ADDENDUM to CATALOG 2009-2010 (Fall 2009) This Addendum reflects emendations and additions to the 2009-2010 Manhattanville Catalog effective Fall 2009. The changes included herein supersede corresponding information found in sections of the catalog cited below. Following are changes to Grading and Evaluations [p.7]: In addition, the instructor has the option of awarding grades of A- (3.75), B+ (3.25), and B- (2.75), and C+ (2.25), and C- (1.75). Students (except those on probation) may choose to take up to 4 credits a semester on a Pass/Fail rather than a letter grade basis. However, this grading option must be indicated on the registration form and can only be changed up to the end of the Add/Drop period. Thereafter the decision cannot be changed. Following are changes for the Art History prerequisites: All 3000-level art history courses have the following prerequisite: Two art history courses at the 1000- or 2000-level. ARH: 3080 Seminar for Majors has the following prerequisites: ARH: 1011 and ARH: 1012 with a minimum grade of C- and one 3000-level art history course. Following are changes for Studio Art: Art 4008/5066: Photographic Essay (3 cr.) ** This course is designed to give the intermediate and advanced photography student a means to explore and capture real events, nothing posed, and nothing made-up. There will be an overview in basic black-and-white photographic techniques, including darkroom and lab procedures. Students will also be exposed to the history of photography through a slide presentation. The focus is on content as well as artistic style, capturing images and events rather than making them. Prerequisite: Students need only to have developed film before this class. (Fall) Following are courses for Castle Scholars Program: CSCH 1010: The Power of the Photograph This seminar takes as its inspiration Vicki Goldberg’s 1991 book, The Power of Photography: How Photographs Changed our Lives (Abbeville). We will look at the role photographs have played in shaping attitudes, laws and culture since its public announcement in 1839. Topics will include: The Invention of Photography, The Photograph as Witness, The Eye of Discovery, Political Persuasion through Photography, Photography and the Rise of Celebrity Culture, Photography and the Art World, The Camera and Social Reform, The Rise of News Photography, The Photo Magazines (LIFE and LOOK), The Rise of TV and Photography in the 21st Century. Emphasis will be placed on developing the student’s ability to write and speak about photography. (Spring) CSCH 1208: The Environmental Imagination The utopian tradition in the social sciences has often served as the basis not only for critique but also for the explicit and unconscious yearnings of the human community. In this course we will examine the key texts and voices in that tradition with a view towards their contribution to an environmental imagination-a sensibility that insists on the intrinsic value of the eco-system. The importance of environmental movements (how they are formed) and whose interests are served by them will be examined in great detail. Grass roots organizations, to determine the variety of resources open to those interested in environmental politics. Theories of environmental politics will be studied to provide a background and context for the on going debates regarding "rights" and the "environment." Power relations between advanced industrialized nations and developing nations will be examined in order to identify areas of commonality as well as those that are contested. (Fall) (Spring) CSCH 3006: Lit/Film of South Asian Diaspora The course will introduce students to the literatures and films of authors and filmmakers of South Asian descent -- Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, Sri Lankans -- living in the United Kingdom and North America. The course will focus on the effects of decolonization on immigration patterns of South Asians in the diaspora, and more recently, the effects of globalization on the creation of transnational identities. The discussion of primary works and films will explore issues of gender, sexuality, religion, and class in the acculturation of South Asians to their adopted homes in the West. Finally, the course will examine the often problematic relationship of South Asians in the diaspora with their country of origin as well as with other cultures in their countries of adoption. (Fall) CSCH 3007: Atlantic Revolution 1760-1820 This seminar will examine the sequence of revolutions that exploded across the North Atlantic in the period between 1770 and 1810. It will concentrate on the "great" revolutions, i.e. the American and the French, but it will include the experiences of smaller entities in the constellation such as Holland, Ireland, and Haiti. We will examine the origins of this upheaval in its cultural and intellectual context (the eighteenth century Enlightenment) its economic context (the rise of European empires and the commercial revolutions) and finally the rise of popular politics and a popular press. The comparative aspects of success and failure will also be addressed. This course also may count toward the requirements for the major or minor in History. (Fall) CSCH 3008: The Heroic: Classical & Modern The theme of this course is consideration of representations of “the heroic” in the Western tradition, both classical and modern. Below are proposed texts with annotations as to use, conceptualization, and thematics. After two theoretical considerations of the question, we would follow a chronological approach, employing both historical and imaginative artistic expression. Lives exemplifying military, political, and artistic heroism are included. Besides the reading, discussion, and viewing of movies, students would research and write on a heroic life of their choice. (Spring) CSCH 3009: Education across Culture/Time In this course students will read, analyze, discuss, and write extensively about education across cultures and time in fiction and non-fiction. The course will focus on the impact of formal and informal education on the intellectual, social, and cultural life of the individual and the society. (Spring) CSCH 3010: Britain: Past & Present (Spring) CSCH 3080: Castle Scholars Senior Retreat (Spring) CSCH 3081: FYP Teaching Assistant (Fall and Spring) CSCH 3210: Great Cities, Ideas and Law This course looks at three great capital cities in history, ancient Athens, ancient Rome, and London, and examines the interplay between law, politics, and culture in those cities at different times in the past. Readings in the history of law, politics, art and architecture, literature, philosophy, and music. Satisfies perspective requirement for Legal Studies and Criminal Law. (Fall) Following are courses for the Communication Studies Program: COMM 3044: Feminist Media Theory This seminar explores feminist theory and its application to mass media. Lectures, discussions, and readings in first, second, and third wave feminism will help students to develop an understanding of historical, psychoanalytic, interpretive, and social scientific approaches to the study of media and communication. Research paper and presentation required. (Fall) COMM 3080: Gender and Communication Gender and communication focuses on interactive relationships between gender and communication in contemporary society. During the course we explore the multiple ways communication in our society creates and perpetuates gender roles; we consider how individuals enact socially created gender differences in public and private settings and how this affects success, satisfaction and self-esteem; and we connect gender theory and research to our professional and personal experience. Throughout the course we discuss not only what is in terms of gender roles, but also what might be, and how we might act to improve our individual collective lives. (Fall) Following is a course for Dance & Theatre DTH 3XXX: Performance Seminar: Politics & Performance Can art change lives? This course will explore the work of theatre artists, choreographers, and collectives who believe that the role of the performance is not only to challenge accepted political and social structures but to motivate audiences to public action. We will read theory and study traditionally scripted plays (Brecht, Hansbury, Fo), as well as collectively evolved performance pieces (such as San Francisco Mime Troupe, Augusto Boal's Theater of the Oppressed, Joseph Chaikin and the Open Theater, Teatro Campesino, Tectonic Theater's Laramie Project) and the work of choreographers such as Kurt Jooss and Bill T. Jones. A studio component will allow students o explore whether theory holds up to the test of performance. Preq: Creative Process. 3 credits. (Spring) (NOTE: Two Performance Seminars are required of all majors, one for minors. This course is one of a series of specialty enrichment seminars which include: Non-Western Performance, NY Performance Now, Playback Theatre, Voice of Chekhov and others.) Following are courses for the First-Year Program: First-Year Seminar I (Fall) and II (Spring) The First-Year Seminar sequence is designed to provide an intellectually stimulating experience that allows first-year students to discover the intellectual liberation afforded by the liberal arts and develop foundational critical reasoning skills. Each First-Year Seminar section is organized around a special topic or theme and incorporates instruction the learning objectives of the General Education Critical and Analytical Reasoning Competency credit requirement.