University of Rochester Course Listings for Arts, Sciences and Engineering 2015-2017 Arts Sciences and Engineering Abbreviations and Prefixes 1 AAS African and African-American Studies EPD Epidemiology ACC Accounting FEC Financial Economics AH Art History FIN Finance AME Audio and Music Engineering FR French AMS American Studies FMS Film and Media Studies ANT Anthropology GBA General Business Administration ARA Arabic GER German ASL American Sign Language HBS Health, Behavior, and Society AST Astronomy HEB Hebrew ATH Archeology, Technology, and Historical Structures HIS History BCD Biological Sciences: Cell and Developmental Biology HLP Health Policy BCH Biological Sciences: Biochemistry HLS Health and Society BCS Brain and Cognitive Sciences IPA Interdepartmental, Arts and Sciences BEB Biological Sciences: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology IR International Relations BET Bioethics IT Italian BIO Biology JPN Japanese BMB Biological Sciences: Microbiology JST Judaic Studies BME Biomedical Engineering KOR Korean BMG Biological Sciences: Molecular Genetics LAT Latin BSB Business LAW Business Law CAS Arts and Sciences, the College LIN Linguistics CGR Classic Greek LTS Literary Translation Studies CHE Chemical Engineering MBI Microbiology & Immunology CHI Chinese ME Mechanical Engineering CHM Chemistry MKT Marketing CIS Computers and Information Systems MSC Materials Science CLA Classical Studies MTH Mathematics CLT Comparative Literature MUR Music CSC Computer Science NAV Naval Science CSP Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology NSC Neuroscience CVS Center for Visual Science NUR Nursing DAN Dance OMG Operations Management DH Digital Humanities OPE Optical Engineering DMS Digital Media Studies OPT Optics DSC Data Science and Computation PAS Physics and Astronomy EAS Engineering and Applied Sciences PEC W. Allen Wallis Institute of Political Economy ECE Electrical and Computer Engineering PH Public Health ECO Economics PHL Philosophy EBS Economics and Business Strategies PHY Physics ED Education POL Polish EDU Education POR Portuguese EE Electrical Engineering PPC Photographic Preservation and Collections Management EES Earth and Environmental Sciences PSC Political Science ENG English PSY Psychology University of Rochester 2 Arts Sciences and Engineering Abbreviations and Prefixes REL Religion and Classics RUS Russian RST Russian Studies SA Studio Arts SAB Study Abroad SKT Sanskrit SOC Sociology SP Spanish STT Statistics TCS TEAM Computer Science TEB TEAM Biomedical Engineering TEC TEAM Chemical Engineering TEE TEAM Electrical Engineering TEM Technical Entrepreneurship Management TEO TEAM Optics TME TEAM Mechanical Engineering WRT Writing Program WST Women's Studies YDH Yiddish University of Rochester Arts Sciences and Engineering Courses 1 AAS 104 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES & ANTHROPOLOGY This course explores the complex inter-relation of race, class and gender in contemporary America, both in people's subjective identities in their objective life chances. The materials assigned include first-person narratives of particular life experiences; quantitative analyses of general statistical patterns; and long-term historical explanations of these experiences and patterns. Offered: Spring AAS 106 COLONIAL & CONTEMPORARY AFRICA This course uses film, literature, and historical studies to understand the transformation of African societies during the colonial era and its neocolonial aftermath. It maps out the forging of new national identities, creation of wage laborers, restructuring of rural communities, and changing power relations between women and men, the young and old. Students will also explore how African men and women, from their homes and workplaces, and as part of nationalist and national liberation movements during and after the Cold War, have sought to redefine their place in the global economy amidst new opportunities and challenges presented by environmental degradation, the HIV/AIDS pandemic, hunger, international debt, and Chinas growing thirst for the continents seemingly inexhaustible natural resources. Offered: Fall AAS 107 HISTORY OF ISLAM The development of Islam from its origins in the Qur'an and Muhammad's teachings, through the codification of the classical tradition in its various forms, and finally to the living Islam of the contemporary world. Offered: Fall AAS 121 WORLD MUSIC IN CONTEXT Engaging an extraordinary diversity of sound, this course explores some of the world's major traditions of musical performance, including classical, ritual, and ceremonial music from around the globe. Through weekly reading and listening assignments, we will study musical sound structures within a variety of social, political, and religious contexts, investigating relationships between music, people, and place. In addition to well-known modes of music making, we will look at many fascinating but less familiar forms of musical expression, such as aboriginal pop music from Australia, the throat-singing traditions of Tuva and Mongolia, and the freedom songs of South Africa. The course will culminate in a semester-long final project. Offered: Fall AAS 122 HISTORY OF JAZZ This study of Jazz, as an American musical art form, will be structured around the lives and music of jazz musicians, across a range of instrumental, vocal, and ensemble genres. Course focuses on jazz titans, those individuals and musical groups distinguished by their seminal and permanent influences, such as Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, or Coleman Hawkins or shorter intense careers, such as Charlie Parker. Blues, ragtime, swing, bebop, cool, progressive, and free jazz are landmark terms. And finally, study of the musical history will be enhanced by considerations from sociological, linguistic, and philosophical perspectives. The instructional format includes lectures, discussion and intense emphasis on listening. This course is designed for students with little or no musical training; simple technical, musical vocabulary and concepts will be provided. Reading, listening assignments, brief written assignments and two exams. No prerequisites. (Fall Only) Offered: Fall AAS 125 REL,RACE,ETHNICTY IN AMERICA AAS 141 AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY I After examining the primary features of pre-European African society we will assess the disruptions triggered by European arrival. A discussion of the "Middle Passage" -- the transportation of enslaved Africans to North America -- and the Africans' adjustment to their new environment will compose the first section of the course. We will then focus on the process of "Americanization" as the Africans became African-Americans. The struggle for freedom and citizenship will conclude our survey. The course readings will be selected from autobiographies by African and African-American authors, and some brief selections from secondary texts. Using the autobiographies as historical source material, we will examine the values and cultural practices of Africans in America, and the ways in which African-Americans adapted to and shaped American life and culture. Offered: Fall Spring University of Rochester 2 Arts Sciences and Engineering Courses AAS 151 THE BLUES The course covers the history and influence of the music called "the Blues"; the origins of blues in the context of African American culture in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the blues' rapid rise to becoming the dominant popular music in the African American community, and the discovery of blues by white audiences. Class format combines lecture, listening and discussion. Offered: Fall Spring AAS 156 INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE This course surveys African-American literature of a variety of genres-poetry, drama, autobiography, fiction, and non-fiction essays-from the 18th Century to the 20th. The course interprets this tradition not only as the production of American writers of African descent, but also as a set works that display formal characteristics associated with black cultural traditions. Discussion topics include the meanings of race, the construction of black identity, and intra-racial differences of class, gender, and sexuality. Special attention will be paid to approaching literary texts from a variety of critical perspectives. Offered: Fall AAS 157 AFRICAN RELIGIONS OF THE DIASPORA A study of the Interfaith Movement from the late 19th to the early 21st century, including issues of identity, religious conflict, and women's voices. AAS 162 MODERN AFRICAN-AMERICAN ENG AAS 165 INTRODUCTORY MBIRA ENSEMBLE AAS 168 WEST AFRICAN DRUMMING BEG In this course, students will work on expanding their repertory of rhythms from Guinea, West Africa, and on improving their playing technique on the djembe, dunun, sangban, and kenkeni. In particular, we will concentrate on learning extended solo sequences for the djembe, and more advanced arrangements played on the dunun, sangban, and kenkeni. Students will also work on developing skills specific to performance, adding choreographed onstage movement to complement their drumming. Pre- requisite: At least one semester of previous enrollment in the Intro West African Percussion Ensemble. Offered: Fall Spring AAS 170 RELIGION & HIP HOP CULTURE AAS 182 WEST AFRICAN DANCE FORMS 1A A continuation of Dance 181 that allows the student to deepen their experience and hone their skills in West African Dance. Offered: Spring AAS 183 INCARCERATION NATION AAS 185 AFRICAN AMER RELIGIOUS HIST AAS 202 NEW PERSPECTIVES GLOBAL HIST The concept of a Third World. The origins of colonialism and "underdevelopment" in the rise of European