past two hundred years, emphasizing sources will include significant theoretical works in art historical accounts, comparative analysis of history, critical theory and science studies. Prerequisite: developments in different parts of the Islamic world. at least one course in medieval studies, or the Topics covered include the rationalist Salafy movement; permission of the instructor. the so-called conservative movements (Sanussi of Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Libya, the Mahdi in the Sudan, and the Wahhabi Crosslisting(s): CSTS-B364 movement in Arabia); the Caliphate movement; Units: 1.0 contemporary debates over Islamic constitutions; among Instructor(s): Truitt,E. others. The course is not restricted to the Middle East (Spring 2014) or Arab world. Prerequisites: a course on Islam and modern European history, or an earlier course on the HIST B368 Topics in Medieval History Modern Middle East or 19th-century India, or permission of instructor. This is a topics course. Topics vary. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Crosslisting(s): POLS-B383 Crosslisting(s): CSTS-B368 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) (Not Offered 2013-14) HIST B395 Exploring History HIST B371 Topics in Atlantic History: The Early Modern Pirate in Fact and Fiction An intensive introduction to theory and interpretation in history, through the discussion of exemplary This course will explore piracy in the Americas in the historiographical debates and analyses selected by the period 1550-1750. We will investigate the historical instructor. This semester the course will also explore reality of pirates and what they did, and the manner questions of historical memory. CI, IP in which pirates have entered the popular imagination Units: 1.0 through fiction and films. Pirates have been depicted Instructor(s): Ullman,S. as lovable rogues, anti-establishment rebels, and (Spring 2014) enlightened multiculturalists who were skilled in dealing with the indigenous and African peoples of the HIST B398 Senior Thesis Americas. The course will examine the facts and the fictions surrounding these important historical actors. Students research and write a thesis on a topic of their Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & choice. Prerequisite: Senior History major. Cultures Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Instructor(s): Gallup-Diaz,I., Ngalamulume,K. (Fall 2013) HIST B382 Religious Fundamentalism in the Global Era HIST B403 Supervised Work Through a comparison of Jewish, Islamic, Christian Optional independent study, which requires permission and Hindu political movements, the course seeks of the instructor and the major adviser. to investigate the religious turn in national and Units: 1.0 transnational contexts. We will also seek to find Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA commonalities and differences in religious movements, (Fall 2013) and religious regimes, while considering the aspects of globalization which usher in new kinds of transnational HIST B403 Supervised Work affiliation. Prerequisite: An introductory course in Optional independent study, which requires permission Anthropology, Political Science or History or permission of the instructor and the major adviser. of the instructor. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA Counts towards: Middle East Studies; Peace, Conflict, (Spring 2014) and Social Justice Studies Crosslisting(s): ANTH-B382; POLS-B382 HIST B425 Praxis III: Independent Study Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Praxis III courses are Independent Study courses and are developed by individual students, in collaboration 278 History of Art with faculty and field supervisors. A Praxis courses is HISTORY OF ART distinguished by genuine collaboration with fieldsite organizations and by a dynamic process of reflection that incorporates lessons learned in the field into the Students may complete a major or minor in History of classroom setting and applies theoretical understanding Art. gained through classroom study to work done in the broader community. Counts towards: Praxis Program Faculty Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) David Cast, Professor and the Eugenia Chase Guild Chair in the Humanities Erica R. Cho, Visiting Assistant Professor in History of Art and Film Studies Rebecca J. DeRoo, Visiting Assistant Professor Christiane Hertel, Professor (on leave semesters I and II) Homay King, Associate Professor and Interim Director of the Center for Visual Culture Steven Levine, Professor of History of Art on the Leslie Clark Professorship in the Humanities Gridley McKim-Smith, Professor of History of Art on the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Professorship in the Humanities (on leave semester I) Roya Z. Rastegar, Andrew W. Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Humanities Lisa Saltzman, Chair and Professor Alicia Wilcox Walker, Assistant Professor of History of Art on the Marie Neuberger Fund for the Study of Arts (on leave semesters I and II) Michelle Wang, Instructor
The curriculum in History of Art immerses students in the study of visual culture. Structured by a set of evolving disciplinary concerns, students learn to interpret the visual through methodologies dedicated to the historical, the material, the critical, and the theoretical. Majors are encouraged to supplement courses taken in the department with history of art courses offered at Haverford, Swarthmore, and the University of Pennsylvania. Majors are also encouraged to study abroad for a semester.
Major Requirements
The major requires ten units, approved by the major adviser. A usual sequence of courses would include at least one 100-level “critical approaches” seminar, four 200-level lecture courses, three 300-level seminars, and senior conference I and II in the fall and spring semesters of senior year. In the course of their departmental studies, students are strongly encouraged to take courses across media and areas, and in at least three of the following fields of study: Ancient and Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque, Modern and Contemporary, Film, and Non-Western. History of Art 279
With the approval of the major adviser, courses in fine Renaissance and the continuance of its formulations arts or with significant curricular investment in visual throughout the Westernized world. studies may be counted toward the fulfillment of the Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities distribution requirements, such as courses in ancient art Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the offered by the Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Past (IP) department or in architecture by the Growth and Units: 1.0 Structure of Cities department. Similarly, courses in Instructor(s): Cast,D. art history taken abroad or at another institution in the (Fall 2013) United States may be counted. Generally, no more than two such courses may be counted toward the major HART B106 Art of the Global Middle Ages requirements. This course considers the art and architecture of the middle ages from a global perspective and surveys A senior paper, based on independent research and artistic interaction between Europe, Africa, and Asia using scholarly methods of historical and/or critical from the fourth to fifteenth century. Emphasis is placed interpretation must be submitted at the end of the spring on theories of globalism and their articulation in relation semester. Generally 25-40 pages in length, the senior to medieval cultures and history. paper represents the culmination of the departmental Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities experience. Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the Past (IP) Honors Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Seniors whose work is outstanding will be invited to submit an honors thesis instead of the senior paper. HART B107 Critical Approaches to Visual Two or three faculty members discuss the completed Representation: Self and Other in the Arts of France thesis with the honors candidate in a one-hour oral examination. A study of artists’ self-representations in the context of the philosophy and psychology of their time, with Minor Requirements particular attention to issues of political patronage, gender and class, power and desire. A minor in history of art requires six units: one or two Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities 100-level courses and four or five others selected in Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the consultation with the major adviser. Past (IP) Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies COURSES Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Levine,S. HART B100 The Stuff of Art (Spring 2014)
An introduction to chemistry through fine arts, this HART B108 Critical Approaches to Visual course emphasizes the close relationship of the Representation: Women, Feminism, and History of fine arts, especially painting, to the development of Art chemistry and its practice. The historical role of the material in the arts, in alchemy and in the developing An investigation of the history of art since the science of chemistry, will be discussed, as well as the Renaissance organized around the practice of women synergy between these areas. Relevant principles artists, the representation of women in art, and the of chemistry will be illustrated through the handling, visual economy of the gaze. synthesis and/or transformations of the material. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities This course does not count towards chemistry major Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the requirements, and is not suitable for premedical Past (IP) programs. Lecture 90 minutes, laboratory three hours a Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies week. Enrollment limited to 20. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division II with Lab Instructor(s): Saltzman,L. Crosslisting(s): CHEM-B100 (Spring 2014) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) HART B110 Critical Approaches to Visual Representation: Identification in the Cinema HART B104 Critical Approaches to Visual An introduction to the analysis of film through particular Representation: The Classical Tradition attention to the role of the spectator. Why do moving An investigation of the historical and philosophical ideas images compel our fascination? How exactly do film of the classical, with particular attention to the Italian spectators relate to the people, objects, and places 280 History of Art that appear on the screen? Wherein lies the power of HART B190 The Form of the City: Urban Form from images to move, attract, repel, persuade, or transform Antiquity to the Present its viewers? In this course, students will be introduced This course studies the city as a three-dimensional to film theory through the rich and complex topic of artifact. A variety of factors—geography, economic and identification. We will explore how points of view are population structure, politics, planning, and aesthetics— framed in cinema, and how those viewing positions are considered as determinants of urban form. differ from those of still photography, advertising, Requirement(s): Division I or Division III video games, and other forms of media. Students Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the will be encouraged to consider the role the cinematic Past (IP) medium plays in influencing our experience of a film: Crosslisting(s): CITY-B190; ANTH-B190 how it is not simply a film’s content, but the very form Units: 1.0 of representation that creates interactions between Instructor(s): Hein,C. the spectator and the images on the screen. Film (Spring 2014) screenings include Psycho, Being John Malkovich, and others. Course is geared to freshman and those HART B204 Greek Sculpture with no prior film instruction. Fulfills History of Art major 100-level course requirement, Film Studies minor One of the best preserved categories of evidence Introductory course or Theory course requirement. for ancient Greek culture is sculpture. The Greeks Syllabus is subject to change at instructor’s discretion. devoted immense resources to producing sculpture Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities that encompassed many materials and forms and Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the served a variety of important social functions. This Past (IP) course examines sculptural production in Greece and Counts towards: Film Studies neighboring lands from the Bronze Age through the Units: 1.0 fourth century B.C.E. with special attention to style, Instructor(s): King,H. iconography and historical and social context. (Fall 2013) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the HART B125 Classical Myths in Art and in the Sky Past (IP) Crosslisting(s): ARCH-B205 This course explores Greek and Roman mythology Units: 1.0 using an archaeological and art historical approach, (Not Offered 2013-14) focusing on the ways in which the traditional tales of the gods and heroes were depicted, developed and HART B205 Introduction to Film transmitted in the visual arts such as vase painting and architectural sculpture, as well as projected into the This course is intended to provide students with natural environment. the tools of critical film analysis. Through readings Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities of images and sounds, sections of films and entire Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) narratives, students will cultivate the habits of critical Crosslisting(s): ARCH-B125; CSTS-B125 viewing and establish a foundation for focused work in Units: 1.0 film studies. The course introduces formal and technical Instructor(s): Lindenlauf,A. units of cinematic meaning and categories of genre and (Fall 2013) history that add up to the experiences and meanings we call cinema. Although much of the course material will HART B140 The Visual Culture of the Ancient Near focus on the Hollywood style of film, examples will be East drawn from the history of cinema. Attendance at weekly screenings is mandatory. The visual culture of ancient Mesopotamia, a region Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities with its heartland in modern Iraq, from the first city to the Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) fall of Babylon in 539 BCE, includes images designed Counts towards: Film Studies to gain favor of the gods, promote royal achievements Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B205 and adorn the deceased on the journey to the afterlife. Units: 1.0 Particular emphasis placed on the visual analysis Instructor(s): Nguyen,H. of royal and elite artistic production of architecture, (Spring 2014) sculpture and cylinder seals. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities HART B206 Hellenistic and Roman Sculpture Counts towards: Middle East Studies Crosslisting(s): ARCH-B140 This course surveys the sculpture produced from the Units: 1.0 fourth century B.C.E. to the fourth century C.E., the (Not Offered 2013-14) period beginning with the death of Alexander the Great that saw the transformation of the classical world History of Art 281 through the rise of Rome and the establishment and GERM-B213 expansion of the Roman Empire. Style, iconography, Units: 1.0 and production will be studied in the contexts of Instructor(s): Monserrati,M. the culture of the Hellenistic kingdoms, the Roman (Fall 2013) appropriation of Greek culture, the role of art in Roman society, and the significance of Hellenistic and Roman HART B215 Russian Avant-Garde Art, Literature and sculpture in the post-antique classical tradition. Film Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities This course focuses on Russian avant-garde painting, Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the literature and cinema at the start of the 20th century. Past (IP) Moving from Imperial Russian art to Stalinist aesthetics, Crosslisting(s): ARCH-B206 we explore the rise of non-objective painting (Malevich, Units: 1.0 Kandinsky, etc.), ground-breaking literature (Bely, (Not Offered 2013-14) Mayakovsky), and revolutionary cinema (Vertov, Eisenstein). No knowledge of Russian required. HART B209 Topics in Chinese Cultural History Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities This is a topics course. Topics vary. Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Counts towards: Film Studies Crosslisting(s): EAST-B210 Crosslisting(s): RUSS-B215 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Instructor(s): Harte,T. (Spring 2014) HART B211 Topics in Medieval History HART B216 The City of Naples Cross listed with HIST B211 when the topic is appropriate. The city of Naples emerged during the Later Middle Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Ages as the capital of a Kingdom and one of the most Units: 1.0 influential cities in the Mediterranean region. What led to (Not Offered 2013-14) the city’s rise, and what effect did the city as a cultural, political, and economic force have on the rest of the HART B212 Medieval Architecture region and beyond? This course will familiarize students with the art, architecture, culture, and institutions that This course takes a broad geographic and chronological made the city one of the most influential in Europe and scope, allowing for full exposure to the rich variety of the Mediterranean region during the Late Middle Ages. objects and monuments that fall under the rubric of Topics include court painters in service to the crown, “medieval” art and architecture. We focus on the Latin female monastic spaces and patronage, and the revival and Byzantine Christian traditions, but also consider of dynastic tomb sculpture. works of art and architecture from the Islamic and Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Jewish spheres. Topics to be discussed include: the Crosslisting(s): ITAL-B215; CITY-B216 role of religion in artistic development and expression; Units: 1.0 secular traditions of medieval art and culture; facture Instructor(s): Harper,A. and materiality in the art of the middle ages; the use (Spring 2014) of objects and monuments to convey political power and social prestige; gender dynamics in medieval HART B229 Topics in Comparative Urbanism visual culture; and the contribution of medieval art and architecture to later artistic traditions. This is a topics course. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the Past (IP) Past (IP) Crosslisting(s): CITY-B212 Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Units: 1.0 Cultures (Not Offered 2013-14) Crosslisting(s): ANTH-B229; CITY-B229; SOCL-B230; EAST-B229 HART B213 Theory in Practice:Critical Discourses in Units: 1.0 the Humanities Instructor(s): McDonogh,G. This is a topics course. Topics vary. An examination Spring 2014: Current topic description: Comparative in English of leading theories of interpretation from Urbanism insists that our understanding of cities must Classical Tradition to Modern and Post-Modern Time. incorporate systematic analysis, testing theory and Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities practice. This year, the class explores questions raised Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Crosslisting(s): ITAL-B213; RUSS-B253; PHIL-B253; 282 History of Art about cities through crime literature, ranging from Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & depictions of criminality (across race, class and gender) Cultures to visions of form and movement. The key cities for Units: 1.0 comparison this year will be Barcelona, Los Angeles, (Not Offered 2013-14) Havana, Buenos Aires and Shanghai. Readings will include literary sources, films and social histories. HART B242 Material Identities in Latin America 1820 - 2010 HART B230 Renaissance Art Revolutions in Latin America begin around 1810. By A survey of painting in Florence and Rome in the the 20th and 21st centuries, there is an international 15th and 16th centuries (Giotto, Masaccio, Botticelli, viewership for the works of Latin American artists, and Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael), with particular in the 21st century the production of Latina and Latino attention to contemporary intellectual, social, and artists living in the United States becomes particularly religious developments. important. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Past (IP) Interpretation (CI) Units: 1.0 Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Instructor(s): Cast,D. Cultures (Spring 2014) Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): McKim-Smith,G. HART B234 Picturing Women in Classical Antiquity (Spring 2014) We investigate representations of women in different HART B250 Nineteenth-Century Art in France media in ancient Greece and Rome, examining the cultural stereotypes of women and the gender roles that Close attention is selectively given to the work of they reinforce. We also study the daily life of women in Cézanne, Courbet, David, Degas, Delacroix, Géricault, the ancient world, the objects that they were associated Ingres, Manet, and Monet. Extensive readings in art with in life and death and their occupations. criticism are required. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the Past (IP) Past (IP) Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Units: 1.0 Crosslisting(s): ARCH-B234; CSTS-B234 (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) HART B253 Before Modernism: Architecture and Urbanism of the 18th and 19th Centuries HART B238 Topics: The History of Cinema 1895 to The course frames the topic of architecture before the 1945 impact of 20th century Modernism, with a special focus This is a topics course. Topics vary. on the two prior centuries - especially the 19th - in Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities ways that treat them on their own terms rather than as Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) precursors of more modern technologies and forms Counts towards: Film Studies of expression. The course will integrate urbanistic Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B238; RUSS-B238; COML-B238 and vernacular perspectives alongside more familiar Units: 1.0 landmark exemplars. Key goals and components of the Instructor(s): Harte,T. course will include attaining a facility within pertinent (Fall 2013) bibliographical and digital landscapes, formal analysis and research skills exercised in writing projects, class HART B241 New Visual Worlds in the Spanish field-trips, and a nuanced mastery of the narratives Empire 1492 - 1820 embodied in the architecture of these centuries. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities The events of 1492 changed the world. Visual works Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) made at the time of the Conquest of the Caribbean, Crosslisting(s): CITY-B253 Mexico and South America by Spain and Portugal reveal Units: 1.0 multiple and often conflicting political, racial and ethnic (Not Offered 2013-14) agendas. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities HART B254 History of Modern Architecture Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the Past (IP) A survey of the development of modern architecture since the 18th century. The course focuses on History of Art 283 international networks in the transmission of Units: 1.0 architectural ideas since 1890. Instructor(s): DeRoo,R. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Fall 2013) Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the Past (IP) HART B280 Video Practices: Analog to Digital Crosslisting(s): CITY-B254 This course explores the history and theory of video Units: 1.0 art from the late 1960’s to the present. The units (Not Offered 2013-14) include: aesthetics; activisim; access; performance; and institutional critique. We will reflect on early video’s HART B255 Survey of American Architecture “utopian moment” and its manifestation in the current An examination of landmarks, patterns, contexts, new media revolution. Feminist, people of color and architectural decision-makers and motives of various queer productions will constitute the majority of our players in the creation of the American built environment corpus. Prerequisite: ENGL/HART B205 Intro to Film or over the course of four centuries. The course will consent of the instructor. address the sequence of examples that comprise the Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities master narrative of the traditional survey course, while Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Film also casting a questioning eye, probing the relation of Studies this canon to the wider realms of building in the United Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B280 States. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Not Offered 2013-14) Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the Past (IP) HART B282 Arts of Sub-Saharan Africa Crosslisting(s): CITY-B255 This course examines the significant artistic and Units: 1.0 architectural traditions of African cultures south of the Instructor(s): Cohen,J. Sahara in their religious, philosophical, political, and (Fall 2013) social aspects. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities HART B266 Contemporary Art Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical America, Europe and beyond, from the 1950s to the Interpretation (CI) present, in visual media and visual theory. Counts towards: Africana Studies Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical (Not Offered 2013-14) Interpretation (CI) Units: 1.0 HART B299 History of Narrative Cinema, 1945 to the (Not Offered 2013-14) present This course surveys the history of narrative film from HART B268 Greek and Roman Architecture 1945 through contemporary cinema. We will analyze A survey of Greek and Roman architecture taking into a chronological series of styles and national cinemas, account building materials, construction techniques, including Classical Hollywood, Italian Neorealism, the various forms of architecture in their urban and religious French New Wave, and other post-war movements settings from an historical and social perspective. and genres. Viewings of canonical films will be Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) supplemented by more recent examples of global Crosslisting(s): ARCH-B268; CITY-B268 cinema. While historical in approach, this course Units: 1.0 emphasizes the theory and criticism of the sound film, (Not Offered 2013-14) and we will consider various methodological approaches to the aesthetic, socio-political, and psychological HART B272 Since 1960: Contemporary Art and dimensions of cinema. Readings will provide historical Theory context, and will introduce students to key concepts in film studies such as realism, formalism, spectatorship, Lectures and readings will examine major movements the auteur theory, and genre studies. Fulfills the history in contemporary art, including Pop Art, Minimalism, requirement or the introductory course requirement for Conceptualism, Performance, Postmodernism, and the Film Studies minor. Installation Art. We will examine the dialogue between Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities visual works and critical texts by Roland Barthes, Claire Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the Bishop, Frederic Jameson, Adrian Piper, and Kobena Past (IP) Mercer, among others. Counts towards: Film Studies Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B299 Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) 284 History of Art
Units: 1.0 Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Instructor(s): King,H. Crosslisting(s): ARCH-B303; COML-B313 (Spring 2014) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) HART B300 The Curator in the Museum HART B306 Film Theory This course provides an introduction to theoretical and practical aspects of museums and to the links between An introduction to major developments in film theory practice and theory that are the defining characteristic of and criticism. Topics covered include: the specificity of the museum curator’s work today. The challenges and film form; cinematic realism; the cinematic “author”; the opportunities confronting curators and their colleagues, politics and ideology of cinema; the relation between peers, audiences, and constituents will be addressed cinema and language; spectatorship, identification, through readings, discussions, guest presentations, and subjectivity; archival and historical problems in film writings, and individual and group projects. studies; the relation between film studies and other Units: 1.0 disciplines of aesthetic and social criticism. Each week (Not Offered 2013-14) of the syllabus pairs critical writing(s) on a central principle of film analysis with a cinematic example. HART B301 Making an Exhibition: Perspectives on Class will be divided between discussion of critical texts Museums and attempts to apply them to a primary cinematic text. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities This course connects the theory and practice of Counts towards: Film Studies museum exhibitions and other activities – and Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B306; COML-B306 addresses the conceptual and organizational Units: 1.0 development of museums during the twentieth century (Not Offered 2013-14) and today – through the development, implementation, and assessment of an exhibition and related programs. HART B311 Topics in Medieval Art Students will study the history and practice of museum exhibition-making while organizing a major public This is a topics course. Topics vary. exhibition. They will work individually and as members Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities of groups with student colleagues, with Bryn Mawr Counts towards: Middle East Studies College faculty and staff, and with guests selected Crosslisting(s): HIST-B311; CITY-B312 for their expertise in and knowledge of a range of Units: 1.0 museum activities and perspectives. The theory and (Not Offered 2013-14) practice of museum exhibition influences and relies upon methodological, anthropological, art historical, HART B323 Topics in Renaissance Art philosophical, historical, sociological, psychological, Selected subjects in Italian art from painting, sculpture, and organizational perspectives on the prominent place and architecture between the years 1400 and 1600. museums occupy in this culture. The course will consist Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities of a series of encounters between the practice of, and Crosslisting(s): CITY-B323 reflection on, making an exhibition. Recommended Units: 1.0 Preparation: Relevant coursework in history of art, fine Instructor(s): Cast,D. arts, archaeology, anthropology, history, or other fields in (Spring 2014) which museums play a prominent role. Units: 1.0 HART B324 Roman Architecture Instructor(s): Wallace,B. (Spring 2014) The course gives special attention to the architecture and topography of ancient Rome from the origins HART B305 Classical Bodies of the city to the later Roman Empire. At the same time, general issues in architecture and planning with An examination of the conceptions of the human body particular reference to Italy and the provinces from evidenced in Greek and Roman art and literature, republic to empire are also addressed. These include with emphasis on issues that have persisted in the public and domestic spaces,structures, settings and Western tradition. Topics include the fashioning of uses, urban infrastructure, the relationship of towns and concepts of male and female standards of beauty and territories, “suburban” and working villas, and frontier their implications; conventions of visual representation; settlements. Prerequisite: ARCH 102. the nude; clothing and its symbolism; the athletic Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities ideal; physiognomy; medical theory and practice; the Crosslisting(s): CSTS-B324; ARCH-B324 visible expression of character and emotions; and the Units: 1.0 formulation of the “classical ideal” in antiquity and later (Not Offered 2013-14) times. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities History of Art 285
HART B330 Architecture and Identity in Italy: Crosslisting(s): COML-B340 Renaissance to the Present Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) How is architecture used to shape our understanding of past and current identities? This course looks at the HART B348 Advanced Topics in German Cultural ways in which architecture has been understood to Studies represent, and used to shape regional, national, ethnic, and gender identities in Italy from the Renaissance This is a topics course. Topics vary. Topic for 2011- to the present. The class focuses on Italy’s classical 12 was The Transnational Cosmopolitanism of Swiss traditions, and looks at the ways in which architects Literature. and theorists have accepted or rejected the peninsula’s Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities classical roots. Subjects studied include Baroque Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Architecture, the Risorgimento, Futurism, Fascism, and Crosslisting(s): GERM-B321; COML-B321; CITY-B319 colonialism. Course readings include Vitruvius, Leon Units: 1.0 Battista Alberti, Giorgio Vasari, Jacob Burckhardt, and (Not Offered 2013-14) Alois Riegl, among others. Crosslisting(s): ITAL-B330; CITY-B330 HART B350 Topics in Modern Art Units: 1.0 This is a topics course. Topics vary. Instructor(s): Harper,A. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Fall 2013) Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Levine,S., Wallace,B. HART B334 Topics in Film Studies This is a topics course. Topics vary. Fall 2013: Current topic description: This course will Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities study the history of modern art from the Armory Show of Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Film 1913 to the present through the example of a collection Studies of paintings, drawings, and prints that will become the Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B334 object of an exhibition to be mounted by students in the Units: 1.0 Canaday Library. In the fall, Professor Steven Levine Instructor(s): Rastegar,R. will present the art historical context of the artists’ work (Fall 2013) and in the spring, Curator Brian Wallace will guide the students through all the practical phases of putting on Fall 2013: Current topic description: This course the show. examines contemporary cinematic images produced in Middle Eastern and Arab countries and in their HART B354 Gender and Contemporary Art Diasporas. In his groundbreaking text Orientalism, We will examine artists from 1960 to the present whose Edward Said argued that Western representations of work thematizes gender, including Robert Morris, Cindy the “East” are constructed through an inverted mirror Sherman, Kiki Smith, and Mike Kelley. reflection of the West. Grounded in postcolonial theory Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities and film studies, students will explore the role of cultural Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies formation through moving image production and Units: 1.0 circulation. Instructor(s): DeRoo,R. (Spring 2014) HART B336 Topics in Film This course examines experimental film and video from HART B355 Topics in the History of London the 1930’s to present. It will concentrate on the use Selected topics of social, literary, and architectural of found footage: the reworking of existing imagery in concern in the history of London, emphasizing London order to generate new aesthetic frameworks and cultural since the 18th century. meanings. Key issues to be explored include copyright, Requirement(s): Division I or Division III piracy, archive, activism, affect, aesthetics, interactivity Crosslisting(s): HIST-B355; CITY-B355 and fandom. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Not Offered 2013-14) Counts towards: Film Studies Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B336 HART B359 Topics in Classical Art and Archaeology Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) This is a topics course. Topics vary. A research- oriented course taught in seminar format, treating HART B340 Topics in Baroque Art issues of current interest in Greek and Roman art and archaeology. Prerequisites: 200-level coursework in This is a topics course. Topics vary. some aspect of classical or related cultures, archeology Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities or art history. Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies 286 History of Art
Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities on this recent history, continue to develop feminist Crosslisting(s): HART-B358; CSTS-B359 aesthetics and politics in a variety of contemporary Units: 1.0 practices, including installation art, multi-media art, and Instructor(s): Donohue,A. performance. (Fall 2013) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Fall 2013: Current topic description: The topic is Units: 1.0 “illustration,” broadly construed, and considered as Instructor(s): DeRoo,R. both a subject of and a tool for study. The course will (Fall 2013) include discussions of common readings and individual reports. Emphasis will be on primary materials and their HART B373 Contemporary Art in Exhibition: interpretation. The course will involve a wide range of Museums and Beyond ancient and modern cognitive, technical, and historical How does the collection and display of artwork create issues such as the visual presentation of information, meanings beyond the individual art object? In recent the documentation of artifacts, and the evidentiary value decades, enormous shifts have occurred in exhibition of illustrations. design as artwork projected from the walls of the museum, moved outdoors to the space of the street, HART B362 The African Art Collection and eventually went online. We will study an array of This seminar will introduce students to the African contemporary exhibition practices and sites in their art holdings that are part of the Art and Archaeology social and historical contexts, including the temporary Collections. exhibition, “the white cube,” the “black box,” museum Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities installations, international biennials, and websites. Counts towards: Africana Studies During the seminar, we will examine how issues such Units: 1.0 as patronage, avant-gardism, globalization, and identity (Not Offered 2013-14) politics have progressively brought museums and other exhibition spaces into question. HART B367 Asian American Film, Video and New Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Media Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): DeRoo,R. The course explores the role of pleasure in the (Fall 2013) production, reception, and performance of Asian American identities in film, video, and the internet, HART B377 Topics in Modern Architecture taking as its focus the sexual representation of Asian Americans in works produced by Asian American artists This is a topics course. Topics vary. from 1915 to present. In several units of the course, Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities we will study graphic sexual representations, including Crosslisting(s): CITY-B377 pornographic images and sex acts some may find Units: 1.0 objectionable. Students should be prepared to engage Instructor(s): Hein,C. analytically with all class material. To maintain an (Spring 2014) atmosphere of mutual respect and solidarity among the participants in the class, no auditors will be allowed. Spring 2014: Current topic description: This course Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities examines the current multitude of projects for livable Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Film and sustainable cities and the paths proposed to Studies achieve them. Following on a discussion of theories and Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B367 methodologies, we will engage concepts as diverse as Units: 1.0 Livable Cities, Green Cities, Eco Cities or Transition (Not Offered 2013-14) towns, then continue to study concrete examples from around the world in their global and local context. HART B372 Feminist Art and Theory, 1970-Present HART B380 Topics in Contemporary Art How have feminist artists and theorists challenged the conventions of art history? This course begins with the This is a topics course. Topics vary. feminist art world activism that arose in the 1970s in Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities the context of the women’s liberation movement and Units: 1.0 continues through current issues in global feminism. In Instructor(s): Saltzman,L. the 1970s, feminist activist artists sought to establish (Spring 2014) new forms of art education, venues for exhibition, theoretical writing, and creative working methods to Spring 2014: Current topic description: Poems, provide alternatives to traditional art institutions and art novels, films, photographs, paintings, performances, criticism. We will examine how current artists, building monuments, memorials, even comics have engaged us with the traumatic history of the Holocaust. Our task History of Art 287 will be to examine such cultural objects, aided by the HART B610 Topics in Medieval Art extensive body of the critical, historical, theoretical, This is a topics course. Topics vary. and ethical writings through which such work has been Units: 1.0 variously critiqued and commended. (Not Offered 2013-14) HART B397 Junior Seminar HART B630 Topics in Renaissance Art Designed to introduce majors to the canonical This is a topics course. Topics vary. Selected texts in the field of art history and to formalize their topics in 16th-century Italian art and its subsequent understanding of art history as a discipline. Required of historiography and limited to History of Art majors. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) HART B636 Vasari HART B398 Senior Conference I This seminar focuses on Giorgio Vasari as painter and architect and above all as a founder of the Florentine A critical review of the discipline of art history in Academy and the writer of the first modern history of the preparation for the senior thesis. Required of all senior arts. Topics covered range across the arts of that time majors. and then the questions any such critical accounting of Units: 1.0 the arts calls up, imitation, invention, the notion of the Instructor(s): Levine,S., DeRoo,R. artist and however it is possible to capture in words what (Fall 2013) seems often to be beyond them. Units: 1.0 HART B399 Senior Conference II Instructor(s): Cast,D. A seminar for the discussion of senior thesis research (Fall 2013) and such theoretical and historical concerns as may be appropriate. Interim oral reports. Required of all majors; HART B640 Topics in Baroque Art: Spanish Painting culminates in the senior thesis. and Sculpture Units: 1.0 This is a topics course. Topics vary. Instructor(s): Cast,D., DeRoo,R. Units: 1.0 (Spring 2014) (Not Offered 2013-14) HART B403 Supervised Work HART B645 Problems in Representation Advanced students may do independent research under This seminar examines, as philosophy and history, the supervision of a faculty member whose special the idea of realism, as seen in the visual arts since competence coincides with the area of the proposed the Renaissance and beyond to the 19th and 20th research. Consent of the supervising faculty member centuries. and of the major adviser is required. Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA (Fall 2013) HART B650 Topics in Modern Art HART B403 Supervised Work This is a topics course. Topics vary. Admission by permission of the instructor. Advanced students may do independent research under Units: 1.0 the supervision of a faculty member whose special (Not Offered 2013-14) competence coincides with the area of the proposed research. Consent of the supervising faculty member HART B671 Topics in German Art and of the major adviser is required. Units: 1.0 This is a topics course. Topics vary. Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA Units: 1.0 (Spring 2014) (Not Offered 2013-14)
HART B425 Praxis III HART B672 Feminist Art and Theory, 1970-Present Students are encouraged to develop internship projects How have feminist artists and theorists challenged the in the college’s collections and other art institutions in conventions of art history? This course begins with the the region. feminist art world activism that arose in the 1970s in Counts towards: Praxis Program the context of the women’s liberation movement and Units: 1.0 continues through current issues in global feminism. In (Not Offered 2013-14) 288 History of Art the 1970s, feminist activist artists sought to establish HART B701 Supervised Work new forms of art education, venues for exhibition, Supervised Work theoretical writing, and creative working methods to Units: 1.0 provide alternatives to traditional art institutions and art Instructor(s): Cast,D., Levine,S., McKim-Smith,G., criticism. We will examine how current artists, building DeRoo,R., Walker,A., Hertel,C., Saltzman,L., King,H., on this recent history, continue to develop feminist Hein,C. aesthetics and politics in a variety of contemporary (Spring 2014) practices, including installation art, multi-media art, and performance. Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): DeRoo,R. (Fall 2013)
HART B673 Contemporary Art in Exhibition: Museums and Beyond How does the collection and display of artwork create meanings beyond the individual art object? In recent decades, enormous shifts have occurred in exhibition design as artwork projected from the walls of the museum, moved outdoors to the space of the street, and eventually went online. We will study an array of contemporary exhibition practices and sites in their social and historical contexts, including the temporary exhibition, “the white cube,” the “black box,” museum installations, international biennials, and websites. During the seminar, we will examine how issues such as patronage, avant-gardism, globalization, and identity politics have progressively brought museums and other exhibition spaces into question. Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): DeRoo,R. (Fall 2013)
HART B678 Portraiture This seminar on self-portraiture examines the representation of the individual from the Renaissance to the present in painting, photography, and film. Artists range from Artemisia Gentileschi and Poussin to Cézanne and Cindy Sherman. Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Levine,S. (Spring 2014)
HART B680 Topics in Contemporary Art This is a topics course. Topics vary. Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Saltzman,L. (Fall 2013)
Fall 2013: Current topic description: This seminar will engage the history and theory of photography, as well as its “afterlife” in contemporary art and other forms of visual culture. International Studies 289
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES longstanding interest in promoting justice with its already established coursework at the undergraduate level and at the Graduate School of Social Work and Students may complete a major or a minor in Social Research and on its well established programs in International Studies. languages and cultures.
The curricular content is relevant in preparing graduates Co-Directors to participate critically and effectively in the many integrated transnational and global institutional networks Kalala Ngalamulume, Associate Professor of of production, services, creative expression, research Africana Studies and History and Co-Director of and governance. Thus students with specialties in International Studies the Humanities, Social Sciences, or Sciences can benefit from a visible and structured flow of courses in Michael Allen, Professor of Political Science and Co- International Studies. The inter and multi-disciplinary Director of the International Studies Program approaches reflected in the structure for the major as well as for the minor reflect the kind of integrative Steering Committee thinking that is necessary for effective agency in the globalized world economy and society. Students in Grace M. Armstrong, Eunice Morgan Schenck 1907 International Studies will be made aware of both the Professor of French and Francophone Studies distinct modes of inquiry that may transcend disciplines Cynthia D. Bisman, Professor of Social Work and Social and the cumulative effects of convergent examinations Research (on leave semester II) of phenomena from these different disciplinary perspectives. Carol Hager, Chair and Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Social International Studies engages students in the Sciences necessarily inter- and multi-disciplinary course Carola Hein, Professor of Growth and Structure of Cities work that will prepare them for productive roles in transnational or intergovernmental institutions and Yonglin Jiang, Associate Professor of East Asian Studies in the areas of public policy, law, governance, public on the Jye Chu Lectureship in Chinese Studies health, medicine, business, diplomacy, journalism, Madhavi Kale, Professor of History (on leave semesters and development. Courses cover both theoretical I and II) perspectives and empirical issues in different areas of the world. International Studies at Bryn Mawr provides Toba Kerson, Professor of Social Work and Social a foundation for students interested in pursuing career Research opportunities in these areas or in entering graduate Mary Osirim, Interim Provost and Professor of Sociology programs such as International Politics/Relations, Melissa Pashigian, Professor of Anthropology International Political Economy/Development Studies, International Law and Institutions, and Organizational Theory and Leadership. International Studies is the study of relationships among people and states affected by increasingly permeable A Bryn Mawr graduate in International Studies will be borders and facing global issues. International Studies aims to prepare students to be responsible citizens by introducing them to issues of importance in an Capable of integrative analysis from different increasingly interdependent world of global dynamics in disciplinary perspectives politics, economics, ideas, language, and culture. Ethically literate • Prepared for work in related fields such as law, At Bryn Mawr, International Studies combines applied public health, medicine, business, and journalism and theoretical approaches by drawing from disciplines as well as for graduate study in International in both the Social Sciences and Humanities. This Politics/Relations, International Political Economy/ broad conception of International Studies distinguishes Development Studies, International Law and our program from many others. It builds from a core Institutions, and Organizational Theory and of courses from politics, economics, and ethics, a Leadership branch of philosophy, and then incorporates electives from specified tracks that reflect areas of strength in Able to contribute their knowledge and leadership faculty research and teaching. It allows students to skills within governmental and nongovernmental explore the descriptive and normative aspects of living organizations at transnational, regional, or global in a world characterized by the deep interconnections levels or in cross-cultural settings. of a globalized world. It thus draws on Bryn Mawr’s 290 International Studies
Although language study is not required per se for the POLITICAL SCIENCE major or the minor, students can take advantage of Bryn Introduction to International Politics (POLS B250), Mawr’s traditional strength in the study of language or International Politics (POLS H151) and culture to enhance their study of non-Anglophone areas of the world. Those intending to study abroad Politics of International Law and Institutions (POLS in a non- Anglophone area must meet the level of B241) proficiency required by the Junior Year Abroad program International Political Economy (POLS B391) involved; and those intending to undertake graduate Topics in International Politics (POLS H350) work in international studies should plan to acquire the advanced level of proficiency in one foreign language (at the time of admission or graduation) required by ECONOMICS the most selective programs here and abroad. Since Economic Development (ECON B225), or it began in 2005, the minor in International Studies Economic Development and Transformation: China has attracted a significant number of language majors vs. India (ECON H240) who use their study of a particular language to select a The Economics of Globalization (ECON B236) coherent set of electives under a relevant track in the minor in order to pursue career and study opportunities Democracy and Development (ECON B385), or in the international arena. Economics of Transition and Euro Adoption in Central and Eastern Europe (ECON H241) NOTE: Major Requirements Introduction to Economics (ECON B105) is a prerequisite for all other Economics courses. Students majoring in International Studies must complete a total of ten courses, which include a core PHILOSOPHY of four courses, an elective track of four courses, and a Global Ethical Issues (PHIL B225), or Human senior capstone experience of either two courses (398 Rights and Global Politics (POLS H262) and 399) OR 398 and an additional 300 level course. Applied Ethics of Peace, Justice and Human Rights Please note that some of the courses listed in the (PEAC H201) core have prerequisites, which may increase the total Development Ethics (PHIL B344) number of courses for the major in International Studies Global Justice (POLS H362) to eleven. Also note that no more than two courses in an International Studies major work plan can be used to satisfy another major, minor, or concentration If none of the eligible core courses from a particular requirement. discipline in the Politics, Economics, and Philosophy core are available in any given year, substitutions will be allowed with another allied course offered at Bryn Mawr, Core Courses Haverford, Swarthmore or Penn, with the approval of an The Core is a mix of 100-300 level courses in Advisor from the Center for International Studies. International fields. Students must choose one course from among four eligible courses in EACH of Politics, CULTURE AND INTERPRETATION Economics, and Philosophy (at least one of which is at the 300 level). They must also choose one course from Also in the core, and unique to Bryn Mawr, Culture among ten in Culture and Interpretation, a requirement and Interpretation teaches how language, aesthetics, in the core that is unique to Bryn Mawr. The rationale beliefs, values, and customs can shape possibilities for for the two parts of the Core (Politics, Economics, and cross-cultural understanding and dialogue in globalizing Philosophy and Culture and Interpretation) are given polities, economies and societies. below along with corresponding lists of eligible courses under each. The disciplines of Politics, Economics, Courses satisfying this requirement cover a broad and Philosophy have become central to International perspective that teaches students about differing Studies programs since markets, conflicts, diplomacy cultures and what it means to interpret or make cross- and rules are nested in values and norms as much as in cultural comparisons and engage in cross-cultural state territories and institutional framings. The program dialogue in the global context. The list of eligible at Bryn Mawr is distinctive in having the requirement courses is, therefore, drawn from courses taught by that students take an ethics course in which they Advisors from a range of key disciplines in International study topics in areas such as global ethical issues, Studies: Anthropology, Cities, Comparative Literature, development ethics, global justice, and human rights. History, Philosophy, Sociology, and Languages and Area Studies. The course is meant to be a broad The eligible courses for the Politics, Economics, and analysis of culture and interpretation that does not Philosophy component of the core are: focus on a country or region in isolation from this broad International Studies 291 analysis. Each of the courses selected from the range Students may choose one of the following tracks: of disciplines capture this breadth and depth. Students interested in studying a specific region of the world GENDER separate from its global implications can pursue this study in one of the tracks. Bryn Mawr’s “proud history of global leadership for women” makes gender an obvious choice as one of The eligible courses for the Culture and Interpretation the tracks enabling students to complete the Major in component of the core are: International Studies. To make good on Bryn Mawr’s mission to prepare “students to be purposefully engaged Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (ANTH B102) citizens of an increasingly complex and interconnected world”, the student in International Studies who selects Culture and Interpretation (COML/PHIL B202 or the Gender track will study gender and its intersections COML/PHIL B323) with factors such as race, class, ethnicity, sexual The Play of Interpretation (COML B293/ENGL orientation, age, religion, and disability in order to B292/PHIL B293) analyze gender with respect to the workings of the Chinese Perspectives on the Individual and Society global economy and globalization more generally. (at Haverford) (EAST H120) Although not always the case, many organizations at the local, national, and global levels now understand gender La Mosaique France (FREN/CITY B251) to be a central factor in policies for alleviating poverty or • Cultural Profiles in Modern Exile (GERM/COML/ promoting economic growth. The changes wrought by ANTH B231) measures such as improving health care for women and children and increasing access to education, property, Introduction to Latin American, Latino, and Iberian and work outside the home shows the importance Peoples and Cultures (GNST B145) of understanding gender and its intersections with The Atlantic World 1492-1800 (HIST/ANTH B200) other forms of discrimination in a globalized and British Empire: Imagining Indias (HIST B258) interconnected world. The FOUR elective courses are to be selected from (but are not limited to) an approved list Society, Culture and the Individual (SOCL B102) at: brynmawr.edu/internationalstudies.
With the approval of an Advisor from the Center for DEVELOPMENT International Studies, substitutions may be allowed in the case of the ten eligible courses for the Culture and Development is most often understood in terms of Interpretation component of the core when none is processes of economic growth, industrialization, and available in any given year. modernization that result in a society’s achieving a high (per capita) gross domestic product. These descriptions Electives of economic processes tend to embed assumptions about progress, transformation, and liberation as Elective Tracks allow students to focus on one theme or exemplified in concepts such as “underdeveloped” or area in greater depth across four courses, one of which “developing” countries. The student in International must be at the 300 level. Studies who selects this track will study the concept of development in a broad sense by using a The electives continue to anchor the major in inter- and multidisciplinary approach that combines courses from multidisciplinary work while also adding flexibility so that disciplines such as Anthropology, Economics, Cities, students may be creative and purposeful in structuring History, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology their own work. What makes International Studies at to effectively understand development processes from Bryn Mawr unique is that it draws upon its established multiple perspectives. One result is an exploration of faculty research, resources, and reputations in the development that broadens the study from describing individual tracks at the same time as it offers flexibility economic deprivation in terms of levels of income, for under clear advising for each of the individualized example, to understanding the ways in which equality, pathways of learning. Students should choose the four justice, well-being, and human flourishing are affected electives from the approved lists under one of the tracks by growth and modernization processes. The student identified below. selecting the Development track will become versed in the critical issues, problems, and achievements Please refer to the International Studies Web site for common not only to developing regions of the world but detailed information regarding approved electives: also to developed countries and the world as a whole. brynmawr.edu/internationalstudies. Students should The FOUR elective courses are to be selected from (but also check the International Studies Web site or the are not limited to) an approved list at: brynmawr.edu/ Tri-College Course Guide for information about courses internationalstudies. that are offered in the current year. 292 International Studies
GLOBAL SOCIAL JUSTICE While most individualized supervision for those Efforts to realize social justice are increasingly taking 399 will be of students writing a senior thesis, necessary in global systems as much as they had designated advisors in International Studies will work always been in national and local ones. The Global with those students who select to produce an extended Social Justice track will allow students to make document using platforms such as DVD documentary, connections at all these levels. They will be able to a website, or a PowerPoint talk with pictures and video draw on the long tradition of focus on Social Justice at clips instead of writing a senior thesis. Bryn Mawr and Haverford and on collaboration with the Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research Minor Requirements and its thrust on Social Welfare. Bryn Mawr’s mission statement identifies the characteristics of a Bryn The Minor in International Studies has been in place Mawr education as “critical thinking, interdisciplinary since 2005. Students who have declared a Minor perspective, engagement in a diverse community, and and have not yet graduated should consult with one purposeful vision of social justice”. The Global Social of the Co-Directors of the Center for International Justice track allows students to explore issues of social Studies to determine whether to continue under the old and political change in the context of economic and requirements for the Minor, switch to doing a Major in political transition in the globalized world. Students International Studies, or make slight adjustments to the gain insight into how global issues affect relationships requirements for the Minor in light of revisions that now among people and cultures within and across national have the core requirements for the Minor in line with boundaries and how global issues are in turn affected those for the Major. by these relationships. They will study the ways in which dramatic economic disparities wrought by globalization The Minor has always attracted and will continue to and the global economy affect social welfare and attract students who major in a language, arts, an thwart efforts to achieve social justice locally, nationally, area study, Political Science, or Economics. It will be and globally. The FOUR elective courses are to be possible, however, for select students to pursue one selected from (but are not limited to) an approved list at: of the tracks in the major under consultation with an brynmawr.edu/internationalstudies. Advisor from International Studies.
Independent Design Students minoring in International Studies must complete a total of seven courses, which include a Students who are so inclined may develop an required core of four courses and an elective track of independent design in consultation with an Advisor from three courses. Please note that some of the courses the Center for International Studies. An Independent listed in the core have prerequisites, which may Design could include area studies that draw on Bryn increase the total number of courses for the minor in Mawr’s strengths in the study of languages and cultures International Studies to eight. and on our programs in Africana Studies, East Asian Studies and Latin American, Latino and Iberian Peoples Core Courses and Cultures. The Core is a mix of 100-300 level courses in Senior Capstone Experience International fields. Students must choose one course from among four eligible courses in EACH of Politics, The capstone experience consists of two 300 level Economics, and Philosophy (at least one of which is at courses, 398 and 399, OR 398 and an additional 300 the 300 level). They must also choose one course from level course in International Studies. among ten in Culture and Interpretation, a requirement in the core that is unique to Bryn Mawr. The rationale The 398 seminar will have students do research, for the two parts of the core (Politics, Economics, and presentations, and final essays that delve deeper into Philosophy and Culture and Interpretation) are given topics from relevant courses in previously taken tracks below along with corresponding lists of eligible courses and may incorporate experiences in Praxis courses, under each. The disciplines of Politics, Economics, Summer internships, or Study Abroad. Should a and Philosophy have become central to International student select to take 399 instead of an additional 300 Studies programs since markets, conflicts, diplomacy level course, the 398 seminar could also be the basis and rules are nested in values and norms as much as in for students to identify and begin preliminary work state territories and institutional framings. The program on research projects for 399 – including the at Bryn Mawr is distinctive in having the requirement exploration of theoretical perspectives and research that students take an ethics course in which they study methods that will provide a framework for their research topics in global ethical issues, development ethics, and the matching of students with faculty serving as global justice, or human rights. individual supervisors. International Studies 293
The eligible courses for the Politics, Economics, and History, Philosophy, Sociology, and Languages and Philosophy component of the core are: Area Studies. The course is meant to be a broad analysis of culture and interpretation that does not POLITICAL SCIENCE focus on a country or region in isolation from this broad Introduction to International Politics (POLS B250), analysis. Each of the courses selected from the range or International Politics (at Haverford)(POLS H151) of disciplines captures this breadth and depth. Students interested in studying a specific region of the world Politics of International Law and Institutions (POLS separate from its global implications can pursue this B241) study in one of the tracks. International Political Economy (POLS B391) The eligible courses for the Culture and Interpretation Topics in International Politics (at Haverford) (POLS component of the core are: H350)
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (ANTH B102) ECONOMICS Culture and Interpretation (COML/PHIL B202 or Economic Development (ECON B225), or COML/PHIL B323) Economic Development and Transformation: China vs. India (at Haverford) (ECON H240) The Play of Interpretation (COML/ENGL/GERM/ PHIL B292) The Economics of Globalization (ECON B236) Chinese Perspectives on the Individual and Society Democracy and Development (ECON B385), or (at Haverford) (EAST H120) Economics of Transition and Euro Adoption in Central and Eastern Europe (at Haverford) (ECON La Mosaique France (FREN/CITY B251) H241) • Cultural Profiles in Modern Exile (GERM/COML/ NOTE: Introduction to Economics (ECON B105) is ANTH B231) a prerequisite for all other Economics courses. Introduction to Latin American, Latino, and Iberian Peoples and Cultures (GNST B145) PHILOSOPHY The Atlantic World 1492-1800 (HIST/ANTH B200) Global Ethical Issues (PHIL B225), or Human Rights and Global Politics (POLS H262) British Empire: Imagining Indias (HIST B258) Applied Ethics of Peace, Justice and Human Rights Society, Culture and the Individual (SOCL B102) (PEAC H201) With the approval of an Advisor from the Center for Development Ethics (PHIL B344) International Studies, substitutions may be allowed in Global Justice (POLS H362) the case of the ten eligible courses for the Culture and Interpretation component of the core when none is If none of the eligible core courses from a particular available in any given year. discipline in the Politics, Economics, and Philosophy core is available in any given year, substitutions will be Electives allowed with another allied course offered at Bryn Mawr, Haverford, Swarthmore or Penn, with the approval of an In addition to the four core courses listed, three electives Advisor from the Center for International Studies. are required. Each of the four tracks identifies a major topic or theme in International Studies that builds on CULTURE AND INTERPRETATION or develops the core. The tracks under the minor will allow students who major in a discipline such as Political Also in the core, and unique to Bryn Mawr, Culture Science or Economics or in one of the Languages and Interpretation teaches how language, aesthetics, or Area Studies to have a minor that focuses their beliefs, values, and customs can shape possibilities for disciplinary work on International Studies. cross-cultural understanding and dialogue in globalizing polities, economies and societies. Students should choose the three electives from the approved lists under one of the tracks identified Courses satisfying this requirement cover a broad below. Electives should demonstrate coherence perspective that teaches students about differing and be approved by an advisor. Please refer to the cultures and what it means to interpret or make cross- International Studies Web site for detailed information cultural comparisons and engage in cross-cultural regarding approved electives: http://www.brynmawr.edu/ dialogue in the global context. The list of eligible internationalstudies. Students should also check the courses is, therefore, drawn from courses taught by International Studies Web site or the Tri-College Course Advisors from a range of key disciplines in International Guide for information about courses that are offered in Studies: Anthropology, Cities, Comparative Literature, the current year. 294 International Studies
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS LANGUAGE AND ARTS
This track allows students to focus on the dynamics This track allows students to explore human interaction and structures of intergovernmental and transnational at the global level through language, literature, relationships from the perspective of the discipline of music, and the arts. Students in this track focus their Political Science. Through engagement with the most studies on the forms of language and the arts that are salient theoretical and policy debates, students may generated through global processes and in turn affect focus upon such themes as globalization and resistance the generation and exchange of ideas in and between to it, development and sustainability, nationalism and different societies and cultures. sovereignty, human rights, conflict and peace, public A coherent set of courses can be achieved by selecting international law and institutions, and nongovernmental the three electives from one of the following: English, or civil society organizations and movements at French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, and Dance regional, trans-regional and global levels. The three and Music. Courses include (but are not limited to) this elective courses are to be selected from (but are not approved list. limited to) this approved list. COURSES INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS ANTH B102 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology This track allows students to focus on various An introduction to the methods and theories of cultural theoretical, empirical, and policy issues in international anthropology in order to understand and explain cultural economics. Each of the courses in the track — trade, similarities and differences among contemporary open-economy macroeconomics, development, and societies . environmental economics — focuses on different Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science economic aspects of the international or global Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) economy. International trade looks at the major theories Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; offered to explain trade and examines the effects International Studies Major of trade barriers and trade liberalization on welfare. Units: 1.0 International macroeconomics and international Instructor(s):Weidman,A., Uzwiak,B. finance examines policy-making in open economies, (Spring 2014) exchange rate systems, exchange rate behavior, and financial integration and financial crises. Development ANTH B200 The Atlantic World 1492-1800 economics is concerned, among other things, with understanding how developing countries can structure The aim of this course is to provide an understanding their participation in the global economy so as to benefit of the way in which peoples, goods, and ideas from their development. Environmental economics uses Africa, Europe. and the Americas came together to form economic analysis to examine the behavioral causes an interconnected Atlantic World system. The course of local, regional, and global environmental and natural is designed to chart the manner in which an integrated resource problems and to evaluate policy responses to system was created in the Americas in the early modern them. The three elective courses are to be selected from period, rather than to treat the history of the Atlantic this approved list. World as nothing more than an expanded version of North American, Caribbean, or Latin American history. AREA STUDIES Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) This track allows students to situate and apply the Counts towards: Africana Studies; Latin Amer/Latino/ economic, political, and social theory provided in the Iberian Peoples & Cultures; International Studies Major; core to the study of a particular geopolitical area. It Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies provides students with a global frame of reference from Crosslisting(s): HIST-B200 which to examine issues such as history, migration, Units: 1.0 colonization, modernization, social change, and (Not Offered 2013–14) development through an area study. A coherent set of courses can be achieved by selecting ANTH B231 Cultural Profiles in Modern Exile the three electives from one of the following area This course investigates the anthropological, studies: Africana, European, East Asian, and Latin philosophical, psychological, cultural, and literary American, Latino and Iberian Peoples and Cultures. aspects of modern exile. It studies exile as experience Courses include (but are not limited to) this approved and metaphor in the context of modernity, and examines list. the structure of the relationship between imagined/ remembered homelands and transnational identities, and the dialectics of language loss and bi- and multi-lingualism. Particular attention is given to the International Studies 295 psychocultural dimensions of linguistic exclusion and aspects of modern exile. It studies exile as experience loss. Readings of works by Julia Alvarez, Anita Desai, and metaphor in the context of modernity, and examines Sigmund Freud, Milan Kundera, Friedrich Nietzsche, the structure of the relationship between imagined/ Salman Rushdie, and others. remembered homelands and transnational identities, Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities and the dialectics of language loss and bi- and Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical multi-lingualism. Particular attention is given to the Interpretation (CI) psychocultural dimensions of linguistic exclusion and Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & loss. Readings of works by Julia Alvarez, Anita Desai, Cultures; International Studies Major Sigmund Freud, Milan Kundera, Friedrich Nietzsche, Crosslisting(s): GERM-B231; COML-B231 Salman Rushdie, and others. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Not Offered 2013-14) Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Interpretation (CI) CITY B225 Economic Development Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures; International Studies Major Examination of the issues related to and the policies Crosslisting(s): GERM-B231; ANTH-B231 designed to promote economic development in the Units: 1.0 developing economies of Africa, Asia, Latin America, (Not Offered 2013-14) and the Middle East. Focus is on why some developing economies grow faster than others and why some COML B293 The Play of Interpretation growth paths are more equitable, poverty reducing, and environmentally sustainable than others. Includes Designated theory course. A study of the methodologies consideration of the impact of international trade and and regimes of interpretation in the arts, humanistic investment policy, macroeconomic policies (exchange sciences, and media and cultural studies, this course rate, monetary and fiscal policy) and sector policies focuses on common problems of text, authorship, (industry, agriculture, education, population, and reader/spectator, and translation in their historical and environment) on development outcomes in a wide range formal contexts. Literary, oral, and visual texts from of political and institutional contexts. Prerequisite: ECON different cultural traditions and histories will be studied B105. through interpretive approaches informed by modern Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science critical theories. Readings in literature, philosophy, Counts towards: International Studies Major popular culture, and film will illustrate how theory Crosslisting(s): ECON-B225 enhances our understanding of the complexities of Units: 1.0 history, memory, identity, and the trials of modernity. Instructor(s):Rock,M. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Fall 2013) Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Counts towards: International Studies Major CITY B238 The Economics of Globalization Crosslisting(s): PHIL-B293; ENGL-B292 Units: 1.0 An introduction to international economics through Instructor(s):Seyhan,A. theory, policy issues, and problems. The course surveys (Fall 2013) international trade and finance, as well as topics in international economics. It investigates why and what a COML B323 Culture and Interpretation nation trades, the consequences of such trade, the role of trade policy, the behavior and effects of exchange This course will pursue such questions as the following. rates, and the macroeconomic implications of trade For all objects of interpretation—including works of art, and capital flows. Topics may include the economics music, literature, persons or cultures—must there be of free trade areas, world financial crises, outsourcing, a single right interpretation? If not, what is to prevent immigration, and foreign investment. Prerequisites: one from sliding into an interpretive anarchism? ECON B105. The course is not open to students who Does interpretation affect the nature or the number have taken ECON B316 or B348. of an object of interpretation? Does the singularity or Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science multiplicity of interpretations mandate such ontologies Counts towards: International Studies Major as realism or constructivism? Discussions will be based Crosslisting(s): ECON-B236 on contemporary readings. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Instructor(s):Ceglowski,J. Counts towards: International Studies Major (Spring 2014) Crosslisting(s): PHIL-B323 Units: 1.0 COML B231 Cultural Profiles in Modern Exile Instructor(s):Krausz,M. (Fall 2013) This course investigates the anthropological, philosophical, psychological, cultural, and literary 296 International Studies
ECON B225 Economic Development Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Counts towards: International Studies Major; Peace, Examination of the issues related to and the policies Conflict, and Social Justice Studies designed to promote economic development in the Crosslisting(s): POLS-B385 developing economies of Africa, Asia, Latin America, Units: 1.0 and the Middle East. Focus is on why some developing Instructor(s):Ross,M., Rock,M. economies grow faster than others and why some (Spring 2014) growth paths are more equitable, poverty reducing, and environmentally sustainable than others. Includes ENGL B292 The Play of Interpretation consideration of the impact of international trade and investment policy, macroeconomic policies (exchange Designated theory course. A study of the methodologies rate, monetary and fiscal policy) and sector policies and regimes of interpretation in the arts, humanistic (industry, agriculture, education, population, and sciences, and media and cultural studies, this course environment) on development outcomes in a wide range focuses on common problems of text, authorship, of political and institutional contexts. Prerequisite: ECON reader/spectator, and translation in their historical and B105. formal contexts. Literary, oral, and visual texts from Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science different cultural traditions and histories will be studied Counts towards: Environmental Studies; International through interpretive approaches informed by modern Studies Major critical theories. Readings in literature, philosophy, Crosslisting(s): CITY-B225 popular culture, and film will illustrate how theory Units: 1.0 enhances our understanding of the complexities of Instructor(s):Rock,M. history, memory, identity, and the trials of modernity. (Fall 2013) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) ECON B236 The Economics of Globalization Counts towards: International Studies Minor Crosslisting(s): COML-B293; PHIL-B293 An introduction to international economics through Units: 1.0 theory, policy issues, and problems. The course surveys Instructor(s):Seyhan,A. international trade and finance, as well as topics in (Fall 2013) international economics. It investigates why and what a nation trades, the consequences of such trade, the role GERM B231 Cultural Profiles in Modern Exile of trade policy, the behavior and effects of exchange rates, and the macroeconomic implications of trade This course investigates the anthropological, and capital flows. Topics may include the economics philosophical, psychological, cultural, and literary of free trade areas, world financial crises, outsourcing, aspects of modern exile. It studies exile as experience immigration, and foreign investment. Prerequisites: and metaphor in the context of modernity, and examines ECON B105. The course is not open to students who the structure of the relationship between imagined/ have taken ECON B316 or B348. remembered homelands and transnational identities, Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science and the dialectics of language loss and bi- and Counts towards: International Studies Major multi-lingualism. Particular attention is given to the Crosslisting(s): CITY-B238 psychocultural dimensions of linguistic exclusion and Units: 1.0 loss. Readings of works by Julia Alvarez, Anita Desai, Instructor(s):Ceglowski,J. Sigmund Freud, Milan Kundera, Friedrich Nietzsche, (Spring 2014) Salman Rushdie, and others. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities ECON B385 Democracy and Development Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Interpretation (CI) From 1974 to the late 1990’s the number of Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & democracies grew from 39 to 117. This “third wave,” Cultures; International Studies Major the collapse of communism and developmental Crosslisting(s): COML-B231; ANTH-B231 successes in East Asia have led some to argue the Units: 1.0 triumph of democracy and markets. Since the late (Not Offered 2013-14) 1990’s, democracy’s third wave has stalled, and some fear a reverse wave and democratic breakdowns. We GNST B245 Introduction to Latin American, Latino, will question this phenomenon through the disciplines and Iberian Peoples and Cultures of economics, history, political science and sociology drawing from theoretical, case study and classical A broad, interdisciplinary survey of themes uniting and literature. Prerequisites: ECON 200; ECON 253 or 304; dividing societies from the Iberian Peninsula through and one course in Political Science OR Junior or Senior the contemporary New World. The class introduces Standing in Political Science OR Permission of the the methods and interests of all departments in the Instructor. concentration, posing problems of cultural continuity International Studies 297 and change, globalization and struggles within dynamic Units: 1.0 histories, political economies, and creative expressions. Instructor(s): Allen,M. Requirement(s): Division I or Division III (Fall 2013) Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & INST B399 Senior Project in International Studies Cultures; International Studies Major This involves the writing of a thesis or the production of Units: 1.0 an extended document on platforms such as a DVD or Instructor(s):Marquez,E. a website with the guidance of a designated adviser in (Fall 2013) International Studies. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) HIST B200 The Atlantic World 1492-1800 Counts towards: International Studies Major The aim of this course is to provide an understanding Units: 1.0 of the way in which peoples, goods, and ideas from Instructor(s): Allen,M. Africa, Europe. and the Americas came together to form (Spring 2014) an interconnected Atlantic World system. The course is designed to chart the manner in which an integrated PHIL B225 Global Ethical Issues system was created in the Americas in the early modern The need for a critical analysis of what justice is and period, rather than to treat the history of the Atlantic requires has become urgent in a context of increasing World as nothing more than an expanded version of globalization, the emergence of new forms of conflict North American, Caribbean, or Latin American history. and war, high rates of poverty within and across Requirement(s): Division I or Division III borders and the prospect of environmental devastation. Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) This course examines prevailing theories and issues Counts towards: Africana Studies; Latin Amer/Latino/ of justice as well as approaches and challenges by Iberian Peoples & Cultures; International Studies Major; non-western, post-colonial, feminist, race, class, and Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies disability theorists. Crosslisting(s): ANTH-B200 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical (Not Offered 2013-14) Interpretation (CI) Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; HIST B258 British Empire: Imagining Indias International Studies Major This course considers ideas about and experiences of Crosslisting(s): POLS-B225 “modern” India, i.e., India during the colonial and post- Units: 1.0 Independence periods (roughly 1757-present). While Instructor(s):Payson,J. “India” and “Indian history” along with “British empire” (Spring 2014) and “British history” will be the ostensible objects of our consideration and discussions, the course proposes that PHIL B293 The Play of Interpretation their imagination and meanings are continually mediated Designated theory course. A study of the methodologies by a wide variety of institutions, agents, and analytical and regimes of interpretation in the arts, humanistic categories (nation, religion, class, race, gender, to name sciences, and media and cultural studies, this course a few examples). The course uses primary sources, focuses on common problems of text, authorship, scholarly analyses, and cultural productions to explore reader/spectator, and translation in their historical and the political economies of knowledge, representation, formal contexts. Literary, oral, and visual texts from and power in the production of modernity. different cultural traditions and histories will be studied Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities through interpretive approaches informed by modern Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the critical theories. Readings in literature, philosophy, Past (IP) popular culture, and film will illustrate how theory Counts towards: International Studies Major enhances our understanding of the complexities of Units: 1.0 history, memory, identity, and the trials of modernity. (Not Offered 2013-14) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) INST B398 Senior Seminar Counts towards: International Studies Major This non-thesis capstone course is a seminar in Crosslisting(s): COML-B293; ENGL-B292 which students do research, presentations and a final Units: 1.0 essay. These delve into topics from relevant courses Instructor(s):Seyhan,A. in previously-taken tracks and may incorporate (Fall 2013) experiences from Praxis, Summer, or Study Abroad. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Counts towards: International Studies Major 298 International Studies
PHIL B323 Culture and Interpretation POLS B241 The Politics of International Law and Institutions This course will pursue such questions as the following. For all objects of interpretation—including works of art, An introduction to international law, which assumes a music, literature, persons or cultures—must there be working knowledge of modern world history and politics a single right interpretation? If not, what is to prevent since World War II. The origins of modern international one from sliding into an interpretive anarchism? legal norms in philosophy and political necessity are Does interpretation affect the nature or the number explored, showing the schools of thought to which the of an object of interpretation? Does the singularity or understandings of these origins give rise. Significant multiplicity of interpretations mandate such ontologies cases are used to illustrate various principles and as realism or constructivism? Discussions will be based problems. Prerequisite: POLS 141. on contemporary readings. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Counts towards: International Studies Major Counts towards: International Studies Major Crosslisting(s): COML-B323 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s):Allen,M. Instructor(s):Krausz,M. (Spring 2014) (Fall 2013) POLS B250 Introduction to International Politics PHIL B344 Development Ethics An introduction to international relations, exploring This course explores the meaning of and moral issues its main subdivisions and theoretical approaches. raised by development. In what direction and by what Phenomena and problems in world politics examined means should a society “develop”? What role, if any, include systems of power management, imperialism, does the globalization of markets and capitalism globalization, war, bargaining, and peace. Problems and play in processes of development and in systems of institutions of international economy and international discrimination on the basis of factors such as race and law are also addressed. This course assumes a gender? Answers to these sorts of questions will be reasonable knowledge of modern world history. explored through an examination of some of the most Enrollment Limit: 16; enrollment preference given to prominent theorists and recent literature. Prerequisites: sophomores, and up, particularly majors in Political a philosophy, political theory or economics course or Science and/or International Studies. permission of the instructor. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Counts towards: International Studies Major; Peace, Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Conflict, and Social Justice Studies International Studies Major Units: 1.0 Crosslisting(s): POLS-B344 Instructor(s):Allen,M. Units: 1.0 (Fall 2013) (Not Offered 2013-14) POLS B344 Development Ethics POLS B225 Global Ethical Issues This course explores the meaning of and moral issues The need for a critical analysis of what justice is and raised by development. In what direction and by what requires has become urgent in a context of increasing means should a society “develop”? What role, if any, globalization, the emergence of new forms of conflict does the globalization of markets and capitalism and war, high rates of poverty within and across play in processes of development and in systems of borders and the prospect of environmental devastation. discrimination on the basis of factors such as race and This course examines prevailing theories and issues gender? Answers to these sorts of questions will be of justice as well as approaches and challenges by explored through an examination of some of the most non-western, post-colonial, feminist, race, class, and prominent theorists and recent literature. Prerequisites: disability theorists. a philosophy, political theory or economics course or Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities permission of the instructor. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Interpretation (CI) Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; International Studies Major International Studies Major Crosslisting(s): PHIL-B344 Crosslisting(s): PHIL-B225 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Instructor(s):Koggel,C. (Spring 2014) Italian and Italian Studies 299
POLS B385 Democracy and Development ITALIAN AND ITALIAN STUDIES From 1974 to the late 1990’s the number of democracies grew from 39 to 117. This “third wave,” Students may complete a major or minor in Italian. the collapse of communism and developmental successes in East Asia have led some to argue the triumph of democracy and markets. Since the late 1990’s, democracy’s third wave has stalled, and some Faculty fear a reverse wave and democratic breakdowns. We will question this phenomenon through the disciplines Loryn Fallon, Instructor of economics, history, political science and sociology Alexander Harper, Postdoctoral Fellow drawing from theoretical, case study and classical Dennis McAuliffe, Visiting Associate Professor literature. Prerequisite: one year of study in political science or economics. Michele Monserrati, Lecturer Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Nicholas Patruno, Katharine E. McBride Professor Counts towards: International Studies Major; Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies Roberta Ricci, Chair and Associate Professor of Crosslisting(s): ECON-B385 Italian and Director of Film Studies and Co- Units: 1.0 Director of Romance Languages Instructor(s):Ross,M., Rock,M. Gabriella Troncelletti, Instructional Assistant (Spring 2014) Based on an interdisciplinary approach that views POLS B391 International Political Economy culture as a global phenomenon, the aims of the major This seminar examines the growing importance of in Italian are to acquire a knowledge of Italian language economic issues in world politics and traces the and literature and an understanding of Italian culture, development of the modern world economy from its including cinema, art, journalism, pop culture, and origins in colonialism and the industrial revolution, music. The Department of Italian also cooperates with through to the globalization of recent decades. Major the Departments of French and Spanish in the Romance paradigms in political economy are critically examined. Languages major and with the other foreign languages Aspects of and issues in international economic in the TRICO for a major in Comparative Literature. The relations such as development, finance, trade, Italian Department cooperates also with the Center for migration, and foreign investment are examined in the International Studies (CIS). light of selected approaches. One course in International Politics or Economics is required. Preference is given to College Foreign Language seniors although juniors are accepted. Requirement Counts towards: International Studies Major Units: 1.0 Before the start of the senior year, each student must Instructor(s):Allen,M. complete, with a grade of 2.0 or higher, two units of (Fall 2013) foreign language. Students may fulfill the requirement by completing two sequential semester-long courses in one SOCL B102 Society, Culture, and the Individual language, either at the elementary level or, depending Analysis of the basic sociological methods, on the result of their language placement test, at perspectives, and concepts used in the study of society, the intermediate level. A student who is prepared for with emphasis on social structure, education, culture, advanced work may complete the requirement instead the self, and power. Theoretical perspectives that with two advanced free-standing semester-long courses focus on sources of stability, conflict, and change are in the foreign language(s) in which she is proficient. emphasized throughout. Non-native speakers of English may choose to satisfy Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science all or part of this requirement by coursework in English Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) literature. Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; International Studies Major Major Requirements Units: 1.0 Instructor(s):Marquez,E., Karen,D. Major requirements in Italian are 10 courses: ITAL (Spring 2014) 101, 102 and eight additional units, at least three of which are to be chosen from the offerings on the 300 level, and no more than one from an allied field. All students must take a course on Dante (301), one on the Italian Renaissance (303 or 304) and 307, and two on modern Italian literature. Where courses in translation 300 Italian and Italian Studies are offered, students may, with the approval of the will be exempted from ITAL 101 and 102. For courses department, obtain major credit provided they read the in translation, the same conditions for majors in Italian texts in Italian, submit written work in Italian and, when apply. the instructor finds it necessary, meet with the instructor for additional discussion in Italian. Courses allied to Study Abroad the Italian major include, with departmental approval, all courses for major credit in ancient and modern Italian majors are encouraged to study in Italy during languages and related courses in archaeology, art the junior year in a program approved by the College or history, history, music, philosophy, and political science. in approved summer programs in Italy or in the United Each student’s program is planned in consultation with States. the department. COURSES Students who begin their work in Italian at the 200 level will be exempted from ITAL 101 and 102. ITAL B001 Elementary Italian The course is for students with no previous knowledge Major with Honors of Italian. It aims at giving the students a complete Students may apply to complete the major with honors. foundation in the Italian language, with particular attention to oral and written communication. The course The honors component requires the completion of a will be conducted in Italian and will involve the study of year-long thesis advised by a faculty member in the all the basic structures of the language—phonological, department.Students enroll in the senior year in ITAL grammatical, syntactical—with practice in conversation, 398 and ITAL 399. Application to it requires a GPA in the reading, composition. Readings are chosen from a wide major of 3.7 or higher, as well as a written statement, to range of texts, while use of the language is encouraged be submitted by 1 April of the junior year, outlining the through role-play, debates, songs, and creative proposed project (see further below) and indicating the composition. faculty member who has agreed to serve as advisor. Requirement(s): Language Level 1 The full departmental faculty vets the proposals. Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Monserrati,M. (Fall 2013) Thesis
Students will write and research a 40-50 page thesis ITAL B002 Elementary Italian II that aims to be an original contribution to Italian This course is the continuation of ITAL B001 and is scholarship. As such, it must use primary evidence intended for students who have started studying Italian and also engage with the relevant secondary literature. the semester before. It aims at giving the students By the end of the fall semester, students must have a complete foundation in the Italian language, with completed twenty pages in draft. In April they will give particular attention to oral and written communication. an oral presentation of their work of approximately forty The course will be conducted in Italian and will involve minutes to faculty and interested students. The final the study of all the basic structures of the language— draft is due on or around 20 April of the senior year phonological, grammatical, syntactical—with practice and will be graded by two faculty members (one of in conversation, reading, composition. Readings are whom is the advisor). The grade assigned is the major chosen from a wide range of texts, while use of the component of the spring semester grade. language is encouraged through role-play, debates, Proposals for the thesis should describe the questions songs, and creative composition. Prerequisite: ITAL being asked in the research, and how answers to them B001 or placement. will contribute to scholarship. They must include a Requirement(s): Language Level 1 discussion of the primary sources on which the research Units: 1.0 will rest, as well as a preliminary bibliography of relevant Instructor(s): Monserrati,M. secondary studies. They also must include a rough (Spring 2014) timetable indicating in what stages the work will be completed. It is expected that before submitting their ITAL B101 Intermediate Italian proposals students will have conferred with a faculty This course provides students with a broader basis member who has agreed to serve as advisor. for learning to communicate effectively and accurately in Italian. While the principal aspect of the course Minor Requirements is to further develop language abilities, the course also imparts a foundation for the understanding of Requirements for the minor in Italian are ITAL 101, 102 modern and contemporary Italy. Students will gain and four additional units including two at the 200 level an appreciation for Italian culture and be able to and two at the 300 level. With departmental approval, communicate orally and in writing in a wide variety of students who begin their work in Italian at the 200 level Italian and Italian Studies 301 topics. We will read newspaper and magazine articles to discover the subtle nuances of meaning in the text to analyze aspects on modern and contemporary Italy. and to introduce students to Dante’s tripartite vision of We will also view and discuss Italian films and discuss the afterlife. Dante’s masterpiece lends itself to study internet materials. from various perspectives: theological, philosophical, Requirement(s): Language Level 2 political, allegorical, historical, cultural, and literary. Units: 1.0 Personal journey, civic responsibilities, love, genre, Instructor(s): Ricci,R. governmental accountability, church-state relations, the (Fall 2013) tenuous balance between freedom of expression and censorship—these are some of the themes that will ITAL B102 Intermediate Italian frame the discussions. Course taught in English; One additional hour for students who want Italian credit. This course provides students with a broader basis Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities for learning to communicate effectively and accurately Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) in Italian. While the principal aspect of the course Units: 1.0 is to further develop language abilities, the course (Not Offered 2013-14) also imparts a foundation for the understanding of modern and contemporary Italy. Students will gain ITAL B208 Petrarca and Boccaccio in Translation an appreciation for Italian culture and be able to communicate orally and in writing in a wide variety The course will focus on a close analysis of Petrarch’s of topics. We will read a novel to analyze aspects on Canzoniere and Boccaccio’s Decameron, with attention modern and contemporary Italy. We will also view and given also to their minor works and the historical/literary discuss Italian films and discuss internet materials. context connected with these texts. Attention will also Requirement(s): Language Level 2 be given to Florentine literature, art, thought, and history Units: 1.0 from the death of Dante to the age of Lorenzo de’ Instructor(s): Ricci,R. Medici. Texts and topics available for study include the (Spring 2014) Trecento vernacular works of Petrarch and Boccaccio; and Florentine humanism from Salutati to Alberti. ITAL B200 Pathways to Proficiency Course taught In English; ITAL B303 is the same course taught in Italian. This course is intended for students who have already Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities completed the elementary-intermediate sequence and Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) who are interested in pursuing the study of Italian. The Units: 1.0 aim of the course is to improve students’ proficiency in (Not Offered 2013-14) the Italian language, so that they will be able to take more advanced courses in Italian literature and cultural ITAL B211 Primo Levi, the Holocaust, and Its studies. The focus of this course is to expose students Aftermath to crucial issues that have influenced Italian culture and society, concurring to develop distinctive ways of A consideration, through analysis and appreciation thinking, cultural artifacts (literary works, music, works of of his major works, of how the horrific experience art, and so on), and that are at the core of contemporary of the Holocaust awakened in Primo Levi a growing Italian society. Prerequisite: ITAL102 or placement. awareness of his Jewish heritage and led him to Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities become one of the dominant voices of that tragic Units: 1.0 historical event, as well as one of the most original (Not Offered 2013-14) new literary figures of post-World War II Italy. Always in relation to Levi and his works, attention will also be ITAL B201 Focus: Italian Culture and Society I given to other Italian women writers whose works are also connected with the Holocaust. Language and Cultural Studies course with a strong Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities cultural component. It focuses on the wide variety Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) of problems that a post-industrial and mostly urban Crosslisting(s): HEBR-B211; COML-B211 society like Italy must face today. Language structure Units: 1.0 and patterns will be reinforced through the study of Instructor(s): Patruno,N. music, short films, current issues, and even stereotypes. (Fall 2013) Prerequisite: ITAL 102, or equivalent. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities ITAL B212 Italy Today: New Voices, New Writers, Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) New Literature Units: 0.5 (Not Offered 2013-14) This course, taught in English, will focus primarily on the works of the so-called “migrant writers” who, ITAL B207 Dante in Translation having adopted the Italian language, have become a significant part of the new voice of Italy. In addition to A reading of the Vita Nuova (Poems of Youth) and The the aesthetic appreciation of these works, this course Divine Comedy: Hell, Purgatory and Paradise in order 302 Italian and Italian Studies will also take into consideration the social, cultural, and political factors surrounding them. The course will ITAL B223 Focus: Reading Italian Literature in focus on works by writers who are now integral to Italian Italian II canon – among them: Cristina Ali-Farah, Igiaba Scego, The course consists of a close reading in Italian of Ghermandi Gabriella, Amara Lakhous. As part of the representative theatrical texts from the contemporary course, movies concerned with various aspects of Italian stage to the origins of Italian theater in the 16th Migrant literature will be screened and analyzed. century, including pieces by Dario Fo, Luigi Pirandello, Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Carlo Goldoni, the Commedia dell’arte and Niccol Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Machiavelli. Attention will be paid to the development of Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Film language skills through reading out loud, performance, Studies and discussion of both form and content, enhanced Units: 1.0 by the use of recordings and videos. Attention will also Instructor(s): Monserrati,M. be paid to the development of critical and analytical (Spring 2014) writing skills through the writing of short reviews and the research and writing of a term paper. This is a half ITAL B213 Theory in Practice:Critical Discourses in semester Focus course. the Humanities Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities This is a topics course. Topics vary. An examination Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) in English of leading theories of interpretation from Units: 0.5 Classical Tradition to Modern and Post-Modern Time. (Not Offered 2013-14) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) ITAL B225 Italian Cinema and Literary Adaptation Crosslisting(s): RUSS-B253; PHIL-B253; HART-B213; The course will discuss how cinema conditions literary GERM-B213 imagination and how literature leaves its imprint on Units: 1.0 cinema. We will “read” films as “literary images” and Instructor(s): Monserrati,M. “see” novels as “visual stories.” The reading of Italian (Fall 2013) literary sources will be followed by evaluation of the corresponding films by well-known directors, including ITAL B215 The City of Naples female directors. We will study, through close textual The city of Naples emerged during the Later Middle analysis, such issues as Fascism, nationhood, gender, Ages as the capital of a Kingdom and one of the most sexuality, politics, regionalism, death, and family in the influential cities in the Mediterranean region. What led to Italian context. the city’s rise, and what effect did the city as a cultural, Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) political, and economic force have on the rest of the Counts towards: Film Studies region and beyond? This course will familiarize students Units: 1.0 with the art, architecture, culture, and institutions that (Not Offered 2013-14) made the city one of the most influential in Europe and the Mediterranean region during the Late Middle Ages. ITAL B235 The Italian Women’s Movement Topics include court painters in service to the crown, Emphasis will be put on Italian women writers and film female monastic spaces and patronage, and the revival directors, who are often left out of syllabi adhering to of dynastic tomb sculpture. traditional canons. Particular attention will be paid to: Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities a) women writers who have found their voices (through Crosslisting(s): HART-B216; CITY-B216 writing) as a means of psychological survival in a Units: 1.0 patriarchal world; b) women engaged in the women’s Instructor(s): Harper,A. movement of the 70’s and who continue to look at, and (Spring 2014) rewrite, women’s stories of empowerment and solidarity; c) “divaism”, fame, via beauty and sex with a particular ITAL B222 Focus: Reading Italian Literature in Italian I emphasis on the ‘60s (i.e. Gina Lollobrigida, Sofia The course will read major examples of the short story Loren, Claudia Cardinale). Counts toward the Gender and novella through several centuries of Italian fiction, and Sexuality Studies Concentration. including texts written by women writers and immigrant Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities writers. We will read novelle and short stories by Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Fogazzaro, D’Annunzio, Primo and Carlo Levi, Pasolini, Units: 1.0 Dacia Maraini, Antonio Tabucchi. This is a half semester (Not Offered 2013-14) Focus course. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities ITAL B255 Uomini d’onore in Sicilia: Italian Mafia Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) This course aims to explore representations of Mafia Units: 0.5 figures in Italian literature and cinema, with reference (Not Offered 2013-14) Italian and Italian Studies 303 also to Italian-American films, starting from the ‘classical’ which a small selection will be read in Italian. Topics example of Sicily. The course will introduce students to will include how each author represented women in the both Italian Studies from an interdisciplinary prospective context of 14th-century Italy. Prerequisite: At least one and also to narrative fiction, using Italian literature 200-level course. Taught in Italian. written by 19th, 20th, and 21st Italian Sicilian authors. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Course is taught in Italian. Prerequisite: ITAL B102 or Units: 1.0 permission of the instructor. (Not Offered 2013-14) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) ITAL B304 Il Rinascimento in Italia e oltre Counts towards: Film Studies Students will become familiar with the growing Units: 1.0 importance of women during the Renaissance, as Instructor(s): Ricci,R. women expanded their sphere of activity in literature (as (Fall 2013) authors of epics, lyrics, treatises, and letters), in court (especially in Ferrara), and in society, where for the first ITAL B299 Grief, Sexuality, Identity: Emerging time women formed groups and their own discourse. Adulthood What happens when women become the subject of Adolescence is an important time of personality study? What is learned about women and the nation? development as a result of changes in the self-concept What is learned about gender and how disciplinary and the formation of a new moral system of values. knowledge itself is changed through the centuries? Emphasis will be placed on issues confronting the Prerequisite: At least one 200-level course. Taught in role of the family and peer relationships, prostitution, Italian. drugs, youth criminality/gangsters/violence, cultural Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities diversity, pregnancy, gender identity, mental/moral/ Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies religious development, emotional growth, alcoholism, Units: 1.0 homosexuality, sexual behavior. Prerequisite: ITAL (Not Offered 2013-14) B102. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities ITAL B307 Best of Italian Literature Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Film This course focuses on the key role played by Italian Studies culture in the development of the European civilization Units: 1.0 and Western literature. Many texts found their way (Not Offered 2013-14) to France, Spain, England where they were read, translated, disseminated. This process of assimilation ITAL B301 Dante influenced life, language, politics, and literature. The A reading of the Vita Nuova (Poems of Youth) and The unique role played by Italian Renaissance on European Divine Comedy: Hell, Purgatory and Paradise in order civilization shines through contemporary best-sellers, to discover the subtle nuances of meaning in the text The Da Vinci Code. Prerequisite: a 200-level course in and to introduce students to Dante’s tripartite vision of Italian the afterlife. Dante’s masterpiece lends itself to study Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities from various perspectives: theological, philosophical, Units: 1.0 political, allegorical, historical, cultural, and literary. (Not Offered 2013-14) Personal journey, civic responsibilities, love, genre, governmental accountability, church-state relations, ITAL B310 Italian Popular Fiction the tenuous balance between freedom of expression In English. This course explores the Italian “giallo” and censorship—these are some of the themes that (detective fiction), today one of the most successful will frame the discussions. Prerequisite: At least two literary genres among Italian readers and authors literature courses (one at the 300 level) alike. Through a comparative perspective, the course Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities will analyze not only the inter-relationship between Units: 1.0 this popular genre and “high literature,” but also the (Not Offered 2013-14) role of detective fiction as a mirror of social anxieties. Italian majors taking this course for Italian credit will ITAL B303 Petrarca and Boccaccio be required to meet for an additional hour with the The focus of the course is on The Decameron, one instructor and to do the readings and writing in Italian. of the most entertaining, beloved and imitated prose Prerequisites: One literature course at the 200 level. works ever written. Like Dante’s divine comedy, this Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities human comedy was written not only to delight, but also Crosslisting(s): COML-B310 to instruct by exploring both our spiritual and our natural Units: 1.0 environment. The Decameron will be read in Italian. (Not Offered 2013-14) Attention will also be paid to Petrarca’s Canzoniere, of 304 Italian and Italian Studies
ITAL B320 Nationalism and Freedom: The Italian and theorists have accepted or rejected the peninsula’s Risorgimento in Foscolo, Manzoni, Leopardi classical roots. Subjects studied include Baroque Architecture, the Risorgimento, Futurism, Fascism, and This course deals with 19th century Italian poetry and colonialism. Course readings include Vitruvius, Leon literary movement for Italian unification inspired by the Battista Alberti, Giorgio Vasari, Jacob Burckhardt, and realities of the new economic and political forces at Alois Riegl, among others. work after 1815. As a manifestation of the nationalism Crosslisting(s): HART-B330; CITY-B330 sweeping over Europe during the nineteenth century, Units: 1.0 the Risorgimento aimed to unite Italy under one flag Instructor(s): Harper,A. and one government. For many Italians, however, (Fall 2013) Risorgimento meant more than political unity. It described a movement for the renewal of Italian ITAL B380 Modernity and Psychoanalysis: Crossing society and people beyond purely political aims. National Boundaries in 20th c. Italy and Europe Among Italian patriots the common denominator was a desire for freedom from foreign control, liberalism, and Designed as an in-depth interdisciplinary exploration constitutionalism. The course will discuss issues such of Italy’s intellectual life, the course is organized as Enlightenment, Romanticism, Nationalism, and the around major literary and cultural trends in 20th complex relationship between history and literature in century Europe, including philosophical ideas and Foscolo, Manzoni, and Leopardi. This course is taught cinema. We investigate Italian fiction in the global and in Italian. international perspective, from modernity to Freud and Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Psychoanalysis, going beyond national boundaries Units: 1.0 and proposing ethical models across historical times. Instructor(s): Ricci,R. Prerequisites: One 200-Level course in Italian (Spring 2014) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) ITAL B322 Focus: Reading Italian Literature in Italian III ITAL B398 Senior Seminar The focus of the course is on The Decameron, one This course is open only to senior Italian and Romance of the most entertaining, beloved and imitated prose Languages majors. Under the direction of the instructor, works ever written. Like Dante’s divine comedy, this each student prepares a senior thesis on an author or a human comedy was written not only to delight, but also theme that the student has chosen. By the end of the fall to instruct by exploring both our spiritual and our natural semester, students must have completed twenty pages environment. Prerequisite: two years of Italian and at in draft. See Thesis description. least a 200-level course. Taught in Italian. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Instructor(s): Ricci,R. Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) (Fall 2013) Units: 0.5 (Not Offered 2013-14) ITAL B399 Senior Conference This course is open only to senior Italian and Romance ITAL B323 Focus: Reading Italian Literature in Languages majors. Under the direction of the instructor, Italian IV each student prepares a senior thesis on an author or a Attention to Petrarca’s Canzoniere, of which a small theme that the student has chosen. In April there will be selection will be read in Italian. Topics will include how an oral defense with members and majors of the Italian the author represented women in the context of 14th- Department. See Thesis description. century Italy. Prerequisite: two years of Italian and at Units: 1.0 least a 200-level course. Instructor(s): Ricci,R. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Spring 2014) Units: 0.5 (Not Offered 2013-14) ITAL B403 Supervised Work Offered with approval of the Department. ITAL B330 Architecture and Identity in Italy: Units: 1.0 Renaissance to the Present Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA How is architecture used to shape our understanding (Fall 2013) of past and current identities? This course looks at the ways in which architecture has been understood to ITAL B403 Supervised Work represent, and used to shape regional, national, ethnic, Offered with approval of the Department. and gender identities in Italy from the Renaissance Units: 1.0 to the present. The class focuses on Italy’s classical Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA traditions, and looks at the ways in which architects (Spring 2014) LALIPC 305
LATIN AMERICAN, LATINO, to themes of the concentration. One semester of study abroad is strongly encouraged in the concentration AND IBERIAN PEOPLES AND and students may complete some requirements with CULTURES appropriately selected courses in many Junior Year Abroad (JYA) programs. The student also must show competence in one of the languages of the peoples of Students may complete a concentration in Latin Iberia or Latin America. Students are admitted into the American, Latino, and Iberian Peoples and Cultures. concentration at the end of their sophomore year after submission of a plan of study worked out in consultation with the major department and the LALIPC coordinator. Coordinators Students should keep in touch with the coordinator as they develop major projects in these areas. Ignacio Gallup-Diaz, Chair and Associate Professor of History and Director of Latin American, Concentration Requirements Latino and Iberian Peoples and Cultures (LALIPC) Competence in a language spoken by significant collectives of Iberian or Latin American peoples to be Advisory Committee achieved no later than junior year. This competence may be attested by a score of at least 690 on the Spanish Erika Marquez, Visiting Assistant Professor Achievement test of the College Entrance Examination Board or by completion of a 200-level course with a Gary W. McDonogh, Professor of Growth and Structure merit grade. Faculty will work with students to assess of Cities languages not regularly taught in the Tri-Co, including Gridley McKim-Smith, Professor of History of Art on the Portuguese, Catalan, and other languages. Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Professorship in the Humanities GNST B245/ HC SPAN 240 as a gateway course in the first or second year. The student should also take at Maria Cristina Quintero, Professor of Spanish and least five other courses selected in consultation with the Director of Comparative Literature program coordinator, at least one of which must be at Enrique Sacerio-Garí, Dorothy Nepper Marshall the 300 level. One of these classes may be cross-listed Professor of Hispanic and Hispanic-American with the major; up to two may be completed in JYA. Studies A long paper or an independent project dealing with H. Rosi Song, Chair and Associate Professor of Iberian, Latin American, or Latina/o issues, to be Spanish, Co-Director of Romance Languages and completed during the junior year in a course in the Interim Director (fall 2013) of Gender and Sexuality major or concentration and to be read by the LALIPC Studies coordinator. Jennifer Harford Vargas, Assistant Professor of English A senior essay/long paper dealing with some issue relevant to the concentration should be completed in the Latin American, Latino and Iberian peoples, histories, major and read by one faculty member participating in and cultures have represented both central agents and the concentration. All senior concentrators will present crucibles of transformations across the entire world their research within the context of some LALIPC for millennia. Global histories and local experiences of student-faculty forum as well. colonization, migration, exchange, and revolution allow students and faculty to construct a critical framework of analysis and to explore these dynamic worlds, their Junior Year Abroad peoples and cultures, across many disciplines. JYA provides both classes and experience in As a concentration, such study must be based in a language, society, and culture that are central to the major in another department, generally Spanish, Cities, concentration. Students interested in JYA programs in History, History of Art, Political Science, or Sociology the Iberian Peninsula, Latin America, and the Caribbean (exceptions can be made in consultation with the major should consult with both their major adviser and the and concentration adviser). To fulfill requirements, concentration coordinator in order to make informed the student must complete the introductory course, choices. We will also work with students to identify GNST 245 Introduction to Latin American, Latino and programs that may allow them to work with languages Iberian Peoples and Culture or the equivalent course at not regularly taught in the Tri-Co, especially Portuguese. Haverford (SPAN 240). They should then plan advanced courses in language, affiliated fields and the major that lead to a final project in the major that relates closely 306 LALIPC
COURSES to visions of form and movement. The key cities for comparison this year will be Barcelona, Los Angeles, ANTH B200 The Atlantic World 1492-1800 Havana, Buenos Aires and Shanghai. Readings will include literary sources, films and social histories. The aim of this course is to provide an understanding of the way in which peoples, goods, and ideas from ANTH B231 Cultural Profiles in Modern Exile Africa, Europe. and the Americas came together to form an interconnected Atlantic World system. The course This course investigates the anthropological, is designed to chart the manner in which an integrated philosophical, psychological, cultural, and literary system was created in the Americas in the early modern aspects of modern exile. It studies exile as experience period, rather than to treat the history of the Atlantic and metaphor in the context of modernity, and examines World as nothing more than an expanded version of the structure of the relationship between imagined/ North American, Caribbean, or Latin American history. remembered homelands and transnational identities, Requirement(s): Division I or Division III and the dialectics of language loss and bi- and Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) multi-lingualism. Particular attention is given to the Counts towards: Africana Studies; Latin Amer/Latino/ psychocultural dimensions of linguistic exclusion and Iberian Peoples & Cultures; International Studies Major; loss. Readings of works by Julia Alvarez, Anita Desai, Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies Sigmund Freud, Milan Kundera, Friedrich Nietzsche, Crosslisting(s): HIST-B200 Salman Rushdie, and others. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Not Offered 2013-14) Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Interpretation (CI) ANTH B219 Visual Anthropology, Latin America and Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Social Movements Cultures; International Studies Major Crosslisting(s): GERM-B231; COML-B231 Focusing on indigenous communities and social Units: 1.0 movements, this course examines the cultural uses of (Not Offered 2013-14) visual art, photography, film, and new media in Latin America. Students will analyze a variety of materials to ANTH B258 Immigrant Experiences reconsider western conceptions of art. As well, students will explore how anthropologists employ visual methods The course will examine the causes and consequences in ethnographic research. Prerequisites: ANTH B102 or of immigration by looking at various immigrant groups in permission of instructor. the United States in comparison with Western Europe, Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Japan, and other parts of the world. How is immigration Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) induced and perpetuated? How are the types of Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & migration changing (labor migration, refugee flows, Cultures return migration, transnationalism)? How do immigrants Units: 1.0 adapt differently across societies? We will explore Instructor(s):Uzwiak,B. scholarly texts, films, and novels to examine what it (Spring 2014) means to be an immigrant, what generational and cultural conflicts immigrants experience, and how they ANTH B229 Topics in Comparative Urbanism identify with the new country and the old country. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science This is a topics course. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Past (IP) Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Past (IP) Cultures Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Crosslisting(s): SOCL-B246 Cultures Units: 1.0 Crosslisting(s): CITY-B229; SOCL-B230; HART-B229; Instructor(s):Takenaka,A. EAST-B229 (Fall 2013) Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): McDonogh,G. CITY B229 Topics in Comparative Urbanism (Spring 2014) This is a topics course. Spring 2014: Current topic description: Comparative Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Urbanism insists that our understanding of cities must Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the incorporate systematic analysis, testing theory and Past (IP) practice. This year, the class explores questions raised Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & about cities through crime literature, ranging from Cultures depictions of criminality (across race, class and gender) Crosslisting(s): CITY-B229; SOCL-B230; HART-B229; EAST-B229 LALIPC 307
Units: 1.0 to contest authoritarianism. We will compare dictator Instructor(s): McDonogh,G. novels from the United States, the Caribbean, Central (Spring 2014) America, and the Southern Cone. Prerequisite: only for students wishing to take the course for major/minor Spring 2014: Current topic description: Comparative credit in SPAN is SPAN B200/B202. Urbanism insists that our understanding of cities must Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities incorporate systematic analysis, testing theory and Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) practice. This year, the class explores questions raised Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Latin about cities through crime literature, ranging from Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures depictions of criminality (across race, class and gender) Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B237; SPAN-B237 to visions of form and movement. The key cities for Units: 1.0 comparison this year will be Barcelona, Los Angeles, Instructor(s):Harford Vargas,J. Havana, Buenos Aires and Shanghai. Readings will (Spring 2014) include literary sources, films and social histories. COML B248 The Reception of Classics in the COML B225 Censorship: Historical Contexts, Local Hispanic World Practices and Global Resonance A survey of the reception of Classical literature in the This course examines the ban on books and art in Spanish-speaking world. We read select literary works the US, Latin America, the Middle East, and Eastern in translation, ranging from Renaissance Spain to Europe through a study of the historical, political, and contemporary Latin America, side-by-side with their sociocultural conditions of censorship practices and the classical models, to examine what is culturally unique rhetorical strategies writers and artists use to translate about their choice of authors, themes, and adaptation of repression and trauma into idioms of resistance. the material. Prerequisite: EMLY B001 or a 100-level intensive writing Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities course. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Interpretation (CI) Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures Cultures; Middle East Studies Crosslisting(s): CSTS-B248; SPAN-B248 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) (Not Offered 2013-14)
COML B231 Cultural Profiles in Modern Exile COML B260 Ariel/Calibán y el discurso americano This course investigates the anthropological, A study of the transformations of Ariel/Calibán as philosophical, psychological, cultural, and literary images of Latin American culture. aspects of modern exile. It studies exile as experience Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities and metaphor in the context of modernity, and examines Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the the structure of the relationship between imagined/ Past (IP) remembered homelands and transnational identities, Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & and the dialectics of language loss and bi- and Cultures multi-lingualism. Particular attention is given to the Crosslisting(s): SPAN-B260 psychocultural dimensions of linguistic exclusion and Units: 1.0 loss. Readings of works by Julia Alvarez, Anita Desai, (Not Offered 2013-14) Sigmund Freud, Milan Kundera, Friedrich Nietzsche, Salman Rushdie, and others. COML B271 Litertura y delincuencia: explorando la Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities novela picaresca Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical A study of the origins, development and transformation Interpretation (CI) of the picaresque genre from its origins in 16th- and Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & 17th-century Spain through the 21st century. Using Cultures; International Studies Major texts, literature, painting, and film from Spain and Latin Crosslisting(s): GERM-B231; ANTH-B231 America, we will explore topics such as the construction Units: 1.0 of the (fictional) self, the poetics and politics of (Not Offered 2013-14) criminality, transgression in gender and class. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities COML B237 The Dictator Novel in the Americas Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & This course examines representations of dictatorship Cultures in Latin American and Latina/o novels. We will explore Crosslisting(s): SPAN-B270 the relationship between narrative form and absolute Units: 1.0 power by analyzing the literary techniques writers use (Not Offered 2013-14) 308 LALIPC
COML B322 Queens, Nuns, and Other Deviants in EAST B229 Topics in Comparative Urbanism the Early Modern Iberian World This is a topics course. The course examines literary, historical, and legal texts Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science from the early modern Iberian world (Spain, Mexico, Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the Peru) through the lens of gender studies. The course Past (IP) is divided around three topics: royal bodies (women in Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & power), cloistered bodies (women in the convent), and Cultures delinquent bodies (figures who defy legal and gender Crosslisting(s): ANTH-B229; CITY-B229; SOCL-B230; normativity). Course is taught in English and is open HART-B229; to all juniors or seniors who have taken at least one Units: 1.0 200-level course in a literature department. Students Instructor(s): McDonogh,G. seeking Spanish credit must have taken BMC Spanish 202 and at least one other Spanish course beyond 202, Spring 2014: Current topic description: Comparative or received permission from instructor. Urbanism insists that our understanding of cities must Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities incorporate systematic analysis, testing theory and Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Latin practice. This year, the class explores questions raised Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures about cities through crime literature, ranging from Crosslisting(s): SPAN-B322 depictions of criminality (across race, class and gender) Units: 1.0 to visions of form and movement. The key cities for (Not Offered 2013-14) comparison this year will be Barcelona, Los Angeles, Havana, Buenos Aires and Shanghai. Readings will COML B345 Topics in Narrative Theory include literary sources, films and social histories. This is a topics course. Topics vary. ENGL B217 Narratives of Latinidad Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures This course explores how Latina/o writers fashion Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B345 bicultural and transnational identities and narrate the Units: 1.0 intertwined histories of the U.S. and Latin America. Instructor(s): Ricketts,R. We will focus on topics of shared concern among Latino groups such as imperialism and annexation, Spring 2014: Current topic description: Students in the affective experience of migration, race and gender this course will explore the history of literary “realism” stereotypes, the politics of Spanglish, and struggles for and the development of the verisimilitude we take for social justice. By analyzing novels, poetry, performance granted in prose today. Whether they aimed to portray art, testimonial narratives, films, and essays, we will real life vividly or describe made-up worlds realistically, unpack the complexity of Latinadad in the Americas. many authors exploited the blurry boundary between Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities factual and fictional writing, between storytelling and Counts towards: Africana Studies; Gender and Sexuality reporting. Course texts will include essays, novels, Studies; Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures plays, and short stories from a range of British and Crosslisting(s): SPAN-B217 American literary traditions. Units: 1.0 Instructor(s):Harford Vargas,J. CSTS B248 Reception of Classical Literature in the (Fall 2013) Hispanic World ENGL B237 Latino Dictator Novel in Americas A survey of the reception of Classical literature in the Spanish-speaking world. We read select literary works This course examines representations of dictatorship in translation, ranging from Renaissance Spain to in Latin American and Latina/o novels. We will explore contemporary Latin America, side-by-side with their the relationship between narrative form and absolute classical models, to examine what is culturally unique power by analyzing the literary techniques writers use about their choice of authors, themes, and adaptation of to contest authoritarianism. We will compare dictator the material. novels from the United States, the Caribbean, Central Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities America, and the Southern Cone. Prerequisite: only Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical for students wishing to take the course for major/minor Interpretation (CI) credit in SPAN is SPAN B200/B202. Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Cultures Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Crosslisting(s): SPAN-B248; COML-B248 Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Latin Units: 1.0 Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures (Not Offered 2013-14) Crosslisting(s): SPAN-B237; COML-B237 LALIPC 309
Units: 1.0 reporting. Course texts will include essays, novels, Instructor(s):Harford Vargas,J. plays, and short stories from a range of British and (Spring 2014) American literary traditions.
ENGL B276 Transnational American Literature GERM B231 Cultural Profiles in Modern Exile This course asks students to re-imagine “American” This course investigates the anthropological, literature through a transnational framework. We will philosophical, psychological, cultural, and literary explore what paradigms are useful for conceptualizing aspects of modern exile. It studies exile as experience U.S. literature given shared political histories, aesthetic and metaphor in the context of modernity, and examines modes, racial discourses, and patterns of migration in the structure of the relationship between imagined/ the hemisphere. Reading canonical Anglo American remembered homelands and transnational identities, writers alongside ethnic minority writers, we will and the dialectics of language loss and bi- and examine how their aesthetic engagements and cultural multi-lingualism. Particular attention is given to the entanglements with Latin America transform our psychocultural dimensions of linguistic exclusion and understanding of what constitutes a national literary loss. Readings of works by Julia Alvarez, Anita Desai, tradition. Sigmund Freud, Milan Kundera, Friedrich Nietzsche, Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Salman Rushdie, and others. Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Cultures Interpretation (CI) Units: 1.0 Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & (Not Offered 2013-14) Cultures; International Studies Major Crosslisting(s): COML-B231; ANTH-B231 ENGL B332 Novelas de las Américas Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) What do we gain by reading a Latin American or a US novel as “American” in the continental sense? What do GNST B245 Introduction to Latin American, Latino, we learn by comparing novels from “this” America to and Iberian Peoples and Cultures classics of the “other” Americas? Can we find through this Panamericanist perspective common aesthetics, A broad, interdisciplinary survey of themes uniting and interests, conflicts? In this course we will explore these dividing societies from the Iberian Peninsula through questions by connecting and comparing major US the contemporary New World. The class introduces novels with Latin American classics of the 20th and the methods and interests of all departments in the 21st century. We will read these works in clusters to concentration, posing problems of cultural continuity illuminate aesthetic, political and cultural resonances and change, globalization and struggles within dynamic and affinities. Prerequisites: SPAN B110 and/or SPAN histories, political economies, and creative expressions. B120 and a 200-level course in Spanish. Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures Cultures; International Studies Major Crosslisting(s): SPAN-B332 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s):Marquez,E. Instructor(s):Gaspar,M. (Fall 2013) (Fall 2013) HART B229 Topics in Comparative Urbanism ENGL B345 Topics in Narrative Theory This is a topics course. This is a topics course. Topics vary. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Latin Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures Past (IP) Crosslisting(s): COML-B345 Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Units: 1.0 Cultures Instructor(s): Ricketts,R. Crosslisting(s): CITY-B229; SOCL-B230; HART-B229; EAST-B229 Spring 2014: Current topic description: Students in Units: 1.0 this course will explore the history of literary “realism” Instructor(s): McDonogh,G. and the development of the verisimilitude we take for granted in prose today. Whether they aimed to portray Spring 2014: Current topic description: Comparative real life vividly or describe made-up worlds realistically, Urbanism insists that our understanding of cities must many authors exploited the blurry boundary between incorporate systematic analysis, testing theory and factual and fictional writing, between storytelling and 310 LALIPC practice. This year, the class explores questions raised HIST B200 The Atlantic World 1492-1800 about cities through crime literature, ranging from The aim of this course is to provide an understanding depictions of criminality (across race, class and gender) of the way in which peoples, goods, and ideas from to visions of form and movement. The key cities for Africa, Europe. and the Americas came together to form comparison this year will be Barcelona, Los Angeles, an interconnected Atlantic World system. The course Havana, Buenos Aires and Shanghai. Readings will is designed to chart the manner in which an integrated include literary sources, films and social histories. system was created in the Americas in the early modern period, rather than to treat the history of the Atlantic HART B241 New Visual Worlds in the Spanish World as nothing more than an expanded version of Empire 1492 - 1820 North American, Caribbean, or Latin American history. The events of 1492 changed the world. Visual works Requirement(s): Division I or Division III made at the time of the Conquest of the Caribbean, Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) Mexico and South America by Spain and Portugal reveal Counts towards: Africana Studies; Latin Amer/Latino/ multiple and often conflicting political, racial and ethnic Iberian Peoples & Cultures; International Studies Major; agendas. Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Crosslisting(s): ANTH-B200 Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the Units: 1.0 Past (IP) (Not Offered 2013-14) Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures HIST B265 Colonial Encounters in the Americas Units: 1.0 The course explores the confrontations, conquests (Not Offered 2013-14) and accommodations that formed the “ground-level” experience of day-to-day colonialism throughout HART B242 Material Identities in Latin America 1820 the Americas. The course is comparative in scope, - 2010 examining events and structures in North, South Revolutions in Latin America begin around 1810. By and Central America, with particular attention paid the 20th and 21st centuries, there is an international to indigenous peoples and the nature of indigenous viewership for the works of Latin American artists, and leadership in the colonial world of the 18th century. in the 21st century the production of Latina and Latino Requirement(s): Division I or Division III artists living in the United States becomes particularly Counts towards: Africana Studies; Latin Amer/Latino/ important. Iberian Peoples & Cultures Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical (Not Offered 2013-14) Interpretation (CI) Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & HIST B287 Immigration in the U.S. Cultures How we understand the history of immigration to the Units: 1.0 territory now known as the United States has been Instructor(s):McKim-Smith,G. transformed by recent explorations of the notion of (Spring 2014) “whiteness.” This course will be framed by the ways in which this powerful lens for interpretation has helped HIST B127 Indigenous Leaders 1492-1750 to recast the meaning of ethnicity as we focus on Studies the experiences of indigenous men and women individual immigrant groups and the context which they who exercised local authority in the systems established both entered and created from the 17th century to the by European colonizers. In return for places in the present. The first half of the semester will concentrate colonial administrations, these leaders performed a largely on the “century of immigration,” from the early range of tasks. At the same time they served as imperial 19th through the early 20th century. Together, we will officials, they exercised “traditional” forms of authority shape the second half of the course, deciding on the within their communities, often free of European topics we will investigate and upon which 20th century presence. These figures provide a lens through which groups we will focus. early modern colonialism is studied. Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures Cultures; Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Instructor(s):Gallup-Diaz,I. (Fall 2013) LALIPC 311
HIST B371 Topics in Atlantic History: The Early SOCL B242 Urban Field Research Methods Modern Pirate in Fact and Fiction This Praxis course intends to provide students with This course will explore piracy in the Americas in the hands-on research practice in field methods. In period 1550-1750. We will investigate the historical collaboration with the instructor and the Praxis Office, reality of pirates and what they did, and the manner students will choose an organization or other group in which pirates have entered the popular imagination activity in which they will conduct participant observation through fiction and films. Pirates have been depicted for several weeks. Through this practice, students will as lovable rogues, anti-establishment rebels, and learn how to conduct field-based primary research and enlightened multiculturalists who were skilled in analyze sociological issues. dealing with the indigenous and African peoples of the Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Americas. The course will examine the facts and the Counts towards: Praxis Program fictions surrounding these important historical actors. Crosslisting(s): CITY-B242; ANTH-B242 Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Units: 1.0 Cultures Instructor(s):Takenaka,A. Units: 1.0 (Spring 2014) (Not Offered 2013-14) SOCL B246 Immigrant Experiences: Introduction to SOCL B230 Topics in Comparative Urbanism International Migration This is a topics course. The course will examine the causes and consequences Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science of immigration by looking at various immigrant groups in Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the the United States in comparison with Western Europe, Past (IP) Japan, and other parts of the world. How is immigration Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & induced and perpetuated? How are the types of Cultures migration changing (labor migration, refugee flows, Crosslisting(s): ANTH-B229; CITY-B229; HART-B229; return migration, transnationalism)? How do immigrants EAST-B229 adapt differently across societies? We will explore Units: 1.0 scholarly texts, films, and novels to examine what it Instructor(s): McDonogh,G. means to be an immigrant, what generational and (Spring 2014) cultural conflicts immigrants experience, and how they identify with the new country and the old country. Spring 2014: Current topic description: Comparative Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Urbanism insists that our understanding of cities must Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the incorporate systematic analysis, testing theory and Past (IP) practice. This year, the class explores questions raised Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & about cities through crime literature, ranging from Cultures depictions of criminality (across race, class and gender) Crosslisting(s): ANTH-B258 to visions of form and movement. The key cities for Units: 1.0 comparison this year will be Barcelona, Los Angeles, Instructor(s):Takenaka,A. Havana, Buenos Aires and Shanghai. Readings will (Fall 2013) include literary sources, films and social histories. SOCL B259 Comparative Social Movements in Latin SOCL B231 Punishment and Social Order America A cross-cultural examination of punishment, from mass An examination of resistance movements to the power incarceration in the United States, to a widened “penal of the state and globalization in three Latin American net” in Europe, and the securitization of society in Latin societies: Mexico, Columbia, and Peru. The course America. The course addresses theoretical approaches explores the political, legal, and socio-economic factors to crime control and the emergence of a punitive state underlying contemporary struggles for human and social connected with pervasive social inequality. rights, and the role of race, ethnicity, and coloniality play Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & in these struggles. Cultures Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Crosslisting(s): CITY-B231 Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Units: 1.0 Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Instructor(s):Marquez,E. Cultures (Spring 2014) Crosslisting(s): POLS-B259; CITY-B220 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s):Marquez,E. (Fall 2013) 312 LALIPC
SOCL B314 Immigrant Experiences include theater as a site for fashioning a national identity; the dramatization of gender conflicts; and plays This course is an introduction to the causes and as vehicles of protest in repressive circumstances. consequences of international migration. It explores the Counts toward the Latin American, Latino and Iberian major theories of migration (how migration is induced Peoples and Cultures Concentration. Pre-requisite: and perpetuated); the different types of migration (labor Spanish 202 or another 200-level course or placement. migration, refugee flows, return migration) and forms of Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities transnationalism; immigration and emigration policies; Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the and patterns of migrants’ integration around the globe. Past (IP) It also addresses the implications of growing population Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & movements and transnationalism for social relations Cultures and nation-states. Prerequisite: At least one prior social Units: 1.0 science course or permission of the instructor. (Not Offered 2013-14) Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures; Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies SPAN B211 Borges y sus lectores Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Primary emphasis on Borges and his poetics of reading; other writers are considered to illustrate the semiotics of SPAN B110 Introducci n al análisis cultural texts, society, and traditions. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities An introduction to the history and cultures of the Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Spanish-speaking world in a global context: art, Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & folklore, geography, literature, sociopolitical issues, and Cultures multicultural perspectives. This course is a requisite Crosslisting(s): COML-B212 for the Spanish major. Prerequisite: SPAN 102 or Units: 1.0 placement. Instructor(s):Sacerio-Garí,E. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Fall 2013) Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & SPAN B217 Narratives of Latinidad Cultures Units: 1.0 This course explores how Latina/o writers fashion Instructor(s):Puig-Herz,A. bicultural and transnational identities and narrate the (Spring 2014) intertwined histories of the U.S. and Latin America. We will focus on topics of shared concern among SPAN B203 T picos en la literatura hispana Latino groups such as imperialism and annexation, the affective experience of migration, race and gender This is a topic course. Topics vary. stereotypes, the politics of Spanglish, and struggles for Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities social justice. By analyzing novels, poetry, performance Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & art, testimonial narratives, films, and essays, we will Cultures unpack the complexity of Latinadad in the Americas. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Instructor(s):Gaspar,M., Puig-Herz,A. Counts towards: Africana Studies; Gender and Sexuality (Spring 2014) Studies; Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B217 Spring 2014: Current topic description: ¡A morirse Units: 1.0 de risa! Humor negro y naci n en el cinema espa ol Instructor(s):Harford Vargas,J. contemporáneo. Dark humor is one of the defining (Fall 2013) characteristics of contemporary Spanish cinema. Or is it? This course investigates regional and national SPAN B223 Género y modernidad en la narrativa del boundaries through the entertaining and disturbing siglo XIX lenses of sex, violence, and humor. We will focus mostly on cinema since the 1970s, including films by A reading of 19th-century Spanish narrative by both men internationally recognized directors such as Fernando and women writers, to assess how they come together Trueba, Alex de la Iglesia, and Pedro Almod var. in configuring new ideas of female identity and its social domains, as the country is facing new challenges in its SPAN B208 Drama y sociedad en Espa a quest for modernity. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities A study of the rich dramatic tradition of Spain from Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) the Golden Age (16th and 17th centuries) to the 20th Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Latin century within specific cultural and social contexts. The Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures course considers a variety of plays as manifestations Units: 1.0 of specific sociopolitical issues and problems. Topics (Not Offered 2013-14) LALIPC 313
SPAN B231 El cuento y novela corta en Espa a Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the Past (IP) Traces the development of the novella and short story Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & in Spain, from its origins in the Middle Ages to our time. Cultures The writers will include Pardo Bazán, Cervantes, Clarín, Crosslisting(s): COML-B260 Don Juan Manuel, Matute, María de Zayas, and a Units: 1.0 number of contemporary writers such as Julián Marías (Not Offered 2013-14) and Soledad Puértolas. Our approach will include formal and thematic considerations, and attention will be given SPAN B270 Literatura y delincuencia: explorando la to social and historical contexts. novela picaresca Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) A study of the origins, development and transformation Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & of the picaresque genre from its origins in 16th- and Cultures 17th-century Spain through the 21st century. Using Units: 1.0 texts, literature, painting, and film from Spain and Latin Instructor(s):Quintero,M. America, we will explore topics such as the construction (Fall 2013) of the (fictional) self, the poetics and politics of criminality, transgression in gender and class. SPAN B237 Latino Dictator Novel in Americas Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & This course examines representations of dictatorship Cultures in Latin American and Latina/o novels. We will explore Crosslisting(s): COML-B271 the relationship between narrative form and absolute Units: 1.0 power by analyzing the literary techniques writers use (Not Offered 2013-14) to contest authoritarianism. We will compare dictator novels from the United States, the Caribbean, Central SPAN B307 Cervantes America, and the Southern Cone. Prerequisite: only for students wishing to take the course for major/minor A study of themes, structure, and style of Cervantes’ credit in SPAN is SPAN B200/B202. masterpiece Don Quijote and its impact on world Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities literature. In addition to a close reading of the text and a Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) consideration of narrative theory, the course examines Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Latin the impact of Don Quijote on the visual arts, music, film, Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures and popular culture. Counts toward the Latin American, Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B237; COML-B237 Latino and Iberian Peoples and Cultures Concentration. Units: 1.0 Prerequisite: Spanish 202 and another 200-level course. Instructor(s):Harford Vargas,J. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Spring 2014) Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures SPAN B248 Reception of Classical Literature in the Units: 1.0 Hispanic World (Not Offered 2013-14) A survey of the reception of Classical literature in the SPAN B309 La mujer en la literatura espa ola del Spanish-speaking world. We read select literary works Siglo de Oro in translation, ranging from Renaissance Spain to contemporary Latin America, side-by-side with their A study of the depiction of women in the fiction, drama, classical models, to examine what is culturally unique and poetry of 16th- and 17th-century Spain. Topics about their choice of authors, themes, and adaptation of include the construction of gender; the idealization and the material. codification of women’s bodies; the politics of feminine Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities enclosure (convent, home, brothel, palace); and the Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical performance of honor. The first half of the course will Interpretation (CI) deal with representations of women by male authors Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & (Calder n, Cervantes, Lope, Quevedo) and the second Cultures will be dedicated to women writers such as Teresa de Crosslisting(s): CSTS-B248; COML-B248 Ávila, Ana Caro, Juana Inés de la Cruz, and María Units: 1.0 de Zayas. Pre-requisites: SPAN 200/202 and another (Not Offered 2013-14) 200-level course in Spanish. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities SPAN B260 Ariel/Calibán y el discurso americano Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures A study of the transformations of Ariel/Calibán as Units: 1.0 images of Latin American culture. Instructor(s):Quintero,M. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Fall 2013) 314 LALIPC
SPAN B318 Adaptaciones literarias en el cine SPAN B323 Memoria y Guerra Civil espa ol A look into the Spanish Civil War and its wide-ranging Film adaptations of literary works have been popular international significance as both the military and since the early years of cinema in Spain. This course ideological testing ground for World War II. This course examines the relationship between films and literature, examines the endurance of myths related to this conflict focusing on the theory and practice of film adaptation. and the cultural memory it has produced along with the Attention will be paid to the political and cultural context current negotiations of the past that is taking place in in which these texts are being published and made into democratic Spain. Prerequisites: SPAN 200/202 and films. Prerequisite: A 200-level course in Spanish, SPAN another 200-level course in Spanish. 208. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Counts towards: Film Studies; Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Peoples & Cultures Cultures Units: 1.0 Crosslisting(s): HIST-B323 (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) SPAN B321 Del surrealismo al afrorealismo SPAN B332 Novelas de las Américas Examines artistic texts that trace the development and relationships of surrealism, lo real maravilloso What do we gain by reading a Latin American or a US americano, realismo mágico and afrorealismo. novel as “American” in the continental sense? What do Manifestos and literary works by Latin American we learn by comparing novels from “this” America to authors will be emphasized: Miguel Angel Asturias, classics of the “other” Americas? Can we find through Alejo Carpentier, Gabriel García Márquez, Isabel this Panamericanist perspective common aesthetics, Allende, Laura Esquivel, Quince Duncan. Prerequisite: a interests, conflicts? In this course we will explore these 200-level Spanish course. questions by connecting and comparing major US Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities novels with Latin American classics of the 20th and Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & 21st century. We will read these works in clusters to Cultures illuminate aesthetic, political and cultural resonances Units: 1.0 and affinities. This course is taught in Spanish. (Not Offered 2013-14) Prerequisites: SPAN B110 and/or SPAN B120 and a 200-level course in Spanish. SPAN B322 Queens, Nuns, and Other Deviants in Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities the Early Modern Iberian World Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & The course examines literary, historical, and legal texts Cultures from the early modern Iberian world (Spain, Mexico, Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B332 Peru) through the lens of gender studies. The course Units: 1.0 is divided around three topics: royal bodies (women in Instructor(s):Gaspar,M. power), cloistered bodies (women in the convent), and (Fall 2013) delinquent bodies (figures who defy legal and gender normativity). Course is taught in English and is open SPAN B351 Tradici n y revoluci n: Cuba y su to all juniors or seniors who have taken at least one literatura 200-level course in a literature department. Students seeking Spanish credit must have taken BMC Spanish An examination of Cuba, its history and its literature 202 and at least one other Spanish course beyond 202, with emphasis on the analysis of the changing cultural or received permission from instructor. policies since 1959. Major topics include slavery and Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities resistance; Cuba’s struggles for freedom; the literature Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Latin and film of the Revolution; and literature in exile. Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Crosslisting(s): COML-B322 Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Units: 1.0 Cultures (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Linguistics 315
TRI-CO PROGRAM IN The primary goals of the linguistics major are to introduce students to the field of linguistics proper LINGUISTICS through a series of foundation courses in linguistics theory and methodology; to provide training in the application of certain theoretical and methodological Bi-Co students may major or minor in the Tri-Co tools to the analysis of linguistic data; and to offer an Linguistics Department (Bryn Mawr, Haverford, array of interdisciplinary courses that allow students to Swarthmore). explore other related fields that best suit their interests.
Faculty Major Requirements
Bryn Mawr College The Tri-Co Linguistics Department offers two majors: Deepak Kumar, Professor of Computer Science Linguistics Amanda Weidman, Associate Professor of Anthropology Linguistics and Language (Ling&Lang) Haverford College Students may learn more about the major requirements Marilyn Boltz, Professor of Psychology at the following websites: Brook Lillehaugen, Assistant Professor of Linguistics Ana L pez-Sánchez, Assistant Professor of Spanish www.haverford.edu/linguistics/ www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/Linguistics/. Danielle Macbeth, T. Wistar Brown Professor of Philosophy 1. All majors must take one course or seminar from each of the following three categories: Swarthmore College Sounds: LING H115 at HC or LING045, 052 at SC Shelley DePaul, Instructor of Linguistics Forms: LING H113 at HC or LING050 at SC Melanie Drolsbaugh, Instructor of American Sign Language Meanings: LING H114 at HC or LING026, 040 at SC Theodore Fernald, Professor of Linguistics 2. All majors are required to take the structure of a K. David Harrison, Associate Professor of Linguistics non-Indo-European Language, typically LING282 at Lorraine Leeson, Julian and Virginia Cornell HC, or LING061, 062, 064 at SC. Distinguished Visiting Professor of Linguistics 3. All majors must take two elective courses in Brook Lillehaugen, Assistant Professor (Tri-College) of Linguistics or related fields. Linguistics 4. In addition, all majors are required to write a senior Brittany McLaughlin, Visiting Instructor, (Part Time) of thesis in the fall of their senior year in LING100 Linguistics (Research Seminar). This thesis constitutes the Donna Jo Napoli, Professor of Linguistics comprehensive requirement. The course can be taken for one or two credits. Nathan Sanders, Visiting Assistant Professor of Linguistics Minor Requirements Anisa Schardl, Visiting Instructor of Linguistics Students may minor in linguistics by completing six Linguistics is the scientific study of language, the credits in the following three areas of study: medium which allows us to communicate and share our ideas with others. As a discipline, linguistics examines A. Mandatory Foundation Courses (three credits): the structural components of sound, form and meaning, and the precise interplay between them. Modern LING H113 or LING S050 Introduction to linguistic inquiry stresses analytical and argumentation Syntax skills, which will prepare students for future pursuits in LING H114 or LING S040 Introduction to any field where such skills are essential. Linguistics is Semantics also relevant to other disciplines, such as Psychology, LING H115 Phonetics and Phonology Philosophy, Mathematics, Computer Science, Sociology and Anthropology. (Some of our students have double majored with one of them.) 316 Linguistics
B. Synthesis Courses (choose one): CONTACT INFORMATION FOR BI-CO LING H282 Structure of Chinese STUDENTS: Shizhe Huang LING H382 Topics in Chinese Syntax and Co-Chair of the Linguistics Department Semantics [email protected] LING S060 Structure of Navajo Bryn Mawr College currently offers these courses in LING S062 Structure of American Sign Linguistics: Language LING S064 Structure of Tuvan LING B101 Introduction to Linguistics C. Elective Courses (choose two): An introductory survey of linguistics as a field. LING/PSYC H238 The Psychology of This course examines the core areas of linguistic Language structure (morphology, phonology, syntax, semantics), pragmatics, and language variation in relation to LING B101 Introduction to Linguistics language change. The course provides rudimentary LING/PHIL H253 Analytic Philosophy of training in the analysis of language data, and focuses Language on the variety of human language structures and on the question of universal properties of language. LING/PHIL H260 Historical Introduction to Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Logic Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) LING/ANTH B281 Language in the Social Units: 1.0 Context Instructor(s): Lillehaugen,B. LING/CMSC B325 Computational Linguistics (Fall 2013)
LING/SPAN H365 The Politics of Language in LING B281 Language in Social Context the Spanish-Speaking World Studies of language in society have moved from the LING/EAST H382 Topics in Chinese Syntax idea that language reflects social position/identity and Semantics to the idea that language plays an active role in shaping and negotiating social position, identity, and Departmental Honors for Bi-Co Majors experience. This course will explore the implications of this shift by providing an introduction to the fields of Honors will be granted, at the discretion of the faculty sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology. We will be members, to those senior majors who have consistently particularly concerned with the ways in which language distinguished themselves in major-related course is implicated in the social construction of gender, race, work (typically with a GPA of 3.7 or higher), active and class, and cultural/national identity. The course will constructive participation in the intellectual life of the develop students’ skills in the ethnographic analysis department, and an outstanding senior thesis. A senior of communication through several short ethnographic major may receive high honors if deemed exceptional in projects. Prerequisite: ANTH 102 or permission of all three areas. instructor. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science For Bi-Co students who plan to declare either major in Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical the Linguistics Department: Interpretation (CI) Crosslisting(s): ANTH-B281 At the college level, students must fill out the major Units: 1.0 declaration form as required by the Registrar’s Office of (Not Offered 2013-14) your college. LING B325 Computational Linguistics At the departmental level, students must fill out the Sophomore Paper available at the Linguistics Introduction to computational models of understanding Department website (www.haverford.edu/linguistics/), and processing human languages. How elements of scan it and email it to Shizhe Huang (shuang@ linguistics, computer science, and artificial intelligence haverford.edu) AND Dorothy Kunzig (dkunzig1@ can be combined to help computers process human swarthmore.edu). language and to help linguists understand language through computer models. Topics covered: syntax, semantics, pragmatics, generation and knowledge representation techniques. Prerequisite: some background in linguistics or computer science. Crosslisting(s): CMSC-B325 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Kumar,D. (Fall 2013) Mathematics 317
Haverford College currently offers the following courses MATHEMATICS in Linguistics: LING H113 Introduction to Syntax Students may complete a major or minor in LING H114 Introduction to Semantics Mathematics. Within the major, students may complete LING H115 Phonetics and Phonology the requirements for secondary school certification. Majors may complete an M.A. in Mathematics, if LING H238 Psychology of Language accepted into the combined A.B./M.A. program, or LING H282 Structure of Chinese may enter the 3-2 Program in Engineering and Applied LING H365 The Politics of Language in the Spanish- Science at the California Institute of Technology. Speaking World LING H382 Topics in Chinese Syntax and Semantics Faculty
Swarthmore College currently offers the following Leslie C. Cheng, Chair (spring 2014) and Professor courses in Linguistics: Victor J. Donnay, Professor of Mathematics and Chair of LING S001 Intro to Linguistics (W) Environmental Studies LING S010 Hebrew for Text Study II Helen G. Grundman, Professor LING S020 Natural Language Processing Peter G. Kasius, Instructor LING S025 Language, Culture & Society Paul Melvin, Chair (fall 2013) and (on leave semester LING S034 Psychology of Language II) LING S040 Semantics (W) Djordje Milicevic, Assistant Professor LING S045 Phonetics & Phonology Amy N. Myers, Lecturer and Math Program Coordinator LING S050 Syntax (W) Gregory R. Schneider, Lecturer LING S064 Structure of Tuvan Lisa Traynor, Professor LING S070 Translation Workshop LING S075 Field Methods The Mathematics curriculum is designed to expose students to a wide spectrum of ideas in modern LING S100 Research Seminar mathematics, train students in the art of logical reasoning and clear expression, and provide students with an appreciation of the beauty of the subject and of its vast applicability.
Major Requirements
A minimum of 10 semester courses is required for the major, including the six core courses listed below and four electives at or above the 200 level. Core Requirements:
MATH B201 Multivariable Calculus (H121 or H216) MATH B203 Linear Algebra (H215) MATH B301 Real Analysis I (H317) MATH B303 Abstract Algebra I (H333) MATH B302 Real Analysis II (H318) or MATH B304 Abstract Algebra II (H334) MATH B398 or B399 Senior Conference
The analysis and algebra sequences, MATH 301/302 and MATH 303/304, both have a strong proof writing focus. Consequently, students often find it useful to take a course such as MATH 206 (Transition to Higher 318 Mathematics
Mathematics) before they enroll in these sequences, 3-2 Program in Engineering and and in any case should consult with the instructor if they are unsure about their level of preparation. Applied Science With the exception of Senior Conference, equivalent See the description of the 3-2 Program in Engineering courses at Haverford or elsewhere may be substituted and Applied Science, offered in cooperation with the for Bryn Mawr courses with approval of the major California Institute of Technology, for earning both an adviser. A student may also, in consultation with a major A.B. at Bryn Mawr and a B.S. at Cal Tech. adviser, petition the department to accept courses in fields outside of mathematics as electives if these COURSES courses have serious mathematical content appropriate to the student’s program. MATH B001 Fundamentals of Mathematics Mathematics majors are encouraged to complete their Basic techniques of algebra, analytic geometry, core requirements other than Senior Conference by graphing, and trigonometry for students who need the end of their junior year. Senior Conference must to improve these skills before entering other courses be taken during the senior year. Students considering that use them, both inside and outside mathematics. the possibility of graduate study in mathematics or Placement in this course is by advice of the department related fields are urged to go well beyond the minimum and permission of the instructor. requirements of the major. In such cases, a suitable Units: 1.0 program of study should be designed with the advice of (Not Offered 2013-14) a major adviser. MATH B005 Math Workshop Honors Review of arithmetic and introduction to the basics of elementary and intermediate algebra for students whose A degree with honors in mathematics will be awarded mathematical backgrounds require such support. This by the department to students who complete the major course prepares students to take either MATH 001 or in mathematics and also meet the following further MATH 104 immediately thereafter. Placement in this requirements: at least two additional units of work at course is by advice of the department. This is a half- the 300 level or above (which may include one or two credit course. units of MATH 395/396 or MATH 403), completion of Units: 0.5 a meritorious project consisting of a written thesis and (Not Offered 2013-14) an oral presentation of the thesis, and a major grade point average of at least 3.6, calculated at the end of the MATH B101 Calculus I senior year. A first course in one-variable calculus: Functions, limits, continuity, the derivative, differentiation formulas, Minor Requirements applications of the derivative, the integral, integration The minor requires five courses in mathematics at the by substitution, fundamental theorem of calculus. May 200 level or higher, of which at least two must be at the include a computer component. Prerequisite: adequate 300 level or higher. score on calculus placement exam, or permission of the instructor. Students should have a reasonable command of high school algebra, geometry and trigonometry. Advanced Placement Requirement(s): Division II and Quantitive Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM); Quantitative Students entering with a 4 or 5 on the Calculus AB Readiness Required (QR) advanced placement test will be given credit for MATH Units: 1.0 101 and should enroll in MATH 102 as their first (Fall 2013) mathematics course. Students entering with a 4 or 5 on the Calculus BC advanced placement test will be given credit for MATH 101 and 102, and should enroll in MATH MATH B102 Calculus II 201 as their first mathematics course. All other students A continuation of Calculus I: Transcendental functions, are strongly encouraged to take the Mathematics techniques of integration, applications of integration, Placement Exam so they can be best advised. infinite sequences and series, convergence tests, power series. May include a computer component. A.B./M.A. Program Prerequisite: merit grade in MATH 101, adequate score on calculus placement exam, or permission of the For students entering with advanced placement credits it instructor. is possible to earn both the A.B. and M.A. degrees in an Requirement(s): Division II and Quantitive integrated program in four (or possibly five) years. Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM) Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Schneider,G., Milicevic,D. (Spring 2014) Mathematics 319
MATH B104 Basic Probability and Statistics MATH B205 Theory of Probability with Applications This course introduces students to key concepts in The course analyzes repeatable “experiments,” such both descriptive and inferential statistics. Students as coin tosses or die rolls, in which the short-term learn how to collect, describe, display, and interpret outcomes are uncertain, but the long-run behavior both raw and summarized data in meaningful ways. is predictable. Such random processes are used as Topics include summary statistics, graphical displays, models for real-world phenomena to solve problems correlation, regression, probability, the law of averages, such as determining the effectiveness of a new expected value, standard error, the central limit theorem, drug, or deciding whether a series of record-high hypothesis testing, sampling procedures, and bias. temperatures is due to the natural variation in weather Students learn to use statistical software to summarize, or rather to climate change. Topics include: random present, and interpret data. This course may not be variables, discrete distributions (binomial, geometric, taken after any other statistics course. Prerequisite: negative binomial, Poisson, hypergeometric, Benford), Math readiness or permission of instructor. continuous densities (exponential, gamma, normal, Requirement(s): Quantitative Maxwell, Rayleigh, chi-squared), conditional probability, Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM); Quantitative expected value, variance, the Law of Large Numbers, Readiness Required (QR) and the Central Limit Theorem. Prerequisite: MATH 201. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division II and Quantitive Instructor(s): Cheng,L., Kasius,P. Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM) (Spring 2014) Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Myers,A. MATH B151 Introduction to Math and Sustainability (Spring 2014) The world faces many sustainability challenges: climate MATH B206 Transition to Higher Mathematics change, energy, over-population, natural resource depletion. Using techniques of mathematical modeling An introduction to higher mathematics with a focus including dynamical systems and bifurcation theory on proof writing. Topics include active reading of (tipping points), we will study quantitative aspects of mathematics, constructing appropriate examples, these problems. No advanced mathematics beyond high problem solving, logical reasoning, and communication school mathematics (pre-calculus) is required. of mathematics through proofs. Students will develop Requirement(s): Division II and Quantitive skills while exploring key concepts from algebra, Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM) analysis, topology, and other advanced fields. Units: 1.0 Corequisite: MATH 203; not open to students who have (Not Offered 2013-14) had a 300-level math course. Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science MATH B201 Multivariable Calculus Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM) Units: 1.0 Vectors and geometry in two and three dimensions, Instructor(s): Kasius,P. partial derivatives, extremal problems, double and (Spring 2014) triple integrals, vector analysis (gradients, curl and divergence), line and surface integrals, the theorems MATH B210 Differential Equations with Applications of Gauss, Green and Stokes. May include a computer component. Prerequisite: MATH 102 or permission of Ordinary differential equations, including general first- instructor. order equations, linear equations of higher order and Requirement(s): Division II and Quantitive systems of equations, via numerical, geometrical, and Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM) analytic methods. Applications to physics, biology, and Units: 1.0 economics. Corequisite: MATH 201 or 203. (Fall 2013) Requirement(s): Division II and Quantitive Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM) MATH B203 Linear Algebra Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Kasius,P., Schneider,G. Systems of linear equations, matrix algebra, (Spring 2014) determinants, vector spaces and subspaces, linear independence, bases and dimension, linear MATH B221 Introduction to Topology and Geometry transformations and their representation by matrices, eigenvectors and eigenvalues, orthogonality, and An introduction to the ideas of topology and geometry applications of linear algebra. Pre or corequisite: MATH through the study of knots and surfaces in three- 102, or permission of the instructor dimensional space. The course content may vary from Requirement(s): Division II and Quantitive year to year, but will generally include some historical Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM) perspectives and some discussion of connections with Units: 1.0 the natural and life sciences. Corequisite: MATH 201 or (Spring 2014) 203. 320 Mathematics
Requirement(s): Division II and Quantitive MATH B302 Real Analysis II Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM) A continuation of Real Analysis I: Infinite series, power Units: 1.0 series, sequences and series of functions, pointwise Instructor(s): Melvin,P. and uniform convergence, and additional topics (Fall 2013) selected from: Fourier series, calculus of variations, the Lebesgue integral, dynamical systems, and calculus in MATH B231 Discrete Mathematics higher dimensions. Prerequisite: MATH 301. An introduction to discrete mathematics with strong Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science applications to computer science. Topics include Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM) propositional logic, proof techniques, recursion, set Units: 1.0 theory, counting, probability theory and graph theory. Instructor(s): Donnay,V., Milicevic,D. Students are strongly encouraged to have taken CMSC (Spring 2014) B110 or B205 prior to registering for this course, or at least take CMSC B110 or B205 concurrently. MATH B303 Abstract Algebra I Requirement(s): Division II and Quantitive A first course in abstract algebra, including an Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM) introduction to groups, rings and fields, and their Crosslisting(s): CMSC-B231 homomorphisms. Topics covered: cyclic and dihedral Units: 1.0 groups, the symmetric and alternating groups, direct Instructor(s): Xu,D. products and finitely generated abelian groups, cosets, (Fall 2013) Lagrange’s Theorem, normal subgroups and quotient groups, isomorphism theorems, integral domains, MATH B290 Elementary Number Theory polynomial rings, ideals, quotient rings, prime and Properties of the integers, divisibility, primality and maximal ideals. Possible additional topics include group factorization, congruences, Chinese remainder actions and the Sylow Theorems, free abelian groups, theorem, multiplicative functions, quadratic residues free groups, PIDs and UFDs. Prerequisite: MATH 203. and quadratic reciprocity, continued fractions, and Some students also find it helpful to have taken a applications to computer science and cryptography. transitional course such as MATH 206 before enrolling Prerequisite: MATH 102. in this course. Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM) Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM) Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Instructor(s): Traynor,L. (Fall 2013) MATH B295 Select Topics in Mathematics MATH B304 Abstract Algebra II This is a topics course. Topics vary. Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science A continuation of Abstract Algebra I. Vector spaces Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM) and linear algebra, field extensions, algebraic and Units: 1.0 transcendental extensions, finite fields, fields of Instructor(s): Cheng,L., Myers,A. fractions, field automorphisms, the isomorphism (Spring 2014) extension theorem, splitting fields, separable and inseparable extensions, algebraic closures, and Galois MATH B301 Real Analysis I theory. Also, if not covered in Abstract Algebra I: group actions and Sylow theorems, free abelian groups, free A first course in real analysis, providing a rigorous groups, PIDs and UFDs. Possible additional topic: development of single variable calculus, with a strong finitely generated modules over a PID and canonical focus on proof writing. Topics covered: the real number forms of matrices. Prerequisite: MATH 303. system, elements of set theory and topology, limits, Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science continuous functions, the intermediate and extreme Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM) value theorems, differentiable functions and the mean Units: 1.0 value theorem, uniform continuity, the Riemann integral, Instructor(s): Traynor,L. the fundamental theorem of calculus. Possible additional (Spring 2014) topics include analysis on metric spaces or dynamical systems. Prerequisite: MATH 201. Some students also MATH B308 Applied Mathematics I find it helpful to have taken a transitional course such as MATH 206 before enrolling in this course. Course content varies. Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM) Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM) Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Donnay,V., Milicevic,D. (Not Offered 2013-14) (Fall 2013) Mathematics 321
MATH B310 Introduction to the Mathematics of MATH B395 Research Seminar Financial Derivatives A research seminar for students involved in individual An introduction to the mathematics utilized in the pricing or small group research under the supervision of models of derivative instruments. Topics to be covered the instructor. With permission, the course may be may include Arbitrage Theorem, pricing derivatives, repeated for credit. This is a topics course. Prerequisite: Wiener and Poisson processes, martingales and Permission of instructor. martingale representations, Ito’s Lemma, Black-Scholes Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM) partial differentiation equation, Girsanov Theorem and Units: 1.0 Feynman-Kac Formula. Prerequisite: MATH 201 or Instructor(s): Melvin,P., Cheng,L., Donnay,V., permission of instructor. Grundman,H., Traynor,L., Milicevic,D. Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science (Fall 2013) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) MATH B396 Research Seminar A research seminar for students involved in individual MATH B312 Topology or small group research under the supervision of the General topology (topological spaces, continuity, instructor. With permission, the course may be repeated compactness, connectedness, quotient spaces), the for credit. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. fundamental group and covering spaces, introduction Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM) to geometric topology (classification of surfaces, Units: 1.0 manifolds). Typically offered yearly in alternation with Instructor(s): Cheng,L., Donnay,V., Grundman,H., Haverford. Co-requisite: MATH 301, MATH 303, or Traynor,L., Milicevic,D. permission of instructor. (Spring 2014) Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM) MATH B398 Senior Conference Units: 1.0 A seminar for seniors majoring in mathematics. Topics (Not Offered 2013-14) vary from year to year. Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM) MATH B315 Geometry Units: 1.0 An introduction to geometry with an emphasis that Instructor(s): Melvin,P., Schneider,G. varies from year to year. Prerequisites: MATH 201 and (Fall 2013) 203 (or equivalent) or permission of instructor. Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science MATH B399 Senior Conference Units: 1.0 A seminar for seniors majoring in mathematics. Topics (Not Offered 2013-14) vary from year to year. Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM) MATH B322 Functions of Complex Variables Units: 1.0 Analytic functions, Cauchy’s theorem, Laurent series, Instructor(s): Grundman,H., Milicevic,D. calculus of residues, conformal mappings, Moebius (Spring 2014) transformations. Prerequisite: MATH 301 or permission of instructor. MATH B403 Supervised Work Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science Units: 1.0 Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM) Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA Units: 1.0 (Fall 2013) Instructor(s): Traynor,L. (Spring 2014) MATH B403 Supervised Work MATH B361 Harmonic Analysis and Wavelets Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA A first introduction to harmonic analysis and wavelets. (Spring 2014) Topics to be covered include Fourier series on the circle, Fourier transforms on the line and space, Discrete MATH B501 Graduate Real Analysis I Wavelet Transform, Fast Wavelet Transform and filter- bank representation of wavelets. Prerequisite: MATH In this course we will study the theory of measure and B203 or permission of instructor. integration. Topics will include Lebesgue measure, Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science measurable functions, the Lebesgue integral, the Units: 1.0 Riemann-Stieltjes integral, complex measures, Instructor(s): Cheng,L. differentiation of measures, product measures, and L^p (Fall 2013) spaces. Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) 322 Middle Eastern Studies
MATH B502 Graduate Real Analysis II MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES This course is a continuation of Math 501. Units: 1.0 Students may complete a concentration in Middle (Not Offered 2013-14) Eastern Studies. MATH B503 Graduate Algebra I This is the first course in a two course sequence Co-Directors providing a standard introduction to algebra at the graduate level. Topics in the first semester will include Michael Allen, Professor of Political Science categories, groups, rings, modules, and linear algebra. Kalala Ngalamulume, Associate Professor of Units: 1.0 Africana Studies and History Instructor(s): Grundman,H. (Fall 2013) Steering Committee Members and MATH B504 Graduate Algebra II Advisors This course is a continuation of Math 503, the two courses providing a standard introduction to algebra Grace Armstrong, Chair and Eunice M. Schenck 1907 at the graduate level. Topics in the second semester Professor of French, Director of Middle Eastern will include linear algebra, fields, Galois theory, and Languages advanced group theory. Cynthia Bisman, Professor of Social Work and Social Units: 1.0 Research (on leave semester II) Instructor(s): Grundman,H. (Spring 2014) Carol J. Hager, Associate Professor of Political Science Carola Hein, Professor of Growth and Structure of Cities MATH B505 Graduate Topology I Toba Kerson, Professor of Social Work and Social This is the first course of a 2 semester sequence, Research covering the basic notions of algebraic topology. The focus will be on homology theory, which will be Christine Koggel, Harvey Wexler Chair and Professor of introduced axiomatically (via the Eilenberg-Steenrod Philosphy axioms) and then studied from a variety of points of Mary Osirim, Interim Provost and Professor of Sociology view (simplicial, singular and cellular homology). The course will also treat cohomology theory and duality (on Melissa Pashigian, Chair and Associate Professor of manifolds), and the elements of homotopy theory. Anthropology Units: 1.0 Yonglin Jiang, Associate Professor of East Asian Studies (Not Offered 2013-14) on the Jye Chu Lectureship in Chinese Studies
MATH B506 Graduate Topology II Courses on the Middle East may contribute to majors in Math 505 and Math 506 offer an introduction to topology other fields or serve as electives. In addition, students at the graduate level. These courses can be taken in may complete a concentration in Middle East Studies. either order. Math 506 focuses on differential topology. Topics covered include smooth manifolds, smooth The Middle Eastern Studies Program focuses on the maps, and differential forms. study of the area from Morocco to Afghanistan from Units: 1.0 antiquity to the present day. Bryn Mawr students can Instructor(s): Traynor,L. investigate the history, politics and cultures of the (Fall 2013) Middle East through coursework, independent study, study abroad, and events here and at neighboring MATH B701 Supervised Work institutions. In conjunction with courses at Haverford and Swarthmore, the Advisory Committee from Bryn Mawr Units: 1.0 College co-ordinates courses and works with colleagues Instructor(s): Cheng,L., Grundman,H., Traynor,L., from Haverford and Swarthmore College on tri-college Milicevic,D., Melvin,P. curricular planning. (Spring 2014) The members of the Middle Eastern Studies Committee MATH B702 Research Seminar can help students who are interested in Middle Eastern Units: 1.0 topics plan coursework and independent study. Instructor(s): Grundman,H. (Fall 2013) There are two tracks to Middle East Studies Concentration; one requires study or competence in a Middle Eastern language, the other does not. Middle Eastern Studies 323
Track 1 At least one course must be pre-modern in content. The first track consists of six courses in the Humanities c. Of the four courses, only two may also form a part or Social Sciences that focus on the ancient or modern of the student’s major. Middle East distributed in the following manner: For Arabic and Hebrew languages, please see those a. An introductory course called “Themes in Middle sections. Eastern Society and Culture” This course will be offered every other year by relevant Middle Eastern COURSES Studies Institute faculty from Bryn Mawr and, where possible, the Tri-Co Community. The course will be ANTH B275 Cultures and Societies of the Middle taught by at least two faculty members who would East follow a broadly defined theme. Possible themes include: Irrigation, Agriculture and Society; History Through a close reading of ethnographic, historical, and Collective Memory; Urbanism and Social and literary materials, this course will introduce Transformation; War and Peace, and Literature and students to some of the key conceptual issues and Imagination. regional distinctions that have emerged from classic and contemporary studies of culture and society in b. Three elective Middle Eastern topic courses, the Middle East. The course will survey the following including at least one at the 300 level in a specific themes: orientalism; gender and patriarchy; democracy area to be chosen in consultation with the student’s and state-formation; political Islam; oil and Western adviser. This area might be defined in terms of dominance; media and religion; violence and conceptual, historical, or geographical interests nationalism; identity and diaspora. Prerequisite: ANTH and, in many cases, will be connected to work in B102 or equivalent. No knowledge of the Middle East is the student’s major. assumed. c. Two additional Middle Eastern topic courses, at Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science least one of which must be in either the humanities Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) or social sciences if a student’s work in (a) and (b) Counts towards: Middle East Studies does not include one or the other of these. Units: 1.0 d. Of the six courses one must be pre-modern in (Not Offered 2013-14) content. ANTH B382 Religious Fundamentalism in the Global e. Of the six courses only three may be in the Era student’s major. Through a comparison of Jewish, Islamic, Christian and Hindu political movements, the course seeks Track 2 to investigate the religious turn in national and transnational contexts. We will also seek to find The second track consists of language study and other commonalities and differences in religious movements, courses. Students opting for this track must take the and religious regimes, while considering the aspects of equivalent of two years of study of a modern Middle globalization which usher in new kinds of transnational Eastern language or pass a proficiency exam in one affiliation. Prerequisite: An introductory course in of these languages, whereby they may also meet the Anthropology, Political Science or History or permission standard set for the A.B. degree for the foreign language of the instructor. requirement. Four additional courses distributed as Requirement(s): Division I or Division III follows are required for the concentration: Counts towards: Middle East Studies; Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies a. An introductory course called “Themes in Middle Crosslisting(s): POLS-B382; HIST-B382
Eastern Society and Culture” as defined above. Units: 1.0 b. Three elective Middle Eastern topic courses, which (Not Offered 2013-14) meet the following conditions: ARCH B104 Archaeology of Agricultural and Urban One course must be in the social sciences; Revolutions One course must be in the humanities; This course examines the archaeology of the two At least one course must be at the 300 level to most fundamental changes that have occurred in be selected after consultation with the student’s human society in the last 12,000 years, agriculture and adviser so as to expose the student to in-depth urbanism, and we explore these in Egypt and the Near study of the Middle East with a geographic, East as far as India. We also explore those societies conceptual, or particular historical focus; that did not experience these changes. 324 Middle Eastern Studies
Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities ARCH B244 Great Empires of the Ancient Near East Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the A survey of the history, material culture, political and Past (IP) religious ideologies of, and interactions among, the five Counts towards: Geoarchaeology; Middle East Studies great empires of the ancient Near East of the second Crosslisting(s): CITY-B104 and first millennia B.C.E.: New Kingdom Egypt, the Units: 1.0 Hittite Empire in Anatolia, the Assyrian and Babylonian Instructor(s):Magee,P. Empires in Mesopotamia, and the Persian Empire in (Fall 2013) Iran. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities ARCH B140 The Visual Culture of the Ancient Near Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the East Past (IP) The visual culture of ancient Mesopotamia, a region Counts towards: Middle East Studies with its heartland in modern Iraq, from the first city to the Crosslisting(s): POLS-B244; HIST-B244; CITY-B244 fall of Babylon in 539 BCE, includes images designed Units: 1.0 to gain favor of the gods, promote royal achievements Instructor(s):Ataç,M. and adorn the deceased on the journey to the afterlife. (Spring 2014) Particular emphasis placed on the visual analysis of royal and elite artistic production of architecture, ARCH B355 Archaeology of the Achaemenid Empire sculpture and cylinder seals. in Cross Cultural Context Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities The Achaemenid Empire (538-332 B.C.E.) ruled the Counts towards: Middle East Studies largest landmass of any of the ancient Near Eastern Crosslisting(s): HART-B140 Empires. Attempts by archaeologists to understand Units: 1.0 the manner in which authority was asserted over this (Not Offered 2013-14) area have suffered from a reliance on biased historical sources, largely from the Classical World. This course ARCH B226 Archaeology of Anatolia uses archaeological data to re-examine the Achaemenid One of the cradles of civilization, Anatolia witnessed Empire in a global context. This data is examined the rise and fall of many cultures and states throughout through a methodological framework that emphasizes its ancient history. This course approaches the ancient comparative studies of ancient and more recent material remains of pre-classical Anatolia from the Empires in Africa, the Americas, South Asia, and the perspective of Near Eastern archaeology, examining Mediterranean. the art, artifacts, architecture, cities, and settlements of Counts towards: Middle East Studies this land from the Neolithic through the Lydian periods. Units: 1.0 Some emphasis will be on the Late Bronze Age and (Not Offered 2013-14) the Iron Age, especially phases of Hittite and Assyrian imperialism, Late Hittite states, Phrygia, and the Urartu. COML B225 Censorship: Historical Contexts, Local Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Practices and Global Resonance Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the This course examines the ban on books and art in Past (IP) the US, Latin America, the Middle East, and Eastern Counts towards: Middle East Studies Europe through a study of the historical, political, and Units: 1.0 sociocultural conditions of censorship practices and the (Not Offered 2013-14) rhetorical strategies writers and artists use to translate repression and trauma into idioms of resistance. ARCH B240 Archaeology and History of Ancient Prerequisite: EMLY B001 or a 100-level intensive writing Mesopotamia course. A survey of the material culture of ancient Mesopotamia, Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities modern Iraq, from the earliest phases of state formation Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) (circa 3500 B.C.E.) through the Achaemenid Persian Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & occupation of the Near East (circa 331 B.C.E.). Cultures; Middle East Studies Emphasis will be on art, artifacts, monuments, religion, Units: 1.0 kingship, and the cuneiform tradition. The survival of the (Not Offered 2013-14) cultural legacy of Mesopotamia into later ancient and Islamic traditions will also be addressed. CSTS B223 The Early Medieval World Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities The first of a two-course sequence introducing medieval Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the European history. The chronological span of this course Past (IP) is from the early 4th century and the Christianization Counts towards: Middle East Studies of the Roman Empire to the early 10th century and the Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Middle Eastern Studies 325 disintegration of the Carolingian Empire. Counts towards: Film Studies; Middle East Studies Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Units: 1.0 Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the (Not Offered 2013-14) Past (IP) Counts towards: Middle East Studies HEBR B271 Topics in Judaic Studies Crosslisting(s): HIST-B223 What happened in Jewish history between antiquity Units: 1.0 and the modern era, between composing the Talmud Instructor(s):Truitt,E. and receiving citizenship in European nations? As we (Fall 2013) try to understand how Jews got from there to here, this seminar will explore the diverse and sometimes GNST B156 Themes in Middle Eastern Society astonishing forms of Jewish life in the medieval and The basis for the Middle East Studies Concentration, early modern periods (approximately 1000-1800), with this course features changing themes. For Fall 2010, special focus on the evolution of Jewish relations with the theme is the space of religion: in daily life; in politics the majority culture. Topics will include the golden age and culture; space and metaphor. Included are sacred of Jewry in Muslim Spain, the development of European kingship, the rise of Islamic states, roles of Middle anti-Jewish policies and persecutions, Jewish self- Eastern Christians and Jews and challenges from government, and cosmopolitanism, as well as many of secular ideologies that transform the space of religion. the philosophers, mystics and would-be messiahs who Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) sparked religious movements and change in the course Counts towards: Middle East Studies of these tumultuous centuries. Units: 1.0 Counts towards: Middle East Studies (Not Offered 2013-14) Crosslisting(s): HIST-B273 Units: 1.0 HART B140 The Visual Culture of the Ancient Near (Not Offered 2013-14) East HEBR B283 Introduction to the Politics of the The visual culture of ancient Mesopotamia, a region Modern Middle East and North Africa with its heartland in modern Iraq, from the first city to the fall of Babylon in 539 BCE, includes images designed This course is a multidisciplinary approach to to gain favor of the gods, promote royal achievements understanding the politics of the region, using works and adorn the deceased on the journey to the afterlife. of history, political science, political economy, film, Particular emphasis placed on the visual analysis and fiction as well as primary sources. The course will of royal and elite artistic production of architecture, concern itself with three broad areas: the legacy of sculpture and cylinder seals. colonialism and the importance of international forces; Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities the role of Islam in politics; and the political and social Counts towards: Middle East Studies effects of particular economic conditions, policies, and Crosslisting(s): ARCH-B140 practices. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science (Not Offered 2013-14) Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Counts towards: Middle East Studies HART B311 Topics in Medieval Art Crosslisting(s): POLS-B283; HIST-B283 Units: 1.0 This is a topics course. Topics vary. Instructor(s):Rudy,S. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Spring 2014) Counts towards: Middle East Studies Crosslisting(s): HIST-B311; CITY-B312 HIST B128 Crusade, Conversion and Conquest Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) A thematic focus course exploring the nature of Christian religious expansion and conflict in the medieval period. HEBR B110 Israeli Cinema Based around primary sources with some background readings, topics include: early medieval Christianity The course traces the evolution of the Israeli cinema and conversion; the Crusades and development of the from ideologically charged visual medium to a doctrines of “just war” and “holy war”; the rise of military universally recognized film art, as well as the emergent order such as the Templars and the Teutonic Kings; and Palestinian cinema and the new wave of Israeli later medieval attempts to convert and colonize Eastern documentaries. It will focus on the historical, ideological, Europe. political, and cultural changes in Israeli and Palestinian Requirement(s): Division I or Division III societies and their impact on films’ form and content. Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Past (IP) Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Interpretation (CI) 326 Middle Eastern Studies
Counts towards: Middle East Studies of history, political science, political economy, film, Units: 1.0 and fiction as well as primary sources. The course will Instructor(s):Truitt,E. concern itself with three broad areas: the legacy of (Spring 2014) colonialism and the importance of international forces; the role of Islam in politics; and the political and social HIST B222 France and Algeria since 1830 effects of particular economic conditions, policies, and practices. This course will trace the intertwined history of Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science France and Algeria by analyzing the beginnings of Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) the French presence in Algeria, colonization and Counts towards: Middle East Studies resistance, citizenship and race, the Algerian War, and Crosslisting(s): POLS-B283; HEBR-B283 decolonization. Prerequisite: One 100-level history Units: 1.0 course. Instructor(s):Rudy,S. Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) (Spring 2014) Counts towards: Middle East Studies Crosslisting(s): POLS-B223; FREN-B222; ANTH-B222 HIST B288 The Political Economy of the Middle East Units: 1.0 and North Africa (Not Offered 2013-14) This comparative approach considers historical HIST B223 The Early Medieval World constructions, the power of economic ideas, domestic politics and resources, and international regimes. The first of a two-course sequence introducing medieval Specific areas of focus include theories that seek to European history. The chronological span of this course explain the economic/political conditions, left, nationalist is from the early 4th century and the Christianization and liberal, as well as the exceptional growth of the Gulf of the Roman Empire to the early 10th century and the economies. Prerequisite: at least one other course on disintegration of the Carolingian Empire. the Middle East or a strong area expertise in another Requirement(s): Division I or Division III region such as Latin America or China with permission Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the of the instructor. Past (IP) Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Counts towards: Middle East Studies Counts towards: Middle East Studies Crosslisting(s): CSTS-B223 Crosslisting(s): POLS-B288 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s):Truitt,E. (Not Offered 2013-14) (Fall 2013) HIST B311 Topics in Medieval Art HIST B273 Topics in Judaic Studies This is a topics course. Topics vary. What happened in Jewish history between antiquity Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities and the modern era, between composing the Talmud Counts towards: Middle East Studies and receiving citizenship in European nations? As we Crosslisting(s): HART-B311; CITY-B312 try to understand how Jews got from there to here, Units: 1.0 this seminar will explore the diverse and sometimes (Not Offered 2013-14) astonishing forms of Jewish life in the medieval and early modern periods (approximately 1000-1800), with HIST B382 Religious Fundamentalism in the Global special focus on the evolution of Jewish relations with Era the majority culture. Topics will include the golden age of Jewry in Muslim Spain, the development of European Through a comparison of Jewish, Islamic, Christian anti-Jewish policies and persecutions, Jewish self- and Hindu political movements, the course seeks government, and cosmopolitanism, as well as many of to investigate the religious turn in national and the philosophers, mystics and would-be messiahs who transnational contexts. We will also seek to find sparked religious movements and change in the course commonalities and differences in religious movements, of these tumultuous centuries. and religious regimes, while considering the aspects of Counts towards: Middle East Studies globalization which usher in new kinds of transnational Crosslisting(s): HEBR-B271 affiliation. Prerequisite: An introductory course in Units: 1.0 Anthropology, Political Science or History or permission (Not Offered 2013-14) of the instructor. Requirement(s): Division I or Division III HIST B283 Introduction to the Politics of the Modern Counts towards: Middle East Studies; Peace, Conflict, Middle East and North Africa and Social Justice Studies Crosslisting(s): ANTH-B382; POLS-B382 This course is a multidisciplinary approach to Units: 1.0 understanding the politics of the region, using works (Not Offered 2013-14) Middle Eastern Studies 327
POLS B282 The Exotic Other: Gender and Sexuality explain the economic/political conditions, left, nationalist in the Middle East and liberal, as well as the exceptional growth of the Gulf economies. Prerequisite: at least one other course on This course is concerned with the meanings of gender the Middle East or a strong area expertise in another and sexuality in the Middle East, with particular attention region such as Latin America or China with permission to the construction of tradition, its performance, of the instructor. reinscription, and transformation, and to Western Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science interpretations and interactions. Prerequisite: one Counts towards: Middle East Studies course in social science or humanities. Previous gender Crosslisting(s): HIST-B288 or Middle East course is a plus. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science (Not Offered 2013-14) Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Interpretation (CI) POLS B382 Religious Fundamentalism in the Global Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Middle Era East Studies Units: 1.0 Through a comparison of Jewish, Islamic, Christian (Not Offered 2013-14) and Hindu political movements, the course seeks to investigate the religious turn in national and POLS B283 Introduction to the Politics of the transnational contexts. We will also seek to find Modern Middle East and North Africa commonalities and differences in religious movements, and religious regimes, while considering the aspects of This course is a multidisciplinary approach to globalization which usher in new kinds of transnational understanding the politics of the region, using works affiliation. Prerequisite: An introductory course in of history, political science, political economy, film, Anthropology, Political Science or History or permission and fiction as well as primary sources. The course will of the instructor. concern itself with three broad areas: the legacy of Requirement(s): Division I or Division III colonialism and the importance of international forces; Counts towards: Middle East Studies; Peace, Conflict, the role of Islam in politics; and the political and social and Social Justice Studies effects of particular economic conditions, policies, and Crosslisting(s): ANTH-B382; HIST-B382 practices. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science (Not Offered 2013-14) Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Counts towards: Middle East Studies POLS B383 Two Hundred Years of Islamic Reform, Crosslisting(s): HIST-B283; HEBR-B283 Radicalism, and Revolution Units: 1.0 Instructor(s):Rudy,S. This course will examine the transformation of Islamic (Spring 2014) politics in the past two hundred years, emphasizing historical accounts, comparative analysis of POLS B287 Media and Politics: The Middle East developments in different parts of the Islamic world. Transformed Topics covered include the rationalist Salafy movement; the so-called conservative movements (Sanussi of The events of 2011 transformed the Middle East, Libya, the Mahdi in the Sudan, and the Wahhabi overthrowing or threatening regimes across the region. movement in Arabia); the Caliphate movement; The course will focus on the media technologies, the contemporary debates over Islamic constitutions; among political actors, and international events that produced others. The course is not restricted to the Middle East these changes, as well as examine works on political or Arab world. Prerequisites: a course on Islam and transitions, revolutions, and social movements. modern European history, or an earlier course on the Prerequisite: A previous social science or history course Modern Middle East or 19th-century India, or permission is strongly recommended, or a previous course on of instructor. media. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Counts towards: Middle East Studies Counts towards: Middle East Studies Crosslisting(s): HIST-B383 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) (Not Offered 2013-14) POLS B288 The Political Economy of the Middle East and North Africa This comparative approach considers historical constructions, the power of economic ideas, domestic politics and resources, and international regimes. Specific areas of focus include theories that seek to 328 Music
MUSIC the Network for New Music. The William Heartt Reese Music Fund was established in 1977 to honor William Heartt Reese, professor of music and conductor of The Department of Music is located at Haverford and the glee club and orchestra at Haverford from 1947 offers well-qualified students a major and minor in to 1975. The fund supports applied music lessons for music. For a list of requirements and courses offered, students enrolled in the department’s private study see Music at Haverford. program. The John H. Davison ’51 Fund for Student Composers supports new works by student composers. This fund recognizes John’s 40 years of teaching and Faculty musical creativity at Haverford. The Orpheus Prize is awarded for exceptional achievement in the practice of Ingrid Arauco, Associate Professor tonal harmony. The Kessinger Family Fund for Asian Performing Arts (administered jointly with the John Christine Cacioppo, Visiting Instructor Hurford ‘60 Humanities Center) sponsors musical Curt Cacioppo, Professor and Chair performances and lecture-demonstrations that enrich Richard Freedman, Professor Haverford’s cross-cultural programs. Since its inception in 1997, the fund has sponsored visits by artists Heidi Jacob, Associate Professor, Director of the representing traditions of South, Central, and East Asia, Haverford-Bryn Mawr Orchestral Program and Indonesia. Thomas Lloyd, Associate Professor, Director of the Haverford-Bryn Mawr Choral Program Major Requirements Andrew Oster, Visiting Assistant Professor 1) Theory-composition: 203, 204, 303. The music curriculum is designed to deepen 2) Musicology: three courses, as follows: 229, plus understanding of musical form and expression through any two of 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, and 225 or 325. development of skills in composition and performance joined with analysis of musical works and their place in 3) Two electives in music, chosen from: 207, 220, 221, various cultures. A major in music provides a foundation 222, 223, 224, 225, 246, 250, 251, 265, 266, 304, for further study leading to a career in music. and 325. 4) Performance: participation in a department- The composition/theory program stresses proficiency sponsored performance group is required for at in aural, keyboard and vocal skills, and written least a year. Music 208, 209, or 210 instrumental harmony and counterpoint. Composition following or vocal private study for one year. Continuing important historical models and experimentation with ensemble participation and instrumental or vocal contemporary styles are emphasized. private study are strongly urged.
The musicology program, which emphasizes European, 5) An additional full credit course equivalent is North American, and Asian traditions, considers music required of music majors in their senior year. in the rich context of its social, religious, and aesthetic The senior experience in music may be fulfilled surroundings. through an independent study project (usually a composition, performance, or research paper The performance program offers opportunities to pursued in the context of Music 480) or through participate in the Haverford-Bryn Mawr Chamber enhancement of a regular advanced course offering Singers, Chorale, Orchestra, and ensembles formed to include an independent study component. The within the context of Haverford’s chamber music format of the senior experience will be determined program. Students can receive academic credit for prior to the beginning of the student’s senior year, participating in these ensembles (Music 102, 214, 215, after consultation with the department. 216, and 219). They can also receive credit for Private 6) Majors are expected to attend the majority of Study (Music 208, 209, 210) in voice or their chosen department-sponsored concerts, lectures, and instrument. colloquia.
Special Programs and Funds Minor Requirements The Music Department Guest Artists Series presents 1) Theory-Composition: 203 and 204 distinguished and emerging performers in public concerts, master classes, lecture-demonstrations, 2) Musicology: 229, plus any one of 220, 221, 222, reading sessions, and informal encounters. Among 223, 224, and 225 or 325. artists recently featured have been Native American 3) One elective chosen from: 207, 220, 221, 222, 223, flutist Mary Youngblood, the Daedalus Quartet, pianist 224, 225, 246, 250, 251, 265, 266, 303, 304, and Charles Abramovic, violinist Arnold Steinhardt, and 325. Music 329
4) Music 208, 209, 210 instrumental or vocal private MUSC H204 Tonal Harmony II HU study or department ensemble participation for Continuation of Music 203, introducing chromatic one year. Continuing ensemble participation and harmony and focusing on the development of sonata instrumental or vocal private study are strongly forms from the Classical through the Romantic period. urged. Composition of a sonata exposition is the final project. 5) Minors are expected to attend the majority of Three class hours plus laboratory period covering department-sponsored concerts, lectures, and related aural and keyboard harmony skills. Prerequisite: colloquia. Music 203 C.Cacioppo Substitutions for Haverford College courses in fulfillment of the major or minor in music must be approved in MUSC H265 Symphonic Technique and Tradition HU advance by the music department. In this course, we will be familiarizing ourselves with significant orchestral repertory of the past three Requirements for Honors centuries, learning to read the orchestral score, studying the capabilities of various orchestral instruments and Criteria for Departmental Honors: how they are used together, and tracing the evolution a) minimum GPA in music courses of 3.7, AND of orchestral writing and orchestral forms from the Classical period to the present. Short exercises in b) grade on senior project of 4.0 scoring for orchestra; final project is a presentation on a major orchestral work of your choice. Prerequisite: Criteria for Departmental High Honors: Music 203. a) outstanding, standard-setting contribution to I.Arauco the department in the context of courses and/or ensembles, AND MUSC H266 Composition HU b) exceptional level of originality, depth, and synthesis An introduction to the art of composition through weekly in the senior project as compared to undergraduate assignments designed to invite creative, individual work generally, outside Haverford (ie, a level of responses to a variety of musical ideas. Scoring for work that should be sufficient to gain admission to various instruments and ensembles; experimentation top graduate programs in the field. with harmony, form, notation and text setting. Weekly performance of student pieces; end-of-semester recital. COURSES Prerequisite: Music 204 or consent of instructor. I.Arauco MUSC H319 Intermedial Transformations: Musico- Acoustic Imaginations in Literature and Film MUSC H303 Advanced Tonal Harmony HU Prerequisite: One 200-level course in the Humanities Study of late nineteenth-century harmonic practice in U.Schoenherr selected works of Liszt, Wagner, Brahms, Faure, Wolf, Debussy, and Mahler. Exploration of chromatic harmony THEORY AND COMPOSITION COURSES through analysis and short exercises; final composition project consisting of either art song or piano piece such MUSC H110 Musicianship and Literature as nocturne or intermezzo. Musicianship lab covers Intensive introduction to the notational and theoretical related aural and keyboard harmony skills. Prerequisite: materials of music, complemented by work in sight- Music 204 singing and keyboard harmony. Discussion of C.Cacioppo musical forms and techniques of melody writing and harmonization; short projects in composition. MUSC H304 Counterpoint HU Staff 18th century contrapuntal techniques and forms with emphasis on the works of J. S. Bach. Canon; MUSC H203 Tonal Harmony I composition of two-part invention; fugal writing in three The harmonic vocabulary and compositional techniques parts; chorale prelude; analysis. Three class hours plus of Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, laboratory period covering related aural and keyboard and others. Emphasis is on composing melodies, harmony skills. Prerequisite: Music 204 constructing phrases, and harmonizing in four parts. I.Arauco Composition of minuet and trio, set of variations, or other homophonic piece is the final project. Three class MUSC H325 Seminar in 20th Century Theory and hours plus laboratory period covering related aural and Practice HU keyboard harmony skills. Prerequisite: Music 110 or Classic and contemporary 20th-century composers, consent. works, and trends, with reference to theoretical and I.Arauco
330 Music aesthetic writings and the broader cultural context. tuition Prerequisite: Departmental audition & consent of Prerequisite: Music 303a or 224 supervisor I.Arauco T.Lloyd
PERFORMANCE COURSES MUSC H210 Private Study: Keyboard Prerequisite: Departmental audition and consent of MUSC H102 Chorale supervisor. Chorale is a large mixed chorus that performs major C.Cacioppo works from the oratorio repertoire with orchestra. Attendance at weekly two-hour rehearsals and dress MUSC H214 Chamber Singers rehearsals during performance week is required. Chamber Singers is a 30-voice mixed choir that Entrance by audition. Students can start Chorale at the performs a wide range of mostly a cappella repertoire beginning of any semester. Prerequisite: Audition and from the Renaissance to the present day in original consent of the instructor. languages. Attendance required at three 80-minute T.Lloyd rehearsals weekly. Prerequisite: Audition and consent of instructor MUSC H107 Introductory Piano HU T.Lloyd Music 107 is an introduction to music and the art of playing the piano. The course consists of a weekly hour MUSC H215 Chamber Music long session on Tuesday evenings (lecture, directed Intensive rehearsal of works for small instrumental listening, or playing workshop) plus an individual lesson groups, with supplemental research and listening of 20 minutes at an arranged time. It is expected that the assigned. Performance is required. The course is student will practice an hour each day, 6 days a week. available to those who are concurrently studying Students are expected to keep a listening journal, which privately, or who have studied privately immediately consists of personal responses to the music, as well as prior to the start of the semester. Prerequisite: Audition a page of research on a topic related to each listening and consent of instructor assignment. The final exam is a performance of 2 or H.Jacob more short works on the class recital at the end of the term. Enrollment limited to 16 students, with 5 spaces MUSC H216 Orchestra reserved for majors/minors. C.Cacioppo For students participating in the Haverford-Bryn Mawr Orchestra, this course addresses the special musical MUSC H207 Topics in Piano: American Roots HU problems of literature rehearsed and performed during the semester. Prerequisite: Audition and consent of Prerequisite: Audition and consent of instructor instructor C.Cacioppo H.Jacob
MUSC H208 Private Study: Instrumental HU MUSC H219 Art Song All students enrolled in the private study program should A performance course devoted to the French, German, be participating in a departmentally directed ensemble English, and American art song literature from Schubert or activity (Chorale, Orchestra, etc.) as advised by their to the present. Weekly performance classes will be program supervisor. All students in the private study accompanied by weekly individual coachings with the program perform for a faculty jury at the end of the instructor, culminating in a public recital at the end of semester. Students assume the cost of their private the semester. Prerequisite: Audition and consent of lessons, but may apply for private study subsidies at instructor the beginning of each semester’s study through the T. Lloyd department. Prerequisite: Departmental audition & consent of supervisor H.Jacob MUSICOLOGY COURSES
MUSC H209 Private Study: Voice MUSC H 111 Introduction to Western Music 10 hour-long voice lessons with approved teachers A survey of the European musical tradition from the for 1/2 credit, graded. Jury exam at end of semester. middle ages to modern times. Students will hear music Must participate in Chorale or Chamber Singers by Monteverdi, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, the same semester to be eligible for credit or partial Stravinsky, Glass, among many others, developing both subsidy for cost of lessons, which is not covered by listening skills and an awareness of how music relates to the culture that fosters it. In addition to listening and Music 331 reading, students will attend concerts and prepare composition; private patrons and public music; music written assignments. and social change. Prerequisite: Music 110 or 111 or R.Freedman consent of instructor R.Freedman MUSC H220 Saints and Sinners. Musical Europe before 1400 MUSC H224 Music, Myth, and Meaning in the 19th Century The course will explore music and its cultural uses in Medieval Europe. We will study the main genres An exploration of songs, operas, piano music and forms of in secular and sacred contexts, from and symphonic works of Berlioz, Liszt, Schubert, monasteries, convents, and cathedrals, to courts and the Schumanns, Loewe, Wagner, Verdi, Dvorak, cities. We will trace the changing character of music Mahler, and Brahms in the rich landscape of literary itself, from plainsong to polyphonic and from troubadour Romanticism and nationalism; philosophies of music tunes to art song of the 14th century, in works by figures and music history. Prerequisite: Music 110 or 111, or like Hildegard, Leonin, Machaut, Landini, and Vitry. We consent of instructor will study transformations in musical notation, theoretical R.Freedman underpinnings of musical time and counterpoint, and the status of music itself in the divine cosmos. We will MUSC H225 Novelty and Renewal in 20th-Century also pause to put all of this in the context of current Music scholarship and historical performance practice. An exploration of how composers, musicians, and Prerequisite: Any full-credit course in Music (such listeners have behaved (and have misbehaved) during as Music 110, 111, 229, 203), or equivalent prior the last 100 years. Works by Debussy, Schoenberg, experience in musical study. Berg, Stravinsky, Bartok, Hindemith, Weill, Prokofiev, R.Freedman Shostakovich, Rochberg, Glass, and many others, considered in through priorities of modernist aesthetics MUSC H221 Music, Ritual, and Representation. and the changing place of music in society. Central 1400-1600 themes will include the search for order and control; Music of the 12th through 16th centuries, emphasizing music and the state; music, film, and electronic changing approaches to composition, notation, and technologies; new roles for composers, performers, and expression in works by composers such as Hildegard listeners. Prerequisite: Any full-credit course in Music von Bingen, Guillaume de Machaut, Josquin Desprez, (such as Music 110, 111, 229, 203), or equivalent prior and Orlando di Lasso, among many others. Classroom experience in musical study. assignments will consider basic problems raised by the R. Freedman study of early music: questions of style and structure, debates about performance practice, and issues MUSC H229 Thinking about Music: Ideas, History, of cultural history. Extensive reading and listening and Musicology culminating in individual research or performance Core concepts and perspectives for the serious study projects. Prerequisite: Music 110 or 111 or consent of of music. Students will explore music, meaning, and instructor. musicological method in a variety of contexts through R.Freedman a set of six foundational themes and questions: Music and the Idea of Genius, Who Owns Music? Music and MUSC H222 Composers, Players, and Listeners in Technology, The Global Soundscape, Music and the the 17th and 18th centuries State, Tonality, Sense, and Reason. Each unit will use This course traces sharp changes in musical style a small number of musical works, performances, or and the equally striking changes in roles for soloists, documents as focal points. In each unit we will also read composers, and audiences in an international context of current musicological work in attempt to understand patronage and publishing. From Monteverdi, Schltz and the methods, arguments, and perspectives through Lully to Rameau, Bach, and Handel. Prerequisite: Music which scholars interpret music and its many meanings. 110 or 111 or consent of instructor Prerequisite: Musc 110, 203, or equiv prior knowledge R.Freedman of music. R.Freedman MUSC H223 Between Galant and Learned: Musical Life and the Enlightenment MUSC H246 Words and Music: Wagner’s Ring and the Modern World This course ranges from the conservatories of Naples to opera houses of Vienna and Paris. Music by Pergolesi, R.Freedman Gluck, Haydn, Mozart, the young Beethoven, and many others; debates on music and language; the craft of 332 Neuroscience
MUSC H250 Words and Music NEUROSCIENCE Prerequisite: One 100-level course in Music or consent of instructor. Students may complete a minor in Neuroscience as an R.Freedman/C.Cacioppo adjunct to any major at Bryn Mawr or Haverford pending approval of the student’s coursework plan by their MUSC H251 Music, Film, and Narrative respective Neuroscience adviser. An introduction to music and film, with special attention to works from the 1930’s through the 1950’s by composers such as Auric, Copland, Eisler, Herrmann, Advisory Committee Korngold, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Steiner, Tiomkin and Waxman. Close study of orchestration, harmony Peter D. Brodfuehrer, Adviser for Biology and thematic process as they contribute to cinematic Rebecca Compton, Adviser Psychology at Haverford narrative and form. Source readings to include artistic College positions staked out by film composers themselves, as well as critical and scholarly essays by leading writers Karen F. Greif, Biology on the narrative possibilities of film music. Prerequisite: Andrea Morris, Adviser for Biology at Haverford College Music 203 or equivalent knowledge of music theory. R. Freedman Leslie Rescorla, Psychology Wendy F. Sternberg, Psychology at Haverford College MUSCH 257 Sociology of the Arts Anjali Thapar, Psychology Typically offered in alternate years. Earl Thomas, Adviser for Psychology L.McCormick
MUSCH 480 Independent Study The desire to understand human and animal behavior in Prerequisite: Approval of department and consent of terms of nervous system structure and function is long instructor. standing. Historically, this task has been approached I.Arauco/C.Cacioppo/R.Freedman/H.Jacob/T.Lloyd from a variety of disciplines including medicine, biology, psychology, philosophy and physiology. The field of neuroscience emerged as an interdisciplinary DIVERSE TRADITIONS COURSES approach, combining techniques and perspectives from these disciplines, as well as emerging fields such as MUSC H149 Native American Music and Belief computation and cognitive science, to yield new insights Surveys the principal styles of Native North American into the workings of the nervous system and behavior. singing in ceremonial and secular contexts; discusses contemporary Indian musical cross-overs and the Students may complete a minor in Neuroscience as aesthetic of multi-culturalism; emphasizes class an adjunct to any major at Bryn Mawr or Haverford participation in singing traditional Indian songs. Satisfies pending approval of the student’s coursework plan by the Social Justice requirement. their respective Neuroscience adviser. The minor in C.Cacioppo Neuroscience is designed to allow students to pursue their interests in behavior and the nervous system MUSC H227 Jazz and the Politics of Culture across disciplines. The first requirement for the minor A study of jazz and its social meanings. Starting with is a course that acts as a gateway to the discipline and an overview of jazz styles and European idioms closely should be taken early in a student’s academic plan. bound to jazz history, the course gives students a basic aural education in musical forms, the process of improvisation, and the fabric of musical performance Minor Requirements in the context of how assumptions about order and disorder in music reflect deeply-felt views about 1. HC Psych 217 (Biological Psychology) or BMC society and culture. Enrollment limited to 35 students. Psych 218 (Behavioral Neuroscience) or BMC Bio Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher 202 (Introduction to Neuroscience). R.Freedman 2. Five credits from advanced courses on the following lists, with these constraints: a. The five credits must sample from three different disciplines. b. At least three of the five credits must be from List A (neuroscience courses); the remainder can be from List A or B (courses from allied disciplines). Neuroscience 333 c. At least one of the credits must be at the 300-level CMSC B250 Computational Models in the Sciences or higher. CMSC B325 Computational Linguistics d. One of the five credits may come from supervised CMSC B361 Emergence senior research in neuroscience. CMSC B371 Cognitive Science e. With permission of major and minor advisers, a student may count no more than two of the six CMSC B372 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence minor credits towards the student’s major. CMSC B376 Developmental Robotics LING H113 Introduction to Syntax List of Courses LING H114 Introduction to Semantics
List A: Neuroscience courses LING H245 Phonetics and Phonology PHIL B244 Philosophy and Cognitive Science BIOL B244 Behavioral Endocrinology PHIL B319 Philosophy of Mind BIOL B304 Cell and Molecular Neurobiology PHIL H102 Rational Animals BIOL B321 Neuroethology PHIL H106 Philosophy of Consciousness BIOL B326 From Channels to Behavior PHIL H110 Mind and World BIOL B364 Developmental Neurobiology PHIL H112 Mind, Myth, and Memory BIOL B401 Supervised Research in Neural & PHIL H251 Philosophy of Mind Behavioral Sciences PHIL H351 Topics in Philosophy of Mind BIOL H309 Molecular Neurobiology PSYC B201 Learning Theory and Behavior BIOL H330 Laboratory in Neural and Behavioral Science PSYC B209 Abnormal Psychology BIOL H350 Pattern Formation in the Nervous System PSYC B212 Human Cognition BIOL H357 Topics in Protein Science [protein PSYC B350 Developmental Cognitive Disorders aggregation in neurodegenerative disease] PSYC B351 Developmental Psychopathology BIOL H403 Senior Research Tutorial in Protein PSYC H213 Memory and Cognition Folding and Design PSYC H220 Psychology of Time BIOL H409 Senior Research Tutorial in Molecular Neurobiology PSYC H238 Psychology of Language PSYC B323 Cognitive Neuroscience COURSES PSYC B395 Psychopharmacology PSYC H240 Psychology of Pain and Pain Inhibition BIOL B110 Biological Exploration I PSYC H260 Cognitive Neuroscience This is a topics course. Topics vary. BIOL B110 is an PSYC B401 Supervised Research in Neural and introductory-level courses designed to encourage Behavioral Sciences students to explore the field of biology at multiple levels of organization: molecular, cellular, organismal and PSYC H370 Neuroscience of Mental Illness ecological. Each course will explore these areas of PSYC H394 Senior Research Tutorial in Biological biology through a unifying theme. Lecture three hours, Psychology laboratory three hours a week. PSYC H395 Senior Research Tutorial in Cognitive Requirement(s): Division II with Lab Neuroscience Approach: Quantitative Readiness Required (QR); Scientific Investigation (SI) Counts towards: Neuroscience List B: Allied disciplines Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Greif,K., Davis,T., Skirkanich,J., Shapiro,J.
BIOL B250 Computational Models in the Sciences Fall 2013: Current topic description: Biology B110- BIOL H302 Cell Architecture 001 will explore areas of biology through a unifying theme. It will center on the reading of “The Emperor BIOL H306 Inter and Intra Cellular Communication of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer” by Siddhartha BIOL H312 Development and Evolution Mukherjee and will examine the biology of Cancer from 334 Neuroscience perspectives of biochemistry, cell biology, genetics and Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science genomics and physiology. Approach: Scientific Investigation (SI) Counts towards: Neuroscience Fall 2013: Current topic description: Biology B110-002 Units: 1.0 will investigate the relationship between genotype and Instructor(s):Greif,K. phenotype through analysis of inheritance patterns (Fall 2013) in families and populations and examination of the regulation and decoding of genetic information that BIOL B244 Behavioral Endocrinology ultimately produces whose structure/function dictates An interdisciplinary-based analysis of the nature of cellular activity. hormones, how hormones affect cells and systems, and how these effects alter the behavior of animals. Topics Fall 2013: Current topic description: Biology B110-003, will be covered from a research perspective using this course will explore the ways that the genomes of a combination of lectures, discussions and student various organisms have been altered by nature and by presentations. Prerequisites: One semester of BIOL human interventions, focusing on the mechanisms and 110-111 or one of the following courses: B202, PSYC effects of those genetic modifications. B218 or PSYC H217. Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science BIOL B111 Biological Exploration II Approach: Scientific Investigation (SI) This is a topics course. Topics vary. BIOL 110 is an Counts towards: Neuroscience introductory-level course designed to encourage Units: 1.0 students to explore the field of biology at multiple levels (Not Offered 2013-14) of organization: molecular, cellular, organismal and ecological. Each course will explore these areas of BIOL B321 Neuroethology biology through a unifying theme. Lecture three hours, This course provides an opportunity for students to laboratory three hours a week. understand the neuronal basis of behavior through the Requirement(s): Division II with Lab examination of how particular animals have evolved Approach: Quantitative Readiness Required (QR); neural solutions to specific problems posed to them by Scientific Investigation (SI) their environments. The topics will be covered from a Counts towards: Neuroscience research perspective using a combination of lectures, Units: 1.0 discussions and student presentations. Prerequisite: Instructor(s): Brodfuehrer,P., Skirkanich,J., Davis,G., BIOL 202, PSYC 218 or PSYC 217 at Haverford. Mozdzer,T. Counts towards: Neuroscience Units: 1.0 Spring 2014: Current topic description: Biology B111- Instructor(s):Brodfuehrer,P. 001, taking an ecological approach, we will use invasive (Fall 2013) species as our central theme in order to predict how organisms can affect multiple levels for biological BIOL B326 From Channels to Behavior organization from the organismal to the ecosystem level. Introduces the principles, research approaches, and Spring 2014: Current topic description: Biology B111- methodologies of cellular and behavioral neuroscience. 002, this course will examine the underlying physiology The first half of the course will cover the cellular associated with specific animal behaviors such as bat properties of neurons using current and voltage clamp echolocation, and thermoregulation and bee foraging. techniques along with neuron simulations. The second half of the course will introduce students to state-of- Spring 2014: Current topic description: Biology B111- the-art techniques for acquiring and analyzing data in 003, this course will introduce the basic principles a variety of rodent models linking brain and behavior. underlying the development of organisms and how Prerequisites: one semester of BIOL 110-111 and one development evolves to meet various environmental of the following: PSYC 218, PSYC 217 at Haverford, or challenges. BIOL 202. Counts towards: Neuroscience BIOL B202 Introduction to Neuroscience Crosslisting(s): PSYC-B326 Units: 1.0 An introduction to the nervous system and its broad (Not Offered 2013-14) contributions to function. The class will explore fundamentals of neural anatomy and signaling, sensory BIOL B364 Developmental Neurobiology and motor processing and control, nervous system development and examples of complex brain functions. A lecture/discussion course on major topics in the Lecture three hours a week. Prerequisites: One development of the nervous system. Some of the semester of Bio 110-111 or permission of instructor. topics to be addressed are cell generation, cell Neuroscience 335 migration, cell survival and growth, axon guidance and will explore issues of classification, theories of etiology, target specificity, synapse formation and behavioral risk and prevention factors, research on prognosis, development. Lecture three hours a week. Prerequisite: and studies of treatment. Prerequisite: Introductory BIOL 201 or 271, BIOL 202 or equivalent, or permission Psychology (PSYC 105). of instructor. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Counts towards: Neuroscience Counts towards: Child and Family Studies; Units: 1.0 Neuroscience (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 Instructor(s):Neeren,A. BIOL B396 Topics in Neuroscience (Spring 2014) A seminar course dealing with current issues in PSYC B212 Human Cognition neuroscience. It provides advanced students minoring in neuroscience with an opportunity to read and discuss in This course deals with the scientific study of human depth seminal papers that represent emerging thought cognition. Topics include perception, pattern recognition, in the field. In addition, students are expected to make attention, memory, visual imagery, language, reasoning, presentations of their own research. decision making, and problem solving. Historical as well Counts towards: Neuroscience as contemporary perspectives will be discussed, and Crosslisting(s): PSYC-B396 data from cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, Units: 1.0 and computational modeling will be reviewed. The (Not Offered 2013-14) laboratory consists of experiments related to these topics. Lecture three hours, laboratory 90 minutes a PSYC B201 Learning/Behavior Analysis week. Prerequisite: Introductory Psychology (PSYC 105) This course covers the basic principles of behavior, Requirement(s): Division II with Lab and their application to the understanding of the human Approach: Scientific Investigation (SI) condition. Topics include the distinction between Counts towards: Neuroscience closed-loop (selection by consequences) and open- Units: 1.0 loop (elicitation and adjunctive behavior) relations, the Instructor(s):Thapar,A. distinction between contingency-shaped behavior and (Fall 2013) behavior under instructional control, discrimination and concept formation, choice, functional analysis of PSYC B218 Behavioral Neuroscience verbal behavior and awareness and problem solving. Behavior Analysis is presented as a distinct research An interdisciplinary course on the neurobiological methodology with a distinct language, as well as a bases of experience and behavior, emphasizing distinct theoretical approach within psychology. the contribution of the various neurosciences to the Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science understanding of basic problems of psychology. An Approach: Scientific Investigation (SI) introduction to the fundamentals of neuroanatomy, Counts towards: Neuroscience neurophysiology, and neurochemistry with an emphasis Units: 1.0 upon synaptic transmission; followed by the application (Not Offered 2013-14) of these principles to an analysis of sensory processes and perception, emotion, motivation, learning, and PSYC B209 Abnormal Psychology cognition. Lecture three hours a week. Prerequisite: Introductory Psychology (PSYC 105). This course will cover the main psychological Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science disorders manifested by individuals as they develop Counts towards: Neuroscience across the life span. The semester will begin with an Units: 1.0 historical overview of how psychopathology has been Instructor(s):Thomas,E. conceptualized and treated across many centuries (Fall 2013) of Western history. The course will then review the assumptions of the major models which have been PSYC B323 Advanced Topics in Cognitive formulated to explain psychopathology: the biological, Neuroscience the psychodynamic, the behavioral, and the cognitive. We will begin with childhood and adolescent disorders A seminar course dealing with state-of-the-art and then cover the main disorders of adults. Among developments in the cognitive neuroscience of human the disorders covered will be: attention deficit disorder, memory. We will cover topics related to the cognitive anorexia/bulimia, conduct disorder/antisocial personality, and neural architecture of working memory, episodic borderline personality disorder, anxiety disorders, memory, semantic memory, false memory, and various psychophysiological disorders, substance abuse, forms of non-declarative memory. A strong emphasis will depression, and schizophrenia. For each disorder, we be placed on studies utilizing functional neuroimaging, 336 Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies neuropsychological investigations, and animal models. PEACE, CONFLICT, AND SOCIAL This is a topics course. Course content will vary. Prerequisite: a course in cognition (PSYC B212, PSYC JUSTICE STUDIES H213, PSYC H260) or behavioral neuroscience (either PSYC B218 or PSYC H217). Students may complete a concentration in Peace, Counts towards: Neuroscience Conflict, and Social Justice Studies. Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14)
PSYC B326 From Channels to Behavior Advisory Committee Introduces the principles, research approaches, and Alison Cook-Sather, Mary Katherine Woodworth methodologies of cellular and behavioral neuroscience. Chair and Professor in the Bryn Mawr/Haverford The first half of the course will cover the cellular Education Program and Director of Peace, properties of neurons using current and voltage clamp Conflict and Social Justice Program techniques along with neuron simulations. The second Marc Howard Ross, William Rand Keenan Jr. Professor half of the course will introduce students to state-of- Emeritus of Political Science, Bryn Mawr College the-art techniques for acquiring and analyzing data in a variety of rodent models linking brain and behavior. Laurie Cain Hart, Anthropology, Haverford College Prerequisites: one semester of BIOL 110-111 and one Ignacio Gallup-Diaz, Associate Professor of History, of the following: PSYC 218, PSYC 217 at Haverford, or Chair and Junior Advisor, Bryn Mawr College BIOL 202. Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science Clark McCauley, Professor of Psychology, Bryn Mawr Counts towards: Neuroscience College Crosslisting(s): BIOL-B326 Barak Mendelsohn, Political Science, Haverford College Units: 1.0 Susanna Wing, Associate Professor of Political Science, (Not Offered 2013-14) Haverford College
PSYC B396 Topics in Neuroscience The Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies program A seminar course dealing with current issues in reflects Bryn Mawr’s interest in the study of conflicts, neuroscience. It provides advanced students minoring in peacemaking, and social justice and offers students neuroscience with an opportunity to read and discuss in the opportunity to design a course of study, to sustain depth seminal papers that represent emerging thought a thematic focus across disciplinary boundaries, and in the field. In addition, students are expected to make to enrich their major program in the process. Students presentations of their own research. are encouraged to draw courses from the programs at Counts towards: Neuroscience Haverford (www.haverford.edu/pjhr) and Swarthmore Crosslisting(s): BIOL-B396 (www.swarthmore.edu/x20631.xml) as well. Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Students in the concentration can pursue a wide range of theoretical and substantive interests concerning questions such as: intra-state and international causes of conflict; cooperative and competitive strategies of negotiation and bargaining; intergroup relations and the role of culturally constituted institutions and practices in conflict management; social movements; protests and revolutions; the role of religion in social conflict and its mitigation; human rights and transitional justice in post conflict societies; and social justice and identity questions arising from ethnic, religious and cultural diversity and the implications of these constructions for the distribution of material and symbolic resources in society as well as the practical capacities to engage individuals and groups across constructions of difference by linking practice and theory. A list of courses students have included in their concentrations can be found at www.brynmawr.edu/peacestudies/ courseoptions.html. Below is a more general description of the concentration requirements.
Students in the concentration are encouraged to explore alternative conceptions of peace and social justice in Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies 337 different cultural contexts and historical moments by include interpersonal conflict and conflict management, emphasizing the connections between the intellectual alternative dispute resolution and the law, community scaffolding needed to analyze the construction of conflict and mediation, organizational, intergroup, social identities and the social, political and economic and international conflict, and conflict management. implications of these constructions for the distribution This course will also serve as a foundation course for of material and symbolic resources within and between students in or considering the Peace, Conflict, and societies and the challenges and opportunities Social Justice Studies concentration. to engage individuals and groups to move their Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science communities and societies towards peace and social Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) justice. Counts towards: Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies Concentration Requirements Crosslisting(s): POLS-B111 Units: 1.0 Students who wish to take the concentration meet with (Not Offered 2013-14) a faculty adviser by the spring of their sophomore year to develop a plan of study. All concentrators are required ANTH B200 The Atlantic World 1492-1800 to take three core courses: (1) an introductory course, The aim of this course is to provide an understanding Introduction to Peace, Social Justice and Human Rights of the way in which peoples, goods, and ideas from at Haverford or Introduction to Peace, Conflict, and Africa, Europe. and the Americas came together to form Social Justice Studies at Swarthmore; (2) a 200-level an interconnected Atlantic World system. The course course (Conflict and Conflict Management, International is designed to chart the manner in which an integrated Law, Politics of Humanitarianism, or Forgiveness, system was created in the Americas in the early modern Mourning, and Mercy in Law and Politics), and (3) a period, rather than to treat the history of the Atlantic project involving community participation and reflection World as nothing more than an expanded version of by participation in bi-semester meetings, attendance North American, Caribbean, or Latin American history. at lectures/workshops, and development of a portfolio Requirement(s): Division I or Division III in their junior and senior years. This constellation Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) of this second option earns students a single credit Counts towards: Africana Studies; Latin Amer/Latino/ that is awarded upon the successful completion of all Iberian Peoples & Cultures; International Studies Major; components. Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies Crosslisting(s): HIST-B200 In addition, students are required to take three courses Units: 1.0 chosen in consultation with their adviser, working (Not Offered 2013-14) out a plan that focuses this second half of their concentration regionally, conceptually or around a ANTH B206 Conflict and Conflict Management: A particular substantive problem. These courses might Cross-Cultural Approach include international conflict and resolution; social justice, diversity and identity, ethnic conflict in general This course examines cross-cultural differences in the or in a specific region of the world (e.g. Southern levels and forms of conflict and its management through Africa, the Middle East, Northern Ireland); a theoretical a wide range of cases and alternative theoretical approach to the field, such as nonviolence, social perspectives. Conflicts of interest range from the justice movements, bargaining or game theory; an interpersonal to the international levels and an important applied approach, such as reducing violence among question is the relevance of conflict and its management youth, the arts and peacemaking, community mediation in small-scale societies as a way to understand political or a particular policy question such as immigration or conflict and dispute settlement in the United States and bilingual education. modern industrial settings. Prerequisite: one course in Political Science, Anthropology, or Sociology. The following courses are pre-approved (www. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science brynmawr.edupeacestudies/courses.html). To Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) see if other courses might be counted toward the Counts towards: Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice concentration, contact the program director, Alison Studies Cook-Sather, [email protected]. Crosslisting(s): POLS-B206 Units: 1.0 COURSES (Not Offered 2013-14)
ANTH B111 Introduction to Peace, Conflict, and ANTH B281 Language in Social Context Social Justice Studies Studies of language in society have moved from the A broad and interdisciplinary overview of the study idea that language reflects social position/identity of conflict management. Areas to be introduced will to the idea that language plays an active role in shaping and negotiating social position, identity, and 338 Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies experience. This course will explore the implications course examines the politics of culture and how it of this shift by providing an introduction to the fields of constrains and offers opportunities for ethnic conflict and sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology. We will be cooperation. The role of narratives, rituals, and symbols particularly concerned with the ways in which language is emphasized in examining political contestation is implicated in the social construction of gender, race, over cultural representations and expressions such class, and cultural/national identity. The course will as parades, holy sites, public dress, museums, develop students’ skills in the ethnographic analysis monuments, and language in culturally framed ethnic of communication through several short ethnographic conflicts from all regions of the world. Prerequisites: two projects. Prerequisite: ANTH 102 or permission of courses in the social sciences. instructor. Counts towards: Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Studies Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Crosslisting(s): POLS-B348 Interpretation (CI) Units: 1.0 Counts towards: Child and Family Studies; Peace, Instructor(s): Ross,M. Conflict, and Social Justice Studies (Spring 2014) Crosslisting(s): LING-B281 Units: 1.0 ECON B385 Democracy and Development (Not Offered 2013-14) From 1974 to the late 1990’s the number of democracies grew from 39 to 117. This “third wave,” ANTH B347 Advanced Issues in Peace, Conflict, and the collapse of communism and developmental Social Justice Studies successes in East Asia have led some to argue the An in-depth examination of crucial issues and particular triumph of democracy and markets. Since the late cases of interest to advanced students in Peace, 1990’s, democracy’s third wave has stalled, and some Conflict, and Social Justice Studies through common fear a reverse wave and democratic breakdowns. We readings and student projects. Various important will question this phenomenon through the disciplines theories of conflict and conflict management are of economics, history, political science and sociology compared and students undertake semester-long field drawing from theoretical, case study and classical research. The second half of the semester focuses literature. Prerequisites: ECON 200; ECON 253 or 304; on student research topics with continued exploration and one course in Political Science OR Junior or Senior of conflict-resolution theories and research methods. Standing in Political Science OR Permission of the Prerequisite: POLS B206, B111, or POLS H247. Instructor. Counts towards: Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Studies Counts towards: International Studies Major; Peace, Crosslisting(s): POLS-B347 Conflict, and Social Justice Studies Units: 1.0 Crosslisting(s): POLS-B385 (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 Instructor(s):Ross,M., Rock,M. ANTH B382 Religious Fundamentalism in the Global (Spring 2014) Era EDUC B275 English Learners in U.S. Schools: Through a comparison of Jewish, Islamic, Christian Policies and Practices and Hindu political movements, the course seeks to investigate the religious turn in national and This course focuses on educational policies and transnational contexts. We will also seek to find practices related to language minority students in the U. commonalities and differences in religious movements, S. We examine English learners’ diverse experiences, and religious regimes, while considering the aspects of educators’ approaches to working with linguistically globalization which usher in new kinds of transnational diverse students, programs that address their strengths affiliation. Prerequisite: An introductory course in and needs, links between schools and communities, and Anthropology, Political Science or History or permission issues of policy and advocacy. This is a Praxis II course of the instructor. (weekly fieldwork in a school or other educational Requirement(s): Division I or Division III setting). Counts towards: Middle East Studies; Peace, Conflict, Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science and Social Justice Studies Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Crosslisting(s): POLS-B382; HIST-B382 Counts towards: Child and Family Studies; Peace, Units: 1.0 Conflict, and Social Justice Studies; Praxis Program (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 Instructor(s):Martin,R. CITY B348 Culture and Ethnic Conflict (Fall 2013) An examination of the role of culture in the origin, escalation, and settlement of ethnic conflicts. This Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies 339
HIST B127 Indigenous Leaders 1492-1750 POLS B206 Conflict and Conflict Management: A Cross-Cultural Approach Studies the experiences of indigenous men and women who exercised local authority in the systems established This course examines cross-cultural differences in the by European colonizers. In return for places in the levels and forms of conflict and its management through colonial administrations, these leaders performed a a wide range of cases and alternative theoretical range of tasks. At the same time they served as imperial perspectives. Conflicts of interest range from the officials, they exercised “traditional” forms of authority interpersonal to the international levels and an important within their communities, often free of European question is the relevance of conflict and its management presence. These figures provide a lens through which in small-scale societies as a way to understand political early modern colonialism is studied. conflict and dispute settlement in the United States and Requirement(s): Division I or Division III modern industrial settings. Prerequisite: one course in Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Political Science, Anthropology, or Sociology. Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Cultures; Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Units: 1.0 Counts towards: Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Instructor(s):Gallup-Diaz,I. Studies (Fall 2013) Crosslisting(s): ANTH-B206 Units: 1.0 HIST B382 Religious Fundamentalism in the Global (Not Offered 2013-14) Era POLS B211 Politics of Humanitarianism Through a comparison of Jewish, Islamic, Christian and Hindu political movements, the course seeks This course examines the international politics and to investigate the religious turn in national and history that underlie the ideas, social movement, transnational contexts. We will also seek to find and system of organizations designed to regulate commonalities and differences in religious movements, the conduct of war and improve the welfare of those and religious regimes, while considering the aspects of victimizes by war. It begins with ethical, legal and globalization which usher in new kinds of transnational organizational foundations, and then examines to affiliation. Prerequisite: An introductory course in post-Cold War cases and beyond. Topics include Anthropology, Political Science or History or permission just war theory, international humanitarian law, of the instructor. humanitarian action and intervention, and transitional Requirement(s): Division I or Division III justice. Prerequisites: one class in Political Science or Counts towards: Middle East Studies; Peace, Conflict, comparable course by permission of the instructor. and Social Justice Studies Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Crosslisting(s): ANTH-B382; POLS-B382 Counts towards: Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Units: 1.0 Studies (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) POLS B111 Introduction to Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies POLS B250 Introduction to International Politics A broad and interdisciplinary overview of the study An introduction to international relations, exploring of conflict management. Areas to be introduced will its main subdivisions and theoretical approaches. include interpersonal conflict and conflict management, Phenomena and problems in world politics examined alternative dispute resolution and the law, community include systems of power management, imperialism, conflict and mediation, organizational, intergroup, globalization, war, bargaining, and peace. Problems and and international conflict, and conflict management. institutions of international economy and international This course will also serve as a foundation course for law are also addressed. This course assumes a students in or considering the Peace, Conflict, and reasonable knowledge of modern world history. Social Justice Studies concentration. Enrollment Limit: 16; enrollment preference given to Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science sophomores, and up, particularly majors in Political Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Science and/or International Studies. Counts towards: Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Studies Counts towards: International Studies Major; Peace, Crosslisting(s): ANTH-B111 Conflict, and Social Justice Studies Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Instructor(s):Allen,M. (Fall 2013) 340 Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies
POLS B316 The Politics of Ethnic, Racial, and POLS B358 Political Psychology of Group National Groups Identification An analysis of ethnic and racial conflict and cooperation This seminar explores the common interests of that will compare and contrast the experiences of racial psychologists and political scientists in ethnic minorities in the United States and Muslim minorities identification and ethnic-group conflict. Rational in Europe. Particular attention is paid to the processes choice theories of conflict from political science will be of group identification and political organization; the compared with social psychological theories of conflict politicization of racial and ethnic identity; patterns of that focus more on emotion and essentializing. These conflict and cooperation between minorities and the theories will be applied to Western interventions in the majority population over time; and different paths to Balkans. Each student will contribute a 350-word post citizenship. The course will emphasize how the politics in response to each reading assignment, and represent of differentiation has similarities across setting and that post in seminar discussion of the reading. Each historical periods as well as important differences student will write a final paper applying these theories Counts towards: Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice to a case of ethnic conflict chosen by agreement with Studies the instructor. Grading includes posts, participation in Units: 1.0 discussion, and the final paper. Prerequisite: PSYC (Not Offered 2013-14) 208 or two semesters of political science, or instructor’s permission. POLS B347 Advanced Issues in Peace, Conflict, Counts towards: Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice and Social Justice Studies: Utopias, Dystopias, and Studies Peace Crosslisting(s): PSYC-B358 Units: 1.0 An in-depth examination of crucial issues and particular Instructor(s):McCauley,C. cases of interest to advanced students in Peace, (Spring 2014) Conflict, and Social Justice Studies through common readings and student projects. Various important POLS B379 The United Nations and World Order theories of conflict and conflict management are compared and students undertake semester-long field Initially founded in 1945 to address the challenges research. The second half of the semester focuses of international armed aggression, the United on student research topics with continued exploration Nations has since evolved, and is now charged with of conflict-resolution theories and research methods. confronting a wide range of threats, including atrocities, Prerequisite: POLS B206, B111, or POLS H247. poverty, hunger, disease, and climate change. This Counts towards: Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice class examines the organization’s pre-eminent Studies role in international peace and security, economic Crosslisting(s): ANTH-B347 development, and human rights and humanitarian Units: 1.0 affairs. Prerequisites: Students are required to have (Not Offered 2013-14) completed at least a year of Political Science or Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies courses (one class POLS B348 Culture and Ethnic Conflict must be International Politics (POLS B250) or have the permission of the instructor. An examination of the role of culture in the origin, Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science escalation, and settlement of ethnic conflicts. This Counts towards: Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice course examines the politics of culture and how it Studies constrains and offers opportunities for ethnic conflict and Units: 1.0 cooperation. The role of narratives, rituals, and symbols (Not Offered 2013-14) is emphasized in examining political contestation over cultural representations and expressions such POLS B382 Religious Fundamentalism in the Global as parades, holy sites, public dress, museums, Era monuments, and language in culturally framed ethnic conflicts from all regions of the world. Prerequisites: two Through a comparison of Jewish, Islamic, Christian courses in the social sciences. and Hindu political movements, the course seeks Counts towards: Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice to investigate the religious turn in national and Studies transnational contexts. We will also seek to find Crosslisting(s): CITY-B348 commonalities and differences in religious movements, Units: 1.0 and religious regimes, while considering the aspects of Instructor(s):Ross,M. globalization which usher in new kinds of transnational (Spring 2014) affiliation. Prerequisite: An introductory course in Anthropology, Political Science or History or permission of the instructor. Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies 341
Requirement(s): Division I or Division III and perpetuated); the different types of migration (labor Counts towards: Middle East Studies; Peace, Conflict, migration, refugee flows, return migration) and forms of and Social Justice Studies transnationalism; immigration and emigration policies; Crosslisting(s): ANTH-B382; HIST-B382 and patterns of migrants’ integration around the globe. Units: 1.0 It also addresses the implications of growing population (Not Offered 2013-14) movements and transnationalism for social relations and nation-states. Prerequisite: At least one prior social POLS B385 Democracy and Development science course or permission of the instructor. Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & From 1974 to the late 1990’s the number of Cultures; Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies democracies grew from 39 to 117. This “third wave,” Units: 1.0 the collapse of communism and developmental (Not Offered 2013-14) successes in East Asia have led some to argue the triumph of democracy and markets. Since the late SOCL B350 Movements for Social Justice in the US 1990’s, democracy’s third wave has stalled, and some fear a reverse wave and democratic breakdowns. We Throughout human history, powerless groups of people will question this phenomenon through the disciplines have organized social movements to improve their lives of economics, history, political science and sociology and their societies. Powerful groups and institutions drawing from theoretical, case study and classical have resisted these efforts in order to maintain their literature. Prerequisite: one year of study in political own privilege. Some periods of history have been more science or economics. likely than others to spawn protest movements. What Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science factors seem most likely to lead to social movements? Counts towards: International Studies Major; Peace, What determines their success/failure? We will examine Conflict, and Social Justice Studies 20th-century social movements in the United States Crosslisting(s): ECON-B385 to answer these questions. Includes a film series. Units: 1.0 Prerequisite: At least one prior social science course or Instructor(s):Ross,M., Rock,M. permission of the instructor. (Spring 2014) Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Peace, PSYC B358 Political Psychology of Group Conflict, and Social Justice Studies Identification Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) This seminar explores the common interests of psychologists and political scientists in ethnic identification and ethnic-group conflict. Rational choice theories of conflict from political science will be compared with social psychological theories of conflict that focus more on emotion and essentializing. These theories will be applied to Western interventions in the Balkans. Each student will contribute a 350-word post in response to each reading assignment, and represent that post in seminar discussion of the reading. Each student will write a final paper applying these theories to a case of ethnic conflict chosen by agreement with the instructor. Grading includes posts, participation in discussion, and the final paper. Prerequisite: PSYC 208 or two semesters of political science, or instructor’s permission. Counts towards: Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies Crosslisting(s): POLS-B358 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s):McCauley,C. (Spring 2014)
SOCL B314 Immigrant Experiences This course is an introduction to the causes and consequences of international migration. It explores the major theories of migration (how migration is induced 342 Philosophy
PHILOSOPHY Philosophy majors are encouraged to supplement their philosophical interests by taking advantage of courses offered in related areas, such as anthropology, history, Students may complete a major or minor in Philosophy. history of art, languages, literature, mathematics, political science, psychology, and sociology.
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Kevin Connolly, Lecturer Honors will be awarded by the department based on Robert J. Dostal, Rufus M. Jones Professor and the senior thesis and other work completed in the Chair department. The Milton C. Nahm Prize in Philosophy is a cash award presented to the graduating senior Christine Koggell, Harvey Wexler Chair of Philosophy major whose senior thesis the department judges to be Michael Krausz, Milton C. Nahm Professor of of outstanding caliber. This prize need not be granted Philosophy (on leave semester II) every year. Jessica Brooke Payson, Lecturer Minor Requirements Adrienne Prettyman, Lecturer Students may minor in Philosophy by taking six courses The Department of Philosophy introduces students in the discipline at any level. They must also attend the to some of the most compelling answers to questions monthly noncredit department colloquia. of human existence and knowledge. It also grooms students for a variety of fields that require analysis, conceptual precision, argumentative skill, and Cross-Registration clarity of thought and expression. These include Students may take advantage of cross-registration administration, the arts, business, computer science, arrangements with Haverford College, Swarthmore health professions, law, and social services. The major College, and the University of Pennsylvania. in Philosophy also prepares students for graduate-level Courses at these institutions may satisfy Bryn Mawr study leading to careers in teaching and research in the requirements, but students should check with the chair discipline. of the department to make sure specific courses meet requirements. The curriculum focuses on three major areas: the systematic areas of philosophy, such as logic, theory of knowledge, metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics; Prerequisites the history of philosophy through the study of key No introductory-level course carries a prerequisite. philosophers and philosophical periods; and the However, most courses at both the intermediate and philosophical explication of methods in such domains as advanced levels carry prerequisites. Unless stated art, history, religion, and science. otherwise in the course description, any introductory course satisfies the prerequisite for an intermediate- The department is a member of the Greater level course, and any intermediate course satisfies the Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium comprising 13 prerequisite for an advanced-level course. member institutions in the Delaware Valley. It sponsors conferences on various topics in philosophy and an annual undergraduate student philosophy conference. COURSES
PHIL B101 Happiness and Reality in Ancient Major Requirements Thought Students majoring in Philosophy must take a minimum What makes us happy? The wisdom of the ancient of 11 semester courses in the discipline and attend the world has importantly shaped the tradition of Western monthly noncredit departmental colloquia which feature thought but in some important respects it has been leading visiting scholars. The following five courses rejected or forgotten. What is the nature of reality? Can are required for the major: the two-semester Historical we have knowledge about the world and ourselves, and, Introduction (PHIL 101 and 102); Ethics (PHIL 221); if so, how? In this course we explore answers to these Theory of Knowledge (PHIL 211), Metaphysics (PHIL sorts of metaphysical, epistemological, ethical, and 212), or Logic (PHIL 103); and Senior Conference (PHIL political questions by examining the works of the two 398 and PHIL 399). At least three other courses at the central Greek philosophers: Plato and Aristotle. We will 300 level are required, one of which must concentrate consider earlier Greek religious and dramatic writings, on the work of a single philosopher or a period of a few Presocratic philosophers, and the person of philosophy. Socrates who never wrote a word. Philosophy 343
Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities and art. These three visionaries of modernity have Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the translated the abstract metaphysics of “the history Past (IP) of the subject” into a concrete analysis of human Units: 1.0 experience. Their work has been a major influence Instructor(s): Connolly,K. on the Frankfurt School of critical theory and has also (Spring 2014) led to a revolutionary shift in the understanding and writing of history and literature now associated with PHIL B102 Science and Morality in Modernity the work of modern French philosophers Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Julia Kristeva, and Jacques In this course, we explore answers to fundamental Lacan. Our readings will, therefore, also include short questions about the nature of the world and our place selections from these philosophers in order to analyze in it by examining the works of some of the central the contested history of modernity and its intellectual figures in modern western philosophy. Can we obtain and moral consequences. Special attention will be paid knowledge of the world and, if so, how? Does God to the relation between rhetoric and philosophy and exist? What is the nature of the self? How do we the narrative forms of “the philosophical discourse(s) of determine morally right answers? What sorts of policies modernity” (e.g., sermon and myth in Marx; aphorism and political structures can best promote justice and and oratory in Nietzsche, myth, fairy tale, case hi/story equality? These questions were addressed in “modern” in Freud). Cross-listed with Philosophy 204. Europe in the context of the development of modern Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities science and the religious wars. In a time of globalization Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the we are all, more or less, heirs of the Enlightenment Past (IP) which sees its legacy to be modern science and the Crosslisting(s): GERM-B212 mastery of nature together with democracy and human Units: 1.0 rights. This course explores the above questions and (Not Offered 2013-14) considers them in their historical context. Some of the philosophers considered include Descartes, Locke, PHIL B205 Philosophy and Medical Issues Hume, Kant, and Wollstonecraft. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities The field of medicine provides a rich terrain for the study Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the and application of philosophical ethics. This course Past (IP) will introduce students to fundamental ethical theories Units: 1.0 and present ways in which these theories connect to Instructor(s): Payson,J., Prettyman,A. particular medical issues. We will also discuss what (Spring 2014) are often considered the four fundamental principles of medical ethics (autonomy, beneficence, non- PHIL B103 Introduction to Logic maleficence, and justice) in connection to specific topics related to medical practice (such as reproductive rights, Logic is the study of formal reasoning, which concerns euthanasia, and allocation of health resources). the nature of valid arguments and inferential fallacies. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities In everyday life our arguments tend to be informal and Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) sometimes imprecise. The study of logic concerns the Units: 1.0 structure and nature of arguments, and so helps to Instructor(s): Payson,J. analyze them more precisely. Topics will include: valid (Fall 2013) and invalid arguments, determining the logical structure of ordinary sentences, reasoning with truth-functional PHIL B211 Theory of Knowledge connectives, and inferences involving quantifiers and predicates. This course does not presuppose any Varieties of realism and relativism address questions background knowledge in logic. about what sorts of things exist and the constraints on Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities our knowledge of them. The aim of this course is to Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM) develop a sense of how these theories interrelate, and Units: 1.0 to instill philosophical skills in the critical evaluation Instructor(s): Prettyman,A. of them. Discussions will be based on contemporary (Spring 2014) readings. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities PHIL B204 Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, and the Rhetoric Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) of Modernity Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Krausz,M. This course examines selected writings by Marx, (Fall 2013) Nietzsche, and Freud as pre-texts for a critique of cultural reason and underlines their contribution to questions of language, representation, history, ethics, 344 Philosophy
PHIL B212 Metaphysics This course examines prevailing theories and issues of justice as well as approaches and challenges by Metaphysics is inquiry into basic features of the world non-western, post-colonial, feminist, race, class, and and ourselves. This course considers two topics of disability theorists. metaphysics, free will and personal identity, and their Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities relationship. What is free will and are we free? Is Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical freedom compatible with determinism? Does moral Interpretation (CI) responsibility require free will? What makes someone Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; the same person over time? Can a person survive International Studies Major without their body? Is the recognition of others required Crosslisting(s): POLS-B225 to be a person? Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Instructor(s): Payson,J. Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) (Spring 2014) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) PHIL B228 Introduction to Political Philosophy: Ancient and Early Modern PHIL B221 Ethics An introduction to the fundamental problems of political An introduction to ethics by way of an examination of philosophy, especially the relationship between political moral theories and a discussion of important ancient, life and the human good or goods. Readings from modern, and contemporary texts which established Aristotle, Hobbes, Machiavelli, Plato, and Rousseau. theories such as virtue ethics, deontology, utilitarianism, Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities relativism, emotivism, care ethics. This course considers Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) questions concerning freedom, responsibility, and Crosslisting(s): POLS-B228 obligation. How should we live our lives and interact with Units: 1.0 others? How should we think about ethics in a global Instructor(s): Salkever,S. context? Is ethics independent of culture? A variety of (Spring 2014) practical issues such as reproductive rights, euthanasia, animal rights and the environment will be considered. PHIL B229 Concepts of the Self Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Each of us is a person, who grows and changes Interpretation (CI) throughout the span of a human life. This course Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies explores metaphysical and epistemological issues that Units: 1.0 arise out of this simple observation. What is a person, Instructor(s): Payson,J. and what makes you the same person over time? What (Fall 2013) is the relation among person, self, and body? What are you conscious of when you are self-conscious? Could PHIL B222 Aesthetics Nature and Experience of Art the self be an illusion? What is self-knowledge and is it a special kind of knowledge? We will address these Prerequisite: One introductory course in philosophy. issues by reading historical and contemporary sources Here are some questions we will discuss in this course: from western and eastern philosophical traditions. What sort of thing is a work of art? Can criticism in the Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities arts be objective? Do such cultural entities answer to Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) more than one admissible interpretation? What is the Units: 1.0 role of a creator’s intentions in fixing upon admissible Instructor(s): Prettyman,A. interpretations? What is the nature of aesthetic (Fall 2013) experience? What is creativity in the arts? Readings will be drawn from contemporary sources. PHIL B231 Introduction to Political Philosophy: Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Modern Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Crosslisting(s): COML-B222 A continuation of POLS 228, although 228 is not a Units: 1.0 prerequisite. Particular attention is given to the various (Not Offered 2013-14) ways in which the concept of freedom is used in explaining political life. Readings from Hegel, Locke, PHIL B225 Global Ethical Issues Marx, J.S. Mill, and Nietzsche. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities The need for a critical analysis of what justice is and Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) requires has become urgent in a context of increasing Crosslisting(s): POLS-B231 globalization, the emergence of new forms of conflict Units: 1.0 and war, high rates of poverty within and across (Not Offered 2013-14) borders and the prospect of environmental devastation. Philosophy 345
PHIL B240 Environmental Ethics theory, we attend to the history of feminist theory and contemporary accounts of women’s place and status in This course surveys rights- and justice-based different societies, varied experiences, and the impact of justifications for ethical positions on the environment. the phenomenon of globalization. We then explore the It examines approaches such as stewardship, intrinsic relevance of gender to philosophical questions about value, land ethic, deep ecology, ecofeminism, Asian identity and agency with respect to moral, social and and aboriginal. It explores issues such as obligations to political theory. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or future generations, to nonhumans and to the biosphere. permission of instructor. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Interpretation (CI) Interpretation (CI) Counts towards: Environmental Studies Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Crosslisting(s): POLS-B240 Crosslisting(s): POLS-B253 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Dostal,R. (Not Offered 2013-14) (Spring 2014) PHIL B253 Theory in Practice: Critical Discourses in PHIL B244 Philosophy and Cognitive Science the Humanities Cognitive science is a multidisciplinary approach to This is a topics course. Topics vary. An examination the study of human cognition. It goes from the abstract in English of leading theories of interpretation from study of concepts of cognition at one end to well-defined Classical Tradition to Modern and Post-Modern Time. empirical research into language and cognition and Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities the specifics of cognitive modeling on computers at the Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) other. Philosophy, linguistics, psychology, computer Crosslisting(s): ITAL-B213; RUSS-B253; HART-B213; science, and neuroscience are the major contributors to GERM-B213 cognitive science. Philosophy both contributes to and Units: 1.0 examines cognitive science. Instructor(s): Monserrati,M. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Fall 2013) Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Units: 1.0 PHIL B293 The Play of Interpretation (Not Offered 2013-14) Designated theory course. A study of the methodologies PHIL B245 Philosophy of Law and regimes of interpretation in the arts, humanistic sciences, and media and cultural studies, this course Introduces students to a variety of questions in the focuses on common problems of text, authorship, philosophy of law. Readings will be concerned with the reader/spectator, and translation in their historical and nature of law, the character of law as a system, the formal contexts. Literary, oral, and visual texts from ethical character of law, and the relationship of law to different cultural traditions and histories will be studied politics, power, authority, and society. Readings will through interpretive approaches informed by modern include abstract philosophical arguments about the critical theories. Readings in literature, philosophy, concept of law, as well as theoretical arguments about popular culture, and film will illustrate how theory the nature of law as they arise within specific contexts, enhances our understanding of the complexities of and judicial cases. Most or all of the specific issues history, memory, identity, and the trials of modernity. discussed will be taken from Anglo-American law, Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities although the general issues considered are not limited Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) to those legal systems. Counts towards: International Studies Major Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Crosslisting(s): COML-B293; ENGL-B292 Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Units: 1.0 Crosslisting(s): POLS-B245 Instructor(s): Seyhan,A. Units: 1.0 (Fall 2013) Instructor(s): Elkins,J. (Spring 2014) PHIL B300 Three Approaches to the Phiolosophy of Praxis: Nietzsche, Kant and Plato PHIL B252 Feminist Theory A study of three important ways of thinking about Beliefs that gender discrimination has been eliminated theory and practice in Western political philosophy. and women have achieved equality have become Prerequisites: POLS B228 and B231, or PHIL B101 and commonplace. We challenge these assumptions B201. examining the concepts of patriarchy, sexism, and Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities oppression. Exploring concepts central to feminist Crosslisting(s): POLS-B300 346 Philosophy
Units: 1.0 careful reading of the Nicomachean Ethics and the Instructor(s): Salkever,S. Politics, treated as a single series of lectures designed (Fall 2013) to lead its immediate Greek audience (the equivalent of Socrates’ interlocutors in Plato)—and perhaps us as PHIL B310 Philosophy of Science well--more deeply into the questions and problems that are Aristotle’s theoretical basis for the paradigmatically An examination of positivistic science and its critics. human activities of practical reason (phronêsis) and The topics of this course will include: the demarcation thoughtful choice (prohairesis—see NE 6.1, 1139b). between science and non-science; falsificationism vs. There will be some additional readings from Aristotle, verificationism; the structure of scientific revolutions from Aristotle’s Greek contemporaries and predecessors and research programs; criticism and growth of (including Plato and Thucydides), and from recent scientific knowledge; interpretive ideals in science; work designed to bring Aristotelian perspectives to scientific explanation; truth and objectivity; the effect of bear on the moral and political issues of our own time. interpretation upon that which is interpreted in modern Prerequisites: At least two semesters of philosophy or physics; constructivism vs. realism in philosophy of political theory, including some work with Greek texts, or science. consent of the instructor. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Crosslisting(s): BIOL-B310 Crosslisting(s): POLS-B320 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) (Not Offered 2013-14) PHIL B317 Philosophy of Creativity PHIL B323 Culture and Interpretation This course will address the following questions: What This course will pursue such questions as the following. are the criteria of creativity? Is explaining creativity For all objects of interpretation—including works of art, possible? Should we understand creativity in terms of music, literature, persons or cultures—must there be persons, processes or products? What is the relation a single right interpretation? If not, what is to prevent between creativity and skill? What is genius? What is one from sliding into an interpretive anarchism? creative imagination? Is there a difference between Does interpretation affect the nature or the number creativity in the arts and creativity in the sciences? What of an object of interpretation? Does the singularity or is the relation between the context of discovery and the multiplicity of interpretations mandate such ontologies context of justification? What is the relation between as realism or constructivism? Discussions will be based tradition and creativity? Is there a significant relationship on contemporary readings. between creativity and self-transformation? Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Counts towards: International Studies Major Units: 1.0 Crosslisting(s): COML-B323 Instructor(s): Krausz,M. Units: 1.0 (Fall 2013) Instructor(s): Krausz,M. (Fall 2013) PHIL B319 Philosophy of Mind The conscious mind remains a philosophical and PHIL B324 Computational Linguistics scientific mystery. In this course, we will explore the Introduction to computational models of understanding nature of consciousness and its place in the physical and processing human languages. How elements of world. Some questions we will consider include: How linguistics, computer science, and artificial intelligence is consciousness related to the brain and the body? can be combined to help computers process human Are minds a kind of computer? Is the conscious mind language and to help linguists understand language something non-physical or immaterial? Is it possible to through computer models. Topics covered: syntax, have a science of consciousness, or will consciousness semantics, pragmatics, generation and knowledge inevitably resist scientific explanation? We will explore representation techniques. Prerequisite: some these questions from a philosophical perspective background in linguistics or computer science. that draws on relevant literature from cognitive Crosslisting(s): CMSC-B325; LING-B325 neuroscience. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Instructor(s): Kumar,D. Units: 1.0 (Fall 2013) Instructor(s): Prettyman,A. (Spring 2014) PHIL B326 Relativism: Cognitive and Moral PHIL B321 Greek Political Philosophy Aristotle: Cognitive relativists believe that truth is relative to Ethics and Politics particular cultures or conceptual schemes. In an analogous way, moral relativists believe that moral Topics in Greek Political Philosophy. Topic for Fall rightness is relative to particular cultures or conceptual 2012: Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and Politics A Philosophy 347 schemes. Relativistic theories of truth and morality are Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities widely embraced in the current intellectual climate, and Units: 1.0 they are as perplexing as they are provocative. This (Not Offered 2013-14) course will examine varieties of relativism and their absolutistic counterparts. Readings will be drawn from PHIL B338 Phenomenology: Heidegger and Husserl contemporary sources. This upper-level seminar will consider the two main Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities proponents of phenomenology—a movement in Units: 1.0 philosophy in the 20th century that attempted to (Not Offered 2013-14) restart philosophy in a radical way. Its concerns are philosophically comprehensive: ontology, PHIL B327 Political Philosophy in the 20th Century epistemology, philosophy of science, ethics, and so on. A study of 20th- and 21st-century extensions of three Phenomenology provides the important background for traditions in Western political philosophy: the adherents other later developments in 20th-century philosophy and of the German and English ideas of freedom and the beyond: existentialism, deconstruction, post-modernism. founders of classical naturalism. Authors read include This seminar will focus primarily on Edmund Husserl’s Hannah Arendt, Michel Foucault, Jurgen Habermas, and Crisis of the European Sciences and Martin Heidegger’s John Rawls. Topics include the relationship of individual Being and Time. Other writings to be considered include rationality and political authority, the “crisis of modernity,” some of Heidegger’s later work and Merleau-Ponty’s and the debate concerning contemporary democratic preface to his Phenomenology of Perception. citizenship. Prerequisites: POLS 228 and 231, or PHIL Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities 101 and 201. Enrollment is limited to 18 students. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Instructor(s): Dostal,R. Crosslisting(s): POLS-B327 (Fall 2013) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) PHIL B344 Development Ethics This course explores the meaning of and moral issues PHIL B329 Wittgenstein raised by development. In what direction and by what Wittgenstein is notable for developing two philosophical means should a society “develop”? What role, if any, systems. In the first, he attempted to show that there does the globalization of markets and capitalism is a single common structure underlying all language, play in processes of development and in systems of thought and being. In the second, he denied the idea of discrimination on the basis of factors such as race and such a structure and claimed that the job of philosophy gender? Answers to these sorts of questions will be was to free philosophers from bewitchments due to explored through an examination of some of the most misunderstandings of ordinary concepts in language. prominent theorists and recent literature. Prerequisites: The course begins by sketching the first system. We a philosophy, political theory or economics course or then turn to his rejection of the earlier ideas as outlined permission of the instructor. in Philosophical Investigations and On Certainty. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities We also examine contemporary interpretations of Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Wittgenstein’s later work. International Studies Major Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Crosslisting(s): POLS-B344 Crosslisting(s): GERM-B329 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) (Not Offered 2013-14) PHIL B352 Feminism and Philosophy PHIL B330 Kant It has been said that one of the most important feminist The significance of Kant’s transcendental philosophy contributions to theory is its uncovering of the ways for thought in the 19th and 20th centuries cannot be in which theory in the Western tradition, whether of overstated. His work is profoundly important for both science, knowledge, morality, or politics has a hidden the analytical and the so-called “continental” schools male bias. This course will explore feminist criticisms of thought. This course will provide a close study of of and alternatives to traditional Western theory by Kant’s breakthrough work: The Critique of Pure Reason. examining feminist challenges to traditional liberal moral We will read and discuss the text with reference to and political theory. Specific questions may include how its historical context and with respect to its impact on to understand the power relations at the root of women’s developments in epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy oppression, how to theorize across differences, or of mind, philosophy of science, philosophy of religion how ordinary individuals are to take responsibility for as well as developments in German Idealism, 20th- pervasive and complex systems of oppression. century phenomenology., and contemporary analytic Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities philosophy. Prerequisite: PHIL 102 or at least one 200 Crosslisting(s): POLS-B352 level Philosophy course. 348 Philosophy
Units: 1.0 Crosslisting(s): POLS-B380 Instructor(s): Payson,J. Units: 1.0 (Spring 2014) (Not Offered 2013-14)
PHIL B365 Erotica: Love and Art in Plato and PHIL B381 Nietzsche Shakespeare This course examines Nietzsche’s thought, with The course explores the relationship between love particular focus on such questions as the nature of and art, “eros” and “poesis,” through in-depth study of the self, truth , irony, aggression, play, joy, love, and Plato’s “Phaedus” and “Symposium,” Shakespeare’s “As morality. The texts for the course are drawn mostly from You Like It” and “Antony and Cleopatra,” and essays Nietzsche’s own writing, but these are complemented by modern commentators (including David Halperin, by some contemporary work in moral philosophy and Anne Carson, Martha Nussbaum, Marjorie Garber, philosophy of mind that has a Nietzschean influence. and Stanley Cavell). We will also read Shakespeare’s Crosslisting(s): POLS-B381 Sonnets and “Romeo and Juliet.” Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Instructor(s): Elkins,J. Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies (Spring 2014) Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B365; POLS-B365; COML-B365 Units: 1.0 PHIL B395 Topics: Origins of Political Philosophy (Not Offered 2013-14) This is a topics course. Course content varies Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities PHIL B371 Topics in Political Philosophy Units: 1.0 An advanced seminar on a topic in political or legal (Not Offered 2013-14) philosophy/theory. Topics vary by year. For the current year’s topic, please consult the Tri-Course guide. PHIL B398 Senior Seminar Enrollment criteria: At least one course in political theory Senior majors are required to write an undergraduate or philosophy or consent of instructor. thesis on an approved topic. The senior seminar is a Requirement(s): Division I or Division III two-semester course in which research and writing are Crosslisting(s): POLS-B371 directed. Seniors will meet collectively and individually Units: 1.0 with the supervising instructor. Instructor(s): Elkins,J. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Fall 2013) Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Dostal,R. PHIL B372 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (Fall 2013) Survey of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the study of how to program computers to behave in ways PHIL B399 Senior Seminar normally attributed to “intelligence” when observed in The senior seminar is a required course for majors in humans. Topics include heuristic versus algorithmic Philosophy. It is the course in which the research and programming; cognitive simulation versus machine writing of an undergraduate thesis is directed both intelligence; problem-solving; inference; natural in and outside of the class time. Students will meet language understanding; scene analysis; learning; sometimes with the class as a whole and sometimes decision-making. Topics are illustrated by programs with the professor separately to present and discuss from literature, programming projects in appropriate drafts of their theses. languages and building small robots. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Requirement(s): Division II and Quantitive Units: 1.0 Crosslisting(s): CMSC-B372 Instructor(s): Dostal,R. Units: 1.0 (Spring 2014) (Not Offered 2013-14) PHIL B403 Supervised Work PHIL B380 Persons, Morality and Modernity Units: 1.0 What demands does the modern world impose on those Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA who live in it? What kinds of persons does the modern (Fall 2013) world bring into being? What kinds of ethical claims can that world make on us? What is the relationship PHIL B403 Supervised Work between public and private morality, and between each of us as public citizens and private persons? This Units: 1.0 course explores such questions through an examination Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA of a variety of texts in political theory and philosophy. (Spring 2014) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Physics 349
PHYSICS sequence is designed so that a student who completes the introductory sequence by the end of the sophomore year can major in physics. Students may complete a major or minor in Physics. Within the major, students may complete a minor in Major Requirements educational studies or complete the requirements for secondary education certification. Students may The physics major provides depth in the discipline complete an M.A. in the combined A.B./M.A. program. through a series of required courses, as well as the flexibility to choose from a range of electives in physics and related fields. This allows students to follow various Faculty paths through the major and thus tailor their program of study to best meet their career goals and scientific Peter A. Beckmann, Marion Reilly Professor (on leave interests. semester II) Xuemei May Cheng, Assistant Professor Beyond the two introductory physics courses and the two introductory mathematics courses, ten additional Mark Matlin, Senior Lecturer and Lab Coordinator courses are required for the major. (Haverford courses Elizabeth McCormack, Chair and Professor may be substituted for Bryn Mawr courses where appropriate.) Five of the ten courses must be PHYS Michael Noel, Professor (on leave semester II) 201, 214, 306, and MATH 201, 203. In addition, either Hyewon K Pechkis, Lecturer PHYS 331 or 305 is required as well as the year-long, one-credit Senior Seminar, PHYS 398 and 399. The Joseph A Pechkis, Lecturer remaining three courses must be chosen from among Michael B. Schulz, Associate Professor (on leave the other 300-level physics courses, one of which may semesters I and II) be substituted with any one course from among ASTR 342, 343, and 344, or any 300-level math course. Other substitutions from related disciplines such as chemistry, The courses in Physics emphasize the concepts and geology, and engineering) may be possible. Please techniques that have led to our present way of modeling consult with the major’s advisor to discuss such options. the physical world. They are designed both to relate the individual parts of physics to the whole and to treat Four-Year Plan meeting the minimum requirements the various subjects in depth. Opportunities exist for for the major: interdisciplinary work and for participation by qualified majors in research with members of the faculty and their graduate students. In addition, qualified seniors may 1st Year take graduate courses. PHYS 121, 122 MATH 101, 102
Required Introductory Courses for the 2nd Year Major and Minor PHYS 201, 214 MATH 201, 203 The introductory courses required for the physics major and minor are PHYS 121 and PHYS 122 (or PHYS 101 3rd Year and 102) and MATH 101 and MATH 102. Students are PHYS 306, 331 or 305, and one other 300-level physics encouraged to place out of MATH 101 and 102 if that is course appropriate. Although College credit is given for a score of 4 or 5 on the AP tests and for a score of 5 or above 4th Year on the IB examination, the AP and IB courses are not Two 300-level physics courses, plus 398 and 399 equivalent to PHYS 121 and PHYS 122 and advanced placement will not, in general, be given. However, The physics program at Bryn Mawr allows for a student students with a particularly strong background in physics to major in physics even if the introductory courses are are encouraged to take the departmental advanced not completed until the end of the sophomore year. placement examination either during the summer before entering Bryn Mawr or just prior to, or during, the Three-Year Plan meeting the minimum requirements first week of classes. Then, the department can place for the major: students in the appropriate course. Students are not given credit for courses they place out of as a result of taking this placement exam. It is best for a student 1st Year considering a physics major to complete the introductory MATH 101, 102 requirements in the first year. However, the major 350 Physics
2nd Year Minor in Educational Studies PHYS 121, 122 MATH 201, 203 or Secondary-School Teacher Certification 3rd Year Students majoring in physics can pursue a minor in PHYS 201, 214, 306, 331 or 305 educational studies or state certification to teach at the secondary-school level. Students seeking the minor 4th Year need to complete six education courses including a Three 300-level physics courses, plus 398 and 399 two-semester senior seminar, which requires five to eight hours per week of fieldwork. To earn secondary- Honors school certification (grades 7-12) in physics, students must: complete the physics major plus two semesters The degree of Bachelor of Arts is awarded with honors of chemistry and one semester as a teaching assistant in physics in recognition of academic excellence. The in a laboratory for introductory or intermediate physics award, which is made upon the recommendation of the courses; complete six education courses; and student department, is based on the quality of a Senior Thesis teach full-time (for two course credits) second semester and on an achievement of a GPA of at least 3.4 in of their senior year. For additional information, see the 200-level courses and above in physics, astronomy, and “Education” section of the catalog. mathematics at Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges and an overall GPA of at least 3.0. Pre-Health Professions
Study Abroad A major in physics can be excellent preparation for a career in the health professions. A recent (2010) study Many physics majors participate in the college’s junior by the American Institute of Physics finds that “…as a year study abroad program. Undergraduate physics group, physics bachelor’s degree recipients achieve courses are surprisingly standardized throughout the among the highest scores of any college major on the world. The Majors Adviser will work with you to design entrance exams for medical school…” In addition to an appropriate set of courses to take wherever you go. one year of physics, most medical and dental schools require one year of English, one year of biology, one Minor Requirements year of general chemistry, and one year of organic chemistry. Students wishing to pursue this path should The requirements for the minor, beyond the introductory consult the physics major’s advisor early in their studies sequence, are PHYS 201, 214 and 306; PHYS 331 as well as the Health Professions Advising Office to or 305; MATH 201, 203; and one additional 300-level develop an appropriate major plan. For additional physics course. The astronomy and mathematics information, see the “Education” section of the catalog. courses described under “Major Requirements” may not be substituted for the one additional 300-level physics course. Engineering Options Although Bryn Mawr does not offer engineering courses, Preparation for Graduate School several options are available to students with an interest in this field. The department has been very successful in preparing students for graduate school in physics, physical A PHYSICS MAJOR WITH AN ENGINEERING chemistry, materials science, engineering, and related fields. To be well prepared for graduate school, students FOCUS should take, at a minimum, these upper-level courses: A path through the physics major can be developed that PHYS 302, 303, 308, and 309. Students should also provides a solid preparation for further studies at the take any additional courses in physics and allied masters or doctoral level in engineering. This path can fields that reflect their interests, and should engage in include coursework in engineering taken at Swarthmore research with a member of the faculty by taking PHYS College or the University of Pennsylvania. 403. (Note that PHYS 403 does not count towards the 14 courses required for the major.) Seniors can take graduate courses, usually PHYS 501: Quantum 3-2 PROGRAM IN ENGINEERING AND APPLIED Mechanics or PHYS 503: Electromagnetism, to get a SCIENCE WITH CAL TECH head start on graduate school. Students can pursue engineering through the 3-2 Program in Engineering and Applied Science, offered in cooperation with the California Institute of Technology, earning both an A.B. at Bryn Mawr and a B.S. at Physics 351
Caltech. For additional information see the “Academic track. Emphasis is on developing an understanding of Opportunities” section of the catalog. how we study the universe, the ideas that have arisen from that study, and on problem solving. Topics are 4+1 PROGRAM IN ENGINEERING AT UPENN taken from among Newtonian kinematics and dynamics, relativity, gravitation, fluid mechanics, waves and Students can pursue engineering through the 4+1 sound, electricity and magnetism, electrical circuits, Program in Engineering and Applied Science offered light and optics, quantum mechanics, and atomic and in cooperation with the University of Pennsylvania, nuclear physics. An effective and usable understanding earning an A.B. at Bryn Mawr and an M.A. at U. of algebra and trigonometry is assumed. First year Penn. For additional information, see page 51, or students who will take or place out of MATH 101 should visit www.brynmawr.edu/catalog/2012-13/program/ take PHYS 121. Lecture three hours, laboratory two opportunities/41penn_engineering.html. hours. Requirement(s): Division II w/Lab and Quant A.B./M.A. Program Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM); Quantitative Readiness Required (QR); Scientific Investigation (SI) To earn an M.A. degree in physics in the College’s Units: 1.0 A.B./M.A. program, a student must complete the Instructor(s): Matlin,M., McCormack,E. requirements for an undergraduate physics major and (Fall 2013) also must complete six units of graduate level work in physics. Of these six units, as many as two units may PHYS B102 Introductory Physics II be undergraduate courses at the 300 level taken for PHYS 101/102 is an introductory sequence intended graduate credit (these same two courses may be used primarily for students on the pre-health professions to fulfill the major requirements for the A.B. degree), at track. Emphasis is on developing an understanding of least two units must be graduate seminars at the 500 how we study the universe, the ideas that have arisen level, and two units must be graduate research at the from that study, and on problem solving. Topics are 700 level leading to the submission and oral defense of taken from among Newtonian kinematics and dynamics, an acceptable M.A. thesis. relativity, gravitation, fluid mechanics, waves and sound, electricity and magnetism, electrical circuits, light and Courses at Haverford College optics, quantum mechanics, and atomic and nuclear physics. An effective and usable understanding of Many upper-level physics courses are taught at algebra and trigonometry is assumed. Lecture three Haverford and Bryn Mawr in alternate years as hours, laboratory two hours. indicated in the listings of the specific courses below. Requirement(s): Division II w/Lab and Quant These courses (numbered 302, 303, 308, 309, and Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM); Quantitative 322) may be taken at either institution to satisfy major Readiness Required (QR); Scientific Investigation (SI) requirements. Haverford 335 and Bryn Mawr 325 are Units: 1.0 both topics in advanced theoretical physics and they Instructor(s): Matlin,M., Cheng,X. also tend to alternate. In addition, 100- and 200-level (Spring 2014) courses at Haverford can be used to replace 100- and 200-level courses at Bryn Mawr but these courses are PHYS B121 Modeling the Physical World not identical and careful planning is required. This course presents current conceptual understandings and mathematical formulations of fundamental ideas Introductory Physics Sequences used in physics. Students will develop physical intuition Students on a pre-health professions track wanting to and problem-solving skills by exploring key concepts take one year of physics should take PHYS 101 and in physics such as conservation laws, symmetries and PHYS 102. Some students on a physical sciences relativistic space-time, as well as topics in modern major track could take PHYS 121 and PHYS 122 and physics taken from the following: fundamental forces, others might take PHYS 122 and PHYS 201. See your nuclear physics, particle physics, and cosmology. This major adviser and carefully note the math pre- and course can serve as a stand-alone survey of physics or co-requisites for these courses. PHYS121/122/201/214 as the first of a four-semester sequence designed for is a coordinated, four-semester sequence in physics. those majoring in the physical sciences. Lecture three Students are encouraged to place out of MATH 101 and hours, laboratory two hours. Co-requisite: MATH 101. 102 if that is appropriate. Requirement(s): Division II w/Lab and Quant Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM); Quantitative Readiness Required (QR); Scientific Investigation (SI) COURSES Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Beckmann,P., Matlin,M. PHYS B101 Introductory Physics I (Fall 2013) PHYS 101/102 is an introductory sequence intended primarily for students on the pre-health professions 352 Physics
PHYS B122 Classical Mechanics PHYS B214 An Introduction to Quantum Mechanics The lecture material covers Newtonian Mechanics of An introduction to the principles governing systems single particles, systems of particles, rigid bodies, and at the atomic scale and below. Topics include the continuous media with applications, one-dimensional experimental basis of quantum mechanics, wave- systems including forced oscillators, scattering and orbit particle duality, Schr dinger’s equation and its solutions, problems. Lecture three hours, laboratory two hours. and the time dependence of quantum states. Recent Prerequisites: PHYS 121 and MATH 101. Corequisite: developments, such as paradoxes calling attention to MATH 102. the counter-intuitive aspects of quantum physics, will Requirement(s): Division II w/Lab and Quant be discussed. Additional topics may be included at Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM); Quantitative the discretion of the instructor. The laboratory involves Readiness Required (QR); Scientific Investigation (SI) quantum mechanics, solid state physics, and optics Units: 1.0 experiments. Lecture three hours, laboratory three Instructor(s): McCormack,E. hours. Prerequisite: MATH 201, PHYS 121 and 122, or (Spring 2014) permission of the instructor. Corequisite: MATH 203. Requirement(s): Division II w/Lab and Quant PHYS B142 The Search for Life in the Universe Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM); Scientific Investigation (SI) This course will investigate the biological, chemical, Units: 1.0 and astrophysical factors believed to be necessary for (Spring 2014) extraterrestrial life to exist, and perhaps to communicate with us. It also will explore possible homes to such life in PHYS B302 Advanced Quantum Mechanics and both our solar system and the greater Milky Way galaxy. Applications Lecture three hours, laboratory two hours. Also see PHYS B172 for the lecture only course. This course presents nonrelativistic quantum Requirement(s): Division II w/Lab and Quant mechanics, including Schrodinger’s equation, the Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM); Quantitative eigenvalue problem, the measurement process, Readiness Required (QR); Scientific Investigation (SI) the hydrogen atom, the harmonic oscillator, angular Units: 1.0 momentum, spin, the periodic table, perturbation theory, Instructor(s): Matlin,M. and the relationship between quantum and Newtonian (Spring 2014) mechanics. Lecture three hours and additional recitation sessions as needed. Alternates between Bryn Mawr and PHYS B172 The Search for Life in the Universe Haverford; Prerequisites: PHYS 214 and PHYS 306. Units: 1.0 This course will investigate the biological, chemical, (Spring 2014) and astrophysical factors believed to be necessary for extraterrestrial life to exist, and perhaps to communicate PHYS B303 Statistical Mechanics and with us. It also will explore possible homes to such life in Thermodynamics both our solar system and the greater Milky Way galaxy. Also see PHYS B142 for the lecture/laboratory course. This course presents the statistical description of the Requirement(s): Division II and Quantitive macroscopic states of classical and quantum systems, Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM); Quantitative including conditions for equilibrium, the microcanonical, Readiness Required (QR); Scientific Investigation (SI) canonical, and grand canonical ensembles, and Bose- Units: 1.0 Einstein, Fermi-Dirac, and Maxwell Boltzmann statistics. Instructor(s): Matlin,M. The statistical basis of classical thermodynamics is (Spring 2014) investigated. Examples and applications are drawn from among solid state physics, low temperature physics, PHYS B201 Electromagnetism atomic and molecular physics, electromagnetic waves, and cosmology. Lecture three hours and additional The lecture material covers electro- and magneto- recitation sessions as needed. Alternates between statics, electric and magnetic fields, induction, Bryn Mawr and Haverford; 2012-13 at Bryn Mawr. Maxwell’s equations, and electromagnetic radiation. Prerequisite: PHYS 214. Corequisite: PHYS 306. Scalar and vector fields and vector calculus are Units: 1.0 developed as needed. The laboratory involves passive (Not Offered 2013-14) and active circuits and projects in analog and digital electronics. Lecture three hours, laboratory three hours. PHYS B305 Advanced Electronics Lab Prerequisite: PHYS 102 or 122. Corequisite: MATH 201. Requirement(s): Division II w/Lab and Quant This laboratory course is a survey of electronic Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM); Quantitative principles and circuits useful to experimental physicists Readiness Required (QR); Scientific Investigation (SI) and engineers. Topics include the design and analysis Units: 1.0 of circuits using transistors, operational amplifiers, Instructor(s): Cheng,X. feedback and analog-to-digital conversion. Also covered (Fall 2013) Physics 353 is the use of electronics for automated control and and 2-D thin films), nanomagnetism, spintronics, measurement in experiments, and the interfacing of superconductivity, and experimental methods for computers and other data acquisition instruments fabrication and characterization of nanomaterials. to experiments. Laboratory eight hours a week. Lecture three hours and additional recitation sessions Prerequisite: PHYS B201 as needed. Prerequisites: PHYS B201 and PHYS B214 Units: 1.0 and B306. Instructor(s): Noel,M. Units: 1.0 (Spring 2014) Instructor(s): Cheng,X. (Fall 2013) PHYS B306 Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences PHYS B324 Optics This course presents topics in applied mathematics This course covers principles of geometrical and useful to students, including physicists, engineers, physical optics. Topics include electromagnetic waves physical chemists, geologists, and computer scientists and their propagation in both isotropic and anisotropic studying the natural sciences. Topics are taken from media; interference, diffraction, and Fourier optics; Fourier series, integral transforms, advanced ordinary coherence theory; ray optics and image formation; and, and partial differential equations, special functions, as time permits, an introduction to the quantum nature boundary-value problems, functions of complex of light. Prerequisites: PHYS 201 and 306. variables, and numerical methods. Lecture three Units: 1.0 hours and additional recitation sessions as needed. (Not Offered 2013-14) Prerequisites: MATH 201 and 203. Units: 1.0 PHYS B325 Advanced Theoretical Physics (Fall 2013) This course presents one or more of several subjects, depending on instructor availability and student PHYS B308 Advanced Classical Mechanics interest. The possible subjects are (1) special relativity, This course presents kinematics and dynamics of general relativity, and gravitation, (2) the standard particles and macroscopic systems using Newtonian, model of particle physics, (3) particle astrophysics and Lagrangian, and Hamiltonian mechanics. Topics include cosmology, (4) relativistic quantum mechanics, (5) oscillations, normal mode analysis, inverse square laws, grand unified theories, (6) string theory, loop quantum nonlinear dynamics, rotating rigid bodies, and motion in gravity, and causal set theory. Lecture three hours and noninertial reference frames. Lecture three hours and additional recitation sessions as needed. Prerequisites: additional recitation sessions as needed. Alternates PHYS 306 and 308. Corequisite: PHYS 302. between Bryn Mawr and Haverford. Prerequisite: PHYS Units: 1.0 201 or PHYS 214. Corequisite: PHYS 306. (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 (Fall 2013) PHYS B331 Advanced Experimental Physics This laboratory course consists of set-piece experiments PHYS B309 Advanced Electromagnetic Theory as well as directed experimental projects to study a This course presents electrostatics and magnetostatics, variety of phenomena in atomic, molecular, optical, dielectrics, magnetic materials, electrodynamics, nuclear, and solid state physics. The experiments and Maxwell’s equations, electromagnetic waves, and projects serve as an introduction to contemporary special relativity. Some examples and applications may instrumentation and the experimental techniques come from superconductivity, plasma physics, and used in physics research laboratories in industry radiation theory. Lecture three hours and additional and in universities. Students write papers in a format recitation sessions as needed. Alternates between Bryn appropriate for research publications and make a Mawr and Haverford. Prerequisites: PHYS 201 and 306. presentation to the class. Laboratory eight hours a Units: 1.0 week. Corequisite: PHYS 214. (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) PHYS B322 Solid State Physics PHYS B380 Physics Pedagogy This course presents the physics of solids and nanomaterials. Topics include crystal structure and Students work with a faculty member as assistant diffraction, the reciprocal lattice and Brillouin zones, teachers in a college course in physics, or as assistants crystal binding, lattice vibrations and normal modes, to a faculty member developing new teaching materials. phonon dispersion, Einstein and Debye models for the Students will be involved in some combination of the specific heat, the free electron model, the Fermi surface, following: directed study of the literature on teaching electrons in periodic structures, the Bloch theorem and learning pedagogy, construction and design of parts and band structure. Additional topics are taken from of a course, and actual teaching in a lecture course or nanoscale structures (0-D nanodots, 1-D nanowires, laboratory. Corequisite: PHYS 201 or 214. 354 Physics
Units: 1.0 PHYS B403 Supervised Research Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA At the discretion of the department, juniors and seniors (Fall 2013) may supplement their work in physics with research in one of the faculty research groups. Students provide a PHYS B380 Physics Pedagogy written paper and give an oral presentation at the end Students work with a faculty member as assistant of the semester or year. Students are encouraged to teachers in a college course in physics, or as assistants contact individual faculty members and the departmental to a faculty member developing new teaching materials. Web pages for further information. Students will be involved in some combination of the Units: 1.0 following: directed study of the literature on teaching Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA and learning pedagogy, construction and design of parts (Fall 2013) of a course, and actual teaching in a lecture course or laboratory. Corequisite: PHYS 201 or 214. PHYS B403 Supervised Research Units: 1.0 At the discretion of the department, juniors and seniors Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA may supplement their work in physics with research in (Spring 2014) one of the faculty research groups. Students provide a written paper and give an oral presentation at the end PHYS B390 Independent Study of the semester or year. Students are encouraged to At the discretion of the department, juniors or seniors contact individual faculty members and the departmental may supplement their work in physics with the study of Web pages for further information. topics not covered in regular course offerings. Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA (Spring 2014) (Fall 2013) PHYS B503 Electromagnetic Theory I PHYS B390 Independent Study This course is the first semester of a year-long standard At the discretion of the department, juniors or seniors sequence on electromagnetism. This semester begins may supplement their work in physics with the study of with topics in electrostatics, including Coulomb’s and topics not covered in regular course offerings. Gauss’s Laws, Green functions, the method of images, Units: 1.0 expansions in orthogonal functions, boundary-value Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA problems, and dielectric materials. The focus then (Spring 2014) shifts to magnetic phenomena, including the magnetic fields of localized currents, boundary-value problems PHYS B398 Senior Seminar I in magnetostatics, and the interactions of fields and magnetic materials. The last portion of the course Required for senior Physics majors. Students meet treats Maxwell’s equations, transformation properties weekly with faculty to discuss recent research findings of electromagnetic fields, electromagnetic waves and in physics as well as career paths open to students their propagation and, time permitting, the basics of with a major in Physics. Students are required to waveguides. This course is taught in a seminar format, attend all colloquia and student research presentations in which students are responsible for presenting much hosted by the Bryn Mawr College Physics department. of the course material in class meetings. Prerequisites: Senior Standing. Units: 1.0 Units: 0.5 (Not Offered 2013-14) (Fall 2013) PHYS B504 Electromagnetic Theory II PHYS B399 Senior Seminar II This course is the second semester of a two semester Required for senior Physics majors. Students meet graduate level sequence on electromagnetic theory. weekly with faculty to discuss recent research findings Topics include electromagnetic radiation, multiple in physics as well as career paths open to students fields, scattering and diffraction theory, special relativity, with a major in Physics. Students are required to Lagrangian and Hamiltonian descriptions, radiation attend all colloquia and student research presentations from point particle motion, Lienard-Wiechert potentials, hosted by the Bryn Mawr College Physics department. classical electron theory and radiation reaction. Prerequisites: Senior Standing. Additional topics may be included at the discretion of Units: 0.5 the instructor. This course is taught in a seminar format, (Spring 2014) in which students are responsible for presenting much of the course material in class meetings. Prerequisite: PHYS 503 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Political Science 355
PHYS B505 Classical Mechanics I THE CAROLINE MCCORMICK This course will cover mechanics topics familiar SLADE DEPARTMENT OF from the undergraduate curriculum, but from deeper theoretical and mathematical perspectives. Topics will POLITICAL SCIENCE include Lagrange & Hamilton methods, the central force problem, rigid body motion, oscillations, and canonical Students may complete a major or minor in Political transformations. Time permitting, other topics that might Science. Within the major, students may complete a be explored include chaos theory, special relativity, concentration in environmental studies. Please note: and the application of Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Students who have already declared the major may be methods to continuous systems. This course is taught eligible to satisfy the former requirements in lieu of those in a seminar format, in which students are responsible set out below, and should consult their departmental for presenting much of the course material in class adviser. meetings. Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Faculty
PHYS B507 Statistical Mechanics I Michael H. Allen, Professor and Co-Director of the Review of Thermodynamics; Equilibrium statistical International Studies Program mechanics -- microcanonical and canonical ensembles; Daniel Chomsky, Lecturer Ideal gases, photons, electrons in metals; Phase transitions; Monte Carlo techniques; Classical fluids, Jeremy Elkins, Interim Chair and Associate Non-equilibrium statistical mechanics. Professor Units: 1.0 Marissa Martino Golden, Associate Professor of Instructor(s): Beckmann,P. Political Science on the Joan Coward Chair in Political (Fall 2013) Economics
PHYS B522 Solid State Physics Carol Hager, Chair and Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Social Sciences This course presents the physics of solids and nanomaterials. Topics include crystal structure and Seung-Youn Oh, Assistant Professor diffraction, the reciprocal lattice and Brillouin zones, Marc Ross, William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor Emeritus crystal binding, lattice vibrations and normal modes, phonon dispersion, Einstein and Debye models for the Sayres Rudy, Lecturer specific heat, the free electron model, the Fermi surface, electrons in periodic structures, the Bloch theorem and band structure. Additional topics are taken from Major Requirements nanoscale structures (0-D nanodots, 1-D nanowires, WHAT IS POLITICAL SCIENCE, AND WHAT and 2-D thin films), nanomagnetism, spintronics, superconductivity, and experimental methods for WILL THE MAJOR PREPARE ME FOR? fabrication and characterization of nanomaterials. Political Science is the study of justice and authority, Lecture three hours and additional recitation sessions peace and conflict, public policies and elections, as needed. Prerequisites: PHYS B201 and PHYS B214 government and law, democracy and autocracy, and B306. freedom and oppression. More than any other social Units: 1.0 science, Political Science pursues a wide variety Instructor(s): Cheng,X. of approaches in explaining how and why political (Fall 2013) events and institutions come about as they do, and in evaluating ways in which polities, policies, and leaders PHYS B701 Supervised Work are good and bad, laudable and criticizable. Some of Units: 1.0 these approaches are like those found in Sociology Instructor(s): McCormack,E., Noel,M., Cheng,X., (survey research) or in Anthropology (ethnography) or in Battat,J., Schulz,M., Beckmann,P. economics (cost-benefit analysis) or in the interpretive (Spring 2014) branches of history, philosophy, and literary criticism. The variety of complementary approaches housed within the same department is the great strength of Political Science as an undergraduate major. The major is excellent preparation for those planning to go on to law or public policy schools, as well as to graduate work in Political Science. Majors in the department have gone 356 Political Science on to careers both in this country and abroad in public Purpose service, journalism, law, education, and administration. The major in Political Science develops reading, writing, Majoring in Political Science at Bryn and thinking skills needed for a critical understanding of the political world. Course work includes a variety Mawr: Getting Started of approaches to the study of politics: historical/ The study of politics covers a wide ground, and the interpretive, quantitative/deductive, and philosophical. Political Science major is designed to give students an Using these approaches, students examine political life opportunity to focus their study while also attending in a variety of contexts, from neighborhoods to global to questions, issues, and problems that run through systems, asking questions about the ways humans have the study of politics more generally, and that connect addressed the organization of society, the management the study of politics to other fields.. While there are of conflicts, or the structure of power and authority. many such questions, issues, and problems, we have organized the major along the lines of four general Course Requirements themes/categories. These “fields” of inquiry are: The Political Science major consists of a minimum of 10 courses: Identity and Difference; Policy Formation and Political Action; 1. Political Science 101; • Interdependence and Conflict; and 2. Two concentrations, at least one of which should Political Theory. be from among the four themes/categories. The second concentration will ordinarily be chosen Political Science, 101, which is required of all majors, is as well from those themes/categories, but it can designed to introduce students to the study of politics in also be based on a more substantive focus, to general and to these four themes/ categories. Political be determined in consultation with the student’s Science majors are not required to take 101 as their first advisor. Each concentration requires a total of course; and while some students will choose to begin 3 courses, at least one of which must be at the with 101, others (including those who may not know 300-level and all of which must be either at the 200- whether they wish to major in Political Science) may or 300- level. well prefer to begin their study of politics with a different 3. Senior Conference and Senior Essay (to be taken course at the 100- or 200- level. However, those who in the fall and spring terms of the senior year and intend to major in Political Science are expected to take during which students will conceptualize, research, no more than two other courses prior to taking Political and write their senior thesis); Science 101 and to complete Political Science 101 before the end of their sophomore year. 4. One additional course, which may be at any level; and Students who wish to declare Political Science as 5. At least three of the courses, in addition to 101, 398 a major should choose an advisor, who can be any and 399, must be taken in the Bryn Mawr Political member of the Political Science faculty. It is generally Science Department. best to choose an advisor whose courses are in at least one substantive area in which the student intends to focus. Prior to declaring a major, students are required Major Credit for Courses Outside the to have completed 101 and to write a brief essay (2-3 Political Science Department pages) on the kinds of questions or problems that they would like to pursue in the study of politics. The essay Up to three courses from departments other than should be discussed in advance with the student’s Political Science may be offered for major credit, if advisor and should be submitted to the advisor. Based in the judgment of the department these courses are on the essay, the student and the advisor will formulate an integral part of a student’s major plan. This may a tentative course plan for the major. occur when courses taken in related departments or programs (such as History, Sociology, Philosophy, Courses offered in the Political Science Department at Africana Studies, East Asian Studies, and Economics) Haverford count fully as credits toward the Bryn Mawr are closely linked with courses the student takes in major. Majors in the Bryn Mawr department must take Political Science. For example, a student with a focus at least three of their major courses here (in addition to in “Interdependence and Conflict” may count a relevant 101 and 398-399). It is therefore strongly advised that course in psychology, or history, or sociology, etc.; a at least one of your initial courses in Political Science be student with a focus in international politics may count a taken at Bryn Mawr. course in international economics, and so on. Decisions as to which outside courses are countable for Political Political Science 357
Science major credit are made by the faculty on a • Interdependence and Conflict; and case by case basis: when in doubt, consult your major Political Theory. advisor or the department chair. Ordinarily, 100 level or other introductory courses (non-Political Science) taken in related departments may not be used for major credit Course Designations in Political Science. Almost every course offered in the Political Science Departmental Honors Department at Bryn Mawr and Haverford will count for at least one of the four fields, and some may count for Students who have done distinguished work in their more than one. (No single course, however, may be courses in the major and who write outstanding senior counted as part of more than one field of concentration.) essays will be considered for departmental honors. Many courses offered at Swarthmore and Penn will also count towards these. If there are courses offered Haverford Political Science Courses at Bryn Mawr of Haverford that are not found on the list below, students should consult their advisor or the All Haverford Political Science courses will count Political Science Department Chair to determine the toward the Bryn Mawr major (the same is generally proper designation. Designation for courses offered true for courses at Swarthmore and the University of at Swarthmore and Penn should be discussed with a Pennsylvania); courses taken in related departments at student’s advisor, or if she does not have an advisor, Haverford will be considered for major credit in the same with the Political Science Chair. way as similar courses taken at Bryn Mawr. Everyone majoring in Political Science at Bryn Mawr must take at IDENTITY AND DIFFERENCE least three courses in Political Science at Bryn Mawr, not counting Political Science 101, 398 and 399. 123 American Politics: Difference and Discrimination (H) 131 Comparative Politics Minor Requirements 206 Conflict & Conflict Management WHAT IS POLITICAL SCIENCE, AND WHAT 220 Constitutional Law WILL THE MINOR PREPARE ME FOR? 226 Social Movement Theory (H) Political Science is the study of justice and authority, 228 Introduction to Political Philosophy: Ancient and peace and conflict, public policies and elections, Early Modern government and law, democracy and autocracy, 229 Latino Politics in the U.S. (H) freedom and oppression. More than any other social science, Political Science pursues a wide variety 231 Introduction to Political Philosophy: Modern of approaches in explaining how and why political 235 African Politics (H) events and institutions come about as they do, and in evaluating ways in which polities, policies, and leaders 242 Women in War and Peace (H) are good and bad, laudable and criticizable. Some of 245 Philosophy of Law these approaches are like those found in Sociology 248 Modern Middle East Cities (survey research) or in Anthropology (ethnography) or in Economics (cost-benefit analysis) or in the interpretive 253 Feminist Theory branches of history, philosophy, and literary criticism. 282 The Exotic Other The variety of complementary approaches housed within the same department is the great strength of 285 Religion and the Limits of Liberalism (H) Political Science as an undergraduate major or minor. 286 Religion and American Public Life (H) 287 Media and Politics: The Middle East Transformed Course Requirements 316 Ethnic Group Politics—Identity and conflict A minor in political science consists of six courses 320 Democracy in America (H) distributed across at least two fields, at least four of which must be at the 200 or 300 level and at least two 336 Democracy and Democratization (H) of which must be at the 300 level. At least three of the 340 Postcolonialism and the Politics of Nation-building courses must be taken from the Bryn Mawr Department (H) of Political Science course offerings. 345 Islam, Democracy and Development (H) The four fields are: 348 Culture and Ethnic Conflict identity and conflict Identity and Difference; 358 Political Psychology and Ethnic Conflict Policy Formation and Political Action; 358 Political Science
370 Becoming a People: Power, Justice, and the 320 Democracy in America (H) Political (H) 321 Technology and Politics 375 Perspectives on Work, and Family in the U.S. 325 Grassroots Politics in Philadelphia (H) 379 Feminist Political Theory (H) 333 Transformations in American Politics: late 20th-early 383 Islamic Reform and Radicalism 21st century 334 Politics of Violence (H) POLICY FORMATION AND POLITICAL ACTION 339 The Policymaking Process
121 American Politics 345 Islam, Democracy and Development (H) 121 American Politics and Its Dynamics (H) 354 Comparative Social Movements: Power, Protest, and Mobilization 123 American Politics: Difference and Discrimination (H) 375 Perspectives on Work and Family in the U.S. 131 Comparative Government and Politics (H) 378 Origins of American Constitutionalism 131 Comparative Politics 385 Democracy and Development 205 European Politics 393 US Welfare Politics: Theory and Practice 222 Introduction to Environmental Issues: Policy Making in Comparative Perspective INTERDEPENDENCE AND CONFLICT 223 American Political Process: The Congress (H) 224 The American Presidency (H) 151 International Politics (H) 225 Mobilization Politics (H) 205 European Politics 226 Social Movement Theory (H) 206 Conflict & Conflict Management 227 Urban Politics (H) 211 Politics of Humanitarianism 228 Urban Policy (H) 233 Perspectives on Civil War and Revolution: Southern Europe and Central America (H) 230 Topics in Comparative Politics (H) 235 Transitional Justice in Post-Conflict Societies 235 African Politics (H) 239 The United States and Latin America (H) 237 Latin American Politics (H) 240 Inter-American Dialogue (H) 242 Women in War and Peace (H) 242 Women in War and Peace (H) 248 Modern Middle East Cities 247 Political Economy of Developing Countries (H) 249 The Soviet System and Its Demise (H) 248 Modern Middle East Cities 254 Bureaucracy and Democracy 250 International Politics 257 The State System (H) 252 International Politics of the Middle East (H) 259 Comparative Social Movements in Latin American 253 Introduction to Terrorism Studies (H) 265 Politics, Markets and Theories of Capitalism (H) 256 The Evolution of the Jihadi Movement (H) 274 Education Politics and Policy 258 The Politics of International Institutions (H) 278 Oil, Politics, Society, and Economy 259 American Foreign Policy (H) 279 State Transformation/Conflict 261 Global Civil Society (H) 288 The Political Economy of the Middle East and North Africa 262 Human Rights and Global Politics (H) 287 Media and Politics: The Middle East Transformed 264 Politics of Commodities 308 Political Transformation in Eastern and Western 265 Politics, Markets and Theories of Capitalism (H) Europe: Germany and Its Neighbors 278 Oil, Politics, Society, and Economy 310 Comparative Public Policy 279 State Transformation/Conflict 314 Strategic Advocacy: Lobbying & Interest Group 283 Modern Middle East/North Africa Politics in Washington, D.C. (H) 288 The Political Economy of the Middle East and North 315 Public Policy Analysis (H) Africa Political Science 359
287 Media and Politics: The Middle East Transformed 365 Erotica: Love and Art in Plato and Shakespeare 308 Political Transformation in Eastern and Western 370 Becoming a People: Power, Justice, and the Europe: Germany and Its Neighbors Political (H) 316 Ethnic Group Politics—Identity and conflict 371 Topics in Legal and Political Philosophy 339 Transitional Justice (H) 378 Origins of American Constitutionalism 347 Advanced Issues in Peace and Conflict 379 Feminist Political Theory (H) 340 Postcolonialism and the Politics of Nation-building 380 Persons, Morality and Modernity (H) 381 Nietzsche, Self, and Morality 348 Culture and Ethnic Conflict identity and conflict 392 State in Theory and History 350 Topics in International Politics (H) 357 International Relations Theory: Conflict and the COURSES Middle East (H) 358 The War on Terrorism (H) POLS B101 Introduction to Political Science 358 Political Psychology and Ethnic Conflict This course, which is required of all majors, is designed to introduce students to the study of politics in general 361 Democracy and Global Governance (H) and to the four thematic categories around which the 362 Global Justice (H) major is structured: identity and difference, policy formation and political action, interdependence and 365 Solidarity Economy Movements (H) conflict, and political theory. The course introduces 378 Origins of American Constitutionalism different but related approaches to understanding 379 The United Nations and World Order political phenomena, and focuses in particular on some central questions and problems of democracy politics. 383 Islamic Reform and Radicalism Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science 385 Democracy and Development Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Hager,C., Rudy,S. 392 State in Theory and History (Spring 2014)
POLITICAL THEORY POLS B111 Introduction to Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies 171 Introduction to Political Theory: Democratic A broad and interdisciplinary overview of the study Authority (H) of conflict management. Areas to be introduced will 228 Introduction to Political Philosophy: Ancient and include interpersonal conflict and conflict management, Early Modern alternative dispute resolution and the law, community 231 Introduction to Political Philosophy: Modern conflict and mediation, organizational, intergroup, and international conflict, and conflict management. 234 Legal Rights in the Administrative State This course will also serve as a foundation course for 245 Philosophy of Law students in or considering the Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies concentration. 253 Feminist Theory Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science 266 Sovereignty (H) Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Counts towards: Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice 272 Democratic Theory: Membership, Citizenship and Studies Community (H) Crosslisting(s): ANTH-B111 276 American Political Thought from Founding to Civil Units: 1.0 War (H) (Not Offered 2013-14) 277 American Political Thought: Post Civil War (H) POLS B121 Introduction to American Politics 284 Modernity and its Discontents An introduction to the major features and characteristics 300 Nietzsche, Kant, Plato: Modes of Practical of the American political system. Features examined Philosophy include voting and elections; the institutions of 320 Greek Political Philosophy government (Congress, the Presidency, the courts and 327 Political Philosophy: 1950-Present the bureaucracy); the policy-making process; and the role of groups (interest groups, women, and ethnic and 336 Democracy and Democratization (H) racial minorities) in the political process. Enrollment is limited to 35 students. 360 Political Science
Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science POLS B216 China and the World: Implications of Units: 1.0 China’s Rise Instructor(s): Golden,M. In the 20th Century, China’s rise has been one of the (Spring 2014) most distinctive political affairs changing the landscape of regional and world politics. Especially, China’s POLS B131 Comparative Politics breathtaking growth has challenged the foundations and An introduction to the comparative study of political limits of the market economy and political liberalization systems. A sampling of major questions addressed theoretically and empirically. This course examines the by comparative approaches such as why authority Chinese economic and political development and its structures differ across countries; how major issues implications for other Asian countries and the world. such as inequality, environmental degradation, and This course has three aims: 1) to facilitate an in-depth ethno-nationalism arise in different polities, and understanding of the Chinese Economic development why governmental responses to those issues differ model in comparison to other development models, 2) to so widely. Comparisons are made across time and conduct a comprehensive analysis of political and socio- space. Emphasis is placed on institutional, cultural, economic exchanges of China and its relations with and historical explanations. Enrollment is limited to 35 other major countries in East Asia, and 3) to construct a students. thorough understanding of challenges and opportunities Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science for China from its extraordinary economic growth. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Units: 1.0 Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) (Not Offered 2013-14) Crosslisting(s): EAST-B216 Units: 1.0 POLS B206 Conflict and Conflict Management: A Instructor(s): Oh,S. Cross-Cultural Approach (Fall 2013) This course examines cross-cultural differences in the POLS B220 Topics in Constitutional Law levels and forms of conflict and its management through a wide range of cases and alternative theoretical Through a reading of (mostly) Supreme Court cases perspectives. Conflicts of interest range from the and other materials, this course takes up some interpersonal to the international levels and an important central theoretical questions concerning the role of question is the relevance of conflict and its management constitutional principles and constitutional review in in small-scale societies as a way to understand political mediating the relationship between public and private conflict and dispute settlement in the United States and power with respect to both difference and hierarchy. modern industrial settings. Prerequisite: one course in Enrollment Limit: 35; Enrollment Criteria: Sophomore; Political Science, Anthropology, or Sociology. Junior; Senior; Freshman with approval of instructor; Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Counts towards: Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Units: 1.0 Studies Instructor(s): Elkins,J. Crosslisting(s): ANTH-B206 (Fall 2013) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) POLS B222 Introduction to Environmental Issues: Policy Making in Comparative Perspective POLS B211 Politics of Humanitarianism An exploration of the ways in which different cultural, This course examines the international politics and economic, and political settings have shaped issue history that underlie the ideas, social movement, emergence and policy making. We examine the and system of organizations designed to regulate politics of particular environmental issues in selected the conduct of war and improve the welfare of those countries and regions. We also assess the prospects for victimizes by war. It begins with ethical, legal and international cooperation in solving global environmental organizational foundations, and then examines to problems such as climate change. post-Cold War cases and beyond. Topics include Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science just war theory, international humanitarian law, Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) humanitarian action and intervention, and transitional Counts towards: Environmental Studies justice. Prerequisites: one class in Political Science or Crosslisting(s): CITY-B222 comparable course by permission of the instructor. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science (Not Offered 2013-14) Counts towards: Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies POLS B225 Global Ethical Issues Units: 1.0 The need for a critical analysis of what justice is and (Not Offered 2013-14) requires has become urgent in a context of increasing Political Science 361 globalization, the emergence of new forms of conflict POLS B240 Environmental Ethics and war, high rates of poverty within and across This course surveys rights- and justice-based borders and the prospect of environmental devastation. justifications for ethical positions on the environment. This course examines prevailing theories and issues It examines approaches such as stewardship, intrinsic of justice as well as approaches and challenges by value, land ethic, deep ecology, ecofeminism, Asian non-western, post-colonial, feminist, race, class, and and aboriginal. It explores issues such as obligations to disability theorists. future generations, to nonhumans and to the biosphere. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Interpretation (CI) Interpretation (CI) Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Counts towards: Environmental Studies International Studies Major Crosslisting(s): PHIL-B240 Crosslisting(s): PHIL-B225 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Dostal,R. Instructor(s): Koggel,C. (Spring 2014) (Spring 2014) POLS B241 The Politics of International Law and POLS B228 Introduction to Political Philosophy: Institutions Ancient and Early Modern An introduction to international law, which assumes a An introduction to the fundamental problems of political working knowledge of modern world history and politics philosophy, especially the relationship between political since World War II. The origins of modern international life and the human good or goods. Readings from legal norms in philosophy and political necessity are Aristotle, Hobbes, Machiavelli, Plato, and Rousseau. explored, showing the schools of thought to which the Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities understandings of these origins give rise. Significant Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) cases are used to illustrate various principles and Crosslisting(s): PHIL-B228 problems. Prerequisite: POLS 141. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Instructor(s): Salkever,S. Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) (Spring 2014) Counts towards: International Studies Major Units: 1.0 POLS B231 Introduction to Political Philosophy: Instructor(s): Allen,M. Modern (Spring 2014) A continuation of POLS 228, although 228 is not a prerequisite. Particular attention is given to the various POLS B243 African and Caribbean Perspectives in ways in which the concept of freedom is used in World Politics explaining political life. Readings from Hegel, Locke, This course makes African and Caribbean voices Marx, J.S. Mill, and Nietzsche. audible as they create or adopt visions of the world that Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities explain their positions and challenges in world politics. Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Students learn analytical tools useful in understanding Crosslisting(s): PHIL-B231 other parts of the world. Prerequisite: POLS 141. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science (Not Offered 2013-14) Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Counts towards: Africana Studies POLS B232 American Foreign Policy Units: 1.0 This course introduces basic elements of American (Not Offered 2013-14) foreign policy and examines the modern legacy and continuing impact of U.S. foreign policy on the POLS B244 Great Empires of the Ancient Near East world. We consider how different forces - domestic, A survey of the history, material culture, political and international, institutional, cultural, or personal - shape religious ideologies of, and interactions among, the five policy goals and examine the nature and implications of great empires of the ancient Near East of the second American power in contemporary politics. Prerequisites: and first millennia B.C.E.: New Kingdom Egypt, the One course in political science or comparable course by Hittite Empire in Anatolia, the Assyrian and Babylonian permission of the instructor. Empires in Mesopotamia, and the Persian Empire in Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Iran. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Not Offered 2013-14) Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the Past (IP) Crosslisting(s): ARCH-B244; HIST-B244; CITY-B244 362 Political Science
Units: 1.0 reasonable knowledge of modern world history. Instructor(s): Ataç,M. Enrollment Limit: 16; enrollment preference given to (Spring 2014) sophomores, and up, particularly majors in Political Science and/or International Studies. POLS B245 Philosophy of Law Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Counts towards: International Studies Major; Peace, Introduces students to a variety of questions in the Conflict, and Social Justice Studies philosophy of law. Readings will be concerned with the Units: 1.0 nature of law, the character of law as a system, the Instructor(s): Allen,M. ethical character of law, and the relationship of law to (Fall 2013) politics, power, authority, and society. Readings will include abstract philosophical arguments about the POLS B251 Politics and the Mass Media concept of law, as well as theoretical arguments about the nature of law as they arise within specific contexts, A consideration of the mass media as a pervasive fact and judicial cases. Most or all of the specific issues of U.S. political life and how they influence American discussed will be taken from Anglo-American law, politics. Topics include how the media have altered although the general issues considered are not limited American political institutions and campaigns, how to those legal systems. selective attention to particular issues and exclusion of Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science others shape public concerns, and the conditions under Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) which the media directly influence the content of political Crosslisting(s): PHIL-B245 beliefs and the behavior of citizens. Prerequisite: one Units: 1.0 course in political science, preferably POLS 121. Instructor(s): Elkins,J. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science (Spring 2014) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) POLS B249 Political Economy of Development POLS B253 Feminist Theory How do we explain the variations of political and economic systems in the world? What is the relationship Beliefs that gender discrimination has been eliminated between the state and the market? To what extent does and women have achieved equality have become the timing of industrialization affect the viability of certain commonplace. We challenge these assumptions developmental strategies? This seminar introduces the examining the concepts of patriarchy, sexism, and intellectual history of comparative political economy and oppression. Exploring concepts central to feminist development studies with readings on both comparative theory, we attend to the history of feminist theory and political economy and international political economy. contemporary accounts of women’s place and status in First, we will examine the debates on the dynamics different societies, varied experiences, and the impact of of the state and the market in the development and the phenomenon of globalization. We then explore the globalization process. Second, we will explore specific relevance of gender to philosophical questions about case studies to discuss: 1) how the political and identity and agency with respect to moral, social and economic processes have changed in response to the political theory. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or interaction of the domestic and international arenas, permission of instructor. 2) whether and how the late developers learned Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities from the experiences of early developers, 3) how the Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical international economy and international financial crisis Interpretation (CI) shaped domestic development strategies. Lastly, we will Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies analyze the developmental concerns at the sub-national Crosslisting(s): PHIL-B252 level with financial liberalization. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Oh,S. POLS B259 Comparative Social Movements in Latin (Spring 2014) America An examination of resistance movements to the power POLS B250 Introduction to International Politics of the state and globalization in three Latin American An introduction to international relations, exploring societies: Mexico, Columbia, and Peru. The course its main subdivisions and theoretical approaches. explores the political, legal, and socio-economic factors Phenomena and problems in world politics examined underlying contemporary struggles for human and social include systems of power management, imperialism, rights, and the role of race, ethnicity, and coloniality play globalization, war, bargaining, and peace. Problems and in these struggles. institutions of international economy and international Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science law are also addressed. This course assumes a Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Crosslisting(s): SOCL-B259; CITY-B220 Political Science 363
Units: 1.0 political economy of oil. Instructor(s): Marquez,E. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science (Fall 2013) Counts towards: Environmental Studies Units: 1.0 POLS B262 Who Believes What and Why: the (Not Offered 2013-14) Sociology of Public Opinion POLS B282 The Exotic Other: Gender and Sexuality This course explores public opinion: what it is, how it is in the Middle East measured, how it is shaped, and how it changes over time. Specific attention is given to the role of elites, the This course is concerned with the meanings of gender mass media, and religion in shaping public opinion. and sexuality in the Middle East, with particular attention Examples include racial/ethnic civil rights, abortion, gay/ to the construction of tradition, its performance, lesbian/transgendered sexuality, and inequalities. reinscription, and transformation, and to Western Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science interpretations and interactions. Prerequisite: one Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the course in social science or humanities. Previous gender Past (IP) or Middle East course is a plus. Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Crosslisting(s): SOCL-B262 Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Units: 1.0 Interpretation (CI) (Not Offered 2013-14) Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Middle East Studies POLS B264 Politics of Global Commodities Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) This class critically analyzes the international politics that underpin the production and distribution of POLS B283 Introduction to the Politics of the global commodities. Marketization and privatization Modern Middle East and North Africa pressures that have produced economic arrangements are examined for their impact in altering governance This course is a multidisciplinary approach to systems, distorting markets and development, and understanding the politics of the region, using works fomenting conflicts. The course starts with concepts, of history, political science, political economy, film, theories, and history, and then investigates key case and fiction as well as primary sources. The course will studies. Prerequisites: The prerequisites for the concern itself with three broad areas: the legacy of class are either International Politics (POLS B250) colonialism and the importance of international forces; or International Political Economy (POLS B391), or the role of Islam in politics; and the political and social permission of the instructor. effects of particular economic conditions, policies, and Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science practices. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science (Not Offered 2013-14) Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Counts towards: Middle East Studies POLS B273 Race and the Law in the American Crosslisting(s): HIST-B283; HEBR-B283 Context Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Rudy,S. An examination of the intersection of race and law, (Spring 2014) evaluating the legal regulations of race, the history and meanings of race, and how law, history and the POLS B286 Topics in the British Empire Supreme Court helped shape and produce those meanings. It will draw on materials from law, history, This is a topics course covering various “topics” in the public policy, and critical race theory. study of the British Empire. Course content varies. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Crosslisting(s): SOCL-B273 Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the Units: 1.0 Past (IP) (Not Offered 2013-14) Crosslisting(s): HIST-B286; CITY-B286 Units: 1.0 POLS B278 Oil, Politics, Society, and Economy (Not Offered 2013-14) Examines the role oil has played in transforming POLS B287 Media and Politics: The Middle East societies, in shaping national politics, and in the Transformed distribution of wealth within and between nations. Rentier states and authoritarianism, the historical The events of 2011 transformed the Middle East, relationships between oil companies and states, overthrowing or threatening regimes across the region. monopolies, boycotts, sanctions and demands for The course will focus on the media technologies, the succession, and issues of social justice mark the political actors, and international events that produced 364 Political Science these changes, as well as examine works on political U.S. Intelligence Community, its relationship to national transitions, revolutions, and social movements. security policy, interactions with policymakers, and the Prerequisite: A previous social science or history course challenges defining its future role. Prerequisites: One is strongly recommended, or a previous course on course in political science or comparable coursework media. with instructor permission. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Counts towards: Middle East Studies Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) (Not Offered 2013-14) POLS B316 The Politics of Ethnic, Racial, and POLS B288 The Political Economy of the Middle National Groups East and North Africa An analysis of ethnic and racial conflict and cooperation This comparative approach considers historical that will compare and contrast the experiences of racial constructions, the power of economic ideas, domestic minorities in the United States and Muslim minorities politics and resources, and international regimes. in Europe. Particular attention is paid to the processes Specific areas of focus include theories that seek to of group identification and political organization; the explain the economic/political conditions, left, nationalist politicization of racial and ethnic identity; patterns of and liberal, as well as the exceptional growth of the Gulf conflict and cooperation between minorities and the economies. Prerequisite: at least one other course on majority population over time; and different paths to the Middle East or a strong area expertise in another citizenship. The course will emphasize how the politics region such as Latin America or China with permission of differentiation has similarities across setting and of the instructor. historical periods as well as important differences Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Counts towards: Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Counts towards: Middle East Studies Studies Crosslisting(s): HIST-B288 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) (Not Offered 2013-14) POLS B320 Greek Political Philosophy: Ethics and POLS B300 Three Approaches to the Phiolosophy of Politics Praxis: Nietzsche, Kant and Plato Topics in Greek Political Philosophy. Topic for Fall A study of three important ways of thinking about 2012: Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and Politics A theory and practice in Western political philosophy. careful reading of the Nicomachean Ethics and the Prerequisites: POLS 228 and 231, or PHIL 101 and 201. Politics, treated as a single series of lectures designed Crosslisting(s): PHIL-B300 to lead its immediate Greek audience (the equivalent Units: 1.0 of Socrates’ interlocutors in Plato)—and perhaps us as Instructor(s): Salkever,S. well--more deeply into the questions and problems that (Fall 2013) are Aristotle’s theoretical basis for the paradigmatically human activities of practical reason (phronêsis) and POLS B310 Comparative Public Policy thoughtful choice (prohairesis—see NE 6.1, 1139b). There will be some additional readings from Aristotle, A comparison of policy processes and outcomes across from Aristotle’s Greek contemporaries and predecessors space and time. Focusing on particular issues such (including Plato and Thucydides), and from recent as health care, domestic security, water and land use, work designed to bring Aristotelian perspectives to we identify institutional, historical, and cultural factors bear on the moral and political issues of our own time. that shape policies. We also examine the growing Prerequisites: At least two semesters of philosophy or importance of international-level policy making and the political theory, including some work with Greek texts, or interplay between international and domestic pressures consent of the instructor. on policy makers. Prerequisite is one course in Political Crosslisting(s): PHIL-B321 Science or public policy. Units: 1.0 Counts towards: Environmental Studies (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) POLS B321 Technology and Politics POLS B312 The Intelligence Community: Practice, An multi-media analysis of the complex role of Problems & Prospects technology in political and social life. We focus on the relationship between technological change and The events of 9/11 and ongoing “War on Terror” focused democratic governance. We begin with historical and new attention on issues of national intelligence. We contemporary Luddism as well as pro-technology will examine the origins, structure and functions of the Political Science 365 movements around the world. Substantive issue areas Chinese economic, political and cultural power, and 3) include security and surveillance, electoral politics, to construct a thorough understanding of challenges warfare, social media, internet freedom, GMO foods and opportunities for China from its extraordinary and industrial agriculture, climate change and energy developmental path. politics. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Counts towards: Environmental Studies Crosslisting(s): EAST-B334 Crosslisting(s): CITY-B321 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Oh,S. Instructor(s): Hager,C. (Spring 2014) (Fall 2013) POLS B344 Development Ethics POLS B327 Political Philosophy in the 20th Century This course explores the meaning of and moral issues A study of 20th- and 21st-century extensions of three raised by development. In what direction and by what traditions in Western political philosophy: the adherents means should a society “develop”? What role, if any, of the German and English ideas of freedom and the does the globalization of markets and capitalism founders of classical naturalism. Authors read include play in processes of development and in systems of Hannah Arendt, Michel Foucault, Jurgen Habermas, and discrimination on the basis of factors such as race and John Rawls. Topics include the relationship of individual gender? Answers to these sorts of questions will be rationality and political authority, the “crisis of modernity,” explored through an examination of some of the most and the debate concerning contemporary democratic prominent theorists and recent literature. Prerequisites: citizenship. Prerequisites: POLS 228 and 231, or PHIL a philosophy, political theory or economics course or 101 and 201. Enrollment is limited to 18 students. permission of the instructor. Crosslisting(s): PHIL-B327 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; (Not Offered 2013-14) International Studies Major Crosslisting(s): PHIL-B344 POLS B333 Transformations in American Politics, Units: 1.0 1955-2000 (Not Offered 2013-14) The American political system has changed dramatically POLS B347 Advanced Issues in Peace, Conflict, over the past 60 years. This seminar examines the ways and Social Justice Studies: Utopias, Dystopias, and in which American political institutions and processes Peace have been transformed -- by design and by accident-- and the causes and consequences of those changes. An in-depth examination of crucial issues and particular Special attention will be paid to the effect that these cases of interest to advanced students in Peace, changes have had on the democratic character of the Conflict, and Social Justice Studies through common American political system and on its ability to govern. readings and student projects. Various important Units: 1.0 theories of conflict and conflict management are (Not Offered 2013-14) compared and students undertake semester-long field research. The second half of the semester focuses POLS B334 Three Faces of Chinese Power: Money, on student research topics with continued exploration Might, and Minds of conflict-resolution theories and research methods. Prerequisite: POLS B206, B111, or POLS H247. China’s extraordinary growth for the past 30 years Counts towards: Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice has confirmed the power of free markets, while Studies simultaneously challenging our thoughts on the Crosslisting(s): ANTH-B347 foundations and limits of the market economy. Units: 1.0 Moreover, China’s ever-increasing economic freedom (Not Offered 2013-14) and prosperity have been accompanied by only limited steps toward greater political freedom and political POLS B348 Culture and Ethnic Conflict liberalization, running counter to one of the most consistent patterns of political economic development An examination of the role of culture in the origin, in recent history. This course examines China’s escalation, and settlement of ethnic conflicts. This unique economic and political development path, course examines the politics of culture and how it and the opportunities and challenges it accompanies. constrains and offers opportunities for ethnic conflict and This course has three aims: 1) to facilitate an in- cooperation. The role of narratives, rituals, and symbols depth understanding of the political and economic is emphasized in examining political contestation development with Chinese characteristics, 2) to conduct over cultural representations and expressions such a comprehensive analysis of three dimensions of as parades, holy sites, public dress, museums, 366 Political Science monuments, and language in culturally framed ethnic POLS B365 Erotica: Love and Art in Plato and conflicts from all regions of the world. Prerequisites: two Shakespeare courses in the social sciences. The course explores the relationship between love Counts towards: Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice and art, “eros” and “poesis,” through in-depth study of Studies Plato’s “Phaedus” and “Symposium,” Shakespeare’s “As Crosslisting(s): CITY-B348 You Like It” and “Antony and Cleopatra,” and essays Units: 1.0 by modern commentators (including David Halperin, Instructor(s): Ross,M. Anne Carson, Martha Nussbaum, Marjorie Garber, (Spring 2014) and Stanley Cavell). We will also read Shakespeare’s Sonnets and “Romeo and Juliet.” POLS B352 Feminism and Philosophy Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Crosslisting(s): PHIL-B352 Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Units: 1.0 Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B365; PHIL-B365; COML-B365 Instructor(s): Koggel,C. Units: 1.0 (Spring 2014) (Not Offered 2013-14)
POLS B354 Comparative Social Movements POLS B371 Topics in Political Philosophy A consideration of the conceptualizations of power and An advanced seminar on a topic in political or legal “legitimate” and “illegitimate” participation, the political philosophy/theory. Topics vary by year. For the current opportunity structure facing potential activists, the year’s topic, please consult the Tri-Course guide. mobilizing resources available to them, and the cultural Enrollment criteria: At least one course in political theory framing within which these processes occur. Specific or philosophy or consent of instructor. attention is paid to recent movements within and across Requirement(s): Division I or Division III countries, such as feminist, environmental, and anti- Crosslisting(s): PHIL-B371 globalization movements, and to emerging forms of Units: 1.0 citizen mobilization, including transnational and global Instructor(s): Elkins,J. networks, electronic mobilization, and collaborative (Fall 2013) policymaking institutions. Counts towards: Environmental Studies POLS B374 Education Politics & Policy Crosslisting(s): SOCL-B354 This course will examine education policy through the Units: 1.0 lens of federalism and federalism through a case study (Not Offered 2013-14) of education policy. The dual aims are to enhance our understanding of this specific policy area and our POLS B358 Political Psychology of Group understanding of the impact that our federal system of Identification government has on policy effectiveness. This seminar explores the common interests of Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science psychologists and political scientists in ethnic Crosslisting(s): SOCL-B274; EDUC-B274 identification and ethnic-group conflict. Rational Units: 1.0 choice theories of conflict from political science will be Instructor(s): Golden,M. compared with social psychological theories of conflict (Fall 2013) that focus more on emotion and essentializing. These theories will be applied to Western interventions in the POLS B375 Gender, Work and Family Balkans. Each student will contribute a 350-word post As the number of women participating in the paid in response to each reading assignment, and represent workforce who are also mothers exceeds 50 percent, that post in seminar discussion of the reading. Each it becomes increasingly important to study the issues student will write a final paper applying these theories raised by these dual roles. This seminar will examine to a case of ethnic conflict chosen by agreement with the experiences of working and nonworking mothers the instructor. Grading includes posts, participation in in the United States, the roles of fathers, the impact of discussion, and the final paper. Prerequisite: PSYC working mothers on children, and the policy implications 208 or two semesters of political science, or instructor’s of women, work, and family. permission. Counts towards: Child and Family Studies; Gender and Counts towards: Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Sexuality Studies Studies Crosslisting(s): SOCL-B375 Crosslisting(s): PSYC-B358 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Golden,M. Instructor(s): McCauley,C. (Fall 2013) (Spring 2014) Political Science 367
POLS B379 The United Nations and World Order historical accounts, comparative analysis of developments in different parts of the Islamic world. Initially founded in 1945 to address the challenges Topics covered include the rationalist Salafy movement; of international armed aggression, the United the so-called conservative movements (Sanussi of Nations has since evolved, and is now charged with Libya, the Mahdi in the Sudan, and the Wahhabi confronting a wide range of threats, including atrocities, movement in Arabia); the Caliphate movement; poverty, hunger, disease, and climate change. This contemporary debates over Islamic constitutions; among class examines the organization’s pre-eminent others. The course is not restricted to the Middle East role in international peace and security, economic or Arab world. Prerequisites: a course on Islam and development, and human rights and humanitarian modern European history, or an earlier course on the affairs. Prerequisites: Students are required to have Modern Middle East or 19th-century India, or permission completed at least a year of Political Science or Peace, of instructor. Conflict, and Social Justice Studies courses (one class Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science must be International Politics (POLS B250) or have the Counts towards: Middle East Studies permission of the instructor. Crosslisting(s): HIST-B383 Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Units: 1.0 Counts towards: Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice (Not Offered 2013-14) Studies Units: 1.0 POLS B385 Democracy and Development (Not Offered 2013-14) From 1974 to the late 1990’s the number of POLS B381 Nietzsche democracies grew from 39 to 117. This “third wave,” the collapse of communism and developmental This course examines Nietzsche’s thought, with successes in East Asia have led some to argue the particular focus on such questions as the nature of triumph of democracy and markets. Since the late the self, truth , irony, aggression, play, joy, love, and 1990’s, democracy’s third wave has stalled, and some morality. The texts for the course are drawn mostly from fear a reverse wave and democratic breakdowns. We Nietzsche’s own writing, but these are complemented will question this phenomenon through the disciplines by some contemporary work in moral philosophy and of economics, history, political science and sociology philosophy of mind that has a Nietzschean influence. drawing from theoretical, case study and classical Crosslisting(s): PHIL-B381 literature. Prerequisite: one year of study in political Units: 1.0 science or economics. Instructor(s): Elkins,J. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science (Spring 2014) Counts towards: International Studies Major; Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies POLS B382 Religious Fundamentalism in the Global Crosslisting(s): ECON-B385 Era Units: 1.0 Through a comparison of Jewish, Islamic, Christian Instructor(s): Ross,M., Rock,M. and Hindu political movements, the course seeks (Spring 2014) to investigate the religious turn in national and transnational contexts. We will also seek to find POLS B391 International Political Economy commonalities and differences in religious movements, This seminar examines the growing importance of and religious regimes, while considering the aspects of economic issues in world politics and traces the globalization which usher in new kinds of transnational development of the modern world economy from its affiliation. Prerequisite: An introductory course in origins in colonialism and the industrial revolution, Anthropology, Political Science or History or permission through to the globalization of recent decades. Major of the instructor. paradigms in political economy are critically examined. Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Aspects of and issues in international economic Counts towards: Middle East Studies; Peace, Conflict, relations such as development, finance, trade, and Social Justice Studies migration, and foreign investment are examined in the Crosslisting(s): ANTH-B382; HIST-B382 light of selected approaches. One course in International Units: 1.0 Politics or Economics is required. Preference is given to (Not Offered 2013-14) seniors although juniors are accepted. Counts towards: International Studies Major POLS B383 Two Hundred Years of Islamic Reform, Units: 1.0 Radicalism, and Revolution Instructor(s): Allen,M. This course will examine the transformation of Islamic (Fall 2013) politics in the past two hundred years, emphasizing 368 Political Science
POLS B392 State in Theory and History POLS B425 Praxis III: Independent Study This class connects the fields of historical sociology Praxis III courses are Independent Study courses and and international relations to survey the roots of are developed by individual students, in collaboration states as the predominant form of political authority, to with faculty and field supervisors. A Praxis courses is assess its behavior in global affairs, and to consider its distinguished by genuine collaboration with fieldsite future. Concepts include: class coalitions, democracy, organizations and by a dynamic process of reflection capitalism, socialism, authoritarianism, revolutions, that incorporates lessons learned in the field into the international organizations, and empires. Prerequisites: classroom setting and applies theoretical understanding two courses in Political Science, or Peace, Conflict, and gained through classroom study to work done in the Social Justice Studies, or permission of the instructor. broader community. Enrollment is limited to 18 students. Counts towards: Praxis Program Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) (Not Offered 2013-14)
POLS B393 U.S. Welfare Politics: Theory and Practice Major theoretical perspectives concerning the welfare state with a focus on social policy politics, including recent welfare reforms and how in an era of globalization there has been a turn to a more restrictive system of social provision. Special attention is paid to the ways class, race, and gender are involved in making of social welfare policy and the role of social welfare policy in reinforcing class, race, and gender inequities. Prerequisite: POLS B121 or SOCL B102. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Crosslisting(s): SOCL-B393 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14)
POLS B398 Senior Conference Required of senior majors. In weekly group meetings as well as individual tutorials, faculty work with students on research strategies, on refining research topics, and on supervising research progress for the senior thesis. Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Golden,M., Allen,M., Hager,C., Elkins,J. (Fall 2013)
POLS B399 Senior Essay Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Golden,M., Allen,M., Hager,C., Elkins,J. (Spring 2014)
POLS B403 Supervised Work Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA (Fall 2013)
POLS B403 Supervised Work Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA (Spring 2014) Psychology 369
PSYCHOLOGY Majors may substitute advance placement credit (score of 5 on the Psychology Advanced Placement exam) for PSYC 105. In general, courses at the 200 level survey Students may complete a major or minor in Psychology. major content areas of psychological research. With the Within the major, students may complete a minor in exception of PSYC 205, all 200-level courses require Neuroscience. PSYC 105 or the permission of the instructor. Courses at the 300 level typically have a 200-level survey course as a prerequisite and offer either specialization within Faculty a content area or integration across areas. PSYC 399, 401, and 403 are senior capstone courses and are Kimberly E. Cassidy, Interim President and Professor intended to provide psychology majors with an intensive Louisa C. Egan Brad, Visiting Assistant Professor and integrative experience in psychology to culminate their undergraduate careers. Clark R. McCauley Jr, Professor and Director of the Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict The Psychology major requires one course with a Amy Michelle Neeren, Lecturer laboratory. The laboratory requirement is typically fulfilled by PSYC 105. If a student takes introductory Paul D Neuman, Senior Lecturer (on leave semester II) psychology elsewhere, and the course has no Leslie Rescorla, Professor of Psychology on the Class laboratory, or the student receives advanced placement of 1897 Professorship of Science and Director of Child credit for introductory psychology, then a laboratory Study Institute (on leave semester II) course at the 200 or 300 level can be taken to fulfill the laboratory requirement. Students who take Haverford Marc Schulz, Professor of Psychology and Rachel C. courses with the half credit laboratory attachments Hale Professor in the Sciences and Mathematics (on may count the laboratory portion of the course toward leave semester II) fulfilling the lab requirement for the Bryn Mawr major Anjali Thapar, Chair and Professor (Note: PSYC 205 can not be used to fulfill the laboratory requirement). Earl Thomas, Professor William Douglas Tynan, Lecturer Majors are also required to attend a one-hour, weekly brown bag in the junior year for one semester. This Robert H. Wozniak, Professor requirement is designed to sharpen students’ analytical and critical thinking skills, to introduce students The department offers the student a major program that to faculty members’ areas of research, to provide allows a choice of courses from among a wide variety of additional opportunities for student-faculty interactions, fields in psychology: clinical, cognitive, developmental, and to build a sense of community. physiological, and social. In addition to the considerable breadth offered, the program encourages the student Advising to focus on more specialized areas through advanced coursework, seminars and especially through The selection of courses to meet the major requirements supervised research. Students have found that the is made in consultation with the student’s major major program provides a strong foundation for adviser. Any continuing faculty member can serve as graduate work in clinical, cognitive, developmental, a major adviser. It is expected that the student will experimental, physiological, and social psychology, sample broadly among the diverse fields represented as well as for graduate study in law, medicine, and in the curriculum. Courses outside the department business. may be taken for major credit if they satisfy the above descriptions of 200-level and 300-level courses and are approved by the student’s major adviser. Students Major Requirements should contact their major adviser about major credit Major requirements in Psychology are PSYC 105 (or for a course outside the department before taking the a one-semester introductory psychology course taken course. elsewhere); PSYC 205; and eight additional courses (not including the Junior Brown Bag). Majors must Honors complete four courses at the 200 level, three courses at the 300 level, and one Senior Requirement. Majors may Departmental honors (called Honors in Research in elect to fulfill their Senior Requirement with PSYC 399 Psychology) are awarded on the merits of a report of (Senior Seminar in Psychology) or by completing two research (the design and execution; and the scholarship semesters of supervised research (PSYC 401 or PSYC exhibited in the writing of a paper based on the 403). research). To be considered for honors, students must have a grade point average in psychology of 3.6 or higher at the end of the fall semester of the senior year. 370 Psychology
Haverford College Courses that Count for the minor is listed on the Psychology Department’s toward the Major website. Certain courses currently offered at Haverford College Minor in Computational Methods may be substituted for the equivalent Bryn Mawr courses for purposes of the Bryn Mawr psychology Students majoring in psychology can minor in major. computational methods.The minor consists of one gateway course (Introduction to Computer Science, Introductory psychology at Haverford may be substituted CS 110 or CS 205), a course in data structures (CS for PSYC 105. PSYC 200 at Haverford may be 206) and discreet mathematics (CS 231), plus three substituted for PSYC 205. additional courses. Additional information for the minor is listed on the Computer Science Department’s The following courses at Haverford will count as website. 200-level courses for the major: Minor in Child and Family Studies PSYC H213 (Memory and Cognition) PSYC HH215 (Introduction to Personality Psychology) Students majoring in psychology can minor in Child and PSYC H217 (Biological Psychology) Family Studies. The minor comprises six courses: one PSYC H224 (Social Psychology) gateway course (Developmental Psychology PSYC 206, PSYC H238 (Psychology of Language) Educational Psychology PSYC 203, Critical Issues in PSYC H260 (Cognitive Neuroscience) Education EDUC 200, or Study of Gender in Society (SOCL 201), plus five additional courses, at least two of The following courses at Haverford will count as which must be outside of the major department and at 300-level courses for the major: least one of which must be at the 300 level. Additional information for the minor is listed on the Child and PSYC H214 (Psychology of Adolescence) Family Studies’s website. PSYC H220 (The Psychology of Time) PSYC H221 (The Primate Origins of Society) COURSES PSYC H222 (Evolution and Behavior) PSYCH H225 (Self and Identity) PSYC B105 Introductory Psychology PSYC H240 (Psychology of Pain and Pain Inhibition) How do biological predispositions, life experiences, PSYC H250 (Biopsychology of Emotion and Personality) culture, contribute to individual differences in human PSYC H311 (Advanced Personality Psychology: Freud) and animal behavior? This biopsychosocial theme will PSYC H325 (The Psychology of Close Relationships) be examined by studying both “normal” and “abnormal” PSYC H340 (Human Neuropsychology) behaviors in domains such as perception, cognition, PSYC H350 (Biopsychology of Stress) learning, motivation, emotion, and social interaction PSYC H370 (Neuroscience of Mental Illness). thereby providing an overview of psychology’s many areas of inquiry. Students will select one two-hour lab Students who take Haverford courses with the half credit meeting per week. laboratory attachments may count the lab portion of the Requirement(s): Division II with Lab course toward fulfilling the advanced lab requirement for Approach: Quantitative Readiness Required (QR); the Bryn Mawr major. Scientific Investigation (SI) Units: 1.0 Minor Requirement Instructor(s): Thomas,E., Rescorla,L. (Spring 2014) A student may minor in Psychology by taking PSYC 105 and PSYC 205 and any other four courses that meet the PSYC B120 Focus: Psychology of Terrorism requirements of the major. Introduction to the psychology of terrorism. Each week Minor in Neuroscience will include reading and a film introducing a different case history: Mohammed Atta, Timothy McVeigh and Students majoring in psychology can minor in Terry Nichols, Weather Underground, Baader-Meinhof Neuroscience. The minor comprises six courses: Gang, Battle of Algiers, Shaheed, Al-Qaeda and bin one gateway course (Behavioral Neuroscience BMC Laden. Text is Friction: How radicalization happens PSYC 218, Biological Psychology HC PSYC 217, or to them and us (McCauley & Moskalenko, 2011). Introduction to Neuroscience BMC BIO 202), plus five Each student posts each week on Moodle a max-300- additional courses. The five courses must sample from word essay identifying mechanisms of radicalization three different disciplines and at least one course must in the case history, and a comment on one other be at the 300-level or higher. Additional information student’s post. Grading includes clicker quizzes, posts, Psychology 371 comments, and an optional final paper. This is a half- PSYC B203 Educational Psychology semester “focus course,” no prerequisites. Topics in the psychology of human cognitive, social, Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science and affective behavior are examined and related to Units: 0.5 educational practice. Issues covered include learning Instructor(s): McCauley,C. theories, memory, attention, thinking, motivation, social/ (Spring 2014) emotional issues in adolescence, and assessment/ learning disabilities. This course provides a Praxis PSYC B125 Focus: Psychology of Genocide Level I opportunity. Classroom observation is required. Introduction to the psychology of genocide, including Prerequisite: Introductory Psychology (PSYC 105) perpetrators, leaders, and mass sympathizers. Each Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science week will include reading and a film introducing a Counts towards: Child and Family Studies; Praxis difference case history: Cherokee Removal, Armenian Program Removal, Holocaust, Rwanda, Pol Pot, Khymer Rouge Units: 1.0 Killers, Darfur-Sudan. Text is Why not kill them all? The Instructor(s): Cassidy,K. logic and prevention of mass political murder (Chirot & (Fall 2013) McCauley, 2010 paperback). Each student posts each week on Moodle a max-300-word essay identifying PSYC B205 Experimental Methods and Statistics mechanisms of radicalization in the case history, and a An introduction to experimental design, general comment on one other student’s post. Grading includes research methodology, and the analysis and clicker quizzes, posts, comments, and an optional interpretation of data. Emphasis will be placed on final paper. This is a half-semester “focus course,” no issues involved with conducting psychological research. prerequisites. Topics include descriptive and inferential statistics, Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science experimental design and validity, analysis of variance, Units: 0.5 and correlation and regression. Each statistical method Instructor(s): McCauley,C. will also be executed using computers. Lecture three (Spring 2014) hours, laboratory 90 minutes a week. Requirement(s): Division I or Quantitative PSYC B160 Focus: Psychology of Negotiations Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM); Scientific Explores the psychology, art, and science of Investigation (SI) negotiations. The core of the course is a series of Units: 1.0 seven simulations designed to allow students to Instructor(s): Thapar,A. experiment with negotiation techniques. Debriefings (Spring 2014) and discussions of negotiation theory and behavioral research complement the simulations. This is a half- PSYC B206 Developmental Psychology semester, 0.5 unit course. A topical survey of psychological development Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science from infancy through adolescence, focusing on the Approach: Course does not meet an Approach interaction of personal and environmental factors in the Units: 0.5 ontogeny of perception, language, cognition, and social Instructor(s): Egan Brad,L. interactions within the family and with peers. Topics (Spring 2014) include developmental theories; infant perception; attachment; language development; theory of mind; PSYC B201 Learning/Behavior Analysis memory development; peer relations, schools and the This course covers the basic principles of behavior, family as contexts of development; and identity and and their application to the understanding of the human the adolescent transition. Prerequisite: PSYCB105 or condition. Topics include the distinction between PSYCH100 closed-loop (selection by consequences) and open- Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science loop (elicitation and adjunctive behavior) relations, the Counts towards: Child and Family Studies distinction between contingency-shaped behavior and Units: 1.0 behavior under instructional control, discrimination Instructor(s): Egan Brad,L. and concept formation, choice, functional analysis of (Spring 2014) verbal behavior and awareness and problem solving. Behavior Analysis is presented as a distinct research PSYC B208 Social Psychology methodology with a distinct language, as well as a A survey of theories and data in the study of human distinct theoretical approach within psychology. social behavior. Special attention to methodological Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science issues of general importance in the conduct and Approach: Scientific Investigation (SI) evaluation of research with humans. Topics include Counts towards: Neuroscience group dynamics (conformity, leadership, encounter Units: 1.0 groups, crowd behavior, intergroup conflict); attitude (Not Offered 2013-14) 372 Psychology change (consistency theories, attitudes and behavior, PSYC B214 Applied Behavior Analysis mass media persuasion); and person perception This course covers the basic principles of behavior and (stereotyping, essentializing, moral judgment). their relevance and application to clinical problems. Prerequisite: Introductory Psychology (PSYC 105) or Applied Behavior Analysis is an empirically-based equivalent, or instructor’s permission. treatment approach focusing less on treatment Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science techniques and more on treatment evaluation. The Approach: Scientific Investigation (SI) course covers the techniques used (data gathering Units: 1.0 and analysis) to determine the effectiveness of Instructor(s): McCauley,C. treatments while in progress. To do this, examples of (Fall 2013) human problems may include eating disorders, anxiety disorders, addictive behavior, autistic behavior, attention PSYC B209 Abnormal Psychology deficit hyperactivity disorder and oppositional/conduct This course will cover the main psychological disorder. disorders manifested by individuals as they develop Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science across the life span. The semester will begin with an Approach: Scientific Investigation (SI) historical overview of how psychopathology has been Units: 1.0 conceptualized and treated across many centuries Instructor(s): Neuman,P. of Western history. The course will then review the (Fall 2013) assumptions of the major models which have been formulated to explain psychopathology: the biological, PSYC B218 Behavioral Neuroscience the psychodynamic, the behavioral, and the cognitive. An interdisciplinary course on the neurobiological We will begin with childhood and adolescent disorders bases of experience and behavior, emphasizing and then cover the main disorders of adults. Among the contribution of the various neurosciences to the the disorders covered will be: attention deficit disorder, understanding of basic problems of psychology. An anorexia/bulimia, conduct disorder/antisocial personality, introduction to the fundamentals of neuroanatomy, borderline personality disorder, anxiety disorders, neurophysiology, and neurochemistry with an emphasis psychophysiological disorders, substance abuse, upon synaptic transmission; followed by the application depression, and schizophrenia. For each disorder, we of these principles to an analysis of sensory processes will explore issues of classification, theories of etiology, and perception, emotion, motivation, learning, and risk and prevention factors, research on prognosis, cognition. Lecture three hours a week. Prerequisite: and studies of treatment. Prerequisite: Introductory Introductory Psychology (PSYC 105). Psychology (PSYC 105). Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Counts towards: Neuroscience Counts towards: Child and Family Studies; Units: 1.0 Neuroscience Instructor(s): Thomas,E. Units: 1.0 (Fall 2013) Instructor(s): Neeren,A. (Spring 2014) PSYC B224 Cross-Cultural Psychology PSYC B212 Human Cognition Explores human behavior as a product of cultural context. Why are some aspects of human behavior the This course deals with the scientific study of human same across cultures, while others differ? Topics include cognition. Topics include perception, pattern recognition, the relationships between culture and development, attention, memory, visual imagery, language, reasoning, cognition, the self, and social behaviors. Discussions decision making, and problem solving. Historical as well include implications of cross-cultural psychology for as contemporary perspectives will be discussed, and psychological theory and applications. Pre-requites: data from cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, ANTH101, PSYCB105, PSYCH100, SOCL102 or and computational modeling will be reviewed. The permission of instructor laboratory consists of experiments related to these Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science topics. Lecture three hours, laboratory 90 minutes a Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) week. Prerequisite: Introductory Psychology (PSYC Units: 1.0 105) Instructor(s): Egan Brad,L. Requirement(s): Division II with Lab (Fall 2013) Approach: Scientific Investigation (SI) Counts towards: Neuroscience PSYC B240 Evolution of Human Nature Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Thapar,A. Explores human nature as a product of evolutionary (Fall 2013) processes. The course will begin by introducing the evolutionary perspective and the roles of sex and mating Psychology 373 strategies within the context of the animal kingdom. Statistics (PSYC 205 or equivalent). Topics will include the evolutionary origins of altruism, Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science social structures, language, domestic and intergroup Approach: Quantitative Readiness Required (QR); violence, and religion. Prerequisite: ANTH101, BIOL101, Scientific Investigation (SI) ECON105, PSYCB105, PSYCH100, SOCL102, or Units: 0.5 permission of instructor Instructor(s): McCauley,C. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science (Fall 2013) Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Egan Brad,L. PSYC B301 Advanced Research Methods (Spring 2014) This course focuses on psychology research and design methodology. An important purpose of the course is to PSYC B250 Autism Spectrum Disorders help students with their undergraduate thesis research. Focuses on theory of and research on Autism Spectrum Topics include: internal and external validity, reliability, Disorders (ASD). Topics include the history of autism; strengths and weaknesses of various methods (survey, classification and diagnosis; epidemiology and case, observational, and experimental), data coding, etiology; major theories; investigations of sensory and levels of measurement, research ethics, and data motor atypicalities, early social communicative skills, analysis. affective, cognitive, symbolic and social factors; the Units: 1.0 neuropsychology of ASD; and current approaches to (Not Offered 2013-14) intervention. Prerequisite: Introductory Psychology (PSYC 105). PSYC B308 Adult Development and Aging Counts towards: Child and Family Studies The course broadly explores the biological, Units: 1.0 psychological, and social aspects of aging into middle Instructor(s): Wozniak,R. and late adulthood for individual, families, communities, (Fall 2013) and society at large. This is accomplished through exploration of a.) the psychological and social PSYC B257 Identity under Pressure developmental challenges of adulthood, b.) the core This course explores psychological understandings of biological changes that accompany this stage of life, identity formation and change, particularly in times of c.) research methodology for inquiry into aging, d.) the upheaval and migration. Examples of identity formation demands and impact on care givers and families, e.) will be drawn from psychological studies, the family psychopathology common in older adults, f.) social histories of class participants, oral history projects, and welfare policies and programs designed to ameliorate the experiences of Jews in Hamburg, Germany before stress and promote well-being among older adults, and and during World War II. g.) the political, social, and academic discourse around Units: 1.0 the concept of aging successfully in the 21st century. (Not Offered 2013-14) Throughout the course, the experience of aging, and the ways in which this experience differs by race, ethnicity, PSYC B260 The Psychology of Mindfulness gender, class, culture, and sexual orientation are considered. This course builds on theory, knowledge, This course focuses on psychological theory and and skills of social work with older adults introduced in research on mindfulness and meditative practices. Foundation Practice and Human Behavior in the Social Readings and discussion will introduce students to Environment I and III. This course is relevant to the modern conceptualizations and implementation of clinical, management, and policy concentrations, in that mindfulness practices that have arisen in the West. it focuses on the concepts, theories, and policies central Students will be encouraged to engage in mindfulness to effective assessment and intervention with older activities as part of their involvement in this 360. adults. Approach: Course does not meet an Approach Crosslisting(s): SOWK-B308 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Schulz,M. (Not Offered 2013-14) (Fall 2013) PSYC B310 Advanced Developmental Psychology PSYC B288 Laboratory in Social Psychology This course details theory and research relating to This laboratory course will offer experience in designing the development of children and adolescents with and conducting research in social psychology, statistical family, school, and cultural contexts. We examine analysis of research results, and research reporting in topics including (but not limited to): developmental the style of a journal article in psychology. Each student theory, infant perception, language, attachment, self- will participate in two research projects. This is a 0.5 unit awareness, social cognition, symbolic thought, memory, course that meets for the full semester. Prerequisites: parent-child relations, peer relations, and gender issues. Introductory Psychology (PSYC 105 or equivalent) and Prerequisite: PSYC 206 or permission of the instructor. 374 Psychology
Units: 1.0 and PSYCB212, PSYCH260 or permission of instructor. Instructor(s): Wozniak,R. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science (Spring 2014) Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Egan Brad,L. PSYC B312 History of Modern American Psychology (Fall 2013) An examination of major 20th-century trends in PSYC B326 From Channels to Behavior American psychology and their 18th- and 19th-century social and intellectual roots. Topics include physiological Introduces the principles, research approaches, and and philosophical origins of scientific psychology; methodologies of cellular and behavioral neuroscience. growth of American developmental, comparative, social, The first half of the course will cover the cellular and clinical psychology; and the cognitive revolution. properties of neurons using current and voltage clamp Prerequisite: any 200-level survey course. techniques along with neuron simulations. The second Units: 1.0 half of the course will introduce students to state-of- Instructor(s): Wozniak,R. the-art techniques for acquiring and analyzing data in (Fall 2013) a variety of rodent models linking brain and behavior. Prerequisites: one semester of BIOL 110-111 and one PSYC B322 Culture and Development of the following: PSYC 218, PSYC 217 at Haverford, or BIOL 202. This course focuses on development and enculturation Requirement(s): Division II: Natural Science within nested sets of interacting contexts (e.g. family, Counts towards: Neuroscience village, classroom/work group, peer group, culture). Crosslisting(s): BIOL-B326 Topics include the nature of culture, human narrativity, Units: 1.0 acquisition of multiple literacies, and the way in which (Not Offered 2013-14) developing mind, multiple contexts, cultures, narrativity, and literacies help forge identities. Prerequisites: PSYC PSYC B340 Women’s Mental Health 105 and PSYC 206, or Permission of the Instructor Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science This course will provide an overview of current research Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) and theory related to women’s mental health. We Counts towards: Child and Family Studies will discuss psychological phenomena and disorders Units: 1.0 that are particularly salient to and prevalent among Instructor(s): Wozniak,R. women, why these phenomena/disorders affect (Spring 2014) women disproportionately over men, and how they may impact women’s psychological and physical well- PSYC B323 Advanced Topics in Cognitive being. Psychological disorders covered will include: Neuroscience depression, eating disorders, dissociative identity disorder, borderline personality disorder, and chronic This is a topics course. Course content will vary. pain disorders. Other topics discussed will include A seminar course dealing with state-of-the-art work-family conflict for working mothers, the role of developments in the cognitive neuroscience of human sociocultural influences on women’s mental health, and memory. We will cover topics related to the cognitive mental health issues particular to women of color and and neural architecture of working memory, episodic to lesbian women. Prerequisite: PSYC B209 or PSYC memory, semantic memory, false memory, and various B351 (or equivalent 200-level course). forms of non-declarative memory. A strong emphasis will Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science be placed on studies utilizing functional neuroimaging, Counts towards: Child and Family Studies; Gender and neuropsychological investigations, and animal models. Sexuality Studies Prerequisite: a course in cognition (PSYC B212, PSYC Units: 1.0 H213, PSYC H260) or behavioral neuroscience (either (Not Offered 2013-14) PSYC B218 or PSYC H217). Counts towards: Neuroscience PSYC B346 Pediatric Psychology Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) This course uses a developmental-ecological perspective to understand the psychological challenges PSYC B325 Judgment and Decision-Making associated with physical health issues in children. The course explores how different environments support the This course will explore the psychology of reasoning and development of children who sustain illness or injury decision-making processes in depth. We will examine and will cover topics including: prevention, coping, affective, cognitive, and motivational processes, as well adherence to medical regimens, and pain management. as recent research in neuroscience. Among other topics, The course will consider the ways in which cultural we will discuss notions of rationality and irrationality, beliefs and values shape medical experiences. accuracy, heuristics, biases, metacognition, evaluation, Prerequisite: PSYC B206 highly recommended. risk perception, and moral judgment. Prerequisites: Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science ECONB136, ECONH203, PSYCB205 or PSYCH200, Psychology 375
Counts towards: Child and Family Studies theories will be applied to Western interventions in the Units: 1.0 Balkans. Each student will contribute a 350-word post Instructor(s): Tynan,W. in response to each reading assignment, and represent (Fall 2013) that post in seminar discussion of the reading. Each student will write a final paper applying these theories PSYC B350 Developmental Cognitive Disorders to a case of ethnic conflict chosen by agreement with the instructor. Grading includes posts, participation in This course uses a developmental and discussion, and the final paper. Prerequisite: PSYC neuropsychological framework to study major 208 or two semesters of political science, or instructor’s development cognitive disorders manifested by children permission. and adolescents, such as language delay/impairment, Counts towards: Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice specific reading disability, math disability, nonverbal Studies learning disability, intellectual disability, executive Crosslisting(s): POLS-B358 function disorder, autism, and traumatic brain injury. Units: 1.0 Cognitive disorders are viewed in the context of the Instructor(s): McCauley,C. normal development of language, memory, attention, (Spring 2014) reading, quantitative abilities, and executive functions. Students enrolled in the course will learn about the PSYC B375 Movies and Madness: Abnormal assessment, classification, outcome, remediation, and Psychology Through Films education of the major cognitive disorders manifested by children and adolescents. Students will participate in This writing-intensive seminar (maximum enrollment = a course-related Praxis placement approximately 3 - 4 16 students) deals with critical analysis of how various hours a week. forms of psychopathology are depicted in films. The Counts towards: Child and Family Studies; Praxis primary focus of the seminar will be evaluating the Program degree of correspondence between the cinematic Units: 1.0 presentation and current research knowledge about (Not Offered 2013-14) the disorder, taking into account the historical period in which the film was made. For example, we will PSYC B351 Developmental Psychopathology discuss how accurately the symptoms of the disorder are presented and how representative the protagonist This course will examine emotional and behavioral is of people who typically manifest this disorder based disorders of children and adolescents, including autism, on current research. We will also address the theory of attention deficit disorder, conduct disorder, phobias, etiology of the disorder depicted in the film, including obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression, anorexia, discussion of the relevant intellectual history in the and schizophrenia. Major topics covered will include: period when the film was made and the prevailing contrasting models of psychopathology; empirical and accounts of psychopathology in that period. Another categorical approaches to assessment and diagnosis; focus will be how the film portrays the course of the outcome of childhood disorders; risk, resilience, and disorder and how it depicts treatment for the disorder. prevention; and therapeutic approaches and their This cinematic presentation will be evaluated with efficacy .Prerequisite: PSYC 206 or 209. respect to current research on treatment for the Counts towards: Child and Family Studies disorder as well as the historical context of prevailing Units: 1.0 treatment for the disorder at the time the film was made. (Not Offered 2013-14) Prerequisite: PSYC B209. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities PSYC B352 Advanced Topics in Developmental Units: 1.0 Psychology Instructor(s): Rescorla,L. This is a topics course. Topics vary. Prerequisite: PSYC (Fall 2013) 206 or the consent of the instructor. Requirement(s): Division II with Lab PSYC B395 Psychopharmacology Counts towards: Child and Family Studies A study of the role of drugs in understanding basic brain- Units: 1.0 behavior relations. Topics include the pharmacological (Not Offered 2013-14) basis of motivation and emotion; pharmacological models of psychopathology; the use of drugs in the PSYC B358 Political Psychology of Group treatment of psychiatric disorders such as anxiety, Identification depression, and psychosis; and the psychology and This seminar explores the common interests of pharmacology of drug addiction. Prerequisite: PSYC psychologists and political scientists in ethnic 218. identification and ethnic-group conflict. Rational Units: 1.0 choice theories of conflict from political science will be Instructor(s): Thomas,E. compared with social psychological theories of conflict (Spring 2014) that focus more on emotion and essentializing. These 376 Psychology
PSYC B396 Topics in Neuroscience PSYC B403 Supervised Research A seminar course dealing with current issues in Laboratory or field research on a wide variety of topics. neuroscience. It provides advanced students minoring in Students should consult with faculty members to neuroscience with an opportunity to read and discuss in determine their topic and faculty supervisor, early in the depth seminal papers that represent emerging thought semester prior to when they will begin. in the field. In addition, students are expected to make Units: 1.0 presentations of their own research. Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA Counts towards: Neuroscience (Spring 2014) Crosslisting(s): BIOL-B396 Units: 1.0 PSYC B425 Praxis III: Independent Study (Not Offered 2013-14) Praxis III courses are Independent Study courses and are developed by individual students, in collaboration PSYC B399 Senior Seminar with faculty and field supervisors. A Praxis courses is This seminar is intended to serve as a capstone distinguished by genuine collaboration with fieldsite experience for senior psychology majors who have organizations and by a dynamic process of reflection opted not to do a senior thesis. The focus of the seminar that incorporates lessons learned in the field into the will be on analyzing the nature of public discourse classroom setting and applies theoretical understanding (coverage in newspapers, magazines, on the internet) gained through classroom study to work done in the on a variety of major issues, identifying material in broader community. the psychological research literature relating to these Counts towards: Praxis Program issues, and to the extent possible relating the public Units: 1.0 discourse to the research. (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Wozniak,R. PSYC B501 Research Methods (Spring 2014) This course deals with psychology research and design methodology. An important purpose of this course is PSYC B401 Supervised Research in Neural and to help graduate students begin their predissertation Behavioral Sciences research projects. Topics include: internal and external Laboratory or field research on a wide variety of topics. validity, reliability, characteristics of various methods Students should consult with faculty members to (survey, case, observational, and experimental), data determine their topic and faculty supervisor, early in the coding, levels of measurement, research ethics, and semester prior to when they will begin. publication. Open only to 1st year graduate students Units: 1.0 in the Clinical-Developmental psychology graduate Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA program. (Fall 2013) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) PSYC B401 Supervised Research in Neural and Behavioral Sciences PSYC B502 Multivariate Statistics Laboratory or field research on a wide variety of topics. This course is designed to introduce students to Students should consult with faculty members to advanced statistical techniques that are becoming determine their topic and faculty supervisor, early in the increasingly important in developmental, clinical and semester prior to when they will begin. school psychology research. We focus on understanding Units: 1.0 the advantages and limitations of common multivariate Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA analytic techniques that permit simultaneous prediction (Spring 2014) of multiple outcomes. Emphasis is placed on helping students critically evaluate applications of these PSYC B403 Supervised Research techniques in the literature and the utility of applying these techniques to their own work. Topics covered Laboratory or field research on a wide variety of topics. include path modeling, ways of analyzing data Students should consult with faculty members to collected over multiple points in time (e.g., a growth determine their topic and faculty supervisor, early in the curve capturing change in a developmental variable semester prior to when they will begin. during childhood), confirmatory factor analysis, and Units: 1.0 measurement models. Students use existing data sets Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA to gain experience with statistical software that can be (Fall 2013) used for multivariate analyses. Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Schulz,M. (Fall 2013) Psychology 377
PSYC B508 Social Psychology adolescents through psychological assessment. The major topics include: theoretical conceptualizations Provides an introduction to basic social psychological of intelligence and learning disabilities/differences theories and research. Topics covered include: group within a developmental framework, psychometric dynamics, stereotypes and group conflict, attitude concepts as they apply directly to the assessment measurement, and attitudes and behavior. An emphasis process, and the use of norm-referenced measures is placed on research methods in the study of social of cognition and informational processing in concert psychology. with observations, clinical interviews, and other Units: 1.0 qualitative information about the strengths and needs Instructor(s): McCauley,C. of students. Additional topics include issues of culture (Fall 2013) in assessment, differential validity of standardized tests, the role of dynamic assessment approaches, and PSYC B510 Developmental Psychology multiple perspectives on current classification systems. This course provides an overview of theory and Assignments entail practice in the administration, research relating to the development of children scoring, interpretation, and integration of selected and adolescents within family, school, and cultural cognitive and information processing measures, as well contexts and thus serves as a foundation for future as the communication of findings and their implications. work in the department. Following an overview of Units: 1.0 major developmental theories, we examine topics (Not Offered 2013-14) such as infant perception, infant sociality, prelinguistic communication, attachment, language development, the PSYC B541 Psychoeducational & Personality development of self awareness, early social cognition Assessment and theory of mind, conceptual change, memory and This course serves as a continuation of Psych 540 learning, parent-child relations, peer relations and with emphasis on the assessment of academic skill gender issues, self-concept and self-perception, moral development, social/emotional functioning, and development, logical thinking, and identity formation. behavioral functioning with the purpose of aiding in the Topics are examined within a multicultural, ecological, development of appropriate remedial strategies and and developmental framework. clinical recommendations. This course will include an Units: 1.0 overview of the reading process, and the acquisition (Not Offered 2013-14) of math and writing skills. Students will be introduced to standardized measures of academic assessment PSYC B512 Human Cognition as well as informal, curriculum-based, and response This course explores the cognitive bases of behavior, to interventions methods of assessment of learning emphasizing information processing approaches. Major disabilities/differences. Students will also be exposed areas of cognitive psychology are surveyed. These to a variety of diagnostic and assessment tools utilized areas include perception, attention, memory, language, for the assessment of social/emotional and behavioral and thinking and decision making. issues including rating scales, observations, interviews, Units: 1.0 questionnaires, and projective measures. This course (Not Offered 2013-14) will also introduce the students to current approaches in the assessment and/or diagnosis of several specific PSYC B529 Cognitive/Neuropsychology disorders including Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Nonverbal This course explores the cognitive bases of behavior, Learning Disabilities. Interpretation and integration of emphasizing an information processing approach. The information will be emphasized throughout. Assignments major areas of cognitive psychology are surveyed. include weekly readings, practice psycho-educational These areas include perception, attention, memory, reports, and a final take-home exam. language, and thinking and decision making. The Units: 1.0 application of basic knowledge in these areas to (Not Offered 2013-14) developmental and clinical psychology is also explored. In addition, the course deals with the basics of human PSYC B551 Developmental Psychopathology neuropsychology, providing an introduction to disorders of language, spatial processing, memory, emotion, and An examination of research and theory addressing planning/attention as a result of brain injury. the origins, course, and consequences of maladaptive Units: 1.0 functioning in children, adolescents, and families. Major (Not Offered 2013-14) forms of childhood and adolescent psychopathology (e.g., antisocial behavior, attention deficit hyperactivity PSYC B540 Intro to Psychological Assmt: disorder, and depression) are examined and faimly- Intelligence & Perception based risk factors for psychopathology, such as parenting quality and marital conflict, are explored. An This course introduces current approaches to important focus of the course is on the identification of identifying the educational needs of children and 378 Psychology risk and protective factors for psychopathology. Topics Units: 1.0 covered include contrasting models of psychopathology; Instructor(s): Wozniak,R. assessment and classification of childhood disorders; (Fall 2013) models of individual and family risk; social and cultural factors influencing the development of psychopathology; PSYC B623 Family, School, and Culture and therapeutic efforts to prevent or ameliorate This course will explore three central domains of a disorders. child’s life - family, the school and how culture influences Units: 1.0 and is influenced by both. The readings are both (Not Offered 2013-14) theoretical and clinical in nature, designed to provide the student with a broad introductory grasp of the PSYC B561 Intro. to Psychotherapy central ideas, research and concepts in each domain. This course provides an introduction to the principles In addition, theory and research are linking with clinical and practice of individual psychotherapy with an practice for psychologist working in schools or treating emphasis on working with children and adolescents. children with school problems. Students are encouraged to think critically about Units: 1.0 the nature and process of psychotherapy and to (Not Offered 2013-14) apply creatively their knowledge and skills to the task of helping those in need. emphasis is placed on PSYC B642 Consultation & Practice Issues in formulating therapeutic goals and conceptualizing School Psychology therapeutic change. The course provides an overview The third and final course in the CDPP psychological of dominant conceptualizations of therapy, especially assessment sequence, this course prepares students psychodynamic and cognitive/behavioral approaches. for the professional practice of clinical developmental Therapeutic techniques and challenges in work with and school psychology. The course deals with models children and adolescents are presented. Concurrent of special education; consultation approaches in school with the course, students have an introductory therapy psychology; categories of exceptionality; multicultural experience in a school or clinic in which they conduct issues in the delivery of school psychology services; psychotherapy with one or two clients and receive principles of educational psychology; the structure supervision. and organization of schools; and assessment of Units: 1.0 preschoolers. The class includes a weekly “Diagnostic (Not Offered 2013-14) and Personality Assessment Lab”. While taking this course, and continuing through the second semester, PSYC B595 Psychopharmacology each student works in an assessment practicum A study of the role of drugs in understanding basic brain- in a school, clinic, or pupil service agency. In small behavior relations. Topics include the pharmacological weekly lab groups, which are held throughout the basis of motivation and emotion; pharmacological academic year, students and instructors discuss models of psychopathology; the use of drugs in the ongoing cases and consider such clinical issues as test treatment of psychiatric disorders such as anxiety, selection, scoring, report writing, working with parents, depression, and psychosis; and the psychology and consultation, and programming recommendations. pharmacology of drug addiction. Prerequisite: PSYC Units: 1.0 218. (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) PSYC B660 Family Therapy This course introduces students to the theoretical PSYC B612 Historical Issues in Clinical and practical foundations of treating couples and Developmental Psychology families from a systems perspective. Treatment issues Familiarizes students with 20th century developments in are covered through the use of videotapes, didactic clinical psychology and with the 18th and 19th century presentations, role plays, and student presentations. social and intellectual trends from which they emerged. In conjunction with the weekly one-semester course, Topics include: Mesmerism and the rise of dynamic students can elect to participate in a one-morning per psychiatry in Europe and America; changing patterns week family therapy supervision group at CSI. While in the institutionalization of the insane; the Bost Group enrolled in this course, and in the subsequent semester, (James, Prince, Sidis) and the development of abnormal students engage in psychotherapy practicum in a clinic, psychology and psychotherapy; the American reception school, pupil service agency, or other approved setting of psychoanalysis; the Mental Hygiene and Child arranged by the department. Guidance movements; the growth of psychometrics; Units: 1.0 personality theories and theorists; and trends in the (Not Offered 2013-14) professionalization of clinical psychology after WWII. Religion 379
PSYC B690 Ethical Issues in Psychology Seminar RELIGION This course deals with ethical issues in the science and practice of psychology. Students give class Students may complete a major in Religion at Haverford presentations and lead discussions about the APA, PA College Licensing Board, and NASP Ethics codes, and about professional issues related to academic and applied psychology. It is taught in the year in which students are engaged in their assessment practicum (usually FACULTY their third year in the program). Specific ethical issues discussed include competence, informed consent, Clemens Cavalliin, STINT Visiting Assistant Professor confidentiality, child abuse reporting, and the duty to warn, with particular emphasis on situations likely Supriya Ghandi, Visiting Assistant Professor to arise in the provision of psychological services to Tracey Hucks, Professor children and families. (Discussion of ethical conduct of research and practice also occurs in the weekly Terrence Johnson, Associate Professor Research Brown Bag lunch meeting and in the Alison Joseph, Visiting Assistant Professor Research Methods course, as well as in meetings between individual students and their research Kenneth Koltun-Fromm, Professor advisors). (Roberts,C) Naomi Koltun-Fromm, Associate Professor Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Chloe Martinez, Visiting Assistant Professor Anne M. McGuire, Kies Family Associate Professor in PSYC B701 Supervised Work the Humanities Units: 1.0 Donovan Schaefer, Mellon Post-Doc Instructor(s): Thomas,E., Wozniak,R., Rescorla,L., Cassidy,K., Neuman,P., Schulz,M., Thapar,A. Jamel Velji, Visiting Assistant Professor (Spring 2014) Travis Zadeh, Associate Professor
PSYC B702 Supervised Research The Department of Religion at Haverford views religion Units: 1.0 as a central aspect of human culture and social life. Instructor(s): Thomas,E., Rescorla,L., Schulz,M. Religions propose interpretations of reality and shape (Spring 2014) very particular forms of life. In so doing, they make use of many aspects of human culture, including art, QUAN B001 Quantitative Seminar architecture, music, literature, science, and philosophy Units: 1.0 – as well as countless forms of popular culture and daily Instructor(s): Horner,B. behavior. Consequently, the fullest and most rewarding (Fall 2013) study of religion is interdisciplinary in character, drawing upon approaches and methods from disciplines such as anthropology, comparative literature and literary theory, gender theory, history, philosophy, psychology, political science, and sociology.
A central goal of the department is to enable students to become critically informed, independent, and creative interpreters of some of the religious movements, sacred texts, ideas and practices that have decisively shaped human experience. They are encouraged to engage in the breadth of scholarship in the study of religion as well as to develop skills in the critical analysis of the texts, images, beliefs, and performances of various religious traditions, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Buddhism. Students especially interested in Asian religions may work out a program of study in conjunction with the East Asian Studies department at Haverford and Bryn Mawr and with the Religion department at Swarthmore. Like other liberal arts majors, the religion major is meant to prepare students for a broad array of vocational possibilities. Religion majors typically find 380 Religion careers in law, public service (including both religious and secular organizations), medicine, business, ministry, 4. Senior Seminar and Thesis, Religion 399b. and education. Religion majors have also pursued advanced graduate degrees in anthropology, history, political science, biology, Near Eastern studies, and 5. At least four additional half-year courses drawn religious studies. from outside the major’s area of concentration.
For more information, see the department Web site at 6. At least six of each major’s 11 courses must (http://www.haverford.edu/relg/index.html). be taken in the Haverford religion department. Students planning to study abroad should construct MAJOR REQUIREMENTS their programs in advance with the department. Students seeking religion credit for abroad 1. Six courses within one of the department’s three courses should write a formal petition to the areas of concentration: department upon their return and submit all relevant course materials. Petitioned courses should be included within the student’s designated area of a) Religious Traditions in Cultural Context. The concentration. study of religious traditions and the textual, historical, sociological, and cultural contexts in which they develop. Critical analysis of 7. In some rare cases, students may petition formative texts and issues that advance our the department for exceptions to the major notions of religious identities, origins, and requirements. Such petitions must be presented to ideas. the department for approval in advance.
b) Religion, Literature, and Representation. 8. Final evaluation of the major program will consist The study of religion in relation to literary of written work, including a thesis, and an oral expressions and other forms of representation, examination completed in the context of the Senior such as performance, music, film, and the Seminar, Religion 399b. plastic arts. REQUIREMENTS FOR HONORS c) Religion, Ethics, and Society. The exploration of larger social issues such as race, gender, Honors and High Honors in religion are awarded on and identity as they relate to religion and the basis of the quality of work in the major and in the religious traditions. Examines how moral Senior Thesis (399b). principles, cultural values, and ethical conduct help shape human societies. COURSES
These six courses within the area of concentration COURSES IN CLASSICAL STUDIES NOT must include the department seminar in the major’s REQUIRING GREEK OR LATIN area of concentration: Religion 301 for Area A; 209 Classical Mythology HU (Cross-listed in Religion 303 for Area B; Religion 305 for Area C. Comparative Literature and Classical Studies) Where appropriate and relevant to the major’s concentration program, up to three courses for B.Mulligan the major may be drawn from outside the field of Typically offered in alternate years. religion to count toward the area of concentration, subject to departmental approval. INTRODUCTORY COURSES 2. Junior Colloquium: A required gathering of Junior RELG 101 Introduction to the Study of Religion majors once each semester. Students should complete a worksheet in advance in consultation An introduction to the study of religion from three with their major adviser and bring copies of the perspectives: overviews of several religions with completed worksheet to the meeting. classroom discussion of primary sources; cross-cultural features common to many religions; theories of religion and approaches to its study and interpretation. 3. Senior Colloquium: A required gathering of Senior Staff majors in the Fall semester with senior religion
majors from Swarthmore College. We invite a RELG 108 Vocabularies of Islam recognized scholar in the field to lead an evening seminar in the study of religion. Introduction to the foundational concepts of Islam and the diverse ways in which Muslims understand Religion 381 and practice their religion. Topics include scripture, writings, in addition to the writings of the New Testament prophethood, law, ritual, theology, mysticism, and art. canon. J.Velji A.McGuire
RELG 110 Sacred Texts and Religious Traditions RELG 128 Reading Sacred Texts An introduction to Religion through the close reading Prerequisite: Open only to first-year students as of selected sacred texts of various religious traditions assigned by the Director of College Writing. (Satisfies in their historical, literary, philosophical, and religious the first year writing requirement.) contexts. K.Koltun-Fromm S.Gandhi RELG 129 The Lotus Sutra: Text, Image, and RELG 118 Hebrew Bible: Literary Text and Historical Practice Context Prerequisite: Open only to first-year students as The Hebrew Bible, which is fundamental to both assigned by the Director of College Writing. (Satisfies Judaism and Christianity, poses several challenges to the first year writing requirement.) modern readers. Who wrote it, when, and why? What was its significance then and now? How does one study RELG 130 Material Religion in America the Bible from an academic point of view? Using literary, An introduction to various forms of religious material historical, theological, and archeological interpretive practices in America. We will examine how persons and tools, this course will address these questions and communities interact with material objects and media introduce students to academic biblical studies. to explore and express religious identity. Topics may A.Joseph include religion and sports, dance and ritual, food and
dress, and the visual arts. RELG 120 Jewish Thought and Identity K.Koltun-Fromm An introduction to selected thinkers in Jewish history who are both critical and constructive in their RELG 132 Varieties of African American Religious interpretations of Jewish texts and traditions. The course Experience examines how readings of the Hebrew Bible generate This course will examine the history of religion in normative claims about belief, commandment, tradition America as it spans several countries. Each week and identity. Readings may include the Hebrew Bible, lectures, readings, and discussions will explore the Rashi, Maimonides, Spinoza, Heschel, and Plaskow. phenomenon of religion within American society. The K.Koltun-Fromm goal is to introduce students to American religious diversity as well as its impact in the shaping of larger RELG 121 Varieties of Judaism in the Ancient historical and social relationships within the united World States. This study of American religion is not meant From Abraham to Rabbi Judah the Prince, Judaism to be exhaustive and will cover select traditions each has been transformed from a local ethnic religious semester. cult to a broad-based, diverse religion. Many outside T.Hucks cultures and civilizations, from the ancient Persians to the Imperial Romans, influenced the Jews and Judaism RELG137 Black Religion and Liberation Theology through language, culture and political contacts. An introduction to the theological & philosophical claims Absorbing and adapting these various and often raised in Black Religion & Liberation Thought in 20th opposing influences, the Israelite, and then Jewish, C America. In particular, the course will examine the community re-invented itself, often fragmenting into multiple meanings of liberation within black religion, the several versions at once. After the destruction of the place of religion in African American struggles against temple, in 70 CE, one group, the rabbis, gradually came racism, sexism and class exploitation and the role of to dominate Jewish life. Why? This course will study religion in shaping the moral and political imaginations those changes and developments which brought about of African Americans. these radical transformations. S.Sears N.Koltun-Fromm RELG 155 Themes in the Anthropology of Religion RELG 122 Introduction to the New Testament Z.Ngwane An introduction to the New Testament and early Christian literature. Special attention will be given to the RELG 169 Black Religion and Liberation Thought: Jewish origins of the Jesus movement, the development An Introduction of traditions about Jesus in the earliest Christian communities, and the social contexts and functions An introduction to the central concepts of Black of various texts. Readings will include non-canonical liberation thought in 20th century America. The aim 382 Religion is to determine what defines the field and evaluate its RELG 214 Prophetic Imaginations in the American contribution to theology and philosophy. Readings from Tradition theological, philosophical and literary sources. An examination of prophecy as a form of social criticism T.Johnson in colonial and contemporary America . The course
identifies the prophetic tradition as an extension of the INTERMEDIATE COURSES American Jeremiad. Particular attention is given to Reinhold Niebuhr and Martin Luther King Jr. RELG 200 Religion and Liberalism T.Johnson An examination of political liberalism in debates on religion, democracy and tradition. Particular attention is RELG 215 The Letters of Paul given to the relationship between liberal and theological Close reading of the thirteen letters attributed to the responses to debates on individual rights and the apostle Paul and critical examination of the place of common good. Paul in the development of early Christianity. T.Johnson A.McGuire
RELG 201 Introduction to Buddhism RELG 216 Images of Jesus H.Glassman Critical examination of the varied representations of Jesus from the beginnings of Christianity through RELG 202 The End of the World as We Know it contemporary culture. The course will focus primarily on Why are people always predicting the coming endtime? literary sources (canonical and non-canonical gospels; This course will explore the genre of apocalypse, prayers; stories; poems; novels), but artistic, theological, looking for common themes that characterize this form academic, and cinematic images of Jesus will also be of literature. Our primary source readings will be drawn considered. from the Bible and non-canonical documents from the A.McGuire early Jewish and Christian traditions. We will use an analytical perspective to explore the social functions RELG 218 The Divine Guide: an Introduction to of apocalyptic, and ask why this form has been so Shiism persistent and influential. An exploration of the religious, social, and political J.Velji dimensions of Shi’i Islam, from its early formation until the modern period. Topics include: authority and RELG 203 The Hebrew Bible and its guidance; theology and jurisprudence; messianism and Interpretations eschatology; scriptural exegesis; ritual and performance; This course will critically study select Hebrew Biblical gender; intersections between religion and politics. passages (in translation) as well as Jewish and T.Zadeh Christian Biblical commentaries in order to better understand how Hebrew Biblical texts have been read, RELG 221 Women and Gender in Early interpreted and explained by ancient and modern Christianity readers alike. Students will also learn to read the texts An examination of the representations of women and critically and begin to form their own understandings of gender in early Christian texts and their significance for them. contemporary Christianity. Topics include interpretations N. Koltun-Fromm of Genesis 1-3, images of women and sexuality in early Christian literature, and the roles of women in various RELG 206 History and Literature of Early Christian communities. Christianity A.McGuire The history, literature and theology of Christianity from the end of the New Testament period to the time of RELG 222 Gnosticism Constantine. The phenomenon of Gnosticism examined through A.McGuire close reading of primary sources, including the recently discovered texts of Nag Hammadi. Topics include the RELG 212 Jerusalem: City, History and relation of Gnosticism to Greek, Jewish, and Christian Representation thought; the variety of Gnostic schools and sects; An examination of the history of Jerusalem as well as gender imagery, mythology and other issues in the a study of Jerusalem as religious symbol and how the interpretation of Gnostic texts. two interact over the centuries. Readings from ancient, A.McGuire medieval, modern and contemporary sources as well as material culture and art. RELG 224 Sociology of Religion N.Koltun-Fromm V.Lidz
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RELG 231 Religious Themes in African American RELG 250 Jewish Images, Imagining Jews Literature An exploration of how Jews imagined themselves, and This course will explore African American literary texts how others imagined Jews, through various works of art as a basis for religious inquiry. Throughout the course (literature, film, sculpture, painting, and photography), we will examine African American novelists and literary with particular focus on modern American visual culture. scholars using their works as a way of understanding K.Koltun-Fromm black religious traditions and engaging important themes in the study of religion. Authors discussed may include RELG 251 Comparative Mystical Literature Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin, Ishmael Reed, Readings in medieval Jewish, Christian and Islamic Maryse Conde and others. mystical thought, with a focus on the Zohar, Meister T.Hucks Eckhart, the Beguine mystics Hadewijch of Antwerp and Marguerite Porete, and the Sufi Master Ibn ‘Arabi. RELG 236 Race, Culture, Representation: Blacks The texts are a basis for discussions of comparative and Jews in America mysticism and of the relationship of mysticism to This course offers a constructive, interdisciplinary vision modern critical theories. of the ways American Blacks and Jews represent, J.Velji articulate, enact, and perform their religious and cultural identities. Using primary, secondary, visual, and material RELG 256 Zen Thought, Zen Culture, Zen History resources, the course will explore an array of themes H.Glassman that speak to the religious and social inter-sectionality of the Black and Jewish experience in America. RELG 260 Getting Medieval: Tolerance, Persecution, T.Hucks/K.Koltun-Fromm/T.Johnson and Religious Violence RELG 240 History and Principles of Quakerism Explores literary and philosophical exchanges, alongside religious violence and persecution, amongst E.Lapsansky Jews, Christians, and Muslims in late Antiquity and the
Middle Ages. RELG 242 Topics in Religion and Intellectual T.Zadeh History: The Religious Writings of James Baldwin T.Hucks RELG 264 Religion and Violence Drawing on rich anthropological and theological RELG 245 Slavery, Catechism, and Plantation traditions, this course will explore the logic, function and Missions in Antebellum America rhetoric of phenomena such as sacrifice, martyrdom, From the seventeenth to the nineteenth century, the and scapegoating. Our efforts to understand touchstone Christianization of Africans emerged as an important works of modern philosophy and anthropology will be social, legal, and religious subject of inquiry among aided by the screening of thematically related movies. various denominations, clergy, missionaries, and J.Velji plantation owners. This course will examine primary documents, letters, catechisms, treatises, and sermons RELG 277 Modern Christian Thought related to and/or directed toward a population of The impact of modernity on traditional Christian thought enslaved African people in early American society. in the Nineteenth Century West. Readings may include T.Hucks Hume, Kant, Schleiermacher, Hegel, Feuerbach, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard,and others. RELG 247 Death and the Afterlife in East Asia Staff Prerequisite: One 100 level course in Religion, History, Anthropology, or East Asian Studies RELG 281 Modern Jewish Thought H.Glassman K.Koltun-Fromm
RELG 248 The Quran RELG 284 American Judaism Overview of the Qur’an, the scripture of Islam. Major An exploration of the cultural, social, and religious themes include: orality, textuality, sanctity and material dynamics of American Judaism. The course will focus culture; revelation, translation, and inimitability; on the representation of Jewish identity in American calligraphy, bookmaking and architecture; along with culture, and examine issues of Jewish material, gender, modes of scriptural exegesis as practiced over time by and ritual practices in American history. We will study both Muslims and non-Muslims alike. how Jews express identity through material objects, T.Zadeh and how persons work with objects to produce religious meaning. K.Koltun-Fromm
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RELG 286 Religion and American Public Life RELG 305 Seminar in Religion, Ethics, and Society This course examines the role of Christianity in shaping America s religious identity(ies) and democratic T.Hucks imagination(s). The course will also examine whether, if at all, citizens are justified in retrieving their religious RELG 306 Of Monsters and Marvels: Wonder in commitments in public debates. Islamic Traditions T.Johnson From contemplating the cosmos to encountering the monstrous, this course explores the place of wonder RELG 299 Theoretical Perspectives in the Study of in Islamic traditions through readings from the Qur’an, Religion exegesis, prophetic traditions, popular literature, travel Description: An introduction to theories of the nature narratives, descriptive geography, philosophy and and function of religion from theological, philosophical, theology. Prerequisite: Consent from Instructor. psychological, anthropological, and sociological T.Zadeh perspectives. Readings may include: Schleiermacher, Marx, Nietzche, Freud, Tylor, Durkheim, Weber, James, RELG 307 Imagining Islam: Icon, Object, and Otto, Benjamin, Eliade, Geertz, Foucault, Douglas, Image Smith, Berger, Haraway. Explores the place of material and visual culture in S.Sears Islam, examining how Muslims have conceptualized
and deployed material and visual forms of religious SEMINARS AND INDEPENDENT STUDY expressions in a number of historical contexts. All religion department seminars may be repeated for T.Zadeh credit with change of content.
RELG 308 Mystical Literatures of Islam RELG 217 Islamic History beyond Modernity Overview of the literary expressions of Islamic mysticism This course offers a survey of Islamic civilization, through the study of poetry, philosophy, hagiographies, from the aftermath of the Mongol invasions until the and anecdotes. Topics include: unio mystica; symbol emergence of postcolonial states. and structure; love and the erotic; body / gender; Cross-listed in Middle East and Islamic Studies language and experience. T.Zadeh T.Zadeh
RELG 225 Foundations of Islamic History RELG 310 Sex and Gender in Japanese Buddhism This course presents a survey of Islamic civilization, H.Glassman from the rise of Islam in Arabia in the seventh century until the aftermath of the Mongol invasions, continuing RELG 330 Seminar in the Writings of Women of on until the fourteenth century. African Descent T.Zadeh This seminar will examine the writings of women of RELG 301 Seminar in Religious Traditions in African descent from Africa, North America, and the Cultural Context Caribbean. Using primary and secondary texts from the nineteenth to the twentieth centuries, this course will T.Zadeh explore the various religious traditions, denominations, sects, and religious and cultural movements in which RELG 302 Christians, Muslims, and Jews: Religion women of African descent have historically participated. and Literature in Medieval Spain The course will also analyze the ways in which specific An exploration of literary and cultural exchanges social conditions and cultural practices have historically between Jews, Christians and Muslims in Medieval influenced the lives of these women within their specific Spain. Topics include: literary traditions, translation geographical contexts. movements, philosophy, martyrdom, pilgrimage, the T.Hucks Reconquista, the Inquisition, orthodoxy/heterodoxy, religious persecution and intolerance. RELG 331 Theoretical Approaches to the Study of T.Zadeh Black Religion T.Johnson RELG 303 Seminar in Religion, Literature, and Representation RELG 332 Seminar: Theoretical Approaches to the A.McGuire Study of Black Religion This course will explore various theoretical approaches pertaining to the academic study of black religion. Romance Languages 385
Major issues and debates addressed within the ROMANCE LANGUAGES course include: syncretism, origins and retentions. accommodation vs. resistance, womanist challenges to black theology, and black church vs. extra-church Students may complete a major in Romance orientations. Languages. T.Hucks
RELG 338 Seminar in American Civil Religion Coordinators Staff Grace M. Armstrong, French Adviser RELG 343 Seminar in Religions of Antiquity and Biblical Literature María Cristina Quintero, Spanish Adviser A.McGuire Roberta Ricci, Italian Adviser
RELG 349 Seminar in Modern Jewish Thought The Departments of French and Francophone Studies, Advanced study of a specific topic in the field. May be Italian, and Spanish cooperate in offering a major in repeated for credit with change of content. Prerequisite: Romance Languages that requires advanced work in at Consent from Instructor. least two romance languages and literatures. Additional K.Koltun-Fromm work in a third language and literature is suggested.
RELG 353 Seminar in Islamic Philosophy and Major Requirements Theology The requirements for the major are a minimum of nine An examination of various modalities of hidden courses, including the Senior Conference or Senior knowledge and their social implications. Examples Essay, described below, in the first language and derive mostly from the premodern period. Prerequisite: literature and six courses in the second language and Consent from Instructor. literature, including the Senior Conference in French T.Zadeh (offered at Haverford in 2012-13; see the Tri-Co Course Guide). RELG 399 Senior Seminar and Thesis http://www.haverford.edu/relgion/faculty/jdawson Students should consult with their advisers no later than Prerequisite: Open only to Senior Religion Majors. their sophomore year in order to select courses in the McGuire/Hucks/Koltun-Fromm/Koltun-Fromm/Sear various departments that complement each other.
RELG 460 Teaching Assistant Haverford students intending to major in Romance Languages must have their major work plan approved Prerequisite: Consent from Instructor. by a Bryn Mawr College adviser. T.Hucks The following sequence of courses is recommended RELG 480 Independent Study when the various languages are chosen for primary Conducted through individual tutorial as an independent and secondary concentration, respectively (see the reading and research project. departmental listings for course descriptions). C.Martinez COURSES
First Language and Literature
French FREN 101-102 or 101-105; or 005-102 or 005-105. Four literature courses at the 200 level. FREN 260 (BMC) or 212 (HC). Two courses at the 300 level.
Italian ITAL 101, 102. Four courses at the 200 level. Three courses at the 300 level. 386 Russian
Spanish RUSSIAN SPAN 200. SPAN 202. Four courses at the 200 level. Two courses at the 300 level. Students may complete a major or minor in Russian. Second Language and Literature Faculty French FREN 101-102 or 101-105; or 005-102 or 005-105. Two Elizabeth Allen, Professor of Russian and Comparative literature courses at the 200 level. FREN 260 (BMC) or Literature on the Myra T. Cooley Lectureship in Russian 212 (HC). One course at the 300 level. Sharon Bain, Lecturer and Director of the Russian Flagship Program Italian Dan E. Davidson, Professor and Director of the Russian ITAL 101, 102. Two literature courses at the 200 level. Language Institute Two literature courses at the 300 level. Timothy Harte, Chair and Associate Professor Spanish Natasha Hayes, Lecturer and Instructional Assistant SPAN 200 SPAN 202. Two courses at the 200 level. Marina Rojavin, Lecturer Two courses at the 300 level.
In addition to the coursework described above, when The Russian major is a multidisciplinary program the first language and literature is Spanish, majors designed to provide students with a broad in Romance Languages must enroll in SPAN 398 understanding of Russian culture and the Russophone (Senior Seminar).* When French is chosen as either world. The major places a strong emphasis on the the first or second language, students must take the development of functional proficiency in the Russian first semester Senior Conference in French (FREN language. Language study is combined with a specific 398) in addition to the coursework described above.** area of concentration to be selected from the fields When Italian is chosen, students must take ITAL 399, of Russian literature, history, economics, language/ offered in consultation with the department, in addition linguistics, or area studies. to the coursework described above in order to receive honors.*** An oral examination (following the current College Foreign Language model in the various departments) may be given in one Requirement or both of the two languages, according to the student’s preference, and students follow the practice of their The College’s foreign language requirement may be principal language as to written examination or thesis. satisfied by completing RUSS 001 and 002 with an Please note that 398 does not count as one of the two average grade of at least 2.0 or with a grade of 2.0 or required 300-level courses. better in RUSS 002.
Interdepartmental courses at the 200 or 300 level Major Requirements are offered from time to time by the cooperating departments. These courses are conducted in English A total of 10 courses is required to complete the major: on such comparative Romance topics as epic, two in Russian language at the 200 level or above; four romanticism, or literary vanguard movements of the 20th in the area of concentration, two at the 200 level and century. Students should be able to read texts in two of two at the 300 level or above (for the concentration in the languages in the original. area studies, the four courses must be in four different fields); three in Russian fields outside the area of * In order to receive honors, students whose first concentration; and either RUSS 398, Senior Essay, or language is Spanish are required to write a senior essay RUSS 399, Senior Conference. (SPAN 399). Majors are encouraged to pursue advanced language ** For students whose first language is French, honors study in Russia in summer, semester, or year-long are awarded on the basis of performance in Senior academic programs. Majors may also take advantage Conference and on a successfully completed thesis or of intensive immersion language courses offered during senior essay. the summer by the Bryn Mawr Russian Language Institute. As part of the requirement for RUSS 398/399, *** In order to receive honors, students whose first all Russian majors take senior comprehensive language is Italian are required to write a senior essay examinations that cover the area of concentration and (ITAL 399) Russian language competence. Russian 387
Honors RUSS B112 The Great Questions of Russian Literature All Russian majors are considered for departmental This course examines profound questions about the honors at the end of their senior year. The awarding of nature and purpose of human existence raised by honors is based on a student’s overall academic record preeminent 19th- and 20th-century Russian authors in and all work done in the major. major literary works, including Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita, Chekhov’s The Seagull and The Cherry Minor Requirements Orchard, Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov, Solzhenitsyn’s One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Students wishing to minor in Russian must complete six Tolstoy’s War and Peace, and Turgenev’s Sketches from units at the 100 level or above, two of which must be in a Hunter’s Album. Discussions address the definition the Russian language. of good and evil, the meaning of freedom, the role of rationality and the irrational in human behavior, and the COURSES relationship of art to life. No knowledge of Russian is required. RUSS B001 Elementary Russian Intensive Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Study of basic grammar and syntax. Fundamental skills Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) in speaking, reading, writing, and oral comprehension Units: 1.0 are developed. Eight hours a week including (Not Offered 2013-14) conversation sections and language laboratory work. Requirement(s): Language Level 1 RUSS B115 The Golden Age of Russian Literature Units: 1.5 An introduction to the great 19th Century Russian Instructor(s): Davidson,D. authors and some of their most famous, seminal works, (Fall 2013) including Pushkin’s “The Queen of Spades” and Eugene Onegin, Gogol’s The Inspector General and “The RUSS B002 Elementary Russian Intensive Overcoat”, Turgenev’s Fathers and Sons, Dostoevksy’s Study of basic grammar and syntax. Fundamental skills “The Double” and “White Nights” and Tolstoy’s in speaking, reading, writing, and oral comprehension Childhood, Boyhood and Youth. All readings, lectures, are developed. Eight hours a week including and discussions are conducted in English. conversation sections and language laboratory work. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Requirement(s): Language Level 1 Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Units: 1.5 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Davidson,D. (Not Offered 2013-14) (Spring 2014) RUSS B120 Focus: Russian Memoirs: Seeking RUSS B101 Intermediate Russian Freedom Within Boundaries Continuing development of fundamental skills with This course examines memoirs by Russian women who emphasis on vocabulary expansion in speaking and either have spent time as political or wartime prisoners writing. Readings in Russian classics and contemporary or have challenged socially-constructed boundaries works. Five hours a week through their choice of profession. Students will explore Requirement(s): Language Level 2 the socio-historical contexts in which these women Units: 1.0 lived and the ways in which they created new norms in Instructor(s): Bain,S. extraordinary circumstances. No knowledge of Russian (Fall 2013) is required. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities RUSS B102 Intermediate Russian Units: 0.5 Instructor(s): Bain,S. Continuing development of fundamental skills with (Spring 2014) emphasis on vocabulary expansion in speaking and writing. Readings in Russian classics and contemporary RUSS B125 Monsters and Masterpieces: Russia’s works. Five hours a week. Age of Enlightenment Requirement(s): Language Level 2 Units: 1.0 This course explores Russia’s first museums and Instructor(s): Bain,S. research institutions, such as Peter I’s Kunstkamera, the (Spring 2014) Academy of Sciences and the Hermitage. It examines the ways they transformed Russia’s intellectual and cultural landscape by challenging deeply-rooted beliefs about God and the natural world during the Russian 388 Russian
Enlightenment. Half semester Focus course. No Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) knowledge of Russian is required. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 0.5 (Not Offered 2013-14) RUSS B223 Russian and East European Folklore This interdisciplinary course introduces students to RUSS B201 Advanced Russian major issues in Russian and East European folklore Intensive practice in speaking and writing skills using including epic tales, fairy tales, calendar and life-cycle a variety of modern texts and contemporary films and rituals, and folk beliefs. The course also presents television. Emphasis on self-expression and a deeper different theoretical approaches to the interpretation of understanding of grammar and syntax. Five hours a folk texts as well as emphasizes the influence of folklore week. on literature, music, and art. No knowledge of Russian Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities is required. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Instructor(s): Rojavin,M. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical (Fall 2013) Interpretation (CI) Units: 1.0 RUSS B202 Advanced Russian Instructor(s): Bain,S. (Fall 2013) Intensive practice in speaking and writing skills using a variety of modern texts and contemporary films and RUSS B235 The Social Dynamics of Russian television. Emphasis on self-expression and a deeper understanding of grammar and syntax. Five hours a An examination of the social factors that influence the week. language of Russian conversational speech, including Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities contemporary Russian media (films, television, and Units: 1.0 the Internet). Basic social strategies that structure a Instructor(s): Rojavin,M. conversation are studied, as well as the implications (Spring 2014) of gender and education on the form and style of discourse. Prerequisites: RUSS 201, 202, may be taken RUSS B215 Russian Avant-Garde Art, Literature and concurrently. Film Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) This course focuses on Russian avant-garde painting, Units: 1.0 literature and cinema at the start of the 20th century. (Fall 2013) Moving from Imperial Russian art to Stalinist aesthetics, we explore the rise of non-objective painting (Malevich, RUSS B238 Topics: The History of Cinema 1895 to Kandinsky, etc.), ground-breaking literature (Bely, 1945 Mayakovsky), and revolutionary cinema (Vertov, Eisenstein). No knowledge of Russian required. This is a topics course. Topics vary. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) Counts towards: Film Studies Counts towards: Film Studies Crosslisting(s): HART-B215 Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B238; HART-B238; COML-B238 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Harte,T. Instructor(s): Harte,T. (Spring 2014) (Fall 2013)
RUSS B221 The Serious Play of Pushkin and Gogol RUSS B243 The Art of Exile: Emigration in Fiction, Film, and Painting This course explores major contributions to the modern Russian literary tradition by its two founding fathers, This course explores a diverse range of films (Akin, Aleksander Pushkin and Nikolai Gogol. Comparing Fassbinder), paintings (Chagall, Rothko), and short stories, plays, novels, and letters written by these fictional prose works (Nabokov, Sebald) that probe pioneering artists, the course addresses Pushkin’s the experience of exile and emigration. We will focus and Gogol’s shared concerns about human freedom, primarily on Russian émigré culture, 20th-century Jews, individual will, social injustice, and artistic autonomy, American immigrants, and the Turkish community in which each author expressed through his own distinctive Hamburg, Germany. filter of humor and playfulness. No knowledge of Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Russian is required. Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Russian 389
RUSS B253 Theory in Practice:Critical Discourses in explore the significance of Chekhov’s prose and drama the Humanities in the English-speaking world, where this masterful Russian writer is the most staged playwright after This is a topics course. Topics vary. An examination Shakespeare. All readings and lectures in English. in English of leading theories of interpretation from Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Classical Tradition to Modern and Post-Modern Time. Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Instructor(s): Harte,T. Crosslisting(s): ITAL-B213; PHIL-B253; HART-B213; (Fall 2013) GERM-B213 Units: 1.0 RUSS B277 Nabokov in Translation Instructor(s): Monserrati,M. (Fall 2013) A study of Vladimir Nabokov’s writings in various genres, focusing on his fiction and autobiographical RUSS B254 Russian Culture and Civilization works. The continuity between Nabokov’s Russian and English works is considered in the context of the A history of Russian culture—its ideas, its value and Russian and Western literary traditions. All readings and belief systems—from the origins to the present that lectures in English. integrates the examination of works of literature, art, and Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities music. Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B277 Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the Units: 1.0 Past (IP) Instructor(s): Harte,T. Units: 1.0 (Spring 2014) (Not Offered 2013-14) RUSS B309 Russian Language and Culture Through RUSS B258 Soviet and Eastern European Cinema of Interactive Learning the 1960s A course in which Russian students of English and Tri- This course examines 1960s Soviet and Eastern Co students of Russian learn from each other through European “New Wave” cinema, which won worldwide guided discussions on topics chosen by the instructor. acclaim through its treatment of war, gender, and Tri-Co students are required to attend weekly meetings aesthetics. Films from Czechoslovakia, Hungary, with the instructor. Poland, Russia, and Yugoslavia will be viewed and Units: 1.0 analyzed, accompanied by readings on film history and (Not Offered 2013-14) theory. All films shown with subtitles; no knowledge of Russian or previous study of film required. RUSS B321 The Serious Play of Pushkin and Gogol Requirement(s): Division I or Division III Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical This course explores major contributions to the modern Interpretation (CI) Russian literary tradition by its two founding fathers, Counts towards: Film Studies Aleksander Pushkin and Nikolai Gogol. Comparing Units: 1.0 short stories, plays, novels, and letters written by these (Not Offered 2013-14) pioneering artists, the course addresses Pushkin’s and Gogol’s shared concerns about human freedom, RUSS B261 The Russian Anti-Novel individual will, social injustice, and artistic autonomy, which each author expressed through his own distinctive A study of 19th- and 20th-century Russian novels filter of humor and playfulness. The course is taught focusing on their strategies of opposing or circumventing jointly with Russian 221; students enrolled in 321 will European literary conventions. Works by Bulgakov, meet with the instructor for an additional hour to study Dostoevsky, Nabokov, Pushkin, and Tolstoy, are texts in the original Russian. compared to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities other exemplars of the Western novelistic tradition. All Units: 1.0 readings, lectures, and discussions in English. (Not Offered 2013-14) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) RUSS B343 Russian Avant-Garde Culture: 1890 - Crosslisting(s): COML-B261 1935 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) This seminar focuses on the radical, “avant-garde” transformations that occurred in Russian culture at the RUSS B271 Chekhov: His Short Stories and Plays in beginning of the 20th century. Particular emphasis will Translation be placed on how the interaction of artists in a variety of media resulted in one of Russian culture’s most A study of the themes, structure and style of Chekhov’s major short stories and plays. The course will also 390 Russian innovative periods. Seminar discussion will cover the RUSS B391 Russian for Pre-Professionals II painting, poetry, prose, music, ballet and film produced Second part of year long capstone language sequence in Russia between 1890 and 1932. Topics include designed to develop linguistic and cultural proficiency Russia’s reevaluation of its cultural heritage through to the “advanced level,” preparing students to carry out neo-primitive art; the Russian avant-garde’s mystical, advanced academic study or research in Russian in a Eastern underpinnings; the primacy of music for avant- professional field. Prerequisite: RUSS 390 or equivalent. garde artists; and the emergence of abstract, dynamic Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities art. Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Rojavin,M. (Not Offered 2013-14) (Spring 2014) RUSS B375 Language and Identity Politics of RUSS B398 Senior Essay Language in Europe and Eurasia Independent research project designed and conducted A brief general introduction to the study of language under the supervision of a departmental faculty member. policy and planning with special emphasis on the May be undertaken in either fall or spring semester of Russophone world, the newly independent states of senior year. the former Soviet Union. Surveys current theoretical Units: 1.0 approaches to bilingualism and language shift. (Not Offered 2013-14) Analyzes Soviet language and nationality policy using published census data for the Soviet period through RUSS B399 Senior Conference 1989. Focus on the current “language situation” and policy challenges for the renewal of functioning native Exploration of an interdisciplinary topic in Russian languages and cultures and maintenance of essential culture. Topic varies from year to year. Requirements language competencies, lingua franca, both within the may include short papers, oral presentations, and Russian Federation and in the “Near Abroad.” examinations. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Bain,S. Instructor(s): Davidson,D. (Spring 2014) (Fall 2013) RUSS B403 Supervised Work RUSS B380 Seminar in Russian Studies Units: 1.0 An examination of a focused topic in Russian literature Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA such as a particular author, genre, theme, or decade. (Fall 2013) Introduces students to close reading and detailed critical analysis of Russian literature in the original language. RUSS B403 Supervised Work Readings in Russian. Some discussions and lectures in Units: 1.0 Russian. Prerequisites: RUSS 201 and one 200-level Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA Russian literature course. (Spring 2014) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 RUSS B701 Supervised Work Instructor(s): Davidson,D. (Spring 2014) Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Davidson,D. RUSS B390 Russian for Pre-Professionals I (Spring 2014) This capstone to the overall language course sequence is designed to develop linguistic and cultural proficiency in Russian to the advanced level or higher, preparing students to carry out academic study or research in Russian in a professional field. Prerequisite: study abroad in Russia for at least one summer, preferably one semester; and/or certified proficiency levels of ‘advanced-low’ or ‘advanced-mid’ in two skills, one of which must be oral proficiency. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Rojavin,M. (Fall 2013) Sociology 391
SOCIOLOGY American studies. In pursuing these concentrations, majors should inquire about the possibility of coursework at Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges and Students may complete a major or minor in Sociology. the University of Pennsylvania.
Minor Requirements Faculty Requirements for the minor are SOCL 102, 265, 302, David Karen, Chair and Professor and three additional courses within the department. Erika Marquez, Visiting Assistant Professor Students may choose electives from courses offered at Haverford College. Bryn Mawr majors should consult Mary J. Osirim, Interim Provost and Professor their department about major credit for courses taken at Ayumi Takenaka, Associate Professor other institutions.
Robert Washington, Professor Honors Nathan Daniel Wright, Associate Professor (on leave semesters I and II) Honors in Sociology are available to those students who have a grade point average in the major of 3.5 or higher and who write a senior thesis that is judged outstanding The major in Sociology aims to provide understanding by the department. The thesis would be written under of the organization and functioning of modern society the direction of a Sociology faculty member. Students by analyzing its major institutions, social groups, are required to submit a thesis proposal which must be and values, and their interrelations with culture and approved by the department in the semester prior to personality. To facilitate these analytical objectives, the writing the thesis. Students should have prior course department offers rigorous preparation in social theory work in the subject area in which they plan to write a and problem focused training in quantitative as well as thesis. qualitative methodologies. Concentrations Within the Sociology Major Requirements Major Requirements for the major are SOCL 102, 265, 302, 303, Senior Seminar (398), five additional courses in GENDER AND SOCIETY sociology (one of which may be at the 100 level and at least one of which must be at the 300 level), and Three courses are required for this concentration— two courses in an allied subject. Allied courses can be at least two of these courses must be in sociology. chosen from a list provided by the department. Some The remaining course can be in sociology or an courses offered by the Graduate School of Social Work allied social science field. Students who pursue this and Social Research (GSSWSR) may be eligible for concentration are required to take at least one of the major or minor credit in Sociology. However, no more core courses in this area offered by the department: than two courses from GSSWSR can count for the The Study of Gender in Society (SOCL 201) or Women major or minor in Sociology. in Contemporary Society: The Southern Hemisphere (SOCL 225). The department encourages students After completing SOCL 303, in which she will write a in this concentration to take courses that focus on research proposal during her junior year, the student the study of gender in both the Global North and the may submit that proposal to the department for Global South. In addition to taking courses in this field permission to write a senior thesis. If her proposal is at Bryn Mawr, students may also take courses towards accepted, she will enroll in the thesis-oriented senior this concentration in their study abroad programs seminar where she will focus on researching and writing or at Haverford, Swarthmore, and the University of her thesis. Pennsylvania. Any course taken outside of the Bryn Mawr Department of Sociology must be approved by the Students who choose not to write a thesis will enroll department for concentration credit. Majors are urged to in the non-thesis senior seminar, which will explore consult Mary Osirim about this concentration. selected issues in a major substantive area of sociology—such as culture, social class, social conflict, ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES power, or contemporary social theory. This seminar will require each of the enrolled students to write a term Students pursuing this concentration are required to paper. take Asian American Communities (SOCL 249), in addition to two other courses. One of them must be The Department of Sociology offers concentrations in either Challenges and Dilemmas of Diversity (SOCL gender and society, Asian American studies and African 215) or Immigrant Experiences (SOCL 246). The other course can be in anthropology, East Asian studies, or 392 Sociology any other relevant field, and must be approved by the fit into each? The course then moves to distinct department for concentration credit. Please contact disciplinary approaches in which scholarship can and Ayumi Takenaka for further information. does (and does not) inform our perceptions of the environment. Assignments introduce methodologies of AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES environmental studies, requiring reading landscapes, working with census data and government reports, Three courses are required for this concentration—at critically interpreting scientific data, and analyzing work least two of these courses must be in sociology. The of experts. remaining course can be in either sociology or an Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science allied field. Students who pursue this concentration Counts towards: Environmental Studies are required to take the core course offered by the Crosslisting(s): CITY-B175 Bryn Mawr Department of Sociology: Black America Units: 1.0 In Sociological Perspective (SOCL 229). Students are (Not Offered 2013-14) encouraged to take courses on Black America listed under the Bryn Mawr and Haverford Africana Studies SOCL B200 Urban Sociology Programs. Courses taken outside the Bryn Mawr This course consists of an overview, as well as an Department of Sociology must be approved by the analysis of the physical and social structure of the city. department for concentration credit. Majors interested in The first part of the course will deal with understanding this concentration should consult Robert Washington for exactly what a city consists of. The second part will further information. focus on the social structure within cities. Finally, in the third part of the course, we will examine patterns of COURSES inequality and segregation in the city. Prerequisite: one social science course or permission of instructor. SOCL B102 Society, Culture, and the Individual Crosslisting(s): CITY-B200 Analysis of the basic sociological methods, Units: 1.0 perspectives, and concepts used in the study of society, (Not Offered 2013-14) with emphasis on social structure, education, culture, the self, and power. Theoretical perspectives that SOCL B205 Social Inequality focus on sources of stability, conflict, and change are Introduction to the major sociological theories of gender, emphasized throughout. racial-ethnic, and class inequality with emphasis on the Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science relationships among these forms of stratification in the Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) contemporary United States, including the role of the Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; upper class(es), inequality between and within families, International Studies Major in the work place, and in the educational system. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Instructor(s): Marquez,E., Karen,D. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) (Spring 2014) Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Crosslisting(s): CITY-B205 SOCL B165 Problems in the Natural and Built Units: 1.0 Environment Instructor(s): Osirim,M. This course situates the development of sociology as (Fall 2013) responding to major social problems in the natural and built environment. It demonstrates why the key SOCL B217 The Family in Social Context theoretical developments and empirical findings of A consideration of the family as a social institution in sociology are crucial in understanding how these the United States, looking at how societal and cultural problems develop, persist and are addressed or fail to characteristics and dynamics influence families; how be addressed. the family reinforces or changes the society in which Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science it is located; and how the family operates as a social Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) organization. Included is an analysis of family roles Counts towards: Environmental Studies and social interaction within the family. Major problems Units: 1.0 related to contemporary families are addressed, such (Not Offered 2013-14) as domestic violence and divorce. Cross-cultural and subcultural variations in the family are considered. SOCL B175 Environment and Society Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Introduces the ideas, themes, and methodologies Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) of the interdisciplinary field of environmental studies Counts towards: Africana Studies; Child and Family beginning with definitions: what is nature? What is Studies; Gender and Sexuality Studies environment? And how do people and their settlements Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Sociology 393
SOCL B220 Medicine, the Body and Society SOCL 230 Topics in Comparative Urbanism An introduction to the sociology of health and illness This is a topics course. with a particular focus on the sociology of the body. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Topics include: cross-cultural perceptions of the body Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the and disease; the definition of “legitimate” medical Past (IP) knowledge and practice; social determinants of health Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & and access to healthcare; management of healthcare Cultures costs. Crosslisting(s): CITY-B229; SOCL-B230; HART-B229; Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science EAST-B229 Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Instructor(s): McDonogh,G. (Spring 2014) SOCL B225 Women in Society A study of the contemporary experiences of women of Spring 2014: Current topic description: Comparative color in the Global South. The household, workplace, Urbanism insists that our understanding of cities must community, and the nation-state, and the positions of incorporate systematic analysis, testing theory and women in the private and public spheres are compared practice. This year, the class explores questions raised cross-culturally. Topics include feminism, identity and about cities through crime literature, ranging from self-esteem; globalization and transnational social depictions of criminality (across race, class and gender) movements and tensions and transitions encountered to visions of form and movement. The key cities for as nations embark upon development. comparison this year will be Barcelona, Los Angeles, Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Havana, Buenos Aires and Shanghai. Readings will Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) include literary sources, films and social histories. Counts towards: Africana Studies; Child and Family Studies; Gender and Sexuality Studies SOCL B231 Punishment and Social Order Units: 1.0 A cross-cultural examination of punishment, from mass (Not Offered 2013-14) incarceration in the United States, to a widened “penal net” in Europe, and the securitization of society in Latin SOCL B227 Sports in Society America. The course addresses theoretical approaches Using a sociological, historical, and comparative to crime control and the emergence of a punitive state approach, this course examines such issues as the connected with pervasive social inequality. role of the mass media in the transformation of sports; Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & the roles played in sports by race, ethnicity, class, and Cultures gender; sports as a means of social mobility; sports and Crosslisting(s): CITY-B231 socialization; the political economy of sports; and sports Units: 1.0 and the educational system. Instructor(s): Marquez,E. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) (Spring 2014) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) SOCL B242 Urban Field Research Methods This Praxis course intends to provide students with SOCL B229 Black America in Sociological hands-on research practice in field methods. In Perspective collaboration with the instructor and the Praxis Office, This course provides sociological perspectives on students will choose an organization or other group various issues affecting black America: the legacy of activity in which they will conduct participant observation slavery; the formation of urban ghettos; the struggle for for several weeks. Through this practice, students will civil rights; the continuing significance of discrimination; learn how to conduct field-based primary research and the problems of crime and criminal justice; educational analyze sociological issues. under-performance; entrepreneurial and business Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science activities; the social roles of black intellectuals, athletes, Counts towards: Praxis Program entertainers, and creative artists. Crosslisting(s): CITY-B242; ANTH-B242 Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Units: 1.0 Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the Instructor(s): Takenaka,A. Past (IP) (Spring 2014) Counts towards: Africana Studies Crosslisting(s): CITY-B269 SOCL B246 Immigrant Experiences: Introduction to Units: 1.0 International Migration Instructor(s): Washington,R. The course will examine the causes and consequences (Fall 2013) of immigration by looking at various immigrant groups in 394 Sociology the United States in comparison with Western Europe, Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Japan, and other parts of the world. How is immigration Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the induced and perpetuated? How are the types of Past (IP) migration changing (labor migration, refugee flows, Units: 1.0 return migration, transnationalism)? How do immigrants (Not Offered 2013-14) adapt differently across societies? We will explore scholarly texts, films, and novels to examine what it SOCL B257 Marginals and Outsiders: The Sociology means to be an immigrant, what generational and of Deviance cultural conflicts immigrants experience, and how they An examination of unconventional and criminal identify with the new country and the old country. behavior from the standpoint of different theoretical Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science perspectives on deviance (e.g., social disorganization, Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the symbolic interaction, structural functionalism, Marxism) Past (IP) with particular emphasis on the labeling and social Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & construction perspectives; and the role of conflicts and Cultures social movements in changing the normative boundaries Crosslisting(s): ANTH-B258 of society. Topics will include alcoholism, drug addiction, Units: 1.0 homicide, homosexuality, mental illness, prostitution, Instructor(s): Takenaka,A. robbery, and white-collar crime. (Fall 2013) Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) SOCL B247 Environmental Social Problems Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies This course examines environmental social problems Units: 1.0 from a constructionist perspective. We will examine how Instructor(s): Washington,R. environmental problems become public problems that (Spring 2014) receive attention, money and widespread concern. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science SOCL B258 Sociology of Education Counts towards: Environmental Studies Major sociological theories of the relationships between Units: 1.0 education and society, focusing on the effects of (Not Offered 2013-14) education on inequality in the United States and the historical development of primary, secondary, and SOCL B249 Asian American Communities post-secondary education in the United States. Other This course is an introduction to the study of Asian topics include education and social selection, testing American communities that provides comparative and tracking, and micro- and macro-explanations of analysis of major social issues confronting Asian differences in educational outcomes. This is a Praxis I Americans. Encompassing the varied experiences course; placements are in local schools. of Asian Americans and Asians in the Americas, the Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science course examines a broad range of topics—community, Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) migration, race and ethnicity, and identities—as well Counts towards: Child and Family Studies; Praxis as what it means to be Asian American and what that Program teaches us about American society. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science (Not Offered 2013-14) Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the Past (IP) SOCL B259 Comparative Social Movements in Latin Crosslisting(s): CITY-B249; ANTH-B249 America Units: 1.0 An examination of resistance movements to the power Instructor(s): Takenaka,A. of the state and globalization in three Latin American (Fall 2013) societies: Mexico, Columbia, and Peru. The course explores the political, legal, and socio-economic factors SOCL B252 Sociology of Popular Music underlying contemporary struggles for human and social This course explores the production, distribution, rights, and the role of race, ethnicity, and coloniality play and consumption of popular music, paying particular in these struggles. attention to the interrelationships among artists, fans, Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science the music industry, and the societal context. Themes Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) include the tension between mainstream commercial Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & success and artistic independence, popular music and Cultures politics, and music consumption and identity, gender, Crosslisting(s): POLS-B259; CITY-B220 and sexuality. Sociology 395
Units: 1.0 America. We use as critical lenses issues of race, Instructor(s): Marquez,E. class, and culture; urban learners, teachers, and school (Fall 2013) systems; and restructuring and reform. While we look at urban education nationally over several decades, SOCL B261 Transitions to Adulthood we use Philadelphia as a focal “case” that students investigate through documents and school placements. Adolescence and early adulthood is a critical period in This is a Praxis II course (weekly fieldwork in a school our lives. During this time we experience a number of of required) major life events that mark the transition into adult roles Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science and relationships, and that are of major consequence Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) for the rest of our lives. We leave school, start working, Counts towards: Africana Studies; Child and Family form romantic relationships, begin sexual activity, leave Studies; Praxis Program home, become financially independent, get married, Crosslisting(s): EDUC-B266; CITY-B266 and start having children. This seminar explores how Units: 1.0 adolescent transitions are studied, how they compare Instructor(s): Curl,H. across different national contexts, and how individual, (Fall 2013) family, and community factors affect the type and timing of different transitions. Prerequisite: one introductory SOCL B267 The Development of the Modern social science class. Japanese Nation Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) An introduction to the main social dimensions central to an understanding of contemporary Japanese society SOCL B262 Who Believes What and Why: The and nationhood in comparison to other societies. The Sociology of Public Opinion course also aims to provide students with training in comparative analysis in sociology. This course explores public opinion: what it is, how it is Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science measured, how it is shaped, and how it changes over Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical time. Specific attention is given to the role of elites, the Interpretation (CI) mass media, and religion in shaping public opinion. Crosslisting(s): EAST-B267; ANTH-B267 Examples include racial/ethnic civil rights, abortion, gay/ Units: 1.0 lesbian/transgendered sexuality, and inequalities. Instructor(s): Takenaka,A. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science (Spring 2014) Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the Past (IP) SOCL B273 Race and the Law in American Context Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies Crosslisting(s): POLS-B262 An examination of the intersection of race and law, Units: 1.0 evaluating the legal regulations of race, the history (Not Offered 2013-14) and meanings of race, and how law, history and the Supreme Court helped shape and produce those SOCL B265 Research Design and Statistical meanings. It will draw on materials from law, history, Analysis public policy, and critical race theory. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science An introduction to the conduct of empirical, especially Crosslisting(s): POLS-B273 quantitative, social science inquiry. In consultation with Units: 1.0 the instructor, students may select research problems to (Not Offered 2013-14) which they apply the research procedures and statistical techniques introduced during the course. Using SPSS, a SOCL B286 Cultural Perspectives on Ethnic Identity statistical computer package, students learn techniques in the Post Famine Irish Diaspora such as cross-tabular analysis, ANOVA, and multiple regression. Required of and limited to Bryn Mawr Theoretical perspectives and case studies on exclusion Sociology majors and minors. and assimilation in the social construction of Irish ethnic Requirement(s): Division I or Quantitative identity in the United States and elsewhere in the Irish Approach: Quantitative Methods (QM); Quantitative diaspora. Symbolic expressions of Irish ethnicity such Readiness Required (QR) as St. Patrick’s Day celebrations will consider race, Units: 1.0 class, gender, and religion. Racism and benevolence in Instructor(s): Karen,D. the Irish experience will highlight a cultural perspective (Spring 2014) through use of ethnographies, personal biographies, and literary products such as novels and films. SOCL B266 Schools in American Cities Prerequisite: introductory course in social science or permission of instructor. This course examines issues, challenges, and Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science possibilities of urban education in contemporary Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical 396 Sociology
Interpretation (CI) both the United States and Third World countries. Must Crosslisting(s): ANTH-B286 be taken concurrently with SOCL 315. Units: 1.0 Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) SOCL B302 Social Theory SOCL B314 Immigrant Experiences Analysis of classical and modern theorists selected because of their continuing influence on sociological This course is an introduction to the causes and thought. Among the theoretical conceptions examined consequences of international migration. It explores the are: alienation, bureaucracy, culture, deviance, major theories of migration (how migration is induced modernization, power, religion and the sacred, social and perpetuated); the different types of migration (labor change, social class, social conflict, social psychology of migration, refugee flows, return migration) and forms of self, and status. Theorists include: Durkheim, Firestone, transnationalism; immigration and emigration policies; Gramsci, Marx, Mead, Mills, and Weber. Required of and patterns of migrants’ integration around the globe. and limited to Bryn Mawr Sociology majors and minors. It also addresses the implications of growing population Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science movements and transnationalism for social relations Units: 1.0 and nation-states. Prerequisite: At least one prior social Instructor(s): Washington,R. science course or permission of the instructor. (Fall 2013) Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures; Peace, Conflict, and Social Justice Studies SOCL B303 Junior Conference: Discipline-Based Units: 1.0 Intensive Writing (Not Offered 2013-14) This course will introduce students to a range of SOCL B315 Sociology of AIDS Internship qualitative methods in the discipline and will require students to engage, through reading and writing, a An internship open only to those who are concurrently wide range of sociological issues. The emphasis of the enrolled in SOCL 310. course will be to develop a clear, concise writing style, Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science while maintaining a sociological focus. Substantive Counts towards: Praxis Program areas of the course will vary depending on the instructor. Units: 1.0 Required of and limited to Bryn Mawr sociology majors. (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Osirim,M., Karen,D. SOCL B316 Science, Culture and Society (Spring 2014) Science is a powerful institution in American life, with extensive political and personal consequences. Through SOCL B309 Sociology of Religion case studies and cross-disciplinary readings, this course This course will investigate what sociology offers to an challenges students to examine the social forces that historical and contemporary understanding of religion. influence how science is produced and used in public Most broadly, the course explores how religion has fared (and private) debates. Prerequisite: one course in under the conditions of modernity given widespread Sociology, or the consent of the instructor. predictions of secularization yet remarkably resilient Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science and resurgent religious movements the world over. The Counts towards: Environmental Studies course is structured to alternate theoretical approaches Units: 1.0 to religion with specific empirical cases that illustrate, (Not Offered 2013-14) test, or contradict the particular theories at hand. It focuses primarily on the West, but situated within a SOCL B319 Global Cuisine in Sociological global context. Perspective Units: 1.0 This course examines the historical and cross-cultural (Not Offered 2013-14) changes in national cuisines. By exploring how foods cross national boundaries and change, the course SOCL B310 Sociology of AIDS aims to explore not only the ritual functions of food, An analysis of major sociological issues related to but also its relationship to national, cultural, and AIDS, including the social construction of the disease, political identities within the context of increasing social epidemiology, the psychosocial experience of human immigration and globalization. Prerequisites: illness, public opinion and the media, and the health At least one course previously taken in Sociology or care system. The implications of political and scientific Anthropology. controversies concerning AIDS will be analyzed, as will Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science the impact of AIDS on the populations most affected in Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Inquiry into the Past (IP) Sociology 397
Units: 1.0 northeastern United States. Instructor(s): Takenaka,A. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science (Fall 2013) Counts towards: Africana Studies Crosslisting(s): CITY-B338 SOCL B331 Global Sociology: Capital, Power, and Units: 1.0 Protest in World-Historical Perspective (Not Offered 2013-14) This course examines the social, economic and SOCL B340 Race and Ethnic Relations in political dynamics underlying globalization. Through an Comparative Perspective analysis of global capitalism, the inter-state system, and transnational social movements, we will trace the local- This seminar addresses one of the most complex and global connections at the basis of contemporary issues pervasive problems in the modern world --- the problem like natural resource extraction, human rights violations, of strained racial--ethnic relations within national and labor insecurity. societies. It begins by examining major theoretical Units: 1.0 perspectives on racial ethnic relations. Comparing Instructor(s): Marquez,E. the United States, Brazil, Great Britain, Malaysia, (Fall 2013) South Africa, and Rwanda, it focuses on the historical backgrounds, current developments (including levels SOCL B335 Community Based Research of poverty, education, political representation, social integration, and intermarriage), and government This course links each student researcher to a policies, with the objective of identifying the social community organization to carry out and complete a conditions that have conduced to the worst and the research project. Students learn the specific needs of most successful ethnic- racial relations --- in terms of the organization and develop the necessary research social equality and human rights. Prerequisites: Open skills for their particular project. Projects will be available to juniors and seniors who have completed at least two in a variety of local schools and non-profit organizations courses in Sociology, Political Science, or Anthropology. in Philadelphia and Montgomery County. Students Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science may contact the department in advance for information Units: 1.0 about the types of participating organizations during Instructor(s): Washington,R. a particular semester. Prerequisite: at least one social (Spring 2014) science course and permission of the instructor. Counts towards: Praxis Program SOCL B346 Advanced Topics in Environment and Units: 1.0 Society (Not Offered 2013-14) This is a topics course. Topics vary. SOCL B337 The Genealogical Imagination Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Counts towards: Environmental Studies Genealogical research focuses on individuals across Crosslisting(s): CITY-B345; HIST-B345 generations but requires us to understand individual Units: 1.0 lives in their social context, as Mills argued in The (Not Offered 2013-14) Sociological Imagination. In this course, we will explore how understanding larger social forces and patterns, SOCL B350 Movements for Social Justice in the US such as immigration, urbanization, discrimination, religion, and demographic change, helps us uncover Throughout human history, powerless groups of people and understand individual lives. Prerequisites: one have organized social movements to improve their lives course in Sociology or permission of the instructor. and their societies. Powerful groups and institutions Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science have resisted these efforts in order to maintain their Units: 1.0 own privilege. Some periods of history have been more (Not Offered 2013-14) likely than others to spawn protest movements. What factors seem most likely to lead to social movements? SOCL B338 The New African Diaspora: African and What determines their success/failure? We will examine Caribbean Immigrants in the United States 20th-century social movements in the United States to answer these questions. Includes a film series. An examination of the socioeconomic experiences Prerequisite: At least one prior social science course or of immigrants who arrived in the United States since permission of the instructor. the landmark legislation of 1965. After exploring Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science issues of development and globalization at “home” Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Peace, leading to migration, the course proceeds with the Conflict, and Social Justice Studies study of immigration theories. Major attention is given Units: 1.0 to the emergence of transnational identities and the (Not Offered 2013-14) transformation of communities, particularly in the 398 Sociology
SOCL B354 Comparative Social Movements SOCL B363 Sociology of Sex and Gender Seminar A consideration of the conceptualizations of power and We examine the concepts of sex and gender from “legitimate” and “illegitimate” participation, the political from a sociological perspective. In the first part of the opportunity structure facing potential activists, the course, we examine different perspectives on gender, mobilizing resources available to them, and the cultural with a particular focus on the social constructionist view. framing within which these processes occur. Specific We also explore concepts of feminist epistemology, attention is paid to recent movements within and across femininity and masculinity, herernormativity, and countries, such as feminist, environmental, and anti- intersectionality. In the second part of the course, we globalization movements, and to emerging forms of focus on gender and inequality within the institutions citizen mobilization, including transnational and global of family, work, and politics. Prerequisite: one social networks, electronic mobilization, and collaborative science course. policymaking institutions. Units: 1.0 Counts towards: Environmental Studies (Not Offered 2013-14) Crosslisting(s): POLS-B354 Units: 1.0 SOCL B374 Education Politics & Policy in the U.S. Instructor(s): Hager,C. This course will examine education policy through the (Spring 2014) lens of federalism and federalism through a case study of education policy. The dual aims are to enhance SOCL B358 Higher Education: Structure, Dynamics, our understanding of this specific policy area and our Policy understanding of the impact that our federal system of This course examines the structure and dynamics of the government has on policy effectiveness. “non-system” of higher education in the US in historical Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science and comparative perspective. Focusing on patterns of Crosslisting(s): POLS-B374; EDUC-B374 access, graduation, and allocation into the labor market, Units: 1.0 the course examines changes over time and how these Instructor(s): Golden,M. vary at different types of institutions and cross-nationally. (Fall 2013) Issues of culture, diversity (especially with respect to class, race/ethnic, and gender), and programming will SOCL B375 Gender, Work and Family be examined. The main theoretical debates revolve As the number of women participating in the paid around the relationship between higher education workforce who are also mothers exceeds 50 percent, and the society (does it reproduce or transform social it becomes increasingly important to study the issues structure) in which it is embedded. raised by these dual roles. This seminar will examine Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science the experiences of working and nonworking mothers Units: 1.0 in the United States, the roles of fathers, the impact of Instructor(s): Karen,D. working mothers on children, and the policy implications (Spring 2014) of women, work, and family. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science SOCL B360 Topics in Urban Culture and Society Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies This is a topics course. Topics vary. Requirement(s): Crosslisting(s): POLS-B375 Division I or Division III Units: 1.0 Crosslisting(s): ANTH-B359; CITY-B360; HART-B359 Instructor(s): Golden,M. Units: 1.0 (Fall 2013) Instructor(s): McDonogh,G. (Spring 2014) SOCL B393 U.S. Welfare Politics: Theory and Practice Spring 2014: Current topic description: Brazilian Major theoretical perspectives concerning the metropoles embody multiple tensions between cities welfare state with a focus on social policy politics, and nature mediated by divisions of race, wealth, including recent welfare reforms and how in an era of gender and immigration. While colonial and 19th century globalization there has been a turn to a more restrictive foundations speak to slave wealth and exploitation of system of social provision. Special attention is paid to the land, 20th century Brazil has become a laboratory the ways class, race, and gender are involved in making for social change, and experiments to rethink the of social welfare policy and the role of social welfare relationships of citizens and the environment. Readings policy in reinforcing class, race, and gender inequities. will include history, geography, environmental studies, Prerequisite: POLS B121 or SOCL B102. and literature; films will also be regularly screened in Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science class. Crosslisting(s): POLS-B393 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Spanish 399
SOCL B398 Senior Conference SPANISH This seminar problematizes common sense notions that naturalize culture. From a sociological perspective Students may complete a major or minor in Spanish. on culture, it teaches analytical skills for unmasking Majors may pursue state certification to teach at the the social forces underlying cultural constructions of secondary level. meaning in social life. Its primary objectives are to: (1) examine major theoretical conceptions of culture; (2) explore studies that illustrate hegemonic cultural constructions of historical memory; political events; Faculty social problems; racial and ethnic images; gender Ines Arribas, Senior Lecturer images; and social class images; (3) and, finally, probe the implications of sub-cultures and counter-hegemonic Martin L Gaspar, Assistant Professor movements as modes of resistance to cultural Jose Luis Gastanaga Ponce de Leon, Visiting Assistant hegemony. Open to Bryn Mawr senior sociology majors Professor only. Requirement(s): Division I: Social Science Kaylea B. Mayer, Lecturer Units: 1.0 Maria Cristina Quintero, Professor Instructor(s): Washington,R. (Fall 2013) Enrique Sacerio-Garí, Dorothy Nepper Marshall Professor of Hispanic and Hispanic-American Studies SOCL B403 Supervised Work H. Rosi Song, Chair and Associate Professor Students have the opportunity to do individual research projects under the supervision of a faculty member. The major in Spanish offers a program of study in the Units: 1.0 language, literature, and culture of Spain, Latin America, Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA and U.S. Latino communities. The program is designed (Fall 2013) to develop linguistic competence and critical skills, as well as a profound appreciation of the culture and SOCL B403 Supervised Work civilization of the Hispanic world.
Students have the opportunity to do individual research The language courses provide solid preparation and projects under the supervision of a faculty member. practice in spoken and written Spanish, including Units: 1.0 a thorough review of grammar and vocabulary, Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA supplemented with cultural readings and activities. (Spring 2014) SPAN 200 and SPAN 202 prepare students for advanced work in literature and cultural studies while SOCL B425 Praxis III: Independent Study improving competence in the language. The introductory Praxis III courses are Independent Study courses and literature courses treat a selection of the outstanding are developed by individual students, in collaboration works of Spanish and Spanish-American, and U.S. with faculty and field supervisors. A Praxis courses is Latino literature in various periods and genres. Three- distinguished by genuine collaboration with fieldsite hundred-level courses deal intensively with individual organizations and by a dynamic process of reflection authors, topics, or periods of special significance. that incorporates lessons learned in the field into the classroom setting and applies theoretical understanding Students in all courses are encouraged to make use of gained through classroom study to work done in the the Language Learning Center and to supplement their broader community. coursework with study in Spain or Spanish America Counts towards: Praxis Program either in the summer or during their junior year. All Units: 1.0 students who have taken Spanish at other institutions (Not Offered 2013-14) and plan to enroll in Spanish courses at Bryn Mawr must take a placement examination. The exam is offered online by the department. Details are available from the Dean’s Office.
All students who have taken Spanish at other institutions and plan to enroll in Spanish courses at Bryn Mawr must take a placement examination. The exam is offered online by the department. Details are available from the Dean’s Office. 400 Spanish
The Department of Spanish also cooperates with the of which must be at the 300 level. At least one course Departments of French and Italian in the Romance should be in Peninsular literature. Languages major. It also collaborates with the Latin American, Latino, and Iberian Peoples and Cultures Concentration in Latin American, Concentration (LALIPC). Latino, and Iberian Peoples and College Foreign Language Cultures Requirement The Department of Spanish participates with other departments in offering a concentration in Latin Before the start of the senior year, each student must American, Latino, and Iberian Peoples and Cultures. complete, with a grade of 2.0 or higher, two units of foreign language. Students may fulfill the requirement by completing two sequential semester-long courses in one Teacher Certification language, either at the elementary level or, depending The department also participates in a teacher- on the result of their language placement test, at certification program. For more information see the the intermediate level. A student who is prepared for description of the Education Program. advanced work may complete the requirement instead with two advanced free-standing semester-long courses COURSES in the foreign language(s) in which she is proficient. SPAN B001 Beginning Spanish I Major Requirements Grammar, composition, conversation, listening Requirements for the Spanish major are SPAN 200 comprehension; readings from Spain, Spanish America (formerly 110, Temas culturales), SPAN 202 (formerly and the Hispanic community in the United States. 120, Análisis literario), four 200-level courses, three Assumes no previous study of Spanish. Practice 300-level courses, and SPAN 398 (Senior Seminar). sessions with a language assistant. Two courses must be in Peninsular literature, and Requirement(s): Language Level 1 one should focus on pre-1700 literature. Students Units: 1.0 whose training includes advanced work may, with the Instructor(s): Arribas,I. permission of the department, be exempted from taking (Fall 2013) SPAN 200 and/or SPAN 202. SPAN 399 (Senior Essay) is optional for majors with a grade point average of SPAN B002 Beginning Spanish II 3.7 who want to graduate with honors, and may not Grammar, composition, conversation, listening be counted as one of the 300-level requirements. This comprehension; readings from Spain, Spanish major program prepares students appropriately for America and the Hispanic community in the United graduate study in Spanish. States. Practice sessions with a language assistant. Please note: the department offers some courses taught Prerequisite: 001 or placement. in English. In order to receive major and minor credit, Requirement(s): Language Level 1 students must do substantial reading and written work Units: 1.0 in Spanish. No more than two courses taught in English Instructor(s): Arribas,I., Mayer,K. may be applied toward a major, and only one toward a (Spring 2014) minor. SPAN B101 Intermediate Spanish I Independent research (SPAN 403) is offered to students recommended by the department. The work consists of A thorough review of grammar with intensive practice independent reading, conferences, and a long paper. in speaking, reading, and writing (group activities and individual presentations). Readings from the Hispanic Honors world. Additional practice and conversation sessions with a language assistant on Monday evenings. Departmental honors are awarded on the basis of a Prerequisite: 002 or placement. minimum grade point average of 3.7 in the major, the Requirement(s): Language Level 2 recommendation of the department and a senior essay Units: 1.0 (SPAN 399). Instructor(s): Mayer,K., Arribas,I. (Spring 2014) Minor Requirements SPAN B102 Intermediate Spanish II Requirements for a minor in Spanish are six courses Continuation of a thorough review of grammar with in Spanish beyond Intermediate Spanish, at least one special emphasis on reading and writing. Selected Spanish 401 readings from the Hispanic world. Additional practice SPAN B120 Introducci n al análisis literario and conversation sessions with a language assistant.. Readings from Spanish and Spanish-American works Prerequisite: Span 101 or placement. (Language Level of various periods and genres (drama, poetry, short 2) stories). Main focus on developing analytical skills with Requirement(s): Language Level 2 attention to improvement of grammar. This course is a Units: 1.0 requisite for the Spanish major. Prerequisite: SPAN 102, Instructor(s): Mayer,K., Puig-Herz,A., Song,R. or placement. (Spring 2014) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) SPAN B110 Introducci n al análisis cultural Units: 1.0 An introduction to the history and cultures of the Instructor(s): Quintero,M., Sacerio-Garí,E. Spanish-speaking world in a global context: art, (Spring 2014) folklore, geography, literature, sociopolitical issues, and multicultural perspectives. This course is a requisite SPAN B203 T picos en la literatura hispana for the Spanish major. Prerequisite: SPAN 102 or This is a topic course. Topics vary. placement. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Cultures Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Units: 1.0 Cultures Instructor(s):Gaspar,M., Puig-Herz,A. Units: 1.0 (Spring 2014) Instructor(s): Puig-Herz,A. (Spring 2014) Spring 2014: Current topic description: ¡A morirse de risa! Humor negro y naci n en el cinema espa ol SPAN B115 Focus: Taller del espa ol escrito contemporáneo. Dark humor is one of the defining This class will encompass a detailed review of Spanish characteristics of contemporary Spanish cinema. Or grammar and writing techniques. We will examine is it? This course investigates regional and national the most challenging grammar topics for non-native boundaries through the entertaining and disturbing speakers. A selection of readings will be the point of lenses of sex, violence, and humor. We will focus departure for acquiring a greater control of grammar mostly on cinema since the 1970s, including films by and expanding vocabulary through a diverse range of internationally recognized directors such as Fernando writing exercises. This is a half semester Focus course. Trueba, Alex de la Iglesia, and Pedro Almod var. Prerequisite: SPAN B102 or Placement exam. Units: 0.5 SPAN B208 Drama y sociedad en Espa a Instructor(s): Arribas,I. A study of the rich dramatic tradition of Spain from (Spring 2014) the Golden Age (16th and 17th centuries) to the 20th century within specific cultural and social contexts. The SPAN B117 Focus: Spanish Conversation and course considers a variety of plays as manifestations Performance of specific sociopolitical issues and problems. Topics This is a half-semester focus course. Conducted in include theater as a site for fashioning a national Spanish, this focus course further develops the audio- identity; the dramatization of gender conflicts; and plays lingual skills that the students have acquired in their as vehicles of protest in repressive circumstances. early Spanish language training. This course, designed Counts toward the Latin American, Latino and Iberian to enhance students’ fluency and pronunciation Peoples and Cultures Concentration. Pre-requisite: in Spanish, combines a content-based language Spanish 202 or another 200-level course or placement. instruction with an interactive task-based approach. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Students increase their aural/oral fluency through the Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the use of theater exercises and short theatrical works, and Past (IP) through their participation in a variety of communicative Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & activities such as poetry readings, dialogues, debates, Cultures group discussions, and presentations on a wide range Units: 1.0 of topics. Diverse readings, audio recordings and video (Not Offered 2013-14) screenings constitute the course materials. Units: 0.5 SPAN B211 Borges y sus lectores Instructor(s): Arribas,I. Primary emphasis on Borges and his poetics of reading; (Spring 2014) other writers are considered to illustrate the semiotics of texts, society, and traditions. 402 Spanish
Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Instructor(s): Quintero,M. Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & (Spring 2014) Cultures Crosslisting(s): COML-B212 SPAN B231 El cuento y novela corta en Espa a Units: 1.0 Traces the development of the novella and short story Instructor(s): Sacerio-Garí,E. in Spain, from its origins in the Middle Ages to our time. (Fall 2013) The writers will include Pardo Bazán, Cervantes, Clarín, Don Juan Manuel, Matute, María de Zayas, and a SPAN B217 Narratives of Latinidad number of contemporary writers such as Julián Marías This course explores how Latina/o writers fashion and Soledad Puértolas. Our approach will include formal bicultural and transnational identities and narrate the and thematic considerations, and attention will be given intertwined histories of the U.S. and Latin America. to social and historical contexts. We will focus on topics of shared concern among Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Latino groups such as imperialism and annexation, Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) the affective experience of migration, race and gender Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & stereotypes, the politics of Spanglish, and struggles for Cultures social justice. By analyzing novels, poetry, performance Units: 1.0 art, testimonial narratives, films, and essays, we will Instructor(s): Quintero,M. unpack the complexity of Latinadad in the Americas. (Fall 2013) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Counts towards: Africana Studies; Gender and Sexuality SPAN B237 Latino Dictator Novel in Americas Studies; Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures This course examines representations of dictatorship Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B217 in Latin American and Latina/o novels. We will explore Units: 1.0 the relationship between narrative form and absolute Instructor(s): Harford Vargas,J. power by analyzing the literary techniques writers use (Fall 2013) to contest authoritarianism. We will compare dictator novels from the United States, the Caribbean, Central SPAN B223 Género y modernidad en la narrativa del America, and the Southern Cone. Prerequisite: only siglo XIX for students wishing to take the course for major/minor A reading of 19th-century Spanish narrative by both men credit in SPAN is SPAN B200/B202. and women writers, to assess how they come together Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities in configuring new ideas of female identity and its social Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) domains, as the country is facing new challenges in its Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Latin quest for modernity. Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B237; COML-B237 Approach: Inquiry into the Past (IP) Units: 1.0 Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Latin Instructor(s): Harford Vargas,J. Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures (Spring 2014) Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) SPAN B248 Reception of Classical Literature in the Hispanic World SPAN B230 Poéticas del deseo en la poesía hispana A survey of the reception of Classical literature in the A study of the evolution of the love lyric in Spain Spanish-speaking world. We read select literary works beginning with the Renaissance and the Baroque in translation, ranging from Renaissance Spain to periods in Spain and continuing to the present. Topics contemporary Latin America, side-by-side with their include the representation of women as objects of classical models, to examine what is culturally unique desire and pretexts for writing; the self-fashioning and about their choice of authors, themes, and adaptation of subjectivity of the lyric voice; the conflation and conflict the material. of eroticism and idealism; theories of imitation; parody; Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities and the feminine appropriation of the poetic tradition. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Critical Among the poets we will examine: Luis de G ngora, Sor Interpretation (CI) Juana Inés de la Cruz, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Rosalía Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & de Castro, Federico García Lorca, and contemporary Cultures women poets such as Gloria Fuertes and Ana Rossetti. Crosslisting(s): CSTS-B248; COML-B248 Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Crosslisting(s): COML-B230 (Not Offered 2013-14) Spanish 403
SPAN B260 Ariel/Calibán y el discurso americano SPAN B309 La mujer en la literatura espa ola del Siglo de Oro A study of the transformations of Ariel/Calibán as images of Latin American culture. A study of the depiction of women in the fiction, drama, Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities and poetry of 16th- and 17th-century Spain. Topics Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Inquiry into the include the construction of gender; the idealization and Past (IP) codification of women’s bodies; the politics of feminine Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & enclosure (convent, home, brothel, palace); and the Cultures performance of honor. The first half of the course will Crosslisting(s): COML-B260 deal with representations of women by male authors Units: 1.0 (Calder n, Cervantes, Lope, Quevedo) and the second (Not Offered 2013-14) will be dedicated to women writers such as Teresa de Ávila, Ana Caro, Juana Inés de la Cruz, and María SPAN B270 Literatura y delincuencia: explorando la de Zayas. Pre-requisites: SPAN 200/202 and another novela picaresca 200-level course in Spanish. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities A study of the origins, development and transformation Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Latin of the picaresque genre from its origins in 16th- and Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures 17th-century Spain through the 21st century. Using Units: 1.0 texts, literature, painting, and film from Spain and Latin Instructor(s): Quintero,M. America, we will explore topics such as the construction (Fall 2013) of the (fictional) self, the poetics and politics of criminality, transgression in gender and class. SPAN B311 Crimen y detectives en la narrativa Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities hispánica contemporánea Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures An analysis of the rise of the hard-boiled genre in Crosslisting(s): COML-B271 contemporary Hispanic narrative and its contrast to Units: 1.0 classic detective fiction, as a context for understanding (Not Offered 2013-14) contemporary Spanish and Latin American culture. Discussion of pertinent theoretical implications and the SPAN B307 Cervantes social and political factors that contributed to the genre’s evolution and popularity. This course will be given in A study of themes, structure, and style of Cervantes’ conjunction with Cities 229. Division III. masterpiece Don Quijote and its impact on world Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities literature. In addition to a close reading of the text and a Crosslisting(s): COML-B312 consideration of narrative theory, the course examines Units: 1.0 the impact of Don Quijote on the visual arts, music, film, Instructor(s): Song,R. and popular culture. Counts toward the Latin American, (Spring 2014) Latino and Iberian Peoples and Cultures Concentration. Prerequisite: Spanish 202 and another 200-level course. SPAN B318 Adaptaciones literarias en el cine Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities espa ol Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures Film adaptations of literary works have been popular Units: 1.0 since the early years of cinema in Spain. This course (Not Offered 2013-14) examines the relationship between films and literature, focusing on the theory and practice of film adaptation. SPAN B308 Teatro del Siglo de Oro: negociaciones Attention will be paid to the political and cultural context de clase, género y poder in which these texts are being published and made into films. Prerequisite: A 200-level course in Spanish, SPAN A study of the dramatic theory and practice of 16th- and 208. 17th-century Spain. Topics include the treatment of Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities honor, historical self-fashioning and the politics of the Counts towards: Film Studies; Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian corrales, and palace theater. Peoples & Cultures Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Units: 1.0 Crosslisting(s): COML-B308 (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Quintero,M. SPAN B321 Del surrealismo al afrorealismo (Spring 2014) Examines artistic texts that trace the development and relationships of surrealism, lo real maravilloso americano, realismo mágico and afrorealismo. 404 Spanish
Manifestos and literary works by Latin American illuminate aesthetic, political and cultural resonances authors will be emphasized: Miguel Angel Asturias, and affinities. This course is taught in Spanish. Alejo Carpentier, Gabriel García Márquez, Isabel Prerequisites: SPAN B110 and/or SPAN B120 and a Allende, Laura Esquivel, Quince Duncan. Prerequisite: a 200-level course in Spanish. 200-level Spanish course. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC) Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures Cultures Units: 1.0 Crosslisting(s): ENGL-B332 (Not Offered 2013-14) Units: 1.0 Instructor(s): Gaspar,M. SPAN B322 Queens, Nuns, and Other Deviants in (Fall 2013) the Early Modern Iberian World SPAN B351 Tradici n y revoluci n: Cuba y su The course examines literary, historical, and legal texts literatura from the early modern Iberian world (Spain, Mexico, Peru) through the lens of gender studies. The course An examination of Cuba, its history and its literature is divided around three topics: royal bodies (women in with emphasis on the analysis of the changing cultural power), cloistered bodies (women in the convent), and policies since 1959. Major topics include slavery and delinquent bodies (figures who defy legal and gender resistance; Cuba’s struggles for freedom; the literature normativity). Course is taught in English and is open and film of the Revolution; and literature in exile. to all juniors or seniors who have taken at least one Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities 200-level course in a literature department. Students Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & seeking Spanish credit must have taken BMC Spanish Cultures 202 and at least one other Spanish course beyond 202, Units: 1.0 or received permission from instructor. (Not Offered 2013-14) Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities Counts towards: Gender and Sexuality Studies; Latin SPAN B398 Senior Seminar Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Cultures The study of special topics, critical theory and Crosslisting(s): COML-B322 approaches with primary emphasis on Hispanic Units: 1.0 literatures. Topics will be prepared jointly with the (Not Offered 2013-14) students. Units: 1.0 SPAN B323 Memoria y Guerra Civil Instructor(s): Sacerio-Garí,E. A look into the Spanish Civil War and its wide-ranging (Fall 2013) international significance as both the military and ideological testing ground for World War II. This course SPAN B399 Senior Essay examines the endurance of myths related to this conflict Available to students whose proposals are approved by and the cultural memory it has produced along with the the department. current negotiations of the past that is taking place in Units: 1.0 democratic Spain. Prerequisites: SPAN 200/202 and (Not Offered 2013-14) another 200-level course in Spanish. Requirement(s): Division III: Humanities SPAN B403 Supervised Work Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI) Counts towards: Latin Amer/Latino/Iberian Peoples & Independent reading, conferences, and a long paper; Cultures offered to senior students recommended by the Crosslisting(s): HIST-B323 department. Units: 1.0 Units: 1.0 (Not Offered 2013-14) Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA (Fall 2013) SPAN B332 Novelas de las Américas SPAN B403 Supervised Work What do we gain by reading a Latin American or a US novel as “American” in the continental sense? What do Independent reading, conferences, and a long paper; we learn by comparing novels from “this” America to offered to senior students recommended by the classics of the “other” Americas? Can we find through department. this Panamericanist perspective common aesthetics, Units: 1.0 interests, conflicts? In this course we will explore these Instructor(s): Dept. staff, TBA questions by connecting and comparing major US (Spring 2014) novels with Latin American classics of the 20th and 21st century. We will read these works in clusters to Trustees 405
The Board of Trustees Jacqueline Koldin Levine Roland Machold of Bryn Mawr College Jacqueline Badger Mars Arlene Joy Gibson, Chair of the Board of Trustees Ruth Kaiser Nelson Cynthia A. Archer, Vice Chair Dolores G. Norton Susan Kelly Barnes, Vice Chair David W. Oxtoby Denise Hurley, Vice Chair Robert Parsky Margaret M. Morrow, Vice Chair Shirley D. Peterson Willa E. Seldon, Vice Chair R. Anderson Pew Janet L. Steinmayer, Secretary of the Board of Trustees John S. Price Alice Mitchell Rivlin Barbara Paul Robinson Trustees Sally Shoemaker Robinson Cynthia A. Archer Edmund B. Spaeth, Jr. Edith Aviles de Kostes Susan Savage Speers Susan Kelly Barnes Barbara Janney Trimble Sandy Baum Betsy Havens Watkins Mary L. Clark James Wood Susan Jin Davis Sally Hoover Zeckhauser Arlene Joy Gibson Cheryl R. Holland Special Representatives to the Board Denise Lee Hurley Justine D. Jentes Bridget B. Baird Eileen P. Kavanagh, President of the Alumnae Drew Gilpin Faust Association Linda A. Hill Amy T. Loftus Catherine P. Koshland and Howard Lutnick, Co-Chairs, Ann Logan Board of Managers, Haverford College Susan L. MacLaurin Patrick T. McCarthy Ex Officio Margaret M. Morrow Randolph M. Nelson Kimberly Wright Cassidy, Interim President of the Georgette Chapman Phillips College William E. Rankin Margaret Sarkela Willa E. Seldon Officers Of The Corporation Beth Springer Janet L. Steinmayer Arlene Joy Gibson, Chair Elizabeth Vogle Warren Cynthia A. Archer, Vice Chair Caroline C. Willis Susan Kelly Barnes, Vice Chair Irving B. Yoskowitz Margaret M. Morrow, Vice Chair Willa Seldon, Vice Chair Trustees Emeriti Janet L. Steinmayer, Secretary of the Board Kimberly Wright Cassidy, Interim President of the Barbara Goldman Aaron College Frederick C. Baumert Jerry A. Berenson, Chief Administrative Officer Betsy Zubrow Cohen Provost Lois Miller Collier John Griffith, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer Anna Lo Davol Ruth Lindeborg, Secretary of the College Anthony T. Enders Samuel B. Magdovitz, College Counsel Constance Tang Fong Nancy Greenewalt Frederick Lucy Norman Friedman Donald N. Gellert Hanna Holborn Gray Johanna Alderfer Harris Alan Hirsig Fern Hunt Beverly Lange 406 Faculty
Faculty Richard Hamilton, Paul Shorey Professor Emeritus of Greek EMERITI Margaret M. Healy, Treasurer Emeritus of the College Alfonso Albano Marion Reilly, Professor Emeritus of Rhonda J.Hughes, Helen Herrmann Professor Emeritus Physics of Mathematics Jeffrey S. Applegate, Professor Emeritus of Social Work Helen Manning Hunter, Professor Emeritus of and Social Research Economics on the Mary Hale Chase Professorship of the Social Sciences, Social Work and Social Dana Becker, Professor Emeritus of Social Work and Research Social Research Thomas H. Jackson, Professor Emeritus of English Carol L. Bernstein, Mary E. Garrett Alumnae Professor Emeritus of English and Professor Emeritus of Fritz Janschka, Professor Emeritus of Fine Art and Comparative Literature Fairbank Professor Emeritus of the Humanities Sandra M. Berwind, Professor Emeritus of English Anthony R. Kaney, Professor Emeritus of Biology Charles Brand, Professor Emeritus of History Dale Kinney, Eugenia Chase Guild Professor Emeritus of the Humanities and Professor Emeritus of History Merle Broberg, Associate Professor Emeritus of Social of Art Work and Social Research George L. Kline, Milton C. Nahm Professor Emeritus of Robert B. Burlin, Mary E. Garrett Alumnae Professor Philosophy Emeritus of English Joseph E. Kramer, Professor Emeritus of English Jane Caplan, Majorie Walter Goodhart Professor Emeritus of European History Catherine Lafarge, Professor Emeritus of French Isabelle Cazeaux, Alice Carter Dickerman Professor Jane Dammen McAuliffe, Ph.D. (University of Toronto), Emeritus of Music President Emeritus of the College Maria DeOca Corwin, Associate Professor Emeritus of Barbara Miller Lane, Andrew W. Mellon Professor Social Work and Social Research Emeritus of the Humanities and Professor Emeritus of History William A. Crawford, Professor Emeritus of Geology Philip Lichtenberg, Mary Hale Chase Professor Maria Luisa Buse Crawford, Professor Emeritus of Emeritus of Social Science, Social Work and Social Geology and Curator of the Geology Mineral Research and Professor Emeritus of Social Work Collection and Social Research Christopher Davis, Senior Lecturer Emeritus in the Arts Frank B. Mallory, W. Alton Jones Emeritus Professor Susan Day Dean, Professor Emeritus of English of Chemistry teaching as a Katherine McBride Professor Gregory W. Dickerson, Professor Emeritus of Greek Mario L. Maurin, Eunice Morgan Schenck 1907 Nancy C. Dorlan, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics in Professor Emeritus of French German and Anthropology Ethel Wildey Maw, Professor Emeritus of Human Richard B. DuBoff, Samuel and Etta Wexler Professor Development Emeritus of Economic History Susan E. Maxfield, Associate Professor Emeritus of Richard S. Ellis, Professor of Emeritus of Classical and Human Development Near Eastern Archaeology Jane Dammen McAuliffe, Ph.D. (University of Toronto), Noel J.J. Farley, Professor Emeritus and Harvey Wexler President Emeritus of the College Professor Emeritus of Economics Mary Patterson McPherson, President Emeritus of the Julia H. Gaisser, Eugenia Chase Guild Professor College Emeritus of the Humanities and Professor of Latin Stella Miller-Collett, Rhys Carpenter Professor Emerita Stephen Gardiner, Senior Lecturer Emeritus in Biology of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Richard C. Gonzalez, Class of 1897 Professor Emeritus Carolyn E. Needleman, Professor Emeritus of Social of Psychology Work and Social Research Michel Guggenheim, Professor Emeritus of French Harriet B. Newburger, Associate Professor Emeritus of Economics Faculty 407
George S. Pahomov, Professor Emeritus of Russian Grace Armstrong, Ph.D. (Princeton University), Chair and Eunice M. Schenck 1907 Professor of French, Nicholas Patruno, Professor Emeritus of Italian and Director of Middle Eastern Languages Lucian B. Platt, Professor Emeritus of Geology Darlyne Bailey, Ph.D. (Case Western Reserve Judith D.R. Porter, Professor Emeritus of Sociology University), Dean of the Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research, and Special Assistant to David J. Prescott, Professor Emeritus of Biology the President for Community Partnerships at Bryn John R. Pruett, Professor Emeritus of Physics and Mawr College Computer Science Jim Baumohl, D.S.W. (University of California, Marc Howard Ross, William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor Berkeley), Professor of Social Work Emeritus in Political Science Peter A. Beckmann, Ph.D. (The University of British Stephen Salkever, Mary Katharine Woodworth Columbia), Marion Reilly Professor of Physics Professor Emeritus of Political Science Cynthia D. Bisman, Ph.D. (The University of Kansas) W. Bruce Saunders, Class of 1897 Professor Emeritus Professor of Social Work of Science and Professor Emeritus of Geology Peter M. Briggs, Ph.D. (Yale University), Professor of Judith R. Shapiro, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology English Jenepher Price Shillingford, Director Emeritus of Peter D. Brodfuehrer, Ph.D. (University of Virginia), Physical Education Eleanor A. Bliss Professor of Biology Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway, Rhys Carpenter Sharon Burgmayer, Ph.D. (The University of North Professor Emeritus of Classical and Near Eastern Carolina at Chapel Hill), W. Alton Jones Professor Archaeology of Chemistry James R. Tanis, Constance A. Jones Director Emeritus Kimberly E. Cassidy, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania), of the Bryn Mawr College Libraries and Professor Interim President and Professor of Psychology Emeritus of History David Cast, Ph.D. (Columbia University), Professor of Elizabeth G. Vermey, Director Emeritus of Admissions History of Art and the Eugenia Chase Guild Chair in the Humanities Nancy J. Vickers, President and Professor Emeritus Janet Ceglowski, Ph.D. (University of California, William W. Vosburgh, Professor Emeritus of Social Work Berkeley), Professor of Economics on the Harvey and Social Research Wexler Chair of Economics George E. Weaver, Harvey Wexler Professor Emeritus Leslie C. Cheng, Ph.D. (University of Pittsburgh), Chair of Philosophy and Professor of Mathematics Matthew Yarczower, Professor Emeritus of Psychology Catherine Conybeare, Ph.D. (University of Toronto), Greta Zybon, Associate Professor Emeritus of Social Professor of Greek, Latin and Classical Studies and Work and Social Research Director of the Graduate Group Alison Cook-Sather, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania), Mary Katherine Woodworth Chair and Professor PROFESSORS in the Bryn Mawr/Haverford Education Program, and Director of Peace, Conflict and Social Justice Raymond L. Albert, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania), Program Professor of Social Work, Director of the Law and Social Policy Program Dan E. Davidson, Ph.D. (Harvard University), Professor of Russian, and Director of the Russian Language Leslie B. Alexander, B.A. (Wellesley College), Institute Professor of Social Work and Director of the Institutional Review Board Richard S. Davis, Ph.D. (Columbia University), Professor of Anthropology Elizabeth Allen, Ph.D. (Yale University), Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature on the Myra T. Victor J. Donnay, Ph.D. (New York University), Professor Cooley Lectureship in Russian of Mathematics Michael H. Allen, Ph.D. (University of London), Alice A. Donohue, Ph.D. (New York University Institute Professor of Political Science, and Co-Director of of Fine Arts), Chair and Rhys Carpenter Professor the International Studies Program of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Robert J. Dostal, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State University), Clark R. McCauley Jr, Ph.D. (University of Rufus M. Jones Professor, Chair of Philosophy, and Pennsylvania), Professor of Psychology, and Acting Chair of East Asian Studies Director of the Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict Michelle Francl, Ph.D. (University of California, Irvine), Chair and Professor of Chemistry, and Clowes Elizabeth McCormack, Ph.D. (Yale University), Chair Fund in Science and Public Policy and Professor of Physics Karen F. Greif, Ph.D. (California Institute of Technology), Gary W. McDonogh, Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins University), Professor of Biology Professor of Growth and Structure of Cities Helen G. Grundman, Ph.D. (University of California, Gridley McKim-Smith, Ph.D. (Harvard University), Berkeley), Professor of Mathematics Professor of History of Art on the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Professorship in the Humanities Jane Hedley, Ph.D. (Bryn Mawr College), K. Laurence Stapleton Professor of English Paul Melvin, Ph.D. (University of California, Berkeley), Chair and Professor of Mathematics Carola Hein, Ph.D. (Hochschule f r Bildende K nste Hamburg), Chair and Professor of Growth and Michael Noel, Ph.D. (University of Rochester), Professor Structure of Cities of Physics Christiane Hertel, Ph.D. (University of Tuebingen, Mary J. Osirim, Ph.D. (Harvard University), Interim Professor of History of Art Provost, and Professor of Sociology Madhavi Kale, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania), Maria Cristina Quintero, Ph.D. (Stanford University), Professor of History Professor of Spanish, and Co-Director of Comparative Literature David Karen, Ph.D. (Harvard University), Chair and Professor of Sociology Leslie Rescorla, Ph.D. (Yale University), Professor of Psychology on the Class of 1897 Professorship of Toba Kerson, D.S.W. (University of Pennsylvania), Science and Director of Child Study Institute Professor of Social Work on the Mary Hale Chase Chair in the Social Sciences, Social Work and Michael T. Rock, Ph.D. (University of Pittsburgh), Social Research Samuel and Etta Wexler Professor of Economic History Karl Kirchwey, M.A. (Columbia University), Director and Professor of Creative Writing Katherine Rowe, Ph.D. (Harvard University), Professor of English, Director of the Katharine Houghton Christine Koggel, Ph.D. (Queens College The City Hepburn Center, and Director of Digital Research University of New York), Harvey Wexler Chair in and Teaching Philosophy Enrique Sacerio-Garí, Ph.D. (Yale University), Dorothy Michael Krausz, Ph.D. (University of Toronto), Milton C. Nepper Marshall Professor of Hispanic and Nahm Professor of Philosophy Hispanic-American Studies Deepak Kumar, Ph.D. (University at Buffalo, State Lisa Saltzman, Ph.D. (Harvard University), Chair and University of New York), Professor of Computer Professor of History of Art Science Marc Schulz, Ph.D. (University of California, Berkeley), Steven Z. Levine, Ph.D. (Harvard University), Professor Professor of Psychology on the Rachel C. Hale of History of Art on the Leslie Clark Professorship in Professorship in the Sciences the Humanities Russell Scott, Ph.D. (Yale University), Doreen C. Spitzer Julia H. Littell, Ph.D. (The University of Chicago), Professor of Latin and Classical Studies Professor of Social Work Azade Seyhan, Ph.D. (University of Washington), Mark E. Lord, M.F.A. (Yale University), Professor of the Fairbank Professor in the Humanities, Professor of Arts on the Theresa Helburn Chair of Drama, and German and Comparative Literature, Interim Chair Director of the Theater Program of German Brigitte Mahuzier, Ph.D. (Cornell University), Professor Janet Shapiro, Ph.D. (University of Michigan Ann Arbor), of French, and Director of the Institut d’etudes Professor of Social Work, and Director for the francaises d’Avignon Center for Child and Family Wellbeing Bill Malachowski, Ph.D. (University of Michigan Ann Anjali Thapar, Ph.D. (Case Western Reserve Arbor), Professor of Chemistry University), Chair and Professor of Psychology James A. Martin, Ph.D. (University of Pittsburgh), Professor of Social Work 408 Faculty
Earl Thomas, Ph.D. (Yale University), Professor of Tamara Davis, Ph.D. (University of California, Berkeley), Psychology Chair and Associate Professor of Biology Michael Tratner, Ph.D. (University of California, Jeremy Elkins, Ph.D. (University of California, Berkeley), Berkeley), Mary E. Garrett Alumnae Professor of Interim Chair and Associate Professor of Political English on the Rosabeth Moss Kanter Change Science Master Fund Ignacio Gallup-Diaz, Ph.D. (Princeton University), Chair Lisa Traynor, Ph.D. (Stony Brook University, State and Associate Professor of History and Director of University of New York), Professor of Mathematics Latin American, Latino and Iberian Peoples and Cultures (LALIPC) Sharon R. Ullman, Ph.D. (University of California, Berkeley), Professor of History, and Director of Marissa Martino Golden, Ph.D. (University of California, Gender and Sexuality Studies Berkeley), Associate Professor of Political Science on the Joan Coward Chair in Political Economics Thomas P. Vartanian, Ph.D. (University of Notre Dame), Professor of Social Work Jonas I. Goldsmith, Ph.D. (Cornell University), Associate Professor of Chemistry Robert Washington, Ph.D. (The University of Chicago), Chair and Professor of Sociology Carol Hager, Ph.D. (University of California, San Diego), Chair and Associate Professor of Political Science, Arlo Brandon Weil, Ph.D. (University of Michigan Ann and Director of the Center for Social Sciences Arbor), Chair and Professor of Geology Timothy Harte, Ph.D. (Harvard University), Chair and Susan A. White, Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins University), Associate Professor of Russian Professor of Chemistry Pim Higginson, Ph.D. (University of California, Robert H. Wozniak, Ph.D. (University of Michigan Ann Berkeley), Associate Professor of French Arbor), Professor of Psychology Yonglin Jiang, Ph.D. (University of Minnesota), James C. Wright, B.A. (Haverford College), Professor Associate Professor of East Asian Studies on the of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Jye Chu Lectureship in Chinese Studies Department on the William R. Kenan, Jr. Chair Homay King, Ph.D. (University of California, Berkeley), Radcliffe Edmonds, Ph.D. (The University of Chicago), Associate Professor of History of Art Paul Shorey Chair and Professor of Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies Sara Bressi Nath, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania), Associate Professor of Social Work Peter Magee, Ph.D. (The University of Sydney), Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Kalala J. Ngalamulume, Ph.D. (Michigan State Archaeology, and Director of the Archaeology Field University), Chair of History and Associate School Professor of Africana Studies and History, and Co- Director of the International Studies Program Melissa Pashigian, Ph.D. (University of California, ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS Los Angeles), Chair and Associate Professor of Anthropology Mehmet-Ali Ataç, Ph.D. (Harvard University), Associate Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Roberta Ricci, Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins University), Chair Archaeology and Associate Professor of Italian and Director of Film Studies Don Barber, Ph.D. (University of Colorado Boulder), Associate Professor of Geology on the Harold David R. Ross, Ph.D. (Northwestern University), Chair Alderfer Chair in Environmental Studies and Associate Professor of Economics Linda-Susan Beard, Ph.D. (Cornell University), Bethany Schneider, Ph.D. (Cornell University), Associate Professor of English Associate Professor of English Douglas Blank, Ph.D. (Indiana University Bloomington), Michael B. Schulz, Ph.D. (Stanford University), Rachel Associate Professor of Computer Science C. Hale Professor in the Sciences and Associate Professor of Physics Linda Caruso Haviland, Ed.D. (Temple University), Alice Carter Dickerman Director of the Arts Program, and H. Rosi Song, Ph.D. (Brown University),Chair and Director and Associate Professor of Dance Associate Professor of Spanish, and Co-Director of Romance Languages Monica Chander, Ph.D. (University of Connecticut), Associate Professor of Biology Faculty 409
Ellen Stroud, Ph.D. (Columbia University), Associate Tom Mozdzer, Ph.D. (University of Virginia), Assistant Professor of Growth and Structure of Cities on the Professor of Biology Johanna Alderfer Harris, and William H. Harris, Hoang Tan Nguyen, Ph.D. (University of California, M.D. Professorship in Environmental Studies Berkeley), Assistant Professor of English and Film Ayumi Takenaka, Ph.D. (Columbia University), Associate Studies Professor of Sociology Seung-Youn Oh, M.A. (University of California, Jamie K.Taylor, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania), Berkeley), Assistant Professor of Political Science Associate Professor of English Adrian Prettyman, M.A. (University of Toronto), Lecturer Kate Thomas, Ph.D. (Oxford University, Magdalen in the Department of Philosophy College), Chair and Associate Professor of English Sayres Rudy, M.A. (Johns Hopkins University), Lecturer Amanda Weidman, Ph.D. (Columbia University), of Political Science Associate Professor of Anthropology Jason Schmink, Ph.D. (University of Connecticut), Nathan Daniel Wright, Ph.D. (Northwestern University), Assistant Professor of Chemistry Associate Professor of Sociology Maja Seselj, M.A. (New York University), Assistant Dianna Xu, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania), Chair Professor in Anthropology and Associate Professor of Computer Science Joshua Shapiro, Ph.D. (The University of Chicago), Assistant Professor of Biology ASSISTANT PROFESSORS Asya Sigelman, Ph.D. (Brown University), Assistant Professor of Greek, Latin and Classical Studies Annette Baertschi, Ph.D. (Humboldt-University of Cindy Sousa, Ph.D. (University of Washington), Berlin), Assistant Professor of Greek, Latin, and Assistant Professor of Social Work on the Classical Studies Alexandra Grange Hawkins Lectureship in Social Xuemei May Cheng, Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins University), Work Assistant Professor of Physics Elly Truitt, Ph.D. (Harvard University), Assistant Selby Cull, Ph.D. (Washington University), Assistant Professor of History Professor of Geology Alicia Wilcox Walker, Ph.D. (Harvard University), Gregory K. Davis, Ph.D. (The University of Chicago), Assistant Professor of History of Art on the Marie Assistant Professor of Biology Neuberger Fund for the Study of Arts and Director of Center for Visual Culture Martin L Gaspar, M.A.(Harvard University), Assistant Professor of Spanish Jennifer Harford Vargas, Ph.D. (Stanford University), OTHER FACULTY ON CONTINUING Assistant Professor of English APPOINTMENT Yan Kung, Ph.D. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Assistant Professor of Chemistry Ines Arribas, Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Senior Lecturer in Spanish Anita Kurimay, Ph.D. (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey), Assistant Professor of History Sharon Bain, Ph.D. (Bryn Mawr College), Lecturer in Russian, and Director of the Russian Flagship Program Shiamin Kwa, Ph.D. (Harvard University), Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies Carol Bower, M.S. (University of Pennsylvania), Senior Lecturer, and Head Rowing Coach, Athletics and Rudy Le Menthéour, Ph.D. (Université de Grenoble), Physical Education Assistant Professor of French Jill Breslin, B.A. (University of Alabama at Birmingham), Astrid Lindenlauf, Ph.D. (University College London), Instructor and Head Tennis Coach, and Club Sport Assistant Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Coordinator, Athletics and Physical Education Archaeology Madeline R. Cantor, M.F.A. (University of Michigan Ann Pedro J. Marenco, Ph.D. (University of Southern Arbor), Associate Director and Term Professor of California), Assistant Professor of Geology Dance Djordje Milicevic, Ph.D. (Princeton University), Assistant Benjamin Cherel, D.E.A. (Université de Grenoble), Lecturer Professor of Mathematics in French 410 Faculty
Tz’u Chiang, B.A. (Tunghai University), Senior Lecturer in Deb Charamella McLaughlin, A.B. (Bryn Mawr College), East Asian Studies Instructor and Head Basketball Coach, Athletics and Physical Education Cho Erica R., M.F.A. (University of California, Irvine), Visiting Assistant Professor in History of Art and Film Studies Terry R. McLaughlin, M.S. (Hofstra University), Senior Lecturer and Head Athletic Trainer, Athletics and Jeffrey A. Cohen, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania), Term Physical Education Professor in Growth and Structure of Cities Michele Monserrati, Ph.D.(Rutgers, The State University of Jody Cohen, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania), Term New Jersey), Lecturer in the Department of Italian Professor in the Bryn Mawr/Haverford Education Program Amy N. Myers, Ph.D. (Dartmouth College), Lecturer in Mathematics, and Math Program Coordinator Anne F. Dalke, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania), Term Professor of English Maryellen Nerz-Stormes, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania), Senior Lecturer in Chemistry Manar Darwish, M.A. (University of Washington), Instructor of Arabic Paul Neuman, M.A. (Temple University), Senior Lecturer in Psychology Erin DeMarco, M.S. (Ithaca College), Senior Lecturer, and Head Soccer Coach, Athletics and Physical Education Joseph Pechkis, Ph.D. (University of Connecticut), Lecturer in the Department of Physics Rebecca DeRoo, Ph.D. (The University of Chicago), Visiting Assistant Professor in History of Art Hyewon K Pechkis, Ph.D. (University of Connecticut), Lecturer in the Department of Physics Willemijn Don, Ph.D. (New York University), Lecturer in French Agnès Peysson-Zeiss, Ph.D. (Michigan State University), Lecturer of French and Francophone Studies Louisa Egan Brad Ph.D., (Yale University), Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology Silvia Porello, Ph.D. (University of Utah), Lecturer in Chemistry Lynne J. Elkins, Ph.D. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Lecturer in Geology Marci Hilary Scheuing, M.Ed. (Millersville University), Lecturer and Head Field Hockey Coach, Athletics and Gail Hemmeter, Ph.D. (Case Western Reserve University), Physical Education Senior Lecturer in English, Director of Writing and Director of the Emily Balch Seminars Sanford Schram, Ph.D. (University at Albany, State University of New York), Visiting Professor of Social Jason S. Hewitt, M.S. (Springfield College), Lecturer and Work Head Coach of Cross Country, and Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field, Athletics and Physical Education Jennifer N. Skirkanich, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania), Lecturer in Biology Peter G. Kasius, M.A. (Princeton University), Instructor in Mathematics Katie Tarr, M.S. (University of Pennsylvania), Senior Lecturer and Head Lacrosse Coach, and Senior Woman’s Nicole K. Kelly, B.A. (Seton Hall University), Instructor Administrator, Athletics and Physical Education and Head Volleyball Coach, Athletics and Physical Education Daniel Torday, M.F.A. (Syracuse), Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing Laura Kemper, M.S. (University of Delaware), Lecturer and Assistant Athletic Trainer, Athletics and Physical Daniela Holt Voith, M.Arch. (Yale University), Senior Education Lecturer in the Growth and Structure of Cities Program Alice Lesnick, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania), Director Nicola Whitlock, M.S. (West Chester University of and Term Professor in the Bryn Mawr/Haverford Pennsylvania), Senior Lecturer and Head Swimming Education Program, and Director of Africana Studies Coach and Aquatics Director, Athletics and Physical Education Krynn Lukacs, Ph.D. (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Senior Lecturer in Chemistry Michelle W Wien, Ph.D. (Harvard University), Lecturer in Biology, and Director of the Undergraduate Summer Mark Matlin, Ph.D. (University of Maryland), Senior Lecturer Science Research Program and Lab Coordinator of Physics Changchun Zhang, M.A. (Villanova University), Instructor of Kaylea B. Mayer, Ph.D. (Georgetown University), Lecturer Chinese in Spanish Jun Zhang, Ph.D. (Yale University), Visiting Assistant Dennis James McAuliffe, Ph.D. (New York University), Visiting Associate Professor of Italian Professor of Growth and Structure of Cities Administration 411
Senior Administrative Staff Administrative Staff
Kimberly Wright Cassidy, Ph.D. (University of Donald L. Abramowitz, Environmental Health and Safety Pennsylvania), Interim President of the College and Officer Professor of Psychology Nell Anderson, Co-Director, Civic Engagement Office; Darlyne Bailey, Ph.D. (Case Western Reserve Director, Praxis and Community Partnership University), Dean of the Graduate School of Social Programs Work and Social Research Lillian Burroughs, Director of Operations, Bi-College Jerry A. Berenson, M.B.A. (Temple University), Chief Department of Campus Safety Administrative Officer Bernie Chung-Templeton, Director, Bi-College Dining Joseph A. Bucci, Ed.D. (Widener University), Director of Services Human Resources David Consiglio, Head of Research Support and Vanessa Christman, M.F.A. (Brooklyn College, City Educational Technology, Information Services University of NewYork), Assistant Dean and Director of Leadership and Community Development Mary Beth Davis, Assistant Dean, Health Professions Emily C. Espenshade, Ed.M. (Harvard University), Chief Ethel M. Desmarais, Director, Student Financial of Staff, Office of the President Services Wendy M. Greenfield, B.S. (University of Pennsylvania), Diane DiGiovanni Craw, Assistant to the Dean, Director Executive Director of the Alumnae Association of Operations, Social Work John Griffith, M.S.F. (Bentley College), Chief Financial Jodi B. Domsky, Associate Dean, Health Professions Officer and Treasurer Ellie Esmond, Co-Director, Civic Engagement Office; Tracy Kellmer, Ph.D. (State University of New York, Director, Service and Activism Binghamton), Interim Chief Communications Officer Steve Green, Director, Transportation Ruth H. Lindeborg, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania), Linda Caruso Haviland, Alice Carter Dickerman Director Secretary of the College of the Arts Program and Director and Associate Samuel B. Magdovitz, J.D. (Yale University), College Professor of Dance Counsel Marilyn Motto Henkelman, Director, Phebe Anna Thorne Robert A. Miller, B.A. (Elizabethtown College), Interim School Chief Development Officer Mary Beth Horvath, Director, Student Activities Mary J. Osirim, Ph.D. (Harvard University), Interim Kay Kerr, Medical Director, Health Center Provost and Professor of Sociology Tom King, Executive Director, Bi-College Campus Eric L. Pumroy, A.M., A.M. (University of Chicago), Safety Interim Chief Information Officer and Seymour Adelman Head of Special Collections Kirsten O’Beirne, Registrar Chuck Rickard, M.A. (University of Michigan), Interim Valencia Powell, Manager, Post Office Dean of Enrollment Michaile E. Rainey, Interim Director, Career and Katherine Rowe, Ph.D. (Harvard University), Director Professional Development of the Katherine Houghton Hepburn Center and Leslie Rescorla, Class of 1897 Professor of Science of Professor of English Psychology and Director of Child Study Institute Glenn R. Smith, M.E. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Denise Romano, Director, Housekeeping M.S. (National War College), Director of Facilities Services Angie Sheets, Director, Residential Life Kathleen Tierney, B.S. (State University of New York Nona Smith, Director, Sponsored Research, Grants at Brockport), Director of Athletics and Physical Administration Education Tijana Stefanovic, Assistant Treasurer for Financial T. Peaches Valdes, M.S.S., M.L.S.P. (Bryn Mawr Planning and Budgets College), Equal Opportunity Officer, Title IX Betsy Stewart, Controller Coordinator, and Associate Director of Admissions for Outreach T. Peaches Valdes, Director, Admissions Paul Vassallo, Director, Purchasing Administration 413
Erin Walsh, Assistant Provost for Administration Officers of the Maria T. Wiemken, Associate Treasurer Alumnae Association
Richard Willard, Director, Science Services and Machine Eileen P. Kavanagh ’75, President and Instrument Shop Laurie Saroff ’90, Vice President Lisa L. Zernicke, Director, Conferences and Events Jennifer Sawyer Fisher ’90, Secretary Undergraduate Dean’s Office Chris S. Nevill ’97, Treasurer Reed Abelson ’83, Representative, Alumnae Judith Weinstein Balthazar, Ph.D. (University of Communications Pennsylvania), Dean of Studies Christy A. Allen ’90, Representative, Bryn Mawr Fund Isabelle Barker, Ph.D. (Rutgers University), Assistant Dean and Director of Student Funding Marcia Young Cantarella ’68, Representative, Careers Theresa Cann, M.Ed. (Widener University), Assistant Terri L. Cornelison, M.D. ’81, Representative, At Large Dean and Director of International Programs Sabrina DeTurk, M.A. ’96, Ph.D. ’98, Representative, Vanessa Christman, M.F.A. (Brooklyn College of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences City University of New York), Assistant Dean Julia Ferraioli ’07, Representative, At Large and Director of Leadership and Community Development Jacqueline M. Griffith, M.S.S. ’81, Representative, Graduate School of Social Work and Social Christina Dubb, Ed.D. (University of Pennsylvania), Research Interim Assistant Dean and Coordinator of the C3 Program Raima Evan, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania), Jennifer Jobrack ’89, Representative, Clubs & Affinity Assistant Dean Groups Charles Heyduk, Ph.D. (Bryn Mawr College), Associate Jackney Prioly ’06, Representative, At Large Dean Joanna Rom ’74, Chair, Committee on Leadership Michelle Mancini, Ph.D. (University of California, Development Berkeley), Assistant Dean Catharyn Alva Turner, M.D. ’91, Representative, At Large